FORTY-HOUR WEEK
Iron and Steel Industry
Geneva, June 19.
The International Labour Conferenee, in a preliminary vote, adopted by 67 votes to 36 the proposed convention for a 40-hour week in the iron and steel industry, but the figures suggest that the necessary two-thirds majority is not likely to be obtained in the vote for the final decision.
The conference decided by. 59 votes to 26 to hold a conference of Government delegates and representatives of employers and workers regarding a reduction of hours for textile workers before the 1937 1.L.0. conference.
It was also decided, by 71 votes to 29, that the subject of a 40-hour week in the textile Industry be placed on the agenda at the .1937 conference.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 227, 22 June 1936, Page 9
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121FORTY-HOUR WEEK Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 227, 22 June 1936, Page 9
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