COACH WORK DISPUTE.
[BY TELEGRAPH. press ASSOCIATION,]
.-Wellington, Thursday. ' The recommendations of the Conciliation Board, in connection with the coach-workers dispute, were filed this afternoon. - The Board recommends that the number of hours be reduced from 48 to 46 per week; that the. minimum wage for competent men be £3 per week, with Is 3d per hour for broken time—broken time to mean less than 06 hours in any one week ;■ that piecework be abolished, except in the case of (rimming, when the minimum wage must be paid; that preference be granted to unionists conditional- on the union accepting competent tradesmen without ballot; or other election on payment of an entrance fee of 2s 6d and a weekly subscription not exceeding 6d; that the award come into force on July 1. and remain in force for, three years. * The rate of wage, under heexisting award,, which only covers Well-, ington and suburbs, is Is 3d per hour, but it is proposed that the new- award shall also include all the districts as far north as Napier and Wanganui. ■. ':• eg
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13192, 1 June 1906, Page 6
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