Working Seven Days A Week
“The engineering trade in England is working seven days a week and 24 hours a day,” said Mr F. Shawcross, a i railway engineer from England, who is I visiting Christchurch. He said that the [employees had been working so hard ' that it had been found absolutely necessary, in spite of their willingness to work, to give them frequent weekends off to allow them to recuperate. Mr Shawcross said that he considered that the fine spirit brought about by the needs of the war and the good feeling that had arisen between employers and’ workers would have permanently good effects on industry after the war was over
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Southland Times, Issue 24238, 23 September 1940, Page 10
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112Working Seven Days A Week Southland Times, Issue 24238, 23 September 1940, Page 10
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