International Marxist Group Archive

Magazines, bulletins and booklets of the IMG and its forerunners, 1961–1984

Ruhr Steelworkers Win 40-hour Week

The Week Vol. 5, No. 24, 16 June 1966 · p. 10 of the scan · 62 words

The scan: The Week v5 no24.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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from a special correspondent It is not only in Britain that the workers find that militant action or threat of militant action - pays off, German steelworkers have been pressing for a 40-hour week without any sign of success, They then threatened strike action and at the eleventh hour the employers gave in, The 40-hour week will be introduced on July 1.

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