CARPENTERS' AWARD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 9

CARPENTERS' AWARD.

±1 Laws was charged with'a breacli'of the Carpenters' award in paying leas than tho minimum l * wages to an employee. Respond-ent-said tho employee was a young follow who was:, not a competent worker. \ fin« of £3 was imposed. '

FURNITURE TRADES WORKERS' M , . ' - AWARD. , . . H. Fielder and Co, wore charged with having employed a : cabinetmaker named Creed at leas than tho minimum rates of pay The Court which imposed a fine of £2, stateU .that tlio respondents should have applied for an underrate permit at an earlier date ' ■, Tho Wellington Woodwaro Company ''wore charged with having, employed Henry Cantein, an unmdentured youth. Respondents were fined £2 and costs. J. and. D. Ritchie admitted paying Jess than tJio machinists' minimum wage (Is 3M an. hour) , under tho 'Furnit-uro Trades' Award.- Ben-Johnston .was charged with receiving less than tho minimum wage. Respondents said. tho employee concerned wa.v a general labourer, who was put to mind n machine part of 'his time. He had not been paid pm.yW. wofiee for , 9Uc h ■ t j mo . J.he. Court paid tlmre w» 0 no objection" to tho man baae employed thus, if the time were kept wporats and the wages calculated acoordi»ely. Had thin been done and tho empk>ve« paid strictly awarding to tho two awards, ke rrould havo received about the sanw total amount of wages. Tho respondent firm would bo fined £2, nijd in the caso of the worker a breach would bo recorded. ' TAILORS' AWAIU). D'Arey Ford was chargod williia breach of the Tailors' award in not having work oii a -bespoke order exccutcd in his or,'n workshop. • Air. Lovvey, for tlio respondent, admitted the facts, but'pleaded as an extenuating' ciroumstati'ce the' ignorance of this respondent's eon, wlio waa in charge of lis

Wellington establishment at the time.'. Respondent was fined £2.

Ukmca and Co. were charged with' breach of the Tailors' award in having bespoko work (namely, a suit of clothes) mad<> elsewhere than in their own shop. Mr. Levvey, le respondents, submitted that tha'caso should not hare been pressed, as tho Department had previously threatened to take action,_ and had neglected to do so, thus conveying" tho' impression thai the.T wero only bluffing. Respondents were fined £2.' Goldbloom Bros, were charged with not P a .Ting wages at Is. SjJ. per hour for work on Indies' garments. The case was dismissed on the ground that the worker was engaped on alternative terms provided for in the award.

■ SfiOPE OF AN AWARD.' Mr. D. Blackie, secretary of the Wellington Drivers' Union, applied for an order -attaching additional parties to the award by moans of advertisement. He bad ondoavourod to mo Ice a.liet'of pa.rti.-o >hat»hould bo bound, but fsared .it was not complete. The Court declined the application on the ground that there was no obstacle to adding tho names in the ordinarv way, and directed Mr. Blackie to produco the list he had made' for, this purpose. - • "AFTER YOU!" ; \ In connection with the Drivers' dispute,: Mr. D. ■ Blackie, <for the Union, raised tho question as to : which 'party should open tho case, . He submitted that, as it was the employers who were responsible for the ease coming forward from the Conciliation Board, the onua_ of opening lay with them.. Mr. W. H. Grenfell, secretary of the 'Wellington" Employers' Association,; contended that, the action having originated with tho employees, it. was for them to lead off. ' , The Court held, that if both parties had C 0771© before, the Conciliation Board and a rftaaonablp settlement-had been conie to, .the party objecting would hare to ohotr c-nuse. It had 'bc<?n so docided in tho'flaxmillera! caso, but the present case.differed in that one aido (tho employers') had not been'heard by ' tho Board. Therefore, it did; not com'o jnthm tho saino principle, and it ■would be for tho, workers' union to open tho caso toforo tho Court. "■ j DAY POKTERS' WAGES. . / ; G. W. Clapham, hotelkeeper, Ngahauranga, :was charged with paying a day porter less' than 255. ; a Treek. , * j The Court ruled that when an/hotelkeeper, employed a general hand to do day porteringwork; ■■ ho. must pay him instead of paying tile'wages'of a general hand (£1 a. wepk); as' the respondent liad done. \The case would bo treated as one. of; interpretation,■ and no penalty would be inflicted. 1

THE CORPORATION AND ITS •''' LABOURERS. ( "Complaint was made by the Department that tno City Corporation was committing a breach of the General Labourers', award in! not allowing walking tiirio to tlw, men-.em-ployed in .making <tho Duppa -Street Park,' or conveying them to the work,j such work bemg -more than two 'miles'',from.-"the -'employers' plac© of, business. ; . . Jir. 0 She®, City Solicitor, said that an office had been established on the: groundj and that was the headquarters for the work so long as it lasted. There 1 were 110 men employed thero, and if the contention wero tho' Corporation wqmd;-Kare' toieeaso,doing such work by.daylabour;-

. Mr. Le'Cren .contended that the Corporations place; of • business- was the Town Hall wherever a particular job might,bo-sitriated: If the ,defence wero sustained,' a/way would bo opened, for many, con tractors and tradesmml to CTS de the provisions'- of awards .'The Court deeided that if the City Cor---, poration established' an office in connection: with piece of work, and noed that office for engaging, paying, and ' discharging labour, and as-really,:the office"':* that work, it should;, be so treated. . Tho Corporation Was, thc*eforo; jl :notf''guilty.•s'» breach of tho. award, but tho Courtl wished to make: rt'.dear'that'it-would not follow that other employprs- would bo allowed to evade'awards. by establishing offices''"in dif-" feront places. , i'V ' The Court., adjourned until 10.30 this morning. , . v ' . .-. .' ; ■< . ADDITIONAL FIXTURES. . March 18.—Applications to extend 'the' Wellington Timber Yards' Award, Cooks' and Waiters'' Award, and Carpenters' and' Joiners' Award to other parties; application to amend tno-Cooks and' Waiters Award; and an application by.-the. Evans Bay Timber Cornpany for,exemption from the Carpenters' and Joiners' Award.' ~ \ j • >( March 23.—Compensation caso, 'Browii. tlie, U.S. Ltd.; application for- amendment. toother TimbefiuYards' :,au'di: Sawmills' Award.