The Miners' Welfare Fund 1921-1952 Alan E. Bessette In many cases

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The Miners' Welfare Fund 1921-1952 Alan E. Bessette In many casesBorn out of the Sankey Commission's identification of the appalling living and working conditions of coal miners, the Miners' Welfare Fund was established by the Mining Industry Act 1920 to improve the social conditions of colliery workers. Administered by the Miners' Welfare Committee, it was totally depended on a levy on the ton of the national output of coal and, from 1926, the levy on mineral rights for its income. Despite industrial unrest, world