3. If in practice the right of a worker to recover wages in the
courts is not regarded as a sufficient protection, particularly
EFFECTIVE in the absence of
trade unions, then the imposition of a
penal sanction for non-payment of wages within the prescribed
sanction
period may be a justifiable safeguard of the workers' interests.
would be
Any objections to this course ameliorated by the safeguards
described in paragraph 1 of your telegram under reference.
(83247) (2) 300M 10/65 St.S.
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