SINGING AT WORK
INNOVATION IN SYDNEY ENJOYED BY EMPLOYEES “Oh, Johnny,” set the tempo for 1400 employees at David Jones Ltd.’s big clothing factory in Surrey Hills, said the Sydney Sun. It was but one of a series of tunes being broadcast on all floors during six half-hour sessions, which are to be continued daily. To a background of “Vienna Nights,” Mr Charles Lloyd Jones explained that the object was to drive the blues out of work. “It is a reward for good and loyal labour,” he told the employees. “Sing as you work,” he advised, and did those workers need any encouragement? On every floor, when any popular “community” tune was heard, almost everybody it seemed, joined in. What time the machines hummed faster and the typewriters “clicked” with added zest! The system works on an automatic record-changing device, can be switched to any broadcast, and can be diverted for special announcements over the “mike.” It is said to be the largest in Australia. A sheaf of “Round Robins” from all departments told the management after a trial session that the staff was behind the venture.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21513, 30 August 1941, Page 11
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