Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages are swept away theirs will undoubtedly be among the most popular and attractive of all occupations. We have devoted a considerable amount of space to our policy for female nurses as we feel that this is a key question to the improvement of the Health Services. The Commun...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
October 1942
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/A4449303-1C0B-4B92-9EA0-9B4135C6D26D http://hdl.handle.net/10796/B5CBEDB9-941B-4A85-B264-F08BC0588330 |
| Summary: | 1942-10
1942
1940s
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are swept away theirs will undoubtedly be among the most popular and attractive of all occupations. We have devoted a considerable amount of space to our policy for female nurses as we feel that this is a key question to the improvement of the Health Services. The Communist Party's proposals regarding rates of pay for other workers are as follows:— (b) Male Nurses and Male Nursing Orderlies In all hospitals the trade union rate for the job, as laid down by the Trades Unions Joint Negotiating Councils. (c) Female Orderlies Rates laid down by Trade Union Joint Negotiating Councils. (d) Male Domestic Workers (adult) Trade Union rates where these exist, otherwise a national minimum commencing basic rate of £3 10s. per week in the provinces and £3 17s. 6d. per week in the Metropolitan area, with full war bonus and extras for special duties, e.g. post mortem work. Sleeping-in and disturbance allowances and fire-watching pay to be made to all men engaged on additional "stand-by" duties arising out of war conditions. (e) Female Domestic Workers (adult) i. Resident. — Full residential emoluments, which should not be less than £100 p.a. in value, plus a national commencing rate of £45 p.a., rising by annual increments of £5 to £60 per annum. ii. Non-Resident. — A national minimum commencing rate of £2 15s. per week (£3 in Metropolitan area), or, where paid hourly, 1s. 2d. per hour (1s. 3d. in Metropolitan area). (f) Laundry Workers Trade Union rates for the job. (g) Artisans, viz.: — Engineers, Stokers, Carpenters, etc. Trade Union rates as laid down by respective Unions. (h) Technicians i. Pharmacists. — Scale adopted by Guild of Public Pharmacists, viz. minimum commencing rate of from £260 p.a. for 24
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