COOKS AND STEWARDS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1914, Page 8

COOKS AND STEWARDS

NEW SCHEDULE OP DEMANDS INCREASED WAGES ASKED FOR. DOMINION AWARD AND PREFERENCE WANTED. On 28th June the Arbitration Court award applying to the Federated' Cooks aud Stewards' Union of New Zealand and the Union Steam Ship Company will expire, and a schedule of new demands, embodying general increases, has been prepared, the dispute being set down tor hearing before a Conciliation Council on Thursday next at 10.30 a.m. WAGES. The wages asked for are as follow :— Galley Workers. — Vancouver and 'Fiasco Service : Chefs £18 per month, second cooks £11, extra second cooks £9, third cooks £8, extra third cooks £7 10d, acuHerymen £7, baker £12 10s, second baker £9 10s, third baker £7. butcher £10, second butcher £7 10s, third butcher £7, steerage cook £10, second steerage cook £8", third steerage cook £7, crew cook £9, .assistant crew cook £7. Intercolonial and Islands.— 'Chefs £16 per month, second cooks £10 10s, extra second cooks £9, third cooks £7 10s, extra third cooks £7 10s, scullerymen £7, baker £12, second baker £7, butcher £10, assistant butcher £7, crew cook £9, assistant crew cook £7. Home Trade. — Chefs £15 per month, second cooks £10, third cooks £7 10s, scullerymen £7, butcher £10, baker £12, crew cook £9. Colliers.— Chief cook £12 per month, others £6. The present rates are : — Chief cook (intercolonial steamers) £14, chief cook (steamers other than intercolonial) £13, second cook £8, third cook £6, ship's cook £7 10s, sculleryman £5, baker £10, butcher £8. Cargo steamers— Chief cook £10, assistant cook £4, assistant steward £4. Stewards :— Second steward, £10 per month ; stewards in charge second saloon, three classes, "£9 10s ; fore cabin steward, £9 ; pantryman, £8 10s J linenkeeper, £8 10s ; head waiter, £8 10s ; storekeeper, £8 10s 'j first-class assistant stewards, employed as bedroom stewards, saloon j waiter, printers and buglers employed in either saloon where only three classes are carried, 1 or in first _ saloon where only two classes are carried, £8 ; night watchman, £8'; otherworkers not classified, £7; cadets, £2 10s. Rates ruling at present are :—Passenger steamers— >second steward', 1 £7 ; first-class assistant stewards employed, eithei^ as bedroom stewards, saloon waiter's, printers, or buglers, if acting as either bedroom steward or saloon waiter, £5 10s; forecabin steward, £5; second-ckm assistant stewards employed either as bathroom, messroom, assistant forecabin stewards, boots, main-deck steward, assistant pantryman, or nightwatchman, £4; cadet, £1 10s; pantryman, £6. ■ HOURS OF WORK. TJie schedule demands that the, hours of work for galley workers while in port shall not exceed It per day— colliers between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. in all ports and passenger boats in terminal ports 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; intermediate ports from' 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The hours of work at sea not to exceed 10 per day, to be worked within a margin of 14 consecutive hours daily. All time wouked in excess of 10 liours in any one day to be paid for at the overtime rates bi Is per, hour. , ' i For stewards it is asked that the hours of labour in ' intermediate ports and at sea shall be 18 per day between 5.30 a.m. and 8,30 p.m. Men required to go on duty before or after these hours shall do so as required subject to being paid" overtime at the rate of Is per hour for all time worked in excess of IS hours in any day, or for any time worked after 15 hours from the commencement of work. , x In terminal ports where a vessel has been in port overnight the hours of labour for stewards on days following shall be eight, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. When a vessel leaves a. terminal port i after the men have completed eight hours 1 work, any time worked in excess to be paid for at overtime rates. When a. vessel arrives in a terminal port prior to 3 p.m. Work shall, cease for the day afr ,5 p.m. . In . terminal ports when a vessel is not proceeding to sea, prior to 7 p.m., or is lying in port overnight, tea shall be served at 5 p.m. to the whole of the oflicers and crew. ' Any meals served or work done after 6 p.m. to be paid for at overtime rates. EXCURSIONS. The clause, in addition to specifying that overtime of Is per hour shall be paid, with a minimum of 4s (as provided in the present award) asks that if the men are ordered aboard for an excursion and the vessel does not proceed, each mall shall be entitled to a minimum of 4s. PREFERENCE WANTED.' The present clause stipulatee that the employer, in employing cooks and stewards, shall not discriminate against members of tho union, and shall not, in the engagement or dismissal of men, or in the conduct of its business, do anything directly or indirectly for the purpose of injuring tho union, . and, further, when members of the union and non-meVnbers are employed together there shall be no distinction between them, and both shall work togthr in harmony and under the same conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work. In place of this clause it is demanded that employers shall in the .engagement or subsequent employment of wcrkere, give preference to those members of the Federated Cooks' and Stewards' Union of New Zealand who aro not more than three- months in arrears with their colltributions to the union. ' A Dominion award is asked for to cover a period of two years. To a Post reporter to-day, Mr. Marment, secretary of the union, discussing the proposed schedule, stated that the demands showed an increase in wa-ges based generally on tho increases granted in other departments. There had been no general increase in his department fcmeo the first agreement was arrived at in 1902. The dispute, he added, was solely one between tho union and the Union/ Steam- Ship Company. -There were at present two awards operating in the Wellington district — one covering the Union Company, which it was asked, should be superseded by Ihe present application and one with tho smaller owners which it was intended to renew later. In the big Eection of the fecafaring occupation—tho sailors and firemen's departments — agreements had always been arrived at between the union concerned and tho company.

The Thorndon Swimming Club's annual smoke concert was held at the Marine Institute Rooms last evening. Mr. T. Ronayne presided and there was a ( large gathering of swimmers. Prizes' won during last year were presented, and a presentation was also made to Mr. .T. Calnan (caretaker of the Thorndon Baths) in recognition of the assistance ho has always given members of the club. The valuable services of Mrs. Calnan were a)so placed on record. During tho heavy wind between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, the derrick 1 at the water-testing station at Wadestowit was blown across the main road, and blocked traffic until it was removed not long aftsrvvards^ ~ .