Peace on the Canefields?
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Union's New Agreement With
Csr
SUVA, June 6.
A PTER outbreaks of violence that con tinued right up until the end of 1945, all now 'seems quiet on the sugar production front. An agreement was reached on May 26 between the CSR Company and the Sugar Labourers’
Union, regarding conditions of employ ment which should go some way to straightening out outstanding difficulties.
Under the new agreement (which is to operate for two years from April 1, 1946), the basic wage of labourers will be in creased by 4d. per day; the crushing season bonus is to be increased and will be calculated on a season basis and not, as formerly, on a daily basis; one week’s annual holiday will be granted to em ployees who fulfil certain conditions. The company has also undertaken to inau gurate and pay half the premiums of a superannuation fund.
The 1946 crushing season is again ex pected to be poor, but in 1947 the indus try should have fully recovered from the strikes and cane-fields unrest that has prevailed in the Colony the last few years, There is hope locally, that this agree ment between the Indians and the CSR will usher in a period of peace in Fiji industry.