Distress Committee

Zone d'identification

Type of entity

Collectivité

Forme autorisée du nom

Distress Committee

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Distress Committee; 1905-1911

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates d’existence

      1905-1911

      Historique

      Formed to carry out the provisions of the the Unemployed Workers Act in 1905, the membership was comprised of members of the corporation and members of the Board of Guardians.

      Lieux

      Statut légal

      Setup for the purposes of the Unemployed Workmen Act 1905.

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Primary purpose to assist "deserving" unemployed men and women who had been resident in York for a minimum of one year through assistance finding work, aiding migration by paying travel costs, or providing work directly through work schemes. They took over an existing labour bureau from the Citizens' Assocation, and renamed it the "Corporation Labour Bureau".

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      Contexte général

      Formed to carry out the provisions of the the Unemployed Workers Act in 1905, the membership was comprised of members of the corporation and members of the Board of Guardians.

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      Occupations

      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      GB0192-89

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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          BC 49

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