ARBITRATION COURT.
1 ENGINE DRIVERS' DISPUTE. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND. May 8. One hundred and eighty-seven firms were cited to appear before the Arbitration Court to-day as parties to the engine drivers' dispute. Ihe demautis of the workers stipulate for a 48----hour week, with a minimum pay for first-class certificated stationary engine drivers of £3 per week, secondclass £2 14s per week, locomotive, traction and winding engine drivers and river engineers £3 per week. The usual preference and overtime clauses are also included. In opening for the Union, Mr Long said the case for the engine drivers was unique. They were the only oody of men that came before the Court in any part of tho Dominion that were required to hold a Government certificate. They had to pass an examination to qualify, and the attitude taken up was that when a man was called upon to pass a severe examination before being qualified to take charge of an engine within the meaning of tho Act, that man should not be paid labourers' wages; he should have wages according to his skill. No increase in pay was asked for, except in the case of traction engine drivers. Tho caso was not concluded when the Court rose.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13111, 9 May 1908, Page 9
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