SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 298, 10 September 1908, Page 3

SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

SUSPENSION OF AWARD IN CASE. OF A STRIKE.' '•-'A Christchurch Press Association .telegram states' that the' award in the 1 shcajers' dispute was received"' from -the 'Arbitration vpurt yesterday: It states that, subject tothe , 4 frrftyisions of tho 1 award, 'an employer shall have'full control of his shearing operations: ' Thwinumber of sheep to. be-shorn shall be 1 a :&%>d upon' approximately i between"employer ' o#* v'S, agent "and' tho/ shearers before, the \ > cflTgufehccment of the- shearing: Hours of .'.shtjarieg aro to bo from 5 a.m. to 3 p;m., or ' §'?.9 '•fj-'ft*- to 5.30 p.m. with, intervals., for is' maybe' upon. The rato of pay is. ;o bo 18s'. per 100, with rations, and ,+ijrf! additional 3s. 4d. without rations; 'No shearflp is bound to sheaf any cancered sheep, and no" shearer shall enter a''catching, pen after- the bell rings.'• All sheep are to bo taken carefully from the catching pen, and no shearer is to be compelled to shear sheep ' he has reasonable ' ground to consider 'wet, nor shall the employer, bo compelled 'to pen sheep that' ho considers' wet. ; Tho union is to do all in its; power, to prevent any strike, and if any strike shall occur in which any member of the union shall'tako part, such strike .shall be prima facifi evidence that the union has committed a breach of its duty. In the event of a strike'the operation of all clauses in tho award is-to be suspended, and until further order of . the Court tho hours of . work, wages, and other _ conditions of work for all workors coming within the scope of the. award shall be fixed by-agreement be-, tween each employer, and individual worker employed by him. The award is to remain in force from September 14, 1908. to March 81, 1910. ' ' "