WHOLESALE REFORMS.
CONDITIONS OF LABOUR. SYDNEY LABOUR COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. MOVE AGAINST MONOPOLY. Received January 8, 9.43 a.m. SYDNEY, January 8. The Sydney Labour Council has resolved on a general reduction of the hours of labour. Other reforms demanded are:—Abolition of overtime for those who have worked eight hours, or six hours a day in the case of underground workers; that a minimum living wage be not lesS than 8s per day; employment of children under 16 to be prohibited in any industrial occupation; and no person under the age of 18 to work overtime.
The conference has instructed that communication be opened up with the leading industrial centres in Europe and America, to bring about co-oper-ative action, with a view to prevent labour-saving patents from becoming the monopoly of capitalists.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3104, 29 January 1909, Page 5
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130WHOLESALE REFORMS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3104, 29 January 1909, Page 5
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