FREEZING WORKERS’ DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 301, 14 September 1921, Page 6

FREEZING WORKERS’ DISPUTE

MINOR CLAUSES AGREED ON. The Tellington hearing by a Conciliation Council of the freezing workers and related trades dispute regarding the terms of new awards was concluded yesterday. The dispute, m effect, a Domhiion one, and conciliation council will hold sittings in connection- with it to Other centres. The council was presided over bv the Conciliation Commissionor (Mr. W. Newton). The. assessors for the employers were Messrs. H GWarren, J. C. Cooper, and J. M n,. with Messrs. A. S. Cookson and S. Dickagents. — 'JCpifice’with Mr. W. E. Sill On Monday the employers intimated tha it was futile to discuss the wages question ns there was no possibility of the Consideration was given accordingly to the clauses of lesser un after an all-day sitting, the JS agreed thgt all slaughtering board should, be piovidea n hook The existing clause, providing that all learners should be under the age of 18 years, w«s "greed to The council arrived at a sa ‘ lsta settlement of most of the clauses affecttag the general conditions of slaughtermw The clause regulating the employment of under-rate workers aas dented (as in the existing agreemen ). clause was agreed upon similar to that embodied in the nnvekrni’* wuterside workers. - e S for a disputes, committee of three representatives from both work's and employers, and the decision of a majority shall bin « tor If no decision is come to. the dis nn'to is to b' referred to a special com- £ JJ S consistin'* of three del ego tes-from toe Freezing Workers’ Federation and n similar r-nnber from the employers Wi n if still no settlement is arrived a r t he tha -liJnie will ’be referred to the A rlki I r&t ion Court. A ? e eVnncil could not agree on any o the- c’auses. which were referred to the Arbitration Court.