Cat.No: 161015 Mr. Mundella's bill for limiting the hours of labour in factories : observations of the employers upon the speech of Mr. Mundella, M.P., made in the House of Commons on Wednesday. 11 June 1873. Anthony John Mundella, York Association of Employers of Factory Labour in the Four Counties of Lancaster, Chester and Derby.

Mr. Mundella's bill for limiting the hours of labour in factories : observations of the employers upon the speech of Mr. Mundella, M.P., made in the House of Commons on Wednesday. 11 June 1873

Manchester, England: Excelsior Printing Works, 1873. 45p, 5.25 x.8.5 inches, disbound with five small holes at spine, faint vertical crease else very good condition. reaction by regional textile manufacturers on Mundella's speech regarding his proposed amendment to previous Factories Acts.

Anthony John Mundella (1825-1897) was Liberal M.P. for Sheffield from 1868 to 1885, and for the Brightside division of the Borough from November 1885 to his death in 1897. His principal political interests were in the promotion of arbitration in labour disputes, and the provision of education, in particular technical education. He introduced the Factory Act of 1874, which established a ten-hours day for women and. children in textile factories.

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