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Authors
Nyland, Chris and Kelly, Diana
Title
Beatrice Webb and the National Standard for Manual Handling
In
Journal of Industrial Relations
Imprint
vol. 34, no. 2, 1992, pp. 307-337
Abstract

In 1896 Beatrice Webb reported on an alliance of employers, free market economists and the middle-class wing of the women's movement which was opposed to special labour laws designed to protect women employees. This paper argues that a similar alliance is

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