Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912

Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to provide a Minimum Wage in the case of Workmen employed underground in Coal Mines (including Mines of Stratified Ironstone), and for purposes incidental thereto.
Citation2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent29 March 1912

The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2) was an act of Parliament which gave minimum wage protection to coal miners. It was passed in response to strikes over pay which occurred in the same year.

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