WATERSIDE AGREEMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2712, 6 March 1916, Page 6

WATERSIDE AGREEMENTS

. : ' THE NIGHT WORK CLAUSE. " A fortnight ago a conference was ' held between . representatives. ,of tlie Wellington' Waterside Workers' Union and the employers with regard to a new working V agreement. The repreBentatives- of ,J)oth ' sides'agreed:'.to ' all. : the conditions set out iii 'tfedrafty-.but whenihejvwere'suhiiutted'to-'tho workers-; assembled in- mass' meeting every-.' . thing was. agreed to, except a , clause wlncn provided for the continuance of ; ; v. - ork after 30 o'clock, at night. The turning down""of that'clause turned . down'the whole agreement- for the time being.: Last week there was another . conference between the representatives . of both parties, at which, a now night work' clause' was drafted. j'This. ,'was i submitted-. t<r a:cstop-work.; meeting 'of . the workers held on-Saturday morning, Mid which lasted ■an hour and a half, the outcome being the acceptance of the new clause, the. terms of, which will ■ not be published until it. has been discussed, by all the unions. ' -• Mr. L. Glover,; president of the Wntersiders' Federation, went south on Friday, evening, and put the new clause .before the members of the different unions, at Lyttelton,;: Timaru, and Oamaru on Saturday.. To-day he will meet the Port Chalmers and Dunedin ■: Unions. _' •' ■■ ; ' LYTTELTON'S' DECISION. ? ; ;- By. Tclegraph—Prcss. As&ociation'. . Chrlstchurch, March 4. The meeting .of waterside workers of . Lyttelton decided to turn down the clause providing -that the union place ■ no obstacle in the'way of overtime work ceasing at 10 p.m. ; The men, decided to remove the 8 p.m. embargo, and work as formerly |to 10 p.m., or later if necessary. It is".expected that proV vision will be mads in. the new agree--1 ment for Lyttelton.