BRITISH SHIPBUILDING
DISPUTE OVER HOURS EMPLOYEES WANT WEEK (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent.) (Rec. 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 7. A claim by the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions for a 40-hour week of five days, and a refusal by the Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation to agree to that, resulted in an impasse, whioh is being reported’ to the Minister of Labour. The employers wanted the hours to be spread over five days and a-half, and argued that there must be work on Saturday due to the nature of the industry. They agreed to a reduction of the 47-hour week to 44 hours. ONE SHIP A DAY. Mr Robert Johnson, chairman of Cammell Laird, declared that a fiveday week would be a fatal mistake and bring disaster to the Birkenhead shipyards. Shipbuilding at present is one of the brightest spots in British industry. It is estimated that Britain on an average will launch one ship daily this year.
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Evening Star, Issue 25994, 8 January 1947, Page 5
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