TOBACCO INDUSTRY
FORTY-HOUR WEEK GIVEN CONCILIATION PROCEEDINGS [BY TKLEGRAPH —PRKSS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Wednesday The conciliation council heard the industrial dispute in which the Wellington Tobacco and i! el a ted Trades Union of Workers were applicants and W. D. and H. 0. Wiljs (New Zealand), Limited, tobacco manufacturers, of Petone, and the National Tobacco Company, Limited, of Port Ahuriri, Napier, were respondents. it was agreed that 40 hours shall constitute the week's work and there shall be no work on Saturdays. Overtime was agreed upon at the rate of time and a-half for the first four hours and double time thereafter. The parties agreed also that pay-day shall be not later than Thursday of each week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22544, 8 October 1936, Page 13
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116TOBACCO INDUSTRY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22544, 8 October 1936, Page 13
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