SHORTER WORKING WEEK.
It is interesting to read in the "Star" that Canada proposes at the coming Labour conference to discuss the proposition of a 30-hour week, without wage reduction, and this without compulsory retirement of those over (50 years. The question arises as to whether this is possible under the present system of production for profit. Naturally under these conditions one cftnnot expect men of business acumen "not being philanthropists" to invest capital in undertakings without a reasonable expectation of profit'; but seeing the Labour party while in opposition constantly upheld the idea of shortening the hours of .labour, it is hard to understand the action of such an old stalwart of this party as the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, refusing to accept a remit from a body of men, themselves vitally concerned with this issue of a 40-hour week, especially when' at almost the same moment the Prime Minister, the Hon. M. Savage, accompanied by tho> Hon. W. Nash and the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, was receiving with all deference and consideration a deputation representing the New Zealand Industries, who apparently I were not "eut short" in their address. A.M.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1936, Page 14
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