CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 8

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

- ■ • . WioJßfiK AND BRASS MOULDERS. JTsrrnsG of a Conciliation Council ap- ' - pointel to hear the dispute between the ' ''.lion and. brass moulders arid the various '=. engineering finns of the Auckland district .-■was held jresterday under the presidency; -X ;|'of the commissioner, Mr. T. Harle Giles. |< ; 'C' : ' The assessors' for the employers were ->."• Messrs. G. Eraser, J; T. Dawes aM E. J. " ' Kelly, and for .the xanion Messrs. J. Wy'p.- Pore, Duiedinj J. M. Hull, Christchurch j ■;*• .and A. H. Philip, Auckland. Mr. S. E. Wright acted as ' advocate for the em- : ployers. Messrs. Niven and Co. and the i Gisborne Sheep Farmers' Frozen Meat Co., Ltd., of Gishorne, were struck out from the dispute, Gisborne being a separate Judicial district.' Agreement was reached n regard to hours of work, overtime, and %;: *. holidays, payment of wages, preference, |<; -< termination of engagement, meal money, 1? accidents, machinery ladles, etc., brass furnaces, lighting, hot-water conveniences, Bnder-wte workers/skylights and matters art provided for. A new clause was in-1 eerted in the agreement in the form of a notice to non-unionists. It is provided I? that wherever a non-unionist enters the service of an' emplovsr he shall within "three days < notify th*' secretary of the onion of his haying entered such employment, and failine such notification he shall . render himself liable to instant dismissal. A copy of this notice is to be burnished li_ it. S._ _"_J t.j «__ it . .

by the union and posted by the employer in a conspicuous _ place in "all works. It "was found impossible to come to an agreement on the question of waees. The union eeekin? for a gtratcht-out advance, and tie employers are offering the increase fa the Shape of a war bonns. The rate of ' rases and. the term of the award, therefore, are to bo referred to the Arbitration Court.. At the conclusion of the sitting a , hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the commissioner fcr the able and tactful manner in which he had presided. The Auckland trawlers' employees dispute will be beard on Friday next. I