WATERSIDE WORKERS
NEW WAGES PROPOSALS LARGE INCREASES SOUGHT [nV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH. Friday Substantial increases in wages are sought in the proposed new agreement between the New Zealand Waterside \Y orkers' Federation and the employers of waterside labour, which is now being placed before the unions at the various ports for ratification. Jt is proposed that the ordinary hourly rate should be increased from 2s 4d to 2s Bd. and that extra payments for special classes of cargo such as meat, phosphate, sulphur and other cargo classed as dirty or dangerous •should be from 3d to one shilling an hour. It is asked that all Saturday work should bo classed as overtime, payment being 3s 4d an hour for work from 8 a.m. until noon and 5s 4d an hour with a minimum of three hours for work between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., plus any extra payments due for special cargo as already mentioned. The increase. it is proposed, should be made retrospective to October 1 last year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22622, 9 January 1937, Page 10
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