CREATING A DISPUTE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144828, 4 November 1915, Page 5

CREATING A DISPUTE.

AUCKLAND UNION’S INTERFERENCE. The Auckland Motor Car Vid Horse Drivers’ Industrial Union oi Workers are endeavouring to create a "dispute” in Taranaki and have cued manj- Now Plymouth firms, and quite a number of Stratford employers also, to appear at tho Council oi Conciliation, New Plymouth, on November 111. The document issued is a curiosity in that it seems to have included a largo proportion of carriers and liv-ery-stable keepers who have been in business in tlie past in this town. Some of them, alas;, arc no more, and few of those cited are now resident in Stratford, if they are still in the loud of tlie living. On the other hand, singularly, the people who are carriers or employ carters, and who would, of course, lie bound by any agreement which may be arrived at in tho forthcoming meeting of tho Council of Conciliation are not asked to appear. It will probably he news to some of thorn to know that somebody has discovered that "an industrial dispute” has arisen between the Auckland Motor Car and Horse Drivers' Union of Wotkors and—very many residents of Stratford ! The following are a few extracts from tho Union’s demands:—A 17{ hour week. Wages for those driving or attending one horso £3 per week, for those driving two horses £3 6s per week, for those driving more than two horses Is per day extra for each additional horse. Drivers required to attend horses outside the hours pre-scribed-day to commence at 7.30 a.ra. and end at* 6 p.m. on five days of the week, and 12.30 p.m. on half-holiday—-■shall bo paid for,such work at ordinary rates in addition to the weekly wage. Employers shall he at liberty to employ youths above the age of 18 years to drive not more than one horse, at not less than tho following wages:—From IS to 19 years, £1 los per week; 19 to 20 years, £2 2s; drivers above the age of 20 years shall bq paid the wages laid down for fully paid drivers. The number of youths so employed shall not exceed one to each employer, firm, or company employing ono fully paid driver and one to each complete six additional drivers. Nine holidays to be recognised. Drivers ordered back to ■work after tea shall receive a minimum payment of 4s. A preference to unionist clause is also inserted.—Stratford Post.