(,OHNttL UNIVtHSirr KbHAHV l|||||||l|||M'|H'1''l|''l'N'|'f I 3 1924 091 7 2 293 STIMKKS AN'I) I.OCK-lUJTS. i).\i;i)(>i'"mAi)E(i)Ki'AirrMK\r()Fi.Ai;o[;j:srATi,STics;. KKI'Oh'T OM STHIKES AND UX K-OITS AM) ON COiNCILIATlON AND AUlilTKATlON BOARDS IN TIIK I'NITKIi KINliMlM IN 1013, WI T H 00 M P ARAT I VE ST ATI S T I C S. IPreseiitcD to parliament bg CoinnianJ) of f)f6 ftaicet^ HEALY, 0, BROAD STREET, PARKGATE, \\m ROTHERH PniNTKD VmWM TUli AUTIK.IMTV UV HIS MA.IKSTYS ST \TIOM-t,V npp.^n Bv li,VKlilSOxN AN,, ISUNS, 4,-,-17, St, Maht.nV ^1^- J ' I'UINTEttS IN OUUINAUY TO Ills MajESTV ' 1'" '"' P"!''"''-''-'''' ''itlior (lin^cUv cii- tlir,>n.'li -in^Jii , I- n , WYMAN AN,, SONS, Lt»., -29, I'.ukam^ i'I; i mx; 'llwi;'''!:; '^'f ,- . or f,-o,., the Agcci/.s i„ ,1 ,. 1 ,' t , ^,^"i^i,^,™,^"ri '^"""^' I tl,o Uait^.d Stat™ „t y\i„.-,i,M tl,, ■;, t , i I'''P™'''"'-'-^ [Cd. 7C.58,J y'/'/cc Lv. 3(/. iitii-. CORNELL UNIVERSITY ilr LIBRARY Martin P. Catherwood Library School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924091712293 CHART SHOWJNG NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE INVOLVED & DURATION OF DISPUTES IN 1893-1913. 1893 1894- I89S 1896 1897 t898 1899 1300 1901 1902 1903 1904- f905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 « , , 1 , , n , r -, , . n f r n , , , 45 40 35 30 Z5 20 10 ' I I I I I 1 I I ' T I I I I I '. 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 1893 1894 1895 1896 (837 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904- 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Aggregate duration in working days (millions.] Number of Workpeople involved directly and indirectly (hundreds of thousands.) 32Se. SSBi/f/e. /87S.I0. M-, Malby*Sons.Uth. STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. BOARD OF TRADE (DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR STATISTICS). 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Sir, I HAVE the honour to present herewith a Eeport on Strikes and Lock-outs, and on the work of Conciliation and Arbitration Boards in the United Kingdom during 1913. That year was the third of a series in which a considerable number of important disputes have occurred. Single years in the past have surpassed one or more of these years in respect of number of disputes, number of workpeople involved, or aggregate duration of disputes; but, so far as the available statistics show, there has never before been a series of three consecutive years marked as a whole by such widespread industrial unrest. It is interesting to note that this period of unrest synchronised with a period of expanding employment and an upward movement in wages. This will be evident from the following table which covers years both of bad and of good employment : — Number of — Percentage unemployed among members of Trade Unions making returns. Amount of Increase ( + ) or Year. Disputes. Workpeople involved. Decrease ( - ) in Weekly Wages. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 399 436 531 903 857 1,497 295,507 300,819 515,165 961,980 1,463,281 688,925 7-8 7-7 4-7 3-0 2-5* 2-1 £ - 59,000 - 69,000 + 14,500 + 34,500 + 139,000 + 179,000 * Omitting March, which was seriously affected by the coal strike. The great majority of disputes in every year are of short duration, and affect a comparatively small number of workpeople, and 1913 was no exception. About one-half of the disputes involved less than 100 workpeople, and only lU involved as many as 5,000. Similarly, nearly one-half of the disputes lasted less than a week, and about four-fifths of them less than a month. Only 114 (less than 8 per cent.) were in progress as long as 10 weeks ; but these 114 disputes accounted for more than half of the total aggregate duration of all disputes during the year. The number of workpeople . involve* in disputes in 1913 was 5'6 per cent, of the total estimated industrial population, and the (B47) Wt. 5681-4118 1875 11/14 H & S Gp. 19/42 Ill aggregate duration of the disputes was equivalent to the loss of about one day in the year if spread over the whole industrial l)opulation. It should, however, be noted that, tliough the workpeople indirectly involved (not being parties to the disputes) at the estab- lishments where the disputes occur are included in the statistics, no account is taken of the effect of strikes and lock-outs upon other industries or other establishments. In the case of prolonged disputes involving large numbers of workpeople the effects on other industries are often far-reaching ; this is especially so in the case of industries such as coal mining and transport. The unemployment and short time caused by the general coal strike of 1912 is, of course, the most notable example of this in recent years. Wages questions in nearly every year account for more than one-half of the total number . of disputes, and of these questions strikes for an advanced wage are by far the most numerous. Such strikes occur most often in years of good and improving, or at least steady, employment, e.g., 1898, 1899, 1911, and 1912. Although there was a decline in some trades in the latter half of 1913, the year was also one of very good employrnent on the whole,, and strikes for an advance in wages were numerous. A large and increasing proportion of disputes in recent years have been settled by compromise. This tendency is found if the number of disputes only is considered, but it becomes far more marked if the number of workpeople involved in disputes is taken into account. The year 1912 was an exception, but the tendency, although less marked than in the years 1908 to 1911, was seen again in 1913, in which 48 per cent, of the workpeople were involved in compromised or partially successful disputes, as against. 31 per cent, in disputes which were wholly successful from the point of view of the workpeople, and only 21 per cent, in wholly unsuccessful disputes. The proportion of workpeople who were successful was considerably higher in 1913 than in the four years preceding 1912. Nearly all disputes are settled by methods of conciliation or mediation, or by direct negotiations between the parties ; the cases settled by arbitration are relatively few. Of the two chief methods of settlement, that by direct negotiation between the parties or their representatives is far more important than the method of conciliation in most years; in 1913, three-quarters of all the disputes were settled in this way. It should be remembered, however, that many disputes, especially those involving large numbers of workpeople, only develop into strikes and lock-outs after the machinery of conciliation has been exhausted. The principal work of Boards of Conciliation is the prevention and not the settlement of disputes ; and an important section of this Eeport deals with the work of lihis kind done by voluntary Boards of Coticiliation and Arbitration, and similar bodies. In the iron and steel trades, and in the tinpjate industry, the machinery for avoiding disputes is so effective that strikes and lock-outs are comparatively (B47— Gp. 19) ^ a 9. IV unimportant. In 1913 the number of Boards and Standing Joint Committees that considered and settled eases was the highest recorded by the Department. During the first seven months of 1914 the, time lost owing to labour disputes was even greater than in 1913, but since the beginning of the War the majority of the outstanding differences have been settled. I have, &c., F. H. McLEOD. Board of Trade, Department of Labour Statistics. October, 1914. CONTENTS. Frontispiece — Chaet showing' number of Workpeople involved, and duration of disputes iu 1893-1913. ■Page Prefatory Note ;. ii REPORT. STRIKES AND LOOK-OUTS. Introduction ix Oeneral Summary for 1913 and Comparison v?ith previous Years x Number of Workpeople involved xi Proportion of Total Industrial Population involved in Disputes... xii Duration of Disputes ... ... ... ... ... ... xiii pauses of Disputes xvi Results of Disputes six Methods of Settlement of Disputes xxi Important Disputes beginning in 1913 xxiii CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. Strikes and Lock-outs Settled by Conciliation or Arbitration ... xxxi Work of Permanent Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration and other Voluntary Conciliatory Agencies xxxiv SUMMARY TABLES. («.) STRIKES AND LOOK-OUTS. 1913. Disputes classified by:— la.— Causes and Results— All Trades 2 I*.— Causes and Results— Separate Trades :— General Dispute (Dublin) 4 Building 4 Mining and Quarrying G Jffietal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding : — Pig Iron Manufacture ; Iron and Steal Manufacture ; Tinptate Manufacture 8 Engineering ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Shipbuilding 12 Other Metal Trades 14 If.— Text of Agreements, &c,, in connection with certain Principal Disputes, and ImportantiDe- cisions of certain Voluntary Conciliatory Agencies 17!> III.— Rules of certain Voluntary Permanent Conciliation Boards and Standing Joint Committees formed and amended in 1913 200 IV.— Specimen Forms of Enquiry :— Forms of Enquiry respecling Strikes and Lock-outs ... 220 Forms of Enquiry respecting the work of Conciliation and Arbitration Boards, &c ... 226 v.— Classified List of the principal British, Colonial, and Foreign Official Publications relating to Strikes and Lock-outs, and Conciliation and Arbitration 227 Latest Board of Trade Publications on Labour Questions. IX REPORT ON STRIKES AND LOOK-OUTS AND ON CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS IN 1913. STEIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. Introduction. The present Report is the twenty-sixth of a series of Annual Keports issued by the Department dealing with Strikes and Lock-outs, and with the work of voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration Boards in the United Kingdom. As soon as the Department is aware of the existence of a strike or lock-out, schedules* are sent out both to the employers, or their representatives, and to representatives of the workpeople in- volved, and information is thus obtained first-hand while the facts iire fresh in the minds of the parties concerned. Throughout the Eeport a distinction is drawn between work- people "directly" and "indirectly" involved in disputes. The former are those who actually struck work or were locked out, while the latter are those thrown out of work at the establishments where the disputes occurred, though not themselves parties to the disputes. It is impracticable to state the number of workpeople who were thrown out of work, or whose employment was curtailed, at other ■establishments or in other industries than those in whicli a dispute occurred. The " aggregate duration " of a dispute is an estimate of the total number of working days lost owing to .the dispute at the establish- ment or establishments where it occurred, and is ascertained by multiplying the total number of workpeople directly and indirectly involved (as above defined) by the number of working days from the beginning to the end of the strike or lock-out ; allowance being made for any increase or diminution in the number involved, owing to the extension of the dispute on the one hand, or to the gradual replace- ment of the workpeople involved, or to their finding work elsewhere, on the other. Small disputes involving less than 10 workpeople altogether, or lasting less than one day, are not included in the statistics, unless their aggregate duration exceeds IQO days. * Specimeus of the forms used are given on pp. 220-225. REPORT. General Summary for 1913 and Comparison with previous Years. The year 1913 was remarkable for the number of disputes which occurred during its course, far exceeding the number recorded, by the Department in any previous yeai-. Practically all the main groups of trades were affected by the increase in the number of disputes, notably the building, metal, engineering and shipbuilding, and textile trades. In addition to the 1,497 disputes recorded as having begun during the year, 50 disputes which began before the year, im'^olving 8,885 w^orkpeople, were in progress for varying periods during 1913. The total number of workpeople involved in disputes beginning during the year (688,925) was higher than in any other year, with the exception of 1911 and 1912 (when great disputes in the transport trades and coal mining industry were in progress), and this high figure tends to show the widespread character of the unrest when it is considered that no single dispute involving more than 50,000 workpeople occurred in 1913. The aggregate duration in working days (11,630,732) of all disputes in progress during the year was only exceeded in 1893, 1898, and 1912 during the whole period for which the Department has comparative statistics, and during these three years great disputes in the coal mining industry were in progress. About one-third of the aggregate duration in 1913 was due to three "disputes, each with an aggregate exceeding half a million days, viz., the motor-cab drivers' dispute in London at the beginning of the year, the metal workers' dispute in the Midlands in the middle of the year, and the general dispute at Dublin in the latter half of the year. The remaining two-thirds, amounting to nearly eight million working days, was much in excess of the total for any of the years of normal industrial disturbance during the whole comparative period. The following table gives the comparative figures for 1913 and the nine preceding years as regards number of disputes, number of work- people involved, and aggregate duration in working days : — No. of Disputes begin- ning in each year. No. of Workpeople involved in Disputes beginning in each year. Aggregate Duration in Worliing Days in each year Year. Directly. In- directly. Total. Of Disputes beginning in each year. Of Disputes beginning in previous years. Total. 1904 366 66,380 30,828 87,208 1,316,686 167,634 1,484,220 1906 368 67,653 26,860 93,503 2,296,973 174,216 2,470,189 1906 486 167,872 59,901 217,773 2,570,960 457,866 3,028,816 1907 601 100,728 46,770 147,498 1,878,679 283,472 2,162,161 1908 ... 399 223,969 71, .538 296,507 10,632,638 201,661 10,834,189 1909 436 170,258 1.30,661 300,819 2,560,426 213,561 2,773,986 1910 631 385,086 130,080 515,165 9,546,531 340,300 9,894,831 1911 903 831,104 130,876 961,980 7,620,367 2,699,224 10,319,591 1912 857, 1,233,016 230,266 1,463,281 38,142,101 2,772,574 40,914,676>. 1913 1,497 516,037 172,888 688,926 11,484,634 146,198 11,6.30,732 NUMBEK OV •WOEKPEOPLE INVOLVED. ^ The number of disputes in the building trades (198) was higher in 1913 than in any of the preceding twenty years of the Department's record ; it is interesting to note, moreover, that the average number of disputes in these trades during the period from 1893 to 1901 was 157, while it was only 30 during the period from 1902 to 1912. In the coal mining industry there was no great general strike as in 1912, but sectional strikes were numerous, although the number was exceeded in 1909 and 1910, when much unrest prevailed in various coalfields. The number of disputes in the metal, engineering and shipbuilding group of trades was about one-half greater than the next highest number in the comparative period of twenty-one years, the increase being chiefly in the engineering, shipbuilding and miscellaneous metal trades ; the pig iron, iron and steel, and tin- plate trades were, as usual, but little affected by serious disputes, only 29 strikes and lock-outs occurring in these trades as compared with 392 in the whole group. The number of sectional disputes in the textile trades was much higher than any previously recorded ; and numerous disputes of a local character occurred in the transport trades. As regards the districts affected, just over one-half of the totalnumber of workpeople involved in disputes beginning in 1913 were employed in the northern half of England, about one-fifth were in Wales and Monmouthshire, chiefly South Wales, and about one-ninth in Scotland. The London area was not so seriously affected by disputes in 1913 as in the two previous years, when great transport trade disputes were in progress, although 83 disputes, involving 39,540 workpeople, occurred during the year. Mainly owing to the general dispute at Dublin, the number of workpeople involved in disputes in Ireland was higher than in any of the nine previous years. Number of Workpeople Involved. The majority of industrial disputes occur at single firms, and involve a comparatively small number of workpeople. Of the 1,497 disputes which began in 1913, no fewer than 701, or nearly one-half, involved less than 100 workpeople, and the great majority (1,366), involved less than 1,000. These 1,366 disputes accounted for 35 per cent, of the total number of workpeople involved, and for 28 per cent, of the total aggregate duration in working days of all disputes beginning during the year. Only 16 disputes involved 5,000 work- people and over, but they accounted for about 32 per cent, of the total number involved. Many of these large disputes were prolonged, and their aggregate duration accounted for just over 41 per cent, of the total number of working days lost by all disputes beginning during the year. The percentage of workpeople involved in such large disputes„to the total number was, however, much less in 1913 than in the five previous years. In the following Table the total number of workpeople involved in disputes beginning in 1913 is classified so as to show the extent to which each of the various groups of trades contributed to the total, comparative figures for the nine previous years being also given : — • xu EEPOllT. Total Number of Workpeople involved" in Disputes Miscel- Year. Mining Metal, Engi- laneous and Em- Total. Build- and neering Textile. Cloth- Trans- ployees ing. Quarry- ing. and Ship- building. ing. port. of Public Authori- ties. 1904 8,697 46,287 12,130 13,048 1,448 1,769 3,839 87,208 1905 6,637 44,791 12,763 16,786 3,540 2,112 7,884 93,503 1906 1,441 83,833 42,049 76,114 8,912 1,888 4,636 217,773 1907 1,230 52,567 19,576 47,429 11,643 8,708 6,345 147,498 1908 2,892 87,022 58,338 132,803 4,662 4,894 4,896 296,607 1909 1,592 272,754 9,724 6,796 2,678 4,874 2,502 300,81* 1910 880 296,573 55,436 132,276 4,462 20,321 6,217 516,165 1911 2,789 140,808 93,783 221,433 9,810 448,618 44,739 961,980 1912 5,634 1,106,736 82,885 66,208 31,069 166,300 26,449 1,463,281 1913 40,002 214,078 152,689 93,610 16,227 86,226 67,194 688,925t * Including the workpeople indirectly involved. t The general dispute at Dublin, involving 20,000 workpeople employed in a large number MS different trades,^s been included in the total but not in the separate groups of trades. The number of workpeople involved in the building trades in 1913 was the highest recorded, the largest numbers in previous years being in 1896 and 1899, when 33,000 and 30,000 were involved, respectively; in none of the years from 1901 to 1912, inclusive, did the total number involved reach ten thousand. The largest disputes in 1913 were those involving 12,000 painters and 2,400 plasterers in London. The number of workpeople involved in the mining and quarrying industries in 1913 was exceeded in 1909, 1910 and 1912, but was much higher than in any other year of the ten years under review. In the metal, engineering and shipbuilding group of trades the number involved was higher than in any previous year and ■was about four times greater than the average for the period 1893 to 1912. The largest dispute in this group was the metal workers' dispute in the Midlands, involving about 50,000 workpeople ; other important disputes were those involving about 4,000 iron moulders, &c., each in the Falkirk and in the Sheffield districts. No great general dispute occurred in the engineering and shipbuilding trades during the year. The number involved in the textile trades in 1913 was exceeded in 1908, 1910 and 1911, but was greater than in any other year since 1893. Tiie two disputes involving the largest number of workpeople were those affecting 6,380 woollen workers at Morley and 6,000 dyers in Yorkshire. In the transport trades the number involved was higher than in any year with the exception of 1911 and 1912 ; impor- tant disputes in these trades were those involving about 11,000 motor- cab drivers, washers, &c., in. London, 10,000 dockers in Hull, and 8,500 railway men in Liverpool, Birmingham, and other English towns. More workpeople were involved in the miscellaneous group of trades (woodworking, furnishing, chemical, pottery, food, &c.) in 1913 than in any of the preceding twenty years. Proportion of Industrial Population involved in Disputes. The number of workpeople involved in strikes and lock-outs in any one year forms usually but a small proportion of the DURATION OF DISPUTES, Xlll number of persons employed in industrial occupations throughout the United Kingdom. In 1913 the proportion affected was 5-6 per cent, as compared with 13-4 in 1912, the highest recorded owing to the national coal strike, and 4'4, tlie mean for the ten years, 1904-1913. The following table gives the percentage proportion of the estimated total number of workpeople employed in the several industries involved in disputes in each of the years 1904 to 1913 :— Percentage proportion of the Total Number of Workpeople employed in the several Industries involved in Dispute . Groups o£ Trades. Mean 1904.' 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. Percent- 1904rl913. Building 0-8 0-6 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-6 4-4 0-7 Coal Mining other Mining and 5.1 4-8 9-4 5-4 8-9 26-5 28-6 13-0 93-7 18-6 21-4 1-1 a-1 1-6 1-9 0-7 1-9 1-2 1-2 0-8 8-7 2-2 Quarrying. Metal, Enzineermg and Shipbuilding. 0-9 0-9 2-9 1-3 4-0 0-7 3-7 5-9 4-6 8-3 3-3 Textile 1-1 1-3 H-a 3-9 11-0 0-6 10-7 17-8 4-5 6-7 6-4 Clothing 0-2 0-5 1-3 1-7 0-7 0-4 0-B 1-3 4-2 2-0 1-3 other 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-2, 0-1 0-5 9-8 3-6 2-5 1-7 All Trades 0-9 0-9 2-1 1-4 2-8 2-8, 4-9 9-0 13-4 6-6 4-4 Throughout the period the proportion of workpeople involved in the coal mining industry was higher than in any other of the groups of trades ; the percentage proportion in this trade in 1913 was only exceeded in 1909, 1910, and 1912 during the ten-year period under review. The proportions in the building, other mining and quarrying and metal, engineering and shipbuilding trades were higher than in any of the preceding nine years ; but in the textile trades, although the figure for 1913 was slightly higher than the mean of the ten years, it was exceeded in three of the years in the period. Duration of Disputes. The aggregate number of working days available for the whole industrial population may be roughly estimated at 3,700 millions.. The aggregate duration of all the disputes in progress during 1913 was 11,630,732 days, or nearly one three-hundredth of the total. In other words, the amount of time lost owing to disputes in' 1913, at the establishments immediately affected, would have been about one day per head if spread over the whole industrial population. In the mining and quarrying industries the average loss of time was about !{ days per head of the Lotal number employed ; it was about If days in the metal, engineering, and shipbuilding group, and about 1^ in the textile trades ; in the building trades it amounted to nearly one day per head. It is interesting to note that, just as the majority of disputes involve only a comparatively small number of workpeople, so also the largest number of disputes are of very short duration. During the ten years from 1904 to 1913 the number of disputes lasting less XIV EEPORT. than one week has varied from ahout one-third to one-half of the tota]j, and the number of workpeople involved therein has been about one^tljird of the total, with the exception of the four years from 1909 to 1912, when the proportion was less. In 1913, 669 disputes lasted less than one week, and tlie number of workpeople involved therein was 246,900. The following table classifies the disputes beginning in the year according to their duration : — - Limits of Duration. No. of Disputes beginning in 1913. Total No. of Work- people involved directly and indirectly. Aggregate duration in working days.* Under 1 week 669 246,94^ 624,113 1 week and under 2 w^eeks 288 85,428 535,036 2 weeks , , ;, 4 „ 219 130,128 - 1,155,767 4 „ , , „ 6 „ 100 50,514 1,035,016 6 „ , „ 8 „ 63 33,945 1,137,472 8 „ , „ 10 „ 44 22,614 962,869 10 „ , , „ 15 „ 68 81,108 3,109,220 15 „ , , „ 20 „ 24 9,540 675,756 20 „ , , „ 25 „ 17 24,566 2,420,180 25 weeks and above 15 4,140 609,700 Total 1,497 688,925 12,265,129 * This is the aggregate duration of those disputes only which began in 1913, and it includes all days lost by such disputes as were prolonged into 1914. The duration/or 1913 given in the other Tables of this Report is for all disputes in progress during that year, irrespective of the date of their commencement, but includes only the days lost during that year. Although about four-fif ilis of the disputes lasted less than one month • each, they did not include the disputes involving the largest bodies of workpeople. Only 114 disputes lasted 10 weeks or over, yet their aggregate duration amounted to more than half of the total aggregate •of disputes beginning during the year. These included the London motor-cab drivers' strike and the metal workers' disputes in the Midlands, which each lasted about 11 weeks, and the general dispute at Dublin, which lasted about 23 weeks. Of the 15 disputes which extended as long as 25 weeks and over, five were in the cotton industry and the remainder were distributed throughout the other .trades. Measured in teims of aggregate duration, 8*73 disputes involved a loss of less than 1,000 days each ; the great majority (1,337) were under 10,000 days each; and only 17 disputes involved 100,000 days and over. These, however, accounted for over one-quarter of the total number of workpeople involved in disputes beginning during the year, and over half of their total aggregate duration. The following Table shows, by groups of trades, the aggregate duration of all disputes in progress in each of the years 1904-1913. The aggregate duration in any year of disputes which began in that year i^s printed in roman type ; the aggregate duration in any year of disputes which began in an earlier year is printed in italics : — DURATION OF DISPUTES. XV Aggregate Duration of Disputes in Working Days. Years. Building. Mining and Quarry- ing. Metal, Engi- neering and Ship- building. Textile. Clothing. Trans- port. Miscel- laneous and Em- ployees of Pulilic Authori- ties. Total. 1904 1906 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 345,253 860 412,321 312 46,136 10,075 22,983 143 73,063 866 19,360 36,476 74,962 106,638 823,561 868 533,703 123,582 ■1,167,340 88,174 629,761 292,.93« 466,626 102,535 1,271,979 79,430 2,066,170 173,317 5,363,139 261,021 1,419,162 2,682,114 31,460,044 133,801 1,615,438 40,156 156,126 20,303 .389,951 77,0m 1,113,263 5,014 857,359 110,274 3,793,835 41,826 157,478 22,211 3,136,043 11,114 1,312,-32? 9,588 1,315,612 63,716 2,963,256 19,440 117,919 3,835 126,483 615,026 147,874 673,830 68,630 6,301,4.34 03,602 174,027 3,885 853,841 83,717 1,430,.523 3,546 1,137,363 2,561,123 1,969,950 58,260 13,092 110 71,436 92,139 277,291 668 57,156 12,183 19,473 .58,816 60 91,311 3,1.36 600,610 888 151,064 19,846 39,363 2,980 67,089 10,021 86,471 51,634 94,697 70,833 2,729,633 2,969,115 16,030 1,344,893 200 111,230 7,664 61 ,.354 8,110 64,607 2,465 96,219 1,280 83,637 3,572 39,230 14,148 127,384 13,398 562,450 840 562,839 7,056 1,008,384 8,038 1,316,886 167484 2,295,973 174,216 2,670,950 467,866 1,878,679 2831,472 10,633,638- 201,531 2,560,426 213,361 9,545,631 349,300' 7,620,.367 2,699,224; 38,142,101 2,772,574 11,484,.534» 146,198 * The aggregate duration in 1913 of the general dispute at Dublin (1,700,000 working days) is included in the total but not in the separate groups of trades. One of the principal feature-s of this Table is the high aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes in the building trades, which was about eight times that of 1912 ; the figure for 1913 was only exceeded twicfr (in 1896 and 1 899) during the twenty preceding years. The aggregate for the mining and quarrying trades was much lower in 1913 than in either of the four previous years, and it is interesting to note that the dispute with the second highest aggregate in this group was not- in the coal mining industry, but was in the china-clay industry and involved 4,800 clay-workers in Cornwall for many weeks. The aggregate in the metal group of trades was exceeded only in 1897, 1908 and 1910, in which years great disputes in the engineering and shipbuilding trades were in progress. Nearly one-half of the figure for 1913 was due to the dispute of metal workers in the Midlands. About one-third of the aggregate duration of the disputes- in the textile trades in 1913 was due to four disputes, viz., cotton spinners, &c., at Oldham ; woollen workers at Yeadon, G-uiseley and district ; dyers in Yorkshire ; and engravers to calico printers at various places in the United Kingdom. The aggregate of disputes in tlie clothing ti'ades was considerably less than in 1912 but much above each of the preceding four years. In the transport trades the London motor-cab drivers' strike accouDted for one-half of the aggregate duration, and a strike of Leith dock workers for about one-seventh. Even the remainder (228,000 working days) was much above the average for the eighteen years preceding 1911. in the miscellaneous group of. trades the aggregate duration was the highest recorded. XVI REPORT. An interesting example of disputes in which the duration was too small to allow of their inclusion in the Department's statistics may be seen in a series of strikes of hotel workers which occurred in 1913. A number of hotels in London and the provinces were visited without warning by representatives of the Trade 'Union on various days extending over a period of many weeks. A list of demands for improved working conditions was presented to the management, and, if these were not granted, the waiters, kitchen staff, &o., were immediately withdrawn. In the great majority of cases the stoppage of work did not exceed one hour. Causes of Disputes. In considering the causes of disputes it should be observed that many strikes and lock-outs have more than one cause or object, but in these statistics it is only possible to take the leading cause for purposes of classification. Eor example, applications for advances in wages are often accompanied by claims for decrease in hours of labour and other improvements in working conditions, and these are classified under wages if such, was the principal cause. The majority of disputes in most years usually arise on demands for advances in wages, and in 1913, 776 disputes, or more than one-half of the total, were due to this cause. The proportion of such disputes to the total in 1913 was considerably higher than in the nine preceding years. In the following Table the workpeople directly involved in disputes beginning in each of the years 1904^- 1913 are classified according to the cause of the disputes. For examples of the cases included under each cause, as given in the Table, see Appendix I, pp. 173 to 178. Jrinoipal Cause. Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. For increase For a minimum ■wage.* Against decrease ... -^Other 4,960 13,643 14,180 13,736 11,422 13,680 68,942 5,399 23,592 25,193 3,849 27,016 16,261 141,646 17,98S 13,803 9,765 18,470 20,748 7,164 48,672 333,647 16,280 33.288 114,606 850,000 7,967 47,847 239,874 16,356 26,916 -jTotal.— Wages ... 32,783 38,737 87,933 56,068 175.889 42,028 76,474 383,216 1,020,420 283,146 Hours of Labour :— For decrease other 140 1,830 85 3,060 6,164 922 649 1,431 187 8,190 1,358 86,009 6,348 86,679 8,699 4,462 1,670 7,391 3,473 10,215 Total.— Hours of Labour. 1,970 3,145 7,086 2,080 8,377 87,367 91,927 13,161 8,961 13,688 Employment of par- ticular classes or persons. Working arrange- ments, &c. Trade Unionism Other Causes 6,081 7,601 7,925 20 6,408 6,546 9,377 4,440 4,734 6,636 50,750 833 13,699 11,805 16,43( 661 11,078 12,467 12,218 3,940 13,492 8,892 12,936 5,644 114,793 62,207 32,777 6,907 32,639 68,009 327,588 6,492 34,986 42,068 120,924 5,658 63,714 20,159 120,470 24,860 Grand Total 66,380 67,653 167,872 100,72t 223,969 170,268 385,065 831,104 1,233,016 516,037 * This relates to the general strike of coal miners in Great Britain for the adoption of the rinciple of an Individual district minimum wage for all underground workers. princi CAUSES OF DISPUTES. * XVU Disputes arising out of demands for advances in wages accounted for nearly one-half of the total number of workpeople directly in- volved in disputes beginning during the year. The trades with the largest proportion of disputes arising from this cause were the building, mining (other than coal), quarrying, miscellaneous metal (including the general metal workers' dispute in the Midlands), woollen and worsted manufacture, tailoring, transport (especially carters), brick, pottery, chemical, &c., and woodworking and furnishing trades. In the coal mining industry only 19 disputes of small magnitude out of a total of 163 arose out of demands for advances in wages, this being •due mainly to the fact that changes in the general wages rate are effected by conciliation boards covering the various coalfields. As usual during a period of good employment, the number of disputes against actual or proposed reductions in wages was small in 1913, only 16,000 workpeople being involved in 36 disputes. The chief dispute classified under this cause was the strike of motor- cab drivers in London, arising out of the men's refusal to pay an increased charge for the petrol supplied to them. Disputes arising out of demands for readjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c., accounted for DO disputes, directly involving 12,910 workpeople. Nearly one-half of these disputes occurred in the cotton industry, mainly owing to complaints of loss of wages owing to working on alleged bad material. In the spinning section many of the disputes were very prolonged, two-thirds of the aggregate duration of all disputes arising from this cause being accounted for by disputes in this branch of the cotton trade. During the last year or two disputes arising out of the assertion and defence of Trade Union principle have involved large numbers of workpeople, and in 1913 120,000 workpeople were directly involved in the 133 disputes which were due to this cause. The most important of these was the general dispute at DubMn, in which the workpeople declined to acquiesce in thedemandof the employers that the workpeople should not join or support the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, one of whose methods was the refusal to handle goods received from firms involved in disputes. About one-quarter of the total number of these disputes were in the coal mining industry. In this industry the disputes consisted of refusals to work with non-unionists, one of the most widespread being a general stoppage early in May at all collieries in South Wales where non-unionists were employed. It is estimated that about 50,000 men in all were involved, work being gradually resumed during the month at the various collieries as the non-unionists joined the Union. Of the 236 disputes arising out of the employment of particular classes or persons, 117, involving nearly one-half of the number of workpeople directly involved, were demands for the reinstatement of discharged workpeople, and 25, directly involving 10,500 workpeople, arose out of objections to certain officials. Disputes as to demarca- tion of work between various classes of skilled workpeople, chiefly in the shipbuilding trades, numbered 42, and directly involved 5,740 workpeople. Three disputes of a personal character, classified under XVm REPORT. this general heading, occurred in 1913. In one case 300 workpeople struck for one day, refusing to work with certain persons involved in a quarrel between two families ; in another, 3,000 dock workers struck for three days demaniling the suspension, pending enquiry, of a dock policeman who had arrested a workman on a charge of using obscene language, and further requiring the withdrawal of the charge made against the latter. In the third case over 100 bricklayers and labourers struck for one day on a certain job against the employ- ment of foreign bricklayers ; work was resumed upon the foreigners being removed. Disputes in which questions respecting hours of labour were the chief cause, and those arising out of questions of detail in working arrangements, ivere comparatively few in 1913. In the former case 49 disputes occurred, directly involving 13,600 workpeople, and in the latter 73 disputes, directly involving 20,000 workpeople. One of the latter disputes illustrates the insistence of the workers on safety in working conditions. About 240 rivetters, &c., struck work in a Tyne shipyard, demanding four planks in the staging instead of the customary three. After two days' stoppage a com- promise was effected, the firm providing the extra plank and the men putting it in position. The number of purely sympathetic disputes beginning in 1913 was 12, directly involving 15,300 workpeople. Disputes from this cause have been steadily increasing during the ten-year period under review, rising from one in 1904 to 15 in 1912; and although such disputes were fewer in 1913, the number of workpeople involved was higher than in any other year during the period. The most important sympathetic dispute of the year was a strike of railwaymen, involving about 8,500 men at Liverpool, Birmingham and other centres, against the dismissal of men who refused to handle certain traffic during the general dispute at DubHn. Apart from the great majority of strikes which are capable of being classified under the general categories of causes referred to above, a number of disputes occur each year, often arising out of curious and unusual causes, which can only be classified under the heading of " Miscellaneous." In 1913 twelve such disputes occurred and a few of the more interesting are here mentioned, the majority of the illustrations being taken from coal mining disputes, as no less than seven out of the twelve miscellaneous disputes occurred in this industry. In South Wales 1,000 miners struck for three days alleging that they had been prevented from attending the funeral of a, comrade who had been killed at work. At a colliery in Nottinghamshire 1,100 miners struck for one day in sympathy with a contractor from whose stall coal was alleged to have been stolen by men from another stall who loaded it in tubs wrongly numbered. At Mountain Ash about 5,000 miners struck work for some days in April demanding that their employers, who already made deductions from wages for the payment of doctors under an old scheme, should also make deductions for doctors appointed under a new scheme adopted by some of tlie msn. In Yorkshire a pit was stopped for one day as a result of the pit lads striking in sympathy with one of RESULTS OF DISPUTES. XIX their number who refused to work on account of alleged insufficient amount of compensation paid to his father for an accident. In the Dundee jute trade two sectional strikes occurred because the employers had posted up notices of a general lock-out to force another sectional strike to a close. Results of Disputes. The approximate proportion of workpeople directly involved in completely successful disputes was .31 per cent. ; in unsuccessful disputes 21 per cent. ; and in partially successful or compromised disputes 48 per cent. Excluding the year 1912, which was altogether exceptional owing to the large number involved in the national coal strike, the proportion of workpeople completely successful in 1913 was much higher than in any of the four years 1908 to 1911, while the proportion accepting a compromise was lower than the average for the same period. The following Table shows the number of workpeople directly involved in disputes beginning in 1913, classified according to principal cause and result : — Principal Cause. Number of Worltpeople directly 'involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Hesults ol which were — Total Number of Workpeople directly In favour of Work- people. 21,391 7,402 5,281 6,543 In favour of Employers. 31,261 2,259 1,558 3,550 Com- promiserl or Partially Successful. Indefinite or Unsettled. involved in Disputes begiuuiug in 1913. Wages :— For Increase Against Decrease Se-adjustments of rates owing to difficulties in working, &c. Other 187,222 6,695 6,071 3,914 ... 239,874 16,356 12,910 14,006 Total.— Wages Hours of Labour Employment of paiticular classes or persons. Working arrangements ... Trade Unionism ... Sympathetic Disputes Miscellaneous 40,616 2,937 19,752 6,669 88,352 767 2,899 38,628 7,521 15,006 8,200 20,040 14,495 4,657 203,902 3,210 18,956 5,290 12,078 81 1,961 283,146 13,688 53,714 20,159 120,470 15,343 9,517 Grand Total 162,012 108,547 245,478 516,037 Wages disputes in 1913 were generally compromised ; and only about nine per cent, of the workpeople involved in disputes for increases in wages were completely successful. On the other hand, nearly one-half of those who were resisting reductions in wages were successful, mainly owing to the success of the London motor-cab drivers' strike. About three-quarters of those wlio were involved in disputes on questions of Trade Union principle were successful from -the point of view of the men, owing largely to the success of the strike XX KEPOKT. of 50,000 coal miners in South Wales against the employment of non-unionists. The majority of the 20,000 workpeople involved in unsuccessful disputes due to this cause were directly involved in the general dispute at Dublin. The great majority of those engaged in sympathetic strikes were unsuccessful; the large proportion was due to the extensive railwaymen's dispute arising out of the dismissal of men who refused to handle certain traffic, the discharged men being reinstated upon promising to handle all trafiic in future. Of the workpeople who struck to secure the re-instatement of discharged ffllow-workers, about one-half were successful, and rather more than a quarter effected compromises ; in other disputes ari.sing out of questions of the employment of particular classes or persons, about '25 per cent, of the workpeople directly involved were successful, about 32 per cent were unsuccessful, and 43 per cent, compromised. In disputes arising from other causes the majority of the workpeople directly involved were unsuccessful. « The following Table shows in the form of percentages the results of disputes beginning in 1913, by groups of trades : — Groups of Trades. Percentage of Workpeople di?' involved in Disputes beginning in Results of which were — 'Ctly 1913, the lu favour of Workpeople. lu favour of Employers. Com- promised or Partially Successful. Indefinite or Unsettled. Building Mining and quarrying Metal, engineering and ship- building. Textile Clothing Transport Miscellaneous Tra'les Employees of Public Authorities 9-1 65-2 18-9 19-3 31-9 15-0 13-1 24-7 7-1 19-6 14-8 16-6 16-5 27-9 15-7 42-0 83-8 15-2 66-3 64-1 51-6 57-1 71-2 33-3 ... All Trades* 31-4 21-0 47-6 * The general dispute at Dublin, which was settled in favour of the em- ployers, has been included in the percentage for " All Trades," but not in that of the separate groups of trades. In the building trades the majority of the disputes, arising mainly out of demands for increased wages, were settled by compromises, and only seven per cent, of the total number of workpeople involved in disputes in these trades were completely unsuccessful. The high proportion of disputes settled in favour of the workpeople in the mining and quarrying trades was mainly due to the large measure- of success which attended the strrkes against the employment of non-unionists in the coal mining industry. Workpeople in the- employment of Public Authorities accounted for the highest propor- tion settled in favour of the employers; this was due largely to the result of the general strike of municipal workers at Leeds,, occurring at the end of the year, involving about 4,000 workpeople. RESULTS OF DISPUTES. Tt is interesting to observe, however, that of the 26 disputes involving employees of Public Authorities only seven were completely un- successful. In all the other groups of trades the majority of work- people were involved in disputes which were compromised or partially successful. The somewhat, high proportion of workpeople involved in successful disputes in the clothing trades was due principally to a strike of about 1,900 boot and shoe operatives in the Leicester District. The following Table shows, for a period of ten years, the propor- tion of workpeople directly involved in disputes which were, from the point of view of the workpeople, successful, unsuccessful, and com- promised or partially success Cul : — Percentage of Workpeople direotly iuvolvec in disputes. the Besults of which were— Year. In favour In favour Compromised Indefinite of of or Parti.ally or Workpeople. Employers. Successful. Unsettled. 1904 27-3 41 7 30-9 0-1 1905 24-7 34 41 2 0-1 1906 42-5 24 5 33 0-0 1907 32-7 27 3 40 1908 8-7 25 7 65 6 1909 11-2 22 3 66 5 1910 16-3 13 8 69 7 o'i 1911 6-6 9 3 84 1 1912 74-5 14 4 11 1 1913 31-4 21 47 6 ... The Table shows a general tendency towards the settlement of • disputes by compromise ; and this irrespective of whether the years were of good or of bad employment. Of the disputes which were not compromised, the proportion of successful disputes, as was to be expected, generally outweighs the proportion of unsuccessful disputes in years of good employment, like 1906, 1907, and 1913 ; while the reverse is the case in years of bad employment, like 1904, 1908, and 1909. The year 1912 was quite exceptional owing to the large number of workpeople involved in the national coal strike. If the proportions of disputes which were successful, unsuccessful, and compromised were calculated on the number of disputes, instead of on the number of workpeople involved, they would l)e 29 per cent.,. 25 per cent., and 46 per cent, respectively in 1913, as compared with 27, 30, and 42 per cent, in 1912, and 25, 32, and 43 per cent, in 1911. Methods of Settlement of Disputes. The great majority of disputes that occur are settled by direct arrangement or negotiations between the parties or their repre- sentatives without the intervention of third parties, hx 1913 about three-quarters of the number of disputes, involving over two-thirds- xxu REPora\ of all the workpeople directly involved, were settled in this manner. The following Table shows the various methods by which the disputes beginning in each of the years 1904-1913 were settled : — Year. By direct arrange- ment or negotiation between the parties or their represen- tatives. By Arbitra- tion. By Con- ciliation or Media- tion. Legis- lation. By return to work on em- ployers' terms without negotia- tion. By replace- ment of work- people. By closing of works. Other- wise (in- cluding In- definite or Un- settled) Total. NUM BEE OF Disputes. 1904 227 15 12 27 67 6 1 355 1905 220 9 22 47 53 3 4 358 1906 340 17 23 39 60 3 4 486 1907 3(15 14 31 70 84 6 1 601 1908 25 L 24 33 40 43 7 1 399 1S09 271 28 37 61 41 8> 436 1910 359 26 34 68 41 2 i 531 1911 653 21 85 72 66 G 903 1912* 633 22 68 1 71 56 3 "3 857 1913 1,153 24 127 119 68 4 2 1,497 Nn MBEB OF WOEKPEOl-lE Dir ectly In VOLVEI . 1904 43,589 1,832 3,179 4,493 2,587 672 26 56,380 1905 48,155 2,224 8,75 i 5,550 2,126 714 132 67,653 1906 129,614 4,611 3,674 17,293 2,497 128 55 157,872 1907 74,160 2,115 11,337 8,980 3,325 461 350 100,728 1908 55,967 7,675 150,166 7,338 2,057 647 119 223,969 1909 75,794 19,773 59,986 11,603 1,645 1,457 170,258 1910 191,718 8,939 163,549 18,556 1,431 129 763 385,085- 1911 283,763 13,705 514,260 15,919 2,853 604 831,104 ,1912* 286,438 13,046 59,462 850,000 22,257 1,583 157 73 1,233,016 1913 376,884 15,232 97,288 23,108 3,241 213 71 516,037 * The figures for 1912 have been revised in certain cases in which the final results were undecided wlien the Report for tliat year was issued. Of the disputes beginning daring the year settled by the mediation of outside bodies or persons, 127 were settled by the method of conciliation and 24 by arbitration. It is interesting to note that the proportion of disputes settled by arbitration to those settled by conciliation is the lowest for the ten-year period under review. The number of workpeople involved in disputes settled by conciliation was much higher than in 1912, but was exceeded in 1908, 1910 and 1911 when large general disputes were so settled. The number of workpeople directly involved in cases settled by arbitration was only exceeded once in the nine preceding years. Nine of the disputes settled by arbitration, directly involving 11,900 workpeople (the great majority of those involved in disputes so settled) were under the Con- ciliation Act, 1896. Of the 127 disputes settled by conciliation 20, directly involving 53,000 workpeople, were settled by action taken under the Act : these included the large metal workers' dispute in the Midlands, which was brought to a close by'the mediation of IMPOKTAXT DISPUTES BEGINNISG IN 1913. Xxiii the Chief Industrial Commissionei'. A detailed report of all strikes and lock-outs settled by conciliation or arbitration during the year, irrespective of the date of commencement, will be found on pages xxxi to xxxiv. Disputes which were brought to a close by return to work on employers' terms without negotiation numbered 119, or 8 per cent, of the total. The number involved in such disputes was 23,108, which, though a greater number than in any previous year, was only about 5 per cent, of the total. The other methods of settlement were of little importance ; in particular, the method of settlement " by replacement of workpeople" showed no marked increase in 1913 over the other years in the comparative period either in number of disputes or in number of workpeople involved, in spite of the great increase in disputes generally. Important Disputes beginning in 1913. Tube and other Metal Workers — South Staffordshire and North Wohcestekshiue. This dispute had its origin in an agitation which had been pro- ceeding during the early months of 1913 on behalf of a demand of unskilled workers in the metal works of various Midland towns for an advance in wages. Various sectional disputes had occurred in March and April, resulting mainly in the improvement of working conditions. The general stoppage of work, however, began with two strikes — the one at Birmingham and the other at Wednesbury. On April 25th a number of men employed at a railway wagon and carriage works at Birmingham struck work for an advance in wages. On May 9th about 300 tube workers in the employment of a firm at Wednesbury also struck, demanding an advance of 2s. per week to time workers and 10 per cent, to piece workers. On May 16th the dispute spread to Walsall and developed until by the end of the month practically all the tube workers of that town and Wednesbury were affected. Throughout the latter part of May and the whole of Juno the dispute spread to West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, various parts of Birmingham, and other towns in the district, in\olving tube works, railway carriage and wagon works, metal rolling works, boiler and bridge works, nut and bolt works, and other works in allied trades. The majority of those who struck were labourers and semi-skilled workers, but their abstention from work threw a large number of skilled men idle, and it is estimated that for some days at the height of the dispute as many as 50,000 workpeople were directly or indirectly involved. In many cases works were closed down by the action of crowds of strikers in compelling the employees to remain idle and often to take an active part in the dispute. At an early stage of the dispute the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire and North Worcestershire. Minimum Wage Council, representing the workpeople on strike, formulated the following demands and presented them to the employers : — For Workmen. — An all-round advance of wages of 2s. per week on day rates, 10 per cent: advance on piece prices, and the establishment of a standard minimum of, 23.S. per week for men classed as unskilled. 14 years 15 16 17 18 19 ilO ai Girls' Scale. 14 years ,.6s. Qd. 15 Is. 16 ,. Is. ,ed 17 8«. 18 »» • .9s.6d. 19 to 21 10s. Gd. 21 and over . 12«. XXIV EEPOET. The following rates to be paid to youths and girls : Youths' Scale. Is. 9«. l\s. 13«. 15«. 17S.6A 20«. 23«. A certain number of firms in the district conceded these or similar terms, but the majority refused to make the required concessions. On May 29th an officer of the Chief Industrial Commissioner's Department visited the district to make enquiiies and to ascertain the position. A further visit was made early in June, from which it was •ascertained that various groups of employers were federating under the title of the Midland Employers' Federation, between whom and the Birmingham Engineers and Allied Trades Societies' Federation, representing all sections of the workpeople involved, negotiations were proceeding with a view to a joint meeting to discuss the matter, and, if possible, arrive at a settlement. Meetings eventually took place between these bodies, proposals and counter-proposals being made, without agreement being arrived at. The men's representatives, however, subsequently decided to take a fcallot of the labourers directly concerned upon the employers' pro- posals, the chief points of which were : — A minimum rate of 23«. in the Birmingham District and 21». in the Black Country. A method of ascertaining the average wages paid to youths and girls, such to have general application. No general advance on piecework. No further stoppage of work. The agreement to be in force for twelve months. The ballot resulted in 99 voting for the employers' proposals and 4,'717 against, the result being made known on Saturday, June 28th. On July 2nd the Chief Industrial Commissioner visited Birming- ham for the purpose of meeting the representatives of the parties, and the resulting negotiations were continued until the evening of July 4th, when a settlement of all the main issues was arrived at. The two secretaries of the respective federations subsequently met to draft the agreement, and at a meeting held on Monday, July 7th, the representatives of the parties duly approved aud signed the document.* The terms of settlement were subsequently accepted by a majority of the workpeople involved, 4,944 voting for the terms and 1,236 voting against. P' Work was resumed by the majority of the workpeople on Monday, July 14th, and by July 18th practically all had returned. It is estimated that the aggregate duration of the dispute amounted to about 1,400,000 working days. * See Appendix II, p. 186. important disputes beginning in 1913. xxv Ddblin Dispute. The origin of the general dispute at Dublin may be traced to the occurrence of a large number of sectional strikes initiated by the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in recent years, especially in 1913. Many of these strikes were of a sympathetic character, aiming at the complete dislocation of the trade of firms involved in disputes by the refusal of employees of other firms to handle their goods. In addition to these strikes an agitation had been proceeding since July, 1913, on the part of certain of the Dublin tramway employees for an advance in wages and other improvements in working conditions. Certain concessions were granted, but the agita- tion continued and accordingly on August 21st the management issued the following notice to their employees in tlie parcels- department : — " As the directors understand that you are a member of the Irish Transport Workers' Uniou, whose methods are disorganising the tradft and business of the city, they do not further require your services. " The parcel traffic will be temporarily suspended. If you are not a member of the Union when the traffic is resumed your application for re-employment will be favourably considered." On August 26th a number of tramwaymen struck work, demand- ing, according to a manifesto issued by the Irish Transport Union, the reinstatement of the locked-out workpeople in the parcels depart- ment, increased wages, shorter hours of labour and other concessions. On the following day certain employees of a firm of flour millers went on stiike owing to the firm intimating their intention of dismissing members of the Irish Transport Union. On Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and 31st, great demonstra- tions in sympathy with the tramwaymen on strike were the occasion of serious rioting in the city, resulting in injuries to a large number of people. On September 1st the coachbuilders of the city locked out their unskilled men who belonged to the Transport Union, and on the same day a firm of biscuit manufacturers announced that, owing to labour trouble in the factory, they had decided to close down the manu- facturing portion of their works and would be prepared to re-open when they had received sufficient applications from workpeople pledged not to belong to the Irish Transport Union. On September 2nd the Goal Merchants' Association issued a notice stating that since " the Irish Transport Union will not allow their members to- deliver coal to certain firms the merchants are compelled to give notice that they will not any longer employ men belonging to this union, and who will not make deliverances in accordance with any orders given by their employers. The services of any man who is not prepared to agree to these conditions and to sign an undertaking: to withdraw from tlie Transport Union will be dispensed with forth- with." As a result, about 1,000 men refused to resume work on the following morning. On the evening of September 2nd a number of cross-channel steamship companies issued a notice that " in con- sequence of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union having broken an agreement dated May.26th, 1913, the shipowners are com^ pelled to give notice that on and after 6 p.m. on Friday, September XXVI TtEE'ORT. 5th, 1913, the only conditions under which a man will be employed are that he agrees to handle and deliver all goods;" The following day the Master Carriers' Association decided to discharge employees refusing to carry out all the directions of their employers. On the evening of September 3rd a meeting of about 400 Dublin employers was held and the following resolutions were adopted : — " (1) That this meeting of employers, while a»sertiiig its friendly feelings to trade unionism, hereby declares that the position created by the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (a union in name only) is a menace to all trade organisation, and has become intolerable." " (2) That in order to deal effectively with the present situation, all employers should bind themselves to adopt a common line of action by signing the agreement presented herewith. The agreement was as follows : — " We hereby pledge ourselves in future not to employ any persons who continue to be members of the Irish Transport and General Worker's' Union, and any person refusing to carry out our lawful and reasonable instructions, or the instructions of those placed over them, will be instantly dismissed, no matter to what union they belong." Following this meeting a large number of firms endeavoured to require their workpeople to sign the following notice as a condition of employment : — " I hereby undertake to carry out all instructions given to me by or on behalf of my employers, and, further, I agree to immediately resign my membership of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (if a member), and I further undertake that I will not join or in any way support this Union." Signed Address _ Witness Date On September 12th the County Dublin Farmers' Association passed a resolution, to take effect from September 20th, pledging themselves not to employ members of the Irish Transport Union or any other union that could not effectively guarantee the obser- vance of contracts, and that any one refusing to obey reasonable orders should be dismissed. By the middle of the month over 4,000 building trade operatives were directly and indirectly involved owing to the refusal of the builders' labourers to sign an agreement not to belong to the Transport Union. Later in the month employees of members of the Irish Timber Importers' Association and the Cement and Brick Goods Association ceased work, refusing to undertake to handle and deliver all goods from any source whatever, and to work amicably with all other workpeople. Apart from the above-mentioned associations, employees of a large number of independent firms, embracing a wide variety of trades, ceased work in September, October, and November. 'At the beginning of September the Dublin Trades Council had made representations to the Trades Union Congress in session at Manchester, and delegates were appointed by the Congress to visit Dublin with a view to enquiring into the conduct of the police in the recent riots, and to aiding in a settlement of the dispute. Following IMPOKTANT DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. XXVU •a meeting between the Lord-Lieutenant and the delegates, a con- ference between representatives of the employers and delegates from the Trades Union Congress, the Irish Trades Congress, and the Dublin Trades Council took place. On September 9th the conference was adjourned for a week. On September 12th the employers sent a letter to the Trades Union Congress delegates stating that the employers were " unanimously of opinion that no machinery could be devised by which reliable assurance could be taken from the Irish Transport Union so as to put an end to the state of fitful paralysis inflicted on the commerce of our metropolis by means of the sym- pathetic strike," and that the employers, therefore, did not see the use of resuming the conference. On September 23rd the Trades Union Congress delegates issued their Eeport. It dealt largely with the rights of free speech, and the methods employed by the police in the recent rioting, and also stated that "from the evidence obtained we are satisfied that the Irish Transport Workejs' Union had been doing good work — that it had considerably raised the wages of the various sections of industry which it had organised. . . . The Union, and its General Secretary, Mr. J. Larkin, has adopted a very aggressive policy. This policy is being met by the employers with an equally aggressive policy of a sympathetic lock-out." With regard to the failure of the recent peace negotiations, it stated that " from information obtained since negotiations broke down we are thoroughly convinced that the Dublin Employers' Federation, Ltd., are not prepared to make any kind of agreement with responsible trade union representatives, and are determined to crush out trade unionism in Dublin." On September 26th the Chief Industrial Commissioner, who, in consultation with the Irish Government, had been keeping in close touch with the dispute, issued the following statement : — " In consultation with the Irish Government, a Court of Inquiry, consisting of Sir George Askwith, K.C.B., K.C., Sir Thomas Batcliffe Ellis, and Mr. J. R. Clynes, J.P., M.P., has been appointed to inquire into the facts and the circumstances of the dispute now in progress in Dublin, and to take such steps as may seem desirable, with a view to arriving at a settlement. The Court proposes to commence its inquiry at 11 a.m. on Monday next, September the 29th, at Dublin Castle. " Sir George Askwith has informed the representatives of the employers and the representatives of the workpeople of the appointment of the Court, and has requested them to take such steps as may be necessary for the presentation of the case on behalf of the respective parties and for the attendance of such persons as may be required in order to facilitate the proceedings." The Court of Inquiry commenced their sittings on Monday September 29th, and representatives of the employers and work- people attended. The Court decided that their proceedings should be conducted in public, and on Wednesday, October 1st, and on the three following days, they sat to hear the statements and evidence submitted on behalf of the respective parties. The Court met the representatives of the parties again on Monday, October 6th, and Sir George Askwith read their Eeport. The Eeport begins by reviewing the events that had occurred in the City of Dublin since 1908, in which year the unrest which XXVm REl'ORT. culminatefl iu the present disputes may be said to have begun, and mentions the various suggestions that bad been made from time to time with a view to the formation of Conciliation Boards, none of which appear to have been adopted. Tlie Eeport proceeds to state that " the events that have occurred in the various industries indicate that grievances of considerable importance have existed." Speaking of the sympathetic strike, it is stated that " in actual practice the ramifications of this method of industrial warfare have been shown to involve loss and suffering to large numbers of botli employers and workpeople who not only have no voice in the original dispute but have no means of influencing those concerned in the original cause of the difference No community could exist if resort to the sympathetic strike became the general policy of trade unionism." Alluding to the agreement which the employers endeavoured to get their workpeople to sign, the Eeport remarks that " whatever may have been the intention of the employers, this document imposes upon the signatories conditions which are contrary to individual liberty, and which no workman or body of workmen oould reasonably be expected to accept." Coming to the proposals of the Court for a settlement, the Report puts forward a dr.ift scheme which it is suggested might be used as a basis of negotiation. This scheme proposes the appointment of Conciliation Committees to deal with questions referred to them ; the grouping of various industries for the purposes of these Committees ; the election by ballot of working men's representati^'es, the employers' side being composed of employers elected by employers; and the ajjpointment on each side of secretaries. The Eeport goes on to deal with procedure, and concludes : — " Charges have been made to the effect that agreements have been frequently broken on both sides, and it has been implied that under these circumstances it would be futile to make further agreements. We offer no excuse for, and have no desire to condone, the breach of agreements, and we recognise the strength of this objection. The subject of the fulfilment of agreements formed part of a long and careful inquiry made recently at the request of H.M. Government by the Industrial Council, and the conclusions unanimously formed then are strengthened by what we have learned here — namely, that the difficulties arising in regard to alleged breaches of agreements can best be dealt with by isolating as far as possible those responsible for the breach. We therefore suggest that it be agreed : — " (1) That any complaint as to the breaking of agreements may be referred to the Conciliation Committee for decision as to whether or not there has been a breach. *' (2) That iu the event of the Conciliation Committee failing to agree as to whether or not a breach has been committed the matter shall be decided by the Chairman of the Committee. " (3) That in the event of such complaint bemg held to be substantiated, no support whatever be given by the respective associations, or by any affiliated association, to the parties responsible for the breach." After the Eeport had been read the Court adjourned, and later in the day the representatives of the parties met the Court piivately, wlien it was intimated by the representatives of the employers tliat they could not, without an opportunity of consultation with the general body of employers, proceed to the discussion of the details of the Eeport. The representatives of the men stated tliat they were IMPORTANT DISPUTES DEGINNING IN 1913. xxix prepared to accept the Eeport as a basis of discussion. The Court then announced that as there appeared to be no immediate prospect of a meeting of the parties, as invited by the Eeport, the proceedings of the Court were concluded ; but that, if subsequently a different opinion should prevail, the services of the Board of Trade would be at the disposal of the parties if they desired to avail themselves of them. On October 14th the employers issued a reply to the Eeport of the Court of Inquiry, stating their reasons for rejecting its proposals as a basis of settlement. They concluded by saying that "they are again compelled to refuse to recognise this union (the Irish Transport Union) until tlie union be reorganised on proper lines, with new officials who have met with the approval of the British Joint Labour Board. When this has been done, the Executive Committee will recommend the employers to withdraw the ban on the Irish Trans- port Union and to re-employ their workers as far as vacancies and conditions permit, but until then they regret that existing circum- stances compel them to continue to insist on the undertaking referred to being signed. Apart from any settlement that may bo arrived at now, the different stages of the dispute liave made it very clear that the difficulty in arriving at any form of guarantee for the keeping of agreements must be the subject of legislation, as it has become of universal importance to the whole trading community." Attempts at a settlement of the dispute were made by various bodies during October and the early part of November, but without result. In the meantime Mr. J. Larkin had been imprisoned on a charge of sedition, and apparently as a protest against this action the dock- workers employed on ships belonging to companies not hitherto involved in the dispute were called out on strike on Kovember 12th. This action practically paralysed the shipping trade of the port. On November 18th the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress held a meeting in London to consider the situation. On the following day the Secretary uf the Committee announced that it had been decided to hold a special congress in London on December 9th to consider the position in Dublin from a Trade Union point of view. At a meeting of the Joint Board representing the three national committees — the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, the Executive Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions, and the Conimittee of the Labour Party — held on November 20th, it was announced that, in addition to the Trades Union Congress delegates and Labour Members of Parliament, the Executive Committees of the Labour Party, the General Federa- tion of Trade Unions, and such societies as are represented through the Joint Board, but not directly affiliated to the Congress, would attend. On December 2nd, at a meeting of the Joint Board, it was decided that a deputation from the three bodies should visit Dublin in order to try to arrange a conference of all parties to the dispute imme- diately. Conferences were duly arranged, but after negotiations lasting several days it was announced o'l December 7th that no agreement had been reached, and negotiations were broken off. In a XXX EEPOKT. statement issued on the same evening the Executive of the Employers' Eederation stated that certain proposals had been agreed upon as a basis of negotiation, but that in the subsequent discussion the parties were unable to agree on the question of reinstatement. On December 9th the special coiigress of Trade Union and other delegates arranged on November 18th was held in London, and the following resolutions, inter alia-, were adopted : — (1) "That the Joint Board be instructed to arrange at an early date a conference of representatives of all the unions involved in the dispute, to be held in Dublin, for the purpose of considering the entire position ■with a view to a united policy by which the dispute may be brought to a successful termination without the sacrifice of any Trade Union principle ; that the executives of all the Trade Unions involved in the disputes be invited to appoint at least one but not more than three delegates to attend the conference." (2) "That this conference instruct the representatives of the Joint Board to continue their consultations with the Dublin Strike Committee, to endeavour to resume negotiations with the Employers' Committee, and to use every legitimate method consonant with the preservation of Trade Union principles to achieve a satisfactory and lasting settlement." In accordance with the terms of the first Eesolution quoted above, a Trade Union conference was held, and at its first meeting, on December 16th, appointed a sub-committee, consisting of the members of the Joint Board and local representatives of the strikers, including Mr. T^arkin, to draft a basis of negotiations for submission to the employers on December 18th. The conference reassembled on December 17th, and at the close of the proceedings the following statement was issued : — A conference of national and local representatives, together with the Joint Board delegates, continued its sittings at the Trades Hall this afternoon. A report of the Sub-Committee, containing a proposed basis of negotiation, was considered, and after a free and full exchange of views was unanimously adopted. It was reported that arrangements had been made for the resumption of the conference with the employers at the Shelbourne Hotel on Thursday at 10.30 a.m. It was also agreed that the national and local delegates again assemble at the Trades Hall at two -o'clock on Thursday afternoon in case they are required for purposes of consultation with those representatives who shall meet the employers in the morning. It was reported that the following were tlie terms formulated and adopted by the men's representatives : — (1) That the employers of the County and City of Dublin agree to withdraw the circulars, posters, and forms of agreement known as the Employers' Agreement, presented to their employees embodying the conditions governing their employment in the several firms as from July 19th, 1913. (2) That the Unions affected agree, as a condition of the withdrawal of such conditions and forms of agreement governing employment, to abstain from any form of sympathetic strike pending a Board of Wages and Conditions of Employment being set up by March 17, 1914. (3) The conference also agrees that in restoring relations no member shall be refused employment on the grounds of his or her association in the dispute, and that no stranger shall be employed until all the old workers are re-engaged. (4) That all cases of old workers not re-employed on February 1, 1914, should be considered at a conference to be held on February 15, 1914. COXCILIATION AND AllBITUATIOX. XXXI On December 18th representatives of the Joint Board and of the local workers met representatives of the employers in confei'enco. The discussions were continued on the 19th and 20th, but on the latter date the conference broke up without arriving at any agree- ment. According to statement^ issued separately by the parties at the conclusion of the proceedings, it would appear that the work- people's representatives presented the terms agreed upon by the Trade Union delegates on December 17th as a basis of negotiation. The employers, however, decided tliat the question of reinstatement should be first discussed, and as no settlement was found possible, the conference broke up. Throughout the wliole period of the dispute a number of employers had proceeded to replace those of their employees on strike or locked out by other workpeople, and a large number of vacancies were filled in this manner. Up to the end of December the number of work- people involved in the dispute who had returned to work was very small, but during January a large number of transport worlcers resumed, and by the :26th of the month practically all the strikers in the employment of tlie various shipping companies who could get work were reinstated. At the end of January the dispute collapsed, and during the early days of February the majority of those remain- ing out who could find jobs resumed work. Practically the whole of those who resumed work agreed in future to handle all goods and to obey all orders, and in the case of certain firms, notably those belonging to the Master Builders' Association, the men undertook not to belong to the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. It is estimated that about 20,000 workpeople were directly and indirectly involved in the dispute, and that its aggregate duration amounted to about 1,900,000 workiug days. Early in the dispute the Trades Union Congress opened a subscrip- tion list for the relief of the workers involved in the dispute and the total amount collected reached nearly £90,000. Several shiploads of food for those involved in the dispute were also sent to Dublin from England by order of the Congress. CONCILIATION AND ARBITEATION. Strikes and Lock-outs settled by Conciliation or Arbitration. Of the 1,497 disputes which began in 1913, 151, directly involving 112,520 workpeople, or about one-fifth of the total directly involved in all disputes beginning during the year, were settled either by the intervention of third parties, or through the agencies of various con- ciliation machinery, such as Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Standing Joint Committees. These figures do not, however, present an exact record for the year of the disputes settled by these means, as they include cases settled in 1914, while they do not include disputes beginning before 1913 which were settled during that year by conciliation and arbitration. XXX 11 EEPOKT. In order, therefore, to obtain a record of the work done each year by t>ie various agencies for conciliation and arbitration, it is necessary to tabulate the disputes by the year of settlement, irrespective of the year in which they began. In 1913 the number of strikes and look-outs settled by these means was 150, involving 108,851 workpeople directly. The number of dis- putes was much greater than in any of the nine preceding years, bub the number of workpeople was exceeded iu 1908, 1910, 1911, and 1912. In the following Table the strikes and lock-outs so settled in each of the years 1904-1913 have been classified according to trades affected : — Mis- Year Mining and Quarry- Metal, Engineer- cellaneous and Em- T of Settle- Building. ing and Ship- Textile. Clothing. Transport. ployees of Public Total. ment. ing. building. Authori- ties. NUMBEK or S TBIKBS AH D Lock-outs Settled. 1904 3 8 T 3 2 1 4 28 1905 S 10 3 4 1 2 25 1906 9 13 6 '" 7 4 2 5 46 1907 1 n 8 7 8 2 8 45 1908 7 17 6 10 8 4 4 5ff 1909 5 23 11 7 7 3 7 63 ]910 7 17 7 11 8 4 6 59 1911 4 13 16 14 8 19 18 92 1912 9 5 25 20 8 19 13 99 1913 36 12 32 17 10 26 17 150 NUMBEE OF WOBKPEO PIE direc tly INTOLTED. 1904 106 4,974 14,404 419 57 350 SOS 21,H» 1905 3,100 1,723 312 843 350 650 6,978 1906 620 4,891 454 3,106 633 340 733 10,777 1907 5 2,237 759 1,456 5,nii, 1,830 1,415 13,29S 190S 2,175 14,806 23,456 113.619 690 2,829 701 158,276. 1909 781 74,502 1,436 359 1,064 534 537 79,273 1910 517 32,883 19,000 114,1P4 412 4,571 1,211 172,818 1911 1,148 3,600 13,501 21,485 5,260 807,216 3,558 355,768 1912 1.423 3,664 12,82H 195,780 529 24,724 3,568 242,514 1913 17,155 6,455 46,759 8,067 2,409 19,319 8,687 108,851 The outstanding feature of the Table is the large number of building trade disputes settled by conciliation and arbitration in 1913 as compared with the nine previous years ; it should be noted, however, that although there was a large increase in the number of disputes feo settled, the proportion to ihe total number of disputes in these trades was about the same in 1913 as in 1912. In the mining and quarrying trades more disputes were settled by conciliation and arbitration than in the previous year, but the number of disputes and the number of workpeople directly involved were cousiderably less than in 1908, 1909, and 1910. In the metal trades group, the large number of workpeople involved in such disputes iu 1913 CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. xxxm was mainly due to the metal workers' dispute in the Midlands. Slightly fewer disputes were settled by these methods in the textile trades in 1913 than in 1912, and the number involved was much less than in the previous year, when the lock-out in the cotton weaving industry was settled by the mediation of the Chief Industrial Com- missioner. In the clothing trades the number of workpeople directly involved was much larger than in 1912, but only about one-half that in 1911. Although the number of disputes in the transport trades settled by conciliation and arbitration in 1913 was higher than in any of the nine previous years, the number of workpeople involved was less than in 1912, and much less than in 1911, when many of the great series of disputes that occurred in these trades throughout the United Kingdom were settled by the mediation of third parties. The low figures for the years prior to 1911 correspond with the com- paratively few disputes that then occurred in these trades. In the remaining trades the number of workpeople involved in disputes settled by conciliation or arbitration in 1913 was higher than in any other year of the period under review. In the following Table strikes and lock-outs settled by conciliation or arbitration during each of the years 1904-1913 are classified according to the agency employed in the settlement : — Year of Settle- Under the Conciliation Act, 1«96. By Boards, &c., dealing with particular trades. By District and General Boards, Trades Councils, and Federations of Trade Unions. By other Voluntary Con- ciliation Ma- chinery, and by Individuals. Total. Concili- Arbi- Concili- Arbi- Concili- Arbi- Concili- Arbi- Concili- Arbl- ation. tration. ation. tration. ation. tration. ation. tration. ation tration. NuMBEB OP Strikes and Lock-otjts Sbttled. 1904 4 6 1 1 5 11 11 17 1905 2 4 2 1 , 10 6 16 9 190R 6 9 3 1 1 18 8 28 18 1907 3 6 3 4 3 1 21 4 30 15 1908 9 7 7 8 1 18 11 36 21 1909 6 17 15 6 4 10 5 35 28 1910 6 9 12 2 2 14 14 34 25 1911 23 9 9 4 4 34 9 70 22 1912 9 13 12 1 12 43 9 76 23 1913 17 10 25 14 71 13 127 23 NuMBEB or WoBKPEOPLE directly Iktolted. 1901 14,749 2,434 106 11 1,333 2,485 3,767 17,351 1905 499 331 740 150 4,684 674 5,414 1,564 1906 2,142 2,828 1,378 55 70 3,434 870 6,317 4,460 1907 1,771 493 104 1,211 1,256 260 7,830 371 10,961 2,335 1908 24,446 3,264 10,588 523 21 116,249 3,185 151,304 6,972 1909 810 14,834 57,897 3,031 111 952 1,638 59,770 19,503 1910 146,926 3,806 5,088 815 39 11,615 4,529 163,668 9,150 1911 285,749 4,421 9,880 1,429 12,743 39,961 1,585 348,333 7,4X5 1912 175,348 17,293 2,058 64 1,910 44,290 1,551 223,606 18,908 1913 49,921 12,321 8,710 2,739 32,269 2,891 93,639 15.212 (B47— Gp. 19) XXXIV REPORT. During the last few years the proportion of cases settled by methods of conciliation to those settled by arbitration has been steadily increasing, and in 1913 it was higher than in any of the nine preceding years. During the year 127 disputes were settled by conciliation — the highest for the period — compared with 23 disputes settled by arbitration. The number of workpeople directly involved in disputes settled by conciliation was 93,600, as compared with 15,200 in disputes settled by arbitration. Twenty-seven strikes and lock-outs were settled under the Con- ciliation Act, 1896,* during 1913, of which 17 were settled by methods of conciliation and 10 by arbitration. Although the number settled by conciliation under the Act was only exceeded in 1911, the number of workpeople directly involved was much less than in any of the three previous years. The largest of these disputes in 1913 was that involving metal workers in the Midlands, which was settled as a result of the mediation of the Chief Industrial Commissioner. Six of the 10 disputes settled by arbitration under the Act were in the building trades, the largest being the dispute between the members of the London Master Decorators' Association and their workpeople, which was finally ended by an award given by the late Mr. B. Francis- WiUiams, K.C. All the 25 disputes settled by Conciliation Boards and Standing Joint Committees dealing with particular trades were arranged by the Boards without reference to arbitration. Twelve of these cases, involving 1,900 workpeople, were settled by Boards in the building trades. Of the 14 cases settled under the heading of District and General Conciliation Boards, Trades Councils, &c., six were settled by District Boards (of which four were by the Dundee Board established early in 1913), and eight by Trades Councils. The number of strikes and lock-outs settled by other voluntary conciliation machinery, and by individuals, was the highest recorded for the whole period, although the number of workpeople directly involved was less than in 1908, 1911 and 1912. Ten of the disputes settled by methods of conciliation under this heading were in the building trades, 15 were in the metal, engineering and shipbuilding trades, and 18 in the transport trades. Of the last-named 13 were carters' strikes, directly involving 13,700 workpeople, and it is interesting to note that 11 of these were settled by the Chief Magistrates of the localities affected and one by a Deputy-Mayor. Of the 13 disputes in this class settled by arbitration, five were in the mining and quarrying industries. Work of Permanent Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration and other Voluntary Conciliatory Agencies. The foregoing section of the Eeport deals with strikes and lock-outs which were settled by Conciliatory Agencies, including Voluntary * In addition, 44 disputes in which no stoppage of work occurred were settled under the Act. In certain other cases, also, action was taken under the Act which was directly helpful in bringing about a settlement. For full particulars of all cases dealt with under the Act in 1913, see Eleventh Eeport of Pro- ceedings under the Conciliation Act, 1896. [H.C. 89. Price 8jd.] CONCILIATION AND AKBITEATION. XXXV Permanent Conciliation Boards and Standing Joint Committees. The following section relates to the whole of the work of these Boards and Committees and certain other Conciliatory Agencies, and in- cludes all disputes referred to them for settlement, whether involving stoppage of work or not. The following Table summarises the activities of Permanent Boards and Committees during each of the years 1904 to 1913 : — "Vo Number of Boards in existeuce at end of each year. Number of Boards which Number of cases Considered cases. Settled cases. Considered. Settled.* 1904 . 1905 . 1906 . 1907 . 1908 . 1909 . 1910 . 1911 . 1912 . 191.3 . 158 164 202 218 272 290 296 301 311 343 62 66 93 89 115 124 109 126 164 193 57 60 78 73 83 101 96 105 136 159 1,418 1,726 1,561 1,545 1,842 1,997 1,971 4,543 3,083 4,070 650 839 697 668 807 1,025 1,087 3,548 2,138 2,574 * Includes cases settled by arbitration under reference from the Boards. The number of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation Boards and Standing Joint Committees in existence at the end of 1913, so far as known'to the Department, was 343, and of these, 159 were reported as having settled cases during the year. During the nine previous years there had been a steady increase in the number of Boards that settled cases, the iigures having risen from 57 in 1904 to 136 in 1912. In 1913 the number was the highest recorded, the increase on 1912 being almost entirely due to the greater activity of Boards in the building trades. As in 1911 and 1912, the total number of cases considered by Boards in 1913 (4,070) was very high compared with years previous to 1911, mainly owing to the great amount of work done by the South Wales Tinplate Conciliation Board during these three years. The number of cases dealt with in 1913 was considerably larger than in the previous year owing to increases in the number of cases con- sidered by the Joint Committees in the Northumberland and Durham coal trade, the Tinplate Board, and the Port of Glasgow Dock Labour Joint Committee. During the ten-year period under review the proportion of cases settled by the Boards to those considered varied from 43 per cent, in 1907 to 78 per cent, in 1911; in 1913 the proportion was 63 per cent. (B47— Gp. 19) b 2 XIXVl EEPOET. The work done by the Boards and Committees during the year 1913 is shown by trades in the following Table : — Number of Number of Number of Boards cases settled cases withdrawn. Number of cases still under con- Total ruled out of Number that settled cases. By Concilia- tion. By Arbitra- tion. order, or settled independ- ently of the Boards.* sideration at the end of 1913. of cases con- sidered, Boards Dealing with Particdlar Trades. Building 34 138 6 67 11 222 Goal Mining 14 347 217 516 51 1,131 Other Mining andQuarry- ing 4 19 3 1 23 Iron and Steel 6 25 16 4 "s 53 Shipbuilding 7 29 6 3 5 42 Tinplate Manufacture ... 1 1,100 243 253 1,696 Other Metal 3 49 "l 51 2 103 Boot, Shoe and Clog 20 54 17 22 17 110 Tailoring 2 1 1 ... 2 Railway Service 27 217 13 "32 20 282 Other Transport 11 250 7 92 11 360 Other Trades 5 44 3 71 1 119 Employees of Local Au- thorities 1 4 4 Total 155 2,276 290 1,102 379 4,047 District AND General Boards 4 7 1 15 23 Grand Total 159 2,283 291 1,117 379 4,070 • Includes 44 building trade cases referred to higher Boards. Of the total number of cases considered by the Boards and Com- mittees, 2,283 were settled by conciliation and 291 by arbitration. About half of the total number of conciliation settlements were effected by the Tinplate Board, and 182 of the total number of cases settled by arbitration were in connection with the Durham Coal Trade Joint Committees. The number of cases settled by building trade Boards in 1913 was more than double that in 1912. The total number of cases withdrawn, ruled out of order, or settled independently of the Boards was 1,117, of which 444 were Durham Coal Miners' Joint Committee cases, and 243 were Tinplate Board cases ; 44 of the 1,117 disputes, all in the building trades, were referred to higher Boards for settlement. Of the 379 disputes which were still under consideration at the end of the year, 253 were in the tinplate industry. As usual very few of the disputes settled by the Boards involved a stoppage of work, the total number of such cases being 31, of which 13 were in the building trades ; four each in the coal mining industry, and in the metal, engineering and shipbuilding group of trades ; three in the transport trades; two each in the textile and boot and shoe trades; and one each in the plate glass, paper making, and wood- working trades. CONCILIATION AND AEBITKATION. XXXni The cases dealt with by the Boards varied very greatly in importance. In the coal mining industry, for example, each of the cases settled by the Board for the Federated Districts affected over 400,000 workpeople ; while the majority of the cases dealt with by the Committees in the Northumberland and Durham coalfields were grievances affecting a few workmen at individual pits. During the year 37 new Boards and Joint Committees were established, of which 19 were in the building trades. Under the National Building Trades Conciliation Scheme local Boards were formed at Kidderminster, Gloucester, Bury, Cirencester, New Mills, and Ossett, Horbury and District. Other Boards formed in this industry were those for painters, Sheffield* ; plasterers, Barry ; building trades, Dartford, Erith, and Bexley District* ; builders' labourers, London* ; crane drivers, London* ; painters, London (Master Painters and Decorators onlyf ) ; bricklayers, Congleton ; joiners, Con- gleton ; plasterers. West Bromwich ; plumbers. West Bromwich* ; electrical workers, Leicester ; joiners, Clydesdale District* ; and masons, Dundee*. In the shipbuilding industry a joint committee was established under an agreement between the Federated Admiralty Contractors, the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for dealing with disputes arising out of questions of demarcation of work*. The new Boards in the other trades were as follows : — Silk dyers, Maccles- field ; flax workers, Leven (one firm) ; cotton warp and hank dyeing trade, Lancashire and Yorkshire ; boot and shoe trade, Stafford| ; doggers, Burnley* ; dock workers, Garston* ; dock, &c., workers, Sligo ; bobbin workers, Garston and Cornholme (two Boards — one firm)* ; brick trade, Cumberland* ; firebrick trade, Stourbridge District* ; bakers, Sheffield ; bakers, London (bakehouses) ; bakers, London (certain factories) ; and bakers, London (Jewish). New district Boards were also formed at Dundee* and Bridgwater*. In addition to the above-named new Boards, important machinery of an ad hoc character for dealing with disputes was established in connection with the Agreement which brought the metal workers' dispute in the Midlands in 1913 to a close. An amended general agreement for dealing with disputes, &c., in the shipbuilding industry came into force early in the year ; while an amended scheme of con- ciliation was also adopted by the London County Council for its tramway department in 1913*. During 1913 the bricklayers' and builders' labourers' Joint Committees at Kidderminster were superseded by a local Board formed under the National Building Trades Scheme. The following Boards also ceased to exist in 1913: — Bradford Dyers' Association Wages Board§ ; seamen and firemen, Cardiff; and motor-cab drivers, London. The Brooklands Agreement, which had provided for the settlement of disputes in the cotton spinning industry for many years, practically ceased to exist at the end of 1913. * For Rules see Appendix III, pp. 200-219. + See Appendix II, p. 179. 1 This Board was formerly in existence but became defunct in 1909. § A new Board was formed in 1914 under a fresh Agreement. XXXVlll REPORT A brief account of the Boards and other conciliatory agencies in the principal trades, and their work in 1913, is given below : — (A) Boards, &o., Dealing with Particular Trades. Building Trades. — The principal agency for conciliation in these trades is afforded by a National Scheme of Conciliation which has been in operation since 1905. The scheme covers bricklayers, stone- masons, carpenters and joiners, and builders' labourers, and" provides for reference of disputes in the first place to local Boards ; then, if still unsettled, to Centre Boards ; and finally, to a National Board. Cases may be referred to arbitration at any stage of the proceedings by mutual consent of the parties. During 1913 local Boards established under this scheme considered 79 cases, of which 31 were settled by the Boards, one (at Cheltenham) was settled by arbitration under the Conciliation Act, ] 896, two cases were still under consideration at the end of the year, and the remainder were either withdrawn, ruled out of order, settled inde- pendently, or referred to higher Boards. The Northern Centre Board was very active during 1913, no less than 30 cases having been dealt with, as compared with an average of about seven in each of the preceding six years. Of these cases 26 were settled by the Board, and one was referred to the National Board. One of the most important cases settled was a strike of carpenters and joiners at Bury, Rochdale, Eadcliffe, Heywood, Littleborough and Eamsbottom which began on May 1st and ended on July 15th.* The Midland Centre Board considered eight cases, of which three were settled by the Board, one was settled independently, and four were referred to the National Board. The South Western Centre Board considered and settled five appeals, and in the case of the South Eastern Centre Board no disputes came up for consideration during the year. Each of the five cases referred to the National Board was settled by that Board. The appeal from the Northern Centre was a demand by the joiners and bricklayers of Birkenhead for the inclusion of EUesmere Port within the Birkenhead district. The appeals from the Midland Centre related to complaints that certain labourers in the employment of two Birmingham firms were not paid the standard rate of wages of builders' labourers, and to demands from carpenters and joiners at Malvern and bricklayers at Derby for advances in wages. The year 1913 was one of improved employment in the building trades, and a large proportion of the cases dealt with by the Boards were consequently demands for advances in the district rates of wages. In the great majority of cases increases were agreed to by the Boards. Under an Agreement between the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, the National Association of Master Plasterers and the National Association of Operative Plasterers, dated September For particulars see p. 100. (JONOILIATION AND ARBITRATION. XXXIX 1st, 1909, provision was made for dealing with plasterers' disputes locally, and then, if unsettled, by reference to a Standing Joint Committee of Appeal. In 1913, the Committee of Appeal settled 21 cases, as compared with an average of about 3 in each of the three previous years, the most important cases being appeals from various districts for advances in wages and other improvements in working conditions. In addition one case was considered and settled by the National Demarcation Committee established under the Agreement. Apart from these National Schemes there are a number of independent local Boards and Standing Joint Committees, and in 1913, 25 of these bodies considered 46 cases, of which 32 were settled by the boards and five were settled by arbitration. In three of these latter cases the arbitrators were appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896. Goal Mining. — The agencies for voluntary conciliation and arbitra- tion in this industry fall into three classes, viz., — (1) Boards which deal only with the general level of wages over a large area, (2) Boards which not only settle changes in the district wages rates, but also deal with other questions of a general or local character, and (3) Joint Committees which deal only with disputes not involving a general rise or fall in wages. (1) The first class now consists of two important Boards, viz., the Board of Conciliation for the Coal Trade of the Federated Districts* and the Board of Conciliation for the Eegulation of Wages in the Coal Trade of Scotland. In October, 1912, the Board for the Federa- ted Districts agreed upon an advance in wages of 5 per cent, on standard. On December 9th, 1912, an application for a further advance of 5 per cent, was made on behalf of the miners, and meetings of the Board were held on December 18th and January 6th, 1913, to consider the matter. On the last-named date the following resolution was adopted : — " That an advance of 5 per cent, in wages be paid to all underground workmen, and those on the pit banks and screens manipulating the coal, by putting on the reduction of 5 per cent, made as from the first making- up day after the 12th September, 1908, such advance to commence as from the second making-up day in January instant. " That the above advance be applied, as regards boys and day-wagemen, either upon the basis rate of 1888 or on the list rate, as has been the case hitherto. Where workmen are paid by contract, and are not earning the minimum rate fixed by the Joint District Board for the district, there shall be paid to such workmen, and those employed by them, in addition to the minimum, a further 5 per cent, on the 1888 rates so long as the wages remain at 60 per cent, above the standard of 1888. In the event of a reduction in wages, the above addition is to be subject to such reduction." Early in the month of March, 1913, the men's side of the Board applied for another 5 per cent, advance This application was considered at meetings held on March 26th and April 15th and as a result it was agreed that the advance should be granted on terms similar to the previous advance. This increase, which was to be * Comprising Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, parts of Staffordshire, and North. Wales. xl EEPOET. received by the men at the pay made on May 9th and 10th, brought up the rate of wages to 65 per cent, above the 1888 basis, the maxi- mum percentage fixed by the rules of the Board. About 415,000 workpeople were directly affected by these decisions of the Board. As a result of decisions given by neutral chairmen appointed by the Board of Conciliation for the Eegulation of Wages in the Coal Trade of Scotland, four changes in the wages of about 110,000 Scottish coal miners were effected in 1913, viz., one advance of 12^ per cent., followed by two advances of 6\ per cent, and one reduction of 6J per cent. At the beginning of 1913 wages were 68| per cent, above the standard of 1888 and at the end of the year they stood at 87J per cent, above the standard. (2) Of the Boards comprising the second class, seven considered cases in 1913, viz., those for Durham, Cumberland Coal, Cumberland Coke, Forest of Dean, Eadstock, Monmouthshire and South Wales, and Scotland (engine-keepers only) respectively. In the case of the Board for the Durham Coal Trade, four meetings were held to consider changes in the county rate of wages. At the meetings in February, May, and August, wages were advanced 3|, 6^, and 3f per cent., respectively, while at that held in N^ovember it was decided that the rate should remain unchanged. As a result of the changes effected during the year, the wages of the majority of the workers stood at 60 per cent., and of certain surface workers at 57 per cent., above the standard of 1879. The number of workpeople affected by the changes was about 140,000. In addition to these questions respecting the county rate of wages, two other cases were considered by the Board, one of which was withdrawn, and the other was under con- sideration at the end of the year. Early in February the owners' side of the Board covering the coal trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales applied for a reduction of 1^ per cent, in the district rate of wages, while the men's side counter-claimed for an advance of 2^ per cent. The Board being unable to come to an agree- ment on the matter, the question was referred to Lord St. Aldwyn, the independent chairman, who decided to leave the rate un- changed. At a meeting of the Board in May, however, an advance of 2^ per cent, was agreed upon, making the wages of about 210,000 workpeople 60 and 45 per cent, above the standards of 1879 and 1877, respectively. Apart from these questions, 56 cases were considered by the Board, one of which was settled by the Board, five were settled by arbitration, 11 were withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, and 39 were pending at the end of 1913. The more important of these 56 cases related to the conditions of employment of banksmen, the alteration of the period for terminating contracts from one month to 14 days, and the claim for an advance in the wages of surfacemen. Of the 37 cases considered by the five other Boards in the second class, 21 were settled by the Boards or their Committees, two were settled by arbitration, four were withdrawn, etc., and 10 were still uader consideration at the end of the vear. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. xU (3) The most important of the Joint Committees included in the third class are those covering the counties of Northumberland and Durham. The object of the Northumberland Miners' Committee is "to discuss all questions (except such as may be termed county questions or questions affecting the general trade) relating to matters of wages, practices of working, or any other subject which may arise from time to time at any particular colliery." The sittings of this Committee were suspended after the national coal strike in the spring of 1912, but were renewed in January, 1913. Twelve meetings were held in 1913 and 123 cases considered, of which 61 were settled by the Committee, 23 by arbitration, 38 were with- drawn, settled independently, or ruled out of order, and one was pending at the end of the year. In the Durham coalfield five joint committees exist, covering respectively the miners, cokemen, deputy overmen, enginemen, and mechanics. The most important is the Miners' Committee, which has power to determine by its own decision or by reference to arbitration or otherwise all local disputes not involving questions in which a decision would establish a precedent affecting either the whole of the collieries in the county or several collieries. As usual, a very large number of cases were dealt with by this Committee during the year. Besides confirming 276 local agreements arrived at independently, the Committee considered 836 cases, as compared with 628 in 1912. Of these cases 224 were decided by the Committee and 168 by arbitration, while 444 were withdrawn, settled independently, or ruled out of order. Of the other Committees in the Durham coal trade, that for the deputy overmen did not meet in 1913, while the remaining three considered 65 cases, of which 33 were decided by the Committees and 14 by arbitration. Under the terms of the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, Joint District Boards were established in 22 districts for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act; but as these are not voluntary Boards no particulars of their proceedings are given in this Report. Information respecting the work of these Boards will be found in Appendices to the Tenth and Eleventh Eeports of Proceedings under the Conciliation Act, 1896. Iron and Steel Manufacture. — In these trades a system of sliding scales prevails by which wages are automatically regulated by periodical ascertainments of actual selling prices, and consequently the Boards and Committees established iu these trades are mainly concerned with the consideration of disputes at individual works and the adjustment of rates owing to changed conditions of work. The number of cases brought before them is comparatively few, largely owing ■ to the fact that precedents for general application have now been established, and also to the careful preliminary sifting of complaints locally by the representatives of the Boards. In the case of the Board for the Manufactured Iron and Steel Trade of the North of England, for example, the representatives at the various works settled 86 cases in 1913, as compared with eight settled by the Board or its Committees ; while the local representatives of the Sheet Trade Committee of the Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board settled some hundreds of cases without reference to the Committee. There is a (B47— Gp. 19) 6 3 Xlii EEPOET. great similarity in the procedure adopted by a number of these Boards, viz., discussion in the first instance between employers and workpeople, or their representatives, followed, in the case of failure to settle, by reference to a Standing Committee and then to the Board itself. During 1913, the Boards and Committees in these trades' con- sidered 53 cases, as compared with 59 in the previous year, and with an average of 33 for the nine years preceding 1913. Of these cases 25 were settled by the Boards or Committees, 16 were settled by arbitration, four were withdrawn or settled independently, and eight were still under consideration at the end of the year. The majority of cases considered were questions relating to individual works, but a number of cases of a more general character were also dealt with, among the more important of which were the following, considered by the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the Steam, Electrical and Hydraulic Service of the Steel Trade of the West of Scotland : — (1) Claim by operatives in various works for a 58| hours week, to admit of meal houi's. Matter referred to Committees of Board who arranged meal hours in certain cases and in others increased rates of wages to compensate for loss of regular meal hours. (2) Claim by operatives for general advance of Is. per shift for day work and 2«. per shift for night work, with double time for Sunday work. The employers declined to entertain the claim, btit it was eventually referred to a Court of Arbitration appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896, who, on 24th January, 1914, awarded claimants an advance of 6a?. per shift (whether day or night) on the base rate and double rate for employment between 12 midnight Saturday and 12 midnight Sunday. About 1,850 operatives were affected by this award. Ungiineering Trades. — The principal agency for conciliation in these trades is that afforded by the provisions for avoiding disputes con- tained in the Terms of Settlement of the great dispute of 1897-98, signed in 1898 and revised in 1907. This Agreement provides, inter alia, for the discussion of grievances in the first instance between employers and workpeople or their representatives. Failing a settle- ment, a local conference between the employers' and workpeople's associations may consider the matter, and should the parties still be unable to agree, the question can be referred to a central conference between the Executive Board of the Employers' Federation and the Central Authority of the Trade Union. Until this procedure has been carried through no stoppage of work is permissible. The parties to the agreement are the Engineering Employers' Federation on the one hand, and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the Steam Engine Makers' Society, the United Machine Workers' Association, and some other smaller societies on the other. Agreements with similar provisions for avoiding disputes have been entered into by the Engineering Employers' Federation and the Electrical Trades Union, the National Society of Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics, and the United Journeymen Brassfounders. In September, 1913, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers took a ballot of its members on the question of giving three months' notice to withdraw from the Agreement. The ballot resulted in 26,335 CONCILIATION AKD AKBITEATION. xliii voting in favour of ending the Agreement and 5,156 against, and accordingly the requisite notice was given early in December and expired on 8th March, 1914. The question of a fresh Agreement is still under the consideration of the parties. During 1913, in addition to a large number of questions considered at local conferences, 34 cases were dealt with at central conferences. Nineteen of these cases were settled at the conferences, but in seven other cases the parties were unable to arrive at a joint recom- mendation. Of the remaining cases six were adjourned and two were referred back to the local representatives of the parties. Among the more important matters discussed were demands for advances in wages and questions respecting the employment of handymen on certain machines. Increases in wages were recommended to be granted to \arious classes of operatives at Coventry, St. Helens, Nottingham, and in the East of Scotland and North-Western districts. In three cases, viz., claims from Burnley and Colne for advances in wages, and a question from Bolton respecting the displacement of skilled workers by handymen, prolonged strikes ensued upon the failure of the parties to arrive at a joint recommendation. Shipbuilding. — During the latter part of 1912 a new general Agreement, replacing that which had been in operation since March 9th, 1909, was arrived at by representatives of the Shipbuilding Employers' Eederation and a number of Trade Unions* representing workpeople employed in the shipyards. The fundamental principle of the Agreement is that there should be no stoppage of work until the machinery providing for conciliation has been exhausted. When general changes in wages covering the whole federated area are proposed, provision is made for holding conferences to discuss the proposal, and no alteration in wages can be made until at least two conferences have been held. Any general change is to be of a fixed amount, viz., 5 per cent, on piece rates or Is. per week or ^d. per hour on time rates. As regards questions other than general fluctuations in wages and piecework questions, provision is made for dealing with them, within a specified number of days, at local joint meetings of representatives of the parties, with reference of unsettled questions to a central conference of the Associations involved. Finally the matter may be brought before a grand Conference representative of the Employers' Federation and of all the Trade Unions signatory to the Agreement. Local arrange- ments for the settlement of piecework questions may continue or be established, with provisions respecting reference to local and central joint meetings. Such piecework questions, if distinctly local in character, may be finally settled by chairmen appointed alternately from representatives of employers and workpeople. Early in 1913, the Trade Unions signatory to the Agreement made a demand for a general advance in wages. The conferences with the * The United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, which ■was a party to the original Agreement, did not sign the present Agreement. xliv EEPORT. Employers' Federation on this question were held in conjunction with the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, who were making a special demand for an advance on rivetters' piece rates on behalf of holders-up, and after many meetings an agreement* was arrived at. Twelve questions of a minor character, such as claims for increased piece rates on certain work and allowances for special work, were dealt with centrally under the Agreement. In 1912, the Shipbuilding and Engineering Employers' Federations arrived at an agreement with various Trade Unions providing for the establishment of machinery for settling demarcation disputes between various classes of workpeople in certain districts covered by the Federations. In 1913, 10 disputes were dealt with and settled under this Agreement, five of which were at firms on the Clyde, one each on the Tyne and Wear, two at Barrow-in-Furness, and one at Dundee. In addition to the work done under this Agreement, six local Standing Joint Demarcation Committees, which have been in existence several years, considered 37 cases, of which 23 were settled by the Committees and six by arbitration. Tinplate and other Metal Trades. — The conditions of labour in the South Wales tinplate trade are regulated by a Conciliation Board upon which are represented the Manufacturers' Association and the six Trade Unions among which the workpeople engaged in the various occupations are distributed. As in the two previous years, this Board in 1913 considered and settled a very large number of cases. In all 1,596 cases were dealt with, of which 1,100 were settled, 243 were withdrawn or ruled out of order and 253 were still under considera- tion at the end of the year. The majority of the cases dealt with were generally quite small, affecting individually comparatively few workpeople. Among the more important cases considered by the Board were claims for alterations in the rates of pay and conditions of labour of various classes of day workers, such as engine drivers, firemen, wheelers, locomotive drivers, shunters, &c. These demands were granted by the Board. The tube workers in the employment of a firm at Landore, South Wales, have had for some years a ConciUation Board to deal with questions respecting working conditions, and in 1913 this Board dealt with 96 cases, 44 of which were settled by the Board and one was decided by the arbitration of the late Judge J. V. Austin, appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896. The hand forgers' section of the bolt and nut trade of South Staffordshire is covered by a Wages Board, established in 1893. This Board in 1913 agreed to an advance of 2^ per cent, on the current rate of wages, to take effect on and after 16th October, 1913. The Midland Lock and Latch Trade Wages Board, which was established in 1911, settled four cases in 1913. The Agreementf arrived at between the Midland Employers' Federation and certain Trade Unions in July, 1913, in settlement • See Appendix II, p. 197. + See Appendix II, p. 186. CONCILIATION AND AKBITKATION. xlv of the metal workers' dispute in the Midlands provided for the establishment of machinery for the settlement of disputes. A large number of questions were dealt with by local Committees under the Agreement, and in every ease a satisfactory settlement was arrived at without the necessity of reference being made to a joint conference of the Executive of the Federation and the Trade Unions. Cotton Manufacture. — From 1893 to the end of January, 1913, disputes in the spinniiig branch of the cotton industry were dealt with under elaborate rules of procedure provided for in the Brooklands Agreement. On January 3l8t, 1913, the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners withdrew from the Agreement, in November the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, representing the warpers, reelers, winders, &c., gave 3 mouths' notice to withdraw, and on December 30th, 1913, the remaining Union signatory to the Agreement (the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing Eoom Operatives) withdrew therefrom. Following upon their withdrawal from the Brooklands Agreement, the Operative Spinners' Auialgamation came to an understanding with the Masters' Federation that all cases other than alleged bad spinning questions should be dealt with as formerly ; and on Sep- tember 9th a temporary agreement was also arrived at for dealing with bad spinning cases. Under the Brooklands Agreement and subsequent arrangements made between the parties, 180 cases of alleged bad spinning affecting mule spinners were settled locally in 1913, and 63 were settled at joint meetings held in Manchester. A number of the latter were disputes involving stoppage of work, some of which began in February and March and did not terminate until October 18th. The number of cases other than those of bad spinning, afifecting all classes of operatives, which were settled locally was 481, and in addition 42 cases were settled by joint meetings at Man- chester. Disputes in the weaviiig branch of the cotton industry are dealt with under two Agreements entered into between the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Association on the one hand, and the Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation and the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, respectively, on the other. The Agreements provide for reference of disputes to local representatives of the parties in the first place, and then, failing agreement, to representatives of the various Associations involved meeting jointly at Manchester. If a stoppage of work should occur the questions in dispute are to be brought before joint meetings of the representatives of the Associations at Manchester once a month until the dispute is ended. During 1913, in addition to the settlement of a number of cases locally, 16 cases were settled at the central joint meetings in Manchester. Boot and Shoe Trades. — The Boards in these trades, with but few exceptions, are constituted under and bound by the Terms of Settle- ment that brought the great dispute in 1895 to a close. The rules governing the procedure of these Boards provide for discussion of questions in dispute in the first place by representatives of the parties and then for reference to a Committee of Enquiry and to the Xlvi EEPOET. Board itself, failing settlement at each of the respective stages. Matters not settled by the Board are referred to two arbitrators and, if necessary, to an umpire for decision. The Boards have power to settle all questions submitted to them concerning wages, hours of labour and other conditions of employment. During the yea,r 85 cases were considered by the Boards constituted under the Terms of Settlement, of which 41 were settled by the Boards and 16 by arbitration ; 13 were withdrawn, ruled out of order or settled independently ; and 15 were still under consideration at the end of the year. Four of the cases referred to arbitration — two from Kettering and one each from Leicester and Hinckley — were settled by Mr. Alderman T. Smith, J.P., appointed under the Con- ciliation Act, 1896. In the Leicester case the question of fixing piecework prices atid conditions for sole sewing was decided by a Committee of the Board, with the assistance of Mr. Smith acting as arbitrator, and the decision took the form of an award issued by the arbitrator. At Hinckley the arbitrator settled, differences which had arisen in the compilation of a piecework statement for adult workers in the finishing department. Three cases referred to arbitration by the East of Scotland Board, relating to the minimum wage and boy and girl labour, were settled by Professor E. Lodge, also appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896 ; and the London (machine-sewn section) Board and the Government Contractors' Joint Committee had each a case settled by their umpire. Sir G-eorge Askwith. Among the more important questions settled by the Boards without reference to arbitration were agreements arrived at by the Kettering, Eushden, and Stafford Boards and the Government Contractors' Joint Committee in the matter of a graduated scale and minimum wage for female operatives in the closing departments. These four separate agreements were drawn up on similar lines to the award* issued on July 6th, 1912, by arbitrators appointed by the North- ampton (clickers, pressmen, and closers) Board to settle the question for the same class of operatives. In the case of certain questions referred to the Boards for settle- ment, decision was deferred pending the result of the National Conference between representatives of the Federated Associations of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives which began its sittings in the latter half of 1913 to discuss proposed revisions of the national agreements regulating the industry.f Railway Service. — The principal railways of Great Britain, with one exception, are covered by a scheme of conciliation recommended by the Eoyal Commission appointed at the close of the dispute in August, 1911, and accepted with certain amendments at a conference of representatives of the Eailway Companies and Trade Unions held in December, 1911. This Eevised Scheme superseded the Conciliation * See Report on Strikes and Look-outs in 1912 (Cd. 7089), Appendix III, p. 130. t An Agreement was arrived at by the National Conference in May, 1914, and was ratified by the parties in July, 1914. CONCILIATION AND AKBITEATION. xlvii Scheme agreed to in 1907. Under the procedure laid down in the Scheme any grade of employees engaged in the manipulation of trafi&c, or combination of grades having a common interest wishing to bring to the notice of the Company any matter affecting their rates of wages, hours of labour, or conditions of service may, provided a certain pro- portion sign the petition, present such petition by deputation, to which the Company shall give a written reply within a given time. Failing agreement, questions relating to wages, hours, or conditions of service other than matters of management or discipline may be considered by sectional Conciliation Boards embracing the various grades affected. Should no agreement be arrived at by the representatives of the parties on the Boards, meetings may be held under the presidency of an independent chairman, appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896, who shall in the first instance endeavour to bring the two sides into accord, and failing this shall give, either at the meeting or within a reasonable time thereafter, a decision on the matter at issue. During 1912 and the early part of 1913 most of the railway companies effected settlements with their employees under the Eevised Scheme, providing for improved conditions of service which were to remain in force until various dates in 1914 and 1915. The cases considered in 1913 by the Boards established under the Scheme were consequently mainly concerned with individual grievances or matters affecting grades in certain districts. In all, the Boards on 26 railways dealt with 199 cases, of which 147 were settled by the Boards, 13 were settled by decisions of independent chairmen, 32 were withdrawn, &c., and seven were still under consideration at the end of the year. In addition to these cases the Boards considered a comparatively large number of questions of interpretation of the various agreements arrived at under the Scheme in 1912. The rules of the Eevised Scheme provided that it should remain in operation until November 6th, 1914, and thereafter be subject to revision or determination, as regards any given Company, by twelve months' notice given by either of the parties. During November, 1913, the men's representatives on the Boards of all the companies signatory to the Scheme handed in twelve months' notice to terminate agree- ments with the object of tiegotiating for an improved scheme*. The Irish railway companies are not parties to the revised con- ciliation scheme, but still retain the Boards established under the Original Scheme of 1907. No cases were brought before these Boards for considerat* jn in 1913. The North Eastern Eailway has a conciliation scheme of its own, arrived at in 1908. During 1913 the Conciliation Conference on this Eailway considered 83 cases, of which 70 were settled by the Con- ference and 13 were still under discussion at the end of the year. Early in 1913 a demand for improved conditions of service for all * At a meeting held on October 1st, 1914, between representatives of the Railway Companies and the chief Eailway Trade Unions, it was decided that the Eevised Scheme of 1911 should remain in force. Xlviii REPORT, grades represented on the Conference was put forward by the men's aide. The claim was considered by sub-committees of the Conference and by the full Board, and after prolonged negotiations a settlement was arrived at in Kovember. The agreement provided for substantial improvements in working conditions, and came into operation on December 31st, 1913, on the termination of Sir James Woodhouse's Award, which had previously governed the conditions of employment. About 25,000 men were covered by the settlement, which was to remain in operation for three years. Other Transport Trades. — A number of Boards and Joint Com- mittees are in existence at varioiis British ports for the purpose of regulating the working conditions of coal trimmers and other dock and waterside labourers. During 1913 four coal trimming Boards dealt with 47 cases, of which 38 were settled by the Boards, six were withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, and three were under con- sideration at the end of the year. The majority of the cases dealt with were minor matters respecting the adjustment of trimming rates and other small disputes, but certain Boards had under con- sideration the important demand by coal trimmers for a stoppage of work at week-ends, their claim having been taken up as a national question by the representatives of the workers. In the case of the Firth of Forth Coal Shipping Trade Joint Committee an agreement* was arrived at on the subject after much negotiation. Of the Boards and Joint Committees covering other dock and waterside labour, the most important are those at Liverpool and Glasgow, which were formed in 1911 and 1912 respectively. In the case of the Liverpool Committee, 17 meetings were held during the year, and numerous questions arising out of the interpretation of the general Agreement covering the trade and various matters in dispute were dealt with and settled. Two of the more important cases considered were (1) the question of payment for Saturday afternoon work, upon which an agreement was arrived at by the Committee, and (2) a strike of about 500 Mersey flatmen, bargemen, &c., arising out of a demand for an advance in wages and other concessions, which was settled by a compromise effected by the Committee. The Glasgow Committee considered 217 cases, of which 173 were settled by the Committee itself and one by arbitration. A large number of the cases dealt with were demands by the men for increased rates on certain cargoes ; in some cases concessions were granted by the Committee, and in others the claims were refused or withdrawn. Two of the more important cases settled were (1) a strike of about 1,500 coalworkers for an advance in wagest, and (2) an application for an advance in wages of about 500 timbermen in the lower reaches of the harbour, an increase of about M. per day being granted. A Joint BoardJ was formed in April, 1913, by agreement between * See Appendix II, p. 198. t For details see p. 144. X For Eules see Appendix III, p. 206. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. xlix the London and North Western Railway Co. and its employees at Garston Dock. During the year the Board considered 62 cases, of which 15 were settled and 47 were withdrawn or ruled out of order. Employees of Local Authorities. — The scheme of conciUation hoards in connection with the London County Council tramways department adopted in 1909 provided that the arrangements made thereunder should remain in force until six months after notice had been given to terminate it. No such notice could, however, be given before October 31st, 1912, except by mutual consent. In October, 1912, the employees' representatives suggested that the scheme should be amended in some respects, and it was decided that the whole question should be con- sidered by the Central Conciliation Board, with the result that an agreement as to the amendments to be made in the scheme was arrived at with the concurrence of the Board of Trade. The principal amendments were as follows : (1) abolition of Central Board, (2) each side of a Board may appoint its own secretary who need not be an employee of the Council, and the same secretary may act for two or more Boards, (3) each Board to consist of six representatives of the Council and six of the employees, and (4) arbitration cases to be decided by reference to a court appointed by the Board of Trade instead of by reference to a single arbitrator. In May, 1913, the Board of Trade ascertained the views of the men on the amended scheme* by a ballot vote which resulted in 2,339 voting in favour of the scheme and^ 1,210 against it. Subsequently the election of men's representatives on the Boards was conducted by the Board of Trade. The only Board which did any work in 1913 under the old and new schemes was No. II (EoUing Stock Section). This Board considered and settled four cases dealing with the claims of various classes of workpeople for advances in wages. (B) District and General Boards. District Boards. — Apart from Boards formed to deal with special in- dustries, there are in existence a number of Boards of Conciliation, generally connected with the local Chambers of Commerce and tlie local Trades Councils, which have been established to deal with any labour disputes that may arise in their respective localities. When a dispute occurs these Boards may offer their services to the parties ■ involved, but the latter are under no compulsion to submit their cases to the Boards. The Boards are seldom called upon to settle disputes, and in 1913 only three dealt with cases, viz., those at London, Halifax and Dundee. The London Labour Conciliation and Arbitration Board, which has been in existence for some years and is one of the most active of these Boards, in 1913 settled a general strike of plate-glass workers in London, and referred one case to the arbitration of Sir Albert K. Eollit, besides considering 15 other disputes which were settled independently. The Halifax Board settled a local strike of * See Appendix III, p. 215. 1 REPORT. boiler welders, &c., in 1913 ; and the Dundee Board*, which was only formed on January 13th, 1913, settled four strikes, involving glaziers and lead workers, jute workers, hose-pipe weavers, and paper makers, respectively, in the district. General Board. — For some years a Joint Committee has been in existence, composed of representatives of the Co-operative Union. and the Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee, for the pui^ose of settUng disputes arising between Workmen's Co-operative Societies and their employees. In 1913 this Committee settled one small dispute at Failsworth, the only case which was considered. * For Eules see Appendix III, p. 213. SUMMARY TABLES. FOR THE YEAR 1913. DISPUTES CLASSIFIED BY :— la. Causes and Results — All Trades Ita. Causes and Results — Separate Trades : — GENERAL DISPUTE (DUBLIN) BUILDING MmiNG AND QUARRYING / METAL, ENGINEERING, AND SHIPBUILDING TEXTILE CLOTHING TRANSPORT MISCiBLLANEOUS AND EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC a:uthorities II. Methods of Settlement III. Districts IV. Magnitude ... Page 4 4 6 8 16 26 30 34 42 44 46 {For Summary Tables for ihe ten years 1904-1913 see pages 48 to 64 and for the twenty-one years 1893-1913 see pages 66 to 93.] (B47— Gp. 19) SUMMAKY TABLES, 1913. Ia.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Wokk- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during \^Disputes involving less than 10 icorJcpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were — Total No. of Disputes begin- inl913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Wages: For increase Against increase As to system of payment of wages Re-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in work- ing, quality of materials, &c. other 147 6 9 32 19 174 11 8 15 21 456 19 8 43 15 776 36 26 90 55 Total 213 %%» 540 »8% Houra ol Labour: For decrease Against increase As to arrangement of hours other 8 '"3 6 1 1 3 9 11 "2 6 20' 1 8 20 Total n 14 18 49 Employment ol Partienlar Classes or Persons : Disputes between classes of workpeople ... Employment of labourers instead of skilled workmen. Employment of women instead of men ... Employihent of apprentices and boys For reinstatement of discharged work- . people. Against employment of certain oflBcials ... other 17 6 4 65 9 11 7 5 4 1 34 6 10 18 3 1 2 28 10 6 42 13 5 7 117 25 27 Total 101 6T 68 %36 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements... 7 9 5 9 6 7 13 16 2 29 30 14 Total %l %% 30 ... 1 n Trade Unionism 68 40 as 133 Sympathetic Disputes 5 5 » 12 Miscellaneous 3 5 4 12 Grand Total 428 38% 68T 1,49T • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in thatyear is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. DISPUTES IN 1913-ALL TRADES. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working 1913, classified by Result and Principal Cause. day, have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.'\ Number of Workpeople directly Aggrega of all Di te duration* in Working Days involved In Disputes beginning in 1913, putes in progress in 1913, the 1 the Eeaulta of which were— Total Total Indi- Besults of which were— i i Total Aggregate In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Directly involved. rectly in- volved. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. in Working Days. 21,391 31,261 187,222 239,874 74,010 185,473 4,300 991,825 30 4,686,989 3i,418 6,764,287 36,736 7,402 2,269 6,695 16,356 4,904 641,161 1,392 46,882 B,000 94,702 100 782,746 6,492 2,135 515 1,670 4,320 1,867 67,478 5,332 1,200 26,400 89,210 1,200 S,281 1,558 6,071 12,910 ' 3,858 30,978 8,BO0 76,174 663,471 32,»S0 20,000 669,623 61,450 4,407 8,035 2,244 9,686 10,474 17,839 26,248 924 9,342 63,429 824 40,«I6 38,6%8 «03,90% %83,I46 100,100 932,929 14,192 1,145,461 ■ 7,144 5,280,904 64,466 26'fiOO 7,359,294 105,802 1,086 760 1,627 ' 3,473 2,629 15,992 2,100 5,500 36,178 1,100 57,670 3,200 68 58 24 2,073 2,0J3 284 6,400 731 7,416 382 6,392 38,000 4,200 4,600 47,592 4,500 1,587 303 862 2,742 5,181 21,244 11,268 26,407 57,919 «,95T T,5ai 3,»I0 13,688 8,116 42,628 S,100 56,841 65,785 5,600 165,254 7,700 2,077 785 2,878 6,740 3,264 76,668 6,229 31,624 113,411 300 464 1,009 1,773 103 2,623 9,321 23,700 400 36,544 400 84 800 834 829 26,000 26,829 369 15 493 882 663 1,603 220 22,600 24,423 12,775 6,734 6,718 ■ 25,227 11,110 173,390 35,479 73,769 8,694 282,628 6,734 2,909 1,834 6,796 10,639 659 62,19l 38,200 1,100 15,695 200 116,086 1,300 1,322 6,090 1,257 8,669 2,365 39,730 32,636 8,978 81,344 1 0,400 9,400 19,75% 15,096 18,956 53,714 17.959 355,095 122,914 202,256 680,265 1,140 16,694 17,834 2,150 2,380 3,806 8,336 1,797 7,216 7,437 47,202 61,355 2,692 5,354 1,424 9,470 2,826 8,368 58,548. 19,857 86,773 1,827 466 60 2,353 2,086 3,426 9,386 064 660 6,900 13,362 7,664 6,669 8,%00 5,S90 %0,159 6,708 19,010 75,371 664 67,609 6,900 161,990 7,564 88,35% 20,040 l%,078 120,470 34,969 735,308 8,780 1,865,826 sso 268,194 168 2,869,328 7,298 761 14,495 81 ... 1 15,343 i,a»8 7,677 190,050 740 198,467 3,899 4,657 1,961 9,517 3,8«S 5,830 30,780 13,326 49,936 I6!i,01% 108,547 %45,478 516,037 172,888 2,098,477 23,042 3,487,243 8,328 5,898,814 93,838 20,000 11,484,534 146,198 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. (B47— Gp. 19) i. 2 4 SUMMAKY TABLES, 1913. lb— CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, {^Disputes involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results ol which were — Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. . Indefinite or Un- settled. GENERAL Trade Unionism 1 I Total 1 1 BUILDING Wages: For increase He-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. Other • 28 3 23 1 i 105 166 1 7 Total 31 28 105 164 Hours ol I/abonr : As to arrangement of hours 2 2 Total Z % Disputes between classes of workpeople ... Employment of labourers instead of skilled men For reinstatement of discharged work- 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 ... ... 8 1 2 2 Total 8 2 3 13 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : Against change in existing arrangements ... Other 1 1 2 1 Total ' 1 3 Trade Ilnlonism 5 5 14 Sympathetic Disputes 1 % Total-BuUdIng Trades ... 41 3T 114 198 * This 1b the dispute at Dublin, Involving workpeople t The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. O IN 1913-GENERAL DISPUTE* AND BUILDIJSTG TEADES. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Result and Principal Cause — continued. day, have been omiUed^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days."] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes begianing.in 1913, the results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved. Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Durationt in Working Days of all Dilutes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Aggregate Durationt in Working Days. DISPUTE.* 14,000 14,000 1 1 6,000 l,TOO,000 1,700,000 14,000 ... 14,000 6,000 i.roo.ooo 1 1,700,000 TRADES. 1,629 102 1,176 18 200 28,277 31,082 18 302 4,623 173 22,332 1,790 25,040 18 2,730 682,474 100 ... 729,846 100 18 •" 1 4,520 l.TSI l,3»4 S8,«rT 31,40% 4,796 184, laa 187,788 68%,474 100 734,384 100 210 210 6,020 5,020 SIO »10 5,0%0 5,020 433 60 148 29 37 ... 76 14 637 14 97 148 668 60,418 60 200 600 800 2,050 28 82,968 28 360 200 641 66 89 796 668 60,678 800 %,078 63,556 12 100 26 112 25 26 36 1,000 200 1,036 200 1% 100 %5 13T %5 36 1,000 %00 l,23( 514 851 241 ... 'l,61»6 337 5,505 9,340 4,130 ItSS ! 18,975 !w ' 188 10 4 14 11 ... 50 340 390 3,108 i,*%\ %8,636 34,165 5,837 95,361 38,978 689,2%iS 868 823,561 268 employed in a large number of different trades. roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. (B47— Gp. 19) a8 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES IN 1913- NuMBER of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, l^JDUputes mvolving less than 10 workpeople, and those whieh lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Eesulta of which were— Total No. of Disputes begin- Principal Cause or Object- In favour of Work- . In favour of Bm- Compro- mised or Partially Success- Indefinite or Un- settled. ning in 1913. people. j)loyers. ful. Wage? : For increase 7 9 23 39 Against decrease 1 4 5 As to system of payment of wages 2 1 3 Re-adjustment of rates of payment on 4 3 7 14 account of diflficulfcies or ease in work- ing, quality of materials, &c. Other 8 10 6 24 Total %1 2S 41 85 Honrj ol Laboar : For decrease 1 1 2 As to arrangement of liours 1 1 2 Other 3 2 1 6 Total 5 2 3 ' ... 10 Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : - Employment of apprentices and boys 1 ... j 1 For reinstatement of discharged work- people Against employment of certain officials ... 14 3 4 ... 1 21 3 1 4 Other 1 5 2 8 Total 19 9 6 ! 34 Working Arrangements, Bnles, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements 3 3 6 Against change in existing arrangements ... 3 6 2 10 Other 2 4 6 Total 5 1% s «» Trade Unionism «8 2 3 33 Sympathetic Dlspntcs 1 1 Mlsccllanconj 3 % X T Total— Mining and Quarryiug 81 51 60 192 Excluding Coal Mining, the number of disputes in this group beginning during 1913 was 29 the year was t The aggregate duration In 1913 of disputes which began In that year is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. MINING AND QUARRYING INDUSTRIES* PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in WoRKiNff classified by Result and Principal Cause — continued. day, have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 worleing dags.'] Number of Workpeople directly iavolved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the results of which were — Total Directly involved. Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Durationt in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Besults of which were — Total Aggregate Durationt in Working Days. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indeflnite or Un- settled. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. 656 333 1,447 3,220 6,517 60 399 2,423 6,171 324 800 1,340 1,401 11,374 374 1,138 3,186 7,044 3,106 28 38 1,871 9,067 7,669 ' ' 92 • 1,210 7,610 8,797 224,661 100 B,000 884 17,168 157,263 11,300 6,400 67,799 6,723 20,030 389,483 11,400 B,092 7,010 66,193 20,000 31,088 5,656 8,419 9,036 %3,lll 14,099 25,186 93 242,713 5,000 238,475 20,000 506,374 2«,0S^ 167 74' 1,490 126 170 , 253 600 337 330 2,116 1,919 382 6,140 7,000 372 20,956 9,428 2,800 2,200 24,300 9,800 2,672 64,684 l,T3l l%6 9%6 2,783 7,441 28,328 9,428 29,300 67,056 19 6,267 2,110 170 1,.392 605 6,316 2,806 922 19 10,466 2,715 6,408 212 3,901 183 664 231 77,148 56,338 4,750 4,332 1,450 30,777 9,997- 2,736 9,400 2.31 91,477 67,788 38,262 9,400 8,556 T,3I3 3,728 19,597 4,960 138,467 36,559 12,732 9,400 187,758 0,400 2,265 195 2,162 6,254 307 1,789 365 3,951 7,884 502 1,196 2,226 1,902 4,019 848 5,878 57,618 8,491 664 19,820 2,170 26,693 63,737 9,339 664 %,460 T,T»3 %,I54 12,337 5,322 4,867 71,917 ee4 21,990 98,774 664 8%,339 5ia 6,599 89,350 20,764 684,365 s.ooo 3,385 25,100 712,850 6,000 %,500 2,500 10,000 10,000 %,8»» 4,477 1,670 9,046 2,768 5,830 16,930 9,856 32,616 ■ 103,541 31,070 %4,II3 158,724 55,354 887,043 6,092 390,932 3,664 337,453 9,400 20,000 1,615,428 40,166 involving 10,157 workpeople directly and 676 indirectly, and the total aggregate duration of all disputes in progress during 357,770 workinjg days. roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. (B47— Gp. 19) A 4 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES IN 1913- NuMBBR OF Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disputes involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number ot Disputes beginning in 1913, the Hesults ot which were— Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. • PIG IRON Wages : For increase 2 1 3 Hours of Labour: Against increase 1 1 Total— Fig Iron IHauufacturc 3 ' 4 IRON AKD STEEL Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system of pay ment of wages Ke-adjustment of lates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in work- ing, quality of materials, &c. • 2 " 1 1 " 1 5 1 1 8 1 2 1 Total 3 a 7 1% Emplorment of Particular Classes or Persons : Disputes between classes of worlspeople ... Against employment of certain officials ... '" 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 1 2 3 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : Other 1 ... „. i ... 1 Trade Unionism 1 1 % Total— Iron and Steel Manufacture ... 5 4 9 IS TIKPLITE Wages : For increase Other 1 3 1 1 5 1 Total I 4 I 6 Employment of Particular Glasses or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people 1 1 Total-Tlnplate Manufacture 1 4 % I * There were no disputes In these trades in CAUSES AND EESULTS OF DISPUTES. METAL, ENGINEERING, AND SHIPBUILDING TRADES. PEOPLE involved iu such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Result and Principal Cause — continued. dayy have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.} Number of Workpeople directly involved ia Disputes begihuing ia 1913, ■ the Uesults of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved, Total In- directly in- volved. ite Duration* in Working Days of alll)i8pute8 in progress in 1913, the faults of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. MANUFACTURE. 61 18 79 39 970 62 1,022 63 68 24 2,073 2,073 119 IS isr 6S 3,048 5% 3,09S MANBFACTIIRE. 994 ■■ 32 851 '" 16 1,140 160 36 2,486 160 62 32 :2,246 ■ 180 673 240 3,900 ■" 400 40,000 "i,600 28,986 6,000 6,800 72,886 6,000 8,300 400 i,o%e 367 1,336 8,7*9 3,%39 4,300 41,500 41,786 87,586 '"660 12 45 12 46 660 34 "■ 40 "i,400 400 135 400 135 1,400 660 57 717 74 1,490 535 1,935 14 14 40 378 378 248 160 408 1,150 %5,000 37,000 68,000 l,%88 1,187 1,393 3,868 4,503 89,678 79,900 48,321 151,899 MANUFACTURE. 75 76 4 12 163 i 1,976 214 274 8,430 6,000 7,600 ... 16,204 5,000 75 80 18 167 8,190 874 13,430 7,500 81,804 106 . 106 144 14,160 14,150 75 80 118 873 8,334 874 13,430 81,650 35,354 progress in 1913 which began before that year. [ ContiniKd on pp. 10-15.] 10 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. lb- CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES IN 1913- NuMBER of Disputes beginning in 1913, ' Number of Work- of All Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disputes involoinq less than 10 workpeople^ and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913 the Hesults of which were— Total No. of Disputes begn- in'lsS. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite ortTn- settled. EKGINEER- Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system of payment of wages Ke-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c, other 18 1 3 1 20 1 1 1 1 43 1 3 1 81 3 4 4 3 Total 23 24 48 95 Hoars ol Labour -. L., For decrease * other 1 3 1 1 4 Total ' 3 1 5 Disputes between classes of workpeople ... Employment of labourers instead of skilled workmen. Employment of women instead of men ... Employment of apprentices and boys For reinstatement of discharged work- people. Against employment of certain officials ... Other. 2 3 8 1 3 1 9 2 2 4 1 1 6 3 6 7 1 1 23 6 2 Total 14 17 15 4S Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements... Other 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 Total 5 2 ' 8 Trade llnlonlsm 4 5 6 15 Sympathetic Disputes 2 1 3 Miscellaneous 1 I Total— Engineering Trades 49. 52 T2 173 * The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. 11 METAL, ENGINEEEING. AND SHIPBUILDING TRM)ES^— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working Days classified by Eesult and Principal Cause — continued, day^ have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.'] Number of Workpeople directly Involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially succeas- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved. lotal In- directly involved. Aggregate Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In- favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled, ING TRADES. 2,346 10 1,768 26 9,630 93 13,734 129 10,102 30 18,483 40 96,173 20 2,600 442,396 B,SOO 1,200 656,051 6,880 3,740 1,442 40 17 261 1,482 278 800 30 55,171 400 1,200 34 2,206 1^ 2,240 30 18 400 448 200 240 100 90O 1,240 3,828 1,859 10,384 I6,0T1 11,162 73,934 98,207 1,220 446,701 6,800 618,842 7,020 21 108 162 21 270 147 1,050 'i,Joo 260 147 1,100 1,310 %l 108 162 291 147 1,050 260 1,100 1,457 1,100 111 243 364 31 680 4,360 4,940 166 178 10 977 1,321 10 108 2,123 8,892 20 23,600 400 34,615 400 20 300 j 300 160 22,000 22,000 926 877 1,760 ; 3,663 2,274 3,086 10,390 23,790 SO 37,266 SO 62 110 66 338 1 ... 1 600 66 88 416 250 1,100 286 707 1,373 J,200 286 l,%S5 1,231 3,608 6,094 2,651 6,205 19,837 1,100 74,457 430 100,499 ijsao 618 100 748 1,296 800 2,096 257 23 280 33 4,016 600 4,615 1,600 75 1,676 .• 1,400 600 1,900 2,505 ITS 23 2,T03 33 6,711 1,300 600 8,611 324 2,118 2,033 4,4T5 4,656 1,548 56,590 148,470 206,608 91 3,0SS 3,1-76 1,212 4,327 144,000 148,327 ... 142 142 1,270 1,27 8,024 8,ST6 16,352 32,952 19,714 92,872 320,984 2,320 671,758 7,330 1,085,614 9,060 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. [ContinviedQnpp. 12-15.] 12 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES IN 1913- JSTuMBKK of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disputes involving less than 10 toorJcpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Besults of which were — Total No. of Disputes inSlS. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. SHIP- Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system ot payment of wages Ee-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in work- ing, quality of materials, &c. Other 12 2 2 22 j 14 2 2 j 2 2 5 48 2 3 4 9 Total n %6 1 ZS SC H«ui8 of Labour: For decrease Other 1 2 1 2 Total 1 z 3 EmploymeDt ol Particular Classes or Persons : Disputes between classes of workpeople ... Employment of labourers instead of skilled workmen. Employment of apprentices and boys For reinstatement of discharged work- people. Against employment of certain officials ... 8 2 2 2 6 2 10 1 2 1 24 5 2 4 1 Total 14 8 14 36 Working Arrangements, Kulcs, and Discipline (ot/ter than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements... Other 1 1 1 4 1 6 1 2 Total ' % 5 8 Trade Unionism T 1 . 9 Total-Shlpbulldlng Trades ... 40 39 43 IZ2 The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND BESULTS OF DISPUTES. 13 METAL, ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING THABEB— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggeegate Dueation in Wobking classified by Result and Peincipal Cause — continued. day, have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.'] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Besults of which were— Total Directly involved. Total In- directly in- volved. Aggre^te Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were— Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Bm- ployera. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. In- favour of Work- people. In- favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. BUILDING TRADES. 1,087 2,690 1,533 373 5,260 373 6,629 30 10,703 63,719 16,335 B.200 342 79,757 5,200 342 218 360 678 40 600 720 1,220 216 103 318 138 686 562 90 1,148 90 232 262 315 809 623 674 920 2,357 3,961 1,T0% 3,31% 2,324 7,338 7,360 12,463 55,359 18,596 6,290 ... ! 86,418 ; 5,290 36 31 36 31 8 11 132 340 132 340 36 31 67 19 132 340 472 1,477 756 2,417 4,660 2,419 14,633 6,729 24,016 44,277 134 286 18 438 400 429 72 901 313 313 198 1,012 1,012 460 190 23 650 23 100 1,900 800 57 2,700 57 2,384 1,042 2,648 6,074 2,717 17,845 6,158 24,944 48,947 16 926 941 270 90 3,682 3,772 88 88 88 88 66 36 100 8 365 360 715 88 '81 960 1,129 278 88 455 4,032 4,575 I,8!S8 32 24 1,884 381 3,811 32 350 4,193 6,038 4,498 5,956 16,492 10,755 34,339 62,344 47,922 5,390 144,605 s,seo reman type. .The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. IContirmed on pp. 14 ar^ 15.] 14 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES IN 1913- NuMBEE of DispaTES beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of all Disputes in progress during 1913, \^Disputea involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes begirming in 1913, the Results of which were— Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 19i:l. Principal Cause or Ohject. In favour of Worii- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indeflnite or Un- settled. OTHER HETAIj Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system of payment of wages Be-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. 13 1 3 9 1 1 18 1 2 1 40 2 3 5 Total IT 11 2« 50 Houis ol Laboar : For decrease As to arrangement of hours 2 ... 2 Total a 2 For reinstatement of discharged worlt- people Against employment of certain officials ... 5 1 1 [ 6 1 Total 6 I ... 1 ... , T Working Arrangemements, Rales, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements... other ... 1 1 2 1 i 1 Total 2 % 4 Trade Unionism 3 ' 4 Sympathetic Disputes ' • Total— Other Metal Trades %9 15 n 68 Total-lHelal, Engineering and Bhlp- bulldlng Trades 1%4 IIT ISI 392 • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed! CAUSES AND EBSULTS OF DISPUTES. 15 METAL, ENGINEEEING AND SHIPBUILDING TRADY.S— continued. I'EOPtE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Dukation in Working classified by Result and PiiiNCiPAL Cause — continued. day^ have been omitted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.'\ Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful, Indefinite or Un- settled: Total Directly involved. Total In- directly involved. ggree^te Duration* in Workin^g Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results or which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days. TRADES. 1,717 516 42,995 45,228 12,469 29,866 10,108 1,470,171 1,610,145 5 200 205 110 2,000 2,110 30 306 336 239 1,900 11,900 13,800 124 81 305 510 127 1,654 324 1,700 3,678 1,846 6%T 43,805 46,ST8 I%,835 31,630 1%,33% 1,485,TT1 1,5K9,T33 609 609 20 8,100 ifiOO 8,100 4,B00 609 609 %0 8,100 4,600 8,100 ^,500 941 20 961 91 4,730 200 4,930 150 150 450 450 1,091 %0 1,111 91 5,180 aoo 5,380 12 103 12 103 85 40 970 40 970 19 ... 19 30 30 31 103 134 85 TO 910 1,040 305 51 356 33 385 1,150 1,535 41 41 5 1,900 1,900 * 3,89% T»9 43,908 48,529 13,069 41,195 is.rsa 1,486,T41 4,600 1,541,688 4,500 i9,3n 15,189 6T,T45 10%,%51 50,438 304,358 493, 53 2,320 2,2T0,444 17,120 »,968,S55 19,440 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. 16 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disjautet involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Frincipal Cause or Object. Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Besults of which were — In favour of Worlc- people. ■In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled, Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. COTTON Wages r For increase 1 3 7 11 Against decrease 1 1 Ee-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or,. ease in work- ing, quality of materials, &c. s 3 13 21 Total ... r 7 « 20 ■ 33 Employment of Particnlar Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people. 1 2 3 Against employment of certain officials .., 1 1 other 3 1 2 6 Total 4 4 % 10 Working Arrangemente, Bnles, and Discipline {other, than aiiove} : Against change in existing arrangements 1 . ... 1 other ... Total I . Trade Unionism ' 1 Total— Cotton Spinning 1« 10 %3 ... 4S • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that,-year is printed in OAUSKS AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. 17 IN 1913-TEXTILE TEADES. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Eesult and Principal Cause — contimced. dai/f have been omitted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.\ Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved, Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the liesults of Which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or tTn- settled. Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days. SPINNING. 's-t 240 2,084 2,408 6,174 7,666 800 82,336 90,691 87 87 12 2,781 2,781 391 S2 2,408 2,891 2,767 4,284 2,762 429,940 32,880 436,986 32,860 56% 33% 4,49% 5,386 T,943 14,6%l 3,56% 51%,%T5 32,8S0 530,458 32,860 80 136 360 216 360 780 290 460 3,336 34,000 6,300 -''...--■I ' 3,786 8,300 34,000 167 13 128 298 . 1,416 11,940 100 970 13,010 asT 509 1%8 8T4 %,486 l%,390 3T,436 9T0 6,300 50,196 6,300 60 60 336 1,700 13^900 1,700 "8,800 60 60 336 I.TOO 6,900 I.TOO 8,900 %o ao 30 30 819 841 4,680 6,340 10,765 8r,04l 40,998 514,945 4!6,060 582,984 ^,060 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. [Continued on pp, 18-25.] 18 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OP DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, \^Dispates involving leas than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Besults of which were— Total No. of Disputes - begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. COTTOK Wgges : For Increase Against decrease Re-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. Other 13 1 1 1 3 3 5 ... 4 1 21 1 Total 14 5 8 ST Employment ol Partlcalar Classes or Peraons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people Against employment of certain officials ... Other 1 i 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 Total S S 2 9 pother than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements ... 1 2 2 3 2 Total • ... ' 4 5 Trade Unlonlam % % Total— Cotton Weaving %i 7 14 43 • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND KESULTS OF DISPUTES, 19 IN 1013_TEXTILE TRADES— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggkegatk Duration in Working classified by Kesult and Principal Cause — continued. day^ have been omitted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working dags."] Number of "Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913 the Results of which were— 111 favour of "Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved. Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Duration* in "Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Kesults of which were — In favour of "Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or "Qn- settled ToUl Aggregate Duration* WEAVIPiO. 228 297 62.i 107 26,900 11,100 37,000 401 401 64 28,700 28,700 2,9i7 885 1,006 4,837 530 15,334 8,B0O 70,680 27,000 113,014 8,600 430 430 98 790 .... 790 3,3TT 1,514 1,30% 6,193 1189 16,l%4 8,600 1%5,»80 38,100 ■ 179,504 8,500 51 146 197 53 800 500 40 I 1 1,300 40 159 276 435 86 500 2,000 \ , 2,500 707 117 824 127 22,700 5,000 27,700 rss 305 393 1,436 266 %3,500 1,000 40 7,000 31,500 40 320 ... 666 191 976 191 86 108 3,800 19,360 9,150 23,160 9,150 3«0 84T 1,167 194 3,800 28,510 32,310 331 531 86 1,151 J,7S0 1,131 1,750 4,986 1,819 »,54a ... 9,34T 1,335 44,575 10,250 126,280 40 73,610 244,465 ' 10,290 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. [Continued on pp. 20-25.] 20 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913 lb -CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, \^Disputes involving less than 10 workpeophj and those which lasted less than one Principal Cause or Object. Number of Disputes begianing in 1913, the Results of -whicli were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers, Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913, WOOLLEN AND Wages: For increase Be-adjuBtment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. Other 6 3 17 1 1 26 1 1 Total ... 6 3 19 %» Eor reinstatement of discharged worlt- people Against employment of certain officials ... 1 1 1 1 j ... ... 1 ... 2 1 Total ... " 2 1 3 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline (other than above) : For change in existing arrangements • 1 1 Total I ' Trade Unionism 1 1 i Total— Woollen and Worsted Manufacture 10 4 «0 34 LINEN AND Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system of payment of wages Re-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. 2 2 12 2 1 6 1 3 20 2 1 6 Total * 15 10 89 Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people. Total 1 3 3 1 % 3 Trade Unionism 1 1 % Miscellaneous » % Total— Uneu and Jute Manufacture s !iO 11 36 • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF' DISPUTES. IN 1913-TEXTILE TRADES— continued. 21 PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Ebsult and Principal Cause— coTi^mwed dat/, have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working dai/s."] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were — In f avoi»r of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved, Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. WORSTED MANUFACTURE. 1,357 748 5,893 20 11 7,998 20 11 8,428 1,500 4,210 81,652 213,683 30,000 23 299,445 30,000 22 1,357 748 5,924 8,0%9 9,9X8 4,%I0 8I,65« 843,605 3Z9,*i1 20 169 125 145 169 676 40 338 4,800, 4,840 338 189 IS5 314 5T5 3T8 ... 4,800 5,IT8 200 200 400 400 SCO ^' ... »00 400 400 T8 %50 3%8 156 %,500 %,656 1,8Z4 998 6,049 8,8TI 10,503 5,144 84,15% S48,405 33T,T0I JVTE HANIIFACTVRE. 143 80 2,641 349 37 2,193 130 113 4,976 349 130 239 9,197 30 1,231 1,655 1,«)0 570 75,006 10,970 102 63,129 160 3,580 ... 129,790 1,800 10,970 160 3,252 tZ3 3,0%T «,434 5,684 10,458 %,%25 1,800 86,078 55,869 144,112 • 1,800 77 115 192 413 2,700 1,100 3,800 TT 115 19% 413 %,100 1,100 3,800 UO 4T0 590 350 1,060 8,500 9,560 80 ... 80 651 1,850 1,850 300 3,34% »,904 6,546 11,818 4,925 1,800 90,088 64,369 159,382 1,800 roman type. Tho aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. {Continued on pp. 23-25.] 22 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ilb.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progresB during 1913, [^Disputes involvinff less than 10 workpeople', and those which lasted less th^n one Principal Cause or Object. Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total No. of Disputes begin- ning In 1913. MIKOR W»ges; For increase i 1 9 14 Against decrease I 3 4 As to system of payment of wages 1 1 Ee-adjustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &o. 1 1 Otlier 1 1 Total 5 % 14 21 Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged worlt- people. ... 1 1 Against employment of certain officials ... 1 1 Other 1 1 Total 1 % 3 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements 1 1 Total ' . Trade Unionism ' . Total-Hinor Textile Trades r 3 IC 26 • There were no disputes in these trades in CAUSES AND .RESULTS. OF DISPUTES. 23 IN 1913.-TEXTILE TRADES— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Result and Principal Cause — continued, day, haee been on^itted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working dags.'] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers, Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved Total In- directly in- volved. Aggregate Duration* in Working Days of aUT)ispnteB in progress in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days. TEXTILE TRADES. 847 152 1,885 2,884 271 6,360 1,300 71,821 79,481 200 18 4,711 150 41 4,911 13 150 41 40 10 330 162 62,800 9,000 120 63,130 162 9,000 120 l,04T ITO S.TST 8,004 3U 8,690 1,46% l43,T4i 151,893 ... ... 187 187 11,600 11,600 [ 600 600 2,000 2,000 90 90 1 273 273 600 «TT »n 1 «,000 ll,8T3 I3,8T3 257 257 - 267 257 %5T »5T »5T S5T 50 50 350 1 ■■■ 350 ■1,354 170 T,064 9,188 1 3%% T,29T 3,462 155,614 I66,3T3 progress in 1913 which began before that year. IContiJiued on pp. 24 and 25.] 24 SUMMABY TABLES, 1913, Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Wobk- Dats of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disputes involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginnmg in 1913, the Besults of which were — Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. PRINTING, BLEACHINO, DYEING Wages ; '* For increase Against decrease . As to system of payment of wages HS-a'HJttBtment of rates of payment on account of dlflicultlea or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. •other 6' " 1 3 2 2 1 1 19 1 '" 2 27 3 1 4 3 Total 10 6 1.% 3S Hoon-ol LatoDT : ■ As to arrangement of hours ... ' other,... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 1 Total ... [ 1 ' a Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people. Against employment of certain officials ... other 7 1 1 '" 1. 1 9 1 1 Total 8 2 ' " Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements... Other 1 --.'\ 1 1 1 1 Total 1 1 ■ ' 3 Trade-unionism ' Z I 4 miscellaneous 1 1 Total— Printing, Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing Trades. j- %0 %6 .:. 59 Total— Textile Trades ... 76 ■A 5T~^ ..» 243 The aggregfite duration in 1913 of disputes which begun In that year is printed in CAUSBS AND KES0LTS . OF DISPUTES. 25 IN 1913— TEXTILE TRADES— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and I Aggregate Duration in "^iYorking classified by Result and Principal Cause — coniinueof. day, have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working daysJ] Number of Workpeople directly Involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of -whicli were — In favour of Work- people!, In f avofir of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Suooe'sB- (ul.-5 Indefinite or ilffn- settled Total Directly luvol,ved, Total In- directly in- volved. ite Duration* in Working Days of all l)isputes in progress in 1913, the Kesmts of which were^ In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. IndefiAite or UiT- settled. AND FINISHING TRADES. Tot»l Aggregate Duramft* Workmg Days. 236 '" 26 44 36 32 15 11,493 124 '"l80 11,773 160 32 221 2,229 ... 1 137 i 300 1,106 '" 400 1,160 322 500 120 418,032 2,600 100 '" 990 420,298 2,922 100 . » 500 . 1,510 268 268 162 3,368 3,348 530 I»7 11,T97 12,454 2,828 4,854 2,102 421,622 ' 100 428,578 100 900 47 ■! 900 47 19,000' 47 19,000 47 900 47 947 ... 19,000 47 19,047 454 20 131 605 44 2,536 400 400 3,336 310 ■" 45 310 45 '" 29 3,700 74 3,700 74 164 65 131 960 73 6,236 474 400 7,110 s 6 100 6 jioo 206 424 3,100 424 3,100 18 18 110 800 800 18 6 100 124 316 800 424 3,100 ... 4,324 60 200 14 1 274 139 60 7,874 52 7,986 too 100 ' 200 12,000 12,000 I,3T» 1,398 12,089 14,859 3,556 11,950 41,874 425,221 100 479,045 100 10,655 9,168 35,328 55,151 -:s — 38,359 100,932 12,0B0 386,854 40 1,482,164 46,ieo 1,969,950 B8,2B0 roman type. The aggregate duration-in 1913 of diBputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. 26 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- day of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, \_Disputes involving leas than 10 workpeople and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Eesults of which were— Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- full. Indefinite or TTn- settled. BOOT. SHOE IND Wages : For increase Against decrease As to system of payment of wages other .3 1 3 1 1 1 8 ... 14 1 2 1 Total 4 6 8 18 Honrs of Labour : For decrease 1 1 Total 1 1 Employment ol Particular Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people. Against employment of certain officials ... 6 1 3 6 15 1 Total T 3 6 IS Working Anangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than abovn) : Against change in existing arrangements... 1 1 Total ... ' ... 1 Trade Unionism 1 % 3 Total Bool, Shoe, and Clog Manulacturc ... 13 II 15 ... 1 39 • The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began In that year Is printed in CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. 27 IN 1913-CLOTHING TEADES. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Eesult and Principal Cause — continued, daify have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 103 working days."] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Worlc- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite , or Un- settled. Total Directly involved, Total ■ In- directly in- volved. Aggre^te Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days, CLOG manufacture:. 29 246 160 284 669 160 87 106 1,300 6,180 160 989 17,998 ... 7,275 i7,9S8 160 1,300 40 19 100 59 100 80 160 200 230 200 69 52S 284 8T8 8T 186 1,300 6,690 989 17,998 7,865 19,298 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 2,365 167 666 3,067 382 77,331 871 4,834 ... 83,036 85 85 860 860 %,440 157 555 3,15% 38« T8,18l 8TI 4,834 83,886 18 18 39 200 200 18 18 39 200 200 401 141 54» 1%5 400 5,590 5,990 3,009 8%3 85T 4,fi89 633 T8,866 1,300 13,151 6,023 17,99B 98,040 10,898 roman type. The aggregate duiation in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. [Continued on pp, 28 and 29.] 28 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. lb -CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES NuMBEK of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of all Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Disputes involving less than 10 workpeoplej and those which lasted less than one Principal Cause or Object. Number of Disputes beginning In 1913, the ReaultB of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Sticcess- ful. Indefinite orUn- Bettled. Total No. of Disputes ning in 1913. TAILORING Wsges : For incrtiase Ab to system of payment of wages 6 10 1 16 1 Total 6 11 IT Hours ol Labonr : For decrease 1 1 Employment ol Paitlcniar Glasses oi Persons : Employment of women instead of men ... 1 1 Working Arrangements, Rnles, and Discipline (other than above) : Against change in existing arrangements ... 1 ... 1 Trade Dnionism 1 Z 3 Total— Tailoring Trades 8 3 IS 23 OTHER CLOTHING Wages: For increase Against decrease As to system of payment of wages EeadjuBtment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease In working, quality of materials, &c. 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 1 1 Total 1 % 1 8 II Hours ol Labour ; Other 1 1 Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : Employment of apprentices and boys Against employment of certain oiBcials . . . 1 1 Total ... I 1 Total— Other Clothing Trades ... 2 2 9 13 Total-Clothing Trades %3 IC 36 T5 The aggregate duration In 1913 of disputes which began in that year Is printed In CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES. 29 IN 1913-CLOTHmG TBABES— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggregate Duration in Working classified by Eesult and Principal Cause — continued. Aay^ have been omitted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 worJcing days.'] Number of Workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Eesults of which were— In favour of Work- people. In ifavour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indeiinite or Un- settled Total Directly involved. Total In- directly involved. Aggregate Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the ItesultB of which were— In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- Bettled. Total Aggregate T>nm.t,inTi* TRADES. 1,167 4,436 9 6,602 9 620 4,124 38,620 180 42,744 180 l,l«T 4,444 5,611 6%0 4,l%4 38,800 4%,9%4 400 400 650 660 10 10 16 15 60 50 50 60 16 67 83 13 550 2TT 3B0 8187 aso 1,233 TT 4,844 6,154 633 4,19* S9» am 39,450 44,466 8S0 TRADES. 33 114 1,200 351 307 350 19 498 1,607 380 19 632 396 228 4,000 4,620 880 800 50 6,144 4,880 800 60 33 1,314 1,027 2,3T4 532 396 4,228 6,250 10,874 14 14 84 84 198 198 600 '" 200 600 '" 200 198 198 ... 600 soo 600 200 4T 1,314 1,225 2,586 532 480 4,228 6,850 200 11,558 200 4,289 2,214 6,926 13,429 1,798 84,070 1,300 17,671 am 52,323 18,196 154,064 19,846 romau type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of tliBp\iteB which began before 1913 is printed in italics. 30 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- days of all Disputes in progress during 1913, [^Sisputts involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 191.3, the RcsuUb of which were — Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. TWO OK MOKE BRA^CHES Wages : For Increase 1 1 Total 1 1 Trade ITnlonlsm 1 1 2 Total— Two or More Branches ... 1 2 3 DOCK AND WATEB- Wages : For increase 2 5 18 25 Total 2 5 18 25 Hours ol Labour : As to arrangement of hours 2 2 Total 2 2 Employment of Particular Classes or Persons : Disputes between classes of workmen For reinstatement of discliarged work- people. Other a X 1 1 3 1 1 Total 4 • 5 Working Arrangements, Kules, and Discipline (other than above) ; For change in existing arrangements 1 1 Total "^S^ t 1 1 Trade Unionism ^; 2 2 5 Sympathetic Disputes 1 ! I 2 Total— Dock and Waterside Labour 1 10 23 ... 40 ' The aggregate duration In 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND liESULTS OF DISPUTES. 31 IN 1913— TEANSPOKT TRADES. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and Aggkegate Duration in Working classified by Eesult and Principal Cause — continued, day, have been omitted^ except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days.'] Number of workpeople directly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913 the results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. Total Directly involved. Total In- directly in- volved. Aggrera,te Duration* in Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Results of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled Total Aggregate Duration* in Working Days. OF TRANSPORT TRADES. 600 600 16,800 16,800 ^ •■: - IS% 600 600 16,800 16,800 «00 t%% 4,000 2%,000 26,000 m I,%00 1,38a 4,000 38,800 42,800 SIDE L4B0DR. 260 3,706 19,372 23,.328 1,004 1,178 163,880 116,468 200 271,626 SOO 850 3,T06 19,372 23,328 1,004 1,178 153,880 116,468_ 208 271,526 200 6,500 5.500 19,000 19,000 5,500 5,500 19,000 19,000 56 160 140 131 187 160 140 102 127 210 140 699 826 240 140 356 131 487 102 507 ... 699 1,206 120 120 ; 300 300 ... 120 120 300 300 20 324 1,667 2,011 672 30 4,800 56,000 60,830 400 T7 477 2,000 400 2,400 626 9,930 21,367 31,923 ■1,778 1,715 179,680 173,867 200 355,262 200 roman type. The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. {Continued on pp. 32 and 33.] 32 SUMMAKY TABLES, 1913. Ib.-CAUSES AND RESULTS OF DISPUTES Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, Number of Work- Days of ALL Disputes in progress during 1913, IDisputef involving less than 10 worhpeople, and those which lasted less than one Number of Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— Total No. of Disputes begin- ning in 1913. -■ Principal Cause or Object. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. RAILWAY Wages: Sor increase As to system of payment of wages Other " 1 1 " 1 2 3 1 1 Total ' » % 5 Honis of Labonr: other 2 2 Employment ol Particular Classes or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged worli- people. Against employment of certain officials ... 3 1 3 1 Total 3 1 4 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline (other than above) : For change in existing arrangements Against change in existing arrangements ... 1 " 3 1 3 Total • 3 4 Sympatbetic Disputes , . % Total— Railway Serylcc 3 8 e IT OTHER TRANSPORT Wages i For increase Against decrease other 6 1 1 9 37 1 1 62 2 2 Total 8 9 39 56 Hours of Labour : Other 1 1 Employment of Particular Glasses or Persons : For reinstatement of discharged work- people. 1 1 Working Arrangements, Rules, and Discipline {other than above) : For change in existing arrangements 1 1 Trade Unionism % 1 3 IMIsccllaneous m-: 1 » Total— Other Transport Trades ... 10 11 4» 63 Total— Transport Trades »o 30 T3 l%3 The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in CAUSES AND EESULTS OF DISPUTES. 33 IN 1913— TEANSPOET URAB'ES— continued. PEOPLE involved in such Disputes, and AoaKEGAXE Duration in Working classified by Eesult and Pkincipal Gause —continued. day, have been omitiedy except when ike aggregate duration exceeded 100 wording dags.] Number of Workpeople dirdctly involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, the Results of which were— In favour of Worli- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite ort/n- eettled. Total Directly Involved. Total In- directly involved. jate Duration* in "Working Days of all Disputes in progress in 1913, the Besults of which were — In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. Indefinite or Un- settled. SERVICE. "n 142 "'l8 410 552 71 18 "300 300 "' 80 2,560 2,860 300 80 Tl 160 410 641 300 380 2,560 3,240 38 38 450 450 1,863 672 1,863 672 1,500 6,600 2,900 6,500 2,900 1,863 6T% %,535 1,500 6,S0« 2,900 9,400 663 "243 663 243 663 'ii405 663 1,405 663 243 906 663 1,405 2,068 %35 8,500 8,r35 ... 250 34,000 34,250 969 10,561 1,325 12,855 1,500 1,213 41.330 6,865 49,408 TRADES. 2,813 6,600 125 921 19,982 38 76 23,716 6,638 201 640 4,600 46 7,999 637,000 2,200 10,729 132,818 76 220 161,646 637,076 2,420 9,438 921 20,096 30,455 5,185 647,199 10,729 133,114 791,042 60 60 360 250 16 16 30 30 44 44 16 160 160 635 32 66T 84 2,850 900 I ... 3,750 149 149 183 2,200 1 ... 2,200 10,073 980 20,32? 31,380 5,461 650,049 10,909 136,464 791,422 11,668 21,593 44,219 TT,480 8,145 652,971 235,919 355,99 18 K4 X4 ■ 1 241 Employees ol Public Authorities as ... 1 26 Grand Total l,153t %4 m 119 68 4 % I,49Tt _ , , * For detailed list of the Disputes ntOei in 19J3 t The general dispute at Dublin, which involved workpeople employed in a large number METHODS OF SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. 43 OF DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913, to the Methods by which they were settled. (2.) NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED. No. of Workpeople direotly involved in Disputes settled Trades. By direct arrange- ment or negoti- ation between the parties or their represen- tatives. By Arbi- tration,* By Conci- liation or Media- tion.* Byre- turn to work on Em- ployers' terms with- out negoti- ation. By re- place- ment of Work- people. closing of Works. Other- wise. Total Num- ber of Work- people directly in- volved . Building Trades I5,T58 11,536 5,5T3 8T5 4%3 34,165 Mining and Qnanying. Coal Mining Other Mining and Quarrying 140,312 3,651 2,081 46 3,287 1,616 2,887 4,846 148,587 10,157 Total 143,963 a,i»7 4,90% T.TSa 158,724 !Hetiil, Engineering, and Shipbuilding Trades. Pig Iron and Iron and Steel Tinplate Manufacture , Engineering Shipbuilding Miscellaneous Metal 2,160 87 28,736 14,011 8,093 "'l06 418 430 1,166 2i526 714 40,236 660 76 896 1,337 164 376 '"28 • '"4 19 19 4,005 273 32,952 16,492 48,529 Total 53,08T 954 44,641 3,1%3 404 23 19 102,251 Textile Trades. Cotton Spinning Cotton Weaving Woollen and Worsted Linen and Jute Other 4,639 7,701 5,005 2,912 20,747 1,400 1,367 3,580 1,160 2,.328 288 279 286 2,384 788 13 • 184 "90 ■••' 6,340 9,347 8,871 6,646 24,047 Total 41,004 9,835 4,0*5 19T 90 55,151 Uotbing Trades ... lO.TTl 85 %,n9 174 ari 13,429 Transport Trades. Railway Service Other Transport Trades 12,616 39,112 '"422 60 18,837 179 5,725 "629 12,865 64,626 Total 51,T»8 4»» I8,89T 5,904 5%9 77,480 Miscellaneous Trades. Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Trades, Woodworkingand Furnishing Brick, Glass.Tottery, &c Food and Tobacco Other 2,400 7,217 9,339 4,241 10,646 '"1O8 109 4,034 4,100 915 2,160 181 90 116 190 698 498 198 29 464 213 160 "62 3,188 11,5,39 13,692 6,800 13,868 Total 33,84% 108 11,318 i,n5 1,39% 100 52 48,087 Employees ol Public Authoiities l»,T3I ... 19 12,750 Grand Total 3T6,884t 15,%3% 97,288 %3,I08 3,241 213 71 516,037t by Conciliation or Arbitration, 001 pp. 160 to 164. of different trades, has been Included in the total, but not in the separate trades. 44 SUMMAElf TABLES, 1913. III.-DISPUTES IN 1913 Number of Workpeople Involved in Disputes beginning in 1913, and in each '^6up of trades during [^Disputes itiVdlllHig lesi than 10 workpeople, drid those ivhich lasted Uss than one day, Groups of Trades. Northern Couaties. Yortshire. Lancashire and Cheshire. North and "West Midland Counties. South Midland and Eastern Counties. London. WUMBEB OS WOEKPBOPIB DlEEOTIY AND InDIBBCTIT Building... Coal Mining Other Mining and Quarrying. M^tal, Eugineerihg, and . Shipbuilding. Texffle Clothing .... Transport Miscellaneous ... Employees of Ptiblie Authorities. 665 25,607 827 12,206 770 842 267 181 3,583 12,885 1,100 16,380 26,2.^2 833 26,002 3,853 7,090 5,290 16,768 40 17,159 30,426 4,968 17,717 7,676 2,252 2,933 19,078 1,156 73,692 11,720 4,445 8,320 10,428 11 1,680 3,030 640 2,213 445 4,138 16,005 2,302 187 339 12,784 7,323 600 Total 41,365 ' 9T,958 103,^98 131,783 1S,146 39,540 Aa&EBaATE DuBATIONt I* "WoBKIKa Building Coal Mining Other Mining and Quarrying. Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding. Textile Clothing ... Transport iflBfiellaneous Eaiployees of Public Authorities. 8,.S28 153,206 756 9,284 107,286 24,389 12,030 4,4V3 271 44,218 52,010 23,O0O 363,058 4,800 611,915 1,743 10,4()0 114,766 47,104 67,200 170,040 322,337 240 26S,057 5.900 841,994 56 450 20,984 132,464 9? 760 3,900 31, '737 40,029 168 56,903 10,060 1,651,895 630 14,5,293 111,075 7,796 28,460 202,334 684 1,500 67,152 35,517 5,773 7,543 5,920 102,888 335,700 90,151 J,300 11,600 1,245 1,650 643,544 124,205 500 900 Total 3I9,86T 756 1,317,004 1S,200 1,888,603 66,250 2,347,549 9,278 224,793 1,207,345 3.350. * Tliis column refers to a dispute extending over more than one district in which t The general dispute at Dublin, involving 20,000 workpeople employed in a large in 1913, has been included in the total but not in the separate groups of trades, X The aggregate duration in 1913 of disputes which began in that year is printed in roman DISTEICTS AFFECTED. 45 -CLASSIFIED BY DISTRICTS. the Aggregate Duration in "Working Days of all DistUTBs in progress 1913, classified by DisraiCTS. have b-en omitted, except wheA the aggregate dwatioii exceeded 100 ■working days. Southern and Western Counties. Wales and Monmottth- sfaire. East Scotland. West Scotland. Ireland. Two or more District s.* Total. Intoltisd in Disptjtbs BE&INlflNa- IS 1913. 938 2,298 910 4,254 1,446 40,003 121,710 910 6,287 303,345 5,481 597 1,612 20 10,833 2,141 5,231 6,832 9,903 3,813 153,689 10 12,938 2,828 5,759 2,000 93,510 145 372 43 36 1,883 15,337 109 5,282 6,529 5.664 2,531 86,335 i;262 617 9,501 5,896 2,641 53,604 40 3.041 345 30 13,590 10,116 139,158 39,630 34,918 38,033t 3,000 688,935t Days oi' Disputes fs 1913. 17,751 62,092 15,151 26,688 100 36,417 833,561 268 618,964 2,060 52,178 1,357,658 39,400 40,156 232,310 15,146 67,550 180 357,776 136,105 48.921 190,901 52,278 25,086 3,968,355 l,OO0 4,520 1,800 96 19,440 310 87,307 61,241 80,095 1,800 100 000 - 1,969,950 58,250 821 2,100 320 213 8,020 134,064 19,846 1,344,893 228 11,039 173,258 58,576 64,617 200 200 11,283 13,474 137,821 119,092 41,497 906,931 924 2,000 30 8,038 160 8,041 1,474 180 370,634 ldl,463 398,658 783,117 675,843 l,958,T33t 100,000 ll,484,534t 1,924 43,920 3,300 390 1,830 146,198 it was itllpractieable to allocate the numbers involved in the various districts, number of difEerent trades, with an aggregate duration of 1,700,000 vrorldng dajifl type. The aggregate duratidn in 1913 of disputes which began before 1913 is printed in italics. 46 SUMMARY TABLES, 1913. IV.-DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913 CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO MAGNITUDE.* Disputes beginning in 1913 classified accoedikg to MAaNiTiTDE, as measured by (a) the AGtaEEGATB Diteation in Woekin& Dats, and (J) the Nitmbbb of WOBKPEOPLE DIEBCTLT and INDIEBCTLT INTOLVEB. Limits of Groups. No. of Disputes beginning in 1913. Workpeople involved in these Disputes. Percentage of Total, Aggregate Duration of these Disputes in Worlting Days.t Aggregate Duration. Percentage of Total. Glassilied accoiding to Aggregate Duration in Working Days.(t) Disputes with au aggregate dura- tion ol— 100,000 days and upwards 17 186,602 27-0 6,696,000 53-8 60,000 and under 100,000 days 18 42,158 6-1 1,216,260 9-9 26,000 and under 60,000 days 37 64,093 9-3 1,278,284 10-4 15,000 and under 25,000 days 63 69,866 10-1 1,040,608 8-5 10,000 and under 15,000 days 36 30,916 4-5 401,750 3-3 5,000 and under 10,000 days 88 71,569 10-4 599,789 4-9 2,500 and under 8,000 days 144 60,636 8-8 501,610 4-1 1,000 and under 2,500 days 232 69,408 10-1 360,661 2-9 600 and under l,000days 208 44,813 6-5 143,718 1-2 250 and under 500 days 217 29,120 4-2 77,091 0-6 Under 250 days* 448 20,746 S-0 50,358 0-4 Total 1,497 688,925 ipo-0 12,265,129 100-0 Classified according Directly to Total Number ol Workpeople ind Indirectly involved. Disputes involving— 5,000 workpeople and upwards ... i« 217,934 31-6 5,113,400 41-7 2,500 and under 5,000 workpeople... 27 , 97,628 14-2 1,609,160 13-1 1,000 and under 2,500 workpeople. .. 88 131,113 19-0 2,069,223 16-8 500 and under 1,000 workpeople ... 133 88,386 12-8 1,224,277 10-0 260 and under 500 workpeople ... 218 74,186 10-8 1,128,256 9-2 100 and under 250 workpeople ... 314 50,896 7-4 726,666 5-9 50 and under 100 workpeople 246 17,198 2-6 247,336 2-0 26 and under 50 workpeople 217 7,789 1-1 112,356 0-9 Under 25* workpeople 238 3,796 0-6 45,466 0-4 Total 1,497 688,926 100-0 12,266,129 100-0 * Disputes involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted leas than one day have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working days. t The aggregate duration as stated in this Table refers exclusively to disputes beginnim in 1913, and includes the total number of working days lost by such disputes. The preceding Summary Tables state the aggregate duration in 1913 of all disputes i« progress during 1913, whether they began in, or before, that year. 47 SUMMARY TABLES. FOR THE TEF YEARS 1904-1913. DISPUTES CLASSIFIED BY :— PAGE V. Causes and Results — All Trades 48 VI. Results — Groups of Trades 54 VII, Magnitude 60 VIII. Districts 64 IX. Proportion of Industrial Population in- volved 64 48 SUMMAKY TABLES, 1904-1913. v.— CAUSES AND RESULTS OF Number of Disputes beginning in each of the Years 1904-1913, Duration in Working Days of all Disputes in progress Principal Cause or Object. Number of Disputes beginning in each year, the Results of which were — Total No. of Disputes begin- In favour o{ Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. In- definite or Un- settled. ning in each year. '- 1904 39 117 76 1 233 1905 44 106 85 235 1906. 93 116 122 1 332 1907 116 148 120 384 Wages 1908 1909 34 44 107 103 108 109 249 256 1910' 66 94 141 1 302 1911 125 157 294 576 1912 t 133 144 263 539 191£| 1904 213 ?29 ,540 ... 982 3 5 5 13 19m 3 s 6 ... 14 1906 6 4 3 13 1907 4 9 3 16 Hoai9 of Labooi 1908 1909 5 3 6 10 3 14 14 27 1910 3 9 10 ■ 22 1911 8 11 12 31 1912 6 7 14 27 ,l?l? 1904 17 14 18 49 6 28 12 46 190c 9 27 10 1 47 1906 15 25 12 1 53 190- 27 46 15 88 Emrloinent of Particular Classes or Persons, 190i 190! 9 » 13 27 39 18 11 54 63 191 J 24 38 18 80 191 42 64 44 140 191 l\ 44 54 51 149 191 3 101 67 68 236 ' The aggregate duration in any year of disputes which began in that year is printed f The figures for 1912 have been revised in certain cases in which the final CAUSES AND KESULTB OF DISPUTES. 49 DISPUTES IN 1904-1913 (ALL TRADES). Number of Wokkpbople Involved in saoh Disputes, ajid the Aggkegate during each of the Ten Years 1904—1913, clasBified by Causes and Bbsults. Number of Workpeople direptly ^ITOs -e Duration* in Working Days of involved i^ Disputes, the Results of putes in progress in each year. wWcb were— the Hesults of which were— Total Total Directly Total In- directly Aggregate Duration * in In favour of Work- people. Jn favour of •Em- ployers. Gompro- misert or Parti^i'y' Success- ' ful. In- definite or Un- settled. Involved. in- volved. In favour of Work- people. In favour of Em- ployers. Compro- mised or Partially Success- ful. In- - definite or Un- settled. Working Days. 4,286 16,218 12,253 28 38,783 24,496 111,279 31,131 752,666 39,39S 220,037 49,180 136 1,084,118 119,649 6,156 11,194 21,388 ••' 38,737 17,086 167,779 438,340 124,773 1,299,866 42,«47 1,895,984 167,420 15,532 30,928 41,455 18 87,933 49,283 161,267 3,02B 1,043,071 41,191 685,204 387,795 108 1,889,850 432,011 14,882 16,871 26,306 56,058 31,592 233,942 36,940 429,600 71,299 626,223 1«5,682 ... 1,188,765 273,867 3,564 36,066 136,259 176,889 63,640 13?,407 S,e04 3,875,777 ji in any year of , Refusal to work with non-unionists Modified advances granted. Work resumed pending consideration of complaints by Central Committee of Trade Union. Better coal promised. Work resumed; question referred to Joint Committee and settled in favour . of employers. Work resumed, men promising not to strike in future without due notice. Pits to be opened on Saturdays if trade permit, provided that 60 per cent, of colliers turn up to work. Grrievanoes to be remedied. Lad reinstated on agreeing to conform to rules in future. Men's claims conceded. Settlement arrived at satisfactory to men. Work resumed. Lad reinstated. Work resumed. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union or left the pit. Lad reinstated. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. 110 PEmCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Cannock Chase and P e 1 8 a 1 1 Districts. Dudley ;..: Hucknall Tor- kard. Mansfield Midland Counties. Miners Miners Miners Banksmen, Lads, and Underground Worlcers. Miners and Banks- men. Miners, &c. ... Miners and Banlcs- Waies and Monmouthshiee. -South "Wales and Monmouth- shire f Aberdai-e Val- ley, "i vCardifE Ebbw Vale -j ] I L Llanelly ... -I Muesteg... Merthjr Tjdvil About 19 Miners Miners, other Miners and Su rfa c e Workers. Underground Workers, other Und erg round Workers, and Sur- face Workers. Miners Miners Miners, ot/i er Miners, Screeners, Tippers, fc. Miners Miners Miners, &c. Miners, 4c. Miners Miners 8,000 800 750 775 830 2,000 1,130 200 50,000 2,700 1,937 1,832 820 1,000 1,300 650 300 1,050 5,300 I 5,365 Coal 7 April 26 June 16 Oct. 5 May 4 June 26 June 3 Nov. 2 May IFeb. 7 April 22 Sept. 6 Oct. 20 Oct. 24 July 29 Nov. IFeb. 15 Sept. 6 Jan. 16 April 10 April 4 July 20 Oct. 5 May 5 June 28 June 3 Nov. 17 Mayt 18 Feb. 10 April 25 Sept. 13 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 July 2 Dec. 5 Feb. 23 Sept. 8 Jan. 19 April • See note * ou pp. 100 and 101. + With tl e exception of the emploj ees of one Company the workpeople had COAL MINING. Ill Cause or Object.* Kesult.* Mining— eoni. Refusal to work with non-unionists Against change in system of payment from day rates to tonnage lates. Against employment in a new seam of a man from another colliery while men in an old seam were not fully employed. Against suspension of a number of men by bank foreman to wliom work had been let out on contract. Dissatisfaction in consequence of shortage in the supply of trams, iuTolving decrease in earnings. Misundemtanding as to alleged dismissal of two men. In sympathy with a contractor from whose stall coal was alleged to have been stolen by men from anotlier stall who loaded it in tubs wrongly numbered. Refusal to work with non-unionists ... Refusal to work with non-unionists and men belonging to a rival Trade Union. Refusal to work with non-unionists ... Demand that non-unionists and members of another Trade Union should join the South Wales Miners' Federation. > Refusal to work with non-unionists Alleged prevention of men from attending the funeral of a comrade who had been killed at work. Dispute as to payment of minimum wage Refusal to work with non-unionists Demand that employers, who already made deductions from wages for the payment of doctors under an old scheme, should also make deductions for doctors appointed under a new scheme adopted by some of the men. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Satisfactory tonnage rates agreed upon. Amicable settlement effected. Banking contract cancelled and work- people engaged by Colliery Co, direct. Compensation to be paid in certain cases. Misunderstanding removed. Contractor to be paid for the coal and to pay for the loading. Non-unionists joined the Union. Trade Non-unionists and members of the other Trade Union joined the South Wales Miners' Federation. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Non-unionists only joined the Federa- tion. Non-unionists joined the Trade L'nion. An arrangement made to enable men to attend such funerals in future. Arbitrators appointed by Conciliation Board to settle the matter fii!ed to- agree. {Nou -unionists joined the Trade Union. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Most of the non-unionists j )ined the Trade Union, others left the district. Work resumed unconditionally. resumed work by 8th May. 112 PBINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms. OceupatioEs.* Number of Work- people inTolved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Walbs and Monmouthshiee — cont. Pontarjawe Pontypool Pontypridd Port Talbot Bhondda Val- ley. . Swansea "J^redegar Wrexbam I I Miners, &c. ... Miners, &c. ... Underground Work- ers and Surface Workers. Underground Work- er B, S urfa ce Screen/men aid Tippers. Miners Miners Miners Miners Hiiuliers, oth r Un- derground Work- ers, and Surface Workers. Miners Miners M ners Miners Miners Colliens, Datallers and S ur fa c e Workers Miners Colliers, Bankmen, Screeners, & o., Colliers and Sur- face Workers. Coatbridge "Falkirk ... Hamilton Scotland. 1 Miners Miners and Surface Workers. Miners 940 1,157 790 1,544 54 97 420 288 4,500 2,500 1,557 920 1,650 2,460 6,-5C0 2,123 1,000 948 75 1,2G0 I 921 1,000 850 1,800 250 Coal 23 Sept. 26 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Sept. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 2 Oct. 25 Nov. 22 July 15 Sept. 29 Sept. 28 April 22 Julv 23 Sept. 30 Sept. 26 Mar. (1914) 2 July 4 July 23 Sept. 27 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 27 Oct. 27 Oct. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 3 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 April 9 April 26 Sept. 30 Sept. 81 Mar. 3 April 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 6 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 May 28 May * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. COAL MIMNG. 113 Cause or Object.* Result* Mining— CO"'- Kefusol to wort with non-unionists Eefusal to work with non-unionists and men in arrears with their contributions. Alleged breach of agreement by cutting coal in stalls at night. Alleged unsafe condition of mine, and dtvnand for dismissal of certain oflBcials. V Befueal to work with non-unionists Dispute as to payment for cutting cluy between coals. Dispute arising out of demands of night hauliers for increased pay when handling coal, and of engine boys for adTance in wages. For remoyal of a colliery policeman for alleged misbehaviour. In sympathy with hauliers summonrd for breach of contract by striking without notice i.i July. Eefusal to work wil h non-unionists ... Eefusal to work witli non-unionists and men in arrears wii h their contributions. Eefusal to work with non-unionists Dispute arising out of dismissal of a work- man for alleged misconduct. Against raising and tipping coal after fixed hour and in absence of checkweighman. Against employment of non-unionists Eefusal to work with non-unionists . . . Against introduction of contractors, and on account of other alleged grievances. I'or reinstatement of dismissed fellow- workers and recognition of Trade Union conditions. Non-unionists joined the l^ade Union. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union, and men in arrears paid their contri- butions. Satisfactory settlement effected. Officials resigned and new stafE ap- pointed. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. No payment to be made for cutting first ] 2 inches of clay ; id. per inch per ' ton to be paid between 12 and 16 inches, and id. for over 16 inches. Work resumed. Work resumed unconditionally. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union and men in arrears paid their c^n- tiibutions. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Man in question reinstated after having apologised. Satisfactory settlement effected. Non-unionists either joined or pro- mised to join the Trade Union. Non-unionists failing to join the Trade Union within one month to be dealt with by the employers. Work resumed on employers' terms. Dismissed workers reinstated and Trade Union conditions recognised. 114 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Iiocality. No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. T Date of Dispute, ning. End! Halifax, Brig- house, and Bradford Dis- tricts. Mid-Comvrall .. EnSlaitd 54 70 Quarrymeii, Delvers, Dressers, &c. Clay Workers SCOTIAND. Aberdeen 73 Granite Cutters, Toolsmiths, Polishers, &o. ENftLAND AND WAIES. Chester (near)... Ebbw Tale Liverpool (near) Middlesbrough . . . Middlesbrough and Stockton- on-Tees Dis- tricts. Newcastle - on - Tyne. Sheffield Stoke-on-Trent.., 34 Sheet Millmen and, other Worhpeople. Boll Turners, Steel Worlcers, ^c. Sheet Mill Workers Eollers, Shearmen, Furnacemen, Pud- dlers, Sfo. Bricklayers and Labourers. Labourers, Gas Pro- ducermen, &o., Melting Furnace- men, Moulders, Sfc. Steel Melters, Mill- ■ men, Iron Moul- ders, Coremdkfrs, Labourers, ^c. Labourers, &o., and other Workpeople. Scotland. Glasgow (near) 1 Sheet Mill Workers 1,100 4,800 1,542 660 8 930 36 1,000 351 248 160 160 40 1,700 45 534 287 150 1,000 180 1 May 21 July 1 April Quariy- 20 June 4 Oct. 24 May Iron a'ld Steel 20 Oct. 30 June 1 Jan. 1 2 Dec. 2 Aug. 1 Sept. 10 Mar. 8 Dec. 22 Oct. 9 Aug. 4 Jan. 13 Sept. 13 Dec. 18 Oct. 22 Nov. 21 Apr. 12 Jan. (1914) * See note • on pp. 100 and 101. QUAKKYING — IRON AND STEEL. Ill Cause or Object.* Eesult.* ing. For ndvance' in wages of Id. per hour to day- workers and various advances in prices to piece-workers. For advance in wages to minimum rates ranging from 4is. 2d. to 4dS..Sd. per day, recognition of Trade Union, and other concessions. Fo^ advance in wages of cutters from standard rate of 7id. to minimum rate of Sljd. per hour and other concessions. Manafacture. Dispute respecting certain promotions For advance in wages ... Demand of day wagemen that an increase in wages should be paid to them by tonnage- men, as decided by Midland Iron and Steet Wages Board. Aguinst change from payment of a guaran- teed tonnage to payment for net tonnage worker). For advance in wages of id. per hour For advance in wages and extra allowances for week-end work. For recognition of Trade Union ^and other concessions. For recognition of a particular Trade Union in connection with demand for advance in wages. Against proposed reduction in rates for heavy gauge sheets, and dispute as to certain light gauge sheets. "Wages of day-workers advanced \d. per hour and certain advances granted to piece workers ; conciliation scheme to be established for the settlement of future disputes. Work rfsumed on old terms. Standard rate of cutters advanced to Sd. per hour, advance of id. per hour granted to toolsmiths, and bye-laws ultimately agreed to for all sections of the trade (see p. 181). Work resumed. Fixed wage of 41*. per week sub- stituted for payment according to sliding scale. Decision of Board to be complied with. Payment to be made on net tonnage worked, with increase on tonnage rates to be agreed upon. Advance of id. J)er hour granted, and agreement arrived at for prevention ■ of future disputes. Work resumed on employers' terms. Settlement effected satisfactory to the men. Union in ques'ion to withdraw from the wor'uS and men granted an advance in wages. Modified reductions, on certain heavy gauges agieed to, and dispute as to light gauges amicably settled. 116 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Number of Work- Locality. No. of Occupations.* people involyed. Date of Dispute. Firms. Directly. Indi- rectly. Begin- ning. End. ENOtAlfD. Engin- Accrington 1 Textile Machine Makers. 429 3,500 6 June 25 June Bedford 1 Fitters, Turners, &o., and other WorTc- people. 479 219 26 June 12 July 1 Labourers and Ma- chinisls. 1,200 18 Feb. 4 Mar. 1 Smiths Strikers, La- 90 286 28 April 28 April \)Oaxera,&o.,BoiUr- makers, Smiths, 4"c. Birmingham ■ 1 Labourers and other WorTcpeople. 80 370 28 April 2 May 1 Cycle Workers, &c. ... 1,600 26 May 26 May 1 Motor Car Workers. . . 1,000 700 3 Dec. 4 Dec. Blacktiurn 1 Labourers, Machine- men, Painters, En- gineers, Sfc. 110 691 15 Sept. 16 Sept. r 1 Boilermakers and 297 52 24 April 26 April Bolton ... J Boilermalcers' Helpers. L 2 Fitters, Turners, Planers, &o., and other Workpeople. 977 ... 29 Nov. 21 Mar. (1914) Burnley 1 Plate and Machine Moulders and other Workpeople. 34 300 29 Sept. 8 Oct. Burnley and 7 Fitters, Turners, 595 922 25 Oct. 9 Apr. Nehon Borers, Smiths, &c.. Drillers, Ma- chinists, Grinders, Moulders, Labour- ers, iSfc. (1914) Chelmsford 1 Machinists, &o. l.'i 38 7 Apr. 22 Apr. CleckheatTon and 9 Card Dressers, Ma- 80 850 14 Feb. 15 Mar. District. chine Tenters, and Labourers. Colne 2 Fitters, Turners, and other Work- people. 85 189 INOT. 9 May (1914) " 3 Labourers, &c., and 920 350 6 May 8 May Oorentry other Workpeople. 1 Labourers, S e m i - skilled Workers, and other Work- people. 55 485 19 June 7 July * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. ENGINEERING. 117 Cause or Object.* iResult.* eenng. Alleged non-fulfilment of employers' promise to re-price certain jobs in milling room. Against discharge of six patternmakers For advance in wages and other concessions . For advance in wages ... For advance in wages from 20*. to a mini- mnm of 23s. per week. Against impjsilion of fines on certain work- people for absence from work without leave on the first (lay after holidays. Alleged victimisation of men's represeutalive, and other grievances. For reinstatpment of a man discharged for refusing to work overtime. For reinstatement of a man dismissed for alleged negligence. Against employment of handymen on work claimed by skilled workmen. For reinstatement of a discharged work- man, and other concessions. For advance in wages of 2.?. per week For advance in wages of ^d. per hour, fol- lowed by demand for a minimum wage of 5d. per liour. For advance in wa- es to a minimum of 36*. per week, with 10 per cent, added for piecework, and payment of time and quarter for overtime. For advance in wages of 2s, per week For advance iti wages to - minimum ot Gd. per liour, and overtime rates as for skilled workers. Against exclusion of certain labourers from participating in adrance to agreed minimum rate of §d. per hour, followed by demnnd for establishment of minimum rate for other grades, reduction in hours from 54 to 53 per week, and other con- cessior s, Work resumed on employers' terms. IVfen to be reinstated as soon as state of trade should permit. Advance of 2s. per week granted. Work resumed on advice of Trade Union official. Wages subsequently advanced to 23*. and 24*. per week. Advance conceded. Fines refunded. Men's representative to be reinstated and other grievances considered. Man in question reinstated. Man in question reinstated. Agreement arrived at as to division of labour between skilled and unskilled men and as to pajment of handymen on certain work. Man reinstrited ; other matters to be enquired into. Advance of 1*. per week granted. All male workers aged 21 years and over to receive a minimum wage of 4id. per hour, and 5d. after 24 weeks of continuous service. Modified advance granted and other concessions made. Immediate advance of 1*. per week granted, with further 1*. in six months' time. Demands granted. Minimum of Gd. per hour to be paid to a number of the labourers in question, and other claims postponed. 118 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms Oeeupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Coventry Darlaston Derby . . , Q-ainsborough Halifax . . , Leeds ... Leicester Lincoln ... London and Dis- trict. EWGLAKD — cont. 1 Loidon . Preston , Sheffield Soutbampton . . 13 18 11 Engineers, &c., and other Workpeople. Bridge and Girder Constructional Workers, &c. Labourer^and Skilled Workers. Ironfomiders and Coremakei-s. Engineering Appren- tices. Labourers, Furnace- men, Fress-hands, &t!. Fillers, Turn- er*, Ifc. Iron, &o.. Moulders, liobourerSf Core- makers, S^o, Labourers, &c., and other TForlcpeople. Patternmakers Motor Mechanics, Laboiffors, &c. Semi-skilled Men, Labourers, Crane- men, Moulders, CoremaJeers, Ma- chinemen, ^c. Iron and Steel Moulders, La- bourers, Core- maker <, Pattern- makers, Ifc. Fitters, Turners, Smiths, Pattern- makers, Oopper- smiths, & c, Labourers, ^c, 400 468 1,380 166 500 265 800 147 450 298 200 1,033 275 1,500 1,500 43 250 2,000 2,500 1,200 800 8 Nov. 15 Jan. 26 June 7 April 4 June 23 June 29 Sept. 18 Apr. 30 June 22 Aug. 14 Apr. 28 July 15 Sept. Engin- 17 Nov. 16 Jan. 27 June 19 Sept. 12 July 30 Aug. 29 Nov. 21 Apr. Dec. 18 Oct. 15 Apr. 16 Aug. 8 Nov. 10 Mar. 21 June See note * on pp. 100 and 101. ENGINEERING. 119 Cause or Object.* Result.* eering— oo»<. Against ohange from premium bonus to day- work system of payment in alleged breach of agreement. Against imposition of fines for loss of working time. Labourers demanded advance in wages from 19«. to 2I«. per week in lieu of bonus scheme ; others struck in sympathy. For advance in wages from 32s. to the district rate of 34s. per week. For advance in wages of Is. per week, double time for overtime, and payment by employers of apprentices' contributions under the National Insurance Act. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and other concessions. Dispute as to proportion anrl payment of apprentices, demarcation of work, and other matters. Claim that a recent Agreement entitled boilermakers' helpers on piecework to receive from employers an addition of 1 s. per week to their piecework earnings. For advance in wages to Is. per hour in general engineering shops, and Is. Ofid. per hour in master patternmaliers' shops. Against introduction of hew bonus system, and for advance in wages and other con- cessions. Alleged non-fulfilment of agreement to grant advance in wages of Is. per week to semi- skilled men. Against the employment at one firm of I certain piecework moulders who were not j members of the Ironfounders' TTnion. 'Against the employment at one firm of certain piecework moulders who were not members of the Ironfounders Union, and subsequently demand for general ad- vance in wages of 2s. per week. For advance in wages of 3s. per week Work resumed on premium bonus system. Fines abolished. Advance granted of Is. per week and bonus reduced by half. Work resumed on employers' terms. Advance of Is. per week granted. Amicable settlement effected. Consideration of apprenticeship ques- tions postponed; agreement arrived at as to demarcation of work and other matters. Question of interpretation of agreemsut referred to arbitration and decided against the men. Wages advanced in most cases to rates ef from lOid. to Is. per hour. New bonus system withdrawn, mini- mum rates of wages established for various classes of workers, and certain other concessions granted. Minimum wage of 20s. per week estab- lished for labourers, semi-skilled men rated up to 27s. per week to receive Is. per week advance, and certain other concessions granted. Work resumed pending negotiations. Pieceworkers joined the Union and agreement arrived at as to piecework at the firm in question ; provision made for preventing future disputes, and advance granted of Is. per week, no further advance to be given by federated firms unless a general agreement respecting piecework, &c., be effected (see p. 185). Advance granted of Is. 6d. per week. 120 PEINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms, OopupfttioiiB.* Number of Work- pi'ople involTed. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin - niiig. End. Engl AND — cont. Wakefield (near) West Cumber- land. Blacksmith s, Strikers, &c ., Wagon Builders, Foundrym e n, Fitters, S^c. Iron, Steel, and Brass Moulders, La- hourers, Dressers, SCOTLAKB. Falkirk and j Bo'nesB. 1 Stevenston, Ayr- shire. aen- eral. Gen- era!. Ty n e and Blyth. Patternmakers Iron Moulders, i'itters. Grinders, Dressers, La- how ers, ^c. Foundry Labour 4 1 Joiners and Ship- wrights. Kiyet Heaters, Siv- efters, Solders-up avd Catchers, Eivelters, Holders- up, Heaters, and Catcheis. Caulkers, Platers, BiTetters, &o. Platers^ Selprrs, Sfc. P 1 a t e r s' Helpers, Platers, Sec. Holdeis-up, Sivet- iers. Beaters, ^c. 14") 121 270 3,085 16 300 200 300 418 72 361 184 f 109 250 L 352 500 72 1,200 302 100 303 375 192 378 •< 850 1,228 10 Sept. 6 Oct. 26 May 28 May 26 May 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 May ^Engin- 1 Not. 4 Feb. (1914) 23 Aug. 7 July 14 June 14 Oit. 21 Oct. Aug. Ship 5 Feb. 15 Feb. 27 Feb. 9 Apr. 1 July 21 July 13 Aug. 15 Aug. 26 Aug. 18 Aug. 8 Sept. 27 Feb. 9 Apr. 2 July 21 July 14 Aug. 15 Aug. 28 Aug. 20 Aug. 16 Sept. * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. ENGINEERING — SHIPBUILDING. 121 Cause or Object.* Beault.* eeriug — oont. For advance in wages of 10 per cent . For advance iu wages of 2a. per week For advance in wages from 37«. to 39s. per week. Strike and lock-out arising out of the issue of a Trade Union circular forbidding members to work with patterns made or altered while patternmakeiB were on strike. For adrance in wages from 20*. to 22s. per week. For reinstatement of certain discharged men For reinstatement of a discharged foreman labourer. Eefneal of moulders to work with non- unionists and demand of labourers for advance in wages of 2s. per week, with minimum of 23?. for Government work. building. Joiners struck because certain work claimed I y them and beirg executed by shipwrights wa,s not suspended pending reference to Demarcation Committee, and subsequently, when employers ordered suspension of the job in dispute, shipwrights also ceased work. For advance in wages ... Dispute as to piece price on certain work _ A gainst employment of drillers on work claimed by caulkers. Dispute as to amount of wages due to one man. For increase in share of squad earnings to \0\d. for every \s. received by rivetters, in view of a recent advance of 2\ per cent, on piecework rates granted by emplojevs to rivetters on bebalf of holders-up. Rates of wages to be same as those paid by a certain firm at Bir- mingham. , Advance of !■'. per week granted by some firms ; at others men resumed work on old terms. Immediate advance of Is. per week granted with promise of further ad- vance of 1*. in three months' time. Circul»r withdrawn and agreement arrived at providing for discussion between parties before sympathetic action be taken in the future. Wages advanced lo 21*. per week. Men reinstated. Discharged foreman not reinstated. Some men resumed work on employers' terms, others found work elsewhere. Work resumed ; job in question sus- pended and matter referred to and ultimately settled by Demarcation Committee. Work resumed on old terms. Price agreed upon. iWork in question suspended pending negotiations. Caulkers to do the work. Amicable settlement effected. Work resumed pending negotiations. > Amicable settlement effected. 122 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Mersey Barrow . Clyde Troon . Leith Dundee . Belfast EiraiAifr — cont. 1 12 6 Engine-room Labour- ers and Fitters' Lahowrers. Platers, Eivetters, Caulkers, &c.. La- hour en, S[e. Engineers Smiths and Strikers Ship Painters Platers and Platers' Helpers. Platers, Rivettcrs, Caulkers, &c., Flater^ Helpers, Wet-boys, Sfc. Scotland. Joiners, Shipwrights, Rivetters, Fitters, &c.,Selpers, Ham- mermen, S(c. Joiners Platers, Helpers, S;c. Holders-up, 'Rivet- ters, Heaters, S(c. Bivet-heaters, Rivet- ters, ^c. Shipyard Workers .. Bed-leaders Platers, Kivetters, &e.. Helpers, ^c. Ibeland. Apprentice Engi- neers and other Workpeople. Apprentices Platers and Helpers 50 193 200 300 350 129 250 541 569 300 521 290 529 400 601 300 162 1,043 138 1,300 300 300 7 Apr. 2 June 8 Aug. 8 Sept. 19 Nov. 10 April 9 July 14 Apr. 10 Jirne 19 June 23 June 18 Aug. Ship- 1 Apr. 3 June il Aug. 22 Nov. 21 Nov. 11 April 14 July 261 22 Aug. 17 Mar. 300 3 Mar. 15 May 16 Jan. 3 Feb. 23 Apr. 14 Apr. 12 June 20 June \ 27 June 27 Aug. ' 23 Aug. I 18 Mar. 13 Mar. 28 May 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 24 Apr. * See note.* on pp. 100 and 101. SHIPBUILDING. 123 CauBe or Object.' Result.* building— co»<. For adTanee in wages of 2s. per week Against employment of sheet iron workers on work elaimed by boilermakers. Against employment of boilermakers on work cliiimed by fitters. For advance in wages of Is. per day. For recognition of national Trade TTuion in addition to local Unions in conned ion with demand for advance in wages and other concessions. Dispute as to number of helpers per squad to be employed by platers on certain work. Against employment of electricians and ship- wrights upon work claimed by boiler- makers. Refusal (o work with certain men in arrears with their Trade Union contributions. Against dismissal of eight joiners who were found to have been on strike from another firm. Against employment of sheet-iron workers on work claimed by platers. Dispute as to amount to be received by hoI!ers-up in view of recent advance of 2J per cent, on piecework rates granted by employers to rivetters on their behalf. For advance in wages ... For dismissal of a joiner whose Trade Union contribntionR were in arrears. ■ For advance in wages of Id. per hour Against employment of shipwrights on work claimed by platers. For advance in wages, and reduction in period of apprenticeship from seven to six years. For advance in wages ... Against employment of joiners upon work claimed by platers. Advance granted. Work given to boilermakers. Line of demarcation fixed for work in question. Work resumed at old rates. Recognition granted. Agreement arrived at. Boilermakers' claims practically agreed to. One of the men discharged, and others paid tlieir contributions. The eight men reinstated upon settle- ment of the other firm's dispute. ork resumed pending negotiations. rW( Sheet-iron workers completed job in 1^ question. Amicable settlement effected. Work resumed unconditionally. Joiner dismissed. Work resumed on old terms. Shipwrights to do the work, with a plater in attendance. Work resumed on old terms. Work resumed unconditionally. Joiners to finish jobs already started, but such work to be done by platers in future. 124 PKINCII'AL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Number of Wo' k- No. people inyolred. Date of Ditpule. Locality. of Occupations.* Firms. Directly. Indi- rectly. Begin- ning. End. Ieeiand — coat. Ship- r 1 Joiners and La- 540 30 27 May 5 Jure Belfast ... bourers. ■ 1 Shipwrights 362 ;8Aug 6 Sept. Wai ES. Tinplate Pontardawe 1"! ij Bundlers and other Workpeople. 8 28 332 575 4 Feb. 29 Sept. 11 Feb. 13 Oct. Svransea (near)... 1 Wet Wheelers, As sorters and other Workpeople. 12 650 3 Not. 15 Not. En&iakd. Other Metal 1 Light Castings Moulders, Core- makers, Dressirs and Labourers. 305 117 17 Jan. 21 Jan. 1] ■ 350 24 April May Birmingham ij Tube Workers. 60 500 25 April 3 May 1 Light Castings Moulders, Core- makers, Dressers and Labourers. 298 91 23 June 1 July *- 1 Casement and Sash Fitters, ic, a»d other Workpeople. 180 160 24 Not. 9 Feb. (1914) Brighouee 1 Wire Gralvaiiisera, 350 8 July 23 Aug. Labourers, &c., Wirtdrawers^ S^c. Leeds (near) ... 1 Copper and Brass Tube Workers. 359 14 Aug. 30 Aug. Manchester 83 Farriers 300 9 Dec. 3 Jan. District. (1914) Sheffield 1 Nut and Bolt Workers. 300 11 Aug. 16 Aug. South Stafford- Gen- Tube and other 50,000 26 Apr. 17 July shire and eral. Metal Workers. North Wor- cestershire. Wedneshury ... 1 Tube Workers 300 27 Oct. 28 Oct. West Bromwich 3 Hinge, Nut and Bolt 1,450 7 Apr. 19 Apr. Workers. Willenhall 10 Malleable Iron Moulders, Labour- ers, &c., Lressers, Finishers, S(c, 700 800 26 May 12 July * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. SHIPBUILDING — TINPLATE MANUFACTURE — OTHEIl METAL TRADES. 125 Cause or Objent.* Result.* ■building -eo»<. Against employment of sliipvprighls upon work claimed by joiners. Against emploiment of joiners upon work claimed by sliipwriglits. Manufacture. > For advanca in wages Trades. Alleged bad material, and demand for ad- Tanee in piece rates on certain work. For all-round advance in wages of 2s. per week, with minimum wage of 23s. per week. For advance in wages and other concessions.. Against dismissal of a workman For advance in wages Refusal of galv.inisers to accept piecework system in lieu of day work, and demand by labourers for advance in wages. For reinstatement of a boy dismissed on account of having left work before time j and for fixing of an earlier time for leaving. For advance in wages of 3?. per week and reduction in hours of labour. For establishment of minimum wage of 23«. per week, advance on piece rates, and reduction in hours to 53 per week. (For details of dispute, see p. xxiii.) Work divided between shipwrights and joiners. Woik ill question completed elsewhere ; agreement ultimately arrived at pro- viding for establishment of machinery for si-tlling future demarcation dis- putes. {Work resumed on old terms. Work resumed unconditionally. Modified advance granted. Compensation allowed for bad material, and an advance granted on piece rates in question. Minimum wage established and certain other advances granted. Some advanres granted. Man reinstated. Various advances granted. Piecework system accepted by gal- vanisers and various advances in wages granted to labourers. Boy reinstated and earlier leaving-time fixed. Advance in wages granted of 2s, per week, with reduction in hours from 54 to 53. Minimum wage of 23*. per week of 53 hours conceded j piece prices to be enquired into. For reinstatement of two dismissed men For advance in wages to minimum of 23s. per week for male workers and of 10«. per week for adult female workers, and other concessions. For advance in wages of 10 per cent.... ■ .. Men reinstated. Minimum wage demands and certain other concessions granted. Various advances granted. 126 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms, Occupations.* Number of Wort- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. ENdlAlfD — cont. Wolverhampton Ashton-under- Lyne. Aehton - under- Lyne and Dis- trict. Bolton 1 Bury GlosBop (near)... Hyde Littleborough ... Nottingham (near) Oldham District 36 169 Nut, Bolt, Spike, &o., Workers. Spiuuers, Fiecers, Cardroom Work- ers, Sfe. Firebeaters, Assis- tant Enginemen, and other Work- Spinners, Fiecers and Cardroom Work- ers. Spinners, - Pieoers, Cardroom Work- ers, S^e. DofEers and other Workpeople. Pieoers, Spinners, Cardroom Work- ers, Weavers, S^c. Fiecers and other Workpeople. DofEers, &c., Card- room Workers, Sp inner s, and Weacers, Cotton Doublers and other Workpeople. Spinners, Fiecers, Cardroom Wort- ers,t &o. Cop Packers, Ware- house Workers, and other Work- people. 271 90 196 3fi0 41 49 90 80 80 288 1,000 186 290 263 580 330 -I 330 794 Other Metal 28 Apr. 17 May Cotton 20 Feb. 18 Oct. 396 1,500 5 June 11 July 14 Aug. 22 Aug. 17 April 9 July 10 July 24 Dec. 30 May 28 Aug. 12 Mar. 1,300 6 June 18 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Aug. 2 June 9 July 10 July 27 DfC. 2 June 1 Sept. IS Oct. 3,000 30 April 31 May * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. t At certain of the mills affected the Cardroom Workers were directly, and i OTHER METAL — COTTON SPINNING. 127 Cause or Object.* Trades— COM*. Alleged non-fulfilment of a recent wages agreement, and for Tarious advances in wages, witli a minimum of 23s. per week for adult male workers. Spinning. Alleged bad material For advance in wages of Ss. per week Alleged bad material Alleged tyrannical conduct of an overiooker For additional payment on account of allegeil extra work. Alleged promotion of a piecer out of turn ... Alleged promotion out of turn Alleged bad material AlL'ged bad material ... For advance in vpages ... Against new method of lubricating mneliineiy, followed by demand for removal of bonus for good time-keeping and substitution of advance in wages of 2s. per week. Alleged bad material Dis] ute as to prices for a uniform list Eesult.* Various advances granted, and minimum wage of 21». per wtek established for adult male workers. Minimum wages guaranteed for four weeks, at end of which time inspec- tion to be made, if claimed, by repre- sentatives of associations of employers and workpeople having plenary powers. Advance of 2s. per week granted. Inspection to be madt. at end of three weeks. Strikers accepted terms agreed to by their representatives before the strike by which "the men must be treated with proper respect and threats and abusive language must not be used." Additional payment made. Piecers to be promoted according to length of service. [ Amicable settlement effected. Investigation of material to be made. Wages to remain as before, but bonus system re-arranged. Old method of lubrication reverted to, advances in "wages of Gd. and Is. per week granted, and bonus system re -arranged. Various agreements arrived at pro- Tiding for payment of compensation for any ascertained loss in wages, or payment of " list " wages for a few weeks and, in the case of most firms, for inspection at the end of that time, if claimed, by representa- tives of associations of employers and workpeople having plenary powers. Uniform list agreed upon, to come into operation on 1st August. others indirectly, involved. 128 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms Occupations.* lifuniber of Work, people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. ENGLAND— C0»<. Oldham... Skipton (near) . Wigau ... Peith (near) Aocrington Blackburn Burnley GlosBop . . . Hiislingden Macclesfield Nelson ... Spinners, Piecers, Card and Ring Soom Workers, Winders,Beamers, Sfc. Piecers, Spinners, Cardroom Work- ers, S^c. Spinners, Piecers, Cardroom Work- ers and other Workpeople. Cardroom Workers and other Work- people. Scotland. Spinners, Wearers, England. Weavers, Winders, Beamers, S[c. Weavers, Over- lookers and Ware- housemen. Weavers Weavers, Winders, Warehousemen, Sfc. Weavers, Winders, S;c. Weavers, &c. Overlooke r s. Weavers, &c. Weavers, Winders, Warpers, and other Workpeople Weavers, Winders, &c., ani other Workpeople. Weavers, &o. Weavers, Winders, Warpers, ^c. Weavers, &o. Weavers, Ooer- lookers. Twisters, 133 331 82 100 120 223 349 835 300 265 276 300 20 683 97 118 47 i'i 64 320 320 530 80 500 391 280 606 156 82 21 Cotton 6 Aug. 18 Oct. 16 Oct. 7 Aug. 8 April 18 Oct. 27 Jan. (1914) llApra 21 April 23 April Cotton 29 Jan. 3 Feb. 2iMar. 24 Mar. 11 Feb. 27 Mar. 12 Feb. 5 April 22April 28AprU 12 May 15 Feb. 13 May IMar. 5 Mar. 12 April 14 July 24 Jan. (1914) 18 June 19 June 23 June 23 June 20 Feb. 21 April 20 Feb. 30 Aug. * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. COTTON SPINNING — COTTON WEAVING. 129 Cau8e 01 Object.* Eesult.* Spinning— eoffl*. Alleged bad material Against appointment of an outsider to position of joiner-spinnev instead of pro- motion of one of their oftn number. For advance in wages of 10 per cent. For reinstatement of a dismissed overlooker For advance in wages ... Weaving. Alleged bad material For standardisation of payment for " pick- finding" in weft, meaning an advance in wages. i- Alleged bad material i Alleged overbearing conduct of manager Alleged bad material, and other grievances . . Refusal of overlookers to deliver the weavers' wages. Workpeople struck on account of various grievances, and subsequently joined and demanded recognition of Trade Union. Alleged bad material Refusal to work with a non-unionist weaver Refusal to nork with certain persons in- volved in, a quarrel between two families. Alleged bad material ... Refusal of Trade Union workpeople to work with members of another Trade Union. Any ascertained loss in wages to be made up to list wages for five weeks prior to strike and also for five weeks after starting, at the end of which time inspection to be made, if claimed, by representatives of asso- ciations of employers and work- people having plenary powers. Appointment cancelled. Agreement arrived at providing for pay- ment of Yorkshire list to spinners who obtain a certain minimum prod notion. Dismissed overlooker not reinstated. Advance of 5 per cent, granted. Material to be improved. Demand conceded. Compensation granted for one month. Work resumed on old terms. Strikers to pay fines for damage caused by breach of contract, and grievances to be enquired into subsequently. Grievances to be remedied. Weavers' wages to be paid either d.t the office or the warehouse. Agreement arrived at that grievances be removed within three months or Trade Union officials called in. Work resumed on employers' terms. Man in question to be removed to a non-weaving department. Members of both families discharged. Better material promised. Workpeople who were objected to joined the Trade Union in question and work resumed upon Union olHcials under- taking to discountenance further strikes pending a central conference with employers' representatives on the general' question of non-unionists and non-members. (B47— Gp. 19) • 130 PfilNCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms, Occupations.* Number of Work- people inyolved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. EiraLAND — cont. Newton-le- Wil- lows (near) Fadiham Bochdale Wigan ... Bradford Bradford and District. Chipping Norton Darlington EUand Halifax ... Huddersfield \ Ijeicester Morley and Dis- trict. Wakefield Teadon, &uiseley and District. 8 1 24 1 1 12 1 1 1 40 Weavers, Oeer- looleem Ware- housemen, ^c. Weavers and other Workpeople. Weavers, Spinners, Weavers, Winders, Warpers, and other Workpeople, Worsted Spinners, &c. Woolcombers, &c. ... Wool Sorters (alpaca, mohair, &e.). Tweed Workers Spinners, Twisters, Drawers, Combers, &c. DofBers, Spinners, Covers, Twisters, Warpers and Winders. Doffers, Spinners, &c., a/nd other Workpeople. Twisters-in and other Workpeople. Woollen and Worsted. Workers. Spinners, Doffers, and other Work- people. Willeyers, Pettlers, &c., and other Workpeople. Dyers, Packers, Sipm- neTa,&e.,and other Workpeople. Woollen Workers .. Cotton 228 330 430 401 600 44 660 250 320 100 ,39 20 98 54 1 Sept. 14 Mar. \ (1914) 6 May 29 May 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 3 Sept. 18 Nov. Woollen and 750 800 2,000 20 668 168 1,500 534 6,380 125 2,500 27 Jan. 8 July 18 April 18 Dec. IV July 4 June 26 May 15 May 26 June 20 Jan. 4 Apr. 575 19 Sept. 20 May 28 Jan. 8 July 27 Sept. May (1914) 21 July 7 June 14 June 16 June 1 July 25 Jan. 12 Apr. 29 Sept. 28 July * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. COTTON WEAVING — WOOLLEN AND WORSTED. 131 Cause or Object.* Eesult.* Weaving— co»!!. For payment according to recognised standard lists. Alleged bad material Dispute as to proportion of "slashed" warps to be supplied to weavers. Againnt alleged reduction in sheeting weavers' Worsted Manufacture. For advance in wages of Is. per week For advance in wages of 2s. per week For advance in wages from 8id. to 9d. per hour, reduction in hours to a uniform working week of 50 hours, limitation of apprentices, and other concessions. Alleged refusal of employers to allow work- people to join a Trade Union. Against alleged unfair promotion of a new boy, and for advance in wages. For advance in wages For advance in wages Eefusal to perform additional work without extra pay. For advance in wages to reachers-in of Is. per week. For advance in wages For advances in wages and reduction in hours of labour. For reinstatement of two discharged men, and for general advance in wages. Strike of dyers, finishers, and warehousemen for advance in wages, followed by general look-out of other workpeople, some of whom had abeady demanded advances, others formulating demands while locked out. An advance granted on certain looms, other looms not being restarted. Material to be improved. Satisfactory agreement arrived at. Work resumed on employers' terms, and workpeople fined for breach oi contract. Modified advances granted in certain cases. Advance of 1*. or 2s. per week grunted in most cases. Work resumed on employers' terms. As many workpeople as were required resumed work unconditionally. An older lad" to be promoted ; agree- ment arrived at as to wages providing for advances of 6d. and 1*. per week according to length of service. Advance of 6d. per week granted. Advances granted of froni 6d. to Is. per week. Certain advances granted. Standard rates established. An advance granted. Wages of vfilleyers and fettlers to be Gd. per hour up to last pay-day in September, and 6id. afterwards, and various advances granted to other classes of workpeople ; ordinary working week to be 55^ hoiirs, and agreement arrived at as to overtime and certain other matters (see p. 188). The two men not reinstated and no general advance granted, but minor grievances to be considered. Agreement arrived at providing for modified advances in wages, and fixing other conditions of employ- ment {see p. 189). (B47— Gp. 19) 132 PBINOIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Number of Work- No. people involved. Date of Dispute. Iiosality, of Occupations.* Firms. Directly. Indi- rectly. Begin- ning. End. Scotland. TiiTien and Jute 1 Jute Workers 1,340 2 Sept. 6 Sept, 1 HoTe Sliifters and, other Workpeople. 300 4,200 12 Sept. 20 Sept. 1 Jute Preparers and .500 26 Sept. 30 Sept. other Workpeople. 1 Jute Spinners (on double frames) and other Work- 64 1,276 19 Sept. 6 Oct. Diindpp • people. ^J ^^H^Ji,\J^ II. 1 Jute Spinners and ■ 30 357 3 Oct. 7 Oct. other Workpeople. 50 300 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 1 Batchers, Hacklers, Preparers, Spin- ners, other Pre- parers and Spin- ners. 503 363 13 Oct. 22 Oct. V 1 Winders and other Workpeople. 30 1,000 23 Oct. 23 O^t. Dunfermline i . i 1 Pirn, Bobbin and Warp Winders, and other Work- people. 50 315 29 Jnly 30 July Vale of Leven . . . 1 Flax and Hemp Pre- parers, Spinners, Sealers, &c. 470 7 Jar. 28 Jan. iBBLi ND. Belfast 1 Flax Eeelers, Spin- ners and Pre- 95 508 25 Feb. 4 Mar. ft parers. Carrickfergus ... 1 Flax Preparers, Spin- ners, Meelers, Sor- ters, S/-C. 73 432 3 Mar. 5 Mar. "" 4 Weavers, Winders, 1,490 140 13 Jan. 15 Feb. Lurgan n. and other Work- people. 1 Winders, Weavers, 4-0. 120 350 23 April 25 April Newry ... 1 Flax Spinners, &o. 1,502 6 Mar. 8 Mar. 1 Flax Preparers, Card- 50 280 7 Mar. 8 Mar. ers, and other Workpeople. Enm jAND. Minor Textile Biddulph (Oon- 4 Fustian Cutters. 580 7 April 9 AprQ gleton). Coventry 1 Silk Workers. 600 11 Dec. Dec. (Jateshead 1 Hemp and Wire Eope Makers. 360 13 lOct. 18 Dec. Hinckley 1 Hosiery Workers ... 74 226 4 April 21 April See note * on pp. 100 and 101. LINB>f AND JUTE — MINOR TEXTILE TRADES. 133 Cause or Object.* Result.* Manufacture. For advance in wages ... For advance in wages ... For advance in wages of Gd, per week For advance in wages I Because notices had been posted up of a > gcjcral look-out to force above strike J to a close. For advance in wages of Is. per week to batchers and 1*. 1^. to liacklers. Alleged bad material ... For advance in wages of 5 per cent. For recognition of Trade Union For advance of wages . . . ■ Work resumed on old terms. Lock-out notices withdrawn after above strike had terminated. Wages of lower paid batchers advanced by Is. per week and arrangements made leading to some extra pay being earned in the hackling department. Better inaterial promised and payment given for time lost through strike. No advance granted, but certain machinery repaired with a view to increasing workers' earnings. Conciliation Board to be established to deal with disputes. Work resumed on employers' terms. For advance in wages in excess of that j Additional advance gr.inted of recently granted to all departments. j cent. per For advance in piece prices of id. per yard Certain advances granted, and better (stated to be equal to 25 per cent.) and ] material promised, better material. Work resumed unconditionally. Eefusal to work with non-unionists. |- For advance in wages Trades. For advance in wages ... Demand that a certain foreman should be discharged. For various advances in wages, and conces- sions as to overtime. For advance in wages / Work resumed on old terms. \ Work resumed on employers' terms. Advance of 10 per cent, granted. Majority resumed work uncondition- ally, others replaced. Advance of Is. per week granted to female workers on condition that good time be kept, and if male day workers be in receipt of wages lower than district rate for similar work, the matter to be remedied. Advance conceded. (B47— Gp. 19) E 3 134 PKINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. liOeaKty. No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Date of Dispute. Directly, Indi- rectly. Begin- ning. End. ENaLANB — coni. Minor Textile Leek ... . 16 SilkWoriers 4,000 5 July 19 July Leicester (near] 1- Hosiery Frame Hands, Sinkers, Seamers, Winders, Menders and Staff /lands. Hosiery Workers ... 333 378 40 2 Jan. IDec. 13 Jan. 7 Feb. (1914) SCOTIAND. Kilbirnie 6 Fishing Net Makers... 390 9 Apr. 4 Sept. I Jnited Kingdom. Textile Printing, Bleaching, United Kingdon 1 39 EngraTers lo Calico Printers, &c. 2,000 19 June 16 Aug. J England. Accrington(neai ) 1 Printers' and Dyers' Labourers, Prin- ters, Dyers, other Labourers, Sfc. 777 507 2 Jan. 22 Jan. &losBop... 1 Print Workers 900 ... 16 Oct. 24 Not. Eebden Bridge and District. 18 Fustian Dyers, Cutters, Finishers and other Worh- people. 550 30 19 Feb. 27 Mar. Hyde ... Nottingham . 1 r 1 1 . 8 Printers^ Dyers, F iniahers, ic , Painters, Mn- gravers, Mechanics, Sic Hosiery Dyers, rinishers and other Workpeople. Hosiery Dyers, Trimmers, &c. Hosiery Dyers, Bleachers, Trim- mers, &e. 230 3( 310 1,600 73 14 May 8 Sept. 11 Sept 12 Deo. 20 May Nov. 25 Sept. 31 Jan. (1914) See note * on pp. 100 and 101. MINOR TEXTILE — TEXTILE PRINTING, BLEACHING, ETC. 135 Cause or Object.* Eesult.* Trades — <'ont. Refusal to accept offer of advance in wa!;p3 to gum silk workers upon oondilion that wages of artificial silk workers, &o., be re- duced. Against proposed reduction in prices in one department upon introduction of new method of working. Against remoral of portion of machinery to another district in consequence of workers having refused to submit to a reduction in piece prices on certain work. For advance in wages Dyeing, and Finishing Trades. For Tarious advances in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and adoption of rules as to OTertime, proportion of apprentices, &c. For advance in wages of 10 per cent, (equal to an average of 2s. per week). Against discharge of a workman, and refusal to TFort overtime when a full week was not worked. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and other concessions. Against alteration in making-up day before holidays so aa to keep two days' pay in hand as usual. Alleged demand by employers that a man who had been away ill should produce a medical certificate of fitness before re- suming work. Alleged tyranny o f a foreman For various advances in piece and hourly rates of wages, and other concessions. Wages of gum silk workers advanced and modified reduction in piece rates of artificial silk workers, &o., accepted, their working arrangements being revised so as to avoid a reduction in earnings {seep. 190). No reduction in prices to be made unless earniusjs should have increased at the end of three months. Agreement effected as to prices, and provision made for the prevention of future disputes. I Modified advances granted. Agreement arrived at providing for modified advances in wages, accept- ance of Union rule as to overtime, regulation of proportion of appren- tices, and other concessions. Advance of 1*. per week to be granted in February at two works; and in May at the third works, to men over 18 years of age ; further advance of Is. to be paid in February, 1914, and May, 1914, respectively. Work resumed on employers' terms. Certain advances in time-workers' wages granted, with further advance to dyers in September, 1913, piece- work rates for hand cutters advanced 5 per cent., hours of labour reduced from 58 to 55J per week, and other points arranged. Pne day's pay only to be kept in hand •when wages are paid before the usual time. Workpeople on strike replaced. Tyrannous acts to cease. Some rates advanced and others to be referred to a Joint Committee. (B47— Gp. 19) E 4 136 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms. I Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly, Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Segin- ning. End. Yorkshire EN&iAifD — coni. 25 Dyers, &c. ... SoOTIiAND. Airdrie ... Calico Print Work- ers, &c. Eu&LAifD AND Wales. Earls Barton . . . 5 Kettering 1 Leicester 1 Northampton ... 1 Preston ... 2 Sushdeu 1 Wellingborough 1 Cardiff 25 f 60 ~| Liverpool < > - 42J Manchester 200 Newcastle-under- Lyme. 1 Boot and Shoe Operatives. Closers and other Workpeople. Boot and Shoe Operatives. Closing-room Opera tives. Slipper Workers Boot and Shoe Operatives. Boot and Shoe Operatives. Baisters, Machiners, Pressers, Finishers and JBution-hole hands. Tailors, Machinists J and Pressers. | Tailors, Tailoresses, Machinists and Pressers. Clothing Operatives.., Textile Printing, Bleaching, 6,000 10 Jan. 26 Feb. 186 429 82 1,920 210 202 401 160 80 1,700 1,000 1,200 841 139 11 Feb. 13 Mar. Boot and Shoe 18 22 Sept. 11 Oct. 221 19 May 21 May 7 8 Mar. 3 May 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 17 21 Nov. May (1914) ... 25 Apr. 25 Apr. ... 14 June 14 June Tailoring 112 14 Apr. 19 Apr. ... 17 Mar. 19 Mar. 9 June 17 June ... 16 Mar. 27 Mar. 5 Sept. 29 Sept. See note • on pp. 100 and 101. TEXTILE PRINTING, BLEACHING, ETC. — BOOT AND SHOE — TAILORING. 137 ■ Object.* Eesult.* Dyeing and Finishing Trades— ^ore*. For advance in wages to a minimum of 1A. per liour for workpeople OTcr 22 years of age, equivalent advances to those under 22, and other oonoessions. Against employment of non-unionists Manufacture. Strike and lock-out arising out of dismissal of three men at one firm and general demand for reduction in hours of labour, establishment of minimum rates of wages, and other concessions. For reinstatement of a discharged fellow- worker. Against dismissal of a work-girl, and demand that all workers should join Trade Union. Against suspension of two girls for a week . . For establishment of a guaranteed minimum wage of 30i. per week, graduated scale for those under 21 years, and other conces- sions. Bef usal to work with non-unionists ... Alleged under-payment Trades. For advance in piece prices of 3rf. per gar- ment and establishment of standard work- ing day of 11 hours (including meal times). For advances in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and other improvements in working conditions. Alleged non-compliance by employers with terms of recent agreement as to wages and other working conditions. For advances in wages, reduction in hours of labour to 9 per day, abolition of sub- contracting, and other concessions. Alleged non-payment of Trade Board minimum rates of wages, and for recognition of Trade Union. System of collective piecework to be established, with rates not less than would enable full-rated men to earn minimum of 7a!. per hour, existing day rates to be advanced 10 per cent, pending introduction of piece- work, and agreement arrived at on other points \see -p. 191). Work resumed on employers' terms. Demand for reinstatement of the three men withdrawn, and agreement arrived at providing for establish- ment of minimum rates by gradual advances, reduction in hours to 52J per week, and other concessions. Work resumed on employers' terms. Girl to be employed after Whitsuntide holidays, and provision made for prevention of future disputes ; workers joined Trade Union. Glirls reinstated. Workpeople replaced. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Work resumed on employers' terms. Wages demand conceded, and standard day of 12 hours (including meal times) established. Modified advances in wages granted, hours reduced as demanded, and certain other concessions made. Agreement to be complied with, and any dispute respecting same to be dealt with by a joint committee of parties. Certain advances in wages granted, liours of labour to be 9^ per day, sub- contracting to be abolished, and other points arranged. Agreement arrived at as to wages, and Trade Union to be recognised. 138 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality, No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people iuTolred. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. ±(egiu- ning. End. Sheffield Stroud . Bn&land ahd Wales — contd. 42 Bamsley Denton ... Manchester 2 16 Tailorfi, Tailoresses and Machinists. Olotbing Operatiyes. . . Tailors, Machinists, Machinists, &c. Pelt Hat Workers ... Corset Trimmers and other Corset Workers. Ibeland. Belfast - Londonderry Handkerchief Hem- stitchers and Cut- ters. Hemstitchers Shirt and Collar Workers. England and Wales. Lancashire Liverpool, Bir- m ingha m, Crewe, Der- by, Sheffield, G-louc ester, Nottingham, and Leeds. South Lanca- shire and Cheshire. South Wales .. Newport, Mon. . Engine Cleaners Railwaymen ... Platelayers, Ballast- men, and Kelayers Engine-drivers, Fire- men . & c, and other Maiiway Workers Eailwajmen, &c. 400 368 70 350 198 17 190 300 1,200 672 8,500 350 1,800 663 390 110 Tailoring 11 June June 2 June 7 Apr. 14 June Apr. Other Clothing 6 June 9 June 3 May 8 May 520 18 Nov. 28 Nov. 12 1 Jan. 10 Jan. 16 April 19 April 20 Feb. 12 Mar. Railway 24 Nov. 3 Dec. 15 Sept. 28 Sept. ... 15 Dec. 24 Dec. 1,500 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 29 July 29 July * See note * on pp, 100 and 101. TAILORING OTHER CLOTHING TRADES — RAILWAY SERVICE. 139 Cause or Object.* Eesult.* Trades— conif. For reduction in hours of labour, adrance in wages to pieceworkers, and other concessions. >• For advance in wages Trades. Against change from time rates to piece rates, alleged to in voire reduction in wages. For removal of an apprentice and reinstate- raf nt of a discharged workman whose place he had taken. Dispute as to price to be paid for new work.. Allesed refusal of employers to restore the prices paid prior to a recent reduction. Against reduction in price of Sd. per gross on a certain size of handkerchief. Strike in one department owing to alleged reduction in wages, followed by lock-out. Service. Alleged tyranny of a foreman at one centre, and other grievances. Against dismissal of men who refused to handle certain traffic during dispute at Dublin. For reinstatement of men who had refused " special duties " in support of a demand for a general advance in wages and other concessions. For reinstatement of two discharged engine- drivers. For the appointment of two traffic men on each train, and demand that trains at a certain spot be drawn and not propelled. Hours reduced to 52i per week, advance in wages granted to pieceworkers, and other concessions made. f Advance granted in certain cases. \ Advance granted. Piece rates accepted, with a guarantee that wages should not fall below those earned on time rates. Apprentice removed and demand for man's reinstatement withdrawn. Compromise effected. Prices partially restored, charge for thread reduced, and needles given free. Reduction modified to IJrf. per gross. Work resumed. Grievances to be investigated. Dismissed men to be reinstated if willing to handle all traffic. All men reinstated upon apologising for irregular action taken. The two men not to be reinstated. Two traffic men to be appointed, and certain trains to be drawn, so far as practicable, instead of being pro- pelled. 140 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality, No. of Firms. Occupations.* England and Wales. AsJiton - under - Lyne, Staly- bridge, Moes- ley, and Du- kinfleld. Bradford Cardiff ... Fleetwood Garston, Liver- pool. Goole ... Qrimsby Halifax Hull Hull and Goole r I Leeds ... 10 Gen- eral. Gen- eral. 18 1 1 150 Gen- eral. Carters Carters Gen- eral. Liverpool and Birkenhead Liverpool Dock Workers (Short Sea Trade). Dock Workers Dock Workers Dock Workers, Sea- men, ^c. Goods and Fish Porters. Carters Dock Workers Seamen, Firemen, &c. Carters, Coal Fillers and other Work- people. Carters Dock Workers Number of Work- people involved. Directly, Indi- rectly. 1,000 3,000 480 310 1,067 600 2,000 800 10,000 2,350 149 4,000 5,000 500 Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Other Trans- 72 600 183 17 Feb. 27 May 9 July 14 July 3 Mar. 17 Feb. 15 Feb. IMay 17 July 15 Jan. 3 Oct. 6 Oct. Apr. t 6 Oct. 18 Feb. 30 May 10 July 30 July 5 April 19 Mar. 18 Feb. 2 May 21 July 18 Jan. 11 Oct. 10 Oct. May + 7 Oct. * See note • on pp. 100 and 101. t Men were on strike on consecutive Saturdays only. OTHER TKANSPORT TRADES. 141 Cause or Object.* Reel lit.* port Trades. For adraEce in wages to minima of 2Ss. 6d. for one-horse drivers and 2Ss. for two- horse drivers, establishment of a standard working week, and other concessions. For advance in wages to minima of 27*. and 30«. per week for one- and twn-horse drivers respectively, reduction in hours of labour to 63 per week (including mealtimes and stable duties), and other concessions. For advance in wages for day and night work. Men coaling fishing vessels demanded employ, ment by owners instead of by contractors, and payment of increased rate of wages. Casual labourers unloading fish struck in sympathy on 24th July, also demanding preferential employment of unionists. Demand that all workers should belong to the National Union of Dock Labourers, and for the establishment of a Conciliation Board. Refusal to work with non-unionists, alleged by employers to be a breach of the Agreement of 3rd July, 1911. For advance in wages of Sd. per day and payment of overtime for Saturday after- noons. For advance in wages to minima of 25*. and 28*. per week for one- and two-horse drivers respectiveJy, 6d. per day extra for eaih additional horse, and other con- cessions. For advance in wages of ^d. per hour, reduction in hours of labour of one per day, and other concessions. For advai-ce in wages to men on monthly boats. For restoration of annual holidays, pre- viously given up in consideration of an advance in wages. For advance in wages to minima of 27*. and 30*. per week for one- and two-liorse drivers rest ectively, reduction in hours to .54 per week and other concessions. Refusal to work on Saturdays unless assured of a full day's wage. Alleged inlringement of an agreement respect- ing Saturday afternoon work. Wages advanced to 26*. Gd. and 28*. per week, working week of 63 hours established, and other points arranged. Wages of men over 21 years of age advanced to minima of 26*. and 28*. respectively, and other pointa arranged {seep. 192). Work resumed on old terms. Agreement arrived at providing for direct employment of coalmen and re-arrangement of their wages. Work resumed on previous terms as regards employment of non-unionists. Representatives of parties ultimately agreed upon the establishment of a Joint Board. {Far rules see p. 206). Agreement confirmed, with amendments as to overtime rates, &e. Advance in wages of i^d. per day granted, overtime to be paid for Saturday afternoons, and certain other concessions made. Wages demand conceded and certain other concessions granted. Advance of id. per hour and certain other concessions granted. Wages of seamen and firemen advanced to £5 10*. per month and advances granted to other grades. Holidays not restored, but hours of labour reduced from 67 to 64i per week and wages of double-horse men to be advanced from 28s. to 29*. per week on November 29th. Wages advanced to 25*. and 28*. respec- tively as from Ocloler 1st and to 26*. and 29*. on and from November 29th per week of 69 hours (including meal- times) ; certain other concessions also granted. Work resumed on employers' terms. Employers' explftnation accepted by men. 142 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No. .of Firms, Occupations.* Number of Work- people inTolved. Directly. Indi- rectly. En&laitd and Walks — cont. Loudon ... Manchester Mersey... Sheffield Stockport Tyno Warrington yeadon, Gruise- ley, and Dis- trict. 24 Gen- eral. Aberdeen Dunden .. Edinburgh I 160 50 30 40 70 Motor-cab Drivers, Was/iers, Cleaners, S(c. Motor Omnibus Driyera and Con- ductors, Washers, Cleaner s and Dressers. Loaders, Checkers, Porters, Carmen,, Shunters, ^c. Dock Workers Matmen, Bargemen, and Hobblers. Carters Carters Tugboatmen . Carters Carters Scotland. Carters Railway Carters Tramwaymen 6,500 600 800 4,500 500 2,000 350 300 300 300 600 500 620 4,500 50 250 Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Other Trans- 19 Mar. 22 Sept. 27 Sept. 25 Sept. 3 June 29 May 7 Apr. 18 Oct. 15 Apr. 20 Not. 1 Jan. 10 Sept. 25 Sept. 10 Sept. 2 June 28 May 2 Apr. 13 Sept. 7 Apr. 17 Not. 50 21 Apr. 8 Deo. 19 July 28 Apr. 23 Dec. 30 July * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. OTHER THANSPOET TRADES. 143 Cause or Object * Eesult.* port Trades.— co»*. Refusal to pay increase in price of petrol from 8d. to Is. Id. per gallon in aceordance with the Arbitration Award of 6th March, 1912. Lock-out of certain men for wearing Trade Union badges contrary to rule, followed by strike for recognition of Trade Union. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and recognition of Trade Union. For various advances in wages and other concessions. For advance in wages, extra pay for night work, and other concessions. For advance in minimum rates of wages from Zia. to 27s. per week for one-hcirse drivers, and from 2Gs. to 30*. for two- horse drivers, and other concessions. For establishment of minima of 27«. and 30*. per week tor one- and two-horse drivers respeo'ively, a standard working week, and other concessions. For advances in wages, increased overtime rates, and other concessions. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and other concessions. For advance in wages, reduction in hours, and other concessions. For advance in wages to a minimum of 23«. per week. For advance in wages to minima of 24?. and 26s. per week for one- and two-horse drivers respectively. For advance in wages of ^d. per hour, and other concessions. Sd. per gallon to be maximum price charged to drivers. Trade Union recognised and wearing of badges permitted. Modified advances in wages and re- duction in hours granted ; Union also recognised. No advance granted, but enquiry to be made into conditions of employment and rates of pay in other docking centres. " Preference Cap " system abolished. Advance in wages of 7i per cent, and certain other concessions granted. Advance of is. per week granted^ Minima of 25s. 6d. and 27s. 6d. per week and working week of 63 hours established ; certain other concessions also made. Modih'ed advances in wages and certain other concessions granted. Wages advanced to 24.t. and 27s. per week for one- and two-horse drivers respectively, and certain other con- cessions granted. Wages advanced to 2Ss. and 28s. per week for one- and two-horse drivers respectively, hours reduced to 69 per week (inclusive of meal-times), and certain other concessions granted. Advance of Is. per week granted, with minimum of 22s. per week. Work resumed on old terms. Advance of id, per hour granted to drivers and conductors, time and half to be paid to pointsmen fop Sunday work, one week's holiday pee annum allowed with pay, and othe questions to be considered later. 144 PfilNCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. Locality. No, of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people inTolved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. Glasgow Leith Belfast .. Dublin .. Oalway .. Limerick Sligo ... Bury Q-lossop . . . Grimsby London . , . Scotland — cont. 80-100 23 Carters and other Workpeople. Coal Workers Dock Workers, &e... 3,500 1,500 300 Iebland. 1 Dock Workers Gen- eral. Dock Workers, &o. .. Dock Workers, Garters, Yards- men, &c. Dock Workers, Carters, &o. Dock W&rkers, &o. . . Engiand. Paper Mill Workers r Paper Mill Workers • Labourers, &o., and other Workpeople (Paper Making) . Bookbinders... 4,000 400 325 600 300 6O0 177 55 626 181 440 151 482 117 Other Trans- 20 Jan. 25 Feb. 5 Apr. 9 Apr. 26 June 16 Aug. 14 Nov. 27 Not. 30 Jan. 19AprU 27 Mar. IMay 23 Jan. 11 Feb. 18 Mar. 6 May Printing, Book- 20 June 28 June 31 Mar. 3 April 7 April 23 June 16 Aug. 14 April 2 July 19 Dec. See note * on pp. 100 and 101. OTHER TRANSPORT TRA.DE3 — PRINTING, BOOKBINDING, PAPER. 145 Cause or Object.* Besult.* port Trades— co«<. For advance in wages of 2s. per week, and reduction in hours of labour from 62i to 60 per week. For advance in wages from 9i. to \0d. per \ hour, and for \s. per hour from midnight on Sunday to 6 a.m. on Monday. For advance m wages from Td. to 8rf. per hour, and other concessions. iRefusal to unload a ship whose cargo had been worked by nonunion labour at Dublin while general dispute at that port was in progress. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour, and other concessions. For advance in wages of dockers to Gs. &d. and 5s. Gd. per day according to class of work, of casual workers to 4*. per day, and of carters, builders' labourers, &c., to 18-?. per week, and other concessions. Against employment of non-unionist coal- , baggers in consignees' yard. Men refused to work with persons who had recently taken the places of a few seamen prosecuted for deserting their ship owing, to a wages dispute, and subsequently , employers demanded general acknowledg- . ment of their right to employ free labour. binding and Paper Trades. For reinstatement of men discharged for refusing to work after 12.30 on Saturday. For reinstatement of four men discharged for having left work without notice on the previous Saturday at noon, followed by demand for reduction in weekly hours ■ from 60 to 58. For payment of overtime at rate of time and haJf for all work done during the week- ends. . For advance in wages and concessions as to overtime. For the enforcement of Trade Union con- ditions of labour in another establishment belonging to the same firm. Advance of 2s. per week granted to men receiving 25». and under, and Is. per week to those with 26s. and over. Advance of Id. per hour granted. Work resumed on old terms. Strikers replaced by other workpeople. Agreement arrived at. Wages of dockers advanced to 6s. and 5s. per day, of casuals to 4s. per day, of builders' labourers to a minimum of 16s. per week, and carters, yards- men, &c., rated at 15s. and under to receive an advance of Is. per week. Certain other concessions also granted. Work resumed on employers' terms. Union men only (with some exceptions) to be employed on the quays, certain men objected to by the strikers to be transferred to other jobs, an! pro- vision made for the prevention of future disputes. Men not reinstated. Four men reinstated after apologising, time and half to be piid to certain workers after noon on Saturdays, and question of reduction in hours referred to Employers' Association for con- sideration. Time and half to be paid for all work done at week-ends by certain specified grades of workers, and wages of fire- men advanced 2s. per week. Work resumed on employers' terms. Workpeople replaced. 146 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGmNING IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms. Occupations. Number o£ Work- people involTed. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. nmg. End. Scotland Pifeshire G-lasgoir SoOTtAND. 67 Sookbinders and Paper Bulers. 1 12 Paper Mill Workers Compositors, &c. BNaiAND AND WAIES. Birmingbam . . . 24 Bradford 10 Cardife 11 High Wycombe 33 Hull 40 Leeds 22 r 2 Liverpool Q-en- eral. «. 1 Furnisbing Trade OperatiTes. Packing Case Makers, &c. Cabinet Makers, TJp- bolsterers, Frencb Polishers, &e. Cbair and • otber Furniture Trade Workers. Cabinet Makers French Polisbers Sawyers and Ma- chinists. French Polishers Bobbin Workers 800 Printing, Book- 5 Not. 13 Dec. 475 400 763 300 157 30 3,000 300 170 230 250 466 25 Oct. 3 Feb. 29 Oct. 12 Feb. Woodworking 1 Sept. 7 Aug. 20 Dec. Oct. 19 May 1 April 4 June 27 June 1 Aug. 15 Not. 23 Aug. 30 Jan. (1914) 24 Feb. (1914) 21 May 19 April 7 June 18 Not. 2 Aug. FEINTING, BOOKBINDING, ETC. — WOODWOKKING AND FURNISHING. 147 Gftuse or-©bjeot. Besult. binding and Paper Trades— eo»<. Demand that no further female learners or non-apprenticed male workers be intro- duced into certain branches of the trade. For advance in boys' wages of 3s. per week.. Partial strike in consequence of general ser- Tice of lock-out notices, employers refus- ing to accept alterations in Trade Union Working Rules respecting short time, suspensions, OTertime, &c. and Furnishing Trades. For advance in wages to day and piece workers, and reduction in hours of labour to 52 per week. Refusal to make cases to be fitted with tin linings made by non-union labour. For advance in wages to M. per hour on day work, advance of 12^ per cent, on piecework, and other concessions. Strikes at certain firms in connection with demand for advances in wages and other concessions, followed by lock-out on 1st December owing to such strikes and to refusal of workpeople to accept employers' suggested standard rates and grading scheme. For abolition of piece-work, advance in wages of \d. per hour with minimum of 8d., a 53 hours working week and other concessions. For advance in wages, reduction in hours of labour in wholesale shops, and other con- cessions. For advance in wages to certain men Strike of men employed by shipping com- panies for advance in wages and reduction in hours of labour, followed by lock-out on 2nd August of men in retail shops, who also claimed advance in wages. Against refusal of firm to reinstate a man who had been absent through illness. Permanent Conciliation Committee to be appointed forthwith to deal with dis- putes; qualified tradesmen to have first claim upon all machinery intro- duced in future displacing qualified male labour, and to be paid standard wage (see _p. 193). Advance of Is. per week granted. Proposed alterations to be mutually dis- cussed and no alteration to be made without mutual consent before 31st December, 1913 ; no Glasgow employee to. be asked to work more than 9 hours overtime in one week. Modified advances in wages granted and hours of labour reduced to 52J per week. Non-unionists joined the Union and agreement arrived at providing for recognition of Union by employers and fixing other conditions of employ- ment. Standard rate of 8Jt?. per hour estab- lished, with normal working week of 54 hours; certain other advances granted and various working rules agreed upon. Agreement arrived at establishing stan- dard rates of wages and other condi- tions of employment (see p. 194). Piece-work not abolished ; men receiving less than 9d. per hour to be advanced Jd. with minimum of 8d., and working week of 53 hours and other conces- sions granted. Advance in wages granted with minimum of S\d. per hour, uniform working week of 52^ hours established in wholesale shops, and agreement arrived at on other matters. Advance granted. Wages of shipping polishers advanced from 9(i. to Wd. per hour and hours re- duced from 53 to 48 per week ; wages of men in retail shops advanced from 9d. to 9\d. per hour immediately and to \Od. from 27th February, 1914. Man reinstated. 148 PEINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNINCi IN 1913. Locality. No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people iuTolTed. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. EiraiAND AHD WaiiBS — cont, 25 London ... Preston . . . 43 Cabinet Makers, Chair Makers, Machinists, and Joiners. Upholsterers... Labourers, &c., and other Workpeople (Bobbin and Shut- tle Worts). Scotland. Aberdeen Alloa .. Dundee . . GHasgow Grangemouth, Bo'ness and Granton. 18 31 Coach Bodymaters, Painters, Trim- mers, &c. Pit Prop Workers Woodcutting Ma- chinists, &c. Cartwrights, Smiths, Painters, &c. Pit Prop Workers Ibeland. Dub'in 16 Wood Sawyers, Ma- chinists, and other Workpeople. Coach and Van Builders and Smiths' Helpers. Ehgland and Wales. Accringlou Barnsley Birkenhead Briokmakers... Glass Bottle Workers Candlemakers, &c. ... 900 550 170 170 300 40 284 1,300 76 Woodworking and 10 Mar. 22 Mar. 273 1£0 100 500 160 250 277 11 July 18 Oct. 17 April 8 May 27 June 15 July 7 July 21 May 17 June 28 June 21 Aug. 22 Oct. 19 April 13 May 25 Aug. 19 July 30 Aug. 20 June 28 June 4 Sept. Brick, Glass, Pottery, 17 Feb. 19 July 1 Oct. 17 Feb. 22 Dec. 25 Oct. * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. WOODWORKING AND FURNISHING. — BRICK, GLASS, POTTERY, ETC. 149 ^!»»ee or Object.* Result.* Furnishing Trades— co»<. Demand by cabinet makers, chair makers, and machinists for advance in minimum rates of wages of id. per hour and reduc- tion in hours from 50 to 48 per week. For advance in vrages of 10 per cent, on task and piece rates and i.d. per hour on time rates, and reduction in hours of labour to 52J per week. For advance in wages to minimum rates of 21s. per week for adult labourers and 23s. for semi-skilled workers, adoption of a graduated scale for lads, and other con- cessions. For advance in wages to minimum rates of Sd. per hour for body makers and 7id. per hour for painters and trimmers. For advance in wages and other concessions For advance in wages and establishment of a flat rate for quay and yard labourers. For advance in wages ... For establishment of various minimum rates of wages, with an advance to those already in receipt of such rates. For advance in wages of Id. per hour with minimum of G^d. per hour for adult male workers, reduction in hours, and conces- sions as to overtime. For reduction in hours of labour from 54 to 30 per week and advance in wages of Id. per hour. For establishmpnt of minimum Wage of 36s. per week for certain classes of work- people and 30s. for others. Chemical, &o., Trades. For advance in wages ... Demand by founders for advance in wages and other concessions. For advance in wages of 3s. per week, with minimum of 27s., and reduction in hours of labour to 54 per week. Advance of id. per hour granted. Agreement arrived at providing for advances of 5 and 10 per cent, and of id. and Id. per hour, with reduction in hours of labour to 52^ per week and other concessions. Minimum of 20s. eatablished and other advances grunted, with modified scale for lads and other concessions. Wages advanced to minimum rates of 7id. per hour for body-makers and Td. per hour for painters and trim- mers, with a further advance of id. per hour from 1st August, 1913; advance of 10 per cent, granted to all men in receipt of minimum or over. Wages of yai'dsmen advanced from Gd. to 6id. and of quay-labourers from 6d. to 7d. per hour. Flat rate of 6^-^. per hour established. Vai-ious advances granted and agree- ment arrived at respecting employ- ment of apprentices. Agreement arrived at establishing modi- fied minimum rates, providing for certain other advances, and fixing various conditions of employment. Modified advances in wages granted, and hours of labour at Bo'ness and Grranton reduced from 57 to 56 per week. Hours reduced to 50 per week without change in weekly wage. Certain advances in wages granted and various minimum rates established. Advance of id. per hour granted. Work resumed on employers' terms. Modified advances in wiges granted and hours reduced in certain cases. 150 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN- 1913. Locality. Wo. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Directly. Indi- rectly. Date of Dispute. Begin- ning. End. ENftLAND AND WALES — COB*. Burton-on-Trent Huddersfield ... Liverpool London . Pontefract Potteries Buabon ... St. Helens J Stoke-on-Trent., Stourbridge Dis- trict. Stowmarket Widiies ... 1 50 21 20 Sanitary Glazed S( one ware Workers, Labourers, Teamers, &c., Mechanics, S(c. (Chemical Works). Oil Cake Workers . . . A mmunition Workers Match Workers Plate Glass Workers Earthenware Workers Cane and White Sani- tary Pressers and other Worhpeo'ple. Jet and Bockingham Ware Makers. White Marl Workers Brickmakers, &r. Clayhole Navvies, Kiln and Machine Hands, iSfc. Dischargers, Boiler- men, Processmen and Mechanics (Chemical Works). Tile-makers, Majo- lica Paiutresses, &c., and Slip Makers, Firebrick Workers . . . Explosives Workers, Fitters and Car- penters. Excavators, &c., Processmen and Mechanics (Chemical Works) . 600 234 S48 1,420 99 760 169 110 477 Brick, Glass, Pottery, 56 35 100 1,500 184 29 15 280 1,200 420 46 126 144 10 50 154 3 Nov. 26 May 19 Aug. 11 April 19 May 28 July 9 Oct. 24 Mar. 26 Mar. 16 April 18 Sept. 18 April 8 May 25 Mar. 9 June 28 May 16 April 5 Nov. 12 June 28 Aug. 15 April 27 May 6 Sept. 9 Oct. 7 June 27 May 2 June 20 Sept. 21 April 15 May 14 April; 5 July 7 Aug. 24 April * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. BKIOK, GLASS, POTTEBY, CHEMICAL, ETC. 151 Cause or Object.* Eesult.* Chemical, &c., Trades— co»<. Against dismissal of a workman Against dismissal of certain worters, fol- lowed by demands for advances in wages. For advance in wages and other concessions For removal of the foreman of one depart- ment. For advance in wages to some of their number For advance in wages to minimum rates for different classes of wortpeople, reduction in hours of labour to 48 per week, and concessions as to limitation of apprentices, holidays, overtime rates and meal times. Refusal to work with non-unionists ... For advance in prices to uniform rates For various advances in wages For advance in minimum time rate of wages from d^d. to 6d. per hour, corres- ponding advance to piece-workers, and concessions as to overtime. Refusal to work with non-unionists ... For immediate advance in wages from I to Gd, per hour. For advance in wages ... Employers demanded » reduction in prices and workpeople demanded an advance. For advance in wages of 10 per cent, on day and piece rates for men and women, and esl ablishment of minimum wage of 10*. per week for women. For advance in wages ... For advance in wages . . . Man reinstated. Advances granted. Advances in wages of 1«. and 2s. per week and concessions as to overtime granted. Foreman to be given one month's fair trial during wliich period personal attention by the management to be given to the department in question ; committee of workers to be appointed to report grievanoes,and wages of girls in cap factory advanced to minimum of 13». 6d. per weak. Certain advances granted. Modified minimum rates granted, hours of labour reduced to 51 per week and code of working rales agreed upon. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Modified advances granted. Modified advances granted. Wages to be advanced to minimum of 5|d. per hour immediately and 6d. on 1st October, and concessions made as to overtime; a Joint Board to be formed for the purpose of maintaining sel- ling prices. Non-unionists joined the Trade TJnion. Some men resumed work on old terms, others replaced; a general advance granted subsequently. Advance granted to 13 men upon their undertaking to perform the work previously done by 15 men. Work resumed on old terms. Demands conceded, and Wages Board to be formed for settlement of future disputes {see p. 196) . Modified advance granted. Certain overtime concessions granted. 152 rErlNCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913-. Locality, No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people iuTolved. Date of Dispute. \ Directly. Indi. rectly. Begin- ning. End. Scotland. Brick, Glass, Pottery, 2,3 re 16 May 24 June Ardeer, A y r- ehire. 1 Eiplosives ■ Workers. 100 533 31 July 2 Aug. Dumfries (near) 1 Labourers and Fitters (Peat Works). 216 450 24 Sept. 15 April 24 Sept. 17 April Glasgow Leith 1 1 F u r nacemen. Labourers and Coopers (Chemi- cal Works). Labourers and other Workpeople (Chemical Manure Works). 402 150 8 30 10 Sept. 2 April 7 Occ. 3 April Ibei,j IND. Dublin 1 Bottle 1 Makers, &c., Yard Bands, ^c. 154 25 31 Mar. 23April Ensl kTUT). Food and ' 1 Fruit Preservers 152 14 April ISApril Q-rimsby 33 Fish Carers, Eail- w a y Checkers, Porters, &c. 760 25 Sept. 3 Oct. Lirerpool , 2 6 100 Distillery La- bourers, S u g ar Kefiners, &c. Ship Biscuit Makers, &c. Bakers 650 3 300 X) 16 July 5 Sept. 17 Mar. 6 Aug. 13 Sept. 85 Bakers (Jewish) 280 30 April 3 Oct. Xondon ... 1 Sugar Refiners, &c. .. 6 17 28 Sept. 17 Oct. - 1 Labourers (Biscuit Making). 270 2 Oct. 3 Oct. See note * on pp. 100 and 101 BEIOK, GLASS, POTTERY, OHEMIOAL, ETC. — FOOD AND TOBACCO. 153 Cause or Object.* Eesult.* Chemical, &c.> Trades— com*. For advance in wages to a minimum of 23*. per week for labourers, adyances of 3*. per week to other male workers and 25 per cent, to female workers, and other oon- oessions. Against suspension of a workman Eef usal to work with non-unionists ... Demand by labourers for advance in wages of Id. per hour, free oonveyanee from Dumfries to works, and time and half for Sunday labour. For advance in wages of 10 per cent, and other concessions. For advance in wages For the abolition of bottle-making machines. Tobacco Trades. Against alleged victimisation of certain work- people. Curers, &o., demanded reduction in hours of labour to fixed times, with half -holiday on Saturdays, advance in wages, and other concessions. Checkers and porters struck in sympathy. For advance in wages and other concessions For advance in wages of 4«. per week, and concessions as to overtime, &o. Poi' adoption of t> recent Agreement in- volving an advance in wages and other improvements in working conditions. For reduction in hours from 12 to 9 per day (including meal hour), advance in wages and other concessions, and against em- ployers' demand that Trade Union label should cease to be put on the bread. For adranoe in wages from i^d. to 6d. per hour for general workers, and advances for other workers. For adrance in wages, inclusion of bonus in wages, and better mess-room accommo- dation. Work resumed on old terms pending completion of Government enquiry, promised before the strike, as to whether the Fair Wages Clause was being complied with. Period of suspension reduced from 6 to 4 days. Non-unionists joined the Trade Union. Advance of id. per hour granted, with extra payment for Sunday labour. Work resumed on old terms. Advance of Is. 6d. per week granted. Bottle-making machines to he worked, rates and conditions being agreed upon. Discharged workpeople, with exception of one woman, to be reinstated within a fortnight. Curers, &c., resumed work on employers' terms. Various advances in wages and certain other concessions granted. Advance of 2s. per week granted, with certain concessions as to overtime. Concessions made in some cases; in other cases men replaced. Agreement arrived at providing for affixing of joint label of Trade Union and Employers' Association, reduction in hours to 11 per day (including meal hour) ; advance in wages to rates demanded ; and certain other con- cessions granted. Advance of Jd. per hour granted. Bonus to be included in wages ; mess- room accommodation already in pro- cess of being provided. 154 PRINCIPAL DISPUTES BEGINNING IN 1913. No. of Firms. Occupations.* Number of Work- people involved. Date of Dispute. Locality. Directly. Indi- rectly. Begin- ning. End. EuaLAWD— co»<. Food and York 1 Soora Flour Millers and Labourers. AND. 300 20 Oct. 21 Oct. Aber leen Gen- eral. lEELi Whitefish Workers... LND. 500 15 April 17 April Dublin 1 Ekoi. Biscuit Workers AND. 350 12Apra 12 April Other Birmingham ... 90 Navvies, &c 1,E 00 14 Apr. 3 May Bolton Guildford (near) 1 2 Navvies Nurserymen 300 250 25 Mar. 3 Nov. I April II Nov. Lancashire, (South West) Gen- eral. Agricultural La- bourers. 2,000 21 June 7 July Leeds 1 Shop Assistants 400 9 Oct. 11 Oct. Lincoln Liverpool 1 1 Shop Assistants, Mil- lers, Bakers, &c. Gas Workers 200 292 7 June 3 Mar. 10 June 1 5 Mar. London ... J. Northampton . . . 1 1 9 Timbermen, Labour- ers, Carpenters, Cranedrivers, ^c. Navvies, General Labourers, Loco- drivers, &o. Leather workers 197 600 800 38 25 July 4 Oct. 31 May 28 July 18 Oct. 24 Jane Kipon (near) ,,. 1 Navvies, &o., Looo- maohinemen, Gang- ers, S^c. 250 81 21 May 24 May * See note * on pp. 100 and 101. FOOD AND TOBACCO — OTHER TBADES. 155 Cause or Object.* Result.* Tobacco Trades— co»if. Against suspension of a workman for losing a quarter. For adrance in wages For reinstatement of >■ workman suspended for disobeying orders. Trades. For advance in wages to a minimum of Id. per hour, payment of OTertime rates, and a code of working rules. For adyanoe in wages ... ... ... ..' For advance in wages of 3«. per week and a half -holiday on Saturdays. For advance in wages to a minimum of 24s. per week, » 12 hours working day vrith tvfo hours off for meals, work to cease at 1 p.m. on Saturdays, overtime to be paid at the rate of 6(i. per hour, and for recogni- tion of Trade Union. For reinstatement of certain assistants dis- missed for refusing to handle goods delivered during carters' strike. For advance in wages to a minimum scale . . For reinstatement of man reduced in rank owing to an alleged breach of regulations. Dispute as to wages For advance in wages to minimum rate {l^d. per hour) recognised for builders' labourers For reduction in hours of labour to 52J per week and establishment of minimum For advance iu wages from 6d. to Id. per hour, time and half for overtime and Sunday work, and other concessions. Amicable settlement effected. Modified advance granted. Man to be reinstated at end of term of suspension. Certain firms granted advances in wages ; in other cases men either resumed work on old terms or left the district to find work elsewhere. Advance of ^d. per hour granted. Advances of 1*. and 2*. per week granted to casual and permanent men respec- tively, with Saturday half -holiday from mid-April to mid-October. A committee of six farmers and six labourers, with independent chairman, to meet within ten days and enquire into grievances, and to notify all farmers of general stop at 2 p.m. on Saturdays commencing 12th July. Committee ultimately dissolved with- out arriving at any decision. Dismissed assistants to be reinstated. Minimum scale to be adopted as from 1st Jan. 1914. "Work resumed on employers' terms. Work resumed on old terms. An advance in wages granted in lieu of usual bonus. Hours to be reduced to 53 per week, immediately and to 52J on 1st Jan- uary 1914 ; minimum wage also estab- lished. Wages advanced to 6Jitration Board. Sugar Refiners, ftc. 647 By mediation of the Mayor and Town Clerk of Battersea. Bakers (Jewish) 280 By mediation of Mr. J. Verby. Parlistone Pottery Workers 108 "so By arbitration of Mr. Charles Doughty, appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896. Plymouth} Steam Trawlermen, Skippers, Mates, Engi- neers, Sfc. 24 42 By mediation of the Mayor of Plymouth. Smethwick .Navvies and Paviors ... 38 6 By mediation of tlie Mayor of Smethwick. Stourbridge District Firebrick Makers 1,200 By mediation of the Chief In- dustrial Commissioner, under the Conciliation Act, 1896. Wigan Bakers 88 ... By mediation of the Mayor and Town Clerk of Wigan. By mediation of the Chief In- Ardeer, Ayrshire ... Explosives Workers ... 2,376 dustrial Commissioner, under the Conciliation Act, 1896. Dundee Paper Mill Workers ... 109 ... By the Dundee and District Conciliation Board. Dunfermline Navvies 100 By mediation of the Provost of Dunfermline. *t See notes »t on p. 160. I This dispute began in 1912. WORK OF PERMANENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN 1913. 167 II -WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES. Table summarising the Work of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Standing Joint Committees during 1913. Cases settled in 1918. Other Cases considered in 1913. Boards and Committees. By Concil- iation. Arbi- tration. With- drawn, ruled out of order, or settled inde- pen- dently of Board. Re- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1 91 .'J. Total Number of Cases dealt with in 1913. (A) BOARDS DEALING WITH PAR- 'flCULAR TRADES. Building Trades. (a) Under National Bidldinq Trades links. National Northern Centre Midland Centre South Western Centre liOCal Boards : — Altrincham, Sale and District Ashton Barnsley Barrow Birkenhead and Wirral Birmingham Standing Committees Birmingham Local Board Blackpool Bradford Cardiff Cheltenham Cirencester Derby Dudley Gloucester Halifax Harrogate Hull.:. ;: Kidderminster Jjeamingtoh Spa ieeds Liverpool Macclesfield Malvern and District .., Manchester Merthyr Tydvil ', '.['. New Mills and District Oldham Ossett, Horbury and District Rochdale Sheffield :;: Stockport , Stockton, Middlesbrough and Hartlepools Stourbridge and District Sunderland and District West Bromwioh Wolverhampton TVorcester York ::; ;;; (6) Under National Plasterers' Bales. Joint Committee of Appeal National Demarcation Committee 5 28 3 5 '"l 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 "2 "1 1 1 ..." "1 "1 "1 1 1 I 1 1 1 "1 ■"3 1 "2 1 "1 4 "2 "1 4 ... "1 4 1 "1 1 2 "1 1 2 "1 "2 1 "l "1 1 1 3 1 1 1 '"1 2 "2 "1 "1 "l "1 "1 i 1 ... 1 5 30 8 5 1 1 1 3 4 9 4 1 3 3 2 1 a 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 21 I (B47— Gp. 19) F 4 168 CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. II.-WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES- coHi- Table summarising the Work of Voluntary Permanent- Conciliation AND Arbitration Boards and Standing Joint- Committees during 1913— cont. Boards and Committees. Cases settled in 1913. By Concil- iation. By Arbi- tration. Other Cases considered in 1913. With- drawn, ruled out of order, or settled inde- pen- dently Board. Ke- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1913. Total Number of Casesi dealt with im 1913. (A) BOARDS DEALING WITH PAR- TICULAR TRADES— cont Building Trades— conf. (b) UTider National Plasterers' Eules. — cont. Local Committees : — Aberdare and District Barnsley Bolton and District Bradford Mancliester Merthyr Tydvil Oldham Preston Sheffield and District Tees-side and District Tyne and Blyth District "Y^ork (c) Independent Boards and Committees. Burton-on-Trent painters Dartford, Erith, and Bexley building trades Leicester plumbers London bricklayers London stonemasons London carpenters and joiners London plasterers London builders' labourers Manchester and Salford painters Oldham painters and decorators Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby, and Middles- brough painters Sutton Coldfield and District bricklayers Sutton Coldfield and District builders' labourers Tees-side and District plumbers Aberdeen (city) slaters Clydesdale District carpenters and joiners Dundee joiners Dundee plumbers Dundee painters and decorators Bast Stirlingshire bricklayers East Stirlingshire masons Edinburgh and Leith slaters Glasgow carpenters and joiners Glasgow and Neighbourhood masons ... Glasgow plasterers Total— Building Trades Coal IMlniug. Federated Districts Northumberland miners' Committee ... Durham Coal Board Durham miners' Committee Durham cokemen's Committee Duphani enginemen's Committee Durham colliery media tics' Committee 138 61 4 221 18 5 10 6 i S3 23 168 H 33 1 Ul 13 1 4 1 II 1 I 1 1 1* 2: 1 2: 1 I 1 2S% 2 123 6 835 14 WORK OF PERMANENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN 1913. 169 ir.-WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOENT COMMITTEES -eo»'. Table summarising the Work of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Akbitration Boards and Si'andino Joint Committees during 1913 — cont. Cases settled in 1913. Other Cases considered in 1913. Boards and Committees. By Concil- iation. By Arbi- tration. With- drawn, ruled out of order or settled inde- pen- dently of Board. Re- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1913. Total Number of Cases dealt with in 1913. (A) BOARDS DEALINa WITH PAE- TICULAK TRADES— cont. Coal Mlning-oOTt. Cumberland coal ... •Cumberland coke Sorest of Dean Uadstock Monmouthshire and South Wales Scottish Coal Board , Scottish engine-keepers' Committee 1 13 2 1 1 2 4 34T "l "l 6 4 3 1 "I'l 9 1 "39 25 S 1 2 . .58 4 4 Total-Coal Mining SIT 516 51 1,131 Other Mining and Qnairfing; Frizington District (iron ore) TVeardaleflead) : "Weardale (limestone) "West Cumberland (limestone) "is 1 1 "l 1 '"l 1 19 2 1 Total— Other Mining and Qurrying ... 19 3 I 23 Iron and Steel Mannlactsre. Cleveland blastfurnacfemen "West Cumberland blastfurnacemen North of Eilgland iron and steel Midland iron and steel ;— (1) Standing Committee (2) Sheet Trade Committee* Lmcolnshire iron workers "West of Scotland steel trade West of Scotland steel (steam, electrical and -hydraulic service). 1 "s 1 4 6 1 4 16 "l 1 2 2 1 1 "1 3 19 1 10 2 6 6 2 7 Total-Iron and Steel Manufacture 25 16 4 8 53 ShipbuUdlng. («) Standing Demarcation Committees. Tyne shipwrights and joiners Hartlepools, Stockton and Middlesbrough shipwrights and joiners Birkenhead shipwrights and joiners Uyde shipwrights and joiners Dundee engineers and plumbers' demarcation Belfast shipwrights and joiners (6) Other Boards. Jees and Hartlepool platers and helpers liverpool shipjoiners 4 5 "is 1 3 2 "a 3 1 "l "l "5 5 5 3 17 1 6 3 2 Total— Shlpbnilding 28 6 3 5 42 1 1 1 1 1 ' Formerly known as the Welsh Committee. 170 CONCILTATION AND ARBITKATION. IL-WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES -"o^*- Table summarising the Work of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Arbitiiation Boards and Standing Joint Committees during 1913 — eont. BoardB and Committees. Cases settled ittl913. By Concil- iation. By Arbi- tration. Other Gases considered in 1913. With- drawn, ruled out of order, or settled inde- pen- dently of Board. Re- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1913. Total number of Casea dealt with in 3913. (A) BOARDS DEALING WITH PAR- TICULAR TRADES— con*. Other Metal Trades, Landore tube works Midland lock and latch . South Staffs bolt and nut (hand forged) South Wales tinplate Total— Other Metal Trades Boot, Shoe, aod Clog Trades. (a) Boot and Shoe Trade. Anstey Bristol Hinckley Kettering and Rothwell :— No. 1 Section — Lasters and Finishers No. 2 Section— Clickers and Pressmen Eingswood Federated Leeds Leicester London {Machine Sewn Section) Northampton : — ' (1) Lasting and Finishing Departments (2) ClickerSf Pressmen, and Closers... Government Contractors Rosaendale Shoe and Slipper Rushden, Higham, and Irthlingborough Norwich Stafford Wigston East of Scotland » 44 i ^ I 1,100 1,149 (i) aog Trade. Cloggers' amalgamations Accnngton Blackburn Oldliam Total— Boot, Shoe and Clog . Tailoring. 54 London Belfast Total— Tailoring . SO 1 243 »94 IT X2 %55 H 96 6 1 1,596 1,699 5 5 2 11 27 3 2 10 2 17 4 3 2 1 3 lie WORK OF PERMANENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN 1913. 171 II-WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES-co»*. Table summarising the Work of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Standing Joint Committees during 1913 — cont. Boards and Committees. Cases settled in 1913. By Concil- iation. By Arbi- tration, Other Cases considered in 1913. With- 'drawn, " ruled out of order, or settled inde- pen- dently of Board. Re- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1913. Total Number of Cases dealt with In 1913. (A) BOAHDS DEALING WITH PAR- TICULAR TRADBS— cont. Railway Service. (a) Under Revised ConciHation Scheme. Barry .'. , Brecon and Merthyr Cardiff Cambrian Great Central .: Great Eastern Great Northern Great Western Hull and Barnsley Xancashire and Yorkshire iiverpool Overhead Xondon and North Western iondon and North Western and Great Western Joint loudon, Brighton and South Coast Metropolitan District Midland (London, Tilbury, and Southend Section) Uidland and Great Northern Joint Port Talbot Shondda and Swansea Bay South Eastern and Ctiatham TaflYale Caledonian " Glasgow and South Western Great North of Scotland Highland North British (b) Independent Scheme. North Eastern Total— Railway Service Other Transport Trades. (a) Coal Trimming. Goole Newport \\ North of England ... ." Krth of Forth .", '" {*) Other Dock and Waterside Labour. Bristol corn trade Garston .'. *]| Liverpool *.' Teeswharfmen ... .". fort of Glasgow .". .W' ,i Greenock sugar porters ... ',.', ''.'. " »11 19 15 173 1 13 32 i 47 13 20 20 6 19 I I 6 15 1 1 U 6 S 11 4 3 2 33 282 5 11 II 17 62 2» 3 217 1 and:eaVyt^e'arm°Jt^te?gS\\1=er'^r 172 CONCILIATION AND AEBITEATION. II.-WORK OF VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMlTTEES-conf. Table summarisiDg the Work of Voluntary Permanent Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Standing Joint Committees during 1913 — coni. Cases settled in 1913. Other Cases considered in 1913. Boards and Committees. By Concil- iation. Arbi- tration. With- drawn, ruled out of order, or settled inde- pen- dently of Board. Ee- ferred to a higher Board. Still under con- sidera- tion at end of 1913. Total Number of Cases dealt withjin 1913. (A) BOARDS DEALING WITH PAR- TICULAK lEADBS— core*. Other Tiansport Trades— conj. (c) Carters and Warehausemtn. Bristol 2 2 Total— Otber Transport Trades 250 1 92 11 sea Otber Trades. Garston (Liverpool) bobbin workers Liverpool sawmill labourers Cumberland brick trade Stourbridge firebrick Scottish stoneware Cardiff bakers London bakers (bakehouses) London bakers (Jewish) ... : Sheffield bakers 25 8 "i '"7 "1 "1 "1 '"l 69 '"l "l 25 8 1 1 s. 1 691 8 1 Total— Other Trades 44 3 Tl 1 119 Employees ol Local Authorities. London County Council tramways :— Boiling Stock Board 4 4 Total tor Boards dealing with Particular Trades. »,8T6 290 1,058 44 379 4,04T (B) DISTEICT BOAEDS. Halifax London Dundee (C) GBNBEAi BOARD. Co-operators and Trade Unionists 1 1 4 1 "1 "is ••• 1 IT 4 1 Total lor District and General Boards ... 7 1 15 23 GRAND TOTAL 8,283 291 1,0T3 44 3T9 4,0T0 17.". APPENDIX T. EXAMPLES OF CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS, TAKEN FROM THOSE OCCURRING IN RECENT YEARS. Classiflcation of Cause. Examples. For iacrease Against decrease As to system of payment of wages. Re-adiustment of rates of payment on account of difficulties or ease in working, quality of materials, &c. For adyauce in wages of 2s. psr week on time rates and 5 per cent, on piece rates. For advance in minimum weekly wages from 27*. 6d. to 30s. For adyanoe in wa^es to a uniform rate of 8^-^, per hour. , For payment according to a new district scale of wages. For advance in wages to meet contributions under the National Insurance Act. Demand by smiths' strikers for payment of 8*. instead of 7s. 6d. out of every £L earned ■jointly by smiths and strikers on piecework. ^Refusal to sign an agreement to work at old rates of payment until the Trade Board rates should become compulsory. Against proposed reduction in wages from 8d. to lid. per hour. Against proposed reduction in piecework rates. Against proposal to cease paying a bonus and to increaie piece rates, alleged to involve a. reduction in wages. Against imposition of a charge for cotton. Refusal to pay increase in price of petrol from 8d. to Is. Id. per gallon, in accordance with Arbitration Award of March, 1912 (motor-cab drivers). For change from day to piece rates. Against ohmge from payment of a guarantee^ tonnage to pAyment for net tonnage worked. Against proposed payment on area for working tinplates known as " Canadas " and " doubles.' Dissatisfaction with recently introduced premium bonus system. For weekly instead of fortnightly pays. Alleged bad material, Disputi as to deductions for dirt in coal. Against proposed reduction in wages of 3d. per loom per week in consideration of weavers being relieved of certain unskilled work. For additional payment on account of alleged extra, work. Dispute as to payment to certain men working in alleged abnormal places. Against propose! reduction in piece rates of wages on aojount of introduction of a crane. For p.iyment of tlie usual extra tonnage rates in do nble-shif ted places. 174 APPENDIX I. Classification of Cause. Bxamples. Wages— co»<. For a minimum wage Otlier Hours of Labour ; For decrease Against increase Other As to arrangement of hours... ■ To establish the principle of an indiyidual district minimum wage for all men and boya working underground ia coal mines. Eefusal of employers to pay walking-time on a certain job. Against short payment for a day when men left work owing to a death in the pit. Against profosal to keep fire days' wages in hand instead of three owing to the operation of the National Insurance Act. For payment of wages before the regula,r pay day. Dispute arising out of imposition of penalties upon taxi-cab drivers failing to pay " extras " lo proprietors. Pecause of non-payment of wages due to a discharged workmen while he remained in a house owned by employers. For reduction in hours of labour from 54 to 53 per week. For adoption of 8-hour instead of 12-hour shifts. For a Saturday half -holiday, with pay. For alteration in hours of labour on the after- noon shift and shortening of the Saturday day shift. Against proposed increase in winter working hours. Eefusal to work an extra half -hour per day. Lock-orit owing to refusal of men to agree to an increase in working hours from 48 to 50 per week and reduction in overtime rates. Dissatisfaction with proposed rule that piece- workers should conform to hours of time- workers. Against reversion from 8 to 12-hour shifts. Against re-arrangement of working hours. Against introduction of one-break system. Against working an excessive number of night shifts. Dispute as to times of starting and leaving off work. Against revision in times of winding (coal mining). Eefusal to work overtime when a full week was not worked. Lock-out of men who had absented themselves from work on previous day (Sunday) to attend a meeting against Sunday labour, followed by strike of other men. Dissatisfaction with arrangements made as to hours of labour on putting into operation the Coal Mines Eegulation Act, 1908. Against reduction in winter hours. Against excessive overtime. Against alleged systematic short time. CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DISPL'TES. 17o Classiflcation of Cause. Examples. Hours of Labour— co«<. Other — cont. Employment of Particular Classes or Persons :— Disputes between classes of- workpeople. Employment of labourers instead of skilled workmen. Employment of women in- stead of men. Employment of and boys. apprentices Against proposal that men should work 11 instead of 12 days a fortnight, with a view to avoiding th<) reduction of staff. Refusal to work extra time to make up for time lost through shortage of wagons. Against discontinuance of custom of allowing men on double turns at week-ends to go home for meals. Objection by engineers to boilei-makers fitting tank lids on steamers. Ag'iinst employment of plumbers on work claimed by fitters. Against employment of electricians and ship- wrights upo 1 work claimed by boilermakers. Objection of bricklayers to plasterers laying tiles. Against alleged practice of giving to coremakers work claimed by moulders. Againit employment of cabinetmakers on work claimed by joiners. Against employment of labourers on machines- claimed by skilled workmen. Against employment of an unskilled man on a. turret lathe, and discharge of two men for refusal to instruct him. Against red-leaders doing work claimed by painters. Against unskilled man working two machines - at the same time. Objection by painters to employment of labourers and sailors on painting a vessel. Against employment of labourers and appro i- tices on fitters' work after the latter had' ceased work for the day. Against employment of women on certain work. Against introduction of female labour. Objection to a girl being employed on work pre- viously done by a man. Demand that no further female learners or non- apprenticed male learners be introduced into certain branches of the trade (bookbinding)^ Against a youth taking the place of a man on a certain machine. Demand that proportion of apprentices to journeymen be one to five instead of one to three. Against apprentices being employed to work pneumatic caulking tools. Objection to employment of two squads of apprentices on rivetting tank top. To obtain agreement from platers that where helpers were required members of the Helpers' Society should be employed instead of boys. 176 APPENDIX I. Classification of Cause. Kxampli.'S. Employment of Particular Classes or Persons— co»i. For reinstatement of c'.iarged workpeople. dis- ^gainst employment of certain officials. Other Working Arrangements, Rules anl TDiscipline {other than -abo e) : — Tor change in existing arrange- ments. Against change in existing ariangements. Against notice of discharge given to fellow workers. Against dismissal of eight joiners who were found to hare been on strike from another firm. Because all men were not re-employed on con- clufion of a previous dispute. For reinslatement of a driver discharged for alleged cruelty to a horse. Against discharge of a girl who had refused to carry out instructions on account of alleged grievances as to wages, &c. Against transfer of some of their niunber to another shop. Alleged unjustifiable reduction in status of certain of the men. Objection to a new foreman. Against promotion of alleged incompetent work- woman to post of forewoman. .Alleged tyrannical conduct of manager. Against employment of a patternmaker as foreman over moulders. Demand for dismissal of a deputy (coal mining). Befusal to work under o. foreman who had remained at work dui ing a recent strike. Against filing a vacnncy by a man from another colliery instead of pron.otiug a local man. Against alleged promotion of piecers out of turn (cotton spinning). Befusal to descend pit under alleged incom- petent engiuemen. Against employment of foreign bricklayers. Befusal to work wiih certain persons involved in a quarrel letweon two. families. Befusal of factory Morkers to finish work com- menced by out-»orkers. Against preferential employment of men possess- ing stami-ed insurance cards (dock labour). Against system of discharge notes. For the appointment of an extra man in the engine-room of each boat. For number in gang to he increased on account of heavy work. Befusal of manag';ment to sharpen hand drills which men hal sub^tituted for machines. For reijlacement of existing bars on pit cages by gates. For the abolition of bottle-making machines. Against altera'ion in length of jtotice to be given by employer or workpeople. Against giving out plasterers' work to a sub- contractor, contrary to working rules. Against one man working two milling machines on tool work. CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DISPUTED. 177 Classification of Cause. Examples, IVorking Arrangements, Eules, .and Discipline {other than above) — cont. Against Arrangemsnts- in -coni. exist ing J Other Trade Unionism Sympathetic Disputes Against a proposed new engagement form. Objection of masons to importation of ready oieseed etoue. Obiection to u*e of pneumatic elevator for delivering grain out of warehouses. Refusal- to conform to the requirements of a nevp clearing-house scheme (dock labour). Lock-out because of refusal of certain dockers to resume work in consequence of a reduction in the number of men in certain shore gangs, alleged to be an infringement of a certain agreement. Against apprentices being required to sign indentures. Against use of certain wood alleged to hare in- jurious effects upon health. Because certain men were fined for leaving work before whistle soutded. Dispute as to rotation of gangs. As to right of works committee to examine disputed pl^jces in pit. Befiisal to work with non-unionists, or with men in arrears nitih their subscriptions to the Trade Union. Befusal to work with foremen who were not members of the Trade Union. Against discharge of Trade Unionists. Employer objected to msn forming a Trade Union. For establishment of Trade Union conditions of labour in another establishment belonging to the same firm. Kefiisal of firm to negotiate with Trade Union officials. Demand that representatives of the Trade Unions should be allowed to visit the men on the works. For deletion of rule giving employers right to employ non-uniunists. In sympathy with transfort workers on strike. Refusal to handle goods belonging to certain firms involved in a dispute. Eei'usal to do work for a shop where their fellow Trade Union members were on strike. Because of imprisonment of putters on refusal to pay fines imposed by magistrate for breach of contract. Because of a rumour that a steamer was load- ing coal for a port where a strike was in progress (dock labour). Strike and lock-out arising out of the issue of a Trade Union circular forbidding members of moulders' union to work with patterns made or altered while patternmakers were on strike. 178 APPENDIX I. Classification of Cause. Examples. Miscellaneous Disputes ... ' ■ Refusal of management to deduct poundage from men's earnings in connection Trith a new medical scheme. Demand that free houses should he supplied to men in order of seniority of service (coal mining). Befusal of manager to allow two old tenants to re-occupj houses which had heen im- proved (coal mining). Demand that costs of certain summonses should be refunded. Demand that management should arrange a trip. Against discontinuance of practice of free dis- tribution of alcoholic liquors among staff. Because notices had been pos(«d up of a general lock-out to force a strike to a close. Alleged prevention of men from attending the funeral of a comrade (coal mining). 179 APPENDIX II. (A)-TEXT OF AGREEMENTS, &c., IN CONJSECTION WITH CERTAIN PRINCIPAL DISPUTES. (1) Painters and Decorators, London. {See p. 104.) "Whereas disputes have arisen between the London Master Decorators' Association (hereinafter referred to as the Employers) and the National Amal- gamated Society of House and Ship Painters and Decorators (hereinafter referred to as the Operatives), and Whereas the parties agreed upon the wages question, and Whereas the said parties agreed to refer the question of Working Rules to an arbitrator to be appointed by the Chief Industrial Commissioner, and Whereas the Chief Industrial Commissioner appointed me, Benjamin Francis- Williams, K.C., to act in that capacity. Now I, the said Benjamin Francis-Williams, having taken upon myself the burthen of the reference and having heard the parties and considered the evi- dence adduced before me do make and publish my award as follows that is to say :— I Award and Determine that the Working Rules to be observed by the parties shall be as in the Schedule hereto and that such Rules come into force on Monday the 6th October, 1913. (Signed) Benjamin Francis- Williams. October 2nd, 1913. Schedule. Workiiig Ridef. 1. Throughout these rules " Employer " means a member of the London Master Decorators' A ssociation and " Workman " means a member of the National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and no exception shall be taken to the employment or non-employment of a man on the ground that he is or is not a member of the said Society — neither shall any exception be taken to the employment of a man in any other trade on the ground that he is, or is not, a member of a Trade Society. 2. The working hours in summer shall be 50 per week for 35 weeks. During 17 weeks of winter, commencing on the last Monday in October, the working hours shall be 44 per week. On Jobs. — Summer — ^for thirty-five weeks : — First five days of each week, 6.30 a.m. to 8 a.m., 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 6.30 a.m. to 8 a.m., 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon. Equal to 50 hours per week. Winter — for seventeen weeks : — First five days of each week, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 12.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Equal to 44 hours per week. During the last five weeks of winter the leaving-off time on the first five days in each week to be 5 p.m., with one hour for dinner. In Shops. — The same as on jobs, with one hour for dinner in winter, and leaving oft' time, 5 p.m. N.B. — Under exceptional circumstances which preclude the agreed working hours being adhered to on any contract, the employer shall be at liberty to vary the working hours without the payment of overtime rates, provided that the total regulation hours for the day be not exceeded. 3. The rate of wages after Monday, September 15th, 1913, shall be Q^d. and lOd. per hour. 180 APPEKDIX II. 4. Overtime, when worked at the request of the employer, shall be paid at the following rates, namely :— From leaving-ofF time until 8 p.m., time and a. quarter ; from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., time and a half ; after 10 p.m., double time. No overtime shall be reckoned until each full day has been made, except where time is lost by stress of weather. On Saturday the pay for overtime from noon to 4 p.m. shall be time and a half ; after 4 p.m. and Sunday, double time. Christmas Day shall be paid for the same as Sunday. Workmen engaged in a night gang shall be paid 2d. an hour extra, but the hours worked without overtime rates not to exceed nine. Meal times during the night to be one hour and a half. From Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight, double time. 5. One hour's notice to be given, or one hour's time to be paid on either side on determining an engagement. All wages due shall be paid at the expiration of such notice, or walking time if sent to the yard. In the event of more than 10 per cent, of the workmen of the trade employed at the job giving notice to leave during any one day (except Saturday), they shall not be entitled to receive their money until noon on the following day. 6. Workmen who are sent from the shop or job to any point within the London District shall be allowed travelling expenses and time occupied in travelling one journey each way for the job. If the distance sent be over six miles in a direct line, then lodging money at the rate of 6d. per day, including Sunday, to be paid in addition. If sent outside the London District they shall receive 6d. per working day in addition to lodging money and travelling expenses and time occupied in travelling, one journey each way for the job. Time worked on Country jobs to be two hours in excess of London time. 7. Payment of wages shall commence at noon or as soon after as practicable on Saturday, and be paid on the job, but if otherwise arranged, walking time at the rate of three miles per hour shall be allowed to get to the pay table at 12 noon. Night gangs to be paid at 6 a.m. on Saturday. 8. Employers shall provide, where practicable and reasonable, the following conveniences : — A suitable place for the workmen to have their meals on the works, with a. labourer to assist in preparing them. Facilities shall be given to all workmen on all jobs for washing hands five minutes before meal and leaving-off times. 9. Wages earned after 5 p.m. on Friday and time worked Saturdays only shall be kept in hand as back time. 10. The term "London District" shall mean a twelve-mile radius from Charing Cross. 11. No smoking is to be allowed on jobs, workshop, or in mess room. 12. (a)' For the adjustment of all disputes, and to avoid stoppage of work, it is agreed that upon a difference arising between an employer or upon the works of an employer and any of his workmen from any cause whatever, notice shall be given by the Association or Society of the complaining party to the Association or party representing the other side, and the subject matter of dispute shall thereupon be referred to the Board of Conciliation, which shall be summoned within four days, and, if practicable, shall give its decision within the next three working days, proceeding in the following manner : — (6) For all purposes of the foregoing rules, the Board of Conciliation shall consist of three members nominated by the employers and three by the workmen. Each party shall send to the other within one week of the 6th October, 1913, and within one week from January 1 of each year the names of six persons, from whom three shall be selected to act as their representatives on the Board of Conciliation for the current year ending December 31, and in the event of the death or resignation of any member, either party shall appoint another member within one week, notice having been given thereof. T'he number of representatives of the employers and of the workmen on the Board of Conciliation shall always be equal, and shall b& so maintained during the sitting. (c) The Board of Conciliation so constituted, if unable to agree, shall make application to the Board of Trade under the " Conciliation Act, 1896," or apply for the appointment of a person to act as a Conciliator. The Board of Conciliation shall have power to decide all questions arising- between the employers and the workmen, including any questions between sne trade and another as regards demarcation of labour or other matter's, provided TEXT OF AGEEEMENTS, ETC. 181 that for the decision of any question involving claims or rights of other sections of the building trades a Joint Conciliation Board shall be constituted of the three representatives nominated by each trade involved, and by a similar number of representatives of the employers, so that members on the Joint Conciliation Board may be specially rcipresented on such Board, and so that thft numbers of representatives of the employers and of the workmen on such Joint Conciliation Board shall be equal and be so maintained during the- sitting. (d) A Joint Conciliation Board shall have the like powers as a Conciliation Board and be regulated in the same manner. (e) The Conciliation Board or a Joint Conciliation Board shall have power to make such rules and regulations for the transaction of business as they may approve. (/) In the event of an application being made to the Board of Trade or a. parson being appointed as Conciliator, the decision of such person or the Conciliation Board shall be final and binding on both parties. 13. Any or all of the foregoing rules may be terminated or altered on six months' notice being; given by either side. 14. The Decorating Trade shall not be affected by any action of Ship Painters. (Signed) Benjamin Francis-Williams. I recommend that a Committee of Employers and Workmen meet to decide the questions raised in the various sections of Clause 2 of the Employers* proposed rules and that their decision be inserted in the rules. (2) Granite Cutters, &c., Aberdeen. (See p. H4.) (a) Hcmoiandum o( the Terms of Settlement between the United Operative Masons' and tiranite- Cutters' Union and (iie Aberdeen Cranite Association. lA. That the Granite Cutters receive an advance of ^d. per hour on standard in operation before 1st April, 1913, on resuming work. 1b. That the Toolsmiths shall receive an advance of ^d. per hour. 2. That as soon as possible after work is resumed a Conference be held, convened by the Board of Trade, for the purpose of framing Bye-laws for all sections of the trade, provided they are represented by separate bodies. 3a. That no reprisals shall take place on either side. 3b. That in the event of any difference arising between the time woi'k is resumed and the holding of the Conference, and the parties are unable to come to an agreement, no stoppage of work shall take place, but the difference shall be referred to the Conference for settlement. The terms mentioned in the Memorandum of Settlement given above are subject to the following interpretation. A. — That the Granite Cutters under, at, and above the standard shal} receive the advance of ^d. per hour mentioned in the Memo., but- that the higher paid men, whether Granite Cutters or Tool- smiths, will have to see their employers before starting as to the rate they will be paid at. B. — That at the Conference each section of workers may be accompanied by the General Secretary of the Union. (b) Agreement arrived at subsequently by tlie Fatties as Result of Conferences beid under Chairmanship ol Sherifl-Substitute A. J. Lontlit-Laing. Bye-laws regulating the Granite Trade, agreed to by the Aberdeen Granite Association on behalf of itself and the Master Toolsmiths' Union and the Aberdeen Granite Turning Company as duly authorised by them on the one hand, and the United Operative Masons' and Granite Cutters' Union on behalf of itself and the Monumental, Polishers', and Toolsmiths' Branches of said Union on the other hand, -viz : — I. General Bye-laws applicable to all the said Branches. IT. Special Bye-laws applicable to Granite Cutters, Turners, and Scabblers.. III. Special Bye-laws applicable to Polishers. IV. Special Bye-laws applicable to Toolsmiths. 182 APPENDIX II. I. — General Bye-laws applicable to all the said Brunches. (a) Mutual Recognit'on. — The Associatiou and the Branches of the Union vecognise one another as the organised Employers and Operatives in the crafts ■which they respectively exercise. For the purposes of these B^ e-laws the Master Toolsmiths' Union (in I'espect of Toolsmiths) and the Aberdeen Granite Turning Company (in respect of Turners, Scabblers and Lathe Polishers) shall be deemed to be respectively a Branch and a Member of the Association, but such status shall be terminable by the Association on the said Toolsmiths' Union and Turning Company failing to implement any contracts they have made or may make with the said Association. (6) Special Relations of the Parties. — Subject to the provisions of these Bye- laws the Association binds its members, firms, and branches to employ as Granite Cutters, Turners, Scabblers, Polishers. Leading Bed-setters, Leading Sawmen, or Toolsmiths in the District of the Association only persons who are members of the Union, and the Union binds the members of the said Branches to work only for Employers who are members of the Association. Neither the Association nor the Union shall be asked to deal with any matter affecting the status of the members of their respective societies, but on intimation being given by either society to the other that any person or iirm has ceased to belong to the society giving the intimation, said intimation shall be acted upon within three days by the society receiving the same. This Bye-law shall not have the effect of enabling either of the societies to collect the subscriptions or other monies due by their respective members when in arrears prior to their expulsion for non-payment of arrears, which expulsion shall not be enforced until the member is at least three months in arrears as certified by the society giving the notice. The Association and the Union hereby bind themselves to make such alterations on their respective Rules as will enable each society in the opinion of the other society to properly carry out this Bye-law, and its operation is con- tingent upon such alterations being enacted and intimated by the one society to the other, and the said Association and Union respectively bind themselves to have said alterations enacted forthwith. {<■) Construction of Bye-laws. — The Bye-laws shall be read along with and be subject to the Memorandum of the terms of Settlement between the Union and the Association, dated 23rd May, 1913. {d) Responsibility of the Parties. — It is hereby declared that the Association on the one hand and the Union and its respective Branches on the other shall be responsible for the action of their individual members relative to the carry- ing out of these Bye-laws or any matter affecting the said trade, and in particular the Association on the one hand is responsible for any lock-out by any of its members or firms or any combination thereof, and the Union and its Branches on the other hand are responsible for any strike of a sectional character by members of the said Branches of the Union in any of the yards of the members of or firms in the Association. (e) Enforcement. — The Association and the Union along with the said Branches bind themselves to enforce these Bye-laws among their respective members either by way of expulsion or by withholding financial support, or by the adoption of other necessary measures, or by all of these methods, as may be considered essential for the maintenance of these Bye- laws. (/) Working Time. — The ordinary working time shall be from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the first five days of the week, with two hours daily for meals, and on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, with one hour for breakfast. Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and a quarter. No holidays shall be made up. (g) Working in Meal Hours. — The Operative shall be notified at the previous cessation of work when it is desired to work in the meal hours. A full hour shall be allowed for each meal. (A) Limitation of Ooertime. — On and after 1st January, 1914, overtime shall be subject to the restriction that no member of the Branches shall be employed to work overtime for more than 144 hours in all in any year, but in availing themselves of this allowance of overtime no member of the Association shall employ any member of the Branches for a longer period than 24 hours in any single month, or 12 hours in any single week, or 3 hours in any single day, except as regards Polishers and Toolsmiths in connection with a bi-eakdown of machinery. TEXT OF AGREEMENTS, ETC 183 (j) Midsimviner Holidays. — Midsummer holidays shall be of at" least four ■working days' duration, and a notice stating date of commencement and duration of holidays shall be posted in the various yards two weeks prior to said date of commencement. Qc) Foremen. — Foremen shall not be full members of the Union, i.e., shall not be eligible to attend meetings, vote, or act as an official of the Union or any of its Branches. In yards where only Turning and Lathe Polishing are carried on, one foreman shall be allowed for five Operatives. {I) Dwration of Bye-laws. — The Bye-laws shall continue in force from year to year, subject always to such alterations as may be made in terms of Bye-law M. {m) Alteration of Bye-laws.— 'Sotiaea of any alterations on the Bye-laws shall be given by the parties desiring same on or before 1st January of any year. The said alterations, if agreed to or ordeifed by the Arbiter, shall come into operation on 1st May following. No notice shall be given by either party prior to 20th December, 1914. {n) Disputes. — The Association and the respective branches of the Union shall each appoint a standing Disputes Settlement Committee, consisting of not more than three members, who will have power when any dispute arises under these Bye-laws to enter into immediate negotiation with each other with a view -to a settlement of the dispute — subject, however, to the proposed terms of settlement being ratified and approved of by the said Association and the branch of the Union concerned. Failing an amicable settlement within two months from the date of notice by either party of such dispute, the matter shall be at once submitted to arbitra- tion. The Arbiter shall be mutually chosen, and shall hold office for one year, or until he resigns, or his successor is appointed. (o) Dispensatwns. — Any dispensation from the General or Special Bye-laws hall be decided at a joint meeting of the Disputes Settlement Committees. II. — Special Bye-laws applicable to Granite Cutters, Turners, and Scahblers. 1. Wages. — There shall be established and maintained a standard rate of wages for Cutters and Scabblers, which rate, unless and until altered under Bye- law (m), shall be 8d. per hour. Employers may pay a higher rate to whomsoever they please, and they may also pay a lower rate to not more than one-fifth of the number of Operatives they employ. The standard for Turners shall be ^\d., with a minimum of Q^d. per hour. Wages shall be paid once a week on the pay day recognised in the respective yards. 2. Overtime. — Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for work done outside the ordinary working time, but such overtime rates shall not be paid to an Oparative who absents himself during any part of such time, in the same day, unless such absence is due to a cause for which such Operative is not responsible. 3. Supply of Tools. — The Cutters shall provide themselves with three bush hammers (6, 8, and 10 cut), malls and squares, scotia, bush chisels, and winding blocks. Jimployers shall supply all other tools, including the outs for bush chisels. 4 {a). Appi-entices. — Apprentices shall be at least 16 years of age, and if under 17 shall serve 5 years, and if 17 or over, 4 years, the rate of remuneration to be left to the Association. The number of apprentices employed shall not exceed two apprentices to three journeymen on the year's average. (6). i'Vemeji.— -Foremen shall not be full members of the Union. One foreman shall be allowed to firms employing not less than 5 Operatives, a second foreman for 20 Operatives, and a third when a squad reaches 60 Operatives. (c). Scabblers. — Scabblers who have not served a regular apprenticeship, and who were in the employment of members of the Association prior to 1st April, 1913, shall be confined to circular work, provided always that where there is an insufficiency of such work a Scabbier regularly employed in the yard may be employed at surfacing work. 5. Sub-coHtracting and Piecework. — The Operatives shall not work, or be asked by the Employers to work, by the piece or by contract for a given piece 184 API'KNDIX II. of work, nor shall they work to other Operatives on these systems, but Civil Engineering work as presently carried on in the yards of a firm in the Association and Letter-Cutting by a sub-contractor who is a member of the ITnion are excepted. Operatives shall not bs askel to take up and finish stones cut or partially cut ■elsewhere, unless the work already done lias been performed by Trade Union members under Trade Union conditions. 6. HandliTig of Machines. — All pneumatic cutting maohiaes shall be operated l)y Cutters: III. — Special Bye-laws applicable to Polishers. 1. Wages. — There shall be established and maintained a Standard Rate of "Wages, which rate, unless and until altered under Bye-law M, shall be at the a-ate of sevenpence an hour for Hand Polishers, Leading Bedsetters and Sawnien, and men having the full control of a machine (saw and lathe boys ■excepted). Employers may pay a" higher rate of wages to whomsoever they please. Up to 31st December, 1914, one half and thereafter one-fourth of the "Opfiratives may be paid below the Standard. 2. Overtime. — Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and quarter, provided always that no payment in respect of overtime shall be made unless and until 50 hours has been wrought in the working week recognised in each yard, sunless the failure to do so has been due to a cause for which the Operative is *iot responsible. 3. Supply of Materials. — The employer shall supply all materials required, except to sub-contractors. 4 (a). Apprentices and Learners. — Apprentices and learners shall be at least 3.8 years of age and shall serve three years. The minimum weekly wage shall •be 12«., 15s.. and 18s. for the first, second, and third years respectively. The number of Apprentices employed shall not exceed one to every four journeymen on the year's average. Where an Employer has less than four journeymen he shall be entitled to employ one Apprentice, but shall not be entitled to have two Apprentices until he employs five journeymen on the year's average. Lathe boys under 18 years of age and Saw loys shall not be counted as Apprentices. Learners engaged prior to 31st December, 1913, shall be allowed ■to complete their contra.cts. 4 (6). — Foremen. — Foremen shall not be full members of the Union. One foreman shall be allowed to firms employing not less than five operatives. No foreman shall regularly work a machine. IV. — Special Bye-laws applicable to Toolsmilhs. 1. Wages. — The Employers and Operatives shall establish and ni.iintain a Standard Rate of Wages ; the Standard rate as at 1st January, 1914, to be in the Granite Yards 7|rf. and in the Toolshops 8rf. per hour. Employers may pay a higher rate of wages to whomsoever they please, but in no case shall an Employer pay less than Q^d. per hour, except in the ca*e of men over 60 years ■of age. 2. Overtime. — Overtime shall be paid at the rate of time and a quarter for work done outside the ordinary working time, but such overtime rates shall not be paid to an Operative who absents himself during any part of such time in the same day, unless such absence is due to a cause for which such Operative is not responsible. 3. Supply of Tools. — The Employers shall supply all tools except hand hammers. 4. Apprentices. — Apprentices shall be at least 16 years of age, and shall serve four years. The proportion of Apprentices shall not exceed one Apprentice to two journeymen, but an Employer in a toolshop who has only one journeyman, or who works himself, may employ one Apprentice, but shall not employ two Apprentices until he employs three journeymen on the year's average. Apprentices engaged prior to Slst December, 1913, shall be allowed to complete their contract. For the Aberdeen Granite Assoeiation, (Signed) W. G. Edwards, President. For the United Operativa Masons & Granitecutters' LTnion, (Signed) Joseph Fraser, General Secretary. TEXT OF AGREEMENTS, ETC. 185 (3) Ironmoulders, &c., SheafteH. (Seep, lis.) Memorandum of Conference between itepresentatives of the Engineering- Employers' Federation and the Sheffield and District Engineering Employers'" Association and the National Council and Local Representatives of the Friendly Society of Ironfounders of England, Ireland and Wales, held at Sheffield,. 6th November, 1913. The National Council of Ironfounders' Society having agreed that the action of certain of their members in the Sheffield district in leaving work withDut. notice in breach of their contract of employment was not justified and having expressed regret that their members should have resorted to such action, and the representatives of the employers and the representatives of the Society as. parties to this Conference having decided that an agreement should be entered into which will in future avoid such action. Mutually agreed to recommend to their constituent bodies : — (a.) Provisions for avoiding disputes. 1. "With a view to avoiding disputes between the members of the Association and the members of the Sheffield Branches of the Society, deputations of work- men shall be received by their employers by appointment without unreasonable delay for the mutual discussion of any question in the settlement of which both parties are directly concerned. In the event of no settlement being arrived at^ the management shall he entitled to give a teniporarij decision upon which uork sludl proceed pending the whole procedure being carried through. This decision^ shall not he prejudiced to either party in any subsequent discussion which may tak", place. Thereafter it shall he competent for either party to bring the question before a local Conference to be held between the Association and the local representatives of the Society. 2. In the event of either party desiring to raise any question, a Local Conference for this purpose may be arranged by application to the Secretary of the Association or to the Local Secretary of the Society. 3. Local Conferences shall be held within seven working days, unless othef- wiae mutually agreed upon, from the receipt of the application by the Secretary- of the Association, or the Ijocal Secretary of the Society. 4. Failing settlement at a Local Conference of any question brought before^ it, it shall be competent for either party to refer the matter to a Central Conference, which, if thought desirable, may make a joint recommendation to> the constituent bodies. 5. A Central Conference will be held within 14 working days, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon, from the receipt of the application by the Secretary of the Engineering Employers' Federation or the General Secretary of the lion- founders' Society. 6. Until the procedure provided above has been earned through, there shall be- no stoppage of work either of a partial m- a general character, the employers- agreevng that it .is not their intention to impose onerous conditions on the workmen. Note. — It is clearly understood that the functions of a Central Conference are restricted solely to the making of a joint recommendation on any question refei-red from Local Conferences. Constitution of Conferences. {a) An organising Delegate of the Society shall be recognised as a Local Official entitled to take pdrt in auy Local Conference, the member of th& National Council of the Society for the Sheffield District, or the General Secretary, may also attend when appointed to do so by the Council of the; Society. (6) Central Conference shall be composed of members of the Executive Board of the Engineering Employers' Federation and members of the National Council of the Society, including the organising delegate who is a central and not a local official of the Society. _(c) An Employer who refuses to employ members of the Society will not bet eligible to sit in Conferences. 186 APPENDIX IT. (b) Recent Dispute at Messrs. Edgar Allen S Co., Ltd. 1. Messrs. Edgar Allen and Company agree that it is not their intention to take from skilled moulders work hitherto done by them. 2. The firm are prepared to confine piecework to such classes oj the work hitherto done as have, up to the 30th June, 1912, been done on piecework The Society agree that the firm have the right to carri/ out such classes of work on piecework, and that the members of the Society shall, if required, work piecework on such classes of work. 3. Any new work of a similar cla»s, nature, or description to that done on piece introduced since 30th June, 1912, and hereafter, sball be done as piece- work, or on time as the firm may decide, but should any question with regard to new work be raised by the moulders it shall be at once subject to the fore- going provisions for avoiding disputes. (c) Wages — Application. Immediately on resumption of work the employers are prepared to meet in Local Conference the representatives of the Union for the purpose of resuming the discussion of the application for a general increase in the wages of moulders, as it was left otf at the Conference on 3rd July, 1913. Conference held November 15, 1913. Mr. Henderson having advised the Representatives of the Employers that the Memorandum of Conference of November 6th, 1913, has been duly confirmed by the Society. 1. The Employers are willing to grant One Shilling advance to all the Journey- men members of the Society from Monday, 10th November, 1913. 2. A conference shall be held during April, 1914, with a view to the consideration of the methods of working in the Foundries of the Association including the rates of pay — the question of Piecework. 3. . In the absence of any further agreement regarding Working Conditions including Piecework, the advanced rates to remain undisturbed for a period of Three years from 10th November, 1913, on present working conditions. (4.)— Tube and other Metal Workers -South Staflfordshire and North Worcesterstiire. {See p. xxiii.; Agreement made this 7th day of July, 1913, between the Midland Employers' Federation (hereinafter called the Federation) of the one part and the Workers' Union, the National Union of Gas Workers, and the Amalgamated Gas Workers, Brickmakers and General Labourers (hereinafter called the Trade Unions) of the other part. 1. That work shall be resumed forthwith. 2. Day Rates. — ^That the Federation will recommend without delay to its members that the following standard rates of wages for Adult able-bodied unskilled labourers working for not less than a full working week be established and paid during the term of this agreement, viz. : — (a) Twenty-three shillings per week for the Birmingham District, which shall include Greater Birmingham, Smethwick and Oldbui-y. {!)) Twenty-two shillings per week for the Black Country during a period of six months after the date of resumption of work, and thereafter the Standard wage in the Black Country be increased to twenty-three shillings. 3. Women, Girls and Youths to be paid the rates set forth in Schedule A of this agreement. 4. Piecework : — {a) The prices for piecework have been and shall be fixed by mutual arrangement between the Employer and the workman or work- men who perform the work. (6) Each workman's day rate to be guaranteed irrespective of his piece- woi'k earnings. (e) No general advance in piecework can be conceded nor can any general advances in day rates be agreed to other than those TEXT OF AGREEMENTS, ETC. 187 agreed to in Clause 2, during the period of this agreement, it being understood that the word " general " will not be taken to imply that applications from sections of men be debarred from consideration by the Employer. Failing agreement the matter becomes a dispute to be dealt with as herein provided. 5. Provisions for Avoiding Disputes. — With a view to avoid disputes, deputations of workmen shall be received by their Employers, by appoint- ment, for mutual discussion of any question in the settlement of which both parties are directly concerned ; or, it shall be competent for an Official of the Trade Union to approach the Secretary of the Federation Committee of the trade involved with regard to any such question ; or, it shall be competent for either party to bring the question before a Sectional Conference to be held between the Trade Committee and the Trade Union. In the event of a Trade Committee or Trade- Union desiring to raise any question, a Sectional Conference for this purpose may be arranged by applica- tion to the Secretary of the Trade Committee, or of the Trade Union as the case may be. Sectional Conferences shall be held within twelve working days from the receipt of the application by the Secretary of the Trade Committee, or the Trade Union concerned. Failing settlement at a Sectional Conference of any question brought before it, it shall be competent for either party to refer the matter to the Executive Board of the Federation and the Central Authority of the Trade Union or Trade Unions concerned. Central Conferences shall be held at the earliest date which can be con- veniently arranged by the Secretaries of the Federation and of the Trade Unions. There shall be no stoppage of work, either of a partial or of a general character, but work shall proceed under the current conditions until the procedure provided for above has beeir carried through. 6. The existing agreements specified in Schedule B, hereto shall be observed and performed by the Parties hereto. Subject thereto this agreement shall be binding on all the present and future members of the Federation and the Trade Unions. 7. This agreement is entered into on the understanding (which the Federa- tion are informed to be the case) that the rules of the various Unions involved efficiently deal with breaches of agreement by their members and that the rules in such cases will be enforced. 8. No Notices to stop or suspend work to be given in on account of any dispute in any works outside the membership of the Federation. The Trade Unions agree to abstain from giving notice for the workmen in the employ of members of the Federation in the case of an outside dispute, and the Federa- tion will not support any firms who are not members of the Federation. 9. This agreement shall remain in force for a period of at least twelve months from the signing of this agreement, and within fourteen days of the end of the term of this agreement notice to terminate may be given by either parties. Work, however, shall not be suspended pending any negotiations which may be proceeding. Should the negotiations fall through work shall not be stopped until seven days from the termination of such negotiations. 10. As soon as possible all men shall be reinstated to their positions and no workman shall be prejudiced because of any official position with the Trade Unions. The parties hereunto agree to recommend the adoption of the foregoing to their respective members. Signed on behalf of the Com- For the Amalgamated Gas mittee of the Midland Em- Workers, Brickmakers and ployers' Federation. General Labourers. (Signed) T. Harris Spencer. (Signed) H. Simpson. (Chairman.) For the National Union of Gas For the Workers' Union. Workers. (Signed) John Beard. (Signed) J. Firth. (Signed) Jdlia Varlei. Youths. Girls. Age. Age. g. d. «. d. 14 ... 7 14 ... 6 15 ... 9 15 ... 6 6 16 ... 11 16 ... 7 17 ... 13 17 ... 8 18 ... 15 18 ... 9 19 ... 17 19 ... 10 20 ... 19 20 21 ... 11 ... 12 188 APPEXDIX II. SCHEDrLE "A." [SCHEDULE " B." " 1. Agreement Lefcween the Metro- politan Carriage Wagon and Fi- nance Co., Ltd., and the Engineers and Allied Tiade Societies Federa- tion, and 2. The Engineering Employer s' Federation, and the Engineers and Allied Trade Societies Federation. (Signed) T.H.S. J.B. J.F. H.S. J.V. (5) Woollen Workers, Morley and District, (See p. 130.) Terms of Agreement between the Morley and District Manufacturers' Asso- ciation represeniing the Morley and District Cloth Manufacturers and Bag Merchants and the representatives of the General Union of Textile Workers on behalf of the several classes of workers herein mentioned. (1) That the classes of workmen included in the settlement are the Willeyers, Fettlers, Milners, Scourers, Finishers, Dyers, Burlers, Machine Fillers, and Eag Orinders of all departments employed in Morley, Gildersome, and Drighlington. (2) That the wages of Willeyers and Fettlers shall be at the rate of 6d. per hour up to the last pay day in September, and 6J'i. per hour for the remainder of the term. Milners, Scourers, and Dyers, 6d. per hour. Finishers: Is. per week advance if now receiving under }8s. per week; '2s. per week advance if now receiving between 18s. and 25*. per week, and if Slow receiving over 25s. and under 27'. per week such an advance as will bring them up to 27s. per week. If receiving 27s. per -week or over 27«. per week employers to have the option of paying any advance. Burlers ; 22 years of age and upwards 26«. per week. 18 „ under 18s. „ 19 „ „ 20 ... 20s. „ 20 „ „ 21 ... 22s. 21 „ „ 22 ... 24s. Hag Grinders in all departments up to 15 years of age, 15s. per week, in- creasing Is. per week for each year up to 22 years of age, and after attaining 22 years of age 25s. per week. Machine Fillers working two tandems 5d. per hour, two ordinary 4jrf., one tandem and one ordinary in two setts 4ji., one and half setts ordinary 4^af. ^d. more for tandem, one sett 4^d. (3) That the ordinary working hours per week for all classes of workers iierein mentioned shall be 55^ hours, namely, from 6 a,m. to 5. .TO p.m. from Monday to Friday, both inclusive, and from 6 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays, •but 58 hours shall be worked each week by Willeyers, Fettlers, Machine Fillers, Hag Fillers, Cloth Millers, and Scourers. All time beyond the ordinary working hours to be considered overtime. This is not to affect any working of short time owing to accidents or slackness of trade. (4) Rates for overtime shall be time and a quarter from 5.30 to 8 p.m. tfrom Monday to Friday, botli inclusive, and after 8 o'clock if work done at the fate of time and a half. Productive work shall cease at 12 noon on Saturdays ■until 6 a.m. on Mondays, except that drying operations may be continued until 5 p.m. on Saturdays, which shall be paid for at time and a half after 12 noon. (6) All workmen of 22 years of age and upwards entering on a new class of •emfiioyment which it is necessary for them to learn shall during the first six months nceive such wages as may be mutually agreed upon, and after that time shall be paid in accordance with this Agreement. (6) With the exceptions herein mentioned, this Agreement shall apply to all woikmen of the age of 22 years and upwards. TEXT OF AGEEEMENTS, ETC. 189 (7) That cases of infirm woikmen be excepted from the terms of this Agree- ment, the question of such cases to be decided by the Executive of the Union and the Council of the Association, and in case of ditference by an independent person to be nominated by the Board of Trade. (8) This Agreement shall be in force for two years from the 1st day of July, 1913, •with three months' notice of any proposal of change by either party, to expire at that date or any time afterwards. The new rates of payment to come into operation on the first pay day after the commencement of work. Dated April 7th, 1913. Signed subject to approval by the Employers' Association : Harold Ehodes. ScATCHERD & Cc, Secretaries. Countersigned, G. E. Askwith. Signed subject to approval by the "Workmen's Union : Ben Turner. Allen Gee. (6) Woollen Workers, Yeadon, Guiseley and District. (See p. 130.) Terms of Agreement between the Yeadon and Guiseley Manufacturers' Association and the Yeadon, Guiseley & District Factory Workers' Union as agreed by the Committee of the Association and the Executive of the Union respectively, relating to the several classes of workers herein mentioned. 1. This Agreement shall take effect from Friday, 25th July, and payments under it shall be made on Friday, 1st August, 1913, and shall continue in force until 1st October, 19ir), with 3 months' notice of any proposal of change by either party to expire at that date or any time after. 2. The wages paid to any worker who is infirm or otherwise incompetent shall be left to private adjustment between the employer and such worker. 3. Should any dispute arise between any employer and any class or classes of •workers as to the proper interpretation of the terms of this Agreement or as to the rate of wages payable under it, such dispute shall be submitted by the employer and workers concerned to a Joint Committee of the Association and of the Union for settlement, and (he decision of that Committee shall be bind- ing on both employer and workers. 4. Subject to clause 7 hereof under this Agreement 55§ hours working time shall constitute a week. 5. Overtime shall begin at 5 30 p.m. where employment commences at 6 a.m. and at 6 p.m. where employment commences at 6.30 a.m. 6. Overtime for the first 2J hours per day shall be paid Id. per )>our above the ordinary day rate, and after 2^ hours at 2cl. per hour above the ordinary day rate. Overtime on Saturday -shall commence at 12 or 12.30 o'clock and be paid at the rate of 2d. per hour above day rate. 7. Through-working during breakfast or dinner time shall be paid for in accordance with the arrangements hitherto olitaining in the mills. 8. In Willeyiug, Carding and Spinning Departments, night work shall be paid at the rate of d^d. per hour, but for v/ork ordinarily done by Fillers, Condenser Minders and Pieceners in the day time, at the rate of 6^d. per hour. 9. In the Milling, Scouring, Dyeing and Finishing Departments night woik shall be paid for at Id. per hour above day rates. 10. All workmen entering on a new class of employment which it is necessary for them to learn, shall, during the first six months, receive such wages as may be mutually agreed upon, and after that time shall be paid in accordance with this Agreement. Willeyers, Fettlers, Rug Grinders and Packers. 11. That Willeyers and Fettlers, Eag Grinders and Packers be paid at the rate of 21 to 23, „ ,, ,, 4a!. ,, „ All other cane work not less than 4rf. per hour. Matters — Not less than 4t\d. per ordinary chair. Child's and Kindergarten to be paid in the same proportion. tlpholstresses — i\d. per hour to fully qualified ITpholstresses. Machinists — 4jrf. per hour to fully qualified Machinists. (Upholstresses and Machinists to be qualified under the same definition as applies to men.) Upholstresses a/nd Machinists : — Learners Not less than 3s. per week 1st six months. » » j> "*■ >> )i 2nd „ ,, » JJ » '* J) )) ^^^ )J J5 )) ») » "^* » ») ^^^ )) j» 3. An Employee working at day rates and not sufficiently qualified to com- mand the standard rate will be paid according to his qualification. In the event of any difference arising upon this point the matter shall be dealt with by the Employer and the Employees in the shop, and if still unsettled and prior to the National Oflacials of the men being called in, shall be referred to the Employers' Federation and the men's local officials. 4. " FuUy qualified joiirneyman mechanic " is accepted as being : — " A man capable of beginning and finishing any work usually done in the department he works under and in the time agreed upon between the Employer and the Employees in that department." 5. The Standard Rate shall be deemed to be the rate of wage paid to a fully qualified journeyman mechanic of Aveeaqb Abilitt. 6. Piecework. — The price of piecework jobs shall be adjusted upon the basis. of the Standard Rates of wages paid to fvdly qualified journeymen mechanics. 7. Employers reserve to themselves the right to employ any employee on piece or day work in any department. 8. The Standard Rate of wages is recognised by the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades' Association as the Standard Rate that should be paid by all Employers in the district within a radius of ten miles from Wycombe Guildhall. 9. The normal working week to be 54 hours. 10. Where overtime is worked by any employee, whether working day or piece work, time and a quarter will be paid after the 54 hours have been worked. 11. Employees losing time through their own fault shall be excluded from the benefits of Rule 10 until they have worked the full normal week. No more than two hours overtime shall be worked in any shop in any one day, or a maximum of ten hours per week. Christmas Day and Sunday double time. 12. The time of opening of shops to be left to the employer, but a uniform time throughout the district is strongly recommended. 13. One hour's notice to be given by either side before termination of employment. 14. No man shall be allowed to work for another employer after completing his day's work. 15. There shall be not more than one improver or apprentice to every three qualified men in any d^artment, unless otherwise arranged between the employer and the union officials. (B47— Gp. 19) G 2 196 APPENDIX II. 16. There shall be no discrimination between union and non-union workmen. 17. In the case of any alleged grievance in relation to these rules or otherwise arising in the future the procedure laid down in Clause 3 shall be followed. 18. Should any difference arise as to the interpretation of this agreement no cessation of work shall take place before the matter has been dealt with by the representatives of the Employers' Federation and the representatives of the Union and failing agreement submitted to the Chief Industrial Commissioner. 19. All differences to be considered within seven days. 20. Three months' notice to be given on either side before any alteration of any or all of the foregoing rule^ can take place, but no notice to be given before March 1st, 1915. For the High Wycombe and District Furniture Manufacturers' Federa- tion. (Signed) W. Birch, Chairman. Geo. Wm. Baetlett, W. H. Hbalet, a. t. goodearl, Ralph Howland, H. G. Parker, James Holland, W. J. WiNTEE Taylor, Secretary. Members - of the Council. For the National Federation Women Workers. (Signed) Jessie Ward. February 23rd, 1914. of For the National Amalgamated Fur- nishing Trades' Association. (Signed) F. Bramley, Organising Secretary. A. J. OxLADE, Branch 125. O. Smith, Branch 116, Edward H. Walton, Branch 72. D. G. Free, Branch 114. A RTHUE S. Forward, Ch. Joint Committee. Herbert E. Howard, Sec. J oiut Committee. Alex. Gossip, General Secretary. Countersigned. G. R. ASKWITH, Chief Industrial Commissioner. February 19th, 1914. High Wycombe. The representatives of the workmen verbally undertook in my presence to impress upon the men that no action was to be taken by any Union men against other men working or having worked in High Wycombe in consequence of anything done during the dispute ; and a similar undertaking was given by the employers. (Signed) G. R. Askwith. (12) Firebrick Workers, Stourbridge District. (,Seep. 150.) A-greement between the undersigned Employers engaged in the manufacture of Firebrick in the Stourbridge District on the one hand, and the Amalgamated Society of Gasworkers, Brickmakers, and General Labourers and National Federation of Women Workers on the other hand. That 10 per cent, advance on both piece work and day work rates be agreed to for both male and female workers engaged in the preparation of material, making, finishing, burning bricks, and handling and loading same, and that a minimum wage of lOs- per week be established for women~ workers. The works to be re-opened on Monday, July 7th, at the advanced rates, all the workpeople to be employed as the work is ready in the various departments in which they are engaged. In the event of any future questions arising between the employers and their workpeople (a) The workpeople and the works manager concerned shall in the first instance endeavour to settle the difference. (6) Failing settlement it shall be considered by the employer and the agent of the workpeople's trade union. IMPORTANT DECISIONS. 197 (o) Tte parties agree to the formation of a Wages Board * and pending Bucli formation the dispute failing settlement under (a) and (b) shall be referred to an independent umpire, and failing agreement as to the umpire, the dispute shall be referred to the Board of Trade. Pending a decision, no stoppage of work to take place. No discrimination to be made against any person for any action taken during the dispute, nor any action taken by any persons returning to work, with reference to any other persons, in the employment of the firebrick making employers. For E. J. & J. Pearson, Ltd., (Signed) C. W. Thomas, Managing Director. King Brothers (Stourbridge), Ltd., (Signed) Charles King, Director. For Eutford & Co., Ltd., (Signed) Jas. H. A. Deelby, Secretary. Harris & Pearson, (Signed) Tou P. Harris. Timmia & Co., (Signed) Geo. H. Timmis. Samuel Evers & Sons. Harper & Moore, Ltd., (Signed) Howard Moore, Director. For H. T. Hickman, (Signed) Walter Wood. George King Harrison, Ltd., (Signed) J. A. Mobberlby, Director. Amalgamated Society of Gasworkers, Brickmakers, & General Labourers, (Signed) H. Simpson, General Secretary. National Federation of Women Workers, (Signed) Charles H. Sitch, Local Secretary. ^Mrs.) Annie Lowin. Countersigned. G. E. Askwith, Chief Industrial Commissioner. July 3rd, 1913. (B)-IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF CERTAIN VOLUNTARY CONCILIATORY AGENCIES. (1) Shipyard Workers, Great Britain. {See p. xliii.) Memorandum of Conference between the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and the Shipbuilding Trades Agreement Standing Committee and the Boiler- makers' Society, held within the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, on Thursday, 31st July, 1913. Claim for a General Advance of Wages. — Finding. It is mutually agreed that an advance of wages of Is. per week or j;d. per hour where payment is made by the hour to time workers, and a special advance of 2 J per cent, to rivetters employed on piecework for behoof of holders-on shall take eifect on and from the commencement of the first full pay in August, 1913 ; no further general alteration in wages, piece or time, to take effect for a period of twelve months from the date named. The foregoing advance is subject to the following conditions, viz. :— (1) That the special advance of 2^ per cent, to rivetters is to be perma- nent in the sense that it will not come within the definition of general fluctuations in wages. (.2) That the question of the application of the special advance of 2^ per cent, to the rivetters employed in ship-repairing establishments • For EuIbs, see App. III., p. 209. (B47— Gp. 19) G 3 198 APPENDIX II. in the Tjnie and Blyth and Birkenhead districts be remitted to local conference between the respective associations and the local representatives of the Boilermakers' Society. (3) Should any question arise between piecework platers and their helpers, such questions are remitted for local adjustment to the districts concerned. (4) That the general advance of wages shall not apply to repair work in Birkenhead district, as this work is paid for on the basis of the rates agreed to between the respective unions and the ship- repairers on the Mersey ; and further, that the advance shall not apply to the ship smiths in Birkenhead district, who at present follow the rates agreed upon between A.S.E. and Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co., Limited. (5) That the advance of wages shall not apply to ship painters employed in Clyde shipyards, as per the agreement entered into between the Clyde Association and the Painters' Society, and ratified by the Federation and the Standing Committee in Grand Conference on the 30th August, 1911, viz. :— " After discussion it was mutually agreed to homologate the provisional agreement arrived at between the Clyde Association and the Painters' Society on the 4th August, 1911 (copy subjoined), on the understanding that fhe same shall not form a precedent for any trade contracting out of the Shipyard Agreement with respect to the general fluctuations of wages." Provisional Agreement referred to. " That the custom be reverted to of shipyard painters' wages fluctuating with the wages of house painters. "That the advance of ^d. per hour granted on the 15th February, 1911, in terms of the Shipyard Agreement, be cancelled as from the date of acceptance of the proposed settlement. " That this agreement remain in force for a period of three years from acceptance by both sides." (6) That with reference to the stoppage of overtime by members of the Boilermakers' Society, the Executive Council of the Society shall recommend their members to withdraw the embargo placed upon the working of overtime, both on new and old work, and to revert to the position as regards overtime which existed prior to the embargo being imposed. (2) Decision of Firth of Forth Coal Shipping Trade Joint Committee. (See p. xlviil.) Agreement Regarding Work at Week-ends. 1. The stopping hour of Coal Trimmers at the Firth of Forth ports on Saturdays shall be 1 o'clock ; but if any vessel at which work has been started before that hour can be finished that night, loading, if reijuired, shall be completed. Overtime shall be paid at the rate of Is. per man per hour up to 6 o'clock, and thereafter at the rate of \a. 3rf. per man per hour. If meal hours are worked, overtime to be paid and any payment provided for by Local Eules. Notice that work is to be continued after 1 p.m. shall be given by the party requiring same to the Foreman Trimmer, in writing, before noon. 2. If the Shipping Agent concerned and the Foreman Trimmer cannot agree whether there is reasonable prospect of any vessel being finished that night the Coal TraflSc Superintendent shall decide. 3. Work shall be restricted at the ports between midnight Sundays and 6 a.m. Mondays, as follows, viz : — Leith, to not more than 2 squads when required ; Grangemouth, to not more than 3 squads when required ; Bo'ness, to not more than 1 squad when required ; Burntisland^ to not more than 2 squads when required ; Methil, to not more than 3 squads when required. IMPORTANT DECISIONS. 199 At Grangemouth, notice for the number of squads required between the above hours shall be given not later than 6 p.m. on Sunday, and at the other ports in terms of the present arrangements. 4. Any time between the hoars referred to in Clause 3, in which no coal is available, shall be paid for at the rate of Is. per man per hour, and pro rata for any part of an hour. 5. Any decision under Clause 2 giving dissatisfaction to either party shall be considered by the Joint Committee at their next meeting, not later than one month thereafter, and either party shall be entitled to bring before the Joint Committee any dispute or difference which may arise as to the interpretation or working out of this Agreement. 6. This agreement shall remain in force from 13th September to 13th December, 1913. Either party may thereafter give fourteen days' notice, in writing, to the Secretaries of the Joint Committee, calling for a meeting of the Joint Committee to consider the alteration of this Agreement. On behalf of the Employers' Committee, (Signed) Chas. Carlow, Chairman. E. M. Stewart, Secretary. On behalf of the JFirth of Forth Branches of the National Union of Dock Labourers, (Signed) James Thomson, President. (Scottish District Council.) Bernard Clark, Secretary. (Scottish District Council.) (B47-ap. 19) Q 4 200 APPENDIX III. (A) RULES OF CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PERMANENT CONCILI- ATION BOARDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES FORMED IN 1913. (1) London Master Builders' Association and London Engine and Crane Drivers Conciliation Board.* ExtrcMt irom, latest Working Rules, dated Gth Jvly, 1914, for Engine and Crane Drivers in the London District. Conciliation : (a.) For the adjustment of all disputes and to avoid stoppage of work it is agreed that, subject to the observance of these Rules, Employers shall be at liberty to give employment to any workmen. Provided always that nothing in these Rules shall prevent an appeal to the Conciliation Board in the case of a workman who can be shown to hstve made himself specially objectionable to his fellow- workmen, and it is further agreed that upon a difference arising between an Employer or upon the works of an Employer and any of his Engine and Crane Drivers from any cause whatever, notice shall be given by the Association or Society of the complaining party to the Association or Society representing the other side, and the subject-matter of dispute shall thereupon be referred to the Board of Conciliation which shall be summoned within three working days, and shall give its decision within the next three working days, proceeding in the following manner : — (b.) The Board of Conciliation shall consist of three Members nominated by the Employers and three by the Engine and Crane Drivers. Each party shall send to the other within one week from the date of signing these rules and within one week from January 1st in each year the names of six or more persons from whom three shall be selected by the respective parties to act as their representatives on any Board of Conciliation held during the current year ending December 31st, and in the event of the death or resignation of any Member either party shall appoint another Member within one week, notice being given thereof. The number of representatives of the Employers and of the Engine and Crane Drivers on the Board of Conciliation shall always be equal and shall be so maintained during the sitting. (c.) The Conciliation Board shall have power to make such rules and regu- lations for the transaction of business as it may approve. • (d.) The Board of Conciliation shall have power to decide all questions arising between the Employers and the Engine and Crane Drivers, including any questions between one tiade and another as regards demarcation of labour or other matters, provided that for the decision of any question involving claims or rights of other sections of the building trade, a J oint Conciliation Board with similar powers shall be constituted of the three representatives nomi- nated by each trade involved and by a similar number of representatives of the Employers, so that the numbers of representatives of the Employers and of the Workmen on such Joint Conciliation Board shall be equal and be so maintained during the sitting. (b.) The Board of Conciliation, if unable to agree, or either party represented on such Board, may make application to the Board of Trade for the appoint- ment of a person to act as an arbitrator, and in the event of such application being made, the decision of such person shall be final and binding on both parties. Provided always that if at any time both parties to this Agreement shall have joined the National Conciliation Board, then the regulations of that Board shall have precedence over the above Conciliation Rules. * The London Master Builders' Association and the London Builders' Labourers Oonciliation Board, also formed in 1913, has similar rules agreed to on 7tli August, 1914. For rules of the Loudon Association of Master Decorators and London Painters and Decorators' Oonciliation Board, see App. II. p.p. 179-181. EULES OF CONCILIATION BOARDS. 201 (2) Board of Conciliation for the Building Trades in the Dartford Erith and Bexley District. Conciliation. 10. (a) For the reconsideration of any of these agreed Rules, for the adjust- ment of all disputes, and to avoid stoppage of work, it is agreed that upon a difference arising between an employer and any of his workmen, from any cause whatever, notice shall be given by the Association or Society of the complaining party to the Association or Society representing the other side, and the subject-matter of dispute shall thereupon be referred to the Board of Conciliation, which shall be summoned within seven days and shall give its decision within the next six working days, proceeding in the following manner : — (6) For all purposes of the foregoing Bules the Board of Conciliation shall consist of three members nominated by the employers and three by the employees. Each party shall send to the other, within one week from the date of signing these Rales, and within one week from January 1st of each following year, the names of six persons, from whom three shall be selected to act as representatives on the Board of Conciliation for the current year ending December 31si ; and in the event of the death or resignation of any member, either party shall appoint another member within one week, notice being given thereof. The number of representatives of the employers and of the employees on this Board shall always be equal, and shall be so maintained during the sitting. (c) The Board of Conciliation so constituted, if unable to agree, shall make application to the Board of Trade under the Conciliation Act, 1896, or apply for the appointment of a person to act as a Conciliator. The Board of Conciliation shall have power to decide all questions arising between the employers and the employees, including any question between one trade and another in regard to the demarcation of labour or other matters, pro- vided that for the decision of all, or any, questions involving claims or rights of other sections of the building trades, a Joint Conciliation Board shall be constituted of the three representatives nominated by each trade involved, and by a similar number of representatives of the employers, so that members on the Joint Conciliation Board may be represented on such Board, and so that the numbers of the representatives of the employers and the employees on such Joint Conciliation Board shall be equal, and be so maintained during the sitting. {d) A Joint Conciliation Board shall have the like powers as a Conciliation Board, and be regulated in a like manner. (e) The Conciliation Board or Joint Conciliation Board shall have power to make such rules and regulations for the transaction of business as they may approve. (/) In the event of an application being made to the Board of Trade, or a person being appointed as Conciliator, the decision of such pei'son of the Conciliation Board shall be final and binding on both parties. It is understood that the Conciliation Board as provided for in paragraphs {a) and (6) shall meet and come to a final decision within the six months' notice, and then, failing a settlement, paragraph (c) comes into immediate force at the expiration of such six months. (3; Sheffield and District Painters' Board of Conoiliationi Extract from, Award, dated 3rd May, 1913, of Sir E. Stafford Howard, in settlement of Sheffield Painters' Dispute {see p. 104.). 7. Conciliation Board. There shall be established a Joint Standing Board of Conciliation composed of six Employers and six Operatives to whom matters in dispute between indi- vidual or collective employers and operative.s shall be submitted, and pending the discussion of such question and matters in dispute, there shall be no cessation •of work. The Board shall meet at least once every year, in the month of 202 ■ APPENDIX m. January, for the purpose of electing a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and two Secretaries, one from each section of the Board. All meetings of the Board shall be called by the Joint Secretaries. (a) Notice of any dispute shall be communicated by the Secretary whose side is aggrieved, and a meeting of the Board shall be called within 7 days thereafter. The decision of the Board shall be binding upon all parties. If the Board are unable to agree, it shall be competent for them to appoint an umpire (not a master or operative painter) to be mutually agreed upon, whose decision shall be final and binding on both parties. • (4) West Bromwich Standing Committee of Employers and Plumbers. Extract from Working Rides of West Bromwich Plumbers. Rule 8. To prevent trade disputes, and to settle such as are of a private nature, and do not affect the general interest of the trade, a Standing Com- mittee shall be formed, consisting of three employers and three workmen . . . whose duty shall be to hear the parties to, and settle by amicable arrangement, any dispute or difference which may arise between any employer and any workman which does not affect the interests of the trade generally, and whose decision shall be final and binding on all parties. Should the Standing Committee be unable to settle the differences, an Arbitrator shall be called in to settle the dispute, whose decision shall be final and binding. (5) Conciliation Board for the Carpenter and Joiner Trade in the Clydesdale District. Agreed to by Representatives from the Clydesdale Master Wrights' Association and Representatives of the Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners in the Clydesdale District, at a Meeting held in Hamilton on 7th July, 1913. 1. The title of the Board shall be " The Conciliation Board for the Carpenter and Joiner trade in the Clydesdale District." 2. The objects of the Board shall be to fix in each year the working Rules and Regulations of the Carpenter and Joiner trade in said District, with a view to obviating Strikes or Lock-outs, and, pending a decision of the Board, no stoppage of work shall be allowed on any pretext whatever. 3. For the adjustment of all disputes and to avoid stoppage of work, it is agreed that upon a difference arising between an employer or upon the works of an employer and any of his workmen from any cause whatever, notice shall be given \iy the Association or Society of the complaining party to the Association or party representing the other side, and the subject matter of dispute shall thereupon be referred to the Conciliation Board, which shall be summoned within seven days, and, if practicable, shall give its decision within the next six working days. No stoppage of work shall take place pending the decision of the Board, which shall be binding on both parties. 4. The Conciliation Board shall consist of six members nominated by the employers, and six by the operatives. Each party shall send to the other, not later than 1st February in each year, the names of the persons selected to act as their representatives on the Board for the current year, and in the event of the death or resignation of any member, either psuty shall appoint another member within one week, notice being given thereof. No organising oflScial shall sit as a member of tlie Board at any meeting at which a dispute between an employer and an operative is down for consideration. They shall, however, be allowed to appear before the Board as witnesses in any case. 5. The Conciliation Board so constituted, if unable to agree upon any question submitted or referred to it, shall appoint a person to act as Conciliator, and failing to mutually agree upon one they shall make application to the Board of Traide under the "Conciliation Act, 1896," to appoint one. The decision of the Conciliator, whether appointed by mutual agreement or by the Board of Trade, shall be final and binding on both parties. KULES OF CONCILIATION B0AKD8. 203 6. The parties hereto shall elect a Secretary to represent them in the trans- action of the business of the Board, and shall give written notice of such election to the Secretary of the other party. Both Secretaries shall remain in office until they shall resign or be withdrawn by the parties electing them. They shall attend all meetings of the Board, and be entitled to take part in the discussions, but shall not be allowed to move or second any resolution or to vote on any question before the Board. 7. The Secretaries shall jointly convene all meetings of the Board. Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be taken and transcribed in Minute Books or printed as duplicate, and each shall be signed by the Chairman or other person who may bo presiding at the meeting at which such minutes are read and confirmed. A copy of the minutes shall be kept by each of the Secretaries. The Secretaries shall also conduct the correspondence for the respective parties, and conjointly for the Board. 8. The Annual Meeting of the Board shall be held in the last week of February to elect the Office-bearers for the ensuing year, and transact such other business as may be necessary. Either party desiring any alteration in the yearly Working Eules and Regulations shall, not later than 1st February preceding, furnish the Secretaries with a list of same. The Secretaries shall at once communicate the fact to all the parties to this agreement, and shall give the Board fourteen days' notice of said meeting, and along with the circular calling the meeting, the Secretaries shall give a list of the alterations proposed, if any. No alterations other than those noted on the circular can be considered by the Board at this meeting or any adjournments thereof. All meetings of the Board shall be held in Hamilton. 9. No subject shall be brought up at any meeting of the Board except with the consent of a two-thirds majority of the representatives present, unless seven days' notice thereof has been given to the Joint-Secretaries. 10. A majority of the representatives on each side shall constitute a quorum of the Board. 11. Should any representative be unable to attend any meeting of the Board, a duly appointed substitute may attend in his place. 12. The decision of the Board to be binding must be carried by a majority of votes of those present, and in the event of the attendance on each side being unequal, a unanimous vote of the numerically weaker party shall be considered equal in number to the unanimous vote of the stronger side, and the result shall be a tie ; but should there be any cross voting, the decision shall be given in favour of the side carrying a majority of such cross votes. The Chairman shall have one vote only, as a member of the Board, and shall not be entitled to give a casting vote. 13. The Board shall have power at the Annual Meeting to alter this Agree- ment by a majority of votes of those present at such meeting, provided that the party or parties desiring any alteration give notice in writing of the proposed alteration to the Joint-Secretaries of the Board at least six months prior to the meeting, and such notice shall at once be communicated to both parties to this Agreement. 14. Each party shall pay and defray the expenses of its own representatives and Secretary, but the cost and expenses of the Conciliator, Stationery, Books, Printing, and Hire of Rooms for Meetings, shall be borne by the respective parties in equal shares. (6) Dundee and District Masons' Joint Committee. Ejctract from Working Agreement between the Dundee and District Matter Builder// Association and the Dundee and Lochee Lodges of the United Operative Masoni Association of Scotland. A Committee of three Operatives shall be appointed to meet with an equal number of Employers to whom all differences likely to involve a dispute shall be submitted with a view to an amicable settlement, and in the event of the Committee's failing to settle such difference then the same shall be referred to Sheriff E. W. Neish as Sole Arbitrator, and all decisions he may give shall be final and binding on both parties. No Employer's workmen shall be withdrawn for any cause until the matters in dispute shall have been submitted to the Joint Committee and failing settlement by them to the Arbiter. 204 APPENDIX III. A meeting of the Joint Committee shall be held not later than one month prior to the expiry of current year to consider as to the renewal of the Agreement for another year. Notice of alteration by either party shall be given in writing to the other party not later than the first day of April in any year. (7.) Federated Admiralty Contractors' Demarcation Committee. Demarcation Agreement between the Federated Admiralty Contractors (hereinafter called "the Contractors") of the one part, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders (hereinafter called " the Societies ") of the other part. The Contractors and the Societies, recognising that it is in the best interests of the parties that arrangements should be made to avoid any stoppage of work iu demarcation questions arising at any of H.M. Dockyards in connection with vessels built at the Dockyard, and which are being fitted out by any of the Contractors ; and for the amicable settlement of such questions. Hereby agree as follows : — 1. In the event of a demarcation question between trades represented by the Societies arising at any of the Dockyards in connection with such vessels there shall be no stoppage of work either of a partial or general character, but such question shall be considered and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In no case shall men be paid oif through demarcation differences. 2. When a question arises, an endeavour shall be made by the management and the workmen concerned to settle the same in the Dockyard where the question has arisen. 3. Failing settlement, the recognised practice of the Dockyard in question shall be continued pending settlement by the Committee hereinafter constituted. Should there be no recognised practice, or should a difference of opinion exist as to the previous practice in such Dockyard, the management shall, after consultation with the wOTkmen concerned, or their representatives locally, be entitled to give a tempoi'ary decision, upon which the work shall proceed ; that decision, however, shall not be adduced in evidence, nor in any way used to prejudice the ultimate settlement of the question in terms of this Agreement. The trade against whom the temporary decision has been given may, if desired, submit the question to the Committee for consideration and decision. 4. In order to bring any question before the Committee formal intimation thereof in a prescribed form shall be made to the Secretary of the Committee. The work in dispute shall be described, and the nature and grounds of the claim, and any other relevant particulars stated. The Secretary shall, on receipt of same, send claim and accompanying particulars to the Society representing the trade against whom the claim is made, with a request for observations thereon in writing. The reply shall be sent by such Society within seven days of the receipt by them of the claim. The Secretary shall, on receipt of such reply, submit the claim, answers and relative partici&ars to the Contractor in connection with whose work the question has arisen, with a request for particulars of their past practice, and for a sketch of the work in question if such is deemed desirable. The reply shall be sent by such Contractor within seven days of the request being received. The claim, replies and relative particulars shall be submitted to the Committee. 5. Questions shall be considered by the Committee in the order in which they are reported. 6. The representatives of the claimant trades shall first be heard in support of their claim, and the respondent trade shall reply. Each Society shall have power to call witnesses not exceeding three in number. 7. No question shall be coTisidered by the Committee until the same has beea dealt with in terms of the second and third clauses of this Agreement. 8. A Committee shall .be appointed for the purpose of considering and deciding questions which may be raised. The Committee shall consist of three representatives nominated by each of the Societies and a Chairman appointed by and from the Contractors, who shall have power to give a decision in thft event of the trades being unable to agree. KULES OF CONCILIATION BOARDS. 205 9 It shall not be competent for a representative of the Contractor in respect of whose contract the question under consideration of the Committee has arisen to act as Chairman oe the Committee when dealing with such question. 10. The two representitives from each trade concerned shall, with tne Chairman, form a quorum. , , „ , ^ c v. 11. The voting of the representatives of the trade shall be one vote for each "^^2^' The decisions of the Committee, or of the Chairman, as above provided for, shall be accepted by the parties as final and binding. 13 All decisions shall continue in operation f.r a period of twelve montbs, and thereafter until brought np for review on three months' notice by either trade, such notice not to be competent until the expiry of the said twelve months. 14. The application of a decision in a question arising in any Dockyara snaii extend to all Dockyards. , , i • t a „ 15 Meetings of the Committee shall when necessary, be held in i'ondon monthly on the third Friday in each month. The first Meeting to be held on Friday, 16th January, 1914. , „ , a i ^t tv,<. 16. The Secretary of the Contractors shall act as Secretary ot the Committee. ^ iv, ri „, 17. Eachpartv shall bear their own expenses. The expenses of the Com- mittee, which shall be ascertained as at 31st December annually, shall be borne in equal portions by the parties hereto. 18. This Agreement shall come into force as from the 27tli aay ot November, 1913. Signed on behalf of — The Federated Admiralty Contractors — A. C. Ross, Chairman. Allan M. Smith, Secretary. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers — J. T. Brownlib, Chairman. Robert Yodng, Secretary. The United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders — Ht. S. Ratclipfe, Chairman. John Hill, Secretary. (8) Burnley Masters and Journeymen doggers' Associations' Joint Conciliation Board. An agreement made and entered into this 21st day of January, 1913, between the Burnley and District Boot, Shoe and Clog Makers' Association (hereinafter called." The Masters' Association ") of the one part, and the Society of Journey- men Cloggers (hereinafter called " The Workmen's Association ") of the other part. Whereas, both the said Associations consider it expedient and desirable that some means should be adopted for the future whereby questions, diiferences, disputes, contentions, grievances and complaints between them and their members respectively, may be expeditiously and amicably settled, and strikes and lock-outs avoided. And whereas, for the purpose they have mutually agreed upon the provisions hereinafter contained : — 1. A Conciliation Board consisting of nine persons (four being selected by the Masters' Association, which number shall include the Secretary of such • AsBOciatioD, and four by the Workmen's Association, which number shall also include the Secretary of that Association) shall be immediately formed. Such Board shall hold meetings as occasion arises, at such times and places as shall be mutually agreed upon, subject to this agreement, and no strike or lock-out shall be countenanced or supported by either Association unless and until the question, difference, dispute, contention, grievance or complaint shall have first been dealt with as is provided in this agreement. 2. An elected person (other than the eight selected members of the Board), shall be appointed as Chairman, to conduct the business of the s^aid Board, but shall have no vote on any question which may arise. 3. All questions, differences, disputes, contentions, grievances or complaints which shall hereafter arise shall be dealt with as follows ; — " The same shall 206 APPENDIX III. first be submitted in writing by the Secretary of the Employers' Association to the Secretary of the Workmen's Association, or by the Secretary of the Work- men's Association to the Secretary of the Employers' Association, according to which ever side such question, difference, dispute, contention, grievance or complaint shall arise, and thereupon the same shall, within 14 days from the receipt of the communication in writing, be submitted to the Board. 4. Should the Board fail to arrive at a satisfactory settlement on any question, difference, dispute, contention, grievance or complaint, the matter in dispute shall within 14 days after such failure be submitted to the Amalga- mated Conciliation Board for their decision, which shall be final. 5. The two Secretaries shall jointly arrange the date, place and time of meeting, and shall prepare an agenda of the full business to be brought before it at such meeting, and nothing other than the actual points in dispute between the parties shall be discussed and dealt with at such meeting, unless at the discretion of the Chairman. 6. Each party to any question, difference, dispute, contention, grievance or complaint, may attend the meeting of the Board to give any necessary evidence, and generally to watch the matter in their own interest, but the Board may require such persons to retire from the meeting at any stage thereof. 7. Should any member of the Board be unable to attend a meeting thereof, then, if such member be a master, all the workmen's representatives can remain at the meeting, but only three representatives be allowed to vote ; and if such absentee be a journeyman, all the masters' representatives can remain at the meeting, but only three representatives be allowed to vote. 8. A full account of the business transacted at each meeting of the Board shall be transcribed into two Minute books, one being kept by each of the Secretaries. At or before the close of each meeting a record of the business transacted and transcribed in the said minute books shall be read by the chairman of the meeting, and, if correct, each book shall be signed by all the members of the Board present. 9. Each Society shall jointly be responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with the Conciliation Board. 10. Both the Associations bind themselves honourably to perform the provisions of this agreement, and to abide by and carry out any decision which shall be arrived at by the Board. 11. A copy of this Agreement shall be printed and inserted in the general rule books of the Masters' Association and the Workmen's Association. (9) Garston (Liverpool) Dock Wages Staff Joint Committee. 1. The Joint Committee be composed of seven members of the Dock Staff at Garston, to be elected by ballot, and a similar number of representatives of the Company. 2. The Committee shall deal with any question affecting rates of wages, hours of duty, or conditions of service, other than matters of discipline or manage- ment, which cannot be mutually settled through the usual channels. 3. The Committee to represent the following grades in the employ of the Company at Garston Docks : — ■ Hydraulic and Steam Crane Attendants, Tippers, Oilers, Checkers, Weighbridgemen, Dockgatemen, Capstanmen, Coal Tippers, Coal Trimmers, Sheeters, Loaders, Point Oilers, Number Takers, Tele- phone Attendants, Labellers, Messengers, and Labourers. 4. The men nominated to serve on the Committee shall have the support of not less than five members of the Staff eligible to vote. 5. The members entitled to vote shall be 21 years of age and upwards, and have not less than six months in the service of the Company. 6. The men's side of the Committee shall appoint their Secretary from among the Employees of the Company at Garston Docks. He may be either one of the elected members of the Committee or additional thereto. 7. The Committee shall hold ordinary meetings four times a year. In the event of the necessity arising, arrangements shall be made to hold a special meeting of the Committee, on notice being given by one side or the other, such meeting to be held within seven days of receipt of the notice. 8. The arrangements for issuing nomination papers and conducting the election to be carried out by a small sub-committee consisting of equal numbers of the Company and of the men's representatives. RULES OF CONCILIATION BOARDS. 207 9. The terms of office of tlie Committee to be three years. Casual vacancies through death, resignation, or loss of qualification, to be filled by co-optation by the remaining members of the same side of the Committee. 10. The Company's representatives intimated their willingness to bear the expenses of the Committee, and to pay the wages of the men engaged in con- nection therewith, and the offer was accepted by the representatives of the men's side. (10) & (11) Garston (Liverpool) and Comholme (Todmorden) Bobbin Workers' Conciliation Boards. Extract from Awa/rd, dated 18ru:lose copy of any application Answers. or notice connected yritk the origin of the dispute,) 6, Date of the first day on which the workpeople were absent from work throii;;h strike or look-out. (If notices were handed in give also date of notice.) 7. State Occupations and Num- bers of Workpeople — On strihe or locked out : — (a) Trade Unionists ... (b) Non-Unionists Other workpeople at above establishments who were thrown out of work owing to the strike or lock-ont, although not themselves parties to the dispute : — (a) Trade Unionists ... (b) Nbn-Unionists ... Occupations, Total Number of Workpeople involved.* Women. Apprentices and other young persons. Males. Females, • If any other workpeople were affected, respeoting whom you can state no exact figures, please give the name, association, and address of some person who oould do so ; — FORMS OF ENQUIRY. 225 Information for the use of the Bepariment of Labour Statistics, Board of Trade, Gviydyr House, Whitehall, Bondon, S. W. STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. PART II. [To be forwarded as soon as the dispute is terminated.] Questions. Answers. 8. Date of termination of strike or loek-out, i.e. : — (a) The last week-day on which the workpeople were on strike or locked out, or (J) If there was no deB- nite end to the dispute, the date .by which it may be regarded as practically closed. 9. Terms of Settlement of strike or lock-out. [Enclose copy of any printed or wntten agreement that may have - been made,) JO. Describe the steps taken which resulted in the settle- ment, giving the names of any organisations or persons assisting to bring this about. 11. If the result involved a Change in the Rates of Wages or Hours of Labour, give the following particulars for all workpeople whose wages or hours were changed, whether otrikers or not. Occupations affected by Changes in Wages or Hours. Number of Workpeople whose Wages or Hours were changed.* Trade Unionists. Males. Females. Non-Unionists. Males. Females. Date from which change takes effect, Rates of Wages! for a full week, exclusive of over- time. Sefore After Change. Change. Hours of Labour in a full week, exclusive of meal times and overtime. Before Change. After Change. if tlJy":e?e?oUnlSrtKi.=^l,tr''P'*''«^« '*''"'* "^ '''' '"'''°«« " ™Ses or hour., even decl^e'ta ^n^P°ii?i?\r^''^?''^' P'«««e. state i'i these columns the percentage increase or ~UuiSgrof^™ordinaryl'o™ker '''"^'' "' "^° ''^''' "' '"^ '"^^'' ™ "''' "^-S" Signatwre^ Addreiis_ J>ate (B47— Gp. 19) 226 APPENDIX IV. (c) Form of Enquiry sent with a Circular Letter to Secretaries of Voluntary Permanent CONCILIATION AND AEBITEA- TION BOAEDS AND STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES. Information for the use of the Department of Lahoitr Statistics, Board of Trade, Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London, S.W. PROCEEDINGS OF VOLUNTARY BOARDS OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION IN 1913. Name of Board, Note.— If any alterations in the Eules of the Board or Committee have been made in 1913, please furnish a copy of amended Eules. Statistical Summary of Work of Board in 1913. I. — Number or Cases Considered. Number of old Cases under coDsideration of the Board, Arbitrators, Independent Chairman, or Umpire, at beg'inning of 1913 Number of new Cases brought before the Board during 1913 *Total Number of Cases considered in 1913 Number of Cases. 11. — Cases Disposkd of. 'Withdrawn or Ruled out of Number of Cases in J order 1913: — "S Referred to a higher Board ... Settled independently „ , , ^ r(l) Board or Committees Number of Cases I ^ ^.bitrators settled duruig<^ ^^gj Independent Chairman ... 1913 by- Lj4)Umi^re Total Number of Cases disposed of in 1913 III. — Cases Unsettled. Number of Cases remaining under consideration at end of 1913 Account of Important Cases. Please give below particulars of the points involved in the more important Cases, not involving Strikes or Lock-outs, in 1913. Account of important cases in 1913. Settlement arrived at. Gases Involving Strikes or Lock-outs. If any of the Cases considered involved Strikes or Lock-outs, please give for each of such disputes the approximate dates of commencement and termination, the names and addresses (not for publication) of the firms affected and any other information in your possession. Officials of Board. Employers' Secretary. | Workmen's Secretary (if any). Name Addrest T This Total should equal the sum of the^Totals under II. and III. 221 APPENDIX V. CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL BRITISH, COLONIAL AND FOREIGN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS, AND CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.' [Note. — Reports\puUuhed before 1900 are not inclvded in this list. Certain statistical information vrith regard to the sulyects of this Appendix in the Foreign Countries included in the list is contained in the Fourth Abstract of Foreign Labour Statistics, 1911 [Cd. 5415]. Important disputes in Foreign Countries are also dealt with in more or less detail in the annual series of Diplomatic and Consular Reports issued by the Foreign Office, the series of which., relating to the year 1913, is comprised in the official number Cd. 7048. Where a series of Colonial or American Reports has been issued the latest only is mentioned in this Appendix^ UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Commission on Trade Disputes and Trade Combinations, 1903-1905 Report [Cd. 2825]. Evidence, Index and Appendices [Cd. 2826]. Report to Home Office on the Wages Boards and Industrial Conciliation aw} Arbitration Acts of Australia and New Zealand. By Ernest Aves, 1908 [Cd. 4167]. Railway Conciliation Boards. — Report to the Board of Trade upon tip Establishment and Working of Railway Conciliation Boards, 1909 [Cd. 4534]. . Railway Conciliation Scheme. — Statement of Settlements regarding Questions of Rates of "Wages and Hours of Labour under the Agreement of 6th November, 1907. 1910 [Cd. 5332]. Report of Royal Commission on the Railway Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme of 1907. 1911. Report [Cd. 5922]. Evidence, Appendices and Index [Cd. 6014]. Railway Strike, August 1911. — Correspondence between the Home Office and Local Authorities relating to the Employment of the Military. [H.C. 323/1911]. Railway Conciliation Scheme. — Statement of Settlements regarding Questions as to Bates of Wages, Hours of Labour and Conditions of Service of Railway Employees that have been effected under the revised Conciliation Scheme recommended by the Royal Commission on the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme of 1907, as amended by the Railway Conference Agreement Of 11th December, .1911. 1913 [Cd. 7037]. Second. Report on Rules of Voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Joint Committees, 1910 [Cd. 5346]. Report on Collective Agreements between Employers and Workpeople in the United Kingdom. 1910 [Cd. 5366]. ' ' Colliery Strike Disturbances in South Wales. — Correspondence and Report to Home Office. 1910 [Cd. 5568]. Strikes and Lock-outs. — Memoranda prepared from information in the possession of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade relating to the Text and operation of certain Laws in the British Dominions and Foreign Countries affecting Strikes and Lock-outs with Special reference to Public Utility- Services, 1912 [Cd. 6081]. (B47— Gp. 19) H 2 228 APPENDIX V. Disputes. — Transport Workers, Port of London and Med/way, May 1912. — Report with Minutes of Evidence of the Enquiry, 1912 [Cd. 6229]. Report to the Board of Trade on the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada, 1907.— By Sir George Askwith, K.C.B., K.C., Chief Industrial Com- missioner, 1912 [Cd. 6603]. Proceecjiings under the Conciliation Trade Disputes Act, 1896. Eleventh Report, M3. [flic. 89/1914]. Report on Enquiry into Industrial Agreements. — The Industrial Council, 1913. Report [Cd. 6952]. Evidence [Cd. 6953.] Dublin Disturbances Commission, 1914. Report [Cd. 7269]. Evidence [Cd. 7272]. Twenty-sixth Annual Report on Strikes and Lock-outs and Conciliation and ArUiraitdn Boafds in the UMed Kingdom in 1913. 1914 [Cd. 7658]. BRITISH DOMINIONS. Canada. — The Canadian Labour Gazette,th.e monthly journal of the Canadian Department of Labour, records strikes and lock-outs occurring in the Dominion in each month, and proceedings under the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. . Report of the Departm,emt of Labour for the year ending Z\st March, 1913. Contains summary of the strikes and lock-outs in Canada in 1912, with cbmparative statistics, 1901-1912. . Sixth Report of the Registrar of Boards of Conciliation and Investigation of the Proceedings under the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1'907, for the year ending 31s< March, 1913. Appendix to the Annual Report of the Dfepartiieiffit of Labour for the same period. . Quebtc. — Report of Royal Commission to inquire into Industrtcd Disputes in the Cotlcfti Factories in the Province of Quebec, 1909. [Canadian Department of Labour.] ^. Britiih Columbia. — RepoH of Royal Commission on Industrial 'Disputes in the Province of British CalumUa, July 1903. Minutes of Evidence 1904. [Canadian Department of Labour.] ■ Ontario. — Fourteenth Report of the Bureau of Labour of the Province 'i>f Ontario, 1&13. Contains particulars of disputes occurring in the Provifite diuring the year. . . Sashatchefwan. — Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Labour oj ihe Province of Saskatchewan, 1913. Contains table showing date, employees "and firms involved, and causes and results of labour disputes in the Province dyring the year. Australia. — Commonwealth. — The Labour and Industrial Branch of the Cpmmo'^wealth Bureau of Census and Statistics commenced the collection of tiSfbrmation as to strikes and lock-outs iii the six States of the Commonwealth as from 1st January, 1913. The results showing numbet of disputes, number of establishments alid Workpeople involved, causes and results, number of working days lost, and estimated loss in wages in each Staite ai^e published in the ■quarterly Labour Bulletin [latest issue, No. 5, January-March 1914]. . . Commonwealth "[Arbitration Reports, Vol. VI, 1912. — A Report of Cases Decided and Awards made in the Commonwealth Court of <3&noiliatl6h and Arbitraition. '■ • ■ R^OH on Pivoeedingi taken under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitratfoh Act (1904-1911) from 15th December 19u4 to Slst 'Decembei; 1912. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration' 1914 LIST OF BRITISH, COLONIAL AND l.'OREIGN PUBLICATIONS. 229 Australia (cont.) — New South Wales. — Seventh Annual Report of the Director of Labour (State Labour Bureau) for the year ended ZOlh June, 1912. Gives brief account of the strikes and lock-outs recorded in the State of New South Wales in each month of the year. . . The New South Wgles Industrial Gazette, i%a\i6A.vaont'h\j by the Department of Labour and Industry, contains particulars of " dislocatioije in industries," number of employees involved, and the working time lost. The Biames of persons prosecuted by the Minister for Labour and Industry on account of participation in a< strike, the penalties inflicted and costs incurred are also recorded. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (Judge Backhouse) into the Working of the Compulsory Conciliation and Arbitra- tion Laws of New Zealand and certain of the Australian Colonies. July, 1901. . . Industrial Arbitration Reports and Records of Neip South Wales. Vol. XII, 1913. . rr^. Report of Royal Commission of Inquiry. {Mr. Piddington) on Industrial Arbitration in the State of New South Wales, 191.3. Eeports and Evidence. Report on the Working of the Factories and Shops, Minimum Wage, (&c.. Acts during the year 1913. Victoria. — Report of the Chief Inspector of Factorits and Shops, 1913. Contains list of the Special Boards appointed under the Factories an^ Shops Acts to fix prices and rates of wages, and a summary of their proceedings. [The Determinations of the Special Boa,rds are published in the Victorirfnting, &.C., Trades ; Ppttei:^, j&rick, Glass and Chemical trades; t'bod, brink and Tobacco Trades ; a;nd MistseillaAeous Trades.— [Cd. 6556 of 1913 ; pp. 333, fcap. ; price 2s. 8d., by post Ss.] BOARD OF TliADE PUBLICATIONS ON LABOUR QUESTIONS. TRADE BOARDS ACT, 1909. Memoranda in Reference to the Workingr. of the Trade Soards Act. — Contains account of the action taken under the Act, and copies of Regulations and of Minimum Rates of Wages fixed. [H.C. 134 of 1913 ; pp. 28, fcap., ; price 3d., by post 4d.] COST OF LIVING. Cost of Zilvlngp Enquiry, 1905. — Report of an Enquiry by the Board of Trade into Working Class Rents, Housing, and Retail Prices, together with the Rates of Wages in certain occupations in the Principal Industrial Towns of the United Kingdom and certain Foreign Countries, with Introductory Memoranda, and comparisons of the conditions in those Countries and the United Kingdom : — (1) United K,lngfdoin.— [Cd. 3864 of 1908 ; pp. 669, fcap. ; price 6s., by post 6s. 6d.] Out of print. (2) Germany. -[Cd. 4032 of 1908; pp. 614, fcap.; price 4s. lid., by post 5s. 5d.] (3) France.— [Cd. 4512 of 1909 ; pp. 484, fcap. ; price 4s. Id., by post 4s. 6d.] (4) Belgium.— [Cd. 5065 of 1910 ; pp. 259, fcap. ; price 2s. 2d., by post 2s. 6d.] (5) ITnited States of America.— [Cd. 5609 of 1911 ; pp. 625, fcap. ; price 5s. Id., by post 5s. 7d.] Cost of Xiivia^ of the Workinr Classes, 1912.— Report of an Enquiry by the Board of Trade into Working Class Rents and Retail Prices, together with the Rates of Wages in certain occupations in Industrial Towns of the United Kingdom in 1912. In continuation of a similar Enquiry in 1905. [Cd. 6955 of 1913 ; pp. 462, fcap. ; price 4s. lid., by post 5s. 4d.] DISPUTES AND CONCILIATION. Twenty-sixth Annual Bepdrt on Strikes and Xiock-outs and on Cancillation and Arbitration Boards in the United King'dom in 1913. — Statistical summaries of Industrial Disputes, showing numbers involved, working time lost, causes, results and methods of settle- ment ; details of important disputes ; comparative figures for previous years. Also details of disputes settled by Conciliation and Arbitration and of work done by Conciliation Boards during 1913. [Cd. 7658 ; pp. 286 ; price Is. 3d., by post Is. 6d.] Strikes and Ziock-outs, Memoranda prepared from information in the possession of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade relating to the text and operation of certain Laws in the British Dominions and Foreign Countries aflfecting Strikes and Lock-outs, with special reference to Public Utility Services, 1912. . [Cd. 6081 of 1912 ; pp. 172, fcap. ; price Is. 5d., by post Is. 8d.] Proceeding'^ under the Conciliation (Trades Disputes) Act, 1896 ; 11th Report (1913).— Number of cases dealt with under the Act during the year, with details of each case and information as to terms of settle- ment, awards, &c. [H.C. 89/1914 ; pp. 171, 8vo. ; price Sfd., by post lid.] Second Report on Rules of Voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration Boards and Joint Committees.— This volume analyses the principal features of the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration Boards in the United Kingdom, special attention being given to the machinery provided for the settlement of disputed, the rules themselves being printed in exlenso. Summary Tables are given showing briefly the functions, constitutions, and procedure of the Boards. Stlitistical Tables are given showing cases settled by such Boards in the period 1900-1909, and a Directory of all Boards in existence in 1910 [Cd. 6346 of 1910 ; pp. 366, 8vo. ; price Is. ed., by post Is. lOd.] BOARD OF TKADB PUBLICATIONS ON LABOUK QUESTIONS. Report to the Board of Trade on the XnduBtrlal Disputek Xnvestlgratlon Act of Canada, 1907. — By Sir George Askwith, K.C.B., K.C., Chief Industrial Commissioner. 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