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REPORT
of the
Special Labour Exchange Committee.
On the 16th November, 1892, the Vestry received a
deputation from the Camberwell and Peckham Unemployed
Committee, who presented the following resolution:—
" That this meeting of the unemployed workmen, calls
upon the Camberwell Vestry to immediately carry out the
suggestions of the Local Government Board and start
useful works in the Parish, on which to employ the labour
of the unemployed at Trade Union rate of wages; and
further, calls upon the Vestry to rescind Clause 30, which
stipulates that all public work amounting to more than £40
shall be contracted for, so that the Vestry may be able to
employ the men to carry on the work without the intervention
of middlemen, who are generally sweaters of the
worst type."
Also a deputation from the Camberwell Branch of the
" Amalgamated Society of Decorators and Painters" in
support of the following resolution:—" That the Vestry
proceed with the proposed works at once, that they engage
practical house painters at once, and that the Union rate of
wages and hours be adhered to."
The Vestry after hearing the deputations passed the
following resolution:—That a committee be appointed
from this Vestry to enquire into the means by which a
Labour Exchange can be established in this Parish for the
purpose of facilitating employment, and relieving the sad
distress now occasioned through want of work amongst a
large number of parishioners.
That a Committee of 18 be appointed,3 from each Ward.
The following were appointed members of the
Committee :—Messrs. John Cole, Joseph Geldart Hichisson,