| Show Do Women Want The 4 Hour 48 I Week In the tho cloth h hg industry the tho workweek h creel cel is fort forty out OUI hours and even a shorter r week is i 1 in m but the si Sl u t I tint tion in is different in other in lust The Empire State of dew v ew fork lorl- IS tha thu question of n II forty forty- forty eight hour li h lt for women wor ter tiers and th Consumer League I cague tried to f nd out by asking COO 00 girls whether the theom women aomen om n of New York State tate wanted d such a law lass laor or whether hether they preferred hours with th possibility of getting 1 little hUle larget largel Wages t one ome of the th ns ers I 1 iut ut the thi ca cast Jot JOl i 1 shorter horter v week eek VOr vary vry If cf el lect el 1 Aftel I ge gc home at night I Ive Ie I e got ot and sewing to do It keeps heeDs me going goiny horn flom G C in the thA th morn morning morning mg ing until 11 at nt right night I ta to ba bad enough nough d a fort forti eight hours ours I J i more J Id d hC h C to Ive up my job or go to 10 pieces then who iso d tike t me t ot of th the ki Is And by a Ill I'll 17 1 t e ol old girl If f U ou pork ork long heats hom you hi h pep enough nough left fo any or teal leal living It Rather Rither an mal alg for limiting of hours of 01 I for wooer n eLn n these there is no law on the sub subJect subJect subject for men was as as men n t th those thi e h hose he e to cork 01 h a nit ae longas long long- as men use because b there s a foi tot them to do doat doat doat at home while nhen hen i a man gets home he lies s through foi foo the day Some doubt doubter whether hether a fOI tv eight houi hout lawas lava lav la was advisable usual usually usually ly Iy saying something like 1 Can t make enough kit t piece work cork or They They d cut ou out our ply y But of the women omen workers who answered ered more than tOo ere acre holly in on favor of such sucha l a law liw five were against It but of these tun tan tn gave the reason that thata a forty eight week cek was as too long long- The thirty eight did n nit nil Jt rIve ive out and It answers they fw ore I 1 the idea f forty eight hour law If wages es ag-es ou III n t be Gout cout couto or if they wouldn t lose their jobs and so on With Ith regard to the question of mg a longer week eel and more money thereas there sas as v as the amazing cote ote of any lengthening of hours Steadiness of work cork ork was as also a consideration in m the minds Of th answel answerers ers One 0 Ope e said If I could 1 0 b sure of steady work ork I d consider forty eight hours titan tRan than this thing of fifty hours one season seaon and ind thirty the next To a few the of a fatter pay payen em elope look looked d good I wouldn t working just i a little lon longer er If I got pot paid well cell ell for it or That depends depend on how much more I could earn put but ut the 0 o response was against the idea The T The e greatest share of the omen aomen and nd girls replying were ere between een 20 and 30 years r ld about one third sere ere under There was not much muri mu difference in m the opinions of the older ol r and younger lounger group Although 87 per percent percent percent cent of the ans answers ers were from Ir g-Ir girl working in fa f atones oTles mostly machine operators in the various carious industries cf the State of the jAe he only thirty SIX sir ele the unions It ass the intention of those who ho made the I to get mot ot the upper upper crust of women ao workers ers but those who where here long Jong hours horns and I such a law me mc mot t trO r O of tho a voting noting No ere acre union workers vho who were wele afraid that If women got fort forty eight elgh hour week eek by legislation lahon they would not fight for a fOl forty ty fou tout four hour week through the union umon An her hel union worker also ho the 1 liW t said Of Of coure course it would be b bet if they d all join Jom a union and when hen he wouldn t need a 1 law ilaw but as long longas as they hiven t got that much sees its it's necessary to have a forty e ht hour law fOI fOIth th them m The Ance A once nce |
