VIC: 36 hour week push could price Vic out of market: Kennett

AAP General News (Australia)
02-23-1999
VIC: 36 hour week push could price Vic out of market: Kennett

MELBOURNE, Feb 23 AAP - A building union's push for a 36-hour working week on some
construction sites threatened to price Victoria out of the market, Premier Jeff Kennett said
today.

Mr Kennett said reducing working hours would raise the cost of infrastructure projects,
saying he expected the push to be the subject of a "great deal of discussion" with union
officials.

But he said the government …