Gabriel 150 years - Flipbook - Page 29
Upper left: Bobbins on frames ready for weaving
law against working overtime. In spite of the
in the new weaving room.
advertisements placed, it had proved impossi-
Lower left: Threads on a beam in the warping
ble to find new workers, and ±∑ female workers
room.
had worked from ±∞∞ to ±∂∞ hours of overtime.
Upper right: Inspection of a piece of woven cloth.
A sensor stops the loom when a thread breaks.
Although there were a number of small strikes
Lower right: A piece of woven cloth hung on the
in the years of the occupation, generally speak-
«hauling bars» for inspection. The burler, or
ing, it appears that the relationship between
seamstress, pulled the piece across the bars by
management and workers at the factory remain-
hand while checking for and marking defects.
ed good until the early months of ±∫µ≥. In Jan-
Photographs from ±∫µµ.
uary ±∫µ≥, the head of the textile workers’ union
in Aalborg complimented Kjærs Mølle for its
the hour would also receive a bonus on the oc-
good working conditions, a cost-of-living bonus
casion of Kjærs Mølle’s ∫∞th anniversary.
and a retirement scheme for the workers.
Kjærs Mølle had so much work that in ±∫µ±
But after this, the situation became heated in
the factory requested an exemption from the
more ways than one. In May ±∫µ≥, Kjærs Mølle ex-
1940-1945
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