THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.
Eeceived October 16, 10.50 a.m. London, October 15. John Burnett, labor correspondent of the Board of Trade reports that the demand for skilled labor is steadily decreasing at home, m respect to the chief industries. Eighty-six strikes took place during August, and 64 m September. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Congress is framing a bill requiring the assent of a two-thirds majority to enforce recognition of the prinoiple of eight hours a day. Believing that the leaders of dockers unions have no real control over the dockers, the riverside employers are organising a system of giving a certain number of men permanent employment at 243 a week, working eight hours a day, with pensions, thus doing away with casual hands. Fourfifths of the men already employed at the docks are permanent hands.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 235, 16 October 1891, Page 2
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