MAYFAIR MANNEQUINS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 21 December 1938, Page 10

MAYFAIR MANNEQUINS

FORM TRADE UNION TAXI-FARES AFTER LATE JOBS lßy Air Mail-Speuia! Correspondent! LONDON, 19th November. Within a week of its formation the British Mannequin and Photographic Model Association have enrolled 220 members. They have applied for affiliation to the Trades Union Congress and to the Registrar of Friendly Societies for registration. Demands drafted at their first meeting, held this week in Mayfair L.ondon, included: Taxi fares home after a late fashion show if buses and Tubes are not running. Compensation at the rale ot 10s 6d a half-day for time spent travelling to or from a display; and A minimum salary of £3 a week for permanently employed mannequins, and a minimum of £1 Is a day for ‘‘free lances.” The entrance fee is 2s 6d , and the annual subscription is £2 2s a year for j members wishing to be eligible for full benefits, or £1 Is for those who do not : want sickness benefit. Mr A. Colledge, the general secre|tary said: ‘‘There are 6.000 mannequins and models throughout the country and I i know 3.000 of them personally. I know ! how girls have suffered through accid- ; ent or illness, with no insurance scheme I of their own. ’ “A model must dress smartly—it is part of her stock in trade. The result 1 is that she has little money to put by in \ case of an accident or falling ill.”