FREEZING WORKERS' CONFERENCE.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15041, 8 April 1919, Page 5

FREEZING WORKERS' CONFERENCE.

INCREASE IN BATES OF PAY

[Pek Vnmed Peess Association,]

Wellington, April 7. The conference' between' the representatives of the Freezing Workers' Federation of New Zealand and the freezing companies resulted_iri;.a settle-^ ment; The chairman of the. conference issued a statement that the. agreement would be for two '.years, from August. 31st next. "After considering the cost' of liyingand the regent decisions of the~ Arbitration Court at Wellington, "Christchurch, and Dunedih, the nature of the freezing workers', business and its^wanf of eontiiudty of service^ the niiniiniim wage was fixed at Is 9d perhour. The rates for were settled 'at 35s per hundred for sheep, 32s 6d for lamb, and-for ox and cow beef at 2s 3d per head. On minor, lines a flat rate'is reached generally by an'increase to the existing schedule rates of 10 per cent. A flat rate for freezing workers was reached by a 1Q per cent, increase on the existing schedule rateß. Although the new agreement would not come" into operation before next season, the new rates would be paid from April 7th. ;