A Fair Day’s Wage for a Fair Day’s Work?
Sweated Labour and the Origins of Minimum Wage Legislation in Britain
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ISBN-13:
9780754632641
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.11.2007
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Sheila Blackburn
Gewicht:
526 g
Format:
234x156x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Adopting a broad national and long-run approach, this book examines the issue of sweated labour and the legal control of low pay in Britain between 1840 and 1930. It explores the definition of sweated labour and the forces that generate it, as well as tackling the image of the sweated labourer and how it has changed over time. Having focused on these issues, the book then looks at how the problem was dealt with and analyses the success of reforms aimed at eradicating the practice.
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I Sweating Revealed, 1843- 90: The 'discovery' of sweated labour, 1843-50; The 'rediscovery' of sweating, 1876-90. Part II The Search for an Effective Solution: Anti-sweating campaigns, 1890-1905; The turning point of 1906 and the legal minimum wage. Part III The Minimum Wage in Practice: The test case of the 1910 Cradley Heath dispute; R.H. Tawney and the minimum wage; The persistent problem of low pay; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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