A COUNTER MOVE
CLOTHING TRADE EMPLOYERS DECIDE ON "SIX-DAY WEEK. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January. 25. In accordance with the decision of the employers, the clothing factories in Auckland will work a six-day week of 44 hours from February Ist in pursuance of the olothing trade awards during the past few years. A number of factories have been working a five-day-week, closing from Friday evening until Monday morning. As the Factories Act limits the daily hours of work for female workers to 81 the weekly hours have been limited to 411. A fiveday weak was introduced in the first place as a war measure, and has been continued in a number of factories hy mutual agreement between the employers and the employees. Owing to the efforts of the Employees’ Union in the reoeiit Arbitration Court proceedings to have a five-day week embodied in the clothing trade awards, employers have unanimously decided to work a six-day week of 44 hours as a counter-move.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12354, 26 January 1926, Page 7
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162A COUNTER MOVE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12354, 26 January 1926, Page 7
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