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Award No. 1155 National Union of General and Municipal Workers and Clyde Shipbuilders'...
Catalogue reference: LAB 3/624
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This record is about the Award No. 1155 National Union of General and Municipal Workers and Clyde Shipbuilders'... dating from 1948 in the series Ministry of Labour and successors: Arbitration Tribunals, Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- LAB 3/624
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Award No. 1155 National Union of General and Municipal Workers and Clyde Shipbuilders' Association: that a sum equivalent to the average amount earned by `payment-by-results' should be paid to cranemen each week.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- NAT 1439
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- Public Record(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- 3 working days notice to produce
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Labour
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2678680/
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LAB 3
Ministry of Labour and successors: Arbitration Tribunals, Registered Files
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