ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 7

ARBITRATION COURT

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

CLAIMS FOR WAR BONUS.

The Arbitration Court resumed iti sittings this morning. i An application was made by the Federated Cooks and Stewards-Union.(Mr. Kennedy) for a war bonus. . 'Mr. Smith, for the Union Company, contended that the application was a, breaoh of faith; The agreement was on all fours with the Australian agreement, and the arrangement was that no further-, application for increase would be made. He added that all Sunday and holiday work in port was paid for, as overtime, at 2s an hour, That work was necessary, as the crew had to be fed. The galley staff also had the right to take the fat, which had gone up greatly in yalua. The application by the union involved many thousands of pounds. Mr, E. Kennedy, for the union; urged that conditions in Australia are different.to those in New Zealand, and in any case, the workers in New Zealand were entitled to any bonuses, that had been given in other cases. The Court reserved its judgment! . An application "for a war bonus was. ako made. 1 by the Wellington Brewers' and Bottling Stores Union ; the bonus asked for was 6s: a week as from Ist May. The Court reserved its decision.

The Dairy Workers' Union also ap- ' plied for a war bonus. Mr. W. Gre# 1011, on behalf of the union, contended tliat'^under, the award tlie .men were weli paid, and that the hours of work were only about six hours a day. "In fact,".ho said, ''I hear that some of the'men'get' over their rounds' in ' four hours." Mr. 'Justice Stringer: "That may be because they -leave out .the steep streets." (Laughter.) The Court reserved its decision.

An application for a war bonus by the Wellington Storemen's Union was opposed, on th© ground that notice had not been given to a section of the employers. , V ; The Wellington Retail Grocers' Assistants' Union applied for a. war bonus of 6s 6d, the sixpence representing a penny an hour for the extra hours worked. Mi 1. Monteith,. for the union, said the application only referred to the. country dis-' tricts.;—Decision was reserved.

Similar applications were made by the Masterton and Wairarapa; Painters and Decorators' Union; the Wellington. Jewellers and Clockmakers' Union, the Wellington Hairdressers' Union, the Wellington Private Hotel Employees' Union, the Wellington -City. . Tea-room Employees' Union, the Wellington Retail Shop Assistants' Union, and the Wellington, Manawatu, Wairarapa, and Hawkes Bay Butchers' Union.