HOURS TOO LONG
rfiy s?«legrapji.—Press Aseoutotfeii.) AUGhlantf, March 0. Owing to tho long hours which they art' compelled to work, and to the fact f.imt they work seven days a \vci\k, with fow chaMces o-J a holiday, tho local taxi-drivers are abewt to form a. union. Tho matter is now wel! past tlio iuitinl stages, siiid, according to nno of ft« orppmisei's, the unioii should ho iii existence within n, low weeks. "At protent," said this official, "we are working on an average 105 hours a week. Wo are usuajij , on tito stand nt 9 o'clock in tho rooming, and we aro extremely l'tok.v if wo are atik fb reach iiDiuo by midiiiptot."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2003, 10 March 1914, Page 6
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113HOURS TOO LONG Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2003, 10 March 1914, Page 6
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