AWARD CLAIMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22603, 16 December 1936, Page 15

AWARD CLAIMS

COMPLETE SETTLEMENT

BRICK AND TILE WORKERS LIMITED SATURDAY WORK A 40-hour week of five days and increased wages for all workers were among the claims for a now award, in which a complete settlement was reached yesterday at a meeting of the conciliation council between the North Island Bricks, Clay Products and Concrete Pipe Manufacturers' Union of Employers, and Wellington, Taranaki and Auckland unions of employees. About 500 workers are affected. The commissioner. Mr. It. K. Price, presided. The employers were represented by Messrs. T. E. Clark, Hendry Luke, J. A. Cruin (Auckland), It. J. Murphy. A. W. Nisbet (Wellington), and F. Harris (Huntly). The unions' assessors were Messrs. J. Purtell, secretary, S. Belcher, C. Brunt, A. Marton (Auckland), L. Glover. McFadgen and McGilverv (Wellington). Wages for tradesmen were fixed at the following hourly rates: —Flangers and moulders, 2s 7Jd; strikers, 2s 6d; settlers and drawers. 2s sd; burners, 2s '4d; all other workers, 2s 3Jd. Youths' weekly wages were agreed to as follows: l"p to 16 years, £1 ss; from 16 to 161, £1 10s; 16J to 17, £L 15s; 17 to 17J, £'2; 17.J to 18, £2 ss; IRs to ]BJ, £2 10s; IS} to 19, £2 15s; 19 to 191. £3; 19} to 20. £3 15s; 20 to 21, £l. It was agreed that draggers and settlers might be employed on continuous kilns on Saturday morning not more than 13 times a year and not for more than four hours. In factories employing under 50 hands only four workers might be engaged on any one Saturday and five in factories with over 50 employees. Burners in intermittent kilns might be required to work shifts up to 40 hours a week, with an additional two hours at ordinary rates of pay when necessary, and those in continuous kilns would work an average of 42 hours a week over a four-weekly period.

Overtime was fixed at time and a-balf for the first three hours and double time thereafter. Statutory holidays, as prescribed by the Factories Act, were agreed upon.

WOOL SCOURERS* CONDITIONS

FULL AGREKMEXT REACHED [by telegraph—ow.v correspondent] PALMERSTON NORTH. Tuesday Complete agreement was reached in Conciliation Council proceedings yesterday between the Wellington Wool Scourers' Union and the Wellington Wool Scourers' Association. The commissioner, Mr. M. J. Reardon, expressed pleasure that the matter had been settled without reference to the Arbitration Court. The agreement provides for a 40-liour week, with overtime at the rate of time and a-lialf for the first three hours and double time thereafter, except that this shall apply to men on shift only after eight hours have been worked. Holidays are to be in accordance with the Factories Act, with an additional picnic day. The rates of pay are as follows: Wool sorters or classers, 2s 3id an hour; all other adult workers, 2s an hour. Boys and youths may be employed at not less than the following rates:—Under 16 years, £1 a week; 16 to 16J, £1 ss; 16J to 17, £1 10s; 17 to 18, Is an hour; 18 to 19, Is 3d an hour; 19 to 20. Is 6d an hour; 20 to 21, Is 9d an hour, thereafter, the minimum rate for adult workers. The proportion of bovs and youths shall not be more than one boy or youth to every four adult workers. STOREMEN'S DISPUTE PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT [by TEI.KGR.Vrn —rRESS association] "WELLINGTON, Tuesday The claims of a guild and two employees' associations that they should have the right to secure separate awards were not upheld by the Arbitration Court when the Storemens, Packers and Warehousemen's Federation applied for a Dominion award. Mr. C. J. Brown, who appeared for the Wellington Wholesale Soft Goods Guild and the Christchurch Soft Goods Employees' Association, said that both objected to being forced to link up with a union. The guild had functioned for 16 years and had an agreement that could operate if they were allowed to register as an industrial union. H. K. Blackmail made a similar application on behalf of the Auckland Union. The Court adjourned to consider the applications, and. on resumption, Mr. Justice Page said that the Court had decided that the dispute would have to go on. The applicant union's application covered workers in guilds and associations, and the warehousemen had been represented in conciliation council.

Mr. AY. Miller, for the workers, then announced that discussions between the workers and employers during the adjournment indicated that practically all points could be settled, and the Court again adjourned.