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Trades Union Congress: request that the Minister receive a deputation to raise two...
Catalogue reference: LAB 43/30
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This record is about the Trades Union Congress: request that the Minister receive a deputation to raise two... dating from 1950-1952 in the series Department of Employment and predecessors: Private Office Papers: Selected Case Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- LAB 43/30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Trades Union Congress: request that the Minister receive a deputation to raise two matters about the factory inspectorate, recommendations (i) that a trade union official should be present when factory inspectors make their visits to factories (ii) that the number of factory inspectors be increased.
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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)
- PO: 561/1950
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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LAB 43
Department of Employment and predecessors: Private Office Papers: Selected Case Files
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