WELLINGTON TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 7

WELLINGTON TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

HALF-YEARLY liEl^OliT. - 'fife ft'nhilh) iiideting' of the \Yellingtbh Typographical Union will be held to-night, wliß.lv the half-yearly report Will be prbsb'iited. ' The rbport states that the past sis rfibiiths hive bebii it most successful period iiv tho affairs of the Union.' A iioticcablb feature in 'connection ivith the emplbyhi(»nt 6f niembors is tho fact that not a siilgle. claim for Unemployed allowance has been made by city members, and thb amount paid out iii, this respect- in tho country districts is only libminal. Forty-Six iieW members were admitted during tho pbriod under S-eview, twehty jbihed by clearance., ahd there word tiveiit-y-seveh Withdrawals by clearance and Retirements leaving. 360-. nielnbers bii tlib bublis of the Union, an iiicrciiso of. thirty--bhc for tne half yeat. The Union is-in a strong linaiicial position, ahd there is every i'casbn lb anticipate, a cbntiriuaiico of. the prosperity that the trade has. now cnjo'ye/1 for several years. . The receipts from All sources (excluding the credit balance carried forward) tothllod £2CS 14$. 7d., and the espehditUre £140. ,Bs. 7d. ; "the reeoijits 'exceeding the cxpefiditiife lor thb half-year by £i.2S 6s. The current- term.. has a credit bahlrice, cafricil forward of £900 os.. 11(1. Tho'.Rliiig of. the .awards hy thb Court of Arbitration in the Union's town hand-coin-]ibsitors' case aud cbnutry .liand-colnpbsitors' alid machilie : opei-atbrs' disputes \Vils tlib principal event of the half-year, and, Oil tlib whole,- hiehibcrs aic. tb lie cbiig'ratiilated oil the iVic'rease hiade i'li'the wages, and iniprbvod coiiditioiis of eiiiplbynieiit. However, the advance iiiado. iii Wages, especially in sortie 'portions, of the' cbuiltry districts, hardly meets the increased, ciist of livirtg. The thanks of the Unibii are extended to the "New Zealand Times'' Company and the pV-bp'rielbi'-s of. tlib "Evening Post" , fbr cbncessions tb theiv employees iii increased Wages .for machine-operators alitl reduced hours for the stoiib hands, alid otltcl' concessions. The "Times" Company increased the wages from £3 l6s. to £4 for night Work, and from £3 10s. to £3 15s. for day wbfk, and the employees oil the "Evening Post" alio received nil increase of. os. above the lililiiiiluiii. hasitlsti granted ail increase to the employees in his ollicc, aiid tile cmplo.Veeii geiterallv arc all receiving the increased wages granted in tho liivard. Tilt' need of some systeui of provident liOiielit ife 'emphasised, stild a rebonilnondlilion is iiiiide in the report tlint a coliiitiittf't' slionli.l be set ilp.tu cblleet iiil'orniati'iin in order tliilt a practical scheme may be estiiblished. ________