Wages Rise But Hours Of Work Fall
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RSeeived Wedhesday, 7 p.xh, LbXDUX, Feb. 4/ Rates oi wages in Britain eohtiniied td jdSesin .1947 and at the* sara'e fiine Ii6ur§ of \vdffe fell, states thfe' MiniStfv bf'Lab'd'iif Gazdttb. ^efifly 5,00 tf,0 U() peo'p'le received iiicfeashd pay totalling £1,730,000 ahd the' horriial hours df wdf ic of neai'ly 5,2'50,000 people .wero re'dueed by ari aggiegate of lS,396,00i' tfe'dkly. This deerease in hours was tlie biggest chdnge since 1020. By the end of- last yfe'ar wages wfer'e 73 per eeht. aiiode thg fee'ptember, 1030. level. . iidfe' than 2,430,000 working day? we're fost iii strikes aiid lockbUts ih 1047J Only two yeafs ih the last teh— . 1044 and .1045 — had b'iggef losses. Sihce V.f Day stoppages. cost Britaih. 0,25(7,000 days. In the similar period iifter the First World Waf, 05,500,00 0 days were lo'st.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 5
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