SETTLEMENT SIGNED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15552, 9 March 1914, Page 7

SETTLEMENT SIGNED.

AUSTRALIAN STRIKES. v SHOPS OPEN TO-DAY. - FORMER RATES OF-PAY* REDUCTION OF HOURS:" 1 ... BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright. (Received March 8. 5.5 p.m.) Std.nt-t, March -8. The strike settlement has been signed by the Premier, the employers, and the eu> ployees. It provides that work shall be resumed forthwith on the rates of pay existing on February 1. . . "' , ~ The variation of the existing award is referred to an expedited sitting of the Board of Appeal, and is now before the board. The question of whether '_ the working . hours be 49 or 50 was settled forthwith on the basis of 49£ hours. j No victimisation is to take place on either side. The union pledges itself to refer all future disputes to an industrial tribunal without- cessation of work. Failure to absorb all labour immediately is not to be regarded as a breach of faith on the part of the employers. The settlement applies to all allied trades. *•- All the butchers' shops will opea. tomorrow. Both sides claim the victory, the masters morally and the men because they have secured a reduction in' hours from 56 to 49£. MELBOURNE AGREEMENT. BOTH SIDES SIGN. ..- ■;'; Melbourne March -.7. An agreement between the master butchers and the men has been -signed," -It operates on April 9.