TINSMITHS’ AWARD.
NEW CONDITIONS SOUGHT. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON. April 19. A new award for the Taranaki, AA’ellington, Canterbury, Otago and Southland industrial districts was sought by tinsmiths and sheet metal workers in the Court of Arbitration to-day. The principal wage clauses and hours of work were settled before tlie hearing and the questions still in dispute were the amount to be paid for meal money, the workers’ claim of Is 6d a day extra for welders, and also a claim for a penny an hour extra for tradesmen engaged in ship repair work and Is Gd a day extra for all other employees on radiator and ship repair work. The employers asked that 2s Gd an hour be awarded for galvanisers, grease or copper turners, hoop turners and men engaged on soldering work, and that picklers, assistant turners and all other adult workers be paid a minimum of 2s 4Jd an hour. The rate for journeymen had already been agreed on at 2s 9d an hour, and the employers contended that tho other work mentioned was semi-skilled and should be provided for at a lower rate.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 9
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187TINSMITHS’ AWARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 9
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