TAILORING TRADE

Grey River Argus, 1 September 1917, Page 5

TAILORING TRADE

THE WESTLAND*.' DISPUTE^ '** AGREEMENT REACH£b£ The tailoring trade dispute V of ithe industrial district of Westland was be fore this Conciliation* Commissioner (Mr. WO H.^HJagger) .at I the ; Courthouse yesterday. . The fepresenfatifes for. the employers were : ' Messrs Kea-y Waugh, and Clear ; anrf for the employees Messrs . OTarrj.il (Gfey- ; mouh),^Water\vork (Wellington) and Wilson (Dunedin. ) The discussion wAs 'marked by great cordiality md very good feeling prevailed throujghjout,' a -complete agreement' beingvarrjved at. ov~ The terms of the % old award Were accepted, except several minor altera, tions consisting of a clause providing for ,the employment of female apprentices where it is impossible for the employer to obtain males. It was also agreed that an under-rate workers clause, be included in> the, award. RATES O.F PAY. The*' following increases of wages were agreed to :— Males, from -£2 to,, .£3 3s; females :' coat-hands from 30s to 31s 6d ; trousers, vest and skirt hands from 25s to 27s 6d ; first-class machinists from 30s to. 31s 6d ; sec-ond-class machinists frpm 25s to 27s 6d. "\ Under the log, the log rates the increases agreed upon are as follow: — Males from is to is id iper hour; females: coat-hands from O^d to iod per hour; trousers and *.§#r* bauds from 8d to 9d~; vest hartds : from ; Bd to B_d. 0. . .0 ; / SCOPE AND TERM AWARD. The scope of the award includes the. whole of the:., industrial district of Westland. The award is to come into operation on September 24th, 1017, antf will remain in force for three years: It is noteworthy that although the Conciliation Council has sat in seyeijP al centres in the Dominion to consider the tailoring - ' dispute,'. .. Greymouth has the distinction of being the first town where ' ' an agreement has been reached,