THE CHRISTCHURCH BAKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8263, 23 May 1890, Page 5

THE CHRISTCHURCH BAKERS.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, Thursday. ! The following are some statements of wages which journeymen bakers affirm they receive in Christchurch and suburbs:—A married man receives 17s 6d a week and bread as a journeyman ; another journeyman, £1 a week and breakfast and dinner ; another, £2 a week and board and lodgings ; a second hand, Ss 6d a week and board and lodgings ; a lad 12b 6d a week and found. In two instances journeymen are paid £1 5s a week and found. A married man receives £1 10s a week and bread, and has to walk a mile and a-half to work ; a journeyman £1 10s a week and overtime, without bread ; another man, £1 6s and board and lodgings ; a second hand £1 15s, without bread. In two instances married men receive £1 ISseacha week andbreadand flour. The foreman receives £2 a week and breakfast, but no bread ; another foreman £2 a week and bread. At one establishment, which should be a pattern to others, the foreman receives £3 a week and bread ; the second hand, £2 10s a week and bread ; the third hand, £1 5s and bread ; two assistants, who have board and lodging, receive £1 and 12a Gd respectively. The Lyttelton bakers pay better wages on the average than Rre paid in Christchurch. £2 10s with bread and Hour appear to be the ruling weekly wages for good first hands, while £1 5s and found, and £2 5s and two meals a day are received by others. The men work frequently 14 or 15 hours a day. The Operative Bakers' Society cannot order a strike without the sanction of the Trades and Labour Council, which will endeavour to settle the difficulty as to wages by pacific means.