CARPENTERS' AWARD
CONCILIATION AGREEMENT WAGES REFERRED TO COURT HEARING TAKEN IN COMMITTEE [by TELEGRAPH —P It ESS ASSOCIATION*] . WELLINGTON. Thursday When the hearing of the application for a Dominion award for carpenters, joiners and joiners' assistants was resinned before the Conciliation Commissioner at Wellington to-dnv, the assessors for the applicant union agreed to base their arguments on the present award, thus removing the danger of stalemate, as had appeared likely after the first day's discussion. Settlement was reached on a number of clauses. Major matters referred to the Court were wages, the term of the award, and suburban and country work. The hearing was taken in committee at the request of the union's and statement being issued at the conclusion of proceedings. It was agreed to allow the exemption of parties, provided in the present award, to continue, but to call a special conference of representatives of county councils and other local bodies and workers' assessors to discuss genoral conditions of work.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23150, 23 September 1938, Page 14
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