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Civic body

Wage panel

Also called the panel

The panel created by the wage article of the Bill of 4551 — three members from the halls, two from the associations and one from the council — which sets each year a wage floor for members of hall trades.

Ties

  • drawn from the Halls, the neighbourhood associations and the Sarrum council

At the table

The only wage floor in Britannia, watched from the capital with interest and alarm; its composition has eroded it, and in seventy years the floor has served in practice as a ceiling. It does not reach women in the sheds, wharf gangs, carters or general labour.