ARBITRATION COURT

Otago Witness, Issue 3584, 21 November 1922, Page 60

ARBITRATION COURT

TYPOGRAPHICAL AWARD. WELLINGTON, November 13. The new award by the Arbitration Court with respect to the typographical dispute has been filed. The award is a dominion one, and the rates of wages fixed will not be subject- ’to variation prior to May 1. 1923. The award will come into force on November 27. . “With the exception of some questions of minor Import-'; nee,” said Mr .Justice Frasier, in his memorandum, “the subjects left for the determination of the court were wages, hours, holidays, and the payment for same. These have been settled by the court as appears by the award. 1 he other provisions of the award embody the agreement arrived at by the parties. 1 he court is not responsible for the form of the preference clause in so far as the special provisions of sub-clause B are concerned. The members of the court have adopted the award as whole, though they were not unanimous in respect of every clause. The court decreed that navrnent for work shall either be bv time or piece work The. minimum rates of pay per week shall he as follow : -T.inot.vpo. in ter type, and lino(vrapll mac! linos- Mav operators employe© in pities and within a radius of 1(1 miles of Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch, and Dunedin. £5 ss: dev operators employer! in towns outside the cities. £5 Is; monotype machines— City, day operators, £5 2s; country, day operators. £4 13s; mom line, tvnovraph. harotvpe. simple’:, and other composing machines—Da v operators, £4 11s. Tf employed bv the hour casuals sha’l be oairl 3s per hour for day work and 6d extra for night, work. A cost of living bonus of ltd per hour "'ill be paid to "'usual operators unless, and until, the I’ourt decides otherwise. Night, workers will receive 10 per cent, extra with a maximum of 10s, stone and bulk hands, citv bulk hands, .and machine correctors. £4 16s 3d for day work, and £6 6s 3d for i!i;--lit; work; second stone hands. £5 Its 3d for night work, and £5 Is 3d for dav work. Anv hulk hand employed casually must be paid not lo=x than 2s 6d per hour for day work and 3s for night work. These workers will also receive the cost of living bonus of lid per hour. Pvobntioncils employed on linotype or other composing machines shall receive £4 5s for day work and £4 15s for night work, and by hour 2s 6d for day work and 2s 9d for night work. A linotype operator is not deemod

efficient unless lie has attained the output stated by the court in a separate clause. Ihe minimum rates for linotype, intertype, and linograph operators are also defined by the court. A week’s work is stated at 42 hours, and in eases where a weekly halfholiday is not given the hours must not exceed 43. All time beyond the hours prescribed must be paid for at the rate of time and n-lialf for the first three hours and thereafter double rates. .Additional pay is allowed for Saturday night, special editions, and double rates arc allowed for Sundays and certain holidays. Time, and—ahalf is allowed for other holidays. A week’s holiday per year is awarded in addition to the specified holidays on tho completion of each year of service.” In a memorandum attached to the award for letterpress and machinists for the northern Taranaki, Wellington, Westland, Canterbury, and Otago industrial districts ill" judge stated that a ymnber of Clauses were agreed on at a conference of parties. Wages and holidays were the principal matters left for the court, to decide, and tile members of the court adopted the award as a whole, although they were not unanimous in respect of every clause. Tho wages in thb award were also fixed on a citv population classification, the basis ranging from £4 16s 3d for first class letterpress machinists, bo; blunders, paper rulers, lithographic machinists, transferrers, hand pressmen. embossers, and multicolour printers to £2 for first year juniors. With an exception in the case of certain workers who are paid five shillings extra. 10 per cent, extra is allowed f. r night workers. The award also made provision for piece work, and an annual weekly holiday on pav is also allowed for. AYorkers are to work on specified holiday if desired to do so. an extra day being allowed for tho annual holidav for this reason. ACCTCr.AND. November 14. The executive of the Typographical Association resolved to recommend affiliated unions to consider the advisability of taking a ballot on the question of cancelling registration, in view of the court’s recent award, which, it is contended, was against the evidence offered at the hearing.