STOREMEN AND PACKERS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 7. An application by the New Zealand Storemen and Packers’ (other than retail shops) and Warehouse Employees (other than drivers and clerks) Industrial Association of Workers and its affiliated organisations, for a new Dominion award covering storemen and packers, was heard by the second Arbitration Court. Mr Justice Hunter presided and with him were Messrs W. E. Anderson and A. J. Croskery, lay members. Mr W. Brotherson assisted, by Mr W Miller, appeared for the union, and Mr T. J. Bishop represented the employers. Hours of work and wages were the chief matters not agreed upon m the Conciliation Council. Others matters in dispute included the weight to' be handled or trucked by one man and the application of the award insofar as it related to workers substantially employed as storemen and packers and to certain other workers. By arrangement with the union, the employers called the first witness, who substantiated claims for a 44-hour week worked on 5) days. The evidence was not completed when the Court adjourned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 16
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