CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 7 May 1924, Page 7

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS. (BY lELEGRAPH —PRKBS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, May 7. An application by the New Zealand Federated Plumbers' and Gasfitters' industrial Association of Workers for a Dominion award was before the Conciliation Council to-day. Applications for exemption were made on behalf of the Christchurch and Wellington Gas Companies, the New Zealand freezing companies, and the Wellington Harbour Board, and after argument the Council referred the dispute to the Court. It was urged by the union that the gas companies were in competition with the employers, and what was wanted was to be able to call the. men out after hours and pay them ordinary rates, while in such circumstances an ordinary employer would be. required to pay overtime. The freezing companies were also at times in competition with other employers. ' ■ ,