NEW THRESHING AWARD.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 939, 8 December 1933, Page 8

NEW THRESHING AWARD.

Continues in Force Until July 31, 1934.

The new North Canterbury Threshing Mills Employees’ Award has been filed at the office of the Clerk of Awards (Mr W. Parker). The award, which was approved by the Arbitration Court on December 6 last, will continue in force until July 31, 1934. The main items of the schedule are as follows :

Rates of pay: When the crop does not run at least ninety bushels an hour, workers shall be paid by the houi : the minimum rate for workers employed by the hour shall be Is 9d per hour: time lost through the mill being stopped for repairs, or for other unavoidable cause, or in shifting from farm to farm, shall not be computed as time worked. of employment: This clause shall apply also to the cook and further, the employer shall, if and when requested to do so by a majority of the men employed on the mill, dismiss the cook. Food and accommodation: A sleeping whare, a cook’s galley, cooking utensils and coal shall be supplied to the men by the employer at a charge of Is per man per week, and the food supplies shall be provided on the cooperative system; the wages for a cook shall be £4 per week and found, except in the case of American mills and mills of similar pattern. Seven days shall constitute a cook’s week.

Holidays: Easter Monday shall be observed as a holiday; Sunday threshing is prohibited.

Piecework: When the crop runs ninety bushels an hour or over piecework may be worked at not less than the following rates: 17s 6d per 1000 bushels for wheat or barley, 15s 6d per 1000 bushels of oats.

Shifting mill: All men shall assist in the shifting, packing and setting-up of the mill, and any extra payment for such shall be mutually agreed upon at the beginning of the season between the men employed on the said mill and the owner thereof.