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cork industry, which had to be ordered to Oporto and should have been indicated for each task to execute. On 6/11/1912, the workers “did not accept the 2 cutting knives, since they asked for knives that cut cork into strips.” On 9/11/1912, the workers continued to not want the cutting knives. They said that in the Oporto factory they could be used, “since they cut and strip pieces, while here [Mirandela] they are only good for cutting cork into strips, I ask to send them, since they are very needed, otherwise I will dispatch them Balança brand, and 24 of the same for the squaring machines, do I order them from you On 13/11/1912, José Margarido received the order “of a pack of knives, 12 of which were to make stoppers and the other 12 for cutting cork into boards.” Clemente Menéres created labor laws in the Mirandela cork factory, such job, they had to give a 15 day warning, but the same was valid for the boss if he
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The regulation of the Mirandela cork factory came into effect on 25 November 26 , sent by José Margarido to Clemente th Menéres, and was applied on the 28 to solve a case in point. On 27/11/1907 “the cork cutters António Figueiredo, Joaquim Francisco, took machine made strips to cut them into boards as if they were the tips of strips. The baskets were examined, and at the bottom of Manuel de Macedo’s basket two cork cutters since they had already cut the cork into boards, which they had confessed after being interrogated by me. 9th article of the regulation in effect since the 25th of this month. Today it was reported that the same cork cutters said, especially Joaquim consent that they be deducted anything, and if they are deducted that it will be by force, and if they are not good enough to send them away, but to deduct from what they have earned, they do not consent. The strips of cork that they took was with the consent of the cork cutters, therefore the same penalty. In view of the above, I implore that Your Excellency tell me if I maintain as 26 Mirandela Factory Correspondence Archive: January to November 1907.