WORKING TOO LONG
CHINESE FURNITURE ’MAKERS IN SYDNEY Sydney, November 13. The Government is attempting by the Factories and Shops Amendment Bill, at present before the Assembly, to govern the hours and conditions of Chinese furniture workers. Opposition members vainly protested against the Chinese not being allowed to work after 5 o’clock in the afternoon and on Saturdays; also against prohibiting Chinese from sleeping on the factory premises, when none of these provisions applied to Europeans. The Minister of Labour (Mr. J.'M. Baddeley) strongly defended the pro- ' visions Of' the Bill. He said that he bad acted on the reports of Department 'inspectors, which showed that the Chinese were working twelve to fourteen hours a day. Cabinetmakers told him that they were harassed by unfair Chinese competition.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 9
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127WORKING TOO LONG Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 9
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