EIGHT HOURS’ DAY
CONVENTION’S REVISION
(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)
GENEVA. May 29.
At a. meeting of the Executive of the International Labour Office, Mr Humbert Wolfe presented the British Government’s demand for the revision of the Washington Eight Hour Convention. The British Government he said, nowise desired to modify its essential principles, but considered uniformity was impossible without a revision.
The representatives of Belgium, Poland and France opposed the proposition. Miss Margaret Bondfield (Britain) expressed the opinion that the proposal of Britain humiliated the British workers who desired ratification of the proposal.
The proposal was defeated by 12 votes to 11. The majority consisted of six workers’ delegates and six Government delegates.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 May 1928, Page 5
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