Casual Labour in Building Must End

The Week Vol. 8, No. 5, 2 August 1967 · p. 9 of the scan · 75 words

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In evidence to the Phelps-Brown Committee the T&GWU says that no real and lasting improvement can be made in employment conditions in the building industry until permanent employment is introduced. The committee, which is inquiring into labour problems in the building industry, was told that a system which is a relic of the 19th century can no longer be tolerated and the malaise of the industry is a result of the instability of casual employment.