WATERSIDERS' MEAL HOURS
DECISION OF AUCKLAND UNION (P.A.) AUCKLAND. Nov. 5. A decision of the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union not to work during a meal hour unless the ship on which they are engaged is due to sail immediately'after that hour is causing concern to the shipping companies, which claim that there have been some substantial delays. The Auckland Waterfront Controller, Air W. J. Cnthbert, admitted to-day that the position was not satisfactory, but stated that it was hoped to arrive at a suitable solution and that the chairman of the Waterfront Commission, Captain E. R. Price, would be visiting Auckland shortly in connection with the matter." An order of the Waterfront Commission, which is the award under which the watersiders work, states that the men shall work during meal hours if required to do so. and shall bo paid at the rate of double ordinary time for a full hour, or for a full half-hour if the job is finished in less than 30 minutes. When the meal hour, or part of it, is worked, the men shall he allowed 60 minutes for a meal from the time they cease work. The Auckland men's refusal to work a meal hour unless a ship is due to sail shortly afterwards follows similar action at Lyttelton and Wellington.
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Evening Star, Issue 25325, 6 November 1944, Page 7
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217WATERSIDERS' MEAL HOURS Evening Star, Issue 25325, 6 November 1944, Page 7
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