WOOL AND HIDE STORES
WORKERS' NEW AWARD INCREASE OF 5 PER CENT [BT TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Friday Agreement was reached in a Conciliation Council yesterday between the wool, grain and hido store employees and tho employers. The employers offered a general incre-ase of five per cent on all rates of pay. This the employees' assessors agreed to but remained firm on the question of extra pay for men working with green hides. After several adjournments the employers granted an extra penny an hour. An amendment to the existing award was made providing for the payment of 3s 3d tea money when men were called on to work overtime after 6 p.m. on any day and after 1 p.m. on the halfholiday. The present rate is Is. An additional clause provides that when men are working under wet conditions they shall be provided with gum boots or clogs. The new award will take effect from November 1, 1935, and remains in operation until September 30, 1936.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22250, 26 October 1935, Page 16
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