YOUNG WORKERS
CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS EVILS OF SPEEDING-UP By Tolegrapli—PrMH Association —Copyright (Recoived August i!!J, (1.30 p.m.) LONDON, AURUSI 28 Mr. Lawrence Campbell, secretary of the conference of Youth Trades Unionists, under the auspices of the Trados Council, at which there were 300 delegates, said London had become a centre of light industries employing lads and girls in frightful conditions. Intensive speeding-up was leading to accidents, long hours and dismissal at the ago of 21. Many establishments wore seething with revolt, but the trades unions were powerless. A few good strikes would transform these "jungle factories." Miss E. Mann endorsed the allegations. She said that thousands of young factory workers were involved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22820, 30 August 1937, Page 10
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