Important strike of the maid servants of Edinburgh : We understand that it is contemplated by "The Maid-Servant Union Society" of this city, to make a 'strike' at the ensuing term, with a view of obtaining higher wages; and really after perusing the resolutions of that respectable feminine institution, as unanimously agreed to at a general meeting held  yesterday evening, Mrs Slops in the chair, we hesitate not to confess that they have strong grounds for standing out. They are as follows:---.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Edinburgh] : Sanderson, printer, Edinburgh,
[1840?]
A satire on the conditions of domestic servants.
Two woodcuts beneath title.
In ink above the title '9th March 1840'.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
Strikes and lockouts
Women domestics