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Show BRITISH LABOR ; UNIONS WANT j I 44 HOUR WEEK J 4 LONDON. Monday. Dec. 23. (Brli- I Ish Wireless Service) Labor unions j jj throughout the United Kingdom arc agitating for a forty-four hour week; i eight hours a day on five days and ii four on Saturday. . I Tho National Transport Workers" ;j Federation has presented to all the f municipal and privately owned tram- . 1 ways a demand for a working week of ! jj forty-four hours at the present week- L I ly wages. Ii j Representatives of the Federation f; j of Engineering and Shipbuilding w ! I Trades and representatives of the fj 1 employes recently held a meeting at. p j which it was decided that a forty- U ! I seven hour" without any reduction in L a existing wages constituted a reason - 0 able ground to readjust working con-' dltlons. a j Tho proviso of a forty-seven hour jj i week has been passed upon by the En- 1 glneerlng and Shipbuilding Union and (j a count of the ballot shows It was ac- a i cepted by 286,545 to 146,526. 3 1 oo 4 , |