FORTY-FOUR-HOUR WEEK
MANIFESTO BY WORKERS. AN ALLUSION TO ITALY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. CBeod. 12.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. Sept. 7. A manifesto issued by the iron trades employees, announcing a meeting on Saturday next, states that after years of wasted effort the working classes at last realise the futility of expending their whole energy in simply fighting for a nam -wages, and they now realise that t&ey will derive more material benefits by reducing working hours. Militant workers of the iron trades have decided no longer to work more than 44 hours a week. The manifesto refers to the action of workers in Italy in seizing works, and says the employers are powerless so long as the workers maintain solidarity and discipline in their ranks. ■ Employees of Metter's stove works have been paid off and the works closed. This has affected the moulders, who state that although they are working 48 hours they are locked cmt. A compulsory conference between representatives of the unions, and employers is sitting before the Industrial Commissioner for Conciliation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17571, 9 September 1920, Page 5
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