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Australian Munition Workers
Demonstrate
DKI'AKTMKXTAIi BUNGLING
Special Australian Correspondent.
Rec. 2 p.m. MELBOURNE, this day,
More than 3000 munition workers at a mass meeting protested against "Departmenal inefficiency and bungling." One representative of the workers said they had met with many difficulties in their efforts to introduce 100 per cent war effort in certain factories. The abolition of Sunday work in some factories meant a reduction in men's weekly production hours of from 48 to 40.
The meeting received messages from Mr. Curtin and members of the War Cabinet.
A resolution was carried, declaring "complete support for the Labour Government." The meeting also requested the Government to appoint a Select Committee to investigate the management and conduct of munitions establishments.
Before the meeting union members held a demonstration march, carrying banners bearing inscriptions, such as: "Idle machines help Hitler." "Abolish Red Tape and Win the War."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 163, 13 July 1942, Page 3
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