BUILDERS’ DEMAND FOR 40-HOUR WEEK CAUSES DISMISSALS.
EMPLOYERS ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO MEN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Tanuarv 18, 11.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, January 18. Following the decision of employees in the building trade not to work more than forty hours a week, a large number of them were absent from work on Saturday. When they presented themselves for work on Monday they were dismissed. The Master Builders’ Association, in an ultimatum, states that none of the men dismissed will be re-employed until the strike for the fortv hours’ week is called off.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18057, 18 January 1927, Page 1
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