Piece
7 Lab.
Catalogue reference: WO 177/2951
Date: 1942 June - 1944 Aug.
7 Lab.
Sub-series
Demobilisation of Port Labour. DPL.
Catalogue reference: Sub-series within LAB 7
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Sub-series within LAB 7
These files originated in the Employment Department and are mainly concerned with the transition of the docks to peace-time conditions, 1918, 1919. There are also some earlier wartime Board of Trade papers re-registered as DPL. The files deal...
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- Sub-series within LAB 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Demobilisation of Port Labour. DPL.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files originated in the Employment Department and are mainly concerned with the transition of the docks to peace-time conditions, 1918, 1919. There are also some earlier wartime Board of Trade papers re-registered as DPL.
The files deal with various schemes for decasualisation and the relevant committees for London and the other ports. Most of the schemes were submitted by Port Labour Committees and papers of these Committees are in this section.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Nearly all the files for dock labour are in boxes LAB 2/1037-8 and 1040-59. For other references see ED LAB 7/69-72 and ET LAB 7/74-81. LAB 2/1037 LAB 2/1038 LAB 2/1040 LAB 7/69 LAB 7/74
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Port Labour Committees were set up in 1916 with representatives of employers and dockers to co-operate in the war effort. In 1918 a Central Advisory Committee was formed to co-ordinate Port Labour Committee and in 1919 a separate Port of London Registration Committee was established as a result of the Port of London Casual Labour Committee (Roche Committee).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C67858/
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LAB 7
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