FIRE FIGHTERS.
FORTY-HOUR WEEK SOUGHT. APPLICATION OPPOSED. : i (Bj» -Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, thin day. An application by (the Wellington and Clii'istchurch Fire Boards' employees for the introduction of 'the 40-hour week was opposed by the boards when the case came before the Arbitration Court. Mr. D. I. Mac Donald, for the fire board?, submitted as the firemen's weekly hours were fixed considerably below 40 there "was no ground for the application. The average weekly hours of work and drill throughout the year were at the most 27, and the average attendance at fires was perhaps three. Mr. A. W. Croskery, for the brigadesinen, pointed out that although not actually working the men -were on duty 24 hours a day as they had to be on call. The hours for actual wotk and drills were limited, but that did not indicate that at other times the men could go away. Nobody knew when fires might break out. He submitted those who watched over the safety of people's homes by night and day should be given fair and equitable terms. The Court reserved its decisaon.. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 8
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184FIRE FIGHTERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 8
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