Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

B609/

B609/5/D/5 Wage Rates and Correspondence, 1961, 1964, 1966-81. File sub-divided by year, containing wage statements, notes on wages, and FUE letters. Correspondence includes exchanges between FUE and ITGWU, as well as JHB and ITGWU, regarding wage agreements. Agreements cover Cereal Station staff as well as JHB staff. [See also B609/7/C/2-13]

B609/5/D/6 Wage Rates, 1970-75. Statements of rates for loftsmen, enginemen, and foremen, on a quarterly basis. Also present are letters from the Irish Maltsters’ Association regarding wages (1972-75).

B609/5/D/7 Wages Analyses, 1979-86. Analysis sheets, recording rates of pay (basic, double, bonuses), agreements, dates, and hours worked. Amounts are added up and totals for each date noted.

B609/5/D/8 Monthly Labour Inquiry, 1973-80

B609/5/D/9 Wage Rates, 1951-78. A mixed file of correspondence (with DoA and Agricultural Wages Board), statements, memoranda, and printed matter. These latter include copies of acts and newspaper cuttings. There are also a few items regarding JHB’s pension scheme.

B609/5/D/10 Agricultural Wage Rates, 1987-99 (2004-05). File of wage rate statements and correspondence. Also contains Agricultural Workers Joint Labour Committee notices, 2004-05.

B609/5/E

Other Employee Records, c1908-2000

Other Employee Records, c1908-2000. Other records, relating to salaries, redundancies, pensions, group health scheme, social welfare, training, and general information. In roughly chronological order, with related items grouped together. There is reference to Mr Bennett’s Workmen’s Trust Fund in B609/5/E/1, while an account book of the Ballinacurra Workmen’s Club has also been placed in this sub-section (B609/5/E/2).

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