SHEARERS AND SHEEP OWNERS
PAY AND HOURS,
[Pie United Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, July, 14. The sheep owner’s in the Wellington district have cited the Wellington Shearers’ Union for an Arbitration Court award, and a conference is being held to-day before the Conciliation Commissioner. Sheep owners offer £1 per 100 for sheep and I7s 6d for lambs, the union arguing for £1 10s both sheep and lambs. The owners propose £2 10s for wool pressers. The ■union wants £5 10s. For other shed bands the owners offer £2 ss; the union claims £4. Sheep owners want fortyeight hours per week; the union fortyfour. Employers suggest that there should ha no discrimination in employing men, while the union wants preference to unionists.
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Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 6
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120SHEARERS AND SHEEP OWNERS Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 6
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