THE FURNITURE TRADE.
A statement has also been filed by the United Furniture Trades Uniofn. of Ohrdstclnirct, f&r hearing before th& Conciliatioa Boax<4 and the following Christchiotch employers have been cited :-^-F. Dawson, C. F. Hoddinot, Macarthy and Clark, W. Langford, J. M. Mitchell, W. Bates, C. Samuels, W. W. Stevens, C. Catermoie, H. Smith, Duckworth and Sons, R. C. Kent> W. Pyke, J. J. Hunter, T. Cocks, R. Norrie, H. Atkinson, J. Wrlson, ,W. A. Finlayson, W. A. Jewell, JD. and J. Bromley. . Amongst other employers are J. H. Collins, Lyttalton.'; L. C. Barrie, Ballantyne and Co., J. E. Beckenham, A. Anderson and J. Badcliffe, all of Timaru ; Manchester Bros, and; Goldsmith, Waimate ; J. Moore, Waimate ; T. H. Undrill, Ashfcurton ; F. Beri, Temuka; E. L. Felton, Itangiora; H. * Banston, Ashburton; and W. Weston, Kaiapoi. The Union asks that forty-four, hours shall constitute a week's work, that the minimum wage for cabinetmakers, upholsterers, turners, framemakers, polishers and machinists shall be £3 per week, with overtime between 5 p.m. and 7;30 p.m., and time and a quarter till 9 p.m. ; that double time shall be paid on Sundays and certain holidays, apprentices and journeymen alone to 'be recognised, apprentices to be indentured for five years; in the proportion of on© to ev^ry three journeymen ; that no piece work shall be permitted;- that preference shall 'be given to unionists, and that any journeyman incapable of earning th© minimum wage shall be paid such lesser wage as shall be agreed upon between such journeyman and a committee of unkwrists and employers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7147, 11 July 1901, Page 3
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258THE FURNITURE TRADE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7147, 11 July 1901, Page 3
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