WAGES AND HOURS.
DAIRY FACTORIES DISPUTE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 31. Wages and working conditions in New Zealand dairy factories were discussed at the Dominion dispute before the Conciliation Council to-day, ovei 360 factories being cited. The employees sought a five-day, 40-iiour week and the employers seasonal variations in the working week ranging from 40 to 48 hours m butter factories and from 38 to 52 hours in cheese, casein, milk powder and condensed milk factories. The employees asked for wages ranging from £5 5s to £.6 10s for butter and cheese factory assistants and the employers offered £4 Is to £o 3s 6d. The question of exempting herd testing employees was referred to the Arbitration Court. The employees asked for three weeks holiday on full pay. After a full day’s hearing there was no agreement on wages or hours oi on other clauses of vital importance. The Council is to resume to-morrow morning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 1 June 1937, Page 5
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