BRITISH BUILDING TRADE.
. "WAGES AND HOURS DEADLOCK . MEN; REFUSE NEW CONDITIONS; >JA. and N.Z. ' LONDON,, Jan. 12. '* ;; A complete deadlock has;been "■reached ': in the negotiations between the employers ':■ and'-the employees in the building trade. '■;, The employers proposed that the" hours. 1 should be-47 per week for eight months of the year,: 54 .for,;two, months, and :51£: I for the remaining two month?./-They also; suggested that there should be a 20 -p&r 1 cent, reduction in the present wages.; The ' men refused to; agree to any extension of the present hours, which are 44 per weak. 1 or to -any reduction in, wages, and ' de, 1 rhaiided that: the present conditions of em--1 ploymerit. should -be stabilised for a/ 'year.;:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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119BRITISH BUILDING TRADE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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