WAGES OF BUTCHERS
INCREASE IN WELLINGTON COURT GRANTS 7/6 A WEEK [by TELEGBAPH —PKESS association] WELLINGTON, Thursday An increase of 7s Gd weekly to adult workers is granted by the Second Court of Arbitration in the Wellington butchers' award issued to-day. Wage rates are as follows: —First shopmen or men in charge, £6 ss; second, £5 12s 6d; first small goods men, £6 ss; slaughtermen, £5 12s 6d; men in ohargo of hawking carts, £5 12s 6d; all other workers. £5 3s 6d. Rates for youths range from £1 8s at the age of 15, to £3 between 19 and 21. A 44-hour week is allowed. The award operates from October 3. Mr. A. W. Croskery, workers' representative, dissents regarding the hours provisions and holidays. '1 he hours provisions allow for work between 7.30 v..m. and 4 30 p.m. or from S a.m. to 5 p.m. on five days of the week, and 8 a.m. to noon on the weekly halfholiday. Provision is also made for work before 7.30 a.m. There is a schedule of statutory holidays for different districts and an annual week's leave on full pay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23156, 30 September 1938, Page 15
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188WAGES OF BUTCHERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23156, 30 September 1938, Page 15
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