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Papers of Sir Joseph Hallsworth (1884-1974), trade union leader... Papers of Sir Joseph Hallsworth (1884-1974), trade union leader, 1872-1956


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  • 1872-1956
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  • Research papers on hours and conditions of employment, mainly inter-war; specific topics include juvenile labour, the ILO, holidays and public health; includes correspondence between the Government and local authorities relating to public health provisions in the workplace, with responses from Cardiff, Pontypridd and Rhondda, and Newport, Monmouthshire, 1915 (MSS.70/3/27/5-52), a file on child and juvenile labour in Cardiff, 1913-1938 (MSS.70/3/3) and the fifth annual report of the Rhondda Advisory Committee for Juvenile Employment, 1934. Publications 1947-present.
  • 31 boxes
  • Joseph Hallsworth was born in Audenshaw, near Manchester, on 2 December 1884. After attending commercial and technical schools in Manchester he became in 1902 confidential clerk to the Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees (AUCE). He later became Assistant Secretary of the AUCE and in 1916 was appointed Secretary. In 1921 the AUCE amalgamated with the Warehouse Workers' Union to become the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW) and Hallsworth became Secretary-General of the new union. When in 1947 NUDAW amalgamated with the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks (NAUSAWC) to form the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), Hallsworth became the first Secretary-General of USDAW until his retirement in 1949. Hallsworth served on many bodies during his years as a trade union official. He was Secretary of the Trade Union's Side of the National Conciliation Boards for the Co-operative Service from 1927 to 1947, a member of the Trade Boards Administration Committee in 1921, a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 1926 to 1947 and its President in 1938-39. He was also a member of the Home Office Committee on Hours of Work of Young Persons in Unregulated Occupations, 1936, of the Ministry of Labour Cost of Living Advisory Committee, 1936 and 1946-47, of the Holidays with Pay Committee, 1937, of the Central Price Regulation Committees under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939, and under the Goods and Services (Price Control) Act, 1941-47, of the Joint Consultative Committee and National Joint Advisory Council to the Ministry of Labour Factory and Welfare Board until 1947, and of the War Damage Commission. In addition he was a member of the National Coal Board (NCB) and Chairman of its Miners' Welfare Commission, 1947-49, and Chairman of the North Western Electricity Board, 1949-55. He unsuccessfully stood as Labour candidate for Stretford in 1918. Hallsworth was a member of the British representation at the International Labour Conference in Geneva from 1927 to 1937, and a workers' delegate, 1938-39, 1941 and 1944-47. He was President of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees (IFCCTE / FIET) until 1947 and a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office / International Labour Organisation (ILO) until 1948. He was knighted in 1946. He married Jessie Schofield in 1908 (she died in 1946). Hallsworth died on 19 July 1974. Reference: 'Who Was Who'.
  • This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
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  • The Centre also holds records relating to the Coventry branch of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks (MSS.117).
  • English

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'Agricultural Wages Regulation'. 'Children in Agriculture, Film Studios and Public Entertainment'. 'Child and Juvenile Labour in Cardiff'. 'Child Labour in various cities'. 'Employment of Children and Young Persons in Eire'. 'Employment of Children and Young Persons, England and Wales'. 'Employment of Children and Young Persons, England and Wales'. 'Employment of children and young persons, Northern Ireland'. 'Employment of Children and Young Persons in Scotland'. 'Statutory and byelaw restrictions imposed by Scottish Local Education Authorities on child labour'. 'Education Acts 1936, 1944, 1945 (Sc.)'. '8-Hour Day and 48-Hour Week (Commercial Employees)'. '40-Hour Week'. '40-Hour Week'. 'Holidays with Pay'. 'ILO [International Labour Office] Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees, 1931-1933'. 'ILO [International Labour Organisation] Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees 1935'. 'ILO [International Labour Organisation] Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees years 1936-39'. 'Employment of children and young persons ILO [International Labour Office]'. 'ILO [International Labour Office] Emergency Committee London April 1942'. 'ILO [International Labour Office] Joint Maritime Commission London June 1942'. 'ILO [International Labour Office] Miscellanea'. 'ILO Miscellanea 1947'. 'League of Nations'. 'Public Health Acts of 1936'. 'Public Health Acts: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire'. 'Public Health Provisions re Workplaces. Governments and Local Sanitary Authorities (1)'. 'Public Health Provisions re Workplaces. Governments and Local Sanitary Authorities (2)'. 'School Leaving Age'. 'Unemployment among Young Persons'. 'Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938'. Miscellaneous trade union records.