Reports on hospitals and the patient and a domestic workers' charter
1931 1931 1930s 22 pages Domestic Workers' Charter It was agreed at the National Conference of Labour Women in 1930 that a series of questions on the subject of Domestic Employment should be drawn up and circuited as widely as possible. This was to form the basis of a general investigation...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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London : Labour Party
1931
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| Summary: | 1931
1931
1930s
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Domestic Workers' Charter It was agreed at the National Conference of Labour Women in 1930 that a series of questions on the subject of Domestic Employment should be drawn up and circuited as widely as possible. This was to form the basis of a general investigation into the subject with a view to drawing up a Domestic Workers' Charter to be submitted to the Conference in 1931. After careful consideration an explanatory pamphlet, under the title "What's Wrong with Domestic Service?" which contained on a perforated page at the end a list of questions with space for replies, was prepared, and this was published by the Labour Party and widely advertised. At the same time a small Press conference was held, and was followed by very informative reports and correspondence in several newspapers. Some of this was serious, and valuable for the information it gave. Much of it was hysterical and violent in tone, treating us as fools and meddlers and, occasionally, as something even worse. The pamphlet was placed on sale and circulated to all Women's Sections and Women's Advisory Councils in the Labour Party, and to all the Trade Unions and other organisations represented on the Standing Joint Committee, as well as to personal inquirers who read about it in the Press and to all women's organisations. The total number of these pamphlets distributed up to the present is 15,000. The response in written questionnaires up to the end of February was rather disappointing. But it represents the opinions of a very large number of women. For example, many replies represent the views of a large number of Women's Sections which have discussed it in their meetings, and if we take the number of individuals whose views can be regarded as covered we reach an estimate of 20,000. The majority of replies come from Women's Sections, Central Committees, and Councils of the Labour Party - representing some 16,900 women, many of whom have been or have daughters now in domestic service, and a small number of whom are themselves employers of domestic workers. Replies from Trade Unionists and Women's Co-operative Guilds are scanty. It is very disappointing (16)
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