WORKERS' CONDITIONS
A 44-HOUR WEEK PLAN COMMISSION IN FAVOUR (Received March 30, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 30 The Industrial Commission, in determining in favour of a standard 44-hour week, stated: " There is a belief, almost throughout the civilised world, that hours of employment should be reduced even to as low as 30 hours a week. The general adoption of a 48-hour week would increase unemployment." The Public Servants' Association has lodged an application with the Industrial Registrar for an investigation into and a declaration regarding the living wage in New South Wales on the ground that the existing wage is inadequate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 11
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101WORKERS' CONDITIONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 11
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