1st Edition

The Six-Hour Day and Other Industrial Questions

By John Kelly, Stanley Unwin Copyright 1918
348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

In this title, first published in 1918, Lord Leverhulme explores the ideas of co-partnership, piece-work, housing, and the benefits of shorter hours of labour. The most notable of these discussions, collected by Stanley Unwin, with a Preface by Lord Haldane, advocates a six-hour day, with two shifts, in all industries in which the overhead charges are equal to or larger than the cost of weekly... Read more

Editor’s Foreword;  Introduction by Viscount Haldane;  1. The Six-Hour Day  2. Co-Partnership  3. Housing and Social Welfare  4. Education and Business  5. Some Industrial Questions;  Index

Biography

Lord Leverhulme, Stanley Unwin