Mr. David Adamsasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that large numbers of clerical workers in shipbuilding dry-dock and ship-repairing yards are, through the national emergency, called upon regularly to work long hours of overtime without additional payment or any share of the wage increases or overtime payments granted to other classes of shipyard workers; and whether he will have the position of these clerical workers examined, with a view to the grant of appropriate wage increases with rights as to overtime remuneration?
§ Mr. AsshetonThe adjustment of the wages, hours and other working conditions of the clerical workers in question is a matter for examination and arrangement between the employers and workers concerned in accordance with the ordinary methods and procedure.