This book investigates legal minimum wage implementation in the boxmaking industry under the 1909 Trade Boards Act. Authoritative and detailed, it collates findings from interviews with over one hundred boxmaking employers involving more than ten percent of the industry's workforce. The book explores the implications of the act for wages, working conditions, employment levels and homework, from both the perspectives of employers and workers, paying special attention to the problems of administration. It provides valuable insights into the establishment of minimum wages and their significance for improving working conditions at a time when the subject is paramount in discussions around fair pay.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book investigates legal minimum wage implementation in the boxmaking industry under the 1909 Trade Boards Act. Authoritative and detailed, it collates findings from interviews with over one hundred boxmaking employers involving more than ten percent of the industry's workforce. The book explores the implications of the act for wages, working conditions, employment levels and homework, from both the perspectives of employers and workers, paying special attention to the problems of administration. It provides valuable insights into the establishment of minimum wages and their significance for improving working conditions at a time when the subject is paramount in discussions around fair pay. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330798645_0
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