TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18304, 14 January 1920, Page 6

TRAMWAY DISPUTE.

CONITCRENCE BETWEEN BOARD

AND UNION. »

NO AGREEMENT REACHED. A private conference was held yesterday afternoon between representatives of tho Christchurch Tramway Board and the Christchurch Tramway Employees' Union, to consider the mon*. application for a new agreement. Th© union has demanded a substantial increase in wages for the men, on tho grounds that the present waxes are insufficient to enable tramway men to live without having to work overtime. The union is asking Is 8d per hour for first-year conductors, who at present are receiving about 3s 3Jd ner h<ur. Other demands aro:—Second-year (and after) conductors Is 10d, first-year motor-men Is lOd, eecond-year (and after) motormen 2s. For tradesmen ant. electricians 23 6d an hour is asked, and a proposal is also made to increasetho Sunday rate of pay from time and a half to double time. No agreement was reached it tre conference, Iput tho proceedings wei.o of a harmonious nature. The board s representatives submitted the proposes agreed to at the employers' conference in Wellington, which was called as a result of th© request of tho In*w Zealand Tramway Employees' FeCeration for a Dominion award. After a long discussion a certain proposal was made by tho board's r< preventatives, based on the employers' conference proposals, and the union representatives agreed to submit it to the members.

conference then adjourned indc!Tmtely.