Monthly Labor Review Volume 11 (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...Bureau of Labor Statistics during the past summer lias collected information concerning the union scale of wages and hours of labor in tho principal time-work trades in the leading industrial centers of the United States, and a full compilation of the material is now in progress. An abridged compilation has boen made for certain trades and cities, and the ratos and hours of labor as of May 15, 1920, are brought into comparison in tho following table with like figures for preceding years back to 1913. The union wage scale figures hero published represent the minimum wage of union members employed in tho trades stated, but those figures do not always represent tho maximum wage that is paid, as in some instances part or oven all of tho organized workers in the trades receive more than tho scale. In cases where scales have been revised since May 15, 1920, and made retroactive to that date or earlier the changes have been included in the tabulation, in so far as information has been received. Double quotations of rates and hours are shown for some occupations in some cities. Such quotations indicate that there were two or more agreements with different employers and possiblv made also by different unions. The figures are the highest and lowest contractual terms in the city. UNION SCALE OF WAGES AND nOURS OF LABOR, 1913 TO 1920, BY OCCUPATIONS. Blacksmiths, manufacturing sltops. 144 hours per week, June to August, inclusive. Worked 53 hours, paid lor 54. For Jobbing shops. "A brief summary of the changes from 1907 to 1919 is given in the Monthly Labor Review for February, 1920, and an'abridged compilation, 1913 to 1919, similar to this table is printed in the Monthly Labor Review for November. 1919. CNION SCALE OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR, 1913 TO 1920, BY O...