FREEZING TRADE WORK
WAGES AND HOURS REQUESTS t# EMPfiOi r EES I ■ GONCffiIATfON COUNCIL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. . The Conciliation Council is sitting! today to consider the Dominion dispute in the freezing industry. Mr. S'. Ritchie is the commissioner. The employees ask ordinary hours not to exceed"4o ordinary hours weekly, and from Monday to Friday not to exceed eight- hours,' and on Saturdays not to exceed four hours, oveHnne rates io apply in excess of these hours. The payment asked is 5s 6d an hour'chain work, £2 per ICO for sheep, and £1 17s 6d per 100 for lambs.
I The employers' counter-claims are for 6d an hour extra if the men are required to work between 11 p.m. and 6.30 a.m., 2s 6d an hour for chain work. . Piecework rates for other classes of workers are set out, in detail by both parties.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 15
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146FREEZING TRADE WORK Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 15
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