1943 - 'Schedule of Rates and Conditions for the Ports of Cardiff and Penarth' - 1st July 1943. The Schedule was issued on the authority of the Joint Committee of the Port of Cardiff Employers' Association and the Transport and General Workers' Union. The 38 page booklet details the Registration Scheme, General Conditions, Hours of Work and Overtime, Port Rates, Agreements, Special War Time Agreement and a section named Miscellaneous which covered such topics are Canteens, Accidents, Hospital Scheme and Dock Regulations.
Section F dealt with the 'Special War Time Agreement' also note that there were Special War-time Rates for the Shipment of Government Cargoes.
An example from the section of General Conditions deals with Explosives : 'Dockers shall receive 2/6d. (12.5p) a day when working with explosives as scheduled.'
This booklet is held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] |