SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 12

SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE. An >industrial dispute having arisen between the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' Industrial Union of Workers and 256 employers in Dunedin and suburbs, and the parties having failed 'ft jeme to a settlement, a ballot was taken or: the question of submitting the said dispute to the Conciliation Council, and that course was decided upon by 217 votes to 2. The reference to be Tiled by the union j is as follows: Hours of Labour.—The recognised hours i of labour shall be 40 hours in each week, j from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. '/o 5 p.m. on five days in the week, from Monday to Friday. Rates of Wages.—The rates of wages shall not be less than Is 6d per hour, (a) All wages shall be paid weekly in cash either on the job or at the employer's place ' cf "business, but wherever paid the said : wages shall be paid to the workman not I Liter than 15 minutes after the time for peering off work, (b) If any worker is discharged before the end of the week he shall be paid within 15 minutes after sucl discharge whatever wages may be due to him for the actual time worked, (c) This clause I shall not apply to workers on country work j if an arrangement in writing is agreed upon | between the parties providing that not less j than the minimum rate of wages for country • work is complied with. Piecework.—No carpenter or joiner shall be paid by piecework, nor shall any employer let his work labour only. Overtime.—Except where otherwise specified all time worked beyond the hours mentioned in clause 1 hereof shall be considered overtime, and shall be paid for at the rate of double time, (a) Work done on Christmas Day, Good Friday, New Year's Day, jster "Monday, Labour Day, and Sundays shall be paid for at the rate of double time. If any of the holidays mentioned shall fall on a Sunday, then lor the purposes of this award the day succeeding shall be deemed to. be the holiday. Under-rate Workmen. —Any workman, through old age or physical defect only, who may consider himsef incapable of earing the minimum wage hereby precribed for the class of work in which he shall desire employment, may work 'or and be paid such lesser rate of wages as shall from time to time be agreed upon in writing between such workman and his employers or proposed employers and the president or secretary of the worker's union. In default of such agreement being, come to, then such wage shall be fixed in writing by the inspector of awards for the industrial district, and 24 hours' notice of the application, to such inspector of awards shall be given by such workman to the secretary of such union, and such secretary, as well as the employer or proposed employer, shall, if he shall so desire, be heard by such inspector of awards upon such application. ' Conveniences.—The employer shall provide upon the works a properly secured place for the tools of the workmen empoyed upon such work by him, and shall also provide all necessary sanitary conveniences for the use of the workmen. Employers shall provide facilities for the sharpening of tools, as follows:—(a) Where an employer has an established place of business, permanent factory or workshop, he shall provide a grindstone either at such place or on any job. where two or more workmen are empoyed. (b) Where the emplover has no established place ot pussnees. permanent factory or workshop, he shall in such case provide a grindstone on any job where two or more workmen are employed. When a workman has been employed for- two weeks and discharged, he shall receive two hours' pay or two hours time; if employed only one week and discharged, one hour's pay or one hour's time. Suburban Work.—(a) Suburban work shall be deemed to be any work carried on within a radius of six miles of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. (b) Every workman shall be at the place where his work is to ba performed at the time appointed for commencing work; but, should sucn , place bo situated b.jyond 14 niiles from the l Chief Post "Office, he shall then be paid I the ordinary rates of wages for the time occupied in travelling to and from such ' place of employment, (c) Travelling time shall be computed at the rate of three miles per hour, (d) Travelling time shall count going to and returning from work by the nearest, road used by foot passengers («) Workers residing within and working at any job in the followingsuburbs shall be at the place where the work is being carried on at the hour appointed for soadltt woofe* SW& shall not be entitled: to tewsffia« time. Combined. gu6asfe&-Sfi«><ttJ»«to«. &&£s%,, Kaitott»i> Stewwft HS& JUL V«l«y. 'kuU'fr,- Mi»ssojfo»r-gftv £it JOfia, Caversharo. i S'tf (JSfcJk. sspair>ite <sub jsribs— * !®SSR, ©iiiwside,, G-reesi Mwf,, AbbotsiorJ,, I iaiiv.lW,' ftent Chalmers.. Jtsgy stfh&c suburb i msfr irGem&>ned m whic'h workers may m- ! <&s& .-and 'be .empl©s*ed shall be treated .as 1 ,-a .fiqp.a.rnjjfce su'bnrV ((f) I® &» «Wlt of ituny wln-ase (principal place of Ifojft&ttStSS, iworks'hOjP. .or factory fo sifcuated iki sjbe .suburbs engaging v any flvorks* -who mw reside in town or in any other <sub.urb tfftWMi tfh&t in whic'h his business is carried <fin„ Ifae shall pay such worker the .time oc(ftvySied in travelling ,to and from such place (ft'f .business as before mentioned.. 'This (jjlause .shall JM* apply .where the -worker : s'hali apply sPit .is <c,ngaged by any em.--gloyer' at his : p_rincip.aj place of business in suburb (Country wor'kman en.[gagej upon country \iyork—that is, work impre than six f_6) miles f rpm the Chief Post ((Office-shall W paid-in addition to the v,v ; &ges mentioned ja clause 2 hereof, a fei&W ..sum o| is §& .for ,eac;h ; and eyer-y \\Vhile jhe fts <§© #m,pjk>ye<il. Aw .«£ i touting expwm W (going to and rfr ! teiftirig fe>m' such ,wo,rjk ..shall ; ailso p& paj4 Ipjy ;h ; is cmploye.r jfer .each" and every job, put cqly <pn ce (&ss?s e? -°h Kffij proyidef <suc\i work is e<?njourneyman o,r .is iftftt jp ,tjhe .meantime" TecfvUed py liis eni-j lUpori .work jto sleep | fygm'ffli&BX honied addi,tic*i4' \ <«{ §$ *> $m mm, %$£ mm i/sways? mm m& Ps¥S# RMW cr ,Qitb.er herein .an^" ejjapjLpyfiJ

work shall be other than ' those hereinbefore prescribed, (c) Every apprentice engaged upon country work shall be provided ■with suitable board and lodging at the expense of bis employer. Apprentices.—ia) Any employer taking an apprentice to learn the trade shall be deemed to undertake the duty which he agrees to perform a*s a duty enforceable under this award, and shall pay such apprentice not less than the undermentioned rate of wages—namely, for the first year, 8s per week; for the second year, 12s 6d per week; for the third year, 17s 6d per week ; for the fourth year, £1 3s per week; for the fifth vear_ £1 13s per week. The proportion of apprentices to journeymen shall not exceed one to every three journeymen, (b) The period of apprenticeship shall be five years, but three months' probation shall be allowed the employer of any apprentice to determiaa his fitness, such three months to be included in the period of apprenticeship. No boy shall br allowed to serve a probation with more than two employers. The obligation of the apprentice to servo his employer shall be deemed to be a duty enforceable under this award, (c) At the esid of the period of apprenticeship the employer shall give the apprentice a certificate to show that he has served his apprenticeship. Should the employer at any tinv.j before the termination of the apprenticeship wish for any reason to dispense with the services of the apprentice, he shall give him a certificate for the time served and procure him another employer carrying en business within a reasonable distance of the original employer's place of business, who will cor.tinue to teach *b 4 > apprentice, to pay him the wages prescribed by this award according to the total length of time he has served, and generally to perform the obligations of the original employer: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon an employer to find Jthe apprentice another employer if he shall so misconduct himself as "to entitle the employer to discharge him, but he shall give him a certificate covering the time actually served, (d) An employer taking an apprentice shall give notice thereof and of the name of the apprentice to the inspector of Factories within one weak after the expiration of the period of probation, and an employer transferring &a apprentice to another employer shall, similarly, within one week thereof, give notice of such transfer to such inspector. (e) An employer shall not bo deemed to discharge his duty towards his apprentice if ho fails to keep him at work owing to slackness of work, but such slackness may form a proper ground for transferring him to a master wilting to undertake the resposbility of teaching him. (f) When an apprentice is discharged for cause the employer shall send notice of the discbarge and the cause thereof to the Inspector of Factories. (g) Existing arrangements with or relating to apprentices now serving any employer may continue, provided that any employer wishing such arrangements to continue shall forward the names of his present apprentices to the Inspector of Factories within one month after the filing of this award, (h) All apprentices shall, during the first three years of their apprenticeship, attend at least two courses of technical instruction either at the nearest, local school or by correspondence with an approved correspondence school. All fees payable for such instruction shall be paid by bis employer, and time for attendance at such school or preparing such lesson shall bo allowed by the employer during ordinary working hours. Such allowance to be not keg than two half-days per week (i) .Apprentices to be supplied with the use of tools by their masters for the first two years in consideration of their low wages. Preference. —(a) When a member of the Master Builders' Association and a nonmeimber require the services of a journeyman, and there is a member of the Workers' Union available who is competent to do the work required to be done, then such journeyman shall give the member of the Master Builders' Association the preference of his services. Each applicant for employment shall before being engaged produce his card, which 6hall show him to be a financial member of his union. No employer shall employ any workman who fails to comply with this condition. All journeymen at present working far any employer, and who are not. members of the Workers' Union, shall become members within two weeks from the time of this award coming into operation. (b) No employer shall dseharge any member of a union for taking an active part in the management of his union, or in the administration of the Arbitration Act. (c) Should any dispute arise during' the currency of this award as to any matter, not herein provided for, such dispute shall toe arranged between the employer and a Tep.iKiseufea.tive. of fclbe union, and in default of ssspeeiEeat between them shall be settled iy tkws C«me£&i&tvm Commissioner. Should •ma tagts&metit %© to between the meiwas &xid any <33mptwe«' in respect to any wA rasafer aforesaid, notification of tueh ajsarasßftenfc shall be made to the Inspector of Awards for the district by the union. id) U shaft be tb« duty of the union to beep a» employment book at an addresa iwm turn to time to be agreed upon.