INTERNATIONAL LABOUR.
GENEVA CONVENTION. (Received June 7th, 11.5 p.m.) GENEVA, June 7. The International Labour Conference rejected a project put forward by, the Convention for a weekly stoppage in the glass industry for recreation purposes by one vote only, at which the workers group became incensed; The Convention put forward a proposal for workers' compensation, and it passed its first reading. The poustatution provides that if a two-thirds majority is secur* ed for the first reading, it is within the competence of the conference to decide there and then to take the £nal vote. The workers' group, rankling under the earlier defeat, decided to press for the second and;final reading. Much aigunient'followed, and it was eventually decided to take the final vote on Monday. It is clear that many Government and employers' representafives vot ed for the first reading, believing that the final adoption would not be voted on till next year. They nov »re organising their* forces to seciu> fts final'rejection on Monday.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 9
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164INTERNATIONAL LABOUR. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 9
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