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The Factories Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 67) amended the previous Acts of 1937 and 1948, as well as adding more health, safety and welfare provisions for factory workers. It also revoked regulation 59 of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939 (SR&O 1939/927). The act is dated 29 July 1959. [154]
Prohibition from 1985 to 1988. On May 5, 1985, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published in all newspapers in the Soviet Union the ruling named "On the measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism". On June 1, the sale of alcohol was restricted to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the time of that prohibition, 140,000 ...
Nationwide from 1890 to 1914 the unionized wages in manufacturing rose from $17.63 a week to $21.37, and the average work week fell from 54.4 to 48.8 hours a week. The pay for all factory workers was $11.94 and $15.84 because unions reached only the more skilled factory workers. [52]
An alcohol monopoly is a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing of some or all alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine and spirits. It can be used as an alternative for total prohibition of alcohol. They exist in all Nordic countries except Denmark proper (only on the Faroe Islands), and in all provinces and territories in Canada ...
The Factories Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers.
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The Koneser factory was one of the most technologically advanced production plants and of the first electrified factories in Warsaw. It was equipped with a range of ancillary equipment such as boilers, alcohol and water steam engines, vodka bottling machines, hydraulic and manually controlled elevators as well as internal system of iron carts.
An employee at the Tennessee factory where 11 workers were swept away in Hurricane Helene floodwaters, and at least two died, has told The Independent that the company failed to evacuate staff in ...