PATRIOTIC PLAN
FACTORIES CO-OPERATE. 7 GIFT OF OVERTIME. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 6. A scheme which should be an inspiration to industry throughout the country. and by which production is increased and patriotic causes assisted, Ifas been adopted in. Christchurch by a groun of 'four factories ■ which are banded together under one , central management. . The employees of these factories have agreed to work an extra four hours a week at double-p*iy. The amount involved is .£2OO each week. This money will be administered by a committee of employees in each, factory. It will be used to further, patriotic causes, and the committee wijl decide what is to be done with it. _ • . The factories concerned are Perry s Shoes, Ltd., British Shoes, Ltd.: British Leathercraft/ Ltd.;' and Deans, Ltd. all of which are linked together through centralised management by the ■ firm of Thomas Perry and Sons, Ltd. The scheme begins this week. One of its chief advantages is that, the workers' are enabled to make a substantial contribution to the war drive without making a sacrifice by contributions which they cannot afford from their wages. There is no encroachment on their weekly pay, and the. production of the four factories,- which includes a proportion of military material, is greatly increased.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 160, 6 June 1940, Page 6
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