BAKING TRADE HOURS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 11

BAKING TRADE HOURS

SUGGESTED 44 WEEKLY DISPUTE BEFORE COURT DECISION RLSERVED « (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. When the hearing of the bakers’ dispute was continued in the Arbitration ■Court to-dav. Mr. 'l'. <T. Bishop, for the master bakers, said that the parties Had had a successful discussion since the adjournment yesterday. It had been mutually agreed to accept the recommendations which were almost completed in the Conciliation Council in August, and that an award on these recommendations be made lor a period of six months, the daily hours to bo decided by the court, and certain minor amendments to the wording of sevcutl ■lauses to he made. These alterations Mr. Bishop outlined. Mr. E. .T. Watson, for the workers, contended tiiat there was no reason why baker should have to work more than eight hours a day. The workers mainly relied on legislation for the fact that no more than eight hours should be in•luded in an award. A baker had more inconvenient hours than the majenity oi tradesmen; in many eases he had to work two shifts, starting early m the morning and going back in the afternoon to make dough.

Mr. Biship said, that all the master •alters sought was the right to work heir employees up to 10 hours without payment of overtime on one day of the week, the total hours for the oilier days of the week to be 34. the weekly hours thus being 44.

The court reserved its.decision after hearing evidence and argument on whether bakers should.-be. allowed to work their men 10 hours oil Saturday without paying overtime to make bicad tor the week-end. but keeping wit ini: the 44-hour week.