TWO NEW AWARDS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22695, 6 April 1937, Page 5

TWO NEW AWARDS

COOKS AND STEWARDS NORTHERN COASTAL FLEETS Complete agreement was reached at the conciliation council hearing yesterday between cooks and stewards employed in northern coastal fleets and their employers held before the Commissioner, Mr. R. E. Price. Two separate awards were ratified, one concerning cargo vessels and the other passenger vessels. Both awards provide for a minimum payment of £l9 los 6d a month of 30 days to a cook-steward without an assistant, other wages ranging downward. Daily time is limited to eight hours, with restrictions as to the time of commencement and finishing. After one year's service a fortnight's holiday oa full pay is to be granted. Clauses necessitating the employees' membership of the union, and referring to medical benefits and shipwrecks also are included iu both awards, which come into force with regard to the wages and overtime clauses as from February 1, 1937, the remainder having effect from March 1, 1937. The date of expiry is February 28, 1938. Assessors for the employers in the passenger vessels award were Captain R. C. Hammond, Mr: W. E. Anderson and Mr. J. W. Lowe. Mr. A. 6. Frankham replaced Mr. Lowe in the cargo vessels award hearing. The -workers' assessors for both awards were Messrs. W. Walsh, W. Fox and Y. Neils on. The companies affected are the Northern Steamship Company, the Kaipara Steamship Company, Limitedj A. G. Frankham, Limited, the Kauri Timber Company, Limited, Nobel Aus- | tralasia Proprietary, Limited, and Wilj sons (N.Z.) Portland Cement, Limited. The application was made by the Federated Cooks and Stewards of New Zealand Industrial Union of Workers. FUR TRADE WORKERS ADJOURNMENT OF DISPUTE The conciliation council hearing of the northern, Wellington and Canterbury fur workers' dispute, in Wellington has been adjourned until May 13-. It was stated that this adjournment was necessary to enable the Auckland employers' assessor to confer with his principals about the acceptance of the workers' claims. The ce*nniissioner, Mr. S. Ritchie, said that the difficulty was probably due to the failure of both sides to realise that fur workers could belong to the clothing trades union and yet obtain' a separate award.