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BRITAIN'S 40-HOUR WEEK GOAL NO ABANDONMENT FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS (Rec. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. The Trades Union Council announced that it had established a special committee to consider and negotiate for the 40-hour week. The council added that it was prepared to see the 40hour week established by stages, involving a reduction to 43 or 44 hours, followed later by a further reduction to 40. " It cannot be. expected that the T.TJ.O. will abandon its pursuit of the 40-ho.ur week because the country's immediate industrial and economic noeds call for increased production. We do not admit that an early reduction will necessarily lead to loss of output, but anticipate quite the contrary effect in most industries and services." The statement added that the special committee thought the establishment of a 40-hour week should be pursued as a matter of internal policy, and should not be allowed to become too closely associated with the movement for reduction of working hours by international agreemeut. ,
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Evening Star, Issue 25777, 27 April 1946, Page 7
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165BY STAGES Evening Star, Issue 25777, 27 April 1946, Page 7
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