Compromise Reached: Encouragement Gratuities Granted compromise was reached - on August 4 by the Chinese—postal authorities and members of the postal service with reference to the threatened strike and the trouble has been averted, the "North-China Daily News" was informed by a high postal official.
It may be remembered that among the ten demands presented last week by the postmen to the author ities, one called for an increase in wages and another for the gran' ing of an "encouragement gratuity."
levly was given by the postal authorities, but tiis was considered unsatisfactory by the postmen who Haveatened to sitike if their de-ands were not accepted within pacified period.
Bight representatives of the Postal Employees Association and the Postal Workers Union then ealled on Mr, Wei Yi-foo, Direetor-General of Posts and Vice-Minister of Commurieations, who came to Shanghai from Nanking on the previous day especially to conduct negotiations. After a conference lasting several hours, the following compromise terms were arrived (1) Demands unconditionally cepted by the authorities.:—
The accounts and budget of the Postal Service shall be published periodically; Secretaries of the Divectorate-General of Posts shall not be treated on the same basis as postal employees; Postinen who have had 16 years! service or more to their credit may be promoted to the bank of sorters (yuan-wa-chu Aged or ineapacited postmen shall be transferred to the indoor staffs The publication of the "Post Office Gazette" shall be resumed.
(If) Demands modified and ae-
As from August, postal employees throughout the country shall de granted a special month}y 1 Towance of $2; Postal employees who have served more than one year and less than 10 years sh be granted an "encouragement gratunity" of 1-1/4 month at the end of each year while those who have served more than 10 years sh receive a gratuity of 1-1/2 month.
(IIT) Other demands presented and under consideration:—
'The minimum amount of wages of the messengers hereafter shall be $15 a month and the maximum amount $21, a month; Messengers who, after three years' service, fail in their examination for posts as sorters (yuan-wu-chu) shall b2 made servants (ting tsai); Negotistions regarding the new.scale of wages for sorters shall be completed between representatives of the Post. al Workers Union and the postal authorities in two months and the new scale shall come in force from July 1; and the question of postal employees' period of leave shall be
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