MUNICIPAL LABOURERS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 231, 16 September 1911, Page 3

MUNICIPAL LABOURERS.

J.ABOI R CONDITIOrCS IN HASTINGS. 'the coi Ni ii.s recommlnd\ { TIONS. 1 At the adjourned inoeiing <,f tin 'Hastings Borough <'< uinci 1 ye I’t.'ay afternoon, the siib-coitinu-. .■■»■ ij l - 1 pointed to draw up proposals 1.1 1 i gartl to labour conditions as ngp'ii- ' ed by the deputation from the (.ii’tierai Labourers' I niorA recommended . the following amendments to the u!Tdermenticm.d clausis oi the i union’s demands (■thencly publ;.-li- • < <l) as a basis for any frt sh awards :

I (>. The week's work shall not. ex!ci t'd 15 hours and shttll lie fixed by 1 eadt employer to suit his particular business, but shall not exceed bi. ■ 1 hours on live days of the week and 'isi on Saturday. ; 7. When it is necessary to pre1 pare material for work before the ■i ordinary hours for commencing work, the employer may employ ■ i workers to do such necessary work | for not more t han .; hour before the time at the ordinary rate of pay. I b. (a) fn tunnel work theh hours I filial 1 not exceed eight hours per [shift, with half an hour for iribitime. ()>) In connection with tunnel I work six hours shall constitute a [day's work when workers are worki itig in wet places or foul air. A i ■'wet place’’ shall mean a place where workers hate to stand in water over their boot-tops, or water other than rain, is dripping on them. RATES OF WAGES. 9. The following shall be the minimum rates of wages to be pttid to the several classes of workers herein specified, that is to say : Tunnel Work. 1 Tunnel men ami timber men Id - per shift ; all other workers employed underground, 9 - per shift. Quarry Work. I’owoer men, hammer men. and drill men, and jiunyet i men 1 1 per hour; till other workers I engaged in quarry work. 1 pet i hour. I Geivral Work. Labourers emploved in concrete work, pick and shot el work, fewer work, kerbing and channelling work, laying t<nd cleaning drains, and asphalt and lai I work. I - ner hour. i 10. Payment is for time worked. In t’O’rv case a worker shall be riititled to be pai<l only for time actually worked l>s him. Overt ime. Rei omiiicnd that the present clause be retained, as in < -' listing awards. | 17. Holidays. The following shall Ihe the recognised holidays: New I Year's Day. < 100. l Friilay Easier I Monday. Labour Day. the bu t luiay I of the Sovereign. Christ mas Day . I 1-2. Emplovment of Youth'. »' ii-.irnmend that the present clause be > retained as in existing award. |. 5 . Suburban Work. Workers em iplovetl shall be at the place where I work is to be performed al the hout -appointed for the ( <.mnicmemenl ot jwork and when required to perform ianv work without the borough boundaries. shall be paid for time reason- > a |,h occupied by them in walking If., and from such, work at the cos o their employers. All time walked I shall be allowed for at the rate of 1 I mill’s per hour. 1 11. Tools. AH shall be sup ' plied by the employer. I 15. Under Rate Workers. Recommend that the present clause be retained as in the existing award. 1 It:. Preference Clause. Rerontitnend that the present clause be retained as in the existing award. 1 lie i-oumil will pin Up' any employment i notice board in a prominent position i notifying workers of labour required. : 17. Strikes. Recommend that the I present clause be retained as in exiisting award. 22. Payment of Wages. -All wages ‘shall be paid weeklv in each of the 'eo-.ini-il's offices, between 12 noon and ’2.30 p.m. on Saturdays, to employccn engaged on work within tin 1 borough, where workers arc engaged lon work outside the borough boundaries the council will pay on the job. . , i | 23. The secretary of the union sliali [ • fir't notify the town clerk of the borough of any alleged breach ot , [lllis award at lead three clear days j before asking the Inspector of Awards ><> in’ervene. , I The proposals were agreed to after [ some d’scuss'on.

It was decided to ask llic deput.l(ioa for a copv of the unions rules, to '■(’ taken into consideration m < online’ to a decision. j The council then adjourned. and (Im s>il»-('o:nmiltee went into conferLne ■ with tlie union delegates. i ' NO SETTLEMENT. ! No settlement was arrived at. the inniou s representatives declining to accept the co'im il's proposals. It is now open for the union to apply to the Arbitration Court for a new award.