Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages With regard to conditions of work for all mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (i) above, we propose:— The working week not normally to be more than 48 hours. Owing to war conditions additional hours will have to be worked, for which additional payments should be made...
| 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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| Summary: | 1942-10
1942
1940s
40 pages
With regard to conditions of work for all mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (i) above, we propose:— The working week not normally to be more than 48 hours. Owing to war conditions additional hours will have to be worked, for which additional payments should be made. For certain categories, e.g. X-Ray workers and Radium technicians, hours to be within safety limits laid down by the respective authorities. Annual holidays with pay of from 2 to 4 weeks, according to grade, and all bank holidays or days off in lieu (Cf. however, reservation made in regard to holidays for female nurses, page 21). Full wages or salary during sickness. For workers in residence: Cash value of residential emoluments when away from hospital; separate bedrooms; adequate washing and bathroom facilities; good food; sitting and recreation rooms, and no restrictions on individual liberty when off duty. Cost of providing and making-up uniform to be borne by employing institution, or cash allowances in lieu. Complete liberty to organise in Trade Unions; no discrimination or victimisation of staff in respect of race, religion or politics. National Trade Union machinery to be set up to govern wages and conditions of all health workers. 4. TRADE UNIONISM In all the above demands we have reiterated our insistence that health workers must feel completely free to organise in Trade Unions and that recognition must be given to Trade Union rates of pay and scales of salaries laid down by professional associations. This reiteration is particularly necessary in health and hospital services, which have lagged far behind other services and industries in acknowledging these elementary democratic rights as enjoyed by the vast majority of workers elsewhere. Health workers (and in particular nurses) must be brought to realise that "unity is strength" and that they have little right to grumble about wages and conditions of work unless they have 26
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