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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 20

WORE LAST MONDAY

EMPLOYEES' CLAIMS

AN2AC DAY AND AWARD

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 28.

Female employees of R. Greer and Son, Ltd., clothing" manufacturers. Auckland, who work under one of the awards in the clothing industry which prescribes! that when Anzac Day falls on a Sunday a holiday will be observed on the Monday following, have intimated . that-. unless holiday rates of pay are .paid-in respect of the work they performed on Monday, they will cease work until such payment is made. - : . . -..-■'":

In common with other Auckland clothing manufacturers, R. Greer and Son, Ltd., did not close its factory on Monday, ...apparently holding the opinion, which is, shared by most employers: affected by the awards, that the Court of Arbitration had no power to fix the observance of Anzac Day on any other day than that prescribed by the Anzac Day Act and its amendment, which fix April 25. Friday is pay day throughout the industry, so that not until then can it be definitely said that the employers will not pay holiday .rates for work performed on Monday last, although it was authoritatively stated last week that many employers proposed to pay the rates prescribed for an ordinary working day and-to face a prosecution by the Labour Department for a breach of the award.

Negotiations are now proceeding, it is ascertained, in respect of the ultimatum given by the employees of: R. Greer and Son, Ltd., and unless these are successful the matter'will come to a head when i wages are paid on Friday. ' '." ." ...