LABOR CONFERENCE
FORTY-HOUR WEEK. TOTAL ABOLITION OF PUvCTW'OKK. Uriitad Press Assn .by El. Tat. Copyrgms • SYDNEY, Feb. 10. Ihe State Labor Lartv < cu.t ren<-e has decided in favor of uu mm.-, (date 14-hour week ooing made a plank of the Federal labc;- piatlorm. The motion abn suggested that that State Act be amended to make it a penal offence to work more than 44 hours in one v>- v;. The conference also passed a resolution advocating the total abolition of piecework. Lciiu-es. p;,v. incut by results, and urging an equal living wage for noth sixes. The ’Federal Government v. as strongly criticised by some* ilr-legci.?--for its alleged .ack ru courage in connection with the coal troubles.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11128, 11 February 1930, Page 5
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