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DEMANDED FOR WOMEN WORKERS. TRADE UNION CONGRESS MOTION. (By Telegraph—-Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 3. A motion before the Trades Union Congress declared that large numbers of women were working a seven-day week. In addition, many spent two to three hours daily travelling. Married women were left no time for shopping. The motion, which was referred to the general council, demanded a six-day week to avoid ultimate harmful effects. It was revealed that unions have agreed that women should drive road passenger vehicles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1941, Page 5
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84SIX=DAY WEEK Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1941, Page 5
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