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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 1964246, member: 5795&quot;]Recent news regarding the minimum wage and a 3 day work week brought to mind a change in the British laws that occurred during the industrial revolution in 19th century. The Ten Hours Act of 1847 limited the workweek for women and children to 10 hours a day and 63 hours a week over 6 days. Sunday was off! A medal (BHM #2306) was issued the following year to commemorate this humanitarian action. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://[IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/MergedBHM2306-1.jpg[/IMG]" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://[IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/MergedBHM2306-1.jpg[/IMG]" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British%20Historical%20Medals/MergedBHM2306-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://industrialchildlabor.weebly.com/the-ten-hour-act-of-1847.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://industrialchildlabor.weebly.com/the-ten-hour-act-of-1847.html" rel="nofollow">http://industrialchildlabor.weebly.com/the-ten-hour-act-of-1847.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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