48-HOUR WEEK IN CANADA
CALL BY LABOUR MINISTER [U.P.A.— By Electric Telegraph-Copyright | OTTAWA, 28th November. The Minister of Labour, Mr McLarty, in the House of Commons said that a lengthening of the working week from 44 to 48 hours or even longer must be considered, since the industrial production had reached a point at which a general labour shortage was approaching. “With the distressing news of the havoc done in centres such as Coventry, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton still ringing in our ears, and with the British Minister of Shipping admitting that the sinkings exceed the replacements, I suggest that this is no time to think of maintaining standards. Our only excuse for asking for a temporary relinquishment of Labour's standards is that we must win the war, and a sacrifice is unavoidable. Mr McLarty said that the Government was considering transferring workers from non-essential industries to war industries. There was also a possibility of abolishing overtime pay. Some unions, he added, had already agreed voluntarily to work a 48-hour week.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 7
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