Coal Mining and Piece Work

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Explanation of piece work in the coal industry.

How the pressures of piece work affected ordinary coal miners - from a reconstruction of work underground at a coal mine from 1927.
From: Coal House Omnibus 2
First broadcast : 04 November 2007

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14

Subject : History

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain

Keywords : Coal industry, Piecework,

Notes : Shows the type of work done by the miner and how physically hard it was. Starting point for a discussion on the differences in working conditions in coal mines between the 1920's and other periods. See Coal House for further information.

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