WORKING IN COLD

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30289, 15 November 1963, Page 7

WORKING IN COLD

New Clause In Award •'A worker continuously employed in a refrigerated store or chamber in which the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit shall be allowed to leave the chamber at least one in every hour for a period of 10 minutes," says a new clause in an award for food preserving factory employees. “Ail freezing chambers and stores shall be provided with emergency pilot lights. There shall be adequate provisions for communication with the engine-room or the outside by means of lights, bells, or indicators. Ammonia respirators shall be available for use in emergency.” says another new clause. The award, just issued by the Court of Arbitration, covers the Taranaki. Wellington (except Hawke’s Bay provincial district), Marlborough, Nelson and Canterbury industrial districts. Adult male workers receive increases of 4s 7d and life lOd a week. Other male workers receive an increase of 5s a week and female workers receive increases ranging from 4s 6d to 6s 6d a week. A new clause in the award says that workers employed on skinning, filleting or boning raw fish shall be paid 4jd an hour extra. Shift workers receive an allowance of 5s a shift—an increase of Is a shift. The award includes an unqualified preference clause. The provisions concerning wages are retrospective to October 14. The rest of the award came into force on November 12. The award incorporates the terms of settlement reached before a Conciliation Coun-