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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3802, 31 August 1936, Page 5

Instant dismissal for men engaged on public works who have been supplementing their income by taking other work on Saturday mornings was promised by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, when discussing the matter in an interview. “When the 40-hour week on public works was established,” Mr Semple said, “the men were given the right to work on the job on Saturday morning to make up any time they might have lost during the week. That was nurely optional. I have been informed that some men have refused to do that, but have 'been working on Saturdays for other employers and thus competing with men who have no jobs. • I want to make it clear that this will not be tolerated by me. It is a complete violation of the 40-hour principle and of the agreement signed in the name of these men. To use the Saturday to compete against men not fortunate enoupji to have jobs of their own is selfish. When these cases come before me—and I have asked for the names of the men—they will be instantly dismissed. They willthen have a chance to work for the other employer, not part of the time, but all the time.”