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nLKA'iii, ieLABOR ASKSIAN 8-HOUR DAYFOR FIREMENvdii,cilill:nis-ulb-iV-heereyFARMFRS nnN'T I IkFda311in;ns*ck Sind le.of .lip - —......-nn For the second time this month,5S' a committee from the Central ThTrades and Labor Assembly of Jop-’d lin, A. F. of L., appeared today be-,ld fore the city council in support of ?r_ a petition filed several months ago ld er by city firemen for an 8-hour day. nif The committee, including: mcm-hers of the business agents’ eoun-y cil of local union craft, presented CU1 01 a lesolution adopted by the Cen- atlt;ad tral assembly asking the citycoun* cil to direct the city attorney toWdraw an ordinance “placing firemen under the platoon system” of three 8-hour shifts with the same monthly rate of pay now in effect.To Study Proposal.The resolution stated that the 12-hour day long has been abolished by organized labor, and de-I clared that the present hours worked by city firemen constitutes onI ^ “an inequity” as between their 8ei ln hours and those worked bv other no( city employes. inThe council took no formal ac- sult; tion, but said it would study the of proposition further in the light of sta | representing all the people of Jojv ia. lin. As was done when the union ss committee appeared previously be- ,( fore the council, commissioners ex- 1 == plained that budgets for this fiscal t,d year have been fixed and that the th;1 0f added expense of adopting an * 8-hour day in mid-year would (ar throw budgets out of balance. !oPressing for action, the union t''f committee asked the council to make provision for the 8-hour day v0 in next year’s budget if it cannot iUI e~ be donel this Svear.caiasestswimerrressSi
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Tue, Jun 26, 1945
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