Gold Dredge Employees

Maoriland Worker, Volume 6, Issue 243, 13 October 1915, Page 3

Gold Dredge Employees

•ReEFTGN CASE IU COURT. | ■"tho dispute between the Inangahua, \ jlinW and Dredge Employees' Industrial. Union of Workers and the : Worksop; Company, ths _lab : Hut Gold' Dredging j Proprietary, and the S__.tr_._.s*s Goldj Dredging , Proprietary, Was ; .b9fcrs the] I'Co.rirt'at Greyrscnth en September 23.1 The • Union'-'demands-'Vers:' _ • ; Wages.—Engineer 15s'.,"■' winch_an.! 19k, fireman 135., blacksmith He., ; Blacksmith's striker 12s'..' ';bushmen; ' 14-./ boimen 125.,- general labourers! l-fi!, horse drivers 12s. ■' I Hours of Labour.—Eight hours shall! constitute 'a- day's 'ivork, inclusivo of] half-hour allowance for crib .time. . j .'.. • Sunday 'and •Sunday; Shifts. .'•— The j iiigri't shift following Sunday-shall go] on at 2 a.m. on Monday morning and shall-'ceaso' work at 8 a.m. * The' 'afternoon shift on Saturday shall go on; at' 2 p.m. and cease work at 8 p.m., and tho day shift-on Saturday shall. com-mence-work at"B a.m. and cease work at 2 p.m. .-' Holidays.—Th© following days Ehall bo .holidays: From 24th .December to _ud January, (both days; inclusive), the birthday of. the- reigning Sovereign, Good, Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter ; Mouday, and Labour Day. Overtime.—Time and a-half for the first two 1 hours'-or part • thereof, and doublo ,timd .thereafter, shall be paid"for all-work" done"'-'in excess of eight j hours,; and the paymc'nt for work-' 1 done on Sundays'or holiday's; shall'be that • which is prescribed by. section 248 (2) i 'of :th"o ; Mining Act, 190&, : "' • ■ ; j Payment of Wages.-^A-11-.wages earn-j cd. whether on contra'ctror" day • labour) shall be' paid' fortnightly.; on..the job j • where';fho. ( mpnfcyiif eaVned-. -.' :*• - Oh all '''Box! dredges;'" -«_iot-- less tnan"| three men- per- shift. shall'bo 'envployed, ( : 'vii.; foreman, vteehman'/attd io'iman '.: '•'■Where.'-tho dredge eagin.e? is'doing. • : du-ty either is'-'Tie'-ap-city of'winch-j 'minor'.nrem-nhe shall take his regu-j lar'turn'3t afternoon i_d-night, shift' .work with the'-person whom he; is re- ' li-ving and th© person' by whom he is i relieved, ! Preference.—ln the event of aiy em-1 plover "employing'any worker .who is j Hot-'i ipjei-tbe'r'of 'the Uriicn" who on* .the. firk' pay-day after his engagement | "■-'fiait riot b'ecomp'and .remain a" fiiian'eial | [' it_r4fcer cj ths'.Umem, fieri tho employ- \ ■er' shall if ■ requested ia do so by the Union dismiss s _ch rorker from his; ' service, provided that thero is then a.' member of tho Union availahl© to do ' the. work required to ' bo done, and ready and Willing to undertake the same.' '•' "•..'' '.: •■ '■ Matters not- provided' for (disputes) .1 -vAn«-" di.pute' as to :_ny matter .not; ' -"prodded-fwr"by this-, .award shall ..be! settled .by s-wrii'teni agreement between; th'e-employer concerned, and the Union,; and in the-event of. such agreement: not being.-made within three days aftereither the employer or Union shall have; given to the other party a notice.ot readiness to confer us; to the same. either the'employer or the Union mayi . i-nfer the' iimiter to Die stipendiary Mnnir-fTii'lc: of iho-di-lrici ; who :-lialt settl'o and detevmiti'o the same,' audi 'whoso clecisiou on the subject .shall bo 'final. -' : | Mr. Mark .'jagan, who-appeared frr--1 tho Union; made a comprehensive and ' carfifuU_,-dAUuI*« l «-*t*ment ■ <lf t^e ,

Erven", s case,.-aiter'.which evidence was tendered from both sides. . The Court's award w«>.s delivered last w&c-k. The Court, alleging as its reason -the unprofitable result of the operations of tho employers., refuged tho union's demand for increased . wages.' The hours oi Saturday and Sunday shuts havo been made dnillar to those iv quartz mines. Fort-nightly; payment of wages nnd preference are,' ' also provided for. The term of the i I award is two years. Tho wages «rc:j -Blacksmiths and bushman firemen ,12s. j : per shift; winchmeu and firemen, lis-1 per shift, others 10s. per shift.