FIGHT FOR FIVE-DAY WEEK.
AGITATION IN SYDNEY. (Elec.'Tel. Copyright --Uni»v<3 Press Assn.l ."GYDNEY, Sept. 12. The position of the iron trad"." over the demand for a 44-hour week and no •Saturday work is still uncertain. In some sections of the trade many men worked yesterday, while m other sections the bulk of the employees absented themselves. The. employers show a solid front- m resisting thd demands, and de- ' i clnre their intention of closing down if the demands are persisted f n. At a mass meeting of the trades in>olved speeches Were made advocating following the example of the Italian workers m taking over and running the shops. One ■ speaker said : - "If we are locked out we will work the shops and pay the bosses." More moderate speak- \ «rs' disclaimed extreme action and foreign methods. The meeting adjourned till Saturday, as it is impossible to declare a policy straight out until negotiation with the Government over the question of shorter hours reach finality.— U.P.A.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15317, 13 September 1920, Page 3
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