STOREMEN & PACKERS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 8

STOREMEN & PACKERS

NEW AWARD FILED ''

FRESH SCALE OF .WAGBis."

A;, fresh award covering th« eondi" tkms of employment of storemen and packers has been filed by the Arbijjra-^ tion Court. The only matter actually,., referred to the Court was wages,otherclauses having been agreed upon previ- ~ onsly. . . ■ .».._«! "■ Tho clauses dealing with wages'read as f ollovrs:— . ' ' ', Storemen and packers over the "age. of twenty-one years employed at work usually performed by storemen and packers,1 such as receiving delivery 0f,.: collecting, stowing, handling, and dis- , patching goods, shall be paid not lessthan the following wages: Storemeii and packers in charge of two or mor«> men other . than casuals,' £4 15s per.': week; other storemen and packers, £4\ 5s per week. ■.■'..- ■ " .' The following are' the minimum'week- H ly rates ,fdr junior storemen' and '.pack-.'l' ers:—Under 17. years of age, £I>sb;--froin 17" to 18 years of age, £1 10s;----from 18 to 19 years of age, £2; from ' 19 to 20 years of, age, £2 Ws; fronT 20 to 21. years of age, £3. '-'■'■ **■' ■Tho decision of tho Court in this"' matter was that of the majority'of" members, Mr. Mpnteith being of the,; opinion that at least £4 6s should haye"^ been awarded instead of £4 ss. ;He'was also of the opinion that a i small/ allowance - should have been made 'to ' workers engaged in picking over decayed fruit. .<■.-•