FORTY-HOUR WEEK
LABOUR CONFERENCE'S DISCUSSION Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright GENEVA, June 10. (Received June 11, at noon.) The International Labour Conference adopted a motion having the effect of postponing a decision respecting the 40-hour week in tho textile industry. A heated argument arose from a statement by M. Waline, one of the French employers’ representatives, to the effect that, though employers might be forced to accept a 40-hour week imposed by M. Blum’s Government, they had not changed their' opinion against it. M. Jouhaux warmly declared that the statement was untrue. He said the employers supported this and otlici plans of the new Government. The .Minos Commission a'so discussed the 40-hour week. Mr Edwards (representing the British workers) protested against the British Government not being represented. The French and American delegates agreed with him, after which the meeting adjourned to give Britain an opportunity of being represented,
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Evening Star, Issue 22362, 11 June 1936, Page 11
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