WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 12989, 7 December 1906, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

TAn.OKESSES’ AWARD IXXEIirBET ATI OX. The Clerk of Awards for tin- Otago industrial district (Mr Stubbs) has received' from the President of the Arbitration Courtan inter }>ielation of tho tailoresscs’ awaid of November 27. 1905. winch was jointly linked for in March of this vear by the Xew Zealand Federated Tailoresses and Other Clothing Trade Employees' Associatiou of Workers and the Xcw Zealand Clothing Manufacturers’ Association. The interpretation is as follows ; Question: Under clause 12 “an oniplayer may take on an employee as pro-balioner-prcsser for six months at such wages as mar bo agreed on." Do Uki word-- ** an employer " limit tho number of probationers to bo employed in any shop or factory to out only ?' -Answer : Xo ; the rule applies generally to any employee. On the completion of his tiiii-j as pros-cn - probationer his wage is to bo £2 10s ]>er Week. Question : Clause 12 fixes the wages of pressers at a minimum of £2 15s per week, subject to certain limitations. The question is :ls to the application of them. —■ Answer: m) Any existing pressor wire has not received £2* 15:s in the past may l>? paid £2 10s for two years from the coming into force of the award, (b) In the future men may be jiaid £2 10s for not more linn two years: but in computing those two years the time served as presscr-probationer Tints t be added in. !cq It was not intended Fuat men who bad received £2 15s should Ik? lowered ; therefore if a man is receiving £2 15=. or if a man for a period of three monllts, or for periods amounting to three months at any time in tho past, has been paid at that rate, he is to receive that mt-. His having earned £2 15s at piecework is equivalent to his having c mod it as a set wage, provided he can show that he earned it over a period of three months, felt The words " in the pant ’’ refer to service under any employer. Question; Does the word "journeywoman” in clause 1 include denims, waterproof, and ladies' apparel workers?— Answer: With respect to this question we do not think that tho words of clause 7 can be read so as to-include denims or ladies' apparel.. Tho caso of waterproofs may be different. On the face of it they seem to •us to be within the term coats, but wo arc not told exactly what class of waterproof is referred to, aind if this'question is to bo further contested it will have to bo dealt with after hearing evidence. GENERAL LABORERS’ AWARD. •Sitting in his Capacity as chidfmrui. Of tli-: Otago Conciliation Hoard,. Mr. A.-Hath-gate on Tuesday lest ■heard a 7 dispute-, in •*usud- itt tho DaatXiUldjid

'Suburban ' Gcrtcral Lilborqre/ award. " Tho question for,'ibterprl'tation'J.vpas: Aro tncH ’wifi) arc working in .u" J quarry/ but not, actually 'engaged in ~qiiii rising stone/ to bo deemed qiiarnrmoii.' SXt \ Hiymcs • represented file union, and llr Begg/' of Anderson Bar, an cinfllojev; was also present. After hearing tho/parlios, Mr Bathgate decided that tKoso who wprg, fiiqrelr 'engaged. in breaking up and shaping stones were not quanymon. ', ‘ A RKFERKNCE''WITHDRAWN. ‘; Tlio flouhnillers’ dispute, whicli, was set down for hearing at tho next.sitting of the' Arbitration Court, in ’Dunedin, lias heen withdrawn.