LABOUR DEMANDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 3

LABOUR DEMANDS.

COOKS AND STEWAI!DS. New nre licinr; made hy (lie Wellington L'e-.kV and Sli-wnnU' Union lipon I Hi; owners of ivliii li li ade to or from porir, within tlie \Velliu', T t;>ii di'liiei. U i>- inol):'.hle Hint eonl'ei'enee will l;e 1:1 < 1 lielv.r.• 11 n'pi'L'sentiilives of the ntly. The union tor !!sfoil iv.ni;: in Ilie niiliininin nmnlhly .-ralr of w:!;. -t.'liief :dew:irds. -I'll): tltiei' . l ;lll; ehiel stewaid--' nilit(i; e!\i;'l' cenks' :;Mnni>. .L'li; eoolv ;mul I "il, . 1-1 -. The hour? claimed ivhs'ii in jnrt »reSieivnl'ds, oijjlil pel' dny, Iciween !i :i.m. end 7 p.m., iv iI Ii two luoirs oIV to;' mrsils; rooks, twelve pi'i' d:iy, lielween (i a.m. mid G p.m., wit ii Iwo lioiu - ell' for im.-il.-; eriok and steward r.nnliined, ten p.'r day, between (i a.m. and 7 p.m.. with lw:> hours for nv.'als. I'or all werlc done outside these hours overtime pay at. ilie vnte of Is. per hour is rlaimeU. T'vj hours of labour at sea are pul e.t eleven, i>etwecn 5 a.m. and 7 p.ui.. with overtime at Is. per hour, for all other time worlierl. Overtime is also claimed in eaunrelien with arrivals and departure on Sunday, and with excursion trips. Jt: is asked ihe.t tho following he observed as public liolidays, with overtinui pay to all inen who have to work (hereon i—New Year's Day, Good Friday, Kastor Monday, Labour Day, King's Birthday, Christmas Day, and Boxins Day.

FAIUIIEES AND GENERAL BLACKSMITHS. The Wellington Farriers' and General Blacksmiths' Union has filed demands tor a new award. It asks for a conference and names as its assessors Messrs. .T. Sullivan, S. Iland, and _T. Kichards, while its secretary, Mr. W. C'. Nost, will act as its accredited agent. The union asks that only three classes cf labour—journeymen, floormen and apprentices—be recognised, and claims that the ordinary week's work shall consist of forty-four hours; that this must be between the hours of 8 a.m. and !> ji.iii. oii_ five days of the week; and that on Saturdays' ordinary time must not excred four hours, and" must be worked between 8 a.m. and noon. One hour to be allowed each day for dinner between 12 (noon) and 1 p.m., Saturdays excepted. Overtime to Iw paid for nt the rata of time and a half. The following minimum rata cf wages is claimed Farriers. X' 3 os. per week; general smiths, ,£3 Cs. per week ; floormen, .£3 per we?k. Tho union claims that all boys working at the trade shall ho legally indentured, the term to be for five years with three months' probation at tho start. The proportion of apprentices to tradesmen is not to exceed one to two. The minimum rates of pay are put at: For tho first year, 12s. G(i. per week; for the second year, 17s. Gd. per week; for tho third year, '-'2s. Gd. per week; for the fourth year, 275. LV per week; for the fifth year, ■£2 pc-r week. Holidays are sought on the following days, with payment at doublo rates for men who have to work on them: —Christinas .Day. Now Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter 'Monday, Labour Day, and tho birthday of tho reigning Sovereign. A claim is" also made for preference to unionists.