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AGREEMENT APPEARS LiKELY NEW SOUTH WALES DISPUTE. By Telegraph.—Press SYDNEY, May 23. The Trades Hall disputes committee, in a statement, says there are good hopes that the 44-hour week dispute will be settled. The men have agreed to hold a conference with the employers on Monday, when it is expected a settlement will be arrived at on the terms of a 44-hour week and 44-hours’ pay. SOME MEN ABANDON STRIKE SYDNEY, May 22. The latest feature of tho 44-hour week strike is the decision of the employees of Mort’s Dock and the Pioneer Spring "Works to abandon the strike and return to work. Tn both cases the men have agreed to work 48 hours. The Metal Trades Employers’ Association states that members of the Amalgamated and Australian Engineering Unions have abandoned their claims, made sonic months arm, for a minimum wage of £6 a week and a 44-hour week, and have resumed work oil the management’s conditions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12455, 25 May 1926, Page 4
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