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The Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
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Toronto butchers demand daily tea at 9 a.m. with 10 minutes to drink it, 20 minutes total for dressing/undressing, a 44-hour week, and 50% wage increase via union agreement renewal. Packing plant managers reject the terms.
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Demand Drink and 10 Minutes to Consume It-Also Want 20 Minutes a Day to Dress and Undress.
TORONTO, Ont., April 8.-The organized butchers of this city have submitted to their employers a demand that tea be served to them at 9 a.m. daily and that they be allowed 10 minutes of company time in which to drink it. They also ask for 10 minutes in the morning to don their butcher clothes and 10 more at night to dress for the street. These demands are made part of a proposed renewal of the working agreement drawn up by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen. Other requests are for a 44-hour week and a wage increase averaging 50 per cent.
Packing plant managers declare these terms cannot be granted.
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Toronto, Ont.
Event Date
April 8
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packing plant managers declare these terms cannot be granted.
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The organized butchers of Toronto have submitted demands to their employers for tea served at 9 a.m. daily with 10 minutes to drink it, 10 minutes in the morning to don butcher clothes, and 10 more minutes at night to dress for the street. These are part of a proposed renewal of the working agreement by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen, including a 44-hour week and a wage increase averaging 50 per cent.