Shorter week ‘not practical’
PA Auckland Social Credit could see no practical way in which shorter working weeks could be introduced in New Zealand at present, said its industrial spokesman, Mr D. Howes, yesterday. But it believed there would be. a natural reduction in the working week as a result of its industrial policies, he said. . “In the present economic and industrial structure, a 35 hour week will close more businesses, force up prices, and increase unemployment,” Mr Howes said.
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Press, 9 April 1981, Page 1
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