SHOP ASSISTANTS

Evening Star, Issue 22954, 11 May 1938, Page 8

SHOP ASSISTANTS

DOMINION DISPUTE j ■ : I [Psa Unites Pre*» Association.] WELLINGTON, May 10. The hearing of the Dominion shoj assistants' industrial dispute was bos gun to-day in the Second Court of Arbitration. ' r -,' ‘'v~', Mr F. D. Cornwell, advocate for th<[ workers, read to the court a state* ment consisting of 66 typewritten sheets dealing with the matters ii< dispute between the parties. included the proposed exemption fromf the award of travellers, specialty sales* men, and collectors substantially ema ployed outside their employers* pre* mises,- of female assistants . receiving £3 10s a week or more, and of mals assistants reoeiying £6 a week .or morel Other clauses not agreed to in Con| ciliation Council, he stated, referred to the classification and proportion'of emi ployees, the hours of work, an annual holiday, overtime, and transport aa lowance. 'Cv ' At the conclusion of his address Ml Cornwell called) evidence in support of the points raised, and had not com# pleted his case when the court rosf till to-morrow morning#