AWARD DEFIED.
Timbermen Start Half An
Hour Late.
EMPLOYERS' REPLY.
MELBOURNE, January 21. The first definite move to defy Mr. Justice Lukin'a award of a 48-hour week in the timber industry was made to-day. Three thousand employees from various mills ignored the 7.30 a.m. whistle and began work at 8 a.m. They took an hour off for lunch instead of three-quarters of an hour, and stopped work at 5 p.m., the usual time.
The men intend to work four hours on Saturday mornings, making 44 for tli* week, instead of 48.
The employers' counter-movement will be to pay the men pro rata on the basis of a 48-hour week. This means that if they work only 44 .hours the remainder will be deducted from their pay. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne and p ,r . Arthur Duckham, of England, are trying to bring the parties together before the trouble spreads.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 18, 22 January 1929, Page 7
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