Sheila Blackburn

A Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work? (eBook, ePUB)

Sweated Labour and the Origins of Minimum Wage Legislation in Britain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Adopting a broad national and long-run approach, this book examines the issue of sweated labour and the legal control of low pay in Britain between 1840 and 1930. It explores the definition of sweated labour and the forces that generate it, as well as tackling the image of the sweated labourer and how it has changed over time. Having focused on these issues, the book then looks at how the problem was dealt with and analyses the success of reforms aimed at eradicating the practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317188285
• Artikelnr.: 44871442

Autorenporträt

Sheila Blackburn is Lecturer in Labour Conditions and Modern Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Part I Sweating Revealed, 1843- 90: The 'discovery' of sweated labour, 1843-50
The 'rediscovery' of sweating, 1876-90. Part II The Search for an Effective Solution: Anti-sweating campaigns, 1890-1905
The turning point of 1906 and the legal minimum wage. Part III The Minimum Wage in Practice: The test case of the 1910 Cradley Heath dispute
R.H. Tawney and the minimum wage
The persistent problem of low pay
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.