NEW AWARDS FOR N.Z. JOURNALISTS

Grey River Argus, 25 February 1949, Page 5

NEW AWARDS FOR N.Z. JOURNALISTS

F. A . WELLINGTON, Feb 24 Complete agreement upon tne terms of two awards for journalists was completed to-day by a Conciliation Council which has been sitting in Wellington since Tuesday, under the chairmanship of Mr H. M. Hopper, Conciliation Commissioner. One award will apply to the journalists in the provincial towns, and the other to those in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. + A separate dispute was created by the Auckland Journalists’ -Union Its claims are to be considered by Conciliation Council next month. The principal matters in dispute were the applcation of the five-day week to newspaper work, and the Question of extra payments for •workino- on Saturdays and on The existing provisions upon the former ■ subject were ‘ amended to provide for a limitation of the ordinary hours to 10 days in a fortnight in’ the offices where this arrangement has been established, and for a modification where necessary in other cases. . Salaries were reviewed, and a clause was added providing for the payment of a weekly allowance 01 five per cent, in compensation for working during week-ends; upon public holidays, when newspapers are published, and on more than 16 days in a fortnight. .... ’