LONG HOURS OF LADY CONDUCTORS - Dec 1, 1917

The Town Council's agenda for Monday night's meeting included the following on the

Tramway Committee, "the General Manager stated in reply to a question by Councillor Catt that it was

a fact that some of the women conductors had on occasion worked 70 hours per week, and that is

was also quite possible, although he did know of a case, that some had been called upon to work a

further five hours after the expiration of their ordinary day, but this had been absolutely unavoidable

consequent upon the large incidence of sickness among women conductors during the last five or six

weeks."

I should have thought that the wages books would have shown whether any of these girls had worked

extra time, but is any case it is a shameful thing that they should have to work so long.