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MINERS’ FIVE-DAY WEEK (11.45 a.m.) GENEVA, May 1. If the five-day week in the British coalmining industry did not lead to increased production "we shall consider the position,” said the general secretary of the Mineworkers* Federation, Mr. A. Horner, addressing the plenary session of the 1.L.0. coal committee. He added that the introduction of the five-day week would theoretically reduce Britain's coal output by 13.000,000 tons yearly. “If this were true, it would be catastrophic. We are determined to secure the necessary target of 220.000.000 tons a year in an organised five-day week. Britain wanted an extra 20,000.000 tons of coal for export.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22319, 2 May 1947, Page 6
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