WASHINGTON CONVENTION
. ..BRITAIN SEEKS REVISION, Australian Press Association. , ■ GENEVA 29th May. • At a mooting of tho executive of the International Labour Office, Mr. Humbert Wolfe presented the British Government's demand for a,revision of the Washington eight-hour convention. The Government in no wiso desired to modify the essential principles^ but uniformity was impossible without revision. Representatives of Belgium, Poland, and France opposed the proposition. " Miss Margaret Bondfield expressed tho opinion that the proposal humiliated British workers, who desired ratificaiion. The proposal was defeated by 12 votes to 11. Tho majority'consisted of six workers and six Government delegates.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 126, 30 May 1928, Page 9
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