BRICK INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 104, 27 January 1938, Page 16

BRICK INDUSTRY

Terms Of New Award Complete agreement; was readied yesterday in Conciliation Council on the application of the New Zealand Federated Brick, Tile, Pottery, and Clay Workers’ Industrial Association of Workers for a new Dominion award. The commissioner, Mr. M. J. Reardon, presided. The workers’ assessors were: Messrs. P. M. Butler (Wellington), R. Fulton (New Plymouth), W. Houghton, S. Belcher, It Donaldson (Auckland), F. McFadgen (Wellington), and J. Purtell (Auckland, advocate). For the employers, the assessors were: Messrs. R. J. Murphy (Wellington), A. H. M. Wright (Palmerston North). T. E. Clark (Auckland). W. A. Clark (Auckland), F. Harris (Huntly). C. G. Hillier (Tauniarunui), and A. W. Nisbet (Wellington, advocate). The agreement provides for a 40-hour week of five days, with provision for burners to work 42 hours if required. The minimum rates of pay for adults were fixed at 2/81 an hour for flangers and moulders, 2/7 for stickers, 2/6 for setters and drawers, 2/5 for burners, ami 2/41 for all other workers. Youths’ wages will range from 25/to 80/- a week at 204 years. The proportion of youths to adults was fixed at two to seven, but the proportion may be increased in certain circumstances mutually agreed upon by the employers and the union. The statutory holidays will lie observed, together with (for all employees employed for 1.2 months) leave of four consecutive days, to be taken, as far as practicable, in proximity to Christinas. The new award will run for 12 months.