TWOPENCE AN HOUR
1959The NewsletterEdward Knight Read the scan at ETOL (PDF) →Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: headlines and words can be misread, and a caption or advert can run into the text. For anything you quote, read the scan.
One girl from Odhams said: ‘I am for stopping the _ Memaers of the Electrical Trades Union employed on the Marryat and Place job on the Kodak. site; Harrow, dissatisfied with the penny an hour increase:negotiated nationally between the union and the employers, without a shot being fired, lodged their own claim-with the firm.
On Wednesday, July 1 they downed tools. By last Monday the boss was ready to talk.
As pickets arrived at the job they were met by a management representative.
He offered them threepence per hour and..payment for time. lost by men over the previous fortnight, when they were holding meetings on the claim. The concession was backdated to the beginning of June.