THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. INDEX COPY NO. P.X. (40) 31. 5th July, 1940. WAR CABINET. PRODUCTION COUNCIL. THE SETTLEMENT OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS DURING WARTIME. Memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service. 1. In the circumstances in which it became necessary to pass the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1940, on 22nd May, I immediately took into consultation the National Joint Advisory Council (consisting of representatives of the British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress) with a view to finding the best means of removing joint wages problems from the field of controversy during the present critical period and of settling all wartime trade disputes without a stoppage of work.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/1/48
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/1
- Former Department Reference
- LP(40) 16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000001.048
- Keywords
- Contingency Planning Employment Haulage Industrial Action Industrial Disputes Industry Trade Unions Tribunals Wages Workers' Rights Working Conditions
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee Ministry of Labour and National Service
- Pages
- 8
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Social Relations Labour Supply Relations Wages Cost of Living Political Movements Disruption
