Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An 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. |
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Citation | 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 29 March 1912 |
The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912[1] 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.[2]