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Description: | The CWS Printing Works opened in Pelaw in 1912 and closed in 1995. During the Great War, in 1917, girls in the Printing Works went on official strike over wage levels among skilled and unskilled printers and craftsmen. This was because they were doing men’s work but were being paid girls’ wages. The trouble spread to other departments, but he union gave little support. The problem returned in 1923, when a post-war trade slump brought a reduction in wages especially in the drugs factory. Wages were reduced by 2s pr week for men and 1s per week for women. They were back at work in June with an even lower rate of pay, with the exception of young employees, who were slightly upgraded. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Co-op | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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