48 HOURS WEEK
ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE
LABOUR MOTION REJECTED,
United press association—copst.ight.) i irctteh's tel.egr/.xi.) LONDON, Ist May. The House of Commons by 223 votes to 128 rejected a motion by Mr. G. Buchanan (Labour), who moved the second' reading of a private member's Bill based on the Washington Ei»lifc hours' Convention, providing that °the hours of labour in industrial occupations except for seamen and farm labourers should not exceed 48 per weal? Mr. D. Kirkwood, in seconding the motion; vigorously protested against the efforts of the engineering employers to increase the hours of labour III;. X Q. Clarry (Conservative), in moving the" rejection of the motion, dociared that the Bill would injure indusU;y and cause unemployment. The nrovisions ot the Washington Convent oV cou]<ionly be effectively introduce' hy simultaneous legislative action in all i.|, e countries whose representatives s /.v lle j the convention. ='o«"-u
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 102, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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14648 HOURS WEEK Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 102, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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