RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN RUSSIA
TO THE EDITOR Sir,—Allow me to correct "Sabbath Observance's" latest inaccuracy as briefly as possible. " Sabbath Observance " says the average day's work in Russia is 10 hours. Here is the truth concerning this point. In 1927 the Soviet Government proclaimed a seven - hour working day to mark the tenth anniversary of the revolution. In a number of trades which are injurious to health the working day is only six hours, four hours, or even three hours. Most underground workers have a sixhour day. Young workers of 16 to 18 years of age have a six-hour day. As a rule, overtime work is prohibited in the U.S.S.R. It is permitted only in special cases, and no more than 120 hours overtime per year per worker is allowed. When we consider the fact that on the eve of the war in 1913 the average working day for men was 10 hours and for women and young workers 9 hours and 40 minutes, and that 15 per cent, worked a 12-hour day, it becomes obvious that " Sabbath Observance " is 28 years behind the times.—l am, etc., Oamaru, Oct. 11. Social Democracy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24737, 14 October 1941, Page 11
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