BUTCHERS AND BAKERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16611, 8 December 1919, Page 3

BUTCHERS AND BAKERS.

NEW AWARDS FILED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Doc. 8. The awards filed in tho butchers! dispute fixes tile hours at 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. lour days a week, with one hour' lor dinner; Saturday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. with li hours for moais; _ Wednesdays 7 a.m, to 12 uoon. Wages: First shopman or small-goods man not loss tuuu £4 7s 6d. second shopman £3 17s (id, all other workers £3 12s 6d weekly, a bonus of os to all workers, overtime rate, time and a halt; Female labour, except the wife or daughter of the employer, is prohibited. There is special provision for females in Fiona lido pork butchers, tho bom’s not to exceed 47 per week and wages from £1 5s to £2 10s according to length of service. Duration of tho award is from January 1, 1020, to October 20, 1921.

The baiters’ award has been filed today. It limits the hours to 48 per week, regulated by tho employer, and overtime in excess of ten hours worked in any one day. Wages: Minimum, foreman baker or pastrycook, £4 os per week, journeyman £3 16s, labourer £3 os, bonus in addition 4s per week. The award is from December 29, 1919, to December 29, 1921.