TAILORS' DISPUTE SETTLED
"BESPOKE WORK."
(By- T«l6sr:aßli.*-I > jfcs« Associatddii.)
Auckland, March 30. Ta-day the Arbitration Court dis.posi ed of the tailors' dispute,-aio'nefosfciai disagreement oft which many coiiclliator.y conferences had failed to make any typewhbh effect.,,, An, agreement ■ had been come te between tlio e-lfltliing manufacturers and the master tailors rolatiflg to "cjiart" orders as follows: —"Ali bespokO;. work shall fre denV'in the registered workroom of' the <Bn~ player for whom lie wwrk Is performed; and fey wkmi the order is taken, and shall ho paid for according to the time statement fixed, unless jierformed by fl-n'opoftj-tivß c-mployed at weekly wages,, Tko expression "besjiofce ivorlc*' is .te include all garments for w%ieh ; . artfers or moasurfis ftro takrai, idsa alj goads inacfe au.d sold as tailor-made, aiid aft ■onfcts in lyhfeli aisy.gar'ttifiiit is fitted tin, whether the order he b.y chart measurement or otherwise, All work is fa s bo done in the workshop or prD.pii.soß of the employer, and no work shaft be,! doB:e Jit any premises occupied bj: an operative except by eonsent of a.joint■■ eorttmittee sqt up as provided' for in. tlie agrsfijuent. The ahovo tioiidi'tioiiS do not apply ■ te Tjona-iide chart owlers or contract work - manufactured itt whole-aala foi 1 s tow.n or. country agent "ft'lio, at ttme of booking Order <lir&>ts the, attention af purchaser te the fact tJiat the. garmfcftti; jinrclißScd are c'havt-order aadfaeiety-Jflade goods. Further, that lie does jwi advertise ffr imply in apy way he' is taking ercters for taitor-matfe . KariiicWts. Chart orders niean garments for Which an. order is taken, by a draper or .outfitter ailcf nvadeln a factory without a try-Mi of .%ny sort the I draper or eutfitto, citherei his ewii. [premises'or elsewhere during the proV I cess of j»anufa<!t(tfo. Cflntraef work rolqrtes .only to tsi-riCorial, iailw.ay, or l«*tor-fiaTrfers r -uniforms. Nothing, in. the ,I'peemeiJt is held to prevent an altetAt'ibil being made to any germont after completion., blether ftado- hj. chart nieasure or ©therwiseThe Court, • aecefited tire agreement, and factory owners withdrew their counter proposals.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2111, 31 March 1914, Page 8
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335TAILORS' DISPUTE SETTLED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2111, 31 March 1914, Page 8
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