LABOUR IN BRITAIN
PRIORITY INDUSTRIES. RUGBY, July 19. The steps being taken to build up the depleted labour force of some British industries which met the primary needs of civilian life are announced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. The highest present priorities for national needs, according to the Ministry, are munitions and housing, then textiles and clothing, including boots and shoes. But it is pointed out that the labour supply for these needs in the next few months will be too limited to meet more than part of the demands, except for munitions. The Ministry states it is necessary that ex-operatives in these industries who have gone into other occupations should go back to their old employment, and 'there should also be considerable recruiting of men entrants. This was already taking place, when the change in munitions production released a number of war workers, and the -Ministry therefore has appealed fox' skilled workers who can be released on “redundance” to return to their former employment.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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