TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 7

TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

In the half-yearly report of tho Board of Management of tho Wellington Typographical Union Preference iB made !■ to tho general slackness! that-has prevailed in the trade throughout ; tho'-industrial- district, and the consequent lack ••-'of -continuous employment by , a .large nuinber; of as many as twenty, in tho city-alone being out of work at the same time'on different occasions..

The report' continues:-: While your board is hoping that a decided change . for the better, will " soon take place, it regreti that there - are no indications of an . appreciable improvement in tho amount of ; work offering for the next three months, when Parliament will reassemble, and tho Government Printing Office ought to absorb most .of the local unemployed craftsmen.: The adjournment of : the session Until October .next 1 will cause a further period of enforced idleness on many: tvho were looking forward to- the sessional work starting at , the usual time; The amount of unemployed allowance paid. 8s;) , does not 'fully represent tho number: of members who. are unemployed, as several "'did not ; take adTantage-of the ...and some ' were not entitled to it .under the rules.. Th? amount expended for the)half-year, is the largest since 1899,'. when tho sum of wasipaid for' the same period as the one under review',: :and''the membership- war-only 163, and the: maximum Allowance o£ 10s; per week, as coinpawd -yvifch 373 members: now and a: maximum allowance of £5 at' 18s. per week. From this it will, be seen that although. some members: have Buffered front ; period of distress during' the term : just .closed;; it; is not the worst, that'-has' been experienced 'by' 'tho union. ..