The Archive · 1938

The Women Problem

'The launching of the Domestic Workers' Union took place at Caxton Hall this week, speeded on its way to revolutionize domestic service in Great Britain by Sir Walter Citrine, secretary of the Trade Union Congress, and Miss Marie Burke the actress, She described how she and some others, through being stranded during a theatrical tort at Glasgow, were led to form Equity, the actors' union, the benefit of which, she said, is now recognized by managers as much as by "the profession." As I said last week that mistresses would welcome a union of maids whole-

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