WANGANUI PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13341, 1 April 1911, Page 3

WANGANUI PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.

CONCILIATION AWARD. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 31. The Wanganui painters’ and decorators’ award, based upon the agreement made by the Conciliation Council, has been filed. It provides-a minimum wage of Is 3d pc.hour, with the right on the part of an employer to employ one shop hand for jobbing at a weekly wage of £2 2s. Suburban work will entitle an employee to as extra 3d -per day,'and in the case of country work Is per day. Piece-work is prohibited. If any employee engages to work for any master painter who is not a member of the Wanganui Master Painters’ Union, he shall notify the.-secretary within three days, and- shall not continue to work for the employer if the latter neglects, within one week, to join the Master Painters’ Union.