TRAMWAY DISPUTE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10100, 14 October 1918, Page 6

TRAMWAY DISPUTE

SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT ■ After TOanv'fconferenee'r and meet- / ings the tramway dispute appends to be within short-.distance of settlement. The Tramwav Union held its; 1 second Shift'.meeting 'on Saturday morning, and the final result is that the union has. endorsed the-agreement arrived at before the Conciliation Commissioner. The union’s decision, though filial, was , arrived at by. no means unanimously. All that -■ remains-.-now is the iconcurrence Of the-CitrCCplincil, which meet* to-day, and Then the" agreement will come .befpre, .this! Cojnfijliation CJommissioner again, to .hc. signed. Briefly the men have recehed. jd per hour less than thev asked for. >An increase of 21d ncr hour, has been given all round with the exception >of the lowest rate eohdtfMotsf whose increase has been’2|d 'per" hduf. The increase in the overtime fates is Id ah hour. The previous offer, of an additional ten per cent, bonus to. hands outside of traffic hands is to bn converted* into a flat rhto which Will moah -an' increase of lid nor hour. The existing 5 per cent, bonus is to take effect on the new flat rate, and all overtime is to be paid at the rate of time and a half.