WOOL AND GRAIN STORES IDLE
NO WORK THIS MORNING MEN DECLINE ORDINARY RATES FOR SATURDAY £Per Ukited Phess Association ] AUCKLAND, February 12. The wool, grain, hide, and manure stores here were idle this morning as a result of the employees putting into effect the decision reached at a stopwork meeting yesterday not to Work on Saturdays at ordinary rates of pay. The men contend that if called on to work on Saturday they should be paid time and a-half for the morning and double time for the afternoon. The award recently issued, while conceding a 40-hour five-day week for storemen, provides for four hours on Saturday being worked at ordinary rates. Approximately 250 men employed in seven stores are affected by the dispute, but it is expected that they will work as usual on Monday. The attitude of the men is likely to hinder slightly the preparations for the final Auckland wool sale on March 26, but the employers regard it as fortunate that the dispute did .not come to a head earlier in the season when wool was flooding into the stores. ■ The _ dispute from the employers’ angle is being handled by the Woolbrokers’ Association in Christchurch, and it is thought probable that the Minister of Labour will be urged to intervene so as to ensure that the men will observe the award.
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Evening Star, Issue 22881, 12 February 1938, Page 14
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224WOOL AND GRAIN STORES IDLE Evening Star, Issue 22881, 12 February 1938, Page 14
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