THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23361, 21 June 1941, Page 5

THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

mk ’ Sir.—The big guns of. the Welling* ■ ,ton Trades Council have spoken.-their The critics whist now hold |P&i--WMr tongues and the ;Governinent ®■ •? '.must obey its, mastecla, yplce.;; .The «*. Council insists . that.tie 4frhour ■ week mfip. Iff hj this country Is ■*. essential :, to Jbe. m&f. ■'iw&bxe.' .' New • Zpalpuders could not stapd up to any bigger, strain; awfet. Unless our;-worker*-;are.:-giy^;’<wi;.an-fflp' • . each -working weak, ' 'three B®?* - hburs’ respite to recover from, the ip/ 1 . 1 strain of each hour worked, the whole economic fabric will be endangered apd the health-of the workers will be m: imperilled. . ■ - , ' Is it suggested that a country that sK/' bred such world-beaters as Bob Fitziliv' , Simmons, Tony Wildirig, Dick Arnst, Ife- Jack Lovelock, the All. Blacks and the Anzacs cannot £ull its full weight in Ste&fc . in. which the very future <■■■ ,:C wilisatlon is in danger? The |i|:. 1 rejflFsuggestion js -an insult to a glonWM’ ous little country, and only a crowd ■ like the bosses to the trade muons, I Wi\' with their minds centred on themselves would dare offer such an afmsk ‘ front. What is happening in the country then, where the hours of work are ■ffiK.-tv:determined by the calls of. B|»'- 'Surely organised workers throughout Mp».--.N'ew Zealand will at once rise up and E?4:r«pudiate~ such, a. grpss--libel,,,on. .the I®®' 1 ; manhood of this country.—Yours, ’ etc., ■ NEW ZEALANDER. June 20, 1941. • - ■