YOUTH A “WORKER.”
DECISION IN GISBORNE AWARD CASE. (Special to the Herald.) 'Wellington, this day. The question involved in the application of tiie Gisborne branch of the Now Zealand Drivers’ Union to the Arbitration Court for an interpretation of the award, has been decided by the Arbitration Court and relates to the- interpretation of the word “worker” in the Industrial Coneiliatio l and Arbitration Act. Contis and MacDonald, con] merchants, Gisborne, employed as a driver a stopson of a member of the firm. The Drivers’ Union requested: him in the terms of the-preference clause of tho award Jo begopio member of a trade union, hut the employers look up the stand that a youth did not pome unde ;lhe' terms of 'the .preference clause. The matter was argued at Gisborne, and the Court has now decided in favor of the .Union. Tt fields that a youth is a “worker” in the terms of the Act. which defines a “worker” ns any person of any age or sex. V ° I I ii . n.l mm ■ ’
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17009, 16 April 1926, Page 7
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