THE TAILORING DISPUTE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVX, Issue 3128, 14 May 1897, Page 4

THE TAILORING DISPUTE.

The award of the Conciliation Board in the tailoring dispute was given yesterday morning as follows : 1. That the proportion of apprentices be not more than one to four men or fraction of the first four men, hut no two apprentices are to be admitted in onp year. The proportion to bo gauge! by full employment of journeymen for two-thirds of the year. 2. (a) Upe weekly man only to one apprentice ; (b) there shall bo no distribution of labour commonly known as the “ tpam system.” 3. The minimum wage for weekly men to be .il2 15s. 4. That employers shall employ members of the Union in preference to non.members, piovidod there are members of the Union who are equally qualified with non-mombera to perform the particular work required to be done, and who are ready and willing to undertake it when non • members are employed. Recommendations in connection with the log :—l. That there be four classifications. 2. The first class not in dispute. 3. The second class to include velveteens, silk mixtures, pilot coatings, diagonals, whitnsy, atookingettes. 4. Tho third class to include vicunas, worsted suitings, fine serges, Russell cord, alpaca, hopsaok, white drill, oordnroy and moleskin. Half as many hours, or part of an hour, as tho difference between second and fourth classes. 5. Fourth class— The same ns third class on proposed log. Dealing with the question of sizes, the Board recommends that the nsinimnm shall be 31in, and the maximum 41in, round the waist. That an industrial agreement be drawn out embodying the above recommendations to last for two years at least, and which may be prolonged by consent of the parties. The Chairman suggested that the parties should meet as soon as possible to determine whether they would accept the award.

Mr Rodger said the Union was prepared to accept the decision of the Board. The Chairman congratulated both sides on the way tbs case bad been earned on. Mr Muir, speaking as an individual employer, also thanked the Board for the manner in which it had dealt with the difficulty.

It is understood that both thetlnionland the employers are satisfied with the finding of the Board, and that the dispute will go no further.