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B. #OTD 1775 Sir John Beckett, PC FRS. As Leeds MP 1835-7, he said, “...unless we can establish such a system as will afford men a fairer remuneration for their labour & enable them to maintain themselves & their families in comfort, there can be no peace at home...” 1/2

B. #OTD 1783 William Colgate, English-American soap industrialist & philanthropist who founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company in 1806. A Baptist deacon, he gave up to half his income to church & other projects.

These encounters and others, brought alongside our theological understanding, give us something to say both to the world and the church. 3/3

… about precarious work and sudden redundancy. We’ll be there as shops are about to close and sometimes as they reopen. We’ll see the tension between the shop floor and supervisors who are caught in the middle between staff and management. ... 2/3

Workplace chaplains are privileged to be the church out where people are and listening to their stories. We’ll hear about zero hour contracts, about the young parents who juggle four jobs between them, about caring for elderly relatives whilst holding down a job,… 1/3

B. #OTD 1770 William Allen FRS FLS FGS, Quaker, scientist, pharmacist, pacifist & philanthropist who opposed slavery & engaged in schemes of social, penal & educational improvement in early C19 England.

B. #OTD 1905 Richard Kahn (Baron Kahn), set out “principle of the multiplier” in midst of controversy over public investment as means of fighting unemployment. Showed increase in public expenditure effective in increasing total employment, ideas developed by Keynes, his teacher.