ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 62

ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

TAILORESSES' UNIOX Tbo following is the substance of the iward of tha Arbitration Court in the ndustrial dispute between the Dunfidin Tailorcsses' Industrial Union of Workers 3f the Dunedin, Oamaru, and Southland Master Tailors' Industrial Unions of Employers : — ; All bespoke work ehall be done in the shop of the employer for whom the same >s performed, and ehaJl be paid for according to the eaid time statemenit. The expression " bespoke work " in this award shall include all goods made and sold as ailor-made, also any order in which there is a ga.rme.nt fitted on, whether euoh 3rder is by chart measure or not. Bespoke work to mean all goods made LTid sold under th© heading of "tailoring" n- "tailor- made,"' and must be made on the premises and paid for at the tallorssaes' shop log. (This clause does not in my way interfere wish the factory chart measures, if 6okl as such.) Subject to tfoa- provisions of this award), my employer may employ workers at weekly wages, who may do and perform ?J1 or any of the work required to be pc formed by suoh employer. The lowest rate of wagies paid to workers, including 1 machinists and tailorssses on ladies' work, employed at weekly n-a?ej, shall be- the sum of" £1 7s 6d for each and every week. Theite shall bo a faix distribution of work among- all operatives in eadh workshop by the employers. Where there are wv&ral workrooms used by an employer Hie same shall be considered and included as one workshop for the purposes of this r-lause. The number of apprentices shall be limited to one to every three ops ra rives or fraction of the first three operatives. The proportion of apprentices 6hall be gauged by full employment of operatives for t'wobhirds of the full time for the preceding six calendar months. Provicbd that in the case of any employer whoso place of business is outside a radius oi eight mil~s from the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, the proportion of apprentices shall b> one apprentice for every two opea-athes <«r fraction of the first two operatives fully employed. Every apprentice shall serve for Hie full period of four years, but indenture shall not be required. Apprentices must be thoroughly taught their trade. The rates of payment to apprentices shall ba as fellows— viz. : For the first six calendar months of the apprenticeship mci sum of 5s for each and every week, to ba increase J by the sum of 2o 6d per waek every six months until the term of apprenticeship expires. At ths expiration of tha term of appranticciship the apprentice shall become an operative, aoid shall be paicJ the full minimum wage. Employers may employ improvers on the following- terms:— Waoes are to be not ks-s T,ha,n ]7s 6d per week. The status of imn-o\er is not to extend beyond 12 months One improver is to be' allowed tor each four or fraction of four jounrevvvoroen fully employed for fchs prec^din^ six months. ** The hours worked by each worker s'lall be 45 in each w<«k, ar.d such hours shall be worked during the ordinary busine-e hour-, of the establishment in which they snail be worked. All overtime worked on*- of th-a ordiroavv biuiaess hours of the establishment b,ha!l ba pa.id for, in the case of work performed on weekly wa,g>M, at the rata of time and a-quarter, ar.d, in the case of work performed by piecework, at piecework prices, with 2d par hour ad.lsd thereto. No on© mathin.i&t shall machine for more than 13 workers, but apprentices shall not toe included in such number of vrorknrs until after <>uch apprentices shall have served for 12 calendar months of their apprenticeship. Provided that in speciaJ ca^es arrangements may be mutually a3TO-,d to between the parties to the award. Tb-re shall be no distribution of work known as the '"team system." Tailorfiss« may hays the assistance of a female apprentice, improver, or jourrmywoman. The usual clauses in regard 'to the cmplojmcnt book of the. union i« included in the award Tlis period of enforcement of the award is from October 11, 1909 until September 30, 1912. SOUTHLAND T Y POG RAP HICAL UNION. The Clerk of AwaivJ l: at Dunedin has received a copy of the awaid made by the Arbitration Couit in the industrial ■dispute between tho Southland iv) ographic;»l Industrial L'nion of \Voiko"i> and 18 l>er-.oiis, firms, and companion cair\uii: on bu-'ine 'a in Southland. " The clau^^ in l.•2'al^l to hour* of lalx>ur re.u.'s a^ follow- 'i'h-c- liout? ol laboiii- shall not oxcood J 8 )> r «(<-k. The jecogni-od regular hour- of woik --bull be lixed by each nii|»lo\v-i. i.nd for hands employed on <lay «oik bo bct».e-jn the Ik»Ui-, of 8 a.m arnl 6 p n>. on fi\c *Ij.\ ■> of tlic weifk and 8 a. in. ami pooii on tho lecogrviM'il factoiy li.ilf-hohd t\ , -übjict to hour= bi'inu con.-id^nd a full vve°k. isfrc han<l- u)>» < /Dpl-n (•(! on a wteklv paper the luurs of labo n =iiall le fixed by each j omplov i . and -iiall b- !>t'twe"ii tha hour= of 3 a in. and 6 p in. on «»\ciy day of the week- N< r le-- tiian three quaiter-) of a,n hour -hill be allow r-d on each clay for <!>i<!ic-, Lanweii fho hour.-, of 12 noon aixj l.'oO ]) ;:i. on ouch day, excepting the day of tl'p half-lnhdav- For hands om\>Uj\ ■<{ on a morning paj>ei the houi-s of labaur bhall b_> 48 hou!'s per work, and shull lx; < lght hours in oach 24 for mx da\ 3 of ' th*j vioclc, and .■hal! be r^^ulated by the ornp'ov -r <iccoi<ling' to the r"quiicmfrit-> of l-i - IjiMnws. Xotlnrig herein con- ' tam^i sha.ll b" con-lrur-d ,-is fixing- any 1 unit of hour 1 ; for compo=itoi'S ergaged at iiight \\oil> at pieccwoiK rates on a. mornjntf i!O\v,pap'-r For any time worked by w.ig?s liand'3 b^-yond the hours hereinbeforo preJC-riljed o\oitime rates as hereinafter mentioned shall be pa.d. Should a public holiday intervene, the time lost through such holiday shall be deducted fiom tho 48 hours and not from the overlime. Any time lo^t by any workman throug-h his own fault in any one week shall lo deducted .fcrom (any overtime • worked by him during 1 that week before he shall bo paid overtime rates. | Rates of Fay. — Tho minimum rates of pay aro fixed aa follow : — For compositors employed on piecework, Is Id per 1000 ens; for compositors employed for le=s three full consecutive working days,

Is 6d per hour ; for compositors employed for at least threo consecutive working days, but less than a week, 11s per day. For compositors employed in InveroargiU for a week or longer the rate of pay is £3 per week. Compositors on piecework called on time for any description of " house " work other than composing shall be paid at the rate of Is 6d per hour, fraotionaJ parts of an hour to be charged! as follows: — Eight minutes, a quarter of an hour; 25 minutes, half an hour; 35 minutes, tihree-quaaiters of an hour ; 50 minutes, one hour. The rate of pay for, night hands employed in Invercargill is fixed at £3 5s per week for journeymepf; compositors, and for compositors employed on piecework, Is 2d per 1000 one. Oom-; positors on piecework called on time for any description of "house" work other} than composing shall be paid at the ratef©f Is 9d per hour, fraotional parts of an? Hour to be calculated as provided for day^ : fcands. The weekly rates fixed for Gore are:— Day work, £2 15s; night worlj, £3;i Other towns^Day work, £2 ss; night work, £2 10s. Employers shall not bei bound to pay for holidays. Overtime shallf be paid for at the rate of time and a-third to all wages hands, and at rate and a-third/ to all piece hands employed on day work.. No extra rate shall be paid to piecework nigm hands employed on a morn.-ng paperThe award came into force on October 11, 190?), and will remain in operation until 1 December 31, 1911.