Short week opposed
PA Wellington The Employers’ Federation has written to employers throughout New Zealand urging solidarity in withstanding union moves to introduce a shorter working week. It says that while the wage freeze forbids reduction in hours of work without a corresponding drop in pay, some unions are likely to renew their campaign for a
shorter working week once the freeze is lifted. . The issue is too important for it to be battled out industry by industry, award by award, the federation says. The paper says that a shorter working week, as proposed by unionists, would increase . unemployment, boost inflation, and generally reduce New Zealand’s international competitiveness.
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Press, 27 October 1982, Page 6
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