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Monday, February 19, 1973
LABOUR DISPUTE AT HIGH ISLAND SITE SETTLED
With Help Of Labour Relations Service
With the help of the Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department,
an amicable settlement has been reached in a labour dispute involving some
350 workers at one of the main construction sites of the High Island Water
Scheme.
The dispute broke out on February 12 when workers of Vianini S.P.A.
stopped work and demanded better terms of employment.
Direct negotiations reached a deadlock and two days later the Labour
Department intervened.
Officers of the Labour Relations Service travelled 18 miles to the
construction site on two consecutive days and conducted a series of separate
discussions and joint meetings with the parties concerned.
Final agreement was reached last Thursday (February 15).
A new scheme of working hours for daily rated workers and a revised
Workers will be given a 15-minute tea break in the
wage rate were introduced.
morning and in the afternoon.
The revised wage rate amounts to a 25 per cent wage increase over the
old wage rate, which was somewhat below the market rate.
Workers in turn promised to raise their efficiency and productivity
"The agreement was reached in an atmosphere of mutual understanding
and co-operation which will benefit both the management and the workers in the
long run," a Labour Department spokesman said.
Vianini S.P.A.
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