DAIRY WORKERS CLAIMS
lAKE N T( > CQNCI LI AT lON ( Ol NCI L. Electric I.elegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. Mas 31. Wages and working conditions in New Zealand dairy factories were discussed at the Doiniu on dispute before the ('<mediation Council to-day. ' over 360 iacteries being cit’d The employees sought a five-das 1 40-hour week and the employers sea- 1 son a 1 variations in the working \s eek ; ranging Ironi 40 to 48 hours in butter factories and from 38 to 52 hours m ‘ cheese, easem milk powder and con- : doused milk factories. I'he employees askcl for wages ' ranging from £5 5s to £6 Ills for ' butter and cheese factory assistants | and the employers rlieied £4 Is 1,, ; j L*s 3s 6d. Flics question of exempting | herd testing employees was referred ! to the* Arbitration C’ourt. The om- j • plovers ;i sk- d for three weeks holi- j . day on full pnv. After a full’ day’s hearing there | • v as no a greement < n wages or hours 1 < r >n other clauses of vital import- j \ mice, flie Gounod is to resunn- tomorrow morning.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13577, 1 June 1937, Page 5
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