TWO MILLION WORKERS
ON BRITISH PRODUCTION COUNCILS Recd. 6 p.m. Rugby, March 16. Nearly 2,000,000 worK-people in the engineering industries of Britain are now represented on over 2000 properly constituted joint production committees. These have been set up in large engineering firms throughout the country, states a production anu engineering bulletin issued by the Ministry ol Labour. Agreement to form the committees was reached in March last between the Engineering and Allied Employers’ Federation anu various trade unions. It was laid down'that firms employing less than 150 people need not form jo_-.it production committees, but actually over 600 of these smaller engineering firms nave done so, in addition to 2000 large firms.—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 5
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