HOW RUSSIA WORKS.
PROLONGATION OF HOURS. EFFECT OF HOUSING CRISIS. LONDON. Aug. 17. The journal of the International Labour Office, summarising labour conditions in Russia, declares that the average working day for 1925 was 7.6 hours. Ninety-six per cent, of tho juvenile workers worked a six-hour day. Overtime, however, was widespread, 16 per cent of Russians working nine hours a day, especially the coalminers, instead of six as laid down by the labour code. The weekly rest, of 42 hours was not frequently observed, and some factories and mines worked seven days a week. The prolongation of hours was due to the housing crisis, the lack of skilled workmen and the desire of men to • increase their earnings. _____
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19417, 27 August 1926, Page 11
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