Labour relations
Found in 491 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1903
Memorandum by the Employers' Parliamentary Council, opposing the Trades Disputes Bill [printed].
(Untitled), 28 Apr 1903
Letter from the Cotton Employers' Parliamentary Association to WSC, enclosing pamphlet, The Cotton Trade: Trades Unions and Strikes, by Robert W. Williamson, opposing the Trades Disputes Bill.
(Untitled), 05 May 1903
Letter from the Calico Printers' Association Ltd to WSC, asking him to vote against the Trades Disputes Bill.
(Untitled), [1903]
Reprint of articles from the Daily News on the Penrhyn Lock-Out.
(Untitled), 18 Jun 1915
Cutting from the Daily Mail: editorial approving the acceptance by workers' leaders of David Lloyd George's measures to restrict workers' rights in the interests of increased production of munitions.
(Untitled), [Dec 1935]
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1910
(Untitled), 07 Sep 1910
Letter from Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] (Selsey, West Sussex) to WSC marked "private" containing details of correspondence between Masterman and [David] Shackleton concerning the latter's possible appointment as Labour Advisor to the Home Office. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 21 Sep 1910
Letter from Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] (Selsey, [West Sussex]) to WSC saying that when he is in London they can discuss "the problems of the coming session", reminding WSC that they must speak to [David] Shackleton [about his possible appointment as Labour Advisor to the Home Office] and expressing concern about general politics, especially the serious problem of labour unrest. Signed manuscript. Annotated by WSC "put among my private papers".
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1910 - 26 Sep 1910
(Untitled), 27 Sep 1910
(Untitled), 22 Oct 1910
(Untitled), 22 Oct 1910
(Untitled), 22 Oct [1910]
Letter from WSC (Home Office) to David Shackleton marked "secret" saying that he has seen the C[hancellor] of [the] E[xchequer] and can now offer him the position [of Labour Advisor to the Home Office] and is keen that the appointment should be made public. Manuscript signed with initials.
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1910
(Untitled), 28 Oct 1910
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1910 - 22 Nov 1910
Letter from Thomas Richards (South Wales Mining Federation, Royal Chambers, Cardiff [Wales]) to WSC enclosing a cutting from the South Wales Daily News [see CHAR 12/2/41] and asking for assistance in discovering how it was announced that he had accepted the post [of Labour Advisor to the Home Office]. He expresses concern that the rumour might prejudice the workmen against him in the forthcoming general election. Signed manuscript annotated by Edward Marsh (22 November).
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1910
(Untitled), 17 May 1910
Letter from Lionel de Rothschild (House of Commons) to WSC concerning the Jewish community's attitude towards Sir George Kemp's [later Lord Rochdale] amendment to the Shops Bill [on Sunday trading] which would be to their disadvantage. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1910
Letter from George Toulmin (The Lancashire Daily Post, Preston [Lancashire]) to WSC concerning a meeting between WSC and large shopkeepers in Manchester, pointing out that many members of surrounding constituencies have different opinions. Signed manuscript.
(Untitled), 11 Nov 1910
Letter from Sir Rufus Isaacs [later Lord Reading, Attorney General], on the notepaper of the Attorney General, to WSC enclosing a deputation from an association of Reading [Berkshire] grocers [see CHAR 12/5/7] objecting to the Shops (No. 2) Bill on grounds that the bill will limit hours of work, but not hours of trading, and thus will work against shopkeepers who are dependent on assistants. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), [1910]
Copy of a resolution passed by the Reading [Berkshire] and District Grocers and Provision Merchants Association concerning the Shops (No. 2) Bill and proposed restrictions on hours of work. Typescript on the notepaper of the Attorney General. Covering letter at CHAR 12/5/6.
(Untitled), 12 Nov 1910
Draft letter from WSC (Home Office) to Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Education] apologising for not being able to receive a deputation from the Dewsbury [Yorkshire] Off License Holders Protection Association, and adding an assurance that the [Shops Bill] will not restrict the hours in which groceries may be sold. Unsigned manuscript in the hand of Edward Marsh.
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1910
Copy of a letter from [WSC] ([Home Office]) to James Seddon [President of the Shop Assistants' Union] assuring him that the Shops Bill has not been abandoned, but postponed due to the "extraordinary political crisis" [constitutional deadlock between the Liberal Government and the House of Lords]. Unsigned typescript.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1910
Draft letter from [WSC] (Home Office) to [Oswald] Partington concerning the Shops Bill. He assures him that the Bill will not apply to those who carry milk to shops, and that the milk trade will be excluded from Sunday trading restrictions and the eight o'clock rule. Manuscript [in the hand of Edward Marsh] signed by WSC. See CHAR 12/5/10 and CHAR 12/5/12-12A.