THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK IN ITALY
SUSPENSION IMPOSED BY STATE DECREE ROME, April 19. All shipyards still in private hands will pass under State control, according to a new decree./ Forty per cent, of Italian workers will also cease to enjoy the 40-hour .week which was introduced in 1935. Signor Mussolini has suspended the shorter period “in all industries in which economic recovery has led to a large increase in orders,” and he is permitting 48 hours or longer. Rearmament workers are allowed to
work 60 hours. * - - %
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22072, 21 April 1937, Page 9
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