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CONTROL OVER LABOUR
TO END SOON
CANBERRA. - All remaining protected undertakings,
totalling about 11,000, will be deprotected almost immediately,
the Minister for Labour (Mr. Holloway) announced last night.
J-E SAID the necessary legal for
malities were now in hand.
This action would eliminate the peg
ging of labour by restoring the nor
mal rights of employers and employ
ees in respect of the termination of
employment.
Mr. Holloway said this decision was
the outcome of his talks in Melbourne
on Monday with representatives of
employee and employer organisations.
As a considerable shortage of labour
would continue until substantial pro
gress had been made with the demo
bilisation of the forces, some measure
of control would have to be main
tained for a limited period over the
engagement of labour for work of low
potentiality, so as to build up the
labour levels in vital undertakings.
The extent of this control would be
determined by Cabinet, to which he
would soon submit his undertakings.
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