The Seamens' Trouble.
[By Telegraph.] (P<t P reus Association.) Wellington, This day. The Conciliation Board recommends that the wages of seamen and firemen be increased 10s per month from March Ist next. Overtime to remain as at present. Boxing day to be added to the holidays and steps taken to have Labor Day recognised on one date for the whole colony. ' > The Board declared the einployers should employ the members of union 3 in preference to non-union members, provided they are available, and recommend that a member of the union be allowed to visit vessels, except during working hours. Messrs Collins and Fisher entered a dissent as to wages and overtime, but the remaining three members of the Board agreed to the judgment.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 254, 23 February 1897, Page 2
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123The Seamens' Trouble. Hastings Standard, Issue 254, 23 February 1897, Page 2
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