HOTEL WORKERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 138, 7 December 1912, Page 2

HOTEL WORKERS

HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The half-yearly meeting of the Wellington. v Hotel, flub, and' Restaurant Workers.' Union was held in the Trades Hall last night. Election of offieeis lor tho ensuing term resulted in the unopposed return of most of the retiring ofhi.cr&-. The only changes made were rendered necessary by reason of the departure from the district of certain of the retiring officials. The half-yearly report staled that in tho six months reviewed 375 new members had joined the union, 6f which .number 131 were women workers. The receipts for the period totalled £422 odd, and the • expenditure roughly £428. Legal charges and the Federation 1 Conference in Uuuodiu in August last were mainly responsible tor the heavy expenditure during Lhe term. The period closes with a cash balanre of £200 to i,he cr.edit of Lhe union. It if- the intention of lhe union to reier thedispuie lip! ween it and the liotulkeep* ere <iii to a f'wimi ol Conciliation tor s"ttU'inent. A niccuti.u lor tlinf jiunm^fi will b» hcUl iRXI \\bcK. At !n"t night,* meet ng the d'»iii<iivls to lie put fowjnl l'.y the vorktib v.i-h 1 - lorm.uly adopted. J ii the m-iiii there i. 1 - no gir.U depaiture i rom <.'xMm_ tohditini'-, askul for. A iKvreubo is pinpo^ed in the wage* of the lower-paid men. and a nmre ellet Itivc preference clause i_ denmnded. The nutter of lioure and holidays is not mi'de the subject of award i emulations,. The i>nion intends to »eek redtes* in that direction through tlie Legislature. It is expected that the ca r -e will be filed abont the 18' h. and that the dispute will be lipfor" n Council of Conciliation early in the new year. A*sc<<uts for the union veiv appointed at the meeting. Members expressed their appreciation of the progress mads by the country branches, and the meeting decided to present souvenirs to the local branch presidents* in recognition of their work for the organisation. A special meeting of the bar-assistants section of the Union will be held to-morrow to deal with matters* peculiar to that branch of the trade.