TRAMWAY WORKERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23685, 17 December 1938, Page 2

TRAMWAY WORKERS

KAIKORAI EMPLOYEES' AWARD An award covering the employees of the Dunedin and Kaikorai Tramway Company, Ltd., has been released by Mr J. A. Gilmour, S.M., in the Industrial Magistrate's Court, Wellington. The award embodies the recommendations which were arrived at by the assessors in the Conciliation Council. The principal matters referred to the court related to payment for rope work and broken shifts. The question of retrospective payment of wages was also in disoute, but as it was stated at the hearing that the increased rates of wages had been paid since August 15 last, wages had been made retrospective to that date.

The clause relating to the rope work states that any employee who is called out for such work after midnight shall be allowed Is 6d in lieu of a meal. All men employed on rope work shall be paid at senior gripmen's rates, 2s 7d per hour.

All broken shifts shall be completed in I2h hours each day, except on either Saturday or Friday, and shall not be made up of more than two parts. All time worked beyond such 121 hours shall be paid for at overtime rates. No employee shall be signed off for less than one hour. Payment for broken shifts shall be paid at id per hour extra.