CARPENTERS TO RESUME WORK
WHARF DISPUTE AT WELLINGTON
PARTIAL AGREEMENT ON WAGES (New Zealand Presx Association) WELLINGTON. November 8. Wellington wharf carpenters will return to work at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The carpenters’ delegate. Mr C. Teece, confirming this decision, said that a meeting of carpenters to-night unanimously decided to resume work. This decision is a sequel to a partial agreement reached this afternoon at a compulsory conference between the New’ Zealand Waterside Workers’ Union and the New Zealand Port Employers' Association. The carpenters are to receive an increase of Id an hour to 4s 3d an hour—the same rate as is paid to watersider.3—-and it is Intended that the claim for additional money for skill will be discussed at a conference of employers’ and workers’ representatives and the Minister of Labour (Mr W. Sullivan"* to-morrow.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26265, 9 November 1950, Page 6
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