FORTY-HOUR WEEK
SUSPENDED IN ITALY REARMAMENT WORKERS ALLOWED SIXTY HOURS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ROME, April 19. (Received April 20, at 10.30 a.m.) All shipyards still in private hands will pass under State control according to a new decree. Forty per cent, of Italian workers will cease to enjoy the 40-hour week introduced in 1935. Signor Mussolini has suspended the shorter period “ in all industries in which economic recovery has led to a large increase in orders,” and is permitting 48 hours or longer. Rearmament workers are allowed to work 60 hours.
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Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 9
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91FORTY-HOUR WEEK Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 9
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