DEMAND FOR SHORTER WORKING WEEK
hYcci ved Friday, 9.5(1 p.m. LONDON, .1 ari. 10. i'iic ( 'oiifedenit ion of Shipbuilding 1 .11 ik'im i]ig Lnioiis li;ts expressed pro : . .i i if , i ilis^al i-da- ion aliout tlie decision of tlie F.mplnyers ' Eederalinti againsi ! in- \n hotu ii\ a -day week. Titi ( Hiii'ednation mlvised members a. .•.I'.timie wni kittg ;iie present hours iin'ii ihf\ hea. the le.-ults of the Go v eriiiiienl '.» i-iiiiii oi iiopiiry, but it ein ]iiia s i -cd tiiat any eomplirat ions wliieh ainse u otihi be ihe res pn nsi bi !i t y of the einphiyers. The t'lyu.- shipyard work e t's dei'ided to lioi.l a token protest strike .oi Saturday. The strike will affe. ; oii.ooo h. thirty yards. The i n I erua! iona 1 eoiiferenee of coal experts from n i iit' uations ealled iu I'aris by the World Feilerat ion of Trade l aioas ail'a.t ed a resulntioa urging the i ai a.edia ! e establislnnent of a 371-hom Afi'k f«ir niiners to l.e ]irogressi vely ro ■ I :■-«* 1 and the adoption of wage i e-. set on tlie l.asis that niiners X ■ . 1 1 1 1 1 reeeive niore money than any i.Micr t v a .e of indtisO'ial worker.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1947, Page 5
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207DEMAND FOR SHORTER WORKING WEEK Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1947, Page 5
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