EXTRA OVERTIME FOR APPRENTICES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 15118, 29 October 1949, Page 3

EXTRA OVERTIME FOR APPRENTICES

PLUMBERS’ UNION’S OBJECTION TO SCHEME arbitration court reserves DECISION < p - A -> . Wellington. Oct. 28. Proposals to extend the overtime which plumbers apprentices may work were submitted today to the Arbitration Court, which reserved its decision. The New Zealand Plumbing and Gasfitting Industry Apprenticeship Committee applied for an amendment to the Apprenticeship Order to allow apprentices under 18 to work up to 16 a week overtime in country districts, with the proviso that parents should have the right to object. For the New Zealand Federation of Master Plumbers, Mr C. Harris said the existing clause in the order was restrictive and inconvenient, particularly to small firms in country districts. Plumbers were faced with work which had accumulated for two to three years, said Mr Harris. Hampered with various controls and shortages, there was a general feelin § °f frustration at being unable to S et on with the j°*>- , The union opposed the scheme, said Mr H. Thompson, for the workers - More overtime would be detnmental to the health of apprentices because it would mean working too many hours up to 56 a week.