ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT.

. : v...--' : ; . ■ • TWO DISPUTES. ; ; „•%. (by TELEGRAm.—SPECIAI, COIiRESrbKDENT.) •' " . ' Aucklari'J, April ,B, tv >• References in the hairdressers' and in tlio .plumbers' industrial.disputes, which will como y on for healing before the Arbitration-Court . at tho end of this month, have been filed ; with the Clerk of''Awards (Mr.-' E. Wi Cave).' . •Among tho provisions which thc/hairdrOs- - sers'- emplojees demand are-a 52-hour week ;'. . - a minimum wage of £2 12s. perweek for- all journeymcii engaged ou x 6rdinary .work,- and . for ..those onboard-lyork'. at least" £3 a j week;' / eight holidays a year;? and tho' employment - ofrapprentices;:for not less than fiveyears..They, also ask that the proportion of appren--tices:to'.-journeymen be limited : to ono'to- every ■ ,three journeymen or fraction tli6reof-;-that:iio-omployor-.be-i.allowed-to .subjet'-chairs, or-to" -. employ''men on a,-■parperitage .'"basis, ■; the , percentage. yields - over :'and ;''ab6ve ,,; . tho minimum kaEaii.%Hat'nib;.worker,bo .perlriitt<sd ; i to board; 'and.'Jodgo oh'.hiis -employer-'s-pre- ■ hiises;.except with.the Exedu--: tivc'of. the . Union'; .that .paymeiit-of casual labour..-.bo .- ; at ('tho.-,'. rate; "of - .los,<r per day ,fo'r L long, days and ,10s. per-, day'for-''short -'da'ys; v . aiid .t-hat ]7refereiiee';bß given to' UnionistsV -v ,'■ - In- the plumbers': dispute' the .-.men', ask for-", a ■ week, of 4t hours,-•ia, miniinum : rate! of-ds.^, Cd. per hour-for "cpmpotent. journeymen;- the' payment-of overtime at the-rate of time and a quarter, for the-first two-hours,- then '.time'and- a half tillmitliiight, and l '-after -that double time ;'the payment- of travelling i ex- ' per.ses to and from .fill:-jobs situated within li miles of tho employor's-shop,;-the provi- ' 7 sion of ceitain tools ; the. limitation; of'ajj--. prentices; in ; that. each firm or ■ employer- shall be-.entitled,ti> one/.and after that-the'liiijnber.-of apprentices:employed;shall not, exceed.olio: as to every three journeymen; and preference to Unionists. . . ~.