TRADES AND LABOUR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 17

TRADES AND LABOUR.

London, July 27. A& a consequence of the South Wales colliers' strike, the managers of the Castle Lino of steamers are importing steam coal from Virginia for the use of their vessels.

HALF-HOLIDAY FOR DOMESTICS.

Wellington, July 28

A deputation from the Domestic Workers' Union waited on the Premier to-night with a request that some provision be made for a weekly half-holiday for dome&t : c servants. The Premier did i-ofc think it pofsible to get legislation which would place private reeidencts under inspection, but the details wou'd be considered, and he would submit the matter to the Labour department and to his colleagues and ccc what could be done to secure the object of the deputation.

FURNITURE TRADE DISPUTE,

A rt % l-«r«.ca was yesterday filed with the clerk oi .umrds in the matter of a dispute— the *cOT,d — between the Dunedin United Furoituie Trades' Union and the Furniture Trad?*' Employers. The fc llowiog are tbe conditions of employment which the union submits for c-ns'd'-ration by (he Bowl of ConciliatioE :—: —

1. Tbat Vne mliiin.-nrii wnf.e for cabinetmakers, <shairm,»!i. )'■=, and nphohteivrs be 9s per day ; Fi-e^rh pi.hhh"r?, 8* per any ; all <he prices in e\h : MU A, B, ami C (I>;«0 to >c p*:rt <"cr piecework. 2. Iweniy pt* cent, to be Ihe aaxiimun lo be deducted for ini»cbvne work on *tbine<makevs' kg ; 10 per cent, to be the maximum deducted for I machine work ou chairmakers' log. 'A. Overtime between the hours of 5.30 p m. and 8 a.m. : Time and a-quarter to be paid up till 8 p.m. ; and time and a-balf from 8 p.m. till 8 am. 4. The employer shall notify the men whether ! they are on piece or day work before starting their ! job. S 5. Men to have the option of working by the nicccw

0. Unionists to have the preference of employ li.sut over non-unionists. 7. Cabinetmakeis employed ou chair woik tob« Ijaid the same as chairmakers. 8. Special line 3 not mentioned in the Ioe;s to bf settled by a confer aice of four dtlcg.ites viorat" nated l>y the union and four cboK-ti liy th'- cm< ploycrs, ami au umpire; ouydi-i-iitcM to he to 1 tied Lv the umpite appointed. 0. O-ily two cla ies of labcur.-h'H ;.t;;e*v ,'v te«T, viz., a i)p; entices acd joumejiiKt.'. 11). Apprentices' wages to be lh per week for tl.e fust yea*, en^i au advance of bs per week^ at the commencement of each nib eciuontjear. The prcportion of apprentices to \>z 0:10 apprentice to cvfcjy Iln-ee men or fmrtion of (lute ; for the purpose of delcrmiuinc; the propoitioti of EppreiUices to j'unejmen, tlin g.ven i.umb'r of men must b.ivo been onployod in v; y shop orfactoiy for the pieviou3 six m<>nths cqu.il in <\\ ' thi.-cts. full time. This clause to be biiiciiog for live yeaya.

Tae fell "vi- g eais l<>stri are rnide partita <o the wr.eudi! *■ : — IJ undell and Hay * ■:■•'', Do:edin; Mask>nzie arid Ssnders, Du::'':":. : :i ; Si;< uiJar and Chisboim, Dancdin ; E!!ir, «-Aei Srjyth, DufwJin ; F. A. Hnoper «<.<.2 <>... Dunod : a ; A ' Loric and Co., Dunr-ii.. ; A. Nfilscn, Kaikor«i ; P. W Dona'd, D'lntclin; — Ta;-lor, Dir edit- ; J. P.irker, S m'h D jptdui ; — CutUf, South Dunlin ; M'LiugLliu, South Di.nfdiu ; T. B own. C<\veit>haru ; P. Adamson, Dunedia ; — J3w«n, Mcsgiel ; — Mauninp, Port Ohalmprs; J. Stiisw, Daned'n ; J. GiUies, Di'nidi:i; P. Laing, Dancdin ; V. ?^nrtin, Duncdiu ; — Muller. Moray place ; E. T. Ward, Dunedip ; W Cr File.'. Duuedin ; G. Fleury, Dutiedin ; — R<ihsoi'. Dun'-diu ; A C. Sfewarfc, Boslyn; W. N^es. Duiitdiu; F. G. Butter* field, Durcdin; J J. Marlow, Daucdin; J. Campbell, Dunedin ; A. and T. logli^, Dun«edin ; Alex "Wait, Dunedin.

An avrsid wan ma< c. by the B..ard cf (Joncilifttien in a dispute between the«e partie3 on the 15th Feb. u try, 1897, and an agreement in term* of that awp.r.3 was fi'cd in lie following nsoijth. The principal itat'er of contention in the forthcoming dispute v ill, it is understood, be as to ihe rate of wages, the union proposing lo iocrerse the minimum wage foi cabinetmakers, chairmakf rs, and upbolslcrerc from 83 to 9« per day.