The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward

1944 1944 1940s 34 pages of strikes, and the employer's obvious reply was the threat of the sack. Under war conditions, instead of merely making the demands for changes the workers have to show why they are necessary and how improvements can be effected, and they have also to help to carry...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Institution:MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Language:English
English
Published: London : The Socialist Medical Assocation [1944?]
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10796/818E8463-1732-484A-9972-8A8D769F8EF4
http://hdl.handle.net/10796/512D2CDE-F686-444F-B504-3D423A988C1C
_version_ 1771659909413208064
description 1944 1944 1940s 34 pages of strikes, and the employer's obvious reply was the threat of the sack. Under war conditions, instead of merely making the demands for changes the workers have to show why they are necessary and how improvements can be effected, and they have also to help to carry them out, usually in co-operation with management and welfare officers. Thus factory welfare has advanced from being something the management provided only when it seemed profitable to do so (or to comply with legislation) to being the collective responsibility of workers and employers. The work of meeting the needs and solving the problems of people in their capacity as producers has not been universally regarded as a social service, and industrial welfare workers and labour managers are not agreed as to whether they should be called social workers. If these services are provided solely by employers, it is correct to say they are not 'social' services, but the general trend of opinion is that they should move towards being social services, provided by the government, just as medical officers in industry should be paid by the State and not be the management. The Ministry of Labour has had a gigantic job in supplying labour to all essential industries and ensuring for this purpose that every person was employed to the best advantage. The intention has been to place workers in the jobs most suited to their training and ability. An attempt has been 26 15X/2/464/1
geographic UK
id HEA-1215_338f3eb4c60741528ddbd50cf5b293f7
institution MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
is_hierarchy_title The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
language English
English
physical TEXT
publishDate [1944?]
publisher London : The Socialist Medical Assocation
spellingShingle Maitland Sara Hallinan
Pamphlets: Socialist Medical Association
Health care
Social service--Great Britain
The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
title The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
topic Maitland Sara Hallinan
Pamphlets: Socialist Medical Association
Health care
Social service--Great Britain
url http://hdl.handle.net/10796/818E8463-1732-484A-9972-8A8D769F8EF4
http://hdl.handle.net/10796/512D2CDE-F686-444F-B504-3D423A988C1C