CONCILIATION BOARD.
fPer Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, June 7. t ihe Conciliation Board has filed its recommendations in the timber workers' dispute. The recommendations affect some three hundred employers, whose places of business extend over nearly half the North Island. Ihe most noticeable feature of the recommendations is the proposed increase of wages to unskilled workers. The minimum wage under the current award is 7s per day. The Board recommends increase to £2 8s per week or Is per hour outside the city of Wellington, and that 45 hours shall constitute a week's work.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8305, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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93CONCILIATION BOARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8305, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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