The Archive · 1940

Turkey Speeds Up Armament Output

New Labour Laws Increase Working Hours

Istanbul, Apr. 12.

Turkish women and children em-y ployed in armaments factories will henceforth be compelled to work {twelve hours daily, instead of nine, when necessary, under a new decree passed by the Council of Ministers Today.—The labour law regulating working hours has been suspended, snd all workers may now have to do night shi A second decree orders all citizens and institutions io submit to the authorities within three days o delied declaration of the quantities d kinds of goods in their poss ion.—Rei

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