MINERS' CONGRESS
DISABILITIES CONSIDERED. By Cable.—Press Association.—Cnnyriflrht Received August 11, 9.30 p.m. Brussels, August 11. The Miners' Congress unanimously demanded a law fixing the minimum wage in proportion to the cost of living. The Congress discussed the length of the working day. The Belgian delegates proposed eight hours, to include the descent and ascent, the obligation to allow sixteen hours' rest daily. The Germans desired a provision for humid and high temperatured l mines of a maximum of six hours.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19100812.2.32
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
80MINERS' CONGRESS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in