COOKS AND WAITERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 4

COOKS AND WAITERS.

VCOMPIiAINTS^OF ; ■ ; ■■ :: Mr.-' Hi'Lawson.'presided ;6vot-a~ crowded. ■;.pli ; the.:Cooks'.'.and;Waiters'':'Uiiiott;. ; ': last evening.";■' ■.'■;■: ■ ''■■..':'. ■':' --■ '.;;."V-Sr ■; : r ■'■-'- .■ ;■.Sis; , delegates;;to the; Labour'' tion Coinmit&e-were .appointed,';at t)k L.coin-[i; mittee's'; request:? : /V: a': ',=■ '''•■ ■'.■?. '■'/;]*;'. ■:■ Among ■ the .outward ■ correspondence. were;:; > '■several: letters : to the Labour ;Department,-: - overtime' -/was-'y. worked 'in most of the: Wellington hotels: a without extra pay, , ':and.that:the: - vision in;.the' Arbitration Act compelling;eih- -V ployers to wages and time generally ignored;/. .The papartment^iad , ~ ;•; plied that.-.an.inspector.'had '-beeii- ajleoially i instructed' to; see. ;that \this. provision,.was ; ; . observed.; 'The secretaryrfllr., E.;■ J. Carey);'■-:• ; stated; that he '.had received four or firocom? ;;'.' plaints' that.:" day-'' of excessive [unpaid pver-; : ;, ■!"'." time.'. The- .instructed;: to in- | v terview".. the'VSecretary, .for -Laboiir -on ...the,'.'":. matter. v- : ;. ..:-x ■■'■>■.'-' '■.;■••.'.;- ; : i >'i! : ":.:: r^\. v< '. ■'■:'"■ :^:\, '' :Concerning:the proposed'federation of: the ■... •four: Kindred ; -unions, ■.- Mr:; Carey . • reported;;/ that : ;l)unedin,Christchurch,/ and ■Auckland;. ,';: had ■■ offered : w> !■ 6end; delegates to a: confer- - 1 ence,.'arid; it only ■ reniained:' for ,:tho. - venue' ;■; of 'the gathering to be fixed'-.for .the federa- \ : ■ tioh;to. bo:.brought into:being: :;'.!;:" ;''/l~; :Va .:.The .secretary,-reported;oii'.the'present : : . ' dearth of employment-.forj'co'oks .'and'waiters,.':: stating 'that; some pi -th'ej ":most v proficient;' : membprs of the union: had been'out of;, work;';, .for. weoks.';Members expressedVtheir'grati-'.j: fioation.at the e'nsured'''for 'the : , : - by.the'-new award;,which.- : ! : comes- into..force'- Mr.'.Car'ey . , was'.congratulated.on 'his: work in. Connection:"'.-:- ; , with, that. agre'einont,. : and, itVwas suggested* ■ that .some .of the concessions, : 'bf ; -"the-. ; Pun-..';.i''-esin the', additionar . ; : monthly• Sunday .halfrholiday-rmight';well , W. ■; granted-,by -Wellington employers. -j y ::.:j;,';':':'_-r