INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 255, 21 July 1908, Page 9

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

V- ft— _' • HAWKE'S BAY- FREEZING WORKS. . THE WORKERS' CLAIMS. . . ."; Tho dispute between tho Hawke's Baj .' .freezing. Works Union of. Workers and tha j empjoyers.ihas.':been, referred, to the. Conciliar tion-Board, for settlement. .Following; are tho "employers' l Bros., Ltd.;; North 'Bpt&}r.'an9 s&wke's'''B.ijr Freoziiig; Co., and ■ ..THbs! :Bottliwi6k' : and. SonsV .The\'miin.'-.p'rovisions ;of tho-workers' do- : - mands. are as follow:—A, Week's work shall . -:9.9^ s t. of , forty-six. hoyrs. ..When -necessary, ,-'aii j-employer.-may epiplby ' two workers for , #P/j vjwj;e;.than'half : an, hour, before -the' brdin- , fjy-it'i'niej at.-Ltho. .usual'/rate. - Oveftiiho shall be paicL for nt tlie rato of time and a ! half. . SubjectytOrfthe.insertion.of the provision, the right to call upon P l ® to wp.rk- Jeyond the specified hours. Tho schedulßj. ptVwages ./included the . following . : ,items Grader, Is, 6d. , per, hour; honers, i 2s.J, runners, and ,carriers, Is. : 4Jd-.'; trimmers • and- tally-clerk,-,,15. 3d. ; unspecified- 9s.- per 4 • : i-.P.nll.erS,-;.9di. per- dozen, and lOd. on Sun- . days and ; holidays ; first drying ground -hands. Is. 4id,,others Is. IJd.; Pet one foreman drier, Is. 6d.; second do, Is. 4id.; Nel-. son drier, ls.-4jd.; painters, Is. _6d., or, in . the. alternative,. 4s-per, 100; trimmers arid wnngermbn, Is." 4id.;'/dollymen, Is. 4*d (after, March,,ls. 6d.);, skin truckers and wool shed hands, Is. 4Jd.;' piece nickers, Is. .lid..; flesliev,i.ls. : 6d. piece work 2Jd. per ; dozen).; tailer-out, Is. 3d.; scudders, Is. 4jd. (piece .work, 3}d.. pers dozen); pelt-dollymen a-nd vlime dollymen,- Is. 4Jd.; pelt • classers, . . Is.- -freezing chamber lmnds, ordinary time ,Is. :6d.,..while loading Is. 9d.; vat-men 1 and coopers and cask fillers; Is. 4jd; other '.labour; ls:;;3.?d.; -labour in manuro department, Is. 3|d.; first hand in bag room, £2 :ss. per week, .others £1155.; tinsmiths, .ting;:out, ~4d:. to' 7d. ; making, '25."'4 d .; to 3s. ; ; 6d.;-topping: and piping ) ;,ls:. sd.'; to 25.-:ld.,' ' 4|d.;.'second; preserver; Is. 2d., ... : .others Is.;, nightwatchihen, £3; per,'-week; ' :yard' haiidsf'and- shunter, 9s. -per, dayj' head '.shunter, lOs;/. carpenters, "10s., head carpen- ; tcr-lls;; third engineer,- £3 10s., £3, ; 9s. per day, .blacksmith 10s. r .assistant fitter assistant - -.ls;.'4Jd.;-'h'cad paiiitorlls., painter 10s;, K>ys, : -lStoie. yoarsy Bd. per-' hour 16 to 17"yekrs, ■ ' 95d'.' per hour;- and -17'. to 18 years, lOjd. ' . '•■ .'-Holidays' -shall -be as follow :—Christmaa : Day;sßoxing Dayi.New-Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter' Monday, Labour Day, Sovereign's Birthday,-Annual Picnic or Sporta Day. Work . performed on these, holidays shall bo paid for at : double -rates. All toola and gear, including basils, shall be supplied by employer ,to "men .- engaged on day .work.-Two srnokos shall.be. allowed each day. . Tlierp.'shall.'be on-e-jjulior only'to-fiVe.butch- ' prs';~.;miittpn butcher's shall ; bo,"limited to . twelve .capaisDS.'pe'r,;hour;."beef.b.utcKors to ; three: bodies .to men pr . hour. 'TTio em.plbymeut of boys .under eighteen'.years shall bb.' : at. tho rate, of one to every eight men. ~Workers.,receiving : the.,lowest ratca. shall ba givm; preferences, when men aro required for ' loading out. Tlio position's of all tlio work- . ers:,„wh6'have taken part,in tho formation of the I tjnioix,, shall be guaraaifeed. Preference ' is to bp. given, to provided that members • of .tho Union aro .competent with ,non-members;.to,. perform the work required to,bo done, ,ahd are ready and willing to undertako it. ; - ' .'.