FORTY-HOUR WEEK.
Britain Not Represented at Geneva. FRENCH EMPLOYERS' VIEW. GENEVA, June 11. The International Labour Conference adopted a motion having the effect of postponing a decision respecting a 40hour week in the textile industry. Heated argument arose from a statement by one of the French employers' representatives, to the effect that although employers might be forced to. accept the 40-hour week imposed by M. Blum's "Government, they would not have changed their opinion against it. M. Jouhaux warmly declared that this statement was untrue and said the employers supported this and other plans of the new Government. The Mines Commission also discussed the 40-hour week. Mr. Edwards, representing the British workers, protested against the British Government not being represented. IThe French and American delegates agreed, whereupon the meeting was adjourned "to give Britain an opportunity of being represented.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 8
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