Drivers Ask For
Eight-Hour Day
AUCKLAND, Thu. (Sp.)—The extension of the eight-hour day to cover motor and horse drivers was long overdue, said Mr A. C. Melville in the Arbitration Court, when the New Zealand Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers’ Union sought a new award. •
Appearing for the union, Mr Melville said the application of the eighthour day was a cherished principle of trade unionism, but the drivers hitd lagged behind other workers In the limit to their hours of work. Wage rates, except for special payments and classifications, were not in dispute, said Mr Melville. The drivers sought to have the dailytotal of their ordinary hours reduced from B£->4o eight hours, as the eighthour limit was now common practice in all branches of industry. Mr W. E. Anderson, advocate for the employers, said the union was asking for alterations in conditions which had existed for many years. Most of the suggestions were impracticable. The industry was more or less settled as far as conditions were concerned and he considered that the onus was on the applicant to .prove that alterations were necessary. Evidence had not been produced to substantiate many of the claims.
Mr Justice Tyndall reserved decision.
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Northern Advocate, 14 July 1949, Page 9
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