INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
FACTORY LEGISLATION. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) GENEVA, July 6. The Conference of the Labour section of the League of Nations adopted the first reading of the draft of the International Convention on a weekly 24-hour stoppage of work in glass factories. The British Government and workers’ delegate voted in favour, while the employers voted against. Two reports, majority and minority, were submitted on the question of night work in bakeries. The employers’ delegates voted against the Interhational Convention and six-hour break at night time, while the workera’ delegates held out for the Convention and a seven-hour break at night time. The Night Baking Convention defines the rest period as frohi 10 o’clock at night to 5 o’clock in the morning, or alternatively, from 11 o’clock to (i.
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Southland Times, Issue 19290, 8 July 1924, Page 5
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128INTERNATIONAL LABOUR Southland Times, Issue 19290, 8 July 1924, Page 5
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