WORLD OF LABOR.

Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1913, Page 6

WORLD OF LABOR.

V, • COOKS DOWN DISHES. BEFORE A BANQUET, ax aunmuo tblbgkapb.—copteiqht. ,' ' ID " UNITXD PBJtSS ASSOCIATION. 1 ■" LONDON, March 18. ; Prior to the Home Rule banquet the f , ooota at the Hotel Cecil downed dishes j- • *nd demanded holidays, which the man- - agement granted. J TROUBLE SETTLED. SYDNEY. March 18. The Darling Harbor wharf laborers' tronble has been settled. ' THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S DISPUTE. PIB UNITED FBXSS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. March 18. In. anticipation of the decision of the f Arbitration Court in the appeal of the . .Ngahauranga Slaughtermen's Union aereral applications have been made for : -registration from centres in the Wellington industrial district. The Regisfear has received applications for registration from unions at Wanganui (Caatlecliff), Waitara, and Longburn. =, .It » expected that registration will be granted immediately, when all the ap■f* plicants have complied with the formali-: W ties necessary under the Act. f- The Wellington Slaughtermen's Union ; , ; Jield a meeting at Petone last evening. Mr If. J. Reardon was present and .: there was a good attendance considering the numbetf of slaughtermen who have left the district. It is understood that the meeting reaffirmed its decision not to "throw in the sponge," but ■ decided to last out till next season. JOURNALISTS' SALARIES. OHRISTCHURCH, March 18. The hearing of the journalists' dispute before the Conciliation Council has J ' not .concluded and will be resumed to- J morrow afternoon. An agreement has been arrived at regarding the hours, j which are not to exceed 96 in a fortnight. excess to be made up by time off within the month. Staffing proportions have been agreed on. and reporters' salaries fixed as follows:—Seniors. £5 10s; generals, £4 15s • juniors. £3, £3 58 and £3 10s per week. One clear day and night from 6 p.m. is to be allowed j off to reporters weekly, and all journalists to receive two two weeks' holiday annually on full pay. The question < of preference was discussed, and the .representatives of the proprietors, who . objected to preference in any form, undertook to consider the question and the granting of what is known as the court's clause. MARINE ENGINEERS'AGREEMENT WELLINGTON. March 18. The Marine Engineers' fn?tiiute is taking steps to have several of the smaller sliippin- companies joined as parties to the agreement recently arrived at with the Union Steam Ship Company. In a dav or twp arpiicntions "will probably be fi'cd to jo n the Blackball Coal'Coirminv tbo Westpoit Coal Company, the Maorilond Steamship : . Company, the An.-lior Steamship Company. and the Cp.ir'orburv Steamship Company as parties but only in respect to goch of their vessels a 5 come within the scope of the present agreement. I Vessels of small engine power will for a time at any rate 'continue to bo exempt. TAILORING TRADE AWARD. WELLINGTON, March 18. - An award of the Arbitration Court > -was registered to-dry dealing with the ir dispute between the New Zealand Fedei - rated Tailoresses and the Clothing '■ Manufacturers' Association, covering ? conditions of work and wages in the wholesale clothing trade of the - . • Doniinion. The award is lengthy, as it deals with all branches of the trade;. i but the main point is that the hours of work for all classes of work shall be 45 per week. Classes of workers recognised by the award are journey women, apprentices, improvers and v nnder-fate workers. The term of ap- > prenticeship for all female workers in a .o clothing factory is fixed at two years, and each worker is also to serve a term of two years as improver. Wages of

apprentices and improvers are fixed on ( a rising scale of 5s a week for the first six months to £1 2s 6d for the eighth . six-monthly period. At the end of the % • fourth year the worker may be employed as an improver for another year f at a wage of £1 5s a week. There are | provisions as to the employment of apprentices, but no limitation of the numi her which may be employed. The mini- i

mum wage for journey women is fixed : at £1 7s 6d a week. For male machinists the minimum is to be £2 15s per week; for second-class chart cutters, £3; for stock cutters and trimmers, £2 f: ISs; for examiners, £2 12s 6d a week. Overtime is to be paid at the rate of ? time and a-quarter for the first three hours and time and a-half afterwards, M——wttWN 11 wiwiiU w mammmmcmmmrnaa

with double rates for holidays. No piecework is to be allowed for apprentices. To stock and chart cutting and trimming the term is fixed at five years and the remuneration from 10s per week for the first year to £2 a week for the fifth. For pressers the minimum wage is £2 15s a week, but piecework is allowed according to the log. Preference is obligatory. The scope of the award is all New Zealand, and the term from March 31, 1913, to March 17, 1916.