LOCAL-BODY DRIVERS' DISPUTE
PARTIAL AGREEMENT JN CONCILIATION (fuss isiocunoa nuoKAX.) WELLINGTON, October 2. Mr M, J. Reardon, Conciliation Commissioner, was engaged to-day in hearing the New Zealand local body ; drivers’ industrial dispute, in the ap-' plication for a new Dominion award., The respondents include borough councils, county councils, town, road, river, drainage, harbour, and electric power boards, Agreement was reached on wages and hours, and the council adjourned till to-morrow to enable the employees’
A 44-hour week (theworkem wanted 40) of nine horn's a day (the-workers wanted eight hours), tu be worked between ana. and .6 p.m. Wages to be computed- on atehourly bas|s; bvertimejit the rate .of time vfd be computed on e spread.. \ / Emergency made pecfessary by the .blocking of communications ; etn~rthnei|md a double thaebeyohdiO hpurc* ' &£&' Sf i Advertisements. ~ route [ between Suyer an&Swflecv. 32 words ’ Is, 3 insertiotns 2s; BtL > f ; —0
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 5
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