| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/18/47 |
| Title | 'Open Door Council' |
| Date | 1927 - 1956 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT General Secretaries), Florence Key (NUWT member) and the Open Door Council (ODC) regarding the work of the ODC.
The correspondence covers:
Deputation to the Home Office regarding concerns over a decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice with regards to the Night Work Convention and the implications for women workers
Letters from the NUWT to MPs asking them to consider implications of changes to the Night Work Convention which prohibits the employment of women for night work
NUWT letter of approval to Mr H. B. Lees (MP) regarding changes which would allow employment of women on night shifts in telephone work
The Factories Bill
Canal Boats Bill - protests against proposed changes which would discriminate against women working on canal boats
Equality for women
Equal Pay for Equal Work - and protests against unequal national insurance contributions and benefits under the forthcoming Unemployment Insurance Bill, 1933
Discrimination against girls in the Children and Young Persons Bill 1932
National Spinsters Pensions Campaign
NUWT reports of ODC meetings
Press cuttings relating to the Canal Boat Bill
Reports including:
'The ABC of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933', by A. L. Peacock
Various reports and memorandums concerning the Night Work Convention (Washington, 1919)
Annual Reports of the ODC for the years: 1927 - 1928; 1930 - 1931; 1932; 1934; 1935; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1956
Fifteenth Annual Report of the ODC 1940 - 1941
NB. Ethel Froud, Muriel Pierotti and Florence Key all served on the Executive Committee of the ODC |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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