WAGES IN DISPUTE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 7

WAGES IN DISPUTE

I KMAI.I-: 1.1 FT ATTENDANTS | An acijourned sifting of the Con- | ; ciiiation Council in the dispute over ' I female lift attendants' wages could j I reach no agreement yesterday, and | after a long discussion r.iade another adjournment, sine die. Both employers and employees' assessors modified their original requests, but there was finally still a difference of 7s Cd between the rates proposed by the two parties for the weekly wage. The Conciliation Commissioner. Mr 'S. Kitehie. presided. The assessors j for the employers were Messrs H. C. j Ilasall, F. B. Crcsswell, and D. I. i Macdonald. and for the employees S Messrs C. E. Tubb. R. A. Bradbury. : and Miss 1;. T. Nolnn. j ! When tin- council adjourned on j ! March ! the employees' proposal for j the weekly wage was .C2 10s and the | employers 1 £1 13s. The employee,-' I assessors announced yesterday that j after reconsideration of the proposals the union was willing to agree to .£2 I as. but could not accept a lower t'mure. ; i The employers' assessors retired to j consider the offer, and announced when they returned thai they were | prepared to raise the figure as far as | j H7s (id. The employees" represcnta- | tives said that they had not power to accept this rate, and adjournment I wi«s then made sine die. to allow the | I union to decide wlcther it would ac- • ; cept the employers" new offer.