SHORTER HOURS AND HIGHER PAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 263, 7 November 1945, Page 5

SHO RTER HOURS AND HIGHER PAY

IN GOVERW ~ \ PRORSE-, UNREST W-I-’ g» .»■ NUiSS MfTNrr. - OYICW jLVt-'VVaES Recd’XSi <l. . • ere burn after five wt ■ .««. .ulidlrv workershave >cl. oemor--.10-tion in Londot fo.t I ' n O h for the strike and h- den .niiraticti is the same, namely, a demand for a 40-hour week . d a sei . It is one more question to ■:■■ Labour Govern >t rm . give a decision Already the ■-.■< for a hour week has > n made ,>■ -.he engineering and . -Hu.- . sv they, like the - J,-, hm/lir— e- n .. ployers, ha-. I rb.-.t -. qv’s'.ion is one for tj,e ;.-eraawnt to determine for , t s . is a quesi • j- •• -> m ti<>-' and othet 'h, , of the 40-bcu- week is ( , Trade Unjou Cf-rtgrsss policy. It was adopted ■ 1944, when a resolution called for -ek ,-.p a L- ■ night’s ho : ay as -sie of first all-roL n.- v,n;-n be brought into operation as soon - possible after tha war. Subseq.tt ally

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