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Title: Unprecedented Scenes at Reading Biscuit Factory, 1916 [Go to resource]
Description: Pay was notoriously low at Huntley & Palmers. In 1916 labour relations worsened after a girl was sacked for leaving work without permission. The National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers passed resolutions demanding higher pay and better working conditions. An increase of 5 Shillings for men and 3 Shillings for women was offered with the abolition of the war bonus. The union demanded this increase on top of the bonus and called a strike from mid-day on Friday 14th July. However, after a meeting with Howard Palmer, the union accepted the offer and the strike ended. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Publisher: Berkshire Chronicle Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: strike
trade
working life
societiesTemporal: start=1916-01-01; end=1916-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Foulsham Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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