THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
BRITISH PROPOSAL TO “SCRAP.” London, Nov. 23. The eight-hour day question is likely to become a serious issue in several mg industries shortly. Employers in the dock and transport industries, the tramways, the Seo “ish railways, and the building trades are all proposing to lengthen the working day from eight hours. The workers are ° P Se n rtouble Pr to have reached an acute stage in the railway world, fudging by a letter that Mr. Bromley, ’secretfry of the Society of Engineers, has sent to the railway staff and wages committee. He declares that "a very serious situation” is arising owing to the action of several railway companies in lengthening the working day tor cn S ln< ” drivars and firemen. He refers to the “grave possibilities of serious trouble unless the matter is rectified.’
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1921, Page 5
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137THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1921, Page 5
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