Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912

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Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to provide a Minimum Wage in the case of Workmen employed underground in Coal Mines (including Mines of Stratified Ironstone), and for purposes incidental thereto.
Citation 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent 29 March 1912

The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912 [1] (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2) was an act of Parliament which gave minimum wage protection to coal miners. It was passed in response to strikes over pay which occurred in the same year. [2]

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  1. ↑ "Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912 (Amendament) Bill".
  2. ↑ "Railway Timetables During the 1912 Miner's Strike". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2009.


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