THE AWARDS

Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 11

THE AWARDS

lilt: BAKERS DISPUTE. The President said : In the dispute between the Dunedin Bakers and Pastrycooks' Union and the -Master Ba-kers' Association and three other gentlemen — Messrs Wood, Peterson, and Hew-ton-^we have considered the matter, and we ai'e, not piepared to go quite the leDgth the Conciliation Board went iv the mailer of hourH. We want to avoid any riik of fixing such a number of hours as would possibly entail a chronic state of overtime. We have therefore decided to fix the hours at eight and a-balf. In other respects wo adopt the recommendations of. the Conciliation Board. We -d-o riot think that .sufficient cause has been shown for adapting what would practically be a complete innovation in the trade and fixing the payment at per horn iastead of at per week. The res ilt, therefore, of our award in that case will bethat we adopt the recommendations of the Board of Conciliation, except in the matter of hours, and we fix the hours at eicht and a-half instead of eight as recommended by the board. I will read the minutes of the award :—: — " The recommendation 3 of. the Board of Conciliation to be cariied out, except that paragraph 9 be stiuck our, and in' paragraph 1, subsections A aiicl-o be struck out, and in lieu of eub-paragiaph a the following be inserted : 'That the hours of work be eight and a-half hours per clay. 1 " The award to come into force-on Monday next, December 13, and to remain in force until December 31, 1898. " "A duplicate of the award to bo filed in tha Supreme Court." The course that is generally followed is that I'pre-^ pare the form of the award in accordance with the minutes, and that it be sealed and signed without calling upon my colleagues to be present. I suppose there is no objection to that 'in the present case? Mr Anninc, representing the Bakers' Union, assented to the adoption of the course suggested, and The President subsequently drew up the award as follows :—: — _ • Whereas a dispute arose between the Dunedin Bakers and Pastrycooks' Union, hereinafter called the union, and the Master Bakers' Association of Dunedin and William Wood, John PeteTson, and John Hew ton (master bakers), hereinafter called the employers, as to what should be the rules for carrying on the business of breadbakers ; aud whereas the said dispute was duly referred to this court : Now this court, having heard the pai ties and the evidence adduced on both sides, doth hereby award as follows : — I. That the hours of work be eight hours and a-half per day. ■. 2 That the hour for starting work b« *not earlier than 4 a tn., except on Wednesday, Saturday, and the day immediately preceding any publ'c holiday, when it may be an hour not earlier than 3 a.m. 3. Iv any house where the dough machines are used the dough men only may start one hour and 30 miuutes sooner. 4. If overtime ia required, time and a-quarter shall be paid up to 6 p.m., and time and a-half up to 10 iMn., and that no work be done after that hour. 5. Any member working on a holiday Bhall receive time and a-half payment, besides the weekly wage. (j 'Ihe proportion of apprentices to men lobe as follows : — For the first three men or any less number, one apprentice ; for more thau three men and up to six men, two apprentices ; and so on in the same proportion. 7. No bread carter to be employed in bakehouse, but a baker may deliver bread so long as he works 8h hours per day only. 8. That the rate of wages of a foreman be settled in each case by*agreement between the employer and the foreman. 9. That no second hand receive less than £2 10s per week and no table hand less than £2 ss. 10. That members of the union shall be employed in preference to non-members, provided there are members of the union who are equally qualified with non-membera to perform the particular work required to be done and are ready and willing to undertake it. This rule i 3 not to interfere with the existing engagements of non-members, whose present employers may retain them in the same or other positions in their employment. 11. When non-members are employed there shall be no distinction between members and nonmembers ; both shall work together in harmony, and both shall work under the same conditions and riceive equal pay for equal work. 12. If a jobber is employed bylthe day the wage must not be less than 10s, or by the week j£2 los. Jobbers working overtime shall receive the same rate of payment as other men. 13. Sunday sponging will cover all statutory holidays. " And this court doth further award and order that this award shall be binding upon the union aud its menbers and upon the Master Bakers' Association and each of the persons above-named as Dirties to thi* dispute, and shall remain in force and its provisions shall be enforceable for a ', period commencing on Slonday, December 13 jnjjtcvnt. and ending pa tlw 31st d,ay of De^enjber

1898. And this court doth further order that a duplicate of this award be filed in the Supreme Court at Dunedin. THE TAILORS' DISPUTE. The President, iv referring to the" above dispute, said : As to the dispute between the. Dunedin Opeintive 'J'ailois' Society Rnd the persona aud firms niuned in the dit-putr, we have considered the matter. With lespect to what appears to be the principal matter in dispute, tho proportion of wagemen to joinne.vmeu, we see it has Veen recognised iv the old cmutry, and here in the colony in Wellington, that it is considered in the tiadeto be a reasonable thing that a" proportion should be fixed. An agreement has been come to' in Wellington between .the masters and the union on the subject, and our award will be to place trade here in that lespect on the same foo ing ps the trade in Wellington — that is, one day-wage man in any shop, and a second daywage man for the second four pieceworkers employul. As to the question of apprentice?, aud as to the question of hours, we do not think it is necessity to interfere with the lecommendationa of the B aid of Conciliation. We do not think that it is shown that two apprentices to five "to eight journeymen is excessive, and that is the maximum number of apprentices. We leave the number of hours as the Board of Conciliation recommended. I will read tho minutes of the award in thip, as in the lasr, case :—: — The recommendations of the Board of Conciliation as to apprentices to be adopted. The recommendations-as to d»y wage be struck out, and in lieu thereof the following be inserted :— " That not more than one weekly, wage man to. .be employed in* any ab^p unles3 pieceworkers are also employed ; and that the propoition of -weekly-wage men be not niore than one to every four pieceworkers or fraction of tho first four ; the proportion to be determined in the same manner'as the proportion of apprentices to journeymen is determined. 'J lie" recommendations of the board contained in par^giaphs 3 to 7 inclusive be adopted. 'ihe log produced to be binding, with the reduction of one* hour on trousers, ajifeuggested at page 12. Th« award to come into force on' December 20, and to remain iv force until December 31, 1898. A duplicate to be filed in the Supreme Court. It jia. propose^ that the award- be dmwa up by myself as in the last case. Messrs Anniwg (Bakers' Union), Wilson (Operative Tailors' Society), and lies (Waster Tailors) thanked the court for the courtesy extended to them during the conduct of the cases. The President : I hope the awards will work out satisfactorily. It if? a very difficult matter to come to a satisfactory conclusion in these cases. The matter ff female labour especially ia complicated, aud we hope our award will net have the effect of displacing any female labour. The following is, the fotmal awanl prepared in regard to the dispute by the President of the court : — Whereas a dispute arose between the Dunedin Operative Tailors' Society (hereinafter called the union) and the eeveral persons and firms being master tailors iv Dunedin (hereinafter called the employers) whose names follow— that is to say ; Aitken and Son, Wm. lies, Walter Arthur, John and Jas. Jtiikins, Thomas Bennett and Griffen Kirby, Joseph A. Brown, Ewing, and Co. M'Donald, John Craig and Smith Robb, Alexander Crombie, James Scott, W. and R. Duthie Bros, and Co. Smith, Frederick • Faigan, Lewis Stokes and Sons Fel ham, Thomas F. Todd aud Brown Halleustein Bros. Wilkie, G. M. Hendry and Son . Walker, Andrew Heibcrt, llaynes, and Co. / And whereas the said dispute was duly referred to this court: Now this court havit g heard the parties and the evidence adduced on both sides doth hereby award as follows : 1. The proportion of appi entices to journeymen to be as follows : You the first four men or any les3 Dumber, one apprentice ; for more than ft/jv men and up to eisht men, two apprentices ; and so on in the same proportion. 2. For the purpose of determining the number of apprentices to journeymen the calculation shall b<s based on a two-thirds full time einx>loyment for the six months previous for the average of the labom\ 3. The preceding rules are not to interfere with the engagements of present apprentice?. 4. 1 hat not more than one weekly-wage man be employed in, any shop unless pieceworkers are also employed, and that the proportion of weeklywage men be not more than, one to every four piecewoikers or fraction of the first forir ; the proportion to be determined in the same manner as the proportion of apprentices to journeymen is determined. 5. Members of tho union shall be employed in preference to non-members, piovided there are members of the union who are equally qualified with non-membera to perform the particular work required to be done, and are ready and willing to undertake it. 6. The last preceding rule is not to interfere with the existing engagements of non-members, whose present employers may .retain them in the same or other positioas in their employment ; nor is it to interfere in any way with the employment of females. 7. When non-member 3 are employed there ahall be nq distinction between members and non-members ; both shall work together in harmony, and both shall work under the same con-, ditiots and receive equal pay for equal work. 8 The minimum wage for wages men shall be j£2 103 per week. Ihe hours of labour shall be 48 hours per week. The work shall be done between the hours of 8 a.m. and C p.m. on the first five days of the week, and between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday. 9. Overtime shall be paid as follows :— Day- wage men, time and a-quarter up to 10 p.m. ; from 10 to 12 p.m. time anda-balf ; and double time after 12 p.m. Pieceworkers, 3d per hour extra up to 10 p.m. ; 6d per hour after 10 p.m. to 12 p.m. ; and Is per houf after 12 p.m. 10. The log attached hereto shall be binding upon all parties. And this "court doth further award and order' that this award shall be binding upon the union and its members, and upon the employers andeaohand every of them, and shall remain in force and its provisions shall be enforceable for a period commencing on Monday 20th December inst., and. ending on 31st day of December, 1898. And this court doth further order that a duplicate of this award be filed in the Supreme Court at Duuedin. >.