FREEZING WORKERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 1 August 1922, Page 7

FREEZING WORKERS.

! CASE BEFORE ARBITRATION i COURT.

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WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. At the Arbitration Court, on behalf of the Freezing Workers' Union, a number of applications were made for exemption from the general order of the Court, particularly that there should be no reduction either on a percentage basis or on the flat rate. Judge Frazer said that similar application made by other unions had been withdrawn. Generally the intention of the Court was that skilled workers in an industry should receive wages over those of the general labourer at rates prevailing in 1914. The union representative argued that the rate of wages should be higher in Wellington district than in the South Island, where the work was done at an hourly rate. The effect of the order at Christchurch would be that the total reduction since November, 1921, would be over £1 per week in the case of slaughtermen, 12s lOd for freezers, and 11s lid for general hands. Mr Grenfell asked fro an opportimity to consult the employers in the district before presenting his reply to the Court, and an adjournment* 'was made to a date to be fixed.