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London postal sorter: weekly budget, 1926

Form submitted by a London postal sorter, employed at the Foreign Section, as part of the Union of Post Office Workers' standard of living enquiry in 1926. The survey of members was intended to provide evidence that the union could use in negotiations for pay increases. The postal worker includes details of his average weekly income, notes on general circumstances affecting his family's standard of life, and a list of household expenditure over two weeks in March 1926.

Form submitted by a London postal sorter for the Union of Post Office Workers' standard of living enquiry, 1926
Form submitted by a London postal sorter for the Union of Post Office Workers' standard of living enquiry, 1926
Form submitted by a London postal sorter for the Union of Post Office Workers' standard of living enquiry, 1926