The Wages of Dairy Employees'

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 41, 21 May 1907, Page 5

The Wages of Dairy Employees'

AN AUCKLAND CIRCULAR, Auckland, May iB, Mr Arthur Rosser has issued the following circular to creamery managers throughout the Waikato district.

" At a meeting of dairy employees held at Te Awamutu it was considered the time had arrived when concerted action should be taken towards bringing the wages of dairy employees into something like conformity with other classes of labour, It was resolved that the employees in the Auckland district be written to, and their views obtained as to whether a Union be formed.

" Statement of wages.—The minimum rate of wage for creamery managers to be ios per day all the year round ; time and a-half for Sundays, double-pay for public holidays, one month's holiday each year on full pay, free house, coal, and milk. Other employees' rates of wages to be fixed later. " 1 have to specially draw your attention to the Canterbury Dairy Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, who are issuing conditions fixing creamery managers' at /3 15s per week for more that 15,0001 b of milk per day. There must be an assistant, All carting of and stores to be let by tender in the central factories. The heads of separator, churning, and packing departments to be paid £3 ios per week; for cream receiving and washing cans/35s ; first assistant ; other workers 30s to 50s; boys to receive ios, with an annual increase of 5s per week ; all employees to have weekly half-holiday, and fourteen days' holiday in each year on full pay; hours of labour to be 48 per week,"