FORTY-HOUR WEEK

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24372, 9 August 1940, Page 4

FORTY-HOUR WEEK

CASES OF MODIFICATION PROVISION FOR CONSULTATION A STATEMENT CORRECTED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Aug. 8. A denial that in the course of an address to members of the Rotorua branch of the Labour Party he had suggested that the 40-hour week would be cancelled in any particular industry without consultation with the trade union movement and interested parties was to-day made by Mr M. Moohan, national secretary of the New Zealand Labour Parly. "A mass meeting of Hutt railwaymen adopted a resolution protesting against a statement attributed to myself at Rotorua alleging that I suggested the cancellation of the 40-hour week in certain industries without any consultation with the trade union movement.", Mr Moohan said. 'Mj address at Rotorua was to branch members and in no instance was it suggested that the 40-hour week would be cancelled in any particular industry without consultation with the Irade union. movement and the interested parlies.

"As a matter of fact." Mr Moohan added, " the machinery, for such consultation is in operation and the trade union representatives on this body, which is termed the National Emergency' Industrial Council, are Messrs A. McLagan. national president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour. R. Eddy, vice-president. F. Ornwell. secretary, J. Roberts and F. P. Walsh, members of the national executive. F. G. Young, R. Brooks, A. Black and W. Clarke. v CONDITIONS OF WORK SUSPENSION ORDERS ISSUED (Per United Press Association* WELLINGTON. Aug. 8. Three labour suspension orders relating to various aspects of industry appeared in to-night's Gazette. In the Northern Industrial District workers in the tanning industry may be employed for an extra four hours a week. A clothing trade order, which is of Dominion-wide .application, waives the apprenticeship clauses in respect to certain females, provided they receive certain weekly rates of wages. • A third order permits additionalshifts for the Auckland cement and asbestos workers.