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Girl of 15 'worked 78 hours'

... Girl of 15 'worked 78 hours' piLEEN SWEET was 15 and a worker. She worked 78 hours a week for £2 on a farm, a court was told yesterday. And her father, Frank Sweet, had worked ...

Published: Saturday 02 July 1955
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 86 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Builders seeking 40-hour week

... Builders seeking 40-hour week 11171:LDINO workers are to de▪ mand a 40-hour week without loss of earrOpg when proposals for therations inlke national working rule for 1956-67 are put to em- This pler& This was decided unanimously yesterday ...

Published: Friday 24 June 1955
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

More put in for 40-hour week

... for 40-hour week NEW claim for a 40- hour week for another 10,000 workers was put In yesterday as a prominent union leader was urging that the TUC ought to lead the fight. About smillion workers are now in the queue for a shorter working ...

Published: Friday 19 June 1959
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 198 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FIREMEN SQUASH THAT 80-HOUR WEEK

... extension# trim «0 hour# week where lire authorities t *sSin'toag 7 union bad opposed any Increase hour#. At ufteUnjr last Friday a draft was produced to limit duties not fewer than hours week and not more than SO. Under it, the ...

Published: Wednesday 19 October 1955
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 112 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MILLION CALL FOR 35-HOUR WEEK

... MILLION CALL FOR 35-HOUR WEEK F IVE unions yesterday demanded a 35-hour week and higher pay for nearly one million white collar workers in the engineering industry. Engineering staff at present work up to 38; ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1963
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 176 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Stand b for the 25-hour week .

... to Local Three of the International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers which has won the shortest working week in the United States. Twenty-five hours, with a take-home pay packet of £47. These men are the beneficiaries of Fear. The fear of the could-be ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1963
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 850 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DRIVE TO STOP 40-HOUR WEEK

... DRIVE TO STOP 40-HOUR WEEK By GEOFFREY GOODMAN. Herald Industrial Commode* AMAJOR drive to stop the spread of 40-hour week agreements in industry is being launched by the Government this week when three Ministries send top officials to the ...

Published: Monday 11 February 1963
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 262 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

clothes in Tide 70-HOUR-WEEK

... clothes in Tide 70-HOUR-WEEK The tests will be held near the Woomera Rocket Range. British and Australian scientists and Australian troops have been working 70 hours a week for the past six months building special installations Messages from ...

Published: Thursday 25 June 1953
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 162 | Page: 2 | Tags: none