BOARD OF CONCILIATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 7

BOARD OF CONCILIATION.

DISPUTE' IN BRICKLAYING TRADE,

.Following is a/summairy of/the recommen-. datiott:of' the/BoaroV of Conciliation- in connection" with the idispute';between, the Wel«; lington Bricklayers''.Union- of. : Workers and*'. ,the ; - : '-'; ii.'/;.V " .;. 1 AIT journeymen, shall-bo : paid : not less than-* Is. 7d.'per. hour. .For'a full'week's wort, the wages l shall not/be'-, less .than £3 125., ■ ■■ 'less lost .time.-" .Until such .time /as"'tho> i building/trades : shall .haye^ : agre«d .tp./a-re--. 'ductibn of -hours' shall not exceed;4o hours. ,;••. None others than'.jourheyineri',or. apprentices shall be employed for ;the laying : of bricks, j. breeze bricks;:.blocks,- X or.,the: pointing-'or j brickwork.. Journeyman shall mean a man f 1 who' has : worked;iiot' less ; than five years'ate the/'trade.. Overtimefshall be-,paid for at|; the^ollo'wing' rates:—First 2 hours', time and'; a quarter ;■ after first?- hours/until 10 p.nr.,;K -time - and ;'a half';'..between, 10 p.m.',, and.: 8•.a.m., ; if: worked - continuously; : double, time: If'-.a. Worker, snouldj'.-be required': to work: aft'er'S.a.m., but before-.B'a.m.. he should/be,, paidinbt less than- time'and a quarter until.. 8 a.m. . Double/time shall be paid 'with re-.s <spect.-to'work done on Sundays and-holidays;;/; ■which shall be as follows:—New: Year's Day,;',', Good' Friday;' Easter Sfouday, .Labour Day, : ;: .and' Christinas- Day;;.:-:'' Apprentices: shall rer/ deiv'ethe " following: rates ;bf,wages::—First;/ iyear. 105.,. secoiid-.'year,los:,\ third, year 205., ■;■ fourth year: 255.,, and...fifth.,year. 355. perweek.. Subiirbin work shall mean work car-, ried on/ at a,distance of one mile and a half, - but not exceeding -'.lO ...miles, from .theG.P.O.'s at 'W'ellingtori; Palmerston North; Masterton', : Hastings; and; Napier, and country work shall mean work caTried on beyond :a radius.'of ten miles from.tbose-p.ost offices. z Provision- is -made' in' regard, to' the employ-, mant of • under-rate workers. Employers : should". employ/ .unionists., in. preference to, non-unionists,' provided; that there were members of the union equally qualified with • non-members to perform'. the- particular work requiredto: be-doiio; The- union shall at some convenientplace 'within one mile of the :" G.P.0., at Wellington' keep: an employment.,: book, 'and -such books shall also; be .kept in ;;.'. Pctpne; Lower ; Hut Palmerston,. ' North, Hastings,.and.Napier..:, Piecework is ■.- prohibited.. The a\vafd shall apply through-,.. out .the. industrial district/except that pc-r- : " tion .which! lies to.tho north,of, the Rangi-< tikeii' : It/ shall" come' into operation . on v March 18, 1909; and remain in force for.two ' years and thereafter unless'and until superseded by another award or agreement. It: is stated in a memo, -that' the provisions differ , but slightly from those of the award at sent in operation./ The award was, however, . limited/to the 'city and, suburbs, of .. ton. .As:the .union cited,no: employers '-bo-, yondlthe Rarigitikci River, it would clearly- , cause serious injustice and inconvenience had a limitation not been;provided. :// -./.A