Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912

The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912^[1] (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2) 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]

Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Citation	2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent	29 March 1912

See also

• Liberal reforms