TRAMWAYS AGREEMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17459, 1 May 1920, Page 8

TRAMWAYS AGREEMENT

NEW SCALE OF WAGES. INCREASES OF £1 A WEEK. SIX-DAY WEEK GRANTED. Discussing the terms of the new agreement between the City Council and the tramway employee, which is to come into force to-day, the general manager of the system, Mr. J. J. Walklato, stated yesterday that roughly speaking the men will receive an increase- in their wages approximating £1 a week. In addition they have secured a six-days working week, with double pay for every man who works on a Sunday. This latter condition applies to motormen and conductors, but tho provision in the agreement giving extra pay for night work applies only to a section of the men, namely, those in tho depots who are engaged in cleaning and overhauling at night, and those in the power stations who attend to the generating plants, etc., at night. The extra amount to be paid to these men is Id an hour. Certain allowances are also to be mado to employees working in what are termed " dirty" places.

The following table shows tho rates of pay received by all the men in the undertaking under the agreement which has now been superseded and the rates they will, for 12 months, draw under tho

TARES IN OHRISTCHURCH. INCREASES ANTICIPATED. [BY TBLEr,BAPH.~OW.V CORRESPONDENT | CHRIBTCHORCH. Friday. The new tramway fares, etc., will be officially announced at Monday's meeting of the Tramway Board. So far, nothing lias been niado known regarding details of the new fares, bin increase* in some directions are regarded as certain.

now agreement :— Old New rate, rate. Class. Per i'er hour. hour. a, d. a. d. Traffic- ! Conductors, first year 14 10 Conductors, over first year 15 1 10 Motormon, first year 16 1 10 Motormcu, over first year 16 1 11 Switohmeu . . .. 16 1 11 Cleaners .. .. 14 19 Depots— Car examiners, day . . 16 1 11 Car examiners, night 17 2 0 Pitmen, day . , . . 15 1 10 Pitmen, night .. 16 111 Car cleaners, day .. 14 19 Car cloanors, nicnt . . IS 1 10 Workshops— i Strikers 15 1 10 Car adjusters . . .. 17 0 0 Machine moulders .. 17 2 0 Machine driller!. .. 17 CI 0 Overhauled .. . . 16 1 11 Caretaker . . . . 16 1 11 Permanent way— Trackman .. .. £i weekly 1 1/13/. Permanent v»y repairers .. 16 111 Permanent w«y repairers, night . . 16 0 0 Strikers 16 J 10 Overhead— I.mesraon .. . . 17 3 0 Linesmen, night .. 17 9 1 ; Assistant linesmen .. 16 111 Tower waggon drivers 16 111 Powerhouse— Pump house- attendants 6 weekly l.U Firemen 14 weekly 1 11 Firemen, night .. £4 weekly 3 0 Greasers 16 111 Greasers, night .. 16 3 0 Conveyor attendants . . 16 111 Trimmers .. .. IS 1 10 Trimmers, night . , IS 111 Labourers . . -. 15 1 10 Dynamo and sub-sla-ton attendants .. 18 3 1 Switchboard attendants 18 2 1 Switchboard attend- £.">♦». night . . .. 18 2 3 Handy men . . . . 16 1 11