Firm of Cadbury, 1831-1931
Details:
- Author(s) Williams, Iolo A
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1931
- Pages 295pp; illus
- Publisher Constable
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Social responsibility, social control & philanthropy
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Early history of the firm with chapters: 'Birth of the firm'; 'Bridge Street, 1847-79'; 'Bournville, 1879-99'; 'Bournville, 1899-1918'; 'Factory and labour problems'; 'Overseas developments'; 'Bournville and its allied interests' [ie welfare]; 'A legal action' [re employment of workers in Africa]; 'Bournville Village'; 'The years since the war'. Appendices detail pension funds, provident funds, sick benefit scheme; list senior staff; list publications issued by the firm; gives four charts showing employee numbers, raw material consumption, prices/sales