HOURS OF WORK.
VITAL ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA. RESULT OP SHEARER'S' STRIKE. B} Tilegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received July 21, 8 p.m. Sydney, July 21. Although a few of the earlier shearing sheds have started on the graziers' terms officials of the Australian Workers' Union declare that its members will not start unless the forty-four hours a week demand is conceded. The graziers point out that the shearers' own rules provide for a fortyeight hour week, and they are illegally breaking the award, which can only be Varied through an appeal to the Arbitration Court. Having conceded all the shearers' demands eikept shorter hours the. graziers consider they can confidently repeal cor publif support in fighting the battle, which involves much more than the shearing industry. of the Union are not unanimous in support of shorter hours, and the graziers believe they will be able to secure a sufficiency of labor on their terms. The Press regards the question as a vital one. involving every other industry in the country.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1920, Page 5
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169HOURS OF WORK. Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1920, Page 5
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