LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
HOTEL WORKERS’ DISPUTE. KITCHENMEN WANT MORE, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) _ WELLINGTON, Last Night. A difference of 2s fid a week between the wage claims of the workers and the offers of the employers prevented almost complete agreement In the licensed hotel employees’ dispute before the Conciliation Council to-lay. A 40-hour week was agreed upon, to be spread over five and a-half days, work on the half-holiday not to be more than four hours. Wherever practicable the employers undertook to work a five day week. The employers offered a 5 per cent, increase in wages for the general slaff, a 5 per cent, increase for porters, whoso wages will now be £2 10s a week ami a 10 per cent, increase was offered male kitchen workers to make their £2 I2s fid. The workers agreed to the other pro posals, but considered the kitchenmeh’s wages should be £2 los. The hearing will continue to-marrow.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1937, Page 8
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