CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 10

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

GARDENERS' DISPUTE. Mr J. R. Triggs (Conciliation Oommisionei) held a sitting of the Conciliation Council on the 21st inst. *o hoar a disputo Detween tho Dunedin Gardeners' Industrial Union and about 12 employers. As there is no existing agreement in connection with this class of labour, the dispute was arranged for the purpose of formulating an award. Tlie assessors for the union we.ro Messrs A. Clark, 11. Hall, and A. Wilson, .with Mr R. Breen as agent; and for the employers Messrs G. A. Lewin, I). Tannock, and G. Howden, with Mr A. S. Gook»on as agent. Late in tho afternoon an agreement was wrived at on the following lines:— Competent nursery and landscape gar-

donors, Is 4£d per hour, or £3 per week in the case of permarionfc men; gardeners' labourers, Is 2d per hour, or £2 14s per vcok. The usual overtime and holidays' clauses were adopted, with (ho addition of Boxing Day in respect of tho latter. Tho court's undcr-rato. preference, and suburban and country work clauses wero also agreed to. The court's apprentice clause was adopted, with tho following rates of wages:—First year, lfls; second year, 15s; third year, £1 2s 6d; fourth year, £1 10s; fifth year, £2. Tic proportion was fixed at one apprentice for os'ory three workers, or proportion »t throe. The seopo of the award was fixed to cover tho industrial district of Otago, and tho term from July 15 ,1916 s to December 31, iei7.