NO SATURDAY WORK
MEN'S ARBITRARY ACTION [Per United Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, September 10. As a result of the employees refusing to work on Saturdays for the past two weeks, the King Solomon Deep Lead mine at Waikaia has been working a five-day week. The men decided to reduce their working hours from 48 to 40 from the beginning of this month, and the management of the company declares that their action was taken without consultation with the employers. . Several of the men stated to-day that they had no intention of reverting to the six-day week of 48 hours. They declared that the manager had made no comment on their decision not to work on Saturdays, and had not approached them to resume Saturday work.
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Evening Star, Issue 22446, 17 September 1936, Page 14
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124NO SATURDAY WORK Evening Star, Issue 22446, 17 September 1936, Page 14
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