INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 2

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

1: THE E4ST COAST ,-' s ;* : - . v (By' Mi?graph.-Pres3 : Association.) ; Auckland, October 19. An industrial. dispute has been' filed ' by the Gislome and East Coast Shearers* • v . and ■ Woolshed . Employees' Industrial: ■ . Unionof Workers, jandiifesrs-'K. MTiae ~ (Tutekawa), - Wyllie,' and: Thomas; Hiilbart : have • been < recoinmended for,: appointment; -jL-p as : : assessors :to act' on the • Conciliation. Council. v iv> : An. elaborate statement o£.thei ..'K:,,' extending into-. forty-seven clauses, ; and . covering the conditions_ adopted at-, tha' r - . annual conference held:: in Wellington in :■- : llarch and: April of ;this year, has-been:',:, lodged. v.-^/iV :V > -Along' with /the Sthe dispute therer.arean.: addition. separate clauses .'•'... affecting shed hands and wages for press- y ers, and cooks;; -. ■::: - • . ; The t^hearers : i are-'i'askihg. ;jSI : • jerf 108, : j;'; . and found for all' flock 'shcep,' wethers,! : owes, and: lambs; £2; per; 100 and founa -v.;; for rams,six 'old and • over,.- ram stags,, double-fleeced sheep, and studsheepi and >M per 100 -and. found for stud rams.:: . -i. '-. In the case. of lost time,' through tha fault of the employer' or his agent, Is.;':,. 3d. per hour is demanded, and- an eitaa .-. Gd. per: 100. is wanted to cover the cost of the upkeep: of shearing appliances. • A week's work is to consist of .48. hours». : • with not more, than-eight hours and forty minutes for one day. : .- v.." : ■' - ■It is "asked' that the wages of. 6hcd £ hands be <£2 a week and ! found, -X 2 10s. a week;' and-.found for. persons 1 at. 6heda; f• ; where less than :te'h shearers are employ- -.' ed, and for over that number Is. 6d. -per t bale, or Gd. per cwt.; and for persons with { the\ screw- 7d.v pemvrt.:W.;¥w«;;,;K^^^ - Wages' for.-: cooks are asked for as y fot. -. low:—.£3 for 20 men, .C-J for 20 to 30 men, and £5 for over .30-men..; v,