RAILWAY CONCILIATION. LORD CROMER AND THE MIDLAND COMPANY.
SUCCESS OF ARBITRATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, Bth April. The decision of Lord Cromer, who was called on to act as arbitrator between the Midland Railway Company and its staff in regard to the various points in dispute concerning wages and conditions of labour, has just been issued. Except for a few allowances to married men living in London and stable men, the only direct rise in wages is given to capstan men, who receive 2s per week extra. There are many decisions, however, in regard to hours and general conditions, some of which are : APPLYING TO THE WHOLE STAFF. All men signing on duty on any day shall receive not less than one day's pay. All men shall have nine hours' consecutive rest between spells of duty. If called out before the nine hours have expired, they are to be paid at a rate and a half for the uuexpired portion of the nine hours. SUNDAY DUTY. All Sunday duty shall be paid for at a rate and a quarter to goods drivers and firemen, signalmen, passenger guards, porter guards, platform staff, and goods staff. At a rate and a half to passenger drivers and firemen, wagon examiners and greasers, carriage cleaners and washers, brakesmen and gas labourers. OVERTIME. Engine-drivers and firemen : At the rate of eight hours per day to begin after ten hours' duty. The rest of the staff, with a few minor exceptions, at a rate and a quarter, based on the standard working day. The hours of labour are fixed at eleven hours for guards, porters, shunters, and goods staff, with an aggregate interval of an hour and a half for meals a day. No change at all is made in connection with the platelayers or telegraph construction men. The award is to last until 31st December, 1913. WELCOMED AT DERBY. The terms of Lord Cromer's award were first announced to railwaymen by Mr. Richard BelT, M7P., the same evening. The recital of the terms was re- j ceived with much enthusiasm. Mr. Bell j said that though the men had not got all they wanted, or all they asked for, they had gained very substantial con cessions, and many thousands of men on the Midland line would benefit. Important principles, which had been the subject of agitation for many years, had i been established. j
RAILWAY CONCILIATION. LORD CROMER AND THE MIDLAND COMPANY.
Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 2
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