Miners Work 35-Hr Week

Northern Advocate, 7 January 1948, Page 5

Miners Work 35-Hr Week

| GREYMOUTI-I, Wed. (P.A.)—Coal' ] miners at Dobson have instituted a ! I shorter working day without official i sanction. j Other unions have made represen- ! tations to the Government for a simi- | lar reduction of hours, j Before the Christmas holidays the '< Dobson miners notified the manage- ] ment of their intention to work only ,! seven hours a day. bank to bank, in , ; the new year, instead of the eight .‘hours provided for in the working . ; agreement. j Following a stop-work meeting on t Monday the management was inform- . ! od that the men would leave the mine j > 1 at 3 p.m., instead of the usual 4 p.m. . ! This was done both on Monday and ] ■ ' yesterday. j The largest mines in the district, the ; - | Strongman and Liverpool collieries, j in the Runanga district, will not be- • j gin the official observance of the 35- j i hour week until April 1. - J This decision was reached yesterday ; | at these mines, which decided to- ad- 1 • i here to five request of the national coal (! miners' organisation to commence . ‘ seven-hour shifts as from that date.