SUSPEND 40-HOUR WEEK TILL WORLD FAMINE DISAPPEARS
FARMERS’ RECOMMENDATION (PA.) Wellington, Oct. 4.
A call for the suspension of the provisions of the 40-hour week until the danger of the world famine is removed, was made by the Dominion conference of the Federated Farmers. < This decision was reached unanimously on a remit from Otago. The conference also adopted the following I remit supported by Wanganui-Tara-naki, West Coast, Waikato, and the Auckland Farmers’ Union: “That in view of the world shortage of foodstuffs and all consumer goods, and in view of the large amount of work requiring to be done in New Zealand, and the extreme shortage of labour to do it, this conference is of opinion that the 40-hour week is wrong in principle. If, however, both the Government and the Opposition intend to adhere to the 40-hour week principle, this conference demands increased allowances in the prices of farm produce as compensation, so that farmers and farm workers may have their efforts, which include work on Sundays and holidays, measured by the tape as is used to measure the payment of those who render equal service.” •«•••«00••••••••
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Wanganui Chronicle, 5 October 1946, Page 5
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