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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABORW .N . DOAK, SMritary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner

BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \ ( f i A BUREAU OF LABOR S T A T IS T IC S /.................. WO# DW

WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR SERIES

UNION SCALES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR

MAY 15,1930

OCTOBER, 1931

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WASHINGTON 11931

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CONTENTS

Introduction___________________________________________ _______________ 1

PART 1General trades paid at time rates, by cities------..------------------------------------ 2Average hourly rates of wages and number of changes in union scales, by

trades_______________________________________________________________ 4Weekly hours of labor, by trades_______________________________________ 8Per cent of change in weekly rates of wages, 1930, compared with each

specified year from 1907_____________________________________________ 12Index numbers of all trades combined, 1907 to 1930------------------------------- 13Index numbers of building trades______________________________________ 15Index numbers, by trades, 1907 to 1930________________________________ 15Selected cities and trades______________________________________________ 22Scope of data__________________________________________________________ 73Explanation of terms and methods_____________________________________ 74Table A. Union scales of wages and hours of labor in specified trades,

May 15, 1930, and May 15, 1929, by cities---- ------------------------------------ 78

PAET 2Other trades__________________________________________________________ 237Metals and machinery:

Automobile and vehicle industry, including garagemen______________ 238Metal trades

Blacksmiths and helpers______________________________________ 239Boilermakers and helpers_____________________________________ 239Machinists and helpers________________________________________ 240Molders and coremakers______________________________________ 241Patternmakers________________________________________________ 241Polishers, buffers, and platers_________________________________ 242Miscellaneous metal and allied trades--------------------------------------- 242Stationary engineers, firemen, oilers, etc----------------------------------- 242Metal trades in railroad shops_________________________________ 244

Transportation:Railway carmen___________________________________________________ 245Engineers, locomotive_____________________________________________ 246Firemen and helpers, locomotive----------------------------------------------------- 246Conductors and trainmen__________________________________________ 248Signalmen, railroad________________________________________________ 249Railway, express, and steamship clerks and freight handlers------------- 254Maintenance-of-way employees____________________________________ 256Telegraphers, railroad_____________________________________________ 259Car porters, maids, etc____________________________________ _______ 261Sleeping and parlor car conductors-------------------------------------------------- 261Train dispatchers__________________________________________________ 261Street-railway motormen and conductors and bus drivers------------------ 261Captains, masters, mates, pilots, and marine engineers......... ................ 265Harbor boatmen___________________________________________________ 267Marine workers___________________________________________________ 268

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Fishing: PageDeep-sea fishing___________________________________________________ 269Salmon fishing________________ ________ ___________________________ 270Beam trawler fishermen (Atlantic)______ __________________________ 271

Coal mining: Bituminous coal__________________________________________ 271Paper, printing, and publishing:

Miscellaneous trades_______________________________________________ 275Music autographers (New York, N. Y .)____________________________ 279Music engravers (New York, N. Y .)_______________________________ 279

Womens clothing: Ladies1 Garment Workers__________________________ 279Mens clothing:

United Garment Workers__________________________________________ 281Amalgamated Clothing Workers_____ ______ ____ _____ _____________ 281Custom tailors____________________________________________________ 282Cleaners, dyers, and pressers-------- ------------------------------------------- ------ 284

Miscellaneous clothing:Neckwear workers_____ _______ ___________________________________ 284Fur workers__________________________________________________ ____ 285Hatters________________________________ __________________________ 285Straw-hat makers______________________ __________________________ 286Shoe workers--------------------------------- ----------- ------------------------------------ 287Suspender makers-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287

Textiles:Miscellaneous occupations_________________________________________ 288Hosiery (full fashioned) workers___________________________________ 288Surgical knitters--------- --------- ----------------------- -------------------------------- 289Cloth examiners and shrinkers-------- ------------------------------------------- 289

Foods, drinks, and tobacco:Brewery and soft-drinks workers___________________ _______________ 290Hotel and restaurant workers----- -------- ------------------------------------------- 291Meat cutters, butchers, etc----------------- ----------- ------------------------------- 293Cigar makers______________________________________________________ 294

Glass, clay, and stone:Brickmakers______________________________________________________ 295Glass workers_____________________________________________________ 296Paving cutters_________________________________________ __________ 296Granite, stone, and marble workers..._____________________________ 297

Woodworkers:Wood carvers and coopers_________________________________________ 297Millmen, hardwood finishers, and glaziers____________________ _____ 297

Upholsterers and allied trades---------------------- --------------------------------------- 298Amusements:

Actors____________________________________________________________ 300Actors Equity Association___________________________________ _____ 300Chorus Equity Association________________________________________ 300Hebrew Actors Union-------------------- ------------------------------------------------ 300Grand Opera Choral Alliance....... ............................................................_ 301Stage employees and motion-picture operators--------------------------------- 301Miscellaneous theatrical occupations----------------------------------------------- 305Musicians_________________________________________________________ 305

Miscellaneous manufactures:Broom and whisk makers------------------------------------------------ -------- ------ 308Jewelry workers__________________________ ________________________ 309Leather workers___________________________________________________ 310

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CONTENTS V

Miscellaneous trades: PageBarbers_____________ _____ __________________________________________310Billposters and circular distributors__________________________________ 313Building-service workers_____________________________________________313

Janitors_________________________________________________________313Window cleaners________________________________________________ 314Elevator operators and starters__________________________________314

Store clerks_________________________________________________________ 315Office workers_______________________________________________________ 316Telegraphers, commercial____________________________________________ 316Telephone workers__________________________________________________ 317Electrical workers___________________________________________________ 318Compressed-air workers_____________________________________________ 318Paving workers______________________________________________________319Scale men and weighers___________________________________ _________ 320Scenic artists________________________________________________________321Motion-picture photographers_______________________________________ 321Motion-picture studio mechanics_____________________________________321Badge and lodge paraphernalia______________________________________ 321Embalmers__________________________________________________________321Laboratory workers_________________________________________________ 321Newspaper carriers__________________________________________________ 322Pharmacists_________________________________________________________ 322Shirt ironers_________________________________________________________322Turkish and Russian bath attendants________________________________ 322Bus attendants______________________________________________________322Miscellaneous group_________________________________________________ 322


BULLETIN OF THEU. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSNo. 540 WASHINGTON October, 1931

UNION SCALES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR, MAY 15,1930

INTRODUCTIONSince 1911 the Bureau of Labor Statistics each year has collected,

compiled, and published statisticsrelating to the wage rates and hours of labor as agreed to by organized workers and their employers. The study, until 1928, was limited almost exclusively to the principal general trades paid at time rates and to the principal cities of the country. The trades covered in these annual reports have varied from year to year and the list of cities has been increased.

In publishing these reports it was recognized that there were still many classes of union workers not represented. There were large numbers of organized workers employed at piece rates, there were localized industries in which employees were paid by either time or piece rates, and there were minor trade groups in tne regular cities canvassed. These trades had not been canvassed mainly because of the limitation of funds available for the union wage study.

Recognizing the need for additional information on the subject the scope of the study was enlarged in 1928 to include a considerable number of other trades and localities, data for which were collected as of 1927 and 1928 and published in a separate volume as Bulletin 476.

The scope of the study for 1929 was still further enlarged, the effort being made to include representative scales for all labor organizations in the United States. The effort was not entirely successful, as a few organizations were either unable or unwilling to furnish the necessary information, but data of a more or less satisfactory character were obtained from practically all organized trades. These data are presented in the present volume, continuity with the earlier reports being preserved by dividing the volume into two parts. Part 1 covers the same trades and cities as the preceding reports of the bureau on union wage scales and includes only the principal timework trades found in most of the larger cities, the wage scales of which are of a character which permits of a uniform method of statistical presentation. The study in 1930 was conducted similarly with the study in 1929. Part 2 presents the union scales for all other organized trades for which the bureau was able to obtain information.

All the data given in Part 1 and practically all the data in Part 2 relate to May 15,1930, but in some instances the scales in Part 2 are of a slightly later date.


PARTIGENERAL TRADES PAID AT TIME KATES, BY CITIESIn the first part of this report are presented the union wage scales

as of Majr 15, 1930, for 758,211 members of organized general trades as found in 67 important industrial cities geographically distributed so that a fair representation may be obtained for the country as a whole. Following is a list of the trade groups in this part of the report and the'total number of union members represented in each group.

Number of members

Bakers_________________________________________ 18,301Building trades____________________ ______________ 503, 915Chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers________________ 89,119Granite and stone trades__________________________ 5,701Laundry workers_________________________________ 3,529Linemen________________________________________ 4,233Longshoremen___________________________________ 43,072Printing and publishing:

Book and job________________________________ 61,963Newspaper___ ____ __________________________ 28,378

Total.................................. .......................... . 758,211Seventy-five trades and subdivisions of trades have been included.

The average hourly rates of wages for the several trades and groups of tradesin 1930 in comparison with the rates in 1929 appear in Table 2, page 5. The hourly rate of wages for all trades herein listed taken collectively shows an increase of 4.6 cents per hour as between 1929 and 1930.

The per cent of change in hourly rates of wages in 1930 as compared with 1929 is shown by trade groups.

Trade groups showing change in wages per hour in 1980 over 1929Per cent of

increaseBakers___________________________ ____ ____________11. 4Building trades-------------------------------------------------------- 4. 3Chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers___________________ 2. 4Granite and stone trades_____________________________ 3.1Laundry workers___________________________________ 4. 6Linemen_____________________________ _____________ 10. 7Longshoremen______________________________________ 1. 4Printing and publishing:

Book and job_________________________________ 2. 4Newspaper_____________________________________ (2)

Full-time hours per week of all trades taken as a unit have continued the steady downward trend, decreasing 0.9 of an hour from1929 to 1930. By trade groups the granite and stone trades showed the largest decrease, namely, 1.7 hours. Other decreases in fulltime hours per week by trade groups were: Building trades 1.2 hours, linemen 1.3 hours, longshoremen 0.1 of an hour, chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers 0.3 of an hour. Laundry workers showed no change at all, while bakers, book and job printing and newspaper printing changed so slightly that the change could not be measured m tenths of an hour.

2* No change.


GENERAL TRADES PAID AT TIME BATES, B T CITIES

The average hours per full-time week for all trades and all cities herein covered are 43.9 hours.

Table 1 shows the average hours per full-time week and the per cent of members, by trade groups, working each classified number of hours per week. In this table it is of interest to note that in the trades listed 37.7 per cent or slightly more than three-eighths have a working week of 40 hours or less, while only 8.3 per cent nave a week of more than 48 hours.T a b u s 1. Average hours per week and per cent of trade-union members, by trade

groups, working each classified number of hours per week, May 16,1980

Trade groups

Avers ehours&timeweek

Per cent of members whose hours per week were-

Under40

40Over

40and

under44

Over44

andunder

4848

Over48

andunder

5454

Over54

andunder

6060 Over60

Bakers_______________Building trades._______Chauffeurs and teamsters

and drivers__________Granite and stone trades. Laundry workers____Longshoremen. Printing and pu

Book and job . Newspaper..

47.341.953.742.248.045.1 44.644.3 45.0

0.755.51.0

45.2

10.7

.641.61.6

54.7

6.91.54*9

12.9

0.14.2

.31.9

.1

50.686.692.510.6

1.2

46.1

78.41.0

24.1ioo.T24.212.37.0

27.3

0.8.3

1L5.1

2.4.1

14.6

10.0

0.1

30.5 1.2

9.9 .5 .71.1

Average... 43.9 37.5 .7 41.4 3.5 a3 1.6 1.8 1.2 3.6 .1

* Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.

In reading this report it must be kept in mind that it does not cover all cities of the United States nor all trades and that the averages are based on the data here compiled. In computing the averages for the trades the rates in the several cities were weighted by the number of members in the city.

The averages are based on all data available each year. There may be an effective scale in a city one year and not in the next year. If mere is no effective scale, the city does not enter into the average. A change in the average, therefore, is possible though there be no change m any of the other cities.

Further, mere may be a change in the average when there is no change in the rate or hours for any city, all due to a change in the relative number of union members. If there is an increase in membership in high-rate cities and not in low-rate cities the average for the country is raised. Conversely, if increase of membership occurs in the low-rate rather than in the high-rate cities the average is lowered.

A few changes in the large widespread trades may cause but little change in the average, while a few changes in a trade limited as to cities or as to membership may materially affect the average. For example:

In 1929:City A reports 16 men, at $50 per week, earn an aggregate of_$800

City B reports 10 men, at $60 per week, earn an aggregate of- 600Total, 26 men earn__ _____________________________ 1,400

1-man average. $53.85.In 1930:

City A reports 12 men, at $50 per week, earn an aggregate of- $600 City B reports 12 men, at $60 per week, earn an aggregate of- 720

Total, 24 men earn________________________________ 1,3201-man average, $55.


The cities are mainly the largest cities of the country where rates often are higher than in the small cities. The trades covered are those in which the workers are almost universally paid at time rates. It is not practicable to tabulate in this section of the report the many piece rates that are found in some trades.

For convenience in comparisons, all rates are shown in Table A (p. 78) per full-time week as well as per hour. The average full-time weekly rate for 1930 for all trades combined increased 1.3 per cent over the 1929 rate.

Weekly rates in 1930 by trade groups showed small increases in all groups except bakers and the granite and stone trades, ranging from one-tenth of 1 per cent for the newspaper printing trades to 7 per cent for linemen. The bakers and the granite and stone trades rates of wages per full-time week each decreased 1.2 per cent.

It is impossible, of course, to follow up the thousands of individual union members and get from them the time they work and the amount of time they do not work; hence no statement can be made of their actual earnings in a week or in a year. This report can treat only of rates of wages as distinct from actual earnings.

For a description of the scope of this report and the methods followed, see pages 73 and 74.

AVERAGE HOURLY RATES OF WAGES AND NUMBER OF CHANGES IN UNION SCALES, BY TRADES

The average money rates of wages per hour as of May 15, 1930 and 1929, for the country as a whole are given for each trade and for trade groups in Table 2. These averages were obtained by multiplying each hourly rate by the number of members of the union, then adding the products and the number of members and dividing the aggregate wages_ by the aggregate number of members. The number of members is held strictly confidential and is used only for the purpose of computing the averages.

Table 2 shows that the average rate per hour of all trades considered increased from $1,204 in 1929 to $1,250 in 1930.

For 1930 there are tabulated 4,593 union-scale quotations, for 357 of which there are no comparable data for 1929. Of the 4,236 union- scale quotations for which there are comparable data for 1929, 2,723 had not changed during the year and 1,513 had changed in rates or hours or both of these items. There are 1,181 instances of an increase in hourly wage rates in 1930 as compared with 1929; 942 instances of an increase in wage rates per week; and 28 instances of an increase in hours of labor. There are 74 instances of a reduction in hourly wage rates in 1930 as compared with 1929; 404 instances of a reduction in wage rates per full-time week; and 572 instances of a reduction in hours of labor. Of the 572 decreases in hours per week, none occurred in the bakery trades or laundry workers; 407 occurred in the building trades; 71 in chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers; 10 in the granite and stone trades; 3 in linemen; 2 in longshoremen; 11 in book and job printing; and 68 in newspaper printing trades.

4 UNION SCALES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR


T a b le 2 . Average rates of wages per hour and number of union-scale quotations for May 1 5 ,19S0, compared with May 15,1929, in specifiedtrades for the united States

Trade and occupation

Average rates of wages per hoar

May 15, 1930

May 15, 1029

Union-scale^quotations,

Number

Numbercom

parablewith1929

Numberhavingfrom1929

Wage rates per hour

In- De- No

Wage rates per fulltime week

In- De- Nochange

Hours per week

Increase

De- Nochange

BAKERY TRADESBakers..........................................

BUILDING TRADESAsbestos workers................................Bricklayers.........................................

Sewer, tunnel, and caisson...........Building laborers..............................Carpenters..........................................

Millwrights.................................Parquetry-floor layers................Wharf and bridge........................

Cement finishers............ ....................Composition roofers...........................

Helpers...... ................_.................Elevator constructors. ....................

Helpers.........................................Engineers, portable and hoisting.......Glaziers..............................................HocLcarriers...... .................................Inside wiremen.................................

Fixture hangers....... ....................Lathers:

Piece work___________________Time work.___________ ______

Marble setters................. ..................Helpers.........................................

Mosaic and terrazzo workers..............Painters..............................................

Fresco...........................................Sign..............................................

Plasterers............................................Laborers......................................i Per 1,000 laths.

$0,965

1.4451.0951.913.919

1.3901.3031.4751.3001.4931.387.796

1.5191.0931.5931.4061.1061.4841.338

19.424 1.546 1.565 1.046 1.468 1.467 1.380 1.581 1.691 1.161

$0,979

1.3781.6571.917

1.2441.3751.2931.3661.358.795

1.4501.0431.4301.0721.4681.253

>9.7171.4841.5581.0611.4171.3691.2581.5831.6121.090

270 17 10 237 240

386614486624232159386

4645

126354664 13187152173065 13 48 65 43

376612456615181759324

4544

113314063 111764 50 14 2365 9

4465

247

24478

365312141047264

3534

27496

1447351013548

385230

HOURLY

BATES AND

CHANGES

IN UNION

SCALES


T a b le Average rates of wages per hour and number of union-scale quotations for May 15, 1980, compared with May 15,1929, in specified O*trades for the United States Continued


Average rates of wages per hour

Union-scale quotations, 1930 Wage rates per hour

Wage rates per fulltime week Hours per week

?.Iayl5,1980

May 15, 1929

Number

Numbercom

parablewith1929

Numberhavingchanges

from1929

Increase

Decrease

Nochange

Increase

Decrease

Nochange

Increase

Decrease

Nochange

b u il d in g t r a d e scon tin u ed

PlilTnhftrs find gas fitters $1,488 $1,450 66 66 24 13 1 52 5 16 45 18 48Laborers____ ________________ ___ ________ X.013 1.043 13 11 5 2 9 1 3 7 4 7Sheet-metal workers___________________________ ... 1.416 1.355 52 51 28 22 29 17 8 26 13 38Ship carpenters.... ...................... ....................... ............. 1.404 1. Ill 8 7 2 1 6 1 1 5 1 6Slate and tile roofers.......................................... ..... 1.580 1.554 26 23 9 5 18 2 6 15 7 16Steam and sprinkler fitters____________ i______ 1.511 1.444 78 77 35 23 1 53 6 18 53 28 49

Helpers__________________________________ . 1.065 .954 40 36 18 13 23 2 8 26 18 18Stonemasons_________________________________ 1.626 1.627 58 56 20 8 1 47 5 15 36 16 40Structural-iron workers________________________ 1.542 1.467 73 72 28 17 55 15 12 45 14 58

Finishers_______________________________ _____ 1.509 1.492 35 34 12 7 27 5 6 23 7 27Tile layers____________________________ ______ 1.539 1.469 58 57 17 6 51 2 14 41 16 41

Helpers__________________________________ 1.079 .984 21 15 8 5 10 4 4 7 6 9All building trades......................................... X.410 1.352 1,728 1,614 663 405 26 1,183 263 341 1,010 5 407 1,202CHAUFFEURS AND TEAMSTERS AND DRIVERS

Chauffeurs.................................................................... . .724 .709 459 372 121 106 9 257 72 10 290 6 53 313Teamsters and drivers..................................................... .766 .734 142 125 43 38 2 85 29 5 91 18 107

All chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers............... .732 .715 601 497 164 144 11 342 101 15 381 6 71 420GRANITE AND STONE TRADES

Granite cutters______________________________ . . - 1.343 1.279 57 54 18 11 2 41 9 9 36 7 47Stone cutters ________________________________ 1.486 1.472 50 47 6 2 1 44 2 4 41 3 44

All granite and stone trades........................... 1.412 1.369 107 101 24 13 3 85 11 13 77 10 91MISCELLANEOUS

Laundry workers___________________________ _ ___ .479 .458 52 46 10 10 36 10 36 46Linemen................................................................... . 1.128 1.019 43 39 13 7 1 31 10 3 26 3 3 33Longshoremen..... .................... r. , _ __ .875 .863 48 39 3 1 38 1 2 36 2 37

UNION SCALES

OF W

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LA

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PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: BOOK AND JOB

Bindery women______ -_____Bookbinders...... ...................... .Compositors....... ....................Electrotypers-----------------------Machiner operators..................Machine tenders (machinists)- Machinist operators_________Press i___Pressmen:

Cylinder.. Piaten___

and feeders.

All printing and publishing: Book and job..PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: NEWSPAPER

Compositors:Day work_______________________________Night work..................................................... .

Machine operators, day work:Piecework...................................................... .Time work______________________________

Machine operators, night work:Piece work........................................................Time work...................................................

Machine tenders (machinists):Day work______ ________________________Night work___________________ _________ _

Machinist operators:Day work.......................... ...............................Night work..................................................... .

Photo-engravers:Day work............. .......................................... .Night work.......................................................

Pressmen, web presses:Day work........................................................ .Night work.................................................... .

Btereotypers:Day work........................................................ .Night work.......................................................

All printing and publishing: Newspaper.. All trades covered above_______________

.5441.0151.1621.2031.2401.2671.1161.335.865

1.166.947

1.074

1.2101.315M451.2208.1561.3331.2061.3081.0811.2031.3421.6361.0951.2721.0641.2281.2411.250

.5291.0021.1271.2611.1881.1951.1251.331

1.150.939

L049

1.2031.326

1.224*.1471.3361.1861.3401.0481.1891.3461.5961.0891.2571.0551.2011.2411.204

5380675861

50147156113

4671645256223448

136143105

131919

10109

4229

12171925211098

4227

452735122440

10310176

11141923211097

294227

3554452935122440

10310176

777

83728

868

72

119

4337

1201026056

8271

87064

4235

1171006055

34293

32

26

151364

219

331

26

1212

572422

10 548

48425

515

423632

423632

212

26223

263

22

19

121056532321

11 554

54495

555

484139

272556463734

375 13 481 134*593 4,236 1,513 1,181 74 2,981 404 2,890

11

4466644756223446

136143105763

74628

778

63

4129

11192

797572 3,636

* Per 1,000 ems.

HO

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CH

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UNION SC

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Table 2 shows further that of the 270 quotations for bakers tabulated in 1930, 254 were comparable with 1929, and that of the 254 comparable with 1929, 7 increased, 10 decreased, and 237 had no change in wage rates per hour; 8 increased, 6 decreased, and 240 had no change in wage rates per full-time week; while 7 increased and 247 had no change in number of hours per full-time week. The other items of the table may be read in like manner.

Expressed in percentages of the total number of union-scale quotations in which there were scale changes, 78.1 per cent resulted in increases and 4.9 per cent in decreases in rates of wages per hour; 62.3 per cent provided increases and 26.7 per cent decreases in wage rates per full-time week; and 1.9 per cent provided increases and 37.8 per cent decreases in the hours per full-time week.

WEEKLY HOURS OF LABOR, BY TRADESTable 3 shows the percentage of members in each trade or occupation

working certain classified hours per week on May 15, 1930.It wul be observed from the table that 96.7 per cent of the bakers

had a week of 48 hours or less, and that 55.5 per cent or more than helf of the building trades members had a week of 40 hours.

Seven crafts in the building trades with averages of under 41 hours per week had the shortest working week. The longest working week as shown by the report was that for teamsters and drivers, 55.5 hours, and for chauffeurs, 53.2 hours.

8 UNION SCALES OP WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR

T able 3. Per cent of trade-union members in the United States working each cla ssified num ber o f hours per w eek, May 15, 1980


Per cent of members whose hours per week were

Average

hoursw5k

Under40

40

Over40

andunder44

44

Over44

andunder48

48

Over48

andunder54

54

Over54

andunder60

60 Over60

BAKERY TRADES

Bakers_______________. . ._____ 47.3 0.7 10.7 ? 9 78.4 0.8 2.4 0.1BUILDING TRADES

Asbestos workers______________ 41.941.741.743.842.4 43.240.842.042.141.943.5 42.442.243.142.1 41.841.740.740.641.642.241.7

51.958.456.721.541.532.979.855.848.552.811.539.545.839.3 49.065.258.483.285.859.545.2 56,7

48.1 41.643.364.3 55.058.52a 242.348.845.288.560.554.244.549.531.439.9 5.6

14.240.5 54.8 43*3

IBricklayers___________________

Sewer, tunnel, and caisson___Building laborers____ . . . _______ 1.5

3.58.6 3.7 .4

Carpenters___ _______________Millwrights_______________ 8.1 .6Parquetry-floor layers_______Wharf and bridge__________ 1.9

Cement finishers_______________ 2.12.0

.7Composition roofers____________

Helpers___________________Elevator constructors___________

Helpers___________________Engineers, portable and hoisting.. Glaziers______________________

15.2 I T

.3.9 a2

T o "1.7

11.2Hod carriers.............. .................... ------ ------Inside wiremen. ............. .............

Fixture hangers____________Lathers________________ _____Marble setters_________________

Helpers............ .......................Mosaic and terrazzo workers.........


WEEKLY HOURS OF TABOR, BY TRADES 9

T able 3* Per cent of trade-union members in the United States working each classified number of hours per week, May 15, 1980Continued

Trade and occupationAver

agehoursweek


Under40

40

Over40

andunder44

44

Over44

andunder48

48

Over48

andunder54

54

Over54

andunder60

60 Over60

BUILDING tra d e scontinuedPainters:

Rnildlng 40.840.941.640.6 41.041.441.9 42.241.841.741.7 4a 441.442.541.941.541.6

80.877.2ea 285.576.064.552.349.656.958.157.690.765.237.3 52.262.860.9

19.2 22.839.811.9 22.0 35.547.746.841.841.9 42.49.3

34.862.747.837.2 39.1

Fresco-I_______________ __Sign______________________

Plasterers____________________ 2 .62 .0Laborers..............................

Plumbers and gas fitters__ ______LfthnrOTS..7........ ......... .

Sheat-metal workers, ------ ------ 3.61.3Ship carpenters_____________ . . .

Slate ana tile roofers________ . . . .8t**ni fitters..............n Trri-

Helpers.. . . . . . . . . . . _______ _Stone masons_________ _______Structural-iron workers____ . . . . . . ------ ------Finishers..____Tile layers.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Helpers.. . . . . . . . . . . . __. . . ___Average for building trades..

CHAUFFEURS AND TEAMSTERS AND DRIVERS

Chauffeurs______. . . . . . . _______

41.9 55.5 41.6 1.5 1.0 .3 .1 0

53.255.5

L3.1

.8 1.9.2

5.14.2

25.419.1

12.95.8

14.913.3

11.06.0

25.351.1

1.4Teamsters and drivers_________ ------

Average for chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers.......

GRANITE AND STONE TRADES

Granite cutters........... -

53.7 L0 .6 1.6 4.9 24.1 11.5 14.6 ia o 30.5 1.2

41.842.7

55.733.9

44.365.9Stone cuttersu.____________ ____

Average for granite and stone trades..__________

------ ------- .2 ....... ....... ....... .......

42.2 45.2 54.7 ____ ____ .1 ___MISCELLANEOUS

Laundry workers________ ___ . . . 48.045.1 44.6

100.024.212.3

Linemen........... ................... . . . 12.9 50.686.6

L 2 9.9 .5 .71.1T jf>T> gghnramAn________________

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: BOOS AND YOB

Bindery women__ _ __ 44.844.944.044.843.944.0 43.743.944.244.3 44.5

80.378.199.680.799.1

100.085.0 97.994.191.888.2

19.72L9Bookbinders_________________

Compositors. . . . . . _____________ .3 .1"\Y

Electrotypers___ . . . . . . . ________a T

19.3Machine operators.........__. . . .Manhinft tenders (machinists)___Machinist operators__ _ 15.0Photo-engravers.____________ 2.1Press assistants and feeders____ _ 5.9

8.211.8

Pressmen:Cylinder___________ ___ . . . .Platen____________________

publishing: ook*and job .PRINTING AND PUBLISHING:

NEWSPAPER

Compositors:Day work________ ________

44.3 .i .3 .1 92.5 7.0 ____ ____ ___ ____

45.545.1

1.6.6

.9

.75.59.3

11.612.0

54.258.8

26.018.5Night work_______________

iJLess than one-tenth of 1 per cent.



T a b le 3* Per cent of trade-union members in the United States working eachclassified number of hours per week, May 15, 1980Continued

Trade and occupationAverage

boors


Under46

40

Over40

andunder44

Over44

andunder48

48

Over48

andunder54

64

Over64

andunder60

eo Overeo

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: n ew spape r continued

Machine operators:Bay work............................Night work________ _____

Machine tenders (machinists):Day work............................Night work.........................

Machinist operators:Day work............................Night work.........................

Photo-engravers:Day work............................Night work.........................

Pressmen, web presses:Day work............................Night work........................ .

Stereotypers:Day work........................... .Night work........................ .

Average lor printing and publishing: Newspaper....

Grand average for all trades covered above...................

45.044.845.545.146.446.043.941.546.842.646.742.7

45.0

43.9

1.31.1.8

1.653.1

9.3

5.511.216.122.74.4

.548.48.1

11.1

7.48.87.97.4

90.423.0

18.0

52.365.659.567.422.631.8

39.211.029.625.7

25.413.724.213.661.345.5

60.313.261.427.0

4.2 1.9 9.8 10.6 46.1 27.3

37.5 41.4 3.5 8.3 1.6 1.8 1.2 3.6 .1

The continuing decrease in hours per full-time week for the past several years has been largely due to the adoption of a 5-day week by many of the crafts. Table 4 shows the extent to which the 5-day week was in effect in the trades and cities included on May 15,1930.

The general adoption of the 5-day week by trade-unionists is being very rapidly accomplished by some trade groups, the most significant advance in this movement being among the building trades, where all crafts have the short week in some degree. In some cities all crafts of the building trades have adopted the short working week, and the lathers, painters, and plasterers and some individual crafts within the group have gone far toward its general adoption. Considering the membership of the granite and stone trades in the cities in which these trades were found, more than half of the granite cutters and more than a third of the stone cutters had a 5-day week. Among the balance of the groups, linemen show a trend toward the adoption of the 5-day week, longsnoremen and laundry workers show no members at all on such a basis, while the bakers ana the chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers show only a superficial beginning. In the printing trades, both book and job and newspaper, few members have a 5-day week. The few that do have the short week are mainly employed on foreign text composition, the exception being the photoengravers, especially in the book and job printing trades, who have a long-term agreement providing a 5-day week for an additional month each year until the whole year is worked on that basis.


The table does not reflect the entire adoption of the 5-day week because some of the crafts, for instance the building laborers in the building trades, although actually working only 5 days per week have not officially adopted or incorporated this 5-day week m their agreements with employers. In such cases the bureau is bound by the agreements and shows a 5K-day week for them as the craft could work the longer time, the elements of union wages being as defined in part, an agreement between the craft and employers and for maximum hours.

WEEKLY HOURS OP LABOR, BY TRADES 11

T able 4 Per cent of total trade-union members, in cities reporting, working a 5-day week, May 15, 1980, by occupation

Occupation

Per cent of total membership, in cities reporting, which have a 5- day week

Occupation

Per cent of total membership, in cities reporting, which have a 5- day week

Wholeyear

Half year or more

Lessthanhalfyear

Wholeyear

Half year or more

Lessthanhalfyear

BAKERY TRADES BUILDING TRADESCOn.

Bakers......_____. . . . . . . __ 0.7 Structural-iron workers_____ 37.3 1.8 3.4Finishers, , 52.2 .7BUILDING TRADES Tile layers_______________ 61.6 L2

4.5Helpers_______________ 59.8Asbestos workers__________ 51.3 6Bricklayers_______ ______ 57.8 1.2 CHAUFFEURS AND TEAMSTERS

Sewer, tunnel, and caisson.________________ 55.4 1.3

AND DRIVERS

Building laborers..________ 21.3 .1 Chauffeurs___________ ____ 1.3 1.4Carpenters__. . . . . . . ___ ____ 39.4 8.1 Teamsters and drivers_____ .1

Millwrights.................... 30.5 2.4Parquetry-floor layers... Wharf and bridge______

79.8 GRANITE AND STONE TRADES51.7 11.8

Cement finishers__________ 48.5 Granite cutters____________ 55.7 8.2 20.6.3Composition roo fers.......... 51.7 3.8 Stone cutters_____________ 33.9

Helpers _-__ _____ 11.5Elevator constructors..____ 39.5 MISCELLANEOUS

H elpers,____ . . . . _____ 45.8Engineers, portable and

hoisting________________Glaziers__________________

linemen_________________ 12.9 3.439.349.0

.8 2.5PRINTING AND PUBLISHING:

Hod carriers____ __________ 65.1 .1 BOOK AND JOBInside wiremen___________ 58.4

Fixture hangers________ 83.2 C ompositors_____________ .3Lathers__________________ 85.8 .4 Machine operators_________ &Marble setters____________ 59.0 11.2 Photo-engravers...... .............. 66.9Helpers_______________ 44.4 8.7 Pressmen, cylinder.________ .1Mosaic and terrazzo workers. 55.0 1.7Painters:

Building..____________ 80.8PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.*

NEWSPAPERFresco..._____________ 77.2Sign__________________ 00.2 Compositors:

Pay work____ ______Plasterers__________ _ . . . 85.5 .9Laborers____________ _ 75.1 .9 Night work___________ .7

Plumbers and gas fitters____ 64.5 Machine operators:Pay work___________Laborers______________ 52.3 2.6

Sheet-metal workers_______ 49.6 Night work.....................Machine tenders: Day work.. Photo-engravers:

Day work - ___

2.5Ship carpenters_____ _____ 56.9 .8Slaw ana tile roofers.............. 58.0 .1Steam fitters.......................... 57.6 1.6 1.1

Helpers.......... ................ 90.7 .1 Night work . ___ .9Stone masons........................ 65.1 Pressmen, web: Night work. 0)

i Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent.46499 31------ 2


1 2 UNION SCALES OP WAGES AND HOURS OP LABOR

PER CENT OF CHANGE IN WEEKLY RATES OF WAGES, 1930, COMPARED WITH EACH SPECIFIED YEAR FROM 1907Table 5 shows for each trade the per cent of increase (or decrease)

in rates of wages per full-time week in 1930 as compared with each specified year.T a b le 5 . Per cent o f increase in rates o f wage* perfuUM m e week in 1980 a* com

pared with specified preceding years

OccupationPer cent of increase in rates of wages per full-time week in 1930 as com

pared with

1917 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1928 1929

125.2 49.2 3.4 4.0 11.7 >0.3 1.0 U .2

133.6 74.3 32.7 37.0 18.0 5.2 4.6 .9115.0 8a 4 34.0 21.1 8.6 .4 1.4 (*)82.6 66.7 23.3 18.4 1.0 112.6 U1.7 14.1122.4 70.8 18.4 23.5 16.6 5.0 4.7 4.2116.7 73.1 27.6 23.2 12.8 1.9 2.2 .488.5 45.4 13.2 8.8 8.0

IN D EX NUMBERS OF ALL TRADES COMBINED 13T able 5* Per cent of increase in rates of wages per full-time week in 19S0 as com

pared with specified preceding years^Continued

OccupationPer cent of increase in

pared withfull-time week in 1930 as com*

1907 1913 1917 1919 1923 1925 1927 1928' 1929

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: BOOK AND JOB

Bindery women____________Bookbinders...........................Compositors...........................Electrotypers..........................Machine operators..................Machine tenders.....................Machinist operators________Photo-engravers......................Press assistants and "eeders__Pressmen:

150.4168.4186.7138.7

133.7138.5157*9119.4114.4 73.1

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING: NEWSPAPER

Compositors:Day work_____________Night work------------------

Machine operators:Day work_____________Night work......................

Machine tenders (machinists);Daywork_____________Night work......................

Machinist operators:Day work_____________Night work____________

Photo-engravers:Day work_____________Night work......................

Pressmen, web presses:Day work_____________Night work------------------

Stereotypers:Day work_____________Night work------------------

202.6149.9162.1

133.3117.3132.5120.0

171.1120.7140.1

109.3 102.6112.5106.210&790.076.581.3

155.2138.6126.3119.2

127.3127.298.299.7

127.2 115.9122.2 128.0 110.4107.0 66.9

117.1146.1108.6119.8

100.195.7

102.597.797.986.370.076.2

108.1121.5117.9120.189.191.4

57.4 50.764.689.460.353.440.4 76.263.755.8 62.6

59.755.559.856.447.2 4a 857.853.068.573.065.964.161.563.2

6.512.515.5 19.818.517.2 11.0 30.1 18.014.3mo

2a 0 1&222.121.413.911.29.6

13.526.632.723.424.016.916.9

7.1 12.0 14.1 11.016.7 16.48.1

27.8 10.3ia i9.8

16.612.315.715.211.69.17.7

15.322.725.022.222.313.713.5

4.46.09.4 6.6

12.210.8 .616.35.66.05.8

8.48.18.49.19.16.24.8

ia713.7 17.39.79.98.08.7

4.32.45.34.36.72.8

>3.54.5 3.23.9.9

4.3 2.13.45.14.32.2.8

1.05.85.52.54.35.16.4

3.6 2.3 3.83.5 6.07.73.81.6 2.73.12.5

2.5.6

1.2.7

2.5 1.31.31.1.1

3.51.81.64.45.8

2.8L43.31.44.4 6.1

*1.3.1

1.81.4 8

.8 1.21.4 >.21.2

12.71.5.8

1.62.6.5

1.0.9

1.1

i Decrease.

According to Table 5 the weekly rate for bakers increased 157.1 per cent between 1913 and 1930. This means that the bakers fulltime weekly wage rate in 1930 was more than two and one-half times .the rate o f .19.13... Between.1907 and. 1930 the bakers weekly rate increased 202.2 per cent. In other words, bakers wages in 1930 were more than three times those of 1907.

Data for all trades are not available as far back as 1913. So far as shown, the greatest increase in any trade between 1913 and 1930 was in steam and sprinkler fitters helpers. Here the increase was 205.8 per cent, making the rate more than three times as much in1930 as in 1913. The greatest increase between 1907 and 1930 is also for steam and sprinkler fitters helpers. In this trade the weekly rate in 1930 was more than three and six-tenths times the rate in 1907.

INDEX NUMBERS OF ALL TRADES COMBINED, 1907 TO 1930The index numbers in Table 6 are percentages in which the rates

for all of the years were compared with the rate in the selected base year (1913), which is taken as 100. Table 6 shows the extent of the changes in all cities and all trades combined, in union wage rates taken as a whole for each year from 1907 to 1930: the data for preceding years are drawn from earlier reports.


1 4 UNION SCALES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR

Table 6* Index numbers of union wage rales and hours of labor from 1907 to 1980as compared with 1918

[1913-100.0]

Year

Index numbers of

Rate of wages

per hour

Hours per full

time week

Rate of

week

Year

Index numbers of

Rate of wages

per hour

Hours per full

time week

Rate of wages per full-time

week

1907.1906.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.

89.791.0 91.9 94.496.0 97.6

100.0101.9102.8107.2114.1132.7

102.6102.1101.9101.1100.7100.3100.099.699.4 98.898.4 97.0

91.592.5 93.3 95.296.5 97.7

100.0 101.6106.2112.4129.6

1919.. 1920.1921..1922..1923..1924..1925.. 1926-1927..1928..1929..1930..

154.5199.0205.3193.1 210L6228.1 237.9250.3259.5260.6 262.1 272.1

94*793.893.9 94.494.393.9 93.092.892.491.991.5 89.8

147.8188.5193.3 183.0198.6214.3233.4240.8240.6240.7243.8

Table 6 shows that union wage rates per hour were higher in 1930 than in any preceding year, the index for 1930 being 272.1. This means that union wage rates per hour as a whole were nearly two and three-fourths times as much in 1930 as they were in 1913.

Full-time hours per week were 10.2 per cent lower in 1930 than in 1913 and full-time weekly earnings were more than 2.4 times as much in 1930 as in 1913.

As some readers may desire to make comparisons with the initial year, 1907, a table of index numbers has been computed from the same basic figures starting with 1907 as 100.T able 7. Index numbers of union wage rates and hours of labor from 1907 to 1980

as compared with 1907 [1907-100.0]

Year

Index numbers of

Rate of wages

per hour

Hours per full

time week

Rate ofm ae

Year

Index numbers of

Rate of wages

per hour

Hours per full

time week

Rate of wai

1907 . 1908 . _____190 9 191 0 191 1 191 2 191 3 191..................... 4 191..................... 5 191------------------6 191..................... 7 191___________ 8

100.0 10L 4102.5105.3107.1 108.8111.1113.6 114.5119.4 127.2 147.9

100.099.5 99.398.698.297.797.5 97.196.996.395.994.6

mo10L1mo104.0 105.4 106.8 109.3111.0111.7 116.1122.8 141.6

1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.

172.2221.8215.3 2347 254.2265.1279.0289.2290.4292.1303.2

92.39L491.692.0 91.991.590.790.590.089.6 89.2 87.5

161*5206.0211.2199.9216.9 234.1242.8255.0263.1262.8 263.0

Table 7 shows an index for wage rates per hour of 303.2 in 1930 as compared with 100 in 1907. This means that the rates per hour were more than three times as much in 1930 as in 1907. The index for full-time hours per week in 1930 is 87.5, meaning that since 1907 fulltime hours per week have decreased 12.5 per cent. The index for full-time rates of wages per week stands at 266.3in 1930,meaning that full-time weekly earnings were slightly less than two and two-thirds times as much in 1930 as in 1907.


An inspection of these index numbers shows that the grand average of union rates of wages per hour has increased each year save one for the last 22 years, the average for 1922 being lower than the average for 1921. The average rate per full-time week showed an increase every year except two 1922 and 1928.

While the rate of wages has been increasing the hours per full-time week have been almost as steadily decreasing; only two years showed increases, viz, 1921 and 1922.

To set forth more clearly the extent of change from year to year in the grand average of union rates of wages per hour and of hours per full-time week Table 8 is presented. This table shows the per cent of change in the rate of wages per hour and in hours per full-time week in May of one year compared with the rate and hours in May of the preceding year.

INDEX NUMBERS, BT TRADES 15

T a b le 8 . Per cent of change in union rates of wages per hour and in hours per full-time week for each specified year compared with the preceding year

YearIncrease in rate

per hour

Decrease in fulltime hours

per weekYear

Increase in rate

per hour

Decrease in fan- time hours

per week

1906 compared with 1907____1909 compared with 190&.------1910 compared With 1909__1911 compared with 1910____1912 compared with 1911____1913 compared with 1912____1914 compared with 1913____1915 compared with 1914____1916 compared with 1915____1917 compared with 1916-------1918 compared with 1917____1919 compared with 1918____

Per vent1.4 1.02.71.7 1.62.5 1.9.8

4.36.5

16.2 16.5

Percent0.5.2.7.4.4.4.4.2.6.4

1.42.4

1920 compared with 1919........1921 compared with 1920____1922 compared with 1921........1923 compared with 1922-------1924 compared with 1923........1925 compared with 1924........1926 compared with 1925-------1927 compared with 1926-------1928 compared with 1927____1929 compared with 1928____1930 compared with 1929-------

Percent28.83.2

*5.99.08.54.3 5.23.7 .4 .6

3.8

Percent1.01.21.5.1.5.9.2.5.5.4

1.9

Increase. * Decrease.

INDEX NUMBERS OF BUILDING TRADESBecause of the particular interest of the public in the changes in

rates in the building trades taken as a whole, the following table is given. Index numbers have not been computed for any of the other trade groups.T a b le /

1 6 UNION SCALES OP WAGES AND HOUKS OP LABOR

T a b le 10# Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rates of wages per hour, and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 1980

[1913*100.0]

Year

Bakers

Building trades

Bricklayers Bricklayers: Sewer, tunnel, and caisson Building laborers

Hoarsatimeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wages&timeweek

Hoursperfiu-timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesperfulltimeweek

Hours&timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wages&timeweek

1907_________ 111. l 76.5 85.1 102.4 94.2 96.6 102.8 90.2 93.51908.................. 110.2 79.2 87.3 102.4 94.8 96.8 102.8 90.7 9401909________ lia o 82.1 90.4 102.1 95.3 97.3 102.5 90.9 .9411910-................ 109.1 85.8 92.3 100.6 96.7 97.2 100.0 945 9481911.................. 106.3 89.5 95.0 100.2 96.8 97.0 100.0 946 94.91912................. 101.3 96.0 97.1 100.2 98.1 98.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.8 96.11913.................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01914.................. 99.4 102.5 102.0 99.5 102.5 102.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.9 100.51915.................. 99.4 103.4 102.9 99.4 102.9 102.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 101.4 100.01916.................. 98.1 107.0 105.5 99.2 103.8 103.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.2 106.1 10411917................. 97.6 116.7 114.2 99.0 107.4 106.3 100.0 103.4 103.4 98.2 117.2 111.61918............r 96.0 142.2 136.3 98.9 115.4 114.3 100.0 110.9 110.9 97.7 137.4 130.21919.................. 92.6 186.1 172.3 98.8 128.2 126.8 99.9 113.4 113.3 95.8 155.8 145.31920-................ 89.9 264.0 238.0 98.7 174.7 172.6 99.9 152.3 152.2 94.8; 225.9 208.41921_________ 90.3 278.7 248.7 98.7 172.7 170.6 99.9 153.2 153.2 94.7 227.7 209.71922-_________ 90.4 267.0 240.6 98.7 168.4 166.4 99.9 149.0 149.0 94.0 213.9 195.81923.................. 90.2 276.0 247.1 98.6 191.1 188.8 99.8 159.6 159.5 94.7 218.1 201.01924.................. 90.1 283.5 254.5 98.6 202.2 198.9 99.8 167.3 167.2 94.4 242.4 222.11925.................. 89.7 293.4 261.7 98.5 213.4 2ia5 99.8 187.1 187.0 94.5 231.6 212.91926_________ 90.5 277.2 250.3 98.5 226.4 223.5 99.8 199.2 199.0 947 2549 235.01927_________ 90.2 286.8 258.0 98.1 231.9 227.7 98.7 218.6 216.0 949 255.8 236.21928_________ 89.6 %5.9 254.5 98.0 233.9 229.6 99.7 214.3 213.8 948 257.0 237.01929.................. 89.4 293.4 260i4 95.5 239.7 228.6 98.3 199.5 196.9 94 7 258.2 238.11930-................ 89.4 289.2 257.1 93.3 245.1 228.6 94.7 199.1 188.8 92.8 275.3 248.2

Building tradesContinued

Carpenters Carpenters: Par- quetry-floor layers Cement finishersEngineers, portable

and hoisting

1907.................. 101; 7 90.7 91.7 102.4 90.7 92.71908__________ 101.4 91.4 92.4 101.5 90.5 91.51909i............. 101.4 92.3 9313 102.2 93.3 94.2 1910-................. 100.7 95.1 95.5 102.1 94.2 95.01911__________ 100.2 96.5 96.5 101.1 97.7 98.51912................. 100.1 98.5 98.6 101.1 97.7 98.5 101.4 97.3 98.41913_________ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01914._________ 99.6 101.6 101.5 100.0 106.1 106.0 99.4 101.0 100.5 99.8 101.4 101.21915_________ 99.5 102.8 102.7 100.4 106.6 106.8 99.4 101.9 101.4 99.4 101.5 100.91916_________ 99.4 105.8 105.6 100.4 107.7 107.9 97.9 103.0 101.4 98.9 102.5 101.41917-_________ 99.2 115.2 114.7 100.4 116.4 116.5 96.7 106.9 106.3 98.3 108.1 106.11918.................. 98.5 126.1 124.8 95.3 13a 0 124.2 96.2 120.2 116.7 96.8 123.8 119.71919_________ 98.3 145.9 143.5 94.6 1^.3 141.5 95.5 134.7 129.9* 96.3 135.7 129.61920._________ 98.5 194.8 191.9 94.1 219.0 206.5 95.0 182.9 175.7 95.8 175.6 167.21921.................. 98.4 197.8 194.7 94.1 219.6 206.9 95.0 188.4 181.1 96.3 178.2 17a 61922__________ 98.6 183.1 182.5 93.7 220.6 207.3 95.0 174.7 167.8 95,9 168.0 leao1923__________ 98.8 204.0 201.7 93.6 222.0 208.2 95.0 191.2 183.5 95.6 185.5 175.91924__________ 98.8 218.3 216.0 93.2 222.0 207.5 95.0 211.4 203.0 95.6 197.2 187.21925__________ 98.8 222.8 220.3 93.4 215.7 201.7 94.7 212.6 203.8 95.9 205.7 195.91926--------------- 98.8 238.4 235.6 94.1 253.1 238.6 94.7 226.9 217.3 96.1 217.2 207.41927__________ 98.8 246.7 243.7 93.9 25ft 2 235.2 94.4 236.8 226.3 97.7 224 2 218.61928__________ 98.2 247.5 243.2 93.3 236.1 220.7 93.8 234.6 222.6 96.6 233.5 22401929__________ 98.2 252.0 247.6 93.6 241.9 226.9 93.9 2346 222.9 96.9 232.5 223.61930........ ......... 95.1 261.6 248.4 87.7 259.5 226.7 90.3 256.4 233.5 93.5 259.0 238.5


T a b l e 10.-

INDEX NUMBERS, BY TRADES 17

- Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rates of wages per hour,and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 1980 Continued

Year


Hod carriers Inside wiremen Inside wiremen: Fixture hangers Lathers

Hours&timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursperfill'timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesperall-timeweek

Hoursperfilltimeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

102.5 95.2 97.1 101.4 88.9 89.7102.4 95.5 97.3 101.2 93.8 916102.1 95.7 97.4 101.2 94.3 95.1101.2 97.2 98.2 100.8 95.9 96.5100.7 98.1 96.7 100.6 96.9 97.4 102.4 918 97.9100.0100.098.798.798.7

98.7100.0101.1101.81019

96.7100.0101.1101.7104.8

100.2100.099.699.198.4

98.1 100.0103.1105.1107.2

98.2100.0102.7 1012105.7

102.1100.099.0 96.596.0

95.5100.0105.8106.4u a i

97.8 100.0 1018 1019106.8

100.0100.0100.099.599.5

97.8100.0101.9103.0106.0

97.7100.0101.9102.5105.0

98.698.6 98.2 98.1

117.0136.6159.8232.4

116.7 136.3 158.9230.7

98.097.396.596.2

113.9127.0 145.6192.0

111.91214141.4186.0

96.0 95.895.0 918

117.9129.31412193.8

1113125.2138.6185.7

99.199.0 98.798.1

110.2119.1132.4188.9

108.8117.4130.01817

98.098.198.1 98.0

237.8 197.1 215.4224.9

236.0195.8214.3223.5

96.296.296.296.2

20L9190.4 197.1220.5

195.81815191.0213.7

917 95.1918 914

20215192.2205.6221.8

1912185.0197.2211.9

96.198.2 98.498.2

192.1 180.5 199.3215.1

187.8176.9195.6210.7

97.998.098.098.0 92.792.9

251.5273.8280.4280.7293.0302.3

249.4271.9278.5278.9273.5 280.8

96.296.196.2 95.7 93.491.2

232.4244.6254.9257.2268.2 271.1

225.2236.9 246.7247.9251.6248.6

95.091991491293.787.7

220.82317232.7235.8241.8 258.2

212.4 225.2222.5 225.1229.6 229.0

97.997.697.296.796.290.9

2315240.6250.3251.0249.0259.4

229.72315 242.6 242.1238.82316


Marble setters Marble setters helpers Painters Painters, fresco

101.8 89.9 9L4 102.3 85.3 87.2101.8 90.7 92.3 102.2 88.1 90.0100.7 91*2 91.9 102.0 88.8 90.6100.5 92.5 93.2 101.3 92.6 93.3100.0 93.4 93.7 100.7 913 917100.0100.099.899.8 99.6

93.8100.0101.1102.1102.4

93.9100.0101.0102.0102.0

100.0100.099.699.699.6

910100.0100.6100.6100.6

916100.0100.4100.4100.4

100.6100.099.799.7 99.1

95.4100.0103.4103.9113.2

95.7100.0103.1 103.5112.2

100.3100.099.499.496.5

98.4100.010141014116.6

98.7100.0103.9103.9 115.0

99.699.599.199.1

102.5107.9119.9 158.4

102.1107.4118.9157.0

99.699.699.599.5

107.3112.0128.1216.2

106.8111*6127.5215.5

98.197.797.5917

117.0129.4151.4206.0

115.9 127.4148.9 196.1

96.598.498.492.4

117.6122.2142.92017

115.9120.2140.8189.3

99.299.299.299.2

160.6157.3178.0186.1

159.4 156.0176.5184.6

99.899.899.899.8

215.3200.1216.22313

215.1200.1 216.2 2311

91795.495.195.0

212.8199.1218.7230.5

202.6190.6208.9220.0

92.092.892.795.4

207.1197.2 206.5 1911

190.9183.1191.6185.5

99.299.299.199.199.1 93.8

190.0212.3217.0218.0233.4234.5

188.3 210.5215.0216.0231.4219.5

99.899.899.799.899.795.7

222.5246.7 245.2248.0262.8259.1

222.3246.6 2418247.6262.4246.5

95.391991592.091.890.5

243.1257.5266.2 270.8 270.2289.5

233.2245.3 252.5249.3248.2262.3

93.195.591691191492.8

220.0220.1245.1226.7231.0253.4

2017210.5231.4212.9217.32317

1907..1906..1909..1910..1911..1912..1913..1914..1915..1916..1917..1918..1919..

1921..1922..1923..1924..1925..1926..1927..1928..1929..1930..

1907-1908..1909..1910.. 1911-1912.. 1913-1914..1915-1916-1917..1918-1919-1920-1921..1922-1923-1924-1925..1926..1927..

1930..



T a b le 1 0 . Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rales of wages per hour,and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 19S0Continued


Year

Painters, sign Plasterers Plasterers laborers Plumbers and gas fitters

Hoursatimeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Ratoof

wages

timeweek

Hours

timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wages&timeweek

HoursperfoU-timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesperrail'timeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

1907.................. 101.2 95.0 96.2 10L 2 90.8 91.6 101.2 87.9 90.51908.................. 100.8 94.7 95.2 100.9 95.0 95.4 101.3 88.8 91.41909.................. 100.7 95.5 95.8 100.6 95.8 96.4 101.3 90.2 93.11910.................. 100.6 96.6 97.0 100.6 96.4 96.9 101.1 90.9 93.61911.................. 100.3 97.1 97.4 100.5 96.5 96.9 100.8 96.2 97.01912.................. 100.0 99.1 99.1 100.0 97.6 97.5 100.1 96.7 96.81913.................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01914.................. 99.6 100.5 100.0 99.9 100.5 100.3 100.1 102.2 102.0 99.6 101.4 100.91915.................. 99.3 100.5 99.8 99.4 100.9 100.3 100.1 102.4 102.3 99.6 102.1 101.51916.................. 99.5 102.6 102.1 98.4 104.7 103.0 99.1 105.0 103.8 99.1 103.0 102.01917.................. 99.0 107.0 106.0 98.3 107.5 105.7 99.0 112.3 111.1 99.0 106.5 105.51918.................. 98.9 117.2 115.9 98.0 113.5 111.3 99.0 129.3 128.0 98.2 117.5 115.81919.................. 98.8 140.7 138.9 98.0 130.9 128.3 98.7 147.3 145.6 97.9 133.0 130.71920.................. 96.8 189.9 187.5 97.9 170.7 167.3 98.6 213.5 210.9 97.9 172.1 169.11921.................. 98.7 196.1 193.5 97.5 180.5 176.2 98.3 219.1 215.7 97.8 181.1 177.61922.................. 98.7 194.3 191.9 97.6 173.5 169.5 98.2 192.6 189.3 97.7 168.2 168.21923.................. 96.9 210.0 202.9 98.1 193.2 189.9 98.4 212.0 208.9 97.7 185.6 182.01924_________ 95.2 239.2 226.2 98.2 216.1 212.5 98.3 227.8 224.0 97.7 202.4 198.61925_________ 95.1 241.5 228.9 97.9 219.8 215.4 98.1 243.1 239.3 97.7 206.6 202.71926.................. 97.2 240.4 233.1 95.1 236.1 224.1 94.9 257.2 243.5 97.7 222.7 218.61927.................. 95.4 247.2 234.7 94.7 241.0 227.6 94.9 259.7 245.6 97.6 227.2 222.71928_________ 95.2 247.5 234.8 93.9 241.6 226.3 95.1 264.1 250.6 97.5 232.1 227.41929__________ 93.7 249.9 233.1 93.0 238.6 221.7 95.0 265.0 251.6 96.7 233.8 226.81930__________ 93.2 249.6 231.7 91.2 250.3 227.8 919 282.3 259.1 92.0 240.0 221.3


Sheet-metal workers Steam fitters Steam fitters' helpers Stonemasons

1907__________ lOt 8 86.1 87.3 102.1 86.0 87.4 101.8 85.2 84.7 102.3 92.3 9161908__________ 101.8 88.0 89.2 m i 87.0 88.4 101.7 86.3 85.8 102.3 93.8 96.11909.................. 101.8 88.5 89.8 101.8 99.1 90.3 101.5 86.9 86.2 102.3 94.0 96.41910.................. 101.7 91.0 92.6 101.3 91.9 92.8 m s 94.0 92.3 100.8 94.7 95.51911.................. 101.5 93.9 95.1 101.1 95.1 95.9 100.4 94.4 94.7 100.1 95.9 96.11912.................. 100.2 95.9 96.0 100.4 96.5 96.9 100.3 97.3 97.5 100.1 96.8 96.91913.................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01914.................. 99.9 103.7 103.6 96.8 101.8 100.8 100.7 102.1 101.6 99.9 103.0 102.91915.................. 99.7 105.1 104.9 98.8 104.1 103.0 100.7 105.0 104.5 99.9 104.1 104.11916.................. 99.3 106.9 106.4 98.5 106.2 104.8 100.5 106.4 105.7 99.7 105.5 105.21917__________ 99.3 111.6 110.6 98.4 110.3 108.7 100.4 113.1 112.4 99.6 109.6 109.21918.................. 98.2 130.6 128.7 07.4 120.6 117.9 99.1 130.7 128.3 99.6 120.4 120.01919.................. 97.8 144.1 141.2 97.3 135.4 132.2 99.0 156.9 153.9 99.1 135.0 133.41920.................. 97.5 193.2 189.0 97.3 178.8 174.5 99.0 227.3 222.9 99.0 188.1 185.81921_________ 97.1 202.3 197.3 97.0 171.3 166.7 98.9 220.3 215.9 99.2 193.0 191.01922.................. 97.1 187.5 183.0 97.0 167.6 163.2 98.9 226.1 221.7 99.2 179.7 177.81923.................. 97.1 201.9 196.0 97.0 175.6 170.9 98.9 240.1 235.5 99.2 212.5 210.21924.................. 97.1 221.7 216.0 97.0 201.5 196.1 98.9 266.0 261.0 98.9 225.2 222.41925__________ 97.1 229.3 223.5 97.0 212.2 206.5 98.9 273.7 268.5 98.9 229.5 226.61926.................. 97.1 244.8 238.7 96.9 229.7 223.5 98.8 289.7 283.8 99.1 253.1 250.21927.................. 96.8 252.2 245.2 96.8 236.2 229.4 99.0 302.8 297.1 98.9 256.0 252.71928.................. 91.5 247.4 239.9 96.8 239.5 232.6 98.6 309.2 302.6 98.8 259.3 255.81929.................. 96.4 256.9 248.9 96.3 241.0 232.8 98.6 305.0 298.2 95.9 266.5 254.31930.................. 92.7 268.5 249.4 92.0 252.2 233.0 90.8 340.5 305.8 92.9 266.4 246.5


INDEX NUMBERS, BY TRADES 19

T a b lb 10* Index numbers of union hours of labor per weekjrates of wages per hour, and wages per fvtt-time week, 1907 to 1980 Continued

Year


Structural-ironworkers

Structural-iron workers: Finishers Tile layers Tile layers9 helpers

Hours&timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wages&timeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Rateof

wageslEur

Rateof

wagesatimeweek

HoursBLtimeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Rateof

wages&timeweek

Hours&timeweek

Rateof

wagesi? *hour

Rateof

wagesfittimeweek

1907__________ 103.5 87.3 90.01906__________ 102.9 88.7 90.71909_________ 102.6 89.7 91.81910_________ 101.7 92.7 94.21911__________ 101.5 95.1 96.51912__________ 100.5 96.8 97.3 100.1 96.1 98.2 100* 5 95.3 95.8 100.5 98.1 98.41913__________ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ioao ioao1914_________ 99.8 101.7 101.5 99.8 102.3 102.1 100.0 100.5 100.6 m o 100.8 100.91915_________ 99.8 101.9 101.7 99.7 102.5 102.2 99.6 101.3 101.0 98.5 104.4 103.01916................ 99.5 103.6 103.1 99.5 104.0 103.6 99.1 102.6 101.8 96.2 108.2 106.51917--------------- 99.2 109.9 109.1 99.5 109.0 106.5 98.9 107.6 106.0 97.4 n a7 108.11918_________ 98.9 126.5 125.2 99.3 122.5 121.8 98.8 110.8 109.2 97.3 114.3 111.61919_________ 98.7 142.6 140.9 99.1 136.7 136.9 98.4 121.0 118.7 97.1 138.6 134.21920_________ 98.7 179.4 177.3 99.1 180.3 180.6 98.2 162.6 159.3 97.1 226.9 219.81921_________ 98.7 184.0 181.7 99.1 183.0 183.4 98.3 161.9 158.8 97.1 231.6 224.61922--------------- 98.8 166.6 164.7 99.1 168.2 168.6 98.1 159.2 155.8 97.1 217.4 210.41923--------------- 98.8 178.4 176.2 99.1 174.7 175.0 98,4 174.0 17a 8 98.0 222.4 217.11924_________ 98.7 202.5 2oao 99.1 193.7 194.0 98.4 197.5 194.0 96.0 242.2 236.41925--------------- 98.8 204.5 202.0 97.2 197.9 196.7 98.4 202.3 198.5 98.0 248.9 243.11926_________ 98.7 218.5 215.9 99.1 220.7 221.1 98.4 212.0 209.9 98.0 269.8 263.41927_________ 98.7 235.5 232.7 99.1 228.5 228.9 98.3 221.9 217.7 98.0 272.9 266.41928_________ 98.7 235.7 232.7 99.0 230.2 230.4 98.0 221.8 217.0 97.9 278.5 271.61929_________ 98.2 236.0 232.0 98.7 240.0 239.5 97.8 224.2 219.0 97.5 274.3 266.71930_________ 95.4 248.1 235.7 94.4 257.2 244.8 92.8 234.9 217.1 92.6 300.8 275.8

Granite and stone trades Chauffeurs and teamsters and drivers

Granite cutters Stonecutters Chauffeurs Teamsters and drivers

1907__________ 102.4 91.2 92.1 100.4 96.3 96.31908 * ....... 102.3 91.7 92.5 100.4 96.4 96.31909__________ 102.2 93.3 94.1 100.4 96.4 96.31910__________ 101.8 93.7 94.6 100.4 96.9 96.91911__________ 101.6 93.9 95.1 100.4 97.2 97.11912__________ 101.2 94.9 95.9 100.1 97.5 97.31913__________ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ioao 100.01914__________ 100.4 ioae 100.1 100.0 103.8 103.8 99.8 100.8 100.7 99.9 102.0 101.81915__________ 100.4 101.1 100.6 100.0 104.6 104.6 99.1 101.7 100.8 90.0 103.2 102.41916__________ 100.3 105.2 104.9 99.5 105.5 105.1 96.8 106.1 103.6 96.8 106.9 105.81917__________ 100.3 109.3 109.0 99.5 110.6 110.1 96.5 112.9 109.1 96.4 113.9 112,31918__________ m 2 130.1 129.7 99.5 118.0 116.6 94.0 130.9 123.4 96.6 133.2 127.91919--------------- 100.2 153.8 153.3 99.5 140.1 138.4 90.0 163.0 145.6 93.2 169.9 157.71920....... .......... 100.2 189.5 188.9 99.4 183.5 181.5 87.2 200.1 173.3 90.4 215.4 195.41921.................. 100.1 209.0 208.0 99.3 189.5 187.2 87.5 202.5 174.4 88.2 223.0 199.51922.................. 99.3 206.6 206.0 99.3 181.8 179.5 88.5 191.2 166.6 90.0 212.7 192.21923.................. 99.8 212.7 211.3 99.2 198.3 195.7 88.6 197.7 173.4 89.3 224.9 201.71924_______ . . . 100.2 214.2 213.5 99.2 212.9 210.3 89.1 205.6 18a 9 89.5 244.7 216.11925...----------- 100.2 216.8 216.3 99.4 221.9 219.5 87.7 223.5 192.5 88.2 254.3 223.01926._________ 100.0 244.1 243.1 99.2 241.9 238.7 85.1 226.3 192.4 89.0 256.6 229.71927_________ 100.2 242.6 241.8 99.2 241.2 238.1 83.8 242.1 200.4 88.3 269.1 240.11928_________ 100.2 245.3 244.6 99.2 242.2 239.1 84.0 243.2 201.1 88.2 277.1 247.11929_________ 99.9 249.8 248.4 99.1 253.6 250.0 82.7 244.2 199.1 87.5 279.8 247.51930._________ 95.2 262.3 247.2 96.1 256.0 244.0 82.2 249.4 199.6 87.8 292.0 259.3



T a b le 10* Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rates of wages per hour,and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 1980Continued

Longshoremen

YearHours

timeweek

Rateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof


Printing and publishing: Book and job

Bookbinders

Hoursatimeweek

Bateof

perhour

Bateof


Compositors

Hours

timeweek

Bateof

perhour

Bateof


Electrotypers

Hours

timeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wages&timeweek

1907-1906..1909..1910..1911-1912-1913-1914-1915-1916-1917-1918-1919-1920-1921-1922-1923-1924-1925-1926-1927-1928-1929-1930..

100.0100.099.999.999.893.377.376.776.681.8 81.8 81.877.576.775.775.675.7 75.6

100.0102.8102.8116.5119.2149.0193.1233.5236.8195.9209.2

242.0 236.7 248.6250.1 253.5

100.0102.9102.9 116.8119.0138.7149.1178.5181.0160.6171.7195.6186.5186.4179.7188.6189.9 192.3

111.1101.2100.6100.3100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.094.793.993.493.1 93.393.293.0 93.693.093.5

84.093.0 94.295.1 96.997.5

100.0101.6101.6102.0108.3121.6155.2204.0220.1211.2224.0 233.9236.6240.8246.0244.8 247.5250.7

93.394.094.6 95.2 96.997.5

100.0101.6 101.6 102.0108.3121.5155.1

207.7197.8 208.6 217.4 22a 4224.3228.4230.5 233.7

100.1100.1100.1100.1100.1100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.094.392.391.491.791.791.791.791.791.791.7

89.990.290.3 94.196.698.7

100.0102.5103.1105.3107.4118.6 144.8190.6219.6223.4228.5238.5237.4242.1246.6250.1251.5 259.3

88.9 89.189.3 93.095.597.5

100.0102.5103.1105.3107.3118.6144.9 190.5206.4206.2 209.1218.9 218.0222.3

231.0238.5

104.1103.7 103.6100.8 ioa 2100.2 100.099.899.899.799.799.699.699.596.595.195.995.796.696.696.696.6 96.395.2

87.187.4 87.991.5 96.798.1

100.0 104.5 106.9109.8113.4119.1136.4195.5223.1 227.4241.6250.6249.7262.2 255.2257.1263.2269.9

96.090.1 90.5 91.9 96.798.1

100.0104.5 106.8109.5113.1 118.8136.2195.6215.4216.2232.4240.5241.9244.2 247.4 249.1254.3257.9

Printing and publishing: Book and jobContinued

Machine operators Machine tenders (machinists) Machinist operatorsPress assistants and

feeders

1907______ 100.3 9L6 91.9 111.6 80.6 89.61908______ 100.3 91.7 92.0 101.4 89.2 90.01909______ m3 91.8 92.2 100.4 90.8 91.01910______ m3 93.9 94.2 100.2 92.4 92.71911.._____ m3 95.0 95.3 100.2 96.1 96.41912______ mo 97.3 97.4 100.0 98.4 98.4 m2 97.6 97.71913______ 100.0 mo 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 mo mo1914__________ 100.0 101.0 101.1 mo 100.3 100.3 100.0 100.7 100.8 100.0 102.7 102.71915__________ 100.0 101.2 101.3 mo 100.6 100.6 100.0 100.8 100.9 mo 103.1 103.11916.................. m i 101.6 101.7 100.2 101.0 102.1 101.2 101.0 102.4 mo 104.5 104.41917__________ 100.1 104.1 104.3 100.2 103.4 103.6 101.2 103.0 103.7 100.0 110.1 110.21918__________ m i 112.5 112.7 100.2 113.4 113.7 101.2 107.4 108.3 100.0 128.8 128.71919__________ 100.1 136.6 136.8 100.2 139.5 139.8 101.2 122.4 123.3 100.0 165.9 165.61920__________ m i 174.6 174.9 100.2 174.7 175.0 101.2 151.1 152.4 99.9 227.7 227.21921__________ 93.9 me 185.2 92.8 198.2 183.0 96.9 161.0 156.0 94.2 245.8 229.71922.................. 92.6 200.0 185.0 92.4 198.4 182.9 95.2 167.0 158.6 93.2 238.0 221.21923__________ 92.2 203.8 187.9 92.2 200.2 184.2 94.4 169.8 160.2 92.5 266.2 245.81924__________ 91.8 212.9 195.2 92.1 214.4 19a 8 94.4 171.6 162.0 92.7 263.8 246.51925............ 92.2 211.7 195.5 92.3 210.4 193.5 94.8 183.7 174.2 92.4 278.8 256.81926............ 92.0 215.2 198.1 89.2 219.9 196.3 94.6 179.2 169.9 92.3 281.9 259.31927............ 92.2 223.0 205.5 92.1 227.1 208.6 94.5 189.6 179.4 92.2 285.3 262.61928__________ 92.0 224.6 206.9 92.1 216.8 199.2 94.4 176.6 166.8 92.2 287.0 263.91929_________ 92.0 228.0 210.2 92.1 219.9 202.1 94.3 185.7 175.4 92.1 289.7 266.21930_________ 92.0 238.0 219.4 92.1 233.2 214.4 94.0 184.3 173.1 92.1 294.8 271.1


INDEX NUMBERS, BT TRADES 2 1

T able 10*Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rates of wages per hour, and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 1930 Continued

Printing and publishing: Book and job-? Continued Printing and publishing: Newspaper

Tear

Pressmen, cylinder Pressmen, platen Compositors, day workCompositors, night

work

Hoursperfulltimeweek

Bateof

wagesperhour

Bateof


Hoursatimeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof



Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursperfull-timeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof


1907_________ 106.8 83.1 83.3 105.8 87.3 91.6 100.4 89.2 89.7 m 2 93.0 93.21908 ................ 101.6 87.4 88.5 102.2 90.2 91.7 100.4 89.5 90.1 100.2 93.1 93.21909__________ 100.2 94.6 94.7 100.1 93.4 95.5 100.4 90.7 91.3 100.2 94.0 94.21910_________ 100.0 95.4 95.4 99.8 94.9 94.9 100.4 92.7 93.3 100.2 95.4 95 71911...,, 100.0 97.3 97.3 99.8 96.8 96.8 100.4 95.4 96.0 m 2 96.9 97.11912_________ 100.0 98.9 98.9 98.8 98.0 98.0 100.1 98.0 98.1 100.0 98.4 98.51913 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 m o1914______ ___ 100.0 102.3 102.3 100.0 101.6 101.6 99.7 101.1 100.9 99.8 100.9 100.71915 100.0 102.5 102.5 100.0 102.1 102.1 99.6 101.8 101.4 99.6 101.4 101.01916_________ m o 103.7 103.7 100.0 104.1 104.0 99.6 102.3 101.8 99.5 101.7 101.21917_________ 100.0 105.8 105.8 100.0 109.2 109.2 99.5 105.1 104.6 99.5 104.1 103.5191*____ - 100.0 117.2 117.0 100.0 120.4 120.3 99.6 110.0 109.6 99.7 108.3 107.91919_________ 100.0 142.1 141.6 99.9 148.0 147.6 99.6 131.6 131.0 99.7 130.8 m s1920-....... 100.0 184.5 184.0 99.9 200.4 199.7 99.9 160.7 160.6 m o 158.0 157.91921__________ 94.5 205.5 193.1 94.7 231.7 218.3 99.5 174.9 174.4 99.8 *171.7 171.41922_________ 93.4 200.8 186.7 94.1 226.5 218.0 100.8 176.3 178.1 101.1 176.2 178.41923_________ 93.0 216.7 200.4 92.9 235.8 218.6 100.6 177.9 179.5 101.1 178.2 180.41924_________ 93.1 223.1 206.3 93.1 242.9 225.7 99.7 189.0 193.2 99.9 187.5 187.21925_________ 92.6 225.9 208.2 93.1 244.3 226.9 99.4 193.7 193.1 100.0 187.4 187.51926 ____ - 92.4 230.5 212.3 92.3 255.8 235.5 99.3 196.7 195.8 100.5 193.4 193.11927....______ 92.4 230.9 212.4 92.3 258.3 237.8 99.3 201.8 200.6 99.4 199.7 198.41928_________ 92.3 232.7 214.0 92.5 253.9 234.3 98.9 206.6 204.1 99.4 203.0 201.51929_________ 92.3 236.8 217.5 92.6 257.8 238.2 98.4 211.3 207.6 99.1 205.3 203.11930_________ 92.3 240.1 220.7 92. 259.9 240.1 98.4 212.5 209.3 99.5 203.6 202.6

Printing and publishing: NewspaperContinued

Machine operators, day work

Machine operators, day work (piece

work)Machine operators,

night workMachine operators, night work (piece

work)

1907 _________ 100.6 90.9 91.4 100.3 93.4 93.71908 100.6 92.7 93.2 100.3 94.4 94.71909 _______ 100.6 92.8 93.4 100.3 94.6 95.01910..________ 100.5 94.8 95.4 100.3 96.2 96.61911.. ____ 100.5 96.2 96.7 100.3 96.8 97.21912................. 100.2 97.8 98.1 99.8 m e 100.1 98.5 98.5 100.0 100.61918,.... a 100.0 100.0 100.0100.8

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 m o m o1914__________ 99.6 101.3 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.9 100.7 99.9 m o1915_________ 99.4 102.2 101.5 100.0 ioao 99.6 101.7 101.3 99.9 m o1910 ___ 99.2 102.7 101.8 100.0 99.9 99.5 102.0 101.5 99.4 99.81917_________ 99.2 105.9 104.9 m i 101.4 99.5 1019 104.3 101.4 99.81918__________ 99.3 110.1 109.2 102.1 104.3 99.7 108.1 108.0 101.4 102.41919_________ 99.3 134.0 133.0 102.5 116.8 99.7 131.7 131.8 102.0 113.91920_________ 99.5 167.5 166.3 101.8 128.6 99.7 162.2 162.1 101.6 120.01921__________ 99.2 175.5 174.0 100.7 1x9.6 99.7 169.9 169.9 100.1 104.61922 ............... 100.3 180.6 181.3 98.0 120.5 101.6 174.1 177.4 98.9 106.01923.................. 100.3 183.1 183.7 97.6 125.0 101.4 175.5 179.0 99.0 112.31924.......... ....... 99.1 193.4 191.5 99.3 117.8 99.9 186.4 186.6 94.5 110.91926 99.0 198.0 196.0 103.3 135.8 99.9 189.5 189.0 103.3 lid. 71926.............. . 98.9 201.6

208.9199.0 102.7 138.5 99.4 196.7 194.7 103.4 118.6

1927_________ 98.5 205.5 99.0 134.9 99.6 196.9 196.2 101.2 112.31928._________ 98.2 213.8

217.4210.0 98.7 138.5 99.3 205.9 204.7 101.7 108.1

1929__________ 98.3 213.4 102.5 124.1 99.4 207.5 206.6 93.6 103.21930_________ 98.2 216.7 212.5 100.4 130.4 99.4 207.0 206.1 102.0 109.5



T able 10*Index numbers of union hours of labor per week, rates of wages per hour, and wages per full-time week, 1907 to 19S0 Continued

Year

Printing and publishing: NewspaperContinued

Machine tenders (machinists), day

workMachine tenders

(machinists), night work

Machinist operators, day work

Machinist operators, night work


Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wagesatimeweek


Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wagesatimeweek

Hoursatimeweek

Bateof

wagesper

hour

Bateof

wagesatimeweek

1912_________ 100.0 98.7 99.8 100.0 99.5 99.51913._________ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 16576 100.0 100.0 100.01914-_________ 99.8 100.5 100.3 100.0 100.4 100.3 100.0 10u.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01915_________ 99.7 101.1 100.8 99.7 101.1 100.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 m o 100.0 100.01916-------------- 99.7 101.3 100.9 99.7 101.2 100.8 100.0 101.6 101.6 100.0 100.2 100.21917-_________ 99.7 102.8 102.4 99.7 102.4 102.0 100.0 1011 103.8 98.6 1014 102.91918--------------- 99.7 108.1 107.8 99.8 106.8 106.6 100.3 105.8 106.2 101.8 105.0 107.51919--------------- 99.7 138.4 137.7 99.8 134.9 134.9 100.3 111.6 111.9 102.0 115.6 118.51920-_________ 99.8 171.7 170.9 99.9 165.4 165.1 100.3 123.2 123.5 102.0 138.7 142.41921--------------- 99.8 178.5 17a 0 100.0 170.8 170.8 98.3 163.8 161.1 102.9 153.9 159.81922-------------- 100.4 180.2 180.8 100.6 172.4 173.5 98.1 165.5 162.5 102.1 16a 4 165.81923--------- 100.5 180.9 181.6 100.6 173.0 174.1 96.3 166.8 1610 102.8 151.1 157.21924-------------- 99.9 191.5 190.8 100.0 183.0 183.0 97.6 180.7 176.4 101.7 1615 169.61925--------------- 100.3 185.3 185.7 100.6 178.4 178.8 95.2 178.7 168.4 103.7 156.8 163.81926--------------- 100.2 185.2 185.3 100.3 176.5 176.4 99.2 171.9 170.5 103.9 161.1 168.31927.................. 100.1 194.5 194.4 98.9 187.1 185.9 98.6 177.2 175.2 102.6 1719 179.51928-------------- 100.0 198.4 197.8 99.7 190.8 190.6 97.6 179.2 1714 102.1 175.8 179.31929-------------- 99.6 201.7 200.3 99.5 196.6 195.2 99.7 173.5 173.9 1011 172.7 179.91930-------------- 99.2 205.1 202.7 99.2 191.9 190.0 98.3 179.0 176.5 103.6 1718 181.3

Printing and publishing: NewspaperContinuedPressmen, web Pressmen, web Stereotypers, day Stereotypers. night

presses, day work presses, night work work work1907-------------- 102.5 88.2 89.1 101.1 94.8 95.2 101.9 86.9 87.6 100.9 90.9 91.11908-------------- 101.0 90.3 90.5 101.0 94.9 95.3 101.5 89.3 89.7 100.6 91.6 91.71909--------------- 100.3 91.5 91.5 100.7 95.5 95*8 101.5 90.2 90.8 100.6 92.1 92.31910-_________ 100.3 95.5 95.7 100.2 96.5 96.5 100.5 92.1 92.6 100.1 92.9 92.91911.................. 100.3 96.3 96.4 100.1 96.7 96.7 100.2 93.0 93.0 100.0 93.1 93.11912-................ 100.0 98.0 98.0 100.1 97.8 97.9 99.9 915 915 100.0 913 9141913.................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.01914.................. 100.0 100.6 100.6 100.0 100.6 100.7 99.8 101.1 100.9 99.8 101.0 100.91915.................. 100.0 101.3 101.3 100.1 101.2 101.3 99.8 101.4 101.2 99.8 101.2 101.11916.................. 100.0 102.0 102.1 100.0 101.6 101.8 99.8 102.4 102.3 99.8 mo mo1917-................ 100.0 104.3 104.3 99.9 103.1 103.2 99.8 105.0 1019 99.6 1016 10141918.................. 99.9 113.1 113.4 99.9 110.6 110.7 99.8 109.4 109.2 99.4 109.4 108.81919-................ 101.1 136.6 137.0 99.9 139.3 138.5 99.9 123.0 122.8 99.4 123.1 122.41920-................ 101.1 169.5 170.2 98.7 171.5 169.2 99.9 149.8 149.2 98.2 15a 9 148.81921.................. 100.6 184.1 184.1 97.5 184.9 183.1 98.1 173.9 169.6 97.5 176.3 17a91922............. 102.3 180.3 184.1 108.6 167.7 184.8 99.9 171.8 171.2 99.4 172.7 171.41923.................. 102.3 182.4 186.1 107.8 169.6 185.7 99.9 1719 1713 98.5 178.6 176.01924.................. 100.5 199.4 199.4 101.9 193.2 199.0 99.8 180.4 179.5 98.7 182.8 18a51925............. 100.0 208.2 207.4 101.9 200.6 206.8 99.6 184.5 183.5 97.7 188.4 183.71926.................. 100.3 212.2 211.4 103.2 198.5 207.2 99.6 188.1 187.1 98.4 187.9 185.91927-------------- 99.9 223.3 221.8 102.8 209.7 217.8 99.1 191.0 188.6 99.3 188.4 187.81928-................ 99.9 2219 223.4 102.5 215.7 223.5 99.5 191.0 189.8 99.7 188.6 188.81929................. 99.8 228.1 226.2 103.0 216.1 2218 98.5 200.1 196.4 99.4 198.3 197.51930.................. 99.9 229.3 227.3 102.8 218.7 227.2 98.5 201.8 198.2 98.5 202.8 199.7

SELECTED CITIES AND TRADESIn Table 11 actual wage rates and hours of labor, and index num

bers therefor, from 1907 to 1930, are given for selected trades in 13 representative cities. These trades number from 8 to 18 in the different cities. The figures for years other than 1930 were taken from earlier bulletins. In this table 1907 is taken as the base, or 100. Space does not permit the compilation for all cities and all trades.


T a b le 11. Union scales and index numbers of wages per hour and per week and of hours of labor per week, in selected trades in 18 cities, May, 1907 to 1980

ATLANTA, GA.

UNION SCALES AND INDEX NUMBERS IN 13 CITIES 2 3

[1907*100.0. Figures for compositors and machine operators apply only to those working on English text]

Bricklayers Carpenters

Year

Rate of wages Index numbers of

Rate of wages Index numbers of

Perhour

Perfulltimeweek

Hours&timeweek

Rate of wages

Per hour

Rate of wages

timeweek

Hours&timeweek

Perhour

Perfulltimeweek

atimeweek

Rate of wages

per hour

Rate of wagesatimeweek

Hoursatimeweek

190 7 190 8 190 9 191 0 191 1 191 2 191....................3 191 4 191....................5 191---------------- 6 1917.-------------191 8 191 9 1920.-------------192 1 192 2 1923.-------------192 4

192 5 1926._________1027---------------192 8 192 9 1930.-------------

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