56-HOUR WEEK URGED
AUSTRALIAN UNIONS LONGER NOT ADVISABLE (9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 2. The president of the Australasian Council of Trades Unions, Mr. A. E. Monk, said it would be suggested to the Government that the maximum working hours be fixed at 52 a week for women and 56 for men. Mr. Monk added that it was not possible for people to work 70 hours a week and maintain efficient production. Any move to reduce the hours of the workers in essential industries would not retard the war effort but would increase production in the longrange plan. The trades unionists realised they would lose everything if the Allies lost the war.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20826, 3 July 1942, Page 5
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11156-HOUR WEEK URGED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20826, 3 July 1942, Page 5
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