The Clothing Workers of Great Britain [Paperback]

CLOTHING WORKERS OF GB: S P DOBBS:

CONTENTS

page

Authors Preface& ix

Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Sidney Webb,

LL.B., MP. & xi

chapter

I. Introductory& 1

II. The Clothing Trades& 10

III. The Localization of the Industry& 33

IV. Wage Regulation and the Trade Boards& 83

V. The Wage Level and Methods of Wage Payment& 107

VI. Trade Unions& 125

VII. Employers Associations& 146

VIII.& Apprenticeship and the Problem of Recruitment& 161

IX. The Decline of Homework and Sweating. General Review of Conditions in the Industry& 172

Bibliography& 203

Appendix I. Numbers Engaged in the Clothing Trades& 205

Appendix II. Earnings& 207

Appendix III. Methods of Wage-Payment& 209

Appendix IIIa, Example of Log Rates& 209

Appendix IV. Methods of Work in the Retail Bespoke Tailoring Trades& 212

Index& 215