ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Star, Issue 16237, 5 October 1916, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT

Second Da t,— Wednesday, The Arbitration Court heard vesterdav afternoon the iron and brass moulders’ dispute, the opening statement of which, uy the union's representative (Mr A. Kossor), was contained in yesterday's | issue. . - ' I . ‘' dr S. Cookson, replying for The omi Piojers, said tnat the view they took of i , u '? caso was that the Auckland award' , ana not the bearing upon ■Tho trade here i v un:oil , had sought to suggest. ; , , 1 ,. . ssei ’ had indeed admitted that macnine moulders were not existent in Auckland to any appreciable extent, but in Cayistcluirch and Dunedin they were verv numerous, which proved that the vvor.c here was of a different nature from . i' 1 '. 01 '* *'* -hackland. The moulding work here was ( 0 a large extent repetition wprk, or what was. known in the engineers award as stock catalogue work. •' !l ° s;um ' eastings were made dav after dry. and it became a more or less iiiecnanical process. Again, there was great difficulty now in getting pig-iron, and wane firms had to buy it" from America at a _ great advance in price; while another important factor was that j t.u'i-e was no protective duty on agricnlf.nral machinery, which some of the big firms manufactured, and the result was tnat some machines could be imported aim sold here at less than it cost to make teem locally. The union’s demands would handicap the trade to such an extent j iliat it would dwindle away. Tho union asked that the hours be reduced to 44 a r. ceK, but the employers wore of opinion tiuii tiiey snould be 47, as in the engineering trade. ■ Mr Rosser intimated that the union waived the hours demand; Mr Com,-son continued that flic employers suggested that in fixing warns i provision should bo made for. stock catalogue rates. They bad no objection to the increased rate asked for apprentices, but they wanted provision made for two apprentices to every one journeyman? The wages the employers suggested* were Is 6d an hour for jobbing moulders. Is 4.U1 for innuloers on stock catalogue work, and Is 5d for machine moulders. ,-viter hearing evidence the Court intimated that they would consider the matter. —Mcltal Workers.— Tne Otago AiCtal W Olivers’ Assistants applied for a war bonus. , Jr ,d. D. Smith, who appeared on theiiocpalf, stated that an amendment, of the av.ara was sought so as to provide for a war bonus. The President remarked that this limb been conceded in a seed many places. Mr Cftokscn, speaking on behalf of the employers, agreed with the remark and r-aid be did not think they need take up much time discussing tho matter. The President- said ho did not imagine the Dunedin employers wanted to be‘Wt on a different footing from other.-. Mr Cookson : We will leave the matter to the Court. The President : I think they should bo put, on the same footing. Wo* will make tqe amendment.