GENERAL LABOURERS' AWARD

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 5

GENERAL LABOURERS' AWARD

THE HOURS AND WAGES.

[ (By Telcsrrai'!*'""*''' o -'' Areocintioii,) Uuiradin, December lil. The awards made by tbs Artitratiott Court in ''li® fieneral labourers di»l»«to provide that men wotkiitff far wfai WciiM shall have a 47 hours week in tsinnw work, til'.' hours Mot to exceed S per day, with half an hour lor crib time, and m wet places or twill sir Ui. [ > h&urs not to exeocd'fix. Minimum wages slum be:— labourers employed in tunnels or in trenches of a depth of 6ft. or oyer, 1?. 3w. ijer hour; labourers twtoyed m <NMici*to work, pick and shovel work, sewer won;, kerbins and ehatuielmg work. JayisiK lintt cleaning drains, asphalt and, tar wore, ami all other ftork of tlio «nmo k-ind, >s. 2d. iter hour; overtime to to paid at Inn rate of (inw and n quarter for ( the iim hour. and time and a hn-.f nlierwaros. ai] nork done on Saturday ■aftwnoons io be paid for at Hit' vnto of time r.nd a half. l ! 'w Iniiourers employed ill cosinection with b»iidiiK operations ail M"''* week is provided The foik>w-i«.s jdiail bo the ■minimum' wanesporkers in oliarj;® of derricks er wnployttl i# t>cd-carryi«ff. 'cflffoldiuut «ir wheelim; brows on wallow, Is .Id. tier ho-ru' -• all other labourers ciU'!* tilovcd' in connection with l.njild,i!ic operations, Js. 2d, per hour. Fw labourer* emploved by contraMors a wrek s ttoik siwli be ,47 hours, Waflw sua It lie. - Labourers cmptoy&l in tiiunMs or m trendies of a depth of fill, or over, Is. -5,i 1101 . hou i r: labourers employed m winiwtj' piekJind shove) worlr s«wer work, kevbitig and _ cJiannclms work, »a>in ; - itJ-idi iirajnM asphalt and tar ivork," anil all otb*r woift of Ac tame laud. K 2d. per hour, \oatlis may >o wiii'loycd at uoMes* thau the Mow"* el' w>' to 1" x'ajHer >v.:.A: np It. If <> »*-• ' per wok: «» to ><■>'.- of w, .U L week: up lo 3' .WW* «f «*»• '„ t1 10 - pr week; up lo 2! yen is nf affe. C, wr ,'hv or I I «>*■ I'"' w*of'Willi's sliall fce Hi>t wol '° '. > " r e.verv lire Miefi fully riUidotiPt!. ltndor 5! v«iw of aso shall trot fee per>.uit.M ' ■ sliot-lh'Crs.