FORTY-FOUR HOURS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 174, 24 July 1936, Page 8

FORTY-FOUR HOURS

LIME WORKERS’ WEEK THE COURT'S DECISION [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, July 23. An Arbitration Court judgment extends the hours beyond forty per week in lhe lime industry, those producing burnt lime to 44 hours all the year, and those producing carbonate of lime to 44 hours during the busy ; naif of the year and 40 hours in the slack six months, the periods to be according to the needs of the particular districts. The Inspector of Awards is ’to be notified by the r ployers of the period each selects. ' FRUIT AND PRODUCE PACKERS. [Per Press Association] WELLINGTON, July 23. | The Arbitration Court heard arguments in favour of a week of over .40 hours for storemen and packers employed by fruit and produce merchants throughout New Zealand, with the exception of Auckland. The Auckland cases are being adjourned to the sitting of the Court there. The application for extension of hours made by Mr. W. E. Anderson. After hearing evidence the Court reserved its decision. THE BUILDING TRADES WORKERS DESIRE 40-HOUR WEEK OPPOSITION BY EMPLOYERS. I Per Press Association] WELLINGTON, July 23. Fourteen representatives of workers in the building industry appeared in the Arbitration Court to-day 'to support applications for amendments to awards to provide for a 40-hour week for those employed in the trade. The applications were opposed by the New Zealand Federated Builders and Contractors’ Industrial Association of Employers and its affiliated associations, the Ne » Zealand Electrical Federation ,the Mast I? Plal.erers’ Associations, the Fibrous Plaster Manufacturers and the Branda Quarry and Shingle Company, Ltd. Mr. F. D. Cornwall, who appeared for the bricklayers, painters, plumbers, plasterers and electrical workers, said the object of the legislation was to restore to employment some of the hundreds of artisans now unemployed, and he submitted that that could only be done by a reduction/Cf hours from 44 to 40 a week. It was considerably over thirty years since there had been any reduction in the hours of work in the building industry, and during that period considerable changes had taken place in the methods of building construction in , all oZ its departments, resulting in la-bour-saving methods being adopted, , thus reducing employment generally. Decision was reserved.