WATERSIDE WORKERS’ AWARD
Interpretation Sought By Telegraph—Press Association.' Auckland, August. 19. “This is a most important dispute, affecting more than 6000 men ail over New Zealand,” said Mr. J. Roberts, Wellingtou, in the Court of Arbitration to-day at the conclusion of the hearing of a joint application by both parties for au interpretation of the award of the New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Union. He, said that with the waterside workers it was a ease of give a dog a bad name. Regulation of work on the waterfront at Napier was the subject before the court to-day. Four disputes were brought, each illustrative of a point in which a ruling was desired. His Honour Mr. Justice O’Regan presided. Mr. Roberts, secretary of tiie union, presented the viewpoint of the workers, and Mr. W. H. Beinuett, generiil secretary of the Waterside Employers’ Association, appeared for the employers. The first dispute concerned whether at Napier the minimum of three hours provided for in the award applied to the period from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., or whether the minimum should apply to the first three hours’ work if work was continued for that time. The other disputes concerned payment for Saturday work.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 16
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