AMERICAN LABOUR
HOURS OF WORK AVERAGE 49.1 A WEEK By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright NEW YORK, Sunday. The inquiries in New York of the Australian Industrial Mission ended with a conference between the members and the board of the National Industries Conference. The Australians were shown charts regarding hours of work which refuted statements made before the Arbitration Court that there is a tendency in America to reduce the hours to 44 a week. The charts showed that the great majority of the industries in America have adopted weekly hours of between 4S and 54. In 1914 the average weekly hours worked were 54.8. In 1927 they were 49.1. Only the building trades and certain of the clothing trades adopted th 44-hours week. Statistics from the trades unions showed that the strength of those organisations in.the years 1920 and 1926 were: Metals and machinery, 559.000 and 279,000 respectively: transportation, 1,250,000 and 1.153.000; building trades, 868,000 and 1,124.000. The members of the mission have arranged to visit numerous industries at Worcester and afterwards will go to Boston. They will return to Australia by the Makura, which is due to sail on July 13. The only exception i- Mr. Gravndler, who will leave by the Mannganui a fortnight earlier.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 46, 17 May 1927, Page 1
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