Catalogue description Records of the London Dock Labour Board

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Reference: Division within BK
Title: Records of the London Dock Labour Board
Description:

Records of the London Dock Labour Board relating to the regulation of labour within the Port of London.

Minutes and papers of committee meetings and registered files will be found in BK 8 and BK 30. Files concerning the definition of dock work in the London port area are in BK 19

Files concerning London employers are in BK 20, and a small selection of record cards and dossiers of individual London dock workers will be found in BK 35

Material concerning discipline cases which have come before an appeal tribunal will be found in BK 21, and in BK 22

Records of the London Portworkers' Sports Federation are in BK 18
Date: 1939-1989
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

London Dock Labour Board, 1947-1989
Physical description: 8 series
Administrative / biographical background:

The National Dock Labour Board (NDLB) operated the Dock Labour Scheme through the medium of local boards, each covering a specific area. The London Dock Labour Board, established under the National Dock Labour Scheme in 1947, was responsible for the regulation of labour in all dock areas within the Port of London.

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