A 30-HOUR WEEK
U.S. LABOR DEMAND MORE PROGRESS WANTED (Received Sept, 29, 2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept, 28. Mr William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, announced that labor will ask Congress to approve of a 30-hour week, unless the N.ILA. codes are revised to provide for shor/lor hours and higher 'pay. The announcement came following a survey issued by Mr Green that 815,000 persons had returned to work during August, representing “greater progress in employment than in any month since the depression, but that '11,001,000 unemployed remained/' and the relief needs of ‘this winter will be greater than ever before. It is estimated (that possibly 4,500,000 families will require such relief.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18206, 29 September 1933, Page 8
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113A 30-HOUR WEEK Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18206, 29 September 1933, Page 8
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