LABOUR TROUBLES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13724, 14 April 1908, Page 6

LABOUR TROUBLES.

STRIKE AT HASTINGS. PAY OF BAKERS' CARTERS. [by telegraph. association.] Hastings, Monday. The Hastings bakers* carters, 11 in number, struck for better pay this morning. The strikers state that they have been receiving £2 2s a week of 54 hours, but more often than not they worked 60 hours. They claim £2 10s and overtime. They met on Saturday night /'and decided to strike if their demands were not acceded to. The master bakers refuse to put on men in place of the strikers, many of whom are married. The latter evince a desire to' to come to terms and resume work. They will wait upon the employers to-night, and discuss the situation. The employers and the bakehouse hands took the delivery carts round this morning, and trade is uninterrupted. MEN ADVISED TO RESUME WORK. [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] - * Napier, Monday. Mr. Culver, inspector of factories and awards, accompanied by Mr. Gohns, his successor, had an interview this afternoon with the strikers at Hastings. The men were advised to resume work, and if they had not received any back pay to put in claims for it. LABOURERS' DISPUTE. [BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS association.] Wanganui, Monday." The Conciliation Board sat this morning to hear the general labourers' dispute, as affecting the local bodies and contractors. Many of the employers, considering that there were no local demands for increased wages, did not appear, but several were subpoenaed by the Board and gave evidence. The chairman said that no matter whether the dispute affected the local contractors or not, it originated in the Wellington industrial district, and therefore had to be heard as affecting the whole district. Several workers' representatives gave evidence, and the Board adjourned to Palmerston North. WAGES OF WELLINGTON DRIVERS. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] u Wellington, Monday. The award of the Arbitration Court in the drivers' dispute was filed to-day. The • terms have been agreed upon, except those relating to wages, which have been fixed by the Court, and the wages of both classes of drivers have been increased by per week. This decision was that of Mr. Justice Sim alone, as Mr. Pryor, the employers' representative, thought there should be no increase, while Mr. McCullough thought the rise should be higher.

HAMILTON CARTERS AND PAINTERS. The Hamilton Carters' \Union and the Hamilton Painters and Decorators' Union have filed, at the , Auckland office of the Supreme. Court, statements in connection with their disputes. i The Carters* Union claims are as follows: —(1) Competent carters to be paid (one horse) £2 7s 6d, and (two horses) £2 10s 6d per week, and for each additional horse 2s 6d; (2) casual carters at Is 3d per hour, and overtime , (for casual and general) at Is 6d; (3) for carters employed by the week, a week to consist of 47 hours; (4) overtime to general carters to count before 7.45 a.m. and after five p.m., on Saturday before 7.45 a.m. and, after 12.45 p.m.; (5) a week's notice of dismissal to be necessary; and (6) preference to unionists. The claims of the Painters and Decorators' Union are: — Hours of work, from eight a.m. to five p.m. on five days of the week, eight a.m. to noon on. Saturday, and one hour each day for dinner (Saturday excepted), except between May 1 and August 31, when the hours shall be from eight a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with one half-hour for dinner; (2) a minimum wage (except for workmen who do not consider themselves capable) at Is 3d per hour; (3) overtime between five p.m. and eight p.m. at the rate of time and a-quarter, between eight p.m. and midnight, time and a-half from midnight to eight a.m. double time, one p.m. to midnight on Saturdays time and a-half, and on Sundays and holidays double time; (4) payment on Fridays; (5) payment by the employer of travelling expenses to country work, and an additional payment of Is 6d per working day for such work; (7) extra payment for suburban work of 6d per day; (8) proportion of apprentices to journeymen not to exceed one to three; (9) preference to unionists; (10) payment of apprentices at 10s a week for the first year, 15s for the second, £1 for the third, £1 5s for the fourth, and £1 10s for the fifth; (11) no employer %to sublet work to any worker.