EIGHT-HOUR DAY
REVISION REJECTED WASHINGTON CONVENTION (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association) GENEVA, Monday. At a meeting of the executive of the International Labour Office, Mr. Humbert Wolfe, principal assistant secretary to the British Ministry of Labour, presented a demand by the British Government for a revision of the Washington eight hours’ convention. He said the Government in no way desired to modify the essential principles of the convention, but uniformity would be impossible without a revision. The representatives of Belgium, Poland and France opposed the proposition. Miss Margaret Bondfield (Britain) said the proposal humiliated the British workers who desired the ratification of the convention. The proposal was defeated by 12 votes to 11. The majority consisted of six workers and six Government delegates.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 367, 30 May 1928, Page 9
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125EIGHT-HOUR DAY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 367, 30 May 1928, Page 9
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