JOURNALISTS’ AWARD
CHRISTCHURCH AGREEMENT. 5 PER CENT. CUT RESTORED. (Per United Press Association ) Christchurch, June 3. Complete agreement was reached in the Conciliation Council to-day when the claims of the Christchurch Journalists’ Union' for a new award were considered. It was agreed that the restoration of the 5 per cent, cut made voluntarily by the proprietors at the end of March should be added to the present wage scale and that cadets and copyholders should get additional increases in wages ranging from 2/6 to 7/6 a week. The institution of a 48-hour week instead of a 96-hour fortnight was also agreed upon, while the annual holiday provisions were amended to provide three weeks’ holiday annually for subeditors, senior and general reporters and two weeks’ holiday annually for all other grades.
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Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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130JOURNALISTS’ AWARD Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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