(researched November-December 2009) Files in LAB5 (Ministry of Labour). Evidence before this committee was heard in the closing stages of World War One. Contains rich description on work processes and gender dynamics in the workplace, for example in the Potteries. Witnesses include Union and labour leaders, for example from National Federation of Women Workers, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, the Amalgamated Society of Male and Female Pottery Workers, and GDH Cole for the Labour Research Department. Beatrice Webb sat on the Committee.
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From the site: ' Investigation of occupational safety crimes is wanting* Helsinki (16.01.2007 - Juhani Artto) In 2003 Finnish police registered 910 work place accidents. But this figure is only a fraction of the number of work place accidents registered by Statistics Finland, which recorded up to over 100,000 work place accidents.' - Framework of Flesh (Humphrey McQueen) now in print
- 'Frameworks of Flesh': Builders Labourers, OHS, the ACCC (Humphrey McQueen)
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- Working Lives, located in Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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