946 



Conciliation Committees. 



[Jan., 



CONCILIATION COMMITTEES IN 

 AGRICULTURE, 



The total number of Conciliation Committees which have 

 been established under the Corn Production Acts (Bepeal) Act, 

 1921, has now increased to 57 ; of these 39 have made agree- 

 ments as to v^^ages. In certain cases some of these agreements 

 have temporarily lapsed, though meetings are being held v^ith 

 a view to making agreements for a further period. Details of 

 the agreements in operation at the end of last month were 

 published in the December issue of this Journal, and particulars 

 of further agreements since arrived at are given below : — 



A rea. 





Period. 



Wages. 



Hours per week. 



Essex - - Up to 31st Dec, 1921 



9d. per hour 



— 









on weekdays 











Is. per hour 











on Sundays. 





Hampsliire 





14th Jan., 1922 



36s. Od. 



48 



Lancashire : — 











Southern Area 



7) 



31st Dec, 1921 



45s. Od. 



Usual working hours. 



Northern „ - 



H 



31st „ „ 



47s. 6d. 



11 11 



Eastern ,, - 





31st „ „ 



50s. Od. 



60 



Leicester : — 











Melton Mowbray 











and District 



?) 



31st „ 



36s. 6d. 



50 



Middlesex : — 











South-West 



)) 



28th Jan., 1922 



9^d. per hour 



50, with guaranteed 









on weekdays 



week of 48 hours. 









Is. per hour 











on Sundays. 





Nottinghamshire 



V 



31st Dec, 1921 



38s. Od. 



50 



Rutlandshire 



•J 



31st Jan., 1922 



34s. Od. 



48 



Monmouthshire - 



7) 



31st Dec, 1921 



38s. Od. 



48 



Cardiganshire 



n 



28th Feb., 1922 



36s. Od. 



50 



Glamorgan 



)) 



31st Dec, 1921 



40s. Od. 



50 



Merioneth 







35.^. Od. 



50 



and 











Montgomery 



11 



31st Jan., 1921 



38s. Od. 



56 



The rates in the majority of cases apply to " adult male 

 workers," the Committees apparently relying on Clauses 11 (a) 

 and (b) of the Act to cover the special cases of workers who 

 are affected by some mental or physical disability. In a few 

 areas the Committees have stipulated that the rates shall apply 

 only to workers of " fair average ability," while in two cases 

 a further clause has been inserted providing that the recom- 

 mended rates should affect only those workers of the classes 

 mentioned " who are regularly employed in agriculture." 



