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An application for the retention of a 44-hour week was made in the Arbitration Court today by New Zealand Woolpacks and Textiles, Ltd.,' Foxton. The applicants were represented by Mr. T. O. Bishop and the workers by Mr. F. Cornwell.
In a memorandum read by Mr. Bishop, it was stated that the factory was at present working a 44-hour week on five and a half days, but found it necessary to work a certain amount of overtime in those departments— batching, weaving, finishing, and sewing—which were not operating on three shifts. The looms worked 44 hours a week and sometimes 45. A cut to 40 hours meant a reduction right through of one-eleventh of the present output, or a reduction of 6000 packs per week to 5455, which would not only make the firm short in its contract, but would increase the loss under which it was running at present. The applicants asked that the hours of work at the factory remain as at present with permission to work overtime when and where- necessary. At the present time there were employed at the factory 200 people directly and very many more indirectly. The Court reserved decision.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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