CONCILIATION ACT, 1896, and INDUSTRIAL COURTS ACT. 1919. REPORT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. Including particulars of Proceeding's under the Conciliation Act, 1896, the Goal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, the Wages (Temporary Regula- tion) Acts, 1918 and 1919, the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919, and the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. 1919. (Presented pursuant to Acts 59 & 60 Vid. c. 30, s. 5, and 9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 69, s. 13.) Ordered, by The House of Cominons, to be Printed, 30 November 1920. LONDON : PRINTED UNDER THE AQTHORITY^ OF HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased tlirougrh any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Imperial House, Kingsway. London, W.C.2. and 28, Abingdon Street, London, S.W. 1 ^.^.^^ 37, Peter Street, Manchester ; 1, St. Andrew'.s Crescent, Cardiff; *""""" 23, Forth Street, Edinburgh ; or from E. PONSONBY. Ltd., 116, Grafton Street, Dublin. 1921. 221 Price 3s. 6d. Net. V ^ 111 To the Secretary, Ministry of Labour. Sir, .1 I liave the lionour to present lierewitli a Eeport of the work of the Ministry during 1919, under the various Acts of Parlia- ment relating to the settlement of labour disputes. ^Ji> Under the Conciliation Act, 189G, the Department is required ^ to present to Parliament a periodical lieport of proceedings under ^ the Act, and this Keport is in a measure a continuance of the ^ twelve previous Reports, covering the work done under that Act ~^ since 189G. The Industrial Courts Act, 1919, also requires that the Minister shall from time to time present to Parliament a Report of his proceedings thereunder. In order that the general position during 1919 may be appre- ciated, it has been considered useful to include in the Report a "Y brief survey of the outstanding industrial features of the year. These include the passing away, during the course of the year, of the fear that the reduction of munitions manufacture and the demobilisation of the Forces would lead to much distress and \^ unemployment, and, instead, the development of conditions ^ under which many industries were unable to cope with the ^ enormous peace demands. The industrial circumstances exist- ed ing throughout the year raised problems of the greatest import- — ance, especially in regard to hours of employment and wages, including the maintenance of minimum raies, the con- solidation of war advances into new standard rates, and the adjustment of claims for advances in wages. The settlement of these matters was often accompanied by stoppages of work, ^ and the industrial position generally called for the most serious ?^ consideration from the Department and the Government. Various steps taken by the Government are described in the ' Report, with special reference to the Wages (Temporary Regula- ^ tion) Acts,'tlie Industrial' Conference of February, 1919, and ~> various matters arising therefrom, the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, and the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. In this last- named Act the compulsory powers of arbitration were terminated ^ and the Government formulated its normal policy in regard to ?5 intervention in industrial disputes, viz., that trades should be encouraged to discuss and settle their wages and other questions without the intervention of the State, but that the Government should provide means for conciliation and arbitration if the ordi- nary negotiations between employers and employed have broken down and the parties desire assistance, or the case is one in which, in the general interest, some action by the Government is desir- able. In general, the present Report follows the lines of previous Reports under the Conciliation Act, summaries of the various awards and settlements, particulars of work done under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, etc., being included in appendices to the Report. I am, Sir, Tour obedient Servant, H. J. WILSON. Jndctstrtal Relations Department, Ministry of Labour, November, 1920. 273265 lc IV CONTENTS. PAGE GENERAL REPORT 1 APPENDICES :— I, — Industriiil Conference of 27th February, 1919 ... ... 35 II. — Rules of Procedure of the Interim Court of Arbitration ... 44 III. — Rules of Procedure of the Industrial Court and of a Court of Inquiry ... .. ... ... ... ... 45 IV. — Panel of a(i //oc Board.s of Arbitration ... ... ... 49 V. — Summarie.s of Awards of Interim Court of Arbitration ... 51 VI. — Summaries of Awards of Industrial Court ... ... 212 VII. — Summaries of Awards of ad hoc Boards of Arbitration ... 222 VIII. — Summaries of Awards of Single Arbitrators appointed by the Minister of Labour ... ... ... ... 230 IX. — Summaries of Asrreements negotiated by OflBcers of the Ministry of Labour ... ... .. ... ... 336 X. — Summaries of Agreements approved by the Minister of Labour under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918 ... 350 XL — Statement of Statutory Rules and Orders issued under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918 ... ....396 XII. — Statement of Important Legal Decisions in connection with the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts ... ... 400 XIII. — Particulars of work done by the Joint District Boards under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912 ... 406 INDEX to detailed Statemeut of Cases included in Appendices V. to X 409 Report for 1919 on Conciliation and Arbitration, including particulars of proceedings under the Conciliation Act, 1896, the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, 1918 & 1919, the Restoration of Pre-war Practices Act, 1919, and the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. (a) General StatCTnent. lu the last lieport of this series (H.C. 185 of 1919), which relates to the years 1914-1918, a detailed account was given of the operation of the permanent and emergency legislation from which the Government derived its powers of ehecting settlements of labour disputes prior to, and during, the war. Before August, 1914, questions afecting rates of wages and conditions of employment were settled normally by discussion between the parties interested. In not a few industries, and particularly in those which were highly organised, voluntary Conciliation Boards, Standing Joint Committees and the like, had been established for this purpose ; yet there remained a number of important trades in which no such recognised bodies existed. The statutory power* of intervention in labour disputes held by the Government were derived solely from the Conciliation Act, 1896, under which the Board of Trade could (a) investigate cases of existing or apprehended disputes, (6) appoint a con- ciliator on the application of one or other of the parties concerned, and (c) appoint an arbitrator at the request of both parties. A connecting link between the activities of the Conciliation Boards and those of the Government in the settlement of labour dis- putes was the provision in the regulations governing the pro- cedure of a number of the Boards for the reference of differences to arbitration by a single arbitrator or by an ad hoc Court of Arbitration appointed by the Board of Trade, in the event of failure to reach a settlement by the customary trade methods. The powers of the Department under the Act were wholly of a non-compulsory nature ; reference to arbitration was voluntary, and the decisions of the arbitration tribunals, not having the force of law, depended for their observance solely on the good will and good faith of the parties. In practice, this moral obliga- tion proved, in the vast majority of cases, sufficient to secure the observance of awards. During the earlier period of operation of the Act, it was the practice of the Department to render assistance only in those cases to which its attention was specifi- cally drawn, but later a more active policy was adopted. In view of the marked industrial unrest durino- the few veai's inimediatelv preceding the war, consideration was g-iven to tlie question of strengthening the powers conferred by the Act, but no steps had been taken to formulate legislative proposals. When hostilities began most of the existing disputes and strikes were voluntarily brought to a close in the national (3948.) 2,000. 2/21. iiitere.sl, but a liesJi .series of luLour troubles soou developed. It became evident that strojiger powers tlian those derived from existijig' legislatiou \n ere Jiocessary iu order to prevent the wastage caused by stoppages of work, aud to secure the maximum output of war iiiateruil. I'rovisious for couferriiig the uecessary powers on the Jioard of Trade and the Ministry of Munitions wei'e em- bodied ill the iMuiiitioiis of War Act, I'JIO, and were later «uppl(Miiciii('d, or modified, by the Munitions of War Acts, 1910 and 1!)17. The terms of the .Vluiiitions of War Acts wliirh are of princijjal interest from the jjoint of view of the present lieport, are, first, the prohibition of stoppages of work, and, secondly, the relaxation of restrictive trade union practices and rules with the compensatory limitation of emploj-ers' profits. A uecessary consequence of the prohil)ition of stoppages of work was the institution of compulsory- arbitration in disputes arising on or in connection Avith "munitions work" as defined by the Acts, and the legal enforcement under penalty of the resultant awards. The term " munitions work " was construed by the Courts of Law as having wide application, and in very many trades it became the general practice to submit disputes to the central Arbitration Tribunals. In a number of other cases, rates of wages were regulated by Orders issued from time to time by the Minister of Munitions. The pre-war custom of adjusting' general wages claims by friendly discussion between employers' and woi'kers' organisations ceased over the greater part of industry. This development and its causes were discussed in some detail in the last Report. The defeat of the German Army and the intervention of the Armistice, made both unnecessary and undesirable the above- mentioned machinery, which was suitable only to war conditions. A new situation was brought about by the termination of hostili- ties, and a new set of labour problems thereupon faced the (Jov- ernment and the industrial organisations. It is the object of the present KejDort to show in relation to the adjustment of labour differences what measures the Government took to meet the altered conditions, and the nature and the operation of various Acts which were passed during the ensuing' year for that purpose. No account of the several legislative measures which regulated ivages and conditions of labour during the year 1919 would however, be adequate without a brief survey of the industrial situation during the period under review. The twelve months immediately following the signing of the Armistice presented features which were without parallel in the industrial history of the country, and demanded treatment of an exceptional character. Millions of men had been withdrawn from their normal occupa- tions and absorbed into the fighting- forces, and the productive efforts of the civil population had been concentrated on meeting the ever-increasing demands of the military authorities for war material. The reorganisation of methods of manufacture for war pui"poses and substitution of specialised machinery, the wear of existing machinery, the shortage of raw materials and shipping, the exhaustion of the nation's energy in its determination to bring the war to a successful conclusion, and the general disorganisation of economic conditions in all countries, had involved most trades in circumstances which rendered the early resumption of normal commercial activities most difficult. The outstanding problem which faced the country at this period concerned the transfer of industry from war to peace conditions and the adoption of mea- sures to secure that this process should be carried out as smoothly and speedily as possible. So far as the labour aspect of the problem is concerned, the matter may be regarded from two points of view — the reorganisa- tion of employment, and the changes effected in condition « of employment. With regard to the reorganisation of employment, it was obvious that as soon as hostilities ceased the manufacture of guns, aeroplanes, ammunition, equipment, etc., would no longer be required, with the result that considerable bodies of work- people would be thrown temporarily out of work. It was also clear that the demobilisation of the fighting forces would be accompanied by some amount of unemployment, and to nieet this difficulty the Government had prepared, and were able to put into immediate operation, a temporary scheme of out-of-work donation, both for ex-members of the Forces and for civilian workers. It had also been foreseen that, particularly in non- munition industries, there would be a shortage of skilled men, and in demobilising the Army an attempt was made to release first men whose return to industry as ''pivotal" men would diminish unemployment most rapidly. Notwithstanding the problems which were encountered, it may be said that the reorganisation of employment was carried through with comparative speed and success. Temporary dislocations produced difficulties and hardships in many cases, but in most trades the need for satisfying the enormous peace requirements developed to such an extent that the workpeople discharged from munition factories and demobilised from the Forces were, on the whole, soon absorbed into industry. From a fear that the cessa- tion of hostilities would result in large numbers of workpeople being out of employment, and from a condition where, owing to transitional circumstances, many workpeople were in fact unem- ployed, the industry of the country quickly passed to a " boom " condition in which in many cases it was impossible to meet the demand, and the supply of certain classes of labour proved inadequate. The other aspect of the labour situation, which is of equal importance from the point of view of this Report, was the prob- lem of the conditions of employment. The first problem of importance which presented itself in regard to working conditions, was the general level of wages. The principal factor in determining wages during the war period was the cost of living, and at the end of the war wages had reached a level much above that prevailing at the outbreak ()/: war. V'urious Committees uppoiuted by iLe Miuistiy of llecon- striutiou had Jiad under consideration, for some montlis prior to tliu Armistice, llie question of post-war labour conditions, and the quest ion of tlie future position of wages awards granted by central arbitration tribunals during tlie war was, at the date of the Armistice, being reviewed by a Committee under the chairmanship of the Uight lion. Sir John Simon, K.C., M.P. The second outstanding matter was the necessity for the early f ulfilmeut of the Goverumeut's pledge to restore pre-war practices and customs in establishments where in order to permit of the stimulation of proiluction of essential requirements during the war trade union rules had been relaxed. A further point was the need for the removal of restrictions which had been imposed for war purposes, such as the prohibition of strikes and lock-outs and compulsory arbitration. While the general consensus of opinion of both employers' and workers" organisations was in favour of the early relaxation of Government control over conditions of employment and of the resumption as early as possible of the system whereby wage stan- dards were fixed by the industries themselves, it was necessary to take into consideration the fact that few, if any, trades had been able bv the date of the Armistice to formulate a comprehensive post-war policy. Temporary legislation was required to cover the period during which the necessary procedure could be estab- lished by employers and workpeople, and trades could reconsider their wages and working conditions on a post-war basis. Another factor which it was necessary to appreciate, was that, under the stress of abnormal circumstances, labour had come to realise more fully the power of efficient organisation, and this knowledge, together with the aspirations aroused by the successful termination of the war, led to a resolve not to return to the industrial conditions prevailing before August, 1914, and resulted in a demand for a more definite share in the settlement of indus- trial conditions. Frequently these aspirations were sympa- thetically regarded b}- the employers. Under the pressure of war conditions employers and workpeople had come into closer con- tact ; a larger view of the value of human services had arisen, and there was on both sides a willingness to co-operate in the interests of industry. Immediateh- on the signing of the Armistice, a national confer- ence of representatives of employers' associations and federations and trade unions was summoned bv the then Minister of Labour (the Eidit Hon. G. H. Eoberts. M.P.) for 13th November. 1918. The Prime Minister (the Et. Hon. D. Lloyd George. O.M., M.P.i. who was present w-ith other representatives of the Government, placed before the conference a proposal thnt, as a first step towards the restoration of general confidence, the rates of wages prevailing in each industry or branch of industry in any district at the date of the Armistice, should be maintained and enfonced by statute as the minimum rates of wages payable for a fixed and limited period. The main consideration influenc- ing this course was that the prospects of an immediate adequacy of employment were extremely doubtful. The concern of the Government was to make immediate provision against the depression of wages which might result from a temporarily flooded labour market, combined with the inability of manufac- turers to attain at once to a normal volume of output. It was, moreover, unlikely that the cost of living, in accordance with which wages had largely been regulated, would fall for some time, while in view of the prospective change over from war to peace conditions, the Munitions of War Acts would no longer be gene- rally applicable; and further it was desirable from the jDoiut of view of both employers and workpeople that the wages position should be stabilised, so that contracts could be entered into on a definite basis. As a result of the negotiations which ensued, the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act was passed on 21st November, 1918, with the general concurrence of the organised bodies of employers and workpeople. The Act, which w^as intended as a purely temporary measure to tide over current difficulties, broadly speaking carried out two main objects — (a) It continued for six months, as minimum rates, the standard rates existing at the time of the Armistice, and (6) it repealed the clauses of the Munitions of War Acts prohibiting strikes and lock-outs, and discontinued comjDulsory arbitration save in respect of the particular matters dealt with in the new Act. Thus the Act made substantial progress in the relaxation of Government control over labour matters and in opening the way to direct negotiations between the industrial organisations them- selves, for chang'es in wages and alterations in working condi- tions. The temporary maintenance of the Armistice rates provided an opportunity for employers and workpeople to negotiate for the adjustment of wages on a post-war basis [i.e., the consolida- tion of pre-war wages and war bonuses into a new standard rate), and in many trades steps were taken to deal with the problem of consolidation, but, for various reasons, this was not immediately practicable in all trades. The AVages (Temporary Regulation) Act further contained pro- visions for the adjustment of diiferences by a central arbitration tribunal, called the Interim Court of Arbitration. Claims for advances of wages during the year were numerous, and in some instances serious stoppages of work resulted, but it should be re- corded that a very large number of disputes far in excess of the number of stoppages, was settled by arbitration, conciliation and agreement between employers and workpeople. The conference of 13th November. 1918, also appointed a com- mittee to consider a Bill for the purpose of fulfilling the Govern- ment's pledge for the restoration of pre-war practices. Various proposals were considered and protracted negotiations ensued. On 15tli August, 1919, an agreed Bill received Royal Assent. By their action in summoning an immediate national con- ference, in repealing certain of the restrictive clauses of the Muni- tions of War Acts, in introducing an agreed measure for the temporary regulation of wages, and in the apoointment of a 6 C(»iiniiitt(M' t(i consider a drait liill for tiio restoraiion of pre-war practices, the (Tovcriimcnt had given evidence of tteir appreciation of tlio labour position and of llieir desire to meet ilie joint wishes of organised employers and workpeople. Notwithstandinf^ these measures, an outburst of labour unrest followed immediately on the signing of the Armistice. Tl^ere were many contributory causes. The settlement of grievances had oft^n been postponed during the war, and now that the main business of winning the war liad been accomplished, the workers wanted these grievances settled, and, further, reconstruc- tion produced many new difficulties. Moreover, with the removal of the patriotic motive for keeping at work and the withdrawal of restrictions such as the legal prohibition of strikes and lock- outs, there was a tendency to go to the other extreme and to cease work readily, and this tendency was doubtless increased by the desire for a rest after the strenuous labour of the war years. The unrest was largely associated with a widespread movement for a shorter worki-ng week and for tke elimination of systematic overtime. The desire on tlie part of the workers for a per- mently higher standard of life and for comforts hitherto unobtainable, was accompanied by a general demand for greater opportunities for leisure wherewith, to enjoy these amenities. A reduced working week for railway workers, Avhich section of in- dustry had continued under Government control, was put into early operation, and employers' and workpeople's organisations also entered into immediate negotiations for the restriction of working hours in almost all trades. The adjustment was, how- ever, in some industries accompanied by serious -strikes. The seriousness of the unrest which, revealed itself may be judged from the provisional figures prepared by the Ministiy of Labour ; these showed that the number of persons involved in dis- putes during the month, of December, 1918, was 150,000, while in January, 1919, the number rose to 460,000, as compared with only 93,000 during the corresponding month of the previous year. In the Coal Mining Industry the position became acute in connection with the demands put forward by the Miners' Federation, includ- ing demands for a six-hour working day, an immediate advance of wages, and nationalisation of the industry, and on February 26th, 1919, the Coal Industry Commission Act, 1919. was passed to enable the norfrntnent to constitute a commission under the chairmanship of a Judge of the Supreme Court to enquire into the position of and conditions prevailing in the industry. A com- mission was constituted under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Sankey, and in due course reports were presented. It is not within the scope of the present Report to go more fully into the matters connected with that Commission, but it may be mentioned that, following on the Report of the Commission, an agreement was reached between the Government and the Miners' Federation whereby in accordance with the recommendations of the Chrir- man an advance of wages of 2^. per day was granted to workpeople 16 years of age or over and of 1^. per day to those under 16, with effect as from 9th Januarv. As a result of the recommendations also, the maximum working time of uuderground workers was reduced in J uly by one hour per day, wkile that of surface workers was reduced to 46| per week. The prevailing spirit of labour unrest caused great concern, and the Government convened a conference of representatives of employers' organisations and trade unions and joint industrial councils to deliberate upon the causes of the disturbed state of industry and to ascertain the best metliod of removing them. This conference met on 27th February, 1919, under the chairman- ship of the then Minister of Labour (the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Home, K.C., M.P.). After considerable discussion had taken place, at the close of the day, the Prime Minister addressed the meeting and moved the following resolution, based upon resolu- tions previously put forward by delegates — " That this Conference, being of the opinion that any preventable dislocation of industry is always to be deplored, and, in the present critical period of reconstruction, might be disastrous to the interests of the nation, and thinking that every effort should be made to remove legitimate grievances, and promote harmony and goodwill, resolves to appoint a Joint Committee, consisting of equal numbers of employers and workers, men and women, together with a chairman appointed by the Government to consider and report to a further meeting of this Conference on the causes of the present unrest and the steps necessary to safeguard and promote the best interests of employers, workpeople and the State, and especially to consider: — (1) The questions relating to hours, wages, and general conditions of employment. (2) Unemployment and its prevention. (3) The best methods of promoting co-operation between capital and labour. The Joint Committee is empowered to appoint such Sub- Committee as may be considered necessary, consisting of equal numbers of employers and workers, the Government to be invited to nominate a representative for each. In view of the urgency of the question the Joint Committee is empowered to arrange with the Government for the re- assembling of the National Conference not later than April 5th, for the purpose of considering the Report of the Joint Committee." A Committee was elected accordingly, and the Government nominated Sir Thomas Munro, G.B.E., as chairman. The first meeting of the Committee was held on 4th March, and after an address by the Prime Minister it was resolved that the Committee should divide itself into three sub-committees for the purpose of making recommendations concerning — (1) {a) the methods of negotiations between employers and trade unions ; (6) the method of dealing with war advances; (c) the method of regulating wages for all classes of workers. 8 (2) the de.sii;il)ilily of legislatiou for u niuxiniuiu number of woiliiiijji- li()in> and a niiiiiniuiii rait,' of wagos per week. (3) the qucbtiou of uiieniploymenl, uiid the steps to be taken for il.> prevention, and for the maintenance of the unemployed in those cases in which it is not prevented, both during- the existing- emergency period and on a permanent basis. Tlie Government was recjuested to appoint two additional repre- sentatives to act as chairmen of the sub-committees, and Sir David Shackletou, K.C.B., and Piolessor L. T. Hobhouse, were appointed accordingly. The lieport of the Provisional Joint Committee embodying the recommendations of the sub-committees was duly presented to the further National Conference held on -Ith xlpril, which agreed to submit it for the acceptance of its constituent organisations immediately the Government officially declared their readiness to proceed at once with the legislative and other steps necessary to carry the Report into effect. At a further meeting of the Pro- visional Joint Committee held on 1st May, a communication was received from the Prime Minister signifying the general accept- ance by the Government of the Committee's proposals. More detailed particulars of the National Industrial Conference are given in Appendix 1. to this Eeport, but it may be mentioned here that the proposals of the Sub-Committees included a recom- mendation for the extension of the Wages (Temporary Regula- tion) Act, 1918, for a further period of six months as from the 21st May, 1919 ; a proposal fox the establishment of a permanent National Industrial Council ; a recommendation for tbe legal enforcement of a maximum working week of -48 hours for all employed persons with certain exceptions, and of steps to be taken with a view to the establishment of minimum wages, and proposals for the prevention of unemployment and maintenance of unemployed workpeople. In accordance with the recommendation of the Provisional Joint Committee, the "Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Act was extended until 21st November, 1919. (It was subsequently further extended to 30th September, 1920.) The National Industrial Council has not yet been established. Shortly after tbe approval by the National Conference of the Provisional Joint Committee's Report, the Ministry of Labour, in collaboration with the Home Office, prepared a draft Bill to regulate hours of employment. A Bill was also prepared, extending tbe contributory scheme of imemployment insurance to substantially all the persons falling within the Health Insurance Scheme, with the exception of agricultural and domestic worker*: this Bill received Ri.yal Assent on 0th August. 1920. A matter of first importance still remained to be dealt with, namely, the determination of the normal extent and procedure of Government intervention in labour disputes. The problem of labour disputes is one partly for the employers and employees con- cerned and partly for the Government. Before the war. disputes had been inaiiilj adjusted by employers and workpeople; inter- vention by the appropriate Government Department had been in- frequent, and tlie necessary ])owers of intervention were derived irom the Conciliation Act, under which action was non-compul- sory. During the war, compulsory arbitration had been intro- duced, but it was recognised that organised employers and work- people were alike opj)osed to compulsion, and that it could not be maintained under peace conditions. At the Armistice, the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act had been passed as a stop-gap measure; but some more permanent machinery had now to be devised. The Government had intimated that its new policy was one of non- compulsion in industrial disputes, and that it expected the trades to settle as many of their own questions as they could. Thus, in his speech at the conference of 13th November, 1918, immediately after the Armistice, the Minister of Labour had said that the Government would encourage each industry to deal with wages and allied questions for itself, as soon as possible. A neces- sary preliminary, however, to the settlement of differences by the trades themselves was the organisation of recognised pro- cedure for the discussion of differences, and the creation of a policy under w-hich Governmeiit intervention should proceed where necessary. The kind of negotiations characteristic of the voluntary Con- ciliation Boards, Standing Joint Committees, etc., which was of the highest value under peace conditions, had proved unsuited to war conditions, and by common consent of the pirties, recourse had usually been had to the comparatively rapid settlement by a Government arbitration tribunal. On the other hand, the abnormal conditions j^revailing on account of the war had pro- moted the formation of employers' and workpeople's associations and federations in a number of trades hitherto unorganised, and had necessitated joint consideration of problems affecting the industry, and in this manner had been laid the foundation for the construction of joint consultative bodies called Joint Standing- Industrial Councils, constituted on the lines laid down in the Report of the "Whitley Committee." Their functions are in m.any respects similar to those of the Conciliation Boards, but whereas the latter deal mainly with questions affecting wages and conditions of labour, or the demarcation cf w^ork between various classes of operatives, the Industrial Councils have a wider scope, and can tal^e into consideration matters of every kind which pertain to the Avelfare and smooth working of the industry. Although a high degree of organisation is generally required before satisfactory results can be obtained from the formation of such Councils, it has been found expedient to encourage the closer co-operation between employers and their workpeople in certain less organised industries by the formation of Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, temporary organisations, whose functions are, in the main, similar to those of the Councils. The Government had intimated their acceptance of the Whitley Report, and, in conjunction with the policy of encouraging parties to settle their own differences, active assistance has been 10 given to industry by the Alini.stry of Jjubour to establish Joint iiuluslriul Councils or oilier recognised procedure tor that pur- pose. A lurlher step taken by the Ministry towards the elimina- tion of the root causes of labour unrest was the extension of the policy of setting up Trade lioards for the regulation of minim um rates of wages in the lower-paid industries. The determination of the position of the Government with regard to the adjustjuent of labour disputes, was embodied in the Industrial Courts Act, passed on 20th iS^ovember, 1919. This Act codihes the procedure which hud grown up under the Conciliation Act, 1890, and sets up a permanent Court of Arbitration (termed the Industrial Court) to which recourse can be had, subject to the common consent of disputant parties. In this connection certain alternative methods of settling disputes are jinnided, and the Act empowers the Minister of Labour in cases of differ- ences, whether apprehended or existing, to appoint a Court of Inquiry, one of the objects of Avhich is to put before the public an impartial account of the merits of the dispute. A more detailed summary of this Act and the other Acts of Parliament administered by the Department is given in a further section of the Report {see page 11), but it may be useful to say liere that the Act carried out the recommendations of the Com- mittee on the Relations between Employers and Employed, presided over by the Rt. Hon. J. H. Whitley, M.P., and it may also be useful to refer to the provision which requires that a difference should not be referred to arbitration, unless and until there had been failure to settle the difference by conciliation procedure. This typified the new policy. As has been indicated above, the year 1919 was one of very marked industrial unrest. The number of trade disputes known to the Ministry of Labour to have occurred during the year was about 1,400, a number which has been exceeded only once during the period (from 1888 to 1919) for which statistics are available. The number of workpeople involved, at the establishments where the disputes occurred (including those, who, though not actually parties to disputes, were consequently thrown out of emplo^'-ment) was approximately 2,600,000. This is the highest total which has yet been recorded, and nearly equals the combined totals for the years 1915 to 1918. It has been computed that the aggregate amount of working days lost in these disputes, by the workpeople employed at the establish- ments where the disputes occurred, was over 34,000,000. Disputes in the coal-mining industry occupied a prominent position among the labour disputes occurring within the period under review. In January, 1919, some 150,000 workers in the Yorkshire coalfields ceased work for 13 days in order to secure a regular interval for surfacemen's meals. A further strike of 29 days' duration commenced in the same area on the 16th June, owing to dissatisfaction with the amount of the advance in wages offered as compensation for the reduction in working hours, in accordance with the provisions of the Report of the Coal Industry Commission. A third strike occurred towards the end of March, 11 wlieu 100,000 miners in various districts were idle for six days in support oi a national application for advances in wages. The otker principal strikes during tlie year occurred in the Engineering and Shipbuilding, Textile and Transport Industries. In the Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, 150, OUO workpeople struck work in January, and remained idle for periods varying from one to eight weeks in the different districts, in consequence of disputes concerning reductions in hours, and also concerning increases in rates to pieceworkers and lieu workers to compensate them for the reduction in earnings occasioned thereby. On the 32nd Sej)tember between 40,000 and 50,000 iron founders, core makers, and dressers ceased work to enforce their demand for a 15^. per week advance in wages. The unions concerned had, on previous occasions, been parties to the general awards granted to the Engineering and Foundry Trades, and they were parties to and covered by an award operating from 1st August, for four months, but in August they gave to the employers' organisations concerned notice that they proposed to break away from the stand- ing agreement concerning the four-monthly revision of wages in the Engineering Industries, and would negotiate with the Employers separately. This stoppage, which did not terminate till 26th January, had very seriously affected the Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades as a whole. In the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry, a strike took place in June in support of a claim for an advance in wages and a reduction in working hours, and was prolonged for 18 days on account of the refusal of the Operative Cotton Spinners' Association to accept the terms of a provisional agreement effecting a reduction of working hours in the industry from 55^ to 48 per week, and providing for a further advance of 30 per cent, on the standard piece price list rates of wages. In the Railway services approximately half a million employees were idle from 27th vSeptember to 5th October, inclu- sive, owing to dissatisfaction with proposed new rates for the various grades of railwaymen. The majority of the other disputes which were reported to the Department during the period under consideration concerned demands for increased wages or reduc- tions in working hours. The extensive stoppages of work which took place during this period adversely affected the efforts to secure increased output to replenish the waste of war, but a spirit of unrest was to be expected as a result of a long and arduous war, and while the year was one of great strikes and of heated labour controversies, it may be said with confidence that the country came successfully through a very anxious period. (6) Detailed Particulars of the Working of Acts Adminis- tered BY the Department. It may be appropriate now to refer in more detail to the various Acts administered by the Department, most of which have been mentioned in the preceding section of the Report. These Acts are : — (a) Conciliation Act, 1896. 1*2 (6) Wages (Teiuporaiy Itegulaiioiij Aut, l'Jl8, and Wages (Temporary J^'f,nilation) Extension Act, 1919. {c) Industrial Courts Act, 1919. {(l) Kestorution of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919. The Department also advises in some matters relative to the administration oi the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, and accordingly, as in previous Keports, a note on this Act is included. Organisation of Department. To administer these Acts und to carry out the duties described, there exists at tlie headquarters of the Ministry of Labour a small depariment, known as the Industrial Relations Departmoni. and in a few of the larger provincial towns there is a small staft of conciliation officers who are in a position to deal with local dis- putes locally. The existence of this sta:ff in the provinces has assisted in the avoidance or the early termination of a conside;- able number of disputes. (a) Conciliation Act, 1896. The Conciliation Act, 1896, was the Act from which, prior to the war, the Government derived its statutory authority for inter- vention in labour disputes. The operative sections of the Act were those which authorised the Minister, in the event of a diii'er- ence or apprehended difference, to inquire into the causes and circumstances of the dispute, to appoint a conciliator at the request of one or other of the parties, or to appoint an arbitrator at the request of both parties. During the years immediately pre- ceding the war, considerable use was made of the Act, the elastic nature of the provisions of which enabled the Department to take such steps as experience and the special circumstances of each case suggested would be most appropriate. The Act was, however, entirely voluntary in its character, and consideration was being given at the outbreak of war to the need for strengthening its provisions. Reference may also be made to the provision in the Concilia- tion Act, 1896, relating to Conciliation Boards. At the time of the passing of the Act, the success of Conciliation Boards had attracted considerable attention, and the Act contains provisions for the registration of Conciliation Boards. Registration, however, carried no advantages, and comparativelr few Conciliation Bonrds registered under the Act. Of the 479 Conciliation Boards and Standing Joint Committees known by the Department to be in existence at the end of 1919 only 13 were registered. With the passing of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, the powers of the Department under the Conciliation Act, 1896, have for practical purposes been merged in the later Act. The Concilia- tion Act, 1896, however, remains in existence. In view of the difficultv of distinffuishing- cases accordino- to thft Act under which they were referred to arbitration, the work of the 13 Department under the Conciliation Act is considered later in the Report, jointly with the arbitrations under the other Acts administered by the Department. (5) Waffes [Tempurary Heijulation) Act, 1918, and Wages {T emporary Regxdatwn) E.vtensiun Act, 1919. The chief features of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, which is entitled " An Act for prescribing minimum rates of wages during a limited period and for repealing certain pro- visions of the Munitions of War Acts," are as follows — The Act required that, for a period of six months from tne date of the passing thereof (extended until September 30th, 1920, first in the Wages (Temporarj^ Regulation) Act, 1919, and later in the Industrial Courts Act, 1919), an employer should pay not less than a prescribed rate of wages to any workman to whom such a prescribed rate was applicable — the period was extended by the Act of 1919 for a further six months. The prescribed rate was broadly the standard district rate of wages at the date of the Armistice, i.e., district time rate, shift rate, piece-work price list, scale of tonnage rates, etc., whatever might be the custom of the trade, together with the usual allowances for overtime, night work, week-ends or holidays, when such were worked. The term " workman " included men and boys, women and girls. In the case of women and girls, the wages to which the majority in any trade or branch of trade were entitled at the date of the Armistice under any Order, award or agreement which might be applicable, became payable to all women and girls of the same class. Where no Order, award or agreement applied to the majority, the wages in fact paid at the date of the Armistice to the majority ruled, unless the Minister of Labour gave directions by Order with regard to the wages to be paid. During the twelve months period for which the Acts provided, the prescribed rate of wages might be varied, either as the result of arbitration or by an agreement or settlement approved by the Minister of Labour, a statutorily enforceable minimum rate being thereby substituted for the existing rate. In order to secure such a variation by arbitration, proceedings were required to be at the instance of a substantial proportion of the class of workmen concerned, or of employers employing a substantial proportion of such workmen. The Act of 1918 set up an Interim Court of Arbi- tration to deal with the differences specified in the Act as being referable to arbitration. The Wages (Temporarv Regulafion) Act also repealed certain provisions of the Munitions of War Acts relative to the pro- hibition of strikes and lock-outs, the approval of changes of wages in controlled establishments, etc. Arbitrations under the Wages {Temporary Regulation) Acts. In view of the fact that it has not been always practicable to dis- tinguish between the reference of cases to arbitration under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts and a reference under the Conciliation Act, and that sometimes cases involving more than 14 one queslion were referred under botli Acts, and in view aLso of the fact that tlie work of the Interim Court of Arbitration under the W'ayes (Tenjporary liegulation) Act was continued by the Indusliial ('ourl under the industrial Courts Act, it appears most couNcnienl to consider the arbitration and conciliation cases dealt with under the various Acts in one section, and this has been done subsequently in the Iteport. Other administrative functions, such as the approval of agree- ments and settlements and the issue of Orders, were confined to the Wages (Temporary liegulation) Act, and some particulars of the worii in this connection are given below. Agreements and Settlements Approved under the Wages [Temporary Regulation) Acts. The number of agreements approved under the Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Acts was 252, distributed by trades a^ follows : — Number of Trade. Agreements Approved. Building and Allied Trades ... ... ... ... 166 Mining, Quarrying and Coke Oven Workers ... ... 1 Iron and Steel Manufacture ... ... ... ... 2 Engineering, Shipbuilding and other Metal Trades — (a) Engineering ... ... ... ... ... 11 (6) Shipbuilding ... ... ... ... ... 2 (c) Other Metal Trades 32 Textile 8 Clothing 2 Transport ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 W^oodworking and Eumishing ... ... ... 6 Chemical Trades ... ... ... ... ... 1 Food, Drink and Tobacco ... ... ... ... 1 Public Utility Services ... ... ... ... ... 4 Other Trades^ 3 Total 252 The outstanding feature of this statement is the predominance of building trade cases, and this predominance is largely accounted for by the peculiar position occupied by this industry. The normal procedure for the settlement of industrial disputes in this trade in England and Wales was by Local Conciliation Boards, Centre Conciliation Boards, and the National Conciliation Board. This procedure provided in most cases adequate stens for the adjust- ment of wages claims, and during 1919 many agreements were negotiated in this manner. The ease with which agreements were negotiated was no doubt largely attributable to the fact that the period was one when employers were willing to concede substan- tial advances of wages. In view, however, of their larse financial interests under the housing schemes, the Ministry of Health were prepared to recognise agreements only in so far as they were 15 approved nuclei" the Wages (Tempoiaiy liegiilation) Acts. In con- sidering sucii agreements the Minister was able to obtain the advice of tile Building- Labour Committee, an interdepartmental committee vi^hicii, as stated in tbe last Report, was set up towards the end of 1915 to deal with questions relative to the supply of labour for the erection of Government factories, etc., and which,, after the Armistice, continued to advise Government Departments on matters connected with wages and working conditions on build- ing- and constructional work, carried out by or for the respective Departments, with a view to securing uniformity. In a number of cases, in considering the agreements submitted, the Minister adopted the procedure of referring the matter to the Interim Court of Arbitration for advice in accordance with Sec- tion 2 (4) of the Act and of acting on such advice. The approved agreements showed the general upward trend of wages, in certain cases, however, the alteration was to some extent a revision of hourly rates following on an alteration of weekly working hours, and in a number of instances was in the nature of a consolidation of war advances and bonuses into flat rates. In certain cases the Minister found it inadvisable to give approval to an agreement, as the rate of wages proposed was likely to have a disturbing effect on other sections of the industry or on other industries, and in certain instances stopjmges of work re- sulted from the withholding of approval. In some other cases agreements for the payment of substituted rates Avere such as could not be approved under the Act, because of the technical difficulty of the absence of j)i'6viously existing prescribed rates as defined in the Act. It is to be noted that there was nothing in the Wages (Tem- porary Regulation) Acts which prevented employers and work- people, or associations of employers and workpeople, entering into agreements to pay rates of wages higher than the prescribed or substituted rates. The advantage of approval under the Act was that the agreed rates then became statutorily enforceable as minimum rates and could be extended by subsequent Orders to make them enforceable on firms not party to the agreement. In addition to approving these aoreements, the Minister gave statutory approval to four awards of single arbitrators and one award of an ad hoc Board of Ar])itration, and thus made them statutorily enforceable under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts. Among the very few agreements which provided for a reduction of wages were {a) an agreement between a firm of linen weavers and manufacturers in Cumberland and the National Federation of Women Workers, and {h) an agreement between the Welsh Van Mining Company, Llanidloes, and the Workers' Union. Attention may, perhaps, also be called to agreements approved for the woollen textile industry, which industry adopted the prac- tice of a variation of wages according to the " Labour Gazette figure of the " cost of living." A summary of each of the approved agreements is given in Appendix X. 16 Orders uiithr the \\ nijis (I' cm porarij /Regulation) Acts. Tlie Minister was uullitji iscd to issue (Jrders under Se(;tiou 2 (3) of the Wages (Tenii)()iaiy Regulation) Act, 1918, which related to tlic extension ol awards and approved agreements or settleineiits to the whole of an industry, and under Section 4 (e) whicJi related to the fixing of a prescribed rate for women. In Jill such cases the Minister acteo on the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration. I'nder Section 2 {'■'>) fifteen Orders were issued; under Section 4 [e) only one Older was issued, namely, as regards women employed in the making of wrs are given in Appendix XI. On the whole there is no doubt that the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act proved a successful means of meeting the excep- tional circumstances connected with the wages situation existing ai and after the Armistice. Comparatively few conplaints reached the Department of non-compliance with awards and Orders. It was suggested that in some cases this requirement had been a burden on employers, particularly in the case of boys and youths and in some trades of women, but it appeared, when wages gene- rally w-ere rising', that the requirement was not a substantial burden on industry. The fact that both employers and work- ])eople concurred in the extension of the principle of the Act until September •30th, 1920, showed that it was operating on the whole equitably. Of the cases taken before local munitions tribunals on the ground that the employer concerned was not complying with the requirements of the Act, a number were reported to the Ministry of Labour under Section 5 of the Act, because the tri- bunal were of opinion that there was doubt as to whether a pre- scribed or substituted rate existed or as to what was the prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the workpeople concerned. In certain cases where (luestions of law were involved, appeals from decisions of local munitions tribunals were made to the High Court and a numb.i'i- of important legal decisions were giAen. For purposes of reference a summary of certain of these decision-s is given in Appendix XII. (c) The Industrial Coxirts Act, 1919. The Industrial Courts Act, 1919, which received the Royal Assent on 20th November, 1919, has three main provisions: — (1) It sets up in place of the Interim Court of Arbitration a permanent Court of Arbitration (termed the Industrial Court), to which recourse can be had by parties to indus- trial disputes, if both parties to the dispute consent. In this connection certain alternative methods of settling disputes are provided. (2'> It empowers the Minister of Labour in cases of disputes, whether apprehended or existing, to appoint a Court of Inquirv-, one of the objects of which is to put before the public an impartial account of the merits of the dispute. 17 (3) It continues till 30tli September, 1920, the principle of the Wages (Temporary llegulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919, that, broadly speaking, the wages ruling at tlie time of the Armistice should remain in force as statutory minimum rates. (1) The Industrial Court. — Permanent provision for voluntary arbitration is made by the establishment of this Court, but it is the desire of the Government that trade disputes should be settled as far as possible by negotiation between Employers' Associations and Trade Unions. In a considerable number of trades conciliation machinery exists, some of which has been created recently in the form of Joint Industrial Councils. It frequently happens that the parties to a dispute cannot settle it, and in such cases the Industrial Court is an independent tribunal to which such disputes can be referred. The Court normally sits in London, but it makes arrangements, where necessary, to hear cases in provincial towns. The President of the Court is also in a position to depute individual members of the Court to hear cases locally, where the parties desire a speedy hearing and where the case is one which can suitably be heard by one member of the Court. The establishment of a Standing Arbitration Tribunal was one of the recommendations of the Committee on Relations between Employers and Employed, better known as the Whitley Com- mittee. In their Report of 31st January, 1918, on the subject of Conciliation and Arbitration (Cd. 9099 of 1918) the Committee state : — " We further recommend that there should be established a Standing Arbitration Council for cases where the parties wish to refer any dispute to arbitration, though it is desirable that suitable single arbitrators should be available, where the parties so desire." In this connection it may be iiseful to quote the following more detailed statement of the Committee in respect of this recommendation : — " 10. As arbitrations affecting the same trade or section of trades may recur, there are advantages to both employers and workpeople in knowing that the tribunal to which they submit any differences which they may have failed them- selves to settle, is one to which previous differences liave been submitted, and which, therefore, has become to s^me extent familiar with the conditions of the trade. 11. For these reasons it would appear desirable that there sliould be a Standin": Arbitration Council on the lines of the present temporary Committee on Production to which differ- ences of general principles and differences affect ino- wliole industries or larsre sections of industries mav be referred in cases where the parties have failed to come to an aq-reenient through their ordinary procedure, and wish to refer the difference to arbitration. Such tribunal should include in its membership persons who have practical experience and knowledge of industry. 18 and who arc a(;(niaiulcd witli the respective standpoints ui employers and workpeople. 12. Tlicre are, however, certain adniinisliutive diliiculLies connected willi llic utilisation of tribunals of tiiree or more persons, particuhnly wiiere the parties desire that their case sliduhl be Jicard locally, and where the nmtter is one of relati\ely small importance, and it is desirable that suitable persons should he available to act as single arbitrators, where the parties agree to submit their cases to a single arbitrator, i'ersons ])ossessing experience of industrial condi- tions and ac(juainted with industrial and workshop life, including representatives of labour, would seem the most likel}^ to command the respect and confidence of the parties. It will be obvious that the efficiency of an arbitrator, pro- vided that he possessed the right personal qualifications, increases with practice and the study of the conditions with which he had to deal." The advantage of a permanent arbitration tribunal of high prestige which had been emphasised during- the war by the work of the Committee on Production, was further demonstrated by the work during 1919 of the Interim Court of Arbitration and subse- quently of the Industrial Court. Many arbitration cases of very considerable imjjortance came before these Courts, and the awards formed a standard for otlier industries not themselves party to the arbitration. The Interim Court also acted as a co-ordinating body in that, under the Wages Acts, the Minister was required, before issuing Orders determining rates of wages, to obtain the advice of the Court, and in addition the Minister found it conve- nient to adopt the practice in suitable cases of obtaining the advice of the Court as to whether agreements were such as should properly be approved under the Acts. Section 2 (1) of the Industrial Courts Act enables the Minister to take such steps as seem to him expedient for promoting a settle- ment of a difference reported to him, and under this section a con- ciliator may be appointed either from within or from outside the Department. Should the parties desire, a dispute can be referred either to a single arbitrator appointed by the Minister of Labour or to a Special Board of Arbitration composed of an independent chair- man and persons nominated by the parties for the selection of whom panels have been constituted by the Minister of Labour, but reference to the Industrial Court is the normal method adopted. A dispute is referred for settlement under the Industrial Courts Act only after the exhaustion of available means for conciliation already existing in the trade. Disputes regarding the existence of a prescribed rate, -what is the prescribed rate, or what is the substituted rate — these terms relate to the Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Act — can be referred to the Industrial Court thoughreported to the Ministry of Labour by one party only, but with these exceptions no reference can be made to the Industrial Court or to the other forms of arbitration described except with the consent of both parties to the dispute. 19 (2) Courts of Inquiry. — The appointment of Courts of Inquiry was a further recommendation of the Whitley Committee, who Said : — " Whilst we are opposed to any system of compulsory arbitration, we are in favour of an extension of voluntary machinery for the adjustment of disputes. Where the parties are unable to adjust their differences, we think that there should be means by which an independent inquiry may be made into the facts and circumstances of a dispute, and an authoritative pronouncement made thereon, though we do not think that there should be any compulsory power of delaying strikes and lock-outs." In tlie body of their E-eport leading up to this recommendation, the Committee stated : — "6. It is desirable, however, to consider the part that should be taken by the State in the event of those directly concerned in industry being unable to adjust their differences themselves. The interest of the community may require tliat there should be an unbiassed and independent examina- tion of the facts and circumstances connected with any dis- pute between employers and employed. On this point the Committee have had under consideration the Report on the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation x\.ct, made by Sir George Askwith (Cd. 6603), They have also had under consideration the recommendations contained in the Report of the Industrial Council (Cd. 6952 of 1913). The Committee endorse Ihe view that there should be means by which an independent inquiry may be made into the facts and circumstances of a dispute and an authoritative pronouncement made thereon, although this does not carry with it any compulsory power of delaying strikes or lock-outs, 7. Section 2 (1) (a) of the Conciliation Act, 1896, em- powers the Ministry of Labour to cause an inquiry to be held into the facts and circumstances of disputes. Pre- sumably the existing Act empowers the Ministry of Labour to publish Reports made as a result of inquiries of this character, but if not, the necessary power should be obtained, so that there may be immediate publication, for the informa- tion of those affected by the dispute and of the public generally, of an independent and authoritative account of the matters in difference. The question whether these powers should be exercised in respect of particular cases is one which must be left to the discretion of the Government Department concerned." Under the Industrial Courts Act, the Minister is provided with power to establish a Court of Inquiry for this purpose, and he may exercise this power whether the dispute exists or is merely apprehended ; moreover, the consent of the parties to this course is not required. These Courts have no power to settle the dispute _bv arbitra- tion, but are limited to makino' a Report on the case, with possibly a recommendation as to the best course to be pursued. 20 Jiflween 2Utii Noveiiilici, lUJU, the date of the pussiug of the liHlustrial Courts Ad, and the end of the year, one Court of iiKluiry had been appointed, viz., that dealing witli the hours of labour' of coal tippers. As the ('ourt did not (.■onimence its sittings in liJlU it is not ])roj)osed to deal with the matter in the present Keport, which covers only nroceedings during that year. It may be mentioned also that a Court was appointed in Jauuaiy, 11)20, under the chairmansiiip oi the lU. lion. Lord Shaw of j)unfermline, to inquire into the question of the wages and conditions of dock labour, and the Keport which was issued on llth .March, 1920, has been published (H.C. 55 of 1920). (3) The Extension of the principle of ihe Wages {Temporary Regulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919. — These Acts provided that employers should pay, and workmen be entitled to receive, what is known as the "prescribed" rate of wages, or such other rate as had been duly " substituted " for that rate. The prescribed rate, broadly, is the rate of wages generally applic- able on llth November, 1918, to a particular class of work- people in a particular district. Employees have the right to prosecute an employer before a Local Munitions Tribunal for non-payment of the " prescribed " or " substituted " rate. A substituted rate might formerlj- be created by an award on a reference under the provisions of the Wages Acts to the Interim Court of Arbitration, or by an agreement or settlement approved by, or by an Order issued by, the Minister of Labour. The existing ])rescribed and substituted rates were to remain in operation until ^JOth September, 1920, and the employees would be entitled to sue for such rates as hitherto. By the provisions of the Industrial Courts Act, the power to create new " substituted " rates having statutory effect ceases, and no claim for a new substituted rate can in future, therefore, be forced to arbitration by or on behalf of employers or emoloyees. With the consent of both parties to a dispute the Industrial Court may give an award laying down a new rate, but that award, though it will have the sanction of moral obligation, will not have any statutory force. Comparison of Industrial Courts Art with war legislation . — It may be \iseful at this stage to examine briefly some of the more iinportant featui'es of the war legislation relating to laboui' dis- putes, but which were now dropped. (1) The Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918. had abolished the legal ]nohibition of strikes and lock-outs and com- pulsory arbitration as contained in the Munitions of War Acts, except that compulsory arbitration was retained for the limited classes of cases connected with the ])rescribed or substituted rates. The Industrial Courts Act still further eliminated compulsory arbitration, retaining it only until 30th September, 1920. for the sole purpose of enabliuii" an employer or workman to ascertain his legal obligations and rights. The opposition to compulsory arbitration has been indicated in the previous Keport of this series. It also appeared tliat the compulsory arbitration clauses of the Wages (Temporary Regula- 21 tion) Acts were operatiug- soinewliat inequitably. Arbitration under tlie Acts in respect of applications for an advance in wages — and most wages claims during 1919 were claims for advances of wages — might result in an increase being given, and such an increase would, under the Acts, be statutorily enforceable on the employers, and failure to comply with the award would render the employers concerned liable to prosecution before a Munitions Tribunal. On the other hand, if the workpeople were dissatisfied with the award, they could cease :work without rendering themselves liable to any penalt3^ In introducing the Industrial Courts Bill, the Minister of Labour intimated that it was not practicable to continue procedure which operated so unfairly. (2) The Industrial Courts Act withdrew from the Minister of Labour the authority to make rates statutorily enforceable by the approval of agreements and settlements. The approval of agreements had formed an important part of the control of wages exercised under the Munitions of War Acts. With the cessation of hostilities, the Government — w^hicli had been the chief pur- chase]' of commodities during the war — became less directly interested in wages settlements, and was desirous of encouraging employers and workpeople to resume their pre-war methods of entering into agreements as to wages and working conditions. As a counterpart to the statutorily enforceable award, it was necessary to have means of securing statutorily enforceable agreements, if parties w^ere to be encouraged to enter into agree- ments rather than resort to arbitration, and accordingly it was provided under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, that an agreement approved by the Minister of Labour had the same statutory force as an award under the Act. With the removal of the power to make new statutorily enforceable rates by arbitra- tion, the corresponding power in regard to agreements was also abandoned. (3) The Industrial Courts Act also withdrew from the Minister the power to extend by Order the terms of an award or of an approved agreement or settlement, to the whole of a trade or industry. Considerable discussion on this subject has shown a marked divergence of opinion, and accordingly it mav be well to restate briefly the considerations which led to the withdrawal of this power. In July, 1913, the Industrial Council, a body consisting of representatives of Employers' Associations and Trade Unions under the Chairmanship of Sir George (now Lord) Askwith, reported that, subject to inquiry made by on authoritv appointed by the Board of Trade, an agreement entered into between asso- ciations of employers and workmen representing a substantial bodv of those in the trade or district, should, on the application of the parties to the agreement, be made applicable to the whole of the trade or district concerned, providing that the agreement fulfilled certain requirements. The question was also considered by the Trades Union Congress in 1912. the Labour Pnrtv in January, 1913, and the Trades Union Congress in September, 1913. The proposal was rejected at all these meetings, and at the September, lUl;'), tii'.'t'i my, win 11 the i efoniiiiciidat ion oi llic 1 iiduslrial Coun- fil was l)('t()ie llu' Coii^jfiess, a iiiotidii in favour of exleiidiiig agrcMMneuts and making' Ihoni iej^ally enfoiccahlc! on all ptjr.sous emjilovinj^- ianour in nic industry a ft'ecfed was l(jst hy a larye majority. Tlie AgicciiH'nt on llu.' svil)ject of general wages applications ncg-otialcd in l*V'l)iu;My, IUi7, helMoon the P^nginecring- J^nijdoyers IVHleration and the trade unions having members employed in federated shops and foundries and also a number of similar agreeinents negotiated for other trades, contained a recommen- dation that arrangements should be made wfiereby all employers in tiie trade or trades affected shoiild be subject to the aM-ards which nuight be made m puisuunce of the agreements. Ac'Ording-ly the Munitions of War Act, 1917, gave the Minister of Munitions power to extend awards or agreements, if satisfied that the award or agreement was binding upon the employers employing the majority of the persons engaged on or in connection with munitions work in any trade or branch of a trade either generally or in a particular district. Under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, the Minister of Labour had a certain limited power of extending awards and agreements. The Provisional Joint Committee of the Industrial Conference of 1919 recommended as follows : — "Where an agreement is arrived at between representative organisations of employers and Trade Unions in any trade laying down a minimum rate of wages, the Minister of Labour shall have power, after investigation, to apply such minimum rate, with such modification as he may think fit, to all employers engaged in the trade falling within the scope of the agreement." The Minister of Labour endeavoured to secure the opinion of the Trades Union Congress in September, 1919, but the Parlia- mentary Committee -was unable to bring the matter before the main body. A further attempt to ascertain the reception with which the proposal would meet from workpeople's organisations was made at the time of the introduction of the Industrial Courts Bill. At that time, however, it was rejected by the Trade Union organisations, largeh' on the ground that it was proposed to make compulsion two-sided, penalties for breach being provided equally against emploj'ers and employed. The difficulty of making com- pulsion apply equally is perhaps not greater than the practical difficulties which would be involved in making agreements com- pulsory on the whole trade. Not only would complicated ques- tions of demarcation and trade definition inevitably arise, but the question of the extent to which any given group of employers or employed represented a large majority of the trade would require close examination. There is the further difficulty that certain wage settlements affect an industry, while others affect a craft extending through a number of industries. For these reasons it is clear that the matter is not one which can be settled without a grent deal of further discussion and examination. 9?. [d) Restoration of Pre-ivar Practices Act, 1919. Origin of the Act. — In connectioTi with tlie steps wliicli were being- taken at tlie beginning of 1915 to increase tlie output of munitions, the Government lield a conference witli representa- tives of a large number of unions in a great variety of industries on the ITth, IStb, and 19th MarcJi, 1915, and a further con- ference with representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers on the 25th March, 1915. The outcome of these conferences was that "agreements" were entered into whereby the Trade Unions undertook to avoid strikes and to relax such trade practices as tended to restrict the output of munitions or equipment, on condition that their position in regard to such rules after the war should not be prejudiced by foregoing those practices during the war. The Agreements (known as the *' Treasury Agreements ") provided amongst ether things that :^ {a) Any departure during the war from the practice ruling in the workshop, shipyard, or other industry, prior to the war, should only be for the period of the war. (6) No change in practice should prejudice the position of the workpeople or the Trade Union in regard to the resumption of the practice after the war. (c) A record of the nature of the departure should be kept. {d) The relaxation of trade jjractices contemplated in the agreement should relate solely to work done for war purposes during the war period, (e) That where new inventions were introduced the class of workmen to be employed after the war should be deter- mined by the practice prevailing before the war on analogous work. (/) That the Government would undertake to use its influence to secure the restoration of previous conditions in every case after the war. The Munitions of War Act, 1915, provided in Sections 4 sub- sections (3) and ("4) that any Trade Union practice not havino' the force of law which tended to restrict production should be suspended in controlled establishments, and that the owner of a controlled establishment should be deemed to have entered into an undertaking to restore any such practice when the war was over. Firms were under obligations to make a record of any departure from pre-war practice to which the Munitions of War Act, 1915, applied, and over thirty thousand of these records were collected. They dealt largely with the substitution of women for men on various processes, and with the substitution of unskilled or semi- skilled workers for skilled workers. The conference of 13th November, 1918, to which reference has been made earlfier in this Report, resulted in the formation of a Joint Committee to consider the draft Bill which the Government had already prepared to deal with the redemption of the pledges. Under this Bill, the employer was obliged to restore a trade practice if a majority of the class or grade of workers in the establishment, whose custom had been abrogated, demanded its 24 ri>-,l(ii;i(i(tn. Tlu' ('4jiiiiiiil Iff wfic iiiiaMc to uf^icf ujioii tlic teijii.s ui 11 Jiill, wliLTf u])()ii I lie Miiiistiy of Jjahour jjifpaifd a tiesh Jiill (ill the li^'lii "I tiif (lisfussioiis lliiit Jh.d taken placej and IMi'Sfiitcd il In i'arlianiciit. I'liis Jiill, liowevei-, was w ithdiawn in uidfi- 1(1 atVord a imtlu'i u[)poi tuiiity to tlio empJoyeis and woik- nifii to attenjpt to draft an agreed Bill. The two sides of the .loiiil Coininittfe then deliberated u])on the subject, and hnalij af-rffd upon a Jiill wlii(;h was presented to Parli anient, and became law on the I5th Aug-ust, IU19. The most important change eml)odied in tlie agreed Bill was that, instead of the oljligation of the employer to restore a trade practice being dependent on the receipt of a demand for such restoration from a majority of the workers in the establishment of the class whose custom it was before the war to enforce the practice in question, the employer was placed under an obligation to restoie (or permit re.-toration of) a practice within two months without demand, and an action for failure to do so could be brought by an interested Trade T'nion even though no members of that union were employed in the establishment. Scope of the Act. — The Act of 1919 applied only to establish- ments in which munitions work, within the meaning of the Muni- tions of War Acts, 1915-1917, was carried on during the war, and other establishments in which a departure from practice was made in consequence of the Treasury Agreements of the 19th and 25th March, 1915, or in pursuance of some other agreement in writing. It provided that where in any such establishment any lule, practice, or custom obtaining before the war in any industry or branch of an industry was departed from during and in con- sequence of the war, the owner of the establishment should be under an obligation from the 15th October, 1919. to restore the trade iiractice previously obtaining and to maintain the practice for twelve months. The Act also expressly stated that it was limited in its applica- tion to departure from trade practice, as described above, and that in other matters the position of employers and employees after the war should not be prejudiced by the Act. Any em])lover failino- to comply with the obligation imposed on him by the Act was liable to be prosecuted before a Munitions Tribunal of the second class. Working of the Act. — In nearly every c?se the practice^ departed finm wore restored where the workmen so desired. ;^[ore than five thousand establishments supplied records of changes and many of the thirty thousand records collected con- laiiu'd details of more than one change of practice: yet, after the Act liad been in operation for over a year, in only twentv-two cases had proceedings been instituted asjainst firms for breaches of the Act. In four of these cases proceedings were withdrawn, and in only four of the remainder did the prosecutions prove successful. The majority of the cases of disptites arising under the Act concerned the employment of women on various processes which it was claimed should be done by men, such as coil winding, core making, operating machines for metal ttirning, upholstery 2^ work, joinery, and other such work, while certain cases concerned the employment oi women as tailors cutters. Uertam other cases concerned the employment of semi-skilied men on skilled men's work, and in connection with one such case an employer was iound guilty of a breach of tJie Act for employing wounaed and maimed ex-soldiers on work formerly done by hKiiied men. Doubt existed in some of these cases as to whether the Act really applied to the processes Avnich were the subject of dispute,' it not being clear wnether changes ckinng the war were neces- sarily in consequence of the war, or wJiether they would not have come about in the natural course of the development of manu- facturing processes if there had been no war. Processes of manu- facture w^ere changed and operations which had needed a skilled man were simplihed' so that they could be ethciently performed by women. Then, too, there was no uniformity of trade practice in some cases, various processes being done in one town by men and in another town by women. Certain changes of custom, too, were viewed by trade unions as being a departure from trade practice, whilst employers maintained that they w^ere not de- partures in the sense contemplated by the Act. It was open to parties to agree together to a modification of the obligations under the Act provided the trade union interested in the restoration of trade practice was a party to the agreement, and the attitude adopted by the Ministry of Labour in applying the Act when any dispute has arisen between parties as to its apjdication has been to endeavour to bring the parties together in conference to discuss the matter, and, if possible, induce them to agree upon working arrangements satisfactory to both sides. The Ministry, however, is not ch-trged with the dutv of interpreting the Act, and where a mutual settlement is found to be unattain- able the aggrieved party has to fall back upon prosecution as the means of attempting to establish the claim. The fig-ures sfiven above as to the number of chang^es recorded and the very small number of successful prosecutions, amply demonstrate the success of the Act in attaining the purpose for which it was designed, namely, to redeem the pledge which the Government gave to the trade unions that departures from trade practice for the purpose of expediting the output of munitions of war should not prejudice their position in regard to such practices after the war. (e) Coal Mines [Miniimim Wage) Act, 1912. The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, was passed in March of that year in order to terminate the general strike of coal miners then in progress. The Act provided, inter alia, for the setting up in each of 22 districts of Joint District Boards consisting of representatives of the owners and men in the dis- trict, with an independent chairman. The Joint District Boards had to be " recognised " by the Board of Trade, which might require to satisfy itself as to the representative nature of the Board and as to the rules of procedure relative to voting on questions under consideration. The first dutv of the Joint District Boards w\as to determine minimum rates of wages for the various classes of underground workers in coal mines, and liic (ii>lcKt lules), wiiiiii lalloi- .siitjuld lay dowji couditions as lo I lie I'xciusioii oi aged uud iiiiirm woikiiu'ii lium Llie vi^kt tu wuyes a I uu! iiiuiimum rales, as to the ieguluiiLy and elUcieucy of lilt' \\>)iK lo he peiJoiiiied and as Uj llie time iroijj, wliicli the workmen sliould he paid iii llie event of any interruption of work due lo an eniergeiu-}' and as to tlie inelliod of deteriuining wiieilier or not any particular w(jrkinau was entitled to the mini mum rate. Failing- agreement by the Board, matters of diherence fell lo be decided by the independent cliairmau. Pro- vision was also made under the Act for the revision of the mini- mum rates or district rules, at any time by agreement between the parties composing the Board, or after the lapse of one year in tile absence of agreement. The principle upon which the Act proceeds is that it is part of the contract of service of every worker employed under- ground in a coal mine that he is entitled to the minimum rate unless a certificate in his case has been issued in accordance with the procedure laid down in the District Rules. Any work- man claiming- to be entitled to the minimum could sue an em- ployer in a Court of Law for payment of the proper minimum rate. The Act w^as passed originally for three years only, but it has been from time to time continued under the Expiring Laws Continuance Act. The working of the Act appears to have been smooth, but in any consideration of the matter it is well to keep in mind that the period since the passing of the Act has been one of high prices and wages in the coal trade. During the past few years the Boards have done comparatively little work, and few of the Boards had occasion to meet during 1919, as will be seen from the record of the work of the Boards contained in Appendix XIIT. The Mining Industry Act, passed on 16th August, 1920, con- tains provisions authorising the Board of Trade by regulations to provide for district committees and area boards (to be set up under the Act) " determining any questions and exercising any powers which before the passing- of this Act can be determined and exercised by a conciliation board or by a joint district board constituted under the Coal !Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912." (/) Electricity (Svpply) Act, 1919. For purposes of record it may be mentioned that the above Act, passed on 23rd December, 1919, provided in Section 31 that Section 4 of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875, which relates to breaches of contract of persons employed in the supply of gas and water, should extend to persons em- ployed by a joint electricity authority or by any authorised under- takers of electricity supply. The Section of the Conspiracv and Protection of Property Act referred to, reads as follows: — " "Wliere a person employed by a municipal authority or by any company or contractor upon whom is imposed by Act of Parliament the duty, or who have otherwise assumed the duty of supplying any city, borough, town, or place, or any part thereof, with gas or water, wilfully and maliciously 97 breaks a contract of service with, that authority, or company, or contractor, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, will be to deprive the inhabi- tants of that city, borough, town, place, or part, wbolly or to a great extent of their supply of gas or water, he shall, on conviction thereof by a court of summary jurisdiction, or on indictment as hereinafter mentioned, be liable either to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour." (c) Statistical Statement of Arbiteation and Conciliation Cases. In the earlier Reports of this series covering the years 1 896 to 1913 and relating only to proceedings under the Conciliation Act, it was the practice to give an account of all cases " dealt with," that is, to include not only the disputes settled by arbi- tration or otherwise under the auspices of tbe Department, but also cases where action was taken under the Act, and when for various reasons a settlement could not be said to have been brought about definitely as a result of such, action. During the jDcriod of the war, and subsequently, the number of cases " dealt with " has been so great that it has been deemed advisable to limit the statistics for the years subsequent to 1913 to cases " settled," and to include only cases settled as a direct result of arbitration or formal conciliation conferences under the auspices of the Department. It will, however, be understood that there are a considerable number of other cases in which negotia- tions initiated by the Department led to an adjustment of differ- ences. For the reason indicated, the figures given in the follow- ing table from 1914 onwards are not strictly comparable with the figures given for the earlier years : — Year. No. of cases. Year. No. of cases. 1896 11 1908 60 1897 37 1909 57 1898 12 1910 &7 1899 11 1911 92 1900 21 1912 73 1901 33 1913 99 1902 21 1914 81 190S 17 1915 397 1904 12 1916 1412 1906 14 1917 2474 1906 20 1918 358a 1907 39 1919 1323 Detailed particulars of the various cases in 1919 are given in Appendices V. to IX. The marked increase in the figures for the war years is accounted for by the fact that the circumstances were such that arbitration was found to be the most expedient method for the adjustment of labour disputes, both from the point of view of the unions and that of the employers. As was indicated in the last 28 iTjjori (i| iliis serifs, iiistciid of s])eii(liiig u ((Misidciuble tiuio m'j^niti.iliii<;- with IIk; possiljility of not leuchiii^ a sett lenient, the uni(»ns found it (^uk ker to icpoit the diiference under tlie Aiuui- tions of War Acts at an early stage, for compulsory reference to arbitration. L iider the Munitions of ^Var Act as amended in iyi(), the Department was required to refer bond fdc ditferences to ail)ilr.ition within 21 days of tlie report, and the awaid was statutorily enforceable. On the enijjloyers' side also arbitration was often found to be the most satisfactory- procedure, and at a time when so much work was for Government purposes, there was an advantage in having wages matters settled bv arhitration. With the cessation of hostilities, the position was altered. Arbitration was continued on a vastly larger scale than before the Mar, but at the same time considerably less than during the later years of the war. The passing of the "Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act reduced the statutory ])0wers of compulsory arbi- tration, the cessation of Grovernment demand for war material gave the employers more financial interest in the result of negotia- tions, and the Government made it clear that they desired the employers and workpeople to endeavour as far as possible to adjust their own differences. For these reasons there was a substantial falling off in the number of cases referred to arbitration. The distribution of the cases according to the method of settle- ment and fonn of arbitration tribunal is shown in the following Table: — Tnde. Interiiti Court of Arbitra- tim. Industrial Court. Single Arbitra- tors. Ad Hoc Boards of Arbitra- tion. Aeree- ments ne- »oti:ited by Officers of the Depart- ment. Total. Building and Allied Trades 58 22 Mining, Quarrying, and j C:ike Oven Workers 13 i — Iron and Steel Manu- j facture 43 Engineering Trades.... 121 Shipbuilding Trades... 75 Other Metal Trades ... 96 Textile Trades 41 Clothing Trades 19 Boot and Shoe Trades 1 — Transport Trades 48 2 Printing and Allied Trades 2 — Wood working and Fur- nishing Trades 49 4 Brick,' Pottery, &c., Trad s 14 — Glass Trades 4 — Chemical Trades 49 1 Food, Drink, and To- j b^cc:! Trades 18 ' — Leather Trades 13 — Public Utility Services 105 6 Other Trades 44 2 Total 813 49 10 20 93 36 1 14 10 4 18 1 1 19 1 2 22 — 4 21 1 — 4 — 29 3 1 12 47 6 111 32 — 68 3 147 1 97 4 124 4 71 2 25 — 9 6 87 3 7 — 51 17 1 7 1 63 13 78 2 21 5 230 5 84 385 20 56 1.323 29 In regard to the above figures it sliouid be explained tliat when an agreement was wholly or partially one to refer the difference to arbitration under the auspices of the Department, the case has been included in the record of arbitrations only, and does not appear in the list of agreements negotiated by officers of the Department. As regards the distribution of the cases by trades, it will be observed that all the chief groups of trades are represented. The engineering, shipbuilding, and other metal trades again contri- buted a considerable proportion of the total number of cases; nearly all the cases in this group of trades were dealt with by arbitration before the Interim Court. A noteworthy feature is the large proportion of cases falling in the Public Utility Services group. The increase in this group was largely accounted for by a rather new type of case, namely, the claims of the clerical, professional and technical staffs employed by local authorities to receive the same rate of war bonus as was being paid to Civil Servants. Several awards for school teachers are also interesting. As regards the form of arbitration tribunal, the larger propor- tion of cases was dealt with by the Interim Court of Arbitration and its successor, the Industrial Court. Moreover, speaking gener- ally, the more important cases were referred to these arbitra- tion tribunals rather than to the other forms of arbitration tribunal available. These central arbitration tribunals also gave the Minister advice in 49 cases, referred under the Wages (Tem- porary Eegulation) Acts or Industrial Courts Act, as to the issue of Orders and approval of agreements, etc.; the figures relative to such cases of advice are not included in the above statistics. The personnel of the Interim Court of Arhitration instituted under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, was as follows : — Chairman : — Rt. Hon. Sir David Barrel, G.C.B., G.B.E. Chairmen of Divisions of the Court : — Sir William Mackenzie, K.C., K.B.E. Sir Cyril Jackson, K.B.E. Professor E. C. K. Conner, C.B.E. Sir Walworth H. Roberts, C.B.E. Members : — Mr. John Barker. Mr. F. S. Button. Col. J. M. Denny, C.B. Sir J. Duncan Elliot, K.B.E. Mr. James Fullerton, C.B.E. Mr. James Gavin. Mr. W. Mosses, O.B.E. Mr. G. Ryder, O.B.E. Mrs. Granville Streatfield. Mr. J. W. White, C.B.E. 30 In DccciiilxM-. IDiy, Sir T. 1'. Wilson wiis n<\(hi[ to llie list of Cliiiirnicn of Divisions of tlio Court, and Mr. \V. A. Clowes, Capt. IC 11. CJreoii, iind Mr. 0. ll<»ron Wilson were juldc.l to the list of Alcniliois, while Airs. Stieutfield resi^iicd her ii|)])ointinont. At the end of 'hily, llJli), •ludf^'-e J^ohcrls rcsi^'-ned, and Mr. W. II. Slokor, K.C., was iippointed in his place. In July, 1919, Mi. Kyder resij^ned to lake up an appointment under the Ministry of Labour in the Midlands, and in September Mr. Barker resigned to resunu' his post as assistant g-eneral secretary of the Boiler- makers and Iron and Steel Sliii)builders' Society; during' the same month Mr. While died. The Industrial Court, appointed under the Industrial Courts Act, was constituted as follows: — President : — Sir William W. Ma(kt>nzie, K.C., K.B.K. Chairman : — Mr. F. H. McLeod, C.B. Metnbers : — Mr. E. J. Brown. Mr. J. McKie Bryce, C.B.E. Mr. D. C. Cummin<'s, C.B.E. Mr. F. S. Button. Miss Cecile Matheson. Miss Violet Markham. Additional Chairmen : — Rt. Hon. Sirl). Plunket Barton, Bart., K.C. Sir Wm. Robinson. Additional Members : — Col. J. M. Denny, C.B. Sir J. Duncan Elliot, K.B.E. Mr. J. Fullerton, C.B.E. Except for specially important cases, when in certain instances the full Court sat, the practice was for the Court to sit in panels of three, consisting- of a chairman and two additional members. A substantial proportion of the cases referred to the Industrial Court were difterences reported by local Munitions Tribunals as to the prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the workpeople concerned. As reg-ards other cases, claims for advances of wages were the principal matters which came before the Arbitration Tribunals, but all l)ranches of working' conditions were from time to time dealt with, these often involving important questions of principle. During the war, agreements or other arrangements had been negotiated first in the engineering and foundry trades and then in a number of other principal industries, under which the Com- mittee on Production should, after hearing parties in February, June, and October, determine what alteration (if any) should be made in the general level of wages, having regard to the abnormal conditions then existing. When the hearings were due in Feb- ruary, 1919, the Department circularised the parties to the various agreements and arrangements, and ascertained that in most cases 31 tliey were willing that the luterim Court ol Arbitration should take the place of the Committee on Production tor tue purpose o± hearing general wages applications, similar procedure was adopted later m the year, and hearings at iour-monthly intervals took place in respect ot the following trades : — Engineering and foundry trades, shipbuilding, railway shopmen, heating and domestic engineering trades, chemical trade, explosives trade, Scottisii building trades, and London County Council (main drainage, highways, fire brigade and asylum workers). Certain otlier trades {e.g., soap and candle, and drugs and fine chemicals) which had entered into these war agreements for a four-monthly arbitration on general wages claims, during the course of the year proceeded to adjust their differences by agreement, without resort to arbitration. The following summary' of the awards for the engineering and foundiy trades will indicate the result of the four-monthly hearings : — In February, the Court had before them claims for advances of wages of varying amounts, but generally, in the case of adult time-workers, for increases of 10^. or 15s. per week. The Award pointed out that the basis upon which the various claims were considered by the Committee on Production was, generally speak- ing, the increase in the cost of living, and that, according to the ofiicially recorded figures published in the Labour Gazette, there had been a decrease m the cost of living compared with the prices obtaining when the Committee on Production Award was issued in November, 1918. The decision of the Court was that the general claims for advances of wages had not been established. In June the claims submitted to the Court were, on behalf of the Engineering Employers' Federation, for a reduction in wages of 5.V. per week and, on behalf of the workpeople's organisations, for an advance of 15^. per week, and for the consolidation into rates of wages of the war bonuses and advances granted during the war. As regards consolidation, the Court pointed out in their Award that the claim put forward by the Trade Unions was for consolidation of a kind different from that provided by the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, and decided that on the facts sub- mitted the claim had not been established. As regards the wages claims, the Court pointed out that, according to the statistics published in the Labour Gazette, the total cost of all items of expenditure of a working class family had decreased during the preceding four months, but, in view of the uncertainty of the outlook, the Court decided against any general alteration in existing rates. At the October hearing the unions again put forward claims in general for an advance of 15.s\ per week. In their Award the Court observed that the increase in the cost of living at the date of hearing was practically the same as at October, 1918, which resulted in the last advance of wages, but the Court felt obliged to benr in mind that the ensuing months were winter months, and that there was a general expectation, based on what appeared to the Court to be substantial grounds, that considerable increases c2 32 in the price of various articles vi iuod and coJiiiuudities iu cuinuion use would tak(! place. The Court accordingly awarded an advance of i)s. per week, to be made on the pay day luimediately lollowiug Ist Ueceniber, 1U19, the amount to be taken into account in the calculation ol payment lor overtime and night duty and for work on Sundays and holidays, and to form part of the total earnings of time and jjiece workers, upon which tlie bonuses of 12^ per cent, and 7} per cent., resjjectively, were to be calculated. In this Award tiie Court made a departure from their previous general awards which had given to boys and youths and apprentices under the age of 18 half of the advances awarded to those above 18; this Award conceded no advance to persons under 18. It should be observed that four trade unions, namely — The Friendly Society of Ironfounders, the Amalgamated Society of Coremakers, the Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Society, and the United Pattern Makers' Association — had, prior to the October hearing, withdrawn from the agreement. In this connection it will be recalled that the ironfounders, coremakers, and dressers througliout England and "Wales had ceased work at the end of September on a demand for an advance of Avages. During the war, the general awards of the Committee on Pro- duction for the Engineering and Foundry trades and for certain other industries issued every four months f onned a standard of war advances throughout industry. These awards were based mainly on the " cost of living." While, during the war, unions were generally content to follow' the policy of maintaining wages in- creases at or near the level of the advance in the cost of living, and were mainly occupied to this end during the early months of 1919 in maintaining the advances which they had already secured, there appeared, as the year progressed, unmistakable signs that the maintenance of wages on what has been termed a " fodder basis " was no longer acceptable to the vast majority of the workers. No permanent advantage from wages increases appeared possible of attainment so long as the " vicious circle" of wages and prices remained unbroken. The workers were faced, as con- sumers, with the problem that any advances in wages which might be conceded to them were rapidly counterbalanced by the constant rise in prices, and attention was later directed in some quarters to attacking the high cost of living. Moreover, the same economic and industrial conditions which had conduced to the rapid increase in prices had led in certain industries to an unusual state of prosperity, where emplovers were making large profits, the workers demanded hijrher wa^es on that ground, and in manv instances the employers admitted the justice of the claim. The shortage of labour relative to the demand also had a marked influ- ence on wages in certain trades, such as building. Accordingly, certain trades (for example, tinplate, building, etc.) obtained in- creases of wages which, a,s compared with increases over pre-war rates in other trades, were distinctly larce. Other matters, such as the ix)ssibility of foreign competition, which had largely been sus- pended during the war, also entered as a factor in determining wajres claims, and, on the whole, the general awards of the 33 Interim Court of Arbitration, altkougk very far-reaching in tlieir effects, were ratlier less readily accepted by otker trades as a standard tban was the case during the war. This tendency showed itself more prominently as time went on, but it is perhaps unnecessary to refer to it here in more detail, in view of the fact that this Keport relates only to the period up to the end of 1919. A feature of the wage settlements in a number of industries was the grading of localities for wages purposes. Before the war wages varied very considerably from town to town, but, during the war, the cost of living throughout the country became much more uniform, w^ar advances became uniform, and local variation of rates was frequently removed by arbitration or agreement, A number of industries (for example, building, saw- milling, vehicle building, printing, flour-milling) after the Armistice entered into agreements under which the towns of the country were divided into grades, and a rate fixed for each grade. A number of these agreements were submitted for ajDproval under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts or for rates under them to be fixed by award. Reference may perhaps also be made in this connection to the fact that, in a number of their awards, the Interim Court urged the need for the removal of inequalities. Thus, in their award of February, 1919, for the woollen and worsted trade of the West Hiding of Yorkshire, the Court determined that the case of the workpeople engaged in various piecework occupations should be considered jointly by the parties, with the object of the revision of wages deemed to be unduly low as compared with other wages in these occupations in the West Riding; in the award of April, 1919, for the engineering and foundry trades (special district cases) the Court intimated that they recognised the force of the argument that all the districts affected should be looked at as a whole and an endeavour made to arrive at consistent decisions; and in certain awards of 'May, 1919, for the leather trades, the Court expressed a strong opinion that the existing position in regard to rates of remuneration and conditions of employment in the trade generally were unsatisfactory and required to be re- viewed, in order that a measure of uniformity miffht be established on either a national or a district basis. It is difficult to convey an adequate idea of the volume of work covered by these arbitration references and conciliation con- ferences, but it will be recognised that the record of 1,315 cases " settled " represents a substantial volume of successful Gov- ernmental action. An indication of the representative nature of these cases will be seen from the fact that general awards cover- ing the whole country or large areas were issued in respect of the folloAving trades, among others: — "Building: colliery surface workers; iron and steel; engin- eering and foundry; shipbuilding? and shi]") repairins'; Admir- altv dockyards : railway shops ; aircraft workers ; telegraphic and electrical appliance makers; gas meter makers; chain mnkers; farriers; needle rtnd fishing tackle makers; edged 34 tool workcis; tuhe makers; light castings industry; textile Iratlcs (woollen, colton, lace, linen, silk, etc.) ; corj)oration cjnployees (including gas workers, electricity workers, tram- waymen); chemical; explosives; sou]) and candle; drugs and fine chemicals ; cement ; clay workers ; lightermen ; dock labourers; carters; furniture Avarehousemen and removers; ])acking-(ase niakei-s; bobbin and shuttle makers; woodcutting niacliinists; coopers; piano makers; bone brush makers; bookbinders and miichine rulers; leather workers; clothing; glove making; hat and cap making; hemp and wire rope; baking; provision trade; co-operative employees; laundry workers; rubber trade, etc. The number of cases showed a diminution as compared with the war years, wdiich represent a period of maximum Government intervention, and this diminution was to be expected in view of the Government's declared policy of encouraging and assisting employers and workpeople to settle their own diifer- ences. In a number of trades, however, employers and work- people are not yet sufficiently organised to be able to dispense with some assistanC'C in the adjustment of their differences; in many trades questions of principle of great importance still remain to be settled, such, for example, as the question of payment by results and consolidation of war advances in the engineering and other industries ; and in all trades differences from time to time arise which the parties find themselves unable amicably to arrange. The Industrial Court furnishes an impartial tribunal for the settle- ment of such differences as the parties cannot themselves adjust. 35 APPENDIX I. Industrial Conference 27th February, lUiD The Industrial Couiereiice held on 27th February, 1919, under the chairmanship oi the then Minister of Labour (the Kt. Hon. Sir Eobert Home, K.G., M.P.), and consisting of representatives of employers' organisations, trade unions, and joint industrial councils, was summoned by the (iovernment to consider the causes of the existing labour unrest and the best method of removing them. The following is an extract from the introductory speecli of the chairman relative to the difficulties of the industrial situation : — "It is not only the composition of this assembly which gives it a remarkable character. The time and circuin- stances in which we are meeting add to it a special signifi- cance of their own. We are emerging from a great conflict, which has left to this country, nay, to the whole world, tasks of a magnitude and complexity sufficient to test the whole resources of our civilisation. VVe have got to make a great change over from the problems of war to the problems of peace. Hundreds of thousands of people who have been devoting themselves for the past four years to the production of war material have now to find jobs in making articles of commerce. Millions of demobilised sailors and soldiers have got to be re-absorbed into the life of the industrial com- munity. There is less employment, and there is a fear of greater unemployment ; there is a higher cost of living, and there is doubt with regard to the dwindling of wages ; there is a certain weariness of work after the strain of war, and a desire for rest; there is a lack of enterprise and a hesita- tion to adventure ; and combined with all these factors there are fresh aspirations kindled in men's breasts by the power of war and a new sense of the value of the human spirit, which demand for the toilers better conditions of life and more adequate opportunities of leisure. " These conditions in themselves contain the seeds of a certain amount of unrest, and during the last few weeks we have not been without experience of its fruits. Disputes have occurred which have dislocated trade through almost entire districts; essential public services have been inter- rupted, with the result that the work of large communities like London have been thrown into a state of great con- fusion; strikes have been threatened which, if thev had succeeded, could bring nothing but disaster to tlie State. Under these circumstances it is plain that, whatever view anyone may take as to the merits of these disputes, their continuance would threaten the very existence of the country. The necessities of the situation, the need of making a re-start in industry, the necessitv of creating con- fidence amongst the great business communities of the country, make it plain that it would be fatal if we did not find some remedy for these ills. 36 " Mow, IK) uiiiloi III uliiuurturistic iius been shown in all oi tliesL* (li.s|)Utc'.s. ilie domands of various Unions Lave not been at all consistent; they have not been even consistent in some instances, from members of the same Unions. it would be impossible, even if it were wise, to frame legisla- tion Avhich would meet the conditions of each of these dis- putes, and, in fact, if a course of legislation were embarked upon, you might only get rid of one ill in order to create another more formidable one. Under these circumstances the Government took the view that it was necessary to get at the root causes of these troubles ; to do something to separate the temporary from the permanent source of discontent, and after careful consideration they decided to invite this large and responsible assembly fo come here for the purposes of giving the Government the best of their advice and assistance." Owing to the short notice which had been given of the Con- ference, it had been impossible in many instances for the dele- gates to secure full instructions from their Executives, and to some extent they were unable to pledge their organisations to support any particular line of action. The considerable dis- cussion which subsequently took place, however, showed a general and earnest desire for co-operation between the em- ployers and workers in endeavouring to reach a solution of the difficulties with which both were faced. At the end of the day, the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, CM., M.P.), addressed the meeting and moved the following resolu- tion, which was based upon resolutions previously put forward by delegates: — " That this Conference, being of the opinion that anv pre- ventable dislocation of industry is always to be deplored, and, in the present critical period of reconstruction, might be disastrous to the interests of the nation, and thinking that every effort should be made to remove legitimate griev- ances, and promote harmony an3 goodwill, resolves to appoint a Joint Committee, consisting of equal numbers of employers and workers, men and women, together with a Chairman, appointed by the Government, to consider and report to a further meeting of this Conference on the causes of the present unrest and the steps necessary to safeguard and promote the best interests of employers, workpeople, and the State, and esnecially to consider: — (l^l Questions relatino- to hoTirs. wages, and general con- ditions of employment. (2) Unemployment and its prevention. f'S) Tbe best methods of promoting co-operation between capital and labour. The Joint Committee is empowered to appoint ^uch sub- committees n'5 mav be considered necessary, consisting of an equnl number of emplovers and workers, th'^ Gr-vernnT^nt to be invited to nominate a I'enresentative for each. Tn view of the nrsrency of the question the Joint Com- mittee is empowered to nrrans'e with the Government for the 37 Employers. Sir Allan M. Smith, (Engineering). K.B.E. Rt Mr. E. J. Brown (Building). Mr. E. J. Burt (Quarrying). Sir George Carter, (Shipbuilding). K.B.E. re-assembling of the National Conference not later than April 5th, for the purpose of considering the report of the Joint Committee." In accordance with this resolution a Provisional Joint Com- mittee of 60 members, 30 from each side, was elected, and the Grovernment appointed Sir Thomas Munro, G.B.E., as Chairman. For various reasons, certain of the elected members were unable to accept membership, and the Committee was finally constituted as follows : — Chairman — Sir Thomas Munro, G.B.E. Secretary — Mr, C. S. Hurst, O.B.E. (Ministry of Labour). Trade Unions. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P. (Friendly Society of Ironfounders). Mr. W. Bradshaw (National Federation of Building Trades Operatives). Mr. H. Parker (National Coun- cil of Mine Workers other than Miners). Mr. John Hill (United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders). Mr. C. Duncan (The Workers' Union). Mr. W. J. Davis, C.H. (Na- tional Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics). Mr. A. Conley (United Garment Workers' Trade Union), Mr. J. Compton (United King- dom Society of Coachmakers). Mr. A. E. Holmes (Printing and Kindred Trades Federa- tion of the United Kingdom). Miss Margaret Bondfield (National Federation of Women Workers). Mr. W. Banfield (Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners, etc.). Mr. W. F. Purdy, O.B.E. (Ship Constructors and Ship- wrights' Society). Mr. W. F. Dawtry, M.B.E. (Steam Engine Makers' Society). Mr. G. H. SIuart-Bunning, O.B.E. (Postal Workers). Mr. Benjamin Talbot (Iron and Steel). Mr. J. W, Madeley (Other Metal Trades). Mr. J, A. Crerar (Clothing), Mr, W. Hamlin-Hamshaw (Vehicle Building). Mr, A, F. Blades (Printing), Mr. J. J. Stark (Laundries). Mr. Sydney W. Pascall (Food Manufacturers) . Sir W. Paebum, ping). M.P. (Ship- Sir A. Kaye Butterworth (Rail- ways) . Mr. A. E. Tanner (Cable Manu- facturer). 27S26i 38 Employers. Mr. 11. i'adwRk, C.B.E., (Agriculture). Mr. J. T. VwmVw or Mr. T. H. Lockharl. (Rubber Manufac- ture). Mr. Roscoe Bruniier (Chemi- cals). Mr. WiiJter Birch (Funiilure). Mr. David Milne Watson (Gas). Mr. F. J. Farrell (Silk). Mr. Owen Parker C.B.E. (Boots and shoes). Sir Thomas Eobinson, C.B.E., M.P. (Bleaching, Dyeing, and Textile Printing). Mr. C. II. Seddon (Paper). Mr. T. B. Johnston (Pottery). Mr. Eandle L. Mathews (Leather). Mr. G. A. Dutfield (Transport). Mr. Fred Holroyd (Cotton). Mr. Henry S. Clough (Wool). Sir Alfred Booth. Bart., or Colonel H. Concanon, O.B.E. (Dock and Riverside). Reserved for Mining. Mr. J. K. McKie Bryce, C.B.E. , Secretary. Trade Unions. Mr. R. B. Walker (National Agricultural Labourers and Rural Workers' Union). Mr. J. Turner (National Amal- gamatcfl Union of Shop As.sistanls, Warehousemen and Clerks). Mr. J. C. Gordon (National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers). Mr. A. A. Purcell (National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association). Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P. (National Federation of General Workers). Mr. J. Cross or Mr. J. Hindis (United Textile Factory Workers' Association). Mr. E. L. Poulton, O.B.E. (National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives). Mr. Gilbert W. Jones (Opera- tive Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association). Miss A. H. Tynan (Society of Women Welders). Mr. W. J. Wentworth (Amal- gamated Society of Wood- cutting Machinists of Great Britain and Ireland). Mr. J. Marston (National Union of Police and Prison Officials). Mr. A. Logan (Central Iron- moulders' Association). Mr. J. Whitehead (West of Scotland Brass Turners, Fit- ters. Finishers and Instru- ment Makers' Trade Union). Mr. H. Stansfield (National Society of Coppersmiths. Braziers and Metalworkers). Mr. C. G. Amnion (Port of London Docks and Wharves Staff Association). Mr. .T.J. Mallon (Trade Board). Mr. G. D. H. Cole, Secretary. 39 The fir>st meeting was held on 4th March, and, after an address by the Prime Minister, the following resolution was carried — That this Committee, in order that its work may be accomplished as expeditiously and thoroughly as possible, divide itself into three sub-committees with the following terms of reference : — (1) To make recommendations concerning — (a) The methods of negotiations between employers and Trade Unions, including the establishment of a permanent Industrial Council to advise the Government on industrial and economic questions, with a view to maintaining industrial peace. (b) The method of dealing with war advances, and (c) The methods of regulating wages for all classes of workers, male and female, by legal enactment or otherwise. (2) To make recommendations as to the desirability of legislation for a maximum number of working hours and a minimum rate of wages per week. (3) To consider the question of unemployment and to make recommendations for the steps to be taken for its prevention, and for the maintenance of the unemployed in those cases in which it is not pre- vented, both during the present emergency perloH and on a permanent basis. NOTE. — Unrest and output should be discussed by the whole Committee at its next meeting on state- ments previously submitted by the parties. The Government was requested to appoint two additional representatives to act as chairmen of the sub-committees, and Sir David Shackleton, K.C.B., and Professor L. T. Hobhouse, were appointed accordingly. The recommendations contained in the report of the Pro- visional Joint Committee which has been published as a Parlia- mentary Report (Cd. 501), may be summarised as follows: — Hours. (1) The legal enforcement of a maximum working week of 48 hours for all employed persons, with certain excep- tions. (2) Provisions for the exemption of any industry from the Act, or for the variation of the statutory w^orking week in the case of any industry bv an order of the responsible Minister after adequate investigation and publicity. (3) Consultation with the Trade Board concerned before any variation in hours is made in Trade Board industries. (4) Avoidance, so far as possible, of overtime, and the payment of special rates for all such hours worked. (5) Deferment of the date of operation of the Act, in order to permit industries to consider their position. 40 \[ ayes. (Ij The esLablislimeiit by legal eiiactinent ol' niiuiuium time rates ol waj^es, sucli rates to be universally applicable. (2) The immediate appointment of a Commission to report witliin tliree months what these rates would be, by what mi'tliud they should be brought into operation, and how the existing procedure under the Trade Boards Acts could be improved. (3) The establishment of Trade Boards in less organised industries. (4) Minimum time-rate agreements between employers and trade unions to be capable of application, either with or without modification, to all employers in the trade concerned. (5) The extension of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, J 918, for a period of six months from the 21st May, 1919. (6) Trade conferences, or the Interim Court of Arbitra- tion, wherein any trade machinery for negotiation does not exist or has failed to reach an agreement, to consider the question how war advances and bonuses should be dealt with, and especially whether they should be added to the time or piece rates, or be treated separately as advances given on account of the conditions due to the war. Methods of Negotiation Between Employers and Trade Unions. (1) Basis of negotiation between employers and workpeople should be the full and frank acceptance of employers' organisa- tions and trade unions as the recognised organisations to speak and act on belialf of their members. (2) Members should accept the jurisdiction of their respective organisations. (3) Employers' organisations and trade unions should enter into negotiations for the establishment of machinery, or the revision of the existing machinery, for the avoidance of disputes, with provision for a representative method of negotiation in ques- tions in which the same class of employers or workpeople are represented by more than one organisation respectively, and for the protection of employers' interests where members of trade unions of workpeople are engaged in positions of trust or con- fidentiality, provided that the right of such employees to join or remain members of any trade union is not thereby affected. Unemployment. {a) Prevention of Unemploynicnt. (1) Organised short time has considerable value in periods of depression of trade, for the prevention of unemployment ; and the joint representative bodies already existing in the industries are recommended as affording suitable machinery for the regula- tion of short time. (2) The placing of contracts by Government departments and local authorities should be regulated so as to stabilise employment. 41 (3) Governiuent and local iiousiiig schemes, siiouid be expedited. (4) Stimulation of employment could be eli'ected by the State development of new industries. (5) The questions of under-cousumption and higher production should be considered in their relation to unemployment by the National Industrial Council. (6) Maintenance of Unemployed Workpeople. (6) Normal provision for maintenance during unemployment should be more adequate and of wider application than is pro- vided by the National Insurance (Unemployment) Acts, and should cover under-employment. (7) Unemployed persons, particularly young persons, should have opportunity, without expense to themselves, of continuing their education. (8) Special inquiries should be instituted into the question of the employment of married women, and widows who have young children. (9) The minimum age at which a child may enter employment should be raised. (10) Sickness and infirmity benefits and old age pensions should be reviewed by a special committee with a view to more generous provisions being made. National Industrial Council. (1) A permanent National Industrial Council should be formed to supplement and co-ordinate the existing sectional machinery, and to advise the Government on general questions affecting the welfare of industry. (2) It should consist of 400 members, 200 to be elected by em- ployers' organisations, and 200 by trade unions. (3) The Minister of Labour should be the President of the Council. (4) A standing committee of 50 members of the Council, elected 25 from each side, should be appointed to report upon any ques- tions referred to it by the Council, and to carry out the objects of the Council. The Prime Minister, after consideration of the report, wrote to the Minister of Labour expressing his appreciation of the ex- cellent work performed by the Committee in the short time at its disposal, and promising that, if its recommendations were approved by the full Conference, the Government would give them their immediate and sympathetic consideration . A meeting of the National Conference was convened on 4th April, in accordance with the resolution passed at its first meet- ing, and the above letter was read. After discussion, jointly in the first instance, and later by each side separately, the following resolution was adopted : — " That this Joint National Industrial Conference, repre- sentative of employers and trade unions, welcome the report of the Provisional Joint Committee, and agrees to_ submit it for the acceptance o^; its constituent orsranisations immedi- ately the Government officially declare their readiness to pro- ceed ul onto witli iJic leyislulive and oilier steps netessarv to carry the report into ettect : that the Provisional .Joint (Jora- mittoe nMiuiin in l)ein\d. per hour from 9th Septem- ber, 1918. Award — Time rates of men concerned employed at the Kinmel Park Camp, North V/ales, should be advanced to Is. 3d. per hour, as from the beginning of the first pay after 1st Decem- ber, 1918. Issued 2Tth January, 1919. [175.] Electricians. — Wm. Coates & Son, Ltd., Edmundson's Elec- tricity Corporation, Ltd., and various Government Departments V. Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Application for the terms of the award of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, dated 20th May, 1918, irrespective of the awards of the Committee on Production. Award — Men concerned, employed at the aerodromes in Ireland situated at Gormanston, Collinstown and Baldonnel, should re- ceive an advance of \d. an hour as from and included in pay re- ceived in the week ending 10th August, 1918. Issued 'l3th February, 1919. [218.] Carpenters -and Joiners. — Admiralty, Air Ministry, His Majesty's Office of Works, War Office, Dunfermline Master Builders' Association, J. Angus & Sons (Rosyth), Neil McLeod & Sons (Rosyth), R. Kemp & Sons (Rosyth), R. Rogerson & Co. (Rosyth), Topham, Jones and Railton, Ltd, (St. Margarets, North Queensferry), Mr. Nathaniel Grieve (Rosyth), J. Smith & Sons 52 (Itosytli), J. ,1, and P. McLaclilan (llosytli), J. Millar & Sons fiN'oilh Queensfony), T. Millar & Co. (Rosyth), and J. Baxter & Sons (Kosytli) v. Anialganialed Society ot (.Carpenters, Cabinet- makers and Joiners and JJunferraline and llosyth Area Joint Building' Trades Committee. Difference — Claim for a rate of l.y. 5]^/. an hour plus 12^- per cent, for carpenters and joiners in (he Rosyth Area. Award — Fully qualified joiners concerned should be paid at the rate of I5. b^d. an hour, plus 12^- per cent, on earnings, from the beginning of the first pay following 6th March, the advance of l^d. an hour granted under the award to be considered as an advance on their basic rate. Issued 15th March, 1919. [310.] Buildinij Trade {Scotland). — Scottish Building Trades (Em- ployers) Wages Board v. Building Trade of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board. Difference — Claim for an advance of ?td. an hour on existing rates of wages from 1st April to all workmen in the building trade in Scotland ; bonus of 12| per cent, to be converted into wages. Award — As from the pay day in the week ending 5tli April, men concerned, who had received general advances amounting to 5fd. an hour and up- wards, but less than 6|^. an hour, should be paid such increase as would give 6| J. an hour over pre-war rates ; in cases where the general advances were less than 5f^/. an hour an advance of 1<:^. an hour should be given. Any payment in respect of the bonus on earnings of \2\ per cent, was excluded in making the calculation. Issued 17th March, 1919. [313.] Building Trade Operatives. — Scottish Building Trades (Employers) Wages Board v. Building Trade of Scotland Opera- tives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board. Difference — As to the wages that should be paid for a 44 hours' week, a 44 hours' week having been agreed to in place of a 50 hours' week. Award — Men concerned should receive 50 hours' pay for a week of 44 hours, as from and including the date on which the 44-hours' working week came into operation. Issued ITth March, 1919. [314.] - Labourers. — War Office and Londonderry Master Builders' Association v. National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Differ- ence — ^Claim on behalf of civil labourers for the 12| per cent, bonus. Award— Men concerned, emploved as civil subordinate workmen by the Royal Engineers at Ebrington Barracks, London- derry, aged 21 years and over, who were paid as plain time- workers, should receive a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings, as from and including 22nd November, 1918. Issued 19th March, 1919. [318.] Plumbers. — War Office and Londonderry Mnster Builders' Association v. United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engi- neers' Association. Difference — Claim on behalf of plumbers engaged on maintenance work for the 12| per cent, bonus. Award — Plumbers concerned, engaged on maintenance of buildings at Ebrington Military Barracks, Londonderry, acred 21 yeai^ and over, who were paid as plain time-workers should receive a bonus 53 of 12^ per cent, on eaiiiiugs, as from and including 22nd November, 1918. Issued 19th Marcli, 1919. [319.] Labourers, etc. — Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Harvey and McLaughlin, Ltd., W. J. Campbell and Son, and the Air Ministry r. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 4d. per hour to all sections of general workers, including erectors, on the construction of the Aldergrove Aerodrome. Award — Labourers and erectors concerned should receive an advance of Id. an hour, as fi'om the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 19th March, 1919. [335.] Carpenters and Joiners. — Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Harvey & McLaughlin, Ltd., W. J. Campbell & Son and the Air Ministry v. Amolgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and General Union. Difference — Claim for payment to Union members of tiie 12| per cent, bonus. Award- — That the bonus on earnings of 12| per cent, should be paid on the increased rate of Is. 4fff?. an hour to the men concerned employed on the erection of the aerodrome at Aldergrove Acceptance Park, Crumlin. Issued 19th March, 1919. [336.] Plumbers. — J. Miskimmin & Sons, Ltd., Belfast v. United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers' Association. Difference — Claim for men on Government work of the 12| per cent, bonus on earnings. Award — Men concerned, employed on Government work, aged 21 years and over, paid as plain time- workers, should receive a bonus of 12| per cent, on their earnings, as from the beginning of the first pay in March. Issued 19th March, 1919. [337.] Canteen Workers. — P. & W. Anderson, Ltd., Bedfordshire, and the Air Ministry v. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — Application for the terms of Statutory Rules and Orders No. 1073. Award — Women canteen workers concerned, aged 18 years and over, to receive a war wage advance of 5^. a week, and girls under 18 years 25. Qd. a week, as from the begin- ning of the first pay after 1st November, 1918. Issued 20th March, 1919. [341.] Slaters and Joiners : Special District Cases. — Scottish Building Trade (Employers) Wages Board v. Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board. Difference — Claims for special advances to building trade operatives in various towns and districts in Scotland. Award — As from and including the pay period in the week ending 5th April, slaters employed at Edinburgh and Dundee should have their rate in- creased by \d. an hour, and joiners employed in Eothesay district bv f^. an hour. Other claims submitted were not conceded. Issued 28th March, 1919. [360.] Carpenters, Joiners and Woodcutting Machinists. — ^Crosby & Co., Ltd., Famham v. Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet-makers and Joiners. Difference — Claim that the bonus of 12-| per cent, on earnings granted under Award No. 1152 of the Committee on Production should form part of the prescribed rate of the men concerned. Award— -The percentage bonuses on 64 eiiriiing's granted midcr Award No. 1152 of the Committee on Production foriiied part of tlie prescribed rate of the carpenters, joiners and woodcultiiif^: niacliinists employed by tlie firm from the date of the passing^ of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. 1918. Issued 1st April, 1919. [374.] Asphalt Workers. — Rag'usa Asphalt Co., lie Brea Asphalt C'c, Ltd., Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co., Ltd., Asphalt and Cement Co., and liirmingham and Midland Counties Val de Travers Paving- Co., Ltd. (all of Birmingham) v. Public Works Constructional Operatives' Union. Difference — Application for alterations in certain working rules. A^vard — Rule 8 of working rules amended to include tlie following addition: — "No deduc- tion of lodging money to be made by firms when monthly fares fall due." It was found that the claim for increased rates of pay had not been established. The award should take effect from 1st April, 1919. Issued 1st May, 1919. [428.] Monumental Granite Workers. — Granite Association, Aber- deen V. Operative Masons' and Granite Workers' Union. Differ- ence — Application for certain increases, standard hourly rate, minimum hourly rate, and a 44-liour week. Award — Granite cutters, turners, scabblers and toolsmiths should be paid Is. 4id. an hour; hand polishers, leading bed-setters and sawmen, Is. 3^. an hour; machine piece polishers, whose wages were not paid by price list of 1st May, 1918, were to receive equivalent advances to the before-mentioned time-Avorkers ; in the case of hand piece polishers an advance of 30 per cent, on the price list of 1st May. 1918, should be paid, the advances already given of 15 per cent, and bs. a week to merge therein. The award to take effect from 5th May, 1919, at which date a 44-hour week was commenced. Issued 6th May, 1919. [441.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Carlisle and District Master Building Trades Association (representing Messrs. Ormerod, Craig & Macdonald, Hill & Stephenson, J. & R. Bell, Reed & Son, J. W. Laing & Son, Dowell, R. M. Hills & Sons) v. certain workmen (tradesmen and labourers employed by the firms). Difference — As to whether a substituted rate of pay had been constituted against the firms specified by an agreement between the North-West Federation of Building Trade Employers and the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Award — The several substituted rates contained in the agreement dated 19tli February; 1919, between the North Western Federation of Building Trade Employers and the National Federation of Build- ing Trades Operatives had not been substituted rates against or become payable by any of the firms concerned. Issued 18th June. 1919. [529.] Carpenters and Joiners. — The Dorset County Association of Master Builders and Decorators and the War Office r. the Amal- gamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate payable from 21st November, 1918, to the men concerned, the society claiming l5. Id. an hour plus 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings. Award — The prescribed rate applicable on 21st November. 1918, to the 55 class of workmen concerned was 1^. 1^. an hour. Issued 1st July, 1919. [667.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Scottish Building Trades' (Employers) Wages Board v. the Building Trades ot Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board. Difference — Claim by the employers for wages to be reduced corresponding to any decrease in the cost of living. Claim by the Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board for an advance of 3^. an hour on the present rates of wages of building trade operatives and paviors. Award — It was held that the above claims had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [600.] Building 2'rade Oyeratives. — The Scottish Wholesale Co- operative Society, Ltd., Glasgow v. the Building Department Employees of the Society. Difference — As to whether the bonus of 2^. granted by the society should continue to be paid over and .above the rates of wages determined by Award No. 313 of the Court of Arbitration of the 17th March, 1919. Award — The bonus of 25. a Aveek granted by the Society should merge in the advance payable to the men concerned under Award No. 313 of the Court of Arbitration of 17th March, 1919 (Building Trade — Scotland) {see page 52). Issued 17th July, 1919. [613.] Concrete Block Workers. — H.M. Office of Works (Contracts and Labour Branch) v. the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland (Gloucester Dis- trictj and the United Builders' Labourers' Union. Difference^ — Claims for advances, travelling, and wet-time allowances. Award — Claim for an advance in wages and for travelling allowances not established. In view of the negotiations then taking place with regard to wet time, between the employers and the workpeople in the Building Trade, the Court made no order regarding the claim for wet time ; they also considered the travelling facilities were not adequate, and recommended the employers to make suitable arrangements for the conveyance of the men to and from work. Issued 30th July, 1919. [635.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Reading and District Master Builders' and Decorators' Association v. the Reading and District Building and Allied Operative Trades' Committee, representing carpenters and joiners, cabinetmakers, woodcutting- machinists, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, painters, upholsterers, polishers, bolsters, scaffolders and other labourers. Difference — Claim for a further 'advance of ^d. an hour on a provisional settlement of wages made on May 1st, 1919, and for overtime to be paid at the rate of double time. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 6th August, 1919. [643.] Divers. — Topliam, Jones and Railton, Ltd. r. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of divers employed by the firm on their contract at H.M. Dockyard, Pembroke Docks, for an increase of Is. an hour for actual diving time together with an allowance of Is. a day for out-of-pocket expenses. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 13th August, 1919. [667.] Foreman. — ^W. Harbrow, Ltd., Builders and Contractors, Throwley Aerodrome v. R. A. Holmes, representing an employee 66 of lilt' tiiiii. DilVerence — As to wluu was the prescribed or substi- tuU'd liite of wag'i's a|>j)liciil)l<' lo tlie class of workman concerned. Award — There was no prescribed rate api)licable to the class of worknuMi to which the employee concerned employed as a foreman beiollJ,^s. Issued lOth Auf,nist, 1919. [682.] liuilding Trade Oyeratives. — The Master Builders' Association of Dover v. the National Federation of Building Trade Opera- tives. Ditference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of Avages payable to the workmen employed by the association. Award — There was no prescribed rate aj)plicable to the building trade operatives concerned employed at Dover. Issued 20th August, 1919. [686.] Labourers. — C. J. Wills and Sons, Ltd., and the War Office, Isle of Grain v. the Workers' Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the classes of workmen concerned. Award — The prescribed rate of the men concerned was the rate actually paid to them on 11th November, 1918, and no rate had been substituted for such pre- scribed rate. Issued 25th August, 1919. [704.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Boston Association of Build- ing Trades' Employers v. the Operative Bricklayers' Society, the Dock, AYliarf, Riverside and General Workers' Uniou, the Amal- gamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, and the Amalgamated Society of Operative Plasterers. Difference — Claim for Is. Qd. an hour for skilled workers, \s. '6d. an hour for labourers, and a fixed rate between the skilled and unskilled rates for navvies and scaffolders. Award — The rates of pay of the tradesmen concerned should be \s. Qd. an hour; scaffolders, \s. 4r/. an hour; and labourers and navvies, Is. 3licable to the man concerned. Issued 12tli September, 1919. [767.] Masons, BricJdayers and Heioers. — The Dunfermline Master Builders' Association; Morris, Bros., Builders, Inverkeithing, atid AV. and A. Moves, Builders, Aberdour v. the United Oper- ative Masons' Association of Scotland and the Operative Brick- 58 layers' Socic^ly. Dift'ereuce — Claim tliat uiasoiis, hewers, and lujcklaycrs sIkhiKI ho paid a rate of Is. U)t/. an iiour for a 44-hours week in Dunfennlino and district as from JOth March. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 12th Septomber, 1919. [768.] Buildinij Trade Oijeratives.' Tim Employers' Associations and uumerous firms iu Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire and Kirkcud- brig'htshire, as scheduled in the Award o. the liuilding Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service ]3(jard. Dili'erence — Claim for standard rate of 1*. S^"/. per hour for masons, joiners, plasterers and slaters, ]s. 4:d. per hour for laboiirers and a 44-hour week, as from 1st April. Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st August, 1919, the men concerned employed in the Dumfries and Maxwelltown District should receive such advance as would bring their rates up to Is. ()d. an hour, and the remainder of the men com^erned should receive an advance of 6j(/. an hour over the rate payable in each district on 4th August, 1919. Claim for a 44-hour week not established. Issued 17th September, 1919. [771.] Masons, Carpenters, and Labourers. — Davis and Morgan, F. W. Lolly and Son, T. A. Powell, H. F. Jackson, Phillips, George Jones, H. R. Brown, D. H. Edwards, J. Morgan, all of Pembroke, and J. Schourfield, W. Wilcox, D. C. Lewis, C. Young, W. Davis, L. Harris, "W. Llewellyn and Co., all of Pembroke Dock, V. the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Difference — Claim for substituted rates, viz.: — mechanics. Is. ^d. per hour, labourers Is. Od. per hour. These rates should be further advanced as and from 30th June to the rates of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Agreement. Award — The masons and carpenters concerned should receive such advance as would bring their hourly rate up to 1^. 3d., and the labourers should receive such advance as would bring their hourly rate up to 1^. from the first pay after 29th July ; claim that the rates o:f the men concerned should be further advanced to the rates of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Agreement as and from 30th June was not established. Issued 19th September, 1919. [772.] Building Trade Operatives. Aerodromes. — The Air Ministry V. the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings to all men working on aerodromes in the Dublin district. Award — The men con- cerned aged 21 years and over, employed at aerodromes in the Dublin district should continue to receive the bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings from 14th Mav, 1919. Issued 19th September, 1919. [773.] Baldonnell Aerodrovie Employees. — The Air Ministry v. the Electrical Trades Union. Diff'erience — Claim for payment of the 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings at Baldonnell Aerodrome. Award — The men concerned aged 21 years and over employed at Baldonnell Aerodrome should continue to receive the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings from 14th Mav. Issued 19th Septem- ber, 1919. [774.] 59 Building Trade Operatives. Aerodromes. — Tke Air Ministry v. the Amalgamated Society and General Union oi Carpenters and Joiners and the Ancient Guild of Incorporated Brick and Stone Layers' Trade Union. Difference — Claim for payment of 12| per cent, bonus on earnings at all aerodromes in Dublin Dis- trict. Award — The men concerned employed in the Dublin Aero- dromes aged 21 years and over should continue to receive the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings from 14th May. Issued 19th September, "l919. [775.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Berwick Building Trades Employers' Association v. the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Difference — Claim that the rate of wages of joiners, masons, plumbers and plasterers employed at Berwick should be increased to Is. 8d. an hour. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [781.] Building Tirade Operatives. — The Fermoy Employers' Federa- tion representing J. Bowen, Daniel Hayes, Thomas O'Mahony, and D. Creedon v. the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for minimum wages of £2 per week to labourers, and £3 10s. per week to plasterers, masons and plumbers. Award — The rate of pay of the labourers concerned should be advanced to 36^. a week ; claim for a substituted rate for plasterers, masons and plumbers, not established. Issued 24th September, 1919. [783.] Mechanics, Painters, and Labourers. — Bell and Co., Beale and Sons, Grace and Sons, Jenkinson and Co., Dunning and Manning, and R. Appleton and Son, all of Andover v. the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners (on behalf of all classes of building trade operatives at Andover). Difference — Claim for Is. bd. per hour for mechanics, and 1,?. 2d. per hour for labourers for a working week of 53 hours, and overtime and holiday rates. Award — The mechanics, painters and labourers concerned should receive such advances, if any, as would bring their hourly rates up to Is. 3d., Is. 2d. and Is. respectively for a working week of 53 hours; overtime, including Saturday, should be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours, time and a half for the next two hours, and double time there- after until starting time ; Christmas Day and Good Friday should be paid for the same as Sundays. Issued 2nd October, 1919. [79"6.] Masons. — The Inverness Master Masons' Association; the Forres Master Masons' Association; the Elgin Master Masons' Association; Alexander McGillivray, Nairn; G. Tolmie, Nairn; James Chapman, Nairn; D. Grant, Nairn; Alex. Milne and Sons, Buckie; A. Morrison, Buckie; Ogilvie Dawson, Buckie; John Dawson, Buckie; George Mair, Findochty; M. Boyle, Portnockie ; George Paul, Portnockie ; John Longmoir, Cullen ; Legge, Fochabers; and James Lawrence, Craigellachie v. the United Operative Masons' Association of Scotland. Dif- ference — Claim for a fixed standard rate for masons of Is. Id. 60 an hour, and a 44 hours week as iiom the 1st June, ior tlie above mentioned districts. Award — As from the beginning of the fiist pay period following tiie date of issue of the award, the rates of the operatives concerned should be Is. Qd. an hour for the Inverness district, and Is. 4d. an hour for the Forres, Nairn, Elgin, Buckie and Craigellachie districts; claim for a 44-liour week was not conceded. Issued 6th October, lUlfJ. [804.] Building Trade Oyerallves. — The Admiralty, the War Office,, Ministry of Munitions, the Air Ministry and H.M, Office of "Works, on their own behalf and on behalf of the contractors of tlieir respective Departments v. the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners, the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners, the Operative Bricklayers' Society, the Operative Plasterers' Society, the Operative Stonemasons' Society, the United Operative Plumbers, the National Amalga- mated House and Ship Painters and Decorators, the United Builders' Labourers' tJnion, the United Order of General Lab- ourers, the Navvies' and General Labourers' Union, the National Union of General Workers, and the National Union of Opera- tive Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim for local rates of wages for Government building contracts, the dis- continuance of the allowance of 9?. a week, except in cases covered by Clause 10 of Award No. 2197 of the Committee on Production of 28th August, 1918, and allowance for travelling and wet times to be paid only when agreed to by employers and operatives in each particular district. Award — The rate set out in Awards Nos. 2197, 2394 and 2395, issued by the Committee on Production should be paid for the work in progress, but in the case of work thereafter undertaken, such rates should be paid as are prescribed for the districts to which they apply within the meaning of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. 1918. With regard to the payment of 9^., outworking allow- ance under the Award No. 219T referred to, the Departments concerned should exercise their discretion in cases where pay- ment was made to men not entitled thereto to bring the practice into conformity with the provisions of the award. The payment for travelling time should accord with the practice defined by local rules (if any), or, alternatively, by arrangement between the parties and the operatives' unions. No order was made in regard to wet time. Issued 8th October, 1919. [807.] Building Trade Operatives. — The King's Lynn and District Building Trades Employers' Association r. the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Difference — Claim for substituted rates. Award — The South-Eastern Board having determined certain rates for King's Lynn and district, which were under consideration by the Minister of Labour for his approval ; the existir.g claim for a substituted rate was not estab- lished. Issued 10th October, 1919. [811.] Builders^ Labourer. — W. Akers and Co., Croydon r. the United Builders' Laboi.rers' U^nion, representing John Thomas Gadd. Difference — Claim for a substituted rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 10th October, 1919. [814.] 61 Building Trade Oijeratives. — H.M. Office of Works, repre- senting jVlessrs. Cracknell, contractors i;. tlie Operative Brick- layers' Society, representing all classes of building trade crafts- naen, and the Workers' Union, representing tJie labourers. Dif- ference — Claim for increase of l\d. an hour and for 9^. a week country allowance. Award — The tradesmen, painters and labourers concerned employed at Glemsford were to receive an advance of ^d. an hour; claim for 9^. a week country allowance was not established. Issued 15th October, 1919. [819.] Electricians . — H.M. Office of Works (on behalf of the Ministry of Shipping) v. Electrical Trades Union. Diiference — Claim for payment of 95.. per Aveek country money, allowance for travelling time, and for payment of an advance of 2d. per hour to improvers. Award — Claim for country allowance not established. The rate of 1^. Id. an hour, plus 12| per cent, on total earnings should con- tinue to be paid to the electrical maintenance men concerned 'employed at Chepstow for the work still in progress. In the case of work undertaken thereafter the rate payable to be that for the time being in force as fixed for the district of South Wales (which includes Chepstow) by the Joint Industrial Council for the Elec- trical Contracting Industry. Erom 3rd April, 1919, improvers should be paid the rate specified in paragraph 9 of Working Eules agreed between the National Federated Electrical Association and Electrical Trades Union (South Wales Branch), dated 18th December, 1917. Issued 16th October, 1919. [824.] Building Trade Operatives. — H.M. Office of Works, on behalf of George Pollard and Co., at Staplegrove Factory, Taunton v. the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Dif- ference — Claim for payment of 1^. M. per hour to tradesmen and Is. 2d. per hour to labourers, plus 12| percent, bonus as and from the next pay day following 20th June. Award — From 20th June the rates of pay of the tradesmen and labourers con- cerned were to be Is. Ad. and 1^. 2d. an hour respectively; claim for the bonus of 12^ per cent, on these rates not established. Issued 20th October, 1919. [831.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Teignmouth and District Builders' and Allied Trades Association v. the National Federa- tion of Building Trades Operatives. Difference— Claim for substituted rate of Is. 9d. an hour for carpenters, cabinetmakers, joiners, bricklayers, plasterers, masons and painters. Award — From the first*^ pay after 1st October, 1919, tradesmen and painters concerned were to receive such advances as would bring their hourlv rates up tn 1^. M. and Is. 2d. respectivelv- Issued 20th October, ]919. [832.] Carpenters. — The Inverness Master Carpenters' Association v. the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners. Difference — Claim for increased rate of Is. 9d. per hour. Award — The arrangement arrived at in June, 1919, to pay the men concerned Is. 6c7. an hour as from that date was approved; further, the hourly rate was again increased to Is. 7d. aJi hour as from the beo-inning of the first full pay after the date of issue. Issued 20~th October, 1919. [833.] 62 Building Trade Operatives. — Blackford and Co., representing the (Jkcliampton building- trade employers v. the Workers' Union, rei)ros('ntino- the building trade operatives. Difference — As to what were the .substituted rates of wages for tlie skilled tradesmen and labourers concerned. Award — The substituted rates for the skilled men and labourers concerned should be Is. 2d. and 1^. an hour respectively as from the beginning of the first full pay afler the date of issue. Issued 21st October, 19.19. [83G.] Tradesmen and Labourers. — The Salisbury and District Build- ing and Allied Trades' Association v. the jSTational Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Difference — Claim for substi- tuted rates of wages, overtime rates, special rates for public holi- days, and a 53-hours week. Award — From the first pay after 8th November, 1919, the mechanics, painters and labourers con- cerned should be paid rates of 1^. 4:d., Is. 2d. and Is. 0\d. an hour respectively; no order was made respecting the number of hours for a working week. Issued 12th November, 1919. [878.] Lahourers. — Tlie Employers' Association and firms mentioned on the list attached to the Award No. 771 of the Court of Arbitra- tion (Building Trade — Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire and Kirk- cudbrightshire (see page 58) r. the Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board. Difference — Claim for a standard rate of 1^. 8d per hour for masons, joiners, plasterers and slaters, Is. 4:d. per hour for labourers, and a 44 hours week for all grades, as from 1st April. Award — From 1st August, the building trade labourers in Dumfries and Maxwell- town district should receive an increased rate of Is. 3d. an hour. The claim for the other classes of workpeople mentioned was dealt with under Award No. 771 of the Court of Arbitration. Issued 20th November, 1919. [918.] Building Trade Operatives. — John Smith, H. Cobb, and H. Street, Wimborne, and Tom Abbott, Poole v. the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Difference — As to what were the prescribed rates, and an application for substituted rates of wages for the various operatives concerned. Award — The prescribed rates of wages of the men concerned were the rates that they were receiving on 11th November, 1918; from 12th November, the bricklaj^ers, masons, plumbers, plasterers, carpenters, cabinetmakers and joiners should receive a sub- stituted rate of 1^. 3d. an hour, machinists (spindle, four-cutter tenon machine, etc.) 1^. S^d. an hour, machinists and painters Is. 2d. an hour, scaffolders and timbermen Is. 0\d., and lab- ourers Is. an hour. Issued 20th November, 1919. [922.] Mining, Quarrying and Coke Oven Workers. Granite Masons. — Cornish Granite Merchants' and Quarry Masters' Association c. Operative Stone Masons' Society. Differ- ence — Claim for an additional war bonus of 3^. per hour. Award — Granite masons concerned should receive an advance of 2d. an hour as from and including 22nd November, 1918, and 63 a further ^d. au hour as from 10th Jauuary, 1919. Payments made since 22nd November, 1918, in respect of the advance should merge therein. Issued 10th January, 1919. [140.] Colliery Surface Workers. — Cumberland Coal Owners' Asso- ciation V. Cumberland Colliery Association of Enginemen, Boilerfiremen and .Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim for uniform minimum rates of wages for electricians, enginemen and labourers throughout the- county of Cumberland, overtime rates and week-end work, minimum rates for apprentices, and other working conditions. Award — Standard, Avages iof winding enginemen should be advanced to 7^. per day, men other than winding enginemen to receive an increase of Qd. per day on their present basis rates. Apprentices 15 to 21 years of age, inclusive, to receive scale rates varying from 1^. id. to 3^. 4:d. per day. The rates provided for in the award to be subject to the following additions : 23^ per cent, on basis rates ; 18 per cent, war bonus on basis. rates plus scale percentage, and the daily war wage of 3.5. for men and Is. 6^. for boys. Claim for over- time payment was not established, but men concerned sliould receive time and a quarter on the basis of a full shift for working week-end shifts. The award should take effect as from the first making-up day in January, 1919, but was not applicable to classes of workpeople employed at the collieries affected except such, as were represented througK the Cumberland Colliery Asso- ciation of Enginemen, etc., on the Board of Conciliation for enginemen and boilerfiremen and Grades Nos. 9 to 16. Otlier portions of claims not established should be subject of agree- ment between the parties. Issued 21st January, 1919. [164.] Labourers and Quarrymen. — Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd. ^'. National Federation of Blastfvirnacemen, Quarrymen, Ore- miners and Kindred Trades. Difference — Claim for advances to labourers and quarrymen emploj'ed by the firm at their Morlais Castle Limestone Quarries. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 24th. January, 1919. [166.] Quarrymen. — Railway Executive Committee v. National Union of Railwaymen. Difference — Claim on behalf of men employed by the North Staffordshire Railway Co. in limestone quarries at Eroghall and Cauldon Low, for payment of the 3^. a week advance in accordance with the sliding scale settlement. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [317.] Weighers. — Cambrian Combine Colliery Co., Ltd. v. South. Wales and Monmouthshire Weighers' Association. Difference — Claim for minimum standard rate of Qs. 10-4fZ. for all weighers and overtime payment at the rate of time and a lialf. Award — Able-bodied men concerued should receive a minimum rate of 65. a day, plus the existing additional percentage and the daily war wages. It was held that the claim with regard to overtime had not been established. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after date of issue. Issued 21st March, 1919. [346.] Masons and Quarrymen. — John Murray and Sons, Annan, Dumfries v. Operative Masons' Association of Scotland and e2 G4 National Uiiion of General Workers. Difference — Claim for bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings for masons and quarrymen. Award — Men concerned, employed at tlie Corsehill (Quarries, Annan, should receive an advance of 5^. a week as from the beginning' of the first full ])ay foliowing- 17th March. Issued 29th April, lUliJ. [424.] ELectncal WorLcrs. — Clay Cross Co., Ltd. v. Electrical Trades Union. Ditferenoe — Claim of surface workers emjdoyed in the firm's electrical fitting shop to the advance granted to shift workers under Mr. Justice Saukey's lieport of 20th March, 1919. Award— It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued aOth July, 1919. [033.] Stonemasons. — The Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Ltd. v. the Operative Stonemasons' Society, Difference — Claim for a rate of 7^. IQiJ. a day, with added percentage of 55-83 per cent., and two war ])onuses of 1.?. i^d. each a day which were granted bv tlie Coal Controller to take effect from the date of the wage agree- ment of 2nd September, 1915. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 6th August, 1919. [642.] Metalliferous Mine M orkers. — The Settling'-stones Mines, Ltd., Northumberland v. Employees of the firm. Difference — Claim that the wages of miners engaged in connection with a ^letallifer- ous mine be increased as from 9th January, 1919, by similar advances to those give to the colliery workers under Mr. Justice Sankey's report of 20th March, 1919. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 30th September, 1919. [794.] Pitch-cohe Oven Worlcers. — The National Pitch-coke Ovens, Darfield Main Colliery, near Barnsley, represented by the Ministry of Munitions (Non-Ferrous Department ) v. the York- shire Miners' Association and the National Amalgamated TTnion of Labour. Difference — Claim for advances. Award — From Ofh January, 1919, the men concerned should receive an advance of 2^. a day or shift, and workers under 16 years of age an advance of \s. a day or shift. Issued 29th October, 1919. [8^8.] Pitch-col-e Oven Workers.- — ^The We&terton National Pitch-coke Ovens, represented by the Ministry of Munitions (Non-Ferrous Department) v. the National Union of General Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for advances. Award — From 9th January, 1919, the men concerned should receive an advance of 25. a day or shift, and workers under 16 years of age an advance of 1^. a day or shift, in which the bonus of 7^- per cent, on earnings should merge. Issued 29th October, 1919. [849.] Masons and Quarrymen. — John Murray and Sons, Annan v. the United Operatiye Masons' Association and the National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to what was the pre- scribed rate of the masons and quarrymen concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the masons concerned was Is. 2ld. an hour, and to quarr\nnen lid. an hour, which rates had been increased by bs. a week as from the first pay after 17th March, 1919, by Court of Arbitration Award No. 424 {see above). Issued 19th NoVember, 1919. [898.] 05 Stonemasons. — The Powell Duffryn Steani Coal Co., Ltd. v. the Operative Stonemasons' Society. DijBPerenee — Claim for the same wages for a 46^- hours week as was paid for a 49 hours week. Award — The men concerned were not covered by Mr. Justice Sankey's report of 20t'h March, 1919 ; the claim that the same payment be made for 46^ hours as for 49 hours was not estab- lished. Issued 20th November, 1919. [923.] Iron and Steel Manufacture. Hanimermen. — Ualmellington Iron Co., Ltd., Dunaskin v. Associated Blacksmiths and Iron Workers' Society. Difference — Claim on behalf of hammermen for a levelling up advance of 2^, a week. Award — Hammermen should receive an advance of Is. a week, as from the beginning of the first full pay following 22nd November, 1918. Issued 29th January, 1919. ' [180.] Enginenien and Labourers. — Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais (represented by the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Iron and Steel Makers' Association) v. W^orkers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances to navvies, firemen, and engine- men. Award — Loco, men concerned should receive payment of 1.^ turns for the middle or overtime shift of three shifts worked in succession. The four men in question employed at the Ponds, Dowlais Works, and the Caeharris Brickyard should be paid at the rate of time and a half for Saturday night, Sunday and Sun- day night, in accordance with the terms of the award to blast- furnacemen, provided that the said men were working on a system of seven days a week and 12 hours a shift with a weekly minimum of 60 hours worked. Labourers employed on ordinary rails, etc., should receive an advance of 3^/. per day on their basis rates. Some items of the claim were deferred and the remainder not established. This award should take effect as from the begin- ning of the first full pay following 1st December, 1918. Issued 29th January, 1919. [181.] Masons' Labourers. — Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Dow- lais V. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for increase of hourly rates to Is. l\d. on 1st January, and I5. ^d. an hour on 1st February. Award — Approval given to the agreement arrived at bv the parties at the hearing, that the masons' labourers con- cerned should be paid at the rate of Is. l^d. an hour on and from 1st January, 1919, and Is. 3d. an hour on and from 1st February, 1919, to include all bonuses and privileges. Issued 5th February, 1919. [192.] Colliery Clerical Staff. — Carron Co., Falkirk v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — Claim for bonuses. Award — Employees concerned engaged on work in connection with the Shieldhill and Craigend Collieries should receive the following weekly war advances as from the beginning of the first full pay following 27tli Januar}^ : Men, aged 18 years and over, 5^. ; boys, aged 16 j'-ears and over but under 18 years, 2^. 6^. ; women, 18 years and over, 45. ; and girls, 16 years and over but under 18 vears, 25. Issued 5th February, 1919. [193.] G6 Cur Costing Si/sion Employees. — Steel Ingot Makers' Associa- tion ^^r('])ieseiiliiig' the Froiliiigliam Iioii and Steel Co., Ltd.) v. Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Dill'erence — As to what were the rates of wages to be paid to men employed in connection with the car-casting system. Award — Base rate of stripper attendants, casting side-helpers, stripper drivers and 80-ton metal crane drivers should be increased by Gd. a shift, and base rates of shiggers by Is. a shift, as from and including the date on which each of the men concerned commenced w6rk on the new process. Issued 10th February, 1019. [208.] MecJianics and Labourers. — South Wales and Monmouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association v. Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and Mechanics of South Wales and Monmouthshire. Difference — Claim that the merging clause in the settlement in regard to the 12^ per cent and 7| per cent, bonus should stand at 14 per cent., and should be the equivalent. Also for an advance of Is. Gd. per day to men aged 18 years and over, and 9^. per day to those under 18, this rate to be paid for all time worked and lost time, providing it be proved that the loss was through no fault of the workmen. Award — Erom first pay after 4th February, the merging clause in the March, 1918 agree- men between the parties, which defined the method of applying the 12i per cent, and 7^ per cent, bonuses on earnings to the workpeople concerned should stand at 15 per cent., and all advances in the Sliding Scale henceforth should be given to the men in receipt of the flat rate bonus of 1^. 3d., or Is. a shift, i.e., the scale should operate for them above the 89^ per cent, (the point "at which the scale stood at the date of hearing), the flat rate bonuses of 1^. 3d. or Is. a shift being retained. In addition, the 5^. a week paid as a good time-keeping bonus should be paid as an ordinary rate of lOd. a dav for first six days worked in a week. Issued l3Th February, 1919. [216.] Semi-Skilled and Unskilled Men. — Guest, Keen and Xettle- folds, Ltd., Dowlais (represented by the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association) v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for a bonus of Is. ^. per shift to be paid to the wliole of the Union's members employed at the Dowlais works of the company. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 17th February, 1919. [248.] Building Trade Operatives. — South Wales and Monmouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association (representing Guest, Keen and Xettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais Works, Cardiff Works and Cwm- bran Works; Crawbhav Brothers (Cvfarthfa), Ltd., Merth^-r Tydfil; Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and"' Coal Co., Ltd., Ebbw Yale; Blaenavon Steel, Iron and Coal Co., Ltd., Blaenavon ; Baldwins, Ltd., Panteg W^orks, near Newport, Monmouthshire) V. National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. Differ- ence — Claim on behalf of bricklayers, plumbers, carpenters, plasterers, masons and painters for 1^. ^\d. an hour from 1st January, and Is. Qd. an hour, plus the 12|^ per cent, bonus from 1st February; on behalf of labourers for \s. l\d. an hour from 67 1st January, and Is. od. an Lour; plus the 12^ per cent, bonus from 1st February. Award — Bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, masons and painters should receive from 1st January, a rate of \s. 4:\d. an hour, and from 1st February, a rate of Is. ^d. an hour; labourers should receive from 1st January, a rate of Is. \\d. an hour, and from 1st February, a rate of \s. '3d. an hour; the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings to merge in the rate awarded from 1st February. Issued 19th February, 1919. [252.] Building Tradesmen and Labourers. — Baldwins, Ltd., Top- ham, Jones and Railton, Ltd., and the Coppee Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. 'v. Aberavon, Port Talbot and District Building Trades Federation. Difference — Claim on behalf of building tradesmen and labourers for substituted rates of wages as from 1st January and 1st February. Award — Kate of pay of trades- men concerned (except bricklayers, whose wages are regulated by the scale of the Siemens Steel Bar xVssociation) should be 1^, 4:\d. an hour from 1st January, and Is. Qd. an hour from 1st February; labourers L^. 3^. an hour from 1st February; the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings to merge in the rates awarded from 1st February. Issued 20th February, 1919. [262.] Labourers. — Glossop Iron Works Co., Ltd., Derbyshire v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to whether the prescribed rate of wages in Manchester district was the rate applicable to the men employed by the above firm at Glossoji. Award — In accordance with the conclusions of the Local Muni- tions Tribunal, Glossop should be considered as a district by itself in computing the prescribed rate of waoes. Issued 2Tth Feb- ruary, 1919. [275.] Smiths and Strikers. — Wm. Dixon, Ltd., Glasgow v. TTnited Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths and Strikers. Differ- ence — Claim for payment of the district rates for smiths and smiths' strikers. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 7th March, 1919. [292.] Pipe Fitters. — David Colville & Sons, Ltd., Dalzell Iron and Steel Works, Motherwell v. United Operative Plumbers' Asso- ciation of Scotland, Difference — Claim on behalf of certain pipe fitters for district rate for plumbers. Award — Pipe fitters con- cerned, who were fully qualified plumbers and who were engaged as such, should be paid the district rate applicable to plumbers. Issued 17th March, 1919. [315.] Clerks. — Ministry of Munitions v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — Claims on behalf of the wages and timekeeping staff at the Government Rolling Mills, Southampton, for (1) an ad- vance of 12| per cent, on upstanding wages to males 21 years of age and over, and (2) for overtime payment. Award — It was held that the claims had not been established. Issued 28th March, 1919. [363.] Stocktakers. — South Wales Siemens Steel Association (repre- senting Port Talbot Steel Co.) v. Iron and Steel Trades Con- federation. Difference — Claim for an eight-hour day without alterations in wages or privileges. Award — That stocktakers con- CiSi'jied should work eio-ht-hour shifts without any alteration in 68 iheir wceklv rate oi wages or the privileges wliicli tliev Lave been accorded. Issued 16th April, 1919. [408.] Movhlers. — National Ligbt Castings Ironftnindors' Fedeia- tion, Scottish Steel Founders' Wages Association and Scoitish Federation of Iron and Steel Founders i;. Associated Jiou- moulders of S'"cotlaud and Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland. Difference — Claims for an advance on moulders' Avages throughout Scotland, on and from 3rd March, 191f>, of 155. a week to all time-A\ orkers over 18 years of age, and Is. iid. a week to apprentices under 18 years, and for an equivalent to be paid to piece-workers, including apprentices and assistants. Awards — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 29th April, 1919. [425.] Engineers. — Carron Co., Falkirk v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that the prescribed rate of wages of the men concerned be increased by 55. per week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 5th May, 1919. [436.] Gas Producer Plant Workers. — Alfred Hickman, Ltd., Stafford- shire Steel and Ingot Iron Works, Bilston r. the Midland Blast- furnacemen, Cokemeu and Bye-Product Workers' Association. Difference — Claim for an advance in wages to gas producer men, 1st and 2nd hands, boilermen, 1st and 2nd hands, tar-men, and coal, slack, and elevator men. Award — The Court made no award, ha vino- reg-ard to the negotiations which were understood to be contemplated with respect to the conditions of the various classes of workmen employed in the district affected. Issued 6th May, 1919. [440.] Constructional Workers. — Topham, -Jones and Railton, Ltd., Baldwins, Ltd., and the Coppee Co. (Great Britain) Ltd. r. the jNTational Amalgamated Workers' Union. Dift'erence — Claim for fixing of rates of wages for various classes of workpeople. Award — The rate of electricians should be advanced from Is. 9hd. to 1.?. 10^. an hour. Certain classes of workpeople stated in the award should receive such advance as would give them the dis- trict rate for the class of work they are engao-ed upon, provided the advance does not exceed Ijd. an hour. Women in the pile yard should receive an advance of Id. an hour, and girls under 18 years of age hd. an hour. The claim made in respect of loco- engine drivers and firemen, general labourers and bovs was not established. Issued 7th May, 1919. [446.] Skilled, and Unskilled Workers. — The South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association, Tredegar Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., and the Blaenavon Co., Ltd. v. the Iron and Steel Trades' Confederation. Difference — Claim for variation in rates of pay. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established! Issued 12th May, 1919. [458.] Steel Workers. — The South Wales Siemens Steel Association r. the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Diff'erence — Claim that " Flowing " and " Bottoming " rates should be increased. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 14th May. 1919. [460.] 69 BricJdayers, Masons, etc. — The Blaeuavon Co., Ltd. v. the Operative Bricklayers' Society. Difference — As to whether the raembers of the Society, bricklayers, masons, etc., should receive the privilege of cheap coal. Award — The employees concerned were not entitled to the ])rivilege oi cheap coal. Issued 21st May, 1919. [478.] Building Trade Operative.^. — The South Wales and Monmouth- shire Iron and Steel Makers' Association v. the National Federa- tion of Building Trade Operatives. Difference — Claim for 54 hours' pay for 47 hours^ work. Award — The men concerned should continue to be paid the rates obtaining in the building trade ; the claim for 54 hours' pay for 47 hours' work was not established. Issued 21st May, 1919. [480.] Fitters, Blacksmiths, etc., on Maintenance and Repairs. — Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Workington v. Amalga- mated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim for an increase of 25. per week. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of Is. a week. Issued 6th June, 1919. [510.] Iron founders. — Highfield Foundry Co., Ltd., Wellingborough, r. Ironfounders' Society. Difference — As to what was the pre- scribed rate applicable to the workmen concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the workmen concerned was 64^. 8^/. a week. Issued 13th Jime, 1919. [522.] Ga.^ Producer men. — Alfred Hickman, Ltd., Steel and Ingot Iron Works, Bilston, Staff's v. Midland Blast Furnacemen, Coke- men, and Bye-Product Workers' Association. Diff'erence — Claim for an advance in wages to gas producermen, boilermen, tarmen, and coal, slack and elevator men. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 21st June, 1919. [540.] Women Moulders. — National Light Castings Ironfounders' Federation ^^ Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, National Union of General Workers, National Amal- gamated Union of Labour, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, and Dock, Wharf, Biverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5^. and 2s. Qd. a week for women and girls respectively as from the 1st January. Award — The women and the girls under 18 3^ears of age concerned, now in the employ of the firms affected, should receive advances of 5^. and 2s. 6d. a week respectively, from the beginning of the first pay in May. Issued 23rd June, 1919. [544.] Bricklayers. — Robert Heath and Sons, Ltd., Biddulph Valley Coal and Iron Works, Stoke-on-Trent v. Operative Bricklayers* Society. Difference— Claim that bricklayers employed by the firm should be paid special rates for week-end work on repairs. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 24th June, 1919. [547.] Wagon Builders and Repairers and Woodworkers. — Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., Ltd., Tredegar v. Amalgamated Society of Railway Vehicle Builders, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and Mechanics. Difference — Claim for advances in rates of wages. 70 Award -Tiie Jiicn (■uiicenicd >sliuuld receive Gc/. jx-r day or shift on their current time rates from 14lli Mareh, 11)19. Issued 27th June, 1919. [555.] General Lahourers. — Kohert Maclaren and Co., Ltd., Glasgow V. the National Union of General Workers, Uiiference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the men employed as general labourers in a vertical pipe foundry in the Glasgow district. Award — There was no prescribed rate applic- able to the men concerned. Issued 17th July, 1919. [Gil.] Enginemen and Firemen. — The South Wales and Monmouth- shire Iron and Steel Makers' Association (representing Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Dowlais Iron Works) v. the Monmouthshire and South Wales Colliery Enginemen, Stokers and Craftsmen's Association. Difference — Claim that the advance of 2s. a shift to colliery workers under Mr. Justice Sankey's Report of 20th March, 1919, be applied to the men concerned. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 21st July, 1919. [616.] Engineers. — The Scottish Ironmasters' Association v. the Amal- gamated Society of Engineers. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate applicable to the men concerned. Award — There was no prescribed rate of wages applicable to the men concerned, engineers employed at the Scottish pig iron works. Issued 9th August, 1919. [651.] Light Castings Trade. — The National Light Castings Iron- founders' Federation v. the Light Metal Trades Joint Committee. Difference — Claim for advances of 155. and 7^. Qd. to men 18 years of age and over and under 18 years of age, respectively, as from the 1st August. Award — Claim for further advances not established. Issued 21st August, 1919. [689.] Stocktakers . — The North of England Iron and Steel Manufac- turers' Association v. the Iron and Steel Trades' Confederation. Difference — Claim on behalf of stocktakers for the 10 per cent, advance specified in Award No. 26 of the Court of Arbitration of 4th December, 1918. Award — The men concerned employed as stocktakers were part of the clerical staff, in the Skinningrove Cargo Fleet and Port Clarence Ironworks, and the Britannia Wire Works, and were not covered bv the terms of Award No. 26 of the Court of Arbitration of 4th December, 1918. Issued 30t'h August, 1919. [720.] Washery and Ropeway Employees. — The Bloenavon Company, Ltd, r, the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Fire- men, etc. Difference — Claim for i-ates which came into ojieration in the pay week ending 6th June, 1919, os from Febriiarv, 1917, Award — The men concerned forming the general staff' of the washery and ropeway, excluding labourers, but including slurry- men, should be paid the excess of six months' pay from 5th Feb- ruary, 1917, calculated at the present base rate, together with all war bonuses and the sliding scale percentage applicable during that period, over the actiial amounts paid to the men in respect of that period. Issued 4th September, 1919. [744.] 71 Passers and Turners: Railhank. — The South Wales and Mun- mouthshire Iron aud Steel Makers' Association 'v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that passers on the railhank should be paid a rate of 2d. per ton standard (65. a day standard) and turners a rate of If^. a ton standard (5^. a day standard). Award — Standard rates should be increased to bs. a shift for passers and 45. Id. a shift for turners from 1st April. Issued 10th Sep- tember, 1919. [T57.] Joiners. — The Dalmellington Iron Co., Ltd., Dunaskin, Ayr- shire V. the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet-makers and Joiners. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substi- tuted rate for the joiners employed by the above firm, the Union contending that they should be paid the Ayrshire district rate for joiners. Award — Claim that the men concerned be paid the Ayrshire district joiners' rate had not been established ; there was no prescribed rote applicable to the workpeo^ile concerned. Issued 12th September, 1919. [766.] Cohe Oven Workers. — Guest, Keen and ISTettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais Iron Works v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that the advances given by Mr. Justice Sankey's Report of 20th March, 1919, be paid to members of the Union employed at the coke ovens at the Dowlais Iron Works of the Company. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [780.] Powerhouse and Melting SJiop Workers. — The South Wales Siemens Steel Association v. the Welsh Artisans' United Asso- ciation. Difference — Claim that powerhouse drivers and firemen, and melting shop firemen employed by Baldwins, Ltd., at their Landore Steel Works, Swansea, be paid double time from 6 p.m. Saturday up to 6 a.m. the following Monday. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 23rd Sep- tember, 1919. [782.] Building Trades Operafives. — Walter Scott and Middleton, Ltd. V. the Eedbourn Extensions Joint W^orks Committee. Difference — Claim for payment to employees of firm, on the extension of the Redbourn Hill Iron and Coal Co., of a good time- keeping bonus of 4^. a week, as from 27th January. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 16th October, 1919. [821.] Steam, Electric and Hydraulic Service Men. — The South Wales Siemens Steel Association v. the Iron and Steel Trades Confedera- tion. Difference — Claim of double shiftmen working on after- noon and night shifts to be paid six shifts for five on the eight- hour shift system. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 28th October, 1919. [844.] Foundry Workers. — The Clay Cross Co., Ltd., near Chester- field V. the ISTational Union of General Workers. Difference — As to what were the prescribed rates applicable to the various classes of workpeople concerned, and whether rates should be substituted for the prescribed rates. Award — There was no prescribed rate for the workpeople concerned. Issued 20th IVovember, 1919. [909.] 72 Fnundnj WorLcrs. 'I lie Maldon Jiou \V(jik.s (.'oiiipauy, Ijtd., Maldon, Essex r. the Workers' Union. Jiift'erence — As to what was the proscrihed or substituted rates of wages applif^able to tlie various chisses of workmen concerned. Award — The prescribed rates for tlie labourers, fitters, sawyers, wheelwriglits, warehouse- men, iionnioulders. furnacemen, bhicksniiths, painters, metiil- turiuMs and woodworking machinists concerned were the rates and bonuses which were paid to them bv the firm on 11th ?^ovember, 1918. Issued 20th November, 1919.' [912.] Iron and Steel Trade. — The South Wales and Monmoutlishire Iron and Steel Makers' Association ^^ the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Iron and Steel AVorkers and Mechanics of South Wales and Monmouthshire. Difference — Claim that Clause 10 of Award No. 216 of the Court of Arbitration (.see page GO) should merge in the 15 per cent, of the sliding scale not only the advances of l.«. od. and I5. a shift but also the unabsorbed portion of the 20^. advance over pre-war rates. Award — Clause 10 of the Award (No. 216) of the Court of Arbitration of 13th Februaiy, 1919 (South AVales and Monmouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association), which merged the bonuses of 1.?. 3c/. and Is. a shift in the 15 per cent, of the sliding scale, did not merge any |>ortion of the advance of 20^. a week to which the men might be entitled under Mr. Tomlin's Award of 16th November, 1917. Issued 20th November, 1919. f913.] Engineering Trades. Railway Shopmen. — Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company v. Shropshire Union llailwaj^s and Canal Company's Employees' Union. Difference — Claim for certain rates of wages and conditions as obtained at Liverpool and Chester. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 4th January, 1919. [125.] Lathe Worhers {\Y0me71). — Humber, Ltd., Coventry v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application by firm for a reduc- tion of 25 per cent, on the present prices paid to women on boring 4-5-inch shells, and a reduction from Zd. to 2d. on the price paid for rough turning shells. Award — Manufacturers' position, con- cerning munition contracts, having- changed since the firm's application, the Court made no order in respect of the claim. Issued 6th January, 1919. [126.] Canteen Worhers. — Ministry of Munitions (on behalf . of National Projectile Factory, Cardonald) v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application for the terms and conditions of Statu- tory Eules and Orders, 1918, Nos. 31 and 1073. Award — Women aged 18 years and over employed in the canteen should receive an advance of bs. and girls under 18, of 2^'. 6fZ. a week, from the beginning of the first pav after 1st September, 1918. Issued 8th January, 1919. [132.] " Women Machine Worl-ers. — Tauxhall Motors, Ltd. v. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — Claim on behalf of women doingr skilled men's work for skilled men's rates ; on behalf of women doing the work of semi-skilled men for the men s rates, 73 with a minimum of dd. per hour; any system of payment by results to be in accordance with paragraphs 5-8 of Order No. 546 of 1918. Award — The rates for women employed on work done on Herbert No. 9 turret lathes, on universal milling machines (Cincinnati Nos. 2 and 3) in tool-room, and wing making in the mounting department, should be the rates provided for by Sec- tion 3 (c) and (d) of Order 546, instead of, and in substitution for, the rates obtaining on 11th November, 1918; claim in respect of women employed on other machines not established. Women employed on a premium bonus system should be paid as j^rovided for by Section 7 of Order No. 546. Effective as from and including 21st November, 1918. Issued 10th January, 1919. [138.] Railway Workshops [Women). — Railway Executive Committee V. National Union of Eailwaymen. Diiference — Claim on behalf of women employed in railway workshops for an advance in war wages. Award — War advances of women concerned employed in railway workshops should be increased by such "an amount as would bring their total advances during the war period (except- ing merit advances or service increments), whether granted by way of addition to the basis rate, or as war advances, to the sum of 20s. per week. Issued 24th January, 1919. [167.] Women Workers. — Engineering and National Employers' Federation v. National Federation of Women Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union and Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of women and girls employed in the engineering and allied industries for increases in wages. Award ^— Women, aged 18 years and over, should receive a further war wage advance of bs. per week, and girls under 18 years 2s. Qd. per week. These advances should be paid from and included in first pay in January, 1919. Issued 25th January, 1919. [174.] Pipe Fitters. — West of England Engineering Employers' Association (representing Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., Bath) v. National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim that pipe fitters employed by the firm should receive 65^. 6d. per week, plus the bonus of 12|^ per cent, on earnings. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 28th January, 1919. [1^7.] Coppersmiths, Blacksmiths, etc. — London and District Asso- ciation of Engineering Employers (representing Plenty and Sons, Newbury) v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Steam Engine Makers' Society and the Ironfounders' Society. Difference — Claim for Reading rates for fitters, turners, moulders, black- smiths, patternmakers and coppersmiths, with a proportionate advance to machine hands. Award — Pre-war base rates of fitters and turners should be increased to 34^. per week (with a propor- tionate advance to machine hands), blacksmiths, coppersmiths and moulders to 345. , patternmakers to 36s., as from and includ- ing 22nd November, 1918. Issued 29th January, 1919. [179.] 74 Moulders. — Coveiiliy and District Eiigiiieeiiii^- J'Jiij)loyer.s' Associutiou v. Workers' Union. Uift'oreuce — Claim tliut plate and machine moulders should be })aid tlie sand moulders' rate of wages. Award — It was held tliat tlie claim had not Keen estab- lished. Issued yist. January, IJJliJ. [185.] Iron founders. — Ilalifax District Engineering- Employers' Association (representing W(jodhouse and Mitchell und Denham, Pearson and Co., Ltd., both of lirigliouse) and Jhadley, Ltd., Brinlionse v. Ironfounders' Society. ]Jil'tcrence — Claim that the Societj^'s members emploj^ed by tlie firms named should be paid the Huddersfield rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 31st January, 1919. [18G.] Ironfounders. — John Every, Lewes v. Friendly Society of Iron- founders. Difference — Claim for advances specified in Committee on Production Award Xo. 2800 of the 9th A'ovember, 1918. Award — Men, aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 5^. a week, and boys 2s. Qd., from and including the period for which payment was made on the pay day in the week ended Tth December, 1918. Issued Tth February, 1919. [206.] Wo)nen Grinders. — G Wynnes, Ltd., Chiswick (represented by the London and District Association of Engineering Employers) r. Xational Federation of Women Workers. Difference — Claim on behalf of women for the same rates of pay as given to the men whose work they undertook. Award — Order 546 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918) so far as it related to work customarily done by fully-skilled tradesmen should apply to the women con- cerned grinding cylinders and liners from beginning of first pay after 22nd lYovember, 1918. Xo order given in respect of other items in claim. Issued 14th February, 1919. [226.] Time Recorder Adjuster. — Whitehead Torpedo Works (Wej^-^ mouth), Ltd., Weymouth v. Scientific Instrument Makers' Society. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to a man employed as a time recorder adjuster. Award — The time rate of lOd. an hour (with any allowances for over- time, night work, week-end or holidays when worked, and addi- tional war bonuses or war advances) was the prescribed rate of wages for the workman employed by the firm on repairing, regu- lating and adjusting time recorders. Issued 19th February, 1919. [254.] Electrical Workers, Woolwich Arsenal. — Ministry of Muni- tions V. Electrical Trades Union, jS'ational Union of General Workers, Workers' Union, and National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim by tlie men concerned, employed at the power station and electrical works at the Eoyal Arsenal, AVoolwich, for the extension to them of the award of the Com- mittee on Production Xo. 2772 (Electricity Undertakings, London and District).. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th February, 1919. [264.] Shell Forgers. — Associated Munitions Aviation and Accessories Works (the Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd., Anaglypta branch), Darwen r. National Union of General Workers. DiftVrence — As 75 to wliether the bonus of 7|- per cent, on earnings should apply and be paid as from the first full pay week after 1st January, 1918. Award — Furnacemen, pressmen, gangers, stampers, em- ployed upon forging shells, aged 21 years and over, should receive a bonus of 7|- per cent, on their earnings as from the beginning of the first full pay following 1st July, 1918, the bonus should be paid from that date until such time as, in the case of each of the men concerned, he ceased to be employed on munitions work. Issued 21st February, 1919. [266.] Foundry Workers, Fitters, etc. — Dover Engineering Works, Ltd. V. Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Ship- constructors and Shipwrights' Association, Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society, Blacksmiths and Ironworkers' Society, United Builders^ Labourers' Union and Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for substituted rates. Award — The working week of men concerned should be reduced to 47 hours ; the substituted rates should be such rates as would give to the time-workers concerned the same wages for 47 hours as they now receive for 54 hours. Issued 26th February, 1919. [271.] Engineers. — G. N. Ltd., Hendon v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Society of Amalgamated Toolmakers, and Steam Engine Makers' Society. Difference — Claim for the payment of terms of Committee on Production Awards ISTos. 1920 and 2800. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 85. Qd. a week and boys 4^. 2>d. from first pay following 1st January. Issued 6th March, 1919. [290.] Heating and Domestic Engineers. — Milan, Ltd., T. A. Heaps and Co., T. H, Rainer and Sons and C. Watson and Son (repre- sented by the Huddersfield Heating and Domestic Engineers' Association) v. National Union of Operative Heating and Domes- tic Engineers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 65. per week. Decision — The Court made no order, the Union's repre- sentative having withdrawn their claim at the hearing. Issued 10th March, 1919. [297.] Labourers and Semi-skilled Workers. — Manchester and Dis- trict Engineering Trades Employers' Association v. Workers* Union and National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for the revision of overtime rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 11th March, 1919. [298.] Brassworkers. — Auster, Ltd., Spring and Axle Makers, Bir- mingham V. Workers' Union and National Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. Difference — Claim for the advances given under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of the 9th November, 1918. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. a week, and boys, 3'ouths and apprentices 2s. 6d. from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918, to be payable in respect of the pay period for which payment was made on that dav. Issued 11th March, 1919. [304.] 70 Vehicle Workers. — Frederic Selby and Co., Ltd., IJirniin^liuLii V. Workers' Union. J)ilTerenc(! — Cliiim for extension of Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production to the Union's menj- bers in the Company's employ. Award — From and included in pay received in week ended 7th December, 1918, men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5*. a week, and boys 2.";. ^d. a week, the war advance of \s. a week in excess of the other tirms in the district engaged in the same work should be merged in these advances. Issued 15th March, 1919. [308.] Machine Assemblers. — Municipal Appliances Co., Ltd., Tai- boiler Makers, Bamber Bridge ^^ National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to whether the workmen were of a class to which the Preston rate for boilermakers' labourers and fitters' labourers was applicable. Award — The workmen concerned, employed on assembling machines, were not of a class to which the prescribed Preston rate for boilermakers' labourers and fitters' labourers was applicable. Issued 15th March, 1919. [311.] ^ Dressers.- — Kirkcaldy and District Engineering Masters' Asso- ciation V. Associated Iron, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland. Difference — Claim that members of the Society employed in Kirkcaldy should have their wages increased b}^ 3^. 4^1^. a week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 18th March, 1919. [316.] Engineering and Foiindry Trades. — Engineering Employers' Federation v. Trade Unions in the Engineering and Foundry Trades who were parties to the agreement of February, 1917, in pursuance of which periodical adjustment of wages advances were considered by the Committee on Production, the parties agreeing that a similar course should be followed under the Wages (Tem- porary Eegulation) Act and dealt with by the Court of Arbitra- tion. Difference — Claim for a further general advance in wag-es and that all war wages advances, plus the 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings, should be added to the time rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [320.] Rail way Shopmen. — E ail way Executive Committee r. Federa- tion of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. Difference — Claim for a further flat rate advance of 155. a week to railway shopmen, piece-workers and time-workers. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [322.] Heating and Domestic Engineers. — National Association of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers v. National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Dift'erence — Claim for an advance of 15.?. per w^eek, and for special advances of 5^. and d>s. to the Bristol and Cardiff districts respectively. Award — That as from and including the pay period for which payment was made in the week ending 5th April, the rate pay- able in the Cardiff district should be 1^. 4id. per hour for a 47-hours week, plus a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Claim for further general advance and special advance to Bristol dis- trict not established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [329.] 77 Foundry and General Labourers. — Belfast Employers' Asso- ciation and the Ironfounders' dissociation of Ireland v. National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Difference — Claim for a mini- mum weekly wage, advances and overtime rates. Award — Foundry labourers and general labourers should be paid a mini- mum rate of 49^. a week (including war wages), plus the bonus of 12| jDer cent, on earnings from the beginning of the first full pay in April. Other portions of the claim were not established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [330.] Engineers [Dublin). — Engineering Employers' Federation v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that the Dublin rate should be raised to that paid in Belfast. Award — The rate of the Dublin engineers concerned should be increased to 405. a week, with the addition of the war wages advance of 285. ^d. a week and the 12| per cent, bonus on earnings, as from and including the pay period for which payment was made in- the week ending 5th April. Issued 19th March, 1919. [334.] Engineering, Shipbuilding, etc., Employees. — Ironfounders' Association of Ireland, Belfast Corporation, Belfast Harbour Commissioners, Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast and County Down Railway, Midland Railway Co., Musgrave and Co., McLachlan and Ross, MacColl and Co., Ltd., Stephen Cotten and Co., Ltd., Travers and Co., Davidson and Co., Ltd., James Reynolds and Co., Ltd., Smillie and Co., Ltd., J. and E. Hall, Ltd., Millfield Foundry, Saunders, Hill and Co., Ritchie, Hart and Co., Ltd., James Mackie and Sons, Ltd., Combe, Barbour and Co., Ltd., Mayne and Co., J. and J. McKeown, Speuce and Co., Brown and Co., Gregg-, Sons, and Phoenix, and D. J. Sproat and Co. (all of Belfast) v. Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades (Belfast District Com- mittee). Difference — Claim for an advance of 15^. a week to adult time- and piece-workers, and 7^. %d. a week to boys, youths and apprentices in the engineering, shipbuilding and foundry trades in Belfast district. Award— It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th March, 1919. [343.] Unsldlled Men. — Samuelson and Co., Ltd., Banbury v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that the advance granted under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production to the engineering and foundry trades should be paid to the Union's members as from the date in that Award. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. The men concerned had received the advance from 1st Februarv. Issued 21st March, 1919. [348.] Labourers, Toolroom Men, etc. — Nieuport and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., London v. United Order of General Labourers of Great Britain and Ireland and the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for the bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings given under Award No. 1555 of the Committee on Production of 11th June, 1918. Award — The workpeople concerned were not entitled to payment of the bonus of 12^ per cent, under Award No. 1555 of the Com- mittee on Production from 1st January, 1918. The bonus had been paid to the men since 17th September, 1918. Issued 28th March, 1919. [359.] 78 Fitters ami 7' wr/ie/s. --Engineering Employers' Federation v. Aniiilyaiiiated Society of Engineers. JJili'erence — Claim for j)ay- nient of tlie Clyde rate ut Kilmarnock — an advance of 2s. 10%/. per week. Award— Claim that the Clyde rate be paid at Kil- marnock not established ; the men concerned should receive an advance of l^-. a week from and inr-ludijig- the ])ay jxuiod ff)r which pavment is made in the week ending 5th April. Issued -hd April, 1919. [380.] Fitters and Turners. — Engineering Employers' Federation v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that the rates at Arbroath, Aberdeen, Carnoustie and Fraserburgli should be raised to 67.?. Qd. a week, plus the amount conceded on the current national application. Award — It was held that tlio claim had not been estaldished. Issued 3rd April, 1919. [381.] Male and Female Clerks. — Vickers, Ltd., Erith v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — Claim that the war advances granted under the Committee on Production Award No. 194, dated IGlh August, 1917, should count for the purpose of calculating overtime from the first full pay day following 3rd April. Award — It was lield that the claim had not been established. Issued 3rd April, 1919. [382.] Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers. — Cardiff and District Master Ironfouuders' Association and Engineers and Shipbuilders' Em- ployers' Association v. Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Trade Society. Difference — Claim that the prescribed rates should be increased by 10^. a week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been establislied. Issued 4th April, 1919. [384.] Special District Cases. — Engineering Employers' Federation v. Trade Unions connected with Engineering and Foundry Trades. Claims submitted under agreement of February, 1917, whereby the rates of wages regarded as unduly low ore brought forward at periodical hearings for consideration. Award — Advances in base rates given to diff'erent classes of workmen in various districts in the cases of certain members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Steam Engine Makers' Society (Colchester, Derby, Ipswich and Leiston, Lynn, Newbury, Newton-le-AVillows, Stoke, Leek, Taunton, Thetford ; in textile shops in Bolton, Halifax, Keighley, Manchester, Oldham, Eochdale ; in engine shops in Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Keighley, Liversedge, Melksham, Otley and Wakefield), the Ironfouuders' Society (Newbury), and the Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Ship- builders' Society (Carlisle and AVorkington). A number of claims were not conceded. Effective from the beginning of the pay period for which payment is made in the week ending 5th April, 1919. Issued 4th April, 1919. [385.] Metal Dressers. — Engineering and National Employers' Federa- tions (on behalf of the North-East Coast Engineering Trades Employers' Association, representing Davy and Co., John Lynn and Co., Ltd., John Saunders and the North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co.) v. Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Society. Difference — Claim that a rate of 34^. a week, plus a wor wage 79 advance of 2Ss. 6d., plus 12|^ per cent, bonus on earnings, should be substituted for the prescribed rate of wages of iron, steel and metal dressers in the Sunderland district. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 4th April, 1919. [386.] Apprentices. — Willoughby, Ltd., Plymouth v. National Amal- gamated Apprentices' Association. Difference — Claim for retro- spective payment of the Awards of the Committee on Production to the Engineering and foundry Trades on all overtime worked from 1st April, 1917, to 14th November, 1918. Award— The firm concerned were not bound by the awards of the Committee on Production prior to the Award (No. 1920) of 24th July, 1918; they were bound by that award and the subsequent awards to the engineering and foundry trades ; accordingly, overtime should be paid to the apprentices concerned in conformity therewith as from the dates specified therein. Issued 5th April, 1919. [389.] Women Workers. — Wagon Repairs, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent v. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate applicable to the nine women concerned. Award — That the prescribed rate of the five workers employed on the boring machine and as labourers was that laid down in Part I. of the First Schedule to Order No. 546 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918), plus a war advance of II5. a week to those 18 years and over, and 5^. 6d. a week to those under 18 years of age ; the prescribed rate of the remaining four women was that laid down in Part II. of the First Schedule to the Order No. 546, plus the war advances already stated. This award should take effect from and including 22nd November, 1918. Issued 7th April, 1919. [390.] Labourers. — Whitehead Torpedo Works (Weymouth), Ltd., Weymouth v. National Union of General Workers and Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages for labourers on piece- work. Award — The prescribed rates of wages for the men con- cerned were the piece prices (with any allowances for overtime, night work, week-end or holidays when worked, and additional war bonuses or war advances) being paid on 11th November, 1918. Issued 9th April, 1919. [393.] Laundry Workers. — Vickers, Ltd., Dartford v. National Ware- house and General Workei's' Union. Difference — Application for an increase. Award — Women concerned should receive a war wage advance of Is. a day, the bonus of I5. a week already paid should be merged in the amount awarded, as from the beginning of the first full pav following 1st January, 1919. Issued 10th April, 1919. [396.] Patternmakers. — Admiralty v. Amalgamated Society of En- gineers. Difference — Claim for increase of minimum rates of wages to a minimum rate of 4l5. a week, plus 285. Qd. a week war wages and a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award — The minimum rate for patternmakers employed in H.M. Dockyards should be increased from 39.9. to 41s'. a week, effective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of tlie award. Issued 10th April, 1919. [398.] F 2 80 \\'(>ini/t. Slicct Mciiil W OrLii-.s. iiOiulou and Di&liict Assucia- lioii (il Kiigiiioci iiig' Eiii]jl(jyc'r.s (^repieseutiiig Danuctj Motor .l*]ii^iii('criiig Co., JAcl., l*'ulliaui) v. National Federatiou of AN'diiuMi Workors. J)itV(>reiict' — Claim that wouieii sli(juld he paid in acconhiiicc with Pait 1\'. 13 of OidtT 540, plus the ll-v. a week wai' advance, witli full ictrosjjective payment. Award — It was iield Ihat the worlc on which iht^ women were employed was not of a character covered hy the jnovisions of Part 1\ . J3 (STieet Metal Work for Aircmft) of Order Xo. 540, and that the claim for j)ayment of the rates therein prescrilied had not been estab- lished.^ Issued 15th April, 1919. [401.] Shopmen. — North-Easteru Railway Co. v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. IJiiference — As to what re-adjustments, if any, should be made in the rates now paid in the company's shoji.s. Award — That the proposals made by the company and affe])ted, by the Federation of Shi])building- and Engineering Trades and the National Union of Kailwaymen and put into operation on Kith December, 1918, should be applied to members of the Amal- gamated Societ}^ of Engineers. Issued 10th April, 1919. [407.] Wovien Shell Workers. — Taylor and Sons, Ltd., Briton Ferry X. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the women employed on shell work. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the women concerned was 285. OJ. a week, plus 4^. a week, plus ll5. a week war wage advance. The Court could only determine the prescribed rate from the passing of the Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Act, 1918, but recommended that the advance of 45. a week, discontinued when the women were re-emploj'ed, should be paid as from a date prior to 21st November, 1918, to be arranged between the parties. Issued 17th April, 1919. [409.] Engineers. — Eichard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., Engineers, Leiston v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that the full war wages should be paid in respect of a short time week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 23rd April, 1919. [413.] Foundry Workers. — Glossop Iron Works Co., Ltd. r. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claini for the Man- chester district rate for labourers and semi-skilled workers in the Glossop district. Award — Men concerned should receive an advance of 55. a week. Effective as from the beginning of the first full pav following the date of the award. Issued 23rd April, 1919. [415.] Women Lathe iro77rer5.— Brown Bros, and Co., Ltd., Edin- burgh V. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim on behalf of two women for the difference between I5. 1 \'^d. a week to men and I5. 9(7. a week to youths under 18 years of age, were the prescribed rates of wages of the workpeople concerned. Issued 16th June, 1919. [525.] Labourers. — Rootes, Ltd., Engineers, Maidstone v. Workers' Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the men concerned. Award — The rate of the labourers concerned in the ^faidstone district was 7(7. an hour, and the war advances properly payable in addition thereto were 2I5. 6(7. a week, plus the bonus on earnings of 12^ per cent. Issued 19th June. 1919. [532.] Fitters. — London Aircraft Co. v. certain Employees thereof. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate 83 applicable to the men concerned. Award — Tlie prescribed rate of the fitters concerned was the London district rate for fitters, namely, 71s. Qd. a week, plus a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earn- ings. There was no prescribed rate applicable to the " semi- skilled " fitters concerned. Issued 20th June, 1919. [535.] Labourers. — The Ministry of Munitions, Aircraft* Salvage DejDot, Heudon v. the United Order of General Labourers. Differ- ence — Application as to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages. Award — The prescribed rate of wages of the men concerned was the rate which was paid to them on 11th Novem- ber, 1918, and no rate had been substituted for such prescribed rate. Issued 23rd June, 1919. [543.] Semi-skilled and Unskilled Aircraft Workers. — The Ministry of Munitions, Aircraft Salvage Depot, Croydon v. London Builders' Labourers' Committee, the National Federation of General Workers, and the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Piremen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — Application as to whether there was a pre- scribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the men con- cerned. Award — The men concerned employed at the Waddon Aircraft Salvage Depot, near Croydon, were receiving rates of pay that compared favourably with those paid to similar classes of employees engaged in engineering establishments in the locality. Issued 26th June, 1919. [551.] Engine Drivers, Stokers and Oilers. — Ministry of Munitions v. National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers and the Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Claim that the same total earnings for the 54-hours week should be paid for the 47-hours week to all engine drivers, stokers and oilers at the Royal Ordnance Factories, working in the Royal Arsenal and Royal Dockyard, Woolwich. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established, since owing to the nature of their employment the men normally work six hours beyond the ordinary shop week. Issued 26th June, 1919. [553.] Women Welders. — Jukes, Coulston and Stokes, Plaistow, Palla- dium Autocars, Ltd., Putney, Rivers' Engineering Co., Chelsea, Offer Engineering Works, Ltd., Kingston, and the Standard Air- craft Co., Bow V. the Society of Women Welders. Difference — Claim for increases of 5^. and 2^. 6d. per week to women and girls respectively, as from the 1st January. Award — The women and the girls under 18 years of age concerned should receive advances of ds. and 2^. 6d. a week respectively, from the beginning of the first pay in May. Issued 1st July, 1919. [564.] Railway Shop^nen. — The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Co. v. the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. Difference — Claim for an all-round increase of 7^. 6d. per week. Award — Claim for the application of the rates fixed under the agreement between the Great Eastern Railway Co. and their employees in the railway shops at Stratford to the men concerned not established ; certain minimum basic rates, as .84 sclit'tluk'd in liie uwuid, fixed lor (lie men eoiiceriied, to take eft'ect from the iirst pay in June, JUliJ. Jssucd Lst July, 1019. [5G0.] Semi-skilled and Unskilled Workers. — Arnott and Heyiiiau, Ltd., London v. the Workers' Union and the National Union of Railwiivmen. DifYerence — As to whether the men concerned were of a chiss io whicli a prescribed rate of wages was applicable, and, if so, what was tlie prescribed rate. Award- -The men concerii(;(l employed on elementary 2)rocesses in connection with the manu- facture of aircraft component parts were not workmen of a class to which a prescribed rate of wages was applicable. Issued 4th July, 1919. [569.] Storekeepers, etc. — T]ie Ministry of Munitions (Aircraft Sal- vage Department) v. certain Employees at Waddon Aircraft Salvage Department. Difference — Application concerning the prescribed or substituted rate. Award — There was no prescribed rate applicable to the men concerned. As regards the time- keepers, however, during the period when they were paid on an hourly rate their rotes were less than those for men similarly employed in engineering works in the locality by advances of 3^. iSd. a week granted from 10th August, 1918, and 5^. a week granted from 7th December, 1918. Issued 8th July, 1919. [578.] Labourers. — Jonas Proctor and Sons, Ltd., Bolton v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to the pre- scribed or substituted rate apj)licable to the men concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the two men con- cerned was the Bolton time rate of 22^. a week for engineering labourers, plus the customary war wage advances for timeworkers and pieceworkers respectively, and the bonus of 12^ Tier cent, on earnings in the case of the timeworker, and 1\ per cent, on earn- ings in the case of the pieceworker. Issued 8th July, 1919. [581.] Railway Shopmen. — The Railway Executive Committee (on behalf of the Cheshire Lines Committee) r. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that a rate of 67*. Qd. a week should be substituted for the present rate of 65.?. 6^. a week of the men concerned, engaged in general re])air work at AVarring- ton. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 9th July, 1919. [584.] l^ngineering and Foundry Trades. — The Engineering Em- ployers' Federation v. the various Trade Unions connected with the Engineering and Foundry Trades. Difference — Claim by the Engineering Employers' Federation for a reduction in wages of hs. a week; claim by the Federation of Engineering and Ship- building Trades and others for an advance of 15^. a week for time and piece-workers, and for all war advances and bonuses to be merged into base rates; claim by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for an advance of 15^. a week to journeymen and Is. Qd. a week to apprentice^ under 18 years of age. Award — It was held that the above claims had not been established. Issued 15th July. 1919. [588.] Railway Shopmen. — The Eailway Executive Committee v. the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades and the 85 JS^ational Union of E-ailwaymen. Difference — Claim for an -advance of 15^. a week, and for tlie consolidation into wages of the war advances or bonuses granted during the war j^eriod. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [590.] Heating and Domestic Engineers. — The National Association of Master Heating and iJomestic Engineers v. the National Union ■of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claims by the Employers' Association for wages to be reduced by hs. a week, and by the Union for an advance of lbs. a week. Award — It was held that the claims had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [591.] Textile Engineers. — Prince, Smith and Son, Keighley, George Hattersley and Sons, Ltd., Keighley, and Hall and Stells, Ltd., Keighley v. the Allied Engineering Trades' Societies. Difference — Claim for a substituted rate. Award — The men concerned, whose base rate, prior to the Award (No. 385) of the Court of Arbitration of 4th April, 1919, Engineering and Eoundry Trades (Special District Cases) [see page 78) was 40^. a week, should receive an advance of 2^. a week in which the advance of I5. a week granted by the employers subsequent to the issue of Award No. 385 should merge. Issued 15th July, 1919. [596.] Engineers. — D. Gorie and Son, J. Croall and Sons, Ltd., the St. John's Eoundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., J. Stewart and Co., all of Perth v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim that the Glasgow district rate of wages of £'d IQs. ^\d. per week be substituted for the present rate of wages of £3 7^. per week for the men concerned. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 35. a week. Issued 17th July, 1919. [609.] Jobbing Smiths. — Mecbans, Ltd., Engineers, Scotstoun, repre- sented by the Engineering and National Employers' Federation V. the General Ironfitters' Association. Difference — Claim for an advance of ^d. an hour for jobbing smiths employed by Mechans, Ltd. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 23rd July, 1919. [620.] Smiths and Strikers. — The North-West Engineering Trades Employers' Association v. the Associated Blacksmiths' and Iron- workers' Society. Difference — Claim for increase in wages of smiths and strikers in Johnstone by ^d. per hour, plus 21s. Gd. a week and a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Award — The rates of wages of the men concerned in the Johnstone district should be £2 8s. 4|J. a week in the case of smiths, and £1 12s. 7\d. a week in the case of strikers, exclusive, in each case, of the war advances of 21s. 6d. a week, and the bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Issued 26th July, 1919. [625.] Blacksmiths and HammerTnen, Kilmarnock .—The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Associated Blacksmiths' and Iron- workers' Society. Difference — Clnim for a substituted rate for blacksmiths and hammermen at Kilmarnock. Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st August, 1919, the black- 86 hiuiths coiici'ini'd slioukl lecHjive an advance of 2.v. a week; claim for an advance to hammermen was not established. Issued 8th AufTust, ]9.iy. [047.] Engineers. — The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Aniulguniated Society of Engineers. J)ificrence — Claim that the rate j)aid at Ivilnuirnock be raised to the Clyde rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 9th August, 1919. [650.] Metal Dressers. — ^The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Trade Society. Dilierence — Claim for a rate of G2i'. Qd. per week in Belfast and a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings to the men concerned. Award — The men concerned employed in Belfast should receive a minimum rate of 55s. Qd. a week (inclusive of war advances) and a bonus of \2\ per cent, on earnings from the first pay in the week ended 9th August, 1919. Issued 13th Ajigust, 1919. ['662.] Engineers. — The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim by the men concerned for the rate paid at Dublin to be levelled up to that obtaining in Belfast. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established ; the rate of the men concerned should be expressed as 4Ti'. a week, with 21^. 6^. a week war advances and the bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Issued 13th August, 1919. [663.] Patternmakers. — The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the United Patternmakers' Association. Difference — Claim for the same rate in Dublin as that paid in Belfast. Award — The rate of the men concerned in Dublin should be 495. a week, with war advances of 2l5. Qd. a week and a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings, from the first pay in the week ended 9th August, 1919. Issued 13th August, 1919."^ [664.] Moulders. — The Engineering Employers' Federation %\ the Ironfounders' Society. Difference — ^Claim for the same rate in Dublin as that paid in Belfast. Award — In those firms in which it has been the practice to pay a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings, the rate of the men concerned in Dublin should be 47^. a week, with w^ar advances of 21.9. 6d., and in those firms in which it has been the practice to include in the rate a sum in lieu of the bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings, the weekly rate should be 47s., with war advances of 30s. from the first p;\y in the week ended 9th August, 1919. Issued 13th August, 1919. [665.] Metal Dressers. — The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers' Trade Society. Difference — Claim for a rate of 62s. 6^. per week in Dublin and a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award — Fully qualified men in Dublin, who receive 48s. a week, and a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings, should be paid a rate of 50s. a week (inclusive of war advances), plus the 12| per cent, bonus, and those who receive an '' all in'* rate of 53s. 6^. a week should be paid an inclusive rate of 56s. ^d. a week, from the first pay in the week ended 9th August. 1919. Issued 13th August, 1919. [666.] 87 Special District Cases. — The Engineering Employers' Federa- tion V. Trade Unions connected with the Engineering and Foundry Trades. Claims submitted under agreement of February, 1917, whereby the rates of wages regarded as unduly low are brought forward at periodical hearings for consideration. Award — Certain advances in base rates to men who did not participate in Awards No. 50 or No. 385 {see page 78), issued by the Court of Arbitra- tion, granted to different classes of workmen in various districts as specified below: — Engineers in Burnley, St. Helens, Camborne, Hayle, Cam Brea and Wigan; blacksmiths in Derby, Gains- borough, Ipswich, Lincoln, Oldham (textile shops), and Wake- Held ; ironf ounders in Carlisle, Chester, Colne, Colchester, Derby, Stowmarket and Stroud; coremakers in Preston and Yeovil; pattern-makers in Keighley; boilermakers in Derby and Plymouth; machine workers in Wakefield ; f ettlers and machine moulders in Camborne, and the allied engineering trades in Derby. A number of claims were not conceded. Efiective, with the exception of boilermakers at Plymouth, from the beginning of the pay period for which payment was made in the week ended 9th August, 1919. Issued 15th August, 1919. [670.] Drillers and Gear Cutters. — Sir William Arrol and Co., Ltd., Glasgow V. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — As to whether there was a prescribed rate applicable to the class of workmen concerned. Award — There was no prescribed rate applic- able to the two men concerned employed as a driller and gear cutter respectively. Issued 18th August, 1919. [680.] Pipe Fitters. — Stothert and Pitt, Bath, represented by the the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations v. the National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim that a minimum rate of wages of 65^. 6^. a week, plus 12| per cent, be fixed for pipe fitters. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 22nd August, 1919. [695.] Lighthouse Lens Polishers, etc. (Women). — Chance Bros, and Co., Ltd., Birmingham v. the National Federation of Women Workers and the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5.?. and 2s. Gd. to the women and to the girls under 18 years of age respectively. Award — The women and the girls under 18 years of age concerned, engaged in grinding and polish- ing lighthouse lenses, should receive advances of 55. and 2s. 6d. a week respectivelv, from the first pay in Mav, 1919. Issued 25th August, 1919. [703.] Boilermakers. — The North-East Coast Engineering Employers' Association, Tees and Hartlepool District v. the Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Difference — As to whether Award No. 462 of the Court of Arbitration {see page 100) applied to work other than marine work. Award — The Award (No. 462) of the Court of Arbitration of 15th May, 1919, did not apply to work other than marine work. Issued 25th August, 1919. [706.] Metal Dressers. — The Engineering Employers' Federation v. the Iron, Steel and Metal Dressers* Trade Society. Difference — 88 ('laiiii lor (I suhsliluled rale ol ()2.v. i'ul . a ucck, [ilus tlie bonus of VZ\i {KM- cent. Award — I'lom 14tli August, I'JJIJ, the current rate of the men concerned cnijjloyed in Mancliester should he increased ti'oni (iU.v. {id. a week to 02*-. i\d. a week (inclusive of war advances). Issued 27th August, 1919. [711.] Filters and lurncrf!. — The Portsmouth J*]ii;^ineeis, I'ouJiders and Allied Trades Employers' Association, representing- Vosppr and Co., Lid., J-'rank Bevis, litd., Isherwell, Ltd., PI. W. iJaviS, Ltd., McKinlay and Co., Ltd., Wilkes and Co., Ltd., Shervill and Co., Ltd., \{. VV^ood and Sous and Cash and Co., all of Ports- mouth, Camjjer and Nicholson, Ltd., and tiie United Aircraft Co., Ltd., both of Gosport, and the Joint Paihvay Co., and the Portsea Island Gas Light Co., both of Portsmouth v. the Amal- gamated Society of Engineers. Dili'erence — As to what was the prescribed rate applicable to the men concerned, and whether a rate of 45i\ (JtZ., plus 28.v. Qd. a week, plus 12| per cent, should be substituted for the prescribed rate. Award — The prescribed rate aimlicable to the men concerned employed in Portsmouth and district was 4l5. a week, plus a war wage of 28^. Qd. a week and a bonus of j.2i per cent. Issued 27th August, 1919. [713.] Maintenance Workers. — The Manchester District Engineering Trades Employers' Association, representing Sir W. G. Arm- strong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd. v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the United Machine Workers' Association, the Elec- trical Trades' Union, the National Union of General Workers and the Workers' Union. Difference — As to whether the 1\ per cent, bonus on earnings should be paid to the men concerned on a pro- ductive bonus system. Award — The bonus of 7^ per cent, on earnings was not payable to the maintenance workers employed on a productive bonus system in certain departments of the Openshaw establishment of the firm. Issued 30th August, 1919. [723.] Wagon Repairers. — The Irish Railway Executive Committee v. the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. Differ- ence — Claim for the same rate of wages at Limerick as paid in the company's works at Inchicore. Award — The base rate of the tiii.e- workers concerned employed at the Great Soiithern and Western Railway Company's Works at Limerick should be increased to 55. a day or 305. for a week of 47 hours; piece-work prices to be amended accordingly by arrangement between the parties. Effec- tive from the beginning of the first full pay daj after the date of award. Issued 4th September, 1919. [732.] liailu-ay Carpenters. — The Irish Railway Executive Committee V. the Dublin District Committee of the Federation of Engineer- ing and Shipbuilding Trades. Difference — Claim for a flat mini- mum wage of 375. ]ier week, exclusive of war allowances, to c&v- penters employed outside a radius of 20 miles from Dublin. Award — The men concerned should be paid a minimum rate of 305. a week, exclusive of war advances. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of award. Issued 5th Septeml^er, 1919. [745.] Women Workers. — Cook and Co., Textile Machinists, Altrin- cham V. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — As 89 to whether the female employees concerned were entitled to the advances specified in Order No. 260 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919) {see page 396). Award — The firm's '' Big " shop was an engineering shop within the meaning of Order No. 260 (Statu- tory E/ules and Orders, 1919), and the women and girls employed therein were entitled to the advances under the Order; the firm's '' Traveller" shop was not an engineering shop, and the women and girls employed therein were not entitled to the advances granted under Order 260. Issued 10th September, 1919. fT59.] Shift Workers and Crane Drivers. — Cammell Laird and Co., Ltd., Birkenhead v. the National Amalgamated Union of Engine- men, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — As to the date from which the settlement arrived at between the parties in accordance with Clause 8 of Award No. 50 of the Court of Arbitration should take effect. Award — The settle- ment arrived at between the parties in respect of crane drivers should take effect from 1st January, 1919. Issued 26th Sep- tember, 1919. [789.] Women Workers. — Sutcliffe, Speakman and Co., Ltd., Leigh, Lancashire v. the National Union of General Workers. Differ- ence — As to what are the prescribed and substituted rates for the Momen and girls concerned. Award — The prescribed rate of the women concerned is the rate they received on 11th November, 1918, for which, in the case of those aged 18 j^ears and over employed in the foundry, a rate has been substituted equal to the prescribed rate plus an advance of 55. a week from 1st January, 1919, under Order No. 260 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919, see ])age 396) ; those not employed in the foundry over 18 years and under 18 years of age should receive advances of 5^. and 25. Qd. a Aveek respectively as from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of award. Issued 6th October, 1919. [803.] Women Machinery Cleaners. — The Oldham District Engineer- ing Trades Employers' Association (representing Samuel Dodd and Sons, Ltd., Oldham) v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim that the advances granted under Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration formed part of the sub- stituted rate of the women and girls concerned. Award — The advances granted under the Award (No. 174) of the Court of Arbitration of 25th January, 1919 (Engineering and Allied Trades — AVomen Workers) {see page 74), or as extended by Order No. 260 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919) {see page 396), were not applicable to the women and girls concerned. Issued 8th October, 1919. [806.] Machine Moulders, etc. — The Vono Co., Eagle Foundry, Dudley Port, Staffs., Ironfounders v. the Workers' Union. Diff'er- ence — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the men concerned. Award— The prescribed rates for the men concerned were their base rates, plus all the general Avar advances, plus a bonus of 121 per cent, on earnings in the case of timeworkers, and 7^ per cent, on earnings in the case of piece- Avorkers. Issued 16th October, 1919. [823.] 90 Shell Machinists. — Vickers, Ltd., Buriovv-in-l'urness v. the Biirrow Enginueiiny Trades' -loiiit (Joiniiiittee. DilVcroiice — As to wlint was tlic prescribed or substituted rate of wa^es appli( able to shell machiuists iu the hrui's employment. Award — The pre- scriboil rate of wages appli(;able to the men concerned was b-'js. GfZ. a week, plus a bonus of 1\ per cent, on earnings. Issued 18th October, 1919. [829.] Dressers. — The Scottish Steel I'ounders' Wages Association, the National Light Castings Ironfounders' Association, the Ayrshire Founders' Association, the Bathgate Employers' Federation, the Dundee Association of Engineers and Ironfounders, the Kirk- cuildeis Employers' Asso- ciation (Cardili', Newport, liarry and i'enarth) v. Jiristol Channel Kivet AVariners' As.sa, Essex v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, . Ilic Amalgamated Society of (.'arponters and Joiners, the JJoiler- makers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society, the Shipcon- structors' and Shipwrights' Association, the National Society of House and Siii]) Painters and Decorators, the Workers' Union, and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. Difference — That port rates should be established for ship and boat yards on the River Colne for all employees, plus the bonuses of 21^. 6(Z. a week and 12| per cent, on earnings, as from 20th January, 1919. Award — Minimum basic rates fixed for the various grades of men concerned, ranging from 485. per week foi' platers, etc., to 285. (W. for general labourers, on the basis of a 47-hour week, to take effect from 20th January, 1919. Issued 2nd May, 1919. [431.] Boilermakers in Boiler shops. —The North-East Coast Engineer- ing Employers' Association v. the Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Difference — Claim for extension of Award No. 2542 of the Committee on Production to the Tees and Hartlepool districts. Award — Pre-war piecework prices in the case of riveting and caulking should be increased by 20 per cent. ; in the case of platers 20 per cent, on net earnings ; a percentage advance of 20 to men employed on " lieu " rates that have not undergone any advances other than tlie general wages advances since outbreak of war. The award should take effect from the first pav following 22nd November, 1918. Issued loth May, 1919. [462.] Shipwrights. — W. B. McLearon, Naval Yard, Harwich v. the Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of the men concerned. Award — Tlie prescribed rate for the men concerned was a pre-war time rate of '30s\ a week, plus a war advance of 285. 6^/. a week, and a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Issued 21st May, 1919. [485.] Platers. — Brown's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Hull V. the Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Difference — Claim that the prescribed rate of the men concerned should be 2.s. 6d. a week including war advances and bonuses to he paid from 1st January, 1919. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established ; the offer of Admiralty to increase base rate of 39^. to 41^. a week from 6th April, 1919, was approved. Issued 13th ISTovember, 1919. [882.] Platers {Deck Plating Squad). — The Clyde Shipbuilders' Asso- ciation r. the Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Difference — Application for 3^. a lap to be paid for extending overlaps in deck plating where they take the place of deck doubling plates. Award — Claim not established. Issued ITth November, 1919. [886.] Engineering and SJtiphtiilding Workers. — Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., MacLachlan and Eoss, 108 MacUoll and Co., l-t tiouate advance to pieceworkers. Award — From 1st December, 1919, the men concerned, uged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. a week, wliich was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12^ per cent, and 7 J- per cent, were calculated; tliis advance was not to apply in cases in which it had been the practice to regulate the wages of the men con- cerned by tlie movements in the w'ages of men of a similar class employed in trades other than the engineering, ship- building and ship repairing trades; any advances made by tuithorities other than the Interim Court of Arbitration since December, 1918, merged in the advance. Issued 19th Xovember, 1919. [894.] Engineering and Shipbuilding Workers. — Harland and AVolff, Ltd., Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast v. the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Application for an advance of 15^. a week on current rates and for all war wages and bonuses to be consolidated in the district rate. Award — From 1st December, 1919, the men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive on advance of 5^. a week, which was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12^ per cent, and 1\ per cent, were calculated ; this advance not to apply in cases in which it had been the practice to regulate the wages of the men concerned by the movements in the woges of men of a similar class employed in trades other than the engineering, shipbuilding and ship repair- ing trades; any advances made by authorities other than the Interim Court of Arbitration since December, 1918, merged in the advance. Issued 19th Iv^ovember, 1919. [896.] Platers' Helpers. — The Clyde Shipbuilders' Association r. the i^ational Amalgamated Union of Labour. Difference — Applica- tion that the Clyde Shipbuilders should pay platers' helpers 7 hours at the agreed rate paid by the platers to their helpers in: accordance with certain clauses in the Court of Arbitration Award r369. Award — Claim not established. Issued 20th Xovember, 1919. [903.] Other Metal Trades. Cahle Workers.— VireWi General Cable Works, Ltd., South- ampton V. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an equivalent to the advance of 35. 6J. a week to the engineering and foundry trades on 12th August. 1918, and the 5^. given from the 1st December, 1918, by the Committee on Production. Award — Men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive 85. (^d. and boys 4iS. Sd. per week war advances. Issued 14th January, 19] 9. [147.] Foundry Lahourers and Ciipohi Men. — Mouutford, Phillips and Co., Ltd., Chain and Anchor Maniifacturers, Llan- trisant r. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of labourers for a minimum rate of 9^. an hour plus 109 Committee on Production Awards, and a rate for cupola men of £2 lbs. Qd. per week as paid in other foundries. Award — Claims for a minimum rate of dd. per hour for foundry labourers and £2 lbs. 6d. a week for the cupola man not established, the rate of the latter to be advanced by Id. to a rate of 9d. per hour. Issued 15th January, 1919. [153.] Sheet Metal Workers. — Yorkshire Sheet Metal Workers' Employers' Association v. National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers and General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers. Difference — Claim that members of the Unions should receive the terms of Committee on Production Award No. 2800 of 9th November, 1918. Award— Men, 18 years of age and over should receive an advance of bs., and boys, youths, and apprentices under 18 years of age, 25. Qd. a week from and included in pay received in week ending 7th December, 1918. Issued 21st January, 1919. [157.] Aluminium Workers. — Aluminium Corporation, Ltd., Dolgar- rog, Tal-y-cafn, North Wales v. National Federation of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances to men, women, youths, and girls. Award — Men, aged 18 years and over, and youths should receive advances of 55. and 2s. Qd. a week respec- tively, as from and including the period for which payment was made on the first pay day in December, 1918. Claim as regards women and girls not established. Issued 24th Januarv, 1919. [168.] Refiners. — British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Foyers, Lochness, Scotland v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that refiners, who have not been paid the same increases as other workmen, should receive an increase of 65. lOfZ. per week. Award — The eight workmen concerned should receive the sum of £G as agreed between the parties in satisfaction of any claim prior to the date of the hearing. Workmen concerned should receive from 15th January war advances similar to those given to others of the same grade emploved at the company's works at Foyers. Issued 20th January, 1919. [169.] Engineers in Aluminium Trade. — British Aluminiiim Co., Ltd., Kinlochleven v. Society of Amalgamated Toolmakers, Engineers and Machinists. Difference — Claim for extension of the terms of Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918, to the members of the Society employed by the above firm. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of bs., and boys, youths and apprentices 25. 6^. a week from and including the period for which payment was made on the first pay day in December, 1918. Issued 24th January, 1919. [170.] Almniniinn Workers. — British Aluminium Co., Ltd. ^^ National Federation of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of IO5. per week to men and women and 55. per week to boys and girls under 18 years of age. Award — Men, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55., and boys 25. 6rZ. a week from and including the period for which payment was made on the first pay day in December, 1918. Other portion of claim not established. Issued 24th January, 1919. [171.] H 110 Engineers in Aluminium Trade. — British AlumiDium Co., Ltd., Luine and Milton v. Am jil^^a mated Society ol Enjrine<'is. Diii'ereuce — Claim lor extension ol the terms of Award IS'o. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9lh November, 1918, to the members of the Society employed by the above firm at Larne and Milton. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5.v. and boys, youths and apprentices 25. Oc/. per week as from and including the period for which payment was made on the first pay day in December, 19l8. Issued 24th January, 1919. [172.] Aluminium Trade \Maintena?ice Workers). — British Alurai- niu)n Co., Ltd., Milton, Stoke-on-Trent v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Uiiference — Claim that the 3.?. a week good time keeping bonus should not be merged into the district rate; that the advance of Is. per week granted under Award No. 2076 of the Committee on Production be made applicable to the Society's members, and that payment for night shifts should be at the night shift rates for the district. Award — The rates of the workers concerned should be increased by Is. per week from and including 22nd November, 1918. Other portions of the claim were not established. Issued 24th January, 1919. [173.] Sheet Metal Workers. — Aberdeen Employers' Association r. National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers. Difference — Claim for application of terms of Committee on Pro- duction Award No. 2800 of 9th November, 1918. Award— Men concerned, 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5-s. per week, boys 2^. Qd., from and including the pay period for which payment was made in the week ended Tth December, 1918. Issued 3ist January, 1919. [182.1 Coppersnjitlis. — Robert Willison, Alloa, N.B. v. West of Scotland Brass Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Instrument Makers' Association. Difference — Claim for an advance in wages of 2d. per hour. Award — Men concerned should receive an advance of l^d. an hour as from the beginning of the first full pay after 28th January, 1919. Issued oth February, 1919. [194.] Agricxdtural Iniplevient Machinery Makers. — Alexander Jack and Sons, Ltd., Thomas Hunter and Sons (Maybole), Ltd., Agri- cultural Implement Makers, Maybole, Ayrshire v. United King- dom Society of Coachraakers. Difference — Claim for increase in rates of wages. Award — Those grades of men concerned in both firms to whom the first above-mentioned firm offered to raise their rates on 22nd November, 1918, to the following amount.> : Wheel- wrights, cartwrights, blacksmiths, iron turners and borers, fitters and painters, 54^. a week; screwers, 47.<. ; brushhands and ham- mermen, 45.9.; and hammermen (older men), 40s. a week, should receive these washes with an additional bs. a week, and other men concerned an advance of 8.*?. Cyd. a week from first pav after 22nd November, 1918. Issued 6th February. 1919. [201.] Woodturners, Spoke MacJiinists, etc. — Alexander Jack and Sons, Ltd., and Thomas Hunt-er and Sons (Maybole), Ltd., Agri- cultural Implement Makers, Maybole, Ayrshire v. Amalgamated Ill Society of Woodcutting Machinists. Diference — Claim for Is. l^d. per hour plus 3s. 6d. per week war bonus plus 12^ per cent, on earnings and time and a half after 51 hours. Award — • From first pay after 22nd November 1918, the weekly wages of the following grades of workmen concerned in both firms should be: Woodturners, 545.; band sawyers, 48s.; spoke machinists, 47^. ; sawyers, 60s. ; and improvers, 485. ; and in addition a fur- ther advance of 55. a week. Issued Gth February, 1919. [203.] Engineers and Apprentices. — Alexander Jack and Sons, Ltd., and Thomas Hunter and Sons (Maybole), Ltd., Maybole, Ayr- shire -y. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — Claim on behalf of joui-neymen for 101^. per hour plus 12^ per cent, or 7^ per cent, on earnings, and on behalf of apprentices for a start- ing rate of IO5. per week, advancing yearly by 25. a week, together with war advances. Award — From first pay after 22nd November, 1918, the weekly wages of the journeymen engineers concerned should be advanced to 595. The claim of apprentices was not established. Issued Gth February. 1919. [204.] Lahourers, etc. — Alexander Jack and Sons, Ltd., and Thomas Hunter and Sons (Maybole), Ltd., Ayrshire v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of labourers and general workers for 285. 6^. per week war wage, plus 12^ per cent, on earnings, also distinct rates for certain men. Award^ — From first pay after 22nd November, 1918, the men concerned, labourers, storekeepers, furnacemen, dressers, enginemen and sawmill dressers should receive an advance tff IO5. a week. Issued Gth February, 1919. [205.] Unskilled Workers. — Hart Accumulator Co., Ltd., London v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim -for an increase of IO5. a week to men over 18 years of age, and 55. a week to lads under 18 years of age. Award — As from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of issue of the award, the following increases should be paid : 55. a week to men and 25. GtZ. a week to boys aged under 18 years. Issued 12th February, 1919. [215.] MacJiinemen, Strikers, Electrical Workers, Spring Makers, etc. --Eochdale* Engineering and Machine Makers Employers' Asso- ciation V. Eochdale and District Engineering Allied Trades. Difference — Application for extension of Committee on Produc- tion Award No. 2209, of 3rd September, 1918, to members of above society. Award — From first pay after 1st February, the men concerned, employed as machinemen, strikers, woodcutting machinists, electrical workers and spring workers who did not receive the I5. a week advance granted to certain employees under Award No. 2209 of the Committee on Production should receive I5. a week advance. Issued 14th February, 1919. [225.] Wire Cleaners. — Engineering and National Employers' Federation (representing Latch and Batchelor, Ltd., Birming- ham) ^^ National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for the advance of 35. 6r7. a week given under IT 2 112 Award 1920 of the Committee ou rroduction and extended to the Wire Itope Trade Section as from the 21st November, 1U18. Award — From and including- 22nd iSovember, iUltt, the wire cleaners concerned should be paid an advance of '6s. (jd. a week, and youths under 18 years of age Is. i)d. a week. Issued 14th February, 1U19. [245.] Briclduyers and J/a.s-o/(.y. — Swansea Vale .Spelter Co., Ltd., Llansamlet, near Swansea, Dillwyn and Co., Ltd., Llansamlet and Glamorgan Spelter Works, Villiers and Co., Ltd., Villiers Spelter Works, Lhansamlet, British Metal Extraction Co., Ltd., Llansamlet, John \i. Down and Co., Landore, near Swan- sea, Vivian and Sons, Ltd., Morriston, near Swansea v. Opera- tive Bricklayers' Society and Operative Stone Masons' Society. Difference — Claim for building trade rates. Award — Men con- cerned should receive from 1st January, a rate of Is. 4^(Z. an hour, and from 1st February, a rate of Is. Qd. an hour, the bonus of 12-| per cent, on earnings to merge in the rate awarded from 1st February. Issued 18th February, 1919. [251.] Furnacemen, Carbon Workmen, etc. — Newcastle Alloy Co., Ltd. "v. National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Difference — Claim for the advances granted under Committee on Production Award No. 2800 of the 9th November, 1918. Award— Men con- cerned — furnacemen, carbon workmen, carbon pastemen, piece- men and labourers, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week, and boys 25. GfZ., from and including the period for which payment was made on the pay day in the week ended 7th December, 1918. Issued 20th February, 1919. [260.] Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. — New Delaville Spelter Co., Ltd., Bloxwich and Spring Hill v. National Brass- workers and Metal Mechanics. Difference — Claim for the advances specified in Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918. Award — Men con- cerned, aged 18 years and over, employed by the company at Bloxwich and Spring Hill, should receive an advance of 55. a week and boys, youths and apprentices 2s. 6<^. as from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918, to be pay- able in respect of the pay period for which pavment was made on that pay day. Issued 26th February, 1919. [272.]^ Engineers in Needle Industry. — Eedditch and District Needle and Fishing Tackle Employers' Association v. Society of Amalga- mated Toolmakers, Engineers and Machinists. Difference — Claim for extension of Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of the 9th November, 1918, to the members of the above Society employed in the needle industry. Award — Men concerned, employed in engineering and fitting shops of estab- lishments belonging to members of the Employers' Association engaged in the needle industry, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. and boys, youths and apprentices 25. (id. a week. These advances should be paid from the pay day in the week endincr 7th December, 1918, and should be payable in respect of the period for which payment was made on that pay day. Issued 27th February, 1919." [276.] 113 Brass Workers in Needle Industry. — Hedditcli and District Needle and Fisliing Tackle Employers' Association v. National Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. Difference — Claim for extension of Award No. 2800 of tlie Committee on Production of 9tli November, 1918, to members of the above Society employed in the needle industr3^ Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. and boys, youths and apprentices 2^. Gf/. a week. These advances should be paid from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, ]918, and should be payable in respect of the pay period for which payment was made on that pay day. Issued 27th February, 1919. [277.] Spelter Workers. — ^Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., Seaton Carew u. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 55. per week from 1st December, 1918, and for overtime and other working conditions. Award — (1) Spelter workers con- cerned should receive an advance of 5^. for a week of six days, boys under 18 years of age 2^. 6d., as from and including the pay period for which payment was made in the week ended 7th December, 1918. (2) Eoastermen and gas-producermen should be paid at the rate of time and a half for work done between 2 p.iji. on Saturday and 6 a.m. on Monday, and all seven-shift men should be paid at the rate of time and a half for Sunday work, subject to the men working a minimum of six shifts during the week. (3) The daily good time-keeping bonus for six days' work should be continued, but the extra good time-keeping bonus for seven days' work should merge in the increased payments for week-end work. Issued 5th March, 1919. [285.] Farriers. — National Master Farriers' Association, Lancashire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire District v. Amalgamated Society of Farriers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 125. per week as from 1st February. Award — ^fen concerned should receive an advance of 65. a week, as on and from 1st February. Issued 8th March, 1919. [293.] Chain Makers. — Chain Manufacturers' Association, Cradley Heath v. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — Claim on behalf of female operatives for an advance of 20 per cent, on present rates. Award — Women concerned, in the hand hammered chain-making trade, should receive an increase of 10 per cent, on their present rates. Effective as from the begin- ning of the first full pay following the date of the. award. Issued nth March, 1919.'^ [303.] Lead Millers. — Baxendale and Co.,. Ltd., Giddings and Dacre, Ltd., and Samuel Gratrix, Jun., and Bros., Ltd. (all of Man- chester) V. National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 55. per week as. from the first pay day in December, 1918, and for the same hours as worked by engineers in Manchester. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week, and boys 25. %d., from the beginning of the first full pay follow- ing 1st February. Other portion of the claim was not established. Issued 12th March, 1919. [30G.] 114 W o//i( H Workers. — liedditcli uiid District Aeedle and Fishing Tackle Jliinployeis' Association v. National i'ederatiou of Women Workers. Uiilerence — Claim for minimum time rates, guaran- teed piece rates, and war advances, to come into operation not later than 21st November, 1918. Award — From the beginning of tlie first pay following 21st March, the women and girls co)i- cerned, employed as time-workers, should receive rates varying from b-^cl. an hour for women 18 years and over, to 2^d. an iiour •for gins under 15 years of age ; piece-workers should be paid such rates as would enable them to earn at least 25 per cent, over the hourly rates of time-workers. As from and including the pay period for which payment was made in the week ending 7th December, 1918, the women concerned, 18 years of age and over, should receive a war wage advance of lis. a week, and girls under 18 years of age, bs. 6d. a week, instead of the amounts at present paid to the workpeople concerned. Issued 21st March, 1919. ra45.] Boiler Plate Shearers, General Labourers, etc. — Hughes, Bolckow and Co., Ltd., Shipbreakers, Swalwell r. National Union of General Workers. Diii'erence — Claim for a substituted rate. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. a week, and boys 2^. 6^. a week. Effec- tive as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 22nd March, 1919. [349.] Ships' TacJde Workers, etc. — Rowley Itegis and District Forg- ing 5lanufacturers' Association v. Amalgamated Society of Anchorsmiths, Shackle and Shipping Tackle Makers. Difference — Claim for the advances given under Awards Nos. 1920 and 2800 of the Committee on Production. Award — Ships' tackle makers and odd workers concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week, and boys 2^. Gd. a week, as from the beginning of the first pay following 1st January. Issued 25th March. 1919. [352.] Gas Meter Makers. — Gas Meter Making Employers' Federation t\]id Thomas Glover and Co., Ltd., London v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an increase in piece rates of 33 per cent., and a minimum rate of 10(7. per hour for time workers. Award — Men concerned, employed on piece-work, should receive an advance of 10 per cent, on piece-work prices, as from the beginning of the first pay period after the date of Award. Claim with regard to time-workers was not established. Issued 27t]i March, 1919. [358.] Bupticating Mae/tine Makers. — Iloneo, Ltd., Eomford v. Workers' Union. Difference — As to whether the advances given under Committee on Production Award No. 2800 formed part of tlie prescribed rate of the men concerned. Award — The ad- vances given under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Pro- duction of 9th November, 1918, to the engineering and foundry trades should form part of the prescribed rate of the men con- cerned. Issued 31st March, 1919. [3G8.] 115 Mechanical Calcinermen. — Dillwyn and Co., Ltd., Swansea v. ^Vorkeis' Union Difference — Claim tiiat meclianicai calciner- men in tlie employ of tlie above company should be paid tlie same rate as tliat paid at the Upper Uank Spelter VV'orJis. Award — Mechanical calcinermen should receive such advance as would bring their present rate up to lis. a shift, with a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings, as from the beginning of the first full pay following 1st February. Issued 2nd April, 1919. [379.] Hollow-ware Workers. — National Galvanisers, Ltd., Sunder- land V. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advance of 5^. and 25. 6c^. per week to women and girls respec- tively. Award — Women concerned should receive a war wage advance of 05. a week, girls under 18 years of age 25. Qd. a week, as from the beginning of the first full pay after 1st March. Issued 8 th April, 1919. [391.] Cable Workers. — Macintosh Cable Co., Ltd., Liverpool v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for the advances granted under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918. Award — The advances granted under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production should be paid to the men concerned as from and including 6th February. Issued 17th April, 1919. [412.] Nail and Wire Workers. — Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Rogerstone v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for the advances given under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production, as from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week and boys and youths 25. Qd. a week. Eff'ective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 25th April, 1919. [416.] Women Workers. — Gramostyles, Ltd., Small Press Goods Makers and Wire Workers, Birmingham v. Women Em- ployees of the Firm. Difference — As to whether the women employed by the above firm were covered by Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration [see page 73) ; and whether the shops in which the bulk of the workers were employed were engineering shops. Award — (1) Women concerned were not covered by Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration. (2) The shops of the firm in which the majority of the workpeople were employed were not engineering shops. Issued 25th April, 1919. [419.] Women Tin Box Makers. — Thornton Street Iron and Copper Works, Manchester v. National Union of General Workers. Difference— As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the women employed at the Thornton Street Works. Award — The prescribed rate of pay for the workpeople concerned was that fixed under orders of the Trade Board for the tin box trade. Issued 25th April, 1919. [420.] Patternmakers. — Davis Gas Stove Co., Ltd., Diamond Foun- dry, Luton (represented by the National Light Castings Associa- tion) r. United Patternmakers' Association. Difference — Claim 116 that the advances specified in Award No. 2G82 of the Committee oil l*ioductiou of the oOth October, 1918, formed part of the prescribed rute of the men concerned. Award — It was held that tlie advance of 2d. an liour piovided for by Award No. 2(j(S2 of the Committee on Production of ^JUth October, 1LI18, applied only to men employed by firms engaged in the heavy castings indus- try; it did not therefore form part of the prescribed rate of l*atlernmaker8 employed by the Davis Gas Stove Co., Ltd. Issued L'()th April, 1919. [421.] Cable Makers, Women Workers. — The Cable Manufacturers' Association v. the Workers' Union, the National Federation of Women Workers, the National Amalgamated Union of Labour, the National Union of General Workers, the Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, the Dock, Wharf, Iliverside and General Workers' X^nion, and the Amalgamated Society of India Ilubber, Cable and Asbestos Workers. Difference — Application for the terms and conditions of Award No. 174 (Engineering and Allied Trades — Women Workers) of the Court of Arbitration. Award — The women and girls imder 18 years of age concerned should re- ceive an advance of 5^. and 2^. Qd. a week respectively, provided that the total advance over pre-war rates did not exceed 205. per week in the case of the women and 10^. per week in the case of the girls; the pre-war rates taken for this purpose should be not less than those prescribed by Orders Nos. 181, 456 and 447 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1916). The advances were effective from the beginning of the first full pay following 17th April. Issued 6th May, 1919. [442.] Cable Makers, Women Workers. — The Cable Manufacturers' Association v. the Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Applica- tion for the terms and conditions of Award No. 174 (Engineering and Allied Trades — Women Workers) of the Court of Arbitration. Award — The women and girls under 18 years of age concerned should receive an advance of 55. and 25. Qd. a week respectively, provided that the total advance over pre-war rates did not exceed 2O5. a week in the case of the women and IO5. a week in the case ol girls; the pre-war rates, taken for this purpose should be not less than those prescribed by Orders Nos. 181, 456 and 447 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1916). The advances were to be effective from the beginning of the first full pay following 17th April. Issued 6th May, 1919. [443.] Bohhin and Shuttle Making Industry. — The Employers' side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Bobbin and Shuttle Making Indu>trv v. the Workpeople's side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Bobbin and Shuttle Making Industry. Difference — Claim for various rates of pay, advances, and other working conditions. Award — The higher skilled men and the carpenters, joiners, carters, boilermen and firemen concerned should receive an advance of 65. a week ; lesser skilled men 55. a week ; labourers and ■women 45. a week, and juvenile workers an advance of 25. Q,d. a week, from 1st March, 1919. The working week should be 48 hours without reduction in wages. The workpeople in the West- morland district, whose woges were fixed by agreement to the 117 28th February, 1919, should be paid the same wages as were paid to the several workpeople under the agreement dated 11th November, 1918, by the Industrial Council in the Bobbin and Shuttle Making Industry, on and from 1st March, 1919. The shuttle finishers concerned should be paid at the rate of the liigher skilled men specified in the agreement. Other items of claim were not established. Issued 7th May, 1919. [447.] Aluminium Workers. — The Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd., Willesden v. the Workers' Union. Difference— Claim for an advance of ds. Qd. and 1^. 9^. to men 18 years and over and under 18 years of age respectively, payment of the 12| per cent, bonus to those aged 21 years and over, and application of the terms and conditions of Statutory Eules and Orders (1918) Nos. 546 and 1073 to women and girls. Award — The labourers should receive an advance of 3^. Gd. a week; the women concerned should receive an advance of 3^. Qd. a week, and girls under 18 years of age should receive an advance of 2^. a week; the advances to take effect from the beginning of the first full pay following 7th May, 1919. Claim in respect of guillotine cutter was not established. Issued 7th May, 1919. [450.] General Workers. — A. Emanuel and Sons, Ltd., Br'assfounders, London v. the London Federal Council of Brassworkers and Coppersmiths. Difference — Claim for the 7j per cent, bonus on earnings from 1st January, 1918, to 1st January, 1919. Award — The men concerned still in the employment of the firm on 6th May, 1919, should receive from 1st January, 1918, to 31st Decem- ber, 1918, the difference between the bonus of 7| per cent, on total earnings and the bonus already paid, of 7^ per cent, on the basic piece rates. Issued 9th May, 1919. [453.] Women Tin Box Workers. — James G. Carrick and Co., Tin- smiths, Glasgow V. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 10^. a week to female employees aged 18 years and over and 5^. a week to those under 18. Award— The women and girls concerned should continue to be paid the war advances speci- fied in Orders Nos. 781 and 31 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1917 and 1918), the award to take effect from the date when the war advances were discontinued. Issued 9th May, 1919. [455.] Agricultural Implement Makers [Women). — The Edge Tool Manufacturers' Association, the Scythe, Sickle and Hook Manu- facturers' Association, and the Machine Knife and Allied Trades' Association v. the National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Difference — Claim for substituted rates. Award — The women concerned should be paid the same wage for "a week of 47 hours as was paid when a larger number of hours was worked. Women should receive an advance of bs. a week, and girls under 18 years should receive an advance of 2^. 6^. a week, except those employed in the warehouse, when the advances sliould be 35. and 1^. 6^/. a week respectively. Effective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the Award. Issued 20th May, 1919. [471.] Engine Drivers, Stokers, etc. — Kryn and Lahy Metal Works, Ltd., Letchworth v. the National Union of General Workers. 118 iJitiereiice — As to wluit wiis tlie prescribed or substituted rate aj)[)licable to tlie classes of meu employed by the above firm as engine-drivers, slokeis and labourers. Award — There was uo pre- scribed rale of wages for the classes of men concerned. Issued iJUlh May, VJii). [474.] Solderers. — Willet aud Kobinsou, Coppersmiths, Maidstone v. the Workers' Union. DifPerence — As to what was the prescribed rate apjilicable as trom the 2ist jN'ovember, l'J18, to the lJniou'> members in the firm's employ, the Union claiminij the terms and conditions of Orders Nos. 546 and 1073, Statutory Rules and Orders, lUlS. Award — The prescribed rates of the women and •i'irls concerned were the rates paid to them on 11th November, 1918; this rate, in the case of women aged 18 years and over, was (jd. ail hour plus a bonus of 2^. ^d. a week. Issued Slet May, 1919. [496.] File Trade. — The Sheffield File Manufacturers' Association v. Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades. Dilference — Claim for a substituted rate. Award — The women and girls concerned should receive an advance of 5^. and 2^. Qd. a week respectively trom the beginning of the first full pav in June. Issued 31st May, 1919. [498.] Linkivorkers and Oddirorkers. — T. P. Jones and Co., Ltd., Stahordshire c. Amalgamated Society of Anchorsmiths, Chain and Anchor Makers, Rowley Regis, Shackle aud Ships' Tackle Workers. Diference — Claim for the payment of the 12| per cent, and Hj per cent, bonuses to all odd workers in the firm's employ from July, 1918. Award — The four odd workers concerned should be paid bonus on earnings of 7^ per cent, from first pav after 1st April. Ckiim in respect of linkworkers was not established. Issued 31st May, 1919. [499.] Women Brass Workers. — Brass Founders Employers' Associa- tion V. Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, National Amalg\imated Union of Labour, National Union of General Workers, and Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. JJiif erence— - Claim for advances of 5s. and 2s. Qd. to women and girls respec- tively as from 1st January. Award — From the beginning of the tirst pay in May, 1919, the women and the girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of bs. and 2s. 63. a week re>pectively, provided the total advances over pre-war rates should not exceed 2O5. a week in the case of women and 10s. a week in the case of girls. Issued 5th June, 1919. [501.] Cut Nail and Tack Industry, Women Workers. — Engineering and National Employers' Federations v. National Warehouse and General Workers' Union, Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, and Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5s. and2s. 6rf. a week to women and girls respectively as from the 1st January. Award — From the beginning of the first pay in May, the women and the girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of bs. and 119 2s. {jd. a week respectively, provided the total advauces over pre- war rates should not exceed 20s. a week in the case of women and lUx. a week m the case of girls. Issued 5th June, 1919. [5Uti.j Metal Trades, Women Workers. — Engineering and ISational Employers' Federations, Stonehouse Works, Ltd., and Cieneral iStampings, Ltd. v. Workers' Union, National Federation ol Women Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour. National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of (ias Workers, and Dock, Wharf, Riverside and IJeneral Workers' Union. Difference — 'Claim on behalf of women and girls engaged on the following clashes of work, namely": — Spring making, nut, bolt, and screw making, sheet meta! work, tube making, vehicle building, small brass work, bedstead making and small tool making, for advances of 65. and 2s. Qd. a week respectively as from the 1st January. Award — From the beginning of the first pay in May, the women and the girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of bs. and 2s. 6c?. a week respectively, provided the total advances over pre-war rates should not exceed 2O5. a week in the case of women and 10^. a week in the case of girls. Issued 5th June, 1919. [504.] Bolt and Nut Industry, Women Workers. — Midland Bolt and Nut Manufacturers' Association and Darlaston Bolt and Nut Manu- facturers' Association v. Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, and Dock, W^harf, liiveiside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5^. and 2s. 6d. a week to women and girls respectively as from the 1st of January. Award — ^From the beginning of the first pay in May, the women and the girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of bs. and 2s. 6d. a week respectively, provided the total advances over pre- war rates should not exceed 20^. a week in the case of women and 10s. a week in the case of girls. Issued 5th June, 1919. [505.] Wovien Toolmakers. — Sheffield Engineers' (Small) Tool Manu- facturers' Association v. Workers' Union, National Federation of \V^omen Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, and Dock, Vvhari, iiiverside and General Workers'' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5?. and 2^. %d. a weeJi for women and girls respectively as from the 1st January. Award — ^From the first pay in May, the women and the girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of bs. and 25. Qd. a week respectively, provided the total advances over pre-war rates should not exceed 205. a week in the case of women and IO5. a* week in the case of girls. Issued 5th June, 1919. [506.] Women Welders. — Richard Crittall and Co., Ltd., Stamford Brook Arches, and Southfields Sheet Metal Co., Ltd., Southfields V. Society of Women W^elders. Difference — Claim for advances of 55. and 25. ^d. a week to women and girls respectivel}^ as from the 1st January. Award — The Court considered that the claim in respect of women welders in the employ of R. Crittall and Co., Ltd., was fully satisfied by the advance of 55. a week paid by the 120 firm on 8tli Muy, lUlU. The claim aguiiist. the Southfields Sheet Metal Co., Ltd., was not established, as the firm had ceased to employ this class oi labour. Issued 17th Juue, I'JlU. [520. J Women Brassworkers. — liowlaud Hodges, Ltd., brassiouuders, Biriniugham v. Mrs. Agnes McCoy, Miss Agues Miunie Sheard and Miss Florence iJishop, formerly euiployees of the company. Dilierence — As to whether Award i^o. 174 of the Court of Arbitra- tion of the 25th January, 1U19, ap])lied to the above firm. Award— Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration of 25th January, 1'J19 (Women Workers — Engineering TradeJ (see page 73) did not apply to the firm, who are brass founders engaged in the manufacture of doorknobs, hinges, safety razors, etc. The establishment was covered by the Award (No. 501) to the women workers emjdoyed by members of the Brass Founders Employers' Association [see page 118). Issued 18th June, 1919. [530.] Women Brassfouiiders. — J. Foster and Son, brassfouuders, Halifax v. Workers' Union. Difference — As to the prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the class of workpeople to which Miss M. E. Williams and Miss Mary Rennick belong. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the class of workpeople concerned was, for a week of 53 hours, 6d. an hour, plus a war advance of lis. a week, that is 375. 6d. a week, and a rate of 425. Qd. for a similar week had been substituted for that prescribed rate from the beginning of the first pay in May, 1919. Issued 20th June, 1919. [533.] Women Brassxcorkers. — Beddies, Ltd., brassworkers and finishers, Edinburgh v. Workers' Union. Difference — As to whether Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration [see page 73) was applicable to the women concerned. Award — The Award No. 174 of the Court of Arbitration of 25th January, 1919 (Engineering and Allied Trades, Engineering Shops, Boiler Shops and J'oundries — Women Workers) did not apply to the women concerned employed principally in connection with the making of gas meters. Issued 24tli June, 1919. [546.] Wire Drawers. — Iron and Steel Wire Manufacturers' Associa- tion V. Amalgamated Wire Drawers' Society of Great Britain. Difference — Claim that an additional 20 per cent, on list prices, plus war bonus, should be paid in respect of the second and third shifts, that is, afternoon and night shifts. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 24th June 1919. Brass Finishers. — Messrs. Parkinson, W. and B. Cowan, Ltd., , and the Gas Meter Co., Ltd., all of London, represented by the Gas Meter Making Employers' Federation v. Amalgamated Instrument Makers' Society. Difference — As to the date on which an advance of 17^ per cent, on piece-work prices should become operative. Award — The first payment of the advance of 17 j per cent, on piece-work price?; granted by the firms to the brass finishers concerned should be made from the third pav week in January. 1919, as agreed at the hearing. Issued 26th June, 1919. [552.] Mechanical Fitters. — British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Lt.-. a week, and in the case of those under 18 years of age 10^. a week. The advances to piece-workers should be determined by reference to the case of the time-workers in the same establishment Avith whom they were comparable, or where this method could not be adopted, by, reference to the case of the ordinary piece worker who was neither exceptionally fast nor slow. Issued 2nd September, 1919. [728.] Metal Si/inners. — The Brassfounders Employers' Association and the Engineering and the National EmjDloyers' Federation (Birmingham and Wolverhampton District Association) v. the National Society of Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. Differ- ence — Claim for a minimum rate of Is. -id. per hour. Award — From 1st September metal spinners who could begin and finish work throughout, work from drawings, if necessary, and produce own chucks in wood or iron, should receive a minimum rate of Is. 4rf. an hour. Issued 4th September, 1919. [738.] Women Workers. — Isaac Best and Co., Ltd., Manchester v. the National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — As to what was the substituted rate of wages applicable to certain women workers recently in the employ of the firm, xiward — The substituted rate of wages applicable to the women concerned was the rate in force on 11th November, 1918, plus 5^. a week from the first pay in May, 1919, granted under Award No. 506 of the Court of Arbitration of 5th June, 1919 (Women Workers — Sheffield Engineers' (Small) Tool Manufacturers' Association — see page 119). Issued 10th September, 1919. [760.] Brass Workers. — The Northern Employers Brassfounders' Asso- ciation V. the National Brnssworkers and Metal Mechanics. Difference — Claim for an advance on the rates already agreed to between the parties and paid as from 1st July, 1918. Award — 125 It was lield that the claim had uot been established. Issued 3rd October, 1919. [799.] Tube \iorkers. — Wm. James Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Stamjjers, Willenhall u. H. Walker and J. Myatt. Diherence — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the class oi workers to which the men concerned uelong. Award — There was no prescribed rate applicable to the class of workers to which H. Walker and J. Myatt belong- in the district in which they were employed. Issued 10th October, 1919. [815.] Women Worker Sy Edge Tool Trade. — The Edge Tool Manu- facturers' Association v. the Amalgamated Society of Gas, Muni- cipal and General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of 55. and 2^. 6 March, 1919. [362.] Lace Makers. — Midland Counties Lace Manufacturers' Asse ciation v. Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers an< Long Eaton and District Lace Makers' Association. Difference — Claim on behalf of levers' twist hands in Long Eaton and District for rates of pay and bonuses as paid in the City of Nottingham. Award — From first pay after 3rd April, the Wage 130 Scliedule suhiiiitled to a joint conference hy tiie employers and speoiiied in tlie award .should be the rates of the workpeople concerned, subject to the amendnient made by the eni]doyers. In addition a bonus of '60 per cent, should be paid in lieu of the bonus of 10 per cent, given under the above mentioned schedule. Issued 10th April, 1919. [394. J Hemp Rupe and Wire Rope TruTle. — British Hemp Rope Manufacturers' Association and the British Wire Kope Manu- facturers' Association v. Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, National Amalgamated CTnion of J^abour, National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Society of Gas Workers, and Dock Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for increase in wages. Award — Women concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week provided that the total advance over pre-war rates should not exceed 20.?. a week; girls concerned, under 18 years of age, should receive an advance of 2s. Qd. a week provided that the total advance over pre-war rates should not exceed 10^. a week. These advances should take effect from the beginning of the first full pav following the date of the award. Issued 17th April, 1919. [410.] Flax-siminers, etc. — J. G. Gibb, Ltd., D. Webster and Son, and D. Burness, all of Bervie, Kincardineshire v. Brechin Mill and Factory Operatives' Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages payable to the various classes of work- people concerned, and whether Court of Arbitration Award No. 113 of 30th December, 1918, should apply to them. Award — fl) The prescribed rates of the various classes of workpeople concerned were the rates actually paid on 11th November, 1918. (2) That the provisions of the Award No. 113 of the Court of Arbitration of 30th December. 1918 (Textile Trade, Scotland), did not apply to the workpeople concerned; in full satisfaction of this claim the men and boys under 18 years of age doing men's full work should receive an advance of 45. a week, the women and girls doing women's full work 25., and boys and girls under 18 years of age I5. a week. To take effect from the beginning of the first full pay following 29th April. Issued 5th Ma v. 1919. [433.] Canvas Hosepipe lf«7:er5.— McGregor and Co., hosepipe manu- faGturers, Dundee v. Dundee and District Union of Jute and Flax W^orkers. Difference — As to Avhether the provisions of Court of Arbitration Award No. 113 of 30th December, 1918, were applicable to the workers in the employ of the above firm. Award — The provisions of the Award No. 113 of the Court of Arbitration of 30th December, 1918 (Textile Trade, Scotland), did not applv to the workers emploved by the firm. Issued 7th May, 1919. [444.] Engineers. — Bradford and District Master Spinners' Associa- tion, Bradford Dyers' Association, Ltd., Woolcombing Em- ployers' Federation, Buckle, Crossley and Co., and Lister and Co., Bradford v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference — As to whether the rate of I5. (i|r/. per hour for 47 hours and I5. \\\d. for the 48th hour should be substituted for the prescribed 131 rate of Is. iiuL per lioiu- for 48 liours. Award — Overtime sliould be paid after 48 iiours, this being tlie working week in tke textile trade ; rates of wages sliould be those obtaining in the engineering trade. Issued 29th Ma^, 1919. [488.] Elastic Web Weavers. — British Federation of Elastic Web Manufacturers v. Workers' Union and Amalgamated Association of Elastic Web Weavers, Braid Hands and Smallware Fabric Makers. Difference — Claim for increase of wages and revision of working hours. Award — The pre-war rates of the women and girls concerned should be increased by 100 per cent., subject to minimum rates as scheduled in award from 16^. a week in the case of girls 14 years of age to 325. a week in the case of women aged 20 years and upwards. Male day-workers should be paid an advance of 5^. a week providing total weekly war advances did not exceed 25s. and 30s. in the case of men aged 18 to 21 years and 21 years and over respectively. Male piece-workers (weavers and braid workers) should be paid the pre-war Leicester trade list plus a war advance of 75 per cent. The advances to date from the beginning of the first pay after 22nd May. Issued 31st May, 1919. [497.] Slip Winders — Lace Trade. — Midland Counties Lace Manufac- turers' Association v. Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers and Long Eaton and District Association of Operative Lace Makers. Difference — Claim for substituted rate. Award — The women concerned should be paid in accordance with the Derby slip winding piece rates, plus 7^ per cent., from the same date as that on which the schedule of prices arranged for other auxiliary workers came into operation. Issued 23rd June, 1919. [545.] Canvas Equipment Workers. — Waring and Gillow, Ltd., White City, Shepherd's Bush, W. v. Arthur Leat and National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate. Award — The prescribed rate of the men concerned was £2 iis. 2d. a week. Issued 30th June, 1919. [559.] Linen Workers. — Piecegoods and Household Linen Association V. the Irish Textile Trades Federation and the Textile Operatives' Society of Ireland. Difference — Claim for an increase of lOs. a week to adults and 55. a week to young persons. Award — From first pay in June, 1919, the men and women concerned should receive an advance of 25. a week, provided the existing advances did not exceed 235. in the case of men, and 135. in the case of women; where the advances formerly given exceeded 235. and 135. a week respectively, such amount to be paid as would raise the total advances to 255. and 155. Boys and girls under 18 years of age should receive an advance of I5. a week. Issued 7th July, 1919. [574.] Yarn Bleaching Workers. — The Yam Bleachers' and Dyers' Association and the Bleachers' and Finishers' Association r. the Irish Textile Trades Federation and the Textile Operatives' Society of Ireland. Difference — Claim for an increase of IO5. a week to adults and 55. a week to young persons. Award — From 132 firtit piiy in June, 1919, the men and women concerned should receive an advance of 2a. a week, provided llie existing advanc es did not exceed 23s. in the case of men, and llis. in the case of women; wliere the advances formerly given exceeded 2'U. and l'}.v. a week respectively, such amount should be paid as would raise the total advances to 25.5. and 15^. ' Boys and girls under 18 years of age should receive an advance of Iv. a week. Issued 7th July, 19J9. [575.] Flax Workers. — The Flax Spinners' Association, Ltd., the Power Loom Manufacturers' Association v. the Irish Textile Trades Federation and the Textile Operatives' Society of Ireland. Dih'erence — Claim for an increase of lOs. a week to adults and bs. a week to young persons. Award — From first pay in June, 1919, the men and women concerned should receive an advance of 2 v. a week, provided the existing advances did not exceed 236-. in the case of men, and 13s. in the case of women ; where the advances formerly given exceeded 23*. and 135. a week respec- tively, such amount should be paid as would raise the total advances to 25*. and 15*. Boys and girls under 18 years of age should receive an advance of Is. a week. Issued 7th July, 1919. [576.] Women Tent Makers. — John Smith and Co., Ltd., London '•. the National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — Appli- cation as to what was the prescribed rate applicable. Award — The prescribed rates of wages applicable to the women and girls concerned employed in the manufacture of tents were the piece rates laid down for pieceworkers in Part II. of the First Schedule to Order 546, plus a bonus of lis. a week to women, and 5.9. Qd . a week to girls under 18 years of age, in accordance with Orders 546 and 1073 (Statutory Kules and Orders, 1918). Issued 8th Julv. 1919. [579.] Leather Workers in Textile Mills. — The Worsted Spinners' Federation, Ltd., and the AYest Yorkshire Master Roller Coverers' Association v. the Amalgamated Society of Leather Workers. Difference — Application for the working week to be reduced to 48 hours, and an advance of 25 per cent, on existing wages of roller coverers. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 5 per cent, upon their existing rates of wages. Issued 15th July, 1919. [599.] Cotton Waste Trade. — Joseph Gartside, John Hall, C. Hall, S. Holden, Ltd., A. Beaumont, T. Inman, A. A. Leech and Sons, Leech and Linkinson, Ltd., R. Schofield and Sons, C. Shaw, Granville Shaw, W. G. Shaw and Company, L. Sykes and Company, John Leigh, Ltd., W. Leigh, Ltd., E. Gilliatt and Sons, Ltd., E. Stott, Ltd., J. and R. Sinkinson, Ltd., John Taylor, J. W. Taylor and Brothers, J. Lees and Company, J. and T. Wilde and Company, G. W. Ambler, Geo. W. Brad- bury, C. Buckley, Walker France, F. and H. Field, W. S. Hallsworth, W. H. Holt and Sons, Wm. Jones, Ltd., W. Kay, Mallalieu and Buckley, G. ^Mawdesley, Piatt and Hill, Joseph Pennington, H. Riley, H. B. Sparkes, G. B. Taylor, and Samuel Wild, all cotton waste dealers of Oldham v. the Workers" Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 10^. a week to those 18 years 133 and over, and 5^. a week to those under tliat age. Award — The men concerned should receive such advance as would bring their total earnings to 285. Qd. a week over pre-war rates; the women and youths under 18 years of age should receive an advance of ^d. an hour, and the girls under 18 years of age an advance of Id. an hour. Issued 16th July, 1919. [60T.] Worsted Spinners. — The Worsted Spinners' Federation, Ltd. V. the General Union of Textile Workers. Difference — Claim for extension of schedule of rates set out in Clause 7 of Court of Arbitration Award No. 249 of 18th February, 1919 (see page 128). Award— Minimum weekly rates fixed for certain classes of time- workers concerned ; where worsted spinning was newly introduced i'n a locality, and also in the case of Ardsley and Doncaster, the rates paid should be 5 per cent, less than those fixed for the West Riding. In those districts where doft'ers were paid less than spinners on two sides, the rate paid for the first six months of their employment should be Is. a week less than spinners on two sides of 72 spindles, and afterwards Qd. a week less. As regards pieceworkers, where the existing scales did not yield for four weeks more than the rates established for timeworkers, the scale should be revised so as to yield more to the pieceworkers. The award to take effect as from the first pay in April. Issued 23rd July, 1919. [618.] General Labourers. — Waring and Gillow, Ltd., Canvas Equip- ment Manufacturers, London v. several workpeople in the employ of the company. Difference — Application as to whether the workers concerned were stokers or labourers and whether there was a prescribed or substituted rate applicable. Award — The men concerned were labourers employed on attending heatinir stoves, and, as such, there was no prescribed rate applicable to them. Issued 23rd July, 1919. [621.] Hosiery Workers. — John Skelton and Son, Norwich v. the United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Applica- tion for Award No. 370 of the Court of Arbitration (Wholesale Clothing Trade^ — see page 137) to be sub- stituted for the Committee on Production Awards in operation on 11th November, 1918. Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 26th May, 1919, the women and girls under 18 years of age conceraed should receive advances of 125. '6^. and 75. a week respectively; all general or district advances (apart from increases in base rates) given since 1st May, 1917, merged in the above increases. Issued 29th July, 1919.^ [^"^-1 Hemp Workers. — Stephen Bros, and Martin, Hemp and Flax Mills, Bristol v. National Federation of Women Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for substituted rates. Award — Women should receive an advance of 5.s'. a week and girls under 18 years of age 25. 6d. a week ; the pieceworkers concerned should be paid an advance of 10 per cent, on current piece rates. Award to take effect from 1st May. Issued 30th July, 1919. [637.] Textile Workers. — McGregor and Co., Hose Pipe Manufac- turers, Dundee v. the Dundee and District Union of Jute and Flax Workers. Difference — Claim for increases in wages as 134 from IGlli May. Award— As lioin Uic Ijej^iiining of the first j)ay period following the date of the award, the men concerned should receive a further advance of JO per cent, on their piece- work earnings; claim for an advance to women, and that over- time should be paid for at the rate of time-and-a-half not estab- lished. Issued 18th August, ]9]9. [079.] Flax Scvichers. — T!ie ]ioard of Agiiculture and Fisheries (Flax l^roduction Branch) v. the Workers' Union. Uilierence — Claim for rate of 245. a week for a 48-hour week plus I65. a week war advance. Award — As from the beginning of the first paj' period following tlie date of the award, the women and girls under 18 years employed as llaxworkers at Jiong Melford should receive advances of bs. and 25. 6^. a week respectively. Issued 22nd August, 1919. [G94.] Machinists (^Womcn). — J. Wilson Browne and Son, Ltd., Can- vas Equipment Makers, Birmingham r. Doris Curtis and two others, employees of the firm. Difference — Application concern- ing Order No. 1073. AAvard — The advance of bs. a week granted by Order No. 1073 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918) formed part of the prescribed rate of the women concerned employed in the manufacture of militarv equipment. Issued 22nd August, 1919. [696.] Shroud Workers {\V0me7v). — C. H. Parsons, Ltd., Bordesley, Birmingham v. the United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Application concerning the prescribed rate. Award — The rates set out in Part I. of the Schedule of Order No. 357 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919) (see page 397) were not the prescribed rates for the women and girls concerned emplojred in the manufacture of shrouds. Issued 25th August, 1919. [702.] Flaa Workers; Overlookers. — The Flax Spinners' Association Ltd. V. the Flax Roughers' and Yarn Spinners' Trade Union. Difference — Claim that " overlookers '' employed at Belfast should be paid the terms of the Award No. 2915 of the Com- mittee on Production of 21st November, 19J8 (Flax Workers — Ireland). Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 24th September, 1919. [784.] __ Fitters, Turners, etc., on Maintenance Work. — Brough-Nirhol- son and Hall, Ltd., Silk Manufacturers, Leek r. certain em- ployees of the firm, represented by Charles R. 'Bates. Difference — As to the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the workmen concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to the fitter, turner, and blacksmith concerned engaged on main- tenance work was the rate actually paid on 11th November, 1918, i.e., Is. Id. an hour for a 52^ hours' working week. Issued 24th September, 1919. [786.] Maintenance Workers. — The Calico Printers' Association, Blackburn and District, and F. Steiner and Co., Ltd., Church, near Accringtou v. the National Federation of Building Trades' Operatives. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or sub- stituted rate of wages applicable to the maintenance workers employed by the above-named Association and firm. Awari — The prescribed rate applicable to the joiners, masons, painters 135 and slaters concerned was 1^. 4id. an kour. Issued 3rd October, 1919. [800.] Lace Trade, Auxiliary Workers. — Tlie Midland Counties Lace Manufacturers' Association v. the Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers. Difference — Claim for tke Auxiliary Workers' Agreement and the Levers Twist Hands Variations Agreement, together with Award No. 545 of the Court of Arbitration (Slip Winders — see page 131) to be made binding as from 31st May, 1919. Award — The Auxiliary Workers' Agreement, and the Levers Twist Hands Variation Agreement, together with Award No. 545 (slip winders) should take effect from the beginning of the first pay after 23rd June. Issued 16th October, 1919. [822.] Roughers and Sorters. — Finlayson, Bousfield and Co., Ltd., Linen Thread Manufacturers, Johnstone v. the Flaxdressers and Linen Workers' Trade Union and the Newmilns and District Textile Workers' Union and Friendly Benefit Society. Difference — Claim for increases of wages for men and boys and merging of war bonuses in wages. Award — As from the beginning of the lirst pay period after the date of the Award, the rates of the roughers and sorters concerned should be 58^. (id. and 605. 6d. a week respectivel}^ plus an advance of 3*. a week on such rates ; claim in resjDect of boys under 18 was not established. Issued 24th October, 1919. [841.] Roughers and Sorters. — W. and J. Enox, Ltd., Linen Thread Manufacturers, Kilbirnie v. the Ayrshire Miners' Union. Differ- ence — Claim for increase of 15.?. per week and; merging of war bonuses in wages. Award — As from the beginning of the first pay period after the date of the Award, the rates of the roughers and sorters concerned should be 58^. 6^^. and 6O5. Qd. a week respectively plus an advance of 35. a week on such rates. Issued 24th October, 1919. [842.] Hosiery Workers. — Harrott and Co., I;td., The Glen Olove and Hosiery Co., Ltd., and Gordon and Co., all of Aberdeen v. the National Union of General W^orkers. Difference — As to whether the amount of the prescribed rate was affected by Pro- fessor Irvine's Award of the 29th November, 1918. Award — The advances given by Professor Irvine's Award, dated 29th Novem- ber, 1918, did not affect the amount of such prescribed rate, if any, as might be applicable to the classes of workers con- cerned. Issued 8th November, 1919. [874.] Felt Workers. — Mitchells, Ash worth, Stansfield and Co., Ltd., AVaterfoot, The Bury Felt Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Bury, Messrs. Rowland E-awlinson, Waterfoot, and the Rossendale Hair Felt Co., Ltd., Eawtenstall v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 125. per week and reduction of hours to 46^ per normal week. Award — From 25th October the adult workers concerned should receive an advance of 55. a week; claim for a reduction of hours not established. Issued 18th November, 1919. [892.] _ Handkerchief and Fancy JAnen Operatives. — The Lurgan Handkerchief and Fancv Linen Manufacturers' Association v. tlie 136 Lur<»an Hemmeis' , Veinera' and General Women Workers' Trade Union. JJiiVer(>nce Application for an increase of 4d. in tlie sLillin<>- in the bonus now paid to general operatives and an advance on the prices paid to vice folders. Award — From 1st October, 1919, the women, 18 years of a<^e and over, and the girls concerned should receive advances of 2.?. and Is. a week respec- tively, and the piece prices of vice folders should be increased by one fartliiiig for every two dozen handkerchiefs. Issued 19l I November, 1919. [900.] Hosiery Trade. — The West of Scotland Hosiery Manufacturers' Association and the Hawick Hosiery Manufacturers' Association V. the Scottish Council of Textile Trade Unions, the Workers' Union, the National Union of General Workers and the National Federation of W^omen Workers. Difference — Claim for review of wages of hosiery workers in Scotland, with a view to the estab- lishment of uniform bases. Award — The men and women con- cerned who were timeworkers should receive minimum rates of 1^. 2d. and Sd. an hour respectively; men and women piece- workers should be paid such piece rates as would enable an ordinary worker to earn not less than 1.?. 8<^. and 9r/. an hour respectively; women employed upon work customarily done bv men should be paid the men's rate. The award to apply only to workpeople in the employ of West of Scotland Hosiery Manu- facturers' Association. Issued 20th November, 1919. [904.] Woollen Woj'kers. — E.. Rawlinson, Waterfoot, Hardman Bros, and Co., Rawtenstall, Bichard Rostron, Ltd., Waterfoot, and James Ashworth, Stacksteads v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 125. per week and reduction of hours to 46|- per normal week. Award — From 25th October the rates for the adult workers concerned. ajTed 18 years and over, should be advanced bv 5.?. a week. Issued 20th Noyember, 1919. [921.] Clothiug Trades. Glove Makers. — Yeovil and District Association of Glove Manu- facturers V. Amalgamated Society of Glovers and United Glover?' Mutual Aid Society. Difference — Application for an increase of wages equivalent to 25 per cent, per week on current rates, and, to weekly hands, time-and-a-half tor all time worked in excess of 50 hours in any week. Award — Cutters on piece-work or task work should receive an advance of 20 per cent, on their pre-war prices, men other than cutters 10 per cent. Men 18 years of age and over (other than elderly men) employed at time-rates should receive an advance of 55. and boys 25. 6^. a Aveek. These advances were to be payable as from the beginning of the first full pay following 21st November, 1918. Any general advance given since 31st August to the workpeople concerned merged in the advances granted except the 55. advance to time-work wheelmen in Sep- tember. Normal working week consisted of 50 hours; overtime at the rate of time and a quarter — this to be eft'ective as from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of award. Issued 9th January, 1919. [135.] 137 Steel Helmet Linings Makers. — Albert C Shoppee (London) v. Xational federation oi Women Workers, and Workers' Union. Difference — Application lor certain time and piece rates and other advances. Award — From first pay after 2.2uu November, 1918, women time-workers emplo'jed on the manufacture of linings for steel belniets, aged 18 years and over, should be naid such rates as to guarantee them a minimum of b\d. an hour, plus 11^. a week wi'.r advance, and girls on time-work aged 15, 16. 17 and 18 years a minimum of 2\d., 3d., ?>\d. and 4|\d., a clock hour, for first hands, second hands, and other female workers 17 years of age or over respectively, provided that any female worker 18 years and over who had been in the trade for one year or more and was not a first or second-class hand did not receive less than Id. an hour. The award was to be effective from the beginning of the first pay after 10th June. Issued 17th July, 1919. [614.] Bespoke Tailoring Workers. — Flights, Ltd, Clifton and Sons, A. Gard, the Executors of R. H. Northold and A. E. Haynes, Winchester v. The Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses. Difference— Application for an additional f^. per log hour as per Award 372 (Bespoke Tailoring Trade — see above) added to the current rate to be substituted for the prescribed rate. Award — The men concerned, aged 22 years and over, should receive an advance of f^. a log hour; men aged 18 years and under 22 years, and women aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of \d. a log hour; youths and girls under 18 years of age should receive an advance of \d. a log hour. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of Award. Issued 1st August, 1919. [639.] Hat Leather Workers. — The Stockport, Denton, Hyde and District Hatters, Stitchers, Pointers and Gold Blockers' Associa- tion V. The Amalgamated Society of Leather Workers. Difference — As to whether the men concerned, stitchers, pointers and gold blockers were entitled to the 12| per cent, and 1\ per cent, bonus on earnings. Award — It was found that the claim had not been established. Issued 12th August, 1919. [657.] Tailors. — The Cowlairs Co-operative Society, Ltd. v. Alexander Dudgeon. Difference — Application for the determination of the prescribed rate applicable. Award — The prescribed rates of the machinists, trouser-makers, coat-makers, vest-makers, pres.sers, tailors and fitters concerned was 7<^. an hour for women 18 years of age and over, except cutters 20 years of age and over, for whom 140 the prescribed rule wiis Hd. an hour; iiie prescribed rale for men 22 years of age and (j\ er was 11^/. an hour, issued 2\)ih. August, 19iy. [716.] Overall and Smock Makers. — lientley and Co., Halifax v. Amy Isles, represented by the United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Dillereiue — Application as to whether there was a prescribed or substituted rate applicable. Award — The prescribed rate applic- able from 21st JNovember, 1918, to the class of workpeople to which Amv Isles belongs was Id . an hour, issued 5th September, ii)]9. [749.] Dressmakers. — The Barnstaple Master Tailors', Drapers' and Dressmakers' Association v. The Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses. Difference — Application as to whether the rates prescribed by Order i357 (Statutory Knles and Orders, 1919) [see ])age 397) should be substituted for the prescribed rates of ii\e women cuiicerned. Award — From the first pay after 25th August, 1919, tlie rates set out in Order No. 357 (Statutory Rules and Orders. 1919) w^ere to be substituted for the prescribed rates of the women and girls concerned. Issued 11th September, 1919. Hat and Cay Workers {\\' omen). — Simmons and Co., Bristol v. The United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Appli- cation for the rates prescribed by the Court of Arbitration Award 399 [see page 138) to be substituted for the current wages and bonuses being paid. Award — From the begining of the first pay in August, 1919, the "women and girls concerned employed in the hat and cap trade should receive advances of 9^. 4^^. and 55. 2d. a week respectively, based on a 50 hours' working week, any general advances (other than advances in base rates) given since 1st January, 1918, merged in these advances. Issuer! 3rd November. 1919. '[859.] Siockcuiter and Trimmer. — The National Federation of Mer- chant Tailors, representing Jacobs, Liverpool v. The United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Application as to w^hether there was a prescribed or substituted rate applicable. Award — There was no prescribed rate applicable to the class to which the employee belongs. Issued 3rd November, 1919. [860.] Machine Pressers and Finishers [Women). — Sugg and Forsdick, Bow r. Thc'United Garment Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Application as to whether there was a prescribed or substituted rate or rates for the women concerned. Aw^ard — The rate of the machinists, pressers and finishers concerned was a rate of 8.'/. an hour, determined by No. 993 of Statutory Rules and Orders. 1919. dated 31st July, 1919, which became effective as from 18th August. {see page 397). Issued 7th November. 1919. [871.] Eoot and Shoe Trades. Canvas Shoe Makers. — Douglas Fraser and Sons, Ltd, Arbroath 7-. The Arbroath Mill, Factory, and Bleachfield Workers' Union. Difference — Application for the terms and conditions of a certain award. Award — Award (No. 113) of the Court of Arbitration of 30th December, 1918 (Textile Trade— Scotland), could not be held 141 to be applicable to the women and girls concerned engaged in tbe manufacture of shoes composed of jute soles and canvas uppers. Issued 23rd August, 1919. [701.] Transport Trades. Locomotive Drivers, Shunters, Cleaners and Coalmen. — Nevill's Dock and Railway Company, Ltd., Llanelly v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. -Difference — Claim on behalf of locomotive drivers, shunters, cleaners and coalmen for an advance of 6^. per week and reduction in working hours from 54 to 53 hours per week. Award — It was held that the claim for an advance in wages of 6^. per week had not been established. Work- ing hours of men concerned should be reduced from 54 to 53 per week, to take effect on and from 2nd December, 1918. Issued 2nd January, 1919. [124.] Dock Workers. — North British Railway Co. (Silloth) v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — 'Claim for advances, special rates for Bank Holidays, week-end work and overtime and for minimum rates of wages. Award — Men concerned should receive an advance of l^d. per hour. Extra payments made for overtime, etc., should continue to be calculated according to the existing practice, but on the basis of the increased hourly rate fixed by this award instead of the existing rate. This award should take effect as from the commencement of the day shift (6 a.m. or 7 a.m. as the case may be) on Monday, 6th January. Issued 13th January, 1919. [141.] Railway Workers. — Glasgow Subway Railway Co. v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advance of 3^. 6d. per week for male employees over 18 years of age, and 1^. 9d. for those under 18 years of age, as from the week ending 10th August, 1918. Award — Men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive 35. Qd. a week war advance and boys 1^. 9d. from the beginning •of the first pay after 22nd November, 1918. Issued 14th January, 1919. [145.] Electrical Workers. — Railway Executive Committee v. Elec- trical Trades Union, National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union and National Amalgamated Union of Engine- men, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Dift'erence — Claim for extension to workmen in power and sub- stations on the railways of the terms of Award (No. 2800) of the "Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, who were employed in elec- trical trades on the railways, should receive 5^. a week war advance, and boys 2s. 6d., from and including the pay period ior which pavment was made in the week ended 7th December, 1918. Issued 14th January, 1919. [149.] Dock Tug Drivers and Stokers.— Vort of London Authority and Association of Master Lightermen and Barge Owners v. National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motor- men and Electrical Workers and Amalgamated Society of En- gineers. Difference— Claim for an advance of 5.?. per week to i;ug drivers and stokers to be paid proportionately on nioht work, •overtime, Sunday work and holidays, as from the first pay day in K 142 Septt'iulnM', l'JJ8. Award — Dock tug- drivers and stokers coa- ceriied should receive an advance of bs. per week from the begin- ning of first pay after 1st December, 1918. Issued 21st January, 191U. [158.] Engineers on Tugs, etc. — Admiralty and War Office v. Amal- gamated Society of Engineers and Steam Engine Makers' Society. Difl'erence — Claim for an advonce in wages to civilian engineers on tugs, dredgers and hoppers working from and in the ports where 11. M. Dockyards are situated. Award — The base rates of men concerned in civilian employment qs engineers on tugs, dredgers and hoppers should be increased by 1^. a day from and including 22nd November, 1918. Questions of arrangement of hours, overtime payment, etc., the Court referred back to the parties for further consideration. Issued 1st February, 1919. [188.] Engineers on Tugs, etc. — Admiralty and War Office v. "Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance in wages to civilian engineers on tugs, dredgers and hoppers working from and in the ports where H.M. Dockyords are situated. Award — The base rates of men concerned in civilian employment as engineers on tugs, dredgers and hoppers should be increased by Is. a day from and including 22nd November, 1918. Question of arrangement of hours, overtime payment, etc., the Court referred back to the parties for further consideration. Issued 1st Feb- ruary, 1919. [189.] Warehousevien, Lochgatemen, etc. — Ipswich Dock Employers* Association v. Dock, Wharf, Eiverside and General Workers* Union. Difference — As to the percent-age increase to be given under Clause 11 of Award No. 2567 of the Committee on Pro- duction of 16th October, 1918. Award — (1) The existing addi- tions to the piece rates and tonnage rates of the men concerned were sufficient to yield to them advances equivalent to the advonces granted to time-workers under the awards of the Committee on Production, Nos. 1299 and 2567. (2) Lockgate-men were not covered by Award No. 2567. (3) In the case of the warehouse- men concerned the Court were not prepared to rule that they should be covered by any award given to dock labourers. Issued 5th February, 1919. [200.] Hatchway Minders, Tippers and Slingers. — Tees Wharf Owners* Association v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers* Union. Diff'erence — Claim for extension of Committee on Pro- duction Award No. 2567 of the 16th October, 1918, to hatchway minders, tippers and slingers. Award — The hatchway minders, tippers and slingers concerned, aged 18 years and over, while employed loading and unloading ships should be paid a further war advance of Ihd. an hour, and boys 9d. a day, from the begin- ning of tlie first pay after 1st January. Issued 6th February,. 1919. [202.] Trimmers and Teemers. — River Wear Commissioners v. North of England Trimmers and Teemers' Association. Difference — - Claim for increase of minimum wage from £3 to £3 10^. a week. Award — Teemers concerned should receive a war advance of 3^. 143 o, week as on and from 12tli December, 1918. Issued 12tli Feb- ruary, 1919. [213.] Skilled, Semi- and U n- skilled Labourers. — Admiralty v. Workers' Union, Federated Council of Government Employees and Government Labourers' Union. Difference — Claim for sub- stituted rates. Award — The minimum rate of skilled workers in H.M. Dockyards and naval establishments should be increased to 27*. a week, the wages of the men already receiving" 27^. or over to be reviewed by the Admiralty with a view to adjustment ; other items of claim relating to skilled and imskilled men were not established. Issued 14th February, 1919. [223.] Fleet Coaling Workers. — Admiralty v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for payment of the 12| per cent, bonus. Award — Men concerned, employed in the Fleet Coaling Service, Har- wich, aged 21 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. a week from first pay after 1st ISTovember, 1918. Issued 19th February, 1919. [253.] Hobhlers. — Milford Haven Trawler Owners' and Fish Sales- men's Association, Ltd. v. National x\malgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Difference — Claim for sub- stituted rates for hobblers. Award— Hobblers employed in land- ing fish at Milford Haven should be paid, from 15th March, rates according to a tariff' varying from ds. for landing 100 kits or less, to lbs for landing over 175 to 200 kits, with an additional 1^. 6d. for every 25 kits over 200. Issued 15th March, 1919. [312.] Railway Generating Station Workers. — Bailway Executive Committee v. Electrical Trades Union, National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union and National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim for a war wage advance of 155. to electrical workers employed on generating stations and sub- stations on railways in London. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 25th March, 1919. [353.] Coal Carters, etc. — North Staffordshire Master Carters' and Team Owners' Association v. Amalgamated Horsemen's Union. Dift'erence — Claim for a substituted rate, i.e., an increase in wages based on Award No. 2315 of the Committee on Production. Award — From first -psij after 1st March, men concerned, aged 18 years and over, and youths doing adults' work, should receive a further war wage advance of 5^. a week, and other voutlis an increase of 2s. 6d. a week. Issued 27th March, 1919. [357.] Ttig Captains. — Port of London Authority v. Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen. Difference — Claim for a further uniform war bonus of 10.?. per week for tug captains. Award — Tug captains concerned should receive a further war wage advance of lO.f. a week from first pav following 6th December, 1918. Issued 31st March, 1919. [367.] Thames Lightermen. — Employers in Eough Goods Ligliterage Trade ^^ Amalg-amated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen. Difference — Claim for a uniform working week of 48 hours (four 12-hour shifts) . Award— The working week should K 2 144 l)c leduci'd to oue of 48 Iiours, the present weekly wage to apply to the rt'duccd \voilt. a week should be paid to higher skilled men, 55s. to lesser skilled, -l-9f. to labourers, 27.s\ to women, I6.9. to girls and boys, from the first pay after 1st July, 1919 ; the working week should be 48 houTs without reduction in wages of time-workers or piece-workeis ; the ipimber of hours to be worked each day should be decided between the parties iji the district concerned; if the working week of any firm was now less than 48 hours, such shorter working week should continue to be worked. Issued 15th August, 1919. [672.] Carpenters and Unskilled Workers. — The Educational Supply Association, Ltd., Stevenage r. the Workers' Union and the Amal- gamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. Difference — Claim 158 lliuL till' iiit'u coiicuniud should receive u bonus of 12^ per cent, on euriiiiigs from 1st August, VJlii. Award — It was field that the claim hud not beeu established. Issued 22xid August, lUl'J. i'oarliiiuikers and l^ainters. — The Cambriaii Kailways Company V. The iSalionul Union of Vehicle Workers. Uillerence Claim lor a substituted rate, that coachiuakers and painters in employ of the company at Oswestry, should be paid the same rates as those ])aid to similar classes of workmen in the employ of the Loudon and North-Weslern liailway Company. Award — From the first pay after 7th May, 1919, the rate for coachmakers should be '^^s. a week, and tlie rate for painters, outside and inside, should be o4i-. and 28a'. a week respectively. Issued 3rd September, lUlU. [ToO.] Artificial Limb Makers. — The British Artificial Limb Makers' Association, London v. The Artificial Limb Workers' Joint Com- mittee representing the various Unions to which the workers belonged. Dilference — Claim for the interpretation of an agree- ment between the British Artificial Limb Makers' Association and certain trade unions dated 28th April, 1910, and approved by the Minister of Labour 15th May, 1919 {see page 392). Award — The men concerned were not entitled to the minimum rate of Is. lO^d. an hour for a 47-hours week until 20th August, 1919. Issued 5th September, 1919. [746.] Women Workers — Aircraft. — Parker and Sons, Ltd., Cowley Peachy, Uxbridge v. The National Federation of "Women Workers. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate for the class of w^orkers concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applic- able to the class of workers concerned, 18 years of age and over, engaged upon aircraft work was ^d. an hour plus a war wage advance of 11."?. a week. Issued 10th September, 1919. [755.] Woinen Aircraft Woodworkers. — ^ . E. Blake, Ltd., London v. The Workers' Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of w^ages for women and girls engaged on air- craft. Award — The prescribed rate of wages applicable to the women concerned, aged 18 years and over, was 6f/. an hour, plus a bonus of II5. a week, plus 55. a week from the first pay in May, 1919, subject to a maximum advance of 205. a week granted under Award (No. 511) of the Court of Arbitration of 7th June, 1919 (Women Workers — Aircraft Industrv) {see page 155). Issued lOth September, 1919. [756.] Women Aircraft Woodworkers. — Boulton and Paul, Ltd., Poaged on munitions work, should receive war wage advance oi 5a. a week and girls under 18 years of age an advance of 2.s'. (id. a week, in which should merge the advance of ^d. an iiour granted by the firm in September, 1918. The award should take eh:ect as from the beginning of the first full pay following 11th September, 1918. Issued 8th April, 1919. [392.] Women Labourers. — Ministry of Munitions (Central Stores Branch) i'. National Federation of Women Workers. Uitierence — Claim for application of the terms of Court of Arbitration Award Xo. 174 {see page 73). Award — From first pay in March, 1919, women concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of bs. a week and the girls 2*'. ikl. a week provided that the total advance over rates originally fixed by Statutory Rules and Orders for the class of work then performed should not exceed 205. and 10^. a week respectively. Issued 17th April, 1919. [411.] Women Workers. — Sheppey Glue and Chemical Works, Ltd., Queenborough v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for in- creases of 5s. and 25. Qd. to women aged 18 years and over, and girls under 18 years of age respectively. Award — Women con- cerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 35. 6^/. a week and girls l5. 9d. a week. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of the award. Issued 25th April, 1919. [417.] General Workers. — Sheppey Glue and Chemical Works, Ltd., Queenborough v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for in- creases of 55. and 2s. 6d. to men aged 18 years and over and youths respectively. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 35. Qd. a week and vouths I5. dd. a week. Issued25th April, 1919. [418.] Semi-skilled and Unskilled W^ork?nen. — Inspection Depart- ment, Woolwich Arsenal, Ministry of Munitions v. Workers' Union, Labour Protection League, and Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference— Claim that male employees of the Inspection Department, Woolwich Arsenal, should when working overtime receive payment for the tea interval of 20 minutes for the whole of the war period prior to 17th June, 1918. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 9th May, 1919. [454.] Chemical Workers. — Shirley, Aldred and Co., Ltd., wood distillers, Worksop v. Workers' Union. Dift'erence — As to whether the prescribed rate applicable to chemical workers in Sheffield applied to employees of the above firm. Award — The prescribed rates of wages applicable to chemical workers in the Sheffield district did not apply to the workpeople of the firm. Issued 15th May, 1919. [464.] Lyddite Workers. — Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne (represented by the ^N'orth-East Coast 171 Engineering Trades Em2:)loyers' Association) v. the Workers' Union. Difference — As to what rates should be paid to men engaged in the boiling-out house. Award — The boiling-out house workers concerned should receive an advance of Id. an hour as from the beginning of the first full pay following 20th May. Issued 20th May, 1919. [470.] Clerks. — Ministry of Munitions v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — Claim on behalf of clerical employees, male and .female, employed at No. 2 Shell Filling Factory, Aintree, for a variation in the wages and overtime conditions. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 21st May, 1919. [479.] Unskilled Labourers. — The Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Westminster 'v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that the terms and conditions of the Award (No. 280) of the Court of Arbitration of 29th February, 1919 (Oil Milling Industry) (see page 166), should be made applicable to members of the Workers' Union employed by the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., at their Wandsworth Works. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 4th July, 1919. [570.] Motor in en. — Lever Bros., Ltd., Port Sunlight v. the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Motormen, Mechanics and Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim that motormen employed in the Birmingham Distribution Depot of tlie Company should receive the 12|- per cent, on earnings and the same rates as were paid by the Company to the same class of employees at Port Sunlight and Liverpool. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 8th July, 1919. [580.] Explosives Trade. — The Wages Committee of Explosives Manu- facturers v. the National Federation of General Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for the consolidation of all increases of wages granted during the war. Award — It was held that tlie claim had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [592.] Chemical Trade. — The Chemical Employers' Federation v. the National Federation of General Workers and the Joint Committee of Salt and Chemical Trade Workers. Difference — Claim by the Chemical Employers' Federation that the current war advance should be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage reduc- tion in the cost of living as quoted in the " Labour Gazette " for July, 1919 ; on behalf of the Avorkpeople that all increases of wages granted during the war should be consolidated. Award — It was held that the claims had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [593.] Soaj) and Candle Trades. — The Soap and Candle Trades Em- ployers' Federation n. the Joint Committee of Salt and Chemical Trade Workers. Difference — Claim by the Soap and Candle Trades Employers' Federation that the current war advance should be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage reduc- tion in the cost of living as quoted in the "Labour Gazette " for July, 1919; by the Joint Committee of Salt and Chemical 172 Tiiidc \\ Oikciis, lliat ;ill increases granted during the war should be ('onsolidaU'd, with ii furllior advance of J.J5. a week, and that a 44-hours' u('(^l< sliould he esUiMisJuid. Award — It was licld that the claims liad not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [594.] Soai) and Candle Trades. — The Soap and Caudle Trades Em- ployers' Federation v. the National Federation of General Workers. Difference — Claim by the Soap and Candle Trades Employers' Federation that the current war advance should be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage reduction in the* cost of living as quoted in the " Labour Gazette " for July, 1919. Claim by the National Federation of General Workers, that all increases of wages granted during the war should be consolidated. Award — It was held that the above claims had not been estab- lished. Issued 15th July, 1919. [595.] Oil Trade. — Prices' Co., Ltd., London c. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim by the Company that the advances paid by the firm should date from the next pay day following their notice, viz., 18th June, 1919. Claim by the Workers' Union that the advances should date from 7th December, 1918. Award — The advances paid by the firm to the stokers, motor drivers, oil blenders, refiners, etc., concerned, from 18th June, 1919, should be ])aid from the beginning of the first pav after 25th April, 1919. Issued 30th July, 1919. [632.] Chemical Trade. — Brunner, Mond and Co., Ltd.. Xorthwich r. Northwich Joint Trades and Labour Committee. Difference — Application by the firm to withdraw the advance of 2s. 6^. a week granted under the Award (No. 447) of the Committee on Pro- duction of 7th November, 1917. Award — It was held that the claim had not been establislied. Issued 8th August, 1919. [648.] Chemical Workers [Women). — The Electro Deposits, Ltd., Glasgow V. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that the provisions of Order No. 1073 (Statutory Eules and Orders, 1918) should form part of the prescribed rate applicable to the women concerned. Award — The provisions of Order No. 1073 ^Statutory Kules and Orders, 1918) did not form part of the prescribed rate applicable lo the women concerned employed on work in connec- tion with gas charges, in the machine sho]), chemical departiuent and paint shop of the Company. Issued 4tli September, 1919. [736.] Paint, Colour and Vanusk Trade. — The National Federation of Associated Paint. Colour and Varnish Manufacturers of Great Britain r. the National Federation of General Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for an advance of IO5. a week to men, bs. a week to women and youths, 25. 6r7. a week to girls under 18, and an appro- priate advance to pieceworkers. Award — From 8th August, 1919. tlie men concerned, aged 18 years and over, sliould receive an advance of 4s. a week. The advance granted under this award should be applicable both to time workers and piece workers. Issued 3rd October. 1919. [798.] 173 Drug and Fine CJiemical Industry. — The Drug and Fine Chemical Mauufactiuers' Association v. the Amalgamated Society of Pharmacists, Drug and Chemical Workers, Dilierence — Claim for reduction of hours, advances in minimum rates, and overtime rates. Award — From first pay in August adult male workers in receipt of rates not exceeding 15^'. above the fixed minimum rate of the class to which they might belong should receive an advance of 55. a week; those receiving in excess of 15^. should receive such amount as to give them not more than 20^. above the existing minimum of their grades. The weekly minimum rates for time- workers should be the guaranteed rates for pieceworkers according to age and grade. Other items of claim were not established. Issued 16th October, 1919. [825.] Chemical Trade. — The Chemical Emjiloyers' Federation v. the Joint Committee of Salt and Chemical Trade Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of 15^. and 75. Qd. to workers aged 18 years and over and under 18 years of age respectively, ^pro rata increases for all piece and bonus workers, consolidation of all war bonuses and percentages into wages, and a 44-hours' week. Award — From- first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 55. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12| per cent, and 7| per cent, respectively, were calculated. Issued 5th November, 1919. [864.] Chemical Trade. — The Chemical Employers' Federation v. the National Federation of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of 155. and 75. Qd. to adults and youths respectively, and a proportionate advance for piece workers, and overtime payment for process m6n and labourers. Award — From first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 55. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12|- per cent, and 7^ per cent., respectively, were calculated. Issued 5th November, 1919. [865.] Explosives Workers. — The Wages Committee of Explosives Manufacturers v. the National Federation of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of IO5. and 55. to adults and juniors respectively, and a proportionate advance for piece- workers, and overtime payment for process men and labourers. Award — From first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men con- cerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 55. a week, which was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12|^ per cent, and 7^ per cent., respectively, were calculated. Issued 5th November, 1919. [866.] Petrol Can Repairers and Checkers. — ^The Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., Portishead, Bristol v. the Workers' Union. Difference — As to whether there was, and, if so, what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the men employed as petrol can repairers and checkers and transferred to the firm's factory at Rouen. Award — The Court found there was no prescribed rate applicable to the men concerned employed by the firm at Portis- head and transferred to their factory of Eouen, France, in M 174 Aug'iisl, JIHU, and llion called up for general service under the Military Service Acts with certain specifi(!d conditions of employ- ment. Issued 8th November, 1919. [87^5.] Shell Fillers. — W. E. Blake Explosive Loading Co., Ltd., Ilurliiigham and Eulluim i;. tlie Workers' Union. Difference. — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages ajjplicable to the labourers formerly em])loyed by the above firm. Award — The prescribed rate for the men concerned who were employed at the establishments of the firm at Hurlingham and Eulham was a rate of \ld. per hour plus the bonus on output which was being paid on and ])rior to 11th IVovember, 1918. Issued 18th November, 1919. [890.] Burner men and Kesslermen. — The Scottish Committee of Chemical Manufacturers, representing Alex. Hope, Jnr., and Co., Ltd., Glasgow v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim by burnermen when two men attended to three burners for an advance of 2^. a shift or for an additional man per shift, and by kesslermen for an advance in wages when •attending two kesslers and filling char for their furnaces. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 18th November, 1919. [893.] S>oap and Candle Trades. — J. Barrington and Sons, Ltd., Dublin I', the Irish Transport and General Workers' L'^nion. Difference — Claim for advances of 12^. per week to men and 8^. per week to women and boys, increases to piece workers, a 44- hours' week, overtime at the rate of time and a half, and fourteen days' holiday annually with pay. Award — The men concerned aged 21 and over sbould receive an advance of 5^. a week, those aged 18 years and over but under 21 years of age and women aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 4^. a week, and the boys and girls under 18 years of age an advance of 2^. a week ; claim for a 44-hours' week was not established; the working week for carters should be 48 hours; overtime, except in the case of carters, should be paid for at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours, and time and a half thereafter ; carters should be paid overtime at ordinary time rate for first six hours after full 48 hours had been worked eacli week and time and a half thereafter; question of annual holidays referred to the parties for further discussion. Effective from 6th December, 1919. Issued 18th November, 1919. [895.] Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. Bottlers and Vanmen. — Londonderry and North- West Bottlers' Association r. National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Differ- ence — Application for certain minimum rates and alteration in working conditions. Award — Men concerned, employed as van- men and in the bottling stores, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of iSs. a week, and boys 35. a week, as from beginning of first pay in January, 1919. In the event of vanmen receiving any advance within a period of three months from the date of this Award coming into effect, as the result of any general award or agreement affecting the carting industry, such further increase should merge in the advance hereby awarded. Claim that 175 one youth only be alloAved to every three adults employed in the bottling stores was not established. Issued 13th February, 1919. [221.J Provision Trade. — Scottish Provision Trade Association (whole- sale section), and Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd, V. National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehouse- men and Clerks. Difference — Claim for advances, overtime payment, a 44-hours' week, and holidays. Award — The skilled men aged 21 years and over should be paid hourly rates as fol- lows : hamcurers (qualified) Is. b^d. an hour, ham-boners (not being qualified hamcurers) 1^. 3^^. an hour, storemen (qualified) l5. 4d. an hour. Unskilled workers should be paid 10c/. an hour, witTi Id. advance on 3 months' and a further Id. at the end of 6 months' service. To women an advance of 5^. a week. Working week should consist of 47 hours, and overtime rate should be time and a half. In addition to recognised holidays, ten days should be allowed between June and September. To settle claim for retrospective payment, men should be paid 3^. and women 55. a week from 1st December, 1918. Issued 20th February, 1919. [258.] Tughoatmen. — James Fairclough and Sons, Ltd., Corn Millers, Warrington r. National Union of Dock Labourers, and Hiverside Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance of lOs. per week. Award — As from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of issue, boatmen concerned, employed on wheat-carrying steam tugs, should receive an advance of 5*. a week. Issued 28th March, 1919. [364.] Meat Porters. — Central Markets Meat Carriers' Transport Com- mittee, Smithfield v. Journeymen Butchers' I'ederation of Great Britain. Difference — Claim for an advance to a minimum of £3 105. a week. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 5*. a week, to take efi:'ect from the beginning of the first full pay following 6th May, 1919. Issued 6th May, 1919. [439.] Lozenge Packers, etc. — Maggeson and Co., Ltd., Bermondsey, London v. National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Difference — As to whether the workers concerned were of a class for which the rates under the agreement for the Drug and Fine Chemical Workers were the prescribed rates. Award — The workpeople concerned engaged in the manufacture and packing of lozenges, pastilles, jujubes, etc., were not workpeople of a class to which the prescribed rates of pay in the drug and fine chemi- cal trade are applicable. Issued 24th June, 1919. [549.] Balers aivd Confectioners. — Dublin Master Bakers v. Joint Committee, Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union. Differ- ence — Claim for substituted rates. Award — Advances were granted of 6.?. a week to tablehands, bakers, male confectioners and inside workers, motor drivers, male '^lerks, stablemen and yardmen; male employees aged 18-21 years and women aged 21 years and over an advance of 45. a week, and youths and girls 25. Qd. a week. Separate scale of advances granted in the case of apprentices according to the years served of their term. The M 2 iTG comniistjion to bread van drivers sliould be increased by 10 per cent., except in tiie ease ot Hour. The award lo take eftect from the beginning of the first pay after 12th June, lUJlJ. Issued 28tli June, JUJU. [^^'^'-J Gvocvry Traih's. — The Star Tea (Jo., Ltd., Ji(jndon v. the National Anialganiated Union of Sliop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks. Uiifereuce — Claim for minimum rates of wages for meu and women and chargehands, and overtime and holiday pay. Award — The bonus of 10 per cent, on the base rate granted to the workpeople in April, 19l8, should be increased to 20 per cent., and the working week reduced to 48 hours, for which they should be paid the same sum as was payable for a 50 hours' week; the remainder of the claim was not established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [598.] Bahing Trades. — Drogheda Master Bakers' Association v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and the Irish Bakers' Amalgamated Union. Difference — Claim for advances. Award — From Gth June, 1919, ovenmen and table hands should receive such advance to total 26.?. a week, yardmen and bread van drivers an advance of Gs. a week; jobbing men to be paid a daily rate of 10^. 4r/. Issued 30th July, 1919. [0-34.] Dairy Employees. — The Eastbourne Dairymen's Association v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for rate of £4 per week to foremen and £3 per Aveek to milk carriers, male and female, a working week of 48 hours, overtime and holidays. Award — Claim that foremen should receive £4 a week, and milk carriers, male and female, £3 a week, not established; the Court approved the rates that came into operation from 15th July, 1919. All employees, after one year's sei'vice, should receive two weeks' holiday with pay. Issued 21st August, 1919. [688] Bakers and Confectioners. — The National Association of Master Bakers, the London Employers' Joint Committee and the Co-operative Union, litd. r. the Amalgamated Union of Opera- tive Bakers and Confectioners. Difference — Claim for minimum rates, a 44-hours' week and payment for public holidays, annual holidays and Sunday work. Award — The rates for bread bakers and small-goods men, and bakery male allied workers should be advanced by 55. a week; rates of youths and women in each case over 18 years of age should be advanced by 2.s'. 6c/. a week, and those under 18 years of age by Is. 3d. a week; overtime should be paid for at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours, and time and a half thereafter; one hour a day may be carried forward, but not more than four hours in one week; the working week to be 48 hours. All public holidays should be recognised as holidays without loss of pay. Work done on Sunday and Christmas Day should be paid for at double time, and work done after 7 p.m. on Saturday and up to midnight on Sunday should be regarded as Sunday work. Any advance granted pending the result of arbitration proceedings should merge in the amounts hereby awarded. The award to take effect from and including 19th August, 1919. Issued 22nd August, 1919. [TOO.] Bakers.— T. W. C. Hale, Baker and Confectioner, Hadley and Wellington, Salop v. J. Sanson and A. J. Ball, represented by 177 the Amalg-amated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers. Difference — As to whether there was, and if so, what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the workmen concerned. Award — The prescribed rate of wages applicable to the class of workmen concerned was 555. a week. Issued 4th September, 1919. [739.] Dairy Employees. — The Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Dairymen's Association v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim f(x substituted rates and other working conditions. Award — From 29th August, 1919, minimum rates for men and women 18 years of age and over should be 50.?. and 355. a week respec- tively; minimum rates for bo3^s and youths should be 175. Qd. a week, to those aged 14 years, rising to 335. a week to those 17 years of age. Claims for certain rates of pay for girls under 18 years of age, and for the w^orking week to be 48 hours, were not established. Issued 4th September, 1919. [742.] Baldng Trade. — The Newry Master Bakers' Association v. the Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union. DifEerence^Claini for an advance of 175. per week to the men concerned and II5. per week increase to apprentices over three years at the trade, and 75. to those under three years but over one year. Award — The bakers concerned should receive such advance as would make their total w^ar advance 2G5. a week; the bread-servers, motor- drivers, van-drivers, yardmen, loftmen and bakehouse labourers should receive an advance of 35. a week; apprentices, three years or more at the trade, should receive an advance of 55. a week, and apprentices of less than three years but more than one year at the trade should receive an advance of 35. Qd. a week. Effective from the beginning of the first full pav after date of Award. Issued 2nd October, 1919. [797.] Butchers. — The Ministry of Food (representing the Smithfield Control Board) v. the Journeymen Butchers' i^'ederation of Great Britain. Difference — Claim for an increase in wages of IO5. to manual workers. Award — The men concerned slioidd receive an advance of 55. a week. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after date of Award. Issued 6th October, 1919. [802.] Bakers. — The Aldershot District Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd., the Aldershot, Farnham and District Master Bakers' Association, the Farnham and District Industrial Co- operative Society, Ltd. v. the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers. Difference — Claim for a substituted rate of wages for bread bakers and small goods nien, women and juveniles employed in Aldershot, Farnham and district. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 9th October, 1919. [808.] Sakers.—The Oxford and District Master Bakers' and Confec- tioners' Association, the Oxford Co-operative and Industrial Society, Ltd., and Butler Brothers v. the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for a substituted rate of wages for bread bakers and small goods men, women and juveniles employed in Oxford and 178 disliicl. Award- It was liold liiat (lie claim Lad not been estab- lished. Issued ytli October, 1919. [^09.] Ii(ikin-land and W'alos), and agreements of ]2lh September, 1918,- and 8tli November, 1018, formed j)art of the jnescribed rates of the workers concerned in the employ of the firm. Issued 20th June, 1010. [537.] LcatJwr Workers (Wonen). — Waring- and Gillow, Ltd., London V. the National Federation of Women Workers. Uift'erence — Contention that the prescribed rate was a guaranteed minimum of d^d. an hour, with piece rates so as to yield to every worker of ordinary ability at least 25 j)er cent, above the minimum. Award — The piece rates fixed by the firm for the class of work in question, namely, the manufacture of straps and tabs for horse riigs, were sufficient to guarantee to a worker of average ability the minimum rafe of d^d. an hour plus 25 per cent., which to g;ether with any additional war advances paid to such workpeople under Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, constituted the pre- scribed rate of wages for the class of workpeople concerned. Issued 14th August, 1919. [669.] Brown Saddlers, Walsall, Birminghain and District — The Master Brown Saddlers' Section of the Saddlery, Harness, and General Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association r. the Midland Leather Trades Federation. Difference — Application for a cer- tain advance to be paid as from 28th March, 1919, instead of from 1st July, 1919. Award — The advance of 50 per cent, on present piecework prices for riding-saddle makers should be paid from 14th April, 1919. Issued 1st September, 1919. [725.] General Leather Workers. — Lycett Saddle and Motor Acces- sories Co., Ltd., and D. Mason and bons, Ltd., both of Birming- ham V. the Union of Saddlers and General Leather Workers. Diiference — Application as to what was the prescribed rate. Award — The agreed list of prices for civilian work, and the bonus and advances granted under Award No. 2078 of the Committee on Production of 12th August, 1918 (Leather Workers — England and Wales), and agreements of 12th September, 1918, and 8th Novem- ber, 1918, formed part of the prescribed rates of the workers concerned employed in the Birmingham district in the made-up leather trades. Issued 4th September, 1919. [733.] Brnivn Saddlrrs. — D. Mason and Sons. Ltd., Birmingham v. the Birmingham New Brown Saddlers' Trade Protection Society. Difference — Application as to whether the prescribed rates of wages included the bonus of 7^ per cent. Award — The bonus of 7\ per cent, on earnings granted under Award (No. 2078) of the Committee on Production of 12th August, 1918 (Leather Workers — England and Wales), did not form part of the prescribed rate of the workers concerned. Issued 4th September, 1919. [734.] Female Stitchers. — Jabez Cliff and Co., Walsall v. the Midland Ijeather Trades Federation (representing Clara Mansell and other 181 workers in the employment of the firm). Difference — Application as to whether there was any, and, if so, what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages. Award — The advances g'ranted under the agreement between the Light Leather Federation and others come to on 12th September, 1918, at a conciliation conference at Avhich the Chief Industrial Commissioner presided, and the agree- ment between the Midland Branch of the Saddlery, Harness, and General Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain and the National Trades Federation, dated 8th November, 1918, did not form part of the prescribed rate of Clara Mansell and the other workers concerned. Issued 5th September, 1919. [748.] Leather Workers. — The Belfast and District Saddlers and Leather Workers' Employers' Association v. the National Leather Trades Federation. Difference — Application for a certain sub- stituted rate. Award — The minimum rate of the men concerned, aged 21 ^^ears and over, employed at Belfast should be increased to l5. M. an hour. Issued 24th September, 1919. [785.] Public Utility Services. jPipe Fitters. — Gas Light and Coke Co., Ltd., Beckton v. the National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim for the recognised London rate to be paid to pipefitters in company's works at Beckton. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 8th January, 1919. [134.] Corporation Employees. — Wolverhampton Corporation v. Gas, Municipal and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 5^'. per week as from 17th October, 1918. Award — Men should receive 5i". per week war advance, boys and youths under 18 years of age 2s. 6d. per week from and including the week ended 26th October, 1018. Issued 10th January, 1919. Electricity Undertakings. — Dartford Urban District Council, Leyton Urban District Council, St. Pancras Borough Council, Gravesend Corporation, Luton Corporation, Eeigate Corporation, Chiswick Electricity Supply Corporation, Ijtd., Hendon Electric Supply Co., Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd., Smithfield Markets Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Twickenham and Teddington Electric Supply Co., I^td., Uxbridge and District Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd. (in respect of their Chelmsford undertaking), the Conference of Chief Officials of London Electric Supply Companies (representing the following companies: Metropolitan Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Brompton and Kensington Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., Central Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Charing Cross, West End and City Electricity Co., Ltd., Chelsea Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., City of London Electric Lighting Co., Ltd., County of London Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Light- ing Co., Ltd., London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., Notting Hill Electric Lighting Co., Ltd., St. James's and Pall Mall Electric Light Co., Ltd., South London Electric Supply Corpora- tion, Ltd., South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Co., 182 Ltd., ;iiul W'dstmijisler JOloctric 8u|j])ly Corporation, Ltd.), Lon- don b'liiU'd Tnuiiwtiys, J^td., Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Jild., S(jut]i .Melrojxiliuiii J*jl(;clric Tramways and Ligiiting Co., Jild., rsort.li AIeti(ij)()Ii(:in El(!ctric J'owcr Supply Co., Jjtd., ^«'ortll Metropolitan J']ie(Lri(; I'ovver Distribution (jo., Jjtd., Kingston-on- Thames Corporation, liornsey Corporation, Croydon Corporation, East ilam Corporation, Wimbledon Corj)oration, the Borough Councils of Battersea, Bermondsey, Ealing, Eulham, Hackney, llaniniersmith, Ilampstead, Islington, Poplar, St. Marylebone, Shoreditch, South wark, Stepney, Stoke jSewington and Woolwich, and the Urban District Councils of Barking, ]Jarnes, Jieckeuham, Epsom, Erith, Einchley, Hestoii and Isleworth, llford, Waltham- stow, Watford and Willesden v. Electrical Trades Union, National Union of General Workeiv?, Workers' Union, and National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mecha- nics, Motormen a7id Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim for the extension of Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 0th November, 1918, to the workpeople concerned employed in the electricity undertakings of the above-named authorities. Award — Men concerned, 18 years of age and over should receive war advance of 5.?., boys 2v. Qd. a week, from and including the pay ])oriod for Avhich payment was made in the week ended 7th December, 1918. Issued 14th January, 1919. [150.] Water Supply Operatives. — Weardale and Consett Water Co.-y. National Union of General Workers. Difference^ — Claim for advances of 7s. and 3i\ Gd. to men and youths under 18 years of age respectively. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over should receive 3^. Qd. per week war advance, and boys 1^. 9d., as from and including 22nd November, 1918. Issued 14th January, 1919. [152.] Borough Council Employees. — Metropolitan Borough Council of Wandsworth v. Municipal Employees' Association. Difference — Claim for increase of war bonus to a nett flat rate of 25^. a week over pre-war rates, to apply also to employees serving in H.M. Forces, and payment of overtime rates on both Avages and w^ar wage. To apply as from the first full pay following 1st Novem- ber, 1918. Award — Men concerned, 18 years of age and over, and women should receive 5^. per week war advance as from first pay after 1st December, 1918. Issued 21st January, 1919. [156.] Clerks. — Bury Corporation v. National Union of Clerks. Dift'er- ence — As to which of the increases received by the men con- cerned were merit service or cost of living increases respectively. Award — The advances granted in July, 1917, to employees in the Gas and Electricity Department by the corporation were war advances, and should merge in the advances granted under Clause G of Award No. 2070 of the Committee on Production of 9th August, 1918. Issued 21st January, 1919. [162.] Main Drainage, etc., Employees. — London County Council v. National Union of General AVorkers. Difference — Claim for an increase of Is. per day or shift to the men concerned, excluding those covered and paid in accordance with the Engineering Trades Awards. Claim was also made for overtime rates. Award 183 — War wage advance of 2'3s. Hd. per week paid to tke able-bodied raen concerued sliould be increased to 2Ss. Hd. per week, payable at tke rate of 4i-. dd. per day or siiift; war wage advance of "SQs. paid to able-bodied men concerned, aged 21 years and over, should be increased to 35s. per week, payable at tlie rate of bs. lOd. per day or shift. These advances should take effect as from the beginning of the first full pay following 23rd January, 1919. Issued 22nd January, 1919. [165.] Electricity Supply Workers [Women). — Newcastle-on-Tyne Electric Supply Co., Ltd., and Cleveland and Durham Electric Power, Ltd. v. National Union of General Workers. Diherence — Claim lor an advance similar to that granted under Order No. 1073 (Statutory Kules and Orders, 1918). Award — Women concerned should receive a war wage advance of 3^. 6^. a week from the beginning of the first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 27th January, 1919. [176.] Tramway Workers. — Falkirk and District Tramwaj^s Co. ^'. Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Yehicle Workers. Difference — Claim for the substitution of the raio of wages payable under Award No. 2896 of the Committee on Production, for the rate then being paid by the Falkirk and District Tram- ways Company. Award — From first pay after 28th Januarj^ 1919, men aged 21 years and over, and the grades of women aged 18 years and over whose terms of employment included an undertaking that they should be paid the same rates as the grades of men whose places they had filled, should receive such advance as would give 305. a week over the pre-war rates of the gi'ades concerned. Men aged 18 years and over, but ujider 21 years, should receive such advance as would give 255. a week over pre- war rates. Women aged 18 years and over, except those already referred to, should receive an advance of 5^. a week, provided a total of 30.5. a week was not exceeded. Issued 5th February, 1919. [195.] Electricity Undertaking Workers. — Wolverhampton Corpora- tion (Electricity Dept.) v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for the extension of Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Produc- tion (Engineering and Foundry Trades) to all the Union's mem- bers in the employ of the Wolverhampton Corporation (Electricity Department). Award — Men concerned, 18 years of age and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week, and boys, 25. 6^. a week, from the beginning of the first full pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 5th February, 1919. [196.] Semi-skilled and Unskilled Manual Workers. — Birmingham Corporation v. Amalgamated Society of Gas, Municipal and General Workers. Difference — As to whether Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918, should be extended to the semi-skilled and unskilled manual employees engaged in certain certified and non-certified departments of the Birmingham Corporation. Award — All meu concerned aged 18 years and over should receive a war advance of 5^. a week, and boys 25. 6fZ., as from the beginning of the first full pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 5th February, 1919. [197.] 184 Gcmral Laboiiicrs. — Corporation of StafVord (lleallli JJept.). V. Workers' Uniou. Dift'erence — Claim lor a war advance of 2Ss. i')(l. plus the bonus of 1!^^ per cent, on earnings as from the pay j)eri()d ending 7th December, 1918. Award — Able-bodied men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive a war advance of (is. iUl . a week, and boys 35. '^d. a week, as from the beginning of the first full pay following 1st January,, 1919. The (^ase of men who were not able-bodied was recommended to the favourable consideration of the Corporation. Issued 5th Febru- ary, 1919. [198.] Electricity Workers. — Corporation of Stafford (Electricity Dept.) V. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for application of the Awards of the Committee on Production Nos. 1920 and 2800 (Engineering and Foundry Trades) to the workers in the Electricity Department of the above Corporation. A^-ard — Men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive a war advance of 5s. a week, and boys 2s. Qd. a week, as from the beginning of the first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 5th February, 1919. [199.] Roadmen, Barrowmen, Lahoiirers (tnci Carters. — Paignton U.D.C. V. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of roadmen, barrowmen, labourers, carters, and employees in the water engineering department for 30?. per week over and above the rates paid at Paignton in 1914, with a proportionate increase on overtime rates. Award — Roadmen, labourers, etc., should receive war advance of 85. 6r7. a week from first pay after 1st January, 1919. The case of barrowmen (who were not able-bodied) should receive the favour- able consideration of the Council. Issued Sth February, 1919. [207.] _ _ . . ' . ■ General Workers. — Lincoln Corporation r. Xational Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for an advance of 5^, per week on the current war wage to be paid as from the pay day in week ending 7th December, 1918, in accordance with the Com- mittee on Production Award Xo. 2800, dated 9th November, 1918 (Engineering and Foundry Trades). Award — War advance of 45. a week to men concerned, and boys, under 18 years of age, 25. a week, from first pay after 1st January, 1919. The case of the men not able-bodied was recommended to the favourable con- sideration of the Corporation. Issued 11th February, 1919. [211.] ^ " General Workers. — Rathmines and Rathgar U.D.C. r. Irish Municipal Employees' Trade Union. Difference — Claim for advances equivalent to those granted under Awards Nos. 1920 and 2800 of the Committee on Production. Award — War advances of 55. a week to men and 25. 6r7. to women concerned, from first pay in January, 1919. Issued 13th February, 1919. [219.] Clerk and Inspector. — Dublin Corporation (School Attendance Committee, Glasneviu and Drumcondra Wards) v. Certain employees of the Corporation. Dift'ereuce — Claim on behalf of Mr. Christopher J. Moore (clerk) and Miss Aileen Campbell 185 (inspector) for a war bonus allowance equivalent to tlie amounts granted under the various Committee on Production General Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades), to be paid as from the dates of the various awards, together with a bonus of 12|- per cent, on total earnings. Award — War advance of 5*'. a week from hrst pay in January, 1919. Issued 13th February, 1919. [220.] Electrical Workers. — Dundalk U.U.C. (Electricity Dept.) v. Electrical Trades Union. Dilference — Claim that the men con- cerned should be paid the minimum wage of the Dublin District. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Men concerned, with the exception of the senior assistant, should receive war advance of 5s. a week, as from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of the award. The case of the senior assistant the Court recommended for favourable consideration. Issued 14th February, 1919. [222.] General Workers. — Worthing Corporation v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for a total war advance of 23^. Qd. per week. Award — From first pay after 1st January, 1919, able-bodied men aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 45. a week, subject to a total maximum advance of 23a\ 'del. a week. Men not able-bodied recommended to the favourable consideration of the Corporation. Ivssued 14th February, 1919. [224.] Clerical and Administrative Staff. — Dublin Corporation v. Cer- tain of their employees. Difference — Claim for a war allowance equivalent to that granted under various Committee on Produc- tion General Awards, namely 28^. Qd., to be paid as from the dates of the various awards, together with a bonus of \2\ per cent, on total earnings. Award — Employees concerned engaged in the Town Clerk's and Architect's Departments, the Public Libraries and Lord Mayor's Court, aged 18 years and over, whose total earnings, exclusive of war bonuses, did not exceed £300 per annum, should receive a war advance of 23^. 6^. a week, in which should merge any previous advances as might have been granted in accordance with the Corporation scale or otherwise, from the beginning of the first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [229.]' Land Cultivation Committee *S'to^.— Dublin Corporation (Land Cultivation Committee) v. employees of the Land Cultivation Department. Difference — Claim for an allowance equivalent to that granted under Committee on Production General Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades), namely 28^. 6c?. per week, to be paid as from the dates on which the said amounts became due, together with a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award — Men aged 18 years and over, whose earnings did not exceed £300 per annum, should be paid a total wai advance of 23^. %d. a week, in which should merge the war advances granted in accordance with the Corporation scale or otherwise. Effective from first pav after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [230.] Scliool Meals Committee Staff. — Dublin Corporation (School Meals Committee) v. Employees represented by John J. Martin. 18G ])illcr(uic(' — (Uaiiii lor ((tial iulvance of 28^. i'xl . per week, as grunU^d under tlu; (Joiiiiiuttee on l^roductioii General Awards (l*]ii<;inoering and J'Oundiy Tiade.s), logclher willi (i Ijonus of \2\ per cent, on earninj^s. Award — The two men concerned should receive a total war advance of 2'J.y. (id. a week, in wliicJi sliould merge previous war advan(-es, from first pay in .Jaiiiiar}-, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [231.] Senior Officials. — Dublin Corporation (Waterworks Committee) V. Certain employees represented by the engineer in charge of the Corporation Waterworks. Diit'erence — Claim in respect of the senior officials concerned for the bonus on earnings of 12^ per cent. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 14th February, 1919. [232.] Clerical Staff and Overseers. — Dublin Corporation (Cleansing Committee) v. Employees in the Cleansing Department. Differ- ence — Claim for a total advance of 28s. (id. per week, in accord- ance with the amounts granted under the Committee on Production General Awards (Engineering and Foundrj- Trades) together with a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. xVward — The clerical workers concerned aged 18 years and over, and earning less than £300 per annum, should receive an advance above earnings of 23^. Qd. a week, inclusive of previous war advances, from first pay after 1st January, 1919. The overseers concerned an advance above earnings of 28^. Qd. a week, in which previous war advances should merge, from and including Gtli January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [233.] Clerical, Nur^inff and Medical Staffs. — Dublin Corporation (Tuberculosis Committee) r. Clerical, Medical and Nursing Staff of the Corporation Tuberculosis Committee. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 28.s\ Gd. per week, equivalent to that granted under various Committee on Production Awards for the Engineering and Foundry Trades, together with a bonus of 12^ per cent, on total earnings. Award — The war advances of men concerned, aged 18 years and over, and earning less than £300 per annum, should total 23.!^. 6^. a week, and of women concerned 20s. a week, previous war advances merging in these amounts, from first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [234.] Administrative Staff. — Dublin Corporation (Electricity Su])ply Committee and the Waterworks Committee) r. Staff' of the Law Agents' Department of the Dublin Corporation. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 2Ss. Gd. per weeiv, in accordance with that granted under the various Committee on Production General Awards for the Engineering and Foundry Trades, together with a bonus of 12 J- per cent, on earnings. Award — From beginning of first pay after 1st January, 1919, men concerned whose salary was below £300 per annum should receive a war advance of 235. Qd. a week, all previous war advances granted in accordance with file Corporation scale or otherwise merged therein. Issued 14th February, 1919. [235.] Wateriroi'ls Department, etc., Employees. — Dublin Corpora- tion (Waterworks Committee) r. certain employees. Dift'erence 187 — Claim for advances. Award — The foremen, caretaker, rain gauge reader, valveman, waterguard aud labourers concerned, employed at the Vartry reservoir, Co. Wicklow, should receive a total war advance of 2ds. 6d. a week, all previous advances merged therein. The hundred employees concerned in the Waterworks Department, comprising clerks, caretakers, supervisors, superin- tendents and others should be paid an advance of 55. a week. Two men concerned, employed in the City Accountant's and Rates Departments respectively, and a messenger in the City Treasurer's Office, all of whom were earning less than £300 per annum, should receive a total war advance of 23a\ 6^. a week, all the advances to date from first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [236.] CoTumercial Manager. — Dublin Corporation (Electricity Sup- ply Committee) v. commercial manager of the undertaking. Difference — Claim for increased war advance to the manager concerned. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 14th February, 1919. [237.] Clerical and AdTnimstrative Staff. — Dublin Corporation (Public Health Committee) v. employees of the Corporation Public Health Department. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 285. G(/. per week, similar to that granted by various Committee on Production Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades), together with a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Award — The weekly war advances of men concerned, aged 18 years and over, whose salary was less than £300 per annum, should total 235. Qd., and the women concerned 205., all previous war advances merged in these amounts from first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [238.] Technical and Clerical Staffs. — Dublin Corporation (Paving Committee) v. Staif of Paving Department. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 285. 6^. per week, similar to that granted under various Committee on Production General Awards (En- gineering and Foundry Trades), together with a bonus of 12|^ per cent, on earnings. Award — From first pay after 1st January, 1919, the men concerned, employed on the technical and clericail staffs of the committee, aged 18 years and over, earning less than £300 per annum, should be paid war advance of 235. Qd. a week, any previous war advances granted in accordance with the Cor- poration scale or otherwise merged therein. Issued 14th Febru- ary, 1919. [239.] Works Superinte7ulent. — Dublin Corporation (Municipal Workshops Committee) v. Works Superintendent. Difference — Claim for increased war advance to the superintendent con- cerned. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 14th February, 1919. [240.] Insj)ectors, Secretary, Typists, etc. — Dublin Corporation (School Attendance Committee) v. employees of the committee. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 285. 6<7. per week, similar to that granted under various Committee on Production Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades) together with a bonus of 121 per cent, on earnings. Award — From first pay in January, 188 lUJiJ, llic! men concenied, secretuiy and inspectors, aged 18 years and over, sliouid receive war advance of 23j;. ijd., and liie women (typist and cleaner) 20s. a week, all previous war advances merged in these amounts. Issued J4tli February, J'Jl'J. [I<^-il.j Sit^icriiticn(hnl . — Dublin Corporation u. Superintendent of I'ublic Jiigliting. iJillereuce — Claim for increased war advance to the superintendent concerned. Award — It was held that the claim had not beeu established, issued 14lh i''ebruary, 1919. hiKjnieer, Clerical i^ Administrative Staff. — Dublin Corporation (Improvements Committee) 'v. employees in the Main Drainage Department. Difference — Claim on behalf ot employees of the Improvements Committee for a total advance of 285. (id. per week, in accordance with that granted by various Committee on Pro- duction Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades), together with a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Claim on behalf of Mr. Thomas Dowdall, engineer, for the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award — From first pay after 1st January, 1919, men concerned, aged 18 years and over, whose earnings were less than £300 per annum should be paid a total war advance of 235. Gf/. a week ; the engineer concerned in the claim should receive an advance of 55. a week. Issued 14th February, 1919. [243.] Clerical Staff. — Dublin Corporation (Workshops Committee) v. Workshops Staff. Difference — Claim for payment of the Com- mittee on Production Awards of 16th October, 1918, ol 35. 6^., and 9th November, 1918, of 55. a week, as from the dates from which the awards were given. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over should receive a war advance of 55. a week as from the beginning of the first pay after 1st January, 1919. Issued 14th February, 1919. [244.] Technical, Administrative and Clerical Staff. — Dublin Corpora- tion (Housing Committee) v. employees of the Dublin Corpora- tion Housing Committee. Difference — Claim for total advance of 285. G<^/. per week, in accordance with that granted by various Committee on Production General Awards (Engineering and Foundry Trades), together with a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. A^vard — From first pay after 1st January, 1919, men concerned, aged 18 years and over, whose total earnings, exclusive of war bonus, did not exceed £300 per annum, should receive a total advance of 235. Qd. a week, any advances as might have been granted in accordance with the Corporation scale or otherwise to merge therein. The painter concerned should receive the stan- dard rate of wages and advances for painters in the Dublin district. Issued 14th February, 1919. [246.] General Workers. — Sheffield Corporation v. National Amalga- mated Union of Labour. Difference — Claim for certain advances as from the 7th December, 1918. Award — From pay day in week ending 4th January, 1919, able-bodied men and women concerned, aged 18 years and over, who were paid by the day or u-eek, should receive a war wage advance of 35. Q>d . a week; boys, youths and girls under 18 years of age I5. 9r7. a week. In the case of workpeople paid by the hour, advances of ^d. and \d., respectively. Employees not able-bodied were recommended to 189 the favourable consideratiou of tlie Corporation. Issued 18tli February, 1919. [250.] Electrical Workers. — Luton Corporation v. Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Claim for tlie extension of Award No. 2772 of the Committee on Production (Electricity Undertakings (General) London District) to employees of the Corporation's electricity undertaking. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th February, 1919. [259.] Gas jitters. — Leicester Corporation (Gas Department) v. National Union of Operative Heating, and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim for the advance given imder Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production, dated 9th November, 1918 (Engineering and Foundry Trades). Award — Gasfitters con- cerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of bs. a week, and boys 2^. Qd. a week, effective as from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of the award. Issued 20th. February, 1919. [265.] Electrical Workers. — Manchester Corporation (Electricity Department) r. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for the advance of 55. per week payable under Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production (Engineering and Foundrv Trades). Award — The Award should be extended to the men and boys concerned in the Electricity Department of the Corporation as from the pay day in the week ending 7th Decem- ber, 1918, and was payable in respect of the pay period for which payment was made on such pay day. Issued 25tli February, 1919. [268.] Gas Workers. — National Gas Council v. National Federation of General Workers (representing the Unions affiliated thereto). Difference — Claim for advances of 10^. and 5.^. to adult time- M'orkers and timeworkers under 18 years of age respectively, with a proportionate advance to pieceworkers. Claim that future advances should take place on the same date as advances in other industries. Award — 5^. a week advance, payable at the rate of lOfZ. a day or shift to men and women, 25. 6^. a week, payable at the rate of bd. a day or shift to boys and girls under 18 yeais of age, and 55. per week over and above the week's- earnings to pieceworkers, from first pay after 1st Ffibruary, 1919. No ruling given with regard to future advances. Issued 25th February, 1919. [269.] Tramway Workers. — Maidstone Corporation Tramways v. Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers. Difference — Claim for application of terms of Award No. 2896 of the Committee on Production, dated 21st November, 1918, to the workpeople concerned. Award — Men aged 21 years and over should receive total war advance of 305. a week, paid on a basis of six days or shifts. Women should receive an advance of 55. a week, and girls and youths under 18 years of age 25. 6^. a week. Effective as from the' first full pay in February, 1919. Issued 27th February, 1919. [278.] Electrical Workers. — Corporation of Worcester (Electricity Department) r. Workers' Union and Amalgamated Society of 190 (iriM'ial T(j()linak(!is, JOiigiiieer.s aud Machiuists. Difference — t'hiim lor an advaiicc (jI 'SA-s. (jd. over pre-war rates. Award — (I) As from 1st Uctuljer, 1'J18, the men concerned should receive such advance as would give 20s. a week, exclusive of the bonus of 12}^ ptJr cent, on earnings, over their pre-war rates, hoya aud youths under 18 years such advance as would give ijs. Hd. a week •over pre-war rates, and the women concerned an advance of os. a week. (2) As from the beginning of the first full ]niy following 1st December, 1918, the men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive a further advance of 'Ss. Hd. a week, and boys Is. 9d. a week. Issued SkI March, 1919. [281.] Male Employees. — Bridgwater liural District Council v. Dock, AVharf, Kiverside and General AVorkers' Union. Difference — Claim that workmen concerned should be paid £1 a week advance on pre-war rates. Award — Men concerned should receive a war w^age advance of 2^. Gd. a week, subject to a maximum total war advance of 20^. a week, as from the beginning of the first pay following 1st February, 1919. Issued 5th March, 1919. [280.] Blacksmiths and Strikers. — Bristol Corporation v. Certain employees (represented by the Amalgamated Society of Engi- neers). Difference — As to what were the prescribed or sub- stituted rates of wages applicable to the various classes of work- people concerned. Award — The prescribed rate applicable to black- smiths engaged on general smiths' work other than in engineer- ing shops in the Bristol district on 1st December, 1918, was 455. a week plus 16^. 6t?. a week war wages, plus 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings, and after that date 45^. a week, plus 2l5. Q>d. war wages, plus 12|- per cent, bonus; the same to apply to wheel- wright smiths. In the case of strikers the corresponding amounts ■were 33^. plus IBs. Qd. plus 12^ per cent., and 33^. plus 21^. 6rf. plus 12i per cent. Issued 6th March, 1919. [287.] Engine Drivers, Firemen, etc. — Charing Cross, West End, and City Electricity Supply Co., Ltd. ^^ Amalgamated Union of Engine and Cranemen, Boiler Firemen and Wire Rope Workers. Difference — Claim that the advance of bs. per week specified in Award No. 150 of the Court of Arbitration of 14th January, 1919 (see page 181), should be paid to the men concerned. Award — Agreement arrived at between the parties at the hearing approved whereby (1) the rates and working conditions of all men employed at the Bow generating st-ation should be those set out in Award No. 2772 of the Committee on Produciioii, except that overtime should be paid for at the rate of time and a half, and, in the event of men being called in before the commen'^ement of normal shifts, time and a half should be paid. (2) An advance of 5.f. a week should be granted to all workers in accordance with the terms of Award No. 150 of the Court of Arbitration. Issued 6th March, 1919. [289.] Gas Workers. — Torquay Gas Co. and Exmouth Gas Co. v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that the agreement between the National Federation of General Workers and representatives of Gas Undertakinars of 1st October, 1918, should apply to members of the above Union 191 in the employ of tlie above-mentioned firms. Award — From the beginning of the first full pay following 1st December, 1918, men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 3s. Qd. a weeli, payable at the rate of Id. a day or shift, for each day or shift worked, boys and youths an advance of 1^. 9d. a week, payable at the rate of '3^d. a day or shift for each day or shift worked. Issued 11th March, 1919. [301.] General Workers. — Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Co., Hanley v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances. Award — Men concerned should receive an advance of 65. a week from the first pay day in January, 1919, payable in respect of the pay j)ei'iod for which payment was made on such pay day. Issued 11th March, 1919. [302.] Official Staff. — Dublin Corporation (Markets Committee) v. Certain employees of the Markets Committee. Difference — Claim for payment of the Committee on Production Awards as paid to all other employees of the Markets Committee. Award — From the beginning of the first full pay which followed 1st January, 1919, men concerned, whose total earnings, exclusive of war advances, did not exceed £300 a year, and whose tota;l war advances were less than 23s. 6d. a week, should receive an advance of 235. Qd. a week, in which should be merged such war advances as might have been granted in accordance with the Corporation scale or otherwise. Issued 19th March, 1919. [331.] Secretary and Official Staff. — Dublin Corporation v. Staff of the Technical Education Committee. Difference — Claim that the 24 members of the staff of the Technical Education Committee of the Corporation were entitled to allowances equivalent to the amounts granted to the engineering and foundry trades, plus a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 19th March, 1919. [332.] General Workers. — Pembroke U.D.C. (County Dublin) v. Irish Municipal Employees' Trade Union. Difference — Claim for pay- ment of 35. Gd. a week in accordance with the terms of Award IS^o. 1944 of the Committee on Production of 25th July, 1918, and 55. a week in accordance with the terms of the Award No. 2800 of the Committee on Production of 9th November, 1918, as from the dates set out in the respective awards. Claim on behalf of employees in the Water Works Department for the 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings. Award — Men concerned should receive a war wage advance of 55. a week from first pay in January, 1919. Issued 19th March, 1919. [333.] Tramway Workers. — Dublin United Tramways Co. v. National Transport Workers' Federation. Difference — Claim that the Award No. 2896 of the Committee on Production of 21st Novem- ber, 1918, should be applied to the members of the Federation employed by the company. Award — From the beginning of the first pay in February, 1919, "rrades of men, 18 years of age and over, covered by Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton's award of 12th Octo- ber, 1918, should receive such an advance as would give them 28^. -a week over pre-war rates (in addition to service increments and N 2 192 merit advances), payment to be made on the basis of six days or six sliifts. Claim, so far as it related to boys under 18 years of age, not established, issued 19 March, 1919. [-i'-iS.] Tramway Employees. — Llandudno and (Jolwyn liay Electric liaiiway Co. v. Amalganuited Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers. Difierence — Claim for extension of Award No. 2890 of the Committee on Production of 21st November, 1918, to the Tramway employees concerned. Award — To men concerned, aged 18 years and over, there should be paid suck advance as would give 2iJs. a week over pre-war rates of wages, payment to be made on the basis of a week of six days or six shifts, from and including 20th January, 1919. Issued 20th March, 1919. [339.] Non-Certified Depdrlme/iLs. — Sloke-on-Trent Corporation v. Workers' Union, Municipal Employees' Association and Navvies, Builders' Labourers and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an increase in bonus, a working week of 47 hours, without loss of pay, and a holiday of twelve working days per annum, with full pay. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive a war wage advance of 55. a week and boys 25. 6d. a week. Women concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive a w^ar wage advance of 35. 6^. a week, subject to a maximum total advance of 205. a week. Effective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. The Court recommended that the question of hours and holidays should be settled bv the Joint Industrial Council that was being set up. Issued 20th March, 1919. [344.] London Electricity Undertaldngs. — Dartford Urban District Council, Leyton Urban District Council, West Ham Corporation, Cjravesend Corporation, Luton Corporation, Reigate Corporation, Chiswick Electricity Supply Corporation, Ltd., Hendon Electric Supply Co., Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd., Smithfield Markets Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Twickenham and Teddington Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Uxbridge and District Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd. (in respect of their Chelmsford undertaking). Conference of Chief Officials of London Electric Supply Companies (representing the following companies: Metropolitan Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Brompton and Kensington Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., Central Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Charing Cross, West End and City Electricity Co.', Ltd., Chelsea Electricity Supply Co., Ltd., Citjr of London Electric Lighting Co., Ltd., County of London Electric Supply Co., Ltd., Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Light- ing Co., Ltd., London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., Netting' Hill Electric Lighting Co., Ltd., St. James' and Pall Mall Electric Light Co., litd., South London Electric Supply Corpora- tion, Ltd., South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd., and AVestminster Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd.), Lon- don United Tramways, Ltd., London County Council (Tramways Dept.), Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Ltd., South Metro- politan Electric Tramways and Lighting Co., Ltd., North Metro- politan Electric Power Supply Co., Ltd., North Metropolitan 193 Electric Power Distribution Co., Ltd., Kingston-on-Thames Cor- poration, Hornsey Corporation, Croydon Corporation, East Ham Corporation, Wimbledon Corporation, Borough. Councils of Battersea, Bermondsey, Ealing, Eulham, Hackney, Hammer- smith, Hampstead, Islington, Poplar, St. Marylebone, St. Pan- eras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington and Woolwich, and the Urban District Councils of Barking, Barnes, Beckenham, Epsom, Erith, Finchley, Heston and Isleworth, Ilford, Walthamstow, Watford and Willesden r. Electrical Trades Union, National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union, and National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Eire- men, Mechanics, .Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — Claim for a further war wage advance of 15^. a week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 25th March, 1919. [350.] Painters. — London General Omnibus Co., Ltd. v. Mr. Joseph Eead. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the class of workmen to which the painter con- cerned belonged. Award — The prescribed rate of Vvages for a painter, for class of work upon which the employee was engaged, should be lOf/. an hour (with any allowances for overtime, etc., when worked and additional war bonuses or war advances). Issued 26th March, 1919. [354.] Electricity Workers. — Maidstone Corporation (Electricity W^orks) u. National Union of Corporation Workers, Difference — Claim for a further war advance of 55, a week as from ITth December, 1918. Award — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive a war wage advance of 55. a week and boys 25. Qd. a week, from first pay following 1st January, 1919. Issued 26th March, 1919. [356.] Tramway Employees. — Worcester Electric Traction Co. v. Amalgamated Society of Tramway and Vehicle Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for the terms of the Committee on Production Award No. 2896. Award— Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week, payment was to be made on the basis of a week of six days or six shifts ; the advance to female workers should be determined in proportion to the advance applicable to male workers in conformity with the prac- tice which had hitherto prevailed. Effective from the beginning of the first. full pay after the date of Award. Issued 28th March, 1919. [361.] General Workers. — Canterbury Gas and Water Co. v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for payment of a war advance of 235. 6^. a week, plus 121 per cent, on earnings, and application of the terms and conditions of the Award No. 269 of the Court of Arbitration of 25th February, 1919 (see page 189). Award ■ — Men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive a war wage advance of 5^. a week, payable at the rate of 10^. a day or shift for each day or shift worked, as from the beginning of the first full pay following 1st January, 1919. Issued 5th April, 1919. [388.] General Workers. — Potteries Electric Traction Co., Ltd., Stoke- X)n-Trent v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claims (1) for an 194 increase of J ()•'>■. a week to employL'os, male and female, over 18 years of age, and 55. to those under J 8 years, and (2) for all employees who did not receive the 4?. (id. a week granted on the first j)ay day in January to have their money made up to that amount as from that date. Award — It was lield that the claims had not heen establislied. Issued 10th April, 1919. [395.] Tramway Workers.— ixluH'^ow Corporation v. Municipal Em- ployees' Association. Difference — Claim for an advance of bs. per week to the traffic staff and other male grades in the Tramway.s Department. Award — The men concerned employed on traffic staff, etc., should receive an advance of l5. (id. a week from the first pay following 30th January, 1919. Issued Ist May, 1919. [429.] Foremen, Gas Department. — Glasgow Corporation f. Municipal Employees' Association. Difference — Claim for a total war bonus of 525. 6d. per week over pre-war rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 1st May, 1919. [430.J Gas Workers. — Stourport Gas, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd., Stour- port V. "Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for the terms and conditions of Award No. 269 (Gas Workers) of the Court of Arbitration (see page 189). Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 55. a week, payable at the rate of lOd. a day or shift, boys and youths under 18 years 25. 6<^. a Aveek, payal)le at the rate of bd. a day or shift, effective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 7th Mav, 1919. [452.] Platers, Riveters and Holders-up. — London County Council v. Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Differ- ence — Claim that platers should receive 645. a week, riveters 585. a w^eek, holders-up 525., plus 20 per cent, plus 2l5. 6^. a week and a bonus of 12i per cent, on earnings, and in the case of platers l.>\ a day extra. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th May, 1919. [469.] Fitters' Lahovrers. — Manchester Corporation ^Tramways Department) v. Workers' Union. Diff'erence — Claim that fitters* . labourers employed on night work in repairing petrol motors should be paid the same percentage for night work as the fitters with whom they work. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 31st May, 1919. [492.'] Main Drainage, Highways, Fire Brigade and Asyhim Services. — London County Council r. Xational Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for increased wages and variation of payment for overtime and night shift. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 31st May, 1919. [500.] Municipal Employees. — Hastings Corporation v. the Municipal Employees' Association. Dift'erence — Claim for increase in war bonus to a net flat rate of 255. a week over pre-war rates. Award — The men, women and the youths and girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of 55., 35. 6^., and 25. 6^^. a week respectively; the total war advances should not exceed 255. in the case of men and 205. in the case of women. Effective from 195 the beginniug of tlie first full pay after the date of Award. Issued 12th June, 1919. [512.] Munici'pal Employees. — The Metropolitan Borough Council of Chelsea v. the National Union of Corporation and General Workers. Difference — Claim for increase of war bonus to 255. per week to men, and 17^. 6d. to all women and youths (the bonuses to be converted into war wages and calculated on over- time), and for a working week of 48 hours. Award — The men, women and the youths and girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of 55., 35. QcL, and 25. Gd. a week respectively; the total war advance in the case of women should not exceed 175. 6d. a week. Claim for the working week to be reduced not estaldisbed. Effective from the beginning of the first full pav after date of Award. Issued 12th June, 1919. [513.] Municipal Employees. — Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board V. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance in wages of 305. a week on pre-war rates. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 55. a week. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after date of Award. Issued 12th June, 1919. [514.] Municipal Eviployees. — The Metropolitan Borough Councils of Fulham, Paddington, Islington, Camberwell, Shoreditch, Hammersmith, Lambeth, Kensington and St. Pancras and the Urban District Councils of Einchley, Beddington and Walling- ton, Brentford, Acton, Willesden and Chiswick v. the National Amalgamated Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for increases in rates of wages. Award — The men, women, and the youths and girls under 18 years of age should receive 55., 35. Qd., and 25. 6f7. a week respectively, provided the total advances did not exceed 255. a week in the case of men, and 205. a week in the case of women. Effective as from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 12th June, 1919. [515.] Municipal Employees. — The Metropolitan Borough Council of Stoke Newington v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance in wages of 55. per week on the rates paid in February, 1919. Award — The men and women should receive advances of 55. and 35. 6^. a week respectively, provided the total advances did not exceed 255. in the case of men and 205. in the case of women. Effective as from the begin- ning of the first full pay following the date of the award. Issued 12th June, 1919. [516.] Municipal Employees. — The Metropolitan Borough Councils of Camberwell and Holborn and the Urban District Council of Han well v. the National Union of Corporation and General Workers. Difference — Claim for increases in bonuses to 255. and 175. G^Z. per week to men and women and youths, respectively, to be converted into war wages and calculated for overtime. Award — The men, Avomen and the youths and girls under 18 years of age should receive advances of 55., 35. Gd., and 25. 6^. a week, respectively, provided the total war advances did not exceed 255. a week in the case of men and 175. 6^. a week in the case of women. Eff'ective as from the beginning of the first full 190 p;iy fullowiiig llir dale oi tlic uwurd. Issued 12th June, 1919. [517.] Mnniri/xil J'J in pluyccs .^{Jvhun IJistrict Council of Soutligate v. tlie r^utional Union of Corporation and General Workers. Differ- ence — Claim for increases in war bonuses to 25^. and 175. (kl. per week to men and women and youths respectively. Whether elderly and infirm men should receive as much as able-bodied men, and whether Urban Districts should j)ay as much as Metro- politan lioroughs. Award — As from the beginning of the first full pay following the date of the award, the men, women, and the youths and girls under 18 j'ears of age should receive advances of 55., 35. 6cJ., and 25. Qd. a week respectively; in the case of women the total war advances should not exceed 175. (Id. a week. The Court recommended that the case of the men who were not able-bodied should be considered by the Council. With regard to the other question, the Court were of' opinion that the change in the economic conditions obtaining in Southgate in consequence of the war justified payment of the advances awarded. Issued 12th June, 1919. [518.] "^ Storeheeper. — The Islington Borough Council v. the Electrical Trades Union, the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Motormen and Electrical Workers, the Workers' Union and the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim that tlie storekeeper concerned should be paid 505. a week, in accordance with the rate fixed by Award Xo. 2772 of the Com- mittee on Production of 8th November, 1918 (Electricity Under- takings (General) London District). Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 13th June, 1919. £519.] Electrical Workers. — Dartford Urban District Council, West Ham Corporation, Chisv.ick Electricity Supply Corporation, Ltd., Hendon Electric Supply Company, Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light and. Power Companj', Ltd., Twickenham and Teddington Electric Supply Company, Ltd., Uxbridge and District Electric Supply Company, Ltd., the Conference of Chief Officials of London Electric Supply Companies (representing the following companies: Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, Ltd., Smith- field Markets Electric Supply Company, Ltd., Brompton and Kensington Electricity Supply Company, Ltd., Central Electric Supply Company, Ltd., Charing Cross, AVest End and City Electricity Company, Ltd., Chelsea Electricity Supply Company, Ltd., City of London Lighting Company, Ltd., County of London Electric Supply Company, Ltd., Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Company, Ltd., London Electric Supply Cor- poration, Ltd., Notting Hill Electric Lighting Company, Ltd., St. James' and Pall Mall Electric Light Company, Ltd., South London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., South Metro- politan Electric Light and Power Company, Ltd., and ^Yestminste^ Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd.), London United Tramways, T^td., London County Council (Tram- ways Department), Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Ltd., South Metropolitan Electric Tramways and Lighting Com- 197 pan J, Ltd., North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Com- pany, Ltd., Nortli Metropolitan Electric Power Distribution Company, Ltd., Kiugston-on-Thames Corporation, Hornsey Cor- poration, Croydon Corporation, East Ham Corporation, Wimble- don Corporation, the Borough Councils of Battersea, Bermondsey, Ealing, Eulham, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Poplar, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, and Woolwich and the Urban District Councils of Barking, Barnes, Beckenham, Epsom, Erith, Einch- ley, Heston and Isleworth, Ilford, Walthamstow, Watford and Willesden v. the Electrical Trades Union, the National Union of General Workers, the Workers' Union, and the National Amal- gamated Union of Enginemen, Eiremen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Difference — Application for an inter- pretation upon certain points arising out of the Award of the Committee on Production (No. 2772) of 8th November, 1918 (Electricity Undertakings (General) London and District). Award — Clause 8 of the award dealt with basic rates only. The term "existing rates " related to rates of wages only. Shift workers were defined in the award as being employees who took alternate shifts, that is rotating shifts. Issued 27th June, 1919. [556.] Shift Workers. — Leicester Corporation v. the Leicester Iron Trades Eederation and the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Electrical Workers, etc. Difference — Claim that the working week of the men concerned employed as shift workers should be reduced from 48 to 42 hours. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 8th Jul}', 1919. [582.] Municipal Em'ployees . — Brighton Corporation v. the Municipal Employees' Association. Difference — Claim for such increase as would make a net flat-rate increase of 30^. per week on pre-war rates, all increases granted since the war to be merged into permanent wages. Award — The men and women concerned, over 18 years of age, should receive advances of 35. 6^. and 2s. 6d. a week respectively, provided that the total war advances did not exceed 23s. Qd. a week in the case of men, and 20s. in the case of women. Effective from the beginning of the first full pay after the date of Award. Issued 8th July, 1919. [583.] Municipal ETwployees. — The Luton Town Council ^^ the National Union of General Workers. Difference — As to the inadequacy of the wages paid to lamplighters, horse drivers and dustmen, and as to extra payment being made for Sunday and holiday work to men employed at the sewage pumping station. Award — Erom the first pay after 24th April, 1919, the men concerned, employed as lamplighters, horse drivers, and dustmen, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of Id. an hour ; it was found that the other claims had not been established. Issued 15th July, 1919. [603.] Scavengers. — The Dundee Harbour Trust r. the North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association. Difference — As to whether the men concerned belonged to a class to which a pre- scribed rate was applicable, and, if so, whether a higher rate 198 tjhould l)e substituted, and duuhle limti for Sunday inoiuing duty. Award— I'^roux lOth April, Idli), the men coucerned should receive au advance of bs. a week, and the rate for Sunday morning work should be increased to 5a-. Issued 17th July, 1919, [GIU.J Technical Engineers. — Kotherham Corporation /y, the Electrical j'owi'r .l"jMgineers' Association. DitVerence — As to wliethoi- Messrs. Duttett and Penny were entitled to the full benefits of Award W.A. 9281, dated 27th February, 1919 {see page 298). Award — The two employees concerned were entitled to the full benefits of the Award \V.A. 9281, dated 27th February, 1919, granted by Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Issued 29th July, 1919. Street and Drain Cleaners. — Dunfermline Corporation v. the Municipal Employees' Association. Uiiierence— Claim for an advance in Avages of 30«. over pre-war rates, one week's holiday per year, and a working week of 48 hours. Aw^ard — The men concerned who had received, war advances amounting to less than 255. a week should receive such increase as Avould bring their total war advances up to that amount, and those receiving 25^. or more should receive such increase as would bring their total war advances up to 30i\, from the first pay in July. Issued 1st August, 1919. [640.] Municipal Employees. — The Buxton and Stockport Borough Councils and the INorthwich and Bollingtou Urban District Councils and the following Borough and Urban District Councils, represented by the Lancashire and Cheshire (Local Authorities) Association, viz.: — the Urban District Councils of Abram, Atherton, Audenshaw, Barrowford, Denton, Failsworth, Farn- worth, Fornib}', Fulwood, Golbourne, Great Harwood, Haydock, Incc-in-Makerfield, Kearsley, Kirkham, Littleborough. LittL^ Hulton, Prestwich, Eatcliffe, Eoyton, Standish, Stretford, Swin- ton and Pendlebury, Turton, Tyldesley, Ulverston, Walton-le- Dale, Westhoughton, and the Borough Councils of Accrington, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton (General AVorkers and Lighting Department), Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Clitheroe, Colne, Congle- ton, Crompton, Eccles, Glossop, Haslingden, Heywood, Hyde, Leigh, Longridge, Macclesfield, Manchester, Middleton, Mossley, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rawteustall, Pochdale, Salford, Staly- bridge, Warrington, Wigan and Blackpool r. Municipal Em- ployees' Association, National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union and the Bolton Corporation and District Council Workers' Association. Difference — Claim for advances of 10*. and 55. per week to men and women aged 18 years and over and girls and youths under 18 vears of age, respectively, to be paid on and from the first full pav following 17th May, 1919. Award — The men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 35. a week, provided this increase did not bring the total war advance to a sum exceeding 285. a week ; the women con- cerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 25. a week ; the youths and girls concerned under 18 years of age, advances of l5. C)d. and I5. a week, respectively, from the first pay after 17th May, 1919. Issued 7th August, 1919. [646.] 199 Gas Workers. — The Boiougli Council of Kirkcaldy ^'. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim that Award jS^o. 269 of the Court of Arbitration (Gas Workers) {see page 189) was applicable to the men concerned. Award — In. view of advances previously given, it was found that the claim had not been established. ^ Issued 11th August, 1919. [653.] Gas Workers. — The Hastings and St. Leonards Gas Co. v. the National Union of General AN'orkers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 3^. 6fZ. a week to all employees of the Company, with effect from 5th July, 1919, and for a 47-hours' week as from 11th July, 1919. Award — From 5th July, 1919, the men con- cerned should receive an advance of 35. Qd. a week; the working week of the day workers concerned should be reduced to 47 hours from 11th July, 1919, the men concerned being paid the same sum as was payable for 48 hours. Issued 12tli August, 1919. [656.] Labourers. — The Aldershot Gas and Water Co. v. the Workers^ Union. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages applicable to the men concerned. Award — There was no pre- scribed rate of wages applicable to the two workmen concerned employed as general labourers in the district to which they belonged. Issued 18th August, 1919. [681.] Joiners. — The Corporation of Edinburgh v. the Edinburgh and East of Scotland District of the Amalgamated Society of Carpen- ters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners. Difference — As to whether the joiners concerned were entitled to the 12|^ per cent, bonus for the period from 13th October, 1917, to 11th April, 1918, and whether they came under the Building Trades Award No. 314 of the Court of Arbitration [see page 52) or were to be regarded as joiners in the Engineering Trades, so far as the number of hours to be worked weekly were concerned. Award — - The inen concerned employed in the Electric Lighting Depart- ment of the Corporation were joiners working in the engineering trade, and should be paid the 12^ per cent, bonus on earnings from the first pay after 13th October, 1917,, to 11th April, 1918. Joiners in an engineering establishment were not subject to a working week of 44 hours as prevailed in the building trade in the district affected. Issued 19th August, 1919. [683.] Munici'pal Employees. — Leek Urban District Council v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of 105. and 5^. to men and women 18 years of age and over, and girls and youths under 18 years of age respectively, as on and from the first full pay day following 17th May, 1919. Award — From the first pay after 17th STay, 1919, the men con- cerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 4*;. a week payable on the basis of a week of six days or six shifts. Issued 20th August, 1919. [684.] Munici'pal Employees. — The Sheerness Urban District Council V. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an increase of 2d. per hour to all manual workers, shiftmen to be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for all night-shift work, and overtime to be paid for at the rate of time and a half, and double time for 200 Sundays. A\v;n(l l-'ioiii iJie liij»t pay alter 1st July, lOJ'J, the men conceijieil sliould receive an advance of bs. a week, payable on tlie basis of six days or six sliifts; overtime should be paid for at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours, and time and a half for all hours worked thereafter until starting time next day, i)rovided the full week had been worked; double time should be paid for Sunday work. Claim that night-shift woik be i)aid at time and a quarter not established. Issued 20th August, 1919. [G85.] Paviors. — The Clyde Navigation Trustees and the Corporation of Glasgow V. the Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and (,'onditions of Service lioard. Difference — Claim for an advance of 3*^/. an hour on current rates of wages for building trade workmen, and for paviors attached to the building trade. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established; but that the rate of all the men concerned should be 1^. 8|c?. an hour. Issued 2nd September, 1919. [729.] Stationary Enfjine Drivers. — The Dublin Corporation r. the Irish Stationary Engine Drivers' Union. Difference — Claim for a bonus of \2\ per cent on earnings. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 4tli September, 1919. ['31.] Sheet Metal Workers. — The Dundee Corporation, acting as Commissioners under the Dundee Gas Acts v. Alexander C. Scott, rei)resenting William ISTeish and others. Difference — As to what was the prescribed rate of wages of sheet metal workers employed by the Dundee Gas Commissioners. Award — The bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings granted under the award (No. 825) of the Committee on Production of 8th February, 1918 (Sheet Metal Workers), did not form part of the prescribed rate applicable to the men concerned ; the prescribed rate was that which they received on 11th November, 1918. Issued 4th September, 1919. [T3T.] Electrical Workers. — The Borough of Bedford, Electricity Department r. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for advances of 5^. and 25. Qd. to employees over 18 years of age and under 18 years of age, respectively, os from 1st January, 1919. Award — From first pay after 8th Jul}-, 1919, the men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 5^. a week, provided it did not bring the total war advance to a sum exceeding 285. %d. a week, plus, in the case of men aged 21 years and over, a bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings; the youths concerned, under 18 years, should receive an advance of 25. G^. a week, pro- vided it did not bring the total war advance to a sum exceeding 105. 9^. a week. Issued 4th September. 1919. [740.] Municipal Employees. — The Bedford Corporation r. the Workers' Union and the National Union of Corporation Workers. Difference — Claim for an advance of 55. per week, the current bonus of 75. per week to be paid as a flat rate, and alterations in the overtime rates, as from the 31st March, 1919. Award — The men concerned, aged 18 vears and over, should receive an advance of 35. a week from the first pay after 8th July, 1919, provided this 201 amount did not bring the total war advance to a sum exceeding 275. a week. Issued 4th September, 1919. [741.] Electrical Workers. — The Basingstoke Corporation r. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for a total advance of 285. Qd. per week, plus 12^ per cent, on earnings, as from Sth May, 1919. Award — The men and the youths under 18 years of age concerned, should receive advances of 5^. and 2s. Qd. a week, respectively, from the first pay after 8th May, 1919. Issued 4th September, 1919. [743.] General Workers. — The Aberdeen Corporation v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for advances of 5^. and 2^. %d. per week to members of the Union over 18 years of age, and j^ouths and girls under 18 years of age, respectively. Award — The employees concerned aged 18 years and over, and under 18 years of age, should receive advances of 2^. Qd. and Is. 3d. a week, respectively, from the first pay after 2nd Sep- tember. Issued 8th September, 1919. [752.] Municipal Employees. — The Helensburgh Corporation r. the National Amalgamated Workers' Union. Difference — Claim by labourers and semi-skilled workers employed in the roads, parks, and cleansing departments of the . Helensburgh Corporation for such advance as would make a total over j^ie-war rates of 30^. a week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 8th September, 1919. [753.] Blacksmith. — The Gas Department of the Corporation of Stoke- on-Trent V. the Associated Blacksmiths and Ironworkers' Society. Difference — As to what was the prescribed or substituted rate of wages applicable to the class to which the man concerned belonged. Award — The prescribed rate of wages applicable to the man con- cerned was 43?. a week plus 21s. Qd. a week war advance, plus a bonus of 12| per cent, on earnings. Issued 9th September, 1919. [754.] Municipal Employees. — The Worthing Corporation v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 7^. %d. per week to roadmen, sewerage workers, paviors and general workers, and of 125. G^?. per week to electrical workers. Award — The able-bodied men concerned should receive such advance as would bring their total war advances to 235. Qd. a week. Issued 26th September, 1919. [790.] Electrical Workers. — The Brighton Corporation v. the National Amalgamated Workers' Union. Difference — Claim by men em- ployed by the Brighton Corporation at their Electricity Works for the adoption of the basic rates set forth in the Award (No. 2772) of the Committee on Production of 8th November, 1918 (Electricity Undertakings (General), London District). Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 26th September, 1919. [791.] Enginemen, Stokers and Coalvien. — The Brompton, Cliatham, Gillingham and Eochester Water Works Co. 'y. the Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union. Difference — Claim for increase in wages of 4:d. per hour, reduction of hours to 48 per 202 Aveck, and puymeiii fur Jill sliitl work at the rate of lO.v. per 8-hour shift. Award — The weekly working hours should be reduced to 48 without reduction iu the weekly earnings; the rate so fixed should he increased by 2(1. an hour for all able-bodied men and by iliiintices. — J lie AuiaJgamated Society of Engineers v. liobi'itsoji & Uicliur, Ltd., JJundee. JJifl'erence — As to what i-; the pn'sciil)ed or substiluled rale applicable to tne class to which James Whyle belongs. Decision — There was no prescribed rate applicable to the journeyman concerned who had just completed his apprenticeship, and in whose case 12 months from tlie expiry of the apprenticeship had not passed. Issued 31st December, 1919. [;{9.] Acetylene Welders. — The National federation of Women Workers o. The Highbury Aircraft Uo. DitYerence — As to what is the substituted rate for the women engaged on acetylene weld- ing and fittings. Award— The advance given by Order No. 200 (Statutory Hules and Orders, 1919) was applicable to the women concerned for the time after 1st January, 1919, during which they were engaged on the sjjecial metal work in connection with air- craft. Issued 31st December, 1919. [41.] Boilermakers, Railways. — Boilermakers and Iron Steel Ship- builders' Society v. The Great Northern liailway Company. Dif- ference — Claim for substituted rates. Award — The rates paid to the men concerned employed in the running sneds at Doncaster should be 2^-. a week aboA'e that paid to the same class of men employed in the locomotive works ; it was held that the claim for " dirty money " had not been established. Effective from the beginning of the first pav period after the date of the award. Issued 31st December, 1919*! [49.] Shipbuilding Trades. Engineerinij and Shiphuilding Trades {Bristol Channel). — The National Federation of General Workers v. the Dry Dock Owners' and Ship Repairers' Federation, Ltd. Difference — Claim on behalf of general workers for an advance of lbs. per week. Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned (aged 18 years and over) employed in the Bristol Channel should receive an advance of 55. a week, which was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12|^ per cent, and 7^ per cent, paid to timeworkers and piece- workers respectively are calculated. The advance should be paid in addition to the 65. a week conceded to the platers' helpers, who work with pieceworkers and are regarded as engaged to work at piecework speed. Issued 16th December, 1919. [4.] Other Meial Trades. Farriers. — The Amalgamated Society of Farriers (London District) v. The National Master Farriers' Association (London District). Difference — Claim for an increase of 3s. per day as from the first pay day in October, 1919. Award — The men con- cerned should receive an advance of 1^. Qd. a day, bringing the rates for firemen and doormen up to 13*. 9d. and 13s. 3d. a day respectivelv. Effective from the date of issue of the award. Issued 18th December, 1919. [6.] Metal Waste Reclamation Trade [Shipbreakers). — The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Thos. AV. Ward, Ltd. Difference — -Claim for increase of 15-'>\ per week. 217 Award — Erom. the first pay alter 1st December, 1919, the press- men, cutters or shipbreakers, shearmen and mates, cranedrivers, ball ring men, acetylene burners, power house men and labourers concerned employed at Giant's Wharf (Briton Ferry) and Swansea should receive an advance of 55. a week. Issued 18th December, 1919. [7.] Textile Trades. Twine Workers. — The Workers' Union v. Henry Cardwell & Sons, Ltd., Patricroft, Manchester. Difference — As to what is the prescribed rate for 25 women employed in the twine depart- ment of the above firm, and whether Court of Arbitration Award ]N'o. 410 is applicable to these workers. Award — Award No. 410 of the Court of Arbitration of 17th April, 1919 (Hemp Eope and Wire Rope Trade — Women Workers), was not apT)licable to the women concerned employed in the twine department of the firm ; there was no prescribed rate for the women concerned. Issued 23rd December, 1919. [30.] Sack and Bag Making Industry. — The National Federation of Women Workers v. The Association of Manufacturers and Mer- chants of Made-up Textiles, Ltd.; National Bag- Factory, Bow; March & Vick, Commercial Road, E. ; Walker & Co., Shadwell; Sanders Bros., Limehouse; John Smith & Co. (London, E.), Ltd. ; the Albion Mills Co., Bromley; Robert Hough, Limehouse; Kaliskys, Shadwell. Difference — Claim for substituted rates. Award— The minimum rates for printing machine assistants, hemming machinists and sack bundlers should be 25.'>-., 295. and S3s. a week respectively; payment for overtime to be made at the rate of time and a quarter for all hours worked in excess of the normal working week; claim for a 44-hours' week had not been established; no order made with respect to the basis upon which piece rates should be determined. Effective from the beginning of the first pay period after the date of issue. Issued 24th December, 1919. [34.] Silk Workers. — National Federation of Women Workers v. J. Maygrove & Company, Ltd., St. Albans. Difference — ^Claim for substituted rates. Award — >Women 18 years and over, who had had not less than one year's experience in the trade, when employed on piecework, should be paid such piece rates as would yield 34*. Qd. a week, and when employed as timeworkers should be paid a minimum rate of 32^. a week. Effective from the beginning of the first pay period after the date of issue. Issued 24th December, 1919. [37.] Tea;tile Workers.— The Scottish Textile Workers' •Union v. The Lofhleven Linen Co., Kinross. Difference — Claim for substituted rates. Award — The firm had taken a proper course in applying the terms of Award No. 113 (Textile Trade— Scotland) of 30th Decem- ber, 1918, to their employees, and should there be any cases where the Award had not been applied such cases should be reviewed m conference between representatives of the workpeople and the firm. Issued 31st December, 1919. [44.] Trans-port Trades. Electrical Workers on Railways.— The Electrical Trades Union, the National Union of General Workers, the Workers' Union 218 uud tlie iSutioual Amalgamated Uuion of Eugiuemeii, Firemen, Mt'clianics, Motoruieu aud Electrical W orkers v. Tiie Itailway Executive Committee (reprebeutiug Loiidoji Electric Itailway Uompauy, Central London liailvvay Company, City and boutli London liaihvay Company, Great Central Itailway Company, (jlreat Eastern Itailway Comininy, Great iSorthern and City Itail- way Company, Great Northern Itailway Company, Great VVestern Itailway Company, London aud North Western Itailway Com- pany, London and South Western Itailway Company, London, iirighton and South Coast Itailway Company, London, Tilbury and Southend Itailway Company, Metropolitan itailway Com- pany, iViidland itailway Company, South Eastern itailway Com- pany, Underground Electrical Itailway Companies of London, Limited, Whitechapel and Bow Itailway Company). Difference — Claim for an advance of i5^. per week. Award — From the first pay after ist December, i9i9, the men concerned, aged i8 years and over, employed as electrical workers on railways should receive an advance of bs. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of \2\ per cent, and 1\ per cent, for time workers and pieceworkers respectively are calcu- lated. Issued 19th December, 1919. [8.] Tradesmen and Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. The Clyde Navigation Trust. Difference — Claim for substituted rates for tradesmen and labourers as from ist December, 19i9. Award — From 1st December, i9i9, the men concerned should receive an advance of l\d. per hour, on the basis of a 44 hour week, in addi- tion to the rates determined by Awards Nos. 313 and 3i4 of the Interim Court of Arbitration (Building Trade — Scotland), to include the 12| per cent, bonus. The consolidated hourly rates to be computed to the nearest farthing. Issued 23rd December, 1919. [18.] Woodworking and Furnishing Trades. Carters. — The United Vehicle Workers' Association r. Messrs. Will. Duncan Tucker & Sons, Ltd., Tottenham, horticultural builders, joinery and moulding manufacturers. Difference — As to Avhether the road transport workers employed by the above firm were workmen of a class to which a prescribed rate was applicable, and if so, what was the prescribed rate. Award — The prescribed rates applicable to the men concerned were the rates of the same classes of workpeople as shown in the second column of the Schedule to the Order 747 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 4919), and that for these rates there had been substituted the rates fixed under the agreement of 30th January, 1919 (arrived at between various transport employers' associations and the National Transport Workers' Federation), and approved by the Ministei of Labour as altered by the provision of the Award (No. 645) of the Court of Arbitration of 6th August, 1919 (Carting Industry). Issued 23rd December, 1919. [32.] Woodcutting Machinists. — The Amalgamated Society of Wood- cutting ^Machinists v. The Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, Ltd. Difference — Claim for application of Court of Arbitration 219 Award No. 468. Award — Tlie men concerned so long as tkey were engaged wliollj in the manufacture or repair of aeroplanes or sea- planes, or of components or parts thereof, on a plain time-rate of U. y^d. an iiour during the period ±rom 11th i'ebruary, 1919, to 27th March, 1919, should receive an advance of 10^-. a week. Issued cilst December, 1919. [40.] Bobbin and Shuttle Making Industry. — The workers' side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Bobbin and Shuttle Making Industry v. The Employers' Side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Bobbin and Shuttle Making Industry, Messrs. Wilson Bros., Grarston, Liverpool, and The British Northrop Loom Com- pany, Blackburn. Difference — Claims for substituted rates as from 1st September, 1919. Award— From 1st January, 192U, the male and female workers concerned, 18 years of age and over, should receive advances of bs. and 4^. a week respectively, and the male and female workers under 18 years of age an advance of 2*. 6d. a week, any advances, excluding merit advances, given since Awards Nos. 447 and 672 (Bobbin and Shuttle Making Indus- try) England and Scotland respectively, to merge in the above advances; the above advances to apply to luotormen, carters and firemen (boilers), except where the wages of these men have been regulated by agreements or by the movements m the wages of men of a similar class in industries other than the bobbin and shuttle making industry; claim for certain minimum rates not esta- blished. Issued 31st December, 1919. [42.] Sawmilling hidustry. — Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists and the Dock, W'^harf , Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Mr. Edred Marshall, represented by the Plymouth Employers' Association. Difference — As to whether Court of Arbitration Award No. 527 of 17tli June, 1919, should apply to the employees of Mr. Edred Marshall. Award — The Award (No. 527 Sawmilling Industry) of the Court of Arbitration did not apply to the workpeople concerned in the employ of Mr. Edred Marshall; the boxmakers and sawyers concerned shall be paid a rate of 1^. 4:d. an hour, and the labourer a rate of Is. 2d. an hour on the basis of a 47-hovir week. Effective from the beginning of the first pay period after the date of issue. Issued 31st Decem- ber, 1919. [45.] Chemical, Oil, etc., Trades. Seed Crushing and Oil Milling Industry. — The National Federation of General AVorkers v. The Seed Crushers' Associa- tion. Difference — ^Claim for substituted rates. Award — From 1st December, 1919, all adults or persons engaged on adults' work should receive an advance of 5s. a week; no order made as regards rates for overtime and juvenile workers. Issued 24th December, 1919. [35.] Public Utility Services. Electrical Workers. — The Electrical Trades' Union v. The Corporation of Gravesend. Difference — Claim that retrospective payment for overtime should be paid on all hours worked beyond ii20 47 uiiil liS jter wuuk to Hliiit workers aud day workers respectively us iroiu isL February, VJVJ, to 2nd beplexnber, lljili. Award — It was louud tiiat the claim had not been established, issued i2th J)ecember, TJIU. [1.] Mdinlcnancc Wur leers. — The iSational Union ot (General Workers r. The Management Committee, County Asylum, Lan- caster. Diii:erence — Claim for building trade rate as from 1st March, 1919, to 30th August, 1919. Award — The rates of wages established by the Scheme of the Xorth-Western Area Joint Council for tlie Building Trades were not applicable to the men concerned engaged on work between March and August, 1919, in connection with the s^jring cleaning of the establishment, includ- ing washing down walls and general odd jobs and to a certain extent in assisting masons and painters. Issued 15th December, 1919. [2.] Electrical Undertakings. — The Electrical Trades Union, the National Amalgamated Society of Enginemeu, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers, the National Union of General Workers, and the Workers' Union v. The London County Council; Leyton Urban District Council; Smith- held Markets Electric Supply Company, Ltd. ; liichmond (Surrey) Electric Light and Power Company, Ltd. ; the U rban District Councils of Epsom, Ilford, Barking, Barnes, ]ieckenham, Erith^ Walthamstow, Watford, Willesden; the Metropolitan Borough Councils of Battersea, Bermondsey, Fulham, Hackney, Hammer- smith, Hampstead, Islington, Poplar, St. Pancras, St. Maryle- bone, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Wool- wich and the Borough of "West Ham; the Corporations of Croydon, Ealing, East Ham, Kingston-on-Thames, and Wimble- don ; Metropolitan Electric Supply Company ; Brompton and Kensington Electric Supply Company, Ltd. ; Central Electric Supply Company, Ltd. ; Chelsea Electricity Supply Company, Ltd. ; Charing Cross, West End and City Electricitj' Supply Com- pany, Ltd.; City of London Electric Lighting Company; County of London Electric Supply Company, Ltd.; London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd. ; Kensington and Knightsbridge Elec- tric Lighting Company, Ltd. ; Netting Hill Electric Lighting: Company, Ltd.; St. James and Pall Mall Electric Liighting Com- pany, Ltd. ; South London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd. ; South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company, Ltd. ; Westminster Electric Sup})ly Corporation, Ltd.; London United Tramways, Ltd. ; Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Ltd. ; South Metropolitan Electric Tramways and Lighting Company, Ltd. : North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company, Ltd. ; North Metropolitan Power Distribution Company, Ltd. ; Hendon Electric Sup]ily Company. Ltd. ; Twickonhnm and Teddinsfton Electric Sup])ly Company. Ltd.; Uxbridge and Distrirt Electric Sup])ly Company, Ltd. Difference — Claim for further war wage advance. Award — From the first pay day after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned, aged 18 years and OTer, should receive an advance of 5.^. a week, w^hich was to form part of the total earn- ings upon which the bonuses of \2\ per cent, and 7^ per cent, for 221 time workers and pieceworkers respectively were calculated. Issued i9Tli December, 1919. [9.j Tradesmen and Labourers. — Tke Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of bervice iioard v. Tiie Cor- porations of Glasgow, Edinburgli, Dundee and Aberdeen. Dilfer- ence — Claim for substituted rates for tradesmen and labourers as from 1st December, 1919. Award — From 1st December, 1919, the men concerned should receive an advance of l^d. an hour, granted on the basis of a 44-hours week; the advance to take effect above the rates determined by Awards Nos. 313 and 314 of the Interim Court of Arbitration (Building Trade — Scotland), which rates include the 12| per cent, bonus, the consolidated hourly rates payable under these awards to be computed to the nearest farthing. Issued 23rd December, 1919. [17.] Paviors. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. The Corporations of Glasg'ow, Edinburgh, Leith, Dundee and Aberdeen, The Clyde Navigation Trust, and Messrs. A. & J. Faill, Glasgow. Difference — Claim for substituted rates for paviors and labourers. Award — From 1st December, 1919, the men concerned should receive an advance of l^d. an hour, except in the case of paviors who were paid at the rate of Is. 8flovers. did not return to their homes 233 at night, they should receive board and lodging allowance at the rate of 16s. per week. (5) No alteration should be made in the hours or conditions of employment of carters, but an additional 1^. should be allowed to a carter for feeding horses on Sundays. Effec- tive as regards Clause (1) as from the date of the resumption of work after the strike ; as regards the other clauses, as from the 30th September, 1919. Issued 30th September, 1919. fW.A. 7386.] Plumbers. — Glasgow Members of the Master Plumbers' Associa- tion of Glasgow and West of Scotland v. The Glasgow Lodges of the TTnited Operative Plumbers' Association. Difference^ Ad- justment of Eules and Regulations of the Working Time for Glasgow and Suburbs and Paisley and District. Arbitrator — Mr. J. Macdonald. Adjustment (partly by agreement) — Working hours, rotes of wages and overtime and liolidays fixed, subject to certain conditions specified in detail, and other conditions of ser- vice such as country allowance, apprentices, operatives working on their own behalf, alteration of wages, settlement of disputes, and tools, also determined. Apart from the question of wages, these Rules and Regulations were to remain in force until 1st Sep- tember, 1921 : then terminable after three months' notice given prior to that date. These Rules and Regulations were also to a])ply to o])eiatives engaged on ship-])lunibing work until 31st March. 1920, or until such time, not later than said date, as Rules for such operatives should have been adjusted between the United Operative Plumbers' Association, and an Association (then in course of formation) of Master Plumbers engaged in Ship Plumb- ing work. Effective as from 1st September, 1919. Issued 14th October, 1919. [W.A. 7041/2.] Mining, duarrying and Coke Oven Workers. Quarryworkers, etc. — Penmaenmawr and Welsh Granite Co. v. Amalgamated Union of Quarryworkers and Settmakers. Differ- ence — Claim for additional war bonus of IO5. per week to men, and ds. per week to boys under 18. Arbitrator — Mr. C. M. Le Breton, K.C., O.B.E. Award — Men of 18 years of age and youths doing adults work should receive 5^. war advance per week, other youths 2^. 6^. per week, the 10 per cent, given provisionally pending this arbitration merged in amounts awarded. Effec- tive as from 16th September, 1918. Issued 14th January, 1919. [W.A. 627.] Quarrymen. — Llysfaen and Llandulas Limestone Quarry Pro- prietors V. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for general increase in wages of 20 per cent. ; overtime rates to be time and a quarter for first two hours, time and a half there- after, double time for Sundav, Good Fridav, and Christmas Day. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— (1) Overtime rates, by agreement, to time-workers (except kiln fireman) should be as claimed. (2) As from 6th January, 1919, war advance of 10 per cent, to workmen over 18, 2^. Qd. per week to boys under 18. (3j An additional advance (not war advance) as from lOth Feb- Tnarj, 1919, of 10 per cent, to men over 18 and Is. per week to 2'M l)()vs iiiidcr IS, Ixitli time aiui ])i('((' workers, wliciiever in any week |)ie(;e-\v()ikers' eaiiiiii^s were more tliati £'■'> (rouiitinir first H) per (('111. advance al)o\e iiienlionedj. Issued (Slli l''el)i uaiy, J'JliJ. 1 W.A. 120;{.J Quarrji men, Jiicdla'nnen, etc. — Steetley Lime Co., Jjtd. v. VVoikeiii' Union. Difference- -Aj)])lication f(jr reduction of woikiii^^ hours aiid an increase of wages. Arbitrator — Mr. Cluirles Uouglity. Award — Advance of 5s. a week to men over 18, 2s. ^d. a week to boys under 18, on condition that no time was lost. Breakermen to receive in addition an advance of \d. per ton ; quarr^-nien \d. per ton extra for tramming full txibs for every 50 yards or a part thereof over 300 yards. A 47- liour working week to daymen, bhicksmiths and joiners for the .same wages as the present 53-hour week. No alteration in hours to other grades. Effective as regards advances as from the com- mencement of the first full pay week in February, 1919 ; as regards alteration in hours, as from Tth ^larch, 1019. Issued Gth March, 1919. [W.A. 515/2.] Quarryuien. — Josiah Smart and Sons and Constable, Hart and Co., both of Matlock r. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for increase in rates to piece-workers, lime-workers rated by hour, and standard wage naen, and that existing bonuses be converted into general wage rates. Arbi- trator — Mr. C. M. le Breton, K.C., O.B.E. Award — Increases of Id. per ton to piece-workers ; Id. per hour to time-Morkers ; 4,9. per week to standard wage men. Half these amounts to boys under 18. Claim for conversion of existing ])onuses into rates not established. Operative (by agreement) as from beginning of first full pay after 21st Februarv, 1919, and to remain in foice until 1st December, 1919. Issued 8th Morch, 1919. [W.A. 456/2.] Ironstone Miners. — Cleveland Mine Owners' Association v. Cleveland Miners' Association. Difference — Eegaidino- the system of payment for powder in respect of a number of men working in a portion of Park Ironstone Mine. Arbitrator — Mr. James Macdoiiald. Award — The following^ ag-reement was arrived at between the parties at the hearing, viz. : (1) That the present system of payment should be continued. (2) That the base tonnage rate of the men concerned should be increased from 875 pence to 9-25 pence per ton. Effective a-s from beginning- of pav week commencing 11th November, 1918. Issued 23rd April, 1919. [W.A. 2328/2.] Colemen, etc. — North Staffordshire Coking, and Bye-Product AVorks Owners' Association and the New Acid Co., Ltd. v. National Union of Cokemen and Bye-Product Workers. Diff'er- ence — (1) A])])lic;ition for advance on basis rates equal to rotes now paid in Yorkshire. (2) That specified basis rates be paid on Tunstall Acid Plint to tower men and rectifiers, burner men, boiler men and labourers, plus the miners' percent^sre and allow- ances. (3) Any classes omitted to receive equivalent advances, and where hiu'her rates were naid, no reduction to be made. Arbi- trator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Claims under heads 1 and 3 not established, without prejudice to reconsideration of the 235 husus wages ol men concerned, in the event of tlie award of 2s. per ■day by Coal Commission not being extended to tliem, or to the consideration of specific instances of inappropriate variations in the basis wages as fixed by Committee on Production in Award No. 1717 of 27th June, 1918. Claim 2, not established, but with- out prejudice to reconsideration of the case of employees con- cerned, in the event of the award of 2s. per day by the Coal Com- mission referred to above not being' extended to them. Issued 30th April, 1919. [W.A. 1976/2.] Colliery Surface Workers. — The Midland Colliery Owners' Association v. The Nottinghamshire Miners' Association. Differ- ence — As to construction and application of Clause 11 (2) (c) (1) 1, of Award (I.C. 4187), d^ted 5th September, 1918, Mhich reads as follows: — "Leading hands, meaning men actually in charge of a shop or of a job in which more than one other man is engaged working witli and under them, are to receive 6d. extra per day wdiilst in such cliarge." Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Clause of Award referred to is confined to "trades" as mentioned in claim. (2) Award as affecting men in charge of a shop, was confined to men in charge of " shop " connected with a trade, and in the technical sense and meaning of "sho])," but it covered and applied to all siicli " shops," and was not confined to the principal or head shop of a colliery; and it applied also to men who, although not normally or really in charge of the shop, were for the time being actually in charge of it. (3) It was not necessary in the ease of a " shop " that more than one other man should at the time be working' with and under the man so in charoe of a shop. Such man migdit, for the purpose of being entitled to the extra pay, even be the only man in the shop, either for the time being or normally and usually. (4) Previous decision in the case of a job mut-st be taken as confined to trades. Issued 20th May, 1919. [W.A. 2415/2.] Settmahers . — The Penmaenmawr and Welsh Granite Co., Ltd. V. Amalgamated Union of Quarry Workers and Settmakers. Dift'erence — Application by workpeople for 25 per cent, increase, making 70 per cent., plus 10^. per week bonus. EmploA^ers offered 10 per cent, increase, making 55 per cent., plus IO5. per M-eek l)()nus. In addition to this, the settmakers at Trevor asked for an advance of 2^. per ton on basic rates, which em])lovers re- fused. Arbitrator— Mr. C. M. le Breton, K.C, O.B.E. 'Award —Claim not established. Issued 21st Julv, 1919. [W.A. 4211/2.] Colliery Engineimen, Motor men (nid Firemen.- -^oxiih Derl)y- shire and District Colliery Owners' Association /•. Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Midland Counties Colliery Engiuemen, Motormen and Firemen's Union. Difference — Application by the Union (1) (a) that an accompanying list of wages rates be made opyilicable to all members in Soiith Derbyshire. (/;) That in all cases 8 liours constitute the working day. (2) That 'ill winding enginemen be guaranteed 6 days' wage each week. (3) That over- time at the rate of time and a lialf should be \K\id for .nil time worked between 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 6 a.m. on Mondays to all grades. (4) That future changes made from time to time by the 2;J6 Couciliatiou Board in llu; miuers' wuges be made applicable to all inumbers. Ai hitiator — iSir H. Couitbo])e Muuioe, K.C. Award — (1) (a) Claim not establisbed. [h) Claim witbdrawn in virtue of the Sankey Award. (2) Claim not establisbed. ^3) (By a^reoment) the men were to be paid G| shifts for .six eight-hour sliitls (48 hours), and time and a quarter for all time made after 48 hours until G a.m. on Mondays. (4) Claim established. Issued 12th August, 1919. [W.A. 3712/4.] Quarry Workers and Settmakers. — The Midland Granite Quarry Masters' Association (Leicestershire Section) v. Amalga- mated National Union of Quarry Workers and Settmakers. Difference — Application by the workpeople for an increase in wages of all classes at rates between 24 per cent, and 42 per cent. Arbitrator— Mr. C. M. le Breton, K.C, O.B.E. Award— The men concerned 18 years of age and over should have the following increases : — Hammermen, an increase of the present percentage of 20 per cent, to 42| per cent. ; other piece-workers^ an increase of the present percentage of 20 per cent, to 37^ per cent. ; labourers, carters, horse drivers, and wagonmen, an increase of l^d. per hour on base rates; other time workers of any class, an increase of l^d. per hour on base rates ; boys and youths, half the above increases. Effective as regards hammermen as from the beginning of the first full pay after 15th May, 1919 ; as regards all the others, as from the beginning of the first full pay after 15th July, 1919. This award should remain in force until 31st March, 1920, three months' previous notice should be given of any alteration proposed at that date. Issued 16th Aus-ust, 1919. [W.A. 6021/2.] Quarry Workers. — ^Brooks, Ltd., Halifax v. National Union of Quarry Workers and Settmakers. Difference — Claim on behalf of breakers and loaders employed at the North "Wales Granite Quarries, Conway, for payment at the rate of 1^. bd. per ton. Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award — Claim not estab- lished. Issued 30th August, 1919. [W.A. 4351/2.] Quai'rymeii, etc. — Steetley Lime Co., Ltd. v. The Workers' Union. Dift'erence — Claim on behalf of pieceworkers for an in- crease to 3^. a day as against 2^. Qd. at present being paid. Arbi- trator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Claim established. Effective as from 11th -July, 1919. Issued 18th October, 1919. [W.A. 6643/2.] Quarry Workers. — Llandulas Limestone Co., Kneeshaw, Lup- ton and Co., and Eaynes and Co. i'. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for an advance of 30 per cent, to be added to the existing percentage rate. Arbitrator — Mr. C. M. le Breton, K.C. Award— (1) The additional 10 per cent. ])reviously awarded (sec ])age 233) when the earnings of piece- workers should average more than £3 per week to cease. (2) An advance of 15 per cent, to men over 18, should be added to the. existing percentage rate. (3) Half the above advance to boys under 18. Effective as from beginning of the first full pav after 1st October. Issued 21st October, 1919. [W.A. 6648/2.] 237 Quarry Workers. — Steetley Lime Co., Ltd. v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for an increased payment to shift workers for work performed between 2 p.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. on Monday. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Claim not established. Issued 10th jNTovem- ber, 1919. [W.A. 7033/2.] Quarrymen. — Scatter Eock Macadams, Ltd. v. Amalgamated National Union of Quarry workers and Settmakers. Difference — Claim for a general increase in wages of 4|fZ. per hour in lieu of the present system of payment. Arbitrator — Mr. C. M. le Breton, K.C., O.B.E. Award— («) The " premium fund " should continue as at present, except that men who lose time should be paid the premium rateably upon the hours worked by them, and should not forfeit all claim to porticipate in it as had been the case, {h) An advance of l\d. per hour to all workers (men) over 18. (c) Half the above advance to boys under 18. Effective as from beginning of first full pav following the 1st December, 1919. Issued 18th November, 1919. ' [W.A. 7734/2.] Stone Planing Men. — Stancliffe Estates Co., Ltd. v. Opera- tive Masons' Society. Difference — Whether the members of the union employed as stone planing men were entitled to the rates of l.hout the year. Ordinary overtime should be time and a half; Saturday noon to Monday morning- double time. Walking time of 20 minutes should continue. These findings as to over- time and walking time were without prejudice to the right of the company to reopen the matter if they became the direct employers of the men (who were employed by a Wigail firm of builders and contractors). Effective as from 1st March, 1919. Issued ITth February, 1919. [W.A. (M) 1503.] Rail Stralghteners, Drillers and Enders. — Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., Middleshrough v. Iron and Steel Trades Confedera- tion. Diiference — Advance of 25 per cent, on present base ratea of rail stralghteners, enders and drillers employed on the rail bank of Port Clarence Works. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie^ O.B.E. Award — Revision of base rates for rail bank recom- mended ; pending this, straighteners and drillers should receive 5 per cent, increase on their net tonnage wages and the assistant straighteners 1\ per cent, increase. Any increase to the enders left to the firm's discretion. Increases pavable as from date of original application. Issued 20th February, 1919. [W.A. 1729.] Engineers. — The Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd. r. Steam Engine Makers' Society. Difference — Applicotion that out-work- ing allowances paid in engineering establishments in the Wigan district should apply to men in the Company's repair shops. Arbi- trator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Where the distance from the workshop to the places to which men were sent out to work exceeds two miles, but not otherwise, the overtime rates should be as claimed, i.e., in accordance with the rates of overtime for out-workers as contained in the agreement between the Engineering Employers' Federation and the SDciety, provided that this decision was not intended to imply or constitute applica- tion of such agreement bevond the exact terms of tliis award. Effective as from 31st March. 1919. Issued 2otli March. 1919. [W.A. 2464.] Clerical Staff. — William Jessop and Sons, Ltd., Brightside Works, Sheffield v. Xational Union of Clerks. Difference — Whether the rates at whicli the seven employees concerned were engaged took into consideration the war bonuses which at tlie time of their engagement were generally payable. Arbitrator — Sir William Robinson. Award — The rotes at which the seven men concerned were engaged (excejit in the cases of three employees) did not take into consideration the war bonuses which at the time of their engagement were Qcnerallv ])avable. Issued 11th June, 1919. [W.A. 2307/2.] Foremen. — Farnley Iron Co., Ltd., Fornley, Leeds r. Amalga- mated Managers' and Foremen's Association. Difference — Claim that certain foremen employed by the Company should be paid at 241 least £2 125. Qd. above pre-war rate. Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award — (1) An advance of 5^. per week granted to men concerned. (2) Conditions applying to war advances already made made by the Company should apply to advances hereby granted. Effective as from pay day in the week ending 18th October, 1919, and payable in respect of the pay period for which pavment was made on that pay day. Issued 6th December, 1919. [W.A. 7964/2.] Engineering Trades. Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. — National Associa- tion of Master Heating and Domestic Engineers v. National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers. Difference — Claim for revision of terms of national agreement as to working rules find conditions. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — (1) Recognised rate of wages for each district was to be observed. (2) Chargehands received such extra remuneration as was agreed. (3) Forty-seven hours per week on "one break" system, and weekly time rates prevailing on 18th December should apply thereto. (4) Overtime for {a) first five week days, time and a quarter for first two hours and time and half afterwards; (6) Saturdays, time and half ; (c) no reduction for meal time, and each day should be reckoned separately. (5) Rate for Sunday and Christmas Day should be double time, Bank and other trade holidays should be time and half. (6) Night shift should be j^aid at rate of time and quarter for each hour worked, and over- time at time and quarter for fii'st two hours, and thereafter time and half, at night shift rates. (7) Outworking allowances fixed for men working away from shop, walking time being allowed when the distance from the workman's home to the job exceeds the distance from the workman's home to the shop, at the rate of three miles per hour for the excess (or by mutual agreement). When the workman is working at a distance not exceeding twelve miles from the shop and returning home daily travelling expenses should be allowed both ways together with an allowance of sixpence per day — travelling time by the con- veyance utilised to be allowed in lieu of walking time. (8) For ex- ceptionally dirty work one shilling extra per day or part of day. (9) Payment of wages on Friday evenings, or by other mutual arrangement. (10') One hour's notice or pay was to terminate en- gagement. (11) Employer or workmen need not necessarily be members of an association or union, but district rate of wages was to be observed. (12) Apprentices were to be given special facilities, and to commence not later than at age of 16 years, and continue until 21 years of age; thereafter, until he is 22, he might be employed as an improver; and, according* to age after he was 20, to receive 3^., 2d., or 1^. per hour under the standard fitter's rate. (13) Local and central conferences to deal with conciliation, and, failing settlement, dispute to be submitted to Ministry of Labour; pending a decision there should be no stoppage of work. (14) Three months' notice by either side to alter these rules. Opera- tive at the commencement of first full pay following date of Award. Issued 14th January, 1919. [W.A. 507.] 242 ,1 itj tiiul (iiutijv Mukcvs. — iSii- W. (i. Ariii>lioiig, Wliihvoi th and Co., iJil. /•. Am;il^;itiiat('i J'iiigineeis. J)itt'ereiife — Cliiiiii (til licluiH' oi' nu'iiiheis employed as jig and gauge makers at Close Works, (iateslieud, tliat 2s. Gd. of 8*. ])aid over and above filters' lates to those time-workers should not have been meiged as a l)onus in amount duo under 12.' por oent. bonus. Arbitrator — Mr. J. h. Haillie. Award— ('b.ini iif)t osfaMishcd. Issued 21st January, 1919. [W.A. 593.] Female Store/ieeprrs und Cloak-room Attendants. — Ministry oi Munitions (Ailsa Craig Works, Cliiswick) v. National Federation of A\'omen Workers. Difference — Apjdication for advance of 5^. lo women, and 2.v. (\d. to girls. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — Cloakroom attendants should receive war advance of 2^. j)er Aveek, and storekeepers Is. ])er week. Effective from com- mencement of first full pav in Januarv, 1919. Issued 31st January, 1919. [W.A. 1055.] Kngineeis and Labourers (Torpedo Workers). — Xatioual Union of General Workers v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Difference— As to allocation of prices of work that had been per- formed by members of tlie Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Xotional Union of General AVorkers at tlie torpedo works oi Whitehead, Wyke Eegis, Weymouth. The claim of the Xational Union of General Workers on behalf of certain members of the Union was that an insufficient portion of the total piecework price for certain work on the afterbodies of torpedoes was allo- cated to the members for the riveting of the afterbodies. The price paid for the whole of the work was £11 bs. o\d. the portion paid to skilled members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, working in a fellowship gang, or to a single member of the Workers' Union, working independently, and tendered to their members for the part of the work in dispute was 9s. b\d. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Whiting, C.B. Award— The sum of 16n. Qtd. (instead of 9^. b\d.) should be jiaid to a labourer for riveting of the afterbodies of torpedoes. Retrospective to 29th April, 1918. Issued 5th March, 1919. [W.A. 10 '2.] Engineers. — Stringer and Co., Ltd., Sheffield v. Two of their Employees. Difference — Application for 7^ per cent, bonus on earnings. Arbitrator— Mr. J. B. Baillie, U.B.E. Award— (1) ('laim established. (2j Merger of workshop bonus of Is. a day. Effective as from beginning of first full pav week following 1st January, 1918. Issued 10th March, 1919. ' [W.A. 2090.] Raihvay Vehicle Makers. — The Gloucester Railway Wagon and Carriage Co., Ltd. v. Amalgamated Society of Railway Vehicle Builders, AVheelwrights, etc. Difference — A])])lication for certain minimum rates to puncliers, shearers, holders up, straighteners, and levellers, straighteners' improvers, levellers' helpers, slotters, iron sawj-ers, riveters (pneumatic), millers, millers' charge hand, wagon painters and drillers. Arbitrator — Mi'. C. Doughty. Award — Specified minimum rates for A'arious classes of workmen, 243 on condition that they had worked at the machine or trade for two years. Certain rates for promoted labourers and other work- men. Effective as from commencement of first full pay week after 8th March, 1919. Issued 10th March, 1919. [WiA. 2128.] Women Second-Class Exaviiners and Assistant Forewoman. — ■ The Management, Woolwich Arsenal (Ministry of Munitions) r. National Federation of Women Workers. Difference — (1) Appli- cation by the women in the Gun Inspection Department who wers engaged on the same work as the men, who received the depart- mental increase of bs., for similar increases, with retrospective payment. (2) Application by an assistant forev/oman that she should receive the same wages as the assistant foreman, in view of the fact that she had been engaged on identical work. Arliitrator —Mr. W. H. Whiting, C.B. Award— (1) Claim established, as from 30th June, 1918. (2) Claim established. The assistant forewoman should be paid at the rate of 69.9. 6(Z., plus women's war bonuses, from tlie 3rd February, 1917. Issued 12th March, 1919. [W.A. 1264/2.] Clerical Staff. — Sheffield Simplex Motor Works, Ltd. v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — As to what increases should merge in the advances given by Committee on Production Award No. 1773 of 4th July (Clerks— Sheffield Siuijilex Motor Works, Tinsley). Arbitrator — Sir William W. Mackenzie, K.C., K.B.E. Award — That the increases that should merge in the advances given by the Committee on Production Award No. 1773 were those set out and contained in the document entitled "Sheffield Simplex Motor Works, Ltd.— Staff." Issued 1st April, 1919. [W.A. 2700.] Engineers. — Whipp and Bourne, Ltd., Castletou, Manchester V. Associated Brassfounders, Fitters, Finishers and Co])persmiths' Soeiet}'. Difference — Whether the manufacture of bulkhead ter- minals on a No. 4 capstan lathe should be performed by a fully skilled or semi-skilled man, and at what rate he should be paid. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Whiting, C.B. Award— That the bulk- head terminals mentioned, and other fittings referred to in this case which could be made on a No. 4 capstan lathe, should be the work of semi-skilled men, and when done on day pay should be paid for at rates proper to such men. Issued 11th April, 1919. [W.A. 987/2.] Engineering Employees.- — Hughes and Stirling, Preston Dock V. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim that the distance allowance of 55. per week should be ])aid to youths and girls under 18 years of age. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — To youths ond girls under 18, 2s. 6d. per full week distance money should be paid. This payment was to be reconsidered if means of conveyance were provided. Effective for and from the week preceding the first ])av dav in April, 1919. Issued 25th April, 1919. [W.A. 1387/2.] 244 Foremen. — The Kalciyli C'vch; Co., Jjter week to machinists, with additional 12^ per cent, bonus awarded in 1917. (2) An advance of 7.'?. per week to sawyers, with ad.li- tional 12^- per cent, bonus. Effective as from 1st September, 1919. Issued 7th October, 1919. [W.A. 7519.] Pluniher.s and Domestic Engineers. — The Xorth of Iieland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. v. The United Operative Plumbers' and Domestic Engineers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Difference — Claim for an increase of 4d. per hour to the men con- cerned. Arbitrator — Mr. James Andrews, K.C. Award — An ad- vance of 65. Gd. per week to the men concerned ; wages accordingly became lis. + 12| percent. (= £3 Ws. 10|ject to the same risk of lifp and limb in case of an e:splosion as the men on board, therefore they had not establislied their claim to receive the extra allow- ance under Rule Y, Clause 2. In so far as it affects the work in question on or in connection with the sailing ship " Calcutta " it v.as recommended that the award should be made retrospective to the commencement. Issued 21st October, 1919. [W.A. 7143/2.] Boiler Scalers, etc. — Messrs. Condron Co., Clyde Rigging and Boiler Scaling Co., Harbour Scaling Co., Marine Scaling Co., Glasgow /'. British Seafarers' Union. Diff'ereiice — Claim for an advance in wages to boiler scalers, ship and tank scalers, shore firemen and donkeymen, and the merging of the 12| per cent, bonus into wages. Arbitrator — Mr. James Macdonald. Award (])y agreement) — (1) As from 24th November, 1919. 14.s\ per day should be paid to boiler scalers over 18 for a day f)f eight hours for tlie first five days of the week, and 13.?. for Saturday on condition that work starts at 8 o'clock prom])t and that four full hours are worked. (2) As from 1st December, 1919, l.s\ 8cl. per hour .-houbl be paid to tank scalers over 18 for a week of 47 hours. (3) As from 1st December, 1919, lis. ])er day should be paid to shore firemen, and lbs. per day to shore donkeymen, per diy of eiyht hours. (4) All above ratris to include the 12 J- per cent, bonus whicli had been merged tlierein. (5) S])ecified conditions for nig-lit work and Sunday work. Issued 26th November, 1919. [W.A. 7565/2.] Boiler Scalers, etc. — Messrs. Condron Co., Clyde Rigging and Boiler Scaling Co., Harbour Scaling Co., Marine Scalirig- Co.; James Muir and Son, and Mr. James Mullen, Glasgow v. British Seal'jirei'.s' Union. DilVcieiice — Claim iu aceordaiice with iigiee- iiuMit referred to in Mr. Alacchjiuild's Award of 2Gth November re- gardijig (1) iUc wages mid conditious of employment of aj)prentice boiler scalers and tank scalers. (2) Whether a one-break day should be introduced, and ('6) the wa«^es of liull scalers. Arbi- trator — Mr. James ^lacdoiiald. Award (by agreement) — (1) As from l")th ])ecember, .lUlU, a one-break .system should bt; inlro- duced. (2) As from 8th December, 1919, an advance of (id. jier day should be paid to boiler scalers and tank scalers under 18; the number of these workmen which inightbe employed should not ex- ceed 20 per cent, of those over 18. (3) As from 1st Decemlier, 1911), hull scalers should be paid the same rates as tank scalers. (4) An extra allowance of 4.v. per day was to be jniid for work done on tanks containing- oil ; other exceptionally dirty work should be paid for as might be arranged between the parties. (5) Specified travelling allowances. Issued 8th December, 1919. [W.A. 7505/ 3.] Commercial Staff. — Engineers and IShijjbuilders Employers' Association (Carditf, Barry, Newport, Penarth, Swanseti, and Port Talbot Districts) v. Shipbuilding, Engineering and Steel Commercial Staffs' Association (Bristol Channel Centre). Dift'er- ence — Application for certain increases of wages at rates not less than those awarded to outdoor workers in the ship-repairing in- dustry during the entire war period. Arbitrator — Mr. C. Doughty. Award (by agreement) — A Joint Committee of three on each side should be formed to consider individual cases, and in the event of failure to agree the point in dispute should be referred to an arbitrator, the method of selection of whom was specified. Issued 8th December, 1919. [W.A. 8769.] Platers' Heliyers. — Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Haverton- Hill-on-Tees r. Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, the Associated Blacksmiths and the Ship-Constructors and Ship- wrights' Societies. Difference — Claim for a rebote of 6/53rds of the proportion of the helpers' wage paid by the platers working on piecework, and consequent upon the change over from the 53-hour to the -IT-hour week. Arbitrator — Mr. "W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Claim not established. (3) If there was in foct any bond fide misunderstanding between the parties in agreeing on the present piecework prices, the appropriate solution of the diffi- culty would be a re-discussion between them of the piece prices as then fixed. Issued 15th December, 1919. [W.A. 851/13.] Other Metal Trades. Tube Mahers. — British Mannesmann Tube Co., Ltd., Landore V. Iron and Steel Trades' Confederation. Difference — Applica- tion for terms of Committee on Production Awards 1920 and 2800 (Engineering and Foundry Trades) ; Arbitrator — Sir W. Robinson. Award — Advance of 55. per week to men aged 18 years, and 2.s'. 6^. per week to bovs, as from 2nd December, 1918. Issued 25th January, 1919. [W.A. 884.] Tube Malers. — British Mannesmann Tube Co., Ltd., Landore V. National T'nion of General Workers. Difference^Application 249 for terms of Committee on Production Awards 1920 and 2800 (Engineering and Foundry Trades.) Arbitrator — Sir W. Robinson. Award — Advance of bs. per week to men aged 18 years, and 2^. Gd. per week to boys, as from 2nd December, 1918. Issued 25tli January, 1919. [W.A. 885.] Moulders, Fitters, etc. — R. Hyde and Sons, Ltd., Sheffield and Chesterfield r. Certain Workpeople. Difference — Concerning notice issued by firm intimating discontinuance of payment for 1 hour per day travelling time at datal rate of wages to certain men travelling from Sheffield to Chesterfield. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — ^Claim for continued payment for travelling time established as long as the eleven men concerned Avere retained in the firm's employ, and the conditions remained unchanged. Issued 25th January, 1919. [W.A. 861.] Engineers, Electricians, Bras's workers. Smiths, etc. — British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd. v. Their employees (other than members of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and of the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists). Difference — Claim for reduction of the working week from 53 to 47 hours, and for revised overtime conditions. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — 47-hour week. Day shift and night shift hours set out in detail. Night work at time and a quarter. Overtime at time and a quarter for the first four hours, time and a half thereafter. Doul)le time for Sundays and holidays. Before overtime was paid 47 hours in the week must be worked, except in case of sickness. Effective as from the commencement of the next complete working week after 8th February, 1919. Issued 11th February, 1919. [W.A. 1426.] Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers. — British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd. r. General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers. Difference — Claim for the payment of the Liver- pool rate of 71.y. per week for 47 hours, equivalent to an advance of 45. Qd,. per week, to the members of the Union employed at the firm's works at Prescot. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Awaird — Eate increased by 1^. per week to 67.?. Qd. per week (Warrington rate). A lump sum of IO5. to each man in lieu of retrospective payment. Effective as from 5th February, 1919. Issued 11th February, 1919. [W.A. 1482.] Electricians. — British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd. v. Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Claim that cerfain mem- bers of the Union employed at Helsby should be paid the rates and employed upon the conditions prevailing in the Widnes and Runcorn districts. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Is. Id. per hour (inclusive of all bonuses), to a certain electrician or wireman. No further alteration in prevailing rates and con- ditions. Issued 11th February, 1919. [W.A. 1482/2.] Brassmoulders. — British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd. v. National Brass Workers and Metal Mechanics. Dift'erence — Claim that the wages of the brassmoulders in the employment of the firm at Prescot should be assimilated to those of the iron- moulders. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Rates of plate or machine brassmoulders employed by the firm at Prescot lo he ;i(l\;iii(('(l iiy U.v. per week ;i.s from Oth I'ebruaiv, 11)10. Issuc.l llih Fei)ruury, llUfi. [W. A. 1482/^3.] S/tnncrs {of Cofz/jcr Sides). — ^^'illi;lllls, i'ostor and Co., and Pascoe, (ircMifi'U and Co., Jjtd., Jiiindoic, (ilanioi-gan r. Dock, ^^^lal■f. Kiveiside and (loneral Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for payment lo eight shearers at the Morfa Copper Works of ()s. 'id. per 100 for shearing oopjjer sides. Arbitrator — Mr. W. .1. Dunnarhie. AAvard — Claim not estiiljlislied, but wlien tonna.g(' of liand-sheared material per month exceeded 1 per cent, of the total sheared tonnage, the excess sliould be paid for at the rate of lOf. per ton; each month to be a distinct tmit. l>sued 15th February, 1919. [AV.A. 1495.] Farriers. — Xational Master Fariiers Association /•. Anuilga- mated Society of Farriers, Yorkshire. Difference — Application for an advance of 'id. per hour against the offer of the employers of an advance of \},d. per lioiir. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — The wages of firemen and doormen should be increased bv 2d. per hour, as from 1st Februarv, 1919. Is.-uci- Jiialsiiig- -J2 cart tilioes (all new iron), or making 4U coacli shoes Jialf new iron and lialf old iron, or making G(J col) or pony shoes, half new iron und half old iron, should const itulo a day's work. No steel tyre or steel bar ends should he used, [c) All iron worked over Jy by § to count tis cart shoes. (3) There should he no restiiction u])on the use of jjatent or machine-made shoes. (4) Shoes with screw or stud holes should be paid for at the ordinary rate plus threepence per hole for each hole made. (5) Forty-seven hours should constitute a week's work. All work executed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. should be paid for at the rate of time and a quarter, (6) Threepence per jKiir should be paid for fixing new ])ads. Two])ence per pair should be paid for fixing old j)ads and leathers. (7) Eemoves to count as half. Eifective as from the first pay day in April, 1919, for time worked during preceding week. Issued Tth April, 1919. [W. A. 2631/2.] [This award was a])proved by the Minister of Labour under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act.] Foremen in Zinc Worhs. — Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., Seaton Carew v. Amalgamated Managers' ond Foremen's Association. Difference — Application for an advance of 20^. per week to fore- men as from 1st February, 1919. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B, Baillie, O.B.E. Award — The foremen concerned in present application should receive an advance of Is. per Meek, as from 1st February, 1919. Issued 18th April, 1919. [W.A. 2066/3.] Engineers. — British Mannesmann Tube Co., Ltd., Landore v. Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Difference — Whether the 124 pel" cent, and Tj per cent, bonuses were payable on the advances of 5^. and 2^. 6^/. given in the Award of 25th January, 1919, affecting the British Mannesmann Tube Co., Ltd. Arbi- trator — Sir William Eobinson. Award — Claim not established. Issued 4th June, 1919. [W.A. 884/3.] Screw maker. — Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Cwmbran ■V. National Federation of Blastfuraacemen, Quarrymen, Ore Miners, and Kindred Trades. Difference — As to the re-en- gagement of a Mrs. K. Davies at the works of the firm, in connec- tion with the award of 29th September, 1917, of the Hon. Mr. Justice Ogden Lawrence. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — The matter was amicably settled upon the terms that the firm sliould make a payment of i'20 in full discharge and satisfac- tion of all their obligations to Mrs. Davies and the Federation in respect of this matter. Issued 13th June, 1919. [W.A. 3680/2.] Women Workers (Nail Trade). — J. and J. Ingham and Co., ]jtd., Hunslet, Leeds v. National Uuion of General Workers. Difference — Application that the rates of wages properly payable to the women concerned should be in accordance with Ministry of Munitions Statutory Eules and Orders, Nos. 546 and 1073, with effect from 1st June, 1918, and Court of Arbitration Award, No. 174 (Entrineering and Allied Trades — Women Workers), with effect from first full pay in January, 1919. Arbitrator — ^[r. W. A. Willis. Award — Claim as put forward not estab- lished, but rates properly payable to the women and girls con- 253 cerned should be in accordance with Wages (Temporary Regula- tion) Act, 1918, and the rates substituted thereunder by the Coui't of Arbitration Award, dated 5th June, 1919, No. 503 (Women Workers — Cut Nail and Tack Industry — see page 118). Issued 18th June, 1919. [W.A. 3839.] Brass Finishers, etc.- — E. Foster and Son, Ltd., Central Brass .and Copper Works, Halifax v. Their Employees. Dilference — Claim by the men for an adjustment on their piecework rates to re- compense them for the reduction in working hours from 53 to 47 hours per week. Arbitrator — Mr. W. Dodd. Award — Brass finishers should receive 10^. %d. extra over their piecework earn- ings for a week's work of 47 hours, or per ratio according to number of hours or days worked. In lieu of making award retro- spective as from 1st Januaiy, 1919, each man was to receive a sum of £8 10^. Terreters should receive IO5. extra over their piece- work earnings for a week's work of 47 hours, or per ratio according to number of hours or days worked. In lieu of making award retrospective as from 1st January, 1919, each man to receive a sum of £8. Men of 18 to 21 working as terreters to receive two- thirds of the above amounts. Issued 24th June, 1919. [W.A. 4569.] Zinc Workers. — The Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., Central Zinc Works, Seaton Carew, Co. Durham v. (1) National Union of General Workers, (2) Employees of the Corporation. Difference — (1) Application by the IJnion for payment at rate of time and a half for workers, members of the IJnion, on the following holi- days, viz. : New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, August Bank Holiday (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes- dav), and Christmas Day. (2) Claim by employees for extension of "^Mr. J. B. Baillie's award of I8th April, 1919, under which certain foremen received an advance of 7^. per week from 1st February, 1919. Arbitrator — Sheriff John Wilson, K.C. Award — (1) Payment at rate of time and a half should be made to the .workers concerned on the following holidays, viz. : New Tear's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and Christ- mas Day; and at the rate of time and a quarter on Monday, Tues- day, and Wednesday of August Bank Holiday. Operative as from first day of August Bank Holiday in August, 1919-. (2) Four of the workers concerned should receive an advance of "iS. per week, and the other three workers should receive an advance of 2s. M. per week. Effective as from 1st February, 1919. Issued 30th June, 1919. [W.A. 4695.] Ironfonnders. — Ironfounders' Association of Ireland v. Iron- founders' Society. Difference — Application for levelling up the town shop wages to shipyard rates in Belfast. Arbitrator — Mr. W. Beattie. Award — Claim not established. Issued 8th July, 1919. [W.A. 6005.] Ironfounders. — North West Ironfounders' Association, Ireland, V. Ironfounders' Society. Difference — Application for increase of 5^. per week on present rates to members of the Societv over 18 years of age, and 25. Qd. to those under 18 years. Arbitrator — Mr. W. Beattie. Award — Claim not established. Issued 8th July, 1919. [W.A. 6006.] 254 Saw Makers. — .Sanderson Brothers and New liould, Ltd., Manu- facturers of crucible steel and edge tools, Sheffield, v. Amal- gamated Society of Engineers. Difference — To decide whetlier two members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, employed in the saw dej)artment of the fiiin, should be classed us engineers or saw makers for tlie purpose of the Engineering Awards. Arbitrator —Mr. W. H. Whiting, C.B. Award — (1) One of the men concerned should receive the advances given by the general engineering trade awards, this decision to take efFect as from 1st Jonuary, 1919; (2) Claim as regards the other em- ployee not established. Issued 12th July, 1919. [W.A. 4570.] Ivothfounders. — Dundalk Iron Works (E. Manisty and Co., Ltd.) V. Ironfounders' Society. Difference — Claim for increase of lOs. per week for all male adult members of the Society employed by the Company, and that apprentices on attaining the age of 21 years be paid full standard rates. Arbitrator — Mr. James Andrews, K.C. Aword — Claim not established. Issued 15tb July, 1919. [W.A. 6649.] Farriers. — The Master Farriers' Association (Leicester Branch) V. Amalgamated Society of Farriers. Difference — Application for an increase of Aid. per hour. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — The rates of firemen and doormen should be increased by 3J. per hour, making the rates for firemen 1.?. ~\d. per hour and for doormen 1^. TrZ. per hour. Effective as from Ist September, 1919. Issued 6th ISToyember, 1919. [W\A. 7356/2.] Farriers. — National Master Farriers' Association (Shrewsbury Branch) v. Amalgamated Society of Farriers. Difference — Application for an advance of 12^. per week of 47 hours. Arbi- trator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — The wages of firemen and doormen in Shrewsbury should be increased by 12.t wlicie otlicrwise provided, as from J 7th September, 1919. Issued, ITtli September, 1919. [W.A. 717G.] Wool Weavers. — Scottish Woollen Trade Employers' Associa- tion V. The Xatioiial Union of General Workers, tlie Workers^ Union, and the Scottish Industrial Woollen AVorkers' Union. Difference — Api)lication for certain increases of wages and altera- tions in working' conditions. Arbitrator — Sir R. Lodge. Award — (1) Men and women time-workers' advances of 26^. and 19.J. per full ordinary week over pre-war individual earnings raised to 32.f. and 24^. respectively subject to a minimum rate of wages. (2) The advances granted on 28th March should be increased weekly: boys and girls between 14 and 16 years, 1.?. Gd., boys 16 to 18, 35., and 2^. Qd. to girls from 16 to 18. (3) Piece-workers should receive an addition of 40 per cent, to the increase of 80 per cent, on their pre-war general district average earnings, and the percentage increase on the Flat Statement for weaving should be advanced to 100 per cent. (4) Claims for payment during holidays, scale of wages for apprentices and young persons, and question ^ aft'ecting foremen and turners, and the return from military to civilian trade, were not dealt with. Effective from the beginning of the first full pav in December, 1919. Issued 15th December, 1919. [W.A. 8396/2.] Linen Folders. — Lurgan Handkerchief and Fancy Linen Manu- facturers' Association v. The Lurgan Hemmers. Yeiners and General Women Workers' Trade Union. Difference — Applica- tion for a general increase. Arbitrator — Sir David Horrel, G.C.B. Award — Piece prices of vice folders increased in amounts varying from ^d. to l^d. for each dozen of articles folded. Effec- tive from 1st October, 1919. Issued 20th December, 1919. [W.A. 8978.] Clothing Trades. Corset Operatives. — Waterhouse, Reynolds and Co., Leicester V. National Warehouse and General Workers' L^nion. Diff'erence — Application for increase of bonus from 3d. to bd. in 1,?. on total earnings. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Robertson. Award — Bonus should be ^^d. in Is. upon the first 2bs. earned, any fraction in total weekly amount was to be reckoned as a penny. Effective as from 7th November, 1918. Issued 10th January," 1919. [W.A. 385.] Military Tailors. — J. G. Plumb and Co., Woolwich and Lon- don V. Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses. Differ- ence — Claim that the rate of wages for the contract uniforms for cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, should be paid for at the same rate per hour as for officers' individual garments. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Aword — (1) Claim estoblished. (2) For such clothing firm should pay rates calcula- ted at Woolwich district rate (9^d. per hour) on the respective time specified in Military Log, 1914. Issued 4tli February, 1919. [W.A. 1188.] Tailors. — Paisley Co-operative Manufacturing Society, Ltd. v. their employees (tailors). Diff'erence — Claim for an extra \d. per 261 hour. Arbitrator — Sheriff J. Wilson, K.C. Award — Claim not established. Issued 24th March, 1919. [W.A. 712/2.] Glove Operatives. — National Glove Co., Witham v. Workers' Union. Difference — Question as to whether an employee was dismissed by the firm for bad work, or whether she was victimised on account of being a member of the Workers' Union. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — The employee concerned was dismissed by the firm for bad work, and was not victimised on account of being a member of the Workers' Union. Issued 15th April, 1919. [W.A. 1908/2.] Boot and Shoe Trades. Clickers. — Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for Boot and Shoe Trade of Leicester. Difference — Claim for Qd. per dozen pairs extra on boots and 4fZ. on shoes cut from box calf, box hide and box kip leathers. Arbitrator — Alderman T. Smith. Award — Extra 3<^. and l\d. per dozen pairs on boots and shoes respec- tively cut from all box leathers, should be paid in addition to piece-work prices as set out in Leicester clickers' statement dated 1903. Eff'ective as and from working week commencing Monday, 30th December, 1918. Issued 15th January, 1919. [W.A. 693.] Boot and Shoe Operatives. — Joint Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the County District of Northampton. Difference — In reference to a deduction from the piece-work statement price for " jointing" by hand made by a firm of shoe manufacturers at Kettering on welted work "jointed" by the Rear Angle Gripper attachment to the Rex Puller Over Machine. Arbitrator Alderman Thomas Smith. Award — In accordance with the prin- ciple affirmed by the Arbitration Board on 24th January, 1918, a deduction of \d. per dozen pairs should be made in respect of Army and civilian welted work when '* jointed" by the Rear Angle Gripper attachment. This award should be open to revision when the existing piece-work statements Avere readjusted, as provided by the terms of settlement arrived at between the Incorporated Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Federation and the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, dated 13th Feb- ruary, 1919. Operative as regards the shoe manufacturing firm at Kettering in which the dispute arose as from the pay week commencing 30th September, 1918. Issued 22nd March, 1919. [W.A. 1416/2.] Boot and Shoe Operatives. — Boot and Shoe Trade Repairing and Bespoke Making Section of the York Equitable Industrial Society, Ltd. v. National Union of Boot and Slioe Operatives. Difference — Application by the Union for extension to the York Equitable Industrial Society, Ltd., of the terms and conditions of the Award granted by Mr. George Sedgwick on 2Tth August, 1918, affecting the South Yorkshire Boot and Slioe Repairing Industry. Arbitrator — Alderman Frank Sheppard, J. P. Award — That the prices and conditions as set out in the above-mentioned award should be applied to the York Equitable Industrial Society, Ltd. Thirty-five per cent, was to be deducted from the prices paid for making new boots by hand when they were finished by machinery. Award to apply equally to men and women doing 2G2 moil's work. Kctiosjjectivo as from 30tli Novciiiher, 1918. Issued 2.Sth April, liJlU. [W.A. 2052/2.J Boot and S/ioe Heyairers. — Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society v. Ainalganuited Union of Co-operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers. Uifterence — Whether the full wage rates set out in Mr. Sedgwick's Award l.C. G134 and I.C. 6157 of 27th August, 1918, should he paid in all cases, or whether some deduction should be allowed in the rates for finishing men's, women's, youths', boys' and girls' boots and shoes when such finishing is not done in the manner provided for by the above- mentioned award. Aibitrator — Mr. George Sedgwick. Award — When chrome tanned leather was used in the rei)airing of men's, women's, youths', boys' and girls' boots and shoes the rates for such finishing should be : Men's, per pair (sole and heel) 6fZ., (sole only) 4:d., (heel) 2d. ; women's, per pair, bd., Z\d., l\d. ; youths', 2-5, ner pair, b\d., "6\d., 2d. ; boys', 11-1, per pair, 4d. per hour or any less amount should be allowed in respect of each meal hour worked. Permanent men and dock section. — [d) Whether the ordinary hour of stopping work on Saturdays should be 2 o'clock. Arbitrator — Mr. J. Andrews, K.C. Award — Permanent men's advance of 12^. 6^. per week should be retrospective from 23rd November, 1918, to 14th Decem- her, 1918. They should receive 1|<7. per hour increase in overtime rate. Double rates on Sunday. 3fZ. per hour for each meal hour worked. Permanent men and dock section should usually work till 2 o'clock on Saturdays, but should continue to a later hour at overtime rates if required. Casuals working between dock and 2GG stoivs shdiild lu' piiid !*.v. per day; other casuals b.v. jhu dav. Uy agieeinent, otiier existing conditions should continue. (Jperative as from 8tli Fehiuaiy, 1919; to be binding for six mouths: One nioii Ill's notice to be given thereafter. Issued 25th February, 19!f). [W. A. 1739.] /Joc/i Ldbourers. — The Area Administrative Ofiicer, Ireland r. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — A])pli- cation for an increase of 4c/. per hour to members of the Union emjjloved at the forage departments, etc., of the War Depart- ment, Lapp's Quay, Cork. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — A war advance of l\d. (one penny and a farthing) per hour to men concerned as from beginning of first full pay in January, 1919. Issued 10th March, 1919. [W.A. 2192.] Rail way men. — Talf Vale Eaihvay Conciliation Boards " A '* and " C." Difference — Application for u man to be deemed to be on duty from the time he was originally booked on duty. In- dependent Chairman — Mr. F. S. Button. Award — Fifty per cent, of all "waiting time" should be paid for at ordinary time rates. Other working conditions fixed. Issued 2ud Ajnil, J 919. [W.A. 2589.] Horse Carters, Mechanical Hauliers, etc. — Penzance and Dis- trict Employers' Federation r. Dock, AVharf, Eiverside and General Workers' Union. Ditference-7-Application for an increase of 10s. a week to horse carters, mechanical hauliers, trailermen and storemen. Arbitrator — Sir William Eobinson. Award — A war advance of 5s. p^r week to men concerned over 18; to youths under 18 doing adults' work 5s. per week; to other youths 2s. 6d. per week. The war wage advance hereby granted should l)e pay- able for the full ordinary week, and in the case of men who work less than the full ordinary week, the war wage advance should be reduced pro rata. Effective as from 11th March, 1919. Issued 21st April, 1919. [W.A. 2024/2.] Cargo Workers. — Sligo Importers' Association and The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Conference to consider in what form the Agreement of the Irish Xegotiating Committee, dated 16th April, should be adjusted to meet the special circum- stances of the Port of Sligo. Chairman of Conference — Mr. J, B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — As agreed between the parties at the Conference ; (1) The hours of daily men should be fixed on basis of 46| per week ; hours of work from Monday to Friday to be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Hours worked after 5.30 on first five days of the week, and after 12 noon on Saturday should be con- sidered overtime. (2) Hourly rate of men in clause 1 should be Is. Sd. for day work and Is. 7d. for night work. (3) Xew tonnage rates should be as follows: (a) Discharging boats (whetlier the cargo be flour, coal, slag, cement, manure, in bags or in bulk) 2.^. per ton. This was. to apply to coasting steamers, the men should work the boats as at present, (h) Trimming coal on quoy 6d. per ton. (c) Discliarging grain in bulk Is. 2d. per ton, in bofjs. Is. 4d. per ton. in lighters Is. 4^7. per ton. (d) Carters: D.W. Qu'iv to Campbell's Mills Is. 2d. per ton. D.W. Quay to Sli^o Mills 267 1^. 9d. per ton. Sligo Mills to railway Is. Id. per ton. Between quay and railway (to and from) Is. 2d. per ton. Liverpool shed and railway (to and from) 1^. per ton. Liverpool shed and mill (to and from) 1^. per ton. Union Place and railway (to and from) 1^. per ton. Union Place, Sligo Mills and town (to and from) 1^. GfZ. per ton. Quay to or from town 1^. Qd. per ton. Cartage steamer and into D.W. shed 8d. per ton. (4) Winchmen on coasting- steamers should be paid at the same tonnage rates as men filling coal. (5) All conditions other than those varied by the foreg'oing clauses should remain as at that time. (6) Overtime should be worked when necessary. (7) New hours to be intro- duced on 28th April, 1919, pavment to be retrospective as from 22nd April, 1919. Issued 30th April, 1919. [W.A. 1915/3.] Coal Porters, etc. — The Norwich Coal Merchants' Association r. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for a minimum wage of 48^. per week; a 48-hour week; overtime rates should be time and a quarter for first six hours, time and a half after; time and a half for Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday a proportionate increase for horsemen. Arbitrator — Sir William Eobinson. Award — (1) A war advance of 6^. per week to men concerned. (2) Working- week should be reduced to 48 hours, and present weekly wage should apply to reduced working week. (3) Overtime rates as follows : Time and a quarter for first six hours ; time and a half after; time and a half for Saturday afternoon, and on Sundav lOd. for each horse worked. Effective as from first pay dav in April, 1919. Issued 21st Mav, 1919. [W. A. 3038/2.] Enginemen, Cranemen, Sailors and Firevien. — Dublin Port and Docks Board v. the Stationary Engine Drivers' and Crane- men's Trade Union and the National Sailors and Firemen's Union. Diiference — Claim by the unions that the award of Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C., dated 21st December, 1918, of 85. 6^. per week be extended to their members employed by the Board in the Dredg- ing Plant and on the River. Arbitrator — Mr. James Andrews, K.C. Award — The men concerned, all of whom were working on Floating Plant under the jurisdiction of the Board's engineer, should receive a war advance of 8s. Qd. per week. Effective as from 6th January, 1919. Issued 26th May, 1919. [W.A. 3973.] Sailors, Firemen, Boatswains, etc. — Cork Harbour Commis- sioners V. National Sailors' and Firemen's Union. Difference — Application on behalf of the members of the above union employed by the Cork Harbour Commissioners as boatswains, sailors, fire- men, assistant firemen, driver and firemen on launch "Tilly,' stand-by sailors, firemen and cranemen in vard, for an advance of 155. per week as from the date of application — viz., 12th April, 1919. Arbitrator— Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award— The men concerned should receive an advance 7^. per week. Effec- tive as from 12th April, 1919. Issued 11th June, 1919. [W.A. 4629/2.] Dockers. — The Dublin Coal Merchants' Association v. the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim by the men concerned to be paid on 400 tons for discharging a ship whose actual cargo loaded was 392 tons, as appeared by a telegram 268 from tlie slii])per.s. Tlie men stopped work, and as a result the dis(;liars'. per day, the hours to remain as at present, and Saturday to be paid at the full day's rate. Saturday work not to be lessened in consequence. (2) Overtime should be paid at existing rates, namely, time and a quarter for the first two hours, time and a half for the second two hours, and afterwards double time. (3) Work between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. should be paid at the rate of double time. (4) A man who received a check on any day before 2 p.m. should be guaran- teed four hours' work or four hours' pay for that day, subject to certain conditions. A trimmer on coasting vessels should always be guaranteed four hours' pay. (5) Men handling square timber should continue to be paid 1^. 6^. per day extra. (6) Men work- ing the elevators should continue to be paid 2^. per day extra. (7) Extras paid in the ports should be continued to be paid as extras. (8) Tallymen should have a working week of 46 hours. (9) Tier- ing : If the tiers exceed 12, there should be paid \d. per ton for every two tiers over and above the 12, counting from the ground tier. (10) Rates for cement should be 2d. per ton per man ; this was to be a special fixed rate. (11) Two extra men should be put on duiing the period of time involved in carrying over rail or ship while at low water. All these items were decided by agreement. By decision of the Arbitrator — (12) All men employed at grain cargoes should be paid 16^. per day, subject to the next clause, and dirty work was to be paid extra. (13) Fillers handling rye and barley cargoes should be paid 1^. per day extra. (14) Claim for canters during inclement Meather had not been established, (lb) Claim for 2,?. per day extra for men carrying at ship's side had not been established. (16) Where tonnage rates had hitherto been paid for flour and meal cargoes carried by small boats, tonnag-e rates should be paid when the same cargoes were carried in larger vessels. (17) Tonnage rates should be advanced in the same pro- portion as time rates were advanced (this by AgreeTuent), the proportionate increase being fixed by the Arbitrator as 15 percent. (18) The rate for loading vans fiom steamer should be bid. per ton : this was to be a special fixed rate. (19) Overtime rates for tonnage workers should be tonnage and a half for the first four hf);irs, double tonnacre afterwards. Overtime rates after 12 o'clock Saturday should be on the same basis. (20) A tonnafTe worker wl.o was tal-on on before 2 p.m. on any day should be guaranteed 273 the lialf day's pay of a docker woikiiig- at day rates. Effective as from 18th September, 1919. Issued 26tli kSeptember, 1919. [W.A. 7381.] Coaling Labourers. — Grimsby Fishing- Vessel Owners' Exchange Company, Limited v. National Amalgamated Coal Porters' Union and the Grimsby General Workers' Protection Society. Differ- ence — Claim by men employed in coaling steam fishing vessels at the Grimsby Eish Docks for an increase of 20 per cent, on piece rates and a revision of hours and general conditions of labour. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — (1) Xn advance equivalent to 125 per cent, over the pre-war rate to pieceworkers ; the payment of the existing bonus should be discontinued. (2) The system of working should be by three shifts of eight working hours each during the first five days of the week, and of four working hours on Saturday. (3) The hours of the 1st and 3rd shifts and of the four-hour Saturday shift were specified in detail ; the 2nd shift to be such as might be agreed between the parties. Effective as from commencement of the next full pay but one following the date of Award, unless the parties mutually agree upon an earlier day. Issued 12th November, 1919. [W.A. 4441/2.] Firemeiv and Deck Hands. — Eea, Ltd., Liverpool v. National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers. Difference — As to the intention and operation of an award of 26th August [see page 271). Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) The normal working week for purposes of pay and maintenance of normal earnings should be regarded as one of six shifts of 12 hours each, and the new normal 44-hour week should be paid for on this basis, that was to say, 44 hours were to be paid for as for 72 hours, and according to whether the men were on night shift or day shift, as the case might be. Any time actually worked beyond the 44 hours should be paid as overtime pursuant to the Award, but based on 12.'^. 2d. or 14.?. 6rf. per shift as the case might be, according to whether it occurred on day or night shift. Pro- vided, nevertheless, that the men concerned gave, if and when required, half an hour extra in the morning start and in the evening, without extra pay, as part of the terms of the above arrangement, and as set out in the next clause hereof. (2) The firemen and deck hands on the elevators, if and when required, should o'ive half an hour at the mornino- start and also in the evening if required for berthing purposes, but they were to be paid for all time worked after 5 p.m. if the machine was working coal after 5 p.m. Issued 27th November, 1919. [W.A. 4945/5.] Porters'' Men. — Harbour Porters of Dundee v. the Dundee Branch of the Scottish Union of Dock Labourers. Difference — Application concerning the remuneration to be paid to men engaged on loading, piling and waggoning of jute. Arbitimtor — Sheriff A. J. Louttit Laing. Award — Claim not established. Issued 13th December, 1919. [W.A. 8039/2.] Paper Pulp Unloaders. — Taff Yale Railway Company v. the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Differ- ence — Application for an increase of rates for discharging a cargo at Penarth Dock; these rates to cover all extras. Arbitrator — 274 Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — Claim not established. Recom- mendiition given that Ihe parties should meet and discuss the oiler of the comjjanv to increase tiie j^eneral rates hy Id. per ton. Issued 22nd Ueceniber, 1919. [W.A. 79T4/2.] Paper, Printing and Bookbinding Trades. Printing and I'ayer Workers. — D. Gestetuer, Cyclostyle "Works, Tottenham v. National Union of Printing and Paper Workers. DilVerence — Claim for the payment to mem})ers of the Union em])loyed in the firm's paper shop of wages for the holidays of Christmas Day and Boxing DdLj. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Claim established, without prejudice to the firm's position and obligations under the agreements made between the Union and the Federation of Master Printers. Issued 4th March, 1919. [W.A. 984/2.] Printers. — Dublin Master Printers and Allied Trades' Associa- tion V. Dublin Typographical Provident Society. Difference — Application for an increase of 5.is. ])aid to carters at Tralee Grist Mills was ** extra wages" paid for attending and feeding horses on Sundays and weekdays. A sum of 3'Ss. as retrospective pay should be paid to each of the six grist mill carters concerned. (4) Carters doing carting work on Sundays should be jKiid double time rates. (5) Parties agreed at proceedings to make arrangements as to constitu- tion of working week. (G) Overtime determined on a weekly and not daily basis, and to be payable after 54 hours had been worked Overtime rates for work on Wednesday afternoon (which was a half -holiday), on condition that the hours so worked on Wednes- day afternoons extend the normal working week beyond 54 hours. Issued 22nd May, 1919. [W.A. 2506/5.] Enginemen and Firemen. — Lancashire Sugar Eefiners' Associa- tion V. National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen, and Electrical Workers. Difference — Application that enginemen and firemen em])loyed in the Liver- pool Sugar Refineries should receive an advance in wages to bring their rates up to 1^. 8^^. and Is. 8d. per hour respectively, which were claimed by the Union to be the port rates for these classes of men. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award— Claim not established. Issued 30th May, 1919. [W.A. 4052.] Distillery Operatives. — The Phoenix Park Distillery, Dublin V. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Application for advance of 85. per week, to take effect from 15th March, 1919. Arbitrator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — An advance of 65. per week to men over 21 ; 4^. per week to women ; 3^. per week to boys under 21. Effective as from first pav day after 29th May, 1919. Issued 6th June, 1919. [W.A. 6265.] Distillery Operatives. — Distillers' Company, Ltd., Derby v. iN'ational Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Difference — Application for (1) Advances of wages as from 8th May, 1919 ; (2) Institution of 44-hour working week without reduction of pay ; (3) Adjustment of pay to shift workers in the case of absence of an employee. Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award — (1) As from and including 23rd May, 1919, wages of men concerned should be advanced Qs. per full ordinary week; of women, 35. per "week; half such amounts to youths and girls (if any); (2) Claim not established ; (3) xVgreement made by which, when the absence of an employee leads to no diminution of output, the firm should divide wages of the absentee equally among remainder of the shift or part of shift ; (4) The advances lierebv given were war advances. Issued 8th July, 1919. [W.A. 3930/3.] Foremen, Skilled Men, General Labourers, Forewomen, etc. — Bristol Provision Trade Association v. the Dock, Wharf, Eiver- side and General Workers' Union ; Gas, Municipal and General Workers' Union; and the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for an increase in wages of 5^. for men and women and 2.?. 6d. for boys and girls under 18 for a 47-hour working week, based on tlie wages schedule and terms in an 285 iigreement between parties to become effective on 1st June, 1918, and the one agreed increase thereon, which became effective on 1st October, 1918. Arbitrator — Sir William Eobiuson. Award — War advances of 3^. per week to men over 18; 2^. per week to women over 18; Is. Qd. per week to boys and girls under 18. The cases of employees who, subsequent to this award, attained an age for which a higher rate of bonus was payable hereunder than that to which they were entitled, having regard to their age at the date of the award, should receive the consideration of the firm as they arise. Effective as from 1st Mav, 1919. Issued 12th July, 1919. [W.A. 3645/2.] Butchers. — The Smithfield and Aldgate Carcase Butchers' Association, Ltd. ^^ the National Warehouse and General Workers* Union. Dift'erence — Application for (1) 1^. joer head advance for cut or Kosher beasts. (2) Overtime and holidays — Time and a half or price and a half before 6 a.m. and after 5 p.m.. on Mondays to Fridays, inclusive, and on Saturday's before 6 a.m. and after 1 p.m. Double time or double price for all cattle, etc., worked on Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Bank Holidays, and all other statutory holidays. (3) Stipulated time to be fixed for the last animal to be killed each day, i.e., Mondays to Fridays 4.30 p.m., Saturdays 12.30 p.m. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — (1) The flat rate of 5^. per beast, whether knocked or cut, should remain in force, and no extra payment to be made for cut or Kosher beasts. (2) For overtime and holidays the rates applied for should be paid. (3) The stipulated time, viz., 4.30 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays and 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays, to be observed, and after this time beasts should not (except in emergencies) be killed, so that the last animals may be in the coolers by 5 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays and by 1 p.m. on Satur- days. Effective on and after Friday, 18th Julv, 1919. Issued 23rd July, 1919. [W.A. 4546/2.] Distillery Workers (Men). — The Distillery Company, Ltd., Yauxhall Distillery, Liverpool v. National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Dift'erence — Application by employees (1) that the hours of labour should be 44 per week. (2) That an advance in wages of 10.s\ per week be made on existing rates. (3) That one week's holiday with pay be granted to all workers with one or more years' service. Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award — (1) Claims (1) and (3) not established. (2) Wages of the m^ concerned should be advanced 3^. per week. (3) No further application for advances should be made unless a material increase in the cost of living should take place. Effective as from and including 18th July, 1919. Issued 2nd August, 1919. [W.A. 3930/4.] Bakers. — Omagh Master Bakers' Association v. Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union. Difference — Application for an increase of 14^. per week on current weekly wages, and for a rate of 155. per batch for "extra batches" at the Model Bakery. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award— (1) An advance of 95. per week on cun-ent weekly wages to tablehands. (2) In the case of foremen the total increase over their pre-war weekly ■wages not to be less than the total increase over pre-war wages 28G <)l)taiiie(l by ixibleliauds in conseciuciico of lliis Award. (-i) " Extra hatclies," if ^vol•ke(l at the Model Jiakery, to be paid for at tlie rate of 9^. 2^/. Effective as from pay day of the week (•oiniueiicinf,^ 1st Se])lembcr. Issued 25th August, 1919. [W.A. G872.] Oaliueal and Barlci/ Millers. Millie Bros., John Milne aud Co., Ltd., James (i. Mutcli, John Straclian and Sons, the North of Scotland Milling Company, Ltd., the Northern Co-operative Society, Ltd., all of Aberdeen v. National Union of General Workers. Diii'erence— Claim for (1) advance of wages, (2) revised overtime conditions, (3) reduction of working hours. Arbitrator — Sheriff T. A. Fyfe. Award— (1) Claim (1) not established. (2) Overtime to be paid for at rate of time and a half for all hours Avorked beyond normal working day, or normal night shift ; douljle time for Sundays and holidays. (3) The fixing of working hours for a trade or industry was a general question and could not be determined by this award, as the respondents did not comprise the whole of the milling firms in the district; but it was recommended that the parties should agree upon 50 hours as the working week for their establishments. Effective as from first full pay follow- ing the date of award. Issued 31st August, 1919. [W.A. 102/2.] Clerical Staff .—^lessrs. Bolands, Ltd., Dublin r. Irish Clerical and Allied Workers' Union. Difference — Application on behalf of members on the clerical staff of the Eingsend Flour Mills for (1) an increase of 150 per cent, on pre-war wages; (2) a reduction- of working week from 57 hours to 48 hours. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award— (1) As from 1st April, 1919, an increase of 100 per cent, on pre-war salaries to male clerks over 21 who were in the employ of the firm prior to the war. (2) For male clerks over 21 who had been engaged by the firm between xiugust, 1914, and January 1st, 1918, the starting salary when not exceeding 25^. per week to be increased by 100 per cent., and when exceeding 25^. per week the 100 per cent, increase to be placed on 25^. per week of the salary. (3) As from 1st July, 1919, two employees concerned to receive an advance of 6^. per week, and one an advance of 7s. 6d. per week; an advance of bs. per week to the female typist concerned. (4) All members of the Union concerned to receive the 10 per cent, bonus on total earnings for the year preceding March, 1919. When a clerk was taken on between Maich, 1918, and March, 1919, the 10 percent, to^be paid on the total earnings for that part of this period during which he (or she) had been employed. (5) Increases to be considered due to and dependent on the economic situation created by the war. (6) Merger of all advances since August, 1914, to those clerks coming under clauses (1) and (2) of the Award. (6) It was agreed that the working week of 57 hours should be reduced to 48 hours. Issued 22nd September, 1919. [W.A. 7374.] Carters. — Irish Flour Millers' Association, on behalf of Messrs. Bolands, Flour Millers, Dublin; Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien, Flour Millers, Dublin; and the Dock Milling Company, Ltd., Dublin V. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Differ- ence — Application that [o) the current load rates in the case of 287 Messrs. Bolands' carters be increased to 2^. per load. (6) The current load rates in the case of Messrs. Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien's carters be increased to 2s. per load, (c) The current tonnage rates in the case of the Dock Milling Company's carters be increased to 2s. per ton. (d) The motor wagon tonnage rate be increased to Is. 6d. per ton. Arbitrator— Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — (Ij The current load rates paid to flour mill carters by Messrs. Bolands and by Messrs. Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien to be increased by 3d. per load. (2) The current tonnage rate paid to flour mill horse carters by the Dock Milling Company to be increased by 2d. per ton. (3) Current motor wagon tonnage rate paid by the Dock Milling Company to be increased by Id. per ton. Effective as on and from pay day of the week commencing 8th September, 1919. Issued 22nd Sep- tember, 1919. [W.A. 7374/3.] EngineTnen and Firevien in Sugar Refineries. — Henry Tate and Sons, Ltd., Macfie and Sous, and Fairrie and Company, Ltd. V. JN'ational Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, and others. Difference — As to the rates payable to engine- men and firemen in the employment of the Liverpool sugar re- fineries. Investigators and Conciliators — Sir H. Courthope- Munroe, K.C., and an officer of the Ministry of Labour. Eeport (accepted as an Award) — (1) It was recommended that the rates being paid to enginemen and firemen be adjusted, and that as from 28th August last the rates payable should be increased to 1^. 9(i. and 1^. 8^. per hour respectively. (2) The firms were recommended to regard the men concerned as entitled to rates of Is. 8}jd. and 1^. 8d. respectively as from 17th March, but it was not recommended that these arrears should be admitted by the Eoyal Commission on the Sugar Supplies as a charge against public funds. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [W.A. 4052/5.] Bakers. — Belfast Bakers' Association v. the Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union. Difference — Application for (1) advance of 20^. per week; (2) overtime at time and a half; (3) 45-hour week ; (4) night work to be dealt with in terms of the recommendations of the Committee on ISTight Baking, any night to be not more than seven hours; (5) double time for Sunday work; (6) 55. extra per week to oven men and dough makers. Arbitrator— Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award— (1) Increase of 65. per week to skilled bakers. (2) Overtime at time and a half; each day's overtime to stand by itself and to be calculated offer tlie completion of eight hours' work. (3) Claim (3) not estab- lished. (4) At the time the application of the recommendations of the Committee on Night Baking was impracticable, but parties should consider the best means of carrying out the recommenda- tions as soon as possible. (5) Double time for Sunday work l)etween midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday. (6) Claim (6) established. (7) Increases were to be regarded as war advances. Effective as from 8th September, 1919. Issued 23j-d September, 1919. [W.A. 7357.] Bakers : Semi-sJcilled and Unskilled Workmen. — Belfast Master Bakers' Association v. Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union T 2 288 ' (Allied \\'()rl\(M-s' Section) mid the Workers' Union. J)ifi'erence — Aj)|)li(;;iiiou on beliuli' ot semi-skilled and unskilled workmen for (1) an advance of U)s. per week on current wag'es ; [2) payment of overtime at rate of time and a half; (-i) working week of 45 houis; (4) ni'^'-lit uork to be dealt with in terms of the recommendation of the Committee on Night Baking, any night to consist of not more tlian seven hours; (5) double time for Sunday work. Arbi- trator — Mr. J. B. JJuillie, O.B.E. Award — (1) A war advance of 6^. per Aveek to men concerned. (2) Overtime to be paid for at rate of time and a half, each day's overtime to stand by itself, and to be calculated after the completion of eight hours' work. (3) Claim (3) not established. (4) A seven-hour nightshift was at that time impracticable, but the Parhamentaiy Committee's re- commendations should be carried out as soon as could be ananged. (5) All Sunday work betw^een midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday should be paid for at double time rates. Effective as from 8th September, 1919. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [W.A. 7357-2.] Bread Servers. — Belfast Master Bakers' Association v. the Bread Servers' Trade Union. Difference — Application for (1) minimum wage of £3 per week; (2) the standards of carts, com- mission and facilities to remain as at present. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — Claim not established, but in the case of those bread servers whose total average earnings per week, reckoned during the two months prior to 20th September, were less than £3, the exieti ng wages or commission or standard, or all three^ as might seem most suitable to the emploj-er, should be readjusted so that they might reasonably be expected to amount to not less than £3 per week. Effective as from 1st October, 1919. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [W.A. 7357/3.] Mill Operatives. — Irish Flour Millers' Association, on behalf of certain firms v. Irish Transport and General AVorkers' Union and six other Unions. Diff'erence — Application for (a) increases of 20.5. per week to men and 135. per week to women and boys; (6) double time for all overtime worked between 12 p.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Mondav ; (c) a fortnight's annual holidav with pay. Arbitrator— Mr.' J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award— (1) An advance of 4^. per week to men over 21 employed in the flour mills; provided that where in any mill advances made since August, 1914, exclusive of merit advances, were equal to or in excess of total irenera] advances granted, no advance should be made; 2^. Gd. per week to women and youths over 18; l^. 6d. per week to youths under 18. (2) In the case of any firm, tradesmen, such as carpenters, employed on maintenance work who were not paid in accordance with District or Trade Union rates of pay, should receive the general advances paid to workmen in flour mills. (3) This award should apply only to such carters as do carting from a flour mill to a grain store. (4) Double time should be paid for overtime between 12 p.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday. (5) A continuous week's holiday with pay should be granted each year between 1st May and 30th September to all employees concerned, in addition to various single holidays already granted, such holi- days to be paid for; provided {a) that all holidays in any year did 289 not exceed 12 days, (6) that an employee should only become entitled to the continuous week's holiday after six months' con- tinuous and satisfactory service, (c) that when required employees would be prepared to make up for holidays by working' overtime at overtime rates. (6) It was not practicable during that jear that all emplo^-ees should be granted the week's continuous holiday. (7) Increases should enter into the calculation of overtime when paid. (9) Advances should be considered clue to and dependent on the economic conditions created by the war. Effective as on and from pav dav of the week commencing 18tli August, 1919. Issued 23rd September, 1919. [W.A. 7374/2.] Bakers. — The Londonderry Master Bakers' Association v. the Irish Bakers', Confectioners' and Allied Trades' Union. Differ- ence — Application for (1) bakers and confectioners to receive an advance of £1 per week, with time and half for overtime; jobbers to receive 13^. per day, with time and half for overtime; (2) bread- servers to receive a minimum weekh^ wage of £2 10s. ; country bread-servers to receive 2^. per day for dinner : commission as at that time, with bread at wholesale price and a reduction of the existing high standard of sixty-five pounds to forty pounds; (3) lb<. advance on their current working wages to bread packers; (4) bakehouse labourers to receive an advance making a minimum of £2 15.?. with time and half for overtime. Arbitrator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — (1) Bakers and confec- tioners should be paid at the rate of G2.5. 6'. per week over and above pre- war prevailing rates for the different grades of work. Arbi- trator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — The ahle-bodied men concerned, aged 18 and upwards, to receive a war advance^ of V>s. per week as from commencement of first full pay following 1st March, 1919. Issued 21st May, 1919. [W.A. 2454/2.] 302 ronr Lair ( 'fjiceis and Worhers. — Salford Hoard of Guardian* ■V. Matioual Poor Law Oliicers' Associatiou Iricorpcjiated, Poor Law Workers' Trade Union, and ()lli(;ers and Lmployecs of llie Salford Board of Guardians. Dift'erence — AppL'cation for pay- ment of the Civil Service soale of war bonus granted by Awards Nos. 51, 52. G5, CG, and 84, dated 9tli -July, 9tli .July, 8th Noveni])er, 11th November, 1918, and ^Ist Mandi, 1919, respec- tively, of the Conciliation and Arbitration Boaid for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Subject to certain clauses and exceptions, the most important of which follow, claim established. Advances to be regarded as war advances, and payable as from the dates at which these awards respectively came into operation. (2) Merger of war advances and bonuses and increments over pre-war rates, already received, other than merit advances, etc. (3) Increase in cost incurred by the Board during the war period for uniform or laundry should not enter into the calculation of the bonus. (4) Wholly rationed employees should receive one half of the scale of bonus ii'ranted by this award, subject, however to an allowance of one-fourteenth of the total weekly bonus for each day on which they did not receive tlie full ration. Partially rationed employees should receive two-thirds of the scale of bonus, a proportionate adjustment to be made by the Board in respect of days on which tliey received no rations. (5) In the case of part-time officers or employees, whether resident or not, the pro])ortion of bonuses should be according to the proportion of their time required to be devoted to their duties. In the case of medical officers this should be deemed to be one-third unless shown to be more. (6) Trades- men or workmen whose increases in rates of wages or advances by way of war bonus during the period of the war followed the increases in rates or general advances made to similar tradesmen or workmen in the district should not come under this award. Issued 22nd May, 1919. [W.A. 32/4.] Stationary Enrjine Drivers, Stokers, etc. — The Lord Derby War Hospital, Winwick v. National Union of General Workers. Dift'erence — Application foi the Conimittee on Production En- gineering advances of 3.'^. 6fZ. and bs. per week to stationary engine drivers, stokers, platelayers, kitchen men, sewerage men, labourers (other than agricultural), and gardeners, in oddition to the advances they had received by the award of 6th November, 1918. Arbitrator— Mr. 0. M. Le Breton, K.C, O.B.E. Award- Claim not established. Issued 22nd May, 1919. [W.A. 3165/2.] Corporation Officials and Clerical »Sfa/^.— Corporation of Stoke- on-Trent r. National Association of Local Government Officers. Dift'erence — Application on behalf of the officials and clerical staffs of the Corporation for the adoption in its entirety by the Corporation of the Civil Service scale of war bonus as set out in Award No. 84 of 31st March, 1919, of the Conciliation and Arbi- tration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Mr. W. n. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Bonus granted of flat rates of Civil Service bonuses in full, and of 15 per cent, on ordinary remuneration, in lieu of 20 per cent, given by Award No. 84 aforesaid. (2) *' Ordinary remuneration " defined for purposes of 303 award. (3) Merger of existiug bonuses. (4j Advances should be regarded as temporary increases, recognised as dependent on present abnormal conditions. (5) Award not to apply to officers or employees serving in His Majesty's Forces in respect of any period during wliich so serving. Tlieir cases siiould be considered separately. Issued 17th June, 1919. [W.A. 1221/2.] Poor Law Officers, etc. — Tamworth Board of Guardians v. TS'ational Poor Law Officers' Association. Difference — Applica- tion for payment of the Civil Service scale of war bonus granted by Awards 51 and 52 of 9th Julv, 1918, and Awards G5 and 66 of 8th and 11th November, 1918, and 84 of 31st March, 1919, respectively, of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Gov- ernment Employees. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Full Civil Service scale of bonus under Awards 51, 52, 65 and 66 granted as from 1st July and 1st November, 1918, respectively, and 85 per cent, of Civil Service scale under Award 84, as from 1st April, 1919, granted to non-rationed full-time employees. (2) Half of above to fully rationed emplo^-ees, and two-thirds to partly rationed employees. (3) Merger of existing war bonuses. (4) Proportions of bonus to the various part-time employees fixed. (5) Advances to be recognised as temporary in- creases dependent on existence of abnormal conditions, and to continue for ,such period as scale for Civil Servants remains in force. Issued 17th June, 1919. [W.A. 2000/2.] Poor Law Officers, etc. — Lexden and Winstree Board of Guar- dians and Rural District Council v. Captain G. E. Tompson, Clerk to the above, and the National Poor Law Officers' Association, representing Messrs. L. E. Alen and I. H. Ham, relieving officers. Difference — Application for payment of scale of bonus under Awards Nos. 52, 66 and 84 of Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees, and certain questions aft'ecting the salary basis as regards Captain Tompson, whilst serving with His Majesty's Forces, and as regards Messrs. Alen and Ham as to merger of previous advances. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. x\ward — (1) To Captain Tompson (who was not a full-time official), {a) from 1st July, 1918, to 31st October, 1918, a bonus at the rate of £36 per annum; (6) as from 1st November, 1918, to 31st March, 1919, at the rate of £48 per annum; and (c) as from 1st April, 1919, at the rate of £80 per onnum. (2) To Messrs. Alen and Ham (full-time officers), [a) as from 1st Novem- ber, 1918, to 31st March, 1919, a bonus at the rate of £10 per annum, in addition to the bonus of £45 per annum being paid to them; and (6) as from 1st April, 1919, in lieu of the above bonus of £45 plus £10, a flat bonus at the rate of £90 per annum. (3) The advances should be regarded as temporary increases, and to continue to be paid for such period as the current scale authorised for Civil Servants remains in force. Issued 18th June, 1919. [W.A. 2668/2.] Drivers and Stokers. — The Gainsborough Urban District Coun- cil V. National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Motormen, and Electrical Workers. Difference — The Council having decided to pay the standard rate of wages of the rli^trict, plus the extras as awarded by the Committee on Production, had r 2 304 carried this out, and the men's Union contended that the men oonceriHMl (drivers tind stokers) were entitled to a furtlier sum of 5.?. from December last. Arl)itrator — Sir William Robinson. Awiird — Claim not established. Issued 30th June, 1919. [W.A. 3530/2.] Poor Law Ofjicers and Workers. — Hammersmith Board of Guardians v. their Officials and Employees. Difference — Appli- cation for full scales of war bonuses awarded to Civil Servants by Awards of Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Emploj'ces referred to in circular letters of tlie Local Government Board dated 15th October and 11th December, 1918, as from 1st July and 1st November, 1918, respectively. Also certain ques- tions affecting the Clerk to the Guardians in reference to Civil Service Awards Nos. 52, 56 and 66. Arbitrator — Mr, W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Officials and employees concerned should receive advances in accordance with scales of Awards Nos. 51 and 52 as from 1st July, 1918, and under Awards 65 and 66 as from 1st November, 1918. (2) Conditions fixed as to merger, rationed employees, p:irt-time employees, and other matters similar to those fixed by previous Awards affecting Poor Law employees. (3) Proportions of time devoted by part-time employees fixed. (4) Tradesmen or workmen, whose increases had followed the in- crease to similar tradesmen or workmen in Ihe district, excluded. (5) No award as regards the Clerk to the Guardians in view of the restricted terms of reference and of his case having been dealt with under Award No. 56, but this without prejudice to consideration of any claim hereafter bv him under Award No. 77 or Award No. 84. Issued 4th July,*'l919. [W.A. 2548/2.] Borough Council Officials and Clerical Staff. — Camberwell Borough Council v. National Association of Local Government Officers. Difference — Application of awards of Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Emplovees No. 66, dated 11th November, 1918; No. 77, dated 10th Februarv, 1919; and No. 84, dated 31st March, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) Scales of above awards should be applied in full as from dates specified therein to the parties concerned, but ■should not operate so as to reduce the earnings of any receiving larger war bonuses or war wages. (2) Amounts awarded should be regarded as temporary increases to assist in meeting increased cost of living, and to continue during operation of Award No. 84. Issued 4th July, 1919. [W.A. 3759/2.] Electrical Power Engineers. — Corporfftion of Derby v. Elec- trical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — Questions arising under Award of Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C, doted 27th Februarv, 1919 (commonly known as W.A. 9281 — see page 299), in the matter of an a})j)lication by the Asso- ciation to municipal and other electrical undertakings in the United Kingdom, referred to Minister under the provisions of Clause 4 thereof, whether certain increases of pay were to merge in the advances o-rauted bv the Award. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Tliat the incieases referred to were merit or service increases and did not so merge. Issued 5th Julv, 1919. [W.A. 1838/22.] 305 Maniciijal Chief Electrical Engineers and Managers. — Willes- den Urban District Council, Boroug-h of Wimbledon, Barking Town Urban District Council, Hampstead Borough Council, Borough of Hornsey, Borough of Southwark, Bexley Borough Council, Bermondsey Borough Council, and Stoke ISTewington Borough Council v. The Associated Municipal Electrical En- gineers. Difference — Claim (a), that all Awards made by the Committee' on Production (including the 12| per cent.) to the Engineering and Foundry trades, together with any further Awards, be paid to the electrical engineers and managers, and (h), that the basic salary of the electrical engineers and managers should be paid in accordance with an appended formula and general conditions. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award (all the above Boroughs and Councils, with the exception of the Willesden Urban District Council and the Borough of Hornsey, having withdrawn from the proceedings, award was confined to Willesden Urban District Council and Borough of Hornsey) — (1) That, in view of withdrawal of seven out of the nine under- tatings concerned and of the character of the formula, it was inexpedient to adopt or prescribe same for the two remain- ing undertakings alone, and that adoption should be general. (2) That consideration and adoption of a formula for regulating salaries was desirable and feasible, and formula put forward was recommended as a fair basis for discussion and consideration by the xissociation and the various electrical undertakings in the Metropolitan area. (3) In full satisfaction of claim [a] a war wage M'as granted of 20 per cent, on salaries as they stood on the 1st January, 1918, plus £50 per annum, both as from 1st January, 1918, provided that the total amounts of the advances should not exceed the amounts claimed under clause [a). The increases should be in addition to any other increases given since 1st January, 1918, and should be recognised as dependent on the abnormal conditions now prevailing, and to continue until 31st December, 1919, when position was to be reconsidered. Issued 9th July, 1919. [W.A. 4845.] Cartmen, Scavengers, etc. — Morpeth Borough Council v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for advance of 10,?. per week, .which would bring men's wages up to 305. per week over pre-war rates. Arbitrator — Sir Richard Lodge. Award — Claim not established. Issued 11th July, 1919. [W.A. 4164/2.] Switchboard Attendants, Fitters, Cleaners, etc. — Scarborough Electrical Supply Company, Ltd. r. National Union of General Workers. Difference— Application for general advance to fitters, switchboard attendants, drivers, firemen, cleaners, storekeeper, joiner, bricklayer, and main cablemen of 12^. 6c?. per week over and above wages existing on 5th June, 1919. Arbitrator — Sir William Robinson. Award — Men concerned over 21 should receive a war advance of 6s. per full ordinary week as from 13th May, 1919. Issued 14th July, 1919. [W.A. 3790/2.] Electrical Power Oj}eraHves.—^oui\i Wales Electrical Power Company v. Electrical Trades Union and the National Union of General Workers. Difference— Application for (1) the aggregate :30G ^\^Ai ;i(l\aines tdlalliiig 2(S.v. G. per week. (2) The six old men concerned, and the Water In- spector, should receive a war advance of 35. 6d. per week. Effec- tive as from tlie oth -lune, 19J9. Issued 25th August, 1919. [W.A. 4654/2.] Municipal Officers. — Corporation of Manchester v. Manchester Municipal Officers' Guild. Difference — Claim that the terms of Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Gov- ernment Employees should be extended io the einployees of the Corporation concerned, namely, the Clerical, Technical and Ad- ministrative Staff of the Corporation. Arbitrator — Mr, W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— In lieu of the bonuses then being paid to the employees concerned and covered by the Resolution of 5th March, 1919, and as from 1st April, 1919, bonuses were granted according to the scale and terms set out in Award Xo. 84 of 31st March, 1919, as claimed, subject to certain qualifications and conditions which dealt with merger of bonuses already received, allowances for rations, and proportions to part-time employees. The advances hereby awarded were war advances, and to continue for such period as the scale authorised by Award No. 84 remains in force. Issued 26th August, 1919. [W.A. 4518 2.] Labourers Employed on Land Reclamation. — Board of Agri- culture and Fisheries v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Difference — Claim on behalf of labourers em- ployed on the Land Eeclamation Effort in Lincolnshire as follows : (1) Minimum rate of 1^. 3^. per hour. (2) Shelters and huts for men to have meals to be erected as quickly as possible. (3) Means of transport to convey men between the station or village and the seabank. (4) All travelling allowances now paid to continue. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — (1) The agricultural rate was a fair basis to work on when fixing the rate of pay. (2) As under the new arrangements the men would be living in huts instead of going to and from the neighbouring town as formerly, they should receive a payment of 2^. per week towards their travelling expenses at week-ends, such payment to be made whether they travel or not. (3) It was recommended that in any case where the Board are satisfied that a man was compelled to pay rent for his wife and family, they should consider his case with a view to alleviating any hardship that might arise from his having to pay 2^. 6<7. for his own accommodation in addition to the said rent. Issued 26th August, 1919. [W.A. 6210/2.] Collector of Poor Rates. — Chertsey Board of Guardians v. Col- lector of Poor Rates, Walton-on-Thames. Difference — What war 311 bonus, if any, should be paid to the Collector. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — (1) The Guardians should pay the collector a war bonus at the rate of £39 per annum as from the 1st April, 1919, for the year ending 31st March, 1920. (2) If Award Ts^o. 84 of 31st March, 1919, made by the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees remains in force after 31st March, 1920, payment by the Chertsey Guardians to the said collector of anv further war bonus should be then con- sidered. Issued 28th August, 1919. [W.A. 4493/2.] Employees of Local Authorities. — Joint Board of Local Authori- ties of South Wales and Monmouthshire. Difference — Applica- tion for seven consecutive daj's holiday with pay for all men in all departments in addition to six National or Bank Holidays granted by the Stoker Agreement dated 11th March, 1919. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles IJoughty. Award — (1) This Award applied only to workers in the non-trading departments of the Authorities and was not to be taken as superseding or altering the terms of the Stoker or any subsequent agreement excej^t upon the question of holidays. (2) The following Authorities were con- cerned : — Aberavon, Bedwellty, Llanelly, Mynyddislwyn, Aber- dare, Caerphilly, Maesteg, Neath Rural District Council, Aber- siclian, Glyncorrwg, Margan, Ogmore and Garw, Barry, Gelly- gaer. Mountain Ash, Merthyr Tydfil, Porthcawl, Pontypridd and Ehymney. (3) Six National or Bank Holidays to be aUowed during the year with pay. (4) A holiday of six consecutive work- ing days with pay to men who have completed 12 months' con- tinuous service should be allowed. Issued 1st September, 1919. [W.A. 6727/2.] Municipal Employees. — Bkickrock Urban District Council, Eathmines and Eathgar Urban District Council, Pembroke Urban District Council, Eathmines and Pembroke Main Drain- age Board v. Irish Municipal Emploj^ees Trade Union. Difference — x\pplication for (1) a weekly wage of not less than 150 per cent, over pre-war rates. (2) Minimum of 50^. per week for all adult employees. (3) Payment of overtime at rate laid down in the rules of the Trade Union. (4) One week's annual leave with pay irrespective of Bank or other holidays allowed, and without pre- judice to the position of those members in receipt of more than one week's annual leave. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — (1) War advances of 3^. per week to men concerned, except those who had received 30^. per week war advance, those who had received the 12| per cent, bonus, tradesmen whose rates followed those of their trade, and a foreman driver; and 2^. 6^. per week to women. (2) Claim not established. Claims (3) and (4) established. Effective as from the first full pay day in August, 1919. Issued 3rd September, 1919. [W.A. 6890/2.] Local Government Officers. — Weston-super-Mare Urban Dis- trict Council V. National Association of Local Government Officers. Difference — Application of the resident, non-resident and part-time officers for the adoption of the Civil Service scale of bonus under the Awards of the Conciliation and Arbitration J3oard for Government Employees. At the hearing the Associa- 312 tion couliued tlieir claim to Award No. 84. Ail)itiutor — Mr. \V . 11. Stoker, K.C. Award — Bonuses should be grauted to the cmj)loyees concerned according to the full scale and terms >et out in Award No. 84 of 31st March, VJVJ, subject to the ])rovi8ion8 which follow. (2) Merger of bonuses at present being paid. (3) l']nij)b)yees enjdying food rations should be granted one-half of liie scale of bonus subject to an allowance of l/14th of the weekly bonus for any day on which full rations were not available for them. Those only partially rationed should receive two-thirds of the bonus with an equitable proportionate allowance in respect of any da}- on Avliich tlie}- usually received rations and the same were not available. (4) Part-time employees were to receive a due pro2)ortion of the flat bonus, but the 20 per cent, on the whole of their salaries or wages. The due proportion should in the case of the clerk be three-quarters and in the case of the Medical Officer of Health one-half. (5) Ordinary remuneration defined. (6) The increases hereby awarded Mere war bonuses, and were to continue for such period as the scale authorised by Award Xo. 84 remains in force. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 4th Septem- ber, 1919. [W.A. 4606/2.] Municipal Officers. — Dalkey Urban District Council r. National Union of Municipal Officers (Ireland). Difference — Applic*ition for a bonus according to the new scale of war bonuses fixed by Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government emplovees in Award No. 84, dated 31st March, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. /. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — (1) Whole-time officers should be paid the full amount of bonus laid down in above-mentioned scale, that was to say, [a) 24.er cent, of their present ordinary remuneration in cases where the re- muneration did not exceed 60.?. per week; (h) £60 per annum plus the equivalent of 20 per cent, of their present ordinary remuneration in cases where the remuneration exceeded 60.*?. (or £156 10^. per annum) subject to a maximum bonus of £300 a year. (2) Part-time officei-s wliose services were engaged to tlie extent of not less than half their time should be paid a propor- tionate amount of above bonus. The bonus of other part-time officers left to discretion of the Council. (3) Merger of any bonus given since 1914 to meet increased cost of living. (4) " Ordinary remuneration" defined. Eff'ective as from 1st April. 1919: and there should be further payable for the ]ieriod between 1st Novem- ber, 1918, and 31st March, 1919, the same amount of bonus less 10 per cent. Issued 3rd September, 1919. [W.A. 6916.] Poor Law Officers. — Guardians of the Plomesgate Union r. Two of their Officers. Difference — Claim for payment of a war bonus in accordance with Award No. 84, dated 31st March, 1919, of Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — That the two employees concerned, who were acting as Eelieving Officers, Vaccination Officers, Inspectors under the Infant Life Protection Act, Registrars of Births and Deaths, and Collectors, should receive as from 1st April, 1919, by way of war bonus a sum of £93 per annum each. Merger of the sums of £35 and £25 now paid to them as war bonuses. Pavment of bonuses awarded to continue 313 for such period as Award No. 84 remains iu force. Issued 4th September, 1919. [W.A. 6029/2.] Electrical Poiuer Engineers. — The Corporation of Sunderland V. the Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — As to the application to certain members of the Award dated 27th Eebruary, 1919, W.A. 9281, made by the present arbitrator. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— The salaries of the emiDloyees concerned were separately analysed, and the amount of war bonus already received determined for the purpose of merger. Issued 9th September, 1919. [W.A. 1836/36.] Registrars of Births and Deaths. — The Wandsworth Board of Guardians v. Registrars of Births and Deaths. Difference — Whether Registrars of Births and Deaths were entitled to the Civil Service war bonus under Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Employees concerned should be paid as from 1st April, 1919, war bonuses according to the scale set out in the said Award No. 84, proportioned according to the time devoted by them to their duties. The proportion to be one-third of the flat bonus of £60 per annum, unless a greater proportion of time in any cose was shown to be so devoted, and the full 20 per cent, should be paid in each case on the whole amount of fees paid by the Guardians to the Registrars concerned. Issued 10th Sep- tember, 1919. [W.A. 4836/2.] Engineers, etc., in Electricity Works. — Corporation of South- ampton (Electricity Department) v. Electrical Trades Union. Difference — Application for an increase of wages to certain officials and employees in the electricity department of the Corporation. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — (1) The following minimum rates should be paid : — Power House — Charge engineers, £3 10-?. per week; junior charge engineers, £2 5^. per week; switchboard attendants, £1 5^. per week. To all these men a further increase in the minimum rate of 2s. per week should be paid for every complete year of service, but not exceeding a further increase of 10s. per week, and, in addition, a further increase in the minimum rate should be paid of 25. per week for every million units sold per year above ten millions, but not exceeding a further 10^. per week. Batter}^ Attendant — Mini- mum rate should be £2 per week; sub-station attendants, £1 55. per week. Mains Department — Mains engineer, the minimum wage should be £4 155. per week ; assistant engineers, £2 155. per week; test-room engineer, £3 per week. (2) In addition to all the above rates, war wages at present fixed at £1 Ss. Gd. per week and 12^ per cent, on earnings should be paid. Effective as from commencement of first full pa^^ week after 1st Julv, 1919. Issued 20th September, 1919. [W.A. 3095/2.] General Workers. — Corporation of Hereford r. Workers' Union. Difference — Application for (1) Advance of 85. per week for all engaged by the week in the roads, markets, and waterworks departments. (2) For a rate of I5. 2d. per hour for all men work- ing by the hour. Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award — (I) War advance of 45. per week. (2) Advances given since the 314 (tiin-iiial ;i|)|ili(;iti(iii were Jiieril atlvaiiccs and .should l)e j)ai(l iu uddilioii to the advance.^ Jicrehy planted. (-J) This award did not a])[)ly to the loller driver, (4) xNo ditt'ereutiatiou between aged and other workers. Elective as from the pay day in the week ending JiOth August, 1919, for tiie pay ])criod prior to such pay day. Issued 2-41 h September, 1919. [W.A. 4971/2.] Vehicle Workers. — Corporation of llereford v. IS'ational Union of \'^ehicle Workers. Uift'erence — Application for (1) A war wage of '30a'. per week over pre-war rates. (2) A 47-hour week. (-J) Overtime pay in accordance with the decision of the Joint Indus- trial Council for Local Authorities iSon-trading Services Manual AN'orkers. Arbitrator — Mr. P. 13. Clegg Mellor. Award — (Ij AVar advance of 4^. per week to men, 2^. per week to boys under 18. (2) Claim not established. (3) Overtime should commence after the hours constituting the present full ordinary working week had been worked, or otherwise satisfactorily accounted for. Kates should be time and a quarter for the first three hours, time and a half thereafter, double time for Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday (if a general holiday), and proclaimed national holi- days, but any existing arrangement between the Corporation and the men concerned which was more beneficial to the employees was not to be affected by this Award. (4) This Award did not ap])ly to the men vrhose wages, by resolution of the Sewers Committee, dated 23rd May, 1919, were advanced by 10^. per week, nor did it apply to the three men paid by the hour. Effective as from the pay day in the week ending 30th August, 1919, for the pay period prior to such pay day. Issued 24th September, 1919. [W.A. 4971/3.] Local Government Officers. — Merton and Morden Urban Dis- trict Council V. National Association of Local Government Officers. Difference — Claim that the Civil Service Scale of war bonus (Award No. 84) be applied to the whole of the permanent Ad- ministrative, Technical and Clerical staff of the Council. Arbi- trator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — (1) Claim established. (2) Merger of present bonuses. (3) The Medical Officer of Health and the Morden Collector, who were part-time employees, were to receive a due proportion of the flat bonus and 20 percent, of their respective salaries. (4) " Ordinary remunera- tion " defined. (5) Increases hereby awarded to continue for such period as Award No. 84 remains in force. Eff'ective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 30th September, 1919. [W.A. 6418/2.] Tramicay Employees. — The Southampton Corporation (Tram- ways Department) r. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for double pay for Monday, July 21st, 1919 (which was (wrongly) expected to be a Peace holiday). Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — Claim not estab- lished, ordinary ])av was all that was due. Issued 30th September, 1919. [W.A. 6871/2.] Gas and Surveyor's Departments. — Lisburn Urban District Council V. Municipal Employees' Association. Difference — Claim for an advance of 10s. per week on present war wages, based on the increased cost of living. Arbitrator — Mr. James Andrews, 315 K.C. Award — (1) The wages of men concerued sliould be as follows: — Gas Department — Chargers or stokers, £3 10s. Od.; drawers, =£3 4:S. Od. ; labourers, £2 3s. Od. Surveyor's Depart- ment — All workmen, £2 Is. Od. (2) Award to be retrospective, and wages should be payable from and including the first j^ay day in Sej)tember, 1919; all arrears of wages should be paid within one fortnight from date upon which a copy of this Award should be received by the said Council. (3) Award to remain in force for at least six months from date thereof, and the wages hereby fixed should be jiaj^able lor such period, subject to the proviso that if during the period the cost of living should rise or fall, according to the official tables published monthly in the " Labour Gazette," to the extent of not less than 7| per cent, from the figure of 115 per cent, mentioned in the said Gazette for the present month as general increase in cost of living over pre-war level, the wages of the men concerned should be increosed or reduced for each such 7-J per cent, in accordance with the following scale : — Gas Depart- ment — t'hargers or stokers, 3^. ; drawers, 2^. 9d. ; labourers, 2^. Surveyor's Department — iVll workmen, 2s. (4) Award might be terminated at any time after the expiration of six months bv one month's prior notice in writing bv either partv. Issued 30th September, 1919. [W.A. 7380.] Electrical Poiver Engineers. — Yorkshire Electric PoAver Com- pany, Ltd. V. Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Differ- ence — Question arising on the application of an Award (W.A. 9281), dated 27th February, 1919, viz., what proportion of increases given since July, 1914, were war advances. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. ,3toker, K.C. Aw^ard — The question was to be deter- mined in accordance with a certain Table of Formulae, set out at length. Issued 2nd October, 1919. [W.A. 1838/40.] Electrical Power £'?^^mef^7-5.— Metropolitan Borough of Wool- wich V. Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — Claim by the Association for the increases granted by the Elec- trical Power Engineers' Award, dated 27th February, 1919, to be extended to its members emploved as assistant engineers by the Council. Arbitrator— Mr. W."^ H. Stoker, K.C. Award- There was no substantial difference between the employees con- cerned and Junior Charge Engineers, as covered by A^vard W.A. 9281, and in the circumstances of the case they should be dealt with as if they were included in the provisions thereof, and not of Award 2772 (Committee on Production). It was recommended for consideration that the present payments for overtime and any other extra payments not usual in the case of Junior Charge Engineers, as so styled, be consolidated into a new rate for the employees concerned. Issued 2nd October, 1919. [W.A. 1838/41.] Poor Law Employees. — Staines Board of Guardians v. the Poor Law Workers' Union. Difference — Application for the granting of bonuses in, accordance with the awards to Civil Ser- vants of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board. Arbitrator — Sir E. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award— Subject to certain con- ditions as regards merger, part-time employees, rationed em- ployees and workmen whose Avages followed the wage movements 316 i)i tlicir class, tlit; increases of leiiiuueratiou hy way of war honus were to be in accordance with the scales fixed })y the Conciliation and Arbitration lioai'd for (iovernnicnt Kmjilovees in the Award No. 84, dated .'list March, 1919. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 2nd October, 1919. fW.A. 0101/2.] Outside Wor/iinen. — Hendon Urban ])istrict Council v. National Union of Corporation Workers. Difference — Apjdica- tiou for the Civil Service Bonus, Award Xo. 84, to be granted to the workmen in tlie Council's employ, the Council being of opinion that Award 84 did not apjdy to " Outside Workmen." Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— A further war advance of 3^. per week of 6 days to able-bodied employees over 18. It was recommended that the case of men who were not able- bodied should be considered by the Council. Effective as from commencement of first full ])av following ^JOth August. 1919. Issued 2nd October, 1919. [AV.'A. 6430/2.] Local Government Officers. — Borough Council of Shoreditch v. National Association of Local Government Officers. Difference — Claim that Award No. 84 made by Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees and dated 31st March, 1919, be applied to the administrative, technical and clerical staffs of the Council who were not in receipt of a war bonus at least equal to that granted by Award No. 84. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope- Munroe, K.C. Award — Award No. 84 should be applied in full as from 1st April, 1919. Awnvd not to operate so as to reduce earn- ings. Merger clause. Definition of " ordinary remuneration," as used in Award No. 84. Advances awarded were war advances, and were to continue for such period as Award No. 8*4 remains in force. Issued 3rd October, 1919. [W.A. 6355/2.] Relieving Officer. — The Guardians of the Thames Union v. Relieving Officer. Difference — Application for payment of the full amount of the Civil Service scale of bonus to the relieving officer concerned. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker. K.C. Award — The relieving officer concerned should receive the full scale of war bonus granted by Award No. 84 to civil servnnts. to be based as constituting his ordinary remuneration on the amounts on which he contributed to the superannuation fund, exce])ting therefrom the amount of his fees as Registrar of Births and Deaths which were not paid by the Guardians. Merger of present bonus of £35 per annum. Effective as from 1st A]uil, 1919. Issued 6th October, 1919. [W.A. 3773/2.] Teachers. — Noriliampton Local Education Authority r. National Union of Teachers. Difference — Whether the remunera- tion of teachers employed in the public elementary schools should be increased; and, if so, to what extent, in what manner, and as from what date. Arbitrator — Sir Cyiil Jackson. Award — The remuneration of teachers concerned should be increased mid the recommendations of the Education Committee at their special meeting on 26th June, 1919, should take effect with the following modifications : — Head Ten-chers. — Bovs and mixed departments — Grade II. : £260 (ww.)-£300 (ma.r.): Grade HI: f270--e315: Grnde 317 IV. : £280-£330; Grade V. : £300-£360. Girls and infants —Grades I. and II.: £190-£220 ; Grade III.: £200-£230; Grade IV. : £2I0-£250 ; Grade V : £240-£280. Increments to be at the rate of £10 a year. Assistants promoted to Head- ships, whose existing salary at the time of promotion was above the minimum of the grade, to be placed in such a position on the scale as would give an additional £10. Certified Assistant Teachers. — 1st year, men £130, women £120; 2nd year, men £140, women £130; 3rd year, men £150, women £140; 4th year, men £160, women £150; 5th year, men £170, women £160 ; 6th year, men £180, women £170; 7th year, men £190, women £180; 8th year, men £200, women £190 ; 9th year, men £210, women £200 ; 10th year, men £220, women £210 ; 11th year, men £230 ; 12th year, men £240; 13th year, men £250; 14th year, men £260. The commencing salaries of College Trained teachers to be — Men £150, women £140. No teacher to receive an incre- ment of less than £30 as from 1st April last. It was under- stood that the Authority had agreed to give proportionate increases to their Technical Teachers. The new scales should take effect from 1st April, 1919, and apply to teachers em- ployed by the Authority on I4th Julv, 1919, and thereafter appointed by them. Issued 8th October, 1919. [4949/2.] Teachers. — Peterborough Local Education Authority v. National Union of Teachers. Difference — Whether the re- muneration of teachers concerned employed in public elementary schools should be increased beyond the scales already agreed to by the Authority, and if so, to what extent, and in what manner, and as from what date. Arbitrator — Sir Cyril Jackson. Award — The remuneration of teachers should be increased beyond the scales . agreed to by the Authority, and the following scales of salary should be adopted : — A. Schools with average attendance below 130. — Head Masters — Minimum £230, maximum £320. Head Mistresses — Minimum £190, maximum £260. B. Schools with average attendance above 130. — Head masters — Minimum £260, maximum £350. Head Mistresses — Minimum £210, maximum £270. Assistants promoted to Headships, whose existing salary at the time of promotion was above the minimum of the grade, to be placed in such a position on the scale as would give an additional £10. Certi- fied Assistant Masters. — Men, minimum £130, maximum £250; women, minimum £120, maximum £200. Uncerti- ficated Assistant Teachers. — Men, minimum £100, maxi- mum £150; women, minimum £90, maximum £140. Sxi/p- plementary Assistant Mistresses. — Minimum £70, maximum £110. The annual increments in each case to be £10. Head Teachers to be placed upon their respective scales in accor- dance with their years of service as Head Teachers : Assis- tant Teachers to be placed upon their respective scales in accordance with their years of service as assistant teachers, provided that in each case the increment in the first or any 318 oue subsequeut your should uot exceed £50. Elt'ective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 8th October, 1919. [W.A. G3G3/2.] Electrical Power En(jineeis. — The Churiug Cross, West End and City Electricity Supply Company, Ltd. v. the Electrical ■ Power Engineers' Association. Uitterence — Whether certain employees of the company were excluded from tlie operation of Aword 928L as :iot being- technical engineers equal to, or sujjerior to, a junior charge engineer. Arbitrator — Mr. W . 11. Stoker, K.C. Award — Seven of the men concerned (two as from special dates) should be treated us covered by Award So. 9281. As regards three other men the claim had not been established, but it was not intended to convey that they were relatively inferior to the grade of junior charge engineer. They were simply not covered by the award in question. Issued 13th October, 1919. [W.A. 1838/46. J Local Government Officers (Professional, administrative, tech- nical and clerical staff). — Corporation of Brighton r. National Association of Local Government Officers. Dih'erence — Applica- tion for the Civil Service scales of war bonus. Arbitrator — Mr. W. II. Stoker, K.C. Award — Subject to certain special pro- A'isious, advances granted in accordance with the full scale given in Award- No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Merger of existing bonuses. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 24th October, 1919. [W.A. 6878/2.] Motorinen and Cojicluctors. — Belfast Corporation (Tramways Department) v. National Amalgamated Union of Labour. Differ- ence — Claim for a quarter of an hour for taking out, and a quarter of an hour for putting in, all cars. Arbitrator — Mr. James Andrews, K.C. Award — The men concerned should be entitled to an allowance of 15 minutes for signing on in the morning and of 15 minutes for signing off in the evening ; and for each addi- tional car taken out during the day a total period of 15 minutes should he allowed for the joint operation of taking out and putting in such car. Effective as from and including the pay-week which ended on Wediiesdav, 22nd October, 1919. Issued 25th October, 1919. [W.A. 7853.'] Local Government Officers. — Metropolitan Borough Council of Hackney v. National Association of Local GoA-ernment Officers. Difference — Claim that Award No. 84 of Conciliation and Arbi- tration Board for Government employees, dated 31st March, 1919, should he applied to the whole of the officers on the permanent establishment of the Council (with the exception of those in the electricitj' and other departments affected by the Awards of the Committee on Production) who were not in receipt of a war bonus ^t least equal to the Civil Service scale of war bonus. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Award No. 84 sliould be applied in full as from 1st April, 1919; but not to operate so as to reduce earnings. Merger of any war bonuses or increases already given. Definition of *' ordinary remuneration " as used in Award No. 84. Advances awarded were war advances and are to continue for such period as Award No. 84 remains in force. •Issued 29th October, 1919. [W.A. 7348/2.] 319 Gas Workers. — Glasgow Corporation v. National Amalgamated Workers' Union. Difference — Whether the agreement arrived at -between the Committee of Employers of the National Gas Council and the National Federation of General Workers, dated 30th April, 1919, should be extended to the employees in the Gas Department of the Corporation. Arbitrator — Sheriff John Wilson, K.C. Award — Claim not established. Issued October, 1919. [W.A. 6472/2.] Power Engineers. — Corporation of Sheffield v. Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — As to the application to members of the Association employed in the Electricity Depart- ment of the Corporation of an Award (W.A. 9281), dated 27th ^February, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award- Definition and application of advances granted under the above- mentioned Award of 27th Februarv, 1919, to employees con- cerned. Issued 5th November, 1919. ' [W.A. 1838/54.] Masons^ Labourers, Road Repairers, General Labourers, etc. — Calder Valley Advisory Wages Board, rejjresenting Brighouse -Corporation and Elland, Hebden Bridge, Hipperholme and ^owerby Bridge Urban District Councils v. Workers' Union. Difference— Claim (1) for a rate of not less than Is. 9d. per hour for masons' labourers, road repairers and general labourers ; (2) ihat other sections outside the above category should receive q rate -of not less than 635. per week of 47 hours, xlrbitrator — Sir William Eobinson. Award — Claim not established. Issued 5th November, 1919. [W.A. 3377/6.] Teachers. — Heywood Local Education Authority v. National Union of Teachers. Difference — Whether the remuneration of the teachers employed by the Authority in public elementary schools or centres connected therewith should be increased. Arbi- trator — Sir Cyril Jackson. Award — The salaries of the teachers concerned should be increased beyond the scales agreed to by the Authority on 9th April, 1919, by the addition of a bonus at the rate of £52 per annum to be paid to all grades of teachers except student teachers. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 5th November, 1919. [W.A. 7817/2.] Electrical TFor^er^. —Cornwall Electric Power Company v. Dock, Wliarf, Eiverside and General Workers' Union. Differ- ence — Claim for an increase in wages of 6^. per week for men and 3^. for boys. One week's holiday to be given in the jea.T (in addition to general holidays) with full pay. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — (1) As from commencement of first full pay week in November, 1919, employees concerned over 18 should receiA^e a further war advance of 3s. per week in addition to the ds. per week then being paid to them ; 1^. Qd. per week in addition to present wages to those under 18. (2) A week's holiday in the year (in addition to present general holidays) should be granted to all employees concerned who had or might have had a full year's service with the company. This should com- mence as from 1st January, 1920, and should apply for the year 1920, renewal for 1921 should be reconsidered before 31st Decem- ber, 1920. Issued 7th November, 1919. [W.A. 6552/2.] :','J0 Outdoor Workers. — Weston-super-Mare Urban District Council c. Duck, Wharf, Uiverside and Geneial Workers' Union. DifVcr- ence — Claim on behalf of outdoor workers for an increase of 10^. per week. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, X.C. Award — Able-bodied workers concerned over 18 should receive a war advance of bs. per week; those under 18, 2*. ijd. per week. It was recommended that the case of jxjrsons who were not able-bodied should be considered by the Council. Effective as from com- mencement of first full pay in November, 1919. Issued Tth November, 1919. [W.A. 7037/2. J Local Government Officers — Metropolitan Borough Council of Lambeth r. National Association of Local Government Officers. Difference — Claim for the application of Award No. 84, dated 31st March, 1919, of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees to the Towm Clerk, Medical Officer of Health and Borough Accountant of the Council. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — (1) Award No. 84 should be applied in full to parties concerned as from 1st April, 1919. (2) The merger as from 1st April, 1919, of any increases of remuneration as provided for or covered by the said Award should apply only to bonuses or advances which had been given speci- fically as war bonuses or increases. (3) The expression " ordinary remuneration " as used in Award No. 84 should be deemed to be the respective salaries paid on 31st March, 1919. (4) Advances hereby awarded were war advances and should continue for such period as Award No. 84 remains in force. Issued 7th November,. 1919. [W.A. 7366/2.] Stokers, etc. — Isle of Wight Electric Light and Power Com- pany, Ltd. V. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim in respect of stokers, engine oilers and general workers for a war advance of 28*. %d., plus 12| per cent., to include existing advances. Arbi- trator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award — (1) As from commence- ment of first full pay week after 1st October, 1919, an advance of 3^. 6c?. per week to stokers, engine oilers and general workers over 18. (2) As from commencement of first full pay week after 1st December, 1919, these men should receive a further advance of bs. per week, making 85. 6^. per week altogether. (3) These advances to be taken into account in calculation of payment for overtime, and the 12^ per cent, would be paid upon these advances. Issued 10th November, 1919. [W.A. 4063/2.] Gas Workers. — Skipton Urban District Council v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — (1) Claim for an advance of bs. per Aveek to all men concerned in terms of Award (No. 269) {sec page 189) of 25th February, 1919. (2) An advance of Qd. per shift for stokers in terms of agreement between parties, dated 30th April, 1919. (3) 2\ hours' overtime pay for day workers under the said agreement. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A, Willis. Award (1) An advance of bs. per week to all men concerned who were employed in the gas undertaking of the Council, payable at the rate of 10^. a day or shift. (2) Stokers should receive in addition an increase of 6(7. per shift. (3) All hours worked by day workers in excess of 47 hours per week to be regarded and paid for 321 as overtime. (4) Award to operate retrospectively as from com- mencement of first full pay following 9tli July, 1919. Issued lOth November, 1919. [W.A. 6743/2.] Roadinakers, etc. — Bristol Corporation v. National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. Difference — (1) Whether certain workmen on road and sewer construction on the housing sites of the Corporation should be classed as " workers in the building trade." (2) To what extra allowances (if any) were they entitled. (3) As to the application of Rule 15a of the Working Rules for the Building Trades in the Bristol District. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Mujiroe, K.C. Award — (1) and (2) None of the work- men concerned were entitled to be classed as workers in the build- ing trade, the work in question being* civil engineering and not building trade work. (3) The work in question, being civil engineering and not building trade work, was not governed by the Working Rules for the Bristol and District Federation of Build- ing Trades. Issued 11th November, 1919. [W.A. 7326/2.] Teachers. — North Riding Local Education Authority v. National Union of Teachers. Difference — Whether the remunera- tion of the teachers concerned should be increased, and if so, to what extent. Arbitrator — Sir Cyril Jackson. Award — Further sums of £20 should be added to the salaries of the teachers in the employ of the Authority on 1st April, 1919, such sums should be in addition to the amounts necessary to bring such teachers on to their proper positions on the North-Eastern Federation Scale, as amended, or otherwise, in accordance with the resolutions of the Education Committee passed at their meeting on 21st Feb- ruary, 1919. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 12th November, 1919. [W.A. 7574/2.] Teachers. — Middlesbrough Local Education Authority v. National Union of Teachers. Difference— Whether the remunera- tion of teachers employed in Public Elementary Schools or centres connected therewith by the Middlesbrough Local Educa- tion Authority should be increased. Arbitrator — Sir Cyril Jack- son. Award — The remuneration to teachers should be increased as follows- — Head Teachers — Schools — Grade I. to 250: Men £270 to £300, Women £220 to £250; Grade II. 251-400: Men £300 to £340, Women £250 to £280; Grade III. 401 and over: Men £340 to £380, Women £280 to £300 ; Grade IV. Hugh Bell School : Men £380 to £400, Women £280 to £320. Rising by annual increments of £10. (2) Assistant Teachers— Trained- Men £135 rising to £270; Women, £125 rising to £220. (3) Untrained— Men, £125 rising to £270; Women, £115 rising to £220. Uncertificated— Men, £100 rising to £180; Women, £80 rising to £150. (3) Special Subjects Teachers— Men— Salaries of assistant instructors should be in accordance with the scale of salaries for untrained assistant teachers. Principal instructors should receive £20 in addition. Salaries of women special subject teachers with three or more approved diplomas should be those of trained assistant teachers. The salaries of other special subject teachers as per scale for untrained teachers. (4) All war bonuses merged in above scale. As from 1st April, 1919, all teachers ;j22 should be placed on llie uevv scales, provided tkat iucieases of not more thau £50 iu tlie case of head teachers or of £30 in other cases should be paid in the current financial year. Any remain- ino- amount together with the increment accruing should he added in the following year. Issued 14th November, I'JiU. [W.A. 7148/2.J Poor Law Officers. — West Bromwich Board of Guardians v. National Poor Law Officers' Association, Incorporated. JJiffer- ence — Claim for an award of war bonuses: — (1) I'or the period from 1st July, 1918, to 31st October, 1918, in accordance with the scale authorised for Civil Servants as from 1st July, 1918. (2) For the period from 1st November, 1918, to 31st March, 1919, in accordance with the scale authorised for Civil Servants as from 1st November, 1918. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Claim not establishe'd. Issued 28th November^ 1919. [W.A. 7487/2.] Street Cleaners, etc. — Belfast Corporation v. the National Amalgamated Union of Labour and the Municipal Employees' Association. Difference — Application for certain increases and alterations in working conditions. Arbitrator — Mr. J. Andrews, K.C. Award — (1) Wages of men concerned advanced by 55. per full ordinary week, and the question as to the day of the week on which wages should be paid was referred for friendly negotia- tion between the parties. (2) Claim for a change in the system of payment and the starting hour of the street-cleaning men has not been established. Effective as from and including 1st October, 1919, in respect of the pay period for whicli payment was made on that date. Issued 29th November, 1919. [W.A. 8713.] Roller Drivers, Scavengers, etc. — St. Albans Corporation r. United Builders' Labourers' Union. Difference — Claim that roller drivers, roller drivers' mates, scavengers, road makers, road labourers, carters, bath attendants, park gardeners, grave diggers, sewermen for cleaning severs and house refuse collectors who are paid by the hour should receive an advance to bring the minimum hourly rates to 1^. Z\d. per hour. The equivalent to apply to weekly employees. Arbitrator — Sir William Eobinson. Award — An increase of 2c?. an hour to men concerned who were paid by the hour, bringing their hourly rates to 1^. Id. per hour; weekly employees should be paid an equivalent advance. Work- men receiving extra pay for special work should continue to receive the same. Effective as from beginning of the first full pay following the 30tli October, 1919. Issued 3rd December, 1919. [W.A. 7125/2.] Poor Law Employees. — Great Yarmouth Board of Guardians V. Poor Law Workers' Union. Diff'erence — The application of Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board of 31st March, 1919, to employees concerned. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Subject to certain qualifica- tions and conditions, the employees concerned should receive advances os from 1st April, 1919. in accordance with scale fixed by Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees in tteir Award No. 84. The qualifications and conditions dealt 323 with merger of bonuses already received and with proportions due to part-time officers and to rationed officers. All advances were to be regarded as temporaiy increases and were due to and dependent on the existence of the abnormal conditions now pre- vailing owing to the war. Effective for such period as Award No. 84 remains in force. Issued 5th December, 1919. [W.A. 4973/2.] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — Teddington Urban District Council v. National Association of Local Govern- ment Officers. Difference — Application for payuient of Civil Service Scale of War Bonus (Award No. 84) of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — (1) Award No. 84, dated 31st March, 1919, should be applied in full as from 1st April to the parties concerned. (2) The term " ordinary remuneration " as used in the said Award should be deemed to include salaries, wages and allowances (other than payment for overtime and war bonuses) payable on 31st March, 1919. (3) The merger from 1st April, 1919, of any increases of remuneration as provided for or covered by Award No. 84 should apply only to bonuses or advances which have been giA'en specifically as war bonuses or increases. (4) Advances hereby awarded were war advances and were to continue for such period as Award No. 84 remains in full force and effect. Issued 8th December, 1919. [W.A. 7638 /2.] Council Officers. — Ilford Urban District Council v. Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — As to the application to two employees of the provisions of Mr. Stoker's Award (W.A. 9281), dated 27th February, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— (1) The appointment of the one employee concerned as Chief Technical Assistant operated as a Grade advance within the terms of the said Award, and he was therefore entitled to be paid the 20 per cent, increase given in the Award on the amount of his salary as such. (2) The position of the other employee brought him within the terms of the said Award, Issue(? 9th December, 1919. [W.A. 1838/63.] Station Superintendents , Electrical Department. — Corporation of West Hartlepool v. Electrical Power Engineers' Association. Difference — As to the application of Mr. Stoker's Award of 27th Eebruaiy, 1919, to the two Station Superintendents concerned. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — The increases of the two employees concerned should be based on the salary of £175 105. and not on £167 Us. Issued 9th December, 1919. [W.A. 1838/64.] Poor Laiv Oncers and Servants. — Guardians of the Poor, Ashton-under-Lyne v. the Poor Law Workers' Trade Union, the Municipal Employees' Association and the National Poor Law Officers' Association, Incorporated. Difference — Application for the war bonus in accordance with the Conciliation and Arbitra- tion Award No. 84 to be paid to the resident and non-resident men concerned. This to be retros])ective from 1st April, 1919. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Awarcf — Claim established subject to certain clauses and provisions. Issued 12th December, 1919. [W.A. 6681/2.] 324 Gas Stokers, etc. — Strabune Urban District Council v. the National Amalgamated Union of Jjabour. DiHorence — Applica- tion for a fiat rate advance of Ss. a week. Arbitrator — Mr. W. Beattie. Award — Flat rate advance granted of 5^. a week. Effective as from the 1st November, 1919. Issued 13th December, 1919. [W.A. 8804.] Laundry Women and Women Scrubbers. — St. Pancras Board of Guardians v. tlie National Amalgamated Workers' Union. DiiBference — Application for a war bonus as laid down in Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator— Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Claim not established. Issued 15th December, 1919. [W.A. 32/29.] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — East Ham Cor- poration r. the National Association of Local Government Officers. Ditference — Application for the payment of a bonus according to the scale of the Civil Service Award No. 84. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroo, K.C. Award — Claim established, a part-time officer' should receive such proportion only of the flat bonus as the time devoted to his duties bears to full tiine, together with 20 per cent, on his salary. Merger of certain increases. Effective as from the 1st Aprif, 1919. Issued 17th December, 1919. [W.A. 7411/2.] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — Hebden Bridge Urban District Council v. the National Association of Local Gov- ernment Officers. Difference — Application for the terms of Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Claim established; merger of certain increases of remunera- tion. Effective as from 1st April, 1919. Issued 22nd December, 1919. [W.A. 32/31.] Clerical and Administrative Staff. — Warrington Town Council V. the National Association of Local Government Officers. Differ- ence — Application for the payment of the Civil Service War Bonus to specified men. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Govern- ment Employees' Award No. 84 should be applied in full. The merger of certain increases of remuneration specified. Effective as from the 1st April, 1919. Issued 22nd December, 1919. [W.A. 7594/2.] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — Ilkeston Cor- poration V. the National Union of Clerks and the National Asso- ciation of Local Government Officers. Difference — Dispute as to the war bonus to be paid. Arbitrator — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Award — Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees, dated 31st March, 1919, should be applied as from the 1st April, 1919, to 17th November and thereafter as altered and amended by Award 101. The merger of certain increases of remuneration, the latter expression being defined.' Issued 23rd December, 1919. [W.A. 32/32.] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — Bray Urban District Council v. the National Union of Municipal Officers 325 Ireland). Difference — Application for the Civil Service Scale of war bonus as determined by the Awards of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees, dated 31st March. 1919, and 11th November, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — Subject to certain conditions, the Award dated 31st March, 1919, should be applied as from the date from which the Award came into operation. A further bonus granted of 10 per cent, on their respective ordinary remuneration exclusive of certain increases. Other working- conditions fixed. Issued 24th December, 1919. [W.A. 273 (1920).] Assistant Electrical Engineer. — Bray Urban District Council 'V. Irish Association of Electrical Station Engineers. Difference — Application for the terms of the Award (W.A. 9281), dated 27th Eebruary, 1919, to be applied to the assistant electrical engineer. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — Increases granted of 20 per cent, on his salary or wage as at July 31st, 1914, 20 per cent, on all merit or grade advances granted between 31st July, 1914, and February 27th, 1919, and a flat allowance at the rate of £90 per annum. Effective as from 31st March, 1918. Issued 25th December, 1919. [W.A. 274 (1920).] Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff. — Limerick Cor- poration V. JSTational Union of Municipal Officers (Ireland), and the Irish Clerical and Allied Workers' Union. Difference — Appli- cation for the terms of Award No. 84 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employees. Arbitrator — Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Award — Subject to certain modifications, bonus granted in accordance with the said Award as from April 1st, 1919. Further bonus granted as from 17th November, 1919, of 10 per cent, on ordinary remuneration, but excluding overtime pay, war bonuses or advances given to meet the increased cost of living, merger of previous war advances. Issued 26th December, 1919. [W.A. 308.] Miscellaneous Trades. Labourers in Munitions Stores. — Ministry of Munitions (in respect of Munition Stores, Wetmoor, Burton-on-Trent) v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application for the terms and conditions of the Committee on Production Award No. 1920 from 10th August, 1918, and of Award No. 2800 from 7th December, 1918 (Engineering and Foundry Trades) Arbitrator — Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Award (by agreement). Similar terms to those of the agreement made by the Burton brewers with their labourers, viz., advance of 6s. per week to men, 25. to 4^. per week to youths between 13 and 21, according to age, 12| per cent, on earnings to piece-workers. Overtime, time and a quarter for first two hours, time and a half afterwards and on Sa^turday afternoon and Sunday. Holidays, twelve working days in the year (including iour Bank Holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day) should be paid for. 48-hour week. Overtime rates not to apply till full 48 hours have been worked. Other working conditions unaltered. Effective as from the pay day in the week beginning 3rd February, 1919. Issued 12th February, 1919. [W.A. 1410.] 32G Laundry Workers [Female). — Employers' Association of the Port of Liverpool v. National Amal^^amated Union of Labour. DitVcrence — Claim for advance under Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, No. 107'}, of 5.y. })er week to women over IS and 2.9. 6e hauled across railway linos from one shed to another, extra 6^. per ton was to be paid in each case. (2) Other claims not established. (3) The present rate of 25. per ton for unloading should continue; unloading means unsheeting trucks, unloading bales of wool, hauling anv distance into sheds, sorting as required and stacking. (4) Such stacking should be of any height not exceeding four bales high. (5) The present rate of 333 Is. Qd. per ton for loading should continue ; loading means fetching from stack, removing hoop iron and wire bands, sorting as re- quired, hauling any distance to a truck or lorry and loading same, including sheeting. (6) Those in charge of this Depot were recom- mended so to organise the issue of slij)s giving particulars of bales to be loaded up as to cause the least possible loss of time to the gang concerned. Effective as to (1) as from 7th August, 1919. Issued 9th August, 1919. [W.A. 6368.] Co-operative Workers. — Bristol Co-operative Society (repre- sented by the Co-operative Union, Limited) v. Amalgamated Union of Co-operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers. Difference — Claim for an increase of war wages. Independent Chairman of National Conciliation Board — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — (1) (a) Adult males 21 years of age and over, members of the Union, should be paid a further war wage increase of 8^. Qd. per week. (6) Adult females 21 years of age and over, members of the Union, should be paid a further war wage increase of 65. per week, (c) Juniors should receive the following further war increases, namely: — Males : 14 years to 16 years, 2^. per week; 16 years to 18 years, 25. 6d. per week; 18 years to 21 years, 65. 6c?. per week. Females: 14 years to 16 years, 2^. per week ; 16 years to 18 years, 2^. 6d. per week ; 18 years to 20 years, 4^. per week; 20 years to 21 years, 5^. per week, (d) (By agree- ment). This decision does not include any classes of employees concerned in special trades not peculiar to the Co-operative In- dustry, such employees to participate in the advances given from time to time under General Awards or Agreements with respect to such classes of workpeople and as from the dates provided for in such awards or Agreements. (2) (By agreement). The above increases should be exclusive of all staff and merit increases or advances. Effective as from 6th June, 1919. Issued 18th August, 1919. [W.A. 6255/2.] Army Ordnance Depot Workers. — The War Office (represent- ing the Royal Army Ordnance Depot, Gloucester Dock) v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim that a rate of 1^. 3^. per hour be paid. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — The minimum rate should be paid to the unskilled labourers concerned i.e., Is. 2d. per hour. Eff'ective as from the commencement of the first full pay following 2Tth May, 1919. Issued 29th August, 1919. [W.A. 3979/2.] Variety Artistes (Theatres of Varieties in Great Britain and Ireland). — Certain Managers of Theatres of Varieties v. Variety Artistes' Federation. Difference — Proposed amendments of the Music Halls Award dated 14th May, 1913, of Sir George (now Lord) Askwith. Arbitmtor— Mr. A. J. Ashton, K.C. Award — (1) No existing contracts made prior to this award should be deemed to be affected by this award. (2) All future contracts between managements of theatres and artistes should be either ordinary contracts or special exclusive contracts, the forms of which were set out in the Schedules, (a) In ordinary contracts, subject to certain provisos, the form of contract set out in Schedule (1) should be the only form used, and all the clauses and rules therein contained should be obligatory, (b) In special 334 exclusive coiiliacts, wJiicJi must secure to the artiste eugagenieiit for 20 weeks at uot less tluin £40 a week (or for not less than .t'8()0 lor not more th;iu 20 weeks) within a period of 12 nKjuths ;iiul within a radius of 10 miles of a single specified theatre at vvhicli (he artiste u])])ears, modifications of the form oi contract jiiight be made as set out in Sciiedule (2). (3) No commis.-ion should he charged or deducted by the management if the contract had been made without the intervention of an agent. (4) (Jptions of re-engagement must be made upon a separate form and separ- ately signed, and should contain no stipulations inconsistent with the award form of ordinary contract. (5) (a) In the event of any dispute arising during the continuance of this award as to the meaning or interpretation of the same or of any contract made thereunder, no strike or stoppage should take place but the dispute should he referred to arbitration, {h) If any change be desired in the terms and conditions or the rules and regulations of the contract no strike or stoppage should take place ajid six months' notice in writing must be given, such notice to expire on 30th June or 1st January in any year (but not to be given prior to 1st June, 1924.) The party receiving the notice should have the right of replying within two months and within a further month two managers and two artistes should meet and endeavour to come to a unanimous understanding before 30th June or 1st Janunry as the case might be, failing which both parties should refer the question to arbitration. Award should come into force on or after the 1st November, 1919, and should govern the relations of managers and artistes for a period of not less than five vears from that date. Issued 22nd September, 1919. [W.A. 38/2.] Peat Factory Employees. — Lochar Ltd., Dumfries v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — (1) Whether Award No. 313 (Building Trades, Scotland) applied to the men concerned who were employed at Ironhirst Peat Factory. (2) If not, whether there should be any advance or reduction of the rate per hour at present paid to such men. (3) Whether lime and a quarter should be paid for all time workers between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Arbitixitor — Sheriff Hay Shennan. Award — (1) Items one and three of the claim not established. (2) There should be an advance of three-farthings per hour on the present rates paid to the men concerned, as from the pav following the 20th October, 1919. Issued 27th October, 1919. [W.A. 1918 '19. j Female Assistants. — Tralee Traders' Association v. Tralee Grocers' Assistants' Benefit and Protective Union. Difference — Claim for increased rates of wages to female assistants. Arbi- trator — Mr. T. A. Smiddy. Award (by agreement) — The female assistants concerned should be paid as follows : (1) First and second year after apiirenticeship £1 10*-. per week; third and fcmrth year after apprenticeship £1 175. 6^. per week; fifth and subse- quent years after apprenticeship £2 bs. per week. Rates were based on those paid to male assistants less 25 per cent ^2^^ Three years employment should count as the period of apprenticeship for the purpose of this Award. (3) The foregoing scale of wages was based on livinsr-out conditions. In cases where livinc-in condi- tions prevail £1 per week should be deducted in each case as the 335 estimated value of board and maintenance. (4) This Award should be binding on both parties until 1st September, 1920. Elective as from 14th June, 1919. Issued 8th November, 1919. PV.A. 8103.] Theatrical Workers. — Society of West End Theatre Managers V. the National Association of Theatrical Employees. Difference ■ — What increase, if any, in the minimum rates of pay or decrease in the maximum working hours for such rates as specified in the agreement dated 8th October, 1918, would be fair and equitable. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — The minimum rates and overtime should be paid under the said Agreement of 8th October, 1918, as specified in the schedule. In accordance with the agreement between the parties the scheduled rates for normal working hours and for a normal number of performances should operate as on and from the 3rd May, 1919, and the Agree- ment of 8th October, 1918, as altered by this Award should con- tinue in operation until the 8th October, 1920. The hours of employment should remain as fixed by that agreement pending legislation affecting them. The scheduled rates for overtime or for performances in excess of the normal number to be effective as from the commencement of the first full pay following the date ■of this Award. Issued 8th December, 1919." [W.A. 7712/2.] Laundry Eiwployees. — Leinster Laundries' Association v. their Workers represented by the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Dift'erence — Claim for increase of wages and revised ■working conditions. Arbitrator — Sir J. R. O'Connell, K.C. Award — (1) The wages of vanmen should be <£2 a week as a base rate, in addition to commission at the rate of 2\ per cent, on all monies received for family work on respective routes. (2) A •general half-holiday on every Saturday as soon as the employers were able to adjust their arrangements. (3) Wages of all vanmen should be paid on Fridays in each week instead of on Saturdays. (4) All vanmen attending stables on Sunday should be entitled to nalf-a-day's pay. Other working conditions specified. (5) All adult male workers over 21 in laundries should be entitled to a minimum weekly wage of £2 lt)s. (6) Wages should be calculated from 8th November, 1919, so as to become payable on Friday, I4th November, being first pay day after 8th November, 1919. The arrears of wages as from that date should be paid on first pay day after the issue of this Award. Issued 13th December, 1919. [W.A. 8779.] Women Workers. — Harborough Rubber Company, Market Harborough v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application that an advance of 5^. per week to women of 18 years of age and 2^. Qd. to those under that age as from 1st June, 1919, should be added to the current prescribed rate. Arbitrator — Mr. C. Doughty. Award — Increases granted of 5^. for a full ordinary. "Week to women aged 18 years and over, ond 2^. Qd. for girls under 18. Pieceworkers should receive similar advances over and above their pieeev/ork earnings. Effective as from 3i'd October, 1919. Issued 27th December, 1919. [W.A. 210 (1920).] 336 APPENDIX IX. Summaries of Agreements reached during- 1919 at Conferences presided over by an Ofl&cer of the Ministry of Labour. Building and Allied Trades. Building Trade Operatives. — Tenby Master Builders' Associa- tion V. Operatives. UiU'erence — Claim for certain increases and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Kates of wages of carpenters, masons and plumbers to be Is. 3d. per hour; skilled labourers Is. per hour; weekly working hours to be 52. Elective from 1st June, 1919. i'rom 1st January, 1920, these rates to be increased to those obtaining in South Wales and Monmouthshire. From first week in November to end of Decem- l>er the weekly working hours to be 44. The rates of pay for overtime were also settled. Agreed 2Tth May, 1919. [W.A. 3308/2.] Building Trade Operatives. — Brecon Master Builders' Associa- tion V. Operatives. Difference — Claim for increased rates of wages and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Rate of wages for tradesmen (other than painters) to be Is. 4|cf. per iiour, labourers to be Is. Ijd. per hour, to come into force on 14th June, 1919, and to be superseded at 1st xiugust, 1919, by the following rates: tradesmen, 1^. Qd. per hour; labourers. Is. 3d. per hour, when the hours should be reduced from 54 to 48 per week. Agreed 14th June, 1919. [W.A. 3033.] Building Trade Operatives. — Wexford Employers' Federation V. Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. Differ- ence — Application for an increase of 205. per week on the current rate, viz., 47^. Qd. per week. Agreement — 605. per week of 47 hours to operate until 31st March, 1920. Agreed on 15th September, 1919. [I.B. 373.] Mining and Quarrying. SJtale Oil Workers. — Scottish Oil Companies v. Federation of Scottish Shale Oil Workers. Difference — Dispute regarding^ hours of labour. Agreement — The current conditions and wages to continue until the end of the year in order that there might be an opportunity to ascertain whether economies in connection- with the undertakings Avere seen to materialise to an extent that would enable the Industry to be carried on on a seven-hour basis. If the enquiry proved the economic position of the Scottish Oil Industry to be such as to allow the reduction of the hours to seven per day for \inderground workers and 46j per week for surface workers at the mines, and 48 hours to oilworkers, with necessary adjustments in rates of pieceworkers, the same to be given effect to forthwith. In the event of the enquiry not justi- fying the reduction in hours, it was agreed that if and when wages in the coal industry decreased, regard should be paid to the difference in the hours worked by workers in the Scottish 337 Oil Industry. In the event of it being unprofitable to continue operations, the Companies should not be bound to do so after the end of the year. Financial statements to be prepared in rela- tion to the working of the undertakings during the remainder of the year, and to be discussed by a sub-committee of the Companies' representatives and representatives of the Federation, and if the parties desired it, the Government would nominate an independent auditor to meet the sub-committee and conduct any enquiry found to be necessary early in January, 1920. No opposition to be raised by the workers to the importation of oil. The Companies should not be called upon to pay wages to men temporarily thrown out of employment owing to cooling down of retorts and consequent stoppage of work. This agreement should not prejudice the right of either party to make representa- tions to the Government with regard to the working conditions of the Shale Oil Industry. Agreed 26th September, 1919. [W.A. Slate Quarrymen. — North Wales Slate Quarries Proprietors* Association v. the North Wales Quarrymen 's Union, the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union and the National Union of Dock Labourers. Difference — Application for certain increases and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — (1) In the case of piece-workers the day rate should be the minimum. (2) The existing bonus increased by 25. per day. (3) Period of agreement reduced from six to four months. Effective from 1st January, 1920. Agreed 16th December, 1919. [W.A. 8785.] Granite Quarrymen. — Welshpool Standard Granite Company, Oswestry v. the Workers' Union. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Agreement — An advance was given of not less than Id. per hour to men 18 years and over and \d. per hour to youths under that age. These should be merely minimum increases. Effective as from 1st March, 1920. Agreed 22nd December, 1919. [W.A. 7962.] Engineering. CZer^5.— The Projectile Company (1902), Ltd. (Battersea) v. National Union of Clerks. Difference — Claim that all the men and women concerned should be formally reinstated and given a proper discharge with one week's wages in lieu of notice ; and for payment of a CJiristmas bonus. Agreement — That the firm pay the clerks concerned the Christmas bonus and one week's paV in lieu of notice. Agreed 31st March, 1919. [W.A. 6323/3.] Outdoor Erectors. — E. Green and Sons, Ltd., Wakefield v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Toolmakers' Society. Difference — As to working conditions of outdoor fitters and erec- tors. Agreement — Arrangements made as to outside fitters working in the shop when there was no outside job available. Agreed 23rd May, 1919. [W.A. 1853.] ^Engineering Clerks. — Wagon Repairs, Ltd., Birmingham^ v. National Union of Clerks. Difference— Alleged victimisation. Agreement arrived at by the Company paying the man concerned wages for the period during which he had been idle. Agreed 6th June, 1919. [W.A. 3014.] 338 Shipbuilding Trades. Rivet Warmers. — Ocean Dry Docks Co., Jitd., Swansea v. Kivet Warmers in tlieir employ. Difference — Dispute as to a gratuity payment for Christmas Eve. Agreement — The fourteen youths cnnccrnt'd to receive a gratuity payment in accordance with a statement made at the hearing. Representatives of the rivet warmers agreed that in future there sliould be no stoppage of work of a partial or general character without reference of the facts in dispute to the management. Agreed 17th November, 1919. [W.A. 8192.] Other Metal Trades. Farriers [Doonncii and Firemen). — National Master Farriers' Association (Liverpool Branch) v. Amalgamated Society of Farriers (Liverpool, Birkenhead and District). Difference — Application for an increase of IO5. per week to firemen and 12^. to doormen, a working week of 44 hours, and an alteration of working conditions. Agreement — (1) Increase of 5^. per week to doormen and firemen. (2) Working week of 47 hours. Agreed 15th March, 1919. [W.A. 1803.] Agricultural Ivi'plement Mahers. — Philip Pierce and Co., Ltd., Wexford, Wexford Engineering Co., Ltd., and William Doyle and Co., Ltd., Wexford v. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Friendly Society of Iron Founders and Irish Transport ond General Workers' Union. Difference — Application for flat rate of 5O5. per week to machinists and smiths' helpers, and increases to other classes of employees. Certain agreements were come to pio- viding for moulders' wages, grade I. 49^. per week, grade II. 445. per week, grade III. 40^. per week, other workers an increase of 45. per week (additional 25. per week to those receiving 385. per week), and boys I5. per week; pieceworkers a 5 per cent, in- crease on current rates, and such further increase in prices as would allow equal earnings in the reduced hours. Forty-seven- hour working week. No further demand for 12 months, but reserving the right to the periodical revision of wages provided by agreement in the engineering trades, on condition that the present increases cover any increases granted at such revision in June, 1919. Agreed at a conference held at Wexford on the 23rd May, 1919. [LB. G7.] Women Workers — Sviall Stampings. — Apex Stamping 'Co., Ltd., Fleetwood v. National Fedemtion of Women Workers. Difference — Application for reinstatement of workpeople who left the firm in conr^equence of a dispute on loth August, 1919. Agreement — Firm agreed to reinstate all the employees, 75 per cent, to be employed forthwith, remainder to be reinstated on or before 20th October in order of seniority. Agreed 20th September, 1919. [W.A. 3485.] Farriers.— Irh^x Master Farriers' Association, Dublin v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and Amalgamated Society of Farriers. Difference — Application to have current rates revised to 705. and 72.*. for floormen and doormen and for firemen, respectively. Agreement — The demand granted and normal 339 working week fixed at 44^ hours, overtime at time and a-lialf after 5 p.m. and double time after 10 p.m., double time on Sundays. The agreement was concluded on 1st December, 1919, and was signed on behalf of the Masters and the Farriers' Society, but not by the other union concerned, who objected to one clause. The improved wages and hours were, however, introduced generally. [I.B. 403.] Textile Trades. Woollen Mill Overlookers. — Messrs. Henry Pease and Co., Ltd., Darlington v. Yorkshire Managers' and Overlookers' Society. Difference — Claim for payment of the minimum standard rates to overlookers. Agreement — Firm to pay a total advance on wages of 135. bd., bringing the rate up to the minimum standard. Effective from 18th January, 1919, and, in j^art, from 1st Sep- tember, 1918. Agreed 30th April, 1919. [W.A. 2964.] Wool Spimiers .—J . Stell and Sons, Keighley v. Workers* Union. Difference — Claim for an advance of 20 per cent, on piece prices to female workers. Agreement — An increase of 10 per cent, granted, and a special advance of 20 per cent, for one week. Effective from 10th May, 1919. Issued 3rd May, 1919. This agreement was revised at a further conference of the parties on 19tli June, when the following agreement was negotiated : — A flat rate increase of 55. per week to be paid to male workers on day work; a flat rate increase of 3s. Qd. per week to women day workers, and an increase of 7^ per cent, to female piece workers. Effective as from 13th June, 1919. Agreed 19th June, 1919. [W.A. 3954.] Cotton Workers. — Messrs. J. Brindle and Co., Ltd., Gargrave V. the Yorkshire Cotton Operatives' Association. Diff'erence — Application respecting wages. Agreement — (1) Advances granted on current earnings of 15 per cent, to scutcher (grey), strippers and grinders, roving frame hands, and ring-room hands, 5 per cent, to winding and beaming hands, drawing and slubbing and intermediate hands. (2) A list should be mutually arranged to show and give wages to the mule spinners equal to the: "Yorkshire List." Effective as from 10th December, 1919,. Agreed 8th December, 1919. [W.A. 8385.] Linen Weavers, etc. — Irish Power Loom Manufacturers' Asso- ciation V. Irish Textile Trades Federation and other Textile LTnions. Difference — Anomalies in new scale of piece rates. Agreement — Appointment of Joint Committee composed of representatives of all parties to revise the new scale and make any necessary adjustments. [I.B. 455.] Clothing Trades. Tailors, Fitters, etc. — Huddersfield Wholesale Clothiers' Asso- ciation V. United Garment Workers' Union and Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses. Difference — Application for increase of wages. Agreement — (1) The base rate for special cutters, tailors, pressers, fitters and pressers over 24 years of age and with three years' experience to be 1^. per hour; for stock 340 cutters lid. per lioui . (2) Piece rate for women to be on basis of Id. j)i'r huui', calculated on average earnings of women of and over 1\) years of age with three years' experience. (3) The Ixmuses awarded by Interim Court of Arbitiation, or otherwise, to be paid in addition. Effective as from date of resumption of work, the j)r()mis(ul (hi(c being !ith Mav, \\)\*). Agreed Tlh May, 1919. [W.A. 2849.] Fvr /Ji/crs. — Frederick Smith and Co. v. National Warehouse- men and General Workers' Union. Difference — Amongst other matters, wltether a certain employee was discharged owing to his active relation to the General AV'orkers' Union, or whether he was discharged owing to a shortage of dyeing material. Agree- ment — The firm were prepared to reinstate the employee con- cerned, but tliis attitude was not to prejudice any further dis- charges the firm might make owing to trade difficulties, liegarding- certain other employees the firm were willing to meet them at any time if they considered they had any grievances to discuss. The compromise held good provided the men resumed work at usual starting time on Monday, 20th October. Wages — An increase of 3^. per week to women over 18, except those women with less than three months' service, and two sewers, and a minimum wage of 45.*;. per week to men over 21. Agree- ment regarding wages was only temporary pending the decision of the Fur Trade Board. Effective as from first full pav dav following 20th. October. 1919. Agreed 15th October, "1919. [W.A. 7539.] Transport Trades. Cab-drivers, etc. — Joseph Tomlinson and Sons, Ltd., Heuben Thompson, Ltd., and John Heath and Sons, Cab and Funeral Carriage Proprietors, Sheffield v. Amalgamated Society of Tram- way and Vehicle Workers (Sheffield Branch). Claim — Increase of wages. Agreement — (1) That Heath and Sons should pay the same allowances as were paid by Tomlinson and Sons and Thompson, Ltd., during the period from 26tli October, 1918, till the date when the latter two firms discontinued the allowances, provided that in cases where Heath and Sons had made extra payments those payments should merge into the aforesaid allow- ances, and the allowances should be paid pro-rata for the work performed during that period. (2) That in the event of a man being called upon to work on his Sunday off on other than his ordinary duties he should be paid an extra day's wages for that work. Signed 7th February, 1919. [W.A. 12G1.] Dockers. — Port Transport Workers v. their Employers. Con- ferences were held with a vieAv to the application of the determina- tions in Great Britain rejiardino- a revision of workinjj hours and conditions to Irish ports. A Negotiating Committee was appointed under the chairmanship of an officer of the Irish De- partment. As a result of the Committee's activities an agreement was concluded, recommending, as a basis for local settlement, the establishment of a 46-hour week without reduction of pay for per- manent and daily men, adjustment of piece rates to enable the same amount to be earned in the reduced hours, and certain minor 341 matters. Local agreements to operate from 22ii(i April, 1919. Signed on tlie ITtli April, 1919. [I.B. 57.] General Cargo Workers. — Swansea Labour Employers' Asso- ciation V. National Transport Workers' Federation. Difference — Claim for a revision of the tariff. Agreement — Work to be resumed forthwith and negotiations to be commenced between the parties for a revision of the tariff. Future claims (pending establishment of a new tariff) to be submitted to emjjloyers by a duly authorised trade union representative. Failing agree- ment matter to be referred to a panel of three, one employer, one union representative and an independent assessor. Such panel to be set up within three days of work being resumed, and to sit within 24 hours of the submission to it. Agreed 15th May, 1919. [W.A. 3018.] Coaling of Steam Trawlers. — Milford Haven Trawler Owners' Association v. National Amalgamated Labourers' Union. Differ- ence — Application for increased rate of pay for coaling of steam trawlers. Agreement — Rate of pay Is. 3d. per ton flat rate (in- clusive). Effective from 9th Mav, 1919. Agreed 3rd June, 1919. [W.A. 4203.] Dockers. — Employers in Cross-Channel Trade at all Irish ports V. National Union of Dock Labourers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, Workers' Union, and Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Apjjlication for a national settlement on the basis of 46-hour week for all employees engaged at loading and discharging aill cargo and handling same at quays, in warehouses and at wharves ; increases to permanent and daily men and rearrangement of piecework and tonnage rates, and other matters as to overtime, holidays, etc. Agreement — The considera- tion of a national settlement on wages and conditions was ad- journed pending a settlement in Great Britain. As a temporary measure to operate from 20th October, 1919, an advance of 5s. per week to permanent men {bs. 3d. per week in Belfast and Londonderry), and of l^c^. an hour or lOd. a day to casual men was agreed upon ; other conditions to remain as at the adoption of the 46-hour week (recommended by the Negotiating Committee on ITth April, 1919, for adoption as from 22nd April, 1919) ; no stoppage of work to take place pending the meeting of an ad- journed conference of a national settlement. Applied to all men in Cross-Channel Trade handling general cargoes on ships and quays, and men whose wages in the past had risen or fallen with those of local quay workers. The unions and employers in each port should furnish to the department particulars of wa^es and conditions in the CoaJl, Grain and Deep Sea Trades as well as in the Cross-Channel Trade, so that the discussion on a National Settlement might embrace all dock labour at all Irish ports. Agreed 17th October, 1919. [I.B. 57/19.] Automohile Engineers.— T. J. Sheridan, Motor Engineer, VVaterford v. Irish Automobile Drivers and Mechanics' Union. Difference— Application for reinstatement of men employed previous to last strike; 46i-hour week; overtime at Is. 9d. per hour; and question of pay and overtime of apprentices. The 342 question of ex-soldier trainees under Ministiy of Labour Schemes ulso arose in coiincction witli the dispute, i\u'. union making the accusation that (ho trainees were l)eing utilised to do work which properly i)elong'ed to Air. Sheridan's rej^ular employees. Af^-rce- ment — Trainees should be engaged on work such as would qualify them to drive sind undertake running repairs, and were not to do mechanic's work or drive for hire; certain employees to be re- instated. Union not to interfcje in the case of dismissals for incnmpelence or lack of work, on the understanding that there would be no victimisation. Mr. Sheridan to pay same rates and work the same hours as his local competitors. Agreed 80th December, 1919. [I.B. 421.] Paper, Printing, etc., Trades. Machine-made Paper Makers. — Employers' I'ederation of Paper Makers v. Amalgamated Society of Paper Makers and IS^ational Union of Printing and Paper Workers, iigreement — (1) Hours for shift workers : Working week to be 132 hours, but 130 hours might be worked provided that double time should be paid for the last four hours. (2j Hours for day workers : The working week shall be 48 hours. (3) Wages for adult males : Members of the Unions to be grouped in three classes. On the adoption of the three-shift system for shift workers and /or the 48-hour week for day workers, the following^ to be the minimum hourly rates: — Class 1, Is. 8d. per hour. (Note. — The rate per hour for Scotland not yet agreed upon to be arranged by the Scottish Board of the Federation and the Unions.) Class 2, 1^. bd. per hour for shift workers and Is. 3^-fZ. for day workers. Class 3, 1^. S\d. per hour for shift workers and l5. 2d. for day workers. The rate per hour for West of England, Ireland and AVales to be 1^. per bour less than the rates for Classes 1, 2 and 3, and this to apply also to Scotland in respect to Classes 2 and 3. The question of making this condition apply to fine rag mills to be referred to the District Boards and the Unions. (4) Rates for juniors : On the adoption of the three-shift system and /or the 48-hour week, the following should be the minimum rates per hour: — At age of 14, males 4d., females S^d. ; at age of 15, males bd., females 4|J. ; at age of 16, males G^-fZ., females 6d.; at age of 17, males 8d., females 7^. ; at age of 18, moles lOd., females 8d. ; at age of 19, males lid.; at age of 20, males 1.?. Except that the rates for Scotland, West of England, Ireland ond Wales and mills making fine rag papers should be referred for decision to the District Board and the Unions. All juniors of 15 years and over must serve a probationary period of 12 months, the wage for the first six months to be mutually agreed upon, the second six months to be at an advance of not less that Id. per hour. At the end of the probationary period the wage applicable to the age will apply. (5) Overtime rates : On the adoption of the three-shift system and /or the 48-hour week, mid-week overtime to be paid at the rat* of time and a quarter, and week-end overtime at the rate of time and a half, subject to the provisions of Clause 1.- (0) The adoption of this system should not operate to cause any 343 reduction of earnings in the normal working week of any worker. (7) The adult age for males to be 21 years, for females 18 years. (8) This agreement did not J^^pply to hand-made mills, board mills, or coating mills. (9) The District Board and the Unions to deal with the case of aged or infirm workers. (10) Any dispute as to the interpretation of the terms of this agreement to be referred to a committee of three members of each side ; and, failing a settlement by such committee, to be referred to the Ministry of Labour for arbitration. (11) This agreement should not become operative until after ratification by the Federation and the Unions. (12) This agreement should remain in force for not les^s than 12 months from the date of ratification. Signed 10th July, 1919. [W.A. 4531/2.] Hand-Tnade Paper il/aA:er5.— Representatives of Employers v. Representativeg of workpeople. Difference — Demand by the Original Society of Paper Makers for 5^. advance per " day's work " for men and 2^. 6^. for apprentices. Agreement — (1) That all grades of men concerned should receive an advance of 25. 6^. per day's work. (2) That the scale for apprentices should be as follows : — 1st year, 2^. 9^. per day's work; 2nd year, 3-9. per day's work; 3rd year, Zs. ^d. per day's work; 4th year, 4^. per day's work; 5th year, 45. 6^. per day's work ; 6th year, 5^. per day's work ; 7th year, 55. Qd. per day's work. (3) That all work done over six and up to seven days' work be paid for at time and a quarter. (4) That all work done over seven days' work be paid for at time and a half. (5) That all double-shift work bv vats crew be paid for at time and a half. Effective as from 28th July, 1919. Agreed 25th July, 1919. [W.A. 4914.] Printers. — The Sackville Press, Dublin v. Irish Clerical Workers' Union. Difference — Eequest of the union for the appli- cation of Sir D. P. Barton's award of 27th May, 1919, to which the firm do not appear to have been parties. Agreement — The firm agreed to apply the award, but to pay arrears only for 17 weeks instead of from the first pay day in April as provided by the award. Agreed 24th December, 1919. [I.B. 72.] Glass Trades. Glass BeveUers. — Glass Bevellers Employers' Association v. Operatives. Difference — Application for certain increases in wages and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Minimum rate of I5. 7d. per hour on a 47-hour week; an increase of 15 per cent, on piece prices; employers to be allowed one apprentice to four journevmen. Effective 7th August, 1919. Agreed 11th August, 1919.' [W\A. 4864.] Chemical Trades. Tar Distillers. — Josiah Hardman, Ltd., Coal Tar Distillers, Stoke-on-Trent v. Workers' Union. Difference — Claim for cer- tain increases of wages and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Working hours to be reduced to 48 per week. Cer- tain men to have an increase of 25. 6^?. per week. No overtime to be worked unless the workpeople are paid at overtime rates- Agreed 10th April, 1919. [W.A. 7704.] 344 Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. Cigar Makers. — Jluddeu aud Co., Tobacco Manufacturers, Uristol V. 2s'atioual Ci{^ar Makers' Union. Uiiierence — Claim that all workers in the factory of the above firm should be com- ])t'll('d to join the National Cigar Makers' Union. Agreement — An undertaking having been given that the question of team work would not be rai.sed unless similar action was taken against every firm in liristol, and that individual workers in the firm would not in any way interfere with the workers who remained in employment during the strike, the firm agreed to recommend all the team workers to join that Union, and to post a notice in the works to that effect. Dated 5th February, 1910. [W.A. 12G2.] [W.A. 9359.] Bakers. — The St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association, Ltd., Edinburgh v. Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. Differ- ence — Apjjlication for certain increases in wages and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Advances of Is. per week to tablehands, 2*. per week to other workers. Rates for foremen, etc., fixed. Other matters in dispute, such as holidays, dealt with. Issued 9th May, 1919. [H.Q. 12007/22.J Farm Labourers. — County Dublin Farmers' Association v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Application for increased wages and improved conditions. Agree- ment — AVages 37^. per week within a 10-mile radius of the City of Dublin and 345. per week outside this radius; £3 harvest money, payable on 1st November; half-holiday not generally practicable, but where established by mutual agreement a reduc- tion of 25. per week from above wages ; other conditions to remain as in last agreement dated 18th May, 1918. Eff'ective from 1st May, 1919. Signed 14th May, 1919. [I. B. 139.] Hotel and Restaurant Workers. — The Hotel and Tourist Asso- ciation of Ireland v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Application for a minimum wage of £2 IO5. per week as per national demand for men and women. Chefs and male cooks to receive a minimum of £3 per week, weekly payment of wages, eight-hour day with weekly half -holiday (44-hour week), no Sunday work to be recognised, but where necessary the time oversight hours to be paid for at time aud a-half, and no employee to be asked to work on consecutive Sundays. Recognition of union and shop stewards, employees to be engaged through union employment bureau, all employees to be members of union, and ral«s and conditions for casual employees. Agreement— An in- crease of 25. 6r7. per week for each employee, the sum so available in each establishment to be distributed amongst the several classes of employees as the union may propose. Working week in res- taurants should not exceed 62 hours and in hotels 72 hours : weekly half-holiday and every alternate Sunday from 3 p.m.: board wages 225. 6^. should be paid for annual holidays after 12 months* service ; weekly payment of wages. Agreement to operate for not loss than six months. A Joint Conciliation Board established for the industry in Dublin district. Signed 18th June, 1919. Four meeting's of the Joint Conciliation Board under the chair- 345 manship of an officer of the department were held in 1919 and disposed of various differences, in which the question of member- ship of the union and the method of engaging empioj'ees so as to secure the employment of union members occupied a large place. [I.B. 81 and I.B. 81/1.] Bakers. — Master Bakers of Rhondda and Pontypridd v. National Union of Operative Bakers. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Agreement — An advance of 10^. per week granted to male employees and a proportionate increase to females — such increases to remain in force for two months. Effec- tive from 3rd July, 1919. Agreed 2nd July, 1919. [W.A. 4577.] Hotel Employees. — Yarious Employers at Cardiff v. British and Allied Waiters' and Chefs' Union. Difference — Application for certain increase in wages and alterations in working condi- tions. Agreement — Eixed new base rates for the different classes of employees and granted an advance of 10 per cent, to certain employees with effect frqm 23rd June, 1919. The agree- ment also dealt with " time off," payment for work done on public holidays, accommodation, etc. Agreed 3rd July, 1919. [W.A. 4524.J Grain Millers. — Messrs. White, Tompkins and Courage, Grain Millers, Liverpool v. their Employees. Difference — Application for certain increases in wages and alterations in working condi- tions. Agreement — Bonus of 4^. per week to men working a full week, and 2s. Qd. to all female workers and boys under 18, and the arrangement of a new sf^heme giving an average of 49 hours per week. Overtime to be paid at time and a quarter. Agreed 17th July, 1919. [W.A. 4751.] Grain Dischargers. — Spillers and Bakers, Ltd., Cardiff v. Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union and the Workers' Union. Difference between the two unions as to the conditions of discharging and loading grain and flour. Agree- ment — Proportions of permanent to casual labourers to be em- ployed under various circumstances determined in detail. Agreed 18th July, 1919. [W.A. 4161.] Agricultural Workers. — Glamorgan Farmers' Union v. National Agricultural Labourers' Union. Difference — Applica- tion for increased rate for harvesting. Agreement — A minimum cash rate of 1^. per hour to be paid to able-bodied adults of 21 years and over and a proportionate advance to those under 21 years for actual harvesting operations. All other work to be paid for at the rates fixed bv the Agricultural Wages Board. Agreed 18th July, 1919. [W.A. 4675.] Flour Millers. — Newmarket Dairy Co., Ltd. (Mill at Castle- townroche, co. Cork) v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, Difference — Application for increased pay and shorter hours as provided by the Baillie Awards of October, 1918, and January, 1919. Agreement — An advance of 65. per week, making a total war advance of 22s. per week, as compared with 25.?. 6d. under the awards, payment of arrears of increase, and a working week of 54 hours. Agreed 21st August, 1919. [I.B. 287.] a4G liulrlitrs. — DuMiii Master Poik JJiitclicis' Association v. Irish Traus])()rt and General VVorkeis' Union. Difleronce — A])plica- tious lor increase of 15a". per week for butchers, 10s. per week for messengers, and T.v. tit/. })er week for boys, for girls \\)s. per week for beginners with incienients each six iiioiitlis uj) to £2, a 48- hour week for all employees, and 14 days' holiday with pay. Agreement — Increases as follows: — ijs. ad. per week to 1st, 2nd, and ord men. 45. ,, ,, ,, girl assistants. 5.f. ,, ,, ,, vanmen. lis. ,, ,, ,, messengers. To date from 15th November, 1919. One week's holiday with pay, except in the case of vanmen, who should get a week's pay in lieu of holidays, 50-hour week for men from 1st December, 1919, 49^-hour week for shop assistants from first Monday after Cliristmas, 1919. Agreed 14th November, 1919. [I.B. 436.] Brewers and Drivers. — Monmouthshire Brewers' Association v. the National Union of General Workers. Difference — Applica- tion for an advance of wages. Agreement made by which an increose was granted of 5^. a week to men over 18 years and 2s. %d. to men under 18 years. Effective as from the first full pay in December. Agreed 18th December, 1919. [W.A. 7138.] Brewers and Miiieral Water Worhers. — Enniscorthy Employers' and Traders' Federation ^'. Irish National Agricultural and General Workers' Union, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, and Enniscorthy Trades Council. Following a strike for increased wages and improved conditions by members of the unions named, a general lock-out was declared by the Em- ployers' Federation of all members of the unions. A conference, presided over by an officer of the Irish Department, took place on the 28th and 29tli October, 1919, and, after se])arate dis- cussions with both sides, the men's irreducible minimum was found to be a scale of pay based on experience, irrespective of age : — IS?, per week of 50 hours. After 1 year 22.?. ,, ,, ,, 2 years 245. ., ,, ,, 3 years 25.-?. ,, ,, The Federation declined at the conference to accept these pro- posals, but within a few days settled on terms which were identical. [I.B. 413.] Leather Trades. Leather Worhers. — Geo. Howe, Ltd., Eedvales Tannery, Bury V. Amalgamated Society of Leather Workers. Difference— Appli- cation for the increase of bs. to male workei-s under Court of Arbitration Award No. 437 (Leather Trade — see page 178) for the period from the first full pay in March, 1919, to 8th August, 1919. Agreement — The men concerned being in the emplov of the firm for the full period 1st March, 1919, to 8th August, 1919, should receive £3 45. 8d. each in lieu of any amounts they might be entitled to for the same period under" the above-mentioned 347 award. The case of workers entering the firm's employ after 24th April, 1919, who had received other advances, should receive sympathetic consideration. Agreed 25th September, 1919. [W.A. 7164.] Tannery Workers. — Evan Morgan, Fellmonger, Brecon v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Agreement — (1) A fixed minimum wage of 45,y. per week. (2) An increase of 1^. per week to those men earning over 45-?., making, with the 2s. already given, a total increase of 35. J^3) The two men (non-unionists) earning £2 IO5. and £3 per week to remain at the same rates. This would affect the 16 remaining men as follows: — Two men then receiving £2 2s. (including 2^. advance previous week) would receive £2 bs. ; six men receiving £2 4.?. (including 25. advance previous week) would receive £2 55. ; four men receiving £2 65. (including 25. advance previous week) would receive £2 Is.; four men receiving £2 Is. (including 25. advance previous week) would receive £2 85. Men to resume work on Thursday 20th November, 1919. Agreed 19th November, 1919. [W.A. 8036.] Public Utility Services. Gas Worhers. — Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co. r. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Difference — Appli- cation for 125. increase on current rates, establishment of 44-hour week, time and a-half for overtime, and double time for Sundays. Agreement. — An advance of 55.. per week for day men for a 47- hour week. An advance of 85, per week to shift men whose hours (56 per week) were not reduced; cokepickers should be paid I5. per ton ; workers not usually engaged on Sundays should be paid double time for Sunday work. Effective as from 15th March, 1919. [I.B. 27.] Gas WorTiers. — ^Tenby Gas Company v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application for certain increases in wages and altera- tions in working conditions. Agreement — 8-hour shifts for ijtokers from August to February; 12-hour shifts from March to July. Leading stokers to be paid 635. per week; second stokers 585. Qd. Labourers to be paid 425. nnd vouths 305. for a 48-hour week. Agreed 29th April, 1919. [W.A. 2927.] Corporation Labourers. — Tenby Corporation v. Workers' Union. Difference — Application for increased wages and reduced working hours. Agreement — Bonus increased from 135. to 175. 6f?. per week. Hours reduced to an average of 48 per week. Retrospective payment from 4th February, 1919. Agreed 30th April, 1919. [W.A. 2927.] Corporation Emploijees. — Eipon Corporation v. Municipal Em- ployees' Association. Difference — Claim for an increase of 2d. per hour for all workers. Agreement — Claim conceded. Agreed 23rd May, 1919. [W.A. 3963.] Gas Worliers. — Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co. v. Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Diff'erence — Appli- cation for an all-round advance of IO5. (except for fitters who asked 348 to 1)1' paid tliL' city ruLoj, and (jtluT inipioveiiients as to holidays, overtime, etc. Af^reement — Advance of 5^. per week from 10th October, 1!)19; overt imc, holidays, and other minor matters to he coiisidficd at u I'urther conference. Agreed 7th November, l!)l!). [I.H. 27.] Miscellaneous Trades. Undertakers' Emploijees. — Undertakers at Cardiif v. National Union of General Workers. Difference — Claim for increased wages and a reduction in hours of labour. Agreement — Rate of 48.V. per week for stablemen, with a reduction in hours from 51 to 48 per week. CoHin makers, Is. Aid. per hour, with a reduction in hours from 51 to 47. Effective from 3rd May, 1919. Agreed 3r Isl January, 1919. Approved 4th January, 1919. [1..K. 16207/91.] Joiners, Ulackpool. — Northern Centre Board of C(jnciliation for the liuilding- Trade. Agreement — Hate of joiners in Black- pool to bo advanced from Is. 2d. to Is. 4J. per hour plus 12^ per cent. l']ffective from 1st November, 1918. Approved 4th January, 1919. [L.R. 27418.] Painters, Harrogate, Otley and other towns in Yorkshire. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — The rate of painters in Harrogate, Otley, Wakefield, Dewsbury (Heavy Woollen District), Bridlington and Scar- borough to be 1.9. Id. per hour plus 12| per cent. The rate of painters in Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Hull and Shipley to be Is. 3d. per hour plus 12| per cent. Eft'ectivo from 4th November, 1918. Approved 4tli January, 1919. [L.R. 10540/11.] Painters, Sheffield. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Supplementary Agreement. Rates of painters in Sheffield to be I5. 3^. per hour plus 12;',- per cent. Elective for full pay in week ended 30th November, 1918. Approved 8th January, 1919. [l.C. 7247/4.] Building Trade Operatixes, North-East Lancashire. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agree- ment — Rates of operatives advanced by l^d. per hour. Skilled operatives from Is. S^d. to Is. bd., labourers from Is. to Is. l^d. These rates to include the 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective from first full pay following 30th October. Approved 11th January, 1919. [W.A. 9G21.] Painters, Manchester. — Mancbester Area Joint Council of Painters and Decorators. Agreement — Painters' rates to he Is. Qd. per hour, inclusive of 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective from 1st January. 1919. Approved 13tb Januarv, 1919. FL.R. 10540/5.] Building Trade Operatives. — Bradford Master Builders' Asso- ciation and Bradford Operative Builders. Agreement — Increase of Id. per hour to masons and bricklayers (15^^. to 16|c?., plus 12^ per cent, bonus), joiners (15^7. to IQd. plus 12| per cent, bonus), and labourers (13^. to 14d. plus 12^ per cent, bonus). Effective as from and including the first full pay following 1st January, 1919. Signed 17th December, 1918. Approved 14th January, 1919. [W.A. 86.] Building Trade Operatives, Long Eaton. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rates advanced as war wages as follows — Bricklayers, carpenters, machinists, sawyers, slaters, plasterers, plumbers, and stone- masons to \s. Ad. per hour; stonemasons' fixers. Is. 4|^. ; painters. Is. 2\d.; labourers, I5. l^r^. ; pl-.isterors' labourers. I5. 2d..\ plus \2\ per cent, in each case. EftVctive from 1st Januarv, 1919. Approved 20th January, 1919. [W.A. 316.] 353 Building Trade Operatives, Allruichani. — Xoitheru Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rates ot joiners, machinists, bricklayers, stonemasons, plasterers, to be Is. 6d. per hour; stonemasons, (fixers), la. bid.; labourera (l^lasterers and slaters) and hod carriers Is. 2^d.; builders' labourers and navvies Is. 2d. All inclusive of 12| per cent. Effective from 1st November, 1918. Approved 20th January, 1919. [W.A. 318.] Building Trade Operatives, Tyne, Blyth and Sunderland. — ISTorthern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement— Rates of skilled tradesmen to be Is. Id. per hour; labourers Is. Q^d. per hour, inclusive of bonuses. Approved on the understanding that these rates do not include rates of painters and plumbers. Effective from first full pay after 11th December, 1918. Approved 20th January, 1919. [W.A. 325.] Building Trade Operatives, Sheffield and Rotherham. — Sheffield, Rotherham and District Building Trades' Employers' Association and Sheffield Building Trades Operatives. Agree- ment — An advance of l^d. as war wages to be paid making the following rates — Bricklayers, carpenters, masons, joiners, machinists (in joiners' shops). Is. d^d. ; masons' fixers, I*. 5|f/. ; plasterers and slaters, 1^. 4|fZ. ; plumbers, Is. 4:^d. ; labourers and navvies, Is. l^d. plus 12^ per cent, in each case. Effective from the pay day in week ending 7th December, 1918. Approved 21st January, ]'919. [L.R. 6080.] Building Trade Operatives, Bath. — Bath Master Builders Association and Building Tradie Operatives. Agreement — A general advance of l^d. per hour to include all bonuses. Effec- tive from 1st December, 1918. Approved 25th January, 1919. [W.A. 10019.] Building Trade Operatives, Bangoi^— Bangor and District Building and Kindred Trades Association and Operatives. Agreement — Rates of plumbers to be Is. per hour; joiners lid.; masons and bricklayers, 10^. ; plasterers, lO^d. ; painters, 9^d. ; labourers, 8d. These rates to include the 12^ per cent, bonus where such bonus is payable. 'New rates for pkimbers to have effect from 1st August, 1918, and the others from 30th November, 1918. Approved 2Tth January, 1919. [W\A. 10496.] Building Trade Operatives, Stafford. — Messrs. F. Epsley and Sons and their employees. Agreement — Rates of joiners, car- penters and bricklayers to be 1.^-. 2d. per hour; plumbers, Is. 3d. ; painters. Is. Id. ; machinists. Is. Old. ; labourers, lid. All plus 12-| per cent. Effective from and including the first full pav in May, 1919. Approved 27th January, 1919. [L.R. 27329.]'^ Building Trade Operatives, Northampton. — Northampton Master Builders Association and the Building Trades Federation. Agi'eement — The rates of bricklayers, carpenters, machinists, plasterers, stonemasons and plumbers to be Is. 3^. per hour ; painters, Is. 2d. ; labourers. Is. O^d. All plus the 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective from 1st Januarv, 1919. Approved, 28th January, 1919. [I.C. 9030.] Building Trade Operatives, Walsall. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Advance in 3:>4 rates as \v;ii wayos iiiakiiif^ llie rates as follows: Carpenters, niacliinisti, plumpers, bricklayers, stoneuiasons, and plasterej.s, Is. 'A^d. per hour; painters, Is. 2,|ri.; labourers, Is. Id. All plus the 12J per cent, bonus. Fixers and plasterers' labourers, ^d. per hour extra. Effective from Ist -Tanuarv, 1919. Aijprovod' ;^J St January, 1919. [W.A. 734.] Building Trade Operatives, Darliiiyton. — Darlington Loral Contiliation lioard for the Building- Trade. Agreement — Rates of bricklayers, joiners, masons, plasterers and machinists, to be is. Id. per hour; labourers, Ls. 3|J. per hour. All bonuses to be merged in these flat rates. Eifeciive from 13th January, 1919. Approved 31st January, 1919. [L.R. 3035.] Joiners, TFrt A; eyJeZtZ.- -Northern Centre Board of Conciliation lor the Building Trade. Agreement — Rates for joiners in "Wake- field and district to be I5. 3f7. per hour, plus 12i- per cent. Effective from first full pay following 12th December. Approved 31st January, 1919. [L.R. 15207/106.] Bricldayers, Carpenters and Labourers, Redditch. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agree- ment — Rates of bricklayers and carpenters to be Is. bd. per hour; labourers, Is. 2d. per hour, inclusive of all bonuses. Elective from 4th January, 1919. Approved 1st February, 1919. [W.A. Labourers, Excavators, etc., Plymouth. — Plymoutli and Dis- trict Association of Building Trade Employers and the Isational Federation of Building Trade Operatives. Agreement — Builders' labourers and excavators to be paid Is. per hour, with effect from first full pay in January, 1919. Bricklayers, stonemasons, plasterers, plumbers, carpenters and machinists to be paid Is. 4rf. per hour, plus 12^ per cent., and sawyers Is. 2d., plus 12| per cent. ; painters, Is. l^d., plus existing bonus of 7s. 6c?. Effective from 14th January, 1919. Approved 1st FebruaiT, 1919. [W.A. 737.] Phimbers, Teeside. — Teeside Federation of Plumbers and United Operative Plumbers' Association. Agreement — Increase of 3d. per hour, making a rate of Is. Id. per hour. All previous l>onuses to be merged in this rate. (Districts covered by the agreement, Middlesbrougl), Thornabr, Stockton and Hartlej)ool.) Effective from 1st Januarv. 1919. Apiiroved Ist Februarv, 1919. [W.A. 608.] Labourers, Lincoln. — Lincoln Master Builders Association and Operatives. Agreement — Tlie rates of labourers in Lincoln to be advanced bv 2d. per hour. Effective from 1st October, 1918. Approved 1st February, 1919. [W.A. 7388/6.] Building Trade Operatives, London. — Decision of the London Conciliation Board in the matter of rates in the London district. Rates were set out in detail, and included all percentages and allowances awarded or agreed to bv anv Government arbitrator. Government department or official ' tribunal to and on behalf of building trade operatives engaged on Government work and extended by the consent and agreement of the Association to work 355 ©f all kinds. Operative as from loth February, 1919. Rates payable on 22ud February, 1919. Approved 6th February, 1919. [W.A. 769.] Masons, Bricklayers, etc., Hereford. — Hereford Master Builders Association and Operatives. Agreement — Advance of l^d. per hour, making a rate of Is. O'^d. per hour for masons, bricklayers, cal-penters, joiners, plasterers and iilumbers ; 11|^. for painters ; lOff?. for labourers. These rat«s to include the 121 per cent, bonus. Effective from 28th September, 1918. Approved 8th February, 1919. [W.A. 658.] Painters and Labourers, Chesham. — South-Easteni Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Messrs. Jesse Mead and Messrs. Rust and Ratclilfe. Agreement — Rate of painters to be Is. Id. per hour; other tradesmen I5. 2d. ; labourers lid. per hour. All plus 12| per cent. Effective from beginning of first full pay after 7tli January, 1919. Approved 12th Feb- ruary, 1919. [L.R. 25820.] Building Trade Operatives, Birmingham. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rates for skilled tradesmen except painters to be Is. 8d. per hour; painters, 1^. Gd. ; labourers and navvies, 1^. 5d. Plumbers were not affected by this decision. Effective from 28th February, 1919. AiDproved 17th February, 1919. [L.R. 5068.] Masons, Bricklayers , etc., Halifax. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — The rates of masons, bricklayers, joiners, plasterers and machinists to be Is. 3d. per hour, plus 12| per cent. Effective as from first full pay following 11th December, 1918. Approved 18th February, 1919. [W.A. 1185.] Building Trade Oijeratives, Hastings. — Hastings and St. Leonards Employers' Association of Builders and Allied Trades and the Building Trade Operatives. Agreement — That the existing rates of wages were as follows : Bricklayers, 11^. per hour ; bricklayers' labourers, 9^. ; navvies, 'd\d. ; scaft'olders^ %\d. ; carpenters and joiners, lid.; plasterers, lid.; plumbers, fitters, etc., lid.; paperhangers, 10^,; painters, 10^. These rates to include all bonuses. Effective from Jonuaiy, 1919. Approved 18th February, 1919. [L.R. 25706.] Painters, Tees-side. — Agreement effected at a joint conference on 5th February between the local organisations of master and operative painters for rate of. 1.?. Id. per hour on the one-break system as from 1st Februarv. 1919. Approved 21st February, 1919. [W.A. 1329.] Building Trade Operatives, Tyne and Blyfh. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — AVorking hours to be 47 hours per week for three months, from nth February, 1919. Rates to be Is. Sd. for tradesmen and Is. 4ld. per hour for labourers; these rates to include all bonuses. Approved 24th February, 1919. [W.A. 325.] Building Trade Operatives, Wrexham. — Wrexham and Dis- trict Building Trades Employers' Association and their Em- 95(5 ployccs. Ajiii'iiiuMil riiu iut«}9 U> 1)0 advanced by \d. from first i)uy duy in .S('|)liMMl)t'r and a lurllior ^<:/. from first pay day iu IJoceiiibor, llil8, making- Is. lid. per hour for bricklayers, car- fieuters, plumbers and ])iaslcrer8; 1*. 2d. per hour for painters; abourers l,v. per liour. These rates to include the 12| per cent, bonus. Approved l>4th February, 191IJ. [W.A. 1271. J Building Trade Operatives, M orth-W estern Area — North-Wes- tern Federation of Jiuilding Trade Employers and the National Federation of Buibling Trades Operatives (including fifteen Trade Unions). Agreements — (1) That the whole scheme be called "TLo North- Western Area Joint Council for the Building Trades." (2j That the whole area bo divided into ten district areas, and that there be four grades of wages, A, B, C and D, as follows : Grade A craftsmen, l.v. Sd. ; labourers, 1^. 4:\d. and 1^, Ad. Grade B crafts- men, 1^. Id. ; labourers, Is. 3^^. and Is. Zd. Grade C craftsmen, 1^. Qd.\ labourers, l6'. 2\d. and Is. 2d. Grade D craftsmen, \s. bd. ; labourers, Is. l^d. and Is. Id. These rates to be th.^ standard rates and merge all bonuses, and not to be altereil except through the machinery as set up under the scheme. All advances up to and including 3cZ. to operate from 1st March, 1919, this being the date when the summer working hours commence, and the balance of those over 3^. on 1st May, 1919. The grading of various towns in the ten district areas follows. The objects of the Council should be the establishment and control of uniform real wages, uniform hours of labour and working conditions in the building trades throughout the area covered by the North- Western Federation. In each of the district areas a Joint Dis- trict Area Council would be set up, and there would be a Centre Joint Area Council. The constitution and duties of these Councils were then outlined. Current working rules were adopted. The agreement was terminable by either party on six months' notice expiring on 1st May of any year. There should be an annual review of wages in January of each year. Provision was made for regrading of towns. Signed, 19th February, 1919. Approved 26th February, 1919. [W.A. 799.] Building Trade Operatives, Tees-side. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — The rates of skilled tradesmen and labourers to be 1^. 7d. per hour and Is. 3^d. per hour respectively from first j^ay in January, 1919 ; and 1^. 8^. per hour and 1^. 4|rf. per hour respectively as from 1st March, 1919. The rates in each case to be inclusive of bonuses. Approved 28th February, 1919. [W.A. 1741.] Plumbers, Brighouse. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trade. Agreement — Eate of plumbers in Brighouse to be Is. 4cZ. per hour plus 12i per cent. Effective from 1st November, 1918. Approved 1st March, 1919. [W.A. 1625.] Building Trade Operatives, ^ar/isZey.— Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement— Eates of stonemasons, bricklayers, plumbers, joiners, plasterers ami machinists to be Is. 5^. per hour; labourers Is. 2d. per hour, in- clusive of all bonuses. Effective from 1st February, 1919. Approved 1st March, 1919. [W.A. 1743.] 357 Building Trade Operatives, Batley. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for tlie Building Trade. In the matter of Batley joiners', bricklayers', masons' and labourers' rates. Decision— That the rate of wages for joiners, masons and bricklayers be advanced to I5. Qd. per hour, and for labourers to I5. 3^^. per hour, the revised rates to be inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from the first full pay following 17th February, 1919. Ap- proved 1st March, 1919. [L.E. 15207/126.] Bricklayers, Nantwich. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rate of bricklayers to be Is. 3d. per hour inclusive of all bonuses. Effective from first full pay following 18th February, 1919. Approved 1st March, 1919. [W.A. 1873.] Concretors and Asphalters, Manchester. — Manchester, Salford and District Building Trade Employers' Association and Operative Concretors' and Asphalters' Society. Agreement — The rate of concretors and asphalters to be increased by 2d. to Is. 6d. per hour inclusive of all bonuses. Working hours to be 46 1 in summer and 44 in winter. Effective from 1st March, 1919. Approved 4th March, 1919. [W.A. 6483.] Joiners, Huddersfield. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Decision — That the M-ages of the opera- tive joiners of Huddersfield district be advanced l\d. per hour Is. bd. to Is. Q\d.) inclusive of all bonuses; hours of labour remain unchanged. Effective as from 1st March, 1919. x\.pproved 4th March, 1919. [W.A. (M) 5749.] Joiners, Colne. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Colne Valley joiners' rates. Decision — That the wages of the operative joiners be advanced l^d. per hour (Is. dd. to Is. G^d.) inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from 1st March, 1919. Approved 4t]i March, 1919. [L.R. 15207/13.] Building Trade Operatives, Ossett and Horhury. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Ossett and Horbury joiners, masons, bricklayers and labourers' appeal. Decision — That the rate of wages for joiners, masons and bricklayers be advanced to Is. 6^. per hour, labourers to Is. 3|fZ. per hour inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from first full pay followinjj 17th Februarv, 1919. Approved 4th March, 1919. [W.A.^(M) 1584/4.] Biiilding Trade Operatives, Grimsby .—^ovihevn Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Orimsby rates. Decision — That the wages of tlie Grimsby opera- tive bricklayers, joiners, plasterers, plumbers and machinists and labourers be advanced 3d. per hour, includino- all bonuses. Effective as from the first full pay following 15th February, 1919. Approved 4th March, 1919. [l/.E. 15207/128.] Building Trade Operatives, Derby. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Eates of bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, plumbers, stonemasons, paviors, plasterers, woodcutting machinists and sawyers to be Is. id. per hour; painters Is. 3d.; labourers, Is. Id., plus 12^ per 358 cent, ill cacli (use. Stoiiemasous' fixers and ])la8lcreis' labourer* t<) l>e ]);ii(l }y/. per liour extra. Effective froni Jst May, 1919. Aj)i.ruvr(I Gtli Mareli, 1919. [W.A. 1504. J Jiuilflcrs' Liihourcis, W'Kjdii. — rs'ortlieni Centre Jioard of Cou- ciliution for the iJuildiug' Trade, lii the Jiiatter of the Wigau hibourers' rate.s. Decision — Tiiat the Wigan Employers' Associa- tion he strongly reeoniniended to recognise the local branch of the Builders' Jiahourers' Society, and tliat from first lull pay follow- ing Isl March, 1919, the rate of wages should be Is. 2d. per hour to bricklayers' labouiers; \s. \\d. per hour to other labourers. Approved 4th March, 1919. [L.Ii. 15207/53.] Joiners, Bricldayers and Machinists, Leigh. — Northern Centre IJoard of Conciliation for the liuildiug Trade. Agreement — Ilates for joiners, bricklayers and machinists to be advanced to Is. Qd. per hour inclusive of bonuses. Effective from 1st Feb- ruary, 1919. Approved 4th March, 1919. [W.A. 1G21.] Painters, Wiiisford. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Winsford painters' rates. Decision — That the rate of wages for operative painters of Winsford district be advanced to Is. od. per hour, inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from 18th Eebruary, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.R. 25154.] Bricklayers, Winsford. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trade. In the matter of the rates for Winsford bricklayers. Decision — That the rates for bricklayers be advanced to Is. 3d. per hour. Effective from the first full pay following 18th February, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.ll. 25154.] Building Trade Operatives, Lancaster. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Lancaster operatives' appeal. Decision — That the rate of wages for the Lancaster bricklayers, joiners, plasterers, stone- masons, plumbers, painters and woodcutting machinists shall be 1^. Or/, per hour, inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from the first full pay following 17th Februarv, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.R. 15207/71.] Bricklayers, Tarporley. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Tarporley bricklayers' rat-es. Decision — That the wages of the bricklayers be advanced to Is. 3d. per hour, to be inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from the first full pay followino- 18th February, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.R, 25154.] Painters and Plumbers, Crewe. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Crewe painters' and plumbeiv;' rates. Decision — That the rate of wages for operative painters and plumbers of Crewe district be advanced to 1^. 3d. per hour, inclusive of all bonuses. Effective as from first full pay following 18th Feb- ruary, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [W. A. (M.) 1748.] Joiners, Ormskirh. — Northern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. In the matter of the Ormskirk joiners' rates. Decision — That the rate of wages of the joiners be- 359 advanced 2d. per liour (Is. od. to Is. 5r/,), inclusive of al] bonuses. Effective as from first full pay following ITth Feb- ruary, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.R. 15207/70.] Bricklayers, Middlewich. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trade. Agreeruent — Eates of bricklayers to be advanced to Is. 3d. per hour. Approved 6th March, 1919. [W.A. 1872.] Building Trade Operatives, Dewshury. — Northern Centre Board ef Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — The rates of joiners, masons and bricklayers to be Is. 6^. per hour; labourers, Is. 3\d. per hour; rates to include all bonuses. Effec- tive from first full pav following 15th Eebruarv, 1919. Approved 6th March, 1919. [L.H. 15207/114.] Carpenters, Bricldayers and Labourers, Stourbridge.- — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Buildiug Trade. Agree- ment — Rates of carjjenters and bricklayers to be Is. bid. per hour; labourers, Is. 3|f/. per hour; rates to include all bonuses. Effective froiu 1st April, 1919. Approved 8th March, 1919. [W.A. 1930.] Building Trade Operatives, West Bromwich. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agree- ment — Rates of bricklayers, stonemasons, carpenters, joiners and plumbers advanced to Is. 7^d. per hour; painters to Is. b^d.; navvies and builders' labourers to Is. 4:^d. Stonemasons' fixers and plasterers' labourers to receive Id. j^er hour extra. All rates inclusive of bonuses. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Approved 8th March, 1919. [W.A. 10073.] Building Trade Operatives, Mansfield. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement^ — The rates of bricklayers, joiners, sawyers, machinists, plumbers and slaters to be Is. 3d. per hour; painters Is. 2d. per hour; navvies and builders' labourers Is. O^d. per hour, plus 12^ per cent, in each case: Plasterers' labourers and scaffolders to receive ^d. per hour extra. Effective from 1st February, 1919. Approved lOth March, 1919. [W.A. 623.] Painters and Glaziers, Kilkenny. — Rates submitted by the Director of Army Contracts. Agreement — The rates of painters and glaziers to be Is. per hour. Effective from 1st Februarv, 1919. Approved 10th March, 1919. [W.A. 1376.] Lahovrers, Ludloiv. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — The rates of labourers on building work at H.M. Factory, Ludlow, advanced to ll<^. per liour. with effect from 1st December, 1918. Approved 10th March, 1919. [I.C. 6032.] Carpenters, Joiners and Bricklayers, Bedford. — South-Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agree- ment — That the standard rate be Is. 1^. per hour, plus Id. war bonus, plus 12i per cent, on earnings. The current bonus, apart from the 12^ per cent., to continue for six months after the official date of the end of the war. Effective from first full pay after 17th Februarv, 1919. Approved 14th March. 1919. [W.A. 2010.] 360 I'liistcvers, Aberdeen.— 'V\\c Abordeeu Master Plasterers' Association and the Operatives. Agreemfint -Tliat men be paid hi. per lionr as (.•laiiucd by them ret lo.spoctively from l.st August, payai)le on l31st November, making tlie wages now 1.?. 2d. per Lour. 'I'heso rates not inclusive of the bonus of 12| jier cent. Approve.! JTth March, 11)10. [l.C. 7092 (1918).] iianycrs, etc., Tecside. — -Tecside Local Conciliation Hoard for the Building Trade. Agreement — That the agreement approved by the Minister of Labour on 28th February, 1019 [W.A. 1741] (see page -'550) should apply to gangers, black gang men, flag men, and watchmen, and that men over 18 years of age should come under the agreement. Approved 20th Marc-n, 1910. [W.A. 2154.] Joiners and Bricklayers, Louth. — Grimsby and District Con- ciliation lioard for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rate to be \s. 4fZ. per hour. All bonuses to be merged. Effective from 1st March, 1010. Approved 20th March, 1010. [W.A. 2188.] Painter-^, Grimsby.— Giirashy Master Painters' Association and Operative House and Ship Painters' Society. Agreement — Ad- vance of od. per hour, making a rate of I5. bd. Rate to include 12^ per cent, bonus. Approved 20th March, 1019. [W.A. 2223.] Buildivg Trade Operatives, Loughborough. — Loughborough Master Builders and Operatives. Agreement — Rates of brick- layers, carpenters, joiners and plumbers to be 1.?. 3|<^. per hour; macljinists. Is. 4<^.; painters, l.. to include 12.^ per cent, bonus. Effective from 10th March, 1919. Approved 2"6th March, 1919. [W.A. 2230/3.] Carpenters and Joiners, Waterford. — Waterford Master Builders' Association and Operatives. Agreement — Rates of carpenters and joiners advanced from lid. to 1.?. 2^^. per hour. This rate not to include the 12| per cent, bonus. Effective from 10th March, 1919. Approved 28th March, 1919. [W.A. 2116.] 361 Building Trade Operatives, Taunton. — Taunton Master Builders, Decorators and Allied Trades and Operatives. Agree- ment — Rates of carpenters, joiners, masons, bricklayers and plasterers to be Is. l^d. per hour; painters and plumbers, Is. O^d.; labourers, lid. These rates do not include the 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective from 8th March, 1919. Approved 28th March, 1919. [W.A. 2216.] Btiilding Trade Operatives, West Wilts. — South- Western Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building- Trade. Agreement — Wages increased to Is. Id. per hour, from 10th Marcli and to Is. 3d. per hour from 1st May. Eates to be inclusive of the 12^ per cent, bonus. Working hours from 1st May to be 46^ hours per week for eight summer months, and for four months in the winter 44 hours. Area covered by this agreement : Trow- bridge, Melksham, Bradford, Warminster and Westburv. Ap- proved 1st April, 1919. [W.A. 2230/2.] Building Trade Operatives, Castleford. — Castleford Building Trades Employers' Association and Operatives. Agreement — Rates to be as follows : — Labourers, Is. Id. per hour ; bricklayers and masons, Is. 4:d.; joiners, Is. 2^d.; plumbers, Is. 2ld.; plasterers, Is. 3d. ; slaters. Is. 3d. ; painters, Is Id. These rates not to include the 12|- per cent, bonus. Effective from first full pay in February, 1919, except in the case of painters, in which it dates from first full pav in March. Approved 5th April, 1919. [C.E. 5715/4, W.A. 5065.] Labourers and Carters, Water ford. — Waterford Master Builders Association and Operatives. Agreement — The rates for builders' labourers to be 9d. per hour, and for men regularly employed as carters 9id. per hour. These rates not to include the 12| per cent, bonus. Effective from 24th March, 1919. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 2116.] Building Trade Operatives, Limerick. — Limerick Master Builders and Operatives. Agreement — The rate of carpenters, masons, stonecutters, plumbers, painters and plasterers to be Is. 2d. per hour ; labourers, 9d. per hour. These rates to include the 121- per cent, bonus. Effective from 3rd February, 1919. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 1563.] Carpenters and Joiners, Castleford, Harrogate, and Yeadon. — Castleford Building Trade Employers' Association, Harrogate and District Master Builders' Association, Yeadon and District Association of Master Cabinet Makers, Carpenters and Joiners, and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. Agree- ment — New ratf^s as follows : — Castleford — Is, 2ld. per hour, plus 12| per cent. Effec- tive from first full pav in February. Harrogate — Is. 4:d. per hour inclusive. Effective from 1st March. Yeadon — Is. 5^. per hour inclusive. Effective from 1st March. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 1897.] Building Trade Operatives, Nuneaton. — Midland Centime Board of Conciliation for the Building- Trade. Agreement — Rates of :362 luickliiycfs, tarpcnteis, machinists, sawyers, masons, plasterers, slateis and tilers to be Is. 4\(L per hour; painters, 1*. 4d.; lalxmicis, l.v. '2}^(/.; ])lasterers' labourers, 1^. 3d. These rates to include all bonuses. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 2613.] Building Trade Operatives, Newark. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building' Trade. Agreement — The rates of bricklayers, stonemasons, carpenters, joiners, machinists, saw- yers, plasterers, slaters and tilers to be Is. bd. per hour; painters, 1^. 4^/. per hour. These rates to include all bonuses. Eft'ectivo from 1st April, 1919. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 2615.] Building Trade Operatives, Harrogate. — Harrogate and Dis- trict Master Builders' Association and Operatives. Agreement — New rates as follows: — Carpenters and joiners, is. 4:d. per hour; masons, bricklayers, plasterers and slaters, Is. bd. per hour. Effective from 1st March. Plumbers, Is. bd. per hour, effective from 1st February, and painters Is. 2\d. per hour, effective from 1st January. These rates to include the \2\ per cent, bonus. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 2695.] Building Trade Operatives, Wolverhampton. — Local Building Trades Conciliation Board. Agreement — Rates for skilled trades, except painters to be Is. Id. per hour; painters, Is. bd. per liour; labourers, \s. 4cd. These to be flat rates, all bonuses being merged. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Approved 9th April, 1919. [W.A. 2745.] Building Trade Operatives, Worcester. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — Rates of carpenters, joiners and bricklayers to be Is. 3d. per hour; labourers \s. l\d. per hour; these rates to include all war advances and bonuses. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Ap- proved nth April, 1919. [W.A. 2317.] Building Trade Operatives, Glasgow and Edinburgh. — Scottish Building Trades Joint Wages Board. Agreement — Adoption of new flat rates consequent on Awards 313 and 314 of the Court of Arbitration (see page 52). Approved 17th April, 1919. [W^A. 918/6.] Building Trades, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. — South-Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agree- ment — Where wages of mechanics on 31st December, 1918. were Is. 4d. and upwards, to be Grade A; Is. 2d. and under Is. 4d. to be Grade B; Is. and under Is. 2d. to be Grade C; below Is. to be Grade D. The new rate for mechanics to be Grade A, Is. 6d. ; Grade B, Is. 4d. ; Grade C, I5. 3^. ; Grade D, I5. 2d. Painters to be Id. less than mechanics; scaffolders and timbermen 2d. less than mechanics: labourers, M. less than mechanics. These rates to include all bonuses and percentages. Rates adopted on the basis of a 48 hour week and were not to prejudice those existing rates which were higher at the date of the award. Effective from the pav dav in week ending: 10th May, 1919. Approved • 17th April, li919. [W.A. 2026.] 363 Building Trade Operatives, Kidderminster. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — New rates as follows : Carpenters and bricklayers, Is. ^\d. ; painters, Is. 4:d. ; labourers, I5. 2^d. The rates to include the 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Approved 17th April, 1919. [W.A. 2614.] Building Trade Operatives, Bath. — South-Western Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agi-eement — The rate of tradesmen to be Is. 4:d.; machinists. Is. 4|fZ., and painters. Is. 3f/.; labourers, Is. 2d. All rates inclusive of the 12| per cent. Weekly working hours to be 461 for eight summer months and 44 for four winter months. Effective from 5th April, 1919. Approved 17th April, 1919. [W.A. 2832.] Building Trade Operatives, Leicester. — Leicester Building Trade Employers and Operatives. Agreement — An advance of 2d. per hour, making a rate of Is. 4:d., plus 12| per cent, for bricklayers, carpenters, joiners, plumbers, masons, slaters, and plasterers; Is. l^d., plus 121 per cent, for labourers. Effective from 1st April, 1919. Approved 17th April, 1919. [W.A. 2934.] Building Trade Operatives, Swindon. — South-Western Board •of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Agreement — A new rate of Is. M. per hour for tradesmen; painters. Is. 2d.; labourers. Is. Id. ; all rates to include the 121 per cent, bonus. Working week of 46| hours for 8 months and 44 for four winter months. Effective from 1st May, 1919. Approved 17th April, 1919. [W.A. 2883.] Building Trade Operatives. Epsom. — Epsom and District Builders, Decorators and Allied Trades xVssociation and their employees. Agreement — The rate of bricklayers, masons, car- penters, plumbers and plasterers to be Is, 3c?. per hour; painters, Is. l\d., and labourers, Is. These rates to include all war advarTces and bonuses. Effective from 18th January, 1919. Ap- proved 28th April, 1919. [W.A. 2213.] Building Trade Operatives, Potteries District. — North Staffs Master Builders and Allied Trades and the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. Agreement — The rate of car- penters and joiners, machinists, bricklavers, plumbers, plasterers, stone masons, and painters to be I5. Qd. per hour; navvies and labourers, Is. 2ld. per hour. These rates to include all bonuses and to apply to a radius of six miles from Hanley Town Hall. Effective from 1st May, 1919. Approved 29th April, 1919. [W.\.2976.] Plasterers, Waterford. — Master Builders and Men, Waterford. Agreement — The rate of plasterers at Waterford increased from 1?" to Is. 1^. per hour (not including 121 per cent, bonus). Effective as from 7th April, 1919. Approved 2nd May, 1919. [W.A. (M) 2116.] building Trade Ojieratlves, Leamington. — Association of Mast^^r Builders and Allied Trades of Lenmington Spa and their ■ operatives. Agreement — An increase of If J. per hour in the war bonns to buildinq- trndesmen and Inbonrers. The tipw rates in- f^luded the 121 per cent, bonus. Effective as from 29th March, 1919. Approved 2nd May. 1919. [W.A. 3009.] 364 /linliliii;/ I'ludc. Operatives, S'nithamyton. — Southern Countie.'; .Masln Huildcis' Federation and the Federiition of IJuildinj^- 'I'jiidc ( )|ifr;il ivt's. Af^recinoiit- Kates for tradesmen to be l.v. 4iZ. j)or liour; painters Is. '6d.; labourers 1.$. Id. All awards, iu- (•ludin«^ the 12^ per cent, bonus, to be loerg-ed in these rates. ]<:irective from .1st May, 1919. Approved 2nd May, 1919. [W.A. 1458.] Bvildiiiji Trade Operatives, Reading. — Readin;^'- and District Mast CI- liuilders and Dooorators' Association and Operatives. Aiiit'enicnt — Tlie war bonus nf 12-^ per cent, on wa;.;es as set out in tlie af^reenient dated 28th Septembei-, 1918, increased to 2b per cent. Eifective from 27th ])erem])er, 1918. Approved 5tli May, 1919, subject to the recommendation by the Court of Arbiti'ation of the substitution at an early dato of inclusive hourly rates instead of percentages, [W.A. ll51.] Painters, London. — National Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — An advance oi2d. per hour (making the new rate 1.9. Sd. per hour) subject to an accompanying' schedule of work agreed as not necessarily to be executed by skilled painters. Effective as from 2nd May, 1919. Approved 6th May, 1919. [W.A. (M) 769.] Bnilding Trade Operatives, Dublin. — Dublin Building Trade Employers' Association and Operatives. Agreement — Eates approved as follows : — 47 hour week. 44g^ hour Aveek. Brick and Rtonelayers ... Carpenters and Joiners ... Slaters and Tilers Plasterers Stonecutters Painters ... Glaziers and Lead Sash Makers... Plumbers... Sheet Metal Workers ... Mechanical and Heating Engineers, Whit^'sraiths, Iron and Pipe Fitters Electricians Whireners Labourers (Groundsmen) ., (Hodmen) Brassfo'inders, Finishers and Gasfitters Marble Polishers... „ Sawyers ... ,, Runners and Sanders ... AVoodcutting machinists 3^. per hour increase on rates paid on 31st March, 1919. These rates were approved on the understanding that they were inclusive of all war advances and that, where the employer was a Government Department, the rates actually set out in the agree- ment should be paid. Effective from 14th April, 1919. Approved 14th May, 1919. [W.A. 2871.] per s. hour. d. per hour. ' s. d. 6 . .. 1 ^ .. 1 6 o\ . .. 1 6 5| . .. 16 5| . .. 1 6 5 .. 1 51 3^ . ] 3h of . 7 . .. 1 61 '^1 • .. 1 5f H ■ u . 01 . .. 1 61 1 2 1 1 Of . 51 . .. I U u . 1 2 1 .. 1 11 0| . 1 1 3G5 Carpenters arid Joiners, Newbridge. — Master Builders, New- bridge, Kildare and Naas, and Amalgamated Society of Carpen- ters and Joiners. Agreement — The rate for carpenters and joiners to be Is. l\d. per hour for the summer months, and Is. 2d. per hour for the winter months when artificial light is not provided. These rates were exclusive of the 12^ per cent, bonus. Effective as from 24th February, 1919. Agreed 20th February, 1919. Ajiproved 21st May, 1919. [W.A. (M) 2660.] Building 'Trade Operatives, Gosport and Farehani. — Gosport Master Builders' Association and their emplo-fees. Agreement — At Gosport, as from 2nd May, 1919, the wages for a 52| hours' week should be: Tradesmen, Is. 4:d. per hour; painters, \s. 3d. per hour; labourers. Is. Id. per hour. At Fareham, the above rates of wages as from 16th May, 1919, but the employers were to be allowed to make terms with the older and infirm men according to the latter's earning capacitv. Approved 21st Mav, 1919. [W.A. (M) 3511. J Building Trade Operatives, Lichfield. — Builders' Union (Lichfield Branch) and Lichfield National Federation of Building Operatives. Agreement — Is. S^d. per hour to bricklayers, joiners and plumbers; I5. l^d. per hour to painters; I5. O^d. per hour to labourers. These rates to include all bonuses. (Agreement, but not letter of approval, also stated that the hours for 8 months in the year should be 52 per week, and for 4 months 44 per week ; and tliat Ij^. per hour advance was to take place on and from 4th Julv, 1919. Approval of the latter advance was reserved.) Elective as from 4th April, 1919. Approved 21st May, 1919. [AV.A. 3371.] Biiilding Trade Operatives, Isle of Thanet. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trade. Decision — The rates to be — Mechanics Is. od. per hour; painters I5. 2d. per hour; .skilled labourers Is. per hour, inclusive of the 12| per cent, boniis. Effective from 10th Mav, 1919. ApproveH 24th May, 1919. [W.A. 3222.] Bricklayers, Wakefield. — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the Building Trades. Decision — The rates of bricklayers to be advanced from Is. 3d. to Is. Qd. per liouj". Merger of all bonuses. Effective as from ITth March, 1919. x\pproved 31st May, 1919. [W.A. (M) 2552.] Building Trade Operatives, Chelmsford. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — The rates shall be : Tradesmen, Is. 4:d. per hour; ])ainters. Is. 3d. per hour; labourers, Is. Id. per hour; scnff'olders and timbermen. Is. 2d. per hour. Effective as from 24tli May, 1919. Approved 31st May, 1919, on the understanding that above i-ates include all war advances and bonuses. [W.A. (M) 2014.] Building Trade Operatives, Basingstoke. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — Is. 3d. per hour for bricklayei's, carpenters and joiners; Is. 2d. per hour for painters, and Is. per hour for labourers, based on a 53-hour week. Merg-er of all a\^'ards and bonuses. Effective as from 10th May, 1919. Approved 31st May, 1919. [W.A. 3503.] AA ;5CG liuildiiH/ I iiiilt ( fpt Kit I ris, (Kr/on/. Suulli J'jii^tcin Centre IJuanl ot Cniiiiliiit ion lor iln' liiiild i ii<,' Trades. Decision — That tlu* r.iU's Im- : Mcrli;iiii(s, Is. ')//. pel- liour ; jiainters, Is. Ad.', lalioincis, \s. '^(1 . : xatVoldcrs and 1 inil)eriiien, Is. -Id. per hour. MlYiMlivc as iioni .{rd May. l!»l!). Ai)i)rovi'd ;')lst May, lijllJ, on I he uiid{'islainlin<,' tlial I lie alioxc rates include all war advances and hoiiuscs. | W.A. .-.TS--;. ] /hiihJini/ I'ldh ( f/xnil i res, ('irriici'ster — South Western Ccntie Boaid ot Conciliation for the IJuilding Trades. Decision — That (he wa^'-cs ot all tiadesmen shall he Is. -Id. per lioiir except paintcis, 1.S-. '^i/.: labourers, Is. Id. "Working' hours, 48 ])er wwdi for the 8 sunmicr nn)iiths and 44 per week for the 4 winter months. Time ot workinii^ hours to be niutually agreed upon. J'lftective as from 24th June, 1919. Approved 31st May, 1919, on the understanding that above rates include all war advances and l)onuses. [W.A. 3844.] liiiildini) Trade Operatives, Hereford. — South AVestern Centre ]Joard of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — That the wages of all tradesmen be Is. 4id. per hour except wood- working machinists, l.y. 4^^/.; painters, l.y. 3d.: and labourers. Is. 2d. ; working hours, 40?, per week for the 8 summer months, 4-1 per week for the 4 winter months. Effective as fronr 1st May, 1!)19. Approved ^Jl-t May, 1919, on the understanding that above rates include ;ill ^^•a^ advances and bonuses. ["W.A. 3890.] PJiniihers, 11 udder sfi eld . — Northern Centre Board of Concilia- tion for the liuilding Trades. Decision — Advance from l.s\ '2d. per hour, ])lus 12- ]ier cent., to Is. Id. per hour, inclusive of all bonu-^es. Hours leduced from 49 ^ to 47 p'er week. Eifective as from nth or 18tli Tiniuarv, 1919. Approved 31st Mav, 1919. [I.e. 904T.] Ihlildinij I'nide () penit ires. ?\ Orth Herts., including Hiteliin, LetrJnrorth (Garden (it)/), Sferenage, Baldoch, and Sfeffold. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — The rates of wages for the district covered by the North "Herts. Building Trade Employers' Association shall be: Mechanics, Is. Cyd . per hour; jiainters, 1.9. bd. per hour: lal)ourers. Is. 2}id^. ]ier hour; scaffolders and timbermen. Is. lM,d. j)er hour. Ettective as from 24tli May, 1919. Approved 14th Jiine, 1919, on the understanding that the above rates are inclu- sive of all war advances and bonuses. ["W.A. 1790.] IJuiIding Trade Operatices, Xuneaton. — Midland Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Jjecision — The wages of the Nuneaton skilled operatives (exclusive of painters) to be advanced to l.y. Qd. per hour, painters lo Is. bd. per hour, and labourers to Is. ^Id. ]>er hour: plasterers' laboiirers and scaffolders to be ])aid fr/. per hour extra. Effective as fnun 1st May, 1919. A]iproved 14th June, 1919, on the understanding that the above rates are inclusive of all war advances and Imnuses. [W.A. 2()13.] Budding Trade Operatices, Stroud. — South Western Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision (amended bv Naticuial Board of Conciliation for the Building; ^67 Tradej. — The- v.age^ oi tiade.smeu skouid Le 1.5. -Id., painters Is. 8|^/., and 1 iboiiiers l.s. 2*^/.. ineludiuir the 12-?, par cent, and other bonuses. Tlie working- hours to be 46^ hours per week for the eight suuinier months and 44 hours per week for the four winter niontlis. The daily liours of Avorkino- to be mutinilly arranged. Kftective as from 5th Mav, 1919. Approved 14th June, 1919. [L.E. 234G1.] BuiJdnxj Tnidr Opcrfilire.JU)i',nt]i.-<]iire. — National Board of Conciliation for the liuibliug Trades. Decision — The rates for craftsmen be increased to l.v. Id. (old rate, Is.Gd.) and for labom\ns to Is. 4|<7. (old rate Is.M.). Eifective as from 1st June, 1919. Approved ITth June. 1919, on the understanding that the above rates are inclusive of all war advance^ and bonuses. [W.A. (M) 457.] Buildlnrj Trade Operative^, Isle of }yiij':t. — Isle of Wiglit Master Builders' Association and their employees. Agreement — As from •"list March, 1919, the rate of car[)enteis, joiners, plumbers, bricklayers, fitters and masons should I e Is. per hour; ;is iv^m^ lOtli May, 1919, the rate of painters \s. per hour; and of la])ourers 9^^/. ])er hour. Approved 24th June, 1919, on the understandinii' that these rates are inclusive of the 12^ per cent, and all other ])onuses. [W.A. (M) 2998.] Sen (folders mid Timheriiieu , Lordoii. — London Master l^nilders' and The Aircraft Industries Association and their employees. Agreement — The rates of scaffolders and timbermeii io be \d. ])er hour above the labourers' rate. Eitective from 2(Sthi June, 1;)19. Approved 28th June. 1919. [W.A. 769.] BiiihJiiuj Trade Operati res, Hitjh U'yeoiiihe, MorJow, Gerrard's Cros.'i and MnidetiJiead . — South Eastern Centre j^oard of Concilia- tion for the Building Trades. Decision — That the rates of wages for the district covered by a radiu'; of seven miles from AVycombe, five miles from Marlow, and seven miles from Gerrard's Cros?, including Maidenhead biit exclmling Chesham, with a radiu-; of three miles, be : Mechanics, Is. C^^d. per honr; painters Is. 5^^. ; Kcaffolders and timbermen, 1.?. 4r,r7. ; labourers. Is. \\-ld. Approved on the understanding that these rates are inclusive of all war advances and bonuses. Effective as from the next full week after 2nd June, 1919. Approved 8th July, 1919. [W.A. 4227.] Building Trade Operatives, Bristol. — Bristol Association of Building Trade Employers and National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Agieement — As and from 1st May, 1919, the standard rate of wages f(n' carjventers, joiners, masons, brick- layers, plumbers, wood-cutting machinists and jjlasterers to be Is-. 8r7. per hotir. From 1st January to 30th November inclusive, the working hours shall be 44 per week, during December the working hoiirs shall be 41^ per week. The above rates to be inclusive of all war advances and bonuse^^. A])])roved 9th Julv. 1919. [W.A. 4167.] Build inr/ Trade Operatives, Bitrton-an-Trent. — Bui tun-cn-T rent Buildings Trade Enijiloyers' Association and Burton-on-Trent Br inch of the National Federation of liuilding Trade Operatives. Asrrepment — The standard rate of wao-es for bricklavers, yC8 (•111 pcnlt'is ;iimI juiiiiMs, pliislcicis, |)ln)iil)eis atid wofjd-cuttiiig UKicliiiiisls to be J.y. Id. jx-i liour; i)aiiil('r.s, Is. (jcl. per hour; builders' laboureis, l.v. 4(1. [xi lioiii . Merger of all bonuses previous to 1st July, lUlU. \\'orlrighton Branch of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. Agreement — As and from 21st June, 1919, the Building Trade Operatives at Brighton shall receive rates as for Grade B of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Area Scheme, namely: — Mechanics, Is. 4:d. per hour; painters, I5. ^d. per hour; scaffolders and timbermen. Is. 2d. per hour; labourers, l.s. Id. per hour. As on and from 2nd August, 1919, a further If?, per liour to be paid all round. Approved 15th July, 1919. [W.A. 4790.] Buildinq Trade Operatives, Gravescnd. — Gravesend and Dis- trict Building and Allied Trade Association and Xational Federa- tion of Building Trade Operatives. Agreement — The rate of wages for bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers and ])lasterers to be l.«. Gf7. per hour; for painters, I5. bd. per hour; scaffolders and timbermen, l.s. 4^7. per hour; and labourers, l.s. ?>d. per hour. Summer period, from first Monday in March to first Monday in November. 50 hours ])er week ; winter period, from first Monday in November to first Monday in March, 44 hours per week. Approved on the understanding that these rates are to be inchisive r)f all war bonuses and advances. Effective as from 3rd Mav, 1919. Approved 21st July, 1919. [W.A. 4826.] Building Trade Operatives, Kinr/'s Lynn. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — Tl'.e rat?s of wajjes on a 50-hour week shall b? : For mechanics, 369 l.v. hd. per hour; painters, I.-,-, -id. per liour; scaifoklers and tiiubermeu, Is. ?>d. per hour; labourers, \s. 2d. per hour. These rates should be inclusive of the 12^ per cent, bonus and all other war advances and bonuses. Eifective as from 1st August, 1911). Approved 21st July, 1919. [W.A. 4855.] Latliers, Glasgow and West of Scotland. — Joint Chairmen's Committee of the Scottish Buiiding Trade Wages Board. Decision — That tlie lathers' rate for Glasgow and the West of Scotland should be l.s\ 8f//. per hour. Effective as from 26th May, 1919. Approved 28th July, 1919. [W.A. 4215.] Building Trade Oj in Mlliinifr, ;iiitl tlie «'.\ti;i ,'«/ ]ttr liniir ^nvcii In llif I r;i(l('snu'ii l)y jkiiiI i rts , WiilsnlJ niul \\ > il mshii r if . Mid- land ('(Mitre Bti:ii(l ot ( 'oiicili;)! i(»ii inr the liiiildiiij.' 'I'lade. Decisidii riiat t!ic wage's ol cariJiMiteis, \\( od ciif t iiio- ina(diinists, l)ri(dply to Walsall and A^'edllesburv. Kftective as on and from the 3r(l ^lay, 1919. A]i])roved subject to the understandiiiir that, should the hmi.s nl woi'k be further leduced, -uch reduction would not of itself furiiisli a <;round for increase of liourlv rates, 8t]i August, 1919. [AV.A. T'U.] BuihU)ixcee(l 4i).7 per week. The lioard recommended that this award should aj)plv to the wool-cutting machinists, >awyers. stone- masons, ])lasterers^ slaters and tilers. ]']f|-'ective as from the 1st Ajiril. 1!)1U. ' Approved Slli August, 1910. subject to the understanding that, should the hours of work bf furthei- reduced, such reduction should not of itself fuiiiish a around for incieasing the hourly rates. [W.A. 31G4.] liuiJdin;} Iradv Opcrafl res, .\eir Forest. — South-Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for flie Building Trade. Decision — Kates for the Tsew Forest Area to be: Mechanics, Is. '3d. jier linir; paintovs. Is. 2d. jier hour; scalfolders and timbermen, l.s-. IJ. per hour; 1 ibourers, \s. per hour. These rates to apply to the following- area : The coast-line of Southam])t()n Water and the Solent from Eling (near Southam]iton) to >sew Milton, thence by a 1i;;e i'^ take in TJingwood and on to Lyndhnrst, then by a line from Lyndhurst to Eling. The, princip-il villages, etc., included in this area are jiroekenhurst. Beaulien. Lymingtou, Milf(nd. New Milton and Ringwood. Elective as from the first ])ay week iri Augn>t. 1919. Approved Junction to Four Wents, work on the main road, then iS'ortb Cray Road, Bexley." Approved 12th Angnst, 1919, on the understanding that the above rates were inclusive of all war advances and bonuses. [W.A. 4804.] Buihlinj Trade (^/jerafi res, Derhy. — Derby Master Builders' Association and Building Trade Ojieratives. Agreement — Rates as follows to be paid : Craftsmen (except painters and plumbers), Is*. S*-/. per hour: p'ainters. l.pr liour; labourers and navvies. Is. Ad. per hour; stone-mason fixers, scaftolders and plasterers' labourers to be paid \d. per hour extra. 4Jiese rates to include all bonuses. The working- hours to be 4()v jier week in the summer and 44 in the winter. Approved 29th Aug-ust, 1919, on the understanding that any further reduction in working liours shall not of itself consti- tute a ground for increased hourly rates. [W.A. 2919.] ]h(iUHu() Trade Operatives, Tunhri-Jfje Wells. — South Eastern Centre Boord of Conciliation for tlie Buihling Ti-ade. Decision — The rates at Tunbridg^e Wells shall be : Mechanics, Is. bd. per hour; painters. If/. p?r hour less; scaifolders and timbermen, 2d. per hour less: laboiirers, ;>r hour; painters, l.s. ^d. per hour; labourers. Is. Id. per hour. Labourers engaged on scaffolding work only to be jtaid Id. per hour extra. Hours of labour : 39 weeks at 50 hours per week, 13 weeks winter time at 47 hours per week. The area covered is as follows : — Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Gilston, Eastwick, Hunsdon, High Wych, Widford, Wormle^-, Cheshunt, Hadham, Sianstead, AVare, Thuudridge, High Cross, Colliers' End, Standon, Broxbourne, Rye Park, Puckeridge, Braughing, Tonwell, Sacombe, Waterford, Old Hall Green, Stapleford, Hoddesdon, Hertford Heath, Hertford, Hertingfordbuiy, Cole Green, Bayford, Berkhampstead, Newgate Street, Xorthaw, Biickenden, Great Amwell. Approved 17t]i September, 1919, on the understanding that the above rates were inclusive of all war advances and bonuses. [W.A. 4510.] Building Trade Operati res, Fhpiiouth. — Plymouth and District Association of Building- Trades Employers and Xational Federa- tion of Building Trades Operatives and the National Union of General Workere, Agreement — Rates of wages : Painters, l.». 7t. 1919. A]iproved ^(Jth September. 1919, on the understanding that any further reduction in the working week should not in itself con- stitute a reason for increased hourly rates. [W.A. 3894.] AspJialters, Birmingham. — Ragusa Asphalte Co., Ltd., Le Brea Asphalte Co., Ltd., Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalte Co., Tittl., Asphalte and C-^ment Co , Ltd.. Birmingliam and Midland Counties Yal de Travers Paving Co., Ltd., on the one hand, and the Public Works and Cmistructional Operatives "Tnion on the other. Agreement —Rates advanced for asphalte layers to I5. 7J. per hour; tar paviors and yardmen, 1^-. Qd. per hour; potmen and ruV/bers, ls\ A\d . iier hour: labourers, \s. ■id. per hour. Effective 373 from 1st Aug-ust 1919. Approved 4tli October, 1919. [W.A. 1070/4.] Building Trade Operatives, Briylitun. — Brighton aud District Master Builders' Association and Operatives. Agreement — Rates to be as follows: Mechanics, Is. Qd. per hour; painters, \s. bd.; scatfolders and timbermen, 1^-. 4d. : labourers, Is. od. Working week to consist of 48 hours. Ett'ective from 4th October, 1919. Approved 4th October, 1919, subject to the understanding that any further reduction in the working hours should not in itself constitute a gTound for increased hourly rates. [W.A. 4790.] Building Trade Operatives, Leices. — Lewes Master Builders and Allied Trades Association and Lewes Branch of the National Federation of Building- Trades Operatives. Agreement — Rates of wages to be: Mechanics, Is. od. per hour; painters, l*-. 2d. per hour; scalfolders and timbermen, Is. Id. per hour; laboureis, Is. per hour. Effective as from 22nd August, 1919. Approved 10th October, 1919. [W.A. 6838.] AspliaJters, Toiulon. — London Master Asphalters' Association and Tlie National Union of A.sphalte Workers. Agreement — Rates of wages: Spreaders increased to l.v. Id. per hour, potmen and labourers Is. 4:d. per hour, apprentices 2d. per hour increase. 12-i- per cent, bonus to be merged into the above rates. (Agree- ment, but not letter of approval, also stated that the hours of labour should be reduced from 5()i hours in summer and 50^ hours in winter to 50^ hours per week winter and summer.) Approved 18th October, 1919. [W.A. 7020.] Building Trade Operatioes, West Surrey District. — South Eastern Centre Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades. Decision — Area : Guildford, Godalming, Hasleraere and Witley. Rates of wages — Mechanics, Is. ?id. per hour; painters, \s. bd. per hour; scafEolders and timbermen, Is. 4d. per hour; labourers, Is. 3d. per hour. Effective as from 3rd September, 1919, and the award to stand for six montljs; three months' notice to be given for any further alteration. Approved 24th (Jctober, 1919, on the understanding that any further reduction of hours shoiild not of it>elf constitute a ground for increased licurlv rates. [W.A. 7316.] Building Trade Operatives, ,?0Kf/?rt/?2/;f07i.— Southampton and District Building Trades Employers' Association and National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. Agreement — Rates of wages: Bricklayers, masons, plumbers, plasterers, carpenters and joiners, \s. Qd.; machinists (sjiindle, fourcutter, tenon machines, &c.), \s. Q\d. ; other machinists and sawyers, Is. bd. ; painters, \s. bd. ; scalfolders and timbermen, Is. 3d. ; labourers, 1.9. 2^d. Working hours to be 47 per week. Eifective as from 26th Sep- tember. Approved 27th October, 1919, on the understanding that any further reduction in hours of work should not in itself constitute a ground for increased hourly rates. [W.A. 7420.] Building Trade Labourers, Bristol. — National Board of Con- ciliation for the Building Trades. Decision (confirming decision of South Western Conciliation Board)^Rate for labourers to 374 lu' 1>. "».',//. |it'i- iidiir. I'iriVcliv »' ;i> lioiii the hist ujiy - tliat any further reduction in liouis should not in itself ( (in.-i.t lite a ground for increased hoiirlv rates. [W.A. 7:^01.] Bnihling Trade Operatives, Mineliead. — Miueliead Master Builders and National Union of General Workers. Agreement — The rates of wages for masons and carpenters should be \s. lUJ. per hour; painters, Is. '2d. per hour; labourers. Is. per hour. Tlie hours of labour of all sections of the building trade to be 48 liours per week for tlie eight summer months, and 44 hours per week for the four winter montlis. Carters' wages to be 47.^. ]ier week on the same conditions as before 9th August. Effective as frtMii 9th August, li)19. Approved 4th November, on the undeistanding that the above rates were inclusive of the 12^ per cent, bonus and all war bonuses and advances. [W.A. 4134.] BuUding Trade Operatives, South Wester?! Area. — Scheme of South A^'estern Regional Area .Joint Council for the building trades. Agi-eement — The rates for skilled tradesmen in the area should be : Grade A, l.s-. 8^/. ; Grade B, Is. Id. ; Grade C\ Is. Gd. Rates for la})ourcns specified in detail. Apnroved, with certain provisos as to rates of pluml)eis and painters, and subject to the c(mditions in ceitain cases agreed on by the ])arties, and ill the case of Plvmouth laboiu'ers subject to a certain con- dition, 4th November,' lihj. [V:.\. 7078.] HuiJdintj Trade Operatives, Ea.f working rults. The rates of wages after the increase were : ('arj)eiiters and joiners, !.<;. Id.', bricklayers, l.v. Tr?. ; plumhers, l.<. 7(/. ; plasterers, l.s-. 7^^/. ; painters, l.y. b\(1. ; labourers. Is. Aid. \ hoisters and scaffolders, l.s-. hd . ; wood-cutting machinists, I5. ~d. and \s. 87.: c;)])inet makers, l.>?. TrZ. ; upholsterers. !.ek. Effective fronv first pav week in August, 1919. Ai)proved 20th November. 1919. [W.A.' 2010 '2.] Mining: and Quariying- [jead Miners, — Welsh Van Mining: Co., Llanidloes and Workers' T'nion. Agreement — As for one month from the re-opening of the mine, the rates should be as follows : Mine mechanics, 1st hand, 7.s'. Or/, per day; 2nd hand, G.'?. 6r/. per day: gas-engine drivers, 65. per day. Blacksmiths, 1st hand. Is. per day: 2nd hand, Qs. per day. Miners, G.*. 6^7. per day. Labourers, 5^. Gd. per day. All plus a bonus of 7^. 6r7. per week. This bonus was to be regarded purely as a temporary arrang-ement to meet the exceptional conditions prevailing. Every effort would be made to increase output. Work to be resumed at the mine at the earliest time possible in the circumstances, probablv 1st December, 1919. Approved 20th November, 1919. [W.A. 7G34.] Iron and Steel Manufacture. Ironstone Miners, Barers, Blastfurnaccmen, etc. — Lincolnshire Ironmasters' As.sociation and their workmen. Agi*eement — (1) That the sliding scale be anticipated by 15 per cent, to the end 377 of October next, sucli 15 per cent, to merge in future increases in addition to otlier sums wliich were also to merge. (2) Blastfurnace labourers who were able and willing to take by- turn work at the front and the back side or as slag tippers to have their base rate increased from 35. 8^. to 45. 2d., this to be a permanent increase. Any man who refuses to do by-turn work without a sufficient reason to revert automatically to the 35. Sd. rate. (3) Base rates of ironstone miners to be increased one farthing per ton all round. Barers proportionately increased. Agreed 16th January, 1919. Approved 29th Januarv, 1919. [W.A. (M) 5863 (L.il.).] Iron and Steel Wo7'kers. — Bolckow, Yaughan and Co., Ltd., Cleveland Iron and Steel "Works, South Bank, Yorks, and the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Agreement — (As the result of an award by a neutral committee of North of England Iron and St-eel Manufacturers' Association.) The firm to follow an agreed sliding scale. Effective from 1st October, 1918. Approved 25th April, 1919. [C.E. 1834/4.] Engiueering Trades. Foundry Labourers. — AYest of Scotland Iron and Steel Founders' Wages Association" and National Union of General Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Labour and Workers' Union. Agreement — Advance of 55. per week to those 18 years and over and 25. 6c/. for those under that age. Approved 9th December, 1918. [L.Il. 5571/7.] Steel Dressers. — The Atlas Steel Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., Armadale, Messrs. Dickson and Mann, Ltd., Armadale, The North British Steel Foundry, Ltd., Bathgate, and Bathgate Foundry, Ltd., Bathgate, and the Associated Ir'uU, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland. Agreement— -Increase in rate ot wages for steel dressers in this district by I5. l\d. per week, thus bringing the standard rate up to the standard rate in the West of Scotland area. Effective as from and including the first full pay in the New Year, payable on 18th January, 1919. Date of agreement^ 24th December, 1918. Date of api)roval, 23rd January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 9834.] Electricians. — National Joint Council for the Electrical Con- tracting Industry. Agreement — (1) Tliat the standard hours of work be 47 per week. The rate of pay per hour to be : Pre- war hourly rate of district multiplied by 53, with 285. Or/, added, the whole divided by 47. Plus 12^ per cent, bonus where applic- able. The exact rate for any district under the above arrange- ment to be settled locally, and in the case of disagreement should be settled by the chairman, vice-chairman, and joint socreinries of the Council. (2) That in districts where levelling up had occurred during the war, an adjustment shall be made as re- quired to give effect to such levelling up. In such cases the exact hourly rate shall be settled in the district, and in the event of difference, shall be settled bv the chairman and vice-chairman of the Council. (3) That this alteration should apply to the first full working week following Monday, 27th January. (4) It was provided that after tliis agreement came into effect there should 378 1)1- one lin-iik (iiil\ ol iKii lc>> lliaii 10 iniiintc^' (luiiition in tlie (iidiiiarv full wctrkiiij,'- day. (oi Staiiiii^ and ^tfjppinjr time to be .settled locally, ((i) Tlic ("ouiicil ugiecd thai o\'eiliiue >hoiil(l be drpiccalcd, and w a^ coni i a ry to the s])irit of the ap])Ii(ation for a siiortei- \\nrl substitufiil rates. -JiMli January'. 1!>I!>. |L.1{. KiijOS.] Foundrji /jih'iurcrs. — Ayi'shire Founders' Association and W'orkeis' ['nioii. Ajiieement — Same advance to labourers as luul been L'lanled to the moulders and di-essers by the Award Xo. 'J1-')T of the Commiltee on ProcUiction. Date of afrreement, 10th December, 1918. Date of approval, 27th Januarv, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 983-1.] W'rtii/f/Jit I roll I'lpc 7''/7/r/-.s\— Sheffield District Eiifrineering- Emjdoyers' Association and National Union of Operative Heatinj»^ and Domestic I'^iq-ineers. A<>'reement — The minimum l)a.se rate for wrouiiht iron pipe fitter.s in the employ of the eno;ineeriujr firms of the Sheffield district, as di.stinct from those in the employ of mastei- heating- and. domestic engineers, should be 38*. ])er week of 53 liours. without ])rejudice to any existing ag^reement or awards as bet\\'een the members of the Union and the Master Heating- and Domestic Engineers. Effective as from the befjinnin^ of tlu^ first full pav week in October, 1918. Agfreed. 13th December, 1918. Date of apjivoval 15th Februarv, 1919. TW.A. 1190.] Lnhourcis. — Engineering and the National Emjdoyers" Feder- ations ("\\'est of England Association) (Stroud District). Agree- ment-— Rise of 2s. on labourers' rate. Effective as from date of a})pr()val. Approved 10th March. 1919. [L.R. 15981.] Qualified Steel Worl- Erectors. — Bridg-e and Constructional Engineers' Committee and tlie Iron atid Steel Trades Confedera- tion. In respect of qualified steel work erectors in Lancashire and Cheshire. Agreement — (1) The recognised rate for qualified steelwork erectors should be KHc/. per hour for all liours actually worked, in Avhicli rate should merge any existing g^ood time-keep- ings ])onuses or other extra payment. In addition there should be I'ayable the national advance or bonuses awarded by the Com- mittee on Production and also the 12^ per cent, bonus. In the case of men who Avere in i^ceipt of a hig-her rate of wages, such rates should not be disturbed so long- as the contract tliev were en- gaged U])on continued. This arrangement should take effect as from the commencement of the first full pay following; 2nd July, 1918. (2) In the case of " home " men sent to jobs too far away to allow of their i-eturning- home each nig^ht, \~s. 6d. per week should be paid as outworking allowance as from the commence- ment of first full pay following 22nd November. 1918. this not to apply to men who follow jobs from one place to another and who do not incur expense in maintaining- a home in addition to their lodu'ings. (3) In the case of men paid outworking- allowance, railwav fares to and from the "out" district should be allowed oT9 oiily at <\\'A 1111(1 iiiiish of job and at three holidays during- the year on c.()::dition of jnmctual return of men to work. Travelling ^tinie nt single time rate only to be allowed on the journeys at start and finish of contract. (4) Other existing conditions should remain as at the date of agreement. (5) Thi^ agreement should continue for six months from 22nd November, 1918, with- out prejudice to the right of the Union to raise the question of workino" hours in the event of a shorter workino' week beins: agreed upon in eng-ineenng and shipbuilding estahlishments. Agreed 24th January, 1919. Approved Uth March, 1919. [L.E. 21257/ 4.] YoutJis in EiiijineeiiiKj Trade. — Ipswich and District Engineering Employers' Association and Federation of Engineer- ing and Shipbuilding Trades. Agreement — Advance of Is. per week to youths under 18 (males over 18 received an advance of 2s. per week under Award No. 50 of the Interim Court of Arbitra- tion). Effective from 29th March. 1919. Approved 29th March, 1919. [AV.A. 2108.] Electrical Contracting Industry. — National Joint Industrial Council for the Electrical Contractitifj Industry. Agreement— (see agreement approved 29th January, 1919, summarised above). Rates of wages now fixed for the following districts : Birming- ham, Leicester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Is. b^d. ; Liverpool, l5. 62(j TiikU's. — .Miiliclicster District l']ii^iii('friii<4 Trades Eiii|)l(t3t'r>' Association and Maiu'lu'stcr District ( 'oniiiiittcc ol llie l-'edcialion ol J^nyiiieei- in^ and .Slii])l)uildinlo time fof \voikin«:f on Sunday, Good Fiiday and Cliiistmas ])av to l)e maintained. Time and a quarter should he paid to workers called U])on to work on any 12 days of the iec()<>-nised holidays of the firms c'.— Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, and theii' smiths and strikers. Agreement — The rate of the striker working with the piecework smith in the shipyard to he 44^. per week; that of the striker working with the piecework smith in the engine works 455. per week. Effective from 26th February, 1919. Approved 29th April, 1919, on the understanding that these rates were not in excess of those being paid on the Clvde. [C.E. 514/4.] Other Metal Trades Miscellaneous Metal Workers. — Engineering and National Employers' Federation and (1) (as regards all the trade sections specified exce})t the Sheet Metal Trade) Amalgamated Society of Gas. Municipal and General Workers, Workers' Union, National Warehouse and General Workers' Union, Amal- gamated Tube Trade Society, National Union of General Workers, National Amalgamated I'nion of Enginemen, etc.. Anvil and Vice Trade; (2) a.s regards the Sheet Metal Tiade (national). National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers' Society, National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union, National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Agreement — For extension of terms of Committee on Producti(m Award 2.800. Trades affected: Ammunition: anvil 381 ^nd vice; axles, springs, ironwork and fittings for road veliicles; boiler; bolt and nut; brass founders; bridge builders and con- -fitructional work ; bright bolt and nut, screw and rivet ; coal grate and range; electrical furnace makers; galvanisers; gas-stove makers, hollow ware (cast-iron); iron and steel makers; metal rollers and brass-workers; metal small ware; toolmakers; scale and weighing-machine makers ; sheet metal trade ; small tool makers; spring makers; stampers (hot); steel casement and sash, window makers; steel tank makers; tube makers (welded and weldless) ; wagon builders. The following Trade Sections of the Federation were still (January 9th), except in composite firms, excluded from these agreements : Wire rope section, nail, rule .makers, patent glazing, packing-case, timber, paint and varnish, boat builders, coopers (wet and dry). Approved 14th December, 1918, and 27th December, 1918. [I.C. 99T9.] Grinders of Augers and Auger Bits. — Edg-e Tool Manu- facturers' Association (Sheftield District) and National Amalga- mated Union of Labour. Agreement — A poundage advance of 12|^ per cent, on current net earnings {i.e., earnings exclusive of war bonus) in the grinding of augers and auger bits, to meet the increase in tlie cost of working materials. Effective as from 4th November, 1918. Agreed 6th December, 1918. Approved 1st January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 10180.] Cutlery Workers. — Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers' Asso- ciation and the Cutlery Union. Agreement — Further temp- orary special advance of 10 per cent, (making current bonus 60 per cent.) to table and butcher blade forgers and smithers; a further advance of 13^ per cent, (making current bonus 33^ per cent.) to fl;it steel fork grinders. Approved 1st January, 1919. [W.A. 8012/3.] Pen and Pocket Blade Forgers and Smithers. — The Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers' Association and the Pen and Pocket Blade Forgers' and Smithers' Protection Society. Agreement — New prices in detail for operations in the manufacture of blades, &c., for the 4-inch Army knife and of 4|-inch Army and Navy blades. Effective as regards the 4-inch Army knife as from and for the week following approval; as regards the 4|-inch Armv and Navv blades as from 2nd December. 1918. Agreed -25th "October, 1918. Approved 2nd January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 8677.] , Brass f minders. — Brassfounders Employers' Association and National Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. Ag-reement — Pay- ment of bs. per week to men over 18 and 2*-. Qd. per week to boys under 18 in accordance with Award No. 2,800 of the Committee 'on Production, Approved 4tli January, 1919. [W.A. 10044.] File Cutters (by hand). — File Manufacturers' Association and File Cutters Society, Agreement — Men and boys to Teceive a further war bonus on each existing scale of bonuses as follows : — First one pound (£1) 22^ per cent., making 100 per cent. Second one pound (£1) 5^ per cent., making 57i per cent. Over two pounds (£2) 2| per cent., making 40 per cent. Hen did not receive the 121 per cent, or 7i per cent, bonuses. BB 382 TliesL- advances to lie (IccukmI lo he in full s,it isl'actiou of claim for 'OS. under Award 2,8UU of the Committee on Production. AVomen outworkers should receive a further war bonus ou their existing scale of bonus as follows : — l''irst one pound ... 20 per cent., inakiTi^' 1(K) percent. Second one pound ... 21 per cent., making- 57^ per cent. Api)roved 8tli January, IDIU. [W.A. 1T8.] I'Jdtjc Tool Makers. — -Edge Tool Manufacturers' Association (Slicilield District) and the Iron and Steel Trades Con- federation. Agreement — To men over 21 a war advance of 55. OcZ. per M-eek in full sati'^faction of the claim to the 55. granted under Committee of Production Av.ard No. 2800 in the Engineering and Foundry Trades. In fixing the amount of 55. ija. regard was given to the fact that the men concerned did not receive the bonus of \2\ i)er cent, or 7^ per cent, as such, having been given a flat rate in lieu thereof. To men between 18 and 21 a war ad- vance of 55. per week; to boys under 18 a war advance of 25. iid. per week. ■ Effective as from the pay day in the w^eek ending 7th December, 1918, and to be in respect of the period for which ]iavment was made on that dav. Agreed 24tli December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. " [W.A. (M.) 193.1 Edge Tool Makers, including Edge Tools [Heavy and Light), Joiners' Tools, Brace Bits and Augers, Spades, Forks and Shovels and Harnmers .—F.dge Tool Manufacturers' Associa- tion (Sheffield District) and the National Amalgamated Union of Labour on behalf of edge tool makers as specified above. Agreement as in W.A. (M.) 193 (above). Agreed 24tli December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. CM.) 10180.] Edge Tool Grinders. — Edge Tool Manufacturers' Association (Sheffield District) and the Edge Tool Grinders' Society. Agreement as in W.A. (M.) 193 (above). Agreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M) 48.] Machine Knife ^lakers. — Machine Knife and Allied Trades Association and the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Agreement as in W.A. (M.) 193 (above). Agreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 196.] Machine Knife Makers, eaxluding Jobbing and Slack Grinders. — Machine Knife and Allied Trades' Association and the National Amalgamated Union of Labour on behalf of the above-named operatives. Agreement as in W.A. (M.) 193* (above). Agreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 25.] Sawmakers. — Saw Manufacturers' Association and Sheffield Sawmakers' Associated Protection Society. Agi'eement as in W.A. (M.) 193 (above). Agreed 24th December, 1918. Ap- proved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M.) 22.] Scythe, Sickle and Hook Maker's, excluding Scythe Grinders. — Scythe, Sickle and Hook ^Eanufacturers' Association and the National Amalgamated Union of Labour on behalf of the above- named operatives. Agreement as in W.A. (M.) 193 (above). Affreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M) 24.] 383 Scis-ior Grinders. — The Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers' Asso- ciation and the Scissor Grinders' Trade Society. Agreement — A further advance of \2\ per cent, for grinding and finishing both Government and commercial work, with the exception of bent work. Effective as from 4ih Noveniber, 1918. Agreed 17th December, 1918. Apjjroved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M) 46.] File Grinders. — The File Manufacturers' Association and the Pile Grinders' Trade Society. Agreement — A further war bonus on each existing scale of bonus, as follows : First £1, 22\ per cent., making 100 per cent.; second £1, 5 per cent., making 57| per cent.; over £2, 2\ per cent., making 40 per cent. These bonuses to be in full satisfaction of claim to the bs. granted under Committee on .Production Award No. 2800 in the Engineer- ing and Foundry trades. Regard was given to the fact that the men concerned did not receive the bonus of 12\ per cent, or "ij per cent, as such. Effective as from the i>ay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918. Agreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 10th January, 1919. [W.A. (M) 108.] File Makers. — File Manufacturers' Association and Amalga- mated Union of File Trades. Agreement — Tlie men and boys concerned should receive a further war bonus on each existing scale of bonus, as in agreement W.A. (M) 108 [above). Effective as from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918. Agreed 24th December, 1918. Approved 16th Januarv, 1919. rW.A. (M.) 322.] Zinc Smelters.- -The Spelter Manufacturers' Association and Workers' TTnion. Agreement — Advances of bs. per week to men over 18, 2s. Qd. per week to boys under 18, as from the pay day in the week ending 7th December, 1918. Agreed 11th Februarv, 1919. Approved 20th February, 1919. [W.A. (M) 807.] Brass MacJiinevien. — Shanks and Co., Ltd., Barrhead, repre- sented by the Scottish Brassfounders and Finishers Employers' Association and the Workers' Union. Agreement — Advance of \d. per hour to brass machinemen in the employ of the firm, so as to bring them into line with the majority rate then paid in the district to brass machinemen in brass shops. Agreed 24th Februarv, 1919. Approved 25th February, 1919. [C.E. 4950/4.] Processmen in Spelter Works. — Tlie Spelter Manufacturers* Association, and Workers' Union and National Union of General Workers. Agreement — That in the case of all workmen employed as processmen the work should consist of an average shift of not more than eight hours per day, with nine men to each furnace, the arrangement of the respective duties of the men in each works to be left to the manas:ement. Union official and the Works Committee. Signed 22nd Februarv, 1919. Approved 26th February, 1919. [W.A. (M) 807.] Spelter Workers. — The Enolish Crown Spelter Co., Ltd.. Swan- sea, and the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. Agreement — For the introduction of a system of 8-hour BB 2 ;j84 shifts for furniiccuHMi. Si^nicd JKli LVl)iii;uy, IJJIJJ. Appioved 'J(j(h IVbiuai y. liili). L^^'-^- I'll--] EiKjiiuers in S/u-ltrr W'ork.s. — Spelter >[ciiiuftU-turers' Asso- ciation and Anial«j^ainated Society of F*]ngineers. Agreement — That nienilMTs of the Society in the employment of the members of the Association should he paid the wages and have the same (•onn the one hand, on behalf of The Stockport and District Team Owners' Association, and The National Transport Workers' Feder- ation, on the other h:ind. Agreement — In Stockport and District the following alteration to be made in the wages of horse- drivers, thatis to say: — The rate of one-horse drivers of 555. 6d. per week of 48 hours, exclusive of meal times, including 305. per week war wage, to be substituted for 555. 6d. per week of 62 liours, including 305. per week war wage, applicable to that class 392 (if wKikmcii ill Sl(i(k|)(irl iiiid Disliici. 'I'lic liilc kI two-lioise drivers ol' 58.s. jm-i week of 48 hours, exclusive of meal times, iiicluiliii^' '{O.v. per week war waj^e, to be substituted lor 58.?. |)rr week of 02 liours, iiicliidiiig' 'Mis. jjer week wai- wage, applic- able to that class of workmen in Stockport and District. As rei^ards both one-hoisc driveis and two-horse drivers, over- time to be calculaled and paid on the same basis as applied in Stockport and District, but to be operative in respect of any time in excess of 48 hours weekly. Effective as from 31st March, 1019. Agreed 30th January 1919. Approved, as regards sub- stituted rates of wages, 3rd July, 1919. [W.A. 1440/13.] Woodworking and Furnishing Trades. Woodcutting MarJi mists, Edinhurgh. — SVottish Em ployers' National Federatimi of Packing-case Makers and Amalgamated Society of AYoodcutting Mac hinists. Agreement — The application to Edinburgh and Leitli Districts of the terms of the Award No.. 2(i00 of the Committee on Production. Agreed, 9th December. Approved 2Tth December, 1918. [W.A. 6706/3.] UpJiolsterers and UpJiolsteressei?. — Upholstery Trades Federa- tion and Cabinet Trades Federation and Amalgamated Union of T'pliol-terers. Award by National Conciliation Board (Interim Committee) appcjinted by the Joint Industrial Council of the Furniture Trade — (1) For upholsterers an increase of l^d. per hour and 8| per cent, increase on task and piecework rates respectively .(these advances also to apply to Government uphols- tery contract work), making the standard rate Is. S~d. (2) For upholsteresses the standard rate to be lOd. per hour; the distinc- tion between hand workers and machinists to cease. For women pieceworkers an advance of 12| per cent. Qualifying period for the full rate of pay to be four years of service in the trade. (3) Proportionate increase for junior labour and improvers. (4) Out- door and country expenses : Increase by 25 per cent. Eflr'ective on ])ay day for week endiiiy- 1st Februarv, 1919. Signed 29th January, 1919. Approved 12th February, 1919. [W.A. 1026.] Sawmill Labourer.^, Preston. — Preston and District Sawmill Projirietors' Association and the Workers' Union. Agreement — A rate of 1^. 2\d. per hour, inclusive of nil bonuses and wages advances, and the 12^ percent. Effective from 1st March. 1919. Approved 29th March, 1919. [I.C. 6176.] Coopers, Glasgow. — Glasgow and West of Scotland Master Coopers' Association and Glasgow and District Journeymen Coopers' Protective Society. Agreement — A working week of 47 hours at the rate of l.s\ Q>d. per hour on the one-break system. Advance on dryware casks 10 per cent. Advance of 7^ per cent, on prices up to 59 gallons. Advance of 7^ per cent, on prices of 60 gallons and ui)wards. Advance of 5 per cent, for re]iairings. Effective from 3rd Februarv. 1919. Apin-oved 23rd April, 1919. [W.A. 7096/3.] Artificial Limb Malcr.s —British .Vvtificial Limb Makers' Asso- ciation and the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades- Association, Amalgamatctl Instrument Makers' Society, London 393 Saddle and Harness Makers' Society, Aiualg-amated Port- manteau and Fancy Leather Workers and Amalgamated Carpenters' and Joiners' Association. Agreement — A minimum rate of 1^, 8^d. per hour (including bonuses and advances) to skilled workmen in wood, metal and leather over 21; Is. Qd. per hour to leather workers not sufficiently skilled. If any workman fails to maintain efficiency his right to a minimum rate to be jointly determined by the euiployer and the shop committee, who should also determine the minimum rate for boys and improvers under 21. "Working week of not more than 50 hours all the year round. Overtime: Time and a quarter for first t^vo hours; time and a half for second two hours; double time thereafter. Satur- day afternoons: Time and a half for fi]"st two hours; double time thereafter. Sundavs and holidavs : Double time. Effective as from 15th Februarv, 1919. Approved 15th Mav, 1919. [W.A. (M)215.] ■ ' Wovien Polishers, London District. — Joint Industrial Council for the Furniture Trade. Award of Xational Conciliation Board for the Furniture Trade. — Minimum rate of 1^. per hour to women polishers of 4 years' experience. Learners to commence at 2d. per hour with an advance every 4 months, viz., \d. per hour up to Qdi. per hour, and thereafter Id. per hour up to Is. per hour. In all other respects the rates and conditions affecting male polishers shall apply to females. (Approved with the following amplifications : These rates became prescribed rates under Wages Act. Question of extension to all employers in furniture trade in London District to be referred to Court of Arbitration for advice.) Decision 14th May, 1919. Approved 21st Mav, 1919. [H.Q. 12033/15.] Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. Bakers. — Dublin Master Bakers' Association and Irish Bakers' National Union. Agreement — The Dublin rate for table hands to be increased to 675. Qd. per week, making- an advance on pre- war rates of 33^. Qd. per week. Approved 14th November 1919. [W.A. 8042.] Chemical Trades. .Joiners, Widnes and Runcorn. — Chemical Employers' Federa- tion and Operative Joiners. Agreement' — Manufactiu'ers con- cerned to pay a rate of 1^. 6f7. per hour inclusive of the \2\ per cent. Effective from 1st December, 1918. Manufacturers also ag-reed to follow whatever decision the Builders' Association at Widnes arrived at. Approved 15th January, 1919. [I.C. 6042 and L.E. 15207/76.] Puhlic Utility Services. Workers at Electricity Undertakings. — Electricity Under- takings (General), London District. (See Committee on Produc- tion Award No. 2772 for the list of undertakings.) The four Trade Unions involved were The Electrical Trades Union, The National Union of General Workers, The Workers' Union, and The National AmalgamatedUnion of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. Ag^reement — In the matter 394 of a claim Itv Llic tcui uiii ini- a 47-lioui- week without rcduclioii in pay, coiil'tMeiice iii ui-conlaiicc with para<^iaph ].j ot Award IS'o. 27712 — (I) 47-hour week in th(? case of day-workers. (2) 48-h()ur week in the case of shift-workers, subject to certain conditions. (3) New system to romnicnce as from 1st February, ]9IM. (4) JJasic rates {see ])aragrai)h 8 of Award No. 2772). Hourly rales under this heading to be adjusted from Ist February, 1919, as follows: Day-workers in ratio fifty-four forty-sevenths, shift-workers in the ratio of fifty-six forty-eif^liths. A sub-com- mittee of two on either side to revise these hourly rales for sub- mission at an early date to the joint meeting of employers and union representatives (paragraph 13 of Award No. 2772). Agreed •'')rd January, 1919. Approved, as regards substituted rates, 23rd January, 1919. [W.A. 418/9.] Electrical Workers, Station and Suh-Station Attendants. — Sheffield and District Engineering Trade Employers' Association and Electrical Trades Union. Agreement — That to station and sub-station attendants a general advance of 3s. per normal week be conceded, and that a minimum rate for such classes should be 28s. per week exclusive of special war advances. Effec- tive a3 from the first full pay week after 15th January, 1919. Approved 24th March. 1919. [W.A. 1-576.] Miscellaneous Trades. Loaders, Carmen, etc., Coal Trade, London Area. — Society of Coal Merchants and The National Amalgamated Coal Porters* Union. Agreement— Specified rates of wages to loaders, carmen and trolleymen. A 48-hour week. Eft'ective from 3rd ^Tay, 1919. Approved, as regards substituted rates, 28th April, 1919. ["VY.A. 2502.] Warehouse Employees. — Manchester Warehouse Employers' Federation and National Warehouse and General AVorkers' Union. Agreement — (1) The scale of pay to employees specified in a schedule to operate as the minimum rate of payment for the period 1st January to 30th June, 1919. (2) On or before such last-mentioned date the parties should meet and adopt for a further period of three months revised rates to be in accordance with the rise or fall in the cost of liA'ing governed by the official figures published in the " Labour Gazette." (3) Thereafter a similar revision to take place and operate for another three months. (4) 44 hours to constitute the normal working week. (5) Overtime for males and females to be paid at the rate of Is. per hour, Saturdays 2s. per hour. (6) After six months' service, one full week's holiday with pay; after 12 months' service, 10 days with pay. In addition all employees should be paid durinof the usual or public holidays. (7) In cases of sickness wages to be paid for one week. (8) Terms and conditions for physicallv disabled men or women should be settled by the Advisory WaQr?s Board of ^Ministry of Labour. (9) This agree- ment to be binding for a period of 12 months as from the 1st January, 1919, and to be renewable for a further period of three months. Asrreed 7th February, 1919. Approved 9th August, 1919. [W.A. 4081.] 395 Asbestos Workers. — National Joint Industrial Council of the Asbestos Manufacturing Industry. Resolution — A minimum rate of 9d. per hour plus ^d. for each 10 per cent, that cost of living had increased over the pre-war standard as disclosed by Board of Trade Returns, this rate to include all bonuses or percentages which had been granted since 4th August, 1914, This rate to be varied up or down each quarter at the meeting of the Joint Industrial Council in accordance with the cost of living as disclosed by Board of Trade Returns, and to apply to all unskilled males of 18 years and over. Approved 20th November, 1919. This approval was binding only on employers who were members of the Asbestos Association, Ltd., and their employees. [H.Q. 12112/8.] 396 APPENDIX XI. Statement of Statutory Rules and Orders issued under Sections 2 (3) and 4 (1) (e) of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918. lu pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Section 2 C3) of the AVages (Temporary liegukition) Act, 1U18, which provides that— Where an aAvard determining or varying a rate has been ijo made by the Interim Couii; of Arbitration, or an agree- ment or settlement for such purpose has been arrived at, the Minister of Labour nia}^, on the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration, by order direct that the determination or variation effected by the aw^ard, agreement, or settlement shall be binding on all workmen to whom the prescribed rate in question is applicable and the eniployers of those workmen ; The Minister of Ijabour, acting on the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration, made 15 orders, some of w^hich extended the application of awards issued by the Interim Court of Arbitra- tion, the others extending agreements arrived at by the parties in the particular industrv concerned. Details of the Orders are given in the following Table — Orders issued under Section 2 (3) of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918. Number of Order. t)34 -832 Date of Order. Nature of Order. 24th December, 3918 636 2ttli December, 1918 260 j 26th February, 1919 747 , nth June. 1919 5th July, 1919 ... Extension of Award of the Court of Arbitration in respect of the Asbestos Trade (see page 811 of previous Report of this series for summary of Award). Extension of Award of the Court of Arbitration in respect of the India Rubber Trade (see page 810 of previous Report of this series for summary of Award). Extension of Award of the Court of Arbitration for Women Workers in Engineering and Allied Trades (see page 73 for summary of Award). . .; Extension of Agreement for carters and drivers in the London district (see page 388 for summary of Agreement). Extension of Award of the Court of Arbitration for lace makers in the Long Eaton District (see page 129 for summary of Award). 397 . Number of Order. 935 Date of Order. 1580-) 1681 [ 1582 J 1635 1772 23rd July, 1919 ... 938 23rd July, 1919 ... 993 31st July, 1919 ... 1239 13th September, 1919 1173 3rd September, 1919 1st November, 1919 19th November, 1919 19th November, 1919 Nature of Order. Extension of Agreement for the Shirt and Collar Industrj^ (see page 387 for summary of Agree- ment). Extension of Agreement for the Tin Box Trade (see page 384 for sum- mary of Agreement). Extension of Award of the Court of Arbitration for the Wholesale Clothing Trade (see page 137 for summary of Award). Extension of Agreement for the London Tie Industry (see page 387 for summary of Agreement). Extension of Agreement for Building Trade Operatives in the Counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex (see page 362 for summary of Agree- ment). Extensionof Agreements and Awards for the Lace Industry (see pages 386 and 131 for summary of Agreements and Award). Extension of Agreements for the London Building Trade (see pages 354, 364 and 367 for summary of Agreements). Extension of Award for Baking Trade of England and Wales (see page 176 for summary of Award). The Minister aLso exercised liis powers under Section 4 (1) (e) of the Act and issued an (Jrder fixing- a jjrescribed rate for certain classes of workpeople. The Order is reprinted in full below : — No. 357. • Order dated 24th March, 1919, made by the Minister or Labour under Section 4, Parac;rapii (e) of the Wacjes (Temporary EEGULATiojf) Act, 1918 (8 «& 9 Geo. 5, c. 61). Whereas it is provided by paragraph (e) of Section 4 of the Wag-es (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, that as respects a woman or girl to whom neither paragraph (c) nor paragraph (d) of that section applies the prescribed rate shall be the time rate or other basis for determining wages (with any allowances for over- time, night work, week-end or holidays when worked and addi- tional war bonuses or war advances) paid on the said date by employers employing a majority of women or girls engaged on the same class of work in the trade or industry or branch thereof in the district in which she is employed, unless some other rate is fixed by the Minister of Labour on the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration, in which case the rate so fixed shall be the pre- scribed rate : cc 398 Ami w licrt'iis iKj rules liavc yet }>een settled under I In- j)r(>((;dure laid down in the Trade Hoards Ads, 1009 and 1918, lor the classes oi workj^'opk' set out in the first column oi I'art 1 of th(! Schedule hereto : And wheieas the Minister of Laljour (jn the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration considers it desirable to hx prescriljed rates for the said classes of workpeople : Now, therefore, the Minister of Labour, on the advice of the Interim Court of Arbitration and in jnirsuauce of the power given to him for this purpose by paragraj)h (e) of Section 4 of the Wiges ('reniporary Regulation) Act, 1918, hereby makes the following Order:— ' (1) The prescribed rates for the several classes of workpeople specified in the first column of Part 1 of the Schedule hereto when em|)loyed on time-work shall be those set out respectively in the fourth column of Part 1 of that Schedule opposite the respective classes, consisting in each case of the time rate in the second column of Part 1 of that Schedule, together with the war-wage advance in the third column of Pai-t 1 of that Schedule. (2j Tlie prescribed rates for the said several classes of work- peojile when employed on piecework or other systems of payment by results shall be the same as the pre- scribed rates fixed by this Order for the said several classes when employed on time-work. (3) The prescribed rates for learners of over 15 years of age entering the industry for the first time shall for the first 3'ear be Id. per hour less than the prescribed rates fixed by this Order for workpeople of similar age. (4) The rates fixed by this Order apply only to the classes of workpeople set out in the first column of Part 1 of the Schedule hereto, to whom neither paragraphs (c) nor (d) of Section* 4 of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, nor the provisos to that Section apply. (5) This Order shall have effect in all districts in Great Britain but not in Ireland. (6) This Order shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1919. (7) The Minister reserves power to revoke or vary this Order. Dated this 24th day of March, 1919. E. S. HORXE, Minister of Labour. Ministry of Labour, Montagu House, London. ■399 The Schedule above referred to. Part I. Class of Workpeople. Time Rate. War advance. Prescribed Rate. Women ot: 18 years and over employed on the operations specified in the second part of this Schedule. % Grirls of 17 years and under 18 so employed Girls of 16 years a.nd under 17 so employed Grirls of 15 years and under 16 so employed Girls under 15 years so employed afoer six months Girls under 15 years so employed first six months d. 1 6 4 2S Part II. (1.) The making from textile fabrics of women's and cliildren's clotliing", including : — («) Tailored garments, costumes, mantles and ladies' uni- forms. (6) Non-tailored gowns, blouses, blouse robes, ties and neck- wear. (c) Dressing gowns, underskirts, underclothing, aprons and pinafores. {d) Baby linen (garments), including infants' millinery. (2) The manufacture of corsets, stays, supports or abdominal belts and similar articles, bust confiners, such as brassieres and bandeaux, when boned or with elastic webbing in their construc- tion, and including also infants' stay bands, children's corset bodices and the assembling of stocking suspenders made in a corset factory. (3) Decorative needlework incidental to the above garments^ including all machine embroidery and hand embroidery other than linen and -cotton. (4) All packing, warehousing, storing and other operations inci- dental to the processes marked 1 to 3 above, hut excluding — - Boys' tailoring and all knitted articdes and articles made from knitted fabrics. cc 2 400 APJ^ENDIX XII. Statement of Important Legal Decisions given during 1919 on Appeals from Decisions of Local Munitions tribunals. l\Nn\\i) /•. JiAiiM) AS]) Co. (lUlU, ;j Munitions AyiicaJs, 80j — I'ogilioii of Appicnl ice under the Wuf/a [J einporary lieyiiJdtion) Act, TIk' Kngiiiceriii^' LnipJo} ers' FedeiatioJi ;iimI various Trade Unions conjiec'ted with tiie engineering and foundry trades agreed iji February, UJl"*, that the Commitl»e on Production should consider wJuit general alteration in wages was warranted hy tlie abnormal conditions due to the War, and that the uwarii ol ihe Connuittee on Production should be an award under tlie Muni- lions of AVtir Acts. The Committee on Production awarded, inter (ilia, that l)oys, youtlis, and apprentices siiould receive a certain sum extra per week. An indentured ajjprciitjce claimed that he was u workman of a class to wiii(di a [)rescril)ed rate of wages was applicable under tlie Wages (Temjjorary Eegiilation) Act, 1918, and complained that he had been paid less than the rate fixed by the awards of the Committee on Production. The defendant firm contended that the apprentice was not a workman of a class to which the prescribed rate was applicable; that the awards of the Committee on Production did not apply to indentured a])])rentices, and that such awards of the Committee on Production as purported to be applicable to indentured ap])ren- tices w^ere ultra vires. Held on appeal (1) that what is paid to an apprentice is a wage, and that there is a prescribed rate of wages for apprentices geneially applicable in most districts; (2) that although the Committee on Production had no jurisidiction under the agreement of February, 1917, to deal with the wages of apprentices, yet, inasmuch as they had made awards dealing with the wages of apprentices without any objection on the part of the employers, the employers must be taken to have consented to the Committee on Production dealing with the matter of wages of apprentices, and that the awards were binding with regarvl to the wag-es of all apprentices whether under indentures or under verbal contracts. Kayk r. JosKPii Steel axd Sons (1919. '-jM unit ions AppeaJs, 97) — Withdrmval of advance conceded in error. The defendant firm manufactured textile machinery in a village near Keighlev, and in May, 1918, they agreed to pay their work- men the same rates as were piiid by three similar firms in Keighley, this rate being Is. per week liigher than that paid by Hie general engineering firms in Keighley. On August lOlh, 1918, the rates in general engineering establisliments at Keighley were increased by Is. yev week by an aAvard of the Committee nn Production ; but this award did not apply to the textile firms in Keighley, nor to the defendmt firm. The defendant firm, however, being under the impression that the Keighley textile 401 firms liad also advanced their rate of wages by the extra sliilling-, agreed to pay it, with the reservation that the addition was subject to verification from Keighley. The increased rate was paid as from August 10th to February Gtli, when the defendant firm discovered that the Keighley firms had not j^aid it, and they therefore discontinued further payments. Complaint was made to the Munitions Tribunal of failure to pa}' the jjrescribed or sub- stituted rate under the Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Act, 1918. Evidence was given by an officer of the Ministry of Labour to the effect that tlie agreement to jiay the exti-a 1^. was approved of in this sense, that the defendant firm were given to understand that their action iu ])aying the extra Is', under the agreement would not be in any way displeasing to the Ministry of Munitions or Ministry of Labour. Held, on appeal, that inasmuch as the defendant firm continued to pay the extra Is. for ten weeks after the passing of the Wages (Temporary Regulation ) Act, and the Ministry of Labour knew that it was being done, there was evidence of an agreement approved b}- the Minister of Labour subsequent to the passing of the Act to pay such rate of wages. Edwards r. Baiuvbr Bros. (Shrewsbury), Ltd. (1919, 'J Munitions Appeals, 124) — Question of what constitutes a district for determination of prescribed rate. In a complaint under the Wages (Temporary Eegulation) Act, 1918, against an employer for failure to })ay the prescribed rate, the question arose whether Shrewsbury constituted a district within the meaning of Section 4 (1) of the Act. The tribunal decided that Shrewsburj^ constituted a district and ordered pay- ment of the prescribed rate. Held on appeal that the order must be quashed, as all ques- tions which are necessarily incidental to tl;e determination of the question whether there is a prescribed rate applicable to the class to which the workman belongs, and what is the ])rescribed rate for that class, including the determination of the nature and extent of the class and the limits of the district material to the case, must be reported by the tribunal to the Minister of Labour under Section 5 (2) of the Act. Brkei) r. Edmonton Munitions Co., Ltd. (1919, 3 Munitions Appeals, 131] — Observance of Orders under the Munitions of War Acts. Complaint was made against the employers that they had not paid certain women workers the war advances provided for in various Orders made by the Minister of Munitions under the Munitions of War Acts! The Orders relied upon were No. 781 of 1917 and Nos. 31 and 546 of 1918. The employers contended that, though there was no general increase of wages at the time of the application of the respective Orders, they had, from time to time, made increases for diligence and ability, or as induce- ments to increase output, and that the wages with these increases would amount to, or exceed, the wages and bonuses due under the Orders. 402 11(1(1, (til ji|)|)('al. that it was not necessary in order to satisiy the lei IMS ol' llic Orders, that the sums therein specified should be paid hy the employers eo iioininc, or be; included iu the wages by .some e.\|)i('.ss (ti' s|)e(iHc agreemejit. Cox V. lidiiiNKiMoiTii MoToii SvNDicATK (lOUi, -3 Munitions A /./It'll Is, 140) — Pjffcrt of reduction of Jiour.s on, pre.fciihed rale. 'I'lie (•(jm|)laiut in this case was that the eni])lo3eis iiad infringed the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act by not paying to a woman worker the r.ites in accordance with Statutory Kules and (Jrders 540 and 1UT;j of 1918. After the signing of the Armistice the working hours for tlie week had, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Munitions and 1*3' agreement between the em])loyer and the workers, been reduced from 48 to 4U, and thereafter the woman had been paid 9d. an hour for the 40 hour Aveek. Tlie Munitions Tribumil held that the prescribed weekly wage under the Orders was 35.s*. for a 48-hour week, and made an order for jiaywient of the difference. On ap])eal, it was held that the worker was not entitled to be paid the sum aworded by the tribunal, because the award was based upon the vicAv that the worker had worked the "full ordi- nary week," whereas on the true construction of the Order? she had not so worked. The " full ordinary week " means the normal worluuL!- week in the district or in the trade. PoRTEK r. Smith Bros. (Burxley), Ltd. (1919, 3 Munitions Ayyeals, 150 — Position of young lahonrers in relation to men's rate. Two youths between 18 and 21 were employed by the snme firm as joiners' labourers. One of them had done a man's work; but the other, who was an apprentice, could not do a man's work. A comjdaint was made on behnlf of them both that the firm had infringed the Wages (Temporar}- Eegulation) Act by not paying iliem the men's rate. The Munitions Trilninal found that the em])l()ycrs had not proved any agreement or custom in the district that boys were only entitled to be paid the standard rate on attaining the age of 21, and held that one of the youths was, in fact, doing men's work, and was entitled to the men's rate; but the other was not so entitled. In the former case the tril)un«l ordeied arrears to be paid as from the date when the right to receive a man's full rate of wages arose, although the question was not raised until several months later. Held on appeal (1) that, in the absence of any agreement or custom, the qiiestion whether a youth is entitled to n man's rate of wages does not depend upon his having attained any particular age, but upon his cajiacity to do a man's work: (2) that the tri- lninal ouglit to have ]im\ regard to the time when the question \vas first raised, and not merelv to the time when the risrht to receive a man s full rate of wages arose; (3) that the tribunal were not bound under section 5 (2) of the Wages (Temporary 403 Re2:ulation) Act to report to the Ministry of Labour the question whether the youths were workmen of a class to which a prescribed rate is applicable, as that question is oinitted in the matters the tril)unal are bound to report. (.'ocKERiLL V. Calico Printers' Association, Ltd. (1919, "} Munitions Appeals, 162) — Prescribed rate of maintenance men. The Association emploj^ed a staff of joiners, masons, painters, etc., to do the necessary^ maintenance work on their building's, and a claim was made that tliese men should l)e ])aid the rates agreed upon between a Federation of Building Trade Employers and a Federation of Building Trades Operatives. The tribunal allowed the claim ; but on appeal the order was quashed, it being held that the tribunal ought not to have decided the matter, but should have reported the question to the Minister of Labour under Section 5 (2) of the Wages (Temporary Begu- lation) Act. Generally speaking, the matters which have to be reported are matters of general concern or involving classes of men and employers, and which are necessarily incidental to -the determination of the question whether or not there is a prescribed or substituted rate, and what it is. Such a matter requiring to be reported had arisen in this case. Questions as to individuals, such as whether a particular employer is engaged in a particular industry, or whether a workman is in a particular class, ought to lie determined by the tribunal and not reported to the Minister of Labour. Hinckley v. Nicklin and Co., Ltd. (1919, 3 Munitions Appeals, 172) — Position of firm not party to reference to arbitration. By an aAvard of the Interim Court of Arbitration, certain advances were granted to workpeople employed in certain occu- pations, ^o order extending the award Avas made by the Minister of Labour under Section 2 (3) of the Act. Complaint was made against the defendant firm, who were not jxirties to the reference, that they, had infringed the Act by not paying the advance of wages granted by the aw^ard. Held, on appeal, that the employees were not bound by the award as they were not parties to the reference, and as there was no order of the Minister of Labour making the variation in the lates of wages, effected by the award, binding on all workers to whom the prescribed rate was applicable, and the employers of those workers. Williams v. George Edge and Sons (1919, 3 Munitions Appeals, 181) — Failure of finn to observe an afjreenient. The employers in this case "uere members of an association of master builders which was affiliated to a local federation of build- ing trade employers. This federation entered into an agreement with the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, fixing, inter alia, the rate of wages to be paid in the town where 4U-i tlic »'iii|)l()yeis carried on business, 'i'liis agreement was apj)rove(l l>\ tli»' Minister of Jjal)oui-, so tluit the rates agreed upon beeanie tin >ui>stilutcd rates under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Ael. (.'()!n[)hiinl was made against llie cmploj^ers that they Jiad intiinged the j)rovisions of the Act l»y not j)aying the rate laid down in the agreement. Held on apjx'al (Ij that the agreement was binding on the employers as they belonged to a society affiliated to a federation whii-h nuule the agreement, the agreement having been a[)proved by the Minister of Jjabour, and that it was not nei-essary that tlie employers personally should liaye entered into the agreement ; (2) that the Munitions Tribunal were enforcing an Act of Parlia- ment and not enforong the agreement, and therefore Section 4 of the Trade Union Act, 1871, did not apply. GivENS r. White .\nd PoprE, Ltd. Okkell v. The Same (1920, 4 Mvnihons Appeals, 14) — Etnploymcnf. of sl'ilJerl men on semi-.tlillerl irork. Two fully skilled workmen were employed by the defendant firm on semi-skilled work, and ])aid the rate of the job. A com- plaint was made that the firm were infringing the Wages (Tem- porary Regulation) Act by not paying the men the prescribed rate for skilled men. Held, on appeal, that the rate of wages to which a workman is entitled under the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. 1918, is determined l)y the rate applicable to workmen doing the class of work U})on which he is ordinarily employed, and not by the skill which he possesses, and therefore the skilled workman, who is habitually employed to do semi-skilled or unskilled work, is onlj- enfitled to the rate of wages applicable to workmen doing that (lass of work and not to the rate of wages applicable to a skilled workman. Webu r. WooDJtAN AND SoNS (1919, o M iuiii uin s Appeals, 190) — Ohscrraiicc of (in airnid under flie Conciliation Art. 1890. The .loint Industrial Council for the sawmilling industry failed to agree as to the rates to be paid in the industry generally, and both sides of the Council agreed to refer the matter to the Minister of Labour for settlement. The Minister, with the consent of both sides, referred the matter to the Interim Court of Arbitration for settlement under the Conciliation Act, 1896. The Court made an award fixing the rate of wages, but this award was not (n)])roved by the Minister of Labour under Section 1 |1) of the Wages (Temj)orary Regulation) Act, 1918, as an agreement or settlement. The defendant firm refused to be bound by the award, and a comidaint agoinst them was made to the Local Munitions Tribunal. Held, on appeal, that the tribunal had no jurisdiction to enter- tain the complaint, as the award was made in a reference under the Ccmciliation Art, 1896. and not under the Wages (Temporary 405 Uegulatioii) Act, 1918, and bad uot been approved by the Minister of Labour under Section 1 ot the Act of 1918 as an aoieement or settlement, McLaren and Co. t-. Addison. Shanks and Sons r. Climie iScotiisJi Muiiiiioii.s A/jpeal.-;, lijl ) — Question of prescribed rate of yenend lahoui ers. General labourers brought a complaint under tlie Wages (Tem- porary Beg-ulation) Act, 1918, charging their employers with failing to pay the jjrescribed rate. The local tribunal found, as . a fact, that there was no " recognised time rate " applicable to tlie class of general labourers to which the complainants belonged, and reported to the Minister of Labour under Section 5 (2) of the Act, the question — wjiat, if any, is tlie prescribed rate appli- cable to the class of general labourers. The employers ap])ealed against this. Held, on appeal, that a question having ari" following cases' the Chairmanship of the Joint District Board is at ]>res?nt vacant: — Cleveland. South Wales (including Monmouthshire). The Mainland of Scotland. In this instance the Chairman- ship was vested in three persons, namely, Sheriff A. 0. M. Mackenzie, K.C.,, Sir Thomas Mason, and Mr. C. J. Drummond, J. P. The first-named gentleman has now resigned. 407 During" tlie year 1919 little work was done by tlie Joint District Boards established under this Act. In most districts there was no occasion for a meeting of the Board. The following is a record of the work done during the year : — Lancashire and Cheshire. The independent Chairman, His Honour Judge F. H. Mellor, presided at a meeting of the Board on 10th January to decide a point concerning a particular workman employed at Poynton Col- liery. The minimum rates settled in the Lancashire and Cheshire District fixed the rates for, inter alia, 1. (b) The men responsible for the getting down and break- ing out of the coal after the machine and the timbering of the place where the coal is broken. 2. For all workmen other than the above, i.e., those set out in the different classes included in the rates fixed. There was a difterence of opinion on the Joint District Board as to the classes of men included in these provisions. In due course the Chairman issued his award and decided tJiat the man in question w^as not entitled to be paid under Section 1, Sub-section [b) of the minimum rates, but that he was to be paid as a dataller or day wage man under Section 4. Forest of Dean. March 4th, 1919. — Col. Russell Kerr, the independent Chair- man, issued an award on March 4th, 1919, advancing the minimum wage standard rate from 4lS. tp 4^. Id. per day, plus current jjcrcentage. April 29th, 1919. — Meeting with the independent Chairman, when ;in application made by the workmen to him to declare Rule 4 of the district rules ultra vires as coming within the terms of the judgment laid down in Davis and Another v. the Glamorgan Coal Company was refused by him. June 8th, 1919. — Meeting with the independent Chairman, who formally recorded an agreement between the members of the Joint District Board to vary the minimum rate of wages for workmen earning 4^. per day and under, in accordance with a scale then submitted. August 8th, 1919. — A dispute as to percentage paid at Parkend and New Fancy Collieries was gone into before the independ(>nt Chairman, and settled. Bristol. Alderman G. Pearson, the independent Chairman, issued the following award on xipril 2nd, 1919, in connection with an appli- cation for a revision of the minimum wage rates established under 408 llic Colli Minos (Minimum Wagej Act, 1!)I2, at iht; Coali)it Heath (Jollieiy, the dispute occuiiiii^ owinfr to the fact tliat the owners ref'usecl to pay tlie mininmin rates ou tlie giound that the men were not turning out tlic annjunt of coal they were caj)al)le of doing : — " That no deduction* should have hcen made l)y the masters from the minimum wages of the men until an application had been made to the Chairman to decide whether or not in his opinion the workmen had forfeited their right to the minimum wage on the grounds that the diminution in the output was caused by the Tiegligence or the default of the workmen." 409 INDEX TO Detailed Statiiments of Cases in Appendices V to X. Accumulator Makers : Hart Accumulator Co., Ltd. ... Agricultural Implement Makers : Doyle, Wm., and Co., Ltd., and two others, Wexford Green, Thos., and Son, Ltd., Leeds Hunter, Thos., and Sons (Maybole), Ltd., and Jack, Alexander, and Sons, Ltd., Maybole ... Agricultural Workers Aircraft Salvage Workers Aircraft Woodworkers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) Alloy Workers : Newcastle Alloy Co., Ltd. Aluminium Trade : Aluminium Corporation, Ltd., Dolgarrog, Tal-y-cafn, North Wales Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd., Willesden ... British Aluminium Co., Ltd. ... „ ,, „ Foyers ... ,, ,, „ Kinlochleven „ ,, „ Larne and Milton (Engineers) Milton, Stoke-on-Trent Ammunition Box Repairers Anchor Makers. {See under Chain Makers). Apprentices : Scotland (Packing Case Makers) Yorkshire (Sheet Metal Workers) Dublin (Baking Trade) Newry, Ireland (Baking Trade) Redditch and District (Needle Industry) Cramer, Wood and Co., Ltd., Dublin (Tuners, etc). Crane and Sons, Ltd., Dublin (Tuners, etc.) Hawke, Fred, Plymouth (Shipwrights) Mavpole Dairy Co., Ltd.. DubHn and Kingstown (Shop Assistants etc.) Midland Railway (Ireland) Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Clydach Moses, W. H., Ramsgate (Shipwright) Pigott and Co., Ltd. (Tuners, etc.) ... Armature Winders Artificial Limb Makers (London) Asbestos Packing Makers : Hall and Hall, London Asbestos Workers : Great Britain (Women and Giils) ... ... ... ... 206, Asphalters. {See tinder Building Trades (Concreters).) Auger Grinders : Sheffield Awl Makers : Ullathorne and Co., Ltd., London Page, III 338 125 110, 111 344, .345 83, 84 112 109 117 109 109 109 110 110, 127 151 154 109 175 177 112, 113 348 348 101 349 92 254 104 348 295 158, 392 206 395, 396 381 179 no Pa?e. ]i.\»i U'oKiCKits. (.SVp itmlpr Textile 'I'lades, (Sack Workers).) IJakkks. (Se.e under Food, Drink and Tohaeco TradcB). JiAHtiKMKN. (Sec //w'/rr 'I'ransporl 'VuuWh innl h'oofl, Drink and Tobacco Trades, (Jrain Millers.) Basic Slao VVorkkrs 164 Hkustkai) Workers, Womkx : (Jreiit Britain 119 liEVKLLKRS ((Jr.ASS) '.W.i Blade Forgers 381 B:)BBiN Makers. ("»4 Daitfoid. Krith itiid Mfxley .'{TO Dcrhy :!.")7. ."571 Dcwshiirv ... ... •.. ••. ... ••• ••• ■•• ■5'">-' Dover Hf) Duliliii .■)H. .-.<», Hf)4 Du.llrv :{70 Mast (liiiistcad and District ... ... ... ... ... ... ^574 Kritli. {See Dartford above).- Kpsom Falmoiitli 2m (das;io\v and Edinburgh ... ... ... ... ... ... 'W2 (iloucostcr ;{6(> Ciosport and Fareham ... ... ... ... ... 'i^n (iravcsend ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 368 (Jrinisby ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 357 Halifax ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3.55 Harrogate 362 Hasting.s ... ... ... ... ... ... .355. .368 Hereford • 355,366 High Wycombe, Marlow, Gerrard's Cross and Maidenhead ... .367 Ipswich ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2-30 Kidderminster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.'? King's Ljnn and District ... ... ... ... ... ... 60, .368 Lancaster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 358 Leamington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 351. 363 Jxicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 363 Lewes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 373 Lichfield 365 Limerick ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 361 London 3.54. .370, 307 Long Eaton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 352 Loughborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 360 Macclesfield 350 Mansfield 359 Minehead ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 374 iS'ewark 362 Newton Abbot 369 Northampton .'.. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3.53 Nuneaton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 361, 366 Okehampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 Ossett and Horburv ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 357 Oxford ; 366 Plymouth 354, 369, 372 Reading and District ... ... ... ... ... ... 55,361,376 Rugby 371 Salisbury and District ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 Shaftesbury 215 ShelHeld and Rotherham ... ... ... ... ... ... 353,369 Southampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 364, 373 Stroud ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 366 Sunderland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 353 Swanage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 369 Swindon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 363 Taunton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 361 Tcignmouth and District ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 Tenbv 336 Tunbndce Wells 371 Walsall 353 Walsall and Wednesbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 370 Wellingborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 375 West Bromwicb 359 Wolverhampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 362 413 Page. Btjilding Trades — cont. Building Trades Operatives generally — cont. Worcester ■... 362 Wrexham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 Abbott, Tom, and three others, Poole and Wimborne ... ... 62 Admiralty (Airship Station, Howden) ... ... 351 Air Ministry (Dublin District) 58,59 Appleton, R., and Son, and five others, Andover ... ... ... 59 Arnold, H., and Son, Peterborough ... 215 Aylott, J., and two others, Woking 57 Bell, J. and R., and seven others, CarUsle ... ... ... ... 54 Bowen, J., and three others, Fermoy ... ... ... ... ... 59 Cracknell, Glemsford ... 61 Creighton Construction Co., Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness ... ... 56 Dunne, A., Kilkenny 350 Epsley, F., and Sons, Stafford 353 Hilher, Benjamin, and Sons, and three others, Marlborough ... 215 H.M. Office of Works (Peterborough) 215 ,, „ „ (Glemsford) ... ... ... ... ... 61 (Taunton) 61 Houston, J. W., and Co., Partick Cross, Glasgow ... 230 Mead, Jesse, Chesham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 Pollard, George, and Co., Staplegrove Factory, Taunton ... ... 61 Pollock, James, Sons and Co., Ltd., Faversham ... ... ... 51 Rust and Ratcliff e, Chesham ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 Scottish Wholesale Co-operative Society, Ltd. ... 55 Bricklayers and Masons. {See also under Building Trades Operatives generally.) Inverness, Forres, Nairn, Elgin and Buckie Districts 59 Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Ayr 213 Bedford .359 Chesterfield 360 Dundee ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Grimsby 350 Kilmarnock ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Leamington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 351 Leeds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 351 Leigh .358 Louth 350, 360 Middlewich • ... 359 Nantwich ... 357 Pembroke and Pembroke Dock 58 Perth 212 Redditch 354 Spen Valley' 351 Stourbridge 359 Tarporley 358 Wakefield 365 Winsford 358 Duckham and Cloudsley, Ltd., Birkenhead ... ... ... ... 232 Morris Bros., Inverkeithing ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 Moyes, W. and A., Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 Woodall, Duckham Co., Ltd. {See Duckham and Cloudsley, Ltd.) Canteen Workers : Anderson, P. and W., Ltd., and Aii- Ministry 53 Carpenters and Joiners. {See also under Building Trade Operatives generally. ) Scotland (Special District Cases) ... ... ... ... ... 53 Bute 213 Dorset ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Bedford 359 Blackpool 352 Castleford, Harrogate and Yeadon 361 DD 414 Tirii.i>iN(} Tkadks — conl. Carpenters and ./oiner.i — ront. (VjIiu- Douglas, Isle of Man (irimsby ... Hawick Huddrrsficld Inverness ... Kirkcaldy Ix'aniiniilon Leigh Louth Newbridge, Kildaie and Xaa.s ... Orniskirk ... Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Rcdditch Rosyth and X. Queensferr\- Spen Valley ytourbridge Tunbridge Wells Wakefield Waterford... Wexford ... Widnes and Runcorn Air Ministry and three firms (Aldergrove Acceptance Park Crumlin) Arnold, A. J., Chelmsford Balfour, Beatty and Co., Ltd., Kinmel Park, Rhyl Blencowe, F., and four others, Bicester Chivers, W. E., and Sons, Ltd., Devizes Crosby and Co., Ltd., Farnham Goddard and Sons, Farnham ... Moran, T. J., and Co., Killeagh, Co. Cork (Demarcation) War Office „ (Army Contracts Dept.), Kinmel Park, Rhyl Carters. (See also under Transport.) Burj' St. Edmunds ... ... ... ... Xewry Waterford... Clerh a)td Time-keeper. {See also under Main Heading.) Garlick, John (1910), Ltd., London Concreters and Aspltalters : Scotland ... London Manchester Asphalt e and Cement Co., Birmingham Birmingham and Midland Counties Val de Travers Paving Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... 54, H.M. Office of Works (Contracts and Labour Branch), Frampton- on-Severn Le Brea Asphalte Co., Ltd., and others, Birmingham Divers : Topham, Jones and Rail ton, Ltd., Pembroke Dock Electricians : Air Ministry (Baldonnell Aerodrome) ... Coates, Wni., and Son, Ltd., Edmundson's Electricity Corporation, Ltd., and various Government Departments Foremen and Chargehands. (See also under Main Heading.) Scotland ... Tees-side ... Harbrow, W.. Ltd Page. 357 350 3.50 213 357 61 213 351 358 3.-J0, 360 365 358 58 354 51 351 359 .351 354 360 336 393 53 57 51 214 275 53,56 56 231 54 51 350 232 361 230 212 213 373 357 54 372, 375 54, bo 372 58 51 212 360 415 Page. Buiij)iNG Trades — co7it. Labourers. (See also under Building Trades Operatives generally.) Scotland 214 Dumfriesshire, Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire ... ... 62 Ayr 213,214 Bristol 377 Bute 213 Dumfries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 213 Dundee 214 Hawick 214 Kilmarnock 213 Leeds 354 Lincoln ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 351 London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 364 Ludlow 359 Newry 232 Pembroke and Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... ... 58 Perth 212 Redditch 354 Spen Valley 351 Stourbridge 359' Waterford 361 Wigan , 35& Air Ministry and three firms (Aldergrove Aerodrome) 53- Akers, W., and Co., Croydon ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 Beattie, Robert, and Sons, Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... 57 Blencowe, F., and four others, Bicester ... ... ... ... 214 Hall, George, Aberdeen 215 Pollock, James, Sons and Co., Ltd., Faversham ... ... ... 51 Shellabear, G., and Sons, Ltd., Falmouth ... 231 War Office (Isle of Grain) 56- „ (Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry) ... 52 Wills, C. J., and Sons, Ltd., Isle of Grain ... ... ... ... 56 Wilson, Kinmond and Marr, Ltd., Irvine ... ... ... ... 57 Lathers. {See also under Building Trades Operatives generallv.) Scotland !. ... 212 Glasgow and West of Scotland ... ... ... ... ... 369 Painters and Glaziers. Scotland ... 214 Tees-side 355 Yorkshire .352 Ayr 214 Crewe 358 Dumfries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Grimsby 360 London ... ... ... 364 Manchester 352 Newark 351 Sheffield 352 Southend 375 Winsford 358 Blencowe, F., and four others, Bicester 214 Crosby and Co. , Ltd. , Farnham ... ... ... ... ... 5(> Goddard and Sons, Farnham ... ... ... ... ... ... ,56 War Office (Director of Army Contracts), Kilkenny 359' Plasterers : Aberdeen ,360' Waterford 363 Plumbers : Tees-side ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 354 Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 350 Brighouse ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,56 Cheltenham 230 DD ? 416 Page. BuiMHNO Tkadks — rnnt. PI II inher.s -cunt. Crewe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 358 (Jloagow 233 (jiloiicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 230 Huddcrsficld 366 Hou.ston, J. W., and Co., Mo.ssend 230 Miskiminin, J., and Sons, Ltd., Bclfa.st ... ... ... ... 53 VV^ar Office (Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry) ... ... ... 52 Sheeters : Moran, T. J., and Co., Killeagh, Co. Cork (Demarcation) ... ... 231 Slaters : Scotland (Special District Cases) ... 53 Tile Fixers : Glasgow 214 Timekeepers : Carlick, John (1910), Ltd., London 230 Woodcutting Machinists : Leigh 358 Chi vers, W. E., and Sons, Ltd., Devizes 275 Crosby and Co., Ltd., Farnham ... ... ... ... ... 53 Butchers. {See under Food, etc., Trades.) • Button and Buckle Workers : Apex Stamping Co., Ltd., Fleetwood 211 Cab Drivers. {See under Transport Trades.) Cable Industry : Great Britain (Women Workers) ... ... ... ... ... 116 British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd., Prescot and Helsby (Engineers, Electricians, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... 249 Mackintosh Cable Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... ... 115 Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton ... 108 Calico Printers 226 Canal Workers. {See under Transport.) •Canteen Workers. {See under Building Trades and Engineering Trades.) Cana'as Equipment Makers 131 Canvas Hose Pipe Makers. {See under Textile Trades.) Canvas Shoe Makers 140 Cabbon and Primary Battery Workers : General Electric Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 210 Carpenters. {See under Building Trades, Shipbuilding Trades and Transport Trades, Maintenance Workers.) Carriers. {See under Transport Trades, Carters.) Carters. {See under Building Trades, Food, etc., Trades and Transport Trades.) Caulkers. {See under Shipbuilding Trades, Platers.) Celluloid Workers : Bluemel Bros., Ltd., Wolston, near Coventry ... ... ... 208 Cement Workers. {See under Clay, etc., Trades.) Chain and Anchor Makers : Cradley Heath (Women) 113 Rowley Regis and District ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 14 Jones, T. P., and Co., Ltd., Rowley Regis 118 Mountford, Phillips, and Co., Ltd., Llantrisant (Foundry labourers and Cupola men) 108,250 Chefs 344 417 Page. Chejocal Trades : Drug and Fine Chemical Workers : Great Britain 169,173 Ferris and Co., Ltd., Bristol 165 Genatosan, Ltd., Penzance ... ... ... ... ... ... 277 Sumner, R., and Co.. Ltd.. Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... 167 Explosives Workers : Great Britain 168,171,173 Armstrong, Sir W. G., Whitworth and Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on- Tvne 170 Blake, W. E., Explosives Loading Co.. Ltd., Hurlingham and Fulham 174 Chilworth Gunpowder Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 278 Curtis's and Harvey, Ltd., London ... ... ... 167 „ „ Roslyn 165 Edmonton Munitions Co., Ltd 278 Ministry of Munitions, Explosives Department : H.M. Factory, Aintree 171 „ „ Gretna 166 „ Hereford 169 „ ,, Morecambe ... ... ... ... ... ... 279 „ ,, Pembrey ... ... ... ... ... ... 169 ,, ,, Quedgeley ... ... ... ... ... ... 278 „ Magazines, Carthwaite and Dalston ... ... ... ... 167 Ovens, Thos., and Sons, Ltd., Bo'ness ... ... ... ... 278 Thames Ammunition Works. Ltd., Slades Green ... ... ... 169 Heavy Chemical Workers : Great Britain 167, 168, 171, 173 Scotland 167,336 Tees, Tyne, Manchester, Yorkshire, Widnes and Runcorn 165, 393 Berk, F. W., and Co., Ltd., and two others, London 166 Brown, J., and Co. Dewsbury (Tar Still Cleaners) ... ... ... 278 Brunner, Mond and Co., Ltd., Xorthwich ... ... ... ... 172 Electro-Deposits, Ltd., Glasgow (Women Packers) ... ... ... 172 Hardraan, Josiah, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent (Tar Distillers) 343 Hope, Alex., Junior, and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... 174 Sheppey Glue and Chemical Works, Ltd., Queenborough 170 Shirley, Aldred, and Co., Ltd., Worksop (Wood Distillers) ... 170 Nicholson, John, and Sons, Ltd., Leeds (Maintenance Workers) ... 169 West Cumberland By-product Co., Ltd., Flimby ... ... ... 279 Mineral Oil Workers : Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., Portished, near Bristol (Petrol Can Repairers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 173 Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Westminster (Labourers) ... ... ... 171 Pa int. Colour and Varnish Workers : Great Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 1^2 Soap, Candle and Tallow Workers : Great Britain 168,171,172 Aberdeen Hide, Skin and Tallow Co., Ltd. (Clerks) 294 Barrington, J., and Sons, Ltd., Dublin ... ... ... ... 174 Brown, D., and Son, Ltd., Donaghmore ... ... 278 Crean, Jas., and Son, Ltd., DubUn (Clerks) 279 Lever Bros., Ltd., Birmingham (Motormen) ... ... ... ... 171 Price's Patent Candle Co., Ltd., London 172,279 Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Grangemouth ... ... 165 Cigar Makers 344 Clay, Brick, Pottery .\nb Cement Trades : Brickmakers : Peterborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 163 Stourbridge (Firebrick Burners) ... ... ... .•• ••• 277 Dougall, James, and Sons, Ltd.. Bonnybridge (Firebrick Wet- Panmen) ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••- 276 41S ?age. i'UAX, I'/UicK, I'lcrruKY AM) Ckmknt Tkadks — cout. Cement Workers : (in'at Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 161 Alx'itliaw and Riistol Channel Portland Cement Co., Ltd. ... 276 AsHociatfd Portland ComfMil Manufacturers (19(X)), Ltd. (Main- tenance Workers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 163 British Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd., Caerwy.s. near Mold (Basic Siaji Workers) " J64 British I'ortland Cement Manufacturers, l.,tfl., Magheramome, Ireland 164 South Wales Portland (Jenient and Lime Co.. Ltd. ... ... ... 163 67'/// Workers : (Jreat Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 163 Buckley Brick and Tile Co., Ltd., and four others, Buckley ... 162 Doulton and Co., Ltd.. Hamworthy, Dorset ... ... ... ... 162 Prince, .las., and t\vo others, Chester ... ... ... ... ... 162 Potten/ Workers (Telegraphic and Electrical Appliances) : Staffordshire 161 Bullors, Ltd., and eight others, Staffordshire ... ... ... 161 ()utram,C. W., andCo., Woodville 161 Clerks. {See also under Public L^tility Services.) Dublin (Bakers' and Confectioners' Clerks) ... ... ... ... 175 (Stationery Clerks) .331 Aberdeen Hide, Skin and Tallow Co., Ltd, 294 Bolands, Ltd., Dublin 286 Crean, Jas., and Son, Ltd., Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 279 Garlick, John (1910), Ltd., London 230 Cloucestershire Aircraft Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 275 Hacking and Co., Ltd., Bury ... ... ... ... ... ... 255 H.M. Explosives Factory, Gretna ... ... ... ... ... 166 Pembrey • ... 169 India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraphic Works, Ltd., London 204 Xieuport and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., Cricklewood (Progress Chasers) 206 €lickers 261,262 •Clothixg Trades: Corset Operatives : Waterhouse, Kejnolds and Co., Leicester ... ... ... ... 260 Fur Dressers and Dyers : Martin, C. W., and Sons, Ltd., London 138 Smith, Frederick, and Co., London ... 340 Garment Workers : Great Britain (Shirt Cutters) 387, .397 Great Britain (Women's Clothing) ... ... ... ... ... 397 Barnstaple Master Tailors, Drapers and Dressmakers' Association (Dressmakers) 140 Bentlej^ and Co., Halifax (Smock Makers) 140 Glove Workers : Yeovil and District 136 National Glove Co., Witham 261 Hat and Cap Makers : Great Britain ; 138 Stockport, Denton, Hyde and District ( Hat Leat her Workers) ... 139 Shopee, Albert C, London (Steel Helmet Lining Makers) 137 Simmons and Co., Bristol 140 Tailors and Tailoresses : Great Britain ( Bespoke Trade) 137 Great Britain (Wholesale Trade) 137,138,397 North of England 137 Hudderstield 137,138,339 London 137, 139 419 Page. Clothing Trades — cnnt. Tailors and Tailoresses — cont. Clifton and Sons, and three others, Winchester (Bespoke Trade) ... 139 Cowlairs Co-operative Society, Glasgow ... ... ... ... 139 Jacobs, Liverpool (Stockcutter and Trimmer) ... ... ... 140 Paisley Co-operative Manufacturing Society, Ltd. ... ... ... 260 Plumb, J. G., and Co., Woohvich (Military) 260 Sugg and Forsdick, London (Women Machine Pressors and Fini.shers) 140 Tie Cutters : London 388 Waterproof Garment Workers : Great Britain 1.39 Great Britain (Cutters) 138 CoALHEAVEES, Trimmers, &c, {See under Transport Trades and Fish- ing Industry.) Coal Miners 2.38 Coal Trade (Domestic). {See also under Transport Trades, Carters.) London 394 Coke Oven Workers. {See under Mining and Quarrying ami Iron and Steel Manufactiu"e.) Colliery Surfacemen, {See under Mining and Quarrying.) Colour and Varnish Workers 172 Colour Loft Workers (Women) 146 CoNCRETERS. {See under Building Trade.) Constructional Erectors 378 Cooks ... ... 344 Coopers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) Copper Side Shearers : ... WUliams, Foster and Co., and Pascoe, Grenfell and Co., Ltd., Landore 250 Coppersmiths : Edinburgh and Greenock ... ... ... ... ... ... 385 Hariand and Wolff, Ltd. , Belfast 384 Willison, Pvobert, Alloa 110 Corset Operatives 260 Cotton Workers. {See under Textile Trades.) Cranemen. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, and Transport Trades. See also Enginemen.) Curriers. (*S^ee imder Leather Trades, Tanners.) Cutlery Workers : Sheffield 381 Sheffield (Jobbing and Slack Machine Grinders) 384 Sheffield (Machine Knife Makers) 382 Sheffield (Pocket Blade Forgers and Smiths) 381 Sheffield (Scissor Grinders) ... ... 382 Dairy Workers. {See under Food, etc., Trades.) Distillery Workers, (^ee under Food, etc.. Trades.) Divers (on Dock Construction). ... ... ... ■•. 55 Dock Labourers. {See under Transport Trades and Railway Workers). Dredger Workers. {See under Transport Trades, Harbour Service.) Dressers. {See under Engineering Trades.) Dressmakers. {See under Clothing Trades.) Drillers. {See under Shipbuilding Traders, Platers.) Drug Workers. {See under Chemical Trades.) 420 Page. DlPI,KATIN(J >rA(inNK Makkrs : Honeo, Ltd., Romford 114 Dyers, Etc. (iSec M«rf«r Textile Trades.) Edcie Tool Workers : Great Britain (Women) 117 SheOield 381, 382 Shellield (Grinders) 380, 381 , 382, :{83 Shellield (.Seyt he, Sickle and Hook) 382 Elkctuical Contracting Industry : Great Britain 377,379 Saunders, J. B., and Co., Cardiff 126 Electrical Jewel IVL\jb:ers : Lee, Fred, and Co., Coventry (Women) 206 Electrical Workers on Railways. {See under Railway Workers.) Electricians. {See also under Building Trade and Mining and Quarrving) : British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd., Helsby ... ... ... 249 Electricity Supply Workers. {See under Public Utility Services.) Electric Lamp Manufactueers : Cosmos Lamp Works, Ltd., and four others, London ... ... 209 Dick, Kerr and Co., Ltd., Preston 209 Talk, Stadehnan and Co., Ltd., and J. and W. B. Smith, Ltd., London 207 Engineering Trades. {See also various Trades, Maintenance Workers. ) General Awards ... General Award (Apprentices) ... General Award (Women) Special District Cases Blackburn Belfast Bournemouth Dublin Ivilmarnock Londonderry- Manchester British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd., Prescot .. Croall, J., and Sons, Ltd., Perth, and three others .. Garrett, Richard, and Sons, Ltd., Leiston G. N., Ltd., Hendon Hall and SteUs, Ltd., Keighley, and two others Hughes and Stirling, Preston Dock Hyde, R., and Sons, Ltd., Sheffield and Chestei-field Kitson and Co., Ltd., Leeds ... ... Plenty and Sons, Xewburv Sheridan, T. J., Waterford Stringer and Co., Ltd., Sheffield ... Whitehead Torpedo Works (Weymouth), Ltd. Ajiprentices and Youths : General Award ... Ipswich Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Robertson and Orchar, Ltd., WUloughby, Ltd., Plymouth Boilermakers : Clyde Hiill North-east Coast Tees and Hartlepool District Leeds Dundee 76, 84, 90 84 119 78, 87, 93 379 77 82 77, 86, 92 .. 86, 93 81 380 .. 120, 249 85 80 75 85 243 249 379 73 341 242 242 84 379 92 216 79 102 103 91, 105 87 421 Engixeerixg Trades— co«L Brass Finishers. {See also under Brassworkers. ) Kilmarnock ... ... ... Auster, Ltd., Birmingham Whipp and Bourne, Ltd., Manchester Canteen Workers : National Projectile Factory (Cardonald) Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby Clerks : Projectile Co. (1902), Ltd., Battersea ... Sheffield Simplex Motor Works, Ltd. . . . Vickers, Ltd., Erith Wagon Repairs, Ltd., Birmingham Constructional Erectors : Lancashire and Cheshire Green, E., and Sons, Ltd., Wakefield ... Dressers : Scotland ... Cardiff and District Kirkcaldy and District Belfast Dublin Manchester Atlas Steel Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd., and tliree others, Ai-madale and Bathgate Davy Co., Sunderland District, and three others Enginemeu : Cammell, Laird and Co., Ltd.. Birkenhead ... Royal Arsenal and Royal Dockyard, ^A'oolwich Fitters and Turners. {See also under Aluminium Trade, Iron and Steel Manufacture, Shipbuilding Trades.) Aberdeen ... Kilmarnock Portsmouth and District ... ... Tyne District (Demarcation) Bevis, Frank, Ltd., and twelve others, Portsmouth and Gosport Cockey, Edward, and Sons, Ltd., Frome, and two others Harland and W^olff, Ltd., Belfast London Aircraft Co., London ... Stringer and Co., Ltd., Sheffield Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast Foremen : Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd., Nottingham ... Heating and Domestic Engineers : General Award ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 85, Sheffield Bristol and Cardiff Districts Baker, J. C, Worcester, and three others Dilworth and Carr, Ltd., Preston, Lanes. Gas Light and Coke Co., Ltd., Beckton Heaps, T. A., and Co., Huddersfield, and three others Stothert and Pitt, Ltd. , Bath Instrument {Scientific) Makers : General Award (Women) Barker, Francis, and Sons, Ltd., Clerkenwell Road, London Beck, R. and J., Ltd. (Women Workers) Brown, F., Langley Works, Langley Court, London Chance Bros, and Co., Ltd., Birmingham (Women) Heath and Co. (Women Workers) Mpdical Supply Association, Ltd., London ... Whitehead Torpedo Works, Ltd., Weymouth Page. 93 75 243 72 328 337 243 78 337 378 337 90 78 76 86 86 87 377 78 89 83 78,93 78,93 88 226 88 92 98 82 242 98 244 90. 241 378 76 91 251 ISl, 203 75 73, 87 82 81 82 91 87 82 81 74 Page. I^NfMNKKItlNtJ TUADKS n/nl. iMhourerK and Semi-skilled Workers : West of Scotia ml .'{TT, 38(» Ayishiro ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 378 Belfast 77 Manchester and District ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 Stroud 378 Ainott and Heyman, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 84 Cilossoj) Iron Works Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 Mini.stry of Munitions, Croydon ... ... ... ... ... 83 ,. Hendon ... ... ... ... ... 83 ,, ., Inspection Dept., Hojal Arsenal. \\'oohvieh 170 Xieuport and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... 77 PoA\ysland Ordnance Works, AVelshpool ... ... ... ... 82 Proctor, -lonas and Sons, Ltd.. Bolton ... ... ... ... 84 Rootes, Ltd., Maidstone 82 Samuelson and Co., Ltd., Banbury ... ... ... ... ... 77 Selb}-. Frt^deric, and Co., Ltd.. Birmingham ... ... ... ... 76 Warland Dual Rim Co., Birminghatn ... ... ... ... ... 121 Whitehead Torpedo Works (Weymouth), Ltd 79,242 Machinist.<< : Xorth-East Coast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Arrol, Sir William, and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... 87 Yickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness ... ... ... ... ... 90 Maintenance Workers : Kilmarnock (Joiners) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., Openshaw ... ... ... 88 Coombe, Barbour, and Co., Ltd., Belfast ... ... ... ... 81 National Shipyard, Chepstow ... ... ... ... "... ... 61 Royal Arsenal, Woolwich ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 Whitehead Torpedo Works (Weymouth), Ltd. ... ... ... 74 Moulders : North- West of Ireland - 253 Belfast 86,253 Coventry ... ... ... ... ... 74 Dublin ^ 86 Bradley, Ltd., Brighouse, and two others ... ... ... ... 74 Dover Engineering Works, Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 75 Every, John, Lewes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 Manistv and Co., Ltd., Dundalk 254 Vono Co., Eagle Foundry, Dudley Port, Staffs 89 Pattern Makers : Dublin 86 H.M. Dockyards 79 Railway Shopmen. {See tinder Railways.) Sheet Metal Workers {see also under Main Heading) .■ Laurence, Scott and Co., Ltd., Gothic Works, Norwich 81 Smiths and Strikers : Kilmarnock ... ... ... 85, 93 Johnstone District ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 Mechans, Ltd., Scotstoun ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 Mountford. Phillips and Co., Ltd., Llantrisant 250 Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd. (Anaglypta Branch), Darwen ... 74 Toohnakers : Armstrong, Sir W. G. Whitworth and Co., Ltd., (Gateshead ... 24i' Simpson. E., and Co., Ltd., Glasgow 121 Vehicle Builders : Great Britain (Women Workers) Ireland (Smiths' Helpers) Hereford ... Harrison and Camm, Ltd., Rotherham Selbv, Frederic and Co.. Ltd., Birminsham 119 244 314 91 76 4:^3 Page. Engineering Trades — cont. Women Workers : General Award 73,396 Great Britain (Vehicle Workers) ... ... ... ... ... 119 Armstrong, Sir W. G. Whitworth and Co., Ltd.. Xe\vcastle-on- Tyne ' 81 Beck, R., and J., Ltd., and Heath and Co. ... ... ... ... 82 Brown, Bros, and Co., Ltd.. Edinburgh ... ... ... ... 80 Cook and Co., Altrincham ... ... ... ... ... ... 88 Darracq Motor Engineeiing Co., Ltd., Fulham ... ... ... 80 Dodd, Samuel, and Sons, Ltd., Oldham ... ... ... ... 89 DonneandWellans (1909), Ltd., London 170 Ewarts, Ltd., Dudley 126 Gwynnes, Ltd., Chiswick 74 Highbury Aircraft Co., Highbmy 216 Hughes and Stirhng, Preston Dock ... ... ... ... ... 243 Humber, Ltd., Coventry ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 Jukes, Coulston and Stokes, Plaistow, and four others ... ... 83 Ministry of Munitions (Central Stores Branch) ... 170 (Chiswick) 242 Page Engineering Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... 92 Roe, A. v., and Co., Hamble, near Southampton ... ... ... 91 SutcUffe, Speakman and Co., Ltd., Leigh, Lanes. ... ... ... 89 Taylor and Sons, Ltd., Briton Ferry 80 Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton ... 72 Vickers, Ltd. , Dartf ord ( Laundry Workers) ... ... ... ... 79 Wagon Repairs, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent ... ... ... ... 79 Whipp, R. C, and Co., Beehive Foundry, Tividale. Staffs 90 Woolwich Arsenal (Forewoman) ... ... ... ... ... 243 Enginemen, Boiler Firemen, Cranemen, etc. {See also under En- gineering Trades ; Food, etc.. Trades : Iron and Steel Manu- facture ; Mining and Quarrying ; Public Utility Services, Tramway Workers (b) ; Textile Trades, Maintenance Workers.) Hoffman Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Chelmsford ... ... ... 123 Kryn and Lahy Metal Works, Ltd., Letchworth 117 Entrenching Helve M.4.kers (Women) 276 Erectors, CoNSTRTjcnoNAL Work 378 ExPLOSR'ES Workers. {See under Chemical Trades.) Fancy Linen Trade ... 1.35, 260 Farriers : Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Xorth Staffordshire ... ... 113, 385 Yorkshire 250 Dublin 338 Leicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 254 Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 338 London 216,250,251 Northampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 123 Shrewsbury ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 254 Fellers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) Felt Workers 135 File Trade : Great Britain 382,383 Sheffield 118,382 Fine Chemical Workers. {See under Chemical Trades.) Firebrick Workers. {See under Clay, etc.. Trades, Brickmakers.) FiKEMEN. {See under Fishing Industry and Transport Trades. See also under Enginemen.) 424 FlsniN(i Indi'sthv : .Milfonl lldvcii (H<.1)I)1ondon 117 Kngli.sli (*ro\vn Spelter Co., Ltd., Swan.soa 383 Epsley, F., and Sons. Stafford ... ... ... .3.53 Even. .John, Lewe.s ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 Kwarts, Ltd., Dudley 126 Exnunitli Gas Co. 190 FailJ, A. and .!., Cila.sf;ovv ... ... ... ... ... ... .57,221 Fairclough, .James, and Sons, Ltd.. Wairiiiuton ... ... ... 175 Faiirie and Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... 287 P'alk, Stadelnmn and Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 207 Falkirk and District Co-operative Hours and Wages Board. Falkirk 326 Falkiik and District Tramways Co.. Falkirk ... ... 183 Farnhani and District Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. ... 177 Farnley Iron Co., Ltd., Leeds ... 240 Farrell, .James, Kilmacow ... 292 Ferris and Co., Ltd., Bristol ... ... ... ... 165 Field, F. and H., Oldham 132 Finlayson, Bousfield and Co.. l^td., -Johnstone ... ... ... 135 Finn, Andrew, Waterford ... ... ... ... ... ... 292 Flahavan, E., Kilmacthomas ... ... ... ... ... ... 292 Flights, Ltd., Winchester 139 Foster, E.. and Son, Ltd., Halifax ... ... ... ... ... 253 Foster, J., and Son, Halifax ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 France, Walker, Oldham 132 Fraser, Douglas, and Sons, Ltd., Arbroath ... ... ... ... 140 Freeman, .J., Sons, and Co., Ltd., Penryn ... ... ... ... 237 Frodinghani Iron and Steel Company, Ltd., Frodingham ... ... 66 Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Haverton-Hill-on-Tees ... ... 248 Gamecock Towing Co., Gravesend ... ... ... ... ... 146 Gard. A., Winchester 139 Garlick, .John (1910), Ltd., London 230 Gardner, J. and C, Belfast 293 Gardner, Locket and Hinton, London... ... ... ... ... 268 Garrett, Bichard. and Sons, Ltd.. Leiston ... ... ... ... 80 Gartside, Joseph, Oldham ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.32 Gaskell and Grocott, Longport ... ... ... ... ... 161 Gas Light and Coke Co., Ltd., Beckton 181, 203 Gas Meter Co., Ltd., London 120 Gaunt, R. J., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 121 Genatosan, Ltd., Penzance ... ... ... ... ... ... 277 General Electric Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 210 General Stampings, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 119 Gestetner. D.. London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 274 Gibb. .1. G., Ltd.. Bervie, Kincardineshire ... ... ... ... 130 Giddings and Dacre. Ltd., Manchester ... ... ... ... 113 Gilliatt. K.. and Sons, Ltd., Oldham 132 Gillingham Water Works Co. (See under Brompton.) Glasgow Iron and >teel Co., West of Scotland ... ... ... 238 Gla.sgow Subway Railway Co.. Glasgow 141 Glen Glove and Hosiery Co., Ltd., Aberdeen ... ... ... 135 Glossop Iron Works Co.. Ltd., Glossop ... 67,80 Gloucester Railway ^^'agon and Carriage Co., Ltd., (Gloucester ... 242 Gloucestershire Aircraft Co., Ltd., Cheltenham ... 1.54, 160. 218, 275 Glover, Thomas, and Co.. Ltd.. London ... ... ... ... 114 Glynn and Sons, Kilrush ... ... ... ... ... ... 291 Goddard and Sons. Farnham ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 433 iNDmDVAL Firms — co)d. Going and Smyth, Cloiiniel Gordon and Co., Aberdeen Gorie, D., and Son, Perth Government Departments, various, Gormanston, ColUnstown and Baldonnel Grace and Sons. Andover Gramostj'les, Ltd., Birmingham Grand Canal Co., Dublin Grant, D., Xairn Gratrix, Samuel, Junr., and Bros., Ltd., Manchester Gray, J. and J., Glasgow Grayson, H. and G, Ltd., Garston, Liverpool G. N., Ltd., Hendon Great Central Railway Co. Great Eastern Railway Co., Stratford Great Eastern Railway Co. ... Gt. Grimsby Coal, Salt and Tanning Co., Ltd., Grimsby Great Northern and City Railway Co. Great Northern Railway Co. Great Northern Railway Co., Doncaster Great Southern and Western Railway Co., Limerick Great Western Railway Co., London ... 149. Green, E., and Sons, Ltd., Wakefield Green and Co., Cork Green, Thomas, and Son, Ltd., Leeds Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd. Greenock Stevedore Co., Ltd., Greenock Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., Leeds ... Gregg, Sons, and Phoenix, Belfast Grieve, Nathaniel, Rosyth Grimsby Fishing Vessel Owners' Exchange Co., Ltd., Grimsby Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Cardiff Cwmbran Dowlais ... 65, 66 Morlais Castle Rogerstone, nr. Ne-svport Gwynnes, Ltd., Chiswick Hacking and Co.. Ltd., Bury ... Hale, T. W. C, Hadley and Wellington, Salop Hall and Co., Cork ... Hall, C, Oldham Hall, George, Aberdeen ... Hall, L and F., Ltd., Worcester Hall, J. and E., Ltd., Belfast ... Hall, John, Oldham Hall, R. H., Cork Hall and Hall, London ... Hall and Stells, Ltd., Keighley... Hallsworth, W. S., Oldham " Hancock, WiUiam, and Co. Hanley, D. M., Sligo Hanson, Brown and Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough Harbro' Rubber Co., Market Harborough Harbour Authorities of Ayr, Ardrossan, Troon and Irvine Harbour Scaling Co., Glasgow ... Harbrow, W., Ltd., Throwley Aerodrome Hardman Bros, and Co.. Rawtenstail Hardman, Josiah, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Aldergrove Belfast 77, 94, 98, 102, 107, 108, „ Glasgow Harlesden Lamp Co., Ltd. Harris, J., and Son, Woking Harris, Jonathan; and Sons, Ltd., Cockermouth 70, 246, Page. 178 135 85 51 59 115 227 59 113 102 106, 245 75 149, 218 83 149, 218 144 149, 218 149, 218 216 88 218, 268 337 264, 282 125 99 144 92 77 51 273 66 66, 252 215. 224 63 115 74 255 176 282 132 215 91 102, 107 132 264 206 85 132 162 328 237 205, 335 146 247 55 136 343 53 380, 384 104 209 57 385 4:U Page. M>u ini \i. l''lKMs rout. Iliiiiis. L., I'cmhnikc Dock ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 llaiii.soii and ('aiiiiii, l.td.. Itotlii rliarn ... ... ... ... 91 Hanott and Co., Ltd., .Mx-nlci-n ... ... ... ... ... 135 Hart Accumulator Co.. Ijtd., London ... Ill Harvey and McLauf^hlin, Ltd., Aldergrove 53 Hastings and St. Leonards (Ja--^ Co. ... ... ... ... ... 199 Hattei>ilev, Ccoij^e, and Sons, Ltd., Keiffhlev 85 Hawke, Krcd, Plymoiitli " 101 Hayes, Daniel, I'Vnnoy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Hayncs, A. E., Winchester ... ... 139 Heaps, T. A., and Co., Huddeistield ... ... ... 75 Heap, Walter, and Co., PKOchdale and District 179 Hearson, Cha.s., and Co., Ltd., London ... 205 Heath and Co 82 Heath, ,lohn, and Sons. Sheffield ,340 Heath, Robert, and Sons, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent ... 69 Helv, Ltd., Dublin .331 Hetidon Electric Supply Co 181,192,196,220 Hickman, Alfred, Ltd., Bilston 68,69 Highbuiy Aircraft Co., Highbury ... ... ... ... ... 216 Highfield Eoundry Co., Ltd., Wellingborough ... ... ... 69 Hill, Charles, and Sons, Bristol 95 Hill, John, and Co., Rochdale and District ... ... 179 Hill and Sons, Ltd., Dublin 256 Hill and Stephenson, CarUsle ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Hilher, Benjamin and Sons, Marlborough ... ... ... ... 215 Hills, R. M., and Sons, Carlisle 54 H.M. Office of Works 60,208 Frampton-on-Severn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 Glemsford ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 Peterborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 215 Rosyth and X. Queensferrv ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Southern Counties ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 Hodges, Rowland, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 120 HofFmami Manufactui-ing Co., Ltd., Chelmsford ... ... ... 123 Holden, S.. Ltd., Oldham 132 Holt, W. H. , and Sons, Oldham 132 Hope, Alex., Junr., and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... 174 Hopton and Sons, Market Harborough ... ... ... ... 159 Hough, Robert, London 217 Houston, J. W., and Co., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 230 Howe, Geo., Ltd., Bury 346 Hudden and Co., Bristol 344 Hughes, Bolckow and Co., Ltd., Swahvell, Co. Durham ... ... 114 Hughes and StMing, Preston Dock ... 243 Humber, Ltd., Coventry ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 Humber Graving Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., Immmgham ... 94 Humphries. Jackson and Ambler, Ltd.. Manchester 250 Hunter, Thomas, and Sons (Mavbole), Ltd., Mavbole 110, 111 Hyde, R., and Sons, Ltd., Shefiield and Chesterfield 249 India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works. Ltd., London 204 Ingham, J. and J., and Co., Ltd., Leeds 252 Inman. T.. Oldham 132 Irish Leather Co.. Ltd., DubUn 178 Irish Lights Commissionei's. Kingstown ... ... ... ... 300 Irish Railway Executive Committee 82.88,92 IsherweU, Ltd., Portsmouth 88 Isle of Wight Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd 320 Jack, Alexander, and Sons, Ltd., Mavbole 110,111 Jackson, H. F., Pembroke ... ... ... ... 58 Jackson, H., and Son, Bicester... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Jacobs, Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 James, Wm., Manufacturing Co.. Ltd., WiUenhall 125 Jenkinson and Co., Andover ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 435 Page^ Individual I'"^rms — cont. Jessoi3, William, and Sons, Ltd., Sheffield ... ... ... ... 240 Johnson and Perrott, Cork ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien, Dublin ... ... ... ... 281, 28& Joint Railway Co., Portsmouth ... ... ... ... ... 8& Jonas and Colver, Ltd. , Sheffield 223 Jones, G., Pembroke ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5^ Jones, Wm., Ltd., Oldham 132 Jones, T. P., and Co., Ltd., Rowley Regis 118 Jones Bros., Ltd., Wolverhampton ... ... ... ... ... 127 Judd Bros., Dublin 178 Jukes, Coulston and Stokes, Plaistow ... ... ... ... ... 83 Jukes Bros., Bii'minghani ... ... ... ... ... ... 277 KaUsky's, Shadwell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 217 Kay, W., Oldham 132 KeUeher and Sons, Ltd.. Tralee 292 Kelly and Co. , Waterf ord 292 Kemp, R., and Sons, Rosy th ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Kent, WilUam, Staffordshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 161 Kerr, Dick, and Co., Preston ... ... 209 Kilkenny Woollen jVIills, Ltd. , Killiennv 254, 259 Kinghorn Bottle Co., Kinghorn, File 227 Kitson and Co.. Ltd., L-eds 379 Khnger Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 206 Kneeshaw, Lupton and Co., Llandulas ... ... ... ... 236 Knox, W. and J. , Ltd. , Kilbiniie 135, 256 KrjTi and Lahy, Letchworth 117,122 Laing, J. W., and Son, Carlisle... ... ... ... ... ... 54 La mbton and Hetton Collieries, Ltd., Co. Dm-ham ... ... ... 164 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railv. ay Co. ... ... ... ... 265 Lancashire County Asylum, Lancaster ... ... ... ... 220 Latchi'ord and Sons, Ltd., Tralee ... ... ... ... ... 292 Latch and Batchelor, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... Ill Laurence, Scott and Co., Ltd., Norwich ... ... ... ... 81 Lavender and Overton, Ltd., Walsall ... ... ... ... 179 Lawrence, James, Craigellachie ... ... ... ... ... 59 Layton and Sons, Bicester ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Leadley, T. E., and Co., Marlborough 215 Leatheries, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... 180 Le Brea Asphalte Co., Ltd., Birmingham 54,372 Lee, Fred, and Co., Coventry 206 Leech, A. A., and Sons, Oldham ... ... ... ... ... 132 Leech and Linkinson, Ltd., Oldham ... ... ... ... ... 132 Leeds Industrial Co-operative Societj", Leeds ... ... ... 262 Lees, J., and Co., Oldham ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Legge, Fochabers ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•. 59 Leigh, John, Ltd., Oldham ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Leigh, W., Ltd., Oldham. 132 Lever Bros., Ltd., Bmningham ... ... ... ... ... 171 Lems, D. C, Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co. , Ltd. , Leyland and Birmingham 204 Lightwood and Sons, Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 124 Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalte Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... 54,372 Lister and Co., Bradford ... ... ... ... ... -.• 130 Lithgows, Ltd. , Port Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 104 Llandudno and Coh^^al Bay Electric Railway Co 192 Llandulas Limestone Co., Llandulas ... ... ... ... ... 236 Llanelly and District Electric Lighting and Traction Co., Ltd. ... 144 Llewellyn, W., and Co., Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... 58 Lloyd, A., and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... •-. 121 Lloyd, Edward, Ltd., Sittingbomne ... ... ... ... ••• 147 Llysfaen and Llandulas Limestone Quarry Proprietors, Llysfaen and Llandulas ... ... ... ... ... ... •■• ••• 233 Lochar, Ltd., Dumfries ... ... ... ... ... .•• ••• 334 Lochleven Linen Co., Kinross ... ... ... ... ... .•• 217 i.-'.i; Page. Indiviih AI, F''lKMS roill. Lolly, K. W'.. and Sun. I'cnilmiUc ... ... ... ... ... ")S Ivoiidoii .Xircraft Co.. London ... ... ... ... ... ... h2 lyondon and Koclicstci liiii tie Co., l..t(L, London 147 l^ondon. liri};hton and Soiilli Coast Kailway Co HW, ]4!», 21H London Hron/.c and .Metal Foundry, l.'td.. l.,ondon I2.'J London Comity Council ' iS2, !!»2, MMI, 202. 227, 22S London EK-ctric Hallway ('o. ... ... ... ... ... ... 149, 217 London Electric Sni)i)lv Conipanie.s 1«1, 192, 196, 22;n(i(>nal I'itch Coki- Ovens. Daiiicid Main (Jt^llicry, iir. Bamsley ... 64 .National I'tojcctilc Factory, Cardonnld ... ' ... ... ... 72 National Savvinillinj; Factory, No. 7, Haniworthy ... ... ... 274 .National Shipyard, CliepHtow ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 National Steam far Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 202 Neviira Dock and Hailway Co., Ltd., Llanelly ... ... ... 141 Now Acid Co., Ltd., North Staffs 234 Nowalls Insulation Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 210 Newcastle Alloy Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-T\7ie ... ... ... 112 Ncwca.stlc-on-Tvne Electric Supply Co., Ltd. ... ... ... 183 New iJelaville S|)elter Co., Ltd., Blo.xwich and Spring Hill 112 Newmarket Dairy Co., Ltd., Castletownroche, Co. Cork ... ... 345 Nicholson, John, and Sons, Ltd., Leeds ... ... ... ... 169 Nieuport and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., Cricklewood ... ... 206 „ London 77 Niven, Thomas, Carlisle ... ... ... ... ... ... 161 Northampton Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 270 North British Kailwav Co., Silloth 141 :North British Steel Foundry, Ltd., Bathgate 377 North-Easteni Marine Engineering Co., Sunderland... ... ... 78 North-Eastern Railway Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 Northern Co-operative Society, Ltd., Aberdeen ... ... ...286,327 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londjnderrv 101, 245, 246 North of Scotland Milhng Co., Ltd., Aberdeen .."^. 286 Northwold, R. H., Executors of, Winchester 139 North MetropoUtan Electric Power Distribution Co., Ltd. 181, 192, 196, 220 North MetropoUtan Electric Power Supply Co., Ltd. 181, 192, 196, 220 North Staffordshire Railway Co., Froghall and Cauldon Lowe ... 63 North Western Rubber Co., Ltd., Litherland, nr. Liverpool ... 210, 221 Ocean Dry Docks Co., Ltd., Swansea ... ... ... ... ... 338 O'Connell Street Bakery, Clonmel 178 Offer Engineering Works, Ltd., Kingston ... ... ... ... 83 O'Mahony, Thomas, Fermoy ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Ord and Maddison, Ltd., Darlington ... ... ... ... ... 237 Ormerod, CarUsle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Osram-Robertson Lamp Works ... ... ... ... ... 209 Outram, C. W., and Co., WoodviUe ... ... 161 Ovens, Thomas, and Sons, Ltd., Bo'ness ... ... ... ... 278 Oxford Co-operative and Industrial Society, Ltd., Oxford and District \ 177 Page Engineering Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 92 Paisley Co-operative Manufacturing Society, Ltd ... 260 Palladium Auto Cars, Ltd., Putney ... ... ... 83 Parker and Sons, Ltd., Cowlev Peach V, LTxbridge ... ... ... 158 Park Hall Pottery Co., Longport \ 161 Parkinson, London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 Parnall and Sons, Bristol ... ... ... ... ... ... 154 Parry, Edward and Sons ... ... ... ... 162 Pai'sons, C. H., Ltd., Birmingham 134 Pascoe, Grenfell and Co., Ltd., Landore, Glam. ... ... ... 250 Paul, George, Portuockie ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 Pearce, WilMam and Sons, Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 166 Pearson, Samuel, Bu-mingham ... ... ... ... ... 277 Pease, H., and Co., Ltd., Darhngton 339 Penmaemnawr and Welsh Granite Co., Penmaenmawr 233, 235 Penn, L., Launton, nr. Bicester 214 Pennington, Joseph, Oldham ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Penny and Co., Ltd., Taunton ... ... ... ... ... ... 160 PenpoU Tin Smelting Co., Ltd., Liverpool 250 Perrv, Robert, and Co., Queenstown ... ... ... ... ... 244 Phel'an, J. and S., Waterford 292 Phillips. Pembroke ... ... ... .,. ... ... ... 58 Phcenix Park Distillerv, DubUn 284 439 Page. Individual Firms — cont. Pierce, Philip, and Co., Ltd., Wexford 338 Pigott and Co., Ltd 348 Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton 108 Piatt and Hill, Oldham 132 Plenty and Sons, Newbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 Plumb, J. G., and Co., Woolwich and London ... 260 Pollard, George, and Co., Taunton ... ... ... ... ... 61 Pollock, James, Sons, and Co., Ltd., London 51 Pope's Electric Lamp Co. , Ltd. 209 Port Clarence Ironworks ... ... ... ... ... ... 70, 240 Port of London Authority, London 141,143 Portsea Island Gas Light Co., Portsmouth 88 Port Talbot Steel Co., Port Talbot 67,238,239 Potteries Electric Traction Co., Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent 193 Poweil-Dvifliyn Steam Coal Co., Ltd., nr. Aberdare 64,65 Powell, T. A., Pembroke 58 Powysland Ordnance Works, Welshpool 82 Prices' Co., Ltd., London ... 172 Price' s Patent Candle Co. , Ltd. , London 279 Priday, Metford and Co., Ltd., Gloucester 280 Prince, James, Comiah's Quay, nr. Chester ... ... ... ... 162 Prince, Smith, and Son, Keighley ... ... ... ... ... 85 Proctor, Jonas, and Sons, Ltd., Bolton ... 84 Projectile Co. (1902), Ltd., Battersea 3.37 Queenborough Glass Bottle Works, Ltd., Queenborough 164 Queenstown Dry Dock Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Queenstown ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Ragusa Asphalte Co., Ltd., Bii'mingham ... ... ... ... 54,372 Railway Executive Committee 63, 73, 76, 84, 90, 141, 143, 149, 217, 269 Rainer, T. H., and Sons, Huddersiield ... 75 Raleigh Cycle Co., Ltd., Nottingham 244 Rawhnson, Rowland, W^aterfoot ... 135, 136 Raw Sugar Association of Greenock, Ltd., Greenock ... ... 144 RajTies and Co., Llandulas ... ... ... ... ... ... 236 Rea, R. and J. H., Ltd., Liverpool ... 271,273 Redbourne Hill Iron and Coal Co 71 Redfems Rubber Works, Ltd., Hyde, nr. Manchester 206 Reed and Son, Carlisle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Rermie-Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Wivenhoe 97, 100, 105 Renton and Fisher, Ltd., Bathgate 238 Reynolds, James, and Co., Ltd., Belfast ... ... ... ... 77 Richardson, C. E., and Co., Ltd., Sheffield 153 Richmond (Surrey) Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd. 181, 192, 196, 220 Riley, H., Oldham 132 Ripault, Leo, and Co. , London ... ... . . . • ... ... 122 Ritchie, Graham and Milne, Ltd., Whiteinch, Glasgow 94 Ritchie, Hart, and Co., Ltd., Belfast 77 Rivers Engineering Co., Chelsea ... ... ... ... ... 83 River Wear Commissioners, Wear District ... ... ... ... 142 Robertson and Orchar, Ltd., Dundee 216 Robins, J. S., Ltd., London 205 Rochdale and District Amusement Managers' Association 328 Rochdale Canal Co., Manchester 246 Rochester Water Works Co. {See under Brompton.) Roden Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., Roden ... ... 328 Roe, A. v., and Co., Ltd., Hamble, nr. Southampton 91 „ „ Manchester ... ... ... ... 157 Rogerson, R., and Co., Rosvth ... ... ... ... ... 51 Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby " 328 Roneo, Ltd., Romford ... ... ... ... •-. ••• ■•• H** Rootes, Ltd., Maidstone ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 82 Rossendale Hair Felt Co.. Ltd., Rawtenstall 135 Rostron, Richard, Ltd., Waterfoot 136 440 Page. InhIN Mil \ • l''lK\H runt. INiw liciluc hull Works, l((i\\ licd^rr ■■ ••• ••• ••• •■■ ••". "^^^ Koviil Army OifliiaMcc Depot, (jlouccstfT Dock ... ... ... .'{.'{:{ Koyiil .\is<'l-. ^Voolwidi ... ... 'MiO lloyal .Xiscnal, Woolwich ... ... ... ... ... ... 74,83 I'oynl Dockyard, Woohvicli ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 i;oyal Kii<.nncfrs, Kbriiifiton l'»ariaiks, l.ondoiKlciry ... ... 52 I! list and J^atcliffc, Chcsliani ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 Kyland-s and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 326 Sackville I'rcss, Dublin 343 St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Association, Ltd., Edinburgh ... ... 344 St. .John's Foundry and Knjiinecring Co., Jvtd., Perth ... ... 85 Sales, A. K. and S., Ltd., WOolwich Arsenal 149 Sannielson and Co.. J^td.. Banbury ... ... ... ... ... 77 Sanders. Bros., Liniehouse ... ... ... ... ... ... 217 Sanderson Bros., and Xewbould, Ltd.. Sheflield ... ... ... 2.54 Saunders, Hill, and Co., Belfast ... ... ... ... ... 77 Saunders, J. B., and Co., Cardiff ... ... ... ... ... 126 Saunders, .John, Sunderland ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 Scarborough Electrical Supply Co., Ltd., Scarborough ... ... .305 Scatter Rock Macadams, Ltd., Exeter 2.37 Schofield, R., and Sons, Oldham ... ... ... ... ... 132 Schourfield, J., Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... ... 58 Scott, Walter, and Middleton, Ltd., lledbourn Hill ... ... ... 71 Scottish Co-operative Wliolesale Society, Ltd., Grangemouth ... 165, 175 Scottish Tube Co., Ltd., Glasgow 122 Scottish VN'holesale Co-operative Society, Ltd., Glasgow ... ... 55 Selby, Frederic, and Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 76 Settiingstones Mines, Ltd., Northumberland ... ... ... ... 64 Shanks and Sons, Airdrie ... ... ... ... ... ... 157 Shanks and Co., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 383 Sliaw, C, Oldham 132 Shaw, Granville, Oldham 1.32 Shaw, W. G., and Co., Oldham 1.32 Shetiield Simplex Motor Works, Ltd., Sheffield 243 Shellabear, G., and Sons, Ltd., Falmouth ... ... ... ... 231 Shepherd, William, and Sons (Kendal), Ltd., Kendal ... ... 276 Sheppev Glue and Chemical Works, Ltd., Queenborough ... ... 170 Sheridan, T. ,J. , Waterf ord 34 1 Shervill and Co., Ltd., Portsmouth 88 Shirley, Aldred, and Co., Ltd., Worksop ... ... ... ... 170 Shoppee, Albert C, London ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Co., Ellesmere Port, Liverpool and Chester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 Simmons and Co., Bristol ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 Simpson, E., and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 121 Sinkinson, .L and R., Ltd., Oldham ... ... ... 132 Skelan and Sons, Clonmel ... ... ... ... ... ... 178 Skelton, .John, and Son. Norwich ... ... ... ... ... 133 Skinningrove Ironworks... ... ... ... ... ... ... 70 Sligo Harbour Commission, Sligo ... ... ... ... ... 328 Smart, .Josiah, and Sons, Matlock ... ... ... ... ... 234 Smillie and Co.. Ltd.. Belfast 77,102,107 Smith, Frederick, and Co., London ... ... ... ... ... 340 Smith, J., and Sons, Rosj'th ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Smith, J. and W. B. , Ltd. , London 207 Smith, .John, and Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 132 Smith. .John, and Co. (London, E.), Ltd., London ... ... ... 217 Smith. .John, Wimborne ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 Smith, T., and Son, Bicester ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Smithfield Control Board, London ... ... ... ... ... 177 Smithfield Markets Electric Supply Co., Ltd. 181,192.220 Somerset and Dorset Railway, Highbridge ... ... ... ... 215 South Eastern and Chatham Railway Co. ... ... ... ... 149,217 Southfields Sheet Metal Co., Ltd., Southfields 119 441 Page. Individual Firms — cont. South Metropolitan Electric Tramways and Lighting Co., Ltd. 181, 192, 196, 220 South Staffs. Mond Gas (Power and Heating) Co., Tipton 297 South Wales Electrical Power Co. , South Wales ... ... ... 305 South Wales Portland Cement and Lime Co., Ltd., South Wales ... 163 South Yorks Wages Board 348 Spamount Woollen Co., Ltd., Tyrone ... ... ... ... 2.55 Sparkes, H. B., Oldham... .\ 132 Spence and Co., Belfast ... ... ... ... ... ... 77,102 Spencer, Chapman and Messel, Ltd., London ... ... ... 166 Spillers and Bakers, Ltd., Cardiff ... ... ... ... ... 345 Sproat, D. J., and Co., Belfast 77,102 Staffordshire Potteries' Waterworks Co., Hanley ... ... ... 191 StancUff e Estates Co. , Ltd. , Darley Dale . . . ' 237 Standard Aircraft Co., Bow 83 Star Tea Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 176 Steetley Lime Co. , Ltd. . Worksop 234, 236, 237 Steiner, F., and Co., Ltd., Church, nr. Accrington ... ... ... 134 Stall, J., and Sons, Keighley 3.39 Stephen Brothers and Martin, Bristol ... 133 Stewart and Co., Belfast 102,107 Stewart, J., and Co., Perth 85 Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 122 Stonehouse Works, Ltd., W. Bromwlch ... ... ... ... 119 Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., Bath 73,87 Stott, R., Ltd., Oldham 132 Stourport Gas, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd., Stourport ... ... ... 194 Strachan, John, and Sons, Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... 286 Street, H., Wimborne 62 Stringer and Co., Ltd., Sheffield 242 Sugg and Forsdick, Bow ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., Seaton Carew ... ... ... 113, 252, 253 Summers and Payne, Ltd., Southampton 96,245 Summers, .John, and Sons, Ltd., Shotton ... ... ... ... 222 Sumner, R., and Co., Ltd., Liverpool 167 Simbury Leather Company, Addlestone ... ... ... ... 294 Sutcliffe, Speakman and Co., Ltd., Leigh, Lanes. ... ... ... 89 Sutton and Co., London ... ... ... ... ... ... 148 Swansea Vale Spelter Co., Ltd., Llansamlet ... ... ... ... 112 Sykes, E., and Sons, Barkisland, nr. Halifax ... ... ... 259 Sykes, L., and Co., Oldham 132 Taff Vale Railwav Co., Penarth Dock 273 TaffVale 266 Tagart, Morgan and Coles, Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... 156 Tarrant, W. G., Sons and Co., Byfleet 156 Tate, Hem-y, and Sons, Liverpool 287 Taylor and Sons, Ltd., Briton Ferry 80 Taylor, G. B., Oldham ' 132 Taylor, .John, Oldham 132 Taylor, J. W., and Bros., Oldham 132 Taylor, Law and Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 121 Taylor, Tunnicliffe, and Co., Ltd., Staffordshire 161 Tenby Gas Co., Tenby 347 Thames Ammunition Works, Ltd., Slades Green ... ... ... 169 Thomson, J., and Sons, Ltd., Belfast 293 Thompson, Reuben, Ltd., Sheffield 340 Thornton Street Iron and Copper Works, Manchester ... ... 115 Thornycroft, .J. I., and Co., Ltd., Southampton 97 Tilling, Thomas, Ltd., London 202 Tipperary Gas Co., Ltd., Tipperary 300 Tolmie, G., Nairn 59 Tomlinson, Joseph, and Sons, Ltd., Sheffield... ... ... ... 340 Topham, Jones and Railton, Ltd., Pembroke Dock ... ... ... 55 Port Talbot 67 44L^ 1 NlUVintAI. KlHMS — COtll. 'ru|)liain, .li.ucH and Kailt n, : t«l.. St. Margaret's. Xr). (^ufcnHfen-y S. WalcK and Moi 'r()i(|iia\ (ias (\i., Tonjiiay 'Piavcrs ami ( 'o.. Hclfast Tmlcu'ar lion aiul Coal Co.. Ltd., Tredegar ... Twifkonliani and Teddiiifrton Electric Supply Co., Ltd. 181, 192 Ullatliornc and Co.. Ltd.. London Under^Tound Elootnc I'ailway Companies of London, Ltd. United .\irciaft Co.. Ltd., Cosport United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Ltd., London United Towing Co. , Cravesend Uxbridge and District Electric Supply Co., Ltd. ... 181,19 Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., Tendon Variety Theatres in Great Britain and Ireland Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furnes.«i 90,9.5,99,102 „ Dartford Erith „ Staffordshire Villiers and Co., Ltd., Llansamlet Vivian and Sons, Ltd., Morriston Volker Ligliting Corporation, Ltd., London Vono Co., Dudley Port, Staffs Vosper and Co., Ltd., Portsmouth Waddon Aircraft Salvage Depot, Cioydon Wagon Repairs, Ltd., Birmine;hani ... Stoke-on-Trent Walker and Co., Shad well Walker, William and Sons, Ltd., Bolton Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd., Danven WaUis, G. E., and Sons, Ltd., Maidstone WaUis, Jolm, and Sons, Cork ... ,, ,, Dublin Ward, James, Worcester Ward, Thos., W., Ltd., Briton Ferrv ... Waring and Gillow, Ltd. , London ' 131,133 Warland Dual Rim Co. , Birmingham . . . War Office 51, 52, 54, .36, 60, 14 ,, Lapp's Quay, Cork ,, (Army Contracts Dept.) ... Waterhouse, Rejmolds and Co., Leicester Watkins, Ltd., London ... Watson, C, and Son, Huddersfield Weardale and Consett Water Co. Webster, D., and Son, Bervie, Kincardineshire Welsbach Light Co., Ltd., London Welshpool Standard Granite Co., Oswestry ... Welsh Van Mining Co., Llamdloes Wepre Hall Brick Works, Ltd., Shotton West Cumberland By-product Co., Ltd.. Flimby ^^'esterton National Pitch Coke Ovens, Bishop Auckland West Ham Chemical Works, Ltd. West Riding of Yorkshire Co-operative Union, Ltd. Wexford Engineering Co., Ltd., Wexford ^^'hipp. R. C, and Co., Tividale, Staffs. Whip]) and Bourne, Ltd., Manchester WhitechajTcl and Prv Railway Co. Whitecross Co., Ltd., AVarrington Whitehead, dno. (Milnrow), Ltd., Rochdale ^^'hitehead Torpedo Works, Weymouth White, J. Samuel, and Co., Ltd!, East Cowes White Star Company, Liveiiiool White, Tompkins and Corn-age, Ltd., Belfast M J. „ Liverpool Page. 51 68 190 77 68, 69 196, 220 179 149, 217 88 123 146 196, 220 171 .333 72 103, 106 79 78 161 112 112 205 89 88 83, 84 337 79 217 294 74 155, 156 264 264, 270 91 216 151, ISO 121 147, 333 266 51 260 146 75 182 130 205 337 376 162 279 64 166 203 338 90 243 149, 218 225 179 , 79, 242 96, 244 326 293 345 443 Page. Individual Firms — cont, Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Wigan ... ... ... ... 240 Wilcox, W., Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 Wild, Samuel, Oldham 132 Wilde, J. and T., and Co., Oldham 132 Wilkes and Co., Ltd., Portsmouth ... ... ... ... ... 88 Willet and Robinson, Maidstone ... ... ... ... ... 118 WiUiams, John, Connah's Quay, nr. Chester ... ... ... ... 162 WiUiams, Foster and Co., Landore, Glamorgan ... ... ... 250 WiUiamson, H., Ltd., Coventry 209 Williamson, Jolm, and Son, Ltd., Maryport 293 Willison, Robert, AUoa, N.B 110 Willoughby , Ltd. , Plymouth 79 WUls, C. J., and Sons, Ltd., Isle of Grain 56 Wilson Bros., Garston, Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... 219 Wilson and Co., Frome ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 92 Wilson, Kinmond and Marr, Ltd., Irvine ... ... ... ... 57 Wilson and Scotchman, Ltd., Frome ... ... ... ... ... 92 Wood, R., and Sons, Portsmouth ... ... ... ... ... 88 Woodhouse and JVIitcheU, Brighouse ... ... ... ... ... 74 Woodman, Wilson, and Co., Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 178 Wood-iVIihie, Ltd., Preston 208 Wood Mill Fellmongering Co., Rochdale 179 Woods, Dubhn .331 Woolwich Arsenal, Woolwich ... ... ... ... ... ... 243 „ (Inspection Department) ... ... ... 170 Worcester Electric Traction Co., Worcester 193 Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Workington ... ... ... 69 Workman, Clark, and Co., Ltd., Belfast 77, 94, 98, 102, 107, 108, 246 Wright, S. J., and Co., Ltd., Taunton 280 Wycombe (Borough) Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd 202 Wynn, Timmins and Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 123 Young, C, Pembroke Dock ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 York Equitable Industrial Society, Ltd., York 261 Yorkshire Electric Power Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 315 Instrument M^jcers. {See under Engineering Trades.) Iron and Steel Manufacture : South Wales and Monmouthshire Iron and Steel Makers' Association ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 66, 68, 72, 223 Lincolnshire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 376 North Staffordshire 224 Blaenavon Co., Ltd 68 Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd., South Bank, Yorks 377 Cleveland Iron and Steel Works ... ... ... ... ... 376 Consett Iron Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... ••. 238 Farnley Iron Co., Ltd., Leeds 240 Guest, Keen and Nettlef olds, Ltd., Dowlais 215 Tredegar Coal and Iron Co. , Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 68 Whitecross Co., Ltd., W^arrington ... ... ... ... ... 225 Clerks {including Stocktakers) : Britannia Wire Works and two others ... ... ... ... 70 Carron Co., Falkirk (ColUery Clerks) 65 Government Rolling Mills, Southampton ... ... ... ... 67 Jessop, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., Sheffield ... ... ... ... 240 Port Talbot Steel Co., Ltd 67 Coke Oven Workers and Producermen, etc. : Blaenavon Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 70 Guest, Keen and Nettlef olds, Ltd., Dowlais 71,224 Hickman, Alfred, Ltd., Steel and Ingot Iron W^orks, Bilston ... 68, 69 Engineers : Scotland 70 Carron Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... • • • 68 Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ••• ••• -41) 444 Page. Ikon anj) Stkel Maxufacture — cont Enyinemen, Firemen, ('raneineu. Fitters, etc. : Soiitli WalcH Siornciis .Stwl Association ... ... ... ... 71 Baldwins, Ltd., Landore Steel Works, .Swansea 71 Kiodinphani Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (Car Casting System) ... 66 (luoHt. Keen and Xettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais 6^), 70 Summers, .loini, and Sons, Ltd., Sliottoii ... ... ... ... 222 Foremen : Farnley Iron Co., Ltd.. Leeds 240 Foiindri/ Workers : Clav Cro.s8 Co., Ltd.. Chesterfield 71 Hifjhfield Foundry Co.. Ltd., Wellingborough 69 Maldon Iron Works, Ltd. 72 Light Casting'^ Workers : Scotland 68 General Award ... ... ... ■•• ... ... ... ... 70 General Award (women)... ... •• 59 Frodingham Iron and Steel Co.. Ltd. ... ... 66 Maintenance Workers : South Wales and Monmouthshire 66,69 Baldwins, Ltd., Panteg \\'orks, near Newport, Mon., and four others 66 and two others, Port Talbot ... 67,68 Blaenavon Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 66,69 Briton Ferry Steel Co., Ltd. (Women Workers) 239 CoMlle, Da"\id, and Sons, Ltd., Dalzell (Pipe Fitters) 67 Dalmellington Iron Co., Ltd 71 Heath, Pvobert, and Sons. Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent ... 69 Scott, Walter, and Middleton. Ltd., Redboiirn Hill 71 Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. . Ltd 69 Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Wigan 240 Workington Iron and Steel Co.. Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 69 Puddling Furnaces and Rolling Mills : Scotland 222 South Wales and Monmouthshire (Rail bank Workers) 71 Britannia Wire Works and three others ... ... ... ... 70 Dorman, Long and Co.. Ltd., Middlesbrough... ... ... ... 240 Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 238 Port Talbot Steel Co 238,239 Semi-sk-illed and Unsk-illed Workers : Duffryn Steel and Tinplate Works 239 Maclaren, Robert, and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... 70 Glossop Iron Works Co. . Ltd. . . . ... ... ... ... ... 67 Guest, Keen and Xettlefolds. Ltd., Dowlais ... ... ... ... 66 Port Talbot Steel Co., Ltd 238 Smiths and Strikers : Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.. Middlesbrough ... ... ... 239 Dalmellington Iron Co., Ltd., Dunaskin ... ... ... ... 65 Dixon, Wm., Ltd., Glasgow 67 Steel Smelting : South Wales Siemens Steel As.sociation ... ... ... ... 68,71 Crucible Steel Makers Association ... ... ... ... ... 225 Jonas and Col ver. Ltd., Sheffield 223 Lvsaght. John, and Co., Ltd.. Scunthorpe ... ... ... ... 222 Port Talbot Steel Co,, Ltd 238 Renton and Fisher, Ltd., Bathgate 238 Ironstone Miners. {See under ^Mining and Quarrying.) Joiners. (See under Building Trades, Carpenters, and various Trades Maintenance Workers.) Jute Workers 127 Laboubers. (See under various Trades.) Lace Dressers 259 445 Page. Lace Workers {See under Textile Trades) Lathers. (-S^ee under Building Trade.) Laundry Workers : Great Britain 203 Leinster ,335 Northumberland and Durham 209 Brighton 207 Bristol 207 Hull 208 Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 326 London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 Lead Millers : Baxendale and Co., Ltd., and two others, Manchester 113 Lead Miners 376 Leather Trades : General Leather Workers : Belfast 181 Chff, Jabez, and Co., Walsall (Women Stitchers) 180 Lavender and Overton, Ltd., Walsall ... ... ... ... ... 179 Lycett Saddle and Motor Accessories Co., Ltd., and D. Mason and Sons, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... 180 Waring and GiUow, Ltd., London (Women) ... ... ... ... 180 Saddlers, etc. : Walsall, Birmingham and District ... ... ... ... ... 180 Leatheries, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... 180 Mason, D., and Sons, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 180 (Saddletree Makers) ... 294 Tanners and Curriers : Great Britain 178,179 London 294 Northampton 293 Aberdeen ffide. Skin and Tallow Co., Ltd, (Clerks) 294 Central Hide and Skin Co., Ltd., and four others, Dublin (Carters and Labourers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 178 Clegg, Wm., and four others, Rochdale ... ... ... ... 179 Howe, Geo., Ltd., Bury ... ... ... ... ... ... 346 Morgan, Evan, Brecon ... ... ... 347 Sunbury Leather Co. , Addlestone ... ... 294 Walker, W., and Sons, Ltd., Bolton (Joiners) 294 Williamson, John, and Son, Ltd., Mary port ... ... ... ... 293 Lift Attendants (Women) 208 Light Castings Workers. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture) .Lightermen. {See under Transport Trades.) ■Lighthouse Lens Polishers 87 Limestone Quarrymbn. {See under Mining and Quarrying.) Linen Workers. {See tmder Textile Trades.) Loaders. {See under Transport Trades, Caiters, Motor Drivers, etc.) Local Government Staff. {See under Public Utility Services.) Lock and Latch Makers : Midlands 384 Machine Assemblers : Municipal AppUances Co., Ltd., Bamber Bridge, nr. 'Preston ... 121, 76 Machine Drillers. {See under Shipbuilding Trades.) Machine Grinders. {See under Cutlery Workers.) 3\Iachinists, Metal. {See under Brassworkers.) (Machinists. {See under Engineering Trade and Woodworking '^iTrade, Packing Case and Box Makers.) FF 446 Page. Machine Knifk Makers ^ ••• "182 Maoiune Pressers and Ki.MsiiKKs. (Women) 140 Machine Rulers 1"*0 Maintenance Woiucers. (See under various/rnulcs.) Manufactukkd Textile Goods. (See wnf/^r^Textile Trade-.) Masons. {See under Building Trades, Biicklayers.) Mates. (See under Fishing [ndustiy.) Metal Fittinos Makers : Gramostylcs, Ltd., Birraingha?n (Women) 115 Metalliferous Miners 64 Mineral Oil Workers. (See under Chemical Trades.) Mining and Quarrying : Coal Miners : Bolsover and Creswell ... ... ... ... 238 Coke Oven Workers : Cumberland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 237 North Staffordshire ... ... 234 National Pitch Coke Ovens, Darfield Main' Colliery ... ; 64 New Acid Co., Ltd ' 234 . Westerton National Pitch Coke Ovens, Bishop Auckland ... ... 64 Collierif Surfacemen : Cumberland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Midland ... ... 235 South Derbyshire and Districts... ... ... ... ... ... 235 Cambrian Combine Colliery Co. , Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 63 Lambton and Heaton Collieries, Ltd. (Women) ... ... ... 164 Electrical Fitters : Clay Cross Co., Ltd 64 Electricians, Enginemen, Labourers and Apprentices : Cumberland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Ironstone Miners : Lincolnshire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 376 Cleveland Mine Owners' Association ... ... ... ... ... 234 Lead Miners : Welsh Van Mining Co., Llanidloes 376 Metalliferous Miners : Settlingstoncs Mines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 64 Quarry Workers : Leicestersliire (granite) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 236 North Wales (slate) 337 Llysfaen and Llandulas (limestone) 233 Brooks, Ltd., Hahfax 236 Constable, Hart and Co., Matlock 234 Freeman, J., Sons and Co., Ltd., Penryn 237 Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais and Cwmbran ... 65 ,, ,, „ Morlais Castle (Limestone) ... 63 Hanson, Brown and Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough 237 Kneeshaw, Lupton, and Co., Llandulas, and two others 236 Murray, John, and Sons, Annan 63, 64 North Staffordshire Railway Co., Froghall and Cauldon Lowe ... 63 North Wales Granite Quarries, Conway ... ... ... ... 236 Ord and Maddison, Ltd., Darlington 237 Penmaenmawr and Welsh Granite Co., Ltd ... 233, 235 Scatter Rock Macadams, Ltd., Exeter ... ... ... ... 237 Smart, Josiah. and Sons, Matlock ... ... ... ... ... 234 Steetley Lime Co., Ltd., Worksop 234,236,237 Welshpool Standard Granite Co. ... ... ... ... ... 337 447 Mining and Quarrying — cont. Stonemasons, etc. : Cornwall ... Powell Duff ryn Steam Coal Co., Ltd. ... Stancliffe Estates Co., Ltd., Darley Dale Miscellaneous Metal Workers : Midlands ... Motor Car Packers : Mount, J. C, and Co., London (Labourers) ... Motor Drivers and Motormen. {See under Transport Trades, Carters and Chemical Trades, Soap Workers.) Moulders. {See under Engineering Trade.) Music Warehousemen : Pigott and Co., Ltd., and two others (Apprentices) ... Nail Workers. {See under Bolt, etc., Trades.) Needle Industry Workers : Redditch and District (Women) Redditch and District (Brass Workers Apprentices)... Redditch and District (Engineers, Apprentices) Net Dressers Nickel Workers : Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Clydach (Electrical Apprentices) ... Nightwatckmen Nut Makers. {See under Bolt, etc.. Trades.) Omnibus Workers. {See under PubUc UtUity Services Tramway Workers. ) Overlookers. {See uiider Textile Trades, Flax, etc., Workers.) Packing Case Makers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) Painters. {See under Building Trade and also under Public Utility Services, Tramway Workers {b).) Paint Workers ... ... Paper, Printing and Bookbinding Trades : Great Britain and Ireland (Machine Made Paper) ... Great Britain (Hand Made Paper) Scotland (Bookbinders and Machine Rulers) ... Dublin (Printers)... Baldwin, James, and Sons, Birmingham (Stokers, etc.) Gestetner, D., London (Printers and Paper Workers) Price's Patent Candle Co., Ltd., London (Printers) ... Sackville Press, Dublin (Printers) Passenger Guard Patternmakers. {See under Engineering Trade and Gas Stove Makers. ) Paviors. {See under Transport Trade — Maintenance Workers.) Peat Workers Petrol Can Repairers Piano Workers Pipe Fitters. {See under Engineering Trades, Heating and Domestic Engineers, Public Utility Services, Gas Workers.) Plasterers. {See under Building Trade.) Platers. {See under Shipbuilding Trades.) Platers' Helpers. {See under Shipbuilding Trades, Labourers.) Plumbers. {See under Building Trades and Shipbuilding Trades.) Pocket Lamp Manufacture Workers : Efandem Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton (Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, etc.) Page. 62 64, 65 237 380 207 348 114 113 112 259 254 291 172 342 343 150 274 151 274 279 343 268 334 173 156 211 FF 2 448 Page. Polishers (Furniture) '^i'.'J Poor Law Officers. (See under Public Utility Services.) Pottery Workers. (See under Clay, Brick, Pottery and Cement Trades.) Printing Trade. (See under Paper, etc.. Trades.) Producekmen. (See under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Progress Chasers : Nieuport and General Aircraft Co., Ltd., Cricklewood 206 Provision Trade Employees. (.9ee under Food, etc., Trades.) Public Utility Services : Administrative, Technical, and Clerical Staff : Bray 324 Brighton 318 Bury 182 Cambervvell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3()4 Dalkey 312 DubUn 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 191 East Ham 324 Hackney ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 318 Hebden Bridge 324 Ilford 323 Ilkeston 324 Lambeth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 320 Ley ton 296 Limerick ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 325 Manchester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 310 Merton and Morden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 314 Peterborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 309 Ringwood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 298 Shoreditch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 316 Stoke-on-Trent 302 Teddington 323 Wandsworth .306, 313 Warrington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 295, 324 Weston-super-Mare ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 311 Electricity Sujiply Worlcers : Great Britain 298 Aldershot 306 Basingstoke ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 201 Bedford 200 Brav 325 Brighton 201 Charing Cross, West End and Qty Electricity Supply Co., Ltd. ... 190, 318 Cleveland and Durham Electric Power, Ltd., and Xewcastle-on- Tyne Electric Supply Co., Ltd 183 Cornwall Electric Power Co 319 Derby 304 Dundalk 185 Edinburgh (Joiners) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 199 Gravesend 219,299 Isle of Wight Electric Light and Power Co. , Ltd 320 Leeds 300 Llanelly and District Electric Lighting and Traction Co., Ltd. ... 144 London 181, 192, 196, 220, 305, 393 Luton 189 Maidstone 193 Manchester 189 Newcastle-on-Tyne. (See Cleveland above.) Rotherham 198 Scarborough Electrical Supply Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 305 Sheffield 29.5, .394 Southampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 313 449 Page. Public Utility Services — cont. Electricity Supply Workers — cont. South Wales Electrical Power Co. ... ... ... ... ... 305 Stafford 184 Sunderland 313 West Hartlepool 323 Wolverhampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 183 Woolwich 74, 315 Worcester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 Wycombe (Borough) Electric Light and Power Co., Ltd. ... ... 202 Yorkshire Electric Power Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 315 Gas Workers : Great Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 Aldershot Gas and Water Co 199 AlUance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co. ... ... ... ... 347 Canterbury Gas and Water Co. ... ... ... ... ... 193 Dundee \ 200 Exmouth Gas Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 Gas Light and Coke Co., Ltd. (Pipe Fitters) 181, 203 Glasgow 194,319 Hastings and St. Leonards' Gas Co. ... ... ... ... ... 199 Haverfordwest ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 294 Kirkcaldy 199 Leicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 189 Lisburn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 314 Portsea Island Gas Light Co., Portsmouth ... ... ... ... 88 St. Leonards. {See Hastings above.) Skipton 320 South Staffordshire Mond Gas (Power and Heating) Co., Tipton ... 297 Stoke-on-Trent 201 Stourport Gas, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 194 Strabane 324 TenbvGasCo 347 Tipperary Gas Co., Ltd 300 Tipton. [See South Staffordshire above.) Torquay. (,8ee Exmouth above.) Wolverhampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 Manual Workers, Non-trading Services : South Wales and Monmouthshire 299,311 Lancashire and Cheshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 198 Lancaster County Asylum ... ... ... ... ... ... 220 Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leith Corporations, and Clyde Navigation Trust (Paviors) ... ... ... ... 221 Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh (Maintenance Workers) 221 Aberdeen (Pa\aors) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 221 Aberdeen (General Workers) ... ... ... ... ... ... 201 Bedford 200 Belfast 322 Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 183 Blackrock, Pembroke, Rathmines and Rathgar ... ... ... 311 Bridgwater 190,310 Brighouse, Elland, Greetland, Hebden Bridge, and Sowerby Bridge 308 Brighton 197,297 Bristol 190,321 Calder Valley 319 Carlisle 297 Camberwell, Holborn, and Hanwell ... ... ... ... ... 195 Chelsea 195 Dalkey 309 Dublin 200 Dunfermline ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 198 Galway ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••- 298 Glasgow 200,221 450 Page. l*uBLic Utility Servicks — ccjnt. Manu'tl Workers, Non-trading Services — coiit. Hatnvcll. (See CatnbcrwcU above.) Ilantirms ... 194 Hclciishuigh 201 Hctuion :n6 Ihicford ... 313 H()ll)()rn. (See Cambenvell above.) llklc-y 295 Irish Lifjhts Commissioners, Kingstown .300 Islington ... ... ... ... ■•• ••• •••• 196 Leek 199 Leicester ... 197 Lincoln 184 Lincolnshire 310 London Connty Council .. 182, 194, 202 London (Greater London Area) ... 195 Lord Derby War Hospital, Winwick .302 Luton 197 Morpeth ... 305 Paignton 184 Pembroke. (See also Blackrock above.) 191 Rathmines and Rathgar. (See also Blackrock above) 184 Redditch 301 Ripon 347 St. Albans 322 St. Pancras 324 Sheemess ... 199 Sheffield 188 Skipton 300 Sligo 328 Southgate 196 Stafford 184 St oke Newington ... 195 Stoke-on-Trent ... 192 Tenby 347 Todmorden 308 Wandle Valley (Sewerage) 195 Wandsworth 182 WeUs 308 Weston-super-Mare 320 Wolverhampton ... 181,300 Worksop ... 301 Wortliing 185, 201 Poor Law Officers and Workhouse Staff : Ashton-under-Lyne 295, 323 Blackburn 299 Brighton ... 296, 308 Chert sey ... 310 Hammei-smith 304 Islington ... 296 Leigh (Lancashire) 301 Lex den and Winstree 303 Medway ... 297 Plomesgate 312 Pljnnouth 309 Salford 302 Staines 315 Stoke-on-Trent 307 Tam worth 303 Thames 316 Wandsworth 298 West Bromwich ... 322 Yarmouth... '.'. '.'.'. 322 451 Page. Public Utility Services— co?i^ Teaching Staff : North Riding 321 Heywood 319 Gosport and Alverstoke ... ... ... ... ... ... 306 Middlesbrough ... 321 Northampton 316 Peterborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 317 Tramway and Omnibus Workers (a) ; Great Britain 202 Belfast 318 DubUn United Tramways Co 191 Falkirk and District Tramways Co 183 Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 194 Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Co 192 Maidstone 189 Potteries Electric Traction Co., Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent 193 Southampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 314 Worcester Electric Traction Co. 193 Tramwiy and Omnibus Workers (6) {Shopmen) : Bradford (Armature Winders) 295 Hereford (Vehicle Workers) 314 Llanelly and District Electric Lighting and Traction Co., Ltd. (Stokers, Labourers, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... ... 144 London County Council (Engineers, etc., and Labourers) ... ... 227, 228 London General Omnibus Co., Ltd. (Painters) 193 Manchester (Fitters' labourers)... ... ... ... ... ... 194 Waterworks Employees : Aldershot 199 Brompton, Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester Water Works Co. 201 Canterbury Gas and Water Co. ... ... ... ... ... 193 Chatham. [See Brompton above.) Consett. {See Weardale below.) Dublin 186 Gainsborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 303 Gillingham. {See Brompton above.) Metropohtan Water Board 202 Pembroke U.D.C., County Dubhn 191 Rochester. {See Brompton above.) Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Co., Hanley 191 Weardale and Consett Water Co. 182 PcTDDLiNa FgajTACE Workers. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Quarry Workers. {Sez under Mining and Quarrying.) Railway Workers : Glasgow Subway Railway Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 Great Western Railway Co. (Signalmen, Passenger Guard)... ... 268 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co. (Signalmen) ... ... 265 Taff Vale Railway Co 266 Nevill's Dock and Railway Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 141 North British Railway Co. (Dockworkers) ... ... ... ... 141 Electrical Workers on Railways : General Award 141, 269 London District 143,149,217 Railway Shopmen : General Award ... ,, (Women) Ireland Ireland (Carpanters) Caledonian Railway Co., Motherwell ... Cambrian Railway Co., Oswestry Cheshire Lines Committee, Warrington 76, 84, 90 73 82 88 80 158 84 462 Page. liAiLWAY Workers — cont. Railway Shoj)inen — oont. Great Southern and Western Railway, Limerick ... ... ... 8& GloucoHtcr llaihvay Wagon and Carria;^o Co., Ltfi., (jHoucester ... 242 Great Northern liailvvay, Doncastor ... ... ... ... ... 216 London Brighton and .South Coast Railway ... ... ... ... 83 London and South Western Railway, London ... ... ... 225 Eastleigh 225 Midland Railway, Northern Counties Committee, Belfast (Apprentices) 92 North Eastern Railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Co., EUesraere Port, Liver- pool and Cheater ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 Somei-set and Dorset Railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 215 Reclamation Trades : Aircraft : Salvage Departments, Hendon, Croydon ... ... ... ... 83 Salvage Department, Waddon ... ... ... ... ... ... 84 Land : Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (Labourers) ... ... ... 310 Metal : Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., Briton Ferry (Shipbreakers) 216 Hughes, Bolckow and Co., Ltd., Swalwell, Co. Durham (Labourers) 114 London Bronze and Metal Foundry, Ltd., London (Firemen) ... 123 Rubber : North Western Rubber Co., Ltd., Litherland 221 Textile : Ambler, G. W., and thirty-eight others, Oldham (cotton waste workers) 132 Restaurant Workers. {See under Food, etc., Trades.) Riggers. {See under Shipbuilding Trades.) Riveters. {See under Shipbuilding Trades, Platers.) RrvET Makers. {See under Bolt, etc., Trades.) RrvET W^AJiMERS. {See under Shipbuilding Trades, Labourers.) Roller Coverers * ... 132 Rolling Mill Workers. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, Puddling Furnaces.) Rope Workers ... ... 130 Rough Goods Lighterage 143 Rubber Workers : Great Britain (Women) 208,396 Associated Rubber Manufacturers, Ltd. (Tyre Repairers) 209 Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Coventry (Women) ... ... ... 210 Harborough Rubber Co., Market Harborough ... ... ... 205,335 n dia Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraphic Works, Ltd., London (Clerks) 204 Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Ltd., Leyland and Bir- mingham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 MacLellan, George, and Co., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 210 North Western Rubber Co., Ltd., Litherland and Liverpool ... 210, 221 Redfern's Rubber Works. Ltd., Hyde, nr. Manchester (Pieceworkers) 206 Wood-Milne, Ltd., Preston (Packers, etc.) 208 Sack, Bag, etc.. Workers. {See under Textile Trades.) Saddlers. {See under Leather Trades.) Saddletree Makers 294 Sailing Barges. {See under Transport Trades, Bargemen, etc.) Sailors. {See under Transport Trades, JHarbour [Service and Fishing Industry, etc.) 453 Page. Saw Makers : Sheffield District 382 Sanderson Bros, and Newbould, Ltd., Sheffield 254 Sawyeks. {See under Shipbuilding and Woodworking Trades.) SciESTTmc Instrument Makers. {See under Engineering Trade.) Scissor Grinders ... ••• 383 Screw Makers. {See under Bolt, etc., Trades.) Scutchers 134 Scythe Makers 382 Seamen. {See under Transport Trades and Fishing Industry, etc.) Seed Crushers : Great Britain 219 Semi-skilled and Unskilled Workers. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, Woodworking Trades, Aircraft Woodworkers and Various Trades.) Sewerage Workers. {See under Public UtiUty Services, Manual Workers. ) Sewing Machinists, Women. {See also under Clothing Trades) 134 Shawl Makers 386 Sheeters 231 Sheet Metal Workers. {See also under Engineering Trade,) General Award (Women) ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• H^ Midlands 380 Yorkshire 109 Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• HO London (Gas Meter Trade) 114 British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd., Prescot and Helsby ... 249 Crittall, Richard and Co., Ltd., and Southfield Sheet Metal Co., London (Women Welders) ... ... ... ... ... ••• H^ Dundee Gas Commissioners ... ... • • ■ . • • • • • • • • 200 General Stampings, Ltd., London and Stonehouse Works, Ltd., West Bromwich (Women) ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• H^ Glover, Thomas, and Co., Ltd., London 114 Kryn and Lahy, Letchworth (Women) 122 Taylor, Law and Co., Ltd., Birmingham (Tinplate Workers) ... 121 Wniett and Robinson, Maidstone ( Women) 118 Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Trades : General Cases : Great Britain 98,101,106 Bristol Channel 216 Clyde 103 Clyde and West Scotland (Boilershops) 102 Cardiff, Newport, Barry and Penarth • • • 95 Southampton ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ^4 Admiralty 96, 107 Aldous, Ltd., and three others, BrightUngsea and District 100 Crichton, Thompson, and Co., Ltd., King's Lynn 104 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd. Belfast 98, 108 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and seven others, Belfast 102, 107 Vickers, Ltd., Barrow ... ... ... .•• •■• •■• •■• 95 Apprentice Shipwrights : Hawke, Fred, Plymouth 101 Moses, W. H., Ramsgate , 10* 454 Page. fciiiiniiiLDiNci AM) .Siiii'Ju:i'AiiUN(i Tkadds — ronl. Boiler uKiLer/i {in lioilershops) : North Kast Coast 91,105 Xoitli West Coast 99 TiCH and Hartlepool District 87,100 Hull 103 |)ul)lin Dockyard Co., Ltd 106 Vickors, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness ... ... 99 Boiler Coverers and Boiler Scalers. (See also Main Heading.) i^^Condron Co., and others, Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 247 Humber Graving Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd. ... ... ... 94 White, J. S., and Co., Ltd., East Cowes 244 Carpenters, Joiners, etc. : South Coast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Tyne 100 Cardiff, Newport, Barry and Penarth ... ... ... ... 95 Manchester Dry Docks Co., Ltd., and Morrell, Mills and Co., Ltd. ... 98 Harlandand Wolff, Ltd., and Workman Clark and Co., Belfast ... 246 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry ... ... 245 Camper and Nicholson, Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... ... 245 Queenstown Dry Docks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., Shieldhall, Glasgow ... ... ... 94 Clerical Staff. Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Penarth, Swansea, and Port Talbot ... 248 Beardmore, Wm., and Co., Ltd., Dalmuir ... ... ... ... 104 Engineers : Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 101 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd. ... 102 Middle Docks and Engineering Co., Tyne (Demarcation) ... ... 226 Summers and Payne, Southampton ... ... ... ... ... 246 Labourers, Platers' Helpers, Rivet Warmers, etc. : Clyde 108 Mersey 247 Cardiff, Newport, Barry and Penarth ... ... ... ... 96 Southampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 99 Admiralty... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Haverton-Hill-on-Tees ... ... 248 Lithgows, Ltd., Port Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 104 Ocean Dry Docks, Co., Ltd., Swansea... ... ... ... ... 338 Machine Drillers : Clyde 102 Thornycroft, J. I., and Co., Ltd., Southampton ... 97 Platers, Drillers, Riveters, Caulkers, etc. : Clyde (Deck Platers) 107 Clyde (DriUers) 102,105 Hull 103 Liverpool and Birkenhead ... ... ... ... ... ... 106 Southampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 Aldous, Ltd., and three others, Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe ... 97 Barclay, Curie and Co., Ltd., Whiteinch ... 101 Beardmore, Wm., and Co., Ltd., Dalmuir (Light Platers and Drillers) 97 , 104 Brown's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., HuU 100 Grayson, H. and C, Ltd., Garston, Liverpool 106, 245 Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd 99 Hill, Charles, and Sons. Bristol ... ... ... ... ... 95 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Govan 104 North of Ireland Sliipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry 101 Ritchie, Graham and Milne, Ltd., Whiteinch ... 94 Thomvcroft and Co., Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... ... 97 Vickera, Ltd., Barrow-in-Fumess 95.99,102,106 Wliite, J. Samuel, and Co., Isle of Wight 96 455 Page. Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Trades — cont- Plumbers : Tyne District (Demarcation) ... ... ... ... ... ... 226 Liverpool 245 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry ... ... 246 Queenstown Dry Docks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Riggers : Admiralty 103 Gray, J. and J., Glasgow... ... ... ... ... ... ... 102 Sawyers and Woodcutting Machinists : Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and Workman, Clark and Co., Belfast ... 94, 246 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry ... ... 246 Rennie-Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering .and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Wivenhoe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105 Shipwrights and Ship-constructors : Cardiff, Newport, Barry and Penarth ... ... ... ... 96 Admiralty... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Camper and Nicholson, Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... ... 245 Colby Bros., Ltd., Lowestoft 106 Cork Harbour Commissioners and four others, Cork and Queenstown 244 McLearon, W. B., Harwich 100 Queenstown Dry Dock Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 244 Rochdale Canal Co., Manchester ... ... ... ... ... 246 Smiths and Strikers : Dublin Dockyard Co., Ltd 106 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 380 Women Workers : Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 380 Day, Summers and Co., Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... ... 98 Summers and Payne, Ltd., Southampton (Filers) ... ... ... 96 Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness (Gun Provers) ... ... ... 103 Ship's Bottom Painters and Cleaners 144 Ship's Tackle IMakers. (See under Chain and Anchor Makers.) Shtbt Cutters 387, 397 Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, Etc. : Ayrshire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 330 South Yorks 348 West Riding 203 DubUn (Stationery Clerks and Pawnbrokers' Assistants) ... ... 331 Enniscorthy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 332 Falkirk 326 Larkhall 330 London (Wholesale Textile) 210, 211 Manchester 394 Sligo 328 Tralee 334 Aldershot District Industrial Co-oiierative Society, Ltd., Aldershot 203 Army and Navy Co-operative Society, Ltd., London ... ... 221 Bathgate Co-operative Society, Bathgate ... ... ... ... 327 Bristol Co-operative Society, Bristol ... ... ... ... ... 333 Cleator Moor Co-operative Society, Ltd., Cleator Moor ... ... 326 Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., Roden ... ... ... 328 Morrison's Economic Stores, Aberdeen ... ... ... ... 327 Northern Co-operative Society, Ltd,, Aberdeen ... ... ... 327 Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, Ltd., Woolwich ... ... 330 Rylands and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 326 Shroud Workers (Women) 134 Shuttle Makers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) 456 Page. SicKLK Makers 'M2 SuiNAi.MKN. {See under Railway Workers.) Sli.K WoKKERS, (See under Textile Trades.) yKiri'KKS. (See under Transport ThkIch and Fishing Industry.) Slaters. (See under Building Trades.) Slate Quarrymen. (See under Mining and Quarrying.) Smiths, (^ee binder Iron and Steel Manufacture and Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades.) Smock Makers ... 140 Sparking Plug Makers : Ripault, Leo, and Co., London (Women) 122 Spelter Workers : South Wales 383,384 British Metal Extraction Co., Ltd., Llansaralet, and five others, Swansea District (Bricklayers, etc.)... ... ... ... ... 112 Dillwyn and Co., Ltd., Swansea (Zinc Workers) ... ... ... 11.5 English Crown Spelter Co., Ltd., Swansea ... 383 New Delaville Spelter Co., Ltd., Bloxwich and Spring Hill (Brass- founders) ... ... ■ ... ... ... ... ... ... 112 Sulphide Corporation, Ltd. , Seaton Carew ... ... 113 Spinners. (See under Textile Trades, Flax and Wool Workers. ) Spring Trade : General A\\ ard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 119 Midlands 380 Rochdale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ill Accrington, Blackburn, Bury, Colne and Rochdale ... ... ... 385 General Stampings, Ltd., London, and Stonehouse Works, Ltd., W. Bromwich 119 Stampers : Apex Stamping Co., Ltd., Fleetwood (Women) ... 211, 338 Deakin, W\, and Co., Ltd., Birmingham (Women) ... ... ... 126 James, Wm., Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Willenhall ... ... ... 125 Steel Helmet Linings Makers 137 Steel Smelters. (See under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Stokers. (See under Enginemen.) Stone Masons, etc. (See under Mining and Quarrjing.) Strikers. (See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, Smiths.) Sugar Refinery Workers 284 Sweet Packers ... ... 175 Sword Makers : Gaunt, R. W. J., Ltd., Birmingham 121 Tailors and Tailoresses. (See under Clotliing Trade.) Tanners and Curriers. (See under Leather Trades.) Tar Distillers 343 Tar Still Cleaners 278 Teaching Staff. (See under Public Utility Services.) Telegraphic and Electrical Appliances. (See under Clay, Brick, etc.. Trades, Pottery Workers.) Tent ^Makers. Women. (See under Textile Trade, Manufactured Textile Goods.) Tent Pole Makers ... 157 457 Page. Textile Trades : Canvas Hose Pipe Makers : McGregor and Co., Dundee 130,133 Martinj Alex. W., and Co., Ltd., Aberdeen 258 Clerks : Hacking and Co., Ltd., Bury ... ... ... ... ... ... 255 Cotton Workers : Ambler, G. W., and thirty-eight others, Oldham (Cotton Waste Trade) 132 Brindle, J., and Co., Ltd., Gargrave ... ... ... ... ... 339 Dyers, Bleachers, Printers and Finishers : Great Britain (Calico Printers) ... ... ... ... ... 226 Ireland (Yarn Bleachers) ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Blackburn (Maintenance Workers) ... ... 134 Leek (Dyers) 129 Nottingham (Lace and Net Dressers) ..." ... ... 2.59 Knox, W. and J., Ltd., Kilbirnie (Hand Pinners, etc.) 256 Steiner, F., and Co., Ltd., Church (Maintenance Workers) ... ... 134 Elastic Web Makers : General Award ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 Felt Workers : Bury Felt Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and three others, Bury and District 1.35 Flax Workers : Ireland (Spirmers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Belfast (Overlookers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Long Melford (Scutchers) ... 134 Burness, D., and two others, Bervie (Spinners) ... ... ... 130 Hosiery Workers : West of Scotland and Hawick ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 Blackrock Hosiery Co. , Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 256 Glen Glove and Hosiery Co., Ltd., and two others, Aberdeen ... 135 Skelton, John, and Son, Norwich ... ... ... ... ... 133 Jute Workers : Dundee and District ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 Lace Workers : Midland Counties 386 Long Eaton and District 129,131,135,396,397 Nottingham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 258 Linen Workers : Ireland 131,339 Finlayson, Bousfield and Co., Ltd., Johnstone (Linen Thread Workers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.35 Harris, Jonathan, and Sons, Ltd., Cockermouth ... ... ... 385 Knox, W. and J., Ltd., liilbirnie (Thread Roughers and Sorters) ... 135 Lochleven Linen Co., Kinross ... ... ... ... ... ... 217 Maintenance Workers, Enginemen, etc. {See also under Dyers) : West Riding (Enginemen) ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 Bradford (Engineers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 Bradford (Enginemen) 128,387 Arnold, H., and Son, and H.M. Office of Works, Peterborough (Builders) 215 Buckle, Crossley, and Co., and Lister and Co., Bradford (Engineers) 130 Brough, Nicholson and Hall, Ltd., Leek (Engineers) 134 Manufactured Textile Goods : Lurgan (Handkerchief and Fancy Linen Trade) 1.35,260 Brown, J. H., and Co., London (Tent Makers, Women) 2.56 Browne, J. Witson, and Son^ Ltd., Birmingham (Sewing Machinists, Women) 134 458 Page. Tkxtilk Tua d ks — anil. Mamifarliired Textile Goods— (ont. Kliiif^'ir Manufacturing Co., I.tfl.. London (Foremon, Cas Mask Fattory) ... 206 I'arsons, C. H., Ltd., Birniin^liaiii (Slwond Workers, Women) ... 134 Snntli, .lolin, and Co., London (Tent Makers, Women) 132 \\arin;f and Cillow, J^td., J.ondon (Canvas Equipment Makers) ... 131 Waring and (iillow, Ltd., l^ondon (Ivabourers) 133 Rope and Ttcive }Vorki'rs : General Award (Rope Makers) 130 Cardwell, Henry, and Sons, F^td., Patricroft, Manchester (Twine Workers) 217 Sdck, Bag, etc.. Workers : Association of Manufacturers and Merchants of Made-up Textiles, Ltd., and eight others, London ... 217 Stephens, Brothers and Martin, Bristol 133 Silk Workers : Macclesfield ... ... ... ... 259 Maygrove, J., and Co., Ltd., St. Alhans 217 Wool Workers : Scotland (Weavers, etc.) 257,260 Wales .386 West of England 129 West Riding (Warehousemen) ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 West Ridinc (W^eavers, Willeyers, etc.) ... ... ... ... 128 West Riding (Worsted Spinners) 1.33 Yorkshire (Roller Coverers) ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Bradford 386 Hillfoots (Shawl Makers) 386 Rochdale (Flannel Weavers) ... ... ... ... ... ... 129 Archibald, R., and Sons, Tillicoultry (Weavers) ... ... ... 386 Ashworth, J., and three others, Bury and District ... ... ... 136 Clayton, F. and J., and Co., Ltd., Navan ... ... ... ... 256 Con vojf Woollen Co., Ltd., Donegal ... ... ... ... ... 255 Hill and Sons, Ltd., Dublin (Weavers) 256 Kilkenny Woollen Mills, Ltd., Kilkenny 254,259 Lucy, D., and Co., Cork 257 Mahoney, Martin, Bros., Ltd.. Blarney ... ... ... ... 2.57 Pease, H., and Co., I>td., DarUngton (Overlookers) ... ... ... ,339 Spaniount Woollen Co., Ltd., Tyrone ... ... ... ... 2.55 Stell, J., and Sons, Keighley (Spinners) ... ... ... ... 339 Sykes, E., and Sons, Barkisland (Weavers, Women) ... ... 259 Theatrical Workehs : Great Britain and Ireland (Varietv Artistes) ... ... ... 333 Dublin (Theatre Staffs) * 326 London (Theatre Staffs) ,335 Rochdale (Theatre Staff and Dressers) ... ... ... ... 328 Thread Roughers and Sorters ... 135 Tie Cutters 388,397 Timber Loaders. {See wider W^oodworking Trades, Fellers, etc.) Timekeepers : Garlick, John (Ltd.), London 230 Aircraft Salvage Depot, Waddon ... ... ... ... ... 84 Tin Smelters : PenpoU Tin Smelting Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... 250 Tin Box Makers : Great Britain 384,397 Carrick, James G., and Co., Glasgow (Women) ... ... ... 117 Llojd, A., and Sons, Ltd., London (Women) 121 Thornton Street Iron and Copper Works, Manchester (Women) ... 115 459 Page. Tobacco Workers 344 TooLMAKERS. {See also under Engineering Trades.) Great Britain (Women) 125 Sheffield (Women) 119 A. G. S. Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London (Women) 122 Best, Isaac, and Co., Ltd., Manchester (Women) ... ... ... 124 General Stampings, Ltd., London (Women), and Stonehouse Works,' "Sj Ltd., W. Bromwich (Women) 119 Wynn, Timmins and Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... 123 Tkamway Workers. (See under Public Utihty Services.) Transport Trades. (See also under Railway Workers.) Bargemen, Lightermen and Watermen : Great Britain (Sailing Barges) ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 River Thames (Rough Goods Lighterage) ... ... ... ... 143 Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 388 London 268 Fairclough, James, and Sons, Ltd., Warrington ... ... ... 175 Grand Canal Co., DubUn 227 Lloyd, Edward, Ltd., Sittingbourne ... ... ... ... ... 147 Rea, R. and J. H., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... 271 Sales, A. R. and S., Ltd., Woolwich Arsenal (Sailing Barge Captains, etc.) 149 Cab Drivers : Campbell's, Ltd., Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 Sheridan, T. J., Waterford 341 Tomhnson, Joseph, and Sons, Ltd. . and two others, Sheffield . . . 340 Canal Workers Ashore : Grand Canal Co., Dubhn ... ... ... ... ... ... 227 Ipswich Dock Employers' Association ... ... ... ... 142 London and Rochester Barge Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 147 Carters, Motor Drivers, Second Men, etc. {See also under Building Trades ; Food, etc.. Trades ; Grain Millers ; Leather Trade, Tanners ; and Woodworking Trades ; Fillers, and Miscellaneous.) Great Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 147 North Staifordshire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 Bristol 390 Cardiff and District 348,390 Liverpool and District, Birkenhead and Wallasey ... ... ... 389 London 388,394,396 Macclesfield 1.50 Manchester 390 Newcastle-on-Tyne ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 388 Norwich (Coal Porters, etc.) 150,267 Nottingham 389 Penzance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 266 Reading and District ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 Sheffield 389 Shields 391 Stockport 391 Swansea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 390 Warrington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 389 Duncan Tucker, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... 218 Lever Bros., Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 171 Northampton Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., and Midland Motor Bus Co., Co., Ltd 270 Sutton and Co., London ... ... ... ... ... ... 148 WaUis, John, and Sons, DubUn 264, 270 Coalheavers, Trimmers, etc. : River Wear ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 142 Milford Haven 341 Admiralty 147 Harwich 143 „ Inverness ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 146, 149 Grimsby Fishing Vessel Owners' Exchange Co., Ltd. 273 460 Page. Transport Trades — conl. Dork hihnnrers : Ireland 340 Ireland (Cross Channel Trade) 145,341 RiverTees 142,145 Belfast 272 Cork 264, .266 Dundee ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• •■■ ••• 273 Dundee (Scavengers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 Galway 265 Sligo 266 Swansea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 341 Admiralty (Great Britain) ... ... ... ... 143 Admiralty (Rosy th) 149 Clyde Shipping Co., Waterford ... ... ... ... ... 264 Dublin Coal Merchants Association ... ... ... ... ... 267 Gardner, Locket and Hinton, London... ... ... ... ... 268 Greenock Stevedore Co., Ltd., and Raw Sugar Association of Greenock, Ltd. 144 North British Railway Co., Silloth 141 Taff Vale Railway Co., Penarth 273 Harbour Service {Tug, Dredgers, etc. : Ayrshire Ports (Cranemen, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... 146 Clyde (Dredgerman) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 146 Cork (Sailors, Firemen, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... ... 267 DubUn 267 London (Tug Workers and Captains) ... ... ... ... ... 141, 143 Mersey (Floating Plant Employees) 226,268 Tees "^ 142,145 Admiralty and War Office (Tug Engineers, etc.) ... 142, 147 Maintenance Workers in Harbours, etc. : Aberdeen (General Workers, Men and Women) ... ... ... 148 Aberdeen Corporation (Pa viors and Labourers ... ... ... 221 Bristol (Joiners) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 271 Bristol and District (Carpenters, etc.) ... ... ... ... 265 Clyde (Building Operatives) ... ... ... ... ... ... 218 Clyde Navigation Trust (Paviors and Labourers) ... ... ... 200 Dundee Corporation (Pa viors and Labourers) ... ... ... 221 Edinburgh Corporation (Paviors and Labourers) ... ... ... 221 Glasgow Corporation (Paviors and Labourers) ... ... ...200,221 Leith Corporation (Paviors and Labourers) ... ... ... ... 221 Admiralty (Carpenters and Joiners) ... ... ... ... ... 144 Admiralty (Women in colour lofts) ... ... ... ... ... 146 Admiralty, Rosyth (Engineers, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... 145 Faill, A. and J., Glasgow (Pa\'iors and Labourers) ... ... ... 57,221 Seamen, Firemen, etc. : Dick and Page, and three others, London ... ... ... ... 146 Rea, R. and J. H., Ltd., Liverpool 273 Trawl FiSHnsTG. (J Lithonr. Sir, I have tlic honour to ])r('S('nt herowitli a l{fj)ort on the work of the Ministry during li>2() under the Acts of Parliament from wliieh the Ministry derives powers for the settlement of labour disputes, viz., the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, and the Conciliation Act, 189G. Under •each of these Acts, the Minister is required to present to Parliament periodical Reports of proceedings and this Report may be regarded as forming part of the series covering the work under these statutes since their enactment. The Industrial Courts Act continued in •operation- until September 30th, 1920, certain of the provisions of the AVages (Temporary Regulation) Acts and accordingly the Report •deals with the administration of those Acts for such part of the year ■as they were operative. It has been deemed useful to include, in continuance of the actount •contained in the immediately preceding Report of the series, a note on the working of the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919. Particulars of the work of the Joint District Boards under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, which have appeared since the Tenth Report of Proceedings under the Conciliation Act have, however, been omitted. The Mining Industry Act. 1920. provides for the merging of these Boards in the Area Boards to be established thereunder and the minimum wage Act is being administered by the newly created Mines Department of the Board of Trade. In order that the work of the Department may be understood, a brief •summary of the outstanding industrial features of the year has been prefixed to the Report. In the course of the year, trade passed suddenly irom abundant prosperity to acute depression resulting in serious unemployment. The " cost of living " index number which, apart from a temporary decline in 1919, had risen steadily since the outbreak of war, reached its maximum in the late autumn. Wage rates also continued steadily to rise but reached the crest at the end of the year, when a downward movement commenced. Wages negotiations were of the utmost importance and the statistics of the Ministry indicated in the aggregate an unprecedented advance in Avages during 1920. The adjustment of claims was frequently accompanied by stopjjages of work and the number of strikes and lockouts recorded was the highest since statistics have been kept. These factors had an important bearing on the work of the Department. No alterations were made during the year in the statutory powers of the Department for the settlement of labour disputes, other than those resulting from the lapse of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts. This marked the termination of the Government regulation of wages undertaken during the war period, save in respect of railways and coal mining where special financial relations existed. During the year. 920 labour disputes were '" settled "" under the auspices of the Department, but for reasons indicated in the Report a statistical statement of cases " settled " is not a satisfactory representa- tion of the Department's activities in this direction. For the proper {performance of its duties, the Department keeps in touch with all industrial developments likely to lead to disputes and it will be ap- preciated that, in many additional cases, the Department brought its influence to bear with a view to assisting in a settlement. This figure (920) is lower than in the immediately preceding years when the total was swollen by the compulsory arbitration procedure of the Muni- tions of War Acts and the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, which obviously involved the Department in disputes more readilv than would normally be the case. The return to the Government's general policy of non-intervention in disputes and the establishment of new conciliation machinery, such as Joint Industrial Councils, also had the effect of reducing the number of cases. In contrast with the war years and in consonance with the pre-war period, a large proportion of the 920 settlements consisted of concilia- tion agreements negotiated by officers of the Department. Of the cases determined by arbitration, the large majority were referred to the Industrial Court — the standing arbitration tribunal set up by the Industrial Courts Act — whose decisions were of far-reaching importance. Courts of Incpiiry, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part II. of the Industrial Courts Act, were ajjpointed to report on three disputes. Detailed particulars of these various cases are given in the Appendices to the Report. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, H. J. WILSON. Industrial Relations Department, Ministry of Labour, August, 192L A 2 IV CONTENTS PAGE GENERAL REPORT 1 APPENDICES :— I. — Panel for arf //w; Boards of Arbitration ... ... ... 42 II. — Summaries of Awards of the Industrial Court ... ... 44 III. — Summaries of Awards of Sin<2;le Arbitrators appointed by the Minister of Labour ... ... ... 161 IV. — Summaries of Awards of ad hoc Boards of Arbitration appointed by the Minister of Labour ... ... ... 176 V. — Summaries of Agreements negotiated under the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, and under the Conciliation Act, 1896 :— (a) Agreements negotiated by Officers of the Ministry of Labour ... ... .. ... 181 (6) Agreements negotiated in terms of Section 2 (1) (6) of the Conciliation Act, 1896... ... ... 232 (c) Agreements negotiated by Conciliators appointed by the Minister of Labour ... ... ... 233 VI. — Summaries of Reports of Courts of Inquiry and Investigators : — (a) Courts of Inquirj ... ... ... ... 235 (b) Investigators ... ... ... ... ... 242 VII. — Statement of Important Legal Decisions in connection with the Restorarion of Pi-e-War Practices Act. 1919, and the Wages (Temporai-y Regulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919 ... ... ... ... ... .. 244 INDEX to detailed Statement of Cases included in Appendices II. to VI 2.55 Report of Proceedings duriag 1920 under the Industrial Courts Act; 1919 (including the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, as amended), the Conciliation Act, 1896, and the Restoration of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919. The present Report deals with proceedings taken during 1920 by the Ministry of Labour under the Acts of ParHament which confer on the Minister powers in relation to the settlement of trade disputes arising between employers and workpeople. These Acts are the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, and the Concihation Act, 1896. The former Act continued in operation until September 30th, 1920, certain of the provisions of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts and in these circumstances the Report deals also with the administration of those Acts. In continuance of the account in the preceding Report of this series (H.C. 221/1920), some particulars are included relative to the working of the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919. Review of Industrial Situation in 1920. In order to place the work of the Department in its proper setting, it is necessary to survey briefly the chief industrial features of the year. When the year began, industry appeared to have adjusted itself to the change from war to peace conditions and to have absorbed the majority of the men demobilised from the forces. The trade activity which followed the termination of hostilities in the endeavour to supply the world's demands which had necessarily been postponed during the war, continued during the early part of 1920, although the diminution of fresh orders which could be observed in certain industries even at the commencement of the year, indicated that a reaction might be anticipated. In the summer, the decline, which had already commenced in certain industries, became more widespread and by the autumn a distinct depression in trade had set in. The depression was intensi- fied by the national strike of coal miners in October, the consequent shortage of fuel disorganising the engineering and other industries. A temporary improvement followed the settlement of the strike but at the end of the year trade conditions were bad. In many cases prices reached a level at which consumers refused to buy, and in consequence of liquidation of accumulated stocks, and of other causes, the price level began to fall. The immediate result was that buyers held of! until the cost of manufactured articles should reflect the fall in price of raw materials : contracts were cancelled : freights fell rapidly ; and manufacturers were unwilling to manu- facture for stock on a falling market. It may be noted that in certain industries, for example building, the demand for the products of the industry was maintained throughout the year. Following closely on the upward trend of trade prosperity and its subsequent decline, the Ministry of Labour index number of retail prices of food and other items of working class expenditure, sometimes referred to as the " cost of living " index number, rose steadily until at the commencement of November it reached the maximum of 176 per cent, over the level of July, 1914, and then began to fall" The early months of 1921 registered a further decline. (955.) 1,250. 9/21. Ill those circuinstanfcs la hour prohloii.s were of very cousiderahlc importance. Tiulcr the ahiiorinal conditions that had prevailed as a result of tlie war. labour had her-onie stronfrly orf?anised and trade union meMil)erslii|) in the United Kingdom had increased from about 1. 000, ()()() just before the war to about 8,000,0(X) at the end of j'.ti^o. During the year the trade union movement was largely concernotiHrit>nH \v»'rp iiccpssarv in imh'r to flispfme of the matter in so fur as it atVect«Ml the iincontroMed ( airiers. Conferences were jjresirled over })V ail officer of the Depurtnient and eventually an a<{reeiii«'iit was ell'ected whereby the same advance was given as had already been conceded for controlled canals and carriers, but as from a later date. The negotiations also resulted in the setting up of a Wages Board for the canal industry in the Midland area on the lines of the Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board. .\t a later date negotiations were re-opened for the purpose of .settling the wages and conditions of the canal employees on a permanent basis and meetings were held in September, October and November, 1920, between representatives of the parties, under the chairman.ship of an officer of the Department. As a result, the parties agreed to set up a Joint Industrial Council for the inland waterways, to which the national claim was referred. Nottin[/h(im Brickmakers : — A case involving the Department in protracted negotiations was a dispute concerning brickmakers in the Nottingham district. Towards the end of 1918, the workpeople represented by the National Builders' Labourers' Union claimed from the Ncttingliam Brick ^lanufacturers' Association an increase of wages which resulted in an agreement wherebv'^ the rates of wages of the workpeople were advanced as from June, 1919, to the rates being paid in the local building trade. The agreement was expressly stated to be made conditional on Govern- ment endorsement, a condition avowedly attached to enable the price of the bricks to be increased. This agreement was referred by the Department to the Interim Court of Arbitration for advice and the Court intimated that, in their opinion, the increase provided for by the proposed agreement was excessive and the terms of the ' agreement ought not to be approved. At the end of July, 1919, the men ceased work in support of their claim and did not resume until November. Officers of the Department had been in touch with the parties throughout the dispute and negotiations resulted eventually in an agreed reference to arbitration. The arbitrator (Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C.) in an award dated February, 1920, decided that the prevaihng rates of wages being paid to the brickyard workers were fair and reasonable, that the claim for an additional 2d. per hour just granted to workers in the local building trade had not been established, and further, that the wages of the Nottingham brickmakers ought not to be regulated by the rates of wages being paid to labourers in the building trades. At the en^ of March, the operatives again made application that the brickmakers should be paid the current rate for labourers in the building trade. The employers offered, and paid, an advance of 8s. ])er week in accordance with a decision of the Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committee for the Clay Industry, but notAnthstanding this advance, the men ceased Avork on 1st May in support of their original claim. The Department kept in touch with the dispute and on 3rd June, following the Department's negotiations, a pro\isional agreement was arrived at whereby the employers and worlq^eople agreed to follow the variations awarded from time to time by the Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committee for the Clay Industry, the employers further agreeing to give an increase in wages as from the commencement of July, such increase to merge in the next advance u awarded. The agreement which also provided for the working of piece-work and for the continuance at work, in the event of strikes, of burners on continuous kilns was accepted by the men who resumed work shortly afterwards. Vehicle Builders : — A dispute of some magnitude in the Vehicle Building Industrv was settled by an agreement effected under the auspices of the Department after somewhat difficult negotiations. The wages agreement in the Tehicle Building Industry expiring on 1st September, the National Union of Vehicle Builders made application at the end of June for an advance of (id. an hour on the minimum rates of wages set forth in the agreement of March, 1920. Settlements involving an advance of 2d. per hour were arrived at in some districts by the Employers' Associa- tions concerned, but the National Federation of Vehicle Trades refused to concede any advance of wages not based on output and a stoppage of work ensued. Following preliminary negotiations, an officer of the Department presided over a conference of representatives of the parties concerned on 27th April, when an agreement was reached providing for an advance of wages of l|d. per hour and for the institution of systems of payment by results, such agreement to be recommended for accept- ance by the parties. This agreement was, however, rejected by a vote of the workpeople and the Union accompanied the intimation to the Department of its rejection with a request for an immediate further <3onference with the employers. Accordingly on 27th October a further conference was held, when an amended agreement was arrived at, providing for advances of 2d. per hour to adult workers with correspond- ing advances to youths and apprentices and, subject to specified conditions, for the introduction or continuance of systems of payment by results ; work to be resumed forthwith. London Cab Trade : — Under the auspices of the Joint Committee of the London Motor Cab Trade, an agreement was entered into with the United Vehicle Workers' Union whereby the men received 25 ])er cent, of their takings and no charges were made for petrol or for repairs. This agreement continued in operation until September, 1920, when the Joint Committee gave a week's notice to the men to terminate the agreement and intimated that thereafter |d. per mile extra would be deducted, on account of the in- creased price of petrol. This proposal was rejected by the men and a stoppage of work followed. The attention ^of the Department being called to the dispute, an officer of the Department after some preliminary negotiations presided at a conference of the parties on 28th October, when a provisional agreement was reached. This agreement provided that all petrol, mileage and other charges incurred in the cost of running hitherto borne by the drivers should be cancelled ; that an interim commission should be paid to the drivers of 22| per cent, in place of 25 per cent. ; that a conciliation board representative of the parties should be set up with an indejjendent chairman, to consider immediately an equitable reduction of the 25 per cent, commission to equalise the amount paid by the men for petrol ; and that the percentage commission should be increased to 25 per cent., if and when existing fares should be raised. This provisional agreement was ratified by the parties and the men resumed work. 12 Marifarlnr Workers : — A s<'ttl(Mii('nt followiiij,' ii protracted strike was one negotiated in the case of a niarj^arinc factory in London. On the faihire of no^'otia- tiona between the firm and the various unions concerned, the work})eople ceasefl work at the commencement of July, the firm contending that the state of the markets would not permit them to meet the union's demands. The l)ej)artment kept in touch with the parties and with developments tliroughout the dis})ute and it was eventually found practicable to liold conferences on 11th and 12th August, as a result of which a settlement was arrived at. Under the settlement, a production bonus was to be brought into operation and the women concerned received a small immediate advance of wages, on account of the ])roi)ortion they would receive from the output bonus scheme. The cases above detailed all relate to conciliation settlements. Reference niav now be made to a different class of case. It will be appre- ciated that, while in some cases a joint request for arbitration is received in such a form as to require only the formal appointment of an arbitrator or of a Board of Arbitration or formal reference to the Industrial Court, in other cases the reference to arbitration is preceded by long concilia- tion proceedings on the part of the Department. As an example, mention mav be made of the difficulties which occurred in connection with the shift workers in the Sheffield Heavy Steel Trade. Shift Workers, Sheffield Steel Trade :— Following on negotiations between the Sheffield and District Engineering Employers' Association and the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation in January and February of 1919, relative to the introduction of the three 8-liour shift system for process men in rolling mills, forges and press shops, the employers discussed with the representatives of the subsidiary classes of men, such as boiler firemen, locomotive drivers, craiiemen, etc., the question of transferring them from the engineering 47-hour week to the shift system. Six Unions were concerned, namely (1) The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, (2) The Winding and General Engineers' Society, (3) The Xational Amalgamated Union of Labour, (4) The Workers' Union, (5) The National Union of General Workers, and (6) The National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers. These negotiations lasted for nearly a year without any agreement being reached and, in spite of the objections of the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, the employers and three of the Unions finally agreed that the Industrial Court should be asked to arbitrate on the question principally of whether the classes of workmen concerned should be paid by the hour (or week) or by the shift. When the request for arbitration was formally notified to the Department, dirticulties arose between the parties as to appropriate terms of referenc . but eventually the case proceeded to arbitration. The Court issued an Award (No. 84) on 14th January, 1920, deciding that the men concerned should be placed on the three shift system, and that the shift base rates should be increased to provide compensation for the reduction in earnings owing to the reduction of overtime. All the Unions expressed strong objection to the award, and the employers found that they were not able to put it into operation. Representatives of the Employers' Association and the L^nions were inter\aewed at the JMinistry, but no 13 • progress was made until 16tli April when, at a conference held at Sheffield under the chairmanship of an officer of the Department, the Unions agreed, with the exception of the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, that the Award should be put into force for three months, and that any necessary revision should then be made. The National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen still strongly opposed the applica- tion of the Award, but the Employers' Association gave notice that the Award would be applied as from Sunday, 30th May. On 29th May the members of the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen to the number of 3,000 went on strike, and as a result about 30,000 workers in the Heavy Steel Trade were thrown out of employment. The members of the Electrical Trades Union came out on strike in sympathy with the Enginemen's Union and in consequence the Power Station at Rotherham was closed down and the electric cars w^ere stopped.. Other Unions were not in sympathy with the strikers and represent a tives--- of the Sheffield Joint Committee of the Engineering Trades were- appointed as a Conciliation Committee. Largely as a result of their efforts, the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen consented to arbitration, and joint terms of reference were drawn up, submitting to the Industrial Court the question whether the classes of workmen concerned belonging to the National Amalgamated Union of Engine- men, should be paid by the hour (or week) or by the shift. In an Award. (No. 389) of r2th July, 1920, the Court intimated that they saw no' reason to depart from the view expressed in their decision No. 84 that the men concerned should be placed on the three shift system with the conditions applicable to such system, and in these circumstances the employers decided to apply the terms of the Awards. Reference may also be made to one or two cases in which the Depart- ment's services were utilised during 1920 but where, for one reason- or another, it cannot be said that the dispute was settled by the Depart- ment and accordingly the case has not been included in the figure (920^ quoted in the statistical record. Strike of Iwnmoulders, Dressers and CoremaJcers : — Following the refusal by the Interim Court of Arbitration of the clainj of the Engineering Trades for an advance of wages, the Friendly Society of Ironfounders, Amalgamated Society of Coremakers and the Iron. Steel and Metal Dressers Trade Society, Vv-ithdrew from the agreement providing for a four-monthly hearing of general wages claims in the Engineering Trade, and pressed their original claim for an advance of wages of 15s. per week to journeymen and 7s. 6d. per week to» apprentices, with equivalent increases in piece and lieu rates. When. it became clear, from a ballot vote of the men, that a stoppage of work, was imminent, the Department summoned a conference of the repre- sentatives of the Unions concerned, which was presided over on 16tLi September, 1919, by Sir David Shackleton. The representatives oi the Ministry suggested to the Executives of the three Unions that^ having regard to the national wages agreement, they should postpone proceeding with their claim until the appropriate time for a further hear- ing by the Court. This proposal was not accepted and a strike involving some 65,000 workpeople commenced on 22nd September. In October, conferences between the Engineering and National Employers' Federa- tions and the Unions concerned resulted in a provisional agreement 14 under which tho applical ion for a general advance should be adjusted, without prejudice, by the decision of the Interim Court of Arbitration at the ensuing four-monthly hearing. This agreement was, however, rejected on a ballot vote of the men by a very large majority and the strike continued. Soon afterwards, the Court issued an award giving a further O.v. general advance to the Engineering Trades and, on the basis of this award, a further resumption of negotiations was suggested ; in the meantime, a local dis])ute at West Bromwich was brought into the negotiations. In January, at conferences at the Ministry, the parties Agreed on a further provisional settlement whereby an advance of 5s. per week to male workers of 18 years of age and over was conceded, provision being made for an early resumption of work and for no victimisation on either side. This agreement also was rejected by a ballot vote of the workpeople, but an agreement broadly on the same lines was shortly afterwards accepted by a further vote and work resumed on 2Gth January, 1920. Strike of Cotton Yarn Douhlers : — In May 1920, following the settlement of the general' wages claim for the Cotton Trade, a dispute arose on a claim for an advance of wages made on behalf of the cotton yarn doublers employed in the Stockport district. The Employers' Association offered 70 per cent, on list prices in accordance with the terms of the general settlement but this was not acceptable to the workpeople and a strike involving about 5,000 workpeople occurred. Officers of the Department kept in touch with the parties and with developments and towards the end of June, Sir David Shackleton inter\aewed the district official of the Union and suggested the advisabihty of re-opening negotiations with the Employers' Association. This course was adopted and, shortly afterwards, the operatives accepted the employers' offer of a 70 per cent, advance on base rates with certain specified minimum piece rates. Joint Industrial Councils. It has already been mentioned that the Department is charged with the estabhshment of concihation machinery for the settlement of dis- putes, and particularly the estabhshment of Joint Industrial Coimcils. One of the main features in the industrial development of this country during the latter half of the nineteenth century was the steady growth of voluntary conciliation boards or similar machinery for the regular discussion of differences between employers and workpeople and, in late years, this has been supplemented by the estabhshment of Joint Industrial Councils on the lines proposed by the " A\Tiitley " Committee. The Government's poUcy has been to assist, with the consent of the parties, in the setting up of such joint bodies. Substantial progress was made during 1920 and in addition to the Councils previously set up, 15 Joint Industrial Councils were estabhshed in various industries and ser^dces during the year ; further Councils set up since December 1920 bring the total number to 73. Of this total eleven are at present in suspense and one (Ministrv of Munitions Industrial Council) amalgamated with the War Department Council on the dissolution of the Ministry. The remaining Councils, together 15 with the existing Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees referred to below, cover not less that 3i million workpeople. The principles of the Whitley scheme have been applied to many classes of employees other than manual workers, including those concerned in State and Municipal service. Under the National Council for the Administrative and Legal Departments of the Civil Service, 84 Departmental Joint Councils have been established in the various branches of the Service throughout the United Kingdom. The indus- trial employees of the Government are represented on Joint Councils for the various Government Departments having Industrial Establish- ments, and the principle of joint consultation has been decentralised throughout ; a series of Trade Joint Councils has also been established for dealing with questions such as wages which are peculiar to particular trades and are common to two or more Departments. In connection with various Industrial Councils, District or Provincial Joint Councils and Works Committees have been established. The Department is also responsible for the supervision of the Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, .established as a temporary form of Joint Council in industries to which the Whitley scheme could not as yet be fully applied. Of these bodies there are now 11 in exist- ence ; in addition, 13 of the Committees originally established have since been reconstituted as Joint Industrial Councils. Joint Industrial Councils have been established in the following industries and services : — Joint [ndusirial Councils. Textile Trades — contd. Silk. National Wool (and Allied) Textiles. Scottish Woollen and Worsted. Pajier, Printing, etc.. Trades. Printing and Allied Trades. Process Engraving. ' Wallpaper Making. Paper Making. Woodworking Trades. Cooperage. *Furniture. ^Packing Case Making. *Saw Milling. *Veliicle Building. Glass, Pottery, Chemical, etc.. Trades. Glass Manufacturing (exclusive of Plate and Sheet Glass). Pottery. Cement Manufacturing. Chemical Trade. Match Manufacturing. Paint, Colour and Varnish. Seed Crusiiing and Compound Cake Manufacturing. Soap and Candles. Food, etc.. Trades. *Bread Baking and Flour Confec- tionery. Scottish Bakers. Flour Milhng. ill suspense. V, 2 Building and Allied Trades. Building. Electrical Contracting. -Mining and Quarrying. China Clay. Quarrying. Tin ^Vlining. Metal, Engineering, etc., Trades. MetaUic Bedsteads. Bobbin and Shuttle Making. Electrical Cable Making. *Gold, Silver, Horological, and Allied Trades. Heating and Domestic Engineering. Lock, Latch and Key Industry. Needle, Fishhook, Fishing Tackle and Allied Trades. Spelter. Surgical Instruments. Welsh Plate and Sheet. Iron and Steel Wire Manufacturing. Wrought Hollow-ware. Lead. Textile Trades. Asbestos. Carpets. British Coir Mat and Matting. ♦Elastic Web, Cord, Braid and Small- wares Fabric. Hosiery. Scottish Hosiery. * A t present 16 OPier Trades. ]iont and Shcio Maiiufactiirc. Kiitoitaiiimciits. (Jas Maiitli'8. Glove Maiiufactiiring. ♦Made-up Loatlu-r Goods. •Music Trades, ♦llubber Manufacturing, ♦lload Transport. Docks. Maritime Service. Public Utilitji Services. Local Autliorities' Administrative, Technical and Clerical Services (England and Wales). Scottish Local Authorities' Adminis- trative, Technical and Clerical Services. Local Authorities' Non-Trading Ser- vices (Manual Workers) (England and Wales). • Scottish Local Authorities' Non- Trading Services (Manual Wor- kers). Public Ulility Serviree — ccmtd. Insurance Committees, Administra- tive, Technical and Clerical. Electricity Supply. Gas. Tramways. Waterworks Undertakings. Civil Service. Administrative and Legal Depart- ments of the Civil Service. Government Departmental industrial Councils. Admiralty. Air Ministiy. |Ministrv of Munitions. H.M. Office of Works. H.M. Stationery Office. War Department. Government Trade Joint Councils. Building Trade Joint Council. Engineering Trade Joint Council. Shipbuilding Trade Joint Council. Miscellaneous Trade Joint Council. Co-ordination Committee for Govern- ment Industrial Establishments. Envelope Making. Optical Instruments. Non-Ferrous ^Mines. Sugar Refining. Fertilisers. * At present in suspense. t Subsequently amalgamated with the War Department Council. Interim Industrial Reconstruction Commiitees. The 11 existing Interim Industrial Heconstruction Committees referred to above are as follows : — Artificial Stone. Basket Making. Clay. Cocoa and Confectioner^^ Furniture Warehousing & Removing. Making up and Packing of Textiles for Export. As illustrating the activity of the Joint Industrial Councils, and of the Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees, it may be men- tioned that during the year 1920 there were reported to the Depart- ment rather more than three himdred meetings of Joint Industrial Councils and over sixty meetings of Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committees. In addition, a large number of meetings of District Councils and of various sub-committees were held, but complete statistics are not available. It will be recalled that the Munitions of War Act, 1915,and the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, empowered the Department to refer a dispute for settlement to the conciliation machinery in the industry, rather than to arbitration, but under war conditions, it was seldom possible to exercise this power. The Department's normal practice of requiring parties first to exhaust the concihaticn procedure in the industry before resorting to Government intervention received statutory approval and authority by Section 2 (4) of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, which requires that " if there are existing in any trade or industry any arrangements for settlement by concihation or arbitra- tion of disputes in such trade or industry or any branch thereof, made in pursuance of an agreement between organisations of employers and organisations of workmen representative respectively of sub- stantial proportions of the employers and workmen engaged in that 17 trade or industry, the Minister shall not, unless with the consent of both parties to the dispute, and unless and until there has been a failure to obtain a settlement by means of those arrangements, refer the matter for settlement or advice in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section." A separate Keport on the progress of the Joint Industrial Council movement is now in course of preparation. Courts of Inquiry. Supplementary to the main work of concihation and arbitration under Part I of the Industrial Courts Act, the Department has impor- tant powers under Part II in relation to the appointment of Courts of Inquiry. Parliament conferred these powers in accordance with the recommendation of the Whitley Committee, partly on the basis of the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907, and partly as a result of experience in investigations in this country under the Concihation Act. The power to appoint a Court of Inquiry is obviously one to be used with great reserve and not in the special interests of either party to a dispute. The three cases during the year in which it was deemed expedient to appoint a Court are as follows : — Dock Workers. The National Transport Workers' Federation having made apphcation for a standard minimum wage of 16s. per day, for a 44 hour week, and for alterations in the conditions of employment of dock labour in all the ports of Great Britain, it was agreed at a conference between representatives of the Provisional National Council of Port Labour Employers and the Federation to make apphcation to the Minister of Labour for the appointment of a Court of Inquiry under the Act. The Minister accordingly, on 22nd January, 1920, appointed such a Court under the chairman- ship of the Rt. Hon. Lord Shaw of Dunfermhne, and after 20 public sittings and the examination of 53 witnesses, the Eeports of the Court were issued on 31st March. The majority Report of the Court recommended a minimum for day workers and piece workers of 16s. per day on the basis of the National Agreement for a 44 hour week for the workers at all the greater ports. The Report 'further approved the principle of maintenance of un- employed casual labour, and recommended that a system of registration of dock labour should be introduced into all the ports, docks and harbours of the Kingdom, that the wages of dock labourers should be paid weekly, that the constitution of a National Joint Council and corresponding local bodies should be undertaken for the dock labour industry on the lines of the Whitley Committees and these bodies should, faihng agreement, be charged with the settlement of the matters mentioned above and the remaining items of the claim. This Report was adopted by the Provisional National Council of Port Labour Employers and by the National Transport Workers' Federation. Subsequently, a series of agreements was negotiated, under the auspices of the Irish Department of the Ministry, between the National Union of Dock Labourers and the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union on the one hand and the various Irish shipping firms engaged in the deep sea and grain trades, cross channel trades, coal trade, etc., on the other hand, in respect of 18 upj)licatiose of enabling parties to ascertain their legal rights and obliga- tions under the Acts. After 30th September, 1920, power to refer differences compulsorily to arbitration ceased altogether and the legal enforcement of minimum rates of wages lapsed except for those industries covered by the Trade Boards Acts and the Agriculture Act, 1920. Subsequent to 30th September, 1920, a deputation from the National Federation of General Workers waited upon the jMinister of Labour urging that the principle of the Wages Acts should be still further continued. The chief argument put forward by the deputation in support of their claim was the fear that the T^-ithdrawal of the protec- tion afforded by the Act to workpeople, particularly women workers, would result in a serious drop in wages in those trades where wages were not regulated by Trade Boards. In the absence of agreement on the subject between the Associations of Employers and Trade Unions, and in view of the fact that the temporary circumstances connected with the change from war to peace conditions which gave rise to the passing of the Act in 1918 had largely disappeared, it was not found practicable to accede to the request of the deputation by introducing any fresh legislation, and the Wages (Temporary Regula- tion) Acts definitely lapsed. The method of enforcement of the provisions of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts was that complaints of failure to pay the jjrescribed or substituted rates might be brought before a Mimitions Tribunal for decision. If the Tribunal considered that there was doubt as to whether there was a prescribed or substituted rate or what was the prescribed or substituted rate, the Tribunal reported the question to the Minister for settlement by one of the methods set out in the Act of 1918. On a question of law, or of mixed law and fact, ther.^ was an aopeal from a decision of a Munitions Tribunal to a judge of the High Court appointed to hear appeals. 37 ^ Section 5 of the original Act, which dealt with legal proceedings, provided as follows : — " Proceedings for oft'eiices under this Act shall be taken before munitions tribunals of the second class In any pro- ceedings under this Act for failure to pay wages as required by this Act the tribunal may, whether there is a conviction or not, order the employer to pay in addition to the fine (if any) such sum as appears to the tribunal to be due to the workman employed on account of wages, the wages being calculated at the prescribed or such substituted rate aforesaid, and if in any proceedings it appears to the tribunal that any question arises as to whether there is a prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the class to which the workman belongs or as to what is the prescribed or substituted rate for that class, the tribunal shall report the question to the Minister of Labour, who shall proceed thereon as if it were a difference reported to him by one of the parties to the difference." With the expiration of the Acts on 30th September, 1920, the question arose as to the jurisdiction of Local Munitions Tribunals in respect of complaints still undetermined at that date. In a complaint dealing with matters which had occurred prior to 30th September, 1 920, lodged before the Glasgow Munitions Tribunal on 6th October, the Tribunal decided that they had no jurisdiction by reason of the expiry of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act and, on appeal, this decision was upheld by the Appeal Judge (Lord Sands). Several similar cases came before Mr. Justice Roche, the Appeals Judge for'the English Munitions Tribunals. They all arose out of complaints by workmen that wages had not been paid in accordance with the statutory regulations. The preliminary objection was raised to the hearing of any of the cases that, not only was the period in which an offence could be committed limited by the terminal date, 30th September, 1920, but also that the period within which the Appeals Judge had jurisdiction to adjudicate was limited by the same terminal date. The appellants contended, on the other hand that, though no offence could be committed after the date in question, that date had no application to the jurisdiction of the Judge to hear and decide appeals relating to matters occurring before that date. The Judge held that his jurisdiction as well as that of the munitions tribunals, came to an end on 30th September, 1920, and that therefore the objection was good and he was unable to proceed with the hearing of any of the appeals. Subsequently in one of these cases (Briggs v. Great Northern Railway Company), the chairman of the Local Munitions Tribunal refused to issue a distress warrant to enforce an order of the Tribunal dated 30th September, 1920, and a rule nisi for a mandamus was obtained, directing the chairman to show cause why he should not issue a distress warrant. On the hearing of the application to make the rule absolute, the rule was discharged by the unanimous decision of the Divisional Court consisting of Mr. Justice Darling, Mr. Justice Avory and Mr. Justice Horridge. Of the 97 awards issued by the Industrial Court during the year 1920 under Part III of the Industrial Courts Act, 59 were decisions on questions remitted by Munitions Tribunals. Of these 39 were cases transferred from the Interim Court of Arbitration, and of these transferred cases 22 were given on claims for " substituted " rates of wages. In view of the decision of Mr. Justice Roche on appeal that 38 tlic jurisdiction f)f Munitions 'rrihuiiuls under tlic Waf^es Acts ceased on .S(>|)t('niber :)()tli, 1920, the Industrial Court decided not to proceed with certain cases which were before them at the date of the decision. The VVages (Temporary Reguhation) Acts having lapsed, it may be useful to summarise their w-orking very briefly. Certain trades did not trouble to utilise the provisions of the Acts, these being well organ- ised industries in which the Trade Unions were able to secure advances of wages bv agreement with Employers' organisations and to secure similar terms from non-federated employers. It is to be noted that the ])eriod of operation of the Acts was one when wages were rising and there was a considerable demand for labour, and the standard rates of wages in certain trades were well above the statutorily enforce- able minimum rates. Some poorly organised trades were unable to utilise tlie j)ro visions of the Acts by reason of the absence of prescribed rates of wages as defined in the Acts. At the same time, arbitration under the Acts was freely resorted to, a considerable number of the cases being references from Munitions Tribunals for decisions as to the prescribed or substituted rate applicable. It appeared, however, that the provision of the Acts for compulsory arbitration on claims for substituted rates might operate somewhat inequitably in that the award could be enforced against the employer and not against the workmen, and this particular provision was not continued under the Industrial Courts Act, The power of the Minister under the provisions of the Wages Acts to extend the terms of an award or approved settlement was exercised in 15 cases, but w^as not continued under the Industrial Courts Act. As already indicated, while public consideration has again been given during the course of the year to the subject of the extension of agreements and awards to the whole of an industry within a specified area, the problem remains one on w^hich there is a considerable difference of opinion, and is not one which can be settled without a great deal of further discussion and examination. In only one case was an Order issued under the provisions of the Act which authorised the Minister to determine the prescribed rate for women and girls, namely, the Order fixing the rates for women and girls engaged in the manufacture of women's and children's clothes. Subsequently new Trade Boards were set up under the Trade Boards Act covering this branch of industry and accordingly continued the protection afforded to this class of workpeople by statutorily enforceable minimum rates. The Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts were widely known and there is no doubt that the Acts achieved their purpose. During their currency, the majority of trades took the opportunity of placing their wages settlements on some permanent basis, and the dislocation which would have resulted if there had been a sudden fall in wages in the abnormal circumstances which followed immediately on the armistice, was avoided. Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919. It will be recalled that the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act was passed in August, 1919, in circumstances detailed in the previous Report of this series, to secure the restoration where desired of those 39 trade practices which had been relaxed by reason of the Munitions of War Acts, the " Treasury Agreements," or in pursuance of other written Agreements, in order to increase the output of munitions. Briefly, the Act provided that where, in any estabUshment to which the Act apphed, a rule, practice or custom obtaining before the war in any industry or branch of an industry was departed from during and in consequence of the war, the owner of the establishment should be under an obligation at the expiration of two months from the passing of the Act to restore, or permit the restoration of, the trade practice previously obtaining and to maintain the practice for twelve months. Any employer failing to comply with the obhgation imposed on him by the Act was liable to prosecution before a Munitions Tribunal. The obligation to restore pre-war practices began to operate on 15th October, 1919. Restoration took place before and after the passing of the Act, almost automatically, and although 30,396 records of changes in practice in about 5,000 establishments Lad been registered, very few complaints were made as to the failure of firms to restore the pre-war conditions. The actual number of prosecutions for breaches of the Act proved ta be extremely small, vh.. 24. In 4 of these cases the firms concerned agreed to resume the alleged pre-war practice before the hearing of the complaint and the complaint was in each case withdrawn. Although no legal decision as to the liability of the firm was arrived at, the Union gained their point by the threat of prosecution. In five cases a definite decision was given in favour of the Union concerned. In the remaining 15 cases, a decision was given against the Union. Of the total number of prosecutions, 19 aimed at the removal of women from work which it was claimed should be performed by men. Some points which arose in connection with the prosecutions may usefully be noted. Section 1 (1) of the Act prescribed that where in any establishment to which the Act apphed (defined in Section 4) any rule, practice or custom obtaining before the war in any industry or branch of an industry had been departed from, during and in consequence of the war, it must be restored and maintained for twelve months. Of the 24 cases, 20 related to the provisions of this Section and the remaining four to Section 1 (2). When prosecutions began to be instituted under the Act, it became evident that there was uncertainty as to whether the words " trade practice " in this section referred to the practice previously obtaining in the industry or branch of industry or to the practice previously obtaining in the individual estabhshment con- cerned. The employers favoured the former interpretation, the Union the latter. In two cases, one in Scotland and the other in England (Prentice v. McPhail & Sons, Limited, and Taylor v. Smith, Barker & Willson), the Local Munitions Tribunals ruled that the trade practice was that which had obtained in the "individual estabhshment," but in a case at Leeds (Briggs v. Crabtree & Sons) the Tribunal was of the contrary opinion. The question was finally settled by decisions in the Enghsh and the Scottish Appeal Courts, that the trade practice must be that obtaining before the war in the industry or branch of industry and not in the individual establishment. Neither Court gave a definition of what should be regarded as the hmits of an industry or branch of an industry for the purpose of the Act. 40 A question also arose as to the proper interpretation to be placed on the ])hrase " most nearly analof;;oiis " cireumstances in Section 1 (2) of tJK^ Act, which provifled that, where a new business was started or new work commenced to be carried on in an old business during the war, the trade practices to be introduced and maintained should be those which obtained, before the war, in other estabhshments where that industry or branch of industry was carried on under circumstances most nearly analogous to those of the establishment in question. In one case (Forsyth v. Beddies) the defendants, Brassfounders, Edinburgh, considered the Brassfounders Co., Birmingham, to be the " analf>gous " firm, but the Tribunal held that the business as carried on by the persons from whom Messrs. Beddies bought it was most nearly analogous. In another case (Bates v. the Bentley Engineering Co.), the defendants claimed that the Avork upon which they were engaged (the making of screw gauges by a new process) was the outcome of a war-time invention and thus there could be no analogous pre-war practice. The Tribunal however, held that men had been employed on analog(nis work prior to the war and that, therefore, the firm were bound to discharge their women and employ men, but the firm appealed. The Appeal Judge held that the question whether a trade practice ought to be restored depended upon whether the process of manufacture was the same and not whether the result of the process of manufacture was the same, and that if one method of manufacture was abandoned and a different method or process of manufacture substituted a custom or practice which was applicable to one method would no longer be applicable to the other method. The case was remitted to the Tribunal for rehearing in accordance with the Judge's ruling. The case of Taylor v. Smith, Barker and Willson raised some further interesting points. Section 2 (3) of the Act provided that "' Proceedings against an employer for an offence under this Act may be instituted by or on behalf of any worker affected or by or on behalf of a trade union or federation of trade unions, and any party to any such proceedings may appear and be represented by an official of the trade union or federation of trade unions or of the federation or associa- tion of employers, to which he belongs." In this case, the Tribunal held that the words " to which he belongs " applied only to the repre- sentative at the trial, and that proceedings could be taken by or on behalf of a Trade Union without proof that any workers affected were members of the Union. Commenting on this point in an appeal on the same case, Mr. Justice Roche stated that the concern of a Trade Union in a trade practice in an Industry is more direct and intimate than its concern with the procedure in a particular establishment and may well exist in a case where, at any given moment, none of its members are employed by the persons against whom a complaint is laid. Mr. Justice Roche's decision was that proceedings might be instituted by or on behalf of a trade union if the trade union was affected or concerned by reason of the general interests of its members even though none of its members were at any particular moment employed by the person against whom the complaint was laid. In this case also, the firm pleaded that the Tribunal was not properly constituted inasmuch as there was no woman assessor, although the chief question at issue was the employment of women. The wording of the •' rule," contained in Statutory Rides & Orders, 1917, Xo. 1057, 41 is, " Where a person or persons by or on behalf of whom or against whom a complaint is made is or are a female worker, or two or more female workers, the assessor or one of the assessors chosen from the panel of persons representing workmen shall be a woman." The Chair- man of the Tribunal, in commenting on the firm's contention, pointed out that as neither the complainant nor the defendant in the case was a woman the rule did not necessitate the appointment of a woman assessor. Under Section 2 (1) of the Act defaulting firms were hable to a fine not exceeding £25 for each day during which the offence continued. In two cases fines were inflicted, the amounts being £5 and £50 respec- tively. In another case the firm had to pay the complainant's costs and expenses. Section 2 (5) provides that where a failure to comply with the obhga- tion had occurred from a genuine and reasonable doubt as to the interpretation of the obligation, and not from any refusal or imwilling- ness to comply therewith, the Tribunal instead of imposing any penalty, might make an order binding on both parties declaring what the obligation was. In only two cases were such orders made. Later, the question arose as to the time hmit for new prosecutions. The Act contains no provision for its termination, but on 15th Septem- ber, 1920, the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists prosecuted J. B. Fraser & Co., Ltd., and the Glasgow Local Mvmitions Tribunal dismissed the complaint on the ground that it was incompetent owing to the delay which had occurred in instituting proceedings, viz., 11 months after the obligation to restore had become operative. The Scottish Appeal Court, however, in view of the fact that the Union had made an informal demand for restoration in June, 1920, held that unreasonable delay had not occurred, but remarked that the obligation of the employers although of indefinite was not of perpetual duration, and that the Act does not impose an obligation extending over a tract of years and that they considered it was too late (in November, 1920) to institute proceedings under the Act except under extraordinary circumstances. In November, 1920, the Edinburgh Tribunal also dismissed a case on the ground of undue delay in instituting proceedings. Details of the Munitions Tribunal and Appeal cases are shown in Appendix VI to this Report. 42 APPENDIX I. Tlu' following is a coi)y of tlie panels o^ [)ersons for the purposes of tlio (1(1. hoc l^oarfls of Arbitration contemplated under Section 2 (2) (c) of the industrial Courts Act, 1910:— Boards of Arbitration. Chairmen's Panel. Sir Wm. Collins, K.C.V.O. Rt. Hon. Sir David Harrel, G.C.B., G.B.E. Sir Ernest Hatch, Bart., K.B.E. Sir Cyril Jackson, K.B.E. Sir Richard Lodge. Sir Thomas Munro, G.B.E. Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. Sir George Bettesworth Piggott, K.B.E. Sir Richard Redmayne, K.C.B. Sir Wm. Robinson. Sheriff T. A. Fyfe, C.B.E. Sheriflt A. J. Louttit Laing, K.C. Mrs. H. J. Tennant. Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Mr. P. B. Clegg Mellor. Mr. Charles Doushty. Mr. J. E. Drower, C.B.E. Mr. C. J. Drummond. Mr. Jas. Macdonald. Mr. Ernest Page, K.C. Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Mr. W. A. Willis. Employers' Panel. The Lord Aberconway. Sir Hugh Bell, Bart. Sir Alfred Booth, Bart. Sir Robert Hadfield, Bart., F.R.S. Sir J. P. Maclay, Bart. Sir Geo. Wyatt Truscott, Bart. Sir A. Kaye Butterworth. Sir J. Duncan Elliot, K.B.E. Sir Adam Nimmo, K.B.E. Sir E. Penton, K.B.E. Sir Thomas Robinson, C.B.E., M.P. Miss E. B. Jayne, O.B.E. Mrs. D. Marjoribanks. Mr. R. Bruce. Mr. J. J. Burton. Mr. AV. A. Clowes. Yix. J. Ciirrie. Col. J. M. Dennv, C.B. Mr. G. A. Dutfield. Mr. Godfrey Elliot. Mr. L. Ennis. Mr. A. J. Fuller. Mr. J. Fullerton, C.B.E. Mr. F. W. Gibbins. Mr. R. H. Glanfield. F. Graham Guest. F. A. Hargreaves. Duncan Henderson. Alfred Hutchinson. David M. Maclay. L. A. Martin. Dr. Henry T. Maw. Mr. Owen Parker, C.B.E. Geo. Pate, O.B.E. G. W. Baton. A. F. Pease. G. H. Potter. Mr. A. C. Ross. Mr. AV. Simons. Mr. M. L. Simpson. Mr. John Smethurst. Mr. S. Smethurst. ^Ir. C. P. Sparkes. Mr. J. Storrs. Mr. David M. Watson. Mr. G. Heron Wilson. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. 43 Labour Panel. The Rt. Hon. Wm. Adamson, M.P. The Rt. Hon. C. W. Bowerman, M.P. The Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P. The Rt. Hon. J. Hodge, M.P. The Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P. Mr. J. F. Armour. Mr. J. N. Bell. Mr. E. Bevin. Miss M. Bondfield. Mr. H. Boothman. Mr. J. T. Brownlie. Mr. A. C. Cameron. Mr. 0. Coyle. Mr. W. J. Davis, C.H. Mr. W. Dodgson. Mr. C. Duncan. Mr. Aid. Allen Gee. Mr. A. Gardner. Mr. H. Gosling, C.H. Mr. W. T. Griffiths. Mr. John Hill. Mr. W. H. Hutchinson. Mr. T. McKenna. Mr. J. J. Mallon. Mr. J. W. Ogden. Mr. James O'Grady, M.P. Mr. E. L. Poulton, O.B.E. Mr. W. F. Purdv, O.B.E. Mr. W. C. Robinson, O.B.E. Mr. Geo. Rowe. Mr. J. Sexton, C.B.E., M.P. Mr. Frank Smith, O.B.E. Mr. Alex. Wilkie, C.H., M.P. Miss Julia Varley, 44 APPENDIX II. Summaries of Awards issued during 1920 by the Industrial Court constituted under the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. '/'//.• number (fiven at iJie end of each suitimary is Olc offlmal niitnher of the award^ Building and Allied Trades. Baikliufj Trade Operatives. — The National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. the East Kent Master Builders' and Allied Trades Federation. DifEerence— Application for an advance of wages of 3(/, an hour. Award — The mechanics, painters, scafiolders and labourers concerned should be paid rates of Is, 4(Z., Is. ?>d.. Is. 2d. and Is. Id. an hour respectively. Effective from and including the date of this award. Issued 15th January, 1920. [92.] Bricldayers, Masons and Labourers. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Edinburgh, Leith and District Building Trades Association. DifEerence — AppU- cation for the leveUing up of wages of men concerned in the Edinburgh and Leith District to the Glasgow rate. Award — Masons and brick- layers employed at Edinburgh and Leith should be paid a rate of Is'. \0^d. an hour, and labourers Is. b\d. an hour, to which should be added the advance payable under Award No. 14 of the Industrial Court. Eliective as from the beginning of the first pay period following the date of this award. Issued 19th January, 1920. [96.] Plumbers. — United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers' Association v. Wolverhampton and District Building Trades Emplo}ers' Association. Difference — AppHcation that the working week should consist of 41 hours, with a wage equivalent to that paid for a 53 hour week at Is. Id. an hour as in operation at date of notice, 5th June, 1919. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 29th January, 1920. [116.] Masons and Joiners. — The United Operative Masons' Association of Scotland and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet- makers and Joiners v. Oban Master Builders, represented by Mr. Archibald Munn. Dift'erence — Application for an increased rate of wages of Is. \0d. per hour. Award — From the first pay after 1st March, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 2d. an hour on the basis of a 45-hour week. Issued 11th Februarv, 1920. [131.] Carpenters. — Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners v. Topham, Jones and Railton, Ltd. Difference — As to whether a certain agreement was applicable to the men concerned, who were employed on work in connection with the making of concrete foundations for cranework at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. Award — The work was not building trade work, and, accordingly, the claim that the decision of the South-Western Concihation Board of the build- ing trade applicable to Plymouth should be extended to the men con- cerned was not established. Issued 20th February, 1920. [154.] 45 Builditig Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trades Operatives v. Ministry of Munitions and Sir Robert MacAlpine and Sons. Difference — Application on behalf of men employed at the new mechani- cal transport depot, Slough, for an increase of wages equivalent to that recently agreed upon between the Union and the employers for London. Award— The workmen concerned should receive an advance of \\d. an hour ; the decision to take effect from the first pay after 1st Janu- ary, 1920, and to remain in force until the completion of the current work, when the provision that men were to be paid the '" prescribed " rate, or rate " substituted "' for such rate, as laid down in Award No. 807 of the Court of Arbitration of 8th October, 1919 (Building Trades Operatives — Government Work), would come into operation. Issued 23rd February, 1920. [164.] BricMai/ers' Labourers. — The Workers' Union v. Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Coatbridge. Difference — As to what v."as the prescribed rate. Award — The "prescribed" rate of the men concerned, engaged as bricklayers' labourers on maintenance work, was Is. O^d. an hour for a week of 60 hours, which was altered about July, 1919, to a rate of Is. 3^d. an hour for a week of 47 hours ; the " prescribed " rate of the men concerned, employed as bricklayers' labourers on new or construc- tional work, was Is. Iff/, an hour for a week of 50 hours, plus a bonus of 121 per cent, on earnings, for which w^as " substituted " on 17th April, 1919. a rate of Is. 6c?. an hour, less 6|c?. a week, for a week of 44 hours. Issued 24th February, 1920. [165.] Navvies and Labourers. — The Public Works and Constructional Operatives' LTnion v. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Sheffield. Difference — Application as to whether the award of the National Concihation Board of 9th December, 1919, increasing the rate of wages of certain building trade operatives in Sheffield and District was applicable to the employees concerned engaged on the construction of reservoirs in the Ewden Valley. Award — It was held that the award was not applicable to the workers concerned. Issued 25th February, 1920. [168.] Building' Trade Operatives. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Scottish National Building Trades Federation, on behalf of the master wrights at Glasgow, Dunoon, Kilmarnock, Paisley, Clydesdale district, Mauch- line and Cumnock, Dumbarton, Largs, Stirling and district, Falkirk, Aberdeen, North-East of Scotland, Galashiels, Hawick, Dunfermline, Dundee, Ayr, Greenock, Coatbridge ; master masons at Aberdeen, North-East of Scotland ; master plumbers at Glasgow and West of Scotland, and Edinburgh ; master glaziers at Glasgow and Edinburgh, Building Trades Employers' Associations of Edinburgh and Leith, Bathgate, Kirkcaldy, Kilmarnock, Leven, East of Fife, Burntisland, Ayr ; the Scottish Master Slaters' Association and the Scottish blaster Plasterers' Association. Difference — AppUcation for an advance of wages of 6f/. an hour on current rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 30th March, 1920. [201.] Masons and Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Perth and District ^Master Masons' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [202.] 46 L(dhsj)lillt-is, [j'llhcrs, ami Lufxmrcrs. -The Building Trades of Scotland Opt^ratives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board (on hohuir of Iatlis|)littt^rs. lathers, and labourers) v. the Master Lath- splitters' Association. Scotland. \Tlir Icnns of Ihr difference and the award are similar lo those of \o. 201 al>ove. | Issued 30th March, 1920. [20:3.| Re-inforeed Concrete Workers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operativ»\s* Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Scottish lle-inforced Concrete Contractors' Association in respect of members at Grlasgow. Edinburgh, Leith, Port Glasgow, Hawick and Ayr. [The terms of the difference and the award are si)nilar to those of No. 201 ahove.] Issued 30tli March, 1920. [204.] M((.sons. Bricliaj/ers and Labourers. -The Building Trades of Scot- land < )|)eratives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Ayr Master Builders' Association. Ayr and District blaster Masons' Association, Master Masons' and Bricklayers' Association of Ayrshire. [The terms of th" difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th :\Iarch, 1920. [205.] Joiners. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board r. the Bute Master Joiners' Asscci-ition. [The terms of the difference and the award are simUar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [206.] Painters and Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Opera- tives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board r. the National Federation of Master Painters in Scotland. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th ^larch. 1920. [207.] Masons and BricJdayers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Opera- tives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Dumfries and Maxwell- town Master Masons" Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are si)nilar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [208.] Painters and Painters' Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Dumfries Master Painters' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March. 1920. [209.] Masons, Bricliai/ers and Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scot- land Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Kilmarnock and District Master Masons' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award arc similar to tho.^e of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March. 1920. [210.] Ma.sons. Brickbailders and Labourers.— The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' "Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Scottish Building Contractors' Association on behalf of their members at Glasgow, Greenock. Strathaven, High Blantyre. Hamilton. Coat- bridge. Larkhall. Motherwell, Lanark, Airdrie. Barrhead. Renfrew, Helensburgh, Baillieston, Ayr, Bothwell, Larbert. Johnstone, Holy- town, East Kilbride. Duntocher, Blantyre, Dumbarton. [The terms of the difference and the award arc similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 3bth March, 1920. [211.] Tilefixers. — The Building Trades of bcotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board (on behalf of tilelayers, marble masons, marble machinemen and marble polishers) v. Glasgow Master Tilefixers' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [212.] Masons, BricUaijers and Labourers. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board r. Dundee and District Master Builders' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [213.] Car]3enters and Joiners. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Hawick and District Master Carpenters and Joiners' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March. 1920. [214.] Joiners. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Kirkcaldy and District Master Joiners' Association. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [215.] Painters and Painters' Labourers. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' W^ages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Ayr Master Painters' Association, [The terms of the difference and the cmard are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March, 1920. [216.] Asphalte Workers. — The Workers' Union, the Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Asp)halte Trade Association of Scotland. [The terms of the difference and the award are similar to those of No. 201 above.] Issued 30th March. 1920. [217.] Navvies and Labourers. — Workers' Union v. Biggleswade Water Board. Difference — Application for a higher rate of wages. Award- — The rate for the general labourers concerned employed on excavation and navvy work on the new reservoir should be Is. 3|f/. per hour as from 9th Januarv, 1920, and Is. id. an hour from the first pav after 12th April, 1920." Issued 12th April, 1920. [246.] Tramway Reconstruction Workers. — The National Federation of Building Trades Operatives and the Workers' Union v. William Griffiths and. Co., Ltd., London. Difference — Apphcation on behalf of men employed on the reconstruction of the Bournemouth tramways for the rates and hours granted by the National Conciliation Board for building trade operatives in April, 1920. Award — The Avork in con- nection with the Bournemouth tramways reconstruction, on which the men concerned were employed, was not such as to bring them under the decisions and agreements applicable to local building trade opera- tives. Issued 29th June, 1920. [366.] Workmen on Piiblic Works Contracts. — London ^/•(«.— The Trade Union Section of the Public Works Conciliation Board for the London Area, the National Union of General Workers v. the Local Authorities and PubHc Works Contractors' Section of the Public Works Concilia- tion Board for the London Area. Difference— Application for an ad- vance of wages. Award — The current rate payable to labourers o2 48 in ih*i several distrifts should ho incroasod by 'Id. an hour; corre- spondini^ advanc(!s should he made to stone dressers, ranimernien. concrete levellers, sereedf^rs, steamroller drivers, ])latelay(!rs, tar])ot Mien and sett dressers. Effective from the heloyers" Association, the Sheffield and District RoUing Mills Pro- prietors' Association, the Sheffield Forgers' and Tilters' Association and Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., Sheffield. Difference — Application to determine the amount and method of ])ayment of the workmen concerned. Award— The boiler firemen, crane drivers, loco and engine 51 drivers, .shunters and hammer and press drivers, gas producermen, loco crane drivers, shngers, stationary enginemen and service men employed in heavy steel rolhng mills, forges and press shops should be placed on the three shift system ; the weekly base rate of each employee (if less than 275, a week to be made up to such amount) should be divided by six and to the sum obtained should be added : — Is. Id . where the weekly base rate is not more than 29.?., l.s. 'Id. where the w^eekly base rate is over 29s. but not more than 31.s., and bs. 'id. where the weekly base rate is more than 3 l.s., the result obtained should be the shift rates of the employees concerned, to which the war advance of 7.S. 6d. a shift as agreed between the parties should be added ; in the case of boiler chargemen the shift rate should be not less than 3d. a shift in excess of the shift rate of boiler firemen in the establishment concerned ; the men concerned should be paid for overtime as usuallv paid on the three-shift system ; in cases where men have alreadv started on the three-shift system the decision should take effect from the date they started on that system ; in other cases the decision should take effect from the introduction of the three-shift system, which. should take place at the earliest convenient date. Issued 14th January, 1920. [84.] Gasmen — Steel Trade. — The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. the South Wales Siemens Steel Association. Difference — Application that the rate of wages paid to the men on the " H," "I." and " J " furnaces at the South Wales Works of E. Thomas and Comj)any, Limited, be reconsidered in accordance with the terms of the award of the neutral committee of 25th May, 1918, and that the rate of the men concerned, including also those on the " K " furnaces, be i^d. per ton. Award — The matter should be referred back to the neutral committee of emplovers and workmen to reconsider the case. Issued 14th January, 1920^. [88.] Millmen, Steam-men and Melters.- — The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation and the Amalgamated Society of Iron and Steel Workers of Great Britain v. the Scottish Steel Makers' Wages Association, Difference — Claim that members of the trades unions concerned em- ployed in steel works in the West of Scotland should have extended to them the 5.s. a week advance granted to the engineering and foundry trades by the Court of Arbitration under Award No. 870 of 5th Novem- ber, 1919. Award— It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Issued 18th February, 1920, [145,] Enginemen, Crane Drivers, <&c. — The Lilleshall Co., Ltd., Shifnal, V. the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen and Mechanics. Difference — Application by the Company for revision of the coal allowance arrangements. Award — The coal allowance of the men concerned should be eight tons a year at a price of 13s, a ton. Effective from the date of the award. Lssued 16th March, 1920. [1 84.] Pig Iron Workers. — Midland Blast Furnacemen's Association v. the Goldendale Iron Co., Ltd., Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Difference — Claim for a revision of the existing basic scale of wages, and for the elimination of all war bonuses and other payments agreed upon during the war period. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 22nd March, 1920. [188.] 52 liric/.hii/crs. He, in I ion (ind Sled Woils. - "^I In- ( )|)('rativ(' iiricklayers' Socictv and tlie National Association ol Bricklayers" Labourors r. the C'Icvcl;iml Irontnasters' Association and the Steel Ingot Makers' Association. DilTerence — Application on behalf of bricklayers and brickhivcrs" labourers employed in the iron and steel works on the North-East Coast for advances in wages of id. and 5|f/. per hour respectively. Award— From 1st June, 1920, the bricklayers anri brick- layers' labourers concerned working in Iron and Steel Works in the Tees Side (including Skimiingrove and the Hartlepof)ls), Tyne and Workington districts, should receive such increases as would bring their wages, inclusive of all war bonuses and advances, to hourly rates of 2s. "id. and 1 s. 10 jrf. for the bricklayers and the bricklayers' labourers respectively. Issued 31st May, 1920. [319.] Labourers and Platelai/ers. — Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union v. Robert Heath and Low Moor. Ltd., Stoke-on- Trent. Dift'erence — As to whether the bricklayers' labourers, plate- layers and general labourers employed by the firm should be granted an advance of 2s. a week. AAvard — From 1st March, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 2^. a week on their base rate, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 12| per cent, is calculated. Issued 10th June, 1920. [342.] Engineers, Electricians, dec. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society. Associated Blacksmiths and Ironworkers' Society, Electrical Trades Union r. Lincolnshire Ironmasters' Association (excluding John Brown & Co., Ltd.). Difference — Application for advance of id. an hour to men and 2(7. an hour to apprentices to embrace fitters, turners, miUers, borers, boilersmiths and helpers, electricians, and other specified trades employed in the districts of Frodingham and Scunthorpe. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 7th Julv, 1920. [382.] BricUayers, etc., in Iron and Steel Worlcs. — Operative Bricklayers' Society, the National Association of Bricklayers' Labourers v. Cleveland Ironmasters' Association and the Steel Ingot [Makers" Association. Difference — Apphcation for the interpretation of Award No. 319 of the Industria) Court (Bricklayers in Iron and Steel Works — North- East Coast of England — see above). Award — The rates of 2s. 3d. and Is. lO^d. an hour to bricklayers and their labourers respectivelv established under Award No. 319 of the Industrial Court included the advance ]:)ayable in consequence of Award No. 1 80 of the Court in respect of the engineering and foundrv trade generallv. Issued 10th Julv. 1920. [386.] Heavi/ Steel Trade. — Sheffield and District Engineering Trades Employers' Association, Sheffield and District Rolling ]\Iills Pro])rietors' Association. Sheffield Forgers' and Tilters' Association v. National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen. ^Mechanics, Motormen, and Electrical Workers. Difference — As to whether the classes of workmen concerned should be paid by the hour (or week) or by the shift. Award — The Court saw no reason to depart from their view expressed in Award No. 84 (Heavy Steel Trade) dated 14th January, 1920 {see page 5Q), that the men concerned should be placed on the 53 three-shift system with the conditions applicable to such system : the Court approved the offer contained in the employers' letter of 21st April, 1920, that if Award No. 84 were put into operation as it stood, and a revision of rates took place in respect of any of the classes of men concerned subsequent to the award becoming operative, such revision should be retrospective from the time the award was put into effect, with the proviso that the offer should stand onlv for six months. Issued 12th July, 1920. [389.] Joiners and Engineers. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Amalga- mated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, and Joiners v. Dalmel- lington Iron Co., Ltd. Diff'erence — As to the basis for regulating the wages of the joiners and engineers employed in the repair shops at the Dalmellington Iron Works. Award — The wages of the men concerned should in future be regulated by the advances and reductions applicable to their respective trades in the Ayrshire district and not, as had been the case, bv the blastfurnacemen's shding scale. Issued 31st July, 1920. [425.] Gas Producer Firemen, &c. — National Amalgamated Union of Labour and National Union of General Workers v. Steel Ingot Makers" Associa- tion. Difference — Application for increases in wages. Award — With respect to the gas producer firemen concerned employed on open- hearth steel plants at Consett and Newburn works, effect should be given to the proposals of the employers, which were offered by them at a conference on 12th May, 1920, except that the basic melters' shding scale should apply in place of the acid melters' sliding scale ; it w^as held that the claim for an advance to metal gang workers employed at Newburn had not been established. Effective from 6 a.m. on 2nd May, 1920. Issued 23rd August, 1920. [459.] Senii-Skilled Men and Labourers. — Iron and Steel Trades Confedera- tion V. Scottish Steel Founders' Wages Association. Difference — Claim for advance of Id. per hour granted to moulders and dressers on 1st April, 1920, to be extended to the semi-skilled men and labourers of the above Confederation. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 25th August, 1920. [463.] Bricklayers and Labourers. — The Operative Bricklayers' Society and the Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union v. Messrs. Robert Heath and Low Moor, Ltd. Difference — Application for pay- ment of the district building trade rates of wages to bricklayers and labourers employed in the building department of the firm at their Biddulph and Norton Works. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period following the date of the award the district rate of their trade should be paid to the workers concerned employed at the Biddulph and Norton ironworks of the firm. Bricklayers 2s. 2|rf. per hour ; labourers in the building department. Is. lid. and Is. lOhd. per hour according to grade. Issued 12th October, 1920. [498.] Labourers.— Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Scottish Steel- makers' Wages Association. Difference — Claim on behalf of the general labourers concerned em]:)loyed in the iron and steel trades in Scotland and working under the "8-hour shift system for the wages concession granted to bricklayers' labourers owing to the basis of pay- ment being that of a 44-hours week in the case of the latter (the basis of .■)4 jmvuKMit in the case of tlic «,'»in»'ral labourers Ix'iiif^ a IT-hours week). Award -It was held that the chniii had not been estabhslied. Issued 25th Novemb.T. HLM). [oil.] hi>n (itid Sled Tradf.s Woih'is. lion and Steel Trades Confederation r. North of Enose of fi.xing new piecework prices. The advance was not applicable to apprentices and junior worlcers on time, except in the case of labourers where, if it had been the practice before the war to pay to those under 21 years of age who were in receipt of the full rate for labourers the same advances as were granted to those over 21 , that practice should be con- tinued, such labourers thus receiving the above advances. This decision appUed onlv to Great Britain. Issued 10th March, 1920. [180.] Engineering and Foundry Workers. — Trade Unions signatory to agreement of February, 1917, r. the Engineering Employers' Federa- tion (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference — Certain questions arising out of the Indus- trial Court Award 180 (Engineering and Foundry Workers). Award — Answers to questions raised by certain Trade Unions, Emj^loyers' Federations and others (as scheduled in the Award) as to the appUca- tion of Award No. 180 of the Industrial Court (Engineering and Foundry Trades) of 10th March, 1920. Issued 29th April, 1920. [180a.]' Railwag Shopmen. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, National Federation of General AVorkers v. Controlled Railway Companies of Great Britain. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Award — The terms of tlie decision given in the Engineering and Foundry Trades {see Award No. 180 above) should applv to the men concerned. Issued 23rd March, 1920. [191.] Railway Workers. — National Union of Railwaymen v. the Controlled Railway Companies of Great Britain. Difference — A]iplication for increases of wages. Award — The terms of the decision given in the Engineering and Foundry Trades {see Award No. 180 above) should apply to the men concerned em})loyed in railway shops : claim of the men employed in generating stations was to be dealt with in a supple- mental decision ; the wages of the women concerned was adjudicated upon so recently as 20th February, 1920, and no case had been made out for a further alteration of wages at the existing time. Issued 23rd March, 1920. [192.] Drp.6s. to 38s\ a week, the bare rate of the furnacemen on presses should be increased from 32.s. to 34.?. a week, and tJie base rate of helpers on presses and forge helpers should be increased from 31s. to 33s. a week ; these increased base rates were subject to the addition of the war wage of '26s. 6d. a week and the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings in the case of timeworkers and 7^ per cent, in the case of piece-workers. Issued 8th April, 1920. [243.] Railway Shopnen. — National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers, National Union of Vehicle Builders, Friendly Society of Ironfounders, Amalgamated Society of Engineers, United Machine Workers' Association, Amalgamated Society of Railway Vehicle Builders and the National Union of Railwaymen v. Great Western Railway Company. Difference — Apphcation for increases of wages. Award — All grades of skilled or semi-skilled workers concerned, whether engaged on timework or piecework, employed by the companv at their Swindon works should receive an advance of 'Is. a week on their base rate, which was to form part of the total earnings of time and pieceworkers upon which the bonus of 7| per cent, was calculated, and was to be taken into account in the calculation of payment for overtime and such allowances as are computed on basis rates ; in the case-of the men concerned where no indentured apprenticeship had been served, a period of five years in the various branches of the trade should be the necessary qualification to be graded as a skilled worker, and men so qualified should receive the full rate of wages. The claims in respect of work-people emploved at other works were held not to have been established. Issued 12th April, 1920. [249.] Fitters, Turners, and Machinemen. — The Amalgamated Society of Engineers i\ the Engineering Employers' Federation. Dift'erence — Application for Dundee and Arbroath rates to be raised to the Clyde rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 13th April, 1920. [252.] Grinders. — General Iron Fitters' Association v. Engineering Em- ployers' Federation. Dift'erence — Application for an advance of 2^. a week to grinders emp)loyed in the Dundee district in addition to the last advance given generally to the engineering trade. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 13th April, 1920. [253.] Ed'jineering a7id Foundri/ Workers. — The Amalgamated Society of Engineers and certain other Trade Unions named in the Schedule attached to the Award v. the Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federa- tions). Dift'erence — Claim submitted under agreement of February, 1917, whereby the rates of wages regarded as unduly low are brought forward at periodical hearings for consideration. Award — Advances granted, establishing weekly base rates as shown below for difterent classes of workmen in the cases of certain members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Steam Engine Makers' Society (Bury St. Edmunds, 42s., base rates for jjatternmakers. toohnakers and smiths raised correspondingly ; St. Helens, 46.^., base rates for ixttternmakers and smiths raised correspondingly ; Stony Stratford (Bucks.) {fitters, turners and smiths), 41s., advance payable as follows : — Is. a week as CO from the l)('(p':'rvisors. — The National L'nion of Railwaymen c. the Con- trolled Railway Companies of Great Britain. Difference — Applica- tion as to whether A^vard No. 192 of the Industrial Court dated 23rd March (see page 56). applied to shop supervisors who had received the advances specified in awards appUcable to railway shop workers. Award— It was held that the award did not applv to shop supervisors. Issued 22nd June, 1920. [357.] Woincii Engineering Workers. — The AVorkers" L'nion. the National Federation of Women Workers v. the Birmingham and Wolverhampton District Association of the Engineering and the National Employers" Federations. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Award — From the first pay after 22nd December, 1919. the wonun concerrod 18 years of age and over, except those whose wages are regulated by Orders made by the Minister of Labour under the Trade Boards Acts, should receive an advance of 3.s. 6f/. a week. l<d. an hour to juniors, with proportionate advances to pieceworkers, and by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for a national advance of Qd. an hour to all railway shopmen. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 16th Julv, 1920. [400.] Railway Shops Employees. — The National Union of Pvailwaymen v. Railway Companies of Great Britain. Difference — Application for an increase of 10s. a week to women, girls and boys employed in railway workshops throughout Great Britain. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th July. 1920. [407.] Raihvay Wagon Builders and Repairers. — Joint Committee of Trade Unions representing the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Amalga- mated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional AYorkers, Woodcutting Machinists' Society and the Workers' Union v. Joint Wages Board of the Raihvay Wagon Builders' Association and the Railway Wagon Repairing Association. Difference — Application for a further advance in wages. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 31st July, 1920. [424.] Stampers, Hydraulic Pressmen, <&c. — -United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths and Strikers v. Great Western Railway Company, Swindon. Difterence — Application for an advance of 5.5. a week to stampers, hydraulic pressmen and furnacemen in stamping shops, and also for an advance of '2s. a week to strikers. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 4th August, 1920. [426.] Sewing Machine Makers.— T\\q Workers' Union v. The Singer Manu- facturing Co., Ltd., Clydebank. Difference — Application as to whether there was a " prescribed " or " substituted " rate applicable to the workers concerned, and if so, what was the rate. Award — The "pre- scribed " rate for the women timeworkers concerned, 18 years of age and over, was b\d. an hour plus II5. a week, and for the girl timeworkers concerned under 18 years of age rates varying from '2hd. to 4|fZ. an hour, according to age, plus 5s. 6f7. a week ; piece prices should be so arranged for pieceworkers as would enable every woman or girl of ordinary ability to earn at least 25 per cent, over her time rate, plus lis. a week in the case of women 18 years of age and over and 5s. 6rf. in the case of girls under 18 years of age ; for such " prescribed " rates, rates in excess by 5s. and 2s. Qd. a week for women and girls respectively were substituted by Order No. 260 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919). There was no " prescribed rate " applicable to pro- bationers. Issued 4th August. 1920. [428.] Fitters, Turners, Erectors, dc. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers V. Great Western Railway Company. Wolverham])ton. Difference — Application on behalf of fitters, brass fitters, turners, erectors, pattern- makers, smiths and coppersmiths in the employ of the Company for an advance of 3s. a week. Award— It was held "tliat the claim had not been established. Issued 5th August, 1920. [431.] 72 Fiffcfs. TuDK'is. Kirrfors, d-c Ainal^faiiiatcd Soficty (tf Enjiineer.s V. (float Western Railway C'Diiipany. Worcester. Ditterence A[)plica- tion on behalf of fitters, brass fitters, turners, erectors, pattenunakers, smiths and coppersniiths in the employ of the Company ior an advance of .'{n. a week. Award It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued nth August, 19-20. [432.] Fifteis, Turners, Erectors, cfec. -Amalgamated Scjcieiy of Engineers V. (Jreat Western Railway Company. Newton Abbot. Difference — Application on behalf of fitters, brass fitters, turners, erectors, pattern- makers, smiths and coppersmiths in the employ of the Company for an advance of '.is. a week. Award — It was held that the claim liad not been established. Issued 5th August. 1920. [133.] Machinist-Pneumatic Riveter. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. London and North Western Railway Company, Crewe. Difference — Application on behalf of the man concerned for the payment of the holders-uj) rate. Award — The man concerned was only entitled to the rate applicable to the work on which he was actually employed so long as he remained graded as a machinist. The Court recommended the parties to meet and consider whether, having regard to the fact that the man had occasionally been employed as a holder-up Avhen the grading scheme was arranged in April. 1914, he was not entitled to be regraded. Issued 5th August. 192<). [434.] Issuers. — National Union of Railwaymen v. Great Western Railway Co.. Swindon. Difference — Claim that issuers should be classified in three groups, carrying wages of 55., os. id., and 6s. Sd. per day. Award — From the beginning of the pay week commencing 29th March. 1920, the issuers concerned employed in the stores department of the com- pany should be classified in three groups rated at 6s., 6s. id. and 5.s. 8d. a day. Issued 5th August. 1920. [435.] Boilermal'ers. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society i'. Great Western Railway Company. Difference — Application for advances in wages. Award — Claim for certain advances to boiler- smiths employed in the Company's running sheds, also angle-iron smiths and boiler examiners, platers, patchers. riveters, caulkers, tubers, wagon platers, constructional platers and wagon riveters, holders-up and pneumatic drillers on boiler work, employed in the Company's workshops at Swindon, Wolverhampton. Worcester and Newton Abbot, was not established ; the Court (at the hearing) were also asked to settle a matter in dispute between the parties as to whether a man em]iloyed partly as a tuber and partly as a boiler-maker's helper by the Company at Laira, near Plymouth, should be considered suffi- ciently skilled to receive the rate of a skilled man ; the Court's decision Avas that the rate of the man concerned should be increased from 33.*. to 38.S. a week. Issued 5th August. 1920. [436.] Steel Work Erectors. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Kennan and Sons, Ltd.. Armstrong and Main. Ltd.. Smith and Pearson. Ltd., represented by the Dublin Constructional Engineering Employers' Association. Diff'erence — Application for an increase in wages. Award — The Award No. 237 of the Industrial Court of 6th April, 1920 (Ironfounders Employers' Association — Ireland — see page 58) was a future award within the meaning of Clause 7 of the agreement 73 arranged between the parties on 29th March, 1920, and the time rate advances granted by this award should be paid to the steelwork erectors concerned over the rates of Is. lid. and Is. 8d. an hour fixed by the agreement. Issued 5th August, 1920. [437.] StriJiers. — United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths and Strikers r. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Dift'erence • — Application for an increase in wages. Award — From the first pav after 3 1st July, 1920, the base rates of the men concerned employed at Dundee should be advanced by 2s. a week, which advance was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 12|- per cent, was to be calculated. Issued 17th August, 1920. [449.] Engineering and Foundry Trades (Special District Cases). — The Amalgamated Society of Engineers and other Trade Unions named in the Schedule attached to the decision v. the Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Dillerence — Claim submitted under agree- ment of February. 1917, whereby the rates of wages regarded as undulv low vrere brought forward at periodical hearings for consideratioPi Award — Advances granted, establisliing weekly base rates as shown below for different classes of workmen in the cases of certain members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Engineering Unions (Colchester. Norwich. Stroud. Dursley, Gloucester and Nailsworth, 49^. ; Brighouse, Halifax. Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Dewsbury, Batley, Cleckheaton, Huddersfield, Keighley, Liversedge, Meltham, Otley, and Wakefield, bOs. ; Halifax and Keighley {Textile Machinery). 50s. ; Carlisle, Kendal and West Cumberland (Whitehaven and Workington), Luton, Bedford. Chelmsford, Peterborough. Bradford, Leeds, York, and Bath, 51.s. : Chesterfield, Wolverhampton District, Coventry and District and Bristol, 52s. ; Bolton and Rochdale {Pattern- maker.^). 56s.). General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal AVorkers (Blackburn. Bolton. Burnley. Lancaster. Preston, Wigan and Tod- morden, 52s.), Chester and District Engineering Trades Joint Com- mittee, representing the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the Steam Engine Makers' Society, the Electrical Trades Union, the National Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics, the National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters. Cabinetmakers and Joiners (52s.), the United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths and Strikers {Smiths : St. Helens, 46s.* ; Strikers : St. Helens, 33s.*, Nottingham, 39s., and Bath, 38s.), the Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders Society (Bradford, Dewsbury. Wakefield and Exeter, base rates increased by 2s. per week), the National Union of General AVorkers (Darwen {Engineering Labourers) 34s. per week {Foundry Labourers) 35s. per week) and the Workers' Union {Labourers : Shropshire, 35s. ; Maiden, 34s. 9>\d. : Yeovil, 34s. ; Semi-skilled men: Yeovil, base rates increased by Is. per week). Issued 18th August. 1920. [450.] Women Workers. — Birmingham and Wolverhampton District Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers v. Engineering and the National Employers' Federations. Dift'erence — Ap])lication concerning certain points arising out of Industrial Court Award No, 358 * Exclusive of the 6s. advance iitidei- Award ISi). (See page •!»•">). 74 (Women Workt-rs, Hirinin^^haiu and Wolvorlianipton District — see ]n\ji,{i OM). Award (I) Clause 9 of Award No. 3o8 has no practical ert'ect until rates have been actually fixed by a Trade Board and con- firmed bv (Jrder ()f the Minister of Labour in the manner provided by the Trade Boards Act ; it does exclude from the operation of the Court's decision any case where the worker was employed on work for whicli a minimum rate fixed by a Trade Board was j^ayable as a matter of legal obligation. (2) The (luestion whetlier any particular work came within the scope of minimum rates fixed by a Trade Board, turns upon the legal construction of the Trade Board notice, and was not one upon which the Court could pronounce. Award No. 358 would not apply in cases where the failure to pay wages at not less than the minimum rate would render the emplover liable to penalty under the Trade Boards Acts. Issued 20th August, 1920. [151.] Boiiennal'ers. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society V. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Award — From the first pay after 31st July. 1920. the base rates of the platers, riveters and caulkers concerned, employed in Dundee, should be increased by 2s. a week, which advance was to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 12^ per cent, was to be calculated. Issued 20th August, 1920. [452.] Engineers. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Engineering Unions v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Emj)loyers' Federations). Difference — - Application that the Dublin rate be raised to the Belfast rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 20th August, 1920. [455.] Saw Mill Eiiiploijees. — Railway Committee of Craft Unions, East- leigh V. London and South "Western Railway Company, Eastleigh. Difference — Apphcation that the full war wage should be paid when the maximum number of hours were made, viz., 44. The Company were deducting 3-47ths of the war wage. Award — The fuU war wage should be calculated on the normal working week of 44 hours ; the award should take effect as from the beginning of the first pay period after the introduction of the two-shift svstem. Issued 23rd August, 1920. [458.] Engineers and Maehinemen. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Engineering Unions v. Engineering Employers' Federation. Difference — Apphcation for the rate paid in Dundee to be raided to the rate paid in Edinburgh. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 31st August, 1920. [469.] Engineers and Maehinemen. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Engineering L'nions v. Engineering Employers' Federation. Difference — Apphcation for the rate paid in Aberdeen to be raised to that jiaid in Dimdee. Award— It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 31st August, 1920. [470.] Engineering and Foundry Pieceworkers. — Coventry and District Engineering Joint Committee v. Engineering and the National Em- ]»loyers' Federations (Coventry and District Association). Difference — As to the method of ascertaining the '*' net piecework prices " in the terms of Award 180 {see page 55). Award— The 12| per cent, advance on piecework prices granted by agreement in 1915 comes within the category of piece prices advances referred to in Award No. 180 of the Industrial Court on which the 15 per cent, should not be calculated, and in cases where the 12^ per cent, had been merged or formed part of the piece price the 15 per cent, should be so apphed as not to be calculated on the 12| per cent. Issued 31st August, 1920. [471.] Fitter. — Amalgamated Engineering Union v. Joint Railway Com- pany of Portsmouth. Difference — Apphcation as to what was the " prescribed " rate of wages applicable to the worker concerned. Award — The " prescribed " rate for fitters employed in the engineering trades, Portsmouth, was as laid down in Award No. 713 of the Court of Arbitration of 27th August, 1919, viz., 41s. a week plus a war wage of 285. 6d. a week plus 12| per cent, on total earnings, and this " prescribed " rate was applicable to the class to which the worker concerned belongs, i.e.. that of an engine fitter. Issued 14th September, 1920. [478.] Boilermakers {Special District Cases). — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. the Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference — Claim submitted under agreement of February, 1917, whereby the rates of wages in any district regarded as unduly low are brought forward at periodical hearings for consideration. Award — Certain advances should be paid to the men concerned in the terms mentioned in the following schedule, which indicates the minimum weekly base rates to be paid from the beginning of the first pay after 31st July, 1920 :— Angle Riveters District. Iron Smiths. Platers. and Caulkers. Holders on. Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly base rate. base rate. base rate. base rate. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Birmingham 56 54 47 42 Burton-on-Trent 56 56 50 45 Coventry 56 55 — — Darlaston 56 54 47 42 Smethwick 56 54 47 42 Stoke-on-Trent 56 56 . 50 45 Wednesbury 56 54 47 42 Wolverhampton 56 54 47 42 BrierleyHill 54 52 46 41 Cradley Heath 54 52 46 41 Dudley 54 52 46 41 Oldbury 54 52 46 41 Tipton 57 59 46 41 Bilston 53 51 45 42 Donnington 53 51 45 40 Horsehay 53 51 45 40 Oakengates 53 51 45 40 Worcester 53 51 45 35 7G Theso increased base rates were subject to the addition of war advances of 2<).v. (mI. a we<'k' |)lus 12A per cent, on total earnirifis. Issued 29tli 8eptend)er, 1920. | 180. | Acid T(ink \\'(i(/on Rc.paircrfi. Ainal^aniated .Socit;ty of Kailway Vehicle Builders, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and Mechanics v. Wagon Repairers' Association Wages Board. Difference— Application for interjiretation of Award 1(199 of the Committee on Production (Wagon ]^'pairing Trade — Acid Tank Wagons). Award — The 25 per cent, advances to time and pieceworkers granted by the Committee on Pro- duction Award No. 109!) to workpeople employed on the repair of wagons which have carried certain acids were to be calculated on the pre-w'ar rates (mlv and not on the war advances. Issued 1st October, 1920. [492.] Blacksmiths and Strikers. — Amalgamated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional Workers v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference — Application for certain in- creased rates. Award — From the beginning of the pay period im- mediately following 31st July, 1920, the base rates for blacksmiths w-ere advanced by 2s. a w^ek in Peterborough and by 1.9. a week in Norwich. The base rate of smiths employed at Ipswich should be increased from ids. to 50.s. a week ; in the case of Lynn the rate ap])li- cable to strikers had been raised bv agreement to 38.S-. Issued 20th October, 1920. [502.] Carriage Lifters. — Carriage lifters employed by the railway company V. Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland). Diflterence — Applica- tion for the payment of the Dublin rate. Award — The base rates of the men concerned employed at the company's works at Dundalk should be increased by 8s. per week, which was to form part of the total earnings for calculating the 12J per cent, bonus. The new base rates thus established were 38s. per week for men then paid 30.5.. and 34^, per week for those paid a rate of 26s.. to take effect from besiinninij of first pav period whicli followed 9th August. 1920. Issued 27th October, 1920. [505.] Machinists (Railway Shops). — Irish Engineering. Electrical. Ship- building and Foundry Trades Union v. Great Southern and AA'estern Railway, ^lidlaud Great Western Railway. Dublin and South Eastern Railway. Difference — Application for the payment of the turners' rate of wages. Award — The men concerned employed as iron machinists in railway shops in Dublin should be paid an advance of Is. 9d. a week on base rates, the advance to form part of the men's total earnings for the purpose of calculating the 12.j per cent, bonus. Issued 27tli October, 1920. [506.] Carpoiters — Railway Shops (Ireland). — Joint Managing Committee of the Amalgamated and General Union Societies of Carpenters and Joiners r. ^Midland Great Western Railway. Great Southern and Wes- tern Railway. Dublin, and South Eastern Railway. Difference — Application for uniform rate outside Dublin area and allowance for tools. Award — The rate of the men concerned, carpenters employed in railway shops outside a radius of 20 miles from Dublin, should be 77 l^d. per hour less than the rate eventually established as a result of negotiations now proceeding for carpenters employed in railway shops in the Dublin area. This decision to take effect from the same date as the new rates fixed in consequence of the settlement in the case of the Dublin area. The claim for an allowance for upkeep of tools was not established. Issued 28th October, 1920. [509.] Hammermen. — Amalgamated Engineering Union v. Belfast and Coimty Down Railway Company, Midland Railway Company (Northern Counties Committee). Difference — AppUcation for the extension of Industrial Court Award 344 (Hammermen — Great Northern Railway Co., Ireland — see page 67). Award — The base rates to hammermen in the Belfast railway shops who are 21 years of age and over should be increased to 30s. 6d. a week, which was to form part of their total earnings for the purpose of calculating the 12^ per cent, bonus. Issued. 4th November, 1920. [514.] Boilermakers. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated irt the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference — Application concerning Industrial Court Award No. 450 (Engineering and Foundry Trades— .see page 73). Award — The advance of 2s. a week on the rates granted by Award No. 450 of the Industrial Court (Engineering and Foundry Trades — Special District Cases), so far as the award relates to Exeter, should be paid to the workmen employed by Willey and Company, Exeter, whose name appears in the decision. The advance does not apply to holders-up. Issued 15th November, 1920. [529.] Railway Shopmen. — Workers' Union, National Union of Railwaymen, Swindon Railway Federation of Trade Unions v. Great Western Railway. Difference — AppUcation for regrading and higher minimum rates- Award — The grading of workers who at the date of this award were not in receipt of 44s. per week or more, was authorised with miuimumL base rates as foUows : — Grade A ... 44s. per week .. B ... 42s. .. C 40s. .. D 38s. ,. E 36s. . F 32s. )? )j „ G 30s. 1 1-1.1 • 1 "11 )) 5! The grading scheme under which the various skilled and unskilled men are grouped in their respective grade was contained in a schedule attached to the decision. Issued 16th November, 1920. [531.] Boilermal-ers. — Amalgamated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional Workers v. Jenkins and Company, Retford, repre- sented by the Nottingham and District Engineering Employers' Associa- tion. Difference — Application on behalf of the workers concerned for the Nottingham district rates. Award— It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 18th November, 1920. [536.] 78 it. Jinilwaii Ekctrinil \(l. an hour, i.e., Is. id. an liour, plus .33s. Gr/., plus r2| per cent, for a week of 47 hours. Mates of the first three classes of tradesmen named above should be paid a rate or rates bearing the same relationsliip to that of men employed in a similar capacity by electrical contractors as the rates of the skilled men employed on railways bear to the rates of those employed by contractors. Other workpeople of the classes referred to were to be paid the rates provided by the Agreement of January, 1920, between the parties. This award should be regarded as an interim one, and was not to prejudice negotiations that were proceeding on the question of district rates for the country generally. This decision to take effect as from beginning of fir.st pay period following 31st October, 1920. Issued 25th November. 1920. [542.] Carpenters and Joiners. — The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet Makers and Joiners v. Engineering and National Employers' Federations (Bedfordshire and District Association). Difference — Application for the local rates of wages for the Building Trade to be paid to carpenters, cabinet makers and joiners working in engineering establishments. Award — The claim of men engaged in the engineering trade in Bedford and district wholly or mainly on production in the industry was not established ; those engaged on maintenance and new constructional work should receive the district building rate of 2s. an hour, subject to the provision that workers would be governed by the working conditions prevailing in the establishments in c^uestion. Issued 25th November, 1920. [543.] Engineering and Foundry Mechanics. — Coventry and District En- gineering Joint Committee v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federa- tions) (Coventry and District Association). Difterence — Apjilication for interpretation of Industrial Court Award 450 (Engineering and Foundry Trades — ."tee page 73). Award — The apphcation of Award No. 450 of the Industrial Court, with regard to increasing the base rate of 51.s. by 1.9., applied only to titters and turners engaged on systems of payment by result, and this advance must be regarded as an alteration in rates for calculating piece-work prices and premium bonus times. The general provisions contained in decision No. 450 extended the advances granted to fitters and turners to other trades- men in the case of time workers ; the provisions did not apply in the case of the men engaged on piecework systems in the Coventry esta- blishments. Issued 6th December, 1920. [557.] Examiners and Viewers. — National Union of General Workers, Amalgamated Engineering Union, and the Workers' Union v. Ministry of Munitions. Difference — Application on behalf of examiners sent to Canada and the United States for the advances granted at home during the war period. Award — The men concerned em]>loyed in the 79 Munitions Inspection Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwicli, and Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, who were sent to the United States and Canada and appointed in the years 1914, 1915, and 1916, were entitled to be paid the general war advances applicable to the engineering and fomidry trades amounting to 285. 6f/. a week plus the bonus of 12|^ per cent, on total earnings, any advances (other than merit or grading advances) granted during their service abroad should be taken into account in ascertaining the amount due under this decision. In the case of men appointed during 1917 and 1918 the Court were unable to make a decision in the absence of evidence as to the terms of appointment of these men. Issued 9th December, 1920. [567.] Examiners and Vieivers. — Certain men employed in the Inspection Department of the Royal Arsenal Woolwich, and the Royal Small Arms Inspection Department, Enfield Lock v. Ministry of Munitions. Difference — Apphcation on behalf of examiners sent to Canada and the United States for the advances granted at home during the war period. Award — The men concerned who were sent to the United States and Canada and appointed in the years 191-1:, 1915, and 1916 were entitled to be paid the general war advances applicable to the engineering and foundry trades amounting to 28.s. 6d. a Aveek plus the 12| per cent, bonus on total earnings, any advance (other than merit or grading advances) granted during their service abroad should be taken into account in ascertaining the amount due under this decision. In the case of men appointed during 1917 and 1918 the Court made no decision in the absence of evidence as to the terms of appointment of these men ; other portions of the claim had not been established. Issued 9th December, 1920. [568.] Electricians. — Irish Engineering, Shipbuilding, Electrical and Foun- dry Trades Union v. Mdland Great Western Railway Co. Difierence— Application for the payment of the Dubhn district rate. Award — The rate to be paid to the men concerned employed in the railway shops at Broadstone, Ireland, was the district rate paid to fitters and turners in the general engineering shops in Dublin, i.e., o'5s. plus 26s. (Jd. war advances plus 12^ per cent, on earnings, or £4: 96-. od. per week of 47 hours. Effective as from the date of award. Issued 16th December, 1920. [570.] Woodivorkers. — Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cai)inet Makers and Joiners, General Union of Operative Carpenters and Joiners v. E. R. and F. Turner, Ltd., Milhng Engineers, Ipswich, represented by the East Anglian Association of Engineering Employers. Dift'erence — Apphcation for an increase in base rates to woodworkers. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 18th December, 1920. [574.] Piunicers. — Carriage Pumicers and Engine Puniicers, employed at Locomotive Works at Dundalk v. Great Northern Railway Co. (Ire- land). Difference— Application for an increase in wages. Award— The rates of the men concerned in the Dundalk shops should be in- creased by 2.S. a full ordinary week with effect from 30th September, 1920, the increase to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 121 Tier cent, was calculated. Issued 18th December, 1920. [575.] 80 Boilfnnah'.rs lldpi'ts. J'^mploN (-'cs ot tlic Companv at the Lcxf)- motive Works, Dundallv v. Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland). Diflterence —Application for an increaHo in wages. Award -The rates of the men concerned in the Diuidalk shop.s should be increased by 6s. a full ordinary week with effect from 30th June, 1920, the increase to form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 12^ per cent, was calculated. Issued I8tli December, 1920. [57G.] G-V/s H rme Work'crs. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union V. Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland. Differ- ence — Application for an increase in wages. Award — From first pay after 7th December, 1920, the labourers concerned employed at the Inchicorc Works of the Company should receive an advance of 4.?. ivL a full ordinary week. The case of stokers, assistant stokers and coal wheelers was not e-tnhlishwl. Tssuerl 31st Dercmber. 1920. [587.] SMpbuildiug and Ship-repairing Trades. Pneumatic Drillers' " Mate." — Miss Nellie Cooke v. the Admiralty. Difference — xA.pplication as to whether there was a " substituted " rate of wages applicable, and, if so, what was the '" substituted " rate. Award — The rate of the employee concerned employed afloat at the Chatham Dockvard on engineering work was the rate applicable on nth November. 1918, under Orders 546 and 1073 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918), plus the advance granted under Order 260 (Statutory Rules and Orders. 1919), such total rate being applicable to any period since the first pay day in January, 1919, during which the woman concerned had been engaged on such engineering work. Issued 1st January, 1920. [50.] Joiners — Ship Repairing Trade. — Amalgamated Society of Carpen- ters, Cabinet-makers and Joiners v. Employers' Association of the Port of Liverpool and the Mersey Ship-repairers' Federation. Difference — Apphcation for an advance of 5s. a week to meet the increased cost of tools. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established ; the matter being one that should be dealt with on a national basis. Issued Uth January. 1920. [78.] Platers' Helpers. — The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Crichton, Thompson & Co., Ltd., shipbuilders and ship- repairers. King's Lynn. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Award — During such time as the plater was working on lieu rates the helpers should receive 3s. a week above the time-rate for labourers. Issued 20th January, 1920. [100.] Ship Painters. — The National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators v. the North of Ireland Ship- building Co., Ltd. Difference — -Application for an advance of wages to level up the rates to those in other trades. Award — Firm's proposal to adopt Award No. 869 of the Court of Arbitration relating to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trades was approved ; the payment of the Ss. a week advance thereunder to be made retro- spective to the beginning of the first pav after 1st October, 1919. Issued 27th January, 192U. [108.] 81 Shipyard and Engineering Workers. — Natioiicil Amalgamated Union of Labour v. North West Engineering Employers' Association and the North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Award — Employers' proposal to adopt Award No. 869 of the Court of Arbitration relating to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trades, wherein an advance of 5s. a week was granted from the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, to male workers 18 years of age and over, was approved. Issued 27th January, 1920. [109.] Ship constructors and >SA*j9im^/iis.— Ship-constructors' and Ship- wrights' Association v. The North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Award — Company's proposal to adopt Award No. 869 of the Court of Arbitration relating to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trade, wherein an advance of 5s. a week was granted from the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, to male workers 18 years of age and over, approved. Issued 27th January, 1920. [110.] Boilermakers. — Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. the North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Award — Company's proposal to adopt Award No. 869 of the Court of Arbitration relating to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trade, wherein an advance of 5.s-. a week was granted from the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, to male workers 18 years of age and over was approved. Issued 27th January, 1920. [111.] Boilermakers. — The Boilermakers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. the Dry Dock Owners and Ship-repairers' Federation, Ltd. Difference — Application for the extension of the Court of Arbitration Award No. 869 (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Trades). Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 5s. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12| per cent, and 7i per cent, are calculated. Issued 30th January, 1920. [118.] C'irpenters and Joiners. — Amalgamated Society and General Union of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners v. Dry Dock Owners and Ship Repairers' Federation, Ltd. Difference — Application for the extension of the Court of Arbitration Award No. 869 (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Trades). Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st December, 1919, the men concerned aged 18 years oi age and over should receive an advance of 5s. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonuses of 12 J per cent. and 7| per cent, are calculated. Issued 25th February, 1920. [167.] Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Trades. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades and National Federation of General Workers v. Shipbuilding Employers' Federation. Difference — Application for advances in wages. Award — Advances in time or day rates of male workers 21 years of age and over other than apprentices, and to male pieceworkers irrespective of age, as follows : (1) 3s. a week or ^d. ari hour on time rates or 7-J per cent. 82 on piece rates, efVective from the first pay after olst .Maixli. 1920; (2) 36". a week or pi. an hour on time rates or 7^ per cent, on piece rates, effective from the first pay after Slst May, 1920. The advances should he taken into account in the calculation of overtime and such allowances as are comj)uted on basis rates, and should form part of tiie total earnings upon wliicli the bonuses of 12.^ j^-r cent. and 7-2 per cent, are calculated. The advance to timeworkers should be regarded as being in addition to existing time rates, and should be taken into account for the purpose of fixing new piecework prices. In the case of labourers on time, where the practice before the war was to pay those under 21 years of age who were in receipt of the full rate for labourers the same advances as were granted to those over 21, that practice should be continued, such labourers thus receiving the above advances. Issued 10th March, 1920. [181.] (Subsequently, interpretations of this award were given in Awards 405 and 490, see pages 84 and 85.) Boilermakers. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society, Ship-constructors' and Shipwrights' Association v. Queenstown Dry Docks Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage AVest, nr. Cork. Difference — Application for the extension of the Court of Arbitration Award No. 869 of 5th November, 1919 (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Trades). Award — From the beginning of the first pay after 1st January. 1920, the drillers, platers, riveters and caulkers concerned, 18 years of age and over, should receive an increase of 5s. a week which was to form part of the total earnings upon "which the bonuses of 12^ per cent, and Ih per cent, to time and pieceworkers respectively are calculated. Issued 6th April, 1920. [233.] Platers and Caulkers. — Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. Queenstown Dry Docks Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West, nr. Cork. Difference — Application for an advance of wages of 5 per cent, to platers and caulkers. Award — From 1st January, 1920, the platers and caulkers concerned employed on lieu rates should receive an advance of 5 per cent, on their basis lieu rates, exclusive of all war and percentage advances. Issued 6tli April, 1920. [234.] Shipyard Woikers. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Amal- gamated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional Workers, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and the National Amalgamated Union of Labour i\ North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.. Londonderry. Difl'erence — Application for increases of wages. Award — [The terms of this Award are identical ivith those of Award No. 237, relating to the Ironfoiinders Employers' Association, Ireland^see page 58.] Issued 7th April. 1920. [239.] Shipyard Workers. — Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers v. Larne Shipbuild- ing Co. and the Elderfleet Shipbuilding Co.. Larne. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Award — [The terms of this award are identical with those of Award No. 237, relating to the Ironfoiinders Employers' Association, Ireland.] Issued 7tli April, 1920. [240.] 83 Engineers. — Amalgamated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional Workers, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Queenstown Dry Docks Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Passage West, near Cork. Difierence — Application for increases of wages. Award — [The terms of this decision are identical with those of Award No. 232— see page 57.] Issued 7th April, 1920. [241.] AihniraUy Dodu/ard. Eiripl.oi/e'ifi. — The Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades v. The Admiralty. Difference — Application on behalf of drillers, riveters, caulliers, wiremen, machinists and ha)iimernien for the advances granted to certain classes of workers by the Court of Arbitration Award No. 880 (Admiralty Dockyard Employees). Award — The base rate of 37s. a week should be raised to 39-5. a week for riveters and caulkers ; claim in respect of drillers, wiremen. welders, machinists and hammermen was not established. Issued 22nd April, 1920. [270.] Admiralt)/ Doch/ard Employees. — The Workers' Union v. The- Admiralty. Difference — Application on behalf of drillers, riveters, caulkers, wiremen and machinists for the advances granted to certain classes of workers by the Court of Arbitration Award No. 880 (Admiralty Dockyard Employees). Award — The base rate of 37s. a week should be raised to 396-. a week for riveters and caulkers, from and including the date of award ; claim in respect of drillers, wiremen, welders, machinists and hammermen was not established. Issued 22nd April, 1920. [271.] Admiralty Dockyard Employees. — The AVorkers' Union v. the Admiralty. Difference — Application that skilled labourers in the Rigging Houses of H.M. Dockyards should be advanced to the maxi- mum rate. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. Suggestion made for consideration of the Admiralty, that the wages of men in receipt of 30s. or over (plus bonuses) and with necessary qualifications for promotion to the " rigger " class, should be reviewed at intervals Avith a view to progressive advances to a rate not exceeding 37s. a week. Issued 1st June. 1920. [323.] Riveters. — -Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. Clyde Shipbuilders' Association. Difference — Application that the adjusting rate of ^d. an hour, paid by the firms concerned to riveters on behalf of the heater lads to make their wages for a 47-hour week equal- to their wages for a 54-hour week, should be increased to l\d. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 2nd July, 1920. [375.] Boilermakers. — The Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society v. the Manchester Dry Docks Co., Ltd. Difference— Applica- tion as to whether certain workmen should be classed as timeworkers or pieceworkers. Award — The lieu workers concerned were time- workers, and, as such, entitled to the advance of 6s. a week granted under Award No. 181 of the Industrial Court of 10th March, 1920 (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Trades), on which would be paid the, 30 per cent, enlianced rates for working at piecework speed. Issued 12th July, 1920. [390.] Shipbuilding and Shi]>repairing Trades. — Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades and 84 National Federation of General Workers v. Shipbuilding Employers' Fedtu-ation. DiiTerence --Claims by tlie AiijaJ<;ainated Society of Engiiic(U's and the federation of Engineering atid. to 2s. 6rf. an hour for a working week of 48 hours. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 17th December, 1920. [573.] Women Employees. — The Workers' Union v. Admiralty. Difference — Application for an advance in rates of wages of 3s. 6f/. per week from December, 1919, and for an advance to 52s. per week. Award — The women timeworkers, 18 years of age and over, employed in H.^I. Dockyards and Admiralty Establishments, should receive an increase of 3s. a full ordinary week, and the women pieceworkers of whatever age an equivalent advance on their piece prices from beginning of first pay period following date of the award. Issued 30th December, 1920. [585.] Other Mttal Trades. Women Workers. — The National Federation of Women Workers and the Workers' L^nion v. the Vono Co., Dudley Port, Staffs. Difference — Application for a " substituted " rate of wages. Award — The advances provided for by Award No. 544 of the Court of Arbitration of 23rd June, 1919 (National Light Castings Ironfounders' Federation) did not form part of the '" substituted " rate applicable to the women engaged on bedstead work, drilling, pressing, coremaking, barrelling, etc. ; from 18th December, 1919, the women and girls under 18 year.s of age should receive advances of 5s. and 2s. ^d. a week respectively above the " prescribed " rates of the workpeople concerned as determined by Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, Nos. 546 and 1073. Issued 6th January,' 1920. [59.] 87 Women Workers. — The National Federation of Women Workers v. the Roofing Fittings, Ltd., Oldbury. 'Difference — Application con- cerning the " prescribed " or "' substituted " rate of wages. Award — The " prescribed " rates applicable to the women and girls concerned employed as screwers, tappers, machinists, &c., was a rate of 5|(Z. an hour, plus a bonus of lis. a week for women 18 years of age and over, and rates ranging from i^d. to 2ld. an hour for girls aged 17 years and under, plus a bonus of 5s. 6d. a week. Issued r2th January, 1920. [64.] Women Electrode Makers. — The National Federation of Women Workers v. the Quasi- Arc Co., Ltd., Mile End. E. Difference — Applica- tion as to whether there was a " prescribed " or " substituted " rate applicable to the workers concerned, or as to what was the " pres- cribed " or " substituted " rate. Award — The " prescribed " rates applicable to the women and girls concerned engaged in the manufac- ture of electrodes was a rate of 5k/. an hour, plus a bonus of lis. a week for women 18 years of age and over, and rates ranging from 4|c?. to 2k/. an hour for girls aged 17 years and under, plus a bonus of 5s. 6d. a week. Issued 12th January. 1920. [65.] Checkers, Storehands and Sweepers. — The Workers' Union v. Howes and Burley, Birmingham. Difference — Application as to whether a " substituted " rate as granted by Award No. 504 was applicable to the workers concerned. Award — The women concerned employed as checkers, store-hands and shop-sweepers in connection with metal stampings did not come wdthin the scope of the Award No. 504 of the Court of Arbitration (Women AVorkers — Metal Trades). Issued 12th January, 1920. [66.] Cable Makers. — The National Federation of Women Workers v. the Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd. , Southampton. Difference — Applica- tion for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — From the first pay after 1st November, 1919, the women and the girls concerned under 18 years of age should receive advances of 5s. and 2s. 6d. a week res- pectively, provided the total advance over the pre-war rate did not exceed 20s. a week in the case of women and 10s. a week in the case of girls, the pre-war rate taken to have been not less than that prescribed by Order No. 447 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1916). Issued 12th January, 1920. [67.] Brass Button Makers.— George Higgins, Alfred Bunner, Arthur Jo. Primo and Benjamin Parker v. Edward Armfield and Co., Ltd., Bir- mingham. Difference — Application as to whether there were any and if so, what were the " prescribed " rates of the men concerned. Award — There was no " prescribed " rate applicable to the men concerned employed as stampers, burnishers and dippers in connection with the manufacture of brass buttons. Issued 12th January, 1920. [68.] Horse-shoeing Blacksmiths. — Associated Blacksmiths' and Iron Workers' Society v. the Horse-shoeing Employers' Association. Difference— Apphcation for a certain " substituted " rate of wages on behalf of men employed in Dundee and district. Award— From 1st January, 1920, the men concerned, aged 18 years and over, should receive an advance of 35. a week. Issued 14th January, 1920. [80.] 88 AtjricitUund Mac/iinrrij Mahrs. Tlic Workers' I'nion c. the ^lalcJon Iron Works Co., Ltd. J)i(l". [413.] Blacksmiths. — Amalgamated Union of Engineering, Shipbuilding and Constructional Workers v. William Elder and Sons, Ltd., Agricultural Engineers and Ironfounders, Berwick-on-Tweed. Difference— Appli- cation that the firm should pay the North East Coast rate of wages to the men concerned. Award — The North-East Coast rate was not one that should be conceded by the firm to their blacksmiths : from the first pay day after 30th June, 1920, the rate paid to the blacksmith! concerned should be advanced by 1'/. an hour. Issued 27th July, 1920. [415.] G 2 96 Muchincmen, Smiths' Hclpeis, dec. — Irish Transp^jrt and General Workers' Union v. Smith and Pear.son, Ltd., Fencing Manufacturers, Dublin. DilTerence — Apj)!ication for increases in wages, and overtime at the rate of time and a half. Award — The machinemen, smiths' helpers, labourers, &c., aged 21 years and over, employed in the manufacture of iron fencing, gates, railings, &c., should receive an advance of 3.s. a week ; claim for advance to lads under 21 years of age was not established : overtime to be jjaid for ;it the rate of time-and-a- quarter for the first two hours and time-and-a-half theieafter. Issued 4th August, 1920. [427. | Gas Meter Makers and Sheet Metal Workers. — National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers v. Engineering and the National hhiiployers' Federations. Difference -A{)plicat ion concerning Indus- trial Court Award 180 (Engineering and Foundry Trades) — .see page 55. Award — (1) The advance of 15 per cent, granted under Award No. 180 to piece-workers should be calculated, in the case of the gas-meter makers concerned on the 17| per cent, advance granted on the 9th January, 1919, and the further 121 per cent, applicable from 3rd April, 1919 : it was not to be calculated on the advance of 22| per cent, granted on 22nd June. 1917. (2) In the case of the sheet-metal workers employed on piece-work in Coventry, the increase of 20 per cent, granted in February, 1918, came within the category of piece price advances referred to in the Court's decision No. 180a on which the 15 per cent, should not be calculated. Issued 6th August, 1920. [438.] l^mifhs and Iron Fitters. — The National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers and General Metal Workers v. T. W. Palmer and Co., Fencing Manufacturers, Merton Abbey. Surrey. Difference — Application for the payment of the London building trade rate. Award — Agreement approved by Court that the smiths and ironfitters in the firm's employ should be paid the rate agreed upon by the union and the National Master Heating Engineers, namely, 2.$. 'i\d. an hour on and after the r2th of July last. Issued 17th August, 19'20. [448.] Plumbers' Brasswork Makers (Women). — National Federation of Women Workers i\ Deane and Beal, Ltd., Croydon. Difference — Apphcation as to whether or not there was a " prescribed " or " sub- stituted " rate applicable to the workpeople concerned, if so, what was the rate. Award — The " prescribed " rate for the women concerned, engaged in the manufacture of brass cocks and taps, gas brackets and other ])lumbers" brasswork. was the relevant rate laid down for time- workers under Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, Nos. 546 and 1073, which was for women 18 years of age and over, 5|f/. an hour, with the addition of lis. a week: there was no "substituted"' rate. Issued 23rd August, 1920. [456.] Motor Accessor!/ Workers. — V\ orkers" Union i\ Fk. Ashby and Co.. Stirchley, Birmingham. Dift'erence — Application as to whether or not tliere was a "■ prescribed " or " substituted " rate a'pplicabJe to the workers concerned, and if so, what was the " prescribed " or " sub- stituted " rate. Award — The " prescribed "' rates for the workers concerned were the rates laid dow^l in Part II. of Order No. 546 (Statutory Rules and Orders; 1918) and the war advances contained 97 in Orders Nos. 546 and 1073 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918). No rate had been substituted therefor. Issued 27th luwust 1920 [468.] ° ' Clerks, Storekeepers, &c. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. London and District Association of Engineering Employers, representing the General Electric Company, Ltd., Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Ltd., and the British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd., London. Difference — Apphcation for specified minimum rates and working conditions. Award — The clerical staff and counter salesmen should be paid minimum rates, varying, in the case of male employees, from 25.s. at 16 years of age to 65s. at 23 years of age, and, in the case of female employees, 20.s. at 16 years of age to 47s 6(7. at 21 years of age ; claim for advance to workpeople in the stores and packing department was not established. Issued 2nd September, 1920. [475]. Perforated Metal Workers. — National Union of General Workers v. W. Barns and Son, Holloway, London. Difference — Application for the payment of the awards applicable to the engineering industry amounting to 39.s. Qd. a week plus 12^ per cent, to the workpeople concerned. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estab- lished. The general minimum rates fixed by the Stamped or Pressed Metal Wares Trade Board, operative from 11th September, 1920, would apply to the workers concerned in this application. Issued 17th September, 1920. [482.] Cable Makers. — Electrical Trades L^^nion, National Union of General Workers, and the National Federation of Women Workers v. Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton. Difference — As to the application of Industrial Court Award 340 (Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton — see page 93). Award — As the rates fixed by the Joint Industrial Council Agreement for the Cable Making Industry for District No. 2 should be the rates apphcable to the workpeople by Award No. 340 of the Industrial Court, and the rates fixed by the agree- ment are on a basis of a 47 hours' week, whereas the working week of the estabhshment concerned was 48 hours, the Court considered the offer of the employers to pay the weekly rate plus 1/47 for the extra hour an equitable settlement. Issued 28th October, 1920. [508.] Gas Meter Makers.— General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal Makers v. Engineering Employers' Federation (now incorporated in the Engineering and the National Employers' Federations). Difference- Interpretation of Industrial Court Award 180 (Engineering and Foundry Trades— see page 55). Award— The advances of 1\ per cent., 2| i)er cent., and 12^ per cent, received bv the Manchester gas meter makers at 8th March,"l915, 11th April, 1916, and 22nd June, 1917, respectively, came within the category of piece price advances referred to in Award No. 180a of the Industrial Court on which the 15 per cent, granted under Award No. 180 of the Court should not be calculated. Issued 4th November. 1920. [513.] Cycle Accessory Makers (IFomew).— Workers' Union v. A. R. Price, Ltd., Aston, Birmingham. Difference— As to the " prescribed " or *' substituted " rate applicable to the workpeople concerned. Award— Tlie '■ picscrilicd " rates for tlio class ol uorkfjrs concerned are tli<; rates l.iid (iown in Part 11. of (Jnler No. 5Mj (Statutory Rules and Orders, P.HH), and the war advances contained in Order No. 546 and Order No. |(i7;'. (Statutory Kul<-s and Orders, 1U18), viz. Under Under Per Order Order Time or Day Workers. hour. Xo. 51;ineeriii<< Kiuployers' Fechiration (uow incorporate I in the I0n<^ineerin}4 and the National Employers' Federations) (Coventry and District Association). The firms represented are the Daimler Oc, Ltd., Amistrong-Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Standard Motor Co., Ltd., and the Speedwell Clear Case Co., Ltd., all of Coventry. Difference — Application for interpretation of Industrial Court Award 180 (Engineer- ini? and Foundrv Trades — see page 55). Award — The advance of 15 per cent, granted bv Award No. 180 of the Industrial Court should apply to the piece price lists in each of the firms mentioned as expressed in the interpretation given in Award No. 438 (.see page 96). i.e., that the 20 per cent, advance on piecework prices that lias been granted in consequence of Committee on Production Award No. 820. dated 7th February, 1918; to the workpeople concerned was not to form part of the ])iece price u])on which the 15 per cent, advance was to be cal- culated. Isisued 2()tli December, 1920. [577.] Farriers. — Amalgamated Society of Farriers v. National Association of Master Farriers and Blacksmiths. Difference — Application as wliat should be the standard rate of wages for the men concerned. Award — From 1st December, 1920, the rates for the men concerned in the Edinburgh district should be for firemen 2.s. 2(1. an hour and drivers •2s. lid. an hour. Issued 29th December, 1920. [583.] Textile Trades. Canvas Hose Pipe Workers. — The Dundee and District Union of Jute and Flax Workers v. McGregor and Co., Dundee. — Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period following 1st January, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 7| per cent, on their earnings. It was held that the claim in respect of women had not been established. Issued 12th January, 1920. [70.] Jute Workers. — The Joint Committee representing the Dundee and District Union of Jute and Flax Workers, the Dimdee Calender Lino- leum, Dyers and Bleachers' L^nion and the Dundee Power Loom Tenters' Society v. the Association of Jute Spinners and ^Manufacturers, the Dundee Public Calenderers' Association, the Dundee Public Dyers' Association, and the Scottish Yarn Bleachers' Association. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period after 1st January. 1920. the men, ■except tenters, and women over 18 years of age should receive advances of i.s. and 35. a week respectively, girls and youths an advance of 2s. a week ; the tenters shoidd receive an advance of 10 per cent, on their weekly earnings. Issued 13th January, 1920. [73.] Silk and Dyeing Trades Operatives.— Amalgaimated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades v. Leek Manufacturers and Dyers' Association. Difference — Application for advances in rates of wages. Award — ^The basis time rates of dyers, aged 22 years and over, should be increased by Is. C)d. a week, piece rates of dyers being varied ])ro- portionately. All male workers, aged 22 years and over, should receive 101 a war wage advance of 5.9. a week ; male workers, 18 years of age and over but under 22 years an advance of 3.s. a week ; male workers over 16 years and under 18 years an advance of I5. Qd. a week ; women aged 18 years and over, and those aged over 16 years but under 18 years should receive advances of 2s. 6d. and Is. M. a week respectively ; piece rates for female pieceworkers should be fixed so as to vield to an ordinary worker earnings at least 20 per cent above the corresponding time rates ; no alteration should be made regarding overtime and night work. It was held that the claim by the employers for the adult age for women to be raised from 18 years to 21 years had not been established. Issued Hth January, 1920. [86.] (Subsequently, an interpretation of this award was given in Award No. 257. See page 102.) Hosiery Workers. — The National Federation of Women Workers V. the Quinton Hosiery Co., Ltd., and Pool, Lorrimer and Tabberer, both of Coventry. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period after 12tli December, 1919, minimum base rates fixed for female workers ranging from 12.s. for those 14 years of age and under 15, to 25s. a week for those 18 years of age and over, and in addition the bonus of 3s. and 6s. a week for those under and over 16 years of age respectively, which bonus was agreed to by the Joint Industrial Council for the Hosiery Industry in November, 1919, and was already being paid by the last-mentioned firm. Issued 19th January, 1920. [94.] Net Braiders {Women). — The National Federation of Women Workers V. the Aberdeen Trawling Co., Ltd., Richard Irvin & Sons, Ltd., the Enterprise Ship Stores, Ltd., the Gourock Ropework, Ltd., the Northern Fishing Supplies, Ltd., the Fishing Supply Stores, Ltd., and Alex. Wood & Co. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — It was held that there was no prescribed rate applicable to the women concerned employed in the manufacture and repair of trawling nets. Issued 19th January, 1920. [98.] Flax Spinners {Women). — The National Federation of Women Workers v. Ainsworth & Sons, Ltd., Cleator Mills, Cleator, Cumber- land. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — Minimum rates of 26s. a week fixed for the women concerned 18 years of age and over, 21s. a \Aeek for girls over 16 and under 18 years of age, and 15s. a week for girls over 14 and under 16 years of age ; piece prices should be fixed so as to yield to an ordinary worker at least 25 per cent, above her appropriate time rate, the decision to take effect from the first pav period immediately following 2(lth December, 1919. Issued 20th January, 1920. [99.]" Silk Workers {Women). — The National Federation of Women Workers V. the Coventry and District Textile Manufacturers' Association. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of wages. Award — Minimum rates of wages of the women timeworkers and piece\\()rkers concerned engaged as weavers, winders and warpers fixed to aj)])ly as from the beginning of the first pay period following 31st December, 1919, on the basis of a 48-hours week, as follows : — Tim*.' Piece Workers. Workers, .S-. d. .V. d. 12 I 1 (1 102 Wlieii employed under 15 years f)f a2;e When employed at 15 and undt^r 10 yeans of ;lg(i .." "... Hi I!) Wiien emploved at 1(3 and under 17 years of age .." ' ... 20 24 When employed at 17 and under 18 years of age ..■ 25 29 When employed at 18 years and over ... .'51 30 The rates are subject to deduction or increase in proportion as the total number of hours worked in any week are less or more than 18 : the minimum rates should be applicable to workers over 17 years of age only aftt^r a period of 12 months has been served in the trade, during whicli jieriod the rate ])ayable should be that set out for the next lower age grou]) as set out in the award : any worker entering the trade for the first time between 16 and 17 years of age should serve one year at the rate set out for that age before becoming entitled to the rate for the next age group. Issued 13th February, 1920. [140.] (Subsequently, interpretations of this award were given in Awards No. 278 and 499. See pages 103 and 106.) Textile Waste Trade Workers. — The Wool, Yarn and Warehouse Workers' Union v. E. Illingworth and Co.. Bradford. Difference- Application for payment of the Bradford and District warehouse- men's rate of wages to the members of the Union employed by the above firm. Award — The Bradford rate for warehousemen, namely. 68.s. \\d. per week should be paid to the men concerned employed on unloading and loading, storing, packing, dis|)atching, and similar operations. Issued 17th February, 1920. [144.] Sack Makers and Sack Menders {Women). — The Liverpool Sub- Committee of the United Kingdom Jute Goods Association v. National Warehouse and General Workers' Union. Difference — Application made by employers for an increase in the working hours to 47 a week. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 4th March, 1920. [176.] Silk Workers and Di/ers. — The Amalgamated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades v. the Leek Manufacturers" and Dyers' Association. Difference — As to the application of award No. 86 of the Industrial Court of 14th January, 1920 {see page 100). Award — Clause 11 of award No. 86 provides an advance of 5s. a week to male workers aged 22 years and over, which advance is to be taken into account in the calculation of payment of overtime and night duty ; the rate of time-and-a-half payable to workers on night shift should there ore be applied to this advance. It was further held that the claim on behalf of weavers' apprentices that they were entitled under the above award to an advance equal to 9d. in the Is. on men's piece- work rates had not been established : these apprentices were entitled to advance of 'is. or Is. Qd. a week according to ase as set out in Clause 12 of award No. 86. Issued 14th April, 1920. [257.] 103 Firemen.^— George Dawson, an employee of the firm v. Ward and Walker, Ltd., Cotton Spinners, Bolton. Difference — As to whether there was a " prescribed " or " substituted " rate of wages applicable to George Dawson or to the class of workmen to which he belonged. Award — The " prescribed " rate applicable to the class to which George Dawson belonged was the rate payable under the agreement of 24th August. 19f7, between the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations, Ltd., and the Cotton and Kindred Trades Federation to firemen throwing on 50 tons or less weekly, plus 40 per cent, on such rate : there was no " substituted " rate. Issued 22nd April, 1920. [2(39.] Silk Worker.^- (Women). — The National Federation of Women Workers V. the Coventry and District Textile [Manufacturers' Association. Difference — As to the interpretation of Clause 7 of Award No. 140 of the Industrial Court of 13th February. 1920 (Women Workers— Silk Industry, Coventry and District). (*SV'e page 101.) Award — The mmimum rates, set out in Clause 7 of award No. 140, namely, rates varving from 12.s. a week for women under 15 years of age to 31 6-. a week at ] 8 years of age and over in the case of timeworkers, and rates varying from 14s. a week for women under 15 years of age to 3G.s. a week at 18 years of age and over in the case of pieceworkers, should apply to weavers, winders and warpers only, employed by all members of the Manufacturers' Association who are engaged ori processes in which silk is used either alone or in combination with other materials. Issued 27th April, 1920. [278.] Cotton Weavers. — Amalgamated Weavers' Association v. Firms specified in the schedule attached to the award. Difference — Application that the existing rates of wages should be varied by the substitution of the rates laid down in the " uniform list " or the " Colne fist," whichever is applicable. Award — The rates of wages of the workpeo])le concerned employed in the cotton-weaving industry in the Lancashire and Yorkshire mills situated in country districts should be varied by the following deductions from the " Uniform," " Colne " or '" Hard Waste," price lists, whichever might obtain in the district stated :— Skipton, Earby. Trawden. Laneshawbridge, Cottontree, Barnoldswick, Worsthorne, Spenbrook (Fence), Higham. Belthorn, Ribchester, Barley. Blacko, Wheatley Lane and Sabden. 5 per cent. ; West Bradford,' Clowbridge and Grindleton, 4 per cent. ; Guide and Mellor, 3 per cent. : Hilf FikI. Water and Freckleton. 2i per cent. In the remaining districts, namely, Bacup, Shawfortli (Bacu})), Whitworth (Bacup), Harlesyke (Burnley), Barrowford (Nelson), Hindley (Wigan), Eccleston Green (Chorley), Wheelton (Chorlev), Kirkham (Preston), Wesham (Preston), Lostock Hall (Preston). Ashton-in-Makerfield (Wigan), Chatburn (Clitheroe), Foub-idge (Colne), Boothstown (Manchester), Great CVosby (Liverpool) and Whittle-le-Woods (Chorley), the list should be paid without deductions. The specified deductions should be made in all cases on the basis of the several net list prices, the practice that has sometimes obtained in making deductions from total wages to be discontinued. The award should take effect from 1st May, 1920. Issued 28th April, 1920. [281.] 104 ('ll/)/)irs\ Aiiialtjainritcd Socicjtv of Dvers, Blejifhcrs. KinishfTs and Kin Irrd 'rrad(\s v. (Masgow and District .Mii.sliii .Mamifartiirers' Associa- tion. Ditlcronco — As to the classification of the clippers in the enijiloy of ineinlxTs of the Association. Award — The workers concerned should be classed as textile workers, and their wages should be governed by the agreement dated 24th November, 1919, between the Association and the West of Scotland J(jint (.'ommittee of Textile Trade Tnions, Issued :50th April, 1920. [289.] Fld.r N/>i>t/yr'r.9.— National Federation of VVoniHn Workers v. Ains- worth and Sons, Ltd., Cleator, Cumberland. Difference — As to whether the existing spooling department rates should be paid for the Scotch work, or if any other method is necessary to conform to the terms of award No. 99 of the Industrial Court. Award — The existing piece rates for spooling sh(^uld not apply to the workers on Scotch threads, and the Court recommended the firm to revise the prices for such work. With regard to clause 5 of award No. 99 of the Court, the directions contained therein required that each price should be fixed so as to yield to an ordinarv worker 25 per cent, above the appro- priate time rate. Issued 17th May, 1920. [312.] Tent Makers {Women). — National Federation of Women Workers V. John Smith and Co., Ltd., London. Difference — As to what was the " prescribed " rate for the women pieceworkers whose piecework earnings were in excess of 5.|f7. an hour plus 25 per cent, on the basis of hours worked. Award — Provided the total of the wages paid to the women concerned was equal to the whole of the prescribed rate as laid down in Order 546 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918), i.e., a minimum of 5|(/. an hour plus 25 per cent, plus ll.s-. a week in the case of those 18 years of age and over, it was not material whether the bonus of lis. a week or part of it was included in the piece rates or not ; the above minimum only applied to a worker of ordinary ability, and the piece rate fixed should be such as to enable such a worker to earn the above wage : a worker of special ability could thus earn more than the minimum, and no part of this excess could be merged in the bonus of ll.s. a week. Issued 20th May. 1920. [317.] Silk Workers (Women). — National Federation of Women Workers r. J. Maygrove and Co., Ltd., St. Albans. Difference — As to the apphca- tioii of Award No. 37 of the Industrial Court of 24th December, 1919. Award — ^In applying award No. 37 to the winding department the Court suggested that the piece prices applicable for the current week should be notified as soon as calculated to meet the difficulty of the variation of work in different circumstances, and this the firm agreed to do. In regard to the four women the Court were satisfied that there was no ground for altering the existing arrangement adopted in these cases. Issued 31st May, f920. [320.] Silk Workers (Women). — The National Federation of Women Workers i\ J. Maygrove and Co., Ltd., St. Albans. Difference — Application for " substituted " rates of w^ages. Award — There was no '' prescribed " rate applicable to the girls concerned under 18 years of age, or for the pieceworkers concerned, 18 years of age or over with less than one year's experience ; the claim for " substituted '" rates for the classes of workers concerned did not therefore arise. Issued 31st May, 1920. [321.] 105 Fustian Cxtters.—The National Union of General Workers v. the Congleton Master Cutters' Association. Difterence— Application for an increase in wages. Award^From 1st May, 1920, the 45 per cent, then being paid on the April, 1919, list should be increased to 50 per cent. Issued 3rd June, 1920. [324.] Textile Workers. — West of Scotland Joint Committee of Textile Trade Unions v. West of Scotland Textile Association. Difference^ A|)plication for advances in rates of wages. Award — From and in- cluding the pay period for which payment was made in the week ended r2th June, 1920, the time-rate of tape-dressers and brush beamers should be increased by 15 per cent., and beamers, twisters, and drawers and warpers (hand-mill and horizontal) should receive an advance of 20 per cent, on the rates payable under the agreement arranged between the parties on 12th September, 1919. Issued 16th Julv, 1920. [397.] Wool Workers, Scotland. — The Scottish Industrial Woollen Workers' Union v. the Scottish Woollen Trade Employers' Association. Differ- ence — Apphcation by the Union for the re-adjustment of wages and grading of the workers concerned, and by the Association as to whether or not the basis of calculation in connection with piecework should be altered from the 1917 earnings and as to the remuneration of young persons (sxcluding apprentices) including the age at which a young person should receive the schedule rate of wages. Award — The weekly increases to men timeworkers over 21 year of age, of 325. over their pre-war earnings, and to women timeworkers over 18 years of age, of 24.sr. over their pre-war earnings, should be increased to 38.5. and 28^. respectively : if the pre-war weekly earnings are below the pre-war general average as re-adjusted by an agreement dated 28th March, 1919, then the increase should be on the adjusted pre-war general average ; pieceworkers (other than weavers) should have their per- centage addition increased to 145 per cent, on their pre-war general district average earnings as re-adjusted in the 1919 agreement ; the increase on the Flat Statement for weaving should be raised to 120 per cent. ; workers engaged on regular night work should receive ].s. a night as night-shift allowance ; the commencing wage (comprising base rate and general advances) of juniors under 15 years of age should be 16.5. a week ; the full schedule rate should be payable at 18 and 21 years of age for women and men respectively, provided one year's experience has been had in the mills ; parties should decide by what increments juniors are to advance to the schedule rate, and also how the total wage should be divided into base rate and general advance ; the decision respecting juniors should not apply to apprentices ; in calculating piecework, the basis should be altered from 1917 earnings to 12 consecutive weeks in 1920 ; in the event of a flat statement for any of the occupations being settled and put into operation during the currency of the decision, parties should be at liberty to effect a re-adjust- ment to bring such statement into working order ; the decision should take effect as from the beginning of the first pay period after 30th June, 1920. Issued 19th July, 1920. [403.] Wool Workers, Scotland.— The National Union of General Workers and the Workers' Union v. the Scottish Woollen Trade lMn])loyers' 106 Association. Difference Application l)y tli*; Unions for aflvanees in rates of waf];es and for ni<^lit shift allowance, and by the Asscx-iation as to whether or not the basis of calculation in connection with jiiece- work should be altered from the 1917 earnings and as to the remunera- tion of voung persons (excluding apprentices) including the age at which a young ])erson should receive the schedule rate of wages. Award — The terms of this (tirard are identical irith those of Airard No. lOii above. Issued 19th July, 1920. [404.] Hosier)/ Workers, West of Scotland. — National Union of (leneral Workers, Newmills and District Textile Workers' Union, ^^'orkers' Union, National Amalgamated Union of Labour, and Nati(jnal Fed<-ra- tion of Women Workers r. West of Sw)tland Hosiery Manufacturers' Association. Difference — A])plication for advances in rates of wages. Award — From pay period between ,'Jrd and 8th ^lay, 1920, women and men respectively should receive advances of 5.s. a ^veek or 1^(7. an hour, and 8.9. a week or 2d. an hour ; in the case of pieceworkers an advance of 15 per cent, on piece prices should be given to both men and women ; advances were granted to boys and girls according to age. Issued 30th July, 1920. [422.J [Subsequently an interpretation of this award ivas given in Airurd So. .528, see page 107.] Hosiery Workers, Hawick. — National Union of General Workers V. Hawick Hosiery Manufacturers' Association. Diflference— Applica- tion by the Union for increases in wages of 12.s'. per week to men and women doing men's w^ork, and 106'. per week to other women, with proportionate increases to young persons and apprentices. Award— - The existing percentage advance of 37| per cent. ])aid to the male and female workpeople concerned should be increased to 57^ per cent, from and including pav period between 3rd and 8th Mav, 1920. Issued 30th July, 1920. [423.] Glove and Hosiery Workers. — National Union of General Workers V. Messrs. Harrott & Co., Ltd., Aberdeen. Difference — As to whether there was a " prescribed " or " substituted " rate of wages applicable to the class to which the workpeople concerned belonged, and, if so, as to what was the "' prescribed "' or " substituted " rate for that class. Award — There was no "" prescribed " or "substituted"' rate ai)plicable to anv of the workpeople concerned. Issued 25th August, 1920. [464.] Elastic Web Makers (irSoap and Candle Workers. — National Federation of General Workers V. the Soap and Candle Trades Employers' Federation (on behalf of Joseph Watson and Sons, Ltd., Leeds). Difference— AppUcation made on behalf of the workpeople employed in the engineering depart- ment of the above firm for the bonus of 12^ per cent, on earnings. Award— It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 6th January, 1920. [58.] Chemical Workers.— 1\\q National Union of General Workers r. Forbes, Abbott and Lennard, Ltd., Shoreham. Difference— Claim for the application of award No. 865 of the Interim Court of Arbitra- tion of 5th November, 1919. Award— From the beginning of the first pay period after 1st January, 1920, the men concerned, aged 122 ISyciirs iiiul over, should n-ccivL- an iulv;inc<' of ~)s. a Wfck. which should form part of the total carninf^s upon which tli<* bonuses of I2A ])er cent, and 7.', per cent, are calculated. Issued 14th January, 11)20. [H2.| DiKf^ (tnd Fine, Chemical Workers. — The Natitiual Warehouse and ({eneral Workers' Union «. the Drug and Fine Chemical Manufac- turers' Association. Difference — Claim Vn' the Association that J. F. Macfarlane, T. and H. Smith, and Duncan Flockhart and Co., all of Edinhuii^'h, were entitled tf) pay a low^er rate; than tlu; ajzrecd minimum jate applying to London, (Jheshire. Lancashire and Yorkshire districts, on the ground that the general rate of wages paid to labour in the Edinburgh district justified a proportional adjustment in the rate of wages paid by the firm in question. Award— It was held that the claim had not been established. Lssued 16th February, 1920. [11-.] Coke and Bye-Product Workers. — The National Union of Cokemen and Bye-Product Workers v. Henry Ellison, Ltd., ^Manufacturing Chemists, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. Difference — Claim on behalf of the workmen employed at and in conjunction with coke and bye- product plants at Lowmoor for the application of the special agreements made between the Coal Owners' Associations and/or Goverament departments on the one hand, and the National Union of Cokemen and Bye-Product Workers, the Yorkshire Miners' Federation, and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain on the other hand as from the dates of such agreements. Award — The special agreements above referred to should be applied to the men concerned as from the dates Avhen the respective agreem.ents took effect. Issued 20th February, 1920. [156.] [The Court were subsequently requested to give an interpretation of this award, and held that the term " conditions " in Clause 6 of the decision intended to include the prevailing conditions in regard to the supply of free house coal or pavment in lieu thereof. Issued 25th March, 1920.] Building Trade Operatives. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' "Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Scottish Committee of Chemical Manufacturers. Difference — Claim on behalf of all classes of building trade workmen and their labourers employed by the Scottish chemical manufacturers for an advance of 6rf. an hour on current rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 30th March. 1920. [220.] Explosives Workers. — National Federation of General Workers v. Explosives Trades Employers' Association. Difference — Application for an advance of 10s. a week to adults of 18 years and over, and 5s. a ^veek to juniors under 18 years of age. Award — From the beginning of the first full pay week in April, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 6.§. a week ; in the case of timeworkers the advance should apply to all male workers 21 years of age and over, and to those under 21 vears of age who v.ere engaged on work usually done by men over that age. and who were usually paid the full men s rate ; in the case of pieceworkers the advance should apply to all male pieceworkers irrespective of age ; the advance should form part of the total earnings of time- and piece-workers upon which the bonuses of 12i per cent, and Ih per cent, respectively are calculated. Issued 16th Ap'ril, 1920. [261.]" 123 Drug and Fine Chemical Workers. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union, National Union of General Workers, National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union, Workers' Union, National Federation of Women Workers, Amalgamated Society of Pharmacists, Drug and Chemical Workers v. Drug and Fine Chemicals Manufacturers' Associa- tion. Difference — Claims for advances in rates of wages and question as to whether either party has during the continuance of the agreement the right, without six months' notice being given, to raise the question of hours and holidays. Award — It was held that, in view of the recent adjustment of rates under the agreement of 17th December, 1919, the claims for advances in rates of wages had not been established ; if one of the parties desired to amend clause 1 (hours of work) or clause 3 (holidays) of the above agreement, they would be required to conform wnth the provisions of clause 12 of such agreement, which reads ; " During the continuance of this agreement no trade union, a party to it, shall negotiate for any variation of it with an individual company or firm also a party to this agreement." " Six months' notice of any proposal to determine this agreement shall be given by either party." Issued 24th April, 1920. [274.] Women WorTcers. — The National Federation of Women Workers v. F. Schutze and Co., Ltd., London. Difference — As to whether there was a " prescribed " rate applicable to the class to which the workers concerned belonged, and, if so, as to what was the " prescribed " rate for that class. Award — The workpeople concerned, engaged in the manufacture of chemists' and druggists' sundries, were not employed in a rubber manufacturing establishment, and award No. 71 of the Court of Arbitration of 17th December, 1918 (Rubber Industry), as extended by Order No. 635 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1919) was not applicable to the workpeople concerned ; none of the said work- people were employed in the making of rubber or waterproof garments under conditions which would entitle them to rates for munitions workers under Orders Nos. 546 and 1073 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918) ; there w^as no " prescribed " rate applicable to the workpeople concerned. Issued 29th June, 1920. [367.] Seed Crushers and Oil Millers. — National Federation of General AVorkers v. Seed Crushers' Association. Difference — Application for advances of rates of wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period immediately after 15th May, 1920, male time workers and adult female workers engaged on men's work should receive an advance of 5s. a week ; female timeworkers not engaged' on men's work should receive an advance of '2s. a week ; pieceworkers and task workers should receive advances in proportion ; the advances should not apply to those w^orkpeople whose wages had been regulated by the movements of wages of similar workpeople in other trades. Issued r2th July, 1920. [388.] Clerks.— T\\e National Warehouse and General Workers' Union y. C. E. Fuliord, Ltd., Leeds. Difference— Application for advances hi rates of wages. Award — As from the first pay week in August certain minimum rates were fixed for the clerks concerned, ranging from 20cS'. and 19jees.—Th.e, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. the Admiralty. Difference — AppHcation for an advance of wages on behalf of members of the Union employed at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and for the adoption of a 48 hour week. Award — From the first pay after 1st December, 1919, the civilian male workers concerned employed at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, should receive an advance of wages of i-*;. 6r/. a week, subject to a maximum total advance of 30.s. a week over pre-war rates. Issued 12th January, 1920. [62.] Municipal Employees. — The National Union of General AVorkers v. the Town Council of Perth. Difference— Apphcation for an increase in wages and alteration in working conditions. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 5s. a week subject to a maximum of 30s. a week over pre-war rates ; claims respecting women, and increased overtime rates referred back to parties for discussion. Issued 12th January, 1920. [72.] Omnibus Workers.— The National Transport Workers' Federation V. the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd.— Difference— As to the date from which Award No. 805 of the Court of Arbitration of 7th October, 1919 (Tramwav and Motor Omnibus Workers), should take effect in the case of certain of the Company's employees. Award- As the pay week ends on a Tuesday the first payment of the advance granted by Award No. 805 in the case of the Company's employees concerned should be paid in respect of the pay week endmg 14th October, 1919. Issued 14th January, 1920. [79.] Municipal Employees .—The National Union of Corporation Workers V. the Holborn Borough Council. Difference— Apphcation for an 132 increase in wages. Award — From the first pay after 1st January, 1020, the men and women concerned should receive advances of Is. and 3.S. a week respectively. Issued 15th January, 1920. [89.] Omnibus Drivers. — ^The Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers v. the Coventry Corporation. Difference — Applica- tion for the extension of Award No. 805 of the Court of Arbitration of 7th October, 1919 (Tramway and Motor Omnibus Workers), to the workers employed in the omnibus service of the Corporation. Award — It was held that the Award did not apply to the workers concerned. Issued 26th Jaimary, 1920. [105.] Storekeepers. — National Union of General Workers v. War Office. Difference — Apphcation for advance of wages to workpeople employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Bramley, and claims in -respect of travelling time and free railway passes. Award — The men ■and women concerned should receive advances of wages of 4.s. and 2.s-. (jd. a week respectively ; claims in respect of hours, travelling time, and free railway passes not established. Issued 26th January, 1920. [106.] Municipal Employees. — The National Amalgamated Union of Labour V. the Sheffield Corporation. Difference— Apphcation for increases in wages. Award — From the first pay in December, 1919, the workers concerned, 18 years of age and over, should receive an advance of 3s. a week, or ^d. an hour, in the case of those working on hourly payment ; youths and girls should receive an advance of Is. 6f7. a week, or hd. an hour. Issued 29th January, 1920. [114.] Municipal Employees. — The National Amalgamated Workers' Union v. the Leyton Urban District Council. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Award — The workpeople concerned, 18 years of age and over should receive an advance of 3s. a week. Issued 30th January, 1920. [119.] Municipal Employees. — The National Amalgamated Workers' Union V. the Ilford Urban District Council. Difference — Apphcation for an increase in wages. Award — The full-time employees concerned, other than those paid under trade agreements apphcable to their respective trades, should receive an advance of 5s. a week. Issued 30th January, 1920. [120.] Tramivay and Omnibus Worlrrs. — The United Vehicle Workers' Association ?;. the Birmingham and ^lidland Joint Committee of Electricity, Tramways and Motor Omnibus Undertakings, on behalf of the Birmingham District Power and Traction Company, Ltd.. the Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company, Ltd., the South Staffordshire Tramway (Lessee) Company, Ltd., and the Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways. Ltd. Difference — Apphcation for the payment to men employed in the sheds and perman- ent-way departments of the Companies concerned of the advance granted by Award 870 of the Interim Court of Arbitration (Engineering and Foundry Trades). Award — As a result of an understanding between the parties in 1917, the men concerned have participated in the general advances granted to the engineering trade with the excep- tion of the award of the Court of Arbitration No 870; this award .was, therefore, applicable to the men, and not award No. 805. which 133 had been paid to the men in error ; the amount paid under the latter award was to be set off against payments due or to become due under this award. Issued 3rd February, 1920. [124.] Civilian Employees (Dublin), Ordnance Depot, War Department Laundry, and other Workers. — The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, Government Workers' Union of Ireland and the Irish Ordnance Workers' Trade Union v. the Army Council. Difference — As to whether the rates of wages of the men employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Depot, the War Department Laundry, the Salvage Depot, and the Main Supphes Depot, Dubhn, were in accordance with the Fair Wages Resolution and if not, whether they should be increased by specified amounts. Award — The wages of the men concerned should be in- creased to 535. a week as from 1st August, 1919, and to 58s. a week as from 1st January, 1920 ; claim that the rates paid to women employed in the laundries were not in accordance with the Fair Wages Resolution v,-as held not to have been established. Issued 3rd February. 1920. [125.] Asylum Workers. — The Workers' Union v. the Committee of Visitors of the County of Essex and Borough of Colchester Lunatic Asylums. Difference — Apphcation for an additional war bonus. Award — In addition to the wages then being paid as arranged in July, 1919, the men over 21 years of age and women over 18 years of age should re- ceive 3s. a week advance, except in the case of those whose advances over pre-war rates already exceed 27s. a week, when such amount should be paid as would bring the total advances over pre-war rates to 30s. a week ; to take effect from 1st August, 1919. Issued 7th February, 1920. [129.] Municipal Employees. — The National Union of General Workers, the Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Cranemen, Boiler Firemen and Wire Rope Workers, the Workers' Union and the National Union of Corporation Workers v. the London County Council. Difference— Apphcation for an increase in wages. Award — From the first pay after 23rd January, 1920, the men concerned, 18 years of age and over, employed under ' the Main Drainage, Highways, Fire Brigade and Asylums Committees, excluding men covered by the engineering trades awards, should receive an advance of 3s. a week. Issued 9th February, 1920. [130.] Municipal Employees. — The Workers' Union v. the Corporation of Bedford. Difference— As to what are the "substituted" rates of wages applicable to certain workers. Award— No rates have been sub- stituted for the '^ prescribed " rates. Work habitually done on Sundays as ordinary duties was not to be regarded as overtime. Men working seven shifts should be paid one-sixth more than the amount due to six-shift workers in respect of the 3s. advance granted by Award No. 711 of the Court of Arbitration and the 7s. granted previously. The limitation of 27s. war advance on Award No. 741 appUed to advances granted on a general basis. Issued 11th February, 1920. [132.] Municipal Employees.— The National Union of General Workers v. the West Kent Main Sewerage Board. Difference— Application for an increase in wages. Award— From the first pay after 1st October, 1919, I'M tin-. nKMi oonccirned afjed 18 years and over should receive an advance of 2.!)-, ikl. a week, and a further advance of 2*. (id. a week as from the first pay after 12th February. Issued 12th February, 1920. [138. J Clerical, Oiifdoor Relief and Receiving Howe Depart iiient.i. -Tha Officers of the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of Hammersmith r. the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of Hammersmith. Difference — Application for the additional 10 per cent, as granted by Award 101 of the Civil Service Conciliation and Arbitration B(jard. Award — ■ The rate of remuneration of the non-resident, non-rationed, full-time officers concerned should be increased by 10 per cent., and the rate of the resident and free-rationed officers concerned should be increased by 5 per cent. : the rate of non-resident officers, who are provided with three meals each day, should be increased by 6| per cent. : the rates of two women officers should be increased by 6| per cent., and that of another by 5 per cent. ; any increase given to any of the officers concerned since the date of the last general advance to merge in the advance now given ; the decision to take effect from 17th November, 1919. Issued 20th February, 1920. [150.] Registrars. — The Registrars of Births and Deaths of the Hammersmith Board of Guardians v. the Guardians of the Poor of Hammersmith, Difference — Application for the payment of a war bonus similar to that granted under various awards of the Civil Service Conciliation and Arbitration Board. Award — Each registrar concerned should receive a gratuity of £48 per amimn, plus 30 per cent, on the amount of fees paid each quarter by the Board : the sum of £48 per annum should be paid from the quarter beginning 1st October, 1919, and the first payment of 30 per cent, should be paid from the quarter beginning 1st January, 1920. Issued 20th February, 1920. [151.] Tramway Employees. — The Workers' Union v. the Kihnarnock Corporation Tramways Department. Difference — AppUcation for an increase in wages. Award — From the first pay after 1st January, 1920. the workpeople concerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 25. a week. Issued 20th February, 1920. [153.] Electrical W&rkers. — The Workers' Union v. the Bedford Corporation. Difference — AppUcation for an increase in wages. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 3.s. a week, which should form part of the total earnings upon which the bonus of 12^^ per cent, was calculated. Issued 20th February, 1920. [159.] Clerical Staff, &c. — National Association of Local Government Officers V. Wandsworth Borough Coimcil. Difference — AppHcation for the extension of Award 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board. Award — From 17th November, 1919, the percentage rate of bonus payable to persons 16 years of age and upwards should be increased to 30 per cent, of their " ordinary remuneration " ; the maximum total rate of bonus should be increased to £500 a year for men and £300 a year for women. Issued 23rd February, 1920. [163.] Administrative and Technical Staffs. — National Association of Local Government Officers v. Stockport Corporation. Difference — A])plica- tion as to whether the Awards Nos. 84 and 101 of the C'ivil Ser\-ice 1-35 Arbitration Board should apply to administrative, technical, profes- sional and clerical staffs of the Corporation. Award — Subject to certain modifications and conditions, the awards should be applied to the workers concerned. Issued 25th February, 1920. [169.] Manual Workers. — National Union of General Workers v. Todmorden Corporation. Difference — Apjjlication for an increase in wages. Award — ^The men concerned should receive such further advance as would brino; their total weekly war advance up to 35s. Issued 1st March, 1920. [172.] Waterworks Employees (Engineering Department). —The National Union of Waterworks Employees v. the Metropolitan Water Board, Difference — AppUcation for an increase in wages. Award — The men concerned aged 18 years and over should receive an advance of 5*. a week from the first pav after 1st February, 1920. Issued 1st ^larch^ 1920. [173.] Waterworks Employees {Engineering Department). — The National Union of General Workers and the Steam Engine Makers' Society v. the Metropolitan Water Board. Difference — Apphcation for an increase in wages and for the consolidation of war advances into permanent wages. Award — From the first pay after 1st February, 1920, the men concerned aged 18 years and over (exclusive of those who had been taken on in a temporary capacity, and who were paid full trade imion district rate of wages plus any general advances apphcable to their classes), should receive an advance of 5s. a week. It was held that the other part of the claim had not been estabHshed. Issued 1st March, 1920. [174.] Sweepers, Dustmen, Carmen and Women. — National Amalgamated Workers' Union v. Kensington Royal Borough Council. Difference — AppUcation for an increase in wages. Award — The men concerned should receive an advance of 5s. a week from the first pay after 1st January, 1920, and a further advance of 5s. a week from the first pay after 1st April, 1920. The parties agreed that women should be granted four-fifths of the advance paid to able-bodied men. Issued 9th March, 1920. [178.] Clerk, Surveyor and Inspector. — National Association of Local Government Officers v. Sevenoaks Urban District Coimcil. Difference —As to the application of Award 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board. Award— From 17th November 1919, the men concerned should receive the full Civil Service scale of bonus of £60 a year plus 30 per cent, of base salary, making the rates to be paid as follows : — Clerk, salary of £350 plus bonus of £165 a year ; Surveyor, salary of £300 plus bonus of £150 a year ; Sanitary Inspector, salary of £200 plus bonus of £120 a year. Issued 11th March, 1920. [182.] Army Ordnance Depot Workers.— The W^orkers' Union and the National Union of General Workers v. the Army Council. Difference- Application for increases of wages to workpeople employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Chilwell. Award— From the first pay in February, 1920, the men and M^omen concerned should receive an advance of wages of 4s. a week, or Id. an hour. Issued 19th March, 1920. [185.] 13G Lnlmirers, Storemen, &c. — The Natioiial Ainalgaiiiatcd Union of Labour v. the Army Council. DilTcrence -Ai)|)lication for an increase of wages to workpeople employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Aintree, Liverpool. Award— From the first pay day in Feb- ruary, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of wages of 45. a week or Id. an hour according to the custom of payment ; the advance not to apply to men who had received advances since December, 1918, in accordance with awards or general advances in their special trades. Issued 19th March, 1920. [186.] Labourers. — The National Union of General Workers v. the Army Council. Difference — A])plication for an increase of wages to men employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Georgetown. Award— From the first pay in February, 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 4s. a week or \d. an hour according to the custom of payment. Issued 20th March, 1920. [187.] Administral'.ve Staff. — Chief Officers of the Board v. Metropolitan Water Board. Difference^As to the application to officers appointed prior to 1st January, 1919, and receiving more than £1,000 a year, of Civil Service Awards 84 and 101, and as to whether, and to what extent, such bonus should be pensionable. Award — From the 1st January, 1920, the clerk, solicitor director of water examination, accountant and engineer of the Western District should receive an increase of 30 per cent, on their respective salaries of £1,900, £1,350, £1,350, £1,350, and £1,500 per annum plus in each case a bonus of £60 per annum, in no case was the advance to exceed £500 per annum. Issued 24th March, 1920. [193.] Poor Law Officers. — National Poor Law Officers' Association Incor- porated r. Williton Board of Guardians. Difference — As to the appli- cation of Civil Service Awards 84 and 101. Award — Bonuses should be granted to the employees concerned in the terms of the Awards Nos. 84 and 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board as from 17th November, 1919, and the existing bonuses should cease ; all pa}Tiients of the existing bonus made since 17th November, 1919, should be set off against the amounts due under this award ; the resident and rationed employees should receive one-half of the above bonus ; the Clerk to the Guardians should receive such proportion of the flat rate bonus under the Awards Nos. 84 and 101 as the time required by his duties under the Board bears to full time, together with the full per- centage of his ordinary remuneration ; question of determining what portion of the salaries of those employees should be considered as ordinary remuneration and the value of the emoluments left to negotia- tion between the parties ; " ordinary " remmieration to include remuneration bv wav of allowance, but to exclude war bonus, overtime pay, &c. Issued 29th March. 1920. [197.] Administrative, Tecknical and Clerical Staff.<;. — National Association of Local Government Officers i\ Paignton Urban District Council. Difference — Apphcation for the payment of the war bonus granted by the Ci^^ll Ser^'ice Arbitration Board Award 101. Award^ — Bonuses should be granted as from 17th November, 1919. in the terms of the Awards Nos. 84 and 101 of the Civil Ser\ace Arbitration Board, to all the full-time male officers concerned, and the current bonuses should 137 cease, all payments of the existing bonus made since 17th November, 1919, should be set off against the amounts due under this decision ; the bonus in the case of the two Assistant Surveyors should be calculated on a base salary of £60 per annum ; the Assistant Overseer should receive such proportion of the fiat rate bonus under the awards Nos. 84: and 101 as the time required by his duties under the Council bears to full time, together with the full percentage of his ordinary remuneration ; the matron and the nurse should receive one-half of the full scale of war bonus granted by the Awards Nos. 84 and 101 with the same conditions as set forth above for male ofl&cers ; " ordinary remuneration " to include remuneration by way of allowances, but to exclude war bonus, overtime pay, &c. Issued 29th March, 1920. [198.] Municijjal Employees. — National Union of General Workers v. Aberdeen Corporation. Difference — Application for certain increases in wages and a reduction of hours. Award — The men concerned, em|)loyed in the following departments of the Corporation, water, cleansing, streets and roads, sewerage, electricity and lamphghters should receive an advance of 5s. a week. Claim for reduction in hours was not established. Issued 30th March, 1920. [200.] Paviors. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Corporations and Town Councils of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Greenock ; the Clyde Navigation Trust, A. & J. Faill, Glasgow. Difference — Application for advance of 6d. an hour on current rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 30th March, 1920. [219.] Building Trade Operatives. — The Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. the Corporations of Glasgow, Greenock. Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. Difference — Apphcation for advance of 6(1. an hour on current rates. Award — It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 30th March, 1920. [221.] Drivjers, Conductors, dc. — National Amalgamated Workers' Union v. the Liverpool Corporation. Difference — Apphcation on behalf of drivers, conductors, and all employees in the car depots, for an increase in wages. Award— From 1st February, 1920, the employees concerned employed in the tramway department of the Corporation, aged 18 vears and over, should receive an advance of 55. a week. Issued 30th March, 1920. [222.] Charge Engineers. — Electrical Power Engineers' Association v. Bootle Corporation (Electric Power and Lighting Committee). Difference — Application as to the basic rates on which two charge engineers should be paid the war bonus granted by the award of ]\Ir. W. H. Stoker, K.C., on 27th Februarv, 1919, commonly known as Award 9281 . Award— The basis rate of the two members of the technical stai¥ employed by the Corporation as charge engineers was £150 per annum, for purposes of the apphcation of the award in question. Issued 31st ^March. 1920. [227.] Firemen and Engine Drivers {Electricity TlndertaUngs). 1nA\ Stationary Engine Drivers, Cranemen, Motormen and Firemen's Trade 138 Union IK Urban District t'ouncil ol KatliiniiH's and liatligar. J)il- ference -Application as to wiiat was the "' prt;scrilje('>■] Manual Workers. — Workers' Union /;. Jlalifax Corporation. Dif- ference — Application for an increase of wages. Award — From the first pay after 31st March, 1920, the men and women concerned 18 years of age and over, employed in the j)arks, baths, cleansing, electricity and other departments of the Corporation, should receive an advance of Ss. a week ; j)art time workers should receive an advance proportion- ate to the time worked. Issued 9th April, 1920. [215.] Road (Did Quarr/pncn. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside and Cxeneral Workers' Union v. Carmarthen County Council. Difference — Application as to what should be the amount of weekly wages payable to certain workmen. Award — From 12th April, 1920, the weekly wages of the men concerned between the ages of 21 and 65 years should be as follows : — Main Toad and quarry labourers : (a) in agricultural areas, 55.s. : (6) in industrial areas, 57^. ; foremen and steamroller drivers, 63.s. ; steam- roller attendants and spreaders, 575. Issued 13th April, 1920. [255.] Administrative Staff. — To^vm Clerk, Borough Treasurer, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Chief Electrical Engineer, Medical Officer of Health v. St. Pancras Borough Council. Difference — Application as to w^hether certain officers should receive the benefits of Civil Service Awards 84 and 101. Award — From 17th November, 1919, the officers concerned should receive advances in accordance with the scale laid down in Awards 84 and 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board, i.e., £60 a year plus 30 per cent, of salary, provided the total advance to meet the increased cost of living did not exceed £500 a year ; these advances to be calculated on the salaries apart from war bonus ; the advance of 15 per cent, already granted by the Council should merge in the above advance. Issued 19th April, 1920. [263.] Meter Inspectors. — The National Federation of General Workers V. The Federation of Gas Employers (representing the Liverpool Gas Co.). Difference — Application as to whether the Industrial Court Award 61 (Gas Workers : Great Britain and Ireland — see page 131) applied to the men concerned. Award — It was held that the award was applicable. Issued 21st April, 1920. [264.] Clerical, Technical and Administrative Staffs. — National Amalgamated Workers' Union (Municipal Employees, Official and Clerical Staffs Section) and members of the administrative, technical and clerical staff of the Council (who are not members of the Union) v. Ilford Urban District Council. Difference — As to the application to the officers concerned of Awards 84 and 101 of the Civil Ser\'ice Arbitration Board. Award — The Awards of the Civil Service Arbitration Board Nos. 84 and 101 should apply to the members concerned of the staff of the Council subject to certain conditions specified in the Court's decision from the dates at which the awards were operative. The decision was not to apply to persons other than tho.^e now in the 139 service of the Council, or to the fire brigade superintendent, the works superintendent and the cemetery superintendent. Issued 2ith April, 1920. [276.] Sub-station Charge Engineers. — Electrical Trades Union v. London County Council. Difference — Application for interpretation of Interim Court of Arbitration Award 556 as to whether increments should be granted on old basis rates of pay or on new rates fixed under Award No. 2772 of the Committee on Production, dated 8th November, 1918 (Electricity Undertakings). Award — Award No. 2772 fixed mini- mum basis rates of the men concerned ; it provided that where the then existing rates were better than those provided for imder the award, no change should be made. If, at the time of the award, the men covered thereby Vere paid on a scale advanc- ing to a maximum in excess of the new basis rate they should be entitled to advance to such maximum, subject to any con- ditions attaching to the grant of the increments ; but where an existing maximum was above the new basis rate, the award did not .substitute a new maximum ; i.e., where the scale prior to Award No. 2772 was 50.S. rising to 60.?., and the basis rate was increased under the award to 55s., the maximum remained at 60.9. Issued 30th A])ril, 1920. [287.] Asylum Workers. — The Workers' Union v. the Committee of Visitors of the County of Essex and Borough of Colchester Lmiatie Asylums. DiSerence — Application for interpretation of Industrial Court Award 129 (Asylum Workers — Essex County and Colchester Asylums — see page 133). Award — Advances provided for by Clause 7 of the Industrial Court decision (No. 129) were intended to operate, to the extent provided by that Clause, in all cases in which the pre-war wages of the workers concerned had advanced by a sum less than 30s. per week, this calculation of such advances should include all war increases in base wages and all war bonuses or war advances, but should not include any advances made in accordance with the ordinary scales of increments, long service, merit advances or payment for any special work or services outside the workers' normal employment. The words " in addition to the wages at present being paid " in clause 7 of the decision (No. 129) of the Industrial Court of 7th February, 1920 (Asylum Workers) meant that any sum due under the decision was to be given in addition to the is. already granted to the male employees by the Committee in partial satisfaction of their claim. Issued 30th AprH, 1920. [290.] Engineer and Surveyor. — The Engineer and Surveyor to the Redditch Urban District Council v. the Redditch Urban District Council. Difference — Apphcation for the extension of the Civil Service Award No. 101 to the officer concerned. Award— It was held that the claim had not been estabhshed. Issued 1st May, 1920. [292. ' Municipal Employees. — The National Amalgamated Workers' Union V. the Chiswick Urban District Council. Dift'erence— Applicatit)n for an increase in wages. Award — The men aged 18 years of age and over employed by the Council, other than officials, clerical staff and workers whose wages are regulated by awards or agreements relating to their particular class of work, should receive an advance of 55. a week from 140 Isf. Marcli, 1920, and a furtluT advance of 3.s-. a week from Ist June, 1920 ; youths under 18 years of age should receive advances of 'I.s. Oc/. and l.s'. V)(l. a week from tlie above-mentioned dates res})ectively. The case of tlie four women recommended to the; Council for recon- sideration. Issued 6th May, 1920. [298.J Officers of Board of Gnnrdinns. —Officers of the Brigliton Board of Guardians r. the (luardians of the Poor of the Parish of Brighton. Difference. — Application for the payment of War bonuses in accordance with award 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board. Award — The scale of award No. 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board should apply tcvthe full-time employees concerned from 17th November, 1919. In the case of those employed on part time only the award gave certain percentage additions appropriate to the time emploved. Issued 15th. May, 1920. [311.] Clerk, Surveyor and Gas Collector. — Certain officers of the Little Hulton Urban District Council v. Little Hulton Urban District Council. Difference — Application as to Avhether certain increases should be reckoned as j)art of the bonus due in consequence of the adoption of the Civil Service scale of War bonus. Award — Bonuses should be granted as from 17th November, 1919, in the terms of the awards Nos. 81 and 101 of the Civil Service Arbitration Board to the officers concerned, the bonuses then being paid of £30 in the case of the Clerk and £20 in the case of the Surveyor should cease, all payments of the said bonuses made since 17th November, 1919, should be set off against the amounts due under the decision. Issued 17th May, 1920. [313.] Municipal Employees. — National Union of Corporation Workers r. Holborn Borough Council. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period in April. 1920, the men concerned should receive an advance of 6s. a week : question of advance to w^omen not dealt with. Issued 19th Mav. 1920. [315.] Assistant Clerk. — The National Poor Law Officers' Association. Incorporated v. the ELham Board of Guardians. Difference — AppHcation for an increase in salary. Award — From 1st July, 1920. the Assistant Clerk concerned should receive a bonus or war advance of £70 per annum, to be paid in addition to liis current salary of £230 per annum. Issued 11th June, 1920. [319]. Official Staff. — The National Poor Law Officers' Association. Incorporated v. the Reigate Board of Guardians. Difference — A])plication for the extension of Awards 81 and 101 of the Ci^^l Service Arbitration Board. Award — Whole-time non-resident and non- rationed male officers and servants should receive an advance of £60 per annum, plus 30 per cent, of ordinary remuneration, any war bonuses already given other than merit or scale advances to merge in this advance ; whole-time non-resident and rationed or partly rationed male officers and servants should receive an advance of £10 per annum plus 20 per cent, of their ordinary remuneration in those cases where three meals a day are provided and £50 per annum and 25 per cent, in other cases subject to conditions as for whole-time non-resident and non-rationed male officers ; whole-time resident and rationed male 141 officers and servants should receive one-half of the bonuses provided for whole-time non-resident and non-rationed male officers and servants ; part-time male officers and servants should receive such proportion of £60 per annum as the time required for their duties bears to full time^ together with 30 per cent, of their ordinary remuneration ; for the purpose of the preceding sentence, the proportions for Mr. Morrison and i\Ir. Handscombe should be one-third and one-half respectively. one-fifth of Mr. Handscombe's recent advance of £120 merging in the advance under this decision ; female officers were to receive tAvo-thirds of the flat advance and the same percentage advance granted to male officers in similar circumstances ; the term " ordinary remuneration " to include salaries, the pre-war value of free quarters, fuel and lights^. &c., but not to include war advances or overtime pay ; the above scales of advances not to apply to persons whose wages have been revised on a basis other than that of pre-war conditions or to wholly or partly engaged manual workers. No order made with regard to the special case of 0. V. King or to the question raised concerning superannuation allowances. Issued 18th June, 1920. [355.] Labourers. — Workers' Union v. the War Office. Difference — Applica- tion for an increase of wages to men employed at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Grloucester Docks. Award — The rate of the men concerned should be increased to \s. 3d. an hour or 60.s. a week as- from 19th April, 1920, and to l.s. 3Ul. or 62^. a week as from the date of this decision. Issued 18th June, 1920. [356.] Road Labourers. — National Union of General Workers v. Croydon Corporation. Difference — Application for a minimum rate of wages. Award — Proposal made by the Corporation at the hearing and accepted by the men that Is. 8d. an hour should be paid from the 15th May pending the submission to the Public Works Conciliation Board of the further claim made for 2s. Id. an hour, and failing agreement by the Board the matter should be decided by arbitration as provided by the constitution of the Public Works Conciliation Board. Issued 28thi June, 1920. [362.] Poor Law Officers. — National Poor Law Officers' Association, In- corporated V. Williton Board of Guardians. Difference— Applicatioe for an interpretation of Industrial Court Award 197 (Wilhton Board of Guardians) {see page 136). Award — It was agreed between parties and approved by the Court that the percentage advance specified in decision No. 197 of the Industrial Court of 29th March, 1920 (Williton Board of Guardians) should be calculated on certain amoimts, whicli were specffied for individual officers. These specified amounts included the value of emoluments received by way of board and residence in the case of resident officers. Issued 30th June, 1920. [369.] Hospital Workers.— The Dock, AVharf, Riverside and Generafi Workers' Union, the National Union of General Workers v. the Loudon., St. Mary's, Royal Free, Great Northern Central, King's College, Metro- politan and Royal Waterloo Hospitals. Dift'erence— Application for u minimum wage, and improved w^orking conditions. Award- Male and female workers, whose meals are not provided, should receive minimum wages of £3 and £1 15s. a week respectively ; in cases m which meals are provided the minimum should be reduced by an amount 142 to be a^^rccd hctwoeii tlu' parties l)ast'(J on the cost to tlie hospital ; tiine-an(l-a-(|iiarter should be j)ai(l for all tiiiw; worked in excess of 48 hours in any week ; the Court also approved the agreements arrived Ht between the parties in regard to annual holifjavs anfl Sundav woi'k. Issued 2nd July. 19-J(). [371. J Manual Workers. — National Union of General Workers, National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union. National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union, Associated Blacksmiths' and Ironworkers' Society v. ].,ondon County Council. Difference- Claim for an increase in wages and for the earlier applica- tion of engineering trade awards to the engineering labourers. Award — From the first pa}' after 23rd May, 1920, the men concerned employed under the Main Drainage, Highways, Fire Brigade and Asylums Com- mittees, excluding all men paid in accordance with the engineering trade awards should receive an advance of 5.s. a week ; in future engineering labourers in the employ of the London County Council should have their increases dated from the date on which the engineer- ing award came into operation for the skilled men and not from the 23rd of the second month following the awards issued in the engineering trade. Issued 5th July, 1920. [377.] Outdoor Supervisory Staff. — National Amalgamated Workers' Union (Municipal Employees (Official and Clerical Staffs) Section) v. Ilford Urban District Council. Difference — Apj^lication as to the inter- pretation of Award 276 (Clerical, Technical and Administrative Staffs, Ilford Urban District Council). Award — The Council's outdoor supervisory staff", not being members of the classified staff, did not come under decision in question. Issued 5th July. 1920. [378.] Women Tramway Workers. — Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers v. Glasgow Corporation. Difference — As to whether there was a " prescribed " or " substituted *' rate of wages applicable to female workers employed on the Glasgow tramways, and if so, what that rate was. Award — The " prescribed " rates for the conductresses and cleaners concerned were Vis. and 41s. a week res- pectively, for which rates 4s. in excess thereof were substituted by award (No. 805) of the Interim Coiirt of Arbitration of 7th October, 1919 (Tramwav and Motor Omnibus Workers) as from the first pay after 1st October, 1919. Issued 14th July, 1920. [391.] Fire Brigade Staff. — Eepresentative body of the Staff of the London Fire Brigade r. London County Council. Difference — Apphcation for rent allowance and a minimum rate for probationary sub-officers. Award — The claim of the men concerned suffering from a temporary disadvantage as compared with similar grades of men owing to the exercise of a certain option in the past in regard to their employment, was not established. In view of the long service of the men and that the difference between the two classes arose in consequence of a new scheme adopted by the Council, the Court suggested that the Council might in their discretion review the claim with a view to an equitable adjustment. It was held that the claim for payment of a minimum rate of 975. M. a week to probationary sub-officers, had not been established ; sub-officers should receive an additional rent allowance 143 of Is. a week over that paid to firemen, on the introduction of the shift system. Issued 16th July, 1920. [399.] Clerical, Technical and Administrative Staff. — The National Asso- ciation of Local Government Officers v. the Maidstone Corporation. Difference — Claim for the aj^plication to the clerical, administrative and technical staff of awards 84 and 101 of the Civil Service Arbitra- tion Board. Award — Full-time (male) officers, 21 years of age and upwards, should receive the sum of £60 per annum plus 30 per cent, on their base rates of salary as set out in list A (a document signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Town Clerk, and the General Secretary of the Association) ; part-time officers should receive such portion of the £60 as their time worked bears to full time, together with the same percentage for full-time officers ; the " staflt allowance " paid to the Town Clerk should be increased by £250 per annum and his advance should be dealt with as for part-time officers ; resident and rationed officers should receive one-half of the amounts as for full-time officers, and resident, but non-rationed officers should receive three quarters ; female officers 18 years of age and over should receive two-thirds of the flat rate bonuses for men in the same category, the percentage increases being the same ; male full-time officers between 18 and 21 years of age should receive 17s. a week, and boys and girls between 16 and 18 years of age should receive lis. Qd. a week, plus in each case 30 per cent, of their base rate as set out in list A ; all existing bonuses in excess of the base rates of salary set out in list A should merge in the above advances, which advances were to talce effect as from 1st March, 1920. It was held that the claim that the bonus payable to the staff should rise and fall with the bonus granted from time to time to civil servants had not been' estabhshed. Issued 20th July, 1920. [406.] Technical and Clerical Staff. — National Association of Local Govern- ment Officers V. Grantham Corporation. Difference — As to whether the increases in salary offered by the Corporation should be accepted or the Civil Service scale of war bonus in lieu of that offer. Award — • The increases of salary offered by the Corporation to the borough surveyor, the sanitary inspector, the Veterinary inspector, and the two surveyor's clerks, should be accepted and not the Civil Service scale of war bonus in lieu of that offer. Issued 20th July, 1920. [408.] Metropolitan Water Board Employees.— 'National Union of Water- works Employees, National Union of General Workers, National Union of Corporation Workers, Workers' Union, National Amalga- mated Union of Enginemen. Firemen, Mechanics. Motormen and Electrical AVorkers, National Amalgamated Workers' Union v. Metro- politan Water Board. Difference— Apphcation for an advance in wages. Award— From 8th May, 1920, the men concerned 21 years of age and over should receive an advance of 8s. a week, the advance also to be payable to those under 21 years of age who were ordinarily and fully engaged on men's work ; this advance should be deemed to form part of the " war bonus " for the purpose of calculating what portion of war bonus should be made pensionable, which was then under ■consideration by the Board ; the advance should not ai)i'ly to tliose whose wages were regulated by the movements of wages of men of a similar class in other trades. Issued 26th July, 1920. [411.] k2 144 Municipal Emploi/ees. — National Union of Corporation Workers v. Edinburgh and Lcith Corporation. Difference — Applicati(jn for an increase in wages. Award — From 1st May. 1920, the men and women concerned over 18 years of age, empk^yed in the non-trading departments of the Corporations, should receive advances of G.v. and 3.s. Of/, a week respectively, and the hoys uiuler 18 years of age an advance of 2s. dd. a week ; femal<^ |)art-time workers should receive an advance bearing the same ])roi)()rtion to the above advances for fall timeworkers, as that provided for in the agreement which took effect from 1st November, 1919 ; the decision should not apply in those cases where the practice had been to regulate the wages of the men by movements in the wages of men of a similar class emploved in other trades. Issued iJOth July, 1920. [412.] Tramiray Depot Employees.— The Employees' side of the Tramways Conciliation Board v. the London County Council's side of the Tramways Concihation Board. Difference — Application for advances in wages and revised working conditions. Award — It was held that the claims by (1) slingers employed at the Central Car Repair Depot for an in- crease of Id. an hour in their basic rates ; (2) shed men employed at the Council's car shed for an increase of 8s. a week ; (3) workpeople, other than skilled tradesmen, employed at tramway depots, to the conditions of employment contained in the Memorandum of Conference held on 24th December, 1918, between certain engineering employers' associa- tions and trade unions had not been established. Issued 27th Julv, 1920. [417.] Tramway Employees. — The National Union of Vehicle Workers, the National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen. ^Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers, the United Order of General Labourers of Great Britain and Ireland, the L^nited Vehicle Workers' Union v. the London County Council. Difference — Application for the classification of various grades. Award — The central repair depot should be deemed to be an engineering establishment, to which the general engineering awards and agreements apply ; the running car sheds should not be deemed engineering establishments, but should be regarded as forming part of the traffic department to which the general transport awards and agreements apply ; skilled men wherever emjiloyed should continue to follow the current practice whereby general engineering awards were applied to them. Issued 27th Julv, 1920. [418.] Tramway Employees {Central and Local Depots). — The Workers' Union v. the London County Council. Difference — Claim for the application of Engineering Trade Awards. Award — The men concerned employed at the Central Repairing Depot should have their wages and advances regulated by general engineering awards and agreements, but unskilled and semi-skilled men employed in the running car sheds and local depots should not be regarded as employed in an engineering establishment, and were not covered by such awards and agreements. Issued 27th July, 1920. [419.] Officials and Clerical Staff.— The National Association of Local Government Officers v. the Aldershot Urban District Council. Differ- ence—Claim for the application of Awards Nos. 84 and 101 of the 145 Civil Service Arbitration Board. Award— Full-time non-resident non-rationed male officers 21 years of age and over, and female officers 18 years of age and over, should receive bonuses of £60 and £40 a year respectively, plus in each case 30 per cent, of base salary ; full-time female resident rationed officers 18 years of age and over should receive a bonus of £20 a year, plus 15 per cent, of base salary ; part-time male non-resident non-rationed officers over 21 years of age, should receive such proportion of £60 a year as the work done bears to full time plus 30 per cent, of base salary ; full-time male officials, non- rationed, but provided with house, light and fuel, should receive a bonus of £45 a year, plus 22^ per cent, of base salary ; base salaries for the various officials concerned, for the purpose of calculating the above advances only, were fixed by the Court ; all existing bonuses in excess of the base rates of salary as set out in the award should merge in the above advances, which advances were to take effect as from 27th Mav, 1920, and be binding for 12 months from that date. Issued 29th July, 1920. [420.] Waterworks Emploijees. — National Union of Corporation Workers v. Edinburgh and District Water Trust. Difference — Application for an advance in wages. Award — The men concerned, other than water officers and inspectors, should receive an advance of 35. a week, w^hich should form part of the total earnings on which the bonus of 12-| per cent, should be calculated ; this advance should take effect froui the date of expiration of the last agreement between the parties ; no order was made with regard to water officers and inspectors. Issued 7th August, 1920. [439.] Administrative and Technical Staff. — The National Association of Local Government Officers v. Plymouth Corporation. Difference — Application for the grant of the Civil Service Scale of war bonus to certain officers. Award — The advances proposed by the Establish- ment Committee of the Corporation in the case of the town clerk, borough treasurer, education secretary, electrical engineer, water engineer and gas engineer should be granted, not as permanent increases, but should be regarded as due to and dependent upon the abnormal conditions then prevailing. Issued 10th August, 1920. [442.] Clerical, Technical and Administrative Staff. — Mr. F. A\'hite, representing certain members of the Clerical, Technical and Administra- tive Staff of the Council v. Ilford Urban District Council. Difference — Questions as to the application of Decision No. 276 of the Industrial Court (Clerical, Technical and Administrative Staff — Ilford Urban District Council — see page 138), to the engineer and surveyor, electrical engineer, and education secretary. Award — (1) £200 of the salary of £1,300 a year granted to the engineer and surveyor by Decision No. 276 was in respect of his duties as fuel overseer. (2) Of the salary of £650 payable to both the electrical engineer and education secretary concerned, £50 should be merged in the bonus calculated by the application of Civil Service Award No. 84. Issued 10th August, 1920. [445.] Navvies and Labourers. — National Union of General Workers, Workers' Union v. John Cochrane and Sons, Ltd., represented by the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors. Difference— Applicatio 14G for ail increase of \vjij;es on helialf ol men enj^'aj/ed on the work of laying \vat<'r niaiuM in North Wales loi' the Birk(!nhea(l Corporation. Award — From 1st July, 1920. the base rate of the workmen eoncerned shouUl be increased to 1*-. 9.U/. per hour. Issued l.'ith August, l'J20. [440. J Official Staff. — The National Association of Local Government Officers r. The Malvern Urban District Council. Difference- Que.stion of the a[)])lication of the Civil Ser\'ice Scales of war bonus. Award — The current Civil Service scale of war bonuses, as laid down in the recommendations under the AVhitley Committee of 8th May, 1920, should be applied to the full-time officials, and should come into operation on 1st September. 1920; these recommendations should be extended to certain part-time officials, the parties to agree as to the proportion of the full working week assignable in each case to the work done for the Council ; the bonus payable should be in such proportion of the bonus paid to a full-time official in a similar post. Issued 6th September, 1920. [476.] Registrars. — The National Poor Law Officers' Association Incorpor- ated V. Birkenhead Board of Guardians. Difference — Application for the payment of gratuities to Registrars. Award — Each of the Registrars concerned should be paid a gratuity in respect of the period 1st March to 30th September, 1920, calculated in the manner provided under the Civil Service National Whitley Council Cost of Living Committee, and based on the total emoluments of the Registrars irrespective of whether fees were paid by Guardians or otherwise. Issued 6th September, 1920. [477.] Labourers. — National Union of General Workers v. Army Council. Difference — Application of Award 187 of the Industrial Court (Labourers Royal Army Ordnance Depot, Georgetowm). Award — The advance of 4.S. per Aveek or Id. an hour granted under the award in question should form part of the men's earnings on which the 12| per cent, bonus should be calculated where such bonus was pavable. Issued 16th September, 1920. [480.] Hospital Employees. — The National Asylum AVorkers' Union v. The Admiralty. Difference — Application for an advance in wages. Award — The adult workers employed at the Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth, should be paid an advance of 2,s. 6^. per week as from the beginning of the first pay period following 1st June. 1920, and a further 3^. per week as from the beginning of the first pay period following the date of this award. Issued 28th September. 1920. [485.] Domestic Staff. — The Workers' Union v. The Admiralty. Differ- ence — Application for an advance of wages. Award — The adult workers employed on the domestic and outdoor staff of the Royal Naval Colleges and Hospitals, Dartmouth, should receive an advance of 2s. 6d. per week as from the beginning of the first pay period following 1st June. 1920, and a further 3s. per week as from the begin- ning of the first pav period following the date of this award. Issued 28th September, 1920. [486.] Domestic St^ff. — The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. The Admiralty. Difference — Application for an advance in wages. Award — The adult workers concerned employed on the 147 domestic and outdoor staffs of the Royal Naval Colleges. Dartmouth-, and Greenwich, should be paid an advance of 2s. 6d. per week as from the beginning of the first pay period following 1st June, 1920, and a further 3.s. per week as from the beginning of the first pay period following the date of this award. Issued 28th September, 1920. [487.] Registrars. — The National Poor Law Officers' Association Incor- porated V. The Sheffield Board of Guardians. Difference — Claim of the registrars for payment of gratuities to them as equivalents of bonus under Civil Service Scale. Award — The periods claimed should be regarded as being short of a complete year by six weeks, and Messrs. Firth, Fulwood, Roberts. Skelton, Morley and Mrs. Lockwood should receive a gratuity of 30 per cent, calculated on •i6/52nds of their annual average emoluments and fees received during the five years ending 30th September, 1918. Mr. Morley should receive a further gratuity of £53 Is. 6d, being 46/52nds of £60. Mr. Barber and Mr. Shimeld should receive a proportionate gratuity of 30 per cent, or such proportion of the average annual fees, &c.. for the periods their respective appointments to 30th September bear to a full year. The case of Mr. Whitehead should be agreed upon between the parties having regard to the appointment of Registrar of Marriages which he also held. Issued 28th September, 1920. [488.] Electrical Engineer and Education Secretary. — Certain members of the technical and administrative staff of the Ilford Urban District Council V. Ilford Urban District Council. Difference — Interpretation of decisions Nos. 276 and 445 of the Industrial Court {see pages 138 and 145). Award — The rate of salary per annum payable at certain specified dates to the electrical engineer and the education secretary in accordance with revisions that had from time to time occurred in. extending to them the awards granted to civil servants was indicated' by the Court : the salaries as from 1st October, 1920, Avere in each case £925 per annum. Issued Lst November, 1920. [510.] Highway Surveyor. — National Association of Local Government Officers t'. Droitwich Rural District Council. Difference — AppUca- tion for the payment of the Civil Service Scale of War bonus. Award— The scale of bonus under the Civil Service National AVhitley Council Cost of Living Committee should be applied as from 1st July, 1920, to the highway surveyor concerned on a salary of £150 per annum and the increase of salary granted him at the rate of £120 per annum should be merged in and regarded as forming part of such war bonus from the above-mentioned date. Issued 2nd November, 1920. [511.] Registrars. — National Poor Law Officers' Association, Incorporated V. Newcastte-on-Tyne Board of Guardians. Difference— Application for the payment of gratuities. Award— The Court advised ])ayment to each registrar concerned of a gratuitv for the period from 1st ]\larch. 1920, to 30th September, 1920, calculated under the Civil Service National AVTiitley Council Cost of Living Committee, and based on the fees received during that period : bonuses already paid or to be paid for above period should be merged in and form part of the amount payable hereunder ; the part of the bonuses already paid which would so merge should be seven-twelfths of the vearlv amount of such bonus. Issued 2nd November, 1920. [512.] 148 Offi'yial f'^l'ifj. -National Poor Law Officers' Association (Incor- porate 1) V. Uroitwich Board of JGiiardians. Difference— Apj>lication for the Civil Service scale of war bonus. Award — The full-time reliev- in;^ olfi^er should bo paid 'a bonus calculated on the pre-war value of his salary and emoluuicnts of £175 per annum in accordance with the -scale reco:nmonde'l in the Report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council Co^t of Living Committee, dated 8th xMay, 1920 ; the part- time relieving officer should be paid a bonus of 85 per cent, on the salary payable to him in respect of his services in this capacity prior to the war, namely, £195 per annum. The members of the stafi con- cerned who were resident and rationed should receive a bonus on cash Balarie=5 ; the master of workhouse 120 per cent, on £60, and the others 130 per cent, on the following salaries : — Matron, £35, porter £30, cook £22, nurse £35, general assistant to matron £25. The decision should take effect from 1st July, 1920. The percentage additions were based on the Civil Service Scale as in operation on 1st March, 1920, ani were sabje^t to cost of living increase since that date and to future variation in accordance with the provisions of the Report referred to above. Issued 8th November, 1920. [522. | Admiralty Non-Industrial Establishments' Employees. — The Workers' Union and The National Union of General Workers v. The Admiralty. Difference— Application for an advance in wages. Award — The workers employed in the Admiralty non-industrial establishments in doskyard areas should receive an advance of 5s. a week, making a total war advance of 38s. Qd. for a full ordinary week, with effect from r2th October, 1920. Issued 8th November, 1920. [524.] Steam Wagon and Motor Drivers.— Scottish. Horse and Motormen's Association v. The Admiralty. Difference — Application for the extension of the 6.s. per week granted under Awards 180 and 181 of the Industrial Court in respect of the shipbuilding and engineering trades to adult male employees in Admiralty Non-Industrial Establishments, situated in the vicinity of the Royal Dockyards. Award — The motor- men concerned, employed at Rosyth Dockyard and the Queensferry Naval Hospital, should receive os. a week, making a total advance of 38s. Qd. a full ordinary week, with effect from the beginning of the pav period for which payment was made on 12th October, 1920. Issued 8th November, 1920. [525.] Electrical Workers. — Electrical Trades Union v. Colchester Cor- poration. Dift'erence — Application for the rates set out in the schedule of consohdated rates, as fixed by the District Council, Xo. 9 (Home Counties), of the Joint Industrial Council for the Electricity Supply Industrv. Award — The rates in question should be paid to the res- pective grades of workpeople concerned : the advance in rate due should take effect as follows, i.e., half the amount as from 1st May. 1920, the other half as from 1st January, 1921 ; the Corporation was recommended to consider the case of the filter attendants and car- penters, who were not specified in the schedule, ha\dng regard to the decision in respect to the other grades concerned {see also beloiv). Issued 11th November, 1920. [526.] Technical Engineering Stuff. — Electrical Power Engineers' Associa- tion V. Colchester Corporation. Difference— Apphcation for a bonus. 149 Award — The Station Superintendent concerned should receive a bonus at the rate of £20 per annum as from 1st November, 1920. The two-shift engineers should receive a bonus of £30 per annum as from 1st January, 1920. The Corporation was recommended to deal with the claim of the switchboard attendant and meter inspector having regard to the Court's decision No. 526 of that date {see above). Issued 11th November, 1920. [527.] Official Staff. — National Poor Law Officers' Association (Incorporated) V. Cuckfield Board of Guardians. Difference — Application for Civil Service scale of bonus. Award — The Clerk to the Guardians should be paid a bonus of 55 per cent, on a salary of £250 per annum, the advance of £50 considered as due to conditions arising out of the war should merge in the bonus ; the relieving officers should be granted the scale of bonus recommended in the Report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council Cost of Living Committee, dated 8th May, 1920, on salaries of £150 and £110 per annum respectively, any payment made in excess of these sums should merge in the bonus. Resident and rationed members of the stafE should be paid a bonus on estimated pre-war cash salaries as follows : — The master of the workhouse, 111 per cent, on £75 ; the matron, 123 per cent, on £50 ; the remainder of the employees, 130 per cent, on cash salaries varying from £35 to £20 per annum. The advances should operate from 1st April, 1920. The percentage additions were based on the Civil Service scale as it operated at 1st March, 1920, and were subject to variations since that date in accordance with the provisions of the Report alreadv referred to. Issued 18th November, 1920. [532.] Gas Fitters. — Gas Fitters' Trade Association v. Corporation of Birmingham (Gas Department), Corporation of Smethwick (Gas Department), Birmingham and District Master Gas Fitters' Associa- tion. Difference — Application for an advance in wages. Award — FuUy qualffied gas fitters should be paid 2s. 2d. an hour from 27th September, 1920. Issued 18th November, 1920. [534.] Paviors. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Ayr and Edinburgh Corporations. Difference — Question of recognising the affiliation of the paviors with the building trades, and as a consequence that their wages rise and fall with the wages in the building trades. Also application for an increase of wages of ihd. per hour as from July, 1920, to paviors employed in the tramway departments of the Corporations concerned. Award — The claim for recognition of the affiliation of the paviors with the build- ing trade was held not to have been established. The rates of the paviors concerned should be advanced by S^d. an hour as from first pav period following date of the award. Issued 3rd December, 1920. [552.] Paviors. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' AVages and Conditions of Service Board v. The Corporations of Aberdeen, Dundee, Greenock, Glasgow, the Clyde Navigation Trust, and the Dundee Harbour Trust. Difference— Question of recognising the affiliation of the paviors with the building trades, and as a consequence that their wages should rise and fall with the wages in the building trades. Also application for a further increase of wages of ly. per hour as from 150 Jiilw li>2U, )ij(/. pel- liour of the i^l. applied for having already been paid. Award — The claims for recognition of the affiliation of the paviors with the biiildiiiuf trade and for a further increase of \y/. an hour as from 9tli -lulv. 1920, were held not to have been established. Issued 3rd December," 1920. 1 5.5.5. | Municipal Employees. — ^National Union of General Workers v. Hawick Corporation. Difference— Claim by Union for an advance of wages of 15.9. per week to corporation and cemetery workers. Award — An advance of is. a week to be paid with effect from first pay period following 30th Novembei'. 1920. Issued 6th December, 1920. " [55«.] Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector. — National Association of Local Government Officers v. Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Council. Difference — The ([uestion of the war bonus to be paid to the Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector to the Coimcil. Award — From 1st November, 1920. the Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector should receive a bonus of 68 per cent, based on that part of his total salary paid to him for his services in this capacity, i.e.. £276 per annum, in which shoidd be merged the advances already paid amounting to £99. This percentage addition was based on the Civil Service scale as it operated on 1st IMarch. 1920, and was subject to the increases which had since taken place owing to the increased cost of living, in accordance with the Report of the Civil Service National AVhitley Council Cost of Living Committee. Issued 6th December, 1920. [559.] Chief Officers. — Manchester Municipal Officers' Guild v. Manchester Corporation. Difference — Claim for the application to the chief officers of the Corporation of the bonus scheme under a Treasury Circular, dated 17th August, 1920, payable to ci\al servants with salaries in excess of, or rising to more than. £1,000 per annum. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 8th December, 1920. [562.] Technical and Clerical Staff. — National Amalgamated Workers' Union v. Ogmore and Garw Urban District Council. Difference — As to the basic salary for the determination of bonus. Award — The Civil Service scale of bonus applicable to permanent civil servants from 1st IMarch. 1920, should be calculated in the case of the officers of the Council concerned on the amounts set out in the award against each office respectively, for the purpose of determining bonus except with regard to the deputy housing surveyor and the rate collectors, in which cases the Court made no finding. The decision should take effect from the date the Council's resolutions became operative in reducing the base-salaries upon which the bonus was to be calculated. Issued 23rd December. 1920. [578.] Skilled Workers. — Employees of the Corporation v. Sunderland Corporation. Difference — Claim that the skilled men (joiners, painters, engineers, plumbers, bricklayers, &c.) and their assistants employed in Tramways. Highways and Electricity Departments, should be granted an annual holiday of twelve days ^-ith pay. The men were not per- manent employees of the Corporation, and their wages and general conditions of employment were regidated by those obtaining in the district. Award — It was held that the claim had not been established. Issued 23rd December. 1920. [579.] 151 Tram Drivers. Conductors, cfcc— National Amalgamated Workers'" Union v. Liverpool Corporation Tramways Committee. Difference — Application on behalf of workpeople in the tramways department for extra advances of wages and alterations of working conditions. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period following 2nd December, 1920, the drivers, conductors and shed workers should receive an advance of As 6f?. a full week. The claim for an alteration of hours of the night shed workers and the regrading of the conductors was held not to have been established. The payment for work done on statutory holidays should remain unaltered. 8hed night workers should receive \s. a night for each night worked. Issued 24:th December, 1920. [581.] Non-Trading Services {Manual Workers.) — National Union of General Workers, National Union of General Workers (Engine and Cranemen, Boiler Firemen and AYire Workers' Section), National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical AVorkers, Dock. Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union, Workers' Union, and National Union of Corporation Workers v. London County Council. Difference — Application for an increase of 1.?. 8d. per day or shift to men employed under the Main Drainage, Highways, Fire Brigade, and Asylums Committees of the London County Council, excluding all men not covered and paid in accordance with the engi- neering trades awards. Award — As from the beginning of the first pay period following 23rd September, 1920, the men concerned 18 years of age and over, not in receipt of the 12| per cent, bonus, should receive an advance of 4.s. 6d. a week payable at the rate of 9d. a day or shift. Those aged 21 years and over in receip.t of the 12| per cent, bonus should receive an advance of 4.s. a week payable at the rate of 8d. a day or shift, the advance in this case to form part of the total earnings upon which the 12J per cent, should be calculated. Issued 29th December, 1920. [582.]" Official and Clerical Staff. — National Association of Local Govern- ment Officers v. Blyth Urban District Council. Difference — Apphcation for a schedule of salaries, being 133| per cent, above pre-war salaries. Award — The Court, in satisfaction of the claim, increased the salary of each officer concerned ; the revised salaries to be payable from 1st January, 1921. The total salary resulting from the increase granted was stated in the decision against the name of each officer respectively. Issued 30th December, 1920. [584.] Board of Guardians Officers and Employees.— National Poor Law Officers' Association, Incorporated v. The Hammersmith Board of Guardians. DifEerence— Claim by the officers and employees concerned for payment of temporary increases in accordance with the scale appli- cable to permanent civil servants operative from 1st March, 1920. Award— The Court conceded that certain percentage advances, in so far as they were applicable, should be paid, and in their finding directed the manner in which the remuneration due was to be calculated in respect of the different classes of employees, such as non-resident, non-rationed, whole-time employees, non-resident and partly rationed employees, &c. The parties should consider the case of each individual concerned with a view to arriving at the sura payable to each in accor- dance with the directions given by the Court, and, failing agreement, the- 152 matter sliould he referred to the Court for determination. The decision shoidd operate from 1st October, 1920. The percentage additions granted were subject to increases which had .since taken place owing to the increased cost of living above the scale as it operated at the 1st March, 1920, and to any future variation consequent upon the pro- vision of the Report of the Civil Service National Whitley Council Cost of Living Committee. Issued 30th December. 1920. [586.] Miscellaneous Trades. Mica Workers. — The Electrical Trades Union and the National Federation of Women Workers v. the Micanite and Insulators Co. (Ltd.), and the Mica Manufacturing Co. (Ltd.), London. Difference — As to the " substituted " rate of wages (if any) payable to the women and girls concerned ; alternatively a claim for an advance of wages. Award — The estabhshments of the firms concerned did not come within the term " engineering shoj) " for the purpose of the Court of Arbitration Award, No. 174, therefore there was no " substituted " rate. The women and girls concerned should receive advances of 3s. 6d. and Is. 9d. a week respectively from the first pav after 15th December, 1919. Issued 2nd January, 1920. [51.] Incandescent Mantle Makers.— The National W^arehouse and General Workers' Union v. J. & W. B. Smith (Ltd.). the Welsbach Liglit Co., Falk. Stadelmann and Co. (Ltd.), B. Cars (Ltd.), The Bland Light Syndicate (Ltd.). Difference — Apphcation for certain general advances of wages, minimum rates and alterations of working conditions. Award — From the pay day following 11th October, 1919, the men employed as storekeepers, packers, &c., over 21 years of age and boys over 18 and under 21 years of age should receive Advances of is. and 25. a week respectively, and the women over 18 years of age should receive an advance of 2^. a week ; certain minimum rates of wages fixed for men and w^omen. It was held that the claims in respect of hours of labour, overtime and holidavs had not been established. Issued 12th January, 1920. [6.3.] Dairy Emjyloyees. — The Workers' Union r. Dean and Curtis, the Swanage Dairies. Swanage. Difference — Applicationfor " substituted " rates of wages. Award — From the beginning of the first pay period in January, 1920, the minimum rates for men 18 years of age and over should be 48s. a week, and 16s. to 30s. a week for boys and youths from 14 to 17 vears of age inclusive. Issued 14th Januarv, 1920. Packers, Sorters, Warehousemen, <&c. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Yoimg and Barraclough, Ltd., Leeds. Difference — Application for the establishment of a minimimi rate for time workers and a guaranteed minimum wage for pieceworkers. Award — jMinimum rates were fixed for male workers concerned varying from 20s. a week at 16 years of age to 55s. a week at 22 years of age and over, and in the case of female workers varying from 20s. a week at 16 years of age to 32s. a week at 20 years of age and over ; inex- perienced employees 21 years of age and over starting work should be paid 5s. a week less for three months and 2s. 6d. a week less for a further three months ; piece prices should be fixed so as to yield to a worker of ordinary ability at least 25 per cent, above the correspond- ing time rate and piece workers should be guaranteed their time rate 153 irrespective of their piecework earnings. Issued Mth January 1920. [85.] Musicians. — Amalgamated Musicians' Union v. Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association (Sheffield and district branch). Difference — Application for certain minimum and weekly rates of wages. Award — The musicians concerned should be paid a minimum wage of £3 a week of six nights performances of 3| hours each, including an interval of 15 minutes between the performances in respect of twice nightly halls ; for halls in which continuous performances take place, minimuni rates should be paid ranging from 34.s. a week of 2 hours a day for six days to 85.5. a week of 5 hours a day for six days ; sixpence to be paid for every 10 minutes overtime : decision to take effect from 19th January, 1920. Issued 15th January. 1920. [91.] Shop Assistants, cL'.-. — -The Amalgamated Union of Co operative and Commercial Employees and Alhed Workers v. the Joint Committee of London Co-operative Societies. Difference — Apphcation for certain advances of wages. Award — The minimum weekly rates of the various grades of employees (excluding clerks, laundry, transport and boot repairers' departments) should be as follows : — 14 Age. Years. 15 Years. 16 Years. 24.§. 21.S. 17 Years. 18 Years. 19 Years. 20 Years. Male Employees 18.s. FemaleEmployees 17-5. 21.S. 19s. 29.S. 24.5. 36.S. Ms. 41.S. 35s. 1 455. 39.5. 21 22 23 24 25 26 Age. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years, i Years. Male Employees obs. Female Employees 4 1 s . 65.§. Special rates fixed for first assistants, branch managers and mana- geresses ; no order made respecting head warehousemen. Minimum weekly rates of clerks should be as follows : — Age. Males Females. 16 17 Years. Years. 255. 30.S. 22s. 26.s\ 18 19 Years. Years. 20 I 21 Years, i Year.< 38.5. 6d. 325. 42.5. Qd. 38.5. 48s. Qd. 45.5. 605. 505. 154 I 22 23 24 25 ' 26 Age, Yfars. Years. Years. Years. Years. Males (i5.s. i'us. i»L 70.s. ^ 12s. 6(1. 75.5. Females 52.s-. 52.s. 54s. i — — The above minimum rates to H))|)ly only w here the employee concerned had been in the trade for one year if under 18 years of age, two years if over 18 years of age and under 21, and three years if 21 years of age and over ; minimum rates payable to employees in establishments in •countrv districts should be 7i per cent, less than the above rates. Issued 2nd February, 1920. "1121.] Transport Workers, Wholesale Provision Trade.— The National Union of Vehicle Workers v. Peter Keevil and Sons, Ltd., London. Difference — Application for increased minimum rates of pay and -alterations in working conditions. Award^As from the beginning of the first pay period after 13th January, 1920, the following minimum rates should be paid, which should include allowances for tonnage a,nd van washing :— Drivers of 50 cwt. light pairs ... ... 62s. per week. Drivers of 25 cwt. light singles ... 55.s. ., Cob and Pony Drivers 29$. rising to 34.5. per week. Steam Drivers ... ... ... ... 745. Steam Driver's Mate 59.s. Overtime should be paid for at ordinary time for the first hour, time and a-quarter for the next two hours, time and a-half thereafter, and double time from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight ; the working week should be 48 hours exclusive of meal times ; Sunday stable duties should be paid for at the rate of Is. a horse with a minimum of 25. ; the offer of the firm to concede one week's holiday a year with full pay w^as approved. Issued 11th February, 1920. [133.] Wholesale Provision Trade Employees. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Peter Keevil and Sons, Ltd., London. Difference — Application for advances in rates of wages and holiday pay and that wages should be paid at 12.15 on Saturdays instead of 12.30. Application for the r«j-iUstatement of a certain man. Award — It was held that the claim tw; a j^eneral 25 per cent, advance had not been established : Minimum iv^tes were fixed for the men and women concerned, ranging from 24s, ai: 16 years of age to 60s. at 26 years of age and over in the case of men, and 20s. at 16 years of age to 43s. 6d. at 22 years of age and over in the case of women ; men in charge of stocks, chief churners. milk men, multiplex workers and other responsible workers should receive 5s. a week above the mininnim rate appUcable : any worker to whom the application of the minimum rate did not provide an advance of 5s. a week in the case of those 18 years of age and over, or 2s. Gd. a week in the case of those under 18 years of age, should receive such further advance as would 155 bring tlie total advance over the current rate up to 5s. or 2s. 6f/. a week ; the working week should be 48 hours ; overtime would be paid for at the rate of time and a-quarter for the first two hours and time and a-half thereafter ; one week's annual holiday with full pay should be granted after 12 months' service. Effective as from the beginning of the first pay period following 13th January, 1920. Issued 12th February, 1920. [134.] Shop Assistants, &c. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. The Army and Navy Co-opera- tive Society (Ltd.). Difference — As to the interpretation of Industrial Court Award No. 48, issued between the same parties, with respect to inclusion of commission in minimum rate. Award — In determining, for the purpose of clause No. 6 of Award No. 48, whether the wages of the employees concerned, together with the commission earned amount to not less than the minimum rate, a period of four weeks ijhould be taken into consideration ; if at the end of four weeks the nominal wages of any employee, together with the commission, did not amount to the minimum wage paid for that period, the Society should make no deduction in respect of such deficit from the commission earned in any future period. Issued 11th February, 1920. [135.] Writing Ink Workers. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehouseman and Clerks v. H. C. Stephens, London. Difference — Application for certain advances of wages and alterations ■of working conditions. Award — The following weekly minimum rates of wages based on a 48 hours week should be paid to the timeworkers concerned, who were mainly employed on general warehouse work : — 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Age. Years. Years. Years. Years. 50s. Years. 55s. Years. 57s. 6fZ. Years. Males .. 35s. 37s. 6c?. 40s. 60s. Females .. , 28s. 30s. 32s. 34s. — — — Hates for male employees of 24 years of age and female employees of 21 years of age should apply also to those who are over such ages ; the employer should be entitled to pay any employee without pre^'ious experience of the work, a rate 5.«. below the above rates for six months, and a rate 2s. 6f/. below for a further six months ; employees under 18 years of age should receive an advance of \(l. an hour ; pieceworkers engaged in filhng, corking, labelhng, and part of the wrap])ing work, should receive an advance of 10 per cent on their piecework jirices ; overtime should be paid for at the rate of time and aquarter for the first two hours and time and a half thereafter ; in the case of piece- workers overtime should be calculated on the basis of the rates paid to timew^orkers, i.e., they should receive when working overtime their piecework earnings plus quarter or half the. corresponding rate for timeworkers ; double time should be })aid to timeworkers and i)iece- workers for Sunday work and work on Christmas Day, Good Friday and Bank Holidays. Issued 18th February, 1920. [148.] 156 An interpretation of this award issued on 3l8t March stated that the mininuun rates sj)eci(ied in C'lause of the decision were intended to form the re,innneration for the existinfj; workinf^ week, i.e., 47 j hours in the case of men and Hy'l hours in the case of women. Fish Net Repairers. — The Workers' Union v. the Great Yarmouth Boat Owners' Trade Protection Association. Difference — Application for '■ sub.stituted " rates of wages. Award — Female timeworkera should be paid the following minimum rates of wages : — Workers 18 years of age and upwards S^d. an hour. „ 17| „ » under 18 )> ^ ' )j )> 16 15 „ under 15 years of age provided that workers entering the trade for the first time at or over the age of 16 years may be employed for 6 months at Id. an hour less than the minimum rate applicable under the above scale ; piece rates should be fixed for female pieceworkers so as to yield not less than 9d. an hour to an ordinary worker, in determining which only the earnings of workers 18 years of age and over who have had not less than six months' experience in the trade should be taken into account. Issued 18th February, 1920. [149.] Grocery Warehouse Workers. — The National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Ridgways, Ltd. (trading as James Pegram and Co.), Liverpool. Difference — Application for a 44-hours' week, minimum rates of pay and overtime payment at the rate of time and a-half. Award — The workpeople concerned should receive minimum rates of pay based on a 48-hours' week as follows : — 18 n^- » m 6|r7. 17 5|rf. 16J 5d. 16 Hd. U. 16 17 18 19 20 Age. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. 21 Years & over. Male Emplovees ... 205. 27s. i 36s. 43s. | 50s. 60s. Female Employees ... 16s. 19s. ! 23s. 26s. j 29s. 32s. Overtime should be paid for at the rate of time and a-quarter for first two hours and time and a-half thereafter ; overtime should be paid only after the full working week of 48 hours has been worked. Efi'ective as from the beginning of the first pay period following the date of the award. Issued 20th February, 1920. [158.] India Rubber Workers. — The Amalgamated Society of India Rubber, Cable and Asbestos Workers v. the Midland Rubber Co., Ltd., Bir- mingham. Difference — As to the " prescribed " rates of wages (if anv) payable to night workers on time work or piecework. Award — There was no " prescribed " rate applicable to the workers concerned. Issued 13th April. 1920. [251.] 157 Shop Assistants, &c. — National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. John Lewis and Co., Oxford Street, London. DifEerence — Application for certain advances of wages, minimum rates and working conditions. Award — It was held that the claim for a general percentage advance as from 28th January, 1920, had not been established ; claim by union for the operation of certain minimum rates and working conditions to operate from 14th February, 1920, agreed to by firm, with the exception of the claim in regard to meal times and sick pay, which was to be considered later. Issued 27th April, 1920. [280.] Sliajp Assistants, dec. — The Amalgamated Union of Co-operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers, and the Workers' Union v. the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd. Difference — Application for certain advances of wages and alterations of working conditions. Award — Trade Boards had fixed or would fix minimum rates which would apply to the following departments : — Preserves, confections, pickles, tobacco, tinware, blouses, underclothing, shirts, mantles, and blouse robes. In all cases where such rates were apphc- able the workers should be paid such rates (whether time, piecework basis, or overtime rates), with the following additions : — Per hour.. d. Male workers — 21 years and over ... ... ... ... 1| ,, ,, —18 years of age and under 21 ,, ,, — under 18 years of age Female workers — 18 years of age and over ,, ,, — Under 18 years of age In cases where a rate had not been fixed by a Trade Board, but only proposed, such rate should be deemed to be the rate payable, but it was not to be subject to the above additions until fixed by the Trade Board ; regarding workers in departments where Trade Board rates were not applicable, parties recommended to consider whether scales could be adopted, having regard to scales obtaining in other depart- ments. The same rates should be paid for the existing working week as would be payable for the normal week declared by the appropriate Trade Board, and the overtime provisions laid down by the Trade Boards should apply to the existing working week ; the decision to take effect from 31st March, 1920. Issued 11th May, 1920. [305.] On 15th June, 1920, an Award (No. 352) was issued in interpretation of certain clauses of the above award (see below). Co-operative Trade Employees.— Th.e Amalgamated Union of Co- operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers and the Workers' Union v. the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd. Difference — Questions arising as to the application of certain clauses of Award No. 305 of the Industrial Court issued in respect of the same parties (see above). Award — Clauses 13 and H. The adjusted hourly rate of any worker concerned is determined by taking the appropriate Trade Board hourly rate plus the corresponding addition given by Award No. 305. The actual hourly rate is deter- mined by multiplying the adjusted hourly rate by the number of hours in the working week defined by the Trade Board and dividing the 1 l" 168 product by the number of hours in the normal working week of the department in which the worker is employed. Clause 19. This clause is not a decision of the Court, but a recom- mendation tliat the question of holidays be reconsidered by the Society. Issued 15th June, 1920. [352.] Warehousemen, Packers, &c. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Horniman and Co., Ltd., Loudon. Difference — Application for a general advance of .35 per cent, on current wages and for the operation of certain minimum waf^e rates and working conditions. Award — It was held that the claim for a general advance had not been established ; men should receive certain specified minimum weekly rates varying from 40.s. at the age of 20 to 65?. at the age of 26 ; women should receive certain specified minimum weekly rates varying from 21.s. at the age of 15 to 35s. at the age of 18 years and over ; the existing practice with regard to efficiency pay and output bonus should continue ; the working week should be a maximum of 48 hours ; all hours worked above 48 hours a week should be paid for at the rate of time-and-a half ; work performed on Sundays and Statutory holidays should be paid for at 'double time rates : in view of the existing practice no order was made with regard to annual holidays and sick pay. Efiective as from the beginning of the first pay period immediately following the date of the award. Issued 7th July, 1920. [383.] '^Female Pacl-ers. — National Federation of Women Workers v. Phillips Patent, Ltd., London. Difference — As to whether there was a '" pres- cribed " rate applicable to the class of workpeople concerned, and if so what that rate was. Award — The " prescribed " rate for the women audfgirls concerned employed in the packing of rubber soles and heels the sorting of nails, &c., was that paid by the firm on 11th November, 1918, for the same class of work as that on which such workers were engaged. Issued 5th August, 1920. [430.] Carters. — The United Vehicle Workers v. the Preston Farmers' Trading Society. Difference — As to whether the rate under award No. 225 of the Industrial Court (Carting Industry — England and Wales), dated 31st March, 1920 {see page 110), was a " substituted "" rate, and as to what was the rate applicable to the men concerned. Award — Award No. 225 did not constitute a " substituted " rate applicable to the men concerned. Issued 20th August, 1920. [453.] Motor a)id Lorry Drivers. — The United Vehicle Workers v. John Crook & Sons, Wholesale Grocers, Preston. Difference — As to whether the rate under Award No. 225 of the Industrial Court. (Cart- iucr Industrv — England and AVales), dated 31st March, 1920 (see page 110) was a "substituted" rate, and as to what was the rate applicable to the men concerned. Award — Award No. 225 did not constitute a "' substituted " rate apphcable to the men concerned. Issued 20th August, 1920. [454.] Women Workers {Heel Tip Manufacture). — Workers' Union v. ^'ulcan Manufacturing Co., Wolverhampton. Difference — As to the " prescribed " or " substituted " rate of wages (if any) applicable to the workpeople concerned. Award — The " prescribed " rates of wages 159 of the classes of the women concerned employed in the manufacture of toe and heel tips were the wages paid on 11th November, 1918, and no rates had been substituted therefor. Issued 26th August, 1920. [466.] Attendants, Cleaners, Gatekeepers, &c. — -National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, and Clerks v Army and Navy Co-operative Society, Ltd. Difference — As to the application of certain clauses of Industrial Court Award No. 48, issued between the same parties. Award — The clauses (Nos. 21 and 22) of the finding of the Industrial Court No. 48 relating to the maximum hours to a working week and the payment of overtime were not intended to apply to the workpeople employed in Section (E) House Department of the Society, those employees having been dealt with specially under clause 19 of Award No. 48. Issued 18th September, 1920. [483.] Warehousemen and Packers. — Workers' Union v. Liptons, Ltd., London. Difference— Application for advances in rates of wages, the elimination of piecework or, alternatively, that piece-rates should be fixed to yield a substantial definite percentage above the time-rate, and for the eHmination of the differential rate between single men and married men. Award — Single men should be paid the same rates as married men of corresponding grade. jVIinimum rates for men aged 21 years should remain unaltered, except in so far as they were in- creased by the above. Men whose minimum rate at 21 years of age was 605. per week should be paid at 22 years 62s. 6c?., and at 23 years 65.?. per week. Men whose minimum rate at 21 years was 65s. per week should be paid at 22 years of age 67s. %d., and at 23 years 70s. per week. No decision was given in respect of women and junior workers. It was held that the claim for the abohtion of piece-work had not been estabhshed. Piece-rates should be fixed so as to yield 25 per cent, above the time-rates laid down for men of 21 years of age and women of 18 years of age. Efiective from the beginning of the first pay period following the date of this award. Issued 6th CJctober, 1920. [495.] Laundry Employees. — The National Federation of Women Workers V. The Willesden Laundry Employers (Members of the National Federation of Laundry Associations). Difference — Apphcation for certain minimum rates of wages. Award — The minimum piecework basis time rate should be increased to lOhd. per hour. Time rates for girls under 18 years of age should be as follows : — 17 and under 18 28s. per week. 16 „ 17 ... 23s. 15 „ 16 18s. Under 15 14s. „ These rates were subject to deductions in the case of learners entering, for the first time for the first six months of 4s. per week for women 18 years and over or 3s. per week for girls under IS and over 16 years of age. These rates should applv as from 19th July, 1920. Issued 6th October, 1920. [496.] Cane and Willow Workers, London. — London Union of Journeymen Basket Makers «. London Cane and Willow Workers Employers' T ^ Li _! 160 Association. Dift'enmce — Application for a 15 i)er cent, increase of wages. Award — The advance of 85 per cent, then being paid on lime and piece-work rates should be increased to 97^ per cent. KtYcctive as from the beginning of the first pay period following the (late of the award. Issued 8th November, J 020. [515.J Rubber Workers (Women). — Arualgamated Society of India Rubber. Cable and Asbestos Workers v. Reddaway and Co., Limited, ^Manchester. Difference — As to the " prescribed " or " substituted " rate of wages payable. Award — The rate applicable to the class to which the women concerned belong was the " substituted " rate laid down in Award No. 597 of the Interim Court of Arbitration on 15th July, 1919. Issued 18th November, 1920. [538.] Barmen, Glasgow and District. — Workers' Union v. Glasgow and District Licensed Trade Defence Association. Difference — Application for increases in rates of wages. Award— Minimum rates were fixed as follows : — (i.) Charge Hands. — Ranging from £4 per week in shops w^th staff of two or less to £4 155. Od. in shops with staff of 5. (ii.) Second H and s.^B^anging from £3 5.s. per week in shops with staff of two to £4 in shops mth staff of 5. (iii.) Counter Hands. — Ranging from £1 65. Od. per week, 16 and under 17 years of age, to £3 5^. Od. 21 years of age and over. Effective as from the date of the award. Issued 4th December, 1920. [556.] Steam Trawler Crews, Dublin. — National Sailors' and Firemen's Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Dublin Steam TrawHng Co., Ltd. Difference — As to whether an extra fireman and an extra deck hand should be carried in addition to the crew of nine hands carried up to May, 1919, and whether there should be a re\^sion of the rates of pay and conditions of certain classes of workmen. Award — Only one fireman and two deck- hands should in future be carried on the vessels of the Dublin Steam Trawhng Company ; hence the crew of each vessel would consist of the following in addition to captain and mate, and existing scales of pay of crew have been increased ^^^th effect from 31st December, 1920, i.e.. Chief Engineer, £6 IO5. Of?, a week, plus poundage of 2d. in the £. Second Engineer, £5 IO5. Of7. a week, plus poundage of Id. in the £. Fireman, £4 7s. Od. a week. Boatswain, £4 7s. M. a week, plus poimdage of 'id. in the £. Deckhands, £4 2s. M. a week, plus poundage of 2d. in the £. Cook, £4 2s. M. a week, plus poundage of 2d. in the £. Men on deck should receive half stocker. Firemen should receive 7s. 6f/. for cleaning out back ends. Payment of sea bonus should cease. Issued 31st"Deceraber, 1920. [588.] 161 APPENDIX III. Summaries of Awards issued during 1920 by Single Arbitrators appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896, and the Industrial Courts Act, 1919. Building and Allied Trades. Apprentices. — United. Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (Edinburgh and Leith Branches) v. Edinburgh Leith and District Master Plumbers' Association. Difference — As to the date from which the scheme for the training of apprentices whose period of service had been interrupted by the war, known as A.T.S. 3 No. 9, should become operative. Arbitrator — Lord Hunter. Award — This scheme should become operative and binding upon the parties from the 1st January, 1919. Issued 22nd Julv, 1920. [W.A. 2018/2.] Mining and Cliiarrying. Loco7notive Cleaners. — The Lancashire, Cheshire and North "Wales Enginemen's and Boilermen's Federation v. The Wigan Coal and Iron ■Company, Ltd., Wigan. Difference — Claim that the locomotive cleaners at the locomotive shed at the Kirkless Works should have the wages, hours of work and other conditions of employment governed by the procedure appertaining to colliery workers in the Wigan area. Arbitrator — Sir W. Robinson. Award— Claim not estabhshed. Issued 19th January, 1920. [W.A. 586.] Haulage Workers, &c. — Nottinghamshire Miners' Association v. Midland Counties Colhery Owners' Association and the Nottingham- shire and Erewash Valley Colliery Owners' Association. Difference — AppHcation for an increase of wages to (a) Haulage workers (imder- ground), (6) Surface workers, and (c) Bank Avorkers (surface). Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Minimum rates fixed in detail for certain workers specified in Clauses 7, 8, 9, 11, and 17 of the Award issued by Sir W. W. Mackenzie, on 9th December, 1916. The minimum basis wages of tradesmen mentioned in Clause 12 (2) («) of Mr. Stoker's Award dated 5th September, 1918, were revised and specified. The current minimum basis rate for banksmen, 22 years and over, was increased to 55. M. per day. Effective as from 1st June, 1920. Issued 16th June, 1920. [W.A. 3515.] Deputy. — National Association of Colliery Deputies v. ]\lidland Counties Colliery Owners' Association. Diff'erence — Application in respect of the dismissal of a deputy by the Manners ColUery Co., Ltd., Ilkeston. Arbitrator — Mr. C. Doughty. Award — There were reason- able grounds for the dismissal of the man concerned, and no order was "made for his reinstatement. Issued 26th July, 1920. [W.A. 3272/2.] Miners. — Derbyshire Miners' Association v. Midland Counties Colhery Owners' Association. Difference — Concerning the interpreta- tion of Mr. Stoker's Report dated 27th March, 1920 (see page 242). Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker. K.C. Award— Explanation given 102 of the reconiniendiition regarding the sotting of bank bars in cases where no provision for extra payment therefor had been made in the price list. Issued 12th August, 1920. [W.A. 4434.] Liibourers and Quarrymen. — National Union of General Workers v. South Devon Granite Co., Ltd., near Princetown. Difference — Concerning the date from which an advance granted to certain men at the Swell Tor and Merrivale Quarries should be effective. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — Claim for the increase to be paid from a date earlier than the 1st December, 1920, had not been established. Issued 17th November, 1920. [W.A. 5247/2.] Leading Hand. — Nottinghamshire Miners' Association v. Stanton Iron Works Co., Ltd., represented by tiie Midland Counties Colliery Owners' Association. Difference — Application on behalf of the man concerned employed as a lamp repairf r in charg" of the lamp cabin at the Stanton Iron Works Co.'s Silverhill Colliery for payment of the extra 6rf. per day specified for leading hands in the Award dated 5th September, 1918, of Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Arbitrator- Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Claim established. Issued 22nd November, 1920. [W.A. 5220/2.] Salt Miners. — The National Union of General Workers v. the United Alkali Company, Ltd., Preesall with Hackingford, near Widnes. Difference — \\Tiether the workers should be paid for the time they were laid off in consequence of the Coal Miners' Strike, having regard to an agreement between the parties dated 20th December, 1917, one clause of which provided that when the mine was laid idle by orders of the Company's officials, as the result of temporary shortness of orders, want of vessels, railway wagons or any other cause beyond the Company's control, the men thus thrown out of work should be paid a bonus at the rate of 3s. Qd. per day, half-day or quarter-day. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Award — Claim not estabhshed. as the firm had given a week's notice of termination of contract of emplovment. Issued 15th December, 1920. [W.A. 5715/2.] Pig Iron and Iron and Steel Manufacture. Gas Producermen. — The National Amalgamated Union of Labour u. Pahner's Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow, represented by the Steel Ingot Makers' Association,. Difference — Application for double time when employed between twelve midnight, Saturdav, and twelve midnight, Sunday. Arbitrator — Sir T. jMunro, G.B.E. Award — Having consideration of an agreement dated 20th February, 1919, which stipulated that week-end overtime rates were to remain as then existing, claim had not been established. Issued 5th Januarv, 1920. [W.A. 228.] Fillers and Chargers. — Midland Blast Furnacemen. Cokemen and By-Product Workers" Association v. North Staffordshire Ironmasters' Association. Difference — Concerning the interpretation of a clause of the Award issued by an ad hoc Board of Arbitration on 30th Septem- ber, 1919. Arbitrator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— By agree- ment, the make-up per man per shift should be : ^Mien three men were employed on the furnace, nil ; when four men were employed 163 Ls. ; five men, Is. Qd. : six men and over, 2*', This should be nett and not subject to scale additions. Effective as from 1st June. Issued 31st January, 1920. [W.A. 835.] Sample Passers. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Park Gate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Rotherham. Difference — ^\Tiat pay- ment, if any, should be made to the sample passers, under an agreement made on 18th July, 1919, when the shop was idle through causes berond the control of the firm. Arbitrator — Mr. C. Doughty. Award — The wages due for the four weeks ending August 30th, 1919, were £G per week, plus the shding scale percentage upon £6 for each week. Issued 28th February, 1920. [W.A. 585/2.] Steel Workers. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Shefl&eld and District Engineering Trades Employers' Association, Crucible Steel Makers' Association, Sheffield and District Rolling Mill Pro- prietors' Association, and the Sheffield Forgers' and Tilters' Association. Difference — Concerning the settlement of the claim of 29th March arrived at on 29th April, 1920. Arbitrator — Mr. Charles Doughty. Award— The settlement did not carry the qualifying condition that it must operate for 12 months ; a claim for a general increase might be submitted during this period. This finding did not deal with the merits or otherwise of any such claim if made. Issued 13th December, 1920. [W.A. 427/2.] Shipbuilding Trades. Shipwrights and Joiners. — Southampton Branches of the Amal- gamated Society and General Union of Carpenters and Joiners v. Southampton Branches of the Ship-constructors' and Shipwrights' Association. Difference — Concerning the demarcation of certain work. Arbitrator— Mr. D. C. Cummings, C.B.E. Award— (1) Ship- wTights should fit and fasten the ceiling or lining, from top of floors or ballast tanks to the first tier of beams, in fish holds of fish trawlers, not insulated, whether plain seamed or feathered, or grooved and tongued, and whether double or single ; (2) Joiners should fit and fasten bridge or weather screens (when made of matchboarding) fitted between the under side of rail and top of margin strake or deck, on observation, pilot, navigation, promenade or other decks. Eft'ective asfrom9tiiFebruary,1920. Issued 28th January, 1920. [W.A. 117/2.] Ship Plumbers. — United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers' Association v. Employers' Association of the Port of Liverpool and the Mersey Ship Repairers' Association. Difference — Application for an advance of lO.s. per week. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Basis wages of the men concerned should be increased by 3s. per week. This advance was not to merge in the general advance given in the engineering and shipbuilding industry at the same date. Effective as from the full pay period commencing the 1st April, 1920. Issued 5th April 1920. [W.A. 501/2.] Fitters and Drillers. — Southampton branches of the Amalgamated Engineering Union v. Southampton branches of the Ship Constructors and Shipwrights' Association section of the Amalgamated Union of Shipbuilding, Engineering and Constructional Workers. Difference 1R4 — Concerning Iho doinarcation of certain work. Arbitrator Mr. D. C CniniMiiij^'s, C.li.K. Award — Fitters should line oiT, fit and fasten carfjo winches to Z bars and other .sinnlarly constructed seatings when without wood packing. Drillers should drill all holes in connec- tion therewith. Eftective as from 6th September, 1920. Issued 27th August, 1920. [W.A. 429G/2.] Other Metal Trades. Viewer and Passer. — National Union of Stove Grate and General Metal Workers, National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers, and tlie Central Iron Moulders' Association v. Messrs. S. Flavell and Co., Ltd., Leamington. Dilterence — Application as to whether the firm were justified in dismissing a certain employee on the grounds of alleged carelessness. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A. Willis. Agreement — The employers agreed to pay the man concerned the same amount per week which he had been receiving before the arbitration until he obtained other work, or for a period of eight weeks, whichever was the shorter. The firm further agreed to give the man, on apphcation, a good character. Signed 16th March, 1920. [W.A. 825/2.] Edge Tool Workers. — Amalgamated Edge Tool Trade and Protection and Death Society v. Messrs. '\\Tiitehouse Bros., Ltd., and Messrs. Cornelius AVhitehouse and Sons, Ltd. (both of Cannock). Difference — Application as to the bonuses payable to boys. Arbitrator — Mr. W. A, Willis. Award (by agreement) — A weekly bonus of 95 9d. should be paid to each piecework helper from the age of ll to 18 years. The current aggregate weekly remuneration should be divided so as to give 95 9^. as bonus and the balance as wages. The wages of boys 14 years of age should have the consideration of the firms. Effective for the pay paid on 17th April, 1920. Issued 10th April. 1920. [W.A. 1343/2.] Wireworkers. — Dock, "Wliarf, Riverside, and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. T. E. Harland, H. Andrews and Sons, J. Vaughan, F. G. Eastman and Co., and Finch and Godwin (all of Bristol). DiftVr- ence — Application as to what was the minimum time rate applicable to the men concerned. Arbitrator— Alderman F. Sheppard, J. P. Award — The time rate payable should be Is. 8(7. per hour, but where more than Is. 8d. had hitherto been paid to particular workmen no reduction should be made. Effective as from the first pav day in the month of AprU. Issued 19th May, 1920. [W.A. 2603/2.]' Clerks. — Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Kindred Trades Clerical and Administrative Workers' Guild v. British Maimesmann Tube Company, Ltd., Landore. Diff'erence — Application for increases. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Aw^ard — The fixing of future increases was a matter for agreement. Claim for automatic increments up to the fixed maximum not established. Consideration should be given to the adoption of a scheme for regulating periodical service increases without periodical application therefor. Issued 6th October, 1920. [W.A. 3632/2.] 165 Textile Trades. Tweed and Woollen Operatives. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Martin Mahony and Bros., Ltd., Blarney, Co. Cork. Differ- ence — Application for certain increases, overtime and holidays. Arbi- trator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — Advances granted of 4s. per week to men, 18 years and over ; 3s. to women, 18 years and over. Jmiiors should receive increases of 2s. per week to boys between 14 and 18, and Is. 6d. to girls, and the starting wage should be increased by the same amounts. The half-yearly advance should be increased to Is. Qd. per week. Working week should consist of 48 hours, and payment should be made for statutory holidays. Overtime claim not established. (See also Award issued 12th April, 1920, summarised below.) Issued 21st January, 1920. [W.A. 816.] Weavers. — -Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Athlone Woollen Mills Company, Ltd. Difference — Application as to whether the 55. per week given by the firm was sufficient to meet the increased cost of living since May and November, 1919. Arbitrator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — Advance granted of 2s. per week to weavers over 25 years of age. (See also Award issued 19th March, 1920, summarised below.) Issued 25th February, 1920. [W.A. 1466] Weavers, &c. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Kilkenny Woollen Mills, Ltd. Difference — Application for certain advances. Arbitrator — Rt. Hon. Sir D. Harrel, G.C.B., etc. Award — The working week of 49| hours was reduced to 48, without fixing a mini- mimi wage or altering the then existing hours for meals. Male workers, 21 years of age should receive an advance of 5s. per week, and youths, 18 to 21 years, and boys under 18, should receive 2s. 6f?. per week. Warpers, drawers, and pieceworkers were grjanted an addition to their percentage rates to obtain 100 per cent, above pre-war rates. Women and girl time workers of 48 hours should receive an increase of 3s. per week. Effective from the first full pay dav following 21st January, 1920. Issued 16th March, 1920. [W.A. 2012.] Weavers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Athlone Woollen Mills Company, Ltd. Difference — Question of retrospective payment of the award issued by Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart., on 25th February, 1920 {see above), between the above-mentioned parties. Arbitrator — Sir D. Plimket Barton, Bart. Award — The advance of 2s. per week was pavable from the same date as the 5s. to which it was added. Issued 19th March, 1920. [W.A. 1466/2.] Woollen, &c., Operatives. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Martin Mahony and Bros., Ltd., Blarney, Co. Cork. Differ- ence—Interpretation of the previous award issued by Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart., on 21st January, 1920 (see above). Arbitrator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — ^The advances given should be paid irrespective of and in addition to, any adjustment consequent upon reduction of hours. A holiday should be paid for according to the normal working hours of the day in question. The advances should be paid retrospectively as from the first pay dav in January, 1920. Issued 12th April, 1920. [W.A. 816/2.] ](JG Clothing Trades. Cutters, Pressers, &c. — Ainalgiunatcd Soci('ty of Tailors and Tailor- esses and the Irish Tailors' and Tailoresses' Union v. Dublin inembers of the Irisli \\'holesale Clotliinf^ Manufacturers' Association. Differ- ence — Application for certain increases and other alterations in workinj^ conditions. Arbitrator — Sir D, Plunket Barton, Bart. Award — On and from the first pay day after 10th June advance granted of Is. 6d. })er week for all male timeworkers over 22 years of age and 5.9. foi- female timeworkers over 21. Increase of 12| per cent, on current wages of all pieceworkers. Questions affecting holidays and wages of learners were uot discussed. Issued 21st June, 1920. [W.A. 3792.] Tailors, jees. — Amalgamated L^nion of Co-operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers v. Peterborough Etjuitable Industrial Co-operative Society. Difference — Application for certain minimum wages and improved conditions of employment. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award — Minimum rates fixed : junior males and females, 16s. to 50.s. according to age and sex ; adults, according to age, 63s. at 21 to 70s. at 23 for males, and 47.^. at 21 to 50s. at 22 for females ; male shop assistants, 63s. to 72s. 6«'/. at age of 23 years. Rates fixed for first assistants, branch managers and manageresses, warehouse managers or foremen and transport workers. Hours of labour, holidays, sickness, overtime and other coiiditions fixed. Effective as from beginning of pav period commencing 4th October, 1920. Issued 27th November, 1920. [W.A. 5372,2.] Go-operative Workers. — Amalgamated Union of Co-operative and Commercial Employees and Allied Workers v. S]>alding Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. Difference — A})])]ication for the ])ayment of a minimum scale of wages and other conditions. Arbitrator — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Award— Minimum rates fixed, varying frcmi 14s. to 45s., according to age and sex, for juniors, and from 38s. 6d. to 62s., according to age and sex, for adults and shop assistants. Wages specified for branch managers and manageresses (forewomen or charge- women), transport workers, bakers, and clerks. Conditions fixed for holidays with pay, wages duiing sickness, and overti)iie. Eft'ective as from the beginning of the pay j)eriod commencing 6th December, 1920. Issued 21st' December, 1920. [W.A. 5737/2.] i\i 2 176 APPENDIX IV. Summaries of Awards issued during 1920 by . Mining and Quarrying. Firemen. — Scottish CoUiery Enginemen's Association v. Summerlee Iron Company, Coatbridge. Difference— Question raised on behalf of men employed on the boilers at Hattonrigg Colliery from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. for a ruling as to whether there should be one fireman or two firemen when the pumps are not at work. Board of Arbitration —Mr. J. Macdonald ((Chairman). Mr. M. L. Simpson (Employers' Representative), and Mr. Owen Coyle (Workpeople's Representative). Award — Claun that two firemen should be employed had not been established. Issued 21st April, 1920. [W.A. 2522.] Pig Ir iu aud Iron aiul Steel Manulatuie. Millmen, Steam Service Men, &c. — Iron and Steel Trades Confedera- tion V. D. Colville and Sons, Ltd., Motherwell. DifEerence — As to whether the percentage fluctuations of the Steel Works wages sliding scale governing wages of millmen, steam service men, gas producer men. &c., in the Scottish Steel Works should operate on the recognised base rates of wages as a simple and not as a compounded percentage. Board of Arbitration — Mr. J. Macdonald (Chairman), Mr. G. Pate, O.B.E. (Employers' Representative), Mr. J. Brown (Workpeople's Representative). Award — The percentage fluctuations should operate on the recognised base rates of wages as a simple percentage, subject to the two following conditions : — The com- pounded percentage system should continue to apply up to and including 65 per cent, on scale and all fluctuations by scale over 65 per cent, should operate as a simple percentage on base rates as from and after the first Mondav in July, 1919. Issued 25th May, 1920. [W.A. 3253.] Blast Furnaceinen. &c. — Midland Blast Furnacemen. Cokemen, and By-Product Workers' Association v. South Staffordshire Iron- masters' Association. Difference— Application for a new scheme of tonnage and dav wages, basis rates and bonuses. Board of Arbitra- tion—Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. C4. Pate, O.B.E.. Mr. J. J. Burton (Employers' Representatives), Mr. T. McKeima. and Mr. J. Munro (Workpeople's Representatives). Award — The makes of iron and conditions of its manufacture differed so materially at the different works that no uniform system of bonus basis and pa}*- ments were fixed, but the questions left to be worked out by the several firms with the Workers' Association should it be desired. Basis wages on a uniform shift basis for certain workers fixed in detail. Additions should be made at the rate of \ per cent, for each 2"4f/. advance on the mean selling price of iron, calculated in a specified manner, where the selling price exceeds 54.s. per ton. Effective as from the commencement of the first full pay period in June, 1920. Issued 18th June, 1920. [W.A. 1213/2.] Subsequently an agreement was arrived at between the parties which, with the concurrence of Mr. Stoker, modified the award, the words " certified ascertainment of all qualities of Northamptonshire Pig Iron (other than Basic Iron) " being substituted for the words " the mean selling price of iron, calculated in a specified mannet." Bricklayers' Labourers. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Scottish Steelmakers' Wages Association. Difference — Application that the rate per hour of bricklayers' labourers should be increased by such an amount as would make the same difference at the moment between their rate and bricklayers' rate as existed at August, 1914. Board of Arbitration — Mr. J. Macdonald (Chairman), Mr. G. Pate O.B.E. (Employers' Representative), and Mr. AV. Dodgson (Work- people's Representative). Award — Claim not established. Issued 1st July, 1920. [W.A. 3307/2.] Coke Oven Workers, &c. — National Union of Cokemen and Bye- Product Workers v. Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais. Difference — AppHcation on behalf of (1) men employed at Coke Ovens, Dowlais Works, for the same rates and conditions as were applicable at Rhymney, McLaren or Tredegar Coke Ovens, (2) Washerymen, Coke Workers and Bye-Product Workers employed at Cwmbran Works, for a revision of base rates to conform with those agreed between the National Union of Cokemen and Bye-Product Workers and the Mon- mouthshire and South Wales Coke Oven and Bye-Product Works Association. Board of Arbitration — Mr. W. A. Willis (Chairman), Mr. G. Pate, O.B.E. (Employers' Representative), and Right Hon. W. Brace, M.P. (Workpeople's Representative). Award (by the Chairman). Claims not established. Issued 3rd August, 1920. [W.A. 3815/3.] Clerks.— The, two sides of the Welsh Iron and Steel Clerks' Concilia- tion and Joint Wages Board. Difference — Application for certain wages and other working conditions. Board of Arbitration- — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. F. J. Taylor (Employers' Repre- sentative), and Mr. W. Samuel (Workpeople's Representative). Award — Minimum salaries fixed in detail : — Juniors (from 16 to 21 years of age) : 35s. to 85.s. per week according to age, juniors doing the work of seniors to be paid correspondingly. General Clerks : Rate of £4 10.5. per week, rising by annual increments for the first five years of 5.S. per week, and afterwards 65., to the rate of £8 lbs. Chief Clerks : Rate of £8 per week, rismg by annual increments of 7s. 6d. per week to £10 12s. Qd. Females : To receive the above scale with an abatement of one fifth thereof. Other conditions fixed. Claim on behalf of Heads of Departments for a scale of £9 10s. per week, rising to £13 5s. per week, was not conceded. Effective as from the commencement of the first full pay following the 30th June. Issued 9th August, 1920. [W.A. 3853/2.] [This Award was modified by subsequent decisions of the same Board of Arbitration {see below.)] Gas-producer Firemen. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Steel Ingot Makers' Association. Difference— Application for an 178 incroaso of nMnuneration and otlicr workiiif^ ronditioiis. Board of Arl)ilrati()n — Sir W. Robinson (Chairman), Mr. M. ]j. Simpson (Em- ployers' lleprosentative), and Mr. W. Dodf^son (Workpcojjle's Kf^pre- sentative). Award — The agretunent b(!tw(3en the parties concerned dated 28th Ajjril, 1920, affecting Gas-producer Firemen on North East Coast should be put into operation as from 6 a.m. on Sunday, 29th February, 1920. Issued 20th Augu.st, 1920. | W.A. 3228/4.] Chief Clerks. — The two sides of the Welsh Iron and Steel Clerks' Conciliation and Joint Wages Board. Difference — The interpretation of certain points arising out of the previous award dated 9th August, 1920 {see above). Board of Arbitration— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. F. J. Taylor (Employers' Representative), Mr. W. Samuel (Workpeo})le's Representative). Award — The award dated 9th August applied to all employees heretofore designated or treated as " Chief Clerks." Any cases not agreed upon were to be referred to the Board for decision. The' adjustment of present salaries fixed. Issued 1st October, 1920. [W.A. 385:V'5. | [In consequence of an Agreement between the parties dated Ist October, 1920, which resulted in further differences, the Board issued an Interim Order calling for further evidence to be submitted at ad- journed meetmgs held on 11th and 12th November, and a further Award was issued by the same Board of Arbitration {see beloiv).] Steel Srnelters. — Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Steel Ingot Makers' Association. Difference — Application that the Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., should pay the cold metal rate on all cold metal (with the exception of that used for pigging back purposes) charged into the Talbot furnaces. Board of Arbitration — Mr. W. A. Willis (Chairman), Mr. W. Simons (Employers' Representative). Rt. Hon. W. Adamson, M.P. (Workpeople's Representative). Award (by the Chair- man) — Claim not established. Issued 4th October, 1920. [W.A. 3655/2.] Clerks. — The two sides of the Welsh Iron and Steel Clerks' Con- ciliation and Joint Wages Board. Difference — Application for an interpretation of the awards dated 9th August. 1920. and 1st October, 1920 {see above). Board of Arbitration — Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. F. J. Taylor (Employers' Representative). Mr. W. Samuel (Workpeople's Representative). Award — The grades to which certain individual men belonged were specified in detail. Issued 18th December, 1920. [W.A. 3853/9.] Engineeriiig Trades. Craftsmen in Locomotive Department. — Iron and Steel Trades Con- federation V. Great Western Railway Company. Difference — As to the application of certain tonnage basis rates and sliding scale percen- tages to men employed at Swindon Works. Board of Arbitration — Mr. E. Page, K.C. (Chairman). ^Ir. L. Ennis (Employers' Representa- tive), and ^Ir. W. T. Griffiths (Workpeople's Representative). A^ard — The tonnage basis rates payable in the ^lidland rolling mill iron trade were not appropriate to and should not be applied either with or without variation to the workpeople concerned. The sliding scale in force in the Midland iron trade should applv to the workpeople concerned. 179 The method of calculating the future base rate was indicated, and other working conditions fixed. Effective on and from 1st January, 1920. Issued 6th April, 1920. [W.A. 176/12.] Erectors, &c. — ^Iron and Steel Trades Confederation v. Structural Engineering Employers' Trade Section, Lancashire and Cheshire. Difference — ^Application that Erectors, Sheeters and Sheeters' Holders- up should be paid an advance of '2\d. per hour on base rates plus 26.5?. 6f/. war bonus plus 12| per cent, on total earnings. This should be retro- spective to 30th August, 1920. Board of Arbitration — Sir H. Court- hope-Munroe, K.C. (Chairman), Mr. Owen Parker (Employers' Repre- sentative). Rt. Hon. W. Adamson, M.P. (Workpeople's Representative). Award — Claim established. These advances were to be merged in anv future advances conceded to the Engineering Trades. Issued. loth October, 1920. [W.A. 5287.] Public Utility Services. Navvies, Labourers, and Building Trade Operatives.— National Federation of Building Trades Operatives v. Corporation of Shejfield. D fference — Application for (1) the current building trades rates of wages to navvies and labourers at Ewden Valley Water Works, (2) for the building trade rates of wages for street masons and paviors, and (3) retrospective payment of advances already given to bricklayeis, masons, carpenters, joiners and painters. An agreement had already been reached that all bricklayers, masons, carpenters and joiners engaged on the Ewden Valley Works should be paid the same rate of wages as then being paid to these classes of craftsmen employed in the Building Trade. Carpenters, joiners and painters engaged in the workshops of the Highways and Tramways and Motors Departments of the Corporation, should be paid the same wages as then being paid to carpenters and joiners in the Building Trade. These men should observe the hours of labour and the conditions of employment applicable to other men employed in these shops. Board of Arbitration — Sir H. Courthope-Munroe, K.C. (Chairman), Sir Henry Holloway (Employers' Representative), and Mr. F. W. Lindley (Workpeople's Representative). Award — Claims 1 and 2 not established (Mr, Lindley dissenting). The rates were increased to Is. 9d. per hour for navvies and labourers, and 2s. Id. per hour for street masons and paviors ; (3) the advance already granted to brick- layers, &c., should be effective as from the 13th December, 1919. Issued 20th August, 1920. [W.A. 2060/2.] Miscellaneous Trade?. Skippers, Mates and Hands. — The National Sailors' and Firemen's Union v. Tyne Steam Fishing Boat Owmers' Association. Difference — Application for certain wages and working conditions. Board of Arbitration— Mr. C. Doughty (Chairman), Mr. R. F. Kidd (Employers' Representative), and Mr. R. McGhee (Workpeople's Representative). Award — The method of making up the settlement account now in use should continue. When the vessel was in harbour under survey or repair the pay of skippers should be lis. per day, and mates lOs. per 180 day. Otlior workiiij]; ronclitiori.H fixed in detail. Effoctivf; for ;dl trips roiiimeiiciiij^ ;ift(;r date of award. jHsued Kith Jaimarv, ]92(i. I W.A. r)75. 1 Sklppi'rs. Males, dr. — Hmnber Ainalpfamated Kngineers and Fire- men's Union and the Mercantile Marine Trawlers' Association c. Fleetwood Fishing: Vessel Owners' A.ssociation. Ltd. Difference — Application for certain alterations in rates of remuneration and working conditions. Board of Arbitration — Mr. C. Doughty (Chairman), Mr. Owen S. Hellyer (Employers' Representative) and Mr. R. McGhee (Workpeople's Representative). Award — (1) Interpretation given on certain questions arising out of an agreement dated 11th November, 1919 : (2) the remuneration of skippers should be the usual share of If of the net money, together with a bonus and trip money fixed in detail. Mates were to receive the usual one share of the net money and trip money at the rate of 10s. per £100 gross subject to the same conditions and scale provided for the trip money payable to skippers in all respects : (3) Chief and second engineers should receive the rates then paid ; those were £4 5.s. and £3 bs. per week respectively, plus 6,Scheme ; retrospective payment was not decided upon. Agreed 12th February, 1920. [W.A. 878.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Dorchester Master Builders' Association. Difference- Claim for Grade C rates under the South Western Area Scheme. Agreement — The grading of Dorchester under the Scheme should be referred to the Central Council of the National Board of Concihation 182 for tlu! Hiiildin;^ Trade;. INiiidin^ that decision, grade C rates should be paid without prejudice as from 13th or 14th Februarx-. 1920. Agreed Kith February, 1920. [W.A. 123'].] Buil(li»(j Trade Operatives. — Operative Society of Masons, (^uarrymen and Allied Trades v. Master Builders' Association, Tavistock. Differ- ence — Application for Grade D rates of wages under the South- western licgional Area Scheme. Agreement— Claim conceded : weekly hours of work to continue at 48 until 1st May. after which date the working hours of the South-Western Area Scheme should be adopted, namely, 4(>.^ hours in summer and 44 hours in winter months. Signed ITth' February, 1920. [W.A. 1238.] B)(Udi)Uf Trade Operatives. — The National Union of General Workers V. Messrs. Espley & Sons, Ltd., Evesham. Difference — Application for a general increase of 'dd. per hour upon Grade D rates under the Midland area scheme. Agreement— The rates should be : bricklayers Is. Sd. per hour, painters 1.9. Id. per hour, labourers l.s. 4d. per hour. Eftective from the 27th Februarv. 1920. Agreed 20th February, 1920. [W.A. 565.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Builders' Labourers and Con- structional Workers' Society v. Messrs. Inns and Co., St. Mellons, near Cardiff. Difference — Application for certain rates of wages for workers on the Rhymney Valley Sewerage Scheme. Agreement — The current South Wales District Building Trades' rates (trades- men, Is. 9d. per hour ; labourers, Ls. Qd. per hour) and conditions of overtime should be observed, and subsequent advances granted by the South Wales and Monmouthshire Building Trades Joint Council should be payable to all employees except men in receipt of upstanding wages. Crane drivers should be graded as tradesmen. Rates of miners and miners' labourers working underground were fixed. Other working conditions were specified in detail. Effective on 1st' Januarv. Agreed 21st February, 1920. [W.A. 164.] Buildincj Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Ojieratives v. The Building and Alhed Trades' Section of the Minehead Tradesmen's Association. Difference — Claim for grade D rates under the South Western Area Scheme. Agreement — The rates of wages should be 1.9. 5fZ. per hour for mechanics, \s. id. per hour for painters, and 1-9. '2hd. per hour for labourers. Effective from the 21st Februarv. 1920. Agreed 24th February, 1920. [W.A. 4134.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Sidmouth Master Builders' Association. Difference — AppUcation for rates of wages equal to grade D rates under the South Western Area Scheme, namely, mechanics 1.9. 5d., painters 1^. -id., and labourers 1.9. 2d. per hour. Agreement — The rates claimed should be paid as from the 25th Februarv, 1920. Agreed 24th Februarv. 1920. [W.A. 1052.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Calne and District Building Trade Employers. Difference— AppHcation for grade D rates under the South Western Area Scheme. jA-greement — The following rates should be paid : — Tradesmen Is. 5d., painters Is. 4d., labourers Is. lid., the labourers' 183 rate to be raised to Is. '2\d. as from the 6th April. A further conference should be held to discuss the questions of hours and working conditions. Working week 48 hours. Effective from 1st March, 1920. Agreed 27th February, 1920. [W.A. 8262.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. the Lyme Eegis Master Builders' Association. Difference — Claim for rates equal to those under grade D of the South Western Area Scheme. Agreement — Rates paid should be Is. ^d. per hour to all skilled labourers, Is. per hour for unskilled labourers up to the 1st May, 1920, from that date to 31st July, 1920, the rates should be Is. 4c\d. per hour for all mechanics, and l.s. \hd. per hour for labourers. A working week of 50 hours in the Summer, and 45 hours in the Winter. Agreed 28th February, 1920. [W.A. 1361.] Builders'' Labourers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Fleming Bros, and Mr. Sheridan, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Difference — Application that the Dublin Builders' Labourers' rate of Is. \\d. per hour should be paid at Newbridge and the Curragh with back pay from 5th December, 1919. Agreement — Rate claimed to be paid as from 5th December, 1919. Agreed 28th February, 1920. [LB. 477.] Building Trade Ojse/afwes.— National Federation of Builders' Operatives v. E. H. Smith, Croydon. Difference — Concerning the behaviour of a certain foreman. Agreement — The men concerned should resume work on the understanding that the foreman would be willing for his case to be brought before his own Union for judgment and decision. Agreed 1st March, 1920. [W.A. 797.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. North Hertfordshire Building Trade Employers' Associa- tion. Difference — Claim for an immediate wage advance in view of the rise in the cost of living. Agreement — The claim for an advance should be referred to a meeting of the District Conciliation Board. Agreed 18th March, 1920. [W.A. 1818.] Building Trade Operatives. — Workers' Union v. Bodmin Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for a rate of pay equivalent to the Grade D rates of the South Western Area, namely. Is. ^d. per hour for mechanics, 1.?. 'I^d. per hour for labourers. Agreement — Claim conceded. Working week should consist of 47i hours, and overtime should be paid at the rate of time and a quarter. Other working conditions were fixed. Signed 22nd March, 1920. [W.A. 2638.] Huildiiig Trade Operatives. — Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, National Association of Builders' Labourers, and other Unions concerned v. Air Ministry. Difference — As to travelling time at Halton Park. Agreement — Travelling time should be paid on the following basis : 1 to 3 miles, 1 hour per day ; 3 to 4 miles, 1|- hours per day ; 4 to 5 miles, If hours per day ; over 5 miles, 2 hours per day. Effective as from 25tli March, the old system of payment to be reverted to as from the date on which it was suspended to the 24th March inclusive. Agreed 24th March,. 1920. [W.A. 1490.] 184 I'hinihcrs.—V^mtvA OporixUvi' I'lniiibrrs' Society i'. Master Pliimhors, \Vliill)V. DiftWenfo — Cliiirii for the same rate of wages as was paid in the Tees-side District. Ac^recMnent-The Yorkshire Area Joint Conncil rates and conditions should be tlie basis of working conditions subject to the operatives being paid |ri. per hour above the rates of pay aj)plic- abU' to Whitby under the Joint Council Scheme. Wages up to the 1st May, 1920, should be at the rate of l.s. \d. per hour; the number of working hours per week was to be 44. ElTective from 1st May, 1020. Signed 24th March, 1920! f W.A. 8108.] Builders' Labourers. — Irish National Agricultural and CJeneral Workers' Union v. Wicklow Employers' Federation (representing Wm. Clarke, Builder, Wicklow). Difference— To fix the rate of wages of men eniploved as Builders' Labourers on a contract being carried out by Mr. Clarke at Cloragh, Ashford, Co. Wicklow. Agreement — All men employed by Mr. Clarke as builders' labourers on any country jc>b (except the present contract at Cloragh, Ashford, conditions for which are provided below) to be paid the rate paid to building labourers in Wicklow except in any district where there was a recognised rate for building labourers. The four men then engaged as labourers on the contract at Cloragh, Ashford, to be paid at the rate of 41.s. per week from 6th April (the date on which an agreement was made between the Wicklow Employers' Federation and the National Agricultural and General Workers' Union fixing the rate of builders' labourers in Wicklow at 46.s. per week) up to and including the last pay dav in June, if the contract be not finished before that date, but from and including the first pay day in July these or other men employed on the contract referred to to be paid at the rate ])aid to builders' labourers in Wicklow. Agreed 23rd April, 1920. [I.B. 716.] Bmlding Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. the Kingsbridge Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for the new area rates, namely, mechanics \s. Id. per hour, painters Is. 6d. per hour, and labourers 1,?. 4d. per hour as from the l.st May, 1920. Agreement — The rates claimed should be paid. Avork to be resumed on the 17th May. Agreed 15th May, 1920. [W.A. 2947.] Builders' Labourers. — National Amalgamated Union of Labour V. Londonderry Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for an increase in the rate of wages of (id. per hour. Agreement — An increase of 2d. per hour was granted. Signed loth Mav, 1920. [LB. (L) 277.] Bmlding Trade Operatives. — Trade I'nion representing Building Tradesmen and Labourers v. Dublin Building Trades" Employers' Association. Difference — Application for an increase of 6d. per hour for building tradesmen and labourers and the estabhshment of a 44 hour week. Agreement — Rates prevaihng prior to 30th April, 1920, increased by -i^d. per hour for tradesmen, and 3^d. for labourers. The 44 hour week established. Wages of apprentices to be increased so as to maintain the present weeklv rate. Effective from 1st May, 1920. Agreed 21st ]\Iay, 1920. [LB. 427.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, Operative Stone ^lasons' Society, and Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners v. Brodog Timber and Sawmilling 18-> Company, Limited, and the Building and Kindred Trades of Fishguard. Difference — Application for the South Wales and Monmouthshire Grade B. rates of wages. Agreement — The rate should be Is. lOd. per hour, and the working week should consist of forty-four hours. Labourers should receive Is. Id. per hour on the same basis. Overtime should be paid in accordance with the decision of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Joint Council. Effective as and from the 31st May. 1920, until 27th November, 1920, after which date rates should follow those of Grade B. of the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Joint Council. Signed 27th May, 1920. [W.A. 3167.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Sidmouth Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for rates of wages equal to grade D rates under the South Western Area Scheme, namely, Is. Id. per hour for mechanics, 1.9. 6^/. per hour for painters, and Is. M. per hour for labourers. Agree- ment — The rates claimed should be paid as from the first pay day in June. The men who had refused the advance of Id. previously oft'ered were to be paid a lump sum of 5s. each. Agreed 2nd June, 1920. [W.A. 1052.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Great Torrington Master Builders' Association. Dift'er- ence — Application for rates equal to grade D rates under the South Western Area Scheme. Agreement — The following rates should be paid for a 44 hour week : — Tradesmen Is. Qd., labourers l.s'. 3f?. from the 5th June to the 23rd July, tradesmen l.s. Id. per hour, and labourers 1.S'. id. per hour from the 24th Julv onwards. Agreed 3rd June, 1920. [W.A. 3372.] Plumbers and Pipe Fitters. — United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers' Association v. National Union of Heating and Domestic Engineers and General Metal Workers. Difference — Demarcation dispute in connection with renewals and maintenance work at the Crystal Palace. Agreement — Plumbers should do all the work from " tees " in existing and future mains to sanitary and domestic fitments, it being understood that all waste and soil pipes in screwed barrel were plumbers' work. This should apply only to the Crystal Palace, and should be without prejudice to any other local or national settlement. Agreed 23rd June, 1920. [W.A. 3626.] Building Trade Operatives. — Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, and the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives V. Market Drayton Master Builders and Allied Trades Association. Dift'erence^Application for certain rates of wages. Agreement — Recognition was given to the North-Western Area Scheme ; work was to be resumed on the following morning. Agreed 2-5th June, 1920. [W.A. 2998.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet Makers and Joiners, National Amalgamated Painters' Society, and the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Hunting- don and District Master Builders' Association. Difference — Applica- tion for increased wagfes under the Midlarjd Counties Area Scheme.. 186 Agreement — Craftsmen should Ix' \yd\d Iv. \\l(J. per hour, and jfcncral labourers Is. S^d. per hour. Working week should consist ot •} 1 hour.s. Effective as from 3rd July. Agreed 7th July, 1920. [W.A. 3285. ] Buildiiuj Trade Operatives.— Hu'M'mfi, Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board, and the Anialganriated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet Makers and Joiners v. Scottish National Building Trades Employers' Federation. Difference — Application ff)i' an increase of wages of 6d. per hour pressed by joiners, notwithstanding that a similar claim had been refused by the Industrial Court in inspect of other classes of building trades operatives. Agreement — The standard rates under the Industrial Court Award, dated 30th March, 1'J20, should be increased by l^rf. per hour from and including 9th July to 30th November, 1920, subject to a maximum rate of '2s. id. per hour for skilled tradesmen and I*, ll^d. for labourers, thus making the maximum rate for tradesmen in Scotland substantially unifoirn with rates in England. Other conditions were fixed. Agreed 8th July, 1920. [W.A. 1045/21.] Bricklayers. — ^Operative Bricklayers' Society v. Creighton Construc- tion Company, Barrow. Difference — As to reinstatement of two dismissed men. Agreement — One man specified should be reinstated on the Barrow job and the other at Newcastle. The latter should receive travelling expenses from Barrow on the understanding that he should be considered when a foreman bricklayer was required. Agreed 27th July, 1920. [W.A. 4112.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Lyme Regis Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for rates of wages of Is. Id. per hour for tradesmen and Is. id. per hour for labourers for which was subsequently substituted an application for rates of l.s-. 8(/. per hour for tradesmen, and Ls-. bd. per hour for labourers. Agreement — The rates of wages should be Is. Id. per hour for tradesmen, and Ls. id. per hour for labourers. Working week to consist of 49 hours in the summer and 44 hours in the winter. Effective from 30th September. Agreed 10th Augu!-t, 1920. [AV.A. 136].] Building Trade Operatives. — United Operative Masons and Granite Workers' Union v. Peterhead blaster Builders' Association. Difference — Application concerning the Bye-Laws and an increase in wages. Agreement — The Bye-Laws, with certain amendments, were agreed upon. A further meeting was to be held to discuss other claims. Agreed 13th August. 1920. [W.A. 2550.] Building Trade Operatives. — The National Federation of Building Trade Operatives r. the Bridgnorth ]\Iaster Builders' Association. Difference — Claim for grade B rates under the Midland area scheme. Agreement — Grade C rates should be paid under the scheme, namely, craftsmen 2s. per hour, labourers Ls. lOr/. per hour. In future, the rates should follow those laid down under the Midland Area Scheme. Eft'ec- tive from the 16th August. Agreed 14th August. 1920. [W.A. 2939.] Building Trade Operatives. — Building Trades of Scotland Operatives' Wages and Conditions of Service Board v. Peterhead Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for an increased rate of wages. 187 Agreeineiit — Eate should be 2s. 2d. per hour. Retrospective pay should be given as from 1st August until the date the men ceased work. Agreed 22nd September, 1920. [W.A. 2550.] Building Trade Operatives. — -Building Trade Operatives v. the Dawlish Master Builders' Association. Difference — Application for the payment of the South- Western Area rates of wages. Agreement — Rates should be Is. 9d. for skilled men and Is. 6d. for labourers. Effective as from 1st October. Agreed 25th September. 1920. [W.A. 4790.] Carpenters and Joiners. — Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners v. Master Builders, Fermoy, Youghal and ]\Iiddleton. Difference — Application for a rate of wages of 2s. per hour for carpenters. Agreement — Carpenters should receive 2s. per hour for a 47-hour week, 3s. per day country money for men unable to return home at night, and lOs. per week for men on jobs over three miles from town, but who can return home at night. Xo further demands were to be made before 25th March. 1921. Agreed 25th September, 1920. [W.A. 5121.] Building Trade Operatives. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. War Office. Difference — Claim that the Darlington rates should be paid to operatives at Catterick Camp. Yorkshire. Agreement — Grade C rates under the Yorkshire Area Scheme should be payable, that is, 2s. per hour for tradesmen, 1.9. 9d. ])er hour for labourers ; semi-skilled labourers in charge of a gang 1^. per hour extra ; wages for boys fixed varying from 6d. per hour at 14 years of age to 10k/. at 17 vears of age. Effective from the 1st August, 1920. Agreed 21st October, 1920. [W.A. 2512.] Joiners. — The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners v. the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Master Joiners' Association. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Agreement — The men should resume work at a rate of 2.s. Ihd. per hour, which after 7 days would be increased to 2.?. 2d. per hour. Agreed 15th November, 1920. [W.A. 2755. J Mining and ftuarrying. Check- Weighers. — The National Union of Scottish Mine Workers and the Lanarkshire Miners' County Union v. the Carron Company, Ltd., Glasgow. Difference — Concerning a prosecution against two check- weighers for interfering with work outside their statutory duties. Agreement —Work should be resumed forthwith ; the Company should withdraw the prosecutions ; the two check-weighmen concerned should confine themselves strictly to their statutory duties in the future. It was agreed that, in the event of any dispute arising as to whether these men had confined themselves to their statutory duties, no stoppage of work should be supported by the Union until an attempt had been' made to settle the matter by conciliation. Agreed 15th January, 1920. [W.A. 557/2.] Brick, Pipe and Tile Workers. — Durham County Miners" Federation Board v. Durham Coal Owners' Association. Difference— Application for increases of wages on behalf of brick, pipe and tile workers at colheries. Agreement— (1) An advance equal to the Sankey 18H pavmcnt {2s. per shift or flay \vf)rke(l to those over Itt years and l.v. to those under Itj years) f^ranted from 9th January, 1919. to those workmen whose wages had pr'ers. Agreement— Increase granted of 9.s. per week. Effective^ from date of resumption of work. Signed 2nd April, 1920. [W.A. 1708.] 198 ('(i/ldiiOpcrdtircs -AiiialjiiiiUiitt'd AssrK-iafioti of ()|)t'iativc Cotton tS])iniuMs atid tlir Amalj^ainuted Association of Card and Jilowing-Room Operatives v. Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations, Limited. Difference — Claims for (1) Spinners. — An advance of fJO per cent, on current rates and for })ayment at full spinning rates for annual summer holidays. (2) Card a,nd lilowini^-Room optrativTs. — New standard rates to be instituted amounting to double the current list rates, and an adv^ance to be |)aid of 75 per cent, on the new rates. (This would be equivalent to an advance of approximately 65 per cent, on current rates, including the existing advances, which amounted to 140 per cent, on list prices.) Agreement — T. An advance of seventy per cent, on the standard piece price list rates of wages on and after the pay day in the week ending Saturday, May 15th. '2. The advance in the case of all classes of workpeople who were not paid on the basis of a standard piece price list should be in the proportion which the above seventy per cent, advance on list prices bore to the current wages. 3. That in addition to the above seventy per cent, there should be paid to strippers and grinders, blowing-room men, and the leading man in the cotton room a further advance equivalent to ten per cent, on the wages realised after the addition of the aforesaid seventy per cent. 4. These revised rates of wages should remain unchanged for a period of 12 months from the date of their coming into operation. On the expiration of such 12 months, either side desiring an alteration shoidd give to the other side one month's notice of the desired alteration. Signed 6th May, 1920. [W.A. 792.] [This agreement was dependent on an arrangement on the wages question being arrived at between the Cotton Spinners' and Manu- facturers' Association and the Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation on behalf of Cotton-weavers. A settlement regarding the wages in this branch of the industry was signed on 7th May.] Rope Workers. — National Federation of Women Workers v. East London Rope Works, Ltd., London. Difference — Application for improved wages and working conditions. Agreement — In cases where " prescribed " rate was higher than the Trade Board rate, the " pre- scribed " rate should be paid, i.e., 5^c/. per hour plus lis. per week on a 37i hour week. Hours worked on Good Fridav to be paid at double time'rate. Agreed 11th May, 1920. [W.A. 8840.] Ma)iagers and Overlookers. — Yorkshire Managers' and Overlookers' Society v. Messrs. Bottomley Bros. & Co., Ltd.. Bradford. Difference — Application for the appointment of an under-manager in ])lace of one who had resigned and had not been replaced. Agreement — The Society withdrew its letter of 23rd April, 1920. and agreed with the Worsted Spinners' Federation, Ltd., that the appointment of managers and foremen, or any question of management, should not be interfered with by the Society until the question in general had been dealt with in mutual agreement bv the National Wool (and Allied) Textile Industrial Council. Signed 19th May, 1920. [W.A. 3017.] 199 Textile Printers. — National Union of General Workers v. Messrs. S. H. Sharp and Sons, Ltd., Textile Printers, Leeds. Difference — Concerning a notice posted by the firm to the effect that their workers must not be members of a Trade Union. Agreement— The firm agreed to withdraw the notice and to recognise the Union. Agreed 26th May, 1920. [W.A. 3028.] Rubbtrised Glove, dc, lFor^;er.s-.— National Federation of Women Workers v. The Revilo Manufacturing Co. and the Oliyer Manufacturing Co., Small Ware Manufacturers, London. Difference — Application for payment of the '' prescribed " rate of wages. Agreement— Time- workers of 18 years of age and over should be paid a minimum hourly rate of 5^d. plus lis. ; pieec-workers should be paid a guaranteed time rate of o^d. per hour with piece rates fixed to yield not less than 25 per cent, above the basic time rate, plus 11.9. Proportionately lower rates for girls under 18 years of age. Agreed 27th May 1920, [W.A. 3092.] Thread Workers. — Yorkshire Cotton Operatiyes' Union v. Messrs. J. Dewhurst and Sons. Skipton (members of the English Sewing Cotton Co., Ltd.). Difference— Claim that the increases giyen in the pre- paratory and spinning sections of the mill should be paid also to thread operatiyes. Agreement — That thread operatives with the exception of adult male time workers should receive a further advance of 17| per cent., making the total war advance 197| per cent., with an equivalent advance to female time workers and youths under 21. Overtime should be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours and time and a half thereafter. Effective from the pay day for the week ending 15th May, 1920. Agreed 7th June, 1920. [W.A. 773.] Tape Workers. — National Union of General Workers and the Workers' Union v. Messrs. J. Bonas and Son, J. Lilley and Sons, A. Green, Ltd., H. Lilley and Son, C. Lilley and Sons, and Wild and Fell (all of Derby). Difference — Application for certain rates of wages and alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Minimum rates fixed varying from I'ls. 6d. to '36s. for timeworkers, and 14s. Qd. to 40s. for pieceworkers, according to age. Girls 18 years and over who can mind only two looms should receive 28.s. time rate, 32s. piece rate ; those 20 years and over 30s. and 34s. respectively. Bates for winders, reelers and learners were specified, also other working conditions. Effective on the first full pay following 1st July. Agreed 6th July, 1920. [W.A. 2868.] Hosiery Workers. — United Garment Workers' Union v. Messrs. Seddon and Sons, Wigan. Difference— Application for increases of wages. Agreement — The Dress-making and Women's Light Cloth- ing Trade Board rates and conditions were to apply (with the addition that automatic knitters earning 8 k?. per hour should receive an advance of Is. per week) until such tim"e as a Trade Board for the Hosiery Industry was set up. All strikers were to be reinstated and to restart as and' when required by the firm. Agreed 23rd August, 1920. [W.A. 4084.] Embroidery Workers (Women).— Female Embroidery Workers' Association v. Messrs. Balm Hill and Sons, Lace Manufacturers, Nottingham. Difference— AppKcation for an increase of wages. Agreement— The prices laid down in the Local Embroidery Agreement 2()0 were to be paid. Tlic bonus of 10 per cent, was increased to 15 per cent, pending a revision of the Local Ernljroidery Agreement. Agreed 21st Se])teniber, 1920. [W.A. 4290.] Sailniakers. — Hull Saihnakers' Union v. National Sailniakers' Employers' Association and the Hull liranch of the Federation of British Sailmakers. Difference — Application for an increase of wages. Agree- ment—Advance of '2d. per hour granted, making the rate 2s. per hour. Seven days' notice was to be given in future before any .strike or lockout took place. Agreed 22nd September, 1920. [W.A. -1880.] Emhroiderij Workers. — National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants v. Messrs. Enfield Embroidery Co., Bush Hill Park. Dif- ference — Application for increased piece rates. Agreement — The em- ployeai should dep:ite one of themselves for each section to arrange with the firm anv question in dispute having reference to piece work rates. Agreed 21st October, 1920. [W.A. 161L] Woollen Mill Opzratives. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and Irish Women Workers' Union v. Messrs. Hill & Sons, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Agreement — All the workers concerned should be re-employed at the rates current prior to the strike, and an increase should be paid the first pay day after two months from the date of the re-opening of the factory : the increase should be the same as that granted last January and February. Agreed 16th November, 1920.' [W.A. 5890.] Clothing Trades. Hat Workers. — United Garment Workers' Trade Union v. ^lessrs. B. M. Pizer, London. Difference — Application for payment of the full weekly wage during slack time and for bonus under Award 399. of the Court of Arbitration, dated 11th April, 1919. Agreement — Work should be resumed on 2nd January. Workpeople should be paid the full weekly wage in force prior to the cessation of work, irrespective of the hours worked within the normal working week of 50 hours. Payment to be made for time lost due to the stoppage. Claim for retrospective bonus under Award 399 waived on the under- standing that })ayment of this bonus should be made as from 1st March, 1920, the advances given in July, 1919, to be merged th.erein. Amounts due to workpeople on account of wages to be paid on or before 31st March, 1920. Agreed 1st January, 1920. [W.A. 8943/1919.] Hal and Cap Workers. — United Garment Workers' Trade Union v. Messrs. D. Berger and Company, London. Difference — Apphcation for improved wages and working conditions and for reinstatement of a dismissed worker. Agreement. — All workpeople not in receipt of a bonus to receive a bonus of 5s. 6f/. per week. Payment in full for Christmas week ; 48 hour week agreed in principle ; workpeople to continue on piece work with guaranteed minimum of £5 15s. per week during slack season and facilities for maximum wage of £10 10>\ per week in busy season. Women formerly working with and paid by men to continue to be so employed and paid. All workpeople to be reinstated without prejudice. Agreed 16th January, 1920. [W.A. 516.] Tailors. — The International Tailors', Machinists and Pressers' Trade Union, The Irish Tailors and Tailoresses Trade Union and the 2U1 Dublin Middlemen's Association v. the Dublin Merchant Tailors' A-ssociatiou. Difference — Application by the Unions concerned for an advance of 109 per cent, on current wages, a week's holiday in summer on full pay, and a full week's wages for Christmas week. Agreement — An advance of 33^; per cent, on current rates and on the rate per log hour for alterations. Minimum rates fixed for the making of coats and trousers. Women employed on a man's work should receive the same rate of wages as was payable to a man for that class of work. All workers of 6 months' service or over should receive one week's holiday with wages, and payment for Christmas Bank Holidays. "When an employer provided a Master Tailor or other middleman with workehop accommodation, including power, light, &c., a corres- ponding reduction in the price of making the garment was allowable. It was also agreed to establish a Joint Conciliation Board. Agreed 24th March, 1920. [I.B. 640.] Managers and Assistants. — National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Messrs. W. Gillespy and Co., Ltd., Gateshead-upon-Tyne. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agreement — Managers were to receive a minimum of £4 per week up to £100 weekly turnover and 55. for each additional £50. Female shop assistants were to receive from IO5. to Ms. per week according to age. Certain manageresses and senior women were to be paid extra ability money. Signed 25th March, 1920, [W.A. 3610.] Journeymen Tailors. — Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses V. Ammanford and District Master Tailors. Difference — Application for an increase of 50 per cent, on log rates. Agreement—Advance granted of 27^ per cent, on the present log rate of 8(7. for men, and 20 per cent, on the log rate of Id. for women. Signed 31st March, 1920. [W.A. 1717.] Dressmakers. — National Union of Shop Assistants v. various firms represented by the Chamber of Trade, Middlesbrough. Difference — Claim that Stockton and West Hartlepool rates should be paid in Middlesbrough. Agreement — Wages were to be paid in accordance with the Trade Board rates coming into operation on the 24th May, 1920 ; hours of w^orking were to remain unchanged ; overtime should be paid for at time and a half but should be effective only after 48 hours had been "worked in any one week. Six working days' holiday with pay to dressmakers who had been em^jloyed six months or over. The svstem of unpaid slack time, whereby workpeople had to remain on the premises without work in case work could be found, and if no work was given out, were dismissed without pay. was to be abolished. Agreed 2nd June, 1920. [W.A. 3220.] Hat and Cap Workers. — United Garment Workers' Trade Union 'i\ Messrs. Samuel and I^ewis. London. Difference— As to wages. Agreement — Piece rate system of work was to be introduced forth- with ; rates to be subject of negotiation between the parties. AVork- people should be guaranteed their current hourly rates pending compilation of piece price list. Workpeople were to work short time for one month ; available work was to be shared between all work- people. Work to be resumed on 14th June. Agreed 4th June, 1920. [W.A. 3129.] 202 Mdc/iitiisls. -- A)\\a\iid\\\iit('d Socit'ty of Jonni(*}Miien Felt Hatters V. Messrs. E. Wootton, Limited, Hut Maniil'aeturers, Heduorth, near Nuneaton. UilTerence -Application for certain waf/es. Ajfreeinent — Bonus for male piece-workers was to be increased from 'Vii^ per cent, to 57.1 per cent. Other conditions (i.xed. Effective as from 10th September. Agreed 3rd September, 1020. fW.A. 1084.] Learners, Machitn'sls, cfer. — National Amalgamated I'nion of Shoj) Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks ?'. Messrs. L. Redman and Co., Wholesale Underwear Manufacturers, London. Difference —Applica- tion for a minimum wage scale and other working conditions. Agree- ment — ^Bonus increased to 20 per cent, on all earnings over £1 . Agreed 3rd September, 1920. [W. A. 3125.! Transport Trades. Engineers' Labourers, cfec— National Union of General Workers v. S. Williams and Sons, Lightermen and Contractors, Dagenham. Difference — Application for an increase of '2d. an hour. Agreement — Claim conceded as from 10th February, 1920. Signed 24th March, 1920. [W.A. 1984.] Clerks. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Lnion v. Manchester Ship Canal (Bridgewater Dept.), Aire and Calder Naviga- tion, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co., Rochdale Canal Co. Difference — Apphcation for certain increases in Avages of male clerks. Agreement — Clerks in the employ of the canals controlled by the Canal Control Committee were to have their rates of remuneration adjusted with effect as from 1st August, 1919, so as to bring them into line with the rates of corresponding grades of clerks as settled under the agreement (Rail- way Male Clerical Staff) dated 1st March, 1920. Other provisions of the agreement were to apply with the necessary modifications, with the exception of certain rates. Signed 10th April, 1920. [W.A. 200.] Boatmen, Maintenance Men, &c. — Transport Workers' Federation, National Union of Railwaymen v. Manchester Ship Canal Co. (Bridge- water Dept.), Rochdale Canal Co., Shropshire LTnion Canal Co., Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co., Messrs. C. T. Faulkner and Co., Ltd., Fredk. J. Abbott, Ltd., and James Thomason. Difference — Apphcation for increased wages. Agreement — With certain exceptions, increase of war bonus granted, of 55. per week from 1st January, with an additional Is. from 1st April, 1920. Overtime conditions 'fixed. Effective (apart from retrospective payments specially provided for) as from date of resumption of w^ork. Signed 10th April, 1920. [W.A„ 200.] Undertakers' Drivers. — Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers v. Birmingham Horse and Vehicle Owners' Associa- tion (Undertakers' Branch). Difference — Apphcation for increased wages. Agreement — Minimum rate fixed of 575. per Aveek ; in cases where the current rates were in excess of 575., such rates should not be depressed. Effective for the first period after 1st May, 1920. Signed 19th April, 1920. [W.A. 1262.] Dockers. — Dock, ^Vharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Masters and Owners of Saihng Trows, Bridgwater. Difference — Application as to rates of payment for the discharge of trows' cargoes. 203 Agreement — In future all cargoes were to be discharged by the hobblers and the rates fixed as follows : When discharging under crane, four men to be employed in the hold at 2|d. jDer ton per man ; when discharging by sailing ship gear, two men to be employed in the hold ^t 3id. per ton per man. Other working conditions were fixed. Agreed 12th May, 1920. [W.A. 1813.] Dockers {Deep Sea and Grain Trades). — National Union of Dock Labourers and Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Irish Shipping Firms. DifEerence^Apphcation for certain advances following on the Agreements negotiated in Great Britain consequent on the issue of Lord Shaw's report. Agreement — The rates for Dockers in the deep sea and grain trades should be as follows : — Dubhn 185. per day ; Belfast, I85. Qd. per day ; all other Ports 2s. 6d. per day over Cross Channel rates at those Ports. Effective from 10th May. Signed 13th May, 1920. LB. (I.) 57/39. Dockers {Cross Channel Trade). — National Union of Dock Labourers and Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Irish Shipping Firms. Difference — Application for certain advances following on the Agreements negotiated in Great Britain consequent on the issue of Lord Shaw's report. Agreement — The rates for Dockers in the cross- channel trade should be as follows : — Casual men (per day) Belfast, Derry, Cork, Dundalk, Newry, 16.s. ; Dublin, Waterford, Drogheda, 15s. Permanent men (per week) Dublin, 90.s. ; Belfast, 885. ; Derry, SQs. ; Cork, Waterford, Drogheda, 85s. ; Dundalk, Newry, 82s. 6d, Effective from 10th May, 1920. Signed 15th May, 1920." LB. (I.) 57/39. Dockers {Coal Trade). — National Union of Dock Labourers and Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Irish Shipping Firms. Difference — Application for certain advances following on the Agree- ments negotiated in Great Britain consequent on the issue of Lord Shaw's report. Agreement — The following advances should be given to dockers in the coal trade : — Piece-workers, increase on toimage rates ■equivalent to 3s. id. per day worked. Time-workers' wages increased 3s. U. per day. Effective "from 10th May. Signed 17th May, 1920. LB. (I.) 57/39. Cranemen.-^Iiish Stationary Engine Drivers, Cranemen, Motormen and Firemen's Trade Union v. Dublin Coal Merchants' Association. Difference— Apphcation for advances of wages. Agreement — Wages of Cranemen in the Coal Trade in Dublin increased to £1 16s. per week. Effective from 10th May, 1920. Signed 17th May, 1920. LB. (I) .57/39. Canal Boatmen.— Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Birmingham and Midland Counties Coal Merchants' Asso- ciation. Difference — Apphcation for certain alterations in working conditions in the Midland area. Agreement— A Wages Board should be established with provisions for deahng with differences on the Hnes of the Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board. In the future both sides would become parties to National negotiations and National awards. A meeting was to be held to agree as to what, in addition to the 6s. per week granted from the 3rd May, should be given as a settlement 2(J4 of the existing dittercnco. Work was to \w resumed where possible on Monday, 21th May. Agreed 2 1st May, 1920. [W.A. 200/4.] Carters. — The Amalgamated Horsemen's Union v. the North Statt'ord- shiro Teamowners' Association. DifTerenee — Claim for advances in wages in the terms of Award 225 of the Industrial Court (see page 110) AgrotMuent — The advances granted under Award 225 should be paid immediately, but the question of retrosf)ective jjayment was to be the subject of a further conference. Agreed 21st May, 1920. [W.A. 1497/11. Carlers. -The Workers' Union v. the Walsall and District Coal Mer- chants' Association and the Walsall and District Motor Vehicle Owners' Association. Difference — Claim for the advance granted under Award 225 of the Industrial Court (.9ce page 110). Agreement — The Award was to be paid retrospective from the 1st May. and full payment made for l)ank holiday. Agreed 28th May, 1920.' [W.A. 3200.] Dockers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Limerick Employers' Federation. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agreement — Permanent men in Cross-Channel Tradegranted an increase of 205. per week on current rates ; tonnage rate for coal 2s. per ton. Casual men in deep sea and grain trades, Cross Channel trade and coal trade should be paid I65. a day ; cement, slag and salt trade, 17^. a day. Effective from 10th Mav, 1920. Signed 2nd June. 1920. LB. (I) 57/40. Dockers. — National Union of Dock Labourers v. Belfast and North Ireland Shipowners' Association. Difl'erence — Application for advances of wages. Agreement — Wages of the permanent staff employed by the Coastwise Shipping Company should be those pro\'ided in the Agreement of the Negotiating Committee of 15th May, 1920, viz.. SSs. per week. The diff'erence which existed in the rates of pay for such grades as checkers, winchnien and holdsmen in charge, &c., should remain unaltered. Rates for casuals should be '2s. per hour with overtime at 2^. 8d. per hour, with a minimum engagement of four hours.— Effective as from 10th May, 1920. Signed 3rd June. 1920. [LB. (I) 57/40.] Dock Workers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union i\ Limerick Employers' Federation, Ltd. (Coal Merchants' and Ship Owners' Group). Difference — (1) That casual men employed in the coal yards and in the dock sheds are entitled to 16^^ per -day under the agreement of 2nd June, 1920. (2) The employment of a member of the Union as stevedore. (3) Method of unloading collier supplying coal to the Gas Company. (4) Payment of '" Dirty Money " to men engaged in handling cement, slag, &c. (5) Unloading of cargoes by grab after lightening. Agreement — (1) The men remained at work pending a meeting of the Union to discuss the question of referring the claim to arbitration. (2) The firm concerned did not press the matter, which was allowed to lapse. (3) It was decided that the Union should re-consider their position in relation to the unloading of the collier. (4) It was agreed that men concerned in the loading or un- loading of cement or slag over 100 tons shall receive 1.9. per day " dirty money." This to include hatch men and winch men. (5) The L'nion agreed to refer this question to a meetius; of the Executive Committee. Agreed 10th August, 1920. [LB. 57 42.^] 205 Sailors and Firemen. — National Sailors' and Firemen's Union v. Messrs. Gr. & J. Burns, Ltd., and the Laird Line, Ltd., Shipowners, Glasgow. Difference— Application for certain working conditions. Agreement— Increase granted for a " turn round sail " of 5s. to deck- hands, 7s. 6d. to firemen and below men. In the case of Dublin boats 65. should be given to deck hands. No stoppage of work was to take place in future unless all efforts to effect a settlement by negotiation should fail. Effective as from the 6th August. Agreed 24th August 1920. [W.A. 4532.] Trawlermeri. — -National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, and Humber Amalgamated Steam Trawler Engineers' and Firemen's Union v. Dublin Steam Trawling Co., Ltd. Difference — Proposed reduction of crews on deck and in, engine room. Agreement—Resumption of work on old conditions pending farther conference which should be held to draw up rules apphcable to the manning of the company's vessels. Agreed 24th August, 1920. [I.B. 905.] Cattle Shipping Workers. — National Union of Dock Labourers v. Dundalk and Newry Steamship Company. Difference — Dispute as to whether four employees of the Company, viz., a cattle-brander, a gear repairer, a forgeman, and a watchman, were entitled to receive the advance in wages granted to dock labourers at Newry consequent on the Dock Labour Agreement (Cross-Channel Section) of 15th May [see page 203) . Agreement — The cattle-brander, gear repairer and forgeman. should receive the full advance granted to the dock labourers, viz., 2O5. per week. The claim of the watchman was considered to be doubtful, and a compromise was made in his case by granting him an advance of 7s. M. per week. Both the above-mentioned advances to take effect as from lOth May, 1920. Agreed 31st August, 1920. [I.B. 57/44.] Motor Lorry Drivers.— In&h. Automobile Drivers and Automobile Mechanics' Union v. Messrs. Odium and Odium, Naas. Difference — Application for the payment of the Dublin district rate. Agreement — Wages should be increased to 68s. per week with effect from first pay day after 7th October, 1920 ; £3 per man to be given in lieu of retro- spective payment. Agreed 7th October, 1920. [W.A. 5525.] Vehicle Workers. — L^nited Vehicle Workers' Union v. Co-operative Society (Local Committee), Ipswich Horse Owners and Transport Association, Eastern Counties Haulage Company, Messrs. T. and F. Whitehead, Messrs. Brown and Woods, Messrs. Pullen, Ltd., Ipswich. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Agreement — Rates fixed for horse, steam-wagon and petrol vehicle drivers varying from 55.S. per week for single horse drivers to 706-. per week for drivers of petrol vehicles over 2 tons. Working week was to consist of 48 hours, overtime should be paid at flat rate for the first 12 hours, and time and a quarter afterwards. Time and a half for Sunday when out with vehicles. Other conditions fixed. Effective from 16th October. Agreed 14th October, 1920. [W.A. 5104.] Coal Carters and Carmen.- United Vehicle Workers' Union v. JMessrs. Bessey and Palmer, Ltd., J. and H. Girling, North Sea Coaling Co.^ 206 Thos. Moy, Ltd., Mason and Mason, Great Yarmouth. Dirterence — Application for increases of wages. Agreement — Carmen's w a^es were increased to 70.s-. per week for the fishing .season. Overtime should be paid at the following rates, first six hours at the ordinary laie and time and a half after that time. Double time should be ]>nid on Sundays. Rates for attending horses on Sundays and holida\s were .to be Is. per horse per visit, with a minimum of 2s. per visit. Agreed 15th October, 1920. [W.A. 5295.] Coal Porters. — National Union of General Workers, and I'nited Vehicle Workers' Union v. Messrs. Bessey and Palmer, Ltd., .1. and H. Girling, North Sea Coaling Co., Thos. Moy, Ltd., Mason and Mason, Great Yarmouth. Difference — -Application for certain increases of wages. Agreement — The rate for piece work to be increased from 25. Qd. to 2.S. 9d. per ton. Other working conditions fixed. Effective from the 2nd October. Agreed 15th October, 1920. [W.A. 5295.] Stevedores and Dock Workers. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union and the Labour Protection League v. Amalgamated Stevedores' Labour Protection League together with the Ministry < i Shipping, War Office, and Mr, Robert Lee, Master Stevedore. Dif- ference — Dispute as to what class of workpeople should be employed at Millwall Dock, with particular reference to the loading of s.s. " Genesee." Agreement — The " Genesee " was to be removed to the river and loaded there and other work should be resumed at the dock under previous conditions. Agreed 27th October, 1920, [W.A. 5410.] Taxi-Gab Drivers. — United Vehicle Workers' Union v. Joint Com- mittee of the London Motor Cab Trade, Difference — Application for the abolition of the system by which the petrol used was paid for by 1;he drivers. Agreement — All petrol, mileage and other charges incurred in the cost of running hitherto borne by the drivers should be cancelled. An interim commission should be paid of 22| per cent, in place of 25 per cent. The constitution of a conciliation board fixed to consider an equitable reduction of the 25 per cent, commission to equalise the amount paid by the men for petrol. If the existing fares were raised, the percentage commission paid to drivers should be raised to 25 per cent. Other conditions fixed. Agreed 28th October. 1920. [W.A. 5352.] Paper, Printing and Bookbinding Trades. Paper Workers. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union •V. CastellBros., Ltd., Stationery Manufacturers, Pepys Works. Clerken- well Road, E.C. 1. Difference^ Alleged victimisation of Trade Union .members. Agreement — ^All the men discharged were to be reinstated, and as soon as sufficient members were enrolled in the Union, the -firm would discuss wages matters with the Union officials. Agreed — 29th January. 1920. [W.A. 886.] Printing. — The Typographical Association ;'. Broomhead and Bros., Chesterfield. Difference — Claim that women workers should not make ready jobs on platen machines. Agreement — Pending removal to new premises, the Association rule with respect to making readv on platen machines should not be imduly forced. All women workers in the emplovment of the firm should become members of the Union. Agreed 8th May, 1920. [W.A. 2594.] 207 Woodworking and Furnishing Trades. Coach Body Makers, Furniture Makers, Woodcutting Machinists, <&c. — United Kingdom Society of Coach Makers, the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and other Unions v. jMessrs, S. Elliott and Sons, Ltd., Joinery and ^Moulding Manufacturers, Eeading. Difference — Claim that four men employed on bust-making should join a Union. Agreement — The four men in question decided to join a Trade Union on the understanding that arrangements should be made for overtime to be allowed to suit seasonal requirements in the trade. Effective from the dav following agreement. Agreed 6th February, 1920. [W.A. 942.] Shop-fitters' Labourers. — The Xational Federation of Building Trade Operatives v. Harris and Sheldon, Shopfitters, Birmingham. Difference — Application for Building Trade labourers' rates for the men concerned. Agreement — Nine specified able-bodied men should receive Building Trade labourers' rates as from the beginning of th^ week in which agreement was reached. The wages of the remainder of the men emploved by the firm should remain unaltered. Agreed 20th Fe])ruary, 1920. " [W.A. 7896.] Furniture Operatives. — Xational Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association and other Unions concerned v. London Cabinet and Up- holstery Trades Federation. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agreement — The minimum hourly rates were increased as follows : 2s. to 2s. 3^. (and a further \d. on and after Lst May provided by the agreement dated 16th December, 1919). ^^'omen poHshers, Is. 2d. to Is. 4cd. (with a further \d. on and after 1st May). Upholstresses, Is. to Is. l\d. (with a further \d. on and after 1st May). Pieceworkers and learners pro rata, Z.^. 12^ per cent., with a further 2 per cent, for pieceworkers on and after 1st ^lay. Effective from the usual pay day in the week ended 20th March, 1920. Agreed 17th March, 1920. [W.A. 3722.] Packing Case Makers. — National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Sa^^yers and Mill Workers v. Metropolitan Box and Packing Case Manufacturers' Federation and the Ex]jort Packing Case Manufacturers' Association. Difference— Application for increased wages. Agreement — Increase of \\d. per hour to certain men. Apprentices, improvers and females, 18 years and over, shoidd receive Id. per hour, and those 16 to 18 years, \d. per hour. The question of overtime was deferred for a later conference, and the claim for payment for holidays was waived. Effective on and after the 19th April. Signed 15th April, 1920. [W.A. (T.U.) 20244.] Spindle and Flyer Makers.— The National Union of General ^^'orke^s V. Messrs. W. Dewhurst and Co., Chipping, nr. Preston. Difference- Application for an increase in piece-work rate-'. Agreement — The number of flyers produced a week should be paid for at the rat^ of £7 per gross, plus 170 per cent., the total amount to be equally divided amongst the employees. As a temporary measure, the men would return to work on day-work rates until it was convenient for piece work to be started. "^Effective from the 10th May, 1920. Agreed Sth May, 1920. [W.A. 634.] o2 20S Wondciiftiiif) Miuli'mislfi and Ldbonrers. — Tin- Dock, Wliarf, Riverside iuid Genorul Workers' Union, the Anialganiaied Society (jt VVoodcutting Machinists, and the National Union of General Workers v. the J'iymouth Employers' Assouiatiou. Difference — Application for rates of wages of Is. \ld. per hour for Sawyers, l.s. 10c?. per hour for skilled labourers and Is. 8f/. per hour for labourers. Agreement — Boxmaking ManhinistH should receive the same rate of pay as tnachinists in trade mills, nam<'ly, l.s'. 8f/. per hour as from the first pav day after July 31 st. 1920. 'i'he remaind.T of the terms to be those offered by the Em [)loyers at a previous meeting. No further claim to be made for six months. Agreed 22nd May, 1920. [W.A. 234<).| Woodcutfitifi Macliiiiisls. — The Amalgamated Societv of Woodcutting Machinists v. Jf)hn Heaton and Company. Timber Merchants, Wigan. Difference— Concerning the up-grading of a labourer to work a horizontal saw. Agreement. — The Union should approach the man with a view to enrolling him as a member of the Amalgamated Society of Wood- cutting ]\Iachinists. In the event of his joining the Union, the four men on strike should return on the 6th April. Agreed 5th April, 1920. [W.A. 21.35.] Woodcutting Machinists. — Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists v. Tyne, Tees and Hartlepools and Hull Sawmilling Owners' Association. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agree- ment — Rate of 2s. '2d. per hour should be paid as from 3rd July, and 2^. id. per hour as from 2nd August. The latter rate should operate for three months. Agreed 21st June, 1920. [W.A. 7368.] Box Saw/jers. — Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists v. Messrs. W. W. North, Alfred Spring, Appleby, Needier Bros., and Needier (all of Hull). Difference — Application for payment of 2s. per hour. Agreement — Claim conceded to Box-sawyers, men receiving less than Is. 8d. per hour at that time should have -id. per hour increase. Men to resume work on 31st IMav on these terms. Agreed 28tli ]\Iav, 1920. [W.A. 2978.] Saivmillers and Woodcutting Machinists. — Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting !Macliinists r. Scottish Timber Merchants and Sawraillers' Association. Difference — Application for advances of wages. Agree- ment — Increase granted of 'l^d. per hour to journeymen, and l^d. ta apprentices. The minimum rate should be Is. lid. per hour till 1st October, and 2s. as from the first pay in October, this rate was ta remain in operation till 30th November. 1920. Other working condi- tions fixed. Agreed 15th July. 1920. [W\A. 2921.] Fading Case Makers' Machinists. — Amalgamated Society oi Wood- cuttiiig Machinists v. Glasgow Packing Case Makers' Association, Ediiiburgh and Leith District Packmg Case ^lakers' Association and Packing Ca^^e Makers Employers' Representatives from Dundee and Dunfermline. Difference — Ap])lication for increases of wages. Agree- ment—Advance granted of '2hd. per hour to journeymen and l^d. to apprentices. Minimum rate should be Is. lid. per hour till 1st October, and 2-'. per hour as from the first pay in October, such rate was to remain in operation till 30t]i November, 1920. Agreed 20th Julv, 1920^ [W.A. 2921.] 209 Clog Sole Workers. — Workers' Union v. Messrs. J. Maude and Son, Clog Sole Works, Hebden Bridge. Difierence — Application for an advance of 3cZ. per hour. Agreement — The existing wages agreement should terminate on 28th October. Advances were granted of 4s. 6f?. and 2.S. 3fZ. per week to datal workers, men and boys respectively. An additional advance of \fl. per hour to one specified worker. Increase of 15 per cent, was to be paid on piece earnings. Payment of \d. per gross should be made for block lifting. Other working conditions were to be fixed by representatives of the firm and of the Union. Effec- tive as from 28th October. Agreed 15th October, 1920. [W.A. 3215.] Vehicle Builders. — ^National Union of Vehicle Builders, Amalgamated Society, of Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades, and the Amal- gamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists v. National Federation of Vehicle Trades. Difference — Application concerning wages. Agreement — Advance granted of 2,d. per hour on all existing rates to adult workmen, 2s. ^d. per week to youths and apprentices under 19 years, and Id. per hour to youths between 19 and 21 years. This advance was to be effective from the resumption of work or as from 28th October, 1920. Systems of payment by results might be introduced, or, where piecework or other systems were in operation, the same might continue, or, where any of the employees on any particular class of work in any individual shop agreed, the employers should not be debarred from arranging a system of payment by results providing the time- rate was guaranteed, irrespective of earnings, and certain conditions followed. Other conditions fixed. Agreed 27th October, 1920. [W.A. 4934.] Brick, Cement and Pottery Trades. Labourers, &c. — National Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society v. Messrs. Southwood, Jones and Co., Ltd. Dif- ference — ^AppHcation for certain alterations in wages and working conditions of men emj^loyed at the Graigddu Brickworks, Pontnewynydd. Agreement — Rates of wages fixed in detail varying from 1.?. lOd. to Is. Qd. per hour. Women and girls to receive advance of 2.?. 6d., and bovs 2.s. per week. Other working conditions fixed. Effective on 1st March, 1920. Signed 27th February, 1920. [W.A. 8652.] Labourers, &c. — National Builders" Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society v. the Blaendare Company, Ltd., Pontypool. Dif- ference — AppHcation for certain alterations in wages and working conditions. Agreement— Rates of wages fixed in detail varying from Is. lOd. to Is. 6c/. per hour. Women and girls should receive advance of 2s. Qd., and boys 2s. per week. Other working conditions fixed. Effective on 1st March, 1920. Signed 27th February, 1920. [AV.A. 8652.] Brick TfofA:ers.— National Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society v. Pontypool Brick Company, Ltd. Difference— Apphcation for advances of wages. Agreement— ^ Wages of men, women and girls fixed in detail, wages of boys advanced by 2s. per week, working conditions specified. Effective on 1st March, 192(». Signed 27th February, 1920. [W.A. 8652.] ■2\>) Pofterif W'orkrrs. Tho National I'nion of (icnoral Workers and the Pottery Workers' Union v. W. 11. Pickup, ilorwich. Ditt'erence — A|)[)lication by the Unions that the advances given under Award 477 of the Court of Arbitration, namely, 35.y. per week over pre-war rates, should be paid retrospectively from May, 1919; the advances had already been paid as from '2nd Dec('ml)er. 1919. Agreement— The firm should pay the men concerned t5 each as retrospective payment. Agreed 16th March, 1920. [W.A. 1(3(37.] Potter)/ Workers. — National Society of Pottery Workers and the National Union of General Workers v. English Stoneware Manu- facturers' Association. Difference — Application for advanced wages. Agreement — Increases granted of 5s. per week to men 21 years and over ; 3.5. Gd. to women 18 years and over ; 3.s-. to men 18 to 21 years ; 2s. to boys under 18, and girls 15 to 18 years, and Is. to girls under 15 years. Other working conditions fixed. Effective from 1st April, 1920. Signed 22nd March, 1920. [W.A. 8062.] Brick and Tile Operatives. — Dock, A\Tiarf. Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Brick and Tile Manufacturers, Bridgwater. Differ- ence — Application for the terms of Industrial Court Award No. 52 (Clay Industry). Agreement — Advance granted of 7s. 6d. a week to timeworkers, 18 years and over, 45 per cent, increase to pieceworkers. Clay diggers should be paid a piece rate of 6 if/, per yard of 12 cubits, cement workers should receive the same advance as clay workers except in the case of pieceworkers, whose rates should be advanced 35 per cent. Carters' rates should be increased Is. 6f/. per week ; 3s. per week to boy timeworkers under 18 vears. Agreed 12th May, 1920. [W.A. 1825.] Brichnakers. — Nottingham Building Trades Operatives' Federation, National Society of Builders' Labourers v. Nottingham Brickmakers' Association. Difference — Application for the same rate of wages as that paid to builders' labourers in Nottingham district. Agreement — The parties agreed to abide by all variations in wages to take effect as and from the date of such variations awarded from time to time by the Interim Industrial Re-construction Committee for the Clay Industry or such other body as might be substituted for that com- mittee. Increase granted of \d. per hour as and from the first pay day in July next ; this was to merge in the next advance awarded. Other working conditions fixed. Agreed 3rd June, 1920. [W.A. 2499.] Pottery Workers. — National Society of Pottery Workers v. the Potters' Federation Ltd. Difference — Application for an increase of wages of 20 per cefit. Agreement^ — Advance granted of '2d. per hour worked, on the current wages for all men over 18. and \d. per hour for all boys under 18 and women, with the exception of casters, boilermen, enginemen and labourers, who should be paid the wage general in the district. The increases to apply to steep and mill-house hands and kiln firemen, but the Union recognised the right of employers to pay those workers at the rate per hour arranged between the individual employer and employee. Certain men specified were not required to return to their old employment unless they so wished. Effective as from date of resuming work. Agreed 4th June, 1920. [W.A. 720/3.] 211 Engine Drivers and Boilermen. — National Warehouse and General' ^A'o^kers' Union (Enginemen's Section) v. Doulton and Company, Ltd., London. DifEerence— Application for alteration in the working week. Agreement — The working week to consist of 47 hours. Effec- tive from the date of resumption of work. Signed 13th May, 1920. [W.A. 6344.] Plasterers. — National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, and the National Association of Plasterers, Granolithic and Cement Workers v. Doulton and Company, Limited, London. Difference — Application for building trade rates for plasterers engaged in mould- making. Agreement— Rate granted of 2s. Ad. per hour. The men. concerned did not come under the building trade rates or conditions. Agreed (3th December, 1920. [W.A. 5912.] Chemical, Oil, etc., Trades. Chemical Warehousemen and Zinc Chloride Makers. — The National Union of General Workers v. Adley Tolkien and Company, Limited, Blackburn. Difference — Application that the prescribed rate for. Chemical Workers should be paid to the workpeople concerned. Agree- ment — The rates of wages for the workpeople should be a minimum of ].s\ 2'/. per hour for labourers with various additional payments to certain workpeople. Agreed 3rd January, 1920. [W.A. 8847.] Starch. Gum and Dextrine Workers. — The National Union of General. Workers v. J. Laing and Son, Ltd., Manchester. Difference — AppUca- tion for an advance of lO.s. per week. Agreement — An advance of 56-. a week sliould be paid immediately to all male employees of 18 years ot age and over. Agreed 20th January, 1920. [W.A. 504.] Oil Mill Operatives. — National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers v. Alex. M. Smith & Co., Ltd., Liverpool. Difference— Apphcation for certain wages. Agreement — Rate of three firemen increased by l^d, per hour, and 20.?. per man to be paid in settlement of back pay. The firm undertook that, in the event of the firemen's rate in the majority of the Liverpool oil mills being brought to a higher level than Messrs^ Smith's current rate, they would fall in fine with the new rate.. The current rate was not to prejudice certain negotiations. Effective as from 1st February, 1920. Signed 2nd February, 1920. [W.A. 468.] Motor Spirit Packing Workers.— The National Union of General Workers v. Shell Marketing Company, Limited, Manchester. Difference —Application for an increase of lOs. per week. Agreement — A scale of wases was drawn up for women ranging from 22s. Qd. at 16 years of age to 32s. id. at 18 years of age. Women piece-workers to be paid rates that would enable an average worker to earn 25 per cent, in excess of the day workers' rates. Male workers to be paid according to a scale ranging from 21s. at 16 years of age to 48s. at 21 years of age and upwards. A 47-hour week to be worked. Agreed 13th Febi-uary 1920. ' rW.A. 8686.] Bottle Washers, Packers, cl&o.— National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Brady and Martin, Chemical and Apparatus Manufacturers. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Difference— Claim that the firm-- 212 sbould pay I lie tutos ugrocd hetwiicii the Liiicjii and the Drug and Fine Chemical Manufacturers' Federation. Agrecunent Claim conceded as from the first j)ay in April ; new employees should serve a probationary period ol two months at lower rates, ft was understood that certain employees would have to be dismissed as the; result of re-arraneement of work. Agreed 2nd March, 1920. |W.A. 7070. | Labourers, db -. — National Union of General Workers v. the Low Tem- perature Carbonisation, Ltd., Barnsley. Difference— Application for certain rate of wages. Agreement-Rates of all workpeople employed as labourers should be Is. 4'4.3f/. per hour inclusive, as fi.xed by the Chemical Trade Emj)loyers' Federation. The future rates of the men concerned should be ruled by those in the chemical trades for labourers and process men respectively. The bonus of Id. per hour, conditional upon good timekeeping and good work should be continued, the management reserving the right to withdraw the bonus at any time after giving a few davs' notice. Effective as from the pav dav immediately following 1st December, 1919. Signed 1 9th March. 1920. ' [W.A. 150?".] Oil ( kike Workers. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Seed, Oil and Cake Trade A.ssociation, Liverpool. Difference — Applications for certain rates of wages and other alterations. Agree- ment — Minimum rates fixed as follows : Grade L, 70.9. per week for adult Anglo-Pressmen, Shovers-in, Movdders, Belt-menders, Anglo- Rollermen. Flood and Valvemen (charge hands) ; Grade IL. <>7.s. 6rf. per week for adult Lintermen. Greasers. Hoistmen, Filtermen (charge hands) ; Grade IIL, 63.s. per week for adult Cake Baggers and Packers, Parers, Strippers, Rakers-out, Mill Cleaners, Knockabout gang, Ware- house gang, and all other labourers ; Grade IV., youths from 18 to 20^ years of age 40s. to 59.s. per week. Grade V., women 18 to 20 years 365. to 40.9. per week. The rates to apply to able-bodied men and for the standard output. A 47-hour week was to be operative for day workers (excluding all shift- workers), and the adult rate to be paid for adult work. Elective as from the first full week in April, 1920. Agreed 18th June, 1920. [W.A. 8425 (1919).] Starc/i, Gum and Dextrine Makers. — The National Union of General Workers v. James Laing and Son, Ltd.. Manchester. Difference — Application that the wages of the workpeople should he brought up "to the rates ])aid in the Flour Milling Industry. Agreement — An increase of S.v. per week should be paid to all men concerned whose •existins wages were 55s. per week. Effective from the 24th June, 1920. Agreed^28th July, 1920. [W.A. 504.] Chewicnl Workers. — Workers' Union v. Messrs. James A. Beck <.S: Sons, Belfast. Difference — Application for an increase of wages and for other conditions. Agreement — Advance granted of lOd. per day or shift. Other claims withdrawn. ' Effective from 1st November. 1920. Agreed 22nd November, 1920. [W.A. 5890.] Chemical Manure Operatives.— 'Workers' L^nion '•. Messrs. Richard- son's Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., Belfast. Difference — Apphcation for certain increases of wages and other conditions. Agreement — Advance granted of lOd. per day or shift to male workers, and an advance to women workers estimated at about 2s. 6d. per week. Other claims •withdrawn. Effective from 1st November. 1920. Agreed 22nd :^ovember, 1920. [W.A. 5890.] 213 Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. Provision Merchants' Warehousemen. — The National ^Yarellouse and General Workers' Union v. J. A. Hunter and Co., Ltd., Bootle. Difference — Application for certain advances in wages. Agreement — Advances were granted as follows : — 6s. per week to all male workers over 21 years of age, with a minimum rate of wages of £3 3s. per week ; 4s. to youths of 18 to 21 years of age, and 2s. to boys under 18 years of age. Female workers from 14 to 18 years of age should be paid Trade Board rates plus Is. Women 18 years and upwards should be paid at the rate of 32s. and those who had been in the ser\dce of the firm for 5 years should be paid a rate of 3.5s. Women solderers should be paid 33s. per week for the first six months and 3.5s. per Aveek after- wards with 36s. after 5 years' service. Hours of work and overtime rate to continue as before. All Bank Holidays and one week's holiday per annum to be paid for. Effective from 1st Januarv. 1920. Agreed 15th January, 1920. [W.A. 440/2.] Trawlermen. — The Granton and District Trawl-fishermen's Pro- tective Union and the Scottish Steam Fishing Vessels Enginemen's and Firemen's Union v. the Newhaven and Granton Trawl-Owners' Association.. Difference — Claims for alterations in the methods of payment. Agreement — The bonuses paid to each of the following classes should be increased by 2s. 6d. per hundred pounds : — Second fishermen, deckhand, engineer, second engineer, firemen, trimmer and cook ; the remuneration of the master and mate should remain as before. Effective from the dav following the agreement. Agreed 19th January, 1920. [W.A. 8244.] Carters and Mill Workers. — Workers' Union v. Messrs. E. ^l. Blytli & Sons, Grist and Flour jMillers, Witham. Difference — Application for increased wages and certain holidays. Agreement — The following rates should be paid : Rollermen, 61s. ; general hands, 51s. ; leading general hand, 52s. ; driver (motor and steam lorry) and carrier to receive 58s. and 55s. respectively (tonnage to be paid as before) ; carmen, two- horse 54s., and one-horse 50s. Working week to consist of 48 hours, and payment for public holidays, and six clear days per year. Efi'ective, as regards wages, from 1st March. Signed 26th February, 1920. [W.A. 8216.] Casual and Regular Hands. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Nelson Bros., Ltd., London. Difl'erence — Proposal made by firm to discontinue piece work. Agreement — At the end of three months {i.e., about 31st May) piece rates should cease, and up to that time work on unloading to be done as hitlierto. Signed 5th March, 1920. [W.A. 8944.] Carters. — Irish Stationary Engine Drivers, Crancmeu. Motonnen and Firemen's Trade Union v. Irish Association of Flour .Milling Em- ployers representing five firms. Difterence — Application for certain advances of wages. Agreement — Increase granted of 10s. to men wl'o were then receiving a wage which was not in excess of 51s. 6d. a week. In all other cases anadvance of 7s. 6fZ. per week. Eftective as from the 1st Februarv. Sisned 31st March, 1920. [W.A. 1463.] 214. Bakers. —Irish li;ik-(!r.s' National Atnalf^aiiiuttid Union v. Clonmel Master Bakers. DilTcrence —Application for an increase of "iO.s. j)er week. Agre(Mnent -Hakrrs should receive an increase of 12s. per wi^ek. Jobbing men proportionate increase. Effective on and from 1st May, 1920. Agreed 30th April. 1920. | I.B. 330.] Vinrgtir Workers. — ^National Union of Vehicle Workers v. Sir Robert Burnett and Co., Ltd., Wine and Vinegar Distillers, London. Dif- ference—Claim for an increase in wages to 75.5. per week for fit men and 70.?. per week for unfit men. Agreement — The minimum rates should be those fixed by the Food Preserving Trade Board and should be paid from 1st May. Seven shillings above the minimum rate should be paid to charge hands. Hours to remain unaltered ; overtime should be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for the first two hours, time and hall after. Sixty hours should be reckoned as a maximum working week and Award No. 225 should be put into operation as far as vehicle workers were concerned. Agreed 11th May, 1920. [W.A. 2705.] Bakers. — Irish Bakers' National Amalgamated Union v. Dublin Master Bakers' Association. Difference — Application for an increase of £1 per week, a 44 hour week for certain classes of workers, and annual holidays with pay. Agreement — Bakers and confectioners sho .Id receive an increase of 16s. 6d. per week on current rates. Inside workers should be graded into three grades at 51s., 35s. and 27s. 6d., with 25 per cent, added on total wage except in case of men between 27s. Qd. and 35s., in which case the 25 per cent, was to be added on existing wage and further addition made. Apprentices should receive 25 per cent, on current rates. Working week to be 47 hours. Overtime : — The current arrangement to be continued and to be paid at the rate of 2s. Qd. and 2s. 9d. Apprentices, Is. for first and second years, Is. Ad. for third and fourth years. Overtime to be at the rate of Is. 9d. and Is. id. for youths under 21. Spongemen working after midniglit should receive 10s. per week over day tablehands' rates. Men on second shift and all early men starting before 6 a.m. to receive 8s. over ordinary rates. Holidays : — To all men 12 months in one employment one week's holidays during the slack period at such times as may be agreed with the emplover. Effective as from first pay day after 7th May, 1920. Agreed 13th May. 1920. [I.B. 766.] Flour Millers. — Irish Stationary Engine Drivers, Cranemen. Motor- men and Firemen's Trade Union v. Irish Association of Flour Milling Employers (representing the firm of ^lessrs. Halligan, 25, Usher's Island. Dublin). Difference — Application for an increase of 15s. per week on current wages. Agreement — A flat rate increase granted of 7s. 6d. per week to be retrospective as from 1st February, 1920, such retrospective payment to be given in a lump sum calculated at the rate of 7s. 6d. per week. The wages to remain in operation until serious alteration in the economic situation shall occur justif}'ing a revision of these rates. Agreed 14th May, 1920. (I.B. 561.) Bakers and Allied Workers. — Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers and Confectioners v. Ripley, Heanor and District Master Bakers' Association. Difference — ^Application for increased rates of wages. Agreement — The rate should be £3 10s. per week of 48 hours with the 215 usual overtime conditions. Effective from 12th April. Signed 14tli May, 1920. [W.A. 2917.] Butchers, Retail. — Journeymen Butcliers' Federation of Great Britain v. Cardif! and District Retail Meat Traders' Association. Difference — Application for an increase in wages. Agreement — The rates should be as follows : Managers. £1 15.s. a Aveek ; First Hands^ £4 10s. a week : Second Hands, £1. Learners, £1 10-?. per week for first year in trade, £2 for second year and £2 \'2s. (yd. for third year. Working week to consist of 48 hours, exclusive of meal times. Holidays with pay. overtime and other working conditions fixed. Agreed 20th May. 1920. [W.A. 2876.] Bakers. — Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers v. Employers in the Bakery Trade of Oxford. Difference — Application for certain increases of wages. Agreement — Semi-industrial area rates fixed, varying from 36s. 6f?. to 78s. according to the grade of the workers ; Eural Grade I. rates ranging from 34s. 6d. to 74s. Rates specified for juveniles, allied workers and females. Other working conditions fixed. Agreed 8th June, 1920. [W.A. 3008.] Hotel and Restaurant Workers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Association of Ireland, Ltd. Difference — Application for certain working conditions. Agreement — Constitution and details fixed of the Joint Conciliation Board which was set up in accordance with agreement dated 18th June, 1919. Agreed 14th June, 1920. [W.A. 4362.] Jam-makers. — The National Amalgamated Union of Labour v. J. Taylor and Co., Jam Manufacturers, Radcliffe. Difference — Application that the firm should pay the rates agreed to by the Interim Industrial Reconstruction Committee for the Cocoa, Chocolate, Sugar, Confectionery and Jam Industry with regard to cocoa and chocolate workers, namely 62s 6r?. for men and 36s. for women for a 47 hour week. Agreement — The firm should pay 60s. to men and 35s. to women for a 48 hour week ; piece-workers should receive an increase of '2d. per gross which was estimated at about 5s. per week. Six days' holiday should be given with full pay irrespective of previous period of employ- ment. Individual cases of physical disability should be considered by representatives of the firm and the Union. Work was to be resumed on 18th June. Effective from the 21st Mav. 1920. Agreed 17th June, 1920. [W.A. 3606.] Salesmen, Stablemen, do. — United Vehicle Workers' Union v. Messrs. Carwardine and Co., Flour Factors, London. Difference— Applica- tion for the reinstatement of two men and for certain wages. Agree- ment — Salesmen were given a guaranteed minimum of 60s. per week plus Is. in the £1 commission on over £30 per week jjIus 2| per cent, over £50 week. Stablemen, a minimum wage of 66s. per week of 48 hours, with the exception of two men specified. Women should receive 35s. per week and girls, 16 to 18 years, 25s. per week of 48 hours. Conditions of reinstatement fixed. Emplovees to return to work on 3rd July. Agreed 1st July, 1920. [W.A. 4066.] Butchers, rd July, 1920. Resunii»tion of work should take place on 28th August, 1920 ; normal working week of 44 hours to come into operation from date of resumy)tion, but 47-hour week to be worked for one month ; overtime for the three additional hours should be paid for at time-and-a-half rat<-. Other details arranged. Agreed 27th August, 1920. [I.B. 092;1.] Gasworkers. — Municipal Employees' Association v. Neath Urban District Council. Difference — Application for an advance of wages. Agreement — Bonus granted of 'Id. on every thousand cuImc feet of gas produced above 15,000 cubic feet per shift. Agreed 31 -t August, 1920. [W.A. 4297.] Dr>tiiW[in Workers. — Irish Stationary Engine Drivers' Trade Union v. Blackrock and Kingstown Drainage Board. Difference — Application for increase of wages. Agreement — Advance granted of 12.S. a week. The normal working week should consist f)f 44 hours as from the date of resumption of work. Effective from and including the 3rd July. Agreed 3rd September, 1920. [W.A. 5041.] Municipal Worhers {Women). — Irish. Municipal Employees" Trade Union v. Blackrock Urban District Council. Difference — Application for advances of wages. Agreement — Increase of 7s. 6fZ. per week granted to female workers. Effective from and including 3rd Julv, 1920. Agreed 3rd September, 1920. [I.B. 692/2.] Bus Drivers and Conductors.- -The United Vehicle Workers' Union V. the Wellingborough Motor Bus Co., Ltd. Difference — Concerning the dismissal of a certain conductor and of a driver. Agreement — Following an apology from the men. the Company agreed to reinstate all the men who had been on strike with the exception of the conductor. The driver concerned should have his vision tested and wear glasses if necessary. Agreed 4th November, 1920. [W.A. 5524.] Tramway and Bus Drivers and Conductors. — The United Vehicle Workers' Union v. the Potteries Electrical Traction Co., Ltd. Differ- ence — Claim that the 48 hours guaranteed week should be jjut in force again as from the Gth November, 1920. Agreement — All men reporting for duty on Saturday, 13th November, would be reinstated under the terms of the agreement. The Company would decide the question of the number of employees recjuired in the future when it had been seen to what extent the traffic increased. No notices to terminate engage- ments would be given before Friday. 26th November. Asreed Uth November, 1920. [W.A. 5567.] Miscellaneoiis Trades. Rubber Workers. — The Workers' Union v. Leyland and Birmingham Rubber Company, Leyland. Difference — Apphcation that ])iece rates should be abolished and fiat day rates substituted therefor. Agree- ment — The following rates were agreed to : Mixers — A guaranteed weekly wage of .£3 for 47 hours with the following bonus : First iundred mixings £2 15s ; for the next 20 mixings 8rf. each extra ; 223 for the next 10 mixings 9d, each extra ; for the next 10 mixings lOd. each extra ; for the next 10 mixings llrZ. each extra ; for anv subse- quent mixings Is. each extra. CaUender Men, Grinders, and Labourers. —To receive an advance of 5s. per week. Work to be resumed with the night shift on Monday, 12th Januarv« 1920. Agreed 12t]i January, 1920. [W.A. 188.] Fancj/ Goods Makers. — National Federation of Women Workers c. Mead and Field, Ltd., London. Difference — Recognition of the Federation. Agreement — No discrimination by either party against unionists or non-unionists. Arrangements made for discussion of future differences. Agreed 15th January, 1920. [W.A. 172.] SJiop Assista)Us. &c. — National Amalgamated L'nion of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks, v. the Civil Service Supply Association. Ltd., London. Difference — Claim for certain minimum wages and conditions of service. Agreement — All employees under 18 years of age should receive an advance of 20 per cent, on the wages paid on 7th June, 1919, all employees over 18 years of age should receive an advance of 35 per cent, on wages paid on 7th June, 1919, provided that the total earnings at that date did not exceed £3 IO5. In all cases of employees receiving more than £3 lOs., the association oiiered to make such advances as would retain the relative position between these workers and those under them. Merger of all advances received since 7th June, 1919. Minimum rates for shop walkers and window dressers to be 855. for men and GS-s. for women. Maximum worJcing week 48 'hours ; overtime, time and a half. Effective as regards minimum rates as from the pay day nearest to 1st October, 1919 ; overtime eft'ective from the 11th December, 1919. Agreed 31st January, 1920. [W.A. 4997.] Cinema Operators. — The Electrical Trades' Union v. the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, Coventry. Difference — Claim for mininnnn rates of £7 a week for chief operators and £5 a week for second operators. Agreement — Halls should be graded as follows : — Grade L halls seating over 500, Grade IL halls seating 500 or less. Wages should be : C4rade I. halls £5 10s. per week. Grade IL halls £1 IO5. per week. Rates were fixed for apprentices varying from £1 to £2 15.s. during the ]ieriod of apprenticeship. Women operators to receive the same rate-^ of pay as male operators. Ten days holiday granted with pay after 12 months' service. Other working conditions were fixed. Effective from the week ending 8th January. 1921. Agreed 3rd February, 1921. IW.A. 6035.] Fruit and Fish Salesmen.~The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. The ]\[anchester and District Fruit and Fish Traders' Association and Mutual Insurance Society, Limited. Difference— Application for an increase in wages. Agreement — A scale of wages was fixed ranging from 30^. at 18 years of age to 65.S-. at 25 years of age. One week's holiday with pay should be given each year.^ Effective from the 16th .January, 1920. Airr.-d 12th February; 1920. [W.A. 8716.] Rubber Workers.— The National Amalgamated Union of Labour v. the North Western Rubber Co., Litherland. Difference— Application r 2 90 for increases in wages. Agreement — The wages of the workpeople conrcrned should be advanced as follows : — Males over 18 years of age ]](/. per hour, under 18 ^d. per hour; females over 18 years of age |rf. j)('r hour, under 18 \d. per hour. A [)roj)ortionate advance should be made in piece rates. In cases in which it was necessary to dis- continue the night shift without notice one full hour's pay should be given to each worker in respect of that shift, together with travelliiig allowance for those workers who live at a distance. EfEective from 5th March. Agreed 1st March. 1920. [W.A. 1445.] Clerks. — National Amalgamated Union of 8hop Assistants v. Star Tea Company, London. Difference — Application for certain rates, of wages. Agreement — Minimum rates fixed varying from 23s. to 71s. for men, and from 19s. to 56s. for women, according to age. Increase granted of 2s. per week to all workers 20 years and under, and 3s. to those over 20 years. This advance was not to be operative where the current rate was over 71s. Agreed, 19th Februarv. 1920. [W.A. 1018.] Rubber Wwkcrs. — Workers' Union v. Associated Rubber Manu- facturers, Ltd., Harpenden. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agreement — 3Ien and women should receive all advances which had been given in the Rubber Trade between the dates of August, 1914, and March, 1920, over and above pre-war rates for the jobs upon which tbe workpeople concerned were then engaged. Effective on the first full pav following the date of resumption of work. Signed 1st March, 1920. [W.A. 1043.] Dairy Utensil Makers. — National Federation of Women Workers v. Dairy Sundries, Ltd., Leyton. Difference — Dismissal of workpeople. Agreement — All workpeople to be re-instated. No discrimination to be made as to whether the workpeople are unionists or non-unionists. Agreed 2nd March, 1920. [W.A. 1362.] Shop Assistants. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Cater, Stoftell and Fortt, Limited. Bath. Ditt'erence — Claim for an advance in wages. Agree- ment — Scales of minimum rates were agreed to providing that Managers should be paid £4 weekly : Juniors between 15 and 17 years of age from 12s. to 20s. per week ; Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks between 18 and 26 years of age from 30s. to 60s. per week ; women workers, between 18 to 26 years of age from 25s. to 45s. per week ; porters 21 years of age and over 40s. per week. Effective from the pay dav following the date of the agreement. Agreed 6th March, 1920.' [W.A. 1578.] Wareh&use Workers. — The National Warehouse and General Workers' Union u. Baxendales, Limited. Plumbers Merchants. Liverpool. Difference — Concerning the dismissal of recentlv appointed Shop Steward. Agreement — The man concerned should be reinstated for a fortnight to assist in stocktaking after which his services should be dispensed with. Work was to be resumed on the 12th 3Iarch. Agreed 11th March, 1920. [W.A. 1715.] Salesmen, d'C. — National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Messrs. Frov and Sons. Ltd.. London. 225 Difference — Application for certain minimum wage rates and working conditions. Agreement — Minimum rates fixed for salesmen, stock- keepers, warehousemen and assistant stock-keepers, porters, messen- gers, foremen, charge hands, clerks, shorthand typists, and telephone operators. Maximum working week should consist of 48 hours, exclusive of meal times. Overtime to be paid for at the rate of time and a half, and Sundays and all Statutory holidays at double time rates. Holidays with pay, payment during sickness, and minimum rates for women's or men's work arranged. Effective on and from 23rd February. Agreed 16th March, 1920. [W.A. 1664.] i^is/iefmen.— National Union of British Fishermen v. Hartlepool Trawler Owners' Federation. Difference — ^Application with regard to rates of pay and working conditions. Agreement — No alteration was made with regard to masters and mates. Third hand, deck hand, trimmers or firemen, and cook were to receive 1 Is. Qd. per day plus certain allowances. Men who remained in their ships 13 consecutive weeks were to receive 305. per quarter. Time in dock fixed. Effective as from 17th March, 1920. Signed 17th March, 1920. [W.A. 3567.] Seedsmen. — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union V. Messrs. Toogood and Sons, Ltd., Seed Warehousemen, South- ampton. Difference — Application for certain increases of wages. Agreement — Minimum weekly rates fixed in the case of workers 21 years of age and over : For department charge hands, £4; warehousemen— Grade A £3 10s., Grade B £2 15s. ; floor-women— Grade A 33s., Grade B 28s. ; and clerical staff— men £3 5s., women 45s. Scales of wages were drawn up for young persons entering at various ages as clerks or warehouse staff, and piece rates arranged for bean and pea-pickers, with a minimum of £1 5s.^ per week. Working week, overtime and other conditions fixed. Effective for the pay during the week ending 20th March, 1920. [W.A. 8027.] Pianoforte Workers.— Ivish. Transport and General Workers' Union and the Irish Clerical and Allied Workers' Union v. Messrs. Pigott and Co., Ltd., Messrs. Cramer, Wood and Co., Ltd., and Messrs, Crane and Sons, Ltd., Dublin. Difference— Apphcation for increased wages. Agreement — Wages increased by the following amounts on and from the 26th March, 1920 :— Polishers, 7s. Qd. per week ; vanmen and porters, 10s. per week ; repairers, 10s. per week ; tuners, 10s. per week ; clerks and shop assistants (employed by Messrs. Crane and Son, Ltd.), 10s. per week; boys then employed, bs. per week (with the exception of two boys who should receive 2s. 6d. per week). A minimum wages of 55s. per week for repairers and tuners after 5 years' apprenticeship. The rate of overtime for vanmen and porters, the number of apprentices to be employed, the period of apprenticeship, and the number of tunings to be executed per week by tuners, were also fixed. Agreement to remain in force for a period of 12 months from the date thereof. Agreed 7th April, lJ-0. [LB. 305/1,] . Grocers' Assistants.— The National Union of Shop Assistants Ware- housemen and Clerks v. Caves, Austin and Co., Ltd., Grocers, Hastings and St. Leonards. Difference-Claim for the estabhshment of a minimum schedule of wages. Agreement— A scale of wages was 220 agreed to rHiigiii,!^ from I5.s'. at li years of age to Ol.y. G'/. at 27 years of age for men ; the wages oi women were to bo four-fiftli.s of these rates. Weekly working hours 19, time and a half for overtime. Agreed 13th April, 1920. [W.A. 1951.] General WorLcr.s. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. The Albion Mills Company, General Merchants and 8hij)pers, London. Ditl'erence — Application for a minimum wage and other working conditions. Agreement — Minimum rates of £3 10s. per week for males over the age of 19 and £1 ITs. GJ. for all females, with overtime at the rate of time and a half for all hours worked beyond the rformal work day. The wage of j)iece workers to be 25 per cent, on the current rate. Working week should consist of 47 hours : other conditions fixed. Signed 22nd April. \U2(K [W.A. 2370.] IncandescenI Electric Lamp Oijcrafives {i\'oiii>rn). — National Union of General Workers v. the Yorkshire Incandescent Electric Lamp Co., Leeds. Difference — Application for an advance of 10s. per week for adults and of 5s. for girls under 18 years of age. Agreement — Claim conceded. Effective as fi'om and including the week ending 10th April. Signed 26th April. 1920. [W.A. 2517.] Asbestos Workers. — Amalgamated Society of India Rubber. Cable, and Asbestos Workers v. Messrs. Cresswells, Ltd., Bradford. Difference — The applicability of the awards of the -Joint Industrial Council for the asbestos trade. Agreement — Minimum wages fixed for males, of 9^. per hour plus id. for each 10 per cent, by which the cost of living has increased, as shown by the index number published in'- The Labour Gazette," and for females, 4kL per hour plus ^d. for each 10 per cent, increase in the cost of living, plus a further Is. Qd. per week. Advance on current earnings granted of 6s. 6d. per week to males, and 2s. to females. Effective as from the making-up dav in the week ended 1st May. Signed 3rd May, 1920. [W.A.iGGG.]" Waste Paper Operatives {Womeri). — National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Liverpool Paper Stock Association. Difference — Application for a minimum weekly wage, 4 1-hour week, and payment of certain overtime. Agreement — Minimum wages for female workers should be 19s. per week to those 16 to 17 years ; 21s. per week, 17 to 18 years ; 25s., 18 years and over. New workers under 18 to be placed upon a probationary period of one month at Is. less than their appro- priate rate. Overtime should be paid at the rate of time-and-a-quarter." Maximum working week should consist of 47 hours. Effective as from 7th May, 1920. Signed 6th May, 1920. [W.A. 2079.] Pawnbrol-ers' Managers, Assistants, d-c. — National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, AVarehousemen, and Clerks r. Equitable Loan Company and Messrs. Hill Bros., Edinburgh. Difference — Application for increased rates of pa v. Agreement — ^linimum rates fixed at £3 5s. per week for managers, £2 5s. per week for manageresses and assistants (men) over 21 years and £1 I2s. 6d. for women. Working week should consist of 48 hours, and time-and-a-half for overtime. Agreed 6th May, 1920. [W.A. 2776.] Dairy Workers. — Association of Dairymen's Assistants v. United Dairies, Limited South London. Difference — As to the employment 227 of non-union labour. Agreement — The employers agreed to dismiss non-union men on the understanding that the Union would find men to replace them. Agreed 6th May, 1920. [W.A. 2667.] Sorter f^ and Machine Hands {Engine Waste). — The Workers' Union v. E. S. Pettitt and Co., Salford. Difference — Application for a minimum rate of 28.s. per week for Sorters, and 305. for Machine Hands. Agreement — The rates of wages should be 295. per week for Machine Hands. 28.s. per week for Sorters, and a miiiimum of 275. per week for other workers. Work to be resumed on Monday, 10th May, 1920. Agreed 7th May, 1920. [W.A. 8416.] Baskef Makers. — The Lancashire and Cheshire Union of Skip and Basket ]\Iakers v. the Mawdesley Branch of the Lancashire and Cheshire Association of Skip and Basket Makers. Difference — AppUcation for an. increase of wages. Agreement — Piece prices should be advanced by 10 per cent, except in the case of picnic baskets on which an advance of 2i per cent, should be given. Eifective from the 10th May, 1920. Agreed lOth May, 1920. [W.A. 2339.] Rubber Workers. — National Amalgamated Union of Labour v. North Western Rubber Co., Litherland. Difference — Application for an increase in wages and other working conditions. Agreement — The claim for wages increas3 was withdrawn. Full payment granted for the six Bank Holidays, namely, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit. j^Ionday, August Bank Holiday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. The Union undertook not to put forward any claim for payment for any other Bank Holidays unless worked. Subject to certain condi- tions, a week's holiday on full pay or a week's pay in lieu of same per annum. This agreement came into force immediately and was retro- spective for Good Friday and Easter Mondav, 1920. Signed 11th May, 1920. [AV.A. 1445.] Dockers. — Dock, Wharf, Eiverside and General Workers' Union v. Peat Moss Litter Supply Co., London. Difference— Application for certain rates of wages. Agreement — Rate of I65. a day (44-hour week) should be paid. Agreed 20th May, 1920. [W.A. 2959.] Warehousemen. — The National Warehouse and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Perrin, Hughes and Co., Limited, Metal Mer- chants, Liverpool. Difference— Application for advances in wages. Agreement — A number of individual advances were granted to the various workers. It was agreed that overtime should be paid for at the rate of time-and-a-half. Effective from the first pay day after 1st, May, 1920. Agreed 28th May, 1920. [W.A. 2841.] Mannesite Workers.— 1\\q National Union of General Workers v. G. G. Blackwell, Sons and Co., Ltd., Magnesite Manufacturers, Liver- pool. Difference— Application for an advance in wages. Agreement— The firm undertook to give an advance of 55. per week, bringing the wage up to 605. for 48 hours, and also to give a bonus of 25. per ton. Effective from 1st May, 1920. Agreed 3rd June, 1920. [W.A. 2777.] Waste Paper Workers.— Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Lendrums, Ltd., Waste Paper Merchants, London. Differ- ence—Claim for warehouse workers to receive a similar mcrease m wages to that granted to wharf hands employed by the firm. Agree- ment—Men on dockers' work should be paid the rates agreed for 228 dockers, warehouse hands should be paid TTw. per week, and women 40.S. and 38.9. per week. EfTective from the date of agreement. Agreed 3rd June, 1920. [W.A. 3036.1 Wnftfc Paper Workers. — National Federation of Women Workers V. Phillips, Mills and Co., Ltd., London. Difference — Concerning the dismissal of workpeoj)le and application for flat rate of wages. Agree- ment — Workpeople employed for shortest period were to be first to be dismissed. On and after 14th June women and girls (other than those in cutting room) should be paid a flat rate of wages varying from 20s. per week for girls under 16 years of age to £2 per week at the age of 18 years and over. Women and girls in the cutting room were to be guaranteed the above rates. Auroed 11th Jun^, 1920. [W.A. 343/4.] Mechanics and Labourers. — Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Hay and Co., Mr. J. W. Robertson, Mr. Joseph Gray, Messrs. Bruce and Tulloch, A. Arcus and Co., and the Zetland Motor Engineering Co., Lerwick. Difference — Application for an advance in wages. Asfreemeut — Engineers, blacksmiths, and car- penters were to receive a rate of Is. Id. per hour, joiners and sawyers Is. 5d. per hour, sailmakers Is. Ad., and labourers Is. Zd. Pro^^sion was made for an Arbitration Committee, consisting of four representa- tives of the employers and an equal number of representatives of the union, to be presided over by a neutral chairman mutually chosen. The decisions of the Committee were to be final, and no stoppage of work was to take place pending decisions. Other working conditions were fixed. Agreed 21st June, 1920. [W.A. 3161.] Button Operatives. — National Federation of Women Workers v. Messrs. P. and C, Button and Co., London. Difference — Application for certain wages. Agreement — Resumption of work was to take place on 22ud June at the usual hour. With regard to wages, as the Trade Board rates were understood to come into force on 26th June this met the claim. Other working conditions fixed. Issued 21st June, 1920. [W.A. 3234.] Shop Assistants, Vanmen, &c. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Retail Fish and Poultry Merchants' Association. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Agreement — Advances granted of. 7s. 6d. per week to male shop assistants, 6s. to vanmen, and 4s. to female shop assistants. Certain minimum rates were fijced. Operatives to receive an advance of 6s, per week, market money to be increased by Is. Wages of casuals, female probationers, holidays with pav. other working conditions fixed. Effective from 1st Julv, 1920, for twelve months. Agreed 25th June. 1920. [W.A 4367.] Funeral Workers. — British Funeral Workers' Association r. British Undertakers' Association and the Proprietary Cemeteries Companies' Association, London. Difference — Application for certain increases of wages. Agreement — Advance granted to undertakei's' employees of 10s. per week or 15 per cent, on piece work, boys and youths under 18 years ■of age pro rata. Coffin makers should receive 25 per cent, increase on piece work rates. Effective from the beginnincj of the pav for the week ending 17th July. Agreed 12th July, 1920. [W.A. 2905.] Apprentices, <&c. — Irish National Union of Vintners, Grocers, and Allied Trades' Assistants v. ^laypole Dairy Co., Ltd. Difference — 229 -Application for certain alterations in working conditions. Agreement — Wages of assistants to be £2 lO.s. per week for first and second years after apprenticeship ; £3 third year after apprenticeship ; £3 10s. fourth and subsequent years. Minimum wage for first hands to be £4 per week. Other working conditions fixed. Effective as from and including the week which ended on Saturday, 1st May. Agreed 21st July, 1920. [W.A. 4365.] Gas Mantle *S^?icAers.— National Federation of Women Workers v. J. T. Robins and Co., Gas Mantle Makers, London. Difference — Concerning the behaviour of a certain forewoman. Agreement — The employees concerned apologised to the firm for their action in striking. The firm agreed to take back the employees in question, and to give piecework to be done at home to those girls who could not conscientiously work under the forewoman. Agreed 21st Julv, 1920. [W.A. 4201.] Dairy Worhers. — -The Association of Dairymen's Assistants v. United Dairies Co., Ltd., and Manor Farm Dairies Co., London, Difference — Application for the reinstatement of a Branch Manager and a foreman. Agreement — The milk carriers on strike should return to work. The dismissals of the branch manager and the foreman should stand good. Agreed 27th July, 1920. [W.A. 4259.] Shop Assistants. — The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assis- tants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. E. Heyes, Limited, Provision Merchants, Bolton and Bury. Difference— Application that the firm should pay wages in accordance with the agreement arrived at between the Bolton Chamber of Trade and the Union. Agreement— The firm should pay wages according to the scales agreed to between the Union and the Manchester and Salford Grocers' Association. Agreed 4th August, 1920. [W.A. 4076.] Gravediggers . Gardeners, f§c.— British Funeral Workers' Association v. Proprietary Cemeteries' Companies' Association, London. Difierence — Application for increases of wages. Agreement — Gravediggers s" ould receive £3 15.s. per wenk. Assistant Gravediggers, £3 8s., and quahfted gardeners £3 3s. A joint committee of three from each side to be formed to consider the question of the general workers, their grades and rates of pay. Any advances given thereby to date from the same time as the increases given to gravediggers, &c., i.e., week ending 16th July. Agreed 9th August, 1920. [W.A. 2905.] (This Agreement settled certain points outstanding from the agree- ment dated 12th July, ^ee ahore.) Driver Mechanics, cfec— United Vehicle Workers' Union v. Messrs. G. F. & A. Brown and Sons, Limited, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Nantwich. Difference— Application for an increase in wages. Agree- ment — The following minimum rates fixed : — o Minimnm Tiiorpa^e owr I'iites. for mer rates. Driver Mechanic ... 75s. 5s. Driver . . . 75s. 25s. Driver's Mate... ... 65s. 5s. Driver's mate... ... 65s. 30s. Carter . . . 65s. 10s. In the case of the first man an additional 5s. granted. Agreed 13th August, 1920. [W.A. 4334.] 2;j(bb:'r WorJcers. — National Federation of Women Workers v. Garden City Rubber Company, Letchworth. Difference — Claim for retrospective pay on behalf of certain dismissed workpeople. Agree- ment — Firm to re-engage all dismissed workpeople and to find them employment in the ebonite or some other department. Failing this firm agreed to meet claim for retrospective pay. Agreed 13th Sep- tember, 1920. [W.A. 2974.] Tuners, Vanmen, d-c. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union V. Messrs. Crane and Sons, Ltd., and Messrs. Pigott and Co., Ltd., Piano Manufacturers, Dublin. Difference — Application for increased wages. Agreement — Wages of tuners should be advanced bv 125. 6d. per week, subject to certain conditions as to work done per week, and the wages of repairers by 55. to IO5. per week ; the minimum wages of a qualified repairer should be £3 55. per week. Except in the cases of certain men, vanmen and porters employed by Messrs. Pigott and Co., Ltd., should receive increase of IO5. per week, those employed by Messis. Crane and Sons, Ltd., 55. per week. Wcmien polishers should receive advance of 45. per week. A revised scale of wages for apprentices ranging from 75. 6f/. per week in the first year to 355. per week in the fifth year, was agreed. All employees should have eight consecutive working days holiday with pay. The agreement was to remain in force for 12 months unless after six months there should be a substantial change in the cost of living. Effective as from and including the first pav dav after 7th October, 1920. Agreed 19th October, 1920. [W.A. 5890.] " Waste Paper WorJcers. — Dock. Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union, National Union of Printing and Paper Workers. United Vehicle Workers' Union, and the National Union of General Workers v. ^lessrs. Lendrum, Ltd., Waste Paper Merchants, London. Difference — Con- cerning a notice that had been posted up by the firm to the effect that all employees were engaged on a day to day basis. Agreement — All 281 employees should for the first month of service be subject to a day's notice, but after the expiration of that period a week's notice should be given. This was not to be effective until one week after the settlement of the then existing coal strike. Agreed 27th October, 1920. [W A 5439.] Co-operative Employees. — Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees v. Co-operative Societies in Northern Section of the Co- operative Union, Ltd. Difference — Application for improved wages and working conditions. Agreement — Advances granted (subject to appeals by individual societies), varying from 3s. to 10s. per week according to age and sex, for time-workers in distributive departments, and of 12i- per cent, to workers in productive departments concerned. The rates payable were set out in detail. The working week should consist of 44 hours for distributive workers and 40 hours for clerks with the exception of cashiers and certain others. Holidays with pay fixed for productive workers. Eft'ective as from and including 16th Julv, 1920. Agreed 2nd November, 1920. [W.A. 4899.] Bone Cutters. — Workers' Union v. Sheffield Master Bone Cutters* Association. Difference — Application for increases of wages. Agree- ment—Piece-workers, whose current rates were 1897 price list plus 25 per cent, should receive, as from 18th October, 1920, an increase of 35 per cent, on present earnings, the war bonus of 7s. per week merged therein. It was understood that this was in full settlement of any question arising out of the interim agreement of 2nd September, 1920. Time workers should be paid an inclusive rate of Is. 10(7. per hour as from the date of resumption of work. A labourer, who filled up his time on the saw, should make special terms with his employer. No change should be made in the rate of wages unless there was a substantial increase or decrease in the cost of living. Agreed 4th November, 1920. [W.A. 4113.] Hanhvare Store Workers. — National Warehouse and General Workers" Union v. Messrs. Samuel Gratrix, Jun., & Bro., Ltd., Plumbers" Merchants, Manchester. Difference — Application for certain increases of wages. Agreement — Male workers, 22 years and over should receive advance of 7s. %d. per week ; those under that age 4s. per week. Female workers granted increase of 4s. per week. Effective on the first pav dav following date of agreement. Agreed 24th November. 1920. [W.A. 5651.] Fish and Poultry Shop Assistants.— The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks v. Messrs. Muir- head and Wilcox, Fish and Poultry Merchants, Manchester. Differ- ence—Application for an advance in wages of 20 per cent. Agreement —The firm's previous offer of an advance of 5s. per week to employees earning 65s. or less per week should be accepted. Individual con- sideration should be given to those employees earning wages higher than 65s. per week. Agreed 2nd December, 1920. [AV.A. 5787.] T-i-2 (2) — Si I.M.MARIES OF SETTLEMENTS BY A COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER Section 2 (1) (6) of the Oontiliation Act, 1896. Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. B(il-erfi.— \Y\A\ Bakers' National Ainal<,'aiiiatod Union v. l.)ablin Master Bakers' Associati(Mi. Difference — Application for inijiroved wages and conditions. Chairman of Committee— Mr. S. W. Maddock. Award — Advances granted of 10s, per week to tablehands, bringing the rates to £4 14s. per week, and 12.5. ^d. per week to ovensmen, bringing the rate to £5 6s. 6f/. Apprentices during first year should receive 30.S'., second year 37s., third year 4.5s., and fourth year .52s. per week. Inside workers — Bakers' helpers over 21 years should be paid £3 10s., LS to 21 years £2 10s., under 18 years £1 17s. per week. Working hours reduced to 46 per week, overtime to be at the rate of 2s. 10^/. i)er hour for tablehands, 3s. \d. per hour for ovensmen. Is. '2d. per hour for first and second year apprentices. Is. Id. per hour for third and fourth year apprentices, 2s. '2d. per hour for bakers" helpers over 21 and Is. M. per hour for those under 21. Effective as from the first pav day following October 16th 1920. Issued 11th November. 1920. [W.A. 6051.] Transport Workers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. the Dublin Master Bakers' Committee. Difference — Application for improved wages and conditions. Chairman of Committee — Mr. S. W. Maddock. Award — Advances granted of 6s. per week to regular van- men, motormen and stablemen, increasing the minimum rates to £4 Is., £3 10s. and £3 10s. per week respectively, and of 4s. per week to checkers and yardmen, increasing the minimum rates to £3 8s. All other adult workers to receive an advance of 4s. per week. To female charge hands, and shop assistants with board an increase of 3s., without board 4s. per Aveek. Other working conditions fixed. Effective as from 18th October, 1920. Issued 8th December, 1920. [W.A. 5960.] Clerks. — Irish Clerical and Allied Workers' Union v. Dublin Master Bakers' Committee. Difference — Application for increased wages and a 44-hour week. Chairman of Committee — 3Ir. S. W. Maddock. Award— Advances granted to male clerks as follows : — 8s. a week to those receiving from 40s. to 60s. a week, 6s. to those from 61s. to 80s., and 5s. to those receiving 81s. and over. Clerks receiving a rate of 61s. per week should receive 68s. Increase of 6s. a week to females receiving under 20s. a week, and 5s. to those receiving 20s. and over. Otlier conditions fixed. Claim for alteration in hours not established. Elective from 18th October. 1920. Issued 20th December. 1920. [W.A. 6122.] Leather Trades. flide and Skin Operatives. — National Amalgamated Union of Labour V. Belfast Hide and Skin Merchants' Association. Difference — Application for increased wages. Chairman of Committee — Mr. W. G. Turner. Award — Standard rate of £3 per week should be paid to workers over 21 years of age, workers under 21 years to receive £2 5s. per week. Working week to consist of 48 hours, overtime to be paid at the rate of time and a half. Other conditions fixed. Effective as from 14th October. Agreed 10th November, 1920. [W.A. 5759.] 233 Public Utility Services. Gas Worhers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Tipperaiy Gas Company, Ltd. Difference— Application for inipi-oved wages and conditions. Chairman of Committee — Mr. S. W. Maddock. Award — Advances granted of 6s. Qd. per week to stokers, 7s. to assistant stokers, 55. to one service layer and one female clerk, 4s. to yardman, and 10s. Id. to the fitter. The week should consist of 48 hours. Over- time and other conditions fixed. Effective from 2nd October, 1920. Issued 21th December, 1920. [W.A. G085/2.] (3) — Summaries of Agreements negotiated by Conciliators appointed under the industrial courts act, 1919, and the Conciliation Act, 1896. Mining and Quarrying. Deputies. — National Association of ColHery Deputies v. South Derbyshire District Colliery Owners' Association. Difference — As to certain working conditions of deputies employed at the Reservoir ColUery. Conciliator— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Agreement — The coal owners agreed to give the deputies facilities to work six days per week or failing such facilities to pay six days' wages subject to the two following conditions : [a) when the men concerned were not required to carry out their statutory duties under the Mines Act, they agreed to perform any manual work the management might consider necessary to continue the pit in proper working order : (6) this applied to whole- time deputies only. Issued 5th May, 1920. [W.A. 2206/3.] Transport Trades. Cargo Workeis. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Sligo Importers' Association. Difference — Application for alterations of working conditions. Conciliator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Agreement — Detailed schedule of rates drawn up for (1) constant labour and cartage, (2) casual labour and cartage, and (3) conditions for men handlincf cargoes (on ship or on quay) at Sligo and Rosse's Point. Signed 25th February, 1920. [W.A. 1551.] Mail Cart Drivers and Yardmen. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union i'. Messrs. John Walhs and Sons, Railway Agents, DubKn. Difference — Application for certain wages, hours, overtime and hoHdays. Conciliator— Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Agreement — Minimum wages should be 54s. for carters (2 horses), and 51s. for yardmen and carters (1 horse). Hours should be reduced to and fixed at 51 hours per week, lime to count from entry to yard until leaving Sii me. Overtime, Sundays and seven public hohdays should be paid at the rate of time and' a half. Effective on and from the last pay da>' in March, 1920 (for wages), and from 1st Mav (for other conditions). Signed 17th April, 1920. [W.A. 2354/3.] Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades. Flour Millers.— Ixi^h Transport and General Workers' Union v. Irish Association of Flour Milling Employers, representing 39 firms. Difference— Application for 10s. advance. Conciliator— :\Ir. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Agreement— Men, aged 21 years and over. emplo\ed 2U in flour mills in Dublin, Belfast and Cork, sjiould receive an advance of 7s. Of/. ])er week; men, '21 years and over, employed in Limerick, i)s. per week ; men, 21 yeai's aiid over, employed in mills with a roller contact of over 500 inches, and of 500 inches and under (not being mills in Dublin, lielfast, Cork or Limerick), is. and 3s. per week re- spectively. Women and youths under 21 years of age in each mill should be paid half the above respective advances. Retrospective ])ayment should be given in a lump sum calculated at the above resj)cctive rates. Effective as from the 1st February. Signed 27th March, 1920. [W.A. MG3.] Millers. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Irish Association of Flour Milling Employers. Difference — Application for increases in wages. Conciliator — Sir J. E. O'Connell, K.C. Agree- ment — Advances granted of 10s. per week for mills in Dublin. Belfast, Cork, and Limerick ; Os. and 5s. for country mills having over and under 500 ins. of roller surface resj^ectively. Women and boys should receive half the above advances. Holidays with pay and other ^^•orking conditions fixed. Effective on and from 24th July, 1920. Signed r2th October, 1920. [W.A. 4974/2.] Miscellaneous Trades. Artificial Limb Operatives. — Irish Transport and General Workers' Union v. Messrs. Smith and Sheppard, Surgical Instrument and Artifi- cial Limb Manufacturers. Dublin. Difference — Application for decision on certain questions of reinstatement. Conciliator — Sir D. Plunket Barton, Bart. Agreement — The firm undertook to reinstate all men who were on strike, the Union recognising that the employers were at liberty to dismiss any men not sooner than 7 days after the resumption of work should there not be sufficient work. Such dismissed men except one certain man to have preference of re-engagement, should the resumption of Government work lead to an increase in staff. Other case deferred for further investigation. Signed 21st April. 1920. [W.A. 2570.] 235 APPENDIX VI. Summaries of Reports issued during 1920 by Courts of Inquiry and Investigators appointed by the Minister of Labour under the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, and under the Conciliation Act, 1896. (1) Courts of Inquiry. Dock Labour, Great Britain. The National Transport Workers' Federation having made applica- tion for a standard minimum daily wage of 16s. per day for a i-t-hour week and other alterations in the conditions of employment of dock labour in all ports of Great Britain, it was agreed, at a conference between representatives of the Provisional National Council of Port Labour Employers and of the Federation, to request the Minister of Labour to appoint a Court of Inquiry under Part II. of the Industrial Courts Act. The Minister accordingly on 22nd January appointed a Court con- sisting of the following members : — The Rt. Hon. Lord Shaw of Dunfermline {Chairman). John Smethurst, Esq. Frederick Scrutton, Esq. A. Pugh, Esq. Harrv Gosling, Esq. Sir Lionel Fletcher. Ben Tillett, Esq. Sir Joseph G. Broodbank. Robert Williams, Esq. Secretaries : Mr. N. Macpherson (late Secretary to the Special Arbitration Tribunal under the Munitions of War Act) and Mr. G. H. Ince (Ministry of Labour). The agreed conditions for inquiry were as follows : — (1) Parties. (a) The National Transport Workers' Federation and its affiliated Unions so far as representing the Workers con- cerned in the application. (6) Firms and Authorities and those for whom they act as agents, or as Stevedores, &c., directly or indirectly employ- ing and paying the workers concerned in the application. (2) Reports. Interim reports shall be issued from time to time on the various points of the application so far as is practicable in the following order :— (1) Minimum Wage Pates. (2) Overtime Rates. (3) The other conditions of employment. (3) Evidence. Each side shall submit all books and documents thought relevant by the Court. (4) Counsel. Counsel may appear on behalf of either party. (5) Final Report. Enquiry to be concluded and Final Report to be is^ueU as soon as practicable. L>3f> A Majority Report, ssigiunj by Jjoid Shaw, Sii- Lionel Fletcher, and Messrs. M. (Josling, A. I'ligh, J. .SnH'thursL (subject to reservations), B. Tillett, and K. \\'il!iains ; and a Minority Report, signed by Sir Joseph G. Broodbank and Mr. F. Scrutton, were issued on the 31st March. The Court held 20 public sittings and examined 53 witnesses. The Report dealt only with the claim for a niininnini for day- workers and piece-workers of Ids. a day, and was therefore an Interim Report, but the hope was exj)ressed that the remaining fjues- tions regarding overtime, shift-work, night-work, &c., would be settled by the parties themselves, in which case the Report would be a final one. The Court also dealt with the questions of output and casual labour as bearing directly on the claim for a minimimi wage. The main recommendations of the Majority Report are as follows : — (1) That, with a view to establishing a national minimum standard, the minimum for day-worlgers and piece-workers shall be 16s. per day on the basis of the national agreement for the J:4-hour week. The minimum of 16s. is to apply to the workers at all the greater ports, and the authorities are to draw up a schedule of the smaller ports which are to be treated as exceptions to the application of a standard minimum. (2) That a system of registration of dock labour should be intro- duced into all the ports, docks and harbours of the Kingdom. The system now in operation at Liverpool and that recom- mended for London by Mr. Justice Roche's Committee indicate the lines on which registration should proceed. (3) That the principle of maintenance of unemployed casual labour is approved. (4) That the wages of dock labour should be paid weekly, and that this system should be introduced at the earliest possible date. (5) That the constitution of a National Joint Council and its correlative local bodies should be undertaken for the dock labour industry on the lines of the Report of the Whitley Committee. (6) That these bodies should, failing agreement by the parties, be charged with the settlement of incidental matters mentioned in the Report and the remaining items of claim. In addition to the above recommendations, direct labour representa- tion on the governing bodies of Port Authorities is recommended in principle, and the Joint Industrial Council is asked to consider the extension of t]&.e system of payment by results. Government Departments, Employers, and Port Authorities and the dockers themselves are blamed for the loss of output. It is found that the agreed eight-hour day has been broken by the men, and the Majority Report estimates that 25 per cent, of the number of men employed lose one hour per day through bad time-keeping ; also among a minority of the men there is a deliberate policy of slowing down of output. The system of casualisation is stated to be wrong and must be up-rooted, the only issue being as to the means to be adopted of readily providing labour while avoiding cruel and unsocial conditions. If effect is given 287 to the recommendations of the Report, the Government is asked to give immediate facilities for the enactment of any necessary alterations in the statutory powers of Port and Harbour Authorities. Other matters dealt with in the Report include : Cost of living and family budgets ; alleged effect of the claim, if granted, on other industries ; absence of confidence between employers and employed ; labour- saving machinery and foreign rivalry. Mr. Smethurst signs the Report subject to the following reserva- tions :— (1) That he cannot agree to the recommendation that a minimum daily wage should be granted, but he is in favour of recom- mending a substantial percentage advance on earnings. (2) That wherever practicable piece-rate working should be established. The Minority Report agrees, subject to certain conditions, with tht - recommendations of the majority with regard to registration, main- tenance and weekly pay, but considers that the questions of setting up a Joint Industrial Council and of direct labour representation on governing port bodies are outside the scope of the Inquiry. With regard to the majority recommendation of a daily minimum of 16s., the minority do not assent to the proposal to establish a national minimum rate, and object to the amount at which it is proposed this rate should be fixed. The reasons for disagreeing with the majority on the question of the minimum wage are stated as follows : — (1) To raise the pay to 16s. a day would make it nearly three and a half times more than it was before the war. (2) If 16s. a day were conceded to the lowest-paid workers, cor- responding increases would be claimed by all the higher grades of dock workers. (3) The cost of admitting the claim of 16s. a day would be not less than £15,000,000 per annum. (4) The disturbing effect on the national settlement of railway- wages. (5) To increase the minimum pay of dockers by 23s. lOf/. per wee &: would raise it beyond the level of many grades of skilled workmen, and would lead to such workmen throughout the Kingdom agitating for corresponding increases in their wages Such an advance of 23s. lOd. a week to the 12,000,000 workers in the Kingdom would entail an addition of £750,000,000 to annual national wage bill and the cost of commodities. (6) Three-fourths of the dockers are the employees of public authorities, and any extra charges would have to be passed on to the community. (7) The inimical eftect of increased charges on the international trade of the country. The following suggestions are made in the Minority Report for dealing with the present situation : — (1) An immediate increase in present rates of wages— the previous method of agreeing to the amoimt of such increase bemtr followed. (2) A scheme of maintenance to be jointly considered at once. snd after its effect on the ordinary rates of pay has been 238 psfimaterl, tho partips, by agreement, should fix permanent standing rates of pay. (3) Pending such agreement, uo reduction .should be made in the rate.s of ])ay before the 1st January, 1921. (4) Better output will not be secured by giving an all-round increase of wages irrespective of results actually achieved. Existing piece-work rates might be increased in many cases, in the hope of encouraging better results, and to safeguard piece- workers, no reduction of wages should be made unless some radical change of working has occurred. The Report was forwarded by the Minister of Labour to the parties for their consideration, and on 5th May an agreement was negotiated "between the Provisional National Council of Port Labour Employers and the National Transport Workers' Federation under which these parties adopted the Report of the Court of Inquiry and agreed as to working conditions with a view to Lmpro\'ing the status of the dock labourers and, as contemplated by the Report, to secure mutual co-operation in the improvement of output and time keeping and the best methods of working. Certain matters, namely, regis- tration of workers, maintenance during unemployment or under- employment, payment of wages weekly, working of shifts, and the National Joint Council were left over for further consideration. Negotiations in respect of these matters were proceeding between the parties at the close of the year. The Report of the Court of Inquiry was duly presented to Parliament and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed. [No, 55,] Coal Tippers and Trimmers, Arising out of an application for revised rates of pay and conditions of service on behalf of men employed as tippers, teemers, weighers, hoistmen and boxmen, negotiations ensued between the representatives of the Railway Companies, Dock Authorities, Colliery 0^\^lers and Coal Shippers on the one hand and the National Transport Workers' Federation and the National LTnion of Railwaymen on the other, and at a conference on 11th December, 1919, the parties, havmg failed to come to a settlement on the claim, decided to accept the principle of an independent inquiry under Part II, of the Industrial Courts Act. In accordance \\ith a joint request of the parties, the Minister accordingly decided to establish a Court, which was duly constituted on 31st December, 1919, Subsequent alterations were necessitated in the membership and eventually the Court consisted of : — J, A. Compston, Esq.. K.C. (Chairman). J. T. Clatworthy, Esq. C. T, Cramp, Esq. T. H. Rendell, Esq. Sir Thomas Watson, Bart. Mr. J, Keeling, ^Ministry of Labour, Secretary. The agreed terms of reference to the Court were as follows : — " To inquire into the possibility and practicability of two continuous shifts from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., 2o9 ♦ in those coal exporting districts such as Soutli Wales, where such are not now in operation ; and the basis of inquiry shall be as to whether with continuous shifts the same amount of coal can be effectively dealt with, all things considered, as in the present broken shifts." The Court, having held 13 sittmgs and examined 28 witnesses, made its Report to the Minister on the 4th June. The Report, which was unanimous dealt only with the Bristol Channel ports. [t appeared that for many years prior to April, 1919, shipments of coal w^ere made during two consecutive shifts extending over the 24 hours from Monday to Friday and a short day on Saturday. Smce 14tli April, 1919, however, by agreement between the parties, the men had worked two broken shifts, viz., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday ; and 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday to Friday and Saturday morning less one hour in the middle of each shift for meals, making 84 working hours a week in the two shifts. The proposed change was to a system of two continuous shifts from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday and 6 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, with no provision for definite meal-times, making 86 working hours a week in the two shifts. It was a point put forward by the men that many stoppages in work occur unavoidably which could — and they undertook would — be utilised for taking a meal without prolonging the time occupied in shipment. Although the quantity of coal for export had been reduced during and since the war, employers expressed the hope that supplies would in time improve and that the pre-war output of Welsh coal would be regained, in which case they contended that three shifts would be necessary in order to ship the coal, the alternative of providing extended dock accommodation and appliances being prohibitive because of the greatly increased cost. The Court, having inquired, and relying on the assurance of the men as to the taking of meals without interfering with the proper progress of the work, recommended to the Minister of Labour as follows : — (1) That the proposed system of continuous shifts be put into operation as from 14th June next. (2) That there be reserved to the employers the right to claim that a third shift be put on should the requirements of the trade warrant it, the necessity of this (in case of difference) to be referred to a Court of Inquiry to be constituted under the Industrial Courts Act, 1919." Upon receipt of the Report, the Minister forwarded copies to the parties concerned, with a request that they would take it into early consideration. A joint conference of employers and workpeople in the Bristol Channel ports was held on 11th Jime when both sides inti- mated that they accepted the report unreservedly, and arrangements were made to put it into operation. The Report of the Court was presented to Parliament and duly published. q2 210 El.Ef'IRIC'AL TUAUKS Dl.-I'UTK — TENlJirONE.. A dispute concerning the position of foremen as regard.s trade union nioinlxTship lod to a strike on the 2nd July. 1920, of the members of tlu' Klectrieal Tra(h*s rnion employed at the works of (,'ammell. Laird and Co., Ltd.. Penistone, near Shellield. and, following abortive nego- tiations between the parties, subsequently to a lock-out of tiu; members of this Union m the employment of firms mendjers of the Engineering and National Employers' Federations. With few e.xceptions, the lock-out notices expired on 4th September. The Ministry of Labour had been keeping in touch with develop- ments, and in v'ww of the pending unemployment and the disturbance which would be caused to industry by a general stoppage in the engineering trade at that moment, the Minister on 5th September intimated his intention to appoint a Court of Inquiry under Part II. of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, to inquire into the causes and circumstances of the dispute, with special reference to the position of foremen as regards Trade Union membership in the engineering industry, and to report thereon. The Minister suggested the great desirabdity of work being resumed and the lock-out notices withdra^sn pending the inquiry. The Electrical Trades Union offered to instruct their members to return to work, provided the employers withdrew the lock-out notices ; the employers, however, refused to comply with the Minister's suggestion. The members of the Court, appointed on 11th September, were : — The Right Hon. Sir David Harrel, G.C.B., G.B.E., K.C.V.O., I.S.O., Chamnan. J. N. Bell, Esq., J.P. Colonel J. M. Dennv, C.B., D.L., J.P. The Right Hon. John Hodge, M.P. T. B. Johnston, Esq. Owen Pqrker, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. W. F. Purdy, Esq., J.P. Mr. H. W. Meilde, ^Ministry of Labour, Secretary. The terms of reference to the Court were : — " To enquire into the causes and circumstances of the dispute which has led to a strike of the members of the Electrical Trades Union employed at the estabhshment of Cammell, Laird and Co., Ltd., Penistone, near Sheffield, and to a lock-out of the members of this Union in the employment of firms members of the En- gineering and National Employers" Federation.^, with special reference to the position of foremen as regards trade union member- ship in the engineering industry, and report thereon," In the meantime a general stoppage of work of members of the Union employed in electrical undertakings, &c,, was threatened, in consequence of the refusal of the Engmeering and National Employers' Federations to withdraw the lock-out notices. The Court, after a preliminary meeting on 11th September, sat on 14:th and 15th September to hear evidence from various witnesses, including foremen, shop stewards, the chief electrical engineer and manager of the works, and officials of the two organisations. 2il Although the proceedings were not open to the public generally, a large number of representatives of the Engineering and National Employers' Federations, as well as members of the Electrical Trades Union and other Unions, were present. When the Court met on Thursday, the 16th September, Sir Allan Smith, K.B.E., M.P., Chairman of the Engineering and National Employers' Federations, drew the Chairman's attention to the pro- ceedings of the National Joint Industrial Council for the Electricity Supply Industry at a meeting held on the previous day, when " it was agreed that the Electrical Trades Union should be recommended to suspend their strike notices until after the Court of Inquiry has reported to the Ministry of Labour, and it was also agreed that the Electrical Trades Union having intimated to this Council that they are prepared to withdraw the question of principle arising out of the Penistone dispute, this intimation be regarded as an acceptable basis of settlement, and it is therefore recommended that the Engineering Employers' Federation should withdraw their lock-out notices and the Union instruct their members to resume work immediately." Sir AUan Smith suggested that in the circumstances the Court might aijourn its proceedings to enable the parties to consider the position with a view to a settlement. Mr, Rowan, the General Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, concurred and supported Sir Allan Smith's application, and the Chairman, after consulting his colleagues, announced that the Court would adjourn until the following day, Friday, the 17th of September. At that sitting of the Court, Sir Allan Smith read the following terms of an agreement which had been arrived at between the two parties : — Memorandum of Conference between the Engineering AND National Employers' Federations and the Electrical Trades Union, held at Broadway House, London, on 16th September, 1920. As the Electrical Trades Union do not demand that foremen must be members of a Trade Union it is mutually agreed — (1) the men on strike shall resume work ; (2) the notices issued by the federated firms shall be cancelled ; (3) a general resumption of work shall take place as soon as poss'ble, according to the circumstances prevailing at „ each works ; (4) no victimisation shall take place on either side. This agreement was signed on behalf of the Engineering and National Employers' Federations and on behalf of the Electrical Trades Union. Sir Allan Smith strongly urged that the Court should not proceed further with the Inquiry ; Mr. Rowan supported the view expressed by Sir Allan Smith. Both these gentlemen added complimentary observations as regards the conduct of the Inquiry by the Court. On behalf of the Court, the Chairman expressed satisfaction at the con- clusion arrived at, and thanked Sir Allan Smith and Mr. Rowan for their appreciative remarks. The Chairman then added : — " We shall now report to the Minister of Labour how the 2\-2 mattt'i- stands, and that iIk-iv does n<)\ appear to be any necessity for further action or expression of r)[)inion by tlie (Jourt, which stands rtdj(»urni'd sine die until he officially determines its existence."' The Report of the Court, including the verbatim report of the pro' ceedings on 16th and 17th September, has been published [Cmd. 990. J (2) Investigators. Coal Miners. — Derbyshire Miners' Association v. Midland Colliery Owners' Association. Difference— Concerning a proposed scale of wages for contractors and others in Derbyshire*. Investigator (under the Industrial Courts Act)— Mr. W. K. Stoker, K.C. Report— Recom- mendations were made to the effect that when, under abnormal circum- stances of the stall, it is impossible for the contractors to earn a day's wages (unless through their own fault), wages should be made up to not less than 8s. per day 1911 basis ; and where owning to shortage of trams, rails or the like the contractors cannot earn a day's wage, wages should be made up to not less than Is. 9d. per day 1911 basis. It was recommended also that certain minimum datal rates should be paid to underground workers, ranging from 56'. Qd. per day for fillers and gobbers at 19 years of age to 7s. 9d. per day for ripping and timbering, and that road contractors should receive not less than 7s. 9d. per day. Where the setting of bank bars was in the nature of extra work, extra payment was recommended at the rate of Qd. per bar. In all cases, the current percentage should be added to the rates recommended. Issued 27th March, 1920. [W.A. 1091.] The recommendations of this Report were adopted by the Coal Controller and issued by him as his decision on the claims in so far as they related to collieries within the jurisdiction of the Coal ]Mines Department. Miners. — -Derbyshire Miners' Association r. Chesterfield and District Small Collieries Association. Difference — A\Tiether the terms of Mr. Stoker's Report of 27th March. 1920 {see above), were applicable to each of the collieries belonging to the Companies party to the hearing ; and, if not, in what respect those terms should be varied in the case of any of these collieries. Investigator (under the Industrial Courts Act)— Mr. W. H. Stoker, K.C. Report— The parties had agreed that the terms of the report dated 27th March should be applied, •subject to a deduction of ten per cent. Effect should be given to this agreement in so far as it comes within the terms of reference, as beinsr appropriate, fair and equitable in the circumstances. In the case of clay-producing colKeries, it was recorded that the agreement should be given effect to at once or as from such date as the parties should arrange. As regards other collieries, it was understood that the agreement should be effective as from 4:th September, subject to certain conditions. Issued 4th August, 1920. [W.A. 4330.] The recommendations of this Report were adopted by the Coal Controller and issued by him as his decision on the claims in so far as they related to collieries within the jurisdiction of the Coal Mines Department. 243 Sightless Workers. — National League of the Blind v. Royal Glasgow Asylum for the Blind. Terms of Reference — To enquire into the allegations and demands made by the League. Investigator (under the Conciliation Act)— Mr. J. B. Baillie, O.B.E. Report— The Investigator heard all the evidence adduced by the League in support of, and by the Managers against, the allegations, (1) that the Managers of the Asylum {a) were apathetic to the welfare of the workers, and (6) had rejected the League's suggestions regarding possible improvements in respect of employment and status ; (2) that the Superintendent (a) was actively hostile to the efforts of the League to improve the conditions of the workers, {b) had misrepresented the workers to the Managers, (c) had introduced no new industry, {d) lacked initiative and. commercial ability, and (e) was tyrannical, unjust, and either feared or hated. He reported that (1) the allegations against the Managers had not been established except in respect of the two points raised concerning the unsystematic arrangements for the training of apprentices and the attitude of the Board of Management towards the Consultative Committee (or Joint Council) of AVorkers and Managers, and (2) the Superintendent («) was and had been un- doubtedly fair to the workers, (6) had never deliberately " mis- represented " workmen to the Managers, (c and d) had been, through his initiative and ability, largely -responsible for the success of the Institution, and (e) had throughout endeavoured to exercise a high sense of justice and great consideration for the men, although, perhaps, not very " tactful," As regards the demands of the League, there would be serious difficulties in admitting a representative of . the League to the Board of Managers, and the dismissal of the present Superintendent would be neither justifiable nor creditable. Dated. 1st September, 1920. [W.A. 4869.] 244. APPENDIX VII. Statement of Important Legal Decisions in connection with the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919 and the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919. (1) Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919. The following Statement gives particulars of the Disputes which Resulted in Prosecution under the Restoration of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919 :— A. — Cases settled without legal decision. Parties. A.S.E. r. Progressive Engineering Co., Ltd.. Manchester. A.S.E. c. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., I td., Manchester. A.S.E. r. Glover & Co., Cheadle. A.S.E. V. Standard Machine Co., Notting- ham. A.S.E. V. J. Keith & Blackman Co., Ar- broath. Subject. Tribunal. Employment of women on centre lathe and gun boring. Women for men in small tools depart- ment. Employment of women on machining opera- tions. Women on skilled men's and apprentices' work. (Centre lathes, drill- ing, gear cutting.) Erection and iitting of biscuit ovens should be done by skilled fitters, not unskilled men. Xo pre-war cus- tom as work started in 1916. Manchester Tribunal. (Set for 22-1-20 but case not heard.) Manchester Tribunal. (Set for 28-1-20 but case not heard.) Manchester Tribunal (Set for 1.3-2-20 but case not heard.) Nottingham I'ribunal. (Set for 4-5-20 but case not heard. ) Dundee Tribunal, 21-5- 20. Bemarka. Eirm agreed, before ca&e reached, to dismiss women and complaint with- drawn. Women removed before trial and pro.secution withdrawn. Firm imdertook, before date of bearing, to replace women by men and com- plaint withdrawn. Firm dismissed women before trial. Case withdrawn . Chairman considered work was sheet metal work. Complaint withdrawn. B. — Cases where Unions established their claims. Parties. Subject. Remarks. Scottish Brassmoulders f. McPhail & Sons, JLtd., Glasgow, A.SE. V. Smith, Barker & Willson, Halifax. Brassfounders, Fitters, & Finishers c. BeJdies. Ltd., Edinburgh. Ashton Joint Committee , Engineering and Allied Trades i>. A. Hopkinson, Guide Bridge. i Military Cork Head- dress Makers v. E. I Day, Ltd., St. Albans. Employment of women un core work. Glasgow Tribunal. 24-12-19. Appeal Court, 23-2-20. Tribunal again. 10-3-20. Appeal Court. 18-6-20. Tribunal again, 30-7-20. Appeal Court, 25-11-20. Tribunal, Union won at Tribunal but case re- ferred back on Appeal. " 'Trade practice" refers to Industry, not to Establishment. Decision quashed on appeal. Tarri'^s then disputed as to '•area " which would suffice to prove a practice in the Industry. Tribunal decision against firm as regards em- ployment of women. Union won. No penalty. Finn appealed. Appeal dismissed. Employment of women Halifax on machine tool work. 31-12-19. Appeal Court, 27-2-20. I Tribunal again, 24-3-20 Appeal Court, 14-5-20. Employment of women ' Edinburgh Tribunal, | Union won on machining opera- 6-1-20 tions. Union won at Tribunal but case re- ferred back on appeal. " Trade practice " refers to Industry, not to Establishment. At second trial firm fined .too. Firm appealed. Appeal dismissed. Employment of disabled ex-soldiers on planing machines. Manchester 21-1-20. Tribunal, Women instead of men Metropolitan Tribunal, making helmets, etc., 25-8-20. in new business by i Metropolitan 'Tribimal, new methods. 17-9-20. I (Under Section 1 (2) of ' the Act. ■ Union won. Firm fined £5. Union lost. No evidence tendered. Case dismissed. At second trial Union won. Order registered by Solicitor's Department of the Ministry of Labour. Firm to i>ay costs. 245 0. — Cases where Unions did not establish their claims. Parties. Subject. Bemarks. A.S. of Carpenters v. May, Harden & May, Southampton. A.S.E. V. Crabtree & Sons, Leeds. A.S E. V. Newton Bros Ltd., Derby. A.S.E. r. Dennis, Guild- ford. A.U. of Upholsterers, »'. Searle & Sons, Old Kent Road, London. Ashton Joint Committee Engineering i: Allied Trades r. Oldham & Sons, Manchester. A.S.E. ('. W. & R. Scott, Tayport. B. National Federation of Foundry Unions v. Ruston & Hornsby, Grantham. A.S.E. V. Engineering Lei jester. Bentley Co., United Order of General Workers t\ Columbia Gramophone Co., Earlsfield, London. A.E.U. V. Lancashire Ordnance and Acces sories Co., Manchester A.E.U. V. British L. M. Ericsson Manufac- turing Co., Notting- ham. Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machin- ists V. J. B. Fraser & Co., Box-makers, Glasgow. Boilermakrfrs' Society V. Ram age & Fer- guson, Shiprepairers, Leith. Employment of Ship- wrights on work claimed for joiners. Alteration of system of booking time from book entry to clocking. Employment of women on coil winding. Old firm but new work. Employment of women on machining opera- tions. Employment of women. Employment of women on manufacture of miners' electrical lamps. Women on machine work (parts for rubber milling machines). Women on core making Women making screw giuges. liiew firm during war. Women on presses for making records. (200 men on .strike.) Women making ball- bearings and thread milling. Old firm but new work. Women instead of men, youths and boys on milling machines, power presses and tuiTCt lathes. Women or girls at saw benches and wood- cutting machines. Oxy-acetylene welding done by apprentices instead of journey- Southampton Tribunal, 9-12-19. Leeds Tribunal, 15-12-19. Appeal Court, 30-1-20. Derby Tribunal (under Section 1 (2) of the Act). 21-1-20. Metropolitan Tribunal, 2-2-20. Appeal Court, 14-5-20. Metropolitan Tribunal, 27-2-20. Metropolitan Tribunal, 9 -6-20. Appeal Court, 23-7-20. Manchester Tribunal, 10-3-20. Dundee Tribunal, 2 4-20. Nottinghani Tribunal, 4-6-20. Leicester Tribunal, (under Section 1 (2) of the Act), 11-5-20. Appeal Court, 23-7-20. Tribunal again, 22-10-20. Metropolitan Tribunal, 19-5-20. Manchester Tribunal (under Section 1 (2) of the Act), 30-8-20. Nottingham Tribunal, 3-9-20. Glasgow Tribunal, 29-10-20. Appeal Court, 30-11-20. Glasgow Tribunal, 12-2-21. Edinburgh 5-11-20. Tribunal, Union lost. Union lost. Decision confirmed on appeal. Union lost. Union lost. Case dismissed by Tribu- nal. Union appealed. Appeal dis- missed. Union lost. No proof of breach produced. Union lost. Change not made in con- sequence of Treasury agreements. Union appealed but appeal dismissed. Union lost. Miners' electrical safety lamps a new industry. Union lost. Union lost. Union won, and Tribunal Order regis- tered by Solicitor's Department of the Ministry of Labour, but firm appealed. Case referred b.ick to Tribunal. Tribunal decision, operations of screwing, fitting inspection —com- plaint not justified. Opsraiion of turning should be by male labour. Union lost. Union lost. Analogous test was similar work in England and that was done by "unskilled" labour. No difference in this case between " un- skilled" and " women's" labour. Union lost. A x^'^-war practice of employing women existed. Women were employed only on saws in packing case department. Union lost. Eleven months' delay was unduly long. Appealed. Appeal Court ruled that rather more than 11 m mths' delay should be allowed. Case remitted to Tribunal to le-con- sider, but there dismissed. Leave given to appeal again if desired. Union lost. Action delayed too long. Action after lOth Octob r, 1M20, for penalty might hold good, but n .t for restoration. 21G Fiuthcr details of some of these cases are given below : — Question whether Shii'wrights or Joiners should perform CERTAIN WORK IN CONNECTION WITH FlYING BoATS. The Associated Society of f'arjjenters, Cabinet Makers and Joiners objected to the employment of Shipwrights upon certain work in con- nection with Flying Boats, which, it was alleged, was work which should properly be performed by Joiners. The Southampton Local .Munitions Tribunal heard the case on 9th December, J 9 19, but dismissed the case, expressing the opinion that a trade practice cannot exist unless the acts which ai stated t.) con titute the trade practice are of such reasonably frequent or common use as to be con- sidered established. There should be a reasonably long and generally accepted usage with the full knowledge of all important parties con- cerned, and the evidence tendered did not prove such usage. — Goulder V. May, Harden and May. — Southampton Local Munitions Tribunal, 9th December, 1919. Question of Employment of Disabled Ex-Soldiers on Work PREVIOUSLY" done BY SKILLED MeN. The United Machine Workers' Association objected to the employ- ment of disabled ex-soldiers, who had not served an apprenticeship to the work they were doing, being employed on machines which, it was contended, should be w^orked by skilled men who had served an appren- ticeship of five years, as was the case prior to the war. The employers contended that it had always been customary in the trade to promote intelligent labourers to machine operations, but they did not tender evidence to support this contention. The Manchester Local Munitions Tribunal heard the case on 21st January, 1920, and found that the Act had been contravened, but fined the firm only £5, taking into considera- tion the excellent motives that prompted the employment of the disabled soldiers. — Spencer v. A. Hopkinson. — Manchester Local Munitions Tribunal, 21st January, 1920. New Method of Time Eecording. The Leeds Local Munitions Tribunal on Decembtr 15th, 1919, had before them a complaint made by the Leeds Engineering and Allied Trades and Shipbuilding and Engineering Joint Committee against Messrs. R. W. Crabtree and Sons. At the end d 1917. tlie firm introduced time-recording clocks for workmen to clock ov ai d off each job done instead of writing their daily time in a time-book, the premium bonus system being introduced at about the same time. Subsequently the premium bonus system was abandoned, but the firm continued the new method of clocking jobs, and the workpeople's representatives alleged that the firm were thereby committing a breach of the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919. The — Tribunal held that it was not suiiicient for the purpose of establishing a trade custom within the meaning of this Act simply to prove that the majority of shops in certain districts worked their timekeeping arrangements after a certain fashion, but that it must be proved beyond a doubt that the industry generally worked timekeeping arrangements in such a way that there was no question as to the method followed ; on the evidence before the Tribunal it was clear that in some shops there was no time record taken at all ; in others (and these appeared to be in the majority) the men marked their own time on boards or in a book or got the foreman to mark for them. In other shops there were proper time-recording machines such as those used by Messrs. Crabtree and Sons. The Tribunal accordingly found that the machines now objected to were in use in some shops before the war, and that their use was not a trade custom within the meaning of the Act, and dismissed the complaint. The workpeople appealed, and the appeal was heard by Mr. Justice Roche on 30th January. The Judge upheld the decision of the Tribunal, being satisfied that there was ample evidence before the Tribunal to find that the use of the time-recorder was not a trade custom within the meaning of the Act. — Briggs v. Crabtree and Sons. — Court of Appeal. — 30^^. January, 1920. Question whether " trade practice " means the practice obtaining in an industry or in an establishment. In this appeal case, the appellants (the employers) were a firm of machine tool makers at Halifax, and the respondent was acting on behalf of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the complaint being that the appellants were employing women to do work done before the war by men, thereby infringing the Restoration of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919. The Local Munitions Tribunal held that the only evidence that need, or in fact could, be considered was evidence as to the practice prevailing in the appellants' own establishment and finding on the facts that during, and in consequence of, the war the appellants employed women, and were still doing so, upon work where before the war they employed men, they found the complaint established. On appeal it was held that the decision must be quashed, and the matter remitted to the Tribunal for hearing and determination. The following points were decided by Mr. Justice Roche : — • (1) In Section 1 (1) of the Restoration of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919, the words " rule, practice or custom obtaining before the war in any industry or branch of an industry " mean a rule, practice or custom of general application in the industry or branch of industry. (2) Notices of departure from previously prevailing conditions given under Clause 6 of Schedule II. of the Munitions of War Act, 1915, are not evidence of any real weight as to such departure, unless by virtue of the particular contents of particular notices. (3) Where, in accordance with Section 2 (3) of the Act, proceedings are instituted by or on behalf of a trade union, it is not necessary for the complainant to produce a written authorisa- tion from his union to prefer the complaint, if the tribunal are satisfied with the evidence of authority. 218 (4) A trade union may have a locus standi in proceedings under the Act although at the time proceedings are taken none of its members are employed by the persons against whom the comphiint is laid. Taylor v. Smith, Barker and Willson. — King's Bench Division. — •27th February, 1920. Questions as to whether " trade practice " means the practice obtaining in an industry or in an establishment, and AS TO THE Area which would suffice to prove a PRACTICE IN AN Industry. During the war the defendant firm employed women on light core work which had previously been done by apprentices. The Scottish Brass Moulders' Unon lodged a complaint against the firm for infringing the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919, in con- tinuing to employ women on such work. The tribunal interpreted the phrase "trade practice," as used in Section 1 (1) of the Act, as meaning a rule, practice or custom obtaining in the particular establish- ment, and decided against the firm. On appeal, it was held that the trade practice referred to in the section is a rule, practice or custom obtaining in the industry or branch of industry, but the limits of the area regarding which evidence of a trade practice should be tendered was left vague, and the tribunal demanded proof as to the trade practice in Scotland. The Union contended that proof should be limited to the Clyde area, and appealed on this point, but Lord Sands dismissed the appeal on 18th June, 1920, stating that the tribunal were entitled to have the whole facts before them as to the trade organisation and practice in the industry in Scotland, although that did not imply that the tribunal must necessarily affirm that either a veto or non-veto of female labour governed the whole industry in Scotland. At the subsequent hearing before the tribunal, it appeared that the practice in the whole oi Scotland and in the Clyde area was the same, and the question, there- fore, as to which area should be taken under the Act as the correct guide in estabhshing the existence of a practice was not decided. — Prentice v. McPhail and Sons. — Scottish Court of Appeal — 2/i / March and I8th June, 1920. Question of a New Process of Manufacture. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers objected to the continued employment by a firm of women on the various operations of grinding, screwing, fitting and inspecting material involved in the making of screw gauges. The case was heard by the Leicester Local Munitions Tribunal on 11th May, 1920. The firm's contention was that a new system of manufacture had come into existence during the war to ensure accuracy in manufacture, and that instead of the gauges being made by a single skilled man, the various processes were all simplified, SQ that each one of them could be performed by unskilled female labour after a few hours' tuition, most of the work being done auto- matically. 210 The firm agreed that the process of " turning " hosiery machine parts should be done by men. As regards other processes, the Tribunal found in favour of the Union, but this decision was the subject of an appeal before Mr. Justice Roche on 23rd July, 1920, when he ruled that the question whether a trade practice ought to be restored or introduced depended upon whether the process of man- facture of the articles was the same and not whether the result of the process of manufacture was the same. If there was a practice to do a certain operation by a certain class of labour, an improvement of method in the performance of that operation would not prevent the practice continuing or render its restoration impossible. But if one method of manufacture was abandoned and a different method or process of manufacture substituted, a custom or practice which was applicable to the one method would no longer be applicable to the other method. In the light of this ruling, the Tribunal found in favour of the firm as regards all operations except " turning." — Bates v. Bentley Engineering Company — Ajipeal Court, 2?>rd July, 1920. Question of a New Process of Manufacture. The Military Cork Head-dress Makers' Union complained that Messrs, E. Day, Ltd., employed women instead of men in the manu- facture of helmets, etc. The firm contended that formerly a skilled man carried out all the processes of manufacture, but that, under the new system of simplification and sub-division of the various processes, the work could be done by women after a short period of training. The case was heard by the Metropolitan Local Munitions Tribunal on 17th September, 1920, when judgment was given in favour of the Union, and the obligation was placed upon the firm of introducing, or permitting the introduction of, male labour only in the various processes in the manufacture of cork helmets. — Newman v. E. Day (St. Albans), Ltd. Metropolitan Local Munitions Tribunal, 17th Sep- tember, 1920. Undue Delay in instituting Prosecution. In this case the appellant was a delegate acting on behalf of the Amalgamated Society of AVoodcutting Machinists, and the Respon- dents (the Employers) were a firm of timber merchants and packing box makers, the complaint being that the Respondents were employing women to do work done before the war by men, thereby infringing the Restoration of Pre- War Practices Act, 1919. The Local Munitions Tribunal held that the complaint was in- competent owing to the delay which had occurred in instituting pro- ceedings, viz., 11 months after the obligation to restore had become operative, and the complaint was dismissed. On appeal, however, the Tribunal's decision was recalled. Lord Sands holding that, in view of the fact that preliminary informal notice had been given to the firm in June, J 920, it could not be upheld that undue delay had occurred. He expressed the view, however, that the obligation of the employers, although of indefinite, is not of perpetual duration, and that although the Act is not in terms limiteel in duration, it does not impose an obligation 250 extendiiij; over a tract of years, and he expresseil the opinion that it was JJK'n, on 3()th November, 1920, too late, at all events except under extraordinary ciicumstances, to institute proceedings under the Act. The Tribunal subse(|uently heard the case and dismissed it.- -Mackay V. J. B. Fntser and Company. — The SrjjUis-h Court of Appeal, .'iO/A Novet fiber, 11)20. (2) Wages (Temporary Regulation) Acts, 1918 and 1919. In tlie last Report of this series, summaries were iiiven of the more important appeal decisions under thes Afts : the following further summaries of subsequent decisions are added : — Claim by Workman to Bonus : Contract or other Legal Obligation. It was provided by the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, that for six months after 21st November, 1918, any person who em- ployed a workman of a class to which a prescribed rate of wages was applicable must pay wages to such workman at a rate not less than the prescribed rate or such other rat as might be substituted for the prescribed rate by a Court of Arbitration constituted under the Act or such other rate as might be substituted for the prescribed rate by agreement or settlement approved by the Minister of Labour. The prescribed rate was defined in the case of men to be the recognised time rate or other basis for determining wages generally applicable to that class of w^orkman in that trade in that district on 11th November, 1918. Any contravention of this provision was an offence to be dealt with by the local munitions tribimals. An appeal lay from the decision of any tribunal to a Judge of the High Court. On 29th May, 1919, the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Extension Act, 1919, continued the operation of the first mentioned Act for another six months, i.e., till 21st November. 1919. On 20th November, 1919, the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, was passed in which the relevant provisions of the first mentioned Act were further continued to 30th September, 1920. A workman, in November, 1918, entered the service as a carpenter of a firm of builders employed on a Government contract. The contract with the firm was on a percentage basis as to cost, and the rate of wages was subject to Government approval. The work came under the description of munitions work, and under awards of the Committee on Production the workmen were entitled to a bonus of 12^ per cent, on their wages. AVhen the workman began his employment his wages amounted to Is. 3f/. an hour, with certain allowances for travelling, &c., and he received in addition the 12|- per cent, bonus. In December. 1918, a meeting of employers and workmen passed a resolution that the time rate for carpenters should be raised to Is. i^d. an hour for January, 1919, and to Is. 6d. for February and afterwards. Nothing was said at the meeting as to the bonus, but clearly it was understood that the bonus should be paid as before, i.e., to men on munitions work, not to men on private work. The bonus was accordingly paid to those on munitions work until 5th March. 1919, when the finu posted a notice in the works that the payment of bonus was to be suspended thence- 251 . forward, pending a decision whether it was legal or not. This step was taken in consequence of the action of the Minister of Labour, who A\Tote on 3rd Fe))ruary, 1919, refusing to sanction the agreement which had been made the preceding December, on the ground that under ■changed conditions it was anomalous to make any distinction between private and munitions work, and that a uniform rate should be arrived at and then fixed as a prescribed rate under the Act. Pending such new arrangement, the Government department supervising the firm's contract refused to sanction payment of bonus in addition to the increased time rates, and in consequence the firm gave the notice referred to on 5th March. After that date the workmen continued to work at Is. 6d. an hour, but received no bonus. On 1st June the Joint Council of employers and workmen agreed upon a new time rate of Is. Id. an hour without bonus, and this was later increased to Is. 8d. an hour. After the last-mentioned date no question of bonus arose, but the workman claimed to be entitled to the bonus of 12^ per cent, from 5th March, when it was suspended, until 1st June, when it was finally dropped. This claim being refused by the firm, the workman brought an action in the High Court against them for the sum of £5, the amount of the bonus for the time in question. A large number of other similar claims awaited the result of the action. The Court decided in favour of the firm. In his judgment Mr. ■Justice Roche said that after the suspensory notice the plaintiff worked on an implied agreement that his right to the bonus should depend on the decision or ruling of the Minister of Labour that it was payable. No such decision or ruling had been given. During the period in question the plaintift' had been paid at the rate of Is. Qd. an liour. That rate, without bonus, was higher than Is. 3d. an hour with the bonus. The Court could not decide in favour of the plaintiff unless his right to the sum claimed was founded either upon contract or upon some other legal obHgation on the defendants to pay. The plaintiff had not established any such right, and the defendants were entitled to judgment. — Kitt v. H. Boot and Sons. — King's Bench Division, 28th January, 1920. Wages : Failure to pay Prescribed Rate : Award Binding on Defendant's Predecessor : Whether Binding on Defendants. The defendant firm in this case carried on a business in a shipyard at Poole, which had previously been a controlled establishment owned by another firm, H. R. and Co. By an award of the Committee on Production of the 11th July, 1918, when H. R. and Co. were the owners of the establishment, all workpeople employed by this firm were to be paid at the rate of wages obtaining in the Southampton shipyard, and, in addition, railway fares, a travelling allowance of an hour per day, and a good time-keeping bonus. The workman claimed that, for the period during which he was employed by Gardiners, that firm had failed to comply with the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, because they had not paid him the allowances mentioned, which he claimed formed part of the prescribed rate. The Tribunal decided against the complainant. On appeal, it was held that the award of the Committee on Produc- tion, binding the previous owners to pay the allowances claimed, was 2i.2 not bindiiifr on tlic (lefcndtiiit firm, and tliat there was no evidence that the anovvaucc formed ])art of tlu; prescribed rate.- Troke v. (jurdiiur Shi/)hu.ilt/iii(/ (tiiil Engineering Company, Ltd. — King's Bench Divisimi. — ;30/.// Jail liar//, 11)20. Ai.LKCJED Failure to Pay the PRE.scEiiiiEi) Kate ok \\\u;k.s. In tliis case the appellants (the emph)yers) were engaged in the manufacture of sewing machines, and the respondent (the claimant in the original proceedings) was acting on behalf of the Workers" Union, the com])laint being that the appellants had failed to pay the prescribed rate of wages, namely, the advances prescribed by Award 174 of the Interim Court of Arbitration as extended by Statutory Rules and Orders No. 260, thereby infringing the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918. The Local Munitions Tribunal held that the appellants' factory was an engineering shop within the meaning of Award 174, and that Statutory Rules and Orders 260 applied to the women employed there. On appeal, it w\as held that the decision must be recalled and the matter remitted to the Tribunal to report to the Minister of Labour under Section 5 (2) of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. 1918, the question whether there is a prescribed or substituted rate applicable to the class to which the workers belong, and as to what is the pre- scribed or substituted rate for that class.* — Climie v. Singer Sewing Machine Company, Ltd. — Scottish Court of Appeal. — \st April, 1920. Failure to Pay Temporary Lodging Allowance. Li this case the appellants were acting on behalf of H.M. Explosives Factory, Gretna, and the respondents (the claimants in the original proceedings) were acting on behalf of the National L^nion of General Workers, the complaint being that the appellants had, by ceasing payment of a " temporary lodging allowance," failed to pay the pre- scribed rate of wages to certain factory workers and agricultural workers, therebv infringing the Wages (Temporarv Regulation) Act, 1918. The Local Munitions Tribunal held that the allowance in question formed part of the prescribed rate. On appeal, the judgment of the Tribunal was upheld except in so far as it affected those of the complainers who were agricultural or farm labourers. — Nicol and Lowthian v. Ministry of Munitions. — Scottish Court of Appeal— nth May, 1920. Failure to Pay Apprentices Full Journeymen's Rates imme- diately on emerging from their Apprenticeships. In December, 1919, the Glasgow Local Munitions Tribimal heard a complaint by certain '■ young journeymen " that Messrs. Fleming and Ferguson, Engineers and Shipbuilders, Paisley, had failed to pay them, immediately their apprenticeship expired, the full standard wage of . * The (|nestion was I'eferred by the ^Minister ot l,abour to the industrial Court lor d-cision. A summary of the Award of the Court will be found on pa.ue "i of this Report, 253 journeymen engineers. The case was heard in detail in December, 1919, and was then adjourned for the purpose of giving the parties an opportunity of considering whether there was a custom of the trade whereby " young journeymen " should be paid the full journeymen's rate immediately on emerging from their apprenticeship. Subsequently the parties agreed on the following joint minute : — (1) That, for a long period prior to the war, it was the custom and practice of engineering firms in the Clyde District, on the completion of the term of apprenticeship by their apprentices^ to classify them as young journeymen ; and to pay such young journeymen a rate less than the full journeyman's rate, and gradually increasing till the full journeyman's rate was reached. (2) That the period during which the lesser rate continued to the young journeymen varied ; and the amount of the rate, the increments thereon, and the frequency of the sariie, until the full journeyman's rate was reached, also varied. The case again came before the Local Munitions Tribunal who, on 23rd October, 1920, held that the three complainers were " young journeymen " to whom the joint minute above referred and were not entitled to the full journeyman rate immediately on emerging from their apprenticeship. The only question therefore that remained to be decided by the Tribunal was whether the custom of trade, applicable to the complainers, was abrogated by the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act. The Tribunal held that as this Act was a temporary measure for the purpose of temporarily stabihsing wages in industries during the transition period from war work to peace work, it had no effect at all on the existing trade custom. From this decision an appeal was lodged on behalf of the men. In a decision, dated 6th December, the Appeal Judge (Lord Sands) dismissed the appeal. — William Hilcoat and others v. Fleming and Ferguson. — 6th December, 1920. Complaint under Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act lodged subsequent to the expiry of the act. By Part 3 of the Industrial Courts Act, 1919, certain provisions of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, with modifications were continued in operation until 30th September, 1920. On 6th October a complaint was lodged against Messrs. Hugh McLean and Son, Go van, by Mr. Charles McLean, organiser of the Boat Builders in the firm's employ. The complaint dealt with matters which had occurred prior to 30th September, 1920. The Local Munitions Tribunal decided that they had no jurisdiction by reason of the expiry of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act on 30th September, 1920, and on appeal this decision was upheld by the Appeal Judge. — McLean v. Hugh McLean and Son. — llth December, 1920. Limitation of Operation of Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 1918, Jurisdiction of High Court after expiration of TIME limited. After September, 1920, several cases came before Mr. Justice Roche, the Appeals Judge, on appeal from local munitions tribunals. Thejr 251. all arose out of coinplaiuts by workmen that wages were not j)aid in accordance with the statutory regulations. The preliminary objection ■was raised to tlie hearing of any of the cases, that not only was the period in which an oft'ence could be committed limited by the terminal date 30tli September, 1920, but also that the period within which the Appeals Judge had jurisdiction to adjudicate was limited bv the same terminal date. The appellants contended, on the other hand, that though no oftence could be conunitted after the date in question, that date had no application to the jurisdiction of the Judge to hear and decide appeals relating to matters occurring before that date. The Judge, after taking time for consideration, held that his juris- diction, as well as that of the munitions tribunals, came to an end on 30th September, 1920, and that therefore the objection was good and he was unable to proceed wdth the hearing of any of the appeals. — Alfred Spencer v. 11'. Hooton and four other cases. — King's Bench Division. — 21>/ December, 1920. In one of these cases (Briggs v. Great Northern Railway Comi)any) where a complaint had been lodged wdth the Leeds Local 3Iunitions Tribunal that the railway company had not paid to certain workmen the prescribed rate of w^ages, and the Tribunal had made an order on the 30th September, 1920, for payment of w^ages at the prescribed rate. The Chairman of the Tribunal was requested by the Union to issue a distress w^arrant to enforce the order of the 30th September, .1920, and on his refusal, a rule nisi for a mandamus was obtained, directing the chairman to show- cause wliy he should not issue a distress warrant. On the hearing of the application to make the rule absolute, the rule ^\as discharged by the unanimous decision of the Divisional Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Darling, Mr. Justice Avory and Mr. Justice Horridge. — The King v, FAUs. — Divisional Court. — Mi April, 1921. 255 INDEX To Detailed Statements of Cases in Appendices II. to VI. Page. Administrative Staff. (See under I'ublic Utility Services.) Ageicultural Implement Makebs : Elder, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., Bcrwick-on-Tweed (Blacksmiths) 95 Maldon Iron Works Co., Lt Co., Ltl., Lamloiv ... ... . If;4 Crowe, Wilson and Co., Ltd., Dublin ... ... ... ... 175 Star Tea Co., London ... ... 2'24 , Fulford, C. E. , Ltd., Leetls (Drug and Fine Chemical Workers) 123 London Co-operative Societies ... loS •CtiCKEas : Leicester ... l&j ■Clog Sole Wokkkks 2()f) Clotht.vg TitAUBS : Garment Workers: Middlesbrough Chamber of Trade 201 Redman, L., and Co., London (Learners, Machinists, etc.) ... 202 ■ Glove ITorkers: lieviio Manufacturing Co., and Olivfr ^Manufacturing Co., London (Rubberised Glove, etc., Workers) 199 Nat and Gap Makers : Berger, D., and Co., London ... ... 200 Bloomfield, R. Z., Ltd., and J. Compton and Sons, Ltd., London (Shakos Makers) ... ... ... 108 Pizer, B. M., London 200 Samuel and Lewis, London ... ... ... ... ... ... 201 Wootton, E., Ltd., Be,vorth, near Nuneaton 202 3Ia inte nS'ee t/.nc?er Transport Trades.) Hat and Cap Makers. (See under Clothing Trades.) Heatfng AND Domestic Engineers ... ... ... 185 Heavy Chemical Wobkers. (See wir/er Chemical Trades.) Hecklers. (See under Textile Trades, Dyers, etc.) Hollow-avare Trade : General Award (Galvanized Hollow-ware) ... ... ... ... 94 Bnlpitt and Sons, Birmingham ^Aluminium) ... ... 88 Hook Makers ... py Hose Pipe Makers. (See under Textile Trades.) Hosiery Workers. (See under Textile Trades.) Hospital and Asylum Workers. (See under Public Utility Services.) Hotel Workers. (See wicker Food, etc.. Trades.) Incandescent Mantle Makbrs: Bland Light Syndicate, Limited, and four others, London ... 152 Robins, J. T., and Co., London (Forewomen) ... ... ... 229 Individual Firms : Abbott, F. J., Ltd 202 Aberdeen Harbour Board ... ... ... ... ... ... no Aberdeen Trawlins; Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ,,. lOl Abingdon Brewery Co.. Northampton ... ... ... .. 127 Adley, Tolkien and Co., Tjtd., Blackburn 211 Admiralty 83 (:i), 85, 86, 148 (2) „ , Chatham Dockyard ... ... ... ... ... 80 „ , Devonport Dockyard ... ... ... ... ... 44 , Harwich 113 ,, , Rosyth Dockyard and Queensferry Naval Hospital 148 Aidee Motor and Engineering Co., Ijtd., Camden ToAvn... ... 194 Ainsworth and Sons, Ltd., Cleator, Cumbt^rland ... .,. ... 101. 104 Air Ministry', Halton Park ... ... ... ... ... ... \H'S Aire and Calder Navigation ... ... ... ... ... ... 2u2 Albion Mills Co., London ... ... ... ... ... ... 226 2(J8 Page. I Mil VI DIM, Kilt MS — cont. Alcxaiider, J. iind T., iiiid Co., Ltd., Diinfermlirifi ... ... 107 Alliance and Dul)liri Consiainer.s' Ga.s Co., Dublin ... ... 219 Andrews, H., and Sons, Bristol 164 A|)i)lel)3-, Hull 208 Appleby, Jos., and Sons, Ltd , Blackburn 127 Archibald, W., Son and Co., Ltd * 107 Arcus, A., and ('o.. Ijerwick 228 Ardee Bread Co., Ltd., Ardee, Co. Louth .. 218 Arinnpjli Spinning Co., Armagh ... ... ... ... ... 197 Arniiield, .Edward, and Co., fjtd,, Birmingham ... ... .., 87 Arni.strong and Main, Ltd 61,72 Arnistrong-Siddelej- Motors, Ltd., Coventry ... ... ... 100 Ai-niy and Navy Co-operative Society, Ltd., London ... ... 156, 159 Arnott, Thomas 107 Ash by, Frank, and Co., Stirchley, Birmingham ... ... ... 96 A shniore, Benson, Pease and Co. ... ... ... ... ... 67 Associated Coal Consumers, Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 110, 111 Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd. 121 (2) Associated Rubber Manufacturers, Ltd., Harpenden ... ... 224 Athl.me Woollen Mills Co.. Ltd 165(2) Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Birmingliam ... ... ... ... 61 Avery, W. and T., Ltd., Birmingham 197 Avoniel Distillery, Ltd., Belfast 170 Baird, W., and Co., Ltd., Bedlay 190 Balm, Hill and Sons, Nottingham 199 Banham, George, and Co., Ltd., Farnworth 107 Bannister and Graves ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 88 Barker, George, Perth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Barns, W., and Son, London 97 Barrett, R. and A., Dublin 169 Barry, Henry, and Co., Ltd, Aberdeen 62 Baxendales, Ltd.. Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... 224 Baytou, Penoax and Mamble Collieries, West Worcestershire ... 189 Beardmore, Wm., and Co., Ltd., Dalmuir 69 Belfast and Co. Down Railway Co., Belfast 77 Bennie, David, and Sons, Ltd., Glasgow ... 92 Bentley, D., Ltd., Salford 195 Berger, D., and Co., London 20u Berk, James A., and Sons, Belfast 212' Berwick, F. W., London 55 Bessey and Palmer, Ltd., Great Yarmouth... 205,206^ Bidwell and Co., Thetford 124 Biggleswade Water Board ... ... ... . ... ... 47 Birmingham District Power and Traction Co., Ltd. ... ... 132 Blackie, G., and Co., Hawick... ... ... ... ... ... 113 Blackman, Louis, Ltd., Arundel ... ... ... ... ... 115 Blackwell, G. G., Sons and Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... 227 Blaeudare Co., Ltd., Pontypooi 209 Blake Boiler, Wagon and Engineering Co., Ltd. . ... ... 67 Bland Light Syndicate, Ltd ." 152 Bloomfield, R. Z., Ltd., London 108 Blyth, E. M., and Sons, Essex 21^ Board of Trade (Imported Timber Disposal Section), C. T. S. Sawmills, Erith 118 Bolands, Ltd., Dublin 218 Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough ... ... 54 Bonas, J., and Son, Derby ... ... ... ... ... ... 199 Bottomley Bros, and Co.. Ltd., Bradford 198 Boy tons, London ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 191 Braby. F., and Co.. Bootle, liiverpool ... ... ... ... 84 Bradford Corporation (Pateley Bridge Waterworks) ... ... 49 Individual Firms — coni. 269 Page Brady and Martin, Newcastle-on-Tyne ... ... ... ... 211 British Abrasive Wheel Co., Sheffield 195> British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Kinlochleven ... ... ... 90 British I^lanuesman Tube Co., Ltd., Landore ... ... .. 164f- British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... 97^ Bi-odog Timber and Sawmilling Co., Ltd., Fishguard ... ... X85-^ Broomhead and Bros., Chesterfield .. . .. ... ... ... 206 • Brown and Woods, Ipswich ... ... ... ... ... ... 205' Brown, G. F. and A., and Sons, Ltd., Nantwich ... ... ... 229 Brown, W., and Co., Dublin 218 Bruce and Tulloch, Lerwick 228 • Bryson and Co., Ltd., Grangemouth ... ... ... ... 119' Buckingham, John, Ltd. ... ... .. ... ... .. 117 Bulpitt and Sons, Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 88' Burnbrae Dyeing and Finishing Co., ... ... ... ... ]0'S" Burnett. Sir Bobert and ('o., Ijtd., London ... ... ... 214'- Burns, G. and J., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 2©5; ■ Button, P., and C, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 228^ Caff erata and Co., Nottingham ... ... ... ... ... 189- ■ Calder, James, and Co., Ltd., Bo'ness ... ... ... t.. 125 Camden Brewery Co., London ... ... ... ... ... 170 Campbell, Achnaeh and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... .-. 108- Campbell and Isherwood, Cardiii' ... ... ... ... ... 192 Camper and Nicholson's, Southampton ... ... ... ... 192", Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., Cargo Fleet 178 Carron Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 187" Cars, B. Ltd., 152:- Cartland, J., and Sons, Ltd., Biimingham... ... ... ... 88-' Carwardine and Co.. Loudon .. ... ... . ... ... 215' Castell Bros., Ltd., London 20S Cater, Stofiell and Fortt, Ltd., Bath 22-1 C'aves. Austin and Co., Ltd., Hastings and St. Leonards 225 City of London Brewery Co.,... ... ... ... ... ... 170- Civil Service Supply Association, Ltd. ... ... ... ... 223^ Clarke, Wm., Cloragh, Ashford, Co., Wicklow 18-* Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., ... ... ... 67.'" Clyde Nail Co.,' Ltd., Newton 92:^ Clyde Navigation Trust 110,137^149,.. Coblecrook Dyeing Co., ... ... ... ... ... ... lQ/5 Cochrane, John and Sons, Ltd., London (Contractors in North Wales and Birkenhead) 145' Coles, A. N., and Son, Ltd., Plymouth IIT Colville, D., and Sons, Ltd., Motherwell ... ... ... .- 176"; ■ Compton. J., and Sons, Ltd., London . ... ... ... . 10& Co-operative Union, Ltd., England and Wales ... ... .. 129' Co-operative Union, Ltd., Northern Area ... ... ... .. 231 Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Co., Cork ... .. ... 19^ Cove. Edgar, Salcombe, Devon ... ... ... ... ... 86 Cramer, Wood and Co., Ltd, Dublin 225 Crane and Sons, Ltd.. Dublin 225,230 Creighton Construction Co., Barrow and Newcastle ... ... 186' Creswells, Ltd., Bradford 22tJ- Cricliton, Thompson and Co., King's Lynn ... ... ... 80'- Urompton, Limited, Asbton-in-Makerfield... ... . . 196- Crook, Jolm, and Sons, Preston ... ... ... ... .. 158 Crowe, Wilson and Co., Ltd., Dublm ... ... ... ... 175- - Crown Coke Co., Ltd., Consett, co. Durham ... ... ... 191; Daimler Co., Ltd., Coventry ... ... ... . . ... ... 100 Dairy Sundries, Ltd., Leyton ... ... ... ... 224^ Dalmcllington Iron Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 53' Davies and Rees ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 110- Dean and Curti.-^, Svvanage ... ... ... ... ... ... 152i 270 Page. In ui VIDUA I, ¥ 1 UM.^ — conl. Deaiie and Hoal, ('roydon ... ... ... ... .. ... 6'-'>, 'j6 Denliolm, Joliii, and (>o.. Ltd., Ho'iiess ... ... .. ... 118 Dewhurst, J., and Soils, Skipfcon 199 Dewhiirst, \V., and Co . Chipping, near Pre&toii .. ... ... 207 Dinmoie Park (.^iian-ies Syndicate, Ltd., Dinmorc Park, Anfijlesea ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 00 Dock Millin.i,' Co., Ltd.. Dublin 217.218 Donnan, L(jnK and Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough 67 Douglas, IX, Perth 'j4 Doulton and Co., Ltd , London 211(2) Downs. J. R., and Sons, Landore Zinc Works ... ... ... l^t Dublin and South Eastern Kaihvay Co. ... ... .. 57,62,76(2) Dulilin Port and Docks Board ... ... ... ... 113 Dublin Steam Trawlinf;; Co., Ltd., Dublin 160, 2o5 Dudley, Stourbridge and Di.strict Electric Traction Co., Ltd. ... 132 Duncan, Flockliart and Co., Edinburgh ... ... ... ... 122 Dundalk and Newry Steamship Co., Dundalk and Newry ... 205 Dundalk Iron Works (E. Manisty and Co., Ltd.) 68 Dundee Harbour Trust ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 Dunn and Co.. Kanisgate ... ... ... ... ... ... 194 Dunn, H., Islington Cattle Market 127 Eagle Pottery, Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 168 Eastern Counties Haulage Co., Ipswich ... ... ... ... 206 East Kent Colliery Co., Ltd 188 East London Rope Works, Ltd 198 Eastman, F. G., and Co., Bristol l,t)4 Edinburgh and District Water Trvist ... ... ... ... 145 Elder, Wm., and Sons, Ltd., Berwick-on-Tweed .. ... ... 95 Elderfleet Shipbuilding Co., Larne ... ... ... ... ... 82 :Elliott, S., and Sons, Ltd., Reading 207 Ellison, Henry, Ltd., Cleckheaton 122 Enfield Embroidery Co., Bush Hill Park 200 "Enterprise Sliip Stores, Ltd.... ... ... ... ... ... 101 Equitable Loan Co. ... - 226 Erskine, Beveridge and (-0., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 107 Espley and Sons, Ltd., Evesham ... ... ... ... ... 182 Estler Bros., London 89 Eustace and Co.. Ltd., Cork ... .. ... ... ... ... 168 Faill, A. and J., Glasgow 137 Falk, Stadelniann and Co., Ltd 152 Faulkner, C. T., and Co , Ltd 202 Fife Coal Co., Kinglassie Colliery 190 Fife Flax and Fibre Co., Ltd., Dunfermline ... ... ... 107 Finch and Goodwin, Bristol ... ... ... ... ... ... 164 Finlayson, Bousfield and Co., Ltd., Johnstone 197 Fishing Supply Stores, Ltd 101 Flavell, S., and Co., Ltd., Leamington ... ... ... ... 164 Fleming Brcs, Xewbridgc, CO. Clare ... .. ... ... 183 Forbes, Abbott and Lennard. Ltd., Shoreham ... ... ... 121 Foreman Cutlery Co., Sheffield 194 Frov and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 224 Fulford, C. E., Ltd., Leeds 123 Fylde Water Board 49 Gallenkanip, A. and C, London ... ... ... ... 191 Garden City Rubber Co., Letchworth ... ... ... ... 230 •General Electric Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 97 Gibb and Austins, Grangemouth ... ... ... .. ... 119 Gibson and Sons, Leeds ... ... ... ... ... ... 219 Gillespie and Xicol, South Alloa 118 Gillespy, W., and Co., Gateshead-upon-Tyne ... ... ... 201 ■Girling, J. and H., Great Yarmouth ... ... ... ... 205,206 • Gloucestershire Aircraft Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 69 271 Page. Individual Firms — coni. Goldendale Iron Co., Ltd., Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent ... ... 51 Goodwin, A. F., and Co., London ... ... ... .. ... 170 Gorrie, David, and Son, Perth ... ... ... ... ... •")4i Gotham Co., Ltd., Nottins;liam 189 Gouk and Nisbet, Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 192 Gourock Ropework, Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... 101 Gratrix, Samuel, Jnn , and Bros., Ltd., Manchester ... . 231 Graves and Co., Ltd., Waterford ... ... ... ... ... lt)8 Gray, John G., and Co., Ltd.... ... ... ... ... 107 Gray, Joseph, Lerwick ... ... ... ... ... 228 Great Northern Central Hospital, London ... ... ... 141 Great Northern Railway Co., Ireland 67 (3), 76, 79, 80 Great Southern and Western Railway Co., Ireland ... ...57, 62, 76 Dublin 76 „ „ ,, Inchicore ... ... 80 Great Western Railway Co., Laira, Plymouth ... ... ... 72 „ „ Newton Abbot 72 „ ,, Swansea Docks ... ... 61 (2), 65 Swindon ... 59, 64 (3), 65 (3), 66 (5), 67, 69, 71, 72 (2), 77, 178 „ „ Wolverhampton ... ... ... 71 . „ „ Wolverhampton, Worcester, and Newton Abbot 72 „ „ Worcester ... ... ... ... 72 Green, A., Ltd., Derby 199 Green, R , Ltd., Cradley Heath 91 Greenslade, S., Plymouth ... ... ... ... ... ... 84 Green (vood and Batley, Ltd., Leeds... ... ... ... ... 90 Griffin, J. J., and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 191 Griffiths, Eli., Birmin,s and Fiiiisley, Fowey ... ... ... ... ... 1^2 H(>d8 Howos and Ihirle}', Birniiiighaiii . ... 87 HuKlie.s, Henry, and Son, Ijtd., London ... ... ... ... 191 Huinni, U., and Co., Plymontl) ... ... ... ... ... 99 Hunt and Turner, Birmin\'orLli, E., and Co., Bradford ... ... ... 102 Inglis and Co., Ltd., Dunfermline ... ... ... .. ' 108 Inns and Co., St. Mellons, nr. Cardiff ... ... ... ... 182 Ipswich Co-o|)erative Society ... ... ... ... ... 205 Irish Distillery, Ltd.. Belfast 170 Irvin, Richard, and Sons, Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 101 Islington Cattle Market ... 127 Jenkins and Co., Retford 77 Jenner, R and H., and Sons, London ... ... ... ... 170 Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien, Dublin ... ... ... ... 218 Joint Railvvay Co. of Portsmouth ... ... ... ... ... 75 Jones, Paul, Sons and Co., Greenock ... ... ... 193 Josephy, H. a^d H , Leeds ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 Jones, R. E., Ltd., Swansea .. 217 Keevii, Peter, and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... 154 (2) Kennan and Sons, Ltd., Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 72 Kennedy and Sons, Glasgow^.. ..-. ... ... ... ... 168 Kennedy, James, and Co., Ltd., Bo'ness ... ... ... ... 118 Kilkenny Woollen Mills, Ltd 166 King, David, and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... 90 King's College Hospital, liOndon ... ... ... ... 141 .Kingswood Engineering Works, Bristol ... ... ... ... 70 Kirby Banks Screw Co., Ltd., Leeds ... ... ... ... 88 Kneeshaw, Lvipton and Co , Llysfaen and Llanddulas ... ,.. 49, 50 Knox, W. and J., Ltd., Kilbirnie 19/ Laing, J., and Son, Ltd., Manchester ... .. ... ... 211,212 Laird Line, Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... 205 Lancashire Gear Co., Old Trafford .. ... ... ... ... 192 Larne Shipbuilding Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 Lawleys, \\'est Bromwich .. ... .. ... ... ... 60 Lay born, Daniel, and Co., Liverpool ... ... ... ... 230 Leadhills Co., Ltd 188 Lee, Robert, Millwall Dock 206 Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co. ... ... ... ... ... 202 (2) Lendrums, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 227,230 Lewis. John, and Co., London ... ... ... ... ... 157 L'yland and Birmingham Rubber Co., Leyland .. ... ... 222 Lilleshall Co., Ltd., Shifnal, Salop ... ... ... ... ... 51 Lilley, C, and Sons, Derby .; 199 Lilley, H , and Sons, Derby 199 Lilley, J., and Sons. Derby 199 Lion Brewery Co., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 170 Liptons, Ltd., London... ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 Liverpool Gas Co. .. ... ... ... ... ... lo8 Llanddulas Quarry Co., Ltd., Llysfaen and Llanddulas... ..-. 49, 50 London and Burton Brewery. Ltd., London ... ... ... 170 London and North Western Railway Co., Crewe ... ... ... 72 London and Provincial Tramways Co., Cardiff ... ... ... 220 London and South Western Railway Co., Eastleigh ... ... 74 M >» .. Lymington 109 London Brick Co., Ltd.. Peterborough ... ... ... ... 121 London County Council 128, 133, 139, 142 (2), 144 (3), 151 Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Co.. Ireland ... ... 57 273 Individual Firms — cont. London General Omnibus, Co., Ltd.... London Hospital, Whitechapel Love and Stewart, Ltd , Bo'ness „ ,, ,. „ Grangemouth Low Temperature Carbonisation, Ltd., Barnsley Lumb, John, and Co., Ltd., Castleford Maben and Sons, Hawick McAlpme, Sir Robert, and Sons, Slough ... McAra and Sons, Dundee Macfarlane, J. F., Edinburgh McGregor and Co., Dundee McNamara and Co., Ltd. Maconochie Bros., Ltd., Millwall McLean, Hugh, and Son, Govan McMahon, James, Ltd., Limerick Mahony, Martin, and Bros., Ltd., Blarney, Co. Cork Makin, R., and Co. Maldon Ironworks Co., Ltd., Maldon Malloch, P. D., Perth Manchester Dry Docks Co. ... Manchester Ship Canal Co. (Bridgewater Dept.) Manisty, B., and Co., Ltd., Dundalk Ironworks Mann, Crossman and Paulin, Ltd.. London Manners Colliery Co., Ltd., Ilkeston Manning and Co., Northampton Manor h'arm Dairies Co., London ... Mansfield Sand Quarries, Mansfield Markham and Patrick ... Mason and Mason, Great Yarmouth Mathewson and Co., Ltd., Dunfermline Maude, J., and Son, Heliuen Bridge Mawson Co., Ltd., Newcastle Maygrove, J., and Co., Ltd., St. Albans Maypole Daii-y Co., Ltd. Mead and Field, Ltd., Lmdon Mersey Docks and Har-bour Board ... Metropolitan Hospital, Loudon Metropolitan Water Board Mica Manufacturing Co.. Ltd., London Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd., London Midland Gi-eat Western Railway Co., Ireland Midland Railway Co. (Ireland) Northern Counties Commit Midland Rubber Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... Milfoi'd Haven Docks Co., Ltd., Milford Haven . Ministry of Food, Smithfield Market ,, ,, „ Swansea ... Ministry of Munitions, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich „ ,, „ Royal Small Arms Factory, Lock ... ... ... ... Ministry of Munitions, Slough Ministry of Shipping, Millwall Dock Moira Colliery Co., Reservoir Colliery, Burton-on-Trent Morris, John, and Sons, Ltd., Salford Morton, T., and Co., Perth Motor and Steam Wagon Repairers, Ltd., Bootle... Moy, Thos., Ltd., Great Yarmouth Muirhead and Wilcox, Manchester Mumford and Sons, Plymouth Murgatroyd Bros., Cray ford ... Murray, John, and Sons, Corsehill Quarries, Annan Mutual Insurance Society, Ltd., Manchester Nanson, James, Bexhill-on-Sea Page. 131 141 118 119 212 119 113 46 196 122 100 110 129 193 168 .. 165 (2) 107 88 194 83 .. 202(2) 68 170 161 127 229 189 88 .. 206(2) 107 209 230 .. 104(2) 228 223 109 141 "l36 ( 2) 136, 143 152 152 57, 62, 76(2), 79 littee 77 156 193 127 126 60, 78, 79 Enfie Id 78, 79, 196 45 206 233 107 54 57 .. 206(2) 231 99 219 50 223 129 274 Indimdiiai, Firms — cnnl. National ()haml)cr ol Trade ... Needier, Hull Needier Uros., Hull Nelson Bros., Ltd., London ... New Westhury Iron Co., Ltd., We.stl)ury, Wilts Newry Bacon (^'uring Co., Ltd. North, W., VV.. Hull Northampton Brewer}' Co. Nortiiei-n Fishing Sii|)plies, Ltd. Northern Machine Screws, Ltd., Leeds North Metropolitan Electric rower Supply Co. North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry North Sea Coaling Co., Groat Yarmouth .. North Stafford Railway Co. ... North Wei-tern liul)ber Co., Litherland Odium and Odium, Naas Oliver Manufacturing Co., London ... Orfcur.s Steam Joinery Works, Colchester... Oxford Tramway Co. ... Page Engineering Co., Ltd., Birmingham ... Palmer, T. W., and Co., Merton Abbey Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Rotherham Paton, J. and D., and Co., Ltd. Pearce, J., Lydney Peat Moss Litter Supply Co., London Peek Frean and Co., Ltd., London ... Pegrara, James, and Co., Liverpool ... Perrin, Hughes, and Co.. Ltd., Liverpool ... Pettitt E. S., and Co., Salford Peterborough Equitable Industrial Co-operative Society Phillips Mills and Co., Ltd.. London Phillips Patent, Ltd.. London Phipps, P., and Co., Northampton Pickup, W. R., Horwich Pigott and Co., Ltd., Dublin Pinto and Co., Ramsgate . Pirelli General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton Pizer, B. M., London Piatt Bros., Ltd., Oldham Pontypool Brick Co., Ltd. Pooley, H., Ltd., Birmingham Pool, Lorrimer and Tabberer, Coventry Porteous, James, and Co., Ltd. Post Office Savings Dept., West Kensington Potteries Electric PoAver Traction Co., Ltd. Pratt, Christopher, and Sons, Bradford Preston Farmers' Trading Society ... Price, A. R., Ltd., Birmingham Price, Walker, and Co., Gloucester ... Public Trustees Office, London PuUen, Ltd., Ipswich ... Quasi Arc Co., Ltd., London ... Queen Anne's Battery Trading Co., Coxside, Plymouth Qi;eenstown Dry Docks Shipbuilding and Engineering C Passage West .. ... Qninton Hosiery Co., Ltd., Coventry Ramsgate. Electrical Suppl}' Co. Raven Hose and Belting Co., Salford Raynes, W^, and Co., Ltd., Llysfaen and Llanddulas Rear and Co., Ltd., Manchester Reddaways and Co., Ltd., Manchester 80, .87,91 Page. Ho, 111 208 208 21.'J 190 170 208 127 101 93 172, 221 81 (3), 82 200, 2U6 61 228, 227 205 199 116 220 55 96 9-t, 95, 162 163 107 125 227 125 156 227 227 175 228 158 127 210 225, 230 194 (2), 93, 97 200 89 209 197 101 107 126 222 115 158 97 115 (2) 130 205 87 117 o., Ltd., 82 (2), 83 101 194 107 49, 50 115 160 275 Page. Individual Fikms — cont. Redman, L., and Co., London ^02' Eeeves and Co., Birmingham 194 Reid, Andrew, and Co., Ltd., Dunfermline 107 Reid, Henry, and Co., Ltd., Dunfermline 108 Rennie, M. S., and Co. 118 Revilo Manufacturing- Co., London 19^" Richardson's Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., Belfast ... 1^9 (2), 212. Ridgways, Ltd., Liverpool ■^^^'?rl Roberts and Cooper, Ltd.. Brierley Hill 19^ Robertson, J. W., Lerwick ^28 Robins, J. T., and Co.. London 22^ Robson, Eckford and Co.. Hawick 11^ Robson's, Ltd., Birmingham r./^^ />.v Rochdale Canal Co 202 (2> Rooting Fittings, Ltd., Oldbury °J_ Rose, Wm., Hose Co., Ltd., Salford 107 Royal Arsenal, Woolwich ' li? Royal Free Hospital, London 141 Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 131 Royal Naval Colleges and Hospitals, Dartmouth l**^ Royal Naval Colleges, Dartmouth and Greenwich ... .. .14^ Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth 146 Royal Small Arms Factory. Enfield Lock 78, /9, 196 Roval Waterloo Hospital, London ... '•• ■•• 141 Rushton. 0. G., Ltd., W^igau 217 Rutherford, T., Hawick IJ^ St. John's Foundry and Engineering Works, Perth 54 St. Mary's Hospital, London 14| Samueland Lewis, London ... 201 Sand Glass and Foundry Materials (Amalgamation), Ltd., Doncaster ' 1^^ Saxby and Farmer, Ltd., Chippenham o* Schutse, F., and Co., Ltd., London j-^ Scott, James. Ltd., Cardiff i c;- /o Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd \Ta Scottish Tube Co., Ltd., Clydesdale Tube Works, Glasgow ... 90 Scotts, Martin and Co., Hawick 113- Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Greenock ... »^ Seddon and Sons, Yauxhall Mills, Wigan 199 . Shackletons Ltd., Blackburn J^7 Sharp, S. H., and Sons, Ltd., Leeds 19^ Sheffield Corporation (Ewden Valley Waterworks) l^^' Shell Marketing Co., Ltd., Manchester 211 Shepherd, J. W., Nottingham 1°^ Shepherd, Wm., and Sons (Kendal), Ltd., Kendal ji^ Sheridan. Newbridge, Co. Clare 1°J Sheridan, T. J., Waterford 1^* Shewell, J., and Go's Successors ^^ Shropshire Union Canal Co. .. . 20^ Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, Ltd., London ^7 Siemens Steel Association ... ^^ Singer Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Clydebank 71 Slade and Bullock, Ltd., Dewsbury 21^ Slade and Sons, Fowey |9^ Slatei', J., Ltd., Grangemouth ll)^" Smith, A. J., and Co., Ltd., Fowey 19^ Smith, Alex. M.. and Co., Ltd., Liverjiool -.-) ni Smith and Pearson, Ltd., Dublin ' oqi Smith and Sheppard, Dublin 2d* Smith and Son °^" Smith, E. H., Croydon |«* Smith, Garrett and Co.. Ltd., London i-^^ 27G Page. Individual Firms— co*i/. .SiniMi, J. and W. B., Ltd 152 Smith, Joliii, and (.'o., Ltd., London... ... . 104 Sraitli, T. unci II., Edinb\irp:h 122 tSmithfield Market 127 (3) Soinmerville, John, and Sons, Stirling .. .. ... 'J2 Sopwith Aviation (Jo., London ... ... ... ., 56 South Devon (iranite Co., Ltd., Swell 'i'or and Merrivale Qnarries, nr. Princctown ... ... ... ... ... 162 South Staffs Tramway (Les.see) Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 132 South wood, Jone.s and Co., Ltd., Pontnew3'nydd ... . .. 209 Spaight and Sons, Limerick ... ... ... ... ... . 168 Spalding Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. ... ... .. 176 Speedwell Gear Case Co., Coventry... ... ... ... ... 100 Spiral Tube and Components Co., London... ... ... ... 90 Spring, Alfred, Hull 208 Standard Motor Co., Ltd., Coventry 100 Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., Silverhill Colliery ... ... .. 162 Star Tea Co.. London ... ... ... ... ... ... 224 Steel, Peach and Tozer, Ltd., Sheflfield ... ... ... ... 50 Stephens, H. C, London ... ... ... ... ... ... 155 • Stewart, J., and Co., Perth ... ... ... ... ... 54 Stewarts and Lloyds, Ltd., Coatbridge ... ... ... ... 45 Rutherglen 93 ■ Sudron, Thos., and Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... 67 Sulpliide Corporation, Ltd., Seaton Carew... ... ... ... 89 Summerlee Iron Co., Coatbridge ... ... ... ... ... 176 Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton ... ... ... 191 Taylor, .J., and Co., Radcliffel... ... ... ... ... ... 215 Tees-side ih'idge and Engineering Co., Ltd. ... ... ... 67 Templcton, James, and Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Tetley and Moore's Screw and Eivet Co., Ltd. ... ... ... 91 'Thomas, R,, and Co., Ltd., South Wales ... ... ... ... 51 Thomason, J ... ... ... ... ... ... 202 Thomson, Charles, and Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Todd and Duncan .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Toogood and Sons, Ltd., Southampton ... ... ... ... 225 Topbara, Jones and Railton, H.M. Dockyard, Devonport ... 44 Townson and Mercer, London ... ... ... ... 191 Troup. Curtis and (Jo., Cardiff ... ... ... ... ... 192 Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co., Ltd., London ... ... 170 Turner, E. R. and F., Ltd., Tpswicli 79 United Alkali Co., Ltd., Gateshead 124 „ „ Preesall, near Widnes ... ... ... 162 United Dairies Co., Ltd., London . ... ... ... .. 229 United Dairies, Ltd., South London ... ... ... 226 United Distilleries Co., Ltd., Belfast and Lmidonderry... ... 218 United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Ltd.,. Ponders End ... 92 United Kingdom Glass Co., Ltd., Haves ... ... ... ... 119 Usher, J. and T.. Ltd., Bristol .." 128 Usshers, Droglieda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 Van den Berghs, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 170,216 Vaughan, J., Bristol ... ... ... ... ... ... 164 Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness ... ... ... ... 64 Villiers Engineering Co.. Ltd., Wolverhampton ... ... ... 98 Vono Co., Dudley Port, Staffs 86 Vulcan Manufacturing Co., Wolveihampton ... ... ... 158 Wake, John F 67 Walker Bros., Birmingham . .. ... ... ... ... 54 Walker, Peter, and Sons, Ltd., Warrington and Buxton .. 170 Walker, R., Hawick 113 Walker, R. E., Reid, and Co., Ltd., Dunfermline 10 7 277 Page. Individual Firms — cont. Wallis, John, and Sons, Cork, Limerick, Passage West, Queens- town and Waterford... ... ... ... ... ... ... 167 Wallis, John, and Sons, Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 2'6'6 Wanlockhead Lead Mining Co., Ltd. 188 War Office, Catterick Camp .... ... ... ... 187 Dublin 133 Millwall Dock 206 „ Royal Army Clothing Department, Pimlico ... 108 „ Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Bramley ... 132 „ Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Chilwell ... 136 „ Royal Army Ordnance Corps DepoD, Georgetown... 136, 146 „ Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, Gloucester Dock 141 ,, Royal Army (Jrdnance Corps Dep6t, Liverpool .. 136 Ward and Walker, Ltd., Bolton 103 Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., Briton Ferry and Swansea ... ... 195 ,, ,, Morecambe and Preston ... ... ... 95 Wishaw 95,99 Watson, Joseph, and Sons, Ltd., Leeds ... ... ... ... 121 Watts Distillery, Derry 170 Wellingborough Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd 222 Welsbach Light Co 152 Wells, Rayner and Co., London 196 Wenlock Brewery Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... 170 Wessex Shipbuilding and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Poole ... 115 West of England and South Wales Wholesale Meat Supply Association, Ltd., Swansea . ... ... ... ... •■. 126 Westleigh Stone and Lime Co., Ltd., Burlescombe, Devon ... 49 Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ^7 White, John P., and Sons, Ltd., Bedford 118 Whitehead, T. and F., Ipswich 205 Whitehouse Bros.. Ltd., Cannock 164 Whitehouse, Cornelius, and Sons, Ltd. ... ... ... ... 164 Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Kirkless Works 161 Wild and Fell, Derby 199 Willey and Co., Exeter 77 Williams, John, and Co., Wishaw ... ... ... .. ... 92 Williams, S., and Sons, Dagenham 202 Wilson Bros 107 Witchell and Co., Ltd., Brockley 96 Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways, Ltd. ... ... 132 Wood, Alex., and Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 101 Woodington, J. H., Bristol 130 Wootton, E., Ltd., Bed worth, near Nuneaton 202 Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast ... 84 Yarwood, S., and Son, Ltd., Manchester 218,219 Yorkshire Incandescent Electric Lamp Co., Leeds ... .. 226 Younger, Wm., and Co., Ltd. ... 170 Young and Barraclough, Ltd., Leeds ... ... ... ••. 152 Zetland Motor Engineering Co., Lerwick ... 228 Ink Manui'Actukers : Stephens, H. C, London 155,156 Instrument Makers. {See under Engineering Trades.) Iron and Steei- Manufacture : North Staffordshire (Fillers and Chargers) 162 South Statford.shire 1^6 Sheffield (Steel Workers) i>0, ..2, 163 Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd., Middlesborough o4 Colville, David, and Sons, Ltd., Motherwell (Steam Service Men, etc.) 1"^ ■27i< Page Ikon and .Stkki. M an'ii-.vctukk — coal. Goldeiidale Iron Co., Ltd., 'I'liiiMtall, .Stoke-oii-'lVeut, (Pi^; Iron Worker.s) 51 Lillcsliivll Co., Ltd.. Slufiial, Salop 51 New Westbury hon (Jo., Ltd., Westhury 190 Steel, ['each and Tozer, Ltd., Sliefliold (Steel Worker.s) 50 C larks : Wales 177, 178(2) C'o/iV! Oven WorJeera and Producermen : North-East Coast 177 Consett and Newburn ... ... ... ... ... ... . 53 South Wales Siemens Steel A.ssociation ... ... ... ... 51 Crown Coke Co., Ltd., Consett, Co. Durham (Women) ... ... 191 Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd., Dowlais and Cwmbran ... 177 Palmers Sliipbuildins; and Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow ... ... 162 Thomas, R.. and Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 Enginemen, Firemen, etc. : North-East Coast ... Lilleshall Co., Ltd., Shii'nal, Salop ... ... ... ... ... 51 Foundry Workers : Hale, T. L., Ltd., Tipton, Staffs 191 Eoberts and Cooper, Ltd., Brierley Hill 190 Mainieiianre Workers : Scotland (Bricklayers' Labourers) ... ... ... ... ... 177 North-East Coa.st (Bricklayers and Labourers) ... ... 52 (2), 54 Lincolnshire (Engineers, Electricians, etc.) ... ... ... 52 Dalmellington Iron Co., Ltd. (Engineers and Joiners) ... ... 53 Heath, Robert, and Low Moor, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent (Brick- layers and Labourers ... ... ... .. ... ... 53 Heath, Robert, and Low Moor, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent (Labourers and Platelayers) ... ... ... ... ... 52 Fuddling Furnaces and Rolling Mills : Great Britain (Roll Turners)... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Colville, David, and Sons, Ltd., Motherwell ... ... ... 176 Roberts and Cooper, Ltd., Brierlej' Hill ... ... ... ... 190 Semi-skilled and Unskilled Workers : Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 Heath, Robert, and Low Moor, Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent (Labourers) 52, 53 Steel Smelters (see also above) : Scotland (Millraen, Steam-men and Melters) ... ... ... 51 Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., (-argo Fleet 178 Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Rotherham (Sample Passers) 163 Joiners. (See imder Building Trades, Shipbuilding Trades, and Railway Shopmen, Carpenters.) Jute Workers 100 Labourers. (See also under various Trades.) Ballymoney ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 175 Lace Workers. (See under Textile Trades and Leather Trades.) Lamp Makers. (See Miners' Safety Lamp Makers.) liATHSPLITTERS AND LaTHIERS ... ... ... ... ... ... 4t> Laundry Workers : Willesden (Women) 159 War Office, Dublin 133 liEAD Miners. (See under Mining and Quarrying.) Leather Dressers. (See under Leather Trades.) 279 Page. Leather Trades : Belfast (Hide and Skin Operatives)... ... ... ... ... 232 S pen Valley 218 Gibson and Sons, Leeds (Fellmongers) .. ... ... ... 218 Hodgson, Richard, and Sons, Ltd., Beverley (Tanners) 131 Murgatroyd Bros., Crayford (Fellmongers) ... ... ... 219 Woodingfcon. J., H., Bristol (Leather Dressers) ... 130 Yarwood, S., and Son, Ltd., Manchester (Lace Cutters) 218, 219 Light Castings Workers : Flavell, S., and Co., Ltd.. Leamington ... ... ... ... 164 King, David, and Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... 90 Lightermen. (See under Transport Trades.) LiMESTOKE QuARRYMEN. (See Under Mining and Quarrying, Quarry Workers.) Linen Weavbus 197 Local Government Staff. {See under Public Utility Services ) Lock and Latch Makers. Crompton, Ltd., Ashton-in-Makerfield (Men and Women) ... 196 Locomotive Cleaners. {8e» under Mining and Quarrying, Engine- men, etc.) M.'iCHiNisTs. {See under Woodworking Trades, Engineering Trades and Railway Shopmen.) Magnesite Workers : Blackwell, G. G., Sons and Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... 227 Mail Cart Drivers. {See under Transport Trades, Carters, etc.) Maintenance Workers. {See wider various Trades.) Manual Workers, Non-Trading Services. (5*66 under Public Utility Services.) Manufactured Textile Goods. {See under Textile Trades.) Masons. {See under Building Trades, Bricklayers.) Mates, (^ee under Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades, Fishing Industry.) ]\Iedal Workers *0 Metal Reclamation Trade. {See under Reclamation Trades.) Metal Smallwares Makers : Barns, W , and Son, London (Perforate(f Metal Workers) ... 97 Griffiths, F., and Co., Wolverhampton (Washer Makers — Women) 98 Hunt and Turner, Birmingham (Tin Hook Makers) 93 Villiers Engineering Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton (Free AVheel Makers — Women) ... ... ... ... ... 9^ MiCANiTE Industry : Mica Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Micanite and Insulators Co., Ltd., London (Women) ... ... ... ... ■■• ... 1^52 Milk Distributive Trade. (^S'ee under Food, Drink and Tobacco Trades, Dairy Workers.) Milleks. {See under Food, etc., Trades.) Mineral Oil Workers 211 280 Page. MiNEUs' Sapetv Lamp Makers. Griffiths, Eli, Biriniiifrhatn ... ... ... ... ... ... 'J'6 Mining and QuARiniNci : Coal Miners: Derbjshire 161,242 Midland Comities and Nottinfjjhamshire ... ... ... ... 161 Nortlmiiiberland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 188 South Derbyshire ... ... ... ... ... •. ... -33 ChesterfieUl and District '242 Cla3-cross, nr. (Jhesterfield ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 Baird, W , and Co.. Ltd., Bedlay ... 190 Bayton, Fenoax and Mamble Collieries, West Worcestershire ... 189 Carron Co., Ltd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 187 East Kent Colliery Co., Ltd 188 Manners Colliery Co., Ltd., Ilkeston (Deputy) ... ... 161 Stanton Iron Works Co., Silverhill Collier}' ... ... ... 162 Golliery Surfacemen : • Midland Counties and Nottinghamshire ... ... ... ... 161 Durham (Brick, Pipe and Tile Workers) ... ... ... .. 187 Engineinen, Labourers and Apprentices : Fife Coal Co., Kinglassie Colliery 190 Mansfield Sand Quarries ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 Sand, Glass and Foundry Materials (Amalgamation), Ltd., Doncaster ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 189 South Devon Granite Co., Ltd., Swell Tor and Merrivale Quarries, nr. Princetown ... ... ... ... ... ... 162 Summerlee Ii'on Co., Coatbridge ... ... ... ... 176 Wigan Coal and Iron Co., Ltd., Kirkless Works (Locomotive Cleaners) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 161 Lead and Zinc Miners : Great Britain (Lead and Zinc) ... ... .. ... ... CO Leadhills Co., Ltd 188 Wanlockhead Lead Mining Co., Ltd. 188 Quarry Workers : Guernsey (Demarcation Case) ... ... ... ... ... 189 Durham 190 Cafferata and Co., Nottingham (Gypsum Quarrymen and Plaster of Paris Operatives) ... .. ... ... ... 189 Dinmore Park Quarries Syndicate, Ltd., Diumore Park, Anglesey ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 Gotham Co., Ltd., Nottiiigham .. 189 Kneeshaw, Lupton and Co., and two others, Llysfaen and Llanddulas (Limestone Quarrymen) ... ... ... ... 49,50 Murray, John, and Sons, Annan ... ... ... ... ... 50 Shepherd, J. W.. Nottingham 189 South Devon Granite Co..' Ltd., Swell Tor and Merrivale Quarries, nr. Princetown ... ... ... ... ... ... 162 United Alkali Co., Ltd., Widnes (Salt Miners) 162 Westleigh Stone and Lime Co., Ltd., Burlescombe, Devon ... 49 Monumental Sculptors. (See under Building Trade.) Motor Accessory Makers: Ashbj^ Frank, and Co., Stirchley, Birmingham ... ... ... 96 Motor Drivers and Motormen. (.^ee under Transport Trades, Carters, and Food, etc., Trades.) Motor Mechanics — Repairers, etc. : Aidee Motor and Engineering Co.. Ltd., Camden Town ... 194 Humni, R., and Co., and Mumford and Sons, Pljmouth (Appi-entices) 98 Motor Radiator Makers : Spiral Tube and Components Co., London... ... ... ... 90 281 Page Moulders. (See under Brass Workers, Engineering Trades and Railway Shopmen.) MouLDMAKERS. (5'ee under Clay, etc., Trades, Pottery Workers.) Musicians : Sheffield and District (Cinematograph Halls) ... ... ,.. 153 Nail Trade : Bennie, David, and Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, and three others ... 92 Navvies. (See under Building Trades, Labourers.) Needle and Fishing Tackle Wohkers : Redditch 90 (Women) 89 Bannister and Graves and two others, Leicester District (Hosiery Needle Makers) 88 Net Braiders 101 Nut Trade. {Sps under Bolt, etc., Trades.) Oil Cake Workers 212 Oil Workers (Mineral) 211 Omnibus Workers. (.See under Public Utility Services, Tramway Workers.) Organ Builders 116,119 Overlookers. {See under Textile Trades, Wool Workers.) Packing Case Makers. {See imder Woodworking Trades.) Painters. (See under Building Trades, Railway Shopmen and Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Trades.) Paper, Priming and Bookbinding Trades. {See also under Re- clamation Trades ) General Awards (Paper makers) ... ... ... ... 113,114(3) Broomhead and Bros., Chesterheld ... ... ... ... ... 206 Castell Bros., Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... .. 206 Passer. {See under Engineering Trades, Moulders.) Patternmakers 57 Pawnbrokers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 226 Peat Workers : Peat Moss Litter Supply Co., London ... ... ... ... 227 Perforated Metal Workers 97 Photograpuic Materials Workers : Mawson and Co., Ltd.. Newcastle (Women) ... ... ... 230 Piano Workers : Cramer, Wood and Co., Ltd., and two others, Dublin .. ... 225 Crane and Sons, Ltd., and Piggott and Co., Ltd., Dublin (Tuners, Vanmen, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... ... 230 Pjg Ikon Workers. (5'ee under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Pinners. See under Textile Trades, Dyers, etc.) Pipe Fitters. (.^'ee under Engineering Trades, Heating and Domestic Engineers.) Pit Prop WoRicERs..: 118 (2), 119 Plasterers. {See under Clay, etc., Trades, Pottery Workers, and Railway Shopmen.) Plaster of Paris Workers. (iS'ee under Mining and Quarrying, Quarry Workers.) Platers. {See under Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Trades.) Platers' Helpers. (6'ee under Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Trades, Labourers, etc.) 282 Page. 138, 142 I'l.u.MHEKs. (Sre under Building 'IVades and Shi|iljiiilding and Sliip- repairiiig Trades.) Took Law Wokkkks. (See under Puhlic Utility Services.) PoTTiKY WoRKEBs. (See under Clay, etc. Trades.) Frksskr.s. (See under Clotliiiig '{"rades, 'l'ail()i-.s, etc., and Clay, etc., Trades, Pottery Workers.) Pkodlcehmen. (^ee under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Provjsion Tkade Employees. (See under Food, etc.. Trades.) Public Utility Services : Administrative, Technical and Clerical Staff Aldershot Hlytli Polchester Dover Droitwich East Ham (Caretakers) Grantham Uford Little Hulton Maidstone Malvern ... Manchester Metropolitan Water Board Newton-in-Makerfield ... Ogmore and Garw Paignton ... Plymouth Redditch ... St. Pancras Salford Sevenoaks Shoreliam Stockport Wandsvrorth Electriciti/ Supply Workers : Bedford Bootle Colchester Gillingham Halifax ... Ilford London County Council Rathmines and Rathgar Rotherham Southampton Sunderland Wrexham North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Fire Brigade Staff : London County Council Gas Workers : Great Britain and Ireland Bally mena Birmingham and Smethwick (Gas Fitters) Drogheda Lisburu ... Little Hulton Lurgan ... jS'eath 144 151 148 221 147 171 14:^. Ur,, 147 1-10 143 146 150, 172 136 172 150 136 145 139 138 172 135 150,171 134 134 134 137 148(2) 220 138 147 139 137 '221 173.220 173 173 171. 221 142 131 173 149 172 173 1-10 174 222 263 3*03110 Utility Sbrvices — cout. Oas Workers — cont. Newtownards Tipperary Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co. Liverpool Gas Co. Page. 174 223 219 138 Hospital and Asylum, Workers : Colchester and Brentwood ... ... ... ... ... ... 133,13!^ London Hospital and five others, London ... ... ... ... 141 Royal Naval CoUepje and Hospitals, Dartmouth ... ... ... 131, 146 Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth ... ... ... ... 146 ,, „ Queensferry (Steam Wagon and Motor Drivers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1-18 Ilamial Workers, Non- Trading Services : South Wales and Monmouthshire ... .. .. ... ... 171,174 West Kent (Sewerage)... ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 Aberdeen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 „ Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Greenock (Paviors) ' 137 „ Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Greenock (Building Trade Operatives) ... ... ... ... 137 „ Dundee, Glasgow and Greenock (Paviors) ... ... 149 Ayr and Edinburgh (Paviors) ... ... ... ... ... 149 Bally mena ... ... ... ... ... ... ,. . ... 173 Bedford 133 Blackrock 222 (Women) 222 'Blackrock and Kingstown ... ... ... ... ... ...220,222 Carmarthen County Council ... ... ... ... ... ... 138 Chiswick 139 Croydon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '41 Drogheda 172 East Ham (Caretakers) 171 Edinburgh and Leith ... 144 Hawick 150 Halifax 138 Hexham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 221 Holborn 131, 140 Ilford 132 Kensington ... ... ... .. ... ••• ••• •• 135 Ley ton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 132 Lisburn ... ... ... ... ... ■ • ••• ••• •■■ 173 London County Council 133, 142 (2), 161 Newtownards ... ... ... ... ... •■• ••• ••■ 174 Oraagh 174 Pembroke ... ... ... ... ■•• ••• ••• ••• 221 Perth 131 Rathmines and Pembroke 221 Sheffield 132 (Ewden Valley) 179 Sunderland ... ... ... •. ••• ■•• ••• • •• Ij^O Todmorden ... ... .. .- ••• ••• ••■ ••• 135 Clyde Navigation Trust and A. and J. Faill, Glasgow (Paviors) 137 Cochrane, John, and Sons, Ltd., London (Navvies and Labourers on water main construction in North Wales) 145 Inns and Co., St. Mellons, nr. Cardiff 182 Registrars, Poor Law Officers and WorkJwiise Staff : Birkenhead 146 Brighton 140 Cuckfield 149 Droitwich ^48 Elham 140 284 Page PuiJi.ic Utility Servicks— ton/. Rrf/islrars, Poor Law ()ffi,cern and Workhouse Staff — cont. ilanimeisrnitli VM(2),\ol Newciistle-OM-Tytio 147 RL'i'>;iite 140 Sheffield 147 Williton.. 1,",.;, 141 IVacJiing Staff: Ilford .'. 147 Warrington ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 171 Traynuay and Oinnibus Workers : liirniingliam and Midlands- 132 Coventr}'.. 132 Glasgovv (Women) ... ... ... ... ... ... 142 Kilmarnock ... .. ... ... ... ... ... .. 134 Liverpool 137,151 London County Council ... ... ... ... ... ... 144 (3) Birmingham District Power and Traction Co., Ltd., and three others 132 London and Provincial Tramways Co., Cardiff 220 London General Omnibus Co., Ltd.... ... ... ... ... 131 Oxford Tramway Co. (Motor Bus Drivers) 220 Potteries Electrical T?-action Co , Ltd. ... ... ... ... 222 Wellingborough Motor Bus Co., Ltd 222 \y aterworlcB Employees: Edinburgh and District ... ... ... ... ... .. 145 Metropolitan VV^ater Board 135 (2), 136, 143 PuDPLiNG Furnace Workers. (See under Iron and Steel Manufacture.) Qu.\RRY Workers. (See under Mining and Quarrying.) Railway Shopmen. Great Britain 55, 56 (2), 71 ^2) Great Western Railway Co., Swansea Docks ... ... ... 61,65 ,, „ Swindon ... ... 59, 66, 67, 69, 77, 178 „ Newton Abbot 72 „ „ Swindon .. ... ... ... 69 „ „ Wolverhampton ... ... ... 71 ,, ,, Worcester ... ... ... ... 72 Boilermakers : Great Western Railway Co., Swindon, Wolverhainpton, Worcester, and Newton Abbot . . ... ... ... ... 72 Bricklayers : (ireat Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... Qfc- Carpenters, Cobinet-'Hiokers, und Joiners : Dublin and South Eastern Railway Co. and two others ... 76 Great Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 66 Coppersmiths : Great We.«tern Railway Co., S\vindon ... ... ... ... 64,69 Electrical Shopmen : Great Britain 78.111,112(2; London 111,112 Midland Great Western Railway Co., Broadstone, Ireland .. 79 Fitters and Turners : Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland) ... ... ... ... 67 Joint Railway' Co., of Portsmouth ... ... ... ... ... 75 Foremen : Great Britain (Shop Supervisors) ... ... ... ... ... 68 Gas House Workers: Great Southern and Wf!-teni Railwaj' Co., luchicore, Ireland... 80 285 Page. Railway Shopmen — coiU. Machinists : Dublin and SouLh EubLeni Railway Co., and two others, Dublin 76 Loudon and North Western Railway Co., Crewe (Machinist — Pneumatic Riveter) ,.. ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 Moulders : Great Western Railway Co., Swindon (Brass Moulders, etc.) ... 66 Great Western Railway Co. (Machine and Plate Moulders and Core Makers) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 Painters : Great Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 65 Plasterers : Great VN^estcrn Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 6t Sawyers and Wood (Jutting Madiinisis : London and South We.stern ]?ailway Co., Eastlcii^h 74 Semi-skilled and Unskilled Workers : Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), (Boilermakers' Helpers) 80 Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), Dundalk (Carriage Lifters) 7Q Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), Dundalk (Pumicers) ... 79 Great Western Railway Co., Swansea Docks (Mechanics' Labourers and Wire Rope Men) ... ... ... ... ... 61 Great Western Railway Co., Swindon (Assistant Brake Fitters) 64 Great Western Railway Co., Swindon (Carriage Finishers' and Makei's' Assistants) ... ... ... ... ... ..'. ... 66 Great Western Railway Co., Laii-a (Tuber and Boilermaker's Helper) 72 Sheet Metal Workers : Great Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 65 S^niihs and Strikers : Belfast and Co. Down Railway Co., and Midland Railway Co. (Ireland), Northern Counties Committee (Hammermen) ... 77 Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), (Hammermen) ... ... 67 Great Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 69 Great Western Railwa}' Co. (Stampers and Hydi-aulic Pressmen) 71 Stationary Engine Drivers : Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland), Dublin 67 Storekeepers : Great Western Railway Co., Swindon (Issuers) ... ... ... 72 Vehicle Builders and Repairers. {See also XDidcr Engineering Trades.) Ireland 67,62 Great Western Railway Co., Swindon ... ... ... ... 65 Great Northern Railway Co. (Ireland) ... ... ... ... 67 Railway Wokkeks. (For Railway Shopmen, see above.) Cork, Blackrdck and Passage Railway Co., Cork (Carpentei-s)... 102 North .Staffordshire Railway Co. (Civil Engineering Dept.) ... 61 Reclamation Trades; Liverpool (Waste Paper — Women) ... ... ... ... ... 226 Illingworth, E., and Co., Bradford (Textile Waste Trade) ... 102 Lendrum, Ltd., London (Waste Paper) 227,230 Pettitt, E. S., and Co., Salford (bJngine Wa.ste) 227 Phillips, Mills and Co.. Ltd., London (Waste Paper) 228 Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., Briton Ferry and Swansea (Shipbreakers, Labourers, etc. — Waste Metal) ... ... ... ... ... 195 Ward, Thos. W., Ltd., Morecambe and Preston (Shipbreakers) 95 Ward. Thos. W., Ltd., Wishaw (Shipbreakers) 95,99 Registrars. {See under Public Utility Services.) 286 RKSTArRAM VVoRkKRs. (Sir. iiuder Food, etc., 'I'mdcs.) KlVETKRS. (See ttnder Sliiphiiildiiit,' luid Slii|ti'o|i!uriri^ Trades, Plalers, etc.) RivKT Makkus Rivet Warmkks. (See under Sliii)lHuldiii^ and Hliiprepairinj^ Trades, ]jabourers, eto.) KoAi> Makkrs KoLMNG Mill Workers. (See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, Puddliiifif Furnaces.) Roof Fittincs Workers; Roofinf; Fittinp;s, Ltd., Oldbury (Women) KorE, Twine and Net AVorker.s. (Sec under Textile 'I'radcs.) RuHBER Workers : Associated Rul)bor Manufacturers, litd.. Harpenden Garden Uity Rubber Co., Letchwortli (Women) ... Leyland and Birmingham Rubl)cr Co., Ley land ... Midland Rubber Co., Ltd., iJirmingliam ... North Western Rubber Co.. fiitherland Phillips Patent, Ltd., Ijondon (Female Packers) ... Reddaway and Co., Ltd., Manchester (Women) Vulcan Manufacturing Co., Wolverhampton (Women) ... Rubberised Glove Workero. '^See under Clothing Trades.) 8.\cK, Bag, etc., WoRKEHs Sail Makers. (See under Textile Trade.s, Manufactured Textile Goods.) Sailors. (-S'ee under Transport Trades, Seamen, Firemen, etc.) Salt Miners Sample Passers. {See under Iron and Steel Manufacture, Steel Smelters.) Sand Pit Workers. (See binder Mining and Quarrying, Engine- men, etc.) Sawyers. (See under Woodworking Trades and Railway Shopmen.) Scientific Instkument Makers. (See under Engineering Trades.) Screw Makers. (See under Bolt, etc.. Trades.) Scutchers. {See under Textile Trades.) Seamen. ((S'ee under Transport Trades and Fishing Industry.) Seed Crushers and Oil Millers: Great Britain Liverpool (Oil Cake Workers) Smith, Alex. M., and Co., Ltd., Liverpool Seedsmen. Toogood and Sons, Ltd., Southampton Semi-Skilled and Unskilled Workers. (See under Various Trades.) Sewerage Workers. (See under Public Utility Services, Manual Woi-kers.) Sjewing Machine Makers : Singer Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Clydebank (Women) ... Sewing Machinists. (See under Clothing Trades.) Sheet Metal Workers. (See also under Engineering Trades and Railway Shopmen. Birmingham, Wolvei'hampton, Worcester and Midlands Coventry... Estler Bros., London ... Page. f»8 47, 48 87 224 2.30 222 156 22:?, 227 158 160 158 10: 162 123 212 211 225 71 99 96, 100 89 287 Page. SuiP-BtJILniNG AND SlITP-REPATRINrT TrADES : General Cases : General Awards 81,83,85 North- West of Ireland 81 Bristol Channel Ports 86 Admiralty, H.M. Dockyards in Great Britain 83(2) Elderflect Shiphnildino; Co., Larne ... ... ... ... ... 82 Gouk and Nisbet, Ltd., Glasgow (Demarcation case) ... ... 192 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and Workman Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast . ...... 84 Jonesj Paul, Sons and Co., Greenock ... ... ... ... 193 McLean, Hugh, and Son, Govan ... ... ... ... ... 193 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Londonderry ... 80, 81, 82 Appreyitices : General Award ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 81 Cove, Edgar, Salcombe, Devon (Shipwright) ... ... ... 85 Greenslade, S., Plymouth (Block and Spar Makers) ... ... 84 Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and Workman, Clark and f'o., Ltd., Belfast 84 Barge Builders : Port of London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8G Boilermalcers : Bristol Channel Ports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 81 Harland and Wolff, and Camper and Nicholson's, Southam]iton 192 Manchester Dry Docks Company ... ... ... ... ... 83 North of Ireland Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., Londonderrj- ... 81 Queenstown Dry Docks Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West ^ ' ... 82 Carpenters, Cabinet-makers, Joiners, etc. : Bristol Channel Ports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 81 Port of Liverpool and Mersey ... ... ... ... ... 80 Southampton (Demarcation case) ... ... ... ... ... 103 Gouk and Nisbet, Ltd., Glasgow (Demarcation ca.so) ... - ... 192 Engineers : Queenstown Dry Docks Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Passage West ' ' ... 83 Southampton (Demarcation case) ... ... ... ... ... lt!3 Enginemen, Crane Drivers etc. : Admii-alty, H.M. Dockyards in Great Britain ... ... ... 85 Galvanizers : Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne ... 94, 95 Labourers, Platers' Helpers, Rivet Warmem, etc. : General Award (Platers' Helpers) ... ... ... 85 Milford Haven 193 Admiralty, H.M. Dockyards in Great Britain (Skilled Labonrer.s in rigging houses) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 Crichton, Thompson and Co., King's Lynn 80 Milford Haven Docks Co., Ltd., Milford Haven 193 Admiralty, H.M. Dockyards in Great Britain (Women) ... 8G Admiralty, Chatham Dockj^ai'd (Woman Driller's mate) ... 80 Painters : North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd 80 Platers, Drillers, lUveters, Caulkers, etc. : General Award (Platers) 85 Clyde _ ... . ... ... 83,85 Southampton (Demarcation case — Drillers) ... 103 Braby, P., and Co., ]?o()tle, Liverpool 84 Queenstown Dry Docks Shii>bnilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Pa.ssage West ' 82 Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Greenock ... 86 288 Pago. Siiir-iu n,i)iN(i AND Siiii'-KKivMitiNi. Tkahes — ro«/. I'lnmOers : Mersey iiiid Port of Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... \(y,i ShipwritiJilx ayid Hhiji-countritclorH : 8oiitharaptoii {Demarcation case) ... ... ... ... ... IC^i Hobbs and 1/iiisley, and (,wo other.s, Fowey ... ... ... 192 North of Ireland Slii])buildiMg Co., Ijtd., Londonderr}' ... ... 81 Watchmen : Ilarland and WoUr, Ltd., Belfa.st 8.^ Womrn : Admiralt}', II. M. Uockyard.s and Admiralty E.slablisluneiifs in Great Britain... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 86 Adniiralt}', Chatham Dockyard (Driller's Mate)' ... 80 Shop Assistants, Warehodsemkn, ktc. : Cardiff (Biitcher.s) 215 Gla.sgow and Di. strict (Barmen) ... ... ... ... 160 ]\lanchester (Pish and Frnit) 22;{ Newry (Bread Servers) ... ... ... ... ... ... 169 Army and Navy Co-operative Society, Ltd., London ... ... 156, 159 Baxendales, Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... 224 British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., and two other.s, London ... 97 Carwardine and Co., fjondon ... ... ... ... ... 215 Cater, Stoflell and Fortt, Ltd., Bath 224 Caves, Austin and Co., Ltil., Hastings and St. Leonards ... 225 Civil Service Supply Association, Ltd. ... ... ... ... 223 Co-operative Union, Ltd., Northern Area ... ... ... ... 231 Co-operative Societies, Joint ('ommittee of London ... ... 153 Cramer, Wood and Co., Ltd., and two others, Dublin ... ... 225 Crook, John, and Sons, Preston (Motor and Lorry Drivers) ... 168 Dean and Curtis, Swanage (Dairy Hands) ... ... ... 152 Equitable Loan Co., and Hill Bros., Edinburgh (Pawnbrqkers' Managers, Assistants, etc.) ... ... ... ... ... 22G Froy and Sons, Ltd., London ... ... ... ... ... 224 Gillespy, W., and Co., Ltd , Gateshead-npon-Tyne (Men and Women) 201 Gratrix, Samuel, Junr., and Bros., Ltd., Manchester (Hardware Store Workers) 2.U Heyes, E., Ltd., Bolton and Bury (Grocery and Provisions Trade) 229 Horniman and Co., Ltd., London (Grocery and Provisions Trade) ... 158 Hunter, J. A., and Co., Ltd., Bootle (Grocery and Provisions Trade) 213 Josephy, H. and H., Leeds (Wool Warehousemen) ... ... 197 Lay born, Daniel, and Co., Liverpool ... ... ... ... 230 Lewis, John, and Co., London ... ... ... ... ... 157 Liptons, Ltd., London (Grocery and Piovisions Trade) ... ... 169 London Co-operative Societies ... ... ... ... ... 153 Muirhead and Wilcox, Manchester (Fish and Poultr}) ... ... 231 Perrin, Hughes and Co., Ltd., Liverpool ... ... ... ... 2J7 Peterborough Equitable Industrial Co-operative Society ... 176 Bidgways, Ltd. (James Pegram and Co.), Liverpool (Grocery and Provisions Trade) ... ... ... ... ... ... 156, 217 Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Societj', Ltd. ... ... ... 157 (2) Spalding Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd. ... ... ... 175 Young and Barraclough, Ltd., Leeds (Gi'ocery and Piovisions Trade) " 152 Silk Wokkeks. {Ses wnder Textile Trades.) Skippers. {See under Fishing Industry.) Smiths. (.S'ee nnder Engineering Trades and llaihvay Shopmen.) 289 Page. v^PELTER Workers : Great Britain ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 89 Sulphide Corpoiation, Ltd., Seaton Carew 89 Spindle Makers. {See under Textile Machinery Fittings Makers.) Spinners. {See under Textile Trades, Cotton Workers.) Spring Trade (Laminated) : Great Britain (Smiths) 99 Stampers : Bnlpitt and Sons, Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... 88 Howes and Burley, Birmingham (Checkers, Storehands and Sweepers) ... ... ... . . ... ... ... ... 87 Steel Smelters. {See under Iron and Steel Manufaotnre.) Stevedores. {See under Transport Trades, Dock Labourers.) Storekeepers. {See under Eailway Shopmen.) Stationary Engine Drivers. (See imder Railway Shopmen.) Sweet Packers. {See under Food, etc., Ti-ades.) Tailors and Tailoresses. {See under Clothing Trades.) Tanners. {See under Leather Trades.) Tape Workers 199 Teaching Stapf. {See under Pablic Utility Services.) Technical Staff. {See ttnder Public Utility Services.) Tent Makers 104 Textile Machinery Fittings Makers : Dewluirst, W., and Co., Chipping, near Preston ... ... ... 207 Piatt Bros., Ltd., Oldham (Spindle Makers) 89 Textile Trades : West of Scotland Ido Archibald, W., Son and Co., Ltd., and twelve others, ITilll'onts... 107 Belt Weavers : Banhara, George, and Co., Ltd., and three others, Farnworth and Salford 107 Canvas Hose Fipe Makers : Banham George, and Co,, Ltd., and three others, Farnworth and Salford 107 McGregor and Co., Dundee ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 Cotton Workers : Lancashire and Yorkshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.1,198 Glasgow and District (Clippers — Muslin) 10-1 Dyers, Bleachers, Scutchers, Hecklers, Pinners, Briniers and Finishers : Leek 100 „ (Nightworkers and Apprentices) ... .. ... ... 102 Finlayson, Bousfield and Co., Ltd , Johnstone ... ... ... 197 Knox, W. and J., Ltd., Kilbirnie 197 Sharp, S. H., and Sons, Ltd., Leeds (Textile Printers) 199 Elastic Weh Weavers : General Award (Women) l(tt) Flau- Workers : Ainsworth and Sons, Ltd., Cleator, Ciimborland (Spinncre — " Women) l"l, l(i4 Armagh Spinning Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 Fustian Cutter^ ; Congleton ... ... ... .• ••. ••■ ••• • 1*^*^ 290 Page. 'I'kxti i,K 'I'ka iiks — con/. Jlnaieri/ Worlcers : West oi' S<'otlaii(i ,,, lOG, Id" iliiwick ... ... ... ... .. ... ... . 106 HiUTotb and Co., IM., Aberdeen (Glove and Ifo.iiery Workers) l(tt> Pool, liorrimor and Tiibboror, and Qiiinton Ilo.sifpy Co., Ltd., Coventry ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... )(il Seddou and Sons, Wij^an ... ... ... ... ... ... 19y Jute Workers : Dundee and District 100 Imcc Workers : Balm Hill and Sons, Nottingham (Embroidery Worker.s — Women) 199 Linen Weavers : Usshcrs, Drogheda 197 Miiititenance Workers, Enginemen, etc. : Alexander .7. and T., and Co., Ltd., and eieht others, Dunfermline ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 Ward and Walker, Ltd., Bolton (Firemen) lOJ? Manvfactured Textile Goods: Hull (Sailmaker,s) 200 Arcus, A., and Co., and five others, Lerwick (Sailniakers) ... 2'28 Enfield Embroidery Co., Bush Hill Park 'JOo Smith, John, and Co., Ltd, London (Tent Makers — Women) ... 104 Rope, Ttvine and Net Workers : Aberdeen Trawling Co., Ltd.. and six others, Aberdeen and District (Net Braiders— Women) 101 East Loudon Rope Works, Ltd., London (Rope Workers) ... 198 Sack, Bag, etc., Workers : Liverpool (Sack Makers and Menders — Women) 102 Silk Workers : Coventry and District (Women) 101, lo3, 106 Leek loC, 102 Ma.ygrove, J., and Co., Ltd., St. Albans (Women) 104 (2) Textile Smallwares .- Bonas, J., and Son, and five others, Derby (Tape Workers — Women) 199 TeMile Waste Trade .- niingworth, E., and Co., Bradford (Warehousemen) 102 Wool Workers .- Scotland 105(2) Athlone Woollen Mills Co., Ltd 1G5 (2) Bottomley Bros, and Co., Ltd., Bradford (Managers and Overlookers) 198 Hill and Sons, Lucan ... 200 Kilkenny Woollen Mills, Ltd. (Weavers) 1(J5 Mahonj', Martin and Bros., Ltd., Blarney, Co. Cork (Tweed and Wool Operatives) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1(">5 (2) Thre.vd Wokkeus: Dewhurst, J., and Sons, Skipton 109 Finlay.son, Bousfield and Co., Ltd, Johnstone, and W. and J. Knox, Ltd., Kilbirnie ... ... ... ... ... . 197 Tilefixers 47 Tin Hook M.\kers ... 93 Tooi,m.\kers. (See under Edge Tool Workers.) Tramvt.ay Coxstkuction Workers. (*SVe imrfcr Building Trade.J 'I'ramway Wokkeks. {See nnder Public Utility Services.) 291 Pag-e. Tbansport Trades. (See also under Railway Workers and Govern- ment Establishments, Admiralty.) Bargemen, Lightermen and Watermen : Midlands 167, '203 Birmingham 167, 203 Abbott, F. J„ Ltd., and five others ... 202 Williams, S., and Sons, Dagenham ... ... 202 Cab Drivers : London ;" 206 Birmingham ... ... ..; ... ... ... 202 Uanal Workers Ashore : Warwick and Birmingham ... ... ... ... ... ... IQU Aire and Oalder Navigation and three others (Clerks) ... ... 202 Carters, Motor Drivers, Second Men, etc. (See also under Food, etc., Trades.) England and Wales 110 Scotland 111,11;! North Stuifordshire 204 Birmingham 202 Clevedon 108 Ipswich 20.5 Walsall and District 204 Associated Coal Consumers, Ltd.. and four others ... ... 110 „ „ „ and another ... ... ... m Bessey and Palmer, Ltd., and four others, Great Yarmouth ... 205 Blackie, G., and Co., and six others, Hawick ... ... ... 113 Crook, John, and Sons, Preston ... ... ... ... ... 158 Ipswich Co-operative Society and four others, Ipswich ... ... 205 Odium and Odium, Naas 205 Preston Farmei's' Trading Society ... ... ... 158 Sheridan, T. J., Waterford 193 Wallis, John, and Sons, Dublin (Mail Cart Diivers and Yard- men) .. 167,233 Westleigh Stone and Lime Co., Ltd., Burlescombe, Devon ... 49 Coalheavers, Trimmers, etc. : Ireland 203 Bristol Channel 239 Fleetwood 167 London 109 Admiralty, Harwich 11.3 Bessey and Palmer, Ltd., and four others, Great Yarmouth ... 206 Dock Labourers : Great Britain 235 Ireland (Cross Channel Trade) ... 203 „ (Deep Sea and Grain Trades) ... ... ... ... 203 Belfast and North of Ireland 204 Sligo and Kosse's Point (Cargo Workers) 233 Bridgwater _ 202 Greenock and District (Demarcation) 110 Limerick 204(2) Albion Mills Co.; London ... 226 Dundalk and Newry Steamsliip Co. 205 Ministry of Shi|)ping and two others, JMillwall Dock ... ... 206 Peat Moss Lioter Supply Co., London 227 Harbour Sen-ice : Tees (Crane and lioco Workers) ... 109 Dublin (Cranemen) 203 Aberdeen Harbour Board ... ... ... ... ... ... 110 Dublin Port and Docks Board (Enginemen, Firemen, Crane- men, etc.) ... ... ■■. ••• ••• • • ■•• ... 113 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Enginemen, Firemen, etc.) 109 202 Page. 'ri(ANMM)i{T Thadks — rO)l,l. MainioKincc Workers in, Harhoiirs, r(r. . Abbott, K. .1., Ltd., !iii(l live othrr.s .. 202 jM)cr(l('cii Harbour Moai'd ... 110 Cljdc Njivif^atioii Trust '. II", 149 Uu)idce Harbour Trust ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 t'J Seamen, Firemen, eir. : Burns, Ci. and J., Titd., Glasgow ... ... ... ... ... 205 Laird Line, Ltd., (ilasgow ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 London and South Western Railway Co. ... ... ... ... 100 Tii.\\VL Flsuing. (/SVe tmJer Fishing Industry.) Trimmers. See under Transport Trades, Coalheavers.) 'J'uBE Makers : Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9'i British Mannesman Tube Co., Ltd., Landore (Clerks) ... .. 164 Scottish Tube Co., Ltd., Glasgow (Hammernicn) .. ... ... 9V Stewards and Lloyds, Ltd., Rutherglen (Fitting I'ac-kers) ... 93 „ „ Coatbridge (Bricklayers' Laijourcrs) 45 United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co., Ltd., Ponders End ... 92 'J'lTUNEKS. {See under Clay, etc.. Trades, Pottery Workers.) Vkiiici-e Buii.deks and Repairers. {See under Engineering Trades and Railway Shopmen.) Vehicle Woodworkers. {See under Woodworking Trades.) Viewer. {See under Engineering Trades.) Warehousemen. {See under Shop Assistants, etc.) Washer Makers 98 Waste Metal Reclamation Tradk. (See tmrier Reclamation Trades.) Waste Paper Workers. (iS'ee under Reclamation Trades.) Watchmen. {See under Shipbuilding and Shipi'epairing Trades.) Watermen. {See imder Transport Trades.) W\TERPR00F Gaument Workers 108 Waterworks E.mployeks. {See under Public Utility Services.) Weavers. {See under Textile Trades.) Weighing Machine Makers: Avery, W. and T., Ltd., and Pooley, H., Ltd., IJirminghatn (Mechanics) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 Wire Workers: Scotland 195 London ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 196 Andrews, H., and Sons, and four others, Bristol ... . . ... 164 WoODCARVERS. {See under Woodworking and Furnishing 'L'rade.''.) Woodcutting Machinist.s. {See also tiiuier Woodworking Triides.) 74 Woodworking and Furnishini; '1'rades : Aircraft Woodivorkers : Pratt, Christopher, and Sons, Bradford ... ... ... ... 115 Bobbin ayid Shtittle Workers .- Scotland 118 Clog Sole Makers : ]\Laude, J., and Son, Hebden Bridge ... ... ... .. "20!^ Furniinre Workers: Great Britain (Organ Builders) 116,119 London 2o7 293 Page. WOODWOKKING AND FuUNISHlNG TllADES — Cont. Labourers : Plymouth. - 208 Harris and Slieldon, Birmingham (Shop Fitters' Labourers) ... 207 Packing Case and Box Makers : Edinburgh and Leith, Dundee, Dunfermline and Glasgow ... 208 Liverpool ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 London 207 Orfeurs Steam Joinery Works, Colchester (Ammunition Box Makers) ... .' 116 Rear and Co., Ltd., Manchester (Women) ... ... ... ... 116 Sawyers and Woodcutting Machinists : Scotland 208 Ireland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 167 North Staffordshire (Sawmillers' Labourers) ... ... ... 118 Tees, Hartlepools and Hull 208 (Jhesham and District... ... ... ... ... ... 116 Plymouth 208 Appleby and four others, Hull ... ... ... ... ... 208 Blackman, Louis, Ltd., Arundel (Labourers and Machinists) ... 115 Board of Trade (Imported Timber Disposal Section), C.T.S. Sawmills, Erith (Sawyers and Labourers) ... ... ... 118 Bryson and Co., Ltd., and three others, Grangemouth (Pit Prop Workers) ... 119 Coles, A. N., and Son, Ltd., and Queen Anne's Battery Trading Co., Coxside, Plymouth ... ... ... ... ... ... 117 Denholm, John, and Co., Ltd., and three others, Bo'ness (Pit Prop VVorkers) ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 118 Eustace and Co., Ltd., and four others, Cork, Limerick and Waterford 168 Gillespie and Nicol, and Renuie, M. S., and Co., South Alloa (Pit Prop Worker.-?) 118 Heaton, John, and Co., Wigan 208 Higsoft, Thomas, and Sons, Blackburn ... ... ... ... 117 Price, Walker and Co., Gloucester ... ... ... ... ... 115(2) Shepherd, William, and Sons (Kendal), Ltd., Kendal (Women) 117 Vehicle Woodworkers : Great Britain 209 Liverpool 119 Buckingham, John, Ltd., Birmingham ... ... ... ... 117 Elliott, S., and Sons, Ltd., Reading 207 Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock (Working Instruc- tors) 196 Wood Carvers : White, John, P., and Sous, Ltd., Bedford ... ... ... ... 118 Woodworking Employees (Miscellaneous) : Wessex Shipbuilding and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Poole (Poultry Appliance Makers) 115 WooLWOB-KERS. (See tinder Textile Trades.) WoKKHOUSE Staff. {See under Public Utility Services.) Working instructor. (See under Woodworking Trades, Vehicle Woodworkers.) Works Policemen 61 Zinc Miners ^0 Zinc Workers. . Downs, J. R., and Sons, Landore Zinc Works, Swansea ... 196 Printed under the authority oJ His Majesty's Stationbuy ukfilb, By Jas. Truscott and Son, Ltd., Sufiollt Lane, E.G. i. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY This book is DUE on the last date stamped below i^ii;!* Ui^«i• Form L-9-15m-2,'36 ' -'0 I' UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS • ' GELES LIBRARY KD Gt. Brit. 5545 Minist ry of G79c l abour. ^■' •■^"'^ ConciTia- Jbion a ct. 1896 and Industrial Jlourt3__act , 1919, UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY AA 001 183 057 7 f H