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1945-1960
Help to workers in need
In 1940 the firm established a Welfare Department
to assist the workers with social problems and
thereby assuring a more stable workforce. The
department was run by the nurse, Gerda
Buhl. She spent much of her time visiting
the cleaners at home, looking into their problems
and trying to help wherever possible. Miss Buhl,
as she was known, possessed a strong social commitment
and made an enormous contribution to improving
working life for the cleaning personnel.
The firm's welfare work was wide-ranging and
included issues ranging from loan arrangements
to family counselling, housing provision and payment
of sickness benefits to those infected with tuberculosis.
Miss Buhl also helped the workers with much-needed
holidays. In 1956, the cleaning workers acquired
their own holiday house near Gilleleje in Northern
Zealand.
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Miss Buhl spent much of her time talking to the
cleaning workers about their conditions and gained
a clear insight into their, often hard, lives. |
