CLAIM FOR AWARD

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1938, Page 7

CLAIM FOR AWARD

THtA THE EMPLOYEES DISPUTE. AUCKLAND, June J 6. An application to join as parties almost, all of the sports bodies in Auckland was made in the dispute brought before the Conciliation Council by me Northern Industrial Council by the Northern Industrial Front-of-Houso Theatre Employees’ Union. It was proposed by the union that | the award it sought should apply to all employees other than projection-, jsts musicians, and persons preparing food at any agricultural exhibition or . show, cabaret cinema, circus, cricket ground, cycle exhibition, night club, racecourse, skating rink, stadium, speedway, tennis ground, theatre, zoo- ( logical park, or any place where box- j ing concert, dramatic, operatic, vaudeville, wrestling, or other entertain-J meiits were held, and for which there vas a charge for admission. It was intended that the award should apply to “voluntary” workers ; Various sports and other bodies applied to l)c removed from the disnule. uid their applications were referred to the Court of Arbitration. , The dispute was heard before the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr It. E. Price). Increases in tvage rates were applied for. The following were the ■imposed rates, the present rates being shown in parenthesis:—Caretaker Lb ' 12s Gd a week (city theatres L 4 12s, suburban £4 os); continuous shows, '•'emalc ticket-sellers, £3 2s Gd; (£t IGs); ushers, £3 (£1 lGs); other fo■ale attendants, £2 17s (£1 16s); male ticket-sellers, £4 5s (£3 16s); male ticket-takers, £4 6s t *;y I show announcers, 15s a performance (city ss» outside 4s 6d>; ticket-sellers 1 Is Gd (ss); ushers, 9s (city ss, outside j ~Js Gd); all other attendants, 8s Gd | (city ss, outside' 4s Gd). | Tie employers’ , counter-proposals I sere for the rates and provisions of the present award. Except for five new small clauses, no agreement) was made, the whole dispute being referred to the Court (