The TUC first began to campaign for a paid holiday for workers in 1911. Following the passing of an International Labour Convention (ILO) on holidays in 1936, lobbying of the Baldwin Government was reviewed. A committee of inquiry report in 1938 recommended the gradual introduction of a statutory right to holidays in July 1938. The Holidays with Pay Act gave workers, whose minimum rates of wages were fixed by trade boards, the right to one weeks holiday per year. The TUC, which was calling for 2 weeks' holiday for all workers, was disappointed in the limited legislation.

This TUC leaflet, circulated to workers covered by Trade Boards, urges them to join trade unions to enforce holiday rights and to improve conditions.

Title	Holidays with Pay - TUC leaflet, 1939
Maker	Trades Union Congress
Production Date	1939
Format	Leaflet
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Holding Institution	TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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