Catalogue description Department of Employment and predecessors: Industrial Relations, Trade Boards and Wages Councils Files

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Details of LAB 11
Reference: LAB 11
Title: Department of Employment and predecessors: Industrial Relations, Trade Boards and Wages Councils Files
Description:

This series contains files relating to Trade Boards, Wages Councils, and the Wages Inspectorate, and includes files on relevant administrative questions, and files giving general information on various industries.
Date: 1910-1980
Arrangement:

Key to abbreviations used for pieces 2637-2804:

  • BBWC - Brush and Broom Wages Council
  • BMWC - Button Manufacturing Wages Council
  • BSRWC - Boot and Shoe Repairing Wages Council
  • BWC - Baking Wages Council
  • CTB - Cutlery Trade Board
  • CWC - Cutlery Wages Council
  • CWRWC - Cotton Waste Reclamation Wages Council
  • DWLCWC - Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing Wages Council
  • GWMRWC - General Waste Material Reclamation Wages Council
  • HBFWC - Hair, Bass and Fibre Wages Council
  • HUWC - Hairdressing Undertakings Wages Council
  • ISCUWC - Industrial and Staff Canteen Undertakings Wages Council
  • LCHHGWC - Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods Wages Council
  • LNREWB - Licensed Non-Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant Wages Board
  • LRELRWB - Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant Wages Board
  • LWC - Laundry Wages Council
  • MDWC - Milk Distributive Wages Council
  • MTWC - Made-up Textiles Wages Council
  • PBWC - Paper Bag Wages Council
  • P Box WC - Paper Box Wages Council
  • RBFCTWC - Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery Trade Wages Council
  • RBSTWC - Retail Bookselling and Stationery Trades Wages Council
  • RDOFTWC - Retail Drapery, Outfitting and Footwear Trade Wages Council
  • RFTWC - Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades Wages Council
  • RHWC - Retail Food Trades Wages Council
  • RHWC - Road Haulage Wages Council
  • RMWC - Rubber Manufacturing Wages Council
  • RNTCTWC - Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Trades Wages Council
  • RRWC - Rubber Reclamation Wages Council
  • RTNWC - Rope, Twine and Net Wages Council
  • SCFPWC - Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving Wages Council
  • SPMWWC - Stamped or Pressed Metal Wares Wages Council
  • TMWC - Toy Manufacturing Wages Council
  • TWCGB - Tobacco Wages Council, Great Britain
  • UPRWB - Unlicensed Place of Refreshment Wages Board
  • WMCWC - Wholesale Mantle and Costume Wages Council
Related material:

For registered files of the Industrial Relations Department, see LAB 10
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 3098 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 1965 Ministry of Labour
Accruals: Series is not accruing.

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