LABOUR IN U.S.A.
WAGE RATES AND HOURS NO RESORT TO STRIKES (Recd. 11.5) Washington. March 18 President Roosevelt conferred with the Labour War Board, the president of the American Federation of Labour, and the chairman of the Committee of Industrial Organisations, after which he said it was agreed that wage rates and standards would be fixed without resort to strikes or interruption to production by three methods—collective bargaining, conciliation or mediation, or by the National War Labour Board. The A.F.L. president, Mr. Green, said it was agreed that a 40-hour week be recognised as the 'standard; that time and a-half be paid for overtime, and double time on Sundays. It was also agreed that continuous operation be approved and recommended by labour. These steps will make possible work in defence factories for 24 hours a day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 66, 19 March 1942, Page 5
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