SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT
EFFORTS TO SECURE AMENDMENTS.
The campaign to secure important amendments to the Shops and Offices Act on the lines already indicated in The Post is being continued by the Shop Assistants' Federation, It is stated that the question of hours is creating a. great deal of discontent, arid, in the opinion of one of those actively supporting the ■campaign, "the time has arrived when an antiquated Act such as that now on the Statute Book should be modernised." The shop assistants are not alone in their desire for amendments, for it is said that quite a large section of employers are prepai'ed to give active support. It has now been decided that a joint deputation should wait upon the Minister of Labour (the Right Hon. W| F. Massey), who will be asked to rewire it at an early date, i
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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144SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1919, Page 7
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