THE WORKERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 April 1922, Page 5

THE WORKERS.

. * EQRTY-FOUR HOURS WEEK. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, April 27. A special court under the Eight Hours Amendment Act refused i*o quant an application for an extension of the forty-four hour week to the employees lof the Broken Hill Proprietary steel--1 works at Newcastle, Judge Beeby stating it was inexpedient .at present to make any industrial change which ■would increase the cost of production. Foreign competition, "he said, Tad agnin become a serious menace, which eoulcl only be met by a farther lowering of prices. The immediate problem i* ior the company to achieve a oost w'Mch would enable it further tc reduce selling prices, and, a.s the cosi of labour is the main element there is a necessity for ihe company's emj.lcy.jei coming to a new basis of wage payments ■bearing relation to the local averag< selling price of iron and steeL