WAGE RATES RAISED IN AWARDS
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 21. To give effect to the standard wage pronouncement the Court of Arbitration has amended the New Zealand (except Canterbury and Westland) storemen and packers’ award to provide for an. increase of 11/8 a week for adult storemen and packers and from 3/6 to 9/6 weekly for juniors from under 16 to under 21. The hourly rate for casual workers is increased by hourly. The order comes into effect on June 1. The court has also made similar amendments to the oil stores employees’ award, wool, grain, hide and manure stores employees’ award and, the fruit and produce stores employees award. The New Zealand Hospital Boards domestic workers’ award _ has been amended to provide for an increase of 11/8 weekly for male workers and 10/weekly for female workers to become effective on June 1.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22952, 21 May 1949, Page 3
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