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(Untitled), 06 Nov 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/125/58-85

Scope and Contents

Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst, Assistant Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: agreeing national principles for wage settlements, to be decided within districts; minimum rates of pay; the subsistence wage; a national tribunal; working hours, including the Eight Hours Bill.

Dates

  • 06 Nov 1926

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Copyright: not known

Extent

28 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English