PLUMBERS' DISPUTE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13372, 14 January 1907, Page 5

PLUMBERS' DISPUTE.

CONCILIATION BOARD'S BIECOMMENJOATIONS. Per Pres» Association. j Wellington,. January 13j, The Conciliation Board has filed! its recommendations in the dispute between the Wellington. Plumbers Industrial Union of Workers and the nuaster piumbers. In regiard to the hours of work, forty-six Sraurs per week are stipulated, with certain r"eservations. No plumber who has been engaged for six years at the trade shall receive less than 9fl W) &■ iOßfe/ Qlod in. the case of workimen of seveii yeafs' steaiSing 1 , who are certified by, the 1 City'anSi Guilds ot London Institute (on.similar body), not less than Is set per hour. In computing such periods of service, the time spent as att. assistant shall be reckoned. Overtime: gay- • ment is recoaninenicted as follows :— For the first two tours, time &nd a quarter; arid therealter time axfcl a .half. -worik done, on.Bogcingi Day A N«ew JYear'i Day, Easter Motatday, Labour Day, Birthklay of the Sovereign, and after 1 p.m. on the day of the weekly Half Holiday, time and a heJf;^ for work &>ne on. Cnristanag Day, Good 'Fradiay "and Sunidays, double time. Provision' is made for payment to empToveeV fil ifielr Iravelling expenses when prooeciding to a job) beyond a ra&fius oi two miles from! the employer's place" of business. TMsdoes 1 not dpply to work w&thift the t-pun-daries ot Wei ling-ton : crty.- Provisions for '"country work'i are also incluidteEl in' paymeßfb of lo^ng; je^fi^enses,, where an 1 employee so aespatdhe'd cannot return in the 3»y.' ,Tne,, prpppr^ioni of assistapffcs fo feiven) »at oosie to every ionrneyro'aii; btit an employer csn'aiy engwgfr cn 1 'additional '&s&is€anfti for every aesistaot who 'bias been in hia service for five years. (Assl^Can^ are td serve six years. Three mbnths' probation! is allowed fitted, , -tjie, employer .of an 'assistant to determiaae </ S§[*-fibnesa. .; The usual conditions .' relatinig loK^nconn-. petent 'workers' ' ate " feclusie3c Jn* the recommeddiations. pertarts' tdr Jncom-^ petent workers are '"bo Save a currency of Ihix1 hix mkmtHfe.* -Prefei'ence %o unionists '5s feconalniieii3e3? wages iabe'. paid weeHy t>i? , lortnagKtlyj piecework* to be'proESbrfed. • Tlie 1 Wellington &rid Maim-vratu ißa|lway Corapany,, an 3 tHej Union Steamslfip Comipainy' are ©xemptes3. It recon^menda^ons tore approve 3, tfiey are \o .come) Jnio 1 f orcd -. cm the 14th .prox, remaining In force for two years.