HOTEL WORKERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 113, 9 April 1930, Page 13

HOTEL WORKERS

COURT’S AWARD LATER. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 8. Witnesses called by the employers in the private hotels dispute to-day expressed themselves as opposed to the insertion of a compulsory clause in the new award permitting union secretaries to go on employers’ premises once a week to interview . employees. They considered it was a matter which should be left to an amicable arrangement. The union, said Mr Wright, had made numerous claims, but had brought fofward no evidence to support them. There had been no evidence to show that the hours asked for by the union were workable, or convenient. Mr Kennedy had relied on ancient history to establish his claim in regard to wages, quoting the basic wage as his only argument. In regard to the cost of living, clothing and drapery were cheaper, but food, which affected the employers, was dearer. The employers had shown a good case for probationers in the kitchen and dining-room. The definition regarding plates was a serious matter, lor it' was not reasonable to pick out a portion of thee rockery ana say that the washing of it was the kitchen-maid’s work. Mr Kennedy also reviewed the evidence, which, he contended, supported the union’s claims. The Court’s award will be made later.