THE 44-HOUR WEEK
—. 9 COST TO THjr! COMMUNITY. 101- Xn SATURDAY WORK. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY, May f \. A deputation of employees affected by ihe .;.i-hours' week agitation waited on Mr Calm, and protested acainst Ihe agitation. M was slated thai Ihe rosl of no-Saturday work annual!) would b n £8,000,000 or £10.000.000, and the reduction of hours would mean the employment of an additional t'2,000 workers to maintain Ihe output. An additional £13,000,000 would have lo be spent lo provide the. plant, for these workers. As neither the additional i plant nor workers are available this would mean the employment of ordinary workers at time and a half, which would cost the community another £30,000,000 annually. MELBOURNE, May 1 i. The ballot of the building trades employer's resulted in a majo/ity in favour of ihe abolilion of the 40-hours' weekstrike, and the return to work on the old terms.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14364, 15 May 1920, Page 6
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