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Edited extract from an Agreement
between unions and employers
on working conditions in the dyeing industry
1904
This agreement is entered into between
unions and employers for the protection of all concerned. The following
rules will remain for 12 months, and then changed only after 3 months'
notice in writing.
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A
week's notice is required on either side, and a compensation of
£1 per man will be paid on breaking this rule.
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When
a workman is given a better job, he shall be an 'improver', and
his wages raised to the standard rate for his new job within one
year.
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Overtime rules
Day turn/shift:
This is 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., but workmen should work till 7 p.m.
as needed, at ordinary rates. Outside these hours, time and a
half shall be paid.
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Night turn/shift: Sixpence
per night extra on the ordinary rates shall be paid to all men
employed on nights. The shift is 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Outside these
hours, time and a half shall be paid.
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Only
those men whose job it is to supervise others shall be considered
'foremen'.
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