Typographical Award

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 299, 22 November 1922, Page 2

Typographical Award

•The Arbitration Court's, award with iespect to the typographical dispute, Dominion bno/will come into force November, and will continue i force until the same date next year, 'he minimum rates ot pay are as folLinotype, .ntertype, and ;l|flosraph machines, for day operators mil Auckland, Wellington, Christjparch and Dunedin and within ten Miles of these cities, £5/5/- per week. wtov day operators outside these cities; $£3/1/ per week. if (b) Monotype machine, for day ; ator3 in the four centres or wlthso. a ten-mile -£5/2/- per Week; for day operators outside these "Jpties/-S4/18/-. \A aionolin *» typograph, bartoype, simplex and any other machines, for Q&y operators employed in cities and towns' with over 7000 population and a ten-mile radius, £4/10/3; "tor-iinder 7000, £4/11/-. :•':; * X:d)" If - employed hy the hour, efQ*)lent casual operators shall be paid •3/-j?er.hour for day work and 3/6 per __our for night work. '•■) (c) A cost-of-living bonus of lid. per hour shall he paid to casual operators until the Court shall otherwise ! /order. ' i "; • • .i$.J (£) JN T ight workers shall receive 10 ;^ : er"cent. extra, with a minimum of '•:*s/-;■■■•■ • 'i\\" '£&) Stone and bulk hands employed | I tin any newspaper in Auckland, Wei-j liingioh, Christchurch, and Dunedin! yfead within a ten-mile radius of these! Pities shall he paid not less than I f» 4/16/3 -per week for day -work and (|p6/G/o per .week for night week, and 'jafpeond stone hands employed on such IJoewspapers shall receive not- less £5/H/3 per week for night work t&b'i* less than £5/1/8 for day work, , bulk hand casually employed on 1 fcueh newspaper shall be paid not less if him 2/6 per hour for day work and :iu'ot le&s than" 3/- per hour for night |jtf>orlc. A cost-of-living bonus of lid. {**cr hour shall he paid to casual workers until the Court shall otherwise )Mer. k; Probationers' Wages are fixed at 'a££4/o/- per week for- day and j #4/15/- for night work, with 2/6 and 2/9 as casual rates per hour.

) The "efficiency speed is fixed at an f'j&ve'rage of 7000 ens solid on 8-po'int j -fpatrice'.*. I s , Piecework minimum rates for linoi -type, intertype, and liuograpk opera||ors are fixed at 3ld. per 1000 ens ;£blid up to C-ppint, 4d. up to S-poliii, to-9-point, 4kL to 10-point. flight operators to be paid one-tenth than these rates. A costof-liv-jfng bonus .'at the rate of 0/ per week "'(■ snail bo paid in addition. ■ / Hours are fixed lat 42 per week. iiburs not to exceed eight where a half-holiday is not ?iyen, and ";*#here a half-day i 3 given, hours shall ,'Js\pl exceed 8.12 on-fivo days and 4$ on the 'half-holiday. In country- offices :i|\e hours of •■ work shall bo arranged •fp meet the requirements of .the. em- ; plover; but no worker; Khali, be.re- - btiirccl to work more than 12 hours of meal hours) in any day }§f 21 hours, j "V Over time is fixed at time and a-half tr'the first three hoin\?.- and -theretor at double fates. The allocation :|sf overtime shall be a matter of ' .agreement. ... • ; \ j Holidays are provided for. on which v pay-, is; double or time and a half. All ..irorkers shall bo granted one week's i holiday on full pay on completion of ..sjach year of service, and at a time CJjfiL 'be determined by tho employer/ _jßtoportionaJ holiday lo ba granted according to the length of service.or tho ,/feflufvaieat in f&7, It |3 optional to employer, instead of paying over-:-'.|me for specified holidays, to add one 4 sfay on full pay to the annual lepve-. -'-- I'ho Judge's note $tatoa . tliat the subjects' for detehrJnaiio'a wel*6 •tfages, hours, and holidays, and jpayjspent for tha latter. Other provisions Embody tbe agreement arrived at by

jtho parties, | /■" "The Wellington "Evening Post" in a ■ -report on tha above award ignored th.e.j ■Jfapagv&viaepi altogether, and cmlyi IfoaU with 'linotypora' wages and : cox."- j {flttOlLSi ■ , ■-;.• -SMwj wa-apss foj? *$.«> ty-aogrjiiihors K&Tfr been teed afe t%£ IQ%, 3d. and tho feouxs &i is par -weefe. Tfcft employ-■p©_-t is weekly aad a week's holiday* ,&l pay is given eysry yoatf .• •The Feds-ration has *i*4.a.t*>d tlio o&se eubml'tts?? ,_d'.' the Dotist' tor circulation Its .■fjiemb-i*-'*,'.' &ed meeting o_. ItnV various -will ba -.-aid to Sise-uss the §naXi*9t, !