COAL MINERS' AWARD.
[by telegraph.—PßESS association.]
Westport, Monday. The Arbitration Court was' engaged on Saturday in hearing the case, Granity Miners' Union v. the Westport Coal Company, an appeal from the magistrate's judgment in a case brought to recover a penalty for a breach of the coal miners' award. The union contended that firemen or drivers who. had worked 365 shifts in a year were entitled, under an order in the award, to six days' holiday on full pay. It was shown that the men, by arrangement amongst themselves, and without; objection from the company, worked 15, 14, and 13 shifts in successive weeks, taking two shifts in succession one week, in order to get one Sunday off, and no overtime was paid. The company took a literal interpretation of the award that the men must work seven days per week consecutively the whole year.
The Court ruled that the clause must be interpreted reasonably and that firemen and engine drivers who had worked 365 shifts, not necessarily on 365 consecutive days, come within operation of the clause. The appeal''was allowed, with costs £4 4s and disbursements. • ' ' ?
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14004, 9 March 1909, Page 6
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