CONFERENCE OF MASTER BAKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13096, 8 February 1906, Page 6

CONFERENCE OF MASTER BAKERS.

•PREFERENCE TO UNION MASTERS.

[by TELEGRAPH.— PRESS association*.]

Wanuanui, Wednesday. Thi: annual conference of the United Master Bakers' Association of New Zealand was resumed to-day. The subject, of the Arbitration Court's award was considered, and the conference recommended the adoption of the committee's report as follows : — 1. That this committee recommend that the delegates be requested to take note of the various good points of the various agreements, and endeavour to place them in all future awards with the men.

2. That we consider the time is not opportune to endeavour to get a New Zealand award.

3. That it be recommended that clause 5, line 10 to the word " time," should be deleted from all future awards, and in substitution add clause 15 of the South Canterbur)- award. Clause 15 reads as follows: — " In a bakehouse, where tin* employer or his son is employed, he .shall be deemed to rank as an employee, and shall sponge every alternate Sunday or holiday with the men, or pay time and a-quarter to the same. This role not to apply to a bakehouse where a foreman is employed." In regard to preference to unionists, a motion was carried, " That this? conference use their utmost endeavours to obtain entire preference to union masters, and that no union men shall work for a non-union master."

With regard to the price of bread, it was resolved that the sliding scale approved at last conference be confirmed. It was resolved that it be a recommendation from this conference that all master bikers should see that all their carters are insured undei a special guarantee bond.