STONEMASONS’ UNION

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 195, 15 May 1936, Page 3

STONEMASONS’ UNION

Dominion Award Sought The Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. S. Ritchie, was engaged in the Conciliation Council yesterday in hearing a dispute between the employers of stonemasons and their employees relative to an application for a new Dominion award. The assessors were:—-for tlle employers: Messrs. W. H. Winson (C^ rls tchurch), J. Tait (Christchurch), H. S. Bingham (Dunedin), A. Fletcher (Wei lington), H. Glover (Wellington), T. McNab (Auckland), and W. Parkinson (Auckland). Mr. T. O. Bishop conducted the employers’ case. For the cm ployees: Messrs. J. Dunlop (Anckmnd), W. Vennall (Auckland), J. R- Lund (Petone), C. Nicholls (Wellington), TGraham (Dunedin), A. Bere (Christemployees’ proposals, and the employers’ counter-proposals were as toilow, the counter-proposals being >n parer.-

th Houre: 40-hour week, made up of five days each of eight hours (44-hour week, the slme as above, plus, four hours on S^a"es y "ur’: Head polishers, 2/6 (2?) ;° polishers, 2/4 (1/9) i powers below 12 months’ experience, 2/- I—). head fixers (monumental workers), (1/S); gang-saw tenderer, 2/4 (. I , stonemason’s labourer 2/- (—) . o, &Si l ’"Ti™ t arf I l»ir («« «« a quarter) for first four hours; there after double time (time and a half). .Wages for work on certain holidays. Double time (same). ’ The employers also asked that appr; n tices having completed their apprenticeK might be employed as improvers for not more than 12 months at 1/6 an hour. The employees opposed this. The employers also asked foi tlie loi IoX ratVfor boys and yoiiths under 21 years: First year, li/6; ’ third 32/6; fourth,' 40/-; fifth, aO/-. Discussion proceeded .throughout yesterday and will be continued to-day.