CLAIMS OF SEAMEN
FOR A BONUS AWARD
OPPOSED BY U.S.B. COMPANY.
A BIG AMOUNT INVOLVED.
By Telegraph—Press Association, WELLINGTON, Wednesday.
An application of the Federated Cooks and Stewards for a bonus of £2 a month was heard at the Arbitration Court to-day. Mr Smith, on behalf of the Union Company, said the case was a test case, as whatever bonus was granted would have to be paid to other seagoing unions, involving £86,472 per annum as far as the Union Company was concerned. If the bonus was granted an increase in fares was inevitable. He asked the Court to refuse the bonus altogether. The industry was a special one, and it was never intended that the bonus should apply. The majority of men were single. Mr Kennedy, on behalf of the Federation, said that despite the increase granted to the stewards their earnings worked out at Is Id per hour only, while the galley staff earned lOd
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14537, 8 December 1920, Page 5
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