A. AND P. WORKERS.

Lake County Press, Issue 2736, 30 May 1918, Page 5

A. AND P. WORKERS.

Shepherds' Demands.

At the conference of the New Zealand Agricultural and Pastoral Workers' Union sitting in Wellington last week, a sub-committee set up for the purpose of framing demands for new conditions made the following report : Wages for musfcerers, shepherds, and packers.—Where musterers are engaged by the day the wages shall be 17a 0d per day. When engaged by the week or for a term less than three months the wages shall not be less than £1 15s per week. Where musterers are called upon to do snow-rak-ing the wages shall be £1 5s per day. Packers shall be paid 15s per day, or £8 10s per week. Yearly shepherds.—Shepherds engaged by the year shall be paid not less than £l5O per annum. Shepherds engaged by the week for lesser term than three months shall be paid | thereto of £4 15s per week. quality, together with adequate accommodation, shall be provided by employers. Musterers' horses shall be kept shod and fed at the expense of the employer. The employer shall provide adequate sleeping huts at eaoh sunset camping plaoe, and in addition there shall be fuel for oooking purposes supplied by the empoyer at eaoh camping hut. The employer shall provide watertight oilcloth or in some other way supply means to keep the workers' clothes dry while in transit from camp to camp. Musterers shall ba paid the foregoing rates from the day they - leave home until they return home, with travelling expenses added. The report was adopted on the motion of Mr S. Boreham (Dunedin), eeconded by Mr A. King (Timaru). The demands will be submitted to the employers in due course.