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Item type: Item , Access status: Restricted , Producing the news during the October lockout(2009-09-24T05:37:04Z) Photographer: not knownIn 1944 staff at Sydney newspapers The Herald, The Telegraph, The Sun and The Mirror struck for a 40-hour week. The Australian Council of Trade Unions lodged a claim for a 40-hour week in 1946 and, two years later, the case was won. The 40-hour week began on 1 January 1948.Item type: Item , Access status: Restricted , Newspaper seller during the October lockout(2009-09-24T05:36:59Z) Photographer: not knownThe campaign for a 40-hour week began with a successful strike in the newspaper industry in 1944.Item type: Item , Access status: Restricted , Producing the news during the October lockout(2009-09-24T05:36:54Z) Photographer: not knownIn 1944 staff at Sydney newspapers The Herald, The Telegraph, The Sun and The Mirror struck for a 40-hour week. The Australian Council of Trade Unions lodged a claim for a 40-hour week in 1946 and, two years later, the case was won. The 40-hour week began on 1 January 1948.