FLAX-MILL WORKERS
Tho ncißotiaticns at Palmerston North between the fnx-inilloK and the flux-rn ill employees are apparently Hearing a satisfactory conclusion. "Rcpresentat-ive.s conferred yesterday, and an agreement was drawn up on tho lines of a letter from Messrs A. .St-ifert an-d li. T. Hell (tlaxmillens) to the Employees' Union as- follows :—" In cmisequen'cc of tli« increased prke of hemp now ruling, we, to recommend the Flax-millers' Association to reopen .on the following basis : —ls Cd per hour, or 14s per (lay; automatic scutching, award rates; hand scut-Thing, 30s per ton; cutting, 20 per cent, off last season's rates: padlocking, with, carting, 32a in- summw and 35s in winter; paddccktng, without carting, 25s in summer and 26s in -winter. Should the necessity for a revision of the wage rated arise, a month's notice shall be- given on ttthe.r side and a conference bo called immediately. '' The president and secretary of the Flaxmill Workers' Union agreed fro rci-oniniend members to commence work forthwith en these terms. Both sides will consider the recommendation immediately, and it is expected that work at the mills will be in full swing next week.
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Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 8
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187FLAX-MILL WORKERS Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 8
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