The Archive · 1924

Labour Conference at Geneva

Weekly Holiday in Glass Factories and No Night Work in Bakeries

Geneva, July 5.

The International Labour Conference to-day adopted the first reading of the draft International Convention on a weekly 24-hour stoppage of work in glass factories and also approved a proposal that exceptions to the rule should be laid down in the general terms.

'The. British Government and workers' delegates voted in favour, while the employers' delegates voted against the Convention.

'Two reports, those of the majority. and. the minority, were submitted with regard to the question of night work in bakeries, "The employers' delegates voted against the International Convention and a six-hour Iyeak during the night, while the

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