THE TAILORS' DISPUTE
Wellington, April 30.
The Conciliation Board to-day gave a decision on fche three points ia dispute between the master tailor* and employees. Firstly, as to apprentices, the board thought there should be one to four men or a fraction of four. Secondly, as to weekly men, it was recommended that there be one man to cue apprentice, aud an additional resolution that there should be no distribution of labour commonly known as the "team system." Thirdly, that the minimum wage be £2 15?, and the board urged that an industrial agreement be entered in>o for -at least two years, or longer, by consent. Replying to the employer?, the chairman said the award was not to be retrospective. There was no intention to be arbitrary, aud co far as he understood there would be no interference with present arrangements. What was intended w»s to provide for the future. A couple of membera of the board contested the latter decision, but the chairman closed the proceedings by stating that the award could not bs discussed by the parties interested.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 16
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