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Bible Society contract and Trades' Union clash in 1849 case
Report details wages and working conditions for Miss Watkins Bible binding shop in Southwark. Workers varied pay from 4s to 7s 6d weekly, with some earning up to 14s if full time. Union interference, shop rules to secede from the Trades' Union, and ensuing support payments to striking workers are outlined along with parish burial ground debates and local church-rate tensions.
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Bile Society
Mies Watkine
Sara
Remsini
Peasee
Bible Society
Miss Watkins
Beotland
Trades’ Union
Oie
Trades’ ’Union
Committee of the Bible Society
Southwark
British and Foreign Bible “Society
Copeland
M.P
Me. Sidermaen
Sidney
Athens
M. T. Baggs
Imperia
Tue Westeray Dexecars
Wesleyan Times
Furreign
OrerRarnts
St. ‘Barones
Bisnorscate
Friends’ Meeting
Houndsditch
Butler
Messrs
Peisson
North Devon Journal
Windsor
Gorham
Puseyites
Tus Lonpox Union
Curron Marters
Canterbury