FREEZING INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 16

FREEZING INDUSTRY.

CLAIM FOR 40-HOUR WEEK.

FARMERS’ UNION PROTEST.

An emphatic protest against a suggestion that the 40;hour week be adopted in the freezing industry was voiced at a meeting, of the Wellington central provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union in Marton yesterday. The president (Mr J. R- Lloyd Hammond) said that the union would be directly interested in the revision -of the freezing works awards through the New Zealand Primary and Ancillary Industries Producers’ Council. The following resolution V’as carried; “That this executive strongly and emphatically protests against the suggestion of a 40-hour week in the freezing industry for the reason that that' industry is part of the farming industry and is subject to seasonal conditions ; and, further, that under existing conditions, with a 44-liour week, serious congestion is often experienced owing to the perishable nature of the commodity handled; and the executive takes this opportunity to point out that the restriction of hours in any seasonal work, dependent on climatic conditions, would be unworkable without serious natural loss and increased • costs to the fanning community.