SWEATED LABOUR.
Japanese Conditions. Washington, April 7. Mr Shaw, British textile workers’ delegate at the textile conference, condemned Japanese "sweatshop” conditions. H eal'di it was typical that cotton cloth cost th.ree times as much to produce in Lancashire as in Japan. He cited the longer working day and the lack of a weekly rest day. Mr Zen, a Japanese employers’ delegate, defended Japan’s policy and cited the differences in the purchasing pevVer of money, customs, traditions and temperament.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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78SWEATED LABOUR. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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