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Who were the immigrants?

Occupation of immigrants' fathers*

Domestic workers call for 68-hour week

At a meeting held in Wellington, Marianne Tasker attempted to establish a domestic workers’ union. Central to its demands was the call for a 68-hour working week. From the late 1880s to the 1930s domestic service was the single largest category of paid employment for women. ‘Domestics’ could be found in more than 15,000 dwellings around the country.