THE MARTIN P. CATHERWOOD LIBRARY OF THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000691638 ^^ WAGES AND HOUES OF LABOUR. BOARD OP TRADE. (DEPARTMENT OP LABOUR STATISTICS.) REPORT ox CHANGES IN MTES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1913, WITH COMPAEATIVE STATISTICS^ ©reecntcO to botb Ibouses of ©arliamciit bB flommanO of Ibis ^aJestB. LONDON: FEINTED UNDER THE AOTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONBRT OFFICB By HARRISON and SONS, 45-47, St. Mahtin's Lane, W.O., Pkihtees in Okdinary to His Majesty. To be purchased either directly or through any Bookseller, from WTMAN and sons, Ltd., 29, Beeamb Buildings, Pbtteb, Lane, E.G., and 28, Abinqdon Street, S.W., and 64, St. Maky Stkeet, Gakdiff; or H M ST 'N.TIONBRY OFFICE (Scottish Beanoh), 23, Fokth Steeet, Edinbtjkqh ; or E. PONSONBY, Ltd., 116, Geapton Street, Dublin; or from the Agencies in the British Colonies and Dependencies, the United States of America, the Continent of Europe and Abroad of T. FISHER UNWIN, London, W-O. 1914. [Cd. 7635.] Price lid. n^ To THE SeCRETAEY OF THE BOAED OF TKADE. SlE, I HAVE the honour to present herewith a Eeport on the ascertained Changes in Eates of Wages and Hours of Labour in the United Kingdom in 1913, with some reference to the course of such changes in previous years. The year was one in which there was an active demand for labour/ especially in the first half, and wages rose in sympathy. The close connexion between the percentage unemployed and the movement of wages is very well illustrated by the records of the past six years. The figures, exclusive of agricultural labourers, seamen and railwaymen, are : — Change in weekly wages Percentage unemployed of those affected. Years. among mem- bers of Trade Unions mak- Decrease. Increase. ing returns. £ £ 1908 59,000 — 7-8 1909 69,000 — 7-7 1910 — 14,500 4-7 1911 — 34,500 3-0 1912 — 139,000 2-5* 1913 „ — 179,000 2-1 * Omitting March, which was seriously affected by the coal strike. The movement of wages has been in an upward direction since 1910, and reached its culminating point in the first half of 19l3. After the month of August, however, there began to be a falling off in those branches of the metal trades in which changes in wages are automatically regulated by fluctuations in the selling prices of pig-iron and manufactured iron and steel ; while the increases in the coal mining industry were checked. In spite of the set-back in the iron and steel trades, the net effect of all the changes of the year was to increase wages by £179,000 a week, an amount which has only been exceeded, during the last twenty years, in 1900 (£208,500) and 1907 (£201,000), both years of very good employment. From the A6I 111 time the several changes in 1913 took effect until the end of th6 year, the aggregate wages-bill was increased by over £6,000,000 : if they had all been in force for a complete year, the total increase would have been £9,000,000. Of the increase of £179,000 per week in 1913, coal mining accounted for £102,000, the building trades for £23,000, and engipeering and shipbuilding for £13,500. The increases in the building trades were much greater than those recorded for any previous year, considerably exceeding the total advance in these trades during the preceding thirteen years. In eleven of the last twenty years wages have risen, and in niue they have fallen. The average increase in years of rising wages has been about £97,000 a year, and the average decrease in years of falling wages about £48,000, with the result that, as will be seen from the following statement, wages show a net increase of over £630,000 during twenty years in the weekly wages of all classes of workpeople, except agricultural labourers, seamen, .ind railwayraen, covered by these statistics. Periods of Bising Wages. Years. Weekly Increase. 1896-1900 1906-1907 1910-1913 £ 437,000 259,000 367,000 Periods of Falling Wages. Years. 1894-1895* 1901-1905 1908-1909 Weekly Decrease. £ 73,000 229,000 128,000 Net Weekly Increase in 20 years, £633,000. * In these years the fall in wages was almost confined to the coal mining industry^ Some industries are subject to more or less regular sequences of rising and falling wages; while in other industries the rise in wages, though greater in some years than in others, is practically uninterrupted. Coal mining, in which there have been more years of' falling than of rising wages during the last twenty years, is the best illustration of the first group. On the other hand the printing trades, the food and tobacco trades, and employees of public authorities, have not had a year of falling wages during the twenty years covered by these statistics ; while the transpprt trades and the building trades, though showing littj^^j^,,^ ,S_og^'fg||^|jQO LIBRA the period, show few years of actual reductions. .,-„, y^„ „ of^m-u (B 51-Gp. 19) ''^'^" '""-^ aW^t. IhMil INDOSTRIAL Aii LABOR riaAIIOI Cornell University IV The . net result of the changes in all trades over the whole period of twenty years is to reduce to some extent the pre- ponderating effect which the changes in the fluctuating group of industries have in any particular year, and thus to bring into greater prominence the changes in the non-fl actuating group — the building, - textile, &c., trades. Coal mining in particular, though it accounts for 59-2 per cent, of the gross increases in all trades, accounts also for no less than 82-7 per cent, of the total decreases ; with the result that the proportion of the aggregate net advance due to this trade becomes reduced to 41'0 per cent. In some years, sucb as 1894 and 1895, a downward movement in the coal mining industry has even been sufficient to counteract a general rising movement in other mdustries ; so that these years have had to be recorded as " years of falling wages " although there was, in fact^ a rise in wages in the great majority of trades. 'The trades hitherto considered are governed largely by Collective Agreements as to wages and other working conditions. The particular methods vary in different trades, but speaking generally they all enable the representatives of the employers and workpeople to state with sufficient accuracy the number of persons affected by changes in wages or hours made under such Agreements. In the' case of agricultural workers, railwaymen and seamen, Collective Agreements do not obtain to the same extent. It has in consequence, been found to be impracticable to ascertain accurately the number of persons affected by changes in wages ; and various methods have had to be resorted to in order to obtain an estimate of the course of wages among these three great classes of workers. The details of the results arrived at will be found in the Eeport, but it may be stated here that the increase in the wages of farm servants in England and Wales in 1913 was very marked even as compared with 1912, which was also a good year. This will be evident from the following statement showing the estimated weekly increase during the last five years : — £ 1909 296 1910 1911 1912 1913 772 944 5,291 9,964 The figures with regard to Scotland are necessarily of a different character owing to the system of hiring in that country, but the information obtained all points to an increase in wages which was ■quite as considerable as in England. In Ireland the rise was still more marked. Seamen, firemen and trimmers obtained early in 191.3 a general advance of 10s. a mouth at the principal ports of the United Kingdom. This followed a similar rise in 1911 ; and altogether average rates are now higher than ten years ago by 30 per cent, on steamships and by over 40 per cent, on sailing ships. In the case of railwayraen, average weekly earnings, as distinct irorn rates of wages, are alone available. According to these figures the average earnings were 27s. ll^d. in 1913 and 27s. i^d. in 1912 — a rise of over 6d. per week. As compared with 1907 — which was also a good year — the rise in the average earnings of nearly half-a- 5nillion railway workers is over two shillings a week. Complete figures with regard to the first eight months of 1914 are not yet available, but so far as they go they indicate that in coal and iron mining and the iron and steel industries, the decline already noticed in the later months of 1913 has continued. In the principal other groups of industries, however, there have been further advances. I have, &c., F. H. McLEOD. Board of Trade, Department of Labour Statistics, Se'ptemher, 1914. (13 51— Op. 19) « 3 ■n CONTENTS. BEPOBT. PAGK. Scope and Method of Report: — Definition of a Change in Rate of Wages ... x Sources of Information xi Method of Computation i- . xiii Trades in which the lumbers of Workpeople affected by Changes are known :■ — General Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages occurring in 1913 - xiv Changes in Wages in 1913 classified by Industry x\i Summary of Changes in Rates of Wages during 1894-1913 xxir Summary of Changes in Hours of Labour ... xxiv Trades in which the Numbers of Workpeople affected by Changes are not known precisely ; — Agricultural Labourers xxv- Seamen , xxix. Railway Servants xxxi SUMMARY TABLES. 1913. Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in Trades in which the Numbers affected are known : — A. — Eates of Wages. I. — Effect of Changes on Weekly Wage.? 2 II. — Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 6 B. — Hours' of Laboud. III. — Effect of Changes in Hours ... ... ... ... 7 IV. — Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... S PAGE. CONTENTS. vil SUMMAEY TABLES— continued. TEN YEARS' COMPARISON. Changes in Bates of Wages and Hours of Labour in Trades in which the Numbers affected are known : — A. — Eates of Wages. V. — Effeot of Changes on Weekly Wages 10 VI. — Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 22 B. — HouKs OF Labour. VII. — Analysis by Trades 25 VIII. — ^Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 28 Changes in Wages in Trades in which NurrAers affected are not known precisely : — IXa. — Changes in Eates of Wages of Agricultural Labourers .... ... ... ... ... 30 IXb. — Changes in Earnings of Eailway Servants 30 IXo. — Changes in Monthly Eates of Wages of Seamen, Firemen and Trimmers 31 TWENTY YEARS' COMPARISON, SO FAR AS STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE. Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in Trades in which the Numhers affected are known : — X. — Net Effect of Changes in Eates of Wages on the aggregate Weekly Wages of those affected ... 32 XL— Net Effect of Changes in Hours 36 Changes in Wages in Trades in which the Numbers of Work- • people affected are not known precisely : — XIIa. — Changes in Eates of Wages of Agricultural Labourers 37 XIIb. — Changes in Monthly Kates of Wages of Seamen, Firemen and Trimmers 87 Xllc. — Changes in Earnings of Eailway Servants ... ... 38 (B 61— »p. 19) « 4 Vlll CONTENTS. DETAILED TABLES. Changes in Rates of Wages taking effect in 1913. PAGE. Building Trades 40 Mining and Quarrying— Coal mining ... 62 Iron mining 64 Other mining ... 65 Quarrying 65 Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding- Pig iron manufacture 66 Iron and steel manufacture ... 68 Engineering and shipbuilding 72 Nail, chain, &c., manufacture 81 Other metal trades 81 Textile Trades — Cotton manufacture ... 82 Woollen and worsted manufacture . . . 83 Linen and jute manufacture ... 84 Other textile trades 85 Printing, dyeing, &c. ... 85 Clothing Trades — Boot and shoe manufacture ... 8T Clog manufacture 87 Tailoring trade 88 Other clothing trades... 89 Tra,n sport Trades — Carters 90 Tramway, &c., service 92 Dock and waterside labour ... 92 Miscellaneous Trades — Printing, bookbinding and paper trades 94 Furnishing trades ... 99 Coach building 101 Other woodworking trades ... 102 Glass trades 103 • Brick, pottery, chemical, &c., trades 104 Bakers 105 Other food, &c., trades lor Workpeople in gas works 107 Other trades - 108. Employees of Public Authorities — Employees of Government Departments 109 Employees of Local Authorities lie Police 139 Agricultural Labourers (England and Wales) 142 Seamen 150 CONTENTS. DETAILED TABLES— continued. IX Changes in Hours of Labour taking effect in 1913. PAGE Building trades 153 Mining and quarrying 158 Pig iron and iron and steel trades ... 158 Engineering and shipbuilding trades 158 Other metal trades 158 Textile trades ... 159 Clothing trades 159 Transport trades 159 Printing, bookbinding and paper trades 160 Furnishing trades 161 Other woodworking trades 162 Food and tobacco trades . . . ■ 163 Other trades ... 164 Employees of Government Departments ... .„ 164 Employees of Local Authorities 164 Police ... 166 APPENDICES. I. — Piece Price Lists, Sliding Scales, Working Agree- ments and Arbitration Awards which came into operation or were amended in 1913 II. — Specimen forms of enquiry ... III.— Classified list of the Principal British, Colonial, and Foreign Official Statistics relating to Wages and Hours of Labour 167 176 185 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR IN 1913, WITH COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, EEPO'ET. SCOPE AND METHOD OF THE EEPOET. The present volume is the twenty-first of a series of Annual Eeports dealing with changes in rates of wages and hours of labour of workpeople for an ordiaary week's work, so far as such changes have come to the knowledge of the Department. Definition of a Change in Rate of Wages. For the purpose of these Eeports a change in the rate of wages may be defined as a change in the rate of remuneration of a certain class of workpeople, apart from any change iu the nature of the work performed. The following classes of changes, which, from the point of view either of the individual workman or of the trade generally, are liable to be confused with changes in rates of wages, are expressly excluded by the above definition : — (1.) Changes in the average earnings in a trade which are due, not to an alteration in the rates of pay for particular classes of work, but to alterations in the proportions which the higher and the lower paid classes of workpeople bear to each other. Such changes are of very great importance in estimating the general progress of the wage-earning classes, but they are of a totally different kind from the changes recorded in the present volume. A complete record of such changes could only be obtained by a periodical census of wages ; and they would not, in the majority of cases, come to the notice of the Department through any of the sources of information described below. (2.) Changes in the rates of pay of individuals due to promotions -or progressive " increments " of wages. In some classes of undertakings (for example, public utility services) the rates, of pay of various classes of employees are frequently- regulated by scales. The rates of pay of individuals, therefore, may be continually altering. Such internal changes, however, are not to be regarded as real changes in rates of wages, so long as the limits of the scales for each class of workpeople remain unaltered for work of the same kind. SCOPE AND METHOD OF THE REPORT. xi ^3.) Purely " seasonal " changes in weekly wages, which regularly occur at certain periods of the year in some trades. These changes are, as a rule, due to differences in the weekly hours of labour in Summer and in Winter, the hourly rate remaining unaltered. In the building trades such fluctua- tions are especially prevalent, but are not regarded in the trades themselves as real changes in wages. The only changes in wages recorded in this Keport for the building trades are those which involve an alteration in the recognised terms of employment. (4.) Changes in the terms of employmeilt which merely provide compensation for extra work. Illustrations of these changes are alterations in piece rates in consideration of extra assistance or improved machinery. Frequently these re- adjustments of piece rates are of minor importance, involving possibly only a few out of many hundred rates for different operations in the same industry. Further, it should be stated that the Eeport does not deal with changes in average earnings arising out of variations in the extent of employment obtainable. Changes in rates of wages may frequently correspond to changes in earnings, and in the long run approximate thereto. Eates of wages, however, are not necessarily the same thing as earnings, as they tend in bad times to be somewhat above earnings, while in good years they may fall somewhat below them. Sources of Information. The principal sources of information are (i) statements in the monthly returns received from employers and employers' associations and from trade unions; (ii) notifications received from the local correspondents of the Department in the principal industrial towns of the United Kingdom ; and (iii) reports in the press, which are often of great use, and are always carefully noted. In the case of changes in wages or hours occurring after a strike or lock-out, information is also contained in the returns made to the Department relating to such disputes. Other sources of information are the periodical printed reports of trade unions, and the annual returns received from con- ciliation boards and joint committees of employers and workpeople. Having heard of a change through one of the above sources, the practice of the Department is to send enquiry forms (specimens of which are printed on pages 176 and 177) to the employers and to the workpeople, or their representatives, affected by the reported change, askiiig for full particulars; and, at the end of each month, a summary of the information obtained is printed in tabular form, and i^roofs circulated to the local correspondents of the Department, to employers' associations, and to trade unions, with a request for corrections or additions. By far the most important changes are those brought about by collective bargaining between organised bodies of employers and of workpeople ; indeed it may be said that but for the existence of such organisations it would be impossible to produce statistics which could claim anything approaching the degree of completeness at present attainable. Changes affecting workpeople in single firms are, as a rule, those which escape notice : the changes made by conciliation Xll EEPORT. boards or under collective agreements, on the other hand, frequently affect thousands of workpeople simultaneously ; and the Department- has to acknowledge the readiness shown by the secretaries of the bodies arranging such changes to afford full and prompt information; as to their effect. It should be noted that, even when some employers stand outside^ the employers' associations which are parties to collective agreements, there is a strong tendency for these employers, in practice, to pay their workpeople in accordance with such agreements ; so that th& collective changes actually extend their influence beyond their immediate sphere, wide as that is. The following Table shows the average number of workpeople affected by each recorded change, whether collective or not, during: the year 1913, distinguishing the four principal groups of trades : — Groups of Trades. Number of Changes. Average number of Workpeople affected. Building Trades Mining and Quarrying Metal, Engineering and Shipbuilding Textile Trades Other Trades 756 131 666 287 1,196 287 17,872 776 553 190 The maximum number affected by a single change in the building trades was 24,000 ; in the metal, engineering and shipbuilding trades .36,000 ; in the textile trades 40,000 ; and in the mining and quarrying industries, 415,000. The mining and quarrying industries showed the largest average number affected, which was rather higher than in 1912. Nearly a. quarter of all the changes in the ye^r occurred in the building trades, but most of them affected small bodies of workpeople only ; less- than a hundred workpeople in about one-third of the cases. The average number affected in the textile trades was comparatively small, there being no great general change such as thfft affecting nearly a quarter of a million workpeople in the cotton industry in 1912. Special methods of enquiry are necessary in dealing with the wage- changes of certain classes of workpeople, ms., Government employees, police officers, seamen, railway servants, and agricultural labourers^ Information as to Government employees and police is obtained annually by direct application to the several authorities, and that relating to seamen monthly from the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine. The particulars regarding railway servants are obtained annually by direct application to the several railway companies;, but in this case it has been found impossible to ascertain the exact numbers affected by each change, and the only figure that can be given is the average earnings of all employed persons (other than clerical staff and salaried oflScers, and persons casually employed for less than three days) in one week of each year. In the case of agricultural labourers, annual returns are obtained showing the change, if any, in the predominant cash rates of wages in each of the areas covered by the Kural District Councils in England. Wales and Ireland, and at the principal hiring fairs in Scotland. SCOPE AND MBTHOD OF THE REPORT. XUl The manner in which these special classes of changes are treated is explained in full detail in the sections of the Eeport relating to the several trades, and specimens of the enquiry forms used will' be found on pages 178-184. Method of Computation. For the purpose of calculating the effect of a change in the weekly rate of wages as between one date and another, it is assumed that the number of persons employed at the two dates remains constant, and that they are employed for the usual number of hours per day, and for the number of days per week, which are generally recognised as constituting a full ordinary week's work in the particular industry and district. As regards time-workers the calculation is simple, as will be seen from the following illustrations : — Shipyard labourers on the North- east Coast, numbering 13,150, received an increase of Is. per week; and the total amount of the increase was, therefore, 13,150s., or £657 10s. per week. In the building trade, 20,000 carpenters and joiners in London received an increase of ^d. per hour. The average number of hours per week (taking winter and summer together) for this class of operatives being calculated from the Agreement at 48'04, the increase in weekly wages was taken at 2*00s., and the aggregate amount was 20,000 x 2s., or £2,000. In the case of piece-workers it is usually possible for the employers or workpeople to state the effect on earnings as an increase or decrease of so much per cent. The further calculation - of the amount of the change per week is made by giving to this percentage an equivalent in money on the basis of the actual earnings in a full week shown in the Board of Trade Keports on the Enquiry into Earnings and Hours of Labour, or otherwise known to the department. An illustration of the method of calculating the effect of piece-rate changes may be quoted. In Yorkshire (except Huddersfield) a uniform list for cotton spinners and twiners was adopted, resulting in an average increase of 5 per cent, for 2,270 operatives. On information contained in the Eeport on Earnings in the Textile Trades in 1906 it was estimated that the average earnings of these operatives (men, women, and girls together), were 18s. 6d. per week ; and, as there was no general intervening change, 5 per cent, of this amount, or lid. per head, was taken ; the aggregate increase being 2,081s., or £104 Is., per week. It may be added that where it is found impossible to make these calculations from data available in the Department, application is made to the employers and workpeople, asking them to supply, if possible, an estimate of the change in actual earnings. In the case of some trades, however, in which wages are based on elaborate piece-price lists, it is sometimes found impossible to make even a conjectural estimate of the effect on earnings of a modification of the Ust. Thus, a change in the price for making a particular article, or performing a certain operation in the process of manu- facture, may affect a large number of workpeople, but only when they are engaged on that work. «V KBPORT. For example, an, ameudment was made in 1913 to the Ust^|or Levers Lace Manufacture at Nottingham, to meet the introduction of new classes of goods. Such an amendment could only affect the wages of workpeople engaged on the particular goods in question, and only for so long as they were so engaged, and its effects on wages could not be satisfactorily estimated. New Price Lists were agreed upon for hard cotton waste weavers in Lancashire, for cop packers in the Oldham district, and for corn porters at Leith, in which some of the old prices were raised and others lowered, and the effects on wages could not be calculated. These and other similar changes were obviously of such a nature as to render their inclusion in the statistics impossible. The statistics obtained and treated as described above fall into two classes, namely those relating to changes in trades in which the number of workpeople affected is known, and those relating to trades in which the amount of the change is known, but not the numbers affected. In the following section the first of these classes only is dealt with, the other group, i.e. agricultural labourers, seamen and irailway servants, being separately treated on pages xxv-xxxii. TRADES IN WHICH THE NUMBERS OF WORKPEOPLE AFFECTED BY CHANGES ARE KNOWN. I. — ^General Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages occurring in 1913.* During the greater part of 1913, the upward movement in wages which began in 1910 and continued throughout 1911 and 1912 pro- ceeded at an acceleratbd rate ; and, although there was a falling off in the last few months, the total net increase in wages for the year has only been exceeded twice, viz., in 1900 and in 1 907, since these statistics were first collected in 1893. The number of workpeople affected by the changes was slightly in excess of that for 1912, the highest previously recorded ; and the number of separate changes reported was much larger than in any. previous year. Apart from these high aggregates, the outstanding feature of the year was the increase in wages in the building trades, which was by far the largest recorded during the period for which statistics are available. AH the changes reported up to the end of August were increases ; but after that date wages in those branches of the metal trades in which changes are regulated by fluctuations in the selling prices of pig iron and manufactured iron and steel began to fall in certain districts. The mimber of workpeople reported to the Department as affected by changes in rates of wages during 1913 was 1,906,878.* Of these, 1,868,086 received net increases amounting to £180,462 per week, and 35,727 sustained net decreases of £1,751 per week ; whilst the remaining 3,065 had upward and downward changes which left their wages at the same level at the end as at the beginning of the year. The net result of all the changes was thus an advance of £178,711 per week, compared with one of £139,404 per week in 1912. The net aggregate advances in 1900 and in 1907 amounted to £208,588 and £200,912, respectively. * Excluding changes affecting Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Eailway Servants,, for -which see pages xxv-xxxii. GENERAL EFFECT OF CHANGES OCCURRING IN 1913. XV The statement that the changes occurring in 1913 resulted in an increase of £178,711 per week means that the total wages bill of the country, in the industries covered by the returns, for a full ordinary week's work at the end of 1913 would exceed that for the corres- ponding week at the end of 1912 by the amount stated. The average weekly wages paid during the whole of 1913 did not, however, exceed those paid during 1912 by this sum, as the actual changes took place at various-dates during these years, and due allowance would have to be made on this account in comparing the average wages paid in 1913 and 1912. To arrive at the changes in the total wages-bill in the two years it would also be necessary to ascertain, for each of the trades affected, the variation in the number employed, and the exact amount of time lost owing to slackness of trade, labour disputes, and other causes. The data for such an exact calculation are not avail- able; but an attempt has nevertheless been made to estimate approximately the total amount of additional wages paid in 1913 as compared with 1912, that is, the amount by which the aggregate wage-bill in 1913 of the industries covered exceeded what it would have been if wages had remained at the same level as at the end of 1912. In this calculation, each change is given its full effect from the time when it occurred until the end of the year, or until it was cancelled by another change, but no allowance is made either for time lost or for overtime. The total additional amount of wages paid in 1913, calculated on this basis, amounted to over six million pounds (£6,339,473). If the changes had been in operation the whole year this amount would have been over nine million pounds. It is estimated that the proportion of the industrial population* afifected by these recorded changes in 1913 was 19-1 per cent. This- is the highest proportion in the last ten years, during which the percentage has ranged from 5'6 in 1910 to 18'0 in 1912. The proportion of workpeople affected to the total number occupied in any particular industry in 1913 was, as usual, highest in the case of coal mining, in which it reached 91"3 per cent. The methods by which changes in rates of wages are arranged fall into three groups : some take effect under sliding scales ; others are settled by conciliation, arbitration, or mediation; others again by direct negotiation between employers and workpeople, or their representatives. Out of the total of 1,906,878 workpeople affected by changes in 1913, 63,986, or 3*4 per cent., had their wages changed under sliding scales ; 1,070,577, or 56'1 per cent., had changes arranged by conciliation, arbitration, or mediation ; and the remaining, 772,315, or 40'5 per cent., had changes arranged by direct negotiation. The changes under sliding scales were almost all confined to the wages of workpeople engaged in the manufacture of pig iron and iron and steel; whilst of the 1,070,577 who came under conciliation, arbitration, &c., 903,600 were engaged in the coal mining industry, in which wages are largely controlled by conciliation boards. Full particulars of the numbers whose wages were changed by each of these methods will be found in the Tables on pp. 6 and 22-4. The proportion affected by sliding scales (3-4 per cent.) was slightly less than the average. The proportion affected by conciliation, arbitra- tion, &c. (53"1 per cent.) was also slightly less than the average for the * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen and Eailway Servants. XVI KEPOET ten years 1904-1913 (57-8) ; and the proportion affected by direct negotiation (405 per cent.) was slightly more than the average (37'3). As regards the changes preceded by disputes causing stoppage of work, the proportion of workpeople affected by such changes was 8-9 per cent. This percentage was higher than in "any previous year with the exception of 1909 and 1911, when there were disputes affecting large bodies of workers in the textile and transport trades respectively. Apart from these years, the averages have ranged from l-Q to 4-9 since 1904. Full particulars will be found in the Table on pp. 6 and 22-4. It should be noted that no accoujit is here taken of strikes or lock- outs that failed to produce a change in wages, or of threatened strikes or lock-outs that may have influenced changes, or of strikes whose effect on wages cannot be computed from the information in the possession of the Department. II. — Changes in Wages in 1913 classified by Industry. As ill 1912, the coal mining industry was the preponderant factor, accounting for 55 per cent, of the aggregate net increase in 1912, and for 57 per cent, in 1913. The building trades accounted for 13 per ■cent, of the total, compared with 6 per cent, in the previous year. ""The increase in the engineering and shipbuilding trades was 8 per <3ent. of the total, the same percentage as in 1912 ; while the increase in the textile trades was 5 per cent, of the total, compared with 11 per cent, in 1912. The comparative insignificance of the net increases in the iron mining, pig iron, and iron and steel industries was due to the decline in these industries, which had begun to cause reductions in wages towards the end of the year : at the end of June, 1913, the net increase in these three industries together was more than 6 per cent, of the total for all industries at that date. The Table below analyses the effect of the recorded weekly changes in 1912 and 1913, classified by groups of trades : — Number of "Workpeople aifected and Net Amount of Increase in Eates of Wages Groups of Trades. per week in 1912. 1913. No. £ No. £ Building Trades 95,653 8,360 189,871 23,165 Coal Mining 927,293 76,905 978,724 . 102,175 Other Mining (Iron, &c.) 20,737 2,511 21,717 2,004 Quarrying 3,616 323 15,717 1,184 Pig Iron Manufacture 18,022 2,556 18,001 81 Iron and Steel Manufacture 54,791 7,553 56,621 1,854 Engineering and Shipbuilding ... 190,704 11,289 224,832 13,521 Other Metal Trades 18,030 2,490 38,197 3,755 Textile Trades • 341,505 15,255 143,351 9,640 Clothing Trades 3,802 345 19,810 2,709 Transport Trades* 24,850 2,816 49,236 5,329 Printing, &c., Trades 5,546 403 12,782 1,009 Glass, Brick, &c., Trades 13,324 1,098 25,007 2,012 ©therTradest 23,596 2,132 40,927 4,439 Employees of Public Authorities 76,771 6,368 72,085 5,834 Total 1,818,240 139,404 1,906,878 178,711 * Exclusive of Seamen and Railway Servants, t Exclusive of Agripultural Labourers. CHANGES OCCURRING IN 1913 CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY. xvii Building Trades. — The upward tendency in wages iu the building trades which, after a long period of stagnation, began to show itself in 1912, was even more marked in 1913. No less than 756 separate changes were reported, affecting 189,871 workpeople, the total increase in weekly waives being £23,165. The amount of the increase varied, but the most usual amount was \d. per hour ; in a number of cases, however, the same body of men received two increases of this amount at different dates in the yea)'. The increase was noticeable for its generality no less than for its magnitude : it affected operatives in comparatively unimportant places, such as Horncastle (Lines.), Mevagissey (Cornwall), Aberfeldy (Scotland), and Fermoy (Ir^and), as well as those in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, and other great industrial centres. Moreover, the increases were not confined to any single occupation : in many cases they affected some or all of the occupational groups in a locality, either at the same or at different dates. Coal Mining. — The total number of workpeople affected by changes iu this industry was 978,724, all of whom received net increases, amounting in the aggregate to £102,175 per week. All the principal coalfields shared in this increase, but the amounts showed considerable variation, as will be seen from the following Table. District. ! Percentage ; Increase on i Standard I Wages in 1913. Percentage of Wages above Standard at end of 1913. iforthuraberland Durham Cumberland Federated Districts* South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire (parts of). Forest of Dean Bristol Somersetshire (Kadstock District) South Wales and Monmouthshire Scotland m 60 66 65 65 40+ 55 & 60t 55 60 87i It should be explained that the general percentage changes are calculated by percentage additions to, or deductions from, the standard rates of wages prevailing in each of the districts at a particular date, which varies in each coalfield : it is 1888 in the JFederated Districts and in Scotland ; November, 1879, in Northum- berland and Durham; and December, 1879, in South Wales and Monmouthshire. In most of the districts all the ehE[nges in the year were increases, but in Scotland there was a decrease of G^ per cent, in October, * Comprising Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire (parts of) and North- Wales. + At certain collieries the percentage above standai'd was 5 per cent more. J The lower percentage was on the Gloucestershire side of the district, the higher on the Somersetshire side. XVm KEPOET. counterbalanced by an increase of the same amount in Deoeniber ; while in the Bristol and Somersetshire districts there was the usual seasonal reduction of 2^ per cent, in April, which was restored in October. All the increases, however, with the exception of those just mentioned for Scotland, and for Bristol and Somerset, took effect during the first nine months of the year. Towards the end of the year there was a fall in selling prices which checked a further rise in wages, and led to an actual reduction in certain districts in the early months of 1914. The workpeople in the Federated Districts and in South Wales and Monmouthshire reached the maximum percentage above standard allowed by their present Agree- ments in April and June, 1913, respectively, and maintained it to the end of the year. On the whole, wages were at a higher level at the end of 1913 than at the end of any of the last 20 years, except 1900. Other Mining (Iron, ^c.) and Qimrrying. — In this group of trades 37,434 workpeople received a net increase of £3,188 per week. The principal bodies affected were workers in and about iron-stone and shale mines in Scotland, whose wage- changes are largely controlled by those affecting coal miners in the same district, and limestone quarry- men and iron-stone miners in Cleveland and Durham, whose wages are affected by the selling price of pig iron. All the workpeople £^ffected in these districts had net increases, taking the year as a whole ; though in Cleveland and Durham there was a considerable fall in wages in October. Included in this group were also a large body of clay-workers in Cornwall, who received increases of varying amounts. Pig Iron Manufacture. — In all the principal centres of the pig- iron industry fluctuations in wages take place under the operation of sliding scales, based on the selling price of pig iron. Early in 1913 this price began to fall in certain districts ; with the result that, after the first three or four months, during which they were under the influence -of the selling prices of 1912, wages also declined. In consequence there was a net decrease in the year in Cumberland and North Lancashire, in South Staffordshire, and in West Scotland; and, though in the other districts there were net increases, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and South Wales and Monmouthshire were the only districts in which wages continued to rise without interruption throughout the year. In the following Table the number of workpeople affected, and the percentage changes in wages, are shown for each district, together with particulars, so far as available, of the ascertained selling prices. It may be mentioned that wages in North Lancashire (the Furness district) vary with the selling price in West Cumberland, whilst in South Staffordshire they vary with the price of manufactured iron in the Midlands, shown in the Table on p. xix. The prices used in regulating the sliding scales in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire, North Staffordshire, and South Wales and Mon- mouthshire are not published. CHANGES OOCURKING IN 1913 CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY. xix Number Prices. Wages. of Blast- Percentage furnace- ' Decrease Average increase Percentage District. men in average selling (+)or of Wages covered selling price above by sliding price for last (-)in .1913 on Standard scales. per ton quarter at end of in 1913. of 1913. Standard Wages. 1913. «. d. s. d. Cleveland and Durham... 5,500 4 9-38 55 3-79 + 4* 32 "West Cumberland 1,400 18 6-335 63 3-00 -9i 36| . North Lancashire 600 . — — -9ior9i 31^or31| Derbyshire and Notts ... 1,000 — — +H 20 North Lincolnshire 1,200 — — + 6 16 North Staffordshire 600 — ^— + 6i 35i South Staffordshire 1,000 — - 2* ■^ South Wales and Mon- . 1,250 — — + 161 30i mouthshire. ^ West Scotland 3,500 16 11-00 56 0-00 -10 m Iron and Steel Manufacture. — As in the case of blastfurnacemen, the changes in wages affecting iron and steel workers are to a large extent governed hj sliding scales, and in the following Table particulars are given of the principal changes in wages and of the selling prices, so far as published, of manufactured iron upon which changes were based : — No. of Work- people covered by scales. Prices. Wages. District and Occupation. Increase ( + ) ordecrease(— ) in average selling price per ton in 1913. Average selling price for last period of 1913. Increase (+) ordecrease(— ) in wages in 1913. Wages at end of 1913. Northumberland, Durham and Cleveland : Iron puddlers ... 1 Iron and steel millmen J Midlands, &c. : Iron puddlers ... 1 Iron millmen ... J West Scotland : Iron puddlers ... Iron millmen ... Steel millmen South Wales : Iron and steel workers and mechanics. Great Britain : Steel melters,pitmen,&c. 3,400 20,000 3,000 2,750 5,000 2,400 s. d. + 1 1-49 -10 8-08 -9 3-68 S. d. 142 10-87 150 5-53 137 5-03 1 r + Zd.per \ 'ton 1 +.2i per cent. r - 3d. per J ton. 1 -2^ per [ cent. - 2 J per cent. -l-16|per cent. , + 7|per cent. 9s. 3d. per ton. lOs. 6d.t per ton. 9s. 9d.§ per ton. 30i per cent, above standard. * The net increase was due to a rise in prices in the last quarter of 1912. t Cannot be stated. X Including bonus of 6d. per ton. § Excluding bonus of Id. per heat. XX REPORT. The most important of the scales are those operating for iron puddlers and iron and steel millmen in the North of England ; for iron puddlers and millmen in the Midlands and in the West of Scotland; for iron and steel workers and mechanics in South Wales and Monmouthshire ; for steel melters, pitmen, &c., employed by certain firms in various parts of Great Britain; and for steel millmen in the West of Scotland. As, however, the price of manu- factured iron did not fall till a much later date in the year than that of pig iron — in the North of England it was September before the reduction began — the wages of these bodies of workpeople did not decline to such an extent as those of blastfurnacemen. In two cases, indeed, viz., iron and steel workers in South Walea and steel melters, no decrease was recorded throughout the year. Engineering and Shipbuilding. — All the changes in this group of trades were increases, and resulted in an increase of £13,521 per week in the wages of 224,832 workpeople. The most important change affected 36,000 workpeople in federated shipyards in England and Scotland. Other large bodies affected were moulders and others engaged in the manufacture of light castings in England and Scot- land, shipyard labourers on the North-East coast, and workpeople in engineering shops in Manchester and District and at Coventry. As regards the occupational groups affected by the changes, it was found that 83,992 could be classed as fitters, turners, smiths, and other skilled or semi-skilled engineers ; 56,223 as labourers, &e. ;. 21,775 as shipwrights and ship-joiners; and 18,049 as angle-irou smiths, platers, rivetters, &c. Of the total number of workpeople affected, only 11,874 (or 5 per cent.) were affected by changes pre- ceded by stoppage of work ; while in the case of 54,282 (or 24 per cent.) the changes were arranged by methods of conciliation or arbitration. Other Metal Trades. — The increases in these trades were much greater than in any previous year, owing mainly to the adoption of minimum rates for tabe and other metal workers in South Stafford- shire and North Worcestershire. The total number of workpeople affected was 38,1'97, and the net amount of the increase was £3,755' per week. Textile Trades. — In this group of trades 143,351 workpeople re- ceived a net increase of £9,640 per week, all the changes with one insignificant exception being increases. The principal feature was a number of changes in the woollen and worsted and dyeing trades of the West Eiding, arranged by mutual agreement between organised bodies of employers and workpeople. In previous years, workpeople have been affected by changes at individual firms in these trades, and the total number so affected has been considerable ; but on the whole,, there has been, compared with some other trades, a rather marked absence of collective negotiation. In 1913, however. Agreements granting increased wages were arrived at for several large bodies of workpeople, including 9,000 operatives of various classes in the Huddersfield District, and 7?260 in the Heavy Woollen District. (Dewsbury, Batley, &c.) ; 2,900 dyeing trade operatives in the Leeds and Huddersfield District ; and 3,000 warp and hank dyers in York- shire and Lancashire, in addition to several instances of smaller CHANGES OCCURRING IN 1913 CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY. Xxi bodies. Mention should also be made of the increase granted to 13,24-7 woolcombers and 5,000 dyeing trade operatives in the West Eiding ; in the case of these workpeople, however, collective bargain- ing has been customary for some years past. In the other sections of the textile industry the most important changes affected operatives in the linen and jute trade in the Dimdee, Forfar and Brechin districts, and in the linen trade at Belfast. Clothing Trades. — The changes in this group of trades were all increases, and amounted to £2,709 per week in the wages of 19,810 workpeople. , Of this total, the largest proportion (13,881) were em- ployed in the tailoring trade, in which the outstanding feature was the upward movement in Scotland, where increases in the "log" rate were reported for nearly twenty centres, including Glasgow and Edinburgh. . In England the principal increases were in London and at Leeds, and Manchester. In the boot and shoe trade the most important increases affected women and girls in the closing departments at Northampton and Kettering, and clickers, lasters, finishers, and pressmen in the Kushden, Higham Ferrers and IrthUngborough ■ Districts. TranspoH Trades.* — Although the aggregate increase in these trades was not so great as in 1911, the actual number of separate changes reported in 1913 was the highest on record. Altogether 49,236 workpeople received increases amounting to £5,329 per week, the principal occupations affected being carters (28,413) and dock labourers (19,452). As regards carters there were large numbers affected at Leeds, Bradford, and Sheffield ; while in Scotland there were advances in most of the important centres, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee. The largest body of dock labourers affected was at Hull ; while considerable numbers of timber workers at SMelds and of coal workers at Glasgow also received increases. The large number of general changes for carters and dock labourers is very noticeable. Previous to 1 91 1 the number of such changes recorded was very small ; but the upward movement which began in that year has continued to be marked, though the changes have not affected quite such large bodies of men as in that year. Other Trades. — In the printing and allied trades 12,782 work- people received an increase of £1,009 per week. These totals were much above the average ; and although, on the whole, the numbers affected by single changes were not large, the changes reported were much more numerous than usual. The same was the case in the brick, pottery, glass, and chemical group and in the food and tobacco group, in which the numbers affected were 25,007 and 13,097 respectively, and the amounts of increase £2,012 and £1,349 per week. In the other trades included in the group — woodworking and furnish- ing, gas workers, and other miscellaneous trades— the increases affected 27,830 workpeople and amounted to £3,090 per week. Employees of Public Authorities. — During the year 72,085 work- people in the employment of Public Authorities had their wages increased by an aggregate amount of £5,834 per week. This is the largest aggregate increase ever recorded in this group. The out- standing change was one affecting upwards of 20,000 workpeople employed in H.M. Dockyards. Increases in pay were granted by * Other than. Seamen and Eailway Servants, for which see pp. xxix-xxxii. xxu EEPOET. sixty-seven Police Authorities, including one of 2s, 6d. per week in the maximum rate of constables in the Metropolitan Police. ' In the case of employees of Local Authorities the changes were much more numerous than usual, but generally affected only small bodies of workpeople. There were, however, large numbers affected at Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham. III. — Summary of Changes in Rates of Wages during 1894-1913. In the following Table the number of workpeople affected and the net amount of the change per week is given for the last twenty years. Changes affecting agricultural labourers, seamen, and railway servants, are not included. Figures showing the percentage unem- ployed according to the returns from Trade Unions have been added for comparison, and it will be noticed that the periods of rising wages correspond fairly closely with periods of good employment, and the periods of falling wages with periods of much unemploy- ment : — Net Increase or Decrease in Bates of Wages per week. Mean per Trade Members I oentage of Union Year. Years of Falling Wages. Years of Eisiug Wages. fnemployed. Number affected. Amount of Decrease per week. Number affected. Amount of Increase per week. Years of Bad or ' Declining employment. Years of Good or Improving employment. 1894* 1895* 670,386 436,718 £ 45,092 28,125 = £ 6-9 5-8 — 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 — . — 607,654 597,444 1,015,169 1,175,576 1,135,786 26,519 31,508 80,713 90,313 208,588 — 33 3'3 2-8 2-0 2-5 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 932,126 887,206 896,598 800,658 688,889 76,588 72,595 38,327 39,230 2,169 — — 3-3 40 4-7 6-0 5 — 1906 1907 — — 1,115,160 1,246,464 57,897 200,912 — 3-6 3-7 1908 1909 963,333 1,154,796 59,171 68,922 — — 7-8 -7-7 — •1910 1911 1912 1913 — — 548,938 916,366 1,818,240 1,906,878 14,534 34,578 139,4041 178,71l{ — 4-7 30 3-2t 2-1 Net ■weekly ad^ ranee £633,458. In these years the fall in wages was almost confined to the coal mining industry (see Table on pp. 32-35). ^ J Omitting March, which was seriously affected by the coal strike, the percentage was 2-5 Exclusive of any changes in wages resulting from the Awards under the Ooal Mines inimum Wage) Act and from the Minimum Wage Regulations under the Trade Boards Act. SaMMAKY OF CHANGES DURING 1894-1913. xxiii The advances gained during the periods of rising wages have far exceeded the decreases in years of falling wages ; and the net effect of the wage movement during the period under review has been a total advance of over £633,000 on the weekly wage-bill of the country in the occupatioiis covered. In considering what part the several groups of industries have taken in the general wage-movement, it is important to draw a distinction between these groups according, as they have shown a nearly unbroken advance, or an advance interrupted by periods of marked decline. The printing trades are a good example of the first class, showing as they do an advance in every year for which the Department has information. The food, drink, and tobacco trades are in the same position, as also employees of Public Authori- ties; while the clothing trades and the transport trades show an advance which is almost uninterrupted. Of course the advances are much greater in some years than in others ; but actual reductions in this group of trades (which covers far more workpeople in the aggregate than the other group) are comparatively rare, and are generally of small amount. On the other hand, the wage-movement in the coal mining industry is subject to strongly marked oscillations, a period of great increases being normally followed by a period of reductions which may last for as long as five years. The net result of these oscillations is a very considerable advance, as in the other trades ; but the movement follows a zig-zag instead of a nearly straight course. The numbers engaged in the coal mining industry are so large, and mauy of the wage-movements are so marked and affect the workpeople so generally, that the effect of the total yearly wage-movement in coal mining is often (as in 1912 and in 1913) greater than in all the other trades put together. This preponderance of the coal mining figure sometimes merely emphasises the general tendency of the wage-movement ; in other years, when the wage-movement in coal mining follows the opposite course to the movement in other trades, it actually obliterates the general wage tendency, and turns what is in the main a rising movement into an apparent decline. Thus, in the years 1894-5, and again in 1902, though most trades showed an actual advance, coal miners' wages fell to a greater extent ; and these years accordingly appear in the Table given above as " years of falling wages." Other mining and quarrying, the pig iron industry, and the iron and steel industry, are also subject to frequent, and in some cases considerable, fluctuations. From the following Table it will be seen that, in spite of the fact that the years of falling wages actually outnumbered the years of rising wages in the coal mining industry, the net advance secured by that industry was much greater than in any other. The building trades came next with nearly £78,000 ; of which, however, £23,000 was obtained in 1913 alone. The other principal increases were £76,000 in engineering and shipbuilding, and £68,000 in the textile trades. The increases among transport workers (not including seamen and railway servants) and among employees of Public Authorities, XXIV HEFORT. though less in actual amount, are interesting as being largely increases in the wages of unskilled workers No. of No. oE Years Total Rise Years Total PaU Net Rise Indus triei. in which duri^ years ol losing in which during Years of Falling in 20 Years, 1894-1913. Wages Rose. Wages. W^es Wages. .£ £ £ Coal Mining* 9 664,155 11 404,553 259,602 Other Mining and Quarrying 12 20,730 8 11,674 9,056 Pig Iron 12 15,198 8 8,874 6,324 Iron and Steel 13 48,255 7 28,447 19,808 Other Metal Trades' 13 15,983 7 2,794 13,189 Engineering and Shipbuilding 14 93,919 6 17,586 76,333 Glass, &c., and other Trades t 15 27,714 5 2,872 24,842 Transport Trades 15 30,993 5 963 30,030 Building Trades 16 80,536 4 2,792 77,744 Textile Trades 17 76,327 3 8,288 68,039 Clothing Trades 19 8,129 1 86 8,043 Printing, &c., Trades , 20 6,399 — — 6,399 Employees of Public Authori- 20 34,049 — — 34,049 ties. * Exclusive of any changes in wages resulting from the Awards under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act. f Including the chemical, brick, and pottery trades, woodworking and furnishing, the food, drink, and tobacco trades, and miscellaneous other trades. IV. — Summary of Changes in Hours of Labour. The changes in hours of labour reported as taking effect in 1913 affected 154,618 workpeople. Of these, 7,665 had their aggre- gate working time increased and 146,953 had it reduced, the net effect of all the changes being a reduction of 377,673 hours in the weekly working time of the workpeople affected. The majority of the workpeople whose hours were increased were employed in the building trades, the increases in this case usually arising out of re-arrange- ments in the length of summer and winter periods, and not from increases in the weekly hours in the ordinary sense. The changes recorded do not include temporary alterations in working hours owing to changes in the state of trade, or to regularly recurring seasonal alterations, as in the building trades As regards the methods by which the changes were arranged, 31,096 (or 20 per cent.) had changes arranged by arbitration, con- ciliation, or mediation; the remainder being effected by direct negotiation. In the case of 33,625 workpeople, the changes were preceded by disputes causing stoppage of work. In the following Table the number of workpeople affected in 1913 and the net amount of decrease per week are shown for each group of trades. The building trades accounted for the largest proportion (over 32 per cent, of the total number affected), the largest body affected being 12,000 bricklayers in London. The metal trades, includino- 15,000 engineers at Coventry, and employees of public authorities, including upwards of 20,000 members of the Metropolitan Police Force, showed the next largest nuinbers. The aggregate decrease was greatest in the transport trades, in which considerable reductions for carters were reported. The large decrease per _ head in the textile trades was mainly accounted for by a change in the linen trade in the Dun- fermline district, and that in the clothing trades by changes affectino- tailoring trade operatives at Manchester and Liverpool. AGRICULTURAL LABOUEEKS. XXT No. of Workpeople affected by Net amount Groups of Trades of All Cihanges. Decrease Increases. Decreases. per week. Hours. Building 5,403 44,917 50,320 52,381 Mining and Quarrying — 589 589 14,582 Metal Trades 205 25,487 25,692 41,164 Textile Trades — 3,293 3,293 23,810 Clothing Trades — 13,640 13,640 53,229 Transport Trades* — 16,457 16,457 108,678 Printing, &c., Trades 307 6,507 6,814 15,482 Woodworking and Furnishing — 6,674 6,674 18,485 Other Tradest 1,572 6,029 7,601 25,195 Employees of Public Authori- 178 23,360 23,538 25,003 ties. Total 7,665 146,953 154,618 378,009 * Exclusive of Seamen and EaUway Servants, t Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers. In addition to the recorded changes, mention should be made of the adoption under a Home Office Order, on 1st July, 1913, of an eight- hour day for colliery winding enginemen. Owing, however, to certain reservations as to longer hours being permissible in certain cases, such as at changes of shifts, &c., and also to the fact that in many instances the eight-hour day was already in operation, it has not been found possible to obtain a statistical record of its effects. The changes in hours of labour have resulted in a net decrease in the recognised normal working hours in every year since 1893. The most important reduction took place in 1909, almost entirely as the result of the adoption of the Coal Mines Kegulation Act (1908). There was also a considerable reduction in 1902, consequent on the further reduction of hours in textile factories by legislation. A sum- mary of the changes in the years 1894-1913 will be found on page 36. TRADES IN WHICH THE NUMBERS OP WORKPEOPLE AFFECTED BY CHANGES ARE NOT KNOWN PRECISELY. Agricultural Labourers. England and Wales. — There is a difference between the current rate of cash wages and the actual earnings of agricultural labourers, on account of the " extras " which form part of the payment of these men, and which are made up from (1) extra cash payments {e.g., for piecework or harvest) and (2) allowances in kind, such as a free house or potato ground. The nature and amount of these " extras " vary greatly in different districts, and even on different farms in the same istrict, and they can only be ascertained by Xxvi KEPOETi exhaustive enquiries made of individual farmers throughout the country. Such enquiries have heen undertaken by the Department for the years 1898, 1902, and 1907* It is, however, impracticable to institute such elaborate enquiries every year, nor does it appear to be necessary to do so, as, generally speaking, any variation which takes place in the earnings of agricultural labourers is chiefly due to a variation in the current rate of cash wages. The Department, therefore, endeavours to keep in touch with this rate in the different districts by means of an annual enquiry which covers practically every Eural District in England and Wales. This enquiry enables a fairly complete review of wages to be taken at the end of each year. The results of the enquiries made for 1913 are summarised below. Eeturns which were obtained, mainly from the Chairmen or Clerks of Kural District Councils, relate to 600 Eural Districts (nearly 9'A per cent, of the whole) ; and, in addition to showing the rates of cash wages paid to the different classes of labourers in 1913, also give particulars of any changes which took place during the year. As explained above, the rates given are exclusive of piecework earnings, extra payments for hay and corn harvest, overtime, &c., and of the value of ail allowances in kind. The changes notified in the Eeturns for ordinary agricultural labourers will be found set out in detail on pp. 142-149. In order to estimate the aggregate amount of the rise or fall in wages pro- duced by such changes, it has been found necessary, as in previous years, to assume for the purposes of calculation that, where the predominant rates of wages of ordinary labourers have changed in a district, the change applies to all agricultural labourers in that district. Some such assumption is unavoidable, in view of the fact that the actual numbers affected are not accurately known ; but it should be understood that the assumption probably exaggerates the facts as regards ordinary labourers and is subject to exceptions as regards other classes. In most districts, for example, certain classes of labourers, such as foremen and shepherds, would not immediately be affected by such changes. Again, in some localities, changes in the wages of ordinary labourers do not always affect the wages of men in charge of horses and cattle, and in some places where changes are made in the wages of these classes they are not necessarily of the same amount as in the case of ordinary labourers, nor do they always take place at the same time. But on the whole it is probably the case that the wages of the greater number of the higher paid farm labourers follow the course of the wages of the ordinary labourers, and the results shown for a series of years on this basis may be regarded as yielding a fairly good comparison of the movement in wages as between one year and another. In many districts in the North of England and Lincolnshire, and in Wales, a large proportion of the farm labourers are single men lodged and boarded in the farmhouses and paid at half-yearly or yearly rates of wages.f It is not possible to compute, from * See Reports Cd. 346, Cd. 2,376, and Cd. 5,460. + For full particulars relating to the systems of engagements which prevail in different districts, «ee Report on Wages and Earnings of Agricultural Labourers, which was issued by the Board of Trade in 1905 (Cd. 2376). AGEICULTUEAL LABOUEERS. XXVll the information available, the number of such men aifected by changes in wages, and the changes in wages of the labourers paid at weekly rates in these districts have accordingly been applied to these men, as to all other classes, as in previous Bfeports. The wages of these single men are, however, known to have risen, on the whole, during the year in both England and Wales. In the following Table are given for the last ten years tha results of combining the ascertained changes in thq weekly rates of wages of ordinary labourers in the Eural Districts with the estimated total number of agricultural labourers of all classes employed therein according to the Census returns, allowance being made for the estimated change in the agricultural population from year to year. Where the amount of the change in summer rates of wages has been different from that in winter rates, or where a change has aifected only the summer or only the winter rates, allowance has been made for the periods during which summer or winter rates would be paid respectively. Year Estimated Total No. of Agricultural Labourers in Districts in which the predominant rales of wages Computed amount of change (compared with each preceding year) in average weekly cash wages of the Agricultural Labourers in Districts affected. Were Baised. Were Lowered. Increase. Decrease. Net Increase (+) or Decrease 1904 .. 1905 .. 1906 .. 1907 .. 1908 .. 1909 .. 1910 .. 1911 .. 1912 .. 1913 .. No. 23,779 6,659 14,758 14,971 40,134 29,244 15,451 25,427 102,602 182,040 No. 9,569 12,438 8,744 3,439 13,780 19,772 271 4,360 1,846 641 £ 1,032 252 704 479 1,411 747 794 1,214 5,383 9,996 £ 451 442 322 103 684 451 22 270 92 32 £ + 581 - 190 +. 382 + 376 + 727 + 296 + 772 + 944 + 5,291 + 9,964 Following the marked increase which took place in agricultural wages in 1912, there was an even larger increase in 1913, the net increase (£9,964) in this year alone exceeding the sum total of the increases recorded since the beginning of 1904. The upward move- ment in wages which has taken place in the years 1912 and 1913 is considerably more marked than any which has occurred since the period 1898-1900. The total number of labourers in districts affected by the increases reported in 1913 was 182,040, while the total number of labourers living in districts in which no change was reported (for ordinary XXVUl REPORT. labourers) was 197,395. The corresponding totals in 1912 were 102,602 and 291,586 respectively. The details given on pp. 142-149 show that most counties shared in the upward movement in wages in 1913. Those counties in which it was most marked, taking into account the total number of labourers covered by the returns, were (in England) Norfolk, Suffolk, Cam- bridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Somersetshire, and (in Wales) Carmarthenshire, On p. 30 is given a Table showing the numbers of agricultural labourers in England and Wales affected by changes in rates of wages grouped according to the estimated average weekly amount of change. As in most years, the majority of changes which took place in 1913 (over 65 per cent.) consisted of amounts over 6d., but not over Is., a week. Of the increases within these limits nearly 93 per cent, were amounts of Is. exactly. Scotland. — The information obtained by the Department as to the movement in agricultural wages in Scotland relates principally to the rates of wages paid to farm servants engaged at hiring fairs. These, although gradually giving way to a system of private engage-, ments, are still largely resorted to by farmers and farm servants in many parts of the country as a means of engagement for service. They usually take place half-yearly (though in some cases only yearly), and the Department obtains returns twice a year from large employers and others respecting the rates of wages agreed upon at the principa,l hiring fairs, supplemented, in the case of districts where no fairs are held, by returns showing the rates generally prevalent in those districts. The reports show that there was a distinct upward movement in wages in 1913, which was generally ascribed to the deficiency in the supply of labour caused by emigration. The movement was especially noticeable in the Spring, when it was also aided by the backward state of farm work, which increased the demand for labour ; in the Autumn it was to some extent checked, partly owing to decreased emigration. This applies particularly to the North-Eastern Counties and Perth and Forfar, where in the Spring unmarried men obtained advances up to £3, or even more, for the half-year, but in a number of cases sustained reductions of £1 or more on the Spring rates at the Autumn fairs. In the Antumn a number of men were said to have returned from Canada. Generally, wages advanced by about £1 to £3 per year in the Northern and North-Eastern Counties, and in Perth and Fife. In Shetland, however, little change was reported. The upward move- .mentwas rather less widespread in the South, though wages generally showed an upward tendency. A number of increases of about Is. a week took place in Peebles, the Lothians, and Ayr, while in Dumfries and Kirkcudbright the wages of single men rose by from £2 to £3 in the year. Women were diflicult to obtain in most counties, particularly as milkers in the South, and their wao-es increased in several counties. It should be mentioned that the above changes refer to changes in cash rates only. Allowances in kind, such as a free house, oatmeal milk, and potatoes, form a considerable part of the total earnings of SEAMEN. XXIX farm servants in many parts of Scotland, particularly in the North. Such allowances do not, as a rule, vary in amount from year to year, though it may be added that, more particularly in the South, they ai-e gradually being superseded by a money wage. Ireland. — The remarks made as to the composition of farm labourers' earnings in England and the consequent difficulty of measuring accurately the changes which take place from year to year apply more or less generally to Ireland. The difficulty, however, is increased in Ireland inasmuch as in certain counties, especially in the West, there are comparatively few farm labourers who are continuously employed throughout the year, and it is impossible to select any one predominant class of labourer as in the case of ordinary labourers in England. The returns are received mainly from the Clerks of Rural District Councils, and, for 1913, related to 184 Eural Districts, or over 86 per cent of the whole. The upward movement in wages which has been noticeable in Ireland for some years past continued during 1913. An increasing scarcity of labour was largely responsible for this upward movement, ■while several correspondents mentioned the higher cost of living as a contributory cause. The increases reported were fairly evenly distributed among the diffiirent classes of labourers, and also among the various counties ; although, as in 1912, there were comparatively fewer changes in Leiuster than in the other Provinces. Over two- fifths of the returns reported changes in wages, which were practically all in an upward direction. The increases in the case of men paid by the week usually ranged from about Is. to 2«. per week, both for men providing their own food and for those ■ who were boarded by the farmers, representing for the latter class in a number of instances an advance of as much as 15 per cent, or more. In the case of men living in and paid by the year the increases generally varied from £1 to £2 per annum. Seamen. The rates of wages upon which the following statistics are based relate to able seamen and to firemen and trimmers shipped on foreigil-going vessels registered as British, and are based upon monthly returns furnished by Superintendents of the Mercantile Marine in the principal ports of the United Kingdom. The returns show the number of engagements of men of these ratings, and the monthly rates at which they were engaged. Individuals are thus counted as often as they entered into an agreement. An undue weight is therefore given in the averages to those running short, as compared with long, voyages, and the average monthly rates of wages given below may be slightly affected by this cause. As between year and year, however, the comparability of these average rates is probably not much affected. In the following Table the results of averaging the rates of able seamen and firemen shipped on foreign-going vessels at the XXX REPORT. principal ports are given for the years 191U and 1913, each man being counted as often as he entered into an engagement : — Class of Vessel and Bating. Number of En- gagements at selected ports. Average Monthly Bates of Wages.* Increase in 1913 Bates as compared 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. with 1912. Steamships. Able seamen Firemen and trimmers Sailing Vessels. Able seamen 67,923 106,193 755 71,797 111,246 602 s. d. 94 10 100 5 75 1 *. d. 105 11 110 8 85 4 s. d. 11 1 10 3 10 3 Steamships. — Early in 1913 a general advance of 10s. per month was granted to seamen, firemen and trimmers at the principal ports of the United Kingdom. This, together with the levelling up of rates at certain ports to the new predominant rates, accounts for the increase in average rates of lis. Id. for able seamen and of 10s. 3d. for firemen and trimmers. Details of the increases in predominant rates at the several ports for particular voyages are given on pages 150— 152, The following summary shows the amount of change in the average monthly rates at which A.B.'s and firemen and trimmers were shipped during each of the last ten years : — A.B.'s on Steamships. !Firemen and Trimmers. Year. No. of Engage- ments at selected Porte. Average Monthly Bate.* Iucrea8e( + ) or Decrease (-) as compared with the pre- Tious year. No. of Engage- ments at selected Ports. Average Monthly Rate.* Increase ( + ) or Decrease (— ) as compared ■with the pre- vious jear. 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1012 1913 67,557 66,670 68,110 68,268 65,064 63,100 65,214 66,337 67,923 71,797 *. d. 81 1 80 6 80 5 80 7 82 3 82 7 80 8 81 5 88 11 94 10 105 11 *. d. - 7 - 1 + 02 + 18 + 04 - 1 11 + 09 + 76 + 5 U + 11 1 87,672 88,891 95.843 100,153 103,480 97,759 101,159 104,584 106,193 111,246 *. d. 85 6 85 2 86 1 85 4 86 7 88 2 86 8 87 6 94 9 100 5 110 8 *. d. - 4 - 1 + 03 + 1 a + 17 - 1 6 + 10 + 73 + 68 + 10 3 Net increase in ten years. 1 J — 24 10 — — 25 2 * In addition to food. RAILWAY SERVANTS. XXXI During the ten years there have been two general increases of 10s. per month in predominant rates, one in 1911 and the other ia 1913. The former, however, did not take place till the middle of the year^ and consequently its effects are spread over the two years 1911 and 1912. Practically the whole of the increase has taken place during the last three years, in which wages have risen by nearly 30 per cent. Sailifig Vessels. — Similar general increases were granted on sailing vessels in 1911 and in 1913, and the average rates in 1913 were Mgher than in 1910 by 24s. 4d., a rise of 40 per cent. Comparative figures for A.B.'s on sailing vessels for tea years are given in the following Table : — A.B.'s on Sailing Vessels. Year. Number of Engagements at Average Monthly Rate Increase ( + ) or Decrease ( — ). selected Ports. of Wages.* ,. d. I. d. 1903 — 60 3 — 1904 3,320 60 % - 1 1905 3,060 60 2 — 1906 1,989 60 3 + 1 1907 1,915 62 + 1 9 1908 1,726 62 1 + 1 1909 1,426 61 8 - 5 1910 1,115 61 - 8 1911 944 68 11 + 7 U 1912 755 75 1 + 62 1913 602 85 4 + 10 3 Net Increase in ten\ years. j" 25 1 Railway Servants. As a rule the remuneration of railway servants is regulated by -graduated scales of pay. At the same time continual alterations take place in the nature and amount of work to be done by indi- viduals, and thus it is difficult to state the number of persons whose rates of remuneration for the same work have been changed during the year. Therefore, for the purposes of these Keports, a special mode of procedure has been adopted. AppHcation has been made by the Department to the principal railway companies for information as to the total number of workpeoplef employed in their coaching, goods, locomotive, and engineers' departments, and also the total amount of wages paid to those workpeople, in the first week of December in each year. Thus, the method of measuring clianges in the wages of railway servants differs from that adopted for other employments, inasmuch * In addition to food. + Exclusive of clerical staff and salaried officers, and also exclusive persons casually employed for less than 3 days during the week. of XXXll EKPORT. as it takes into account actual earnings rather than rates of wages, and does not show the number of workpeople affected by change! during; the year. The changes in the rates of pay of particular classes are obscured, and only appear in so far as they affect the general averages based on total numbers employed and total amounts earned. The figures indicate, in short, the total effect of all changes in the earnings of railway servants arising out of — (a) Actual changes in the scales of pay, (b) Ordinary increments under existing scales, (c) Overtime or short time, and (d) Changes in the proportion of low-paid to high-paid \vo:k- people. Twenty-seven railway companies, employing over 90 per cent, of the total number of railway servants in the United Kingdom, have supplied the information on which the following summary is based : — Number Amount paid Average Increase (4 ) or Decrease ( — ) as compared \Pltll PJWlll First week in employed in in wages in weekly December the selected the selected earnings per ■week. week. head. preceding year. £ s. d. «. d. 1904 446,197 558,416 25 Oi + 1- 1905 449,923 568,852, 25 3} + 03 1906 458,579 582,699 25 5 + 01: 1907 479,314 618,734 25 9| + 04;' 1908 459,753 574,455 25 - 9; 1909 459,968 583,104 25 4i + 04 1910 463,520 596,609 25 9 + 04;^ 1911 „. 473,168 631,321 26 8^ + 11: : 1912 482,905 660,196 27 4| + 8, 1913 490,072 684,470 27 ll| + 06 The increase of \\\d. per week in average earnings which resulted from the concessions made by many of the important railway com- panies in 1911 was followed by one of ^\d. in 1912, and by a further 6|<^. in 1913. The last-named year was not marked by so many general increases as 1911 or the early part of 1912 ; but numerous sectional increases to particular classes of employees were arranged. In a Table on p. 30 are given the averages for various parts of the United Kingdom separately. The average earnings in the selected week of 1913 were higher than in 1912 by ^\d. in England and "Wales, by ^\d. in Scotland, and by Is. 2>d. in Ireland. It may be of interest to compare the figures quoted above with those shown by an analysis of the Eeturns of Eailway Companies (Staff and Wages) which have been issued by the Board of Trade relating to the years 1911 and 1912 [H.C. 116/1913 and 293/1914]. These Eeturns, which contain particulars as to the numbers employed and the total wages paid in each case by all Companies at four dates in each year, show almost exactly the same increase in average wages per head between 1911 and 1912 as that shown in the Table above, namely, 8c?. per week as compared with %\d. SUMMARY TABLES— 1913. CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR IN TRADES IN WHICH THE NUMBERS AFFECTED ARE KNOWN. ^.— EATES OF WAGES. Page I.— Effect of Changes on Weekly Wages 2 II. — Ang,lysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 6 5.— HOURS OF LABOUli. III.— Effects of Changes in Hours 7 IV. — Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 8. (B51— &p. 19) SUGARY I. — Effect of Changes in Rates Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Eates of [In this Table individuals are counted once only, howeyer Increases. 1 Decreases. Net Changes, Trade. WoTk^ ' people affected. ,.,TotaK_. Weekly Kise in Wages. Work- people affected. Total Weekly Fall in Wages. Work- people affeeted.t Total Weekly Change. In- crease. De- crease. No. £ No. £ No. & £ Building Trades. Bricklayers 27,678 4,072 27,678 4,072 Masons ... 13,000 1,-165 13,000 ],465 Carpenters and joiners ... .51,517 5,364 51,517 5,364 Slaters 1,148 108 1,148 108 Plumbers 8,183 1,084 8,183 1,084 Plasterers ... ■ 5,712 536 5,712 536 Painters and decorators 35,518 5,675 35,518 5,675 Labourers 42,887 4,362 42,887 ■ 4,362 Others 4,228 499 S3,165 4,228 499 Total 189,871 189,8T1 23,165 Miniag and Quarrying, ^, Coalmining 978,724 102,175 978,724 102,175 Otber mining (iron, *c.) 21,421 2,057 296 53 21,717 2,001 Quarrying 15,628 1,186 24 320 2 55 15,652 65 l,18t ' Total l,015,n3 105,418 1,016,158 105,363 ■'■• Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding. Pig iron manuraoture . . . 10,760 826 7,241 745 18,001 81 Iron and steel manufac- ture. 25,572 2,789 28,049 935 53,621 3,000 1,854 * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. t The Italic figures in this column represent the number of workpeople whose wages were changed both upwards and downwards during the year, but at the end of the year stood at the same level as at the beginning. :3 TABLES, 1913. of Wages OQ Total Weekly Wages. Wages during 1913, and the Total Amount of such Changes per Week. often their wages were changed in the Year.] Increases, Decreases. Net Changes, Trade. Work- people Total Weekly ICise in Work- people Total Weekly ITnll in Work- people- Total Weekly Change. affected. Wages. aieoted. JD an III Wages. affected. lu- creaae. De- creoae. No. £ No. £ No. £ £ Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding — cont. Engineering and ship- building : — \ Ironmoulders, core- 28,120 1,530 28,120 1,530 makers, &e. Fitters, turners, 83,992 4,917 83,992 4,917 ■ ■> smiths, pattern- ' makers, machine- men, &o. Angle-iron smiths.pla- 18,049 985 18,049 985 ters, riyetters, caulk- 1 ers, and holders-up. Shipwrights, ship 21,775 1,223 21,775 ],223 joiners, &c. Ship plumbers and 3J45 240 3,145 240 painters. Labourers, cranemen, 56,223 3,435 56,223 3,435 strikers, platers' hel- ' pers, &c. Electrical wiremen. 1,878 16J 1,878 ^ 160 ..; &c. Others in engineering 11,650 1,031 11,650 1,031 and shipbuilding. Nail and chain manu- 2,469 278 2,469 278 facture. Other Metal Trades ... 3-5,696 3,482 32 5 35,728 3,477 Total »99,339 a0,896 35,3%S 1,685 337,651 i9,»n Textile Trades. Cotton 9,273 579 35 8 9,308 571 Woollen and worsted ... 23,837 2,229 23,837 2,229 Linen and jute ... 67,865 3,589 67,865 3,580 Silk 2,953 159 2,953 159 Eope and twine 2,025 93 2,025 . 96 Other 6,366 413 6,366 413 Printing, dyeing, bleach- 30,997 2,583 30,997 2,583 ing and finishing. Total 143,316 9,648 35 8 143,351 9,640 CBSl— Gd. 19') [Continued on pp. 4 mid 5.] A 2 SUMMARY TABLES. I. — Effect of Changes in Rates Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Rates of Vi^'ages [In this Table individuals are counted once only. liowever Increases. Decreases. iVet Changes. Trade. Work- people affected. Total Weekly Rise in Wages. Work- people attected. Total Weekly Pall in Wages. Work- people afEected. Total Weekly Change. In- crease. De- crease. No. £ No. £ No. £ £ Clothing Trades. Boot and shoe manufac- ture. Clog manufacture 5,292 552 353 61 5,292 552 353 61 Tailoring 13,881 2,281 13,881 2,281 Other clothing 85 14 85 14 Total 19,810 3,T09 19,810 2,T09 Transport Trades.f Dock and waterside la- 19,452 2,126 19,452 2,126 Tramway and omnibus service.J Carters 1,371 28,413 113 3,090 5,329 "' 1,371 28,413 113 3,090 Total 49,»36 49,336 5,329 Miscellaneous Trades. Printing, Ac. : — Printing and book- binding. Paper Woodworking, &c. : — Cabinet makers, up- holsterers, polish- ers, &c. Coopers 10,782 2,000 8,£05 1,353 842 167 1,117 127 ... 10,782 2,000 8,905 1,353 842 167 1,117 127 Packing case makerc . , . 1,571 IBS ... 1,571 188 Coach makers, &e. ... 2,124 24-9 2,124 249 Others 2,324 235 20 2 2,344 233 ■ J * Exclusire of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. + Exclusive of Seamen and Eailwav Servants. -CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES IN 1913. of Wages oa Total Weekly Wages— con*. during 1913, and the ToTiL Amount of such Changes per WmK—cont. often their wages were changed in the Year.] Increases. Decreases. IVet Changes. Trade. Work- people affected. Total Weekly Bise ia Wages. Work- people affected. Total Weekly Pall in Wages. Work- people affected. Total. Weekly Change. In- crease. De- crease. No. £ No. £ No. £ £ Miscellaneous Trades— cont. Grlass workers 1,405 149 1,405 149 Brick and pottery work- 9,460 832 30 1 9,490 831 ers. Chemical workers Pood, &c., trades : — 14,112 1,032 14,112 1,032 Bakers 8,284 916 8,284 916 Others 4,813 433 4,813 433 Grata workers J 1,656 94 1,656 94 Otlier trades 9,877 1,082 9,877 1,082 Total 78,666 7,463 50 3 78,716 7,460 Employees of Public Authorities. Q-overnment employees 27,133 1,987 27,133 1,987 Employees of Local Authorities. 38,198 2,603 33,198 2,603 Police 11,754 1,244 11,754 1,244 Total T8,085 5,834 7^,085 5,834 ... Grand Total 1,868,086 180,46% 35,T3T 1,751 1,906,878 178,711 ... J The figures relate to workpeople in the employment of private companies. Those employed by Local Authorities are included below. i-Bsi a-n ^a^\ A 3 SUMMARY TABLES. II.— Methods by which Changes in Rates of Wages were arranged. Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Eates of "Wages in 1913, classified according to the Method by which the Changes were Arranged. Without Stoppage of Work. After Stoppage of Work. Trade. Under Sliding Scales. Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By Other Methods {direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion, &c.) Total. By Conci- liation or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By Other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion,ic.) Total. Building Trades. Bricklayers Masons' Carpenters and j oiners Slaters Plumbers Plasterers .Painters and decorators Labourers Others 1,773 3,639 8,877 200 169 1,306 403 2,706 1,260 50 716 ■■■2,200 l','860 1,197 22,588 8,221 37,883 903 4,989 1,603 6,626 29,672 3,426 25,611 11,910 47,476 1,103 7,368 2,809 7,888 33,475 3,426 697 60 1,798 "iu ■2,710 160 1,799 18 686 "660 "146 47 20,920 1,246 60 785 1,030 1,694 45 566 146 6,650 . 6,368 734 2,067 1,090 4,042 46 825 2,903 27,630 9,412 802 Total Mining and Qnanying. Coal mining Other mining (iron, &o.) ... Quarrying 19,073 7,272 114,710 141,066 7,356 23,643 17,817 48,816 300 1,6.^4 60 903,600 74,766 19,689 13,860 978,666 21,223 13,935 "S45 69 494 937 59 494 1,782 Total Metal, Ac., Trades. Pig iron manufacture Iron and steel manufacture Engineering and shipbuild- ing. Other metal trades 2,003 ■ 903,600 ■■■•■■ 108,220 1,013,823 846 1,490 2,336 17,471 44,512 63,079 600 "iio 630 - 10,902 169,769 7,386 18,001 56,414 212,958 7,986 "109 1,093 25,000 1,098 10,781 5,211 i",207 11,874 30,211 Total 61,983 63,679 110 178,687 294,369 26,202 17,090 43,292 Textile Trades ... 124,696 124,596 648 18,208 18,766 Clothing Trades 2,629 2,273 11,376 16,277 60 3,483 3,533 Transport Trades.t Dock and waterside labour... Tramway and omnibus ser- vice. Carters 600 230 860 ... 5,716 701 8,186 7,066 701 8,416 1,400 14,194 10,986 670 5,803 12,386 670 19,997 Total 730 ■ 860 14,603 16,183 16,594 17,469 33,063 Miscellaneous Trades. Printing and allied trades ... Woodworking, &o., trades ... Glass, brick, &c., trades "Pood, &o., trades Other trades '"94 182 "590 '"90 12,185 8,239 18,844 10,065 9,048 12,186 8,333 19,616 10,06b 9,138 1,329 1,222 368 'l38 597 6,636 4,031 2,674 2,396 697 7,964 5,391 3,042 2,395 Total 276 680 58,.371 59,327 2,919 138 16,332 19,389 Employees ol Public Authori- ties. 2,010 68,638 70,648 100 1,337 ' 1,437 1 Crand Total 63,986 981,997 11,185 : 679,099 1,T36,26T 5%,T69 24,626 93,216 n 0,611 * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. t Exclusive of Seamen and Eailway Servants. CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR IN 1913. 7 III. — Changes in Hours of Labour, classified by Trades. Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Holtrs of Labour during 1913, and Total Amount of such Changes per Week. Trade. Total number of Work- people affected by Net Amount of Change per Week. In- creases. De- . creases. All Changes. Increase. Decrease. Building Trades. Bricklajers Masons Carpenters and joiners Slaters Plmubers ... Plasterers ... ... Painters and decorators Labourers Others 1,000 50 4,016 50 118 169 15,022 2,891 , 8,603 " 281 3,086 3,213 3,999 5,574 2,248 16,022 2,941 12,619 331 3,204 3,213 3,999 5,743 2,248 Hours. Hours. 11,765 2,827 15,747 827 1,669 2,758 4,717 ■ 9,237 1,831 Total 5,403 44,917 50,320 52,381 Mining and Quarrying. Coal mining ... Other mining and quarrying 289 300 289 300 6,182 8,400 Total 589 589 14,582 Metal, Engineering and Sliipl)uilding. Pig iron manufacture Iron and steel manufacture Engineering and shipbuilding ... Tinplate manufacture ... Other metal trades 205 18 1,782 21,727 1,'960 18 1,782 21,727 2,165 25,692 54 2,551 25,259 13i300 Total 205 25,487 41,164 Textile Trades 3,293 3,293 23,811 Clotliing Trades. Boot and shoe manufacture Tailoring ... 8,061 5,579 8,061 5,579 13,232 39,997 Total 13,640 13,640 53,229 Transport Trades.f Dock and waterside labour Tramway and omnibus service ... Carters ... 550 374 15,533 550 374 15,533 550 2,049 106,078 Total 16,457 16,457 108,677 Miscellaneous Trades. Printing and allied trades Farni^ing trades .. . Other woodworking trades Glass, brick, &o,, trades Baking Other trades 307 1,560 12 6,507 2,917 3,757 2,353 1,938 1,736 6,814 2,917 3,757 2,355 3,498 1,748 15,482 8,201 10,284 10,859 9,330 5,006 Total 1,879 19,210 21,089 59,162 Employees of Public A uthorities. G-orernment Employees Employees of Xocal Authorities Police 178 178 68 2,743 20,549 68 2,921 20,549 39 4,244 20,720 Total 23,360 23,538 25,003 Grand Total 7,665 146,953 154,618 378,009 * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Eailway Servants, f Exclusive of Seamen and Eailway Servants. a4 8 SUMMARY TABLES. IV. — Methods by which Changes in Hours were arranged. Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Hours of Labour in 1913, classified according to the Method by which the Changes were arranged. Wftiiont Stoppage ol Worii. After Stoppage ol Worls. Trade. By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By Other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion, &c.) Total. By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Other Methods By (direct Arbitra- arrange- " tion. ment or , negotia- tion, &c.) Total- BnlMiDg Trades. Brloklayers Masons Carpenters and j oiners Slaters Plumbers Painters and decorators Labourers others 1,040 1,685 3,940 60 25 65 370 100 300 160 1,600 14,255 1,136 6,878 281 2,652 414 t,661 4,230 2,108 16,698 2,820 10,818 331 .2,837 479 3,631 4,330 2,108 160 98 1,170 "■ 48 2,663 42 383 ■"26 47 190 145 277 23 631 "293 34 236 885 110 is? 121 1,801 "367 2,734 468 1,413 140 Total 7,276 1,960 33,614 42,849 4,644 408 2,519 7,471 Mining and Qnnnying. Coal mining other mining and quarrying 289 300 289 300 ... Total 689 689 Metal, &e.. Trades. Pig iron manufacture Iron and steel manufacture Engineering and shipbuilding ... Tinplate manufacture Other metal trades i;782 20,700 '"676 'ii782 20,700 "676 18 ']i027 18 l','627 l','490 Total 23,167 23,167 2,636 2,535 Textile Trades 2,818 2,818 475 476 Clothing Trades 6,760 ... 2,058 8,808 4,832 4,832 Transport Trades.t Dock and waterside labour Tramway and omnibus service . . . Carters 660 360 3,760 560 360 3,760 '9,663 '" 24 2,130 '"24 11,783 Total 4,650 4,650 9,663 2,164 11,807 Miscciianeons Trades ... 14,797 14,797 368 138 5,786 6,292 Employees of PuUIc Autborlties ... 23,325 23,325 t 213 213 Grand Total 14,025 1,960 105,008 120,993 14,565 546 18,514 33,625 • Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Eailway Servants, t Bxclusive of Seamen and Eailway Servants, 9 SUMMARY TABLES. Page. TEN YEARS' COMPARISON, Changes in Mates of Wages and Hours of Labour in Trades in which the Numbers affected are known : — A. — Eates of Wages. Y.— Effect of Changes on Weekly Wages ... ... 10 VI. — Analysis showing Methods of Arrangement ... 22 B, — Hours of Labour. VII. — Analysis by Trades 25 VIII. — Analysis showing Methods of A.rrangement ... 28 Changes in Wages in Trades in which Numbers affected are not known precisely : — IXa. — Changes in Eates of Wages of Agricultural Labourers ... ... ... ... ... 30 IXb. — Changes in Earnings of Eailway Servants 30 IXc. — Changes in Monthly Eates of Wages of Seamen, Firemen and Trimmers 31 TWENTY YEARS' COMPARISON SO EAR AS STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE. Changes in Bates of Wages and Eours of Labour in Trades in which the Nwmhers affected are known : — X. — Net Effect of Changes in Eates of Wages on the- aggregate Weekly Wages of those affected ... 32 XL— Net Effect of Changes in Hours 36 Changes in Wages in Trades in which the Number of Work- people affected are not known precisely : — XIlA.— Changes in Eates of Wages of Agricultural Labourers ... •■■ ■■• •■■ •■• 37 XIIb. — Changes in Monthly Eates of Wages of Seamen, Piremen and Trimmers 37 Xllc. — Changes in Earnings of Eailway, Servants . .. ^.. 38 10 SUMMARY TABLES. v.— Effect of Changes in Kates of Wages on Total Number of Workpeople affected by Changes in Eates of such Changes per Week, for IWumber Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. , Year. of Gross Ifumber of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate individuals. Increase. Decrease. BUILDING TRADES. Bricklayers. £ £ 1904 6 3,000 3,000 308 1905 5 1,642 1,642 154 1906 3 165 165 20 1907 4 1,995 1,995 49 1908 3 206 206 13 1909 8 • 3,249 3,249 zii 1910 4 1,413 1,413 144 1911 7 2,165 2,165 207 1912 25 7,255 6,597 375 ..f. 1913 100 41,273 27,678 4,072 ... Masons. 1904 11 5,364 5,364 529 1905 9 1,154 1,154 111 1900 8 254 254 6 1907 1 34 3+ •i 1908 ■ 5 1,065 1,065 23 1909 4 1,840 1,840 154 1910 3 510 510 31 1911 3 1,538 1,538 156 1912 20 6,793 6,708 592 1913 81 15,354 13,000 1,465 Carpenters and Joiners. 1904 7 1,364 1,364 16 1905 4 5,274 5,274 572 1906 5 724 724 46 1907 7 3,609 3,609 45 1908 10 7,840 7,840 60 1909 8 4,022 4,022 308 1910 9 2,051 2,051 152 1911 20 8,005 7,967 753 1912 90 45,243 43,321 3,649 1913 184 57,193 51,517 5,364 Slaters. 1904 1905 ' ' 1 25 25 a 1906 2 417 417 44 1907 1 15 15 1 1908 2 43 43 4 19(19 8 592 592 '63 1910 3 75 75 5 1911 4 . 693 693 72 1912 12 1,065 999 97 1913 24 1,158 1,148 108 * Coanting individuals as often as their vrages were changed. CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES IN 1904-1913. 11 Weekly Wages, summarised by Occupations. of Wages during the Year, and Total Net Amount each of the ten years 1904-1913. Number of Number of Workpeople. Total Net Afuount of Changes. Year. Gro33 Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate individuals. Increase. Decrease. Plumbers. £ £ 1904 5 125 125 14 1905 2 996 996 166 1906 2 158 158 "8 1907 4 534 584 12 1908 6 455 455 22 1909 3 319 319 16 1910 2 120 120 13 1911 8 1,351 1,351 113 1912 31 4,692 4,692 449 1913 83 10,593 8,183 1,084 Plasterers. 1904 2 121 121 5 1905 2 98 98 9 1906 2 420 420 ... 47 1907 1 18 18 2 1908 1 55 55 '"5 1909 2 610 610 51 1910 1 30 30 3 1911 1 100 100 5 1912 16 2,245 2,185 215 1913 49 5,901 5,712 536 Painters and Decorators. 1904 3 230 230 2 1905 5 207 207 19 1906 3 1,111 1,111 90 1907 5 8,723 3,723 i'23 1908 11 2,317 2,317 197 1909 9 808 808 32 1910 7 511 511 3S 1911 7 870 870 80 1912 53 14,646 14,609 1,448 1913 96 36,248 35,518 5,675 Builders' Labourers. 1904 3 625 625 43 1905 3 .8,342 2,342 *•• 108 1906 1 16 16 1 1907 ... ..• 1903 1 220 "220 22 1909 2 650 650 26 1910 1 260 260 1 1911 4 2,081 2,081 210 1912 35 16,471 15,643 1,450 1913 108 44,162 42,887 4,362 .. — - * Counting 'individuals as often as their wages were changed. [^Confimed on jpp. 12 and 13.]' 12 SUMMABV TABLES. v.— Effeet of Changes in Rates of Wages on Total Number of Woekpeople affected by Changes in Eates of such Changes per Week, for 1 Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Tear, Number of &r08B Number of Changes. Aggregate ' separate Increase. Decrease. Number.* indiTidualB. Other Buildmg Trades. 1904 £ £ 1905 1 9 9 + 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 2 126 126 13 1912 9 985 899 85 1913 31 5,061 4,228 499 Total— Building Trades. 1904 37 10,829 10,829 884 1905 28 11,747 11,747 1,038 1906 26 3,265 3,265 157 1907 83 9,928 9,928 233 1908 39 12,201 12,201 226 1909 44 12,090 12,090 713 1910 30 4,970 4,970 377 1911 56 16,929 16,891 1,609 191S 291 99,395 95,653 8,360 1913. 756 216,943 189,871 23,165 MINING AND QUARRYING. Goal Mining. 1904 25 934,260 658 390 31,294 1905 18 395,936 200,74S 13,471 1906 43 944,815 427,156 27,188 1907 77 3,093,439 806,339 173,613 1908 S3 1,747,650 661,750 47,085 1909 37 1,168,904 869,870 56,150 1910 32 943,686 383,586 5,488 1911 38 651,700 390,793 9,553 1912 74 1,606,098 927,293 76,905 1913 60 2,239,215 978,724 102,175 . Other Mming (Iron, &c.). 1904 10- . . 11,031 10,753 531 1905 8 ,. 21,518 7,628 380 1906.. 17 35,284 12,403 1,183 1907 18 . . 43,214 17,041 2,915 1908 22 41,802 14,310 2,936 1909 8 36,521 9,521 236 1910 18 40,575 10,512 414 1911 11 39,309 10,309 392 1912 17 47,613 20,737 2,511 1913 82 78,750 21,717 2,004 ... * Counting individuals as often as their wages were changed. t Under £1. CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGEa IN 1904-1913. 13 Weekly Wages, stanmarised by Occupations — cont. of Wages during the Year, and Total Net Amount each of the ten years 1904-1913 — cont. Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Number of Year. Gros3 Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate indiriduals. Increase. Decrease. Quarrying. £ £ 1904 15 2,801 2,701 92 1905 21 19,683 9,184 1,151 1906 22 9.166 4,297 63 1907 15 5,377 3,101 70 1908 18 6,765 2,673 •290 1909 14 8,567 3,123 147 1910 25 11,847 5,806 289 1911 10 14,684 6,914 199 1912 14 8,791 3,616 323 1913 89 23,282 15,717 1,184 Total— Mining and Quarrying. 1904 50 948,09% 671,844 31,917 1905 4T 43T,I3T 217,558 14,243 1906 8S 989,295 443,856 28,308 I90T no 3,141,030 826,481 176,598 . 1908 93 1,796,217 678,733 50,311 1909 59 1,213,992 882,514 56,239 1910 T5 996,108 399,904 6,191 1911 59 705,693 408,016 9,746 191S 105 1,662,502 951,646 79,739 1913 131 2,341,247 1,016,158 105,363 METAI ., ENGINEERING, AND SHIPB Pig Iron Manufacture. UILDING. 1904, 46 45,125 11,295 £ £ 615 1905 53 45,822 16,414 941 1906 62 54,023 17,402 1,198 1907 65 60,420 16,681 1,671 1908 63 56,191 17,399 2,274 1909 44 47,200 14,381 241 1910 52 52,218 16,285 514 1911 49 51,115 15,962 505 1912 68 64,817 18,022 2,556 1913 69 67,604 18,001 81 Iron and Steel Manufacture. 1904 62 78,970 48,802 2,827 1905 64 98,301 47,422 1,488 ... 1906 108 160,386 55.025 4,209 1907 94 141,979 52,595 4,909 ... 1!)08 107 190,220 53,174 7,382 1909 56 62,196 26,774 1,229 1910 71 • 82,496 27,581 1,350 1911 58 74,188 43,593 1,795 1912 156 210,317 54,791 7,553 1913 151 179,856 56,621 1,854 * Counting individuals as often as their wages were changed. [^Continued on pp. 14 and 15.] 14 SUMMARY TABLES. v.— Effect of Changes in Rates. of Wages on Total Number of Workpeople affected by Changes in IRates of such Changes per Week, for each Number of Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Tear. Gross Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate indiriduals. Increase. Decrease. Engineering and Shipbuilding. £ £ 1904 38 31,094 31,094 2,614 1905 37 48,131 48,119 1,735 19U6 242 158,473 152,161 8,740 ]9)7 126 48,929 48,859 2,365 ]908 125 101.,M81 103,462 4,050 3909 58 49,476 48,972 2,487 1910 37 51,314 51,314 2,646 1911 291 272,147 209,484 15,S22 1912 251 202,592 190,704 11,289 1913 389 230,537 224,832 13,521 Tinplate Manufacture. 1904 ' 1905 4 60 60 5 1906 1907 . . • 1908 1909 1910 2 37 37 3 1911 7 2,900 2,900 306 1912 1 10 10 2 1913 2 87 87 10 Nail, Chain, and Rivet Trades. 1904 5 932 932 27 1905 2 3 SO 180 1906 5 1,334 1,084 79 1907 2 950 950 44 1908 2 419 419 71 1909 2 1,250 1,250 144 1910 1 15 15 1 1911 5 1,317 1,317 181 1912 8 2,873 2,873 419 1913 10 2,469 2,469 278 Other Metal Trades. 1904 7 1,041 1,041 15 1905 5 221 221 22 1903 6 914 914 66 1907 8 2,219 2,219 135 J 908 ' 5 1,454 1,454 136 1909 4 3,007 2,107 2'4 1910 6 2,111 2,111 218 1911 32 5,971 5,697 1,013 1912 40 24,970 15,147 2,069 1913 45 36,541 35,641 3,467 * Counting individuals at often as their wages were changed. CHANGES IN HATES OF WAGES IN 1904-1913. 15 Weekly Wages, summarised by Occupations— corai. of Wages during the Year, and Total Net Amount of the ten years 1904-1913- -cont. Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Number of Yeao". Gross Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate indiTiduals. Increase. Decrease. Tol al— Metal, Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. 1904 158 ^ 157,162 93,164 6,098 1905 165 192,895 112,416 677 1906 483 375,130 226,586 14,292 1907 295 254,497 121,304 9,124 1908 303 352,668 175,908 13,913 1909 164 163,129 93,484 4,325 1910 169 188,191 97,343 4,732 1911 442 426,638 278,953 18,642 191S 524 505,579 281,547 23,888 1913 666 517,094 337,651 19,211 TEXTII.F, TRADES. Cotton Manufacture. 1901 4 3,018 1,218 47 1905 8 401,275 310,875 9,907 1906 30 347,121 346,931 10,827 1907 23 154,805 154,805 7,493 1908 15 9,442 9,442 1,080 1909 8 150,098 150,098 7,697 1910 7 825 825 12 1911 17 4,423 4,303 190 1912 29 266,763 266,684 12,476 1913 52 9,308 9,308 571 Woollen and Worsted Manufacture. 1904 5 117 117 2 1905 2 25 25 1 1906 17 3,983 3,983 251 ... 1907 37 7,172 7,172 283 1908 13 795 795 4 1909 15 705 705 15 1910 98 28,869 21,869 1,321 1911 42 4,107 3,932 230 .'t 1912 59 15,889 14,989 535 1913 86 34,782 23,837 2,229 Linen and Jute Manufacture. 1904 2 2,312 2,312 67 1905 2 305 305 5 1906 12 49,853 49,853 1,762 1907 30 80,364 80,364 2,987 1908 1909 1 "9 9 "+ 1910 4 125 125 8 1911 14 2,465 2,465 97 1912 27 65,110 45,460 1,490 1913 37 70,365 67,865 3,589 * Counting individuals as often as tbeir wages were olianged. t Under £1. {Continued on pp. 16 and 17.] 16 SUMMARY TABLES. v.— EfTect of Changes in Rates of Wages on Total Number of Workpeople affected by Changes in Eates of such Changes per Week, for Number of Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Tesr. Gross Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate individuals. Increase. Decrease. Minor Textile Trades. 1904 3 292 292 7 1905 1906 4 "437 '437 "35 1907 4 1,508 1,508 77 1908 6 1,848 1,848 6 1909 4 690 690 19 1910 9 1,979 1,079 57 1911 15 5,796 5,796 353 1912 12 4,470 4,470 200 1913 26 11,344 11,344 668 Printing, Dyeing, Bleaching, &c. 1904 1905 2 232 232 12 1906 8 1,293 1,293 68 1907 -12 8,932 8,114 720 1908 7 675 675 42 1909 2 4,69S 4,698 3!,'7 1910 8 5,322 5,!J22 450 19U 37 2,862 2,855 224 1912 59 9,916 - 9,902 554 1913 86 32,906 30,997 2,583 Total— Textile Trades. 1904 14 5,739 3,939 109 1905 14 401,837 311,437 9,915 190G TI 40a,68T 402,497 12,943 190T 106 252,781 251,963 11,560 1908 41 12,760 12,760 1,132 1909 25 156,200 156,200 8,026 1910 1S6 37,120 29,220 1,848 1911 1%5 19,653 19,351 1.094 i91S 186 362,048 341,505 15,255 1913 28T 158,705 143,351 9,640 CLOTHING TRADES. Boot, Shoe, and Clog Manufacture. 1904 3 177 177 10 1905 1 20 20 4 1906 5 345 345 17 190? , 19 5,496 5,496 916 "* 1908 17 2,076 2,076 155 •1909 11 1,436 1,436 134 1910 9 3,767 3,767 196 1911 11 2,750 2,750 167 1912 13 3,519 3,430 301 1913 40 6,194 5,844 414 Counting individuals as often as their wages were clianged. CHANGES IN BATES OF WAGES IN 1904-1913. 17 Weekly Wages, summarised by Occupations — cont. of Wages during the Yeai-, and Total Net Amount each of the ten years 1904-1913- -cont. ! Nnmbcr of Workpeople. { Total Net Amonnt of Changes. Number Year. ! of Grross Number of , Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate indiriduals. Increase. Decrease. Tailoring. * £ £ 1904 5 156 156 17 1905 1 40 40 10 1906 3 127 127 13 1907 4 99 99 12 1908 2 36 36 3 1909 2 43 43 6 1910 ... 1911 3 412 "412 "70 1912 2 245 245 31 1913 45 14,321 13,8S1 2,281 Other Clothing Trades. 1904 ... 1905 1906 " 1 2,500 '2,500 250 1907 1908' '" 2 "'l83 'l83 "9 1909 1910 '" 1 '" 71 ■" 71 4 1911 1912 "2 ■■'127 "127 13 1913 3 85 85 14 Total— Clothing Trades. 1904 8 333 333 • 37 1905 % 60 60 14 1906 9 3,978 3,973 380 1907 S3 5,59S 5,595 958 1908 U a,895 3,395 149 1909 13 1,479 1,479 140 1910 10 3,838 3,838 300 1911 14 3,163 3,163 837 191S n 3,891 3,803 345 1913 88 30,600 19,810 3,709 TRANSPORT TRADE S.t Dock and Waterside Labour. 1904 4 986 986 61 1905 3 205 205 14 1906 1 12 12 1 1907 7 2,260 2,260 281 1908 2 470 470 "41 1009 3 829 829 62 1910 2 1,050 1,050 125 1911 47 54,555 54,345 9,277 1912 22 10,939 10,939 1,761 1913 36 19,452 19,452 2,126 * Counting indiTiduals as often as their wages were changed. t ExolusiTe of Seamen and Railway Servants, and exclusiye also of workpeople employed by Local Authorities, for whom see p. 20. [Continued on pp. 18 and 19.] 18 SUMMARY TABLES. v.— Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages on Total Number of Workpeople affected by Changes in Eates of such Changes per Week, for each Number Number ol Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Year. of &ross Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate individuals. ' Increase. Decrease. Tramway and Omnibus Service.! » £ £ 1904 2 276 138 17 1905 1906 2 119 li'9 "8 1907 2 150 150 11 1908 1 2,950 2,950 616 1909 1 113 113 14 1910 1 1,476 1,476 148 1911 3 351 351 20 1912 1 44 44 20 1913 8 1,371 1,371 113 Carters and Lurrymen.t 1904 1905 i 24 24 2 iao6 3 233 233 13 1907 9 380 380 21 1908 5 112 112 10 1909 1 1 700 700 18 1910 4 1,353 1,353 68 1911 20 45,049 45,049 6,216 1912 38 13,867 13,867 1,035 1913 62 32,613 28,413 3,090 Total— Transport Trades. 1904 6 1,868 1,184 44 1905 4 805 805 16 1906 6 364 364 88 1907 18 8,T90 8,790 313 1908 8 3,538 3,538 547 1909 5 1,648 1,648 30 1910 7 3,879 3,879 341 1911 TO 99,955 99,745 15,513 191S 61 84,850 84,850 8,816 1913 106 53,436 49,836 5,389 MISCELLANEOUS TRADES. Printing, Bookbinding, and Paper Tradf iS. 1904 20 1,168 1,158 70 1905 20 1,095 1,011 62 1906 26 1,684 1,684 204 1907 69 10,877 8,693 634 1908 52 10,999 10,820 956 1909 18 1,136 1,136 70 1910 20 2,979 2,979 275 1911 25 5,042 4,904 456 1912 66 6,258 5,646 403 1913 104 13,928 12,782 1,009 » Counting individuals as often as their wages were changed. ■f For workpeople in the employment of Local Authorities, see p. 20. CHANGES IN RATES OJ? WAGES IN 1904-1913. 19 Weekly Wages, summarised by Occupations — cont. of "Wages during the Year and Total Net Amount of the teti years 1904-1913— eon*. Number ol Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Number of Year. QtOS8 Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate individuals Increase. Decrease. Woodworking and Furnishing Trades. £ £ 1904 1 24 24 2 1905 5 870 870 24 1906 9 ' 807 807 43 1907 7 500 500 46 1908 9 987 987 7 1909 8 922 922 23 1910 7 480 4S0 31 1911 49 4,912 4,910 411 1912 62 17,659 14,859 1,218 1913 96 16.893 16,297 1,914 Glass, Pottery, Brick, and Chemical Trades. 1904 18 7,318 7,318 824 1905 6 1,630 1,630 146 1906 8 1,481 1,481 116 1907 22 5,804 5,606 481 1908 15 7,501 7,601 208 1909 7 965 965 76 1910 7 1,050 1,056 53 19)1 62 14,475 14,475 1,464 1912 49 17,574 13,324' 1,098 1913 114 25,507 25,007 2,012 Food, &c., Trades. 1904 8 732 732 71 1905 10 436 436 41 1 1900 11 1,090 1,090 112 1907 22 3,681 3,684 241 1908 15 695 695 62 1909 4 336 336 24 1910 8 ],332 1,332 189 1911 53 10,774 10,774 918 1912 23 3,722 3,699 394 1913 90 13,097 13,097 1,349 Gas Workers.t 1904 1 40 40 5 1905 • •• 1906 " 3 '"408 408 "21 1907 1 18 18 1 1908 2 32 32 5 1909 ,,, 1910 3 43 43 "3 1911 10 5,992 5,992 612 1912 4 164 164 13 1913 11 1,656 1,656 94 * Counting individuals as often as their wages were changed. t For workpeople in the employment of Local Authorities, see p. 20. {^Continned on pp. 20 and 21.] 20 SUMMARY TABLES. v.— Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages on Total Number of Workpeople affected by Changes in Eates of such Changes per Week, for Number Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Tear. of Gross Number of Changes. Aggregate Number.* separate indiTiduals. Increase. Decrease. Other Miscellaneous Trades. £ £ 1904 5 1,908 1,908 182 1905 5 1,786 1,736 175 1906 2 860 860 84 1907 10 1,262 1,262 128 1908 8 1,135 1,135 105 . 1909 1 20 20 1 1910 3 81 81 9 1911 15 3,305 3,305 220 1912 22 4,874 4,874 507 1913 54 9,877 9,877 1,082 Total— Miscellaneous Trades. 1904 53 11,180 11,180 862 1905 46 5,767 5,707 156 1906 59 6,330 6,330 580 1907 131 82,145 19,763 1,531 1908 101 21,349 21,170 1,343 1909 38 3,379 3,379 '4 1910 48 5,971 5,971 560 1911 216 44,530 44,360 4,081 191S S%6 50,351 42,466 3,633 1913 469 80,958 78,716 7,460 ■EM PLOYEES OF PUBLIC AUTHOR] [TIES. Government Employees. 1904 21 487 487 35 1905 24 23,747 23,747 1,897 1906 7 19,168 19,168 1,141 1907 15 632 632 43 1908 11 57,741 52,249 2,391 1909 44 2,262 2,262 136 1910 19 1,631 1,631 130 1911 ^2 5,246 5,246 305. 1912 68 21.036 21,036 96S 1913 81 27,449 27,133 1,987 Employees of Local Authorities. 1904 58 . 7,546 7,.')46 609 1905 44 5,647 5,647 416 1906 99 9,731 9,731 460 1907 86 6,915 6,915 504 1908 39 2,939 "■"2,939 238 1909 15 974 974 71 1910 9 1,401 1,401 86 1911 82 17,112 17,112 1,003 1913 319 28,699 28,699 2,209 1913 382 33,270 33,198 2,603 * Counting indiTiduals as often as their wages were changed. CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES IN 190J^1913. 21 Weekly Wages, summarised by Occupations — cont. of Wages . during the Year, and Total Net Amount each of the ten years 1904r-19l3— cont. 1 Number of Changes. Number of Workpeople. Total Net Amount of Changes. Year. Gross Aggregate Number.* Number of separate individuals. Increase. Decrease. Police. 1904 1905 1906 1907 190S 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 7 ' 8 12 ; 20 31 28 28 29 ■174 70 212 3fi5 391 1,093 1,546 772 781 23,530 27,036 11,754 212 365 391 1,093 l,54fi 772 781 23,530 27,036 11,754 13 20 28 49 121 62 69 1,840 2,194 1,244 Total— Employees of Public Authorities. 1904 86 8,245 8,245 657 1905 76 29,759 29,759 3,333 1906 118 29,290 29,390 1,639 1907 131 8,640 8,640 596 190S 81 62,226 56,734 2,750 1909 87- 4,008 4,008 269 1910 56 . 3,813 3,813 285 1911 153 45,888 45,888 3,148 1912 561 76,771 76,771 5,368 1913 533 72,473 72,085 5,834 ALL TRADES.f 1904 412 1,142,842 800,658 • •■ 39,230 1905 386 1,079,431 688,889 2,169 1906 T94 1,809,333 1,115,160 57,897 ... 1907 825 3,698,406 1,346,464 300,912 1908 686 2,263,248 963,333 ... 59,171 1909 435 1,555,919 1,154,796 68,922 1910 521 1,243,890 548,938 14,534 1911 1,138 1,343,448 916,366 34,578 1913 1,971 2,785,387 1,818,340 139,404 1913 3,036 3,461,456 1,906,878 178,711 ... * Counting individuals as often as their wages were changed. t EicluBive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. 22 SUMMARY TABLES, VI.— Methods by which Changes [_For details for Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Eates Method by which the Without Stoppage of Work. After Stoppage of Work. By other Methods + Byothei Methods By By rear. Under Concilia- By (direct Concilia- . ?-y (direct Sliding tion or Arbitra- arrange- Total. tion or Arbitra- arrange- Total. Scales. Media- tion. tion. ment or negotia- tion, &o.). Media- tion. tion. ment or negotia- tion,&o.). Building Trades- . 1904 80 4,635 4,715 100 6,014 6,114 1905 3,444 3,444 950 7,353 8,303 1906 1,408 1,071 2,479 205 581 786 1907 4,550 1,450 3,259 9,259 669 669 1903 5,075 4,182 2,239 11,496 705 705 1909 2,100 4,642 4,713 11,455 I'io 525 635 1910 1,194 100 3,458 4,752 ... 63 155 218 1911 2,540 6,790 5,986 15,316 400 920 255 1,575 1912 .. 17,594 6,344 65,917 89,855 1,030 150 4,618 5,798 1913 19,073 7,272 114,710 141,055 7,356 23,643 17,817 48,816 Coal Mining. 1904 . 547,290 111,100 658,390 1905 194,590 6,156 200,746 1906 403,561 23,556 427,117 "39 39 1907 715,750 90,046 805,796 543 543 1908 570,600 91,150 661,750 19J9 774,589 94,650 869,239 631 631 1910 230 375,100 8,065 383,445 141 141 1911 300 381,600 5,731 387,631 2,500 662 3,162 1912 300 853,600 73,269 927,169 124 124 1913 300 903,600 74,765 978,665 59 59 Other Mining (Iron, &c.), aotid Quarrying. 1904 288 230 12,300 12,818 636 636 1905 3il 230 15,261 15,842 970 970 1906 387 3,730 11,025 15,142 1,558 1,558 1907 387 3,800 15,588 19,775 367 367 1808 368 300 15,958 16,626 357 357 1909 360 250 11,925 12,535 109 109 1910 1,289 270 14,198 15,757 SSI 561 1911 1,057 270 15,896 17,223 1912 1,066 270 22,817 24,153 260 260 1913 1,703 33,455 35,158 »m 845 1,481 2,276 JToife.— Workpeople whose wages were changed more than once in the same year year, the following order of preference heing observed, viz. \—{l) Strikes; (2) Sliding however, were inconsiderable. CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES IN 1904-1913. 23 in Rates of Wages were arranged. 1913, see p. 6.] of Wages in each of the years 1904^1913, classified according to the Changes were Aeeanged. Without Stoppage o( Work. Alter Stoppage ol Work. Year .. ^y By other Metliods By By otliei Method Under Concilia- . By (direct Concilia ■ By (direct Sliding tion or Arbitra- arrange- Total. tion or Arbitra- arrange- Total. Scales. Media- tion. ' tion. ment or negotia- tion, &c.) Media- tion. tion. ment or negotiar tion,4o.) Pig Iron, and Iron and Steel Manufacture. 1904 25,340 24,759 152 9,846 60,097 1905 34,651 22,513 6,672 63,836 1906 62,576 9,851 72,427 1907 61,825 7,451 69,276 1908 62,090 6,738 68,828 1,614 131 1,745 1909 37,475 3,680 41,155 1910 38,425 280 5,161 43,866 1911 52,725 6 3,553 56,284 3,271 3,271 1912 61,834 10,003 71,887 976 976 1913 61,983 ... 11,432 73,415 109 1,098 1,207 Engineering and Shipbuilding. 1904 30,489 30,489 605 605 1905 1,950 44,224 46,174 1,945 1,945 1906 2,250 9 147,039 149,298 522 ... 2,341 2,863 1907 2,000 44,579 46,579 38 2,242 2,280 1908 5,050 250 84,631 89,931 12,030 1,501 13,531 1909 4,000 ... 44,347 48,347 625 625 1910 1,600 49,639 51,239 75 75 1911 38,470 300 145,252 184,022 1,380 24,112 25,462 1912 47,000 134,814 181,814 850 1,172 6,868 8,890 1913 53,079 iio 159,769 212,958 1,093 ... 10,781 11,874 Other Metal Trades. 1904 500 1,141 1,641 332 332 1905 237 237 18 206 224 1906 538 1,450 1,988 ... 10 10 1907 500 2,557 3,057 112 112 1908 1,706 1,706 167 167 1909 500 1,657 2,157 ... 1,200 1,200 1910 2,130 2,130 33 33 1911 1,840 3,182 5,022 2,680 490 1,722 4,892 1912 4,028 8 8,934 12,970 5,060 5,060 1913 600 -" 7,386 7,986 25,66o 5,211 30,211 and not always by the same method, have been entered in the Table only once for that scales ; (3) Arbitration ; (4) Conciliation. The numbers affected by such eases, * EiclusiTC of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Eailway Servants. [ Continued on p. 24.] 24 SUMMAEY TABLES. VI. — Methods by which Changes in Rates of Wages were arranged — oont. 2Sr UMBER of Sevarate INDIVIDUALS* affected by Changes in Bates of Wages in each of the years 1904-1913, classified according to the Method by which the Changes were Arranged — cont. Year. Witbout Stoppage of Work. Under Sliding Scales. By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion, &c.). Alter Stoppage of Work. By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion,&c.). Total. 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1901 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Textile Trades. 2,526 2,526 1,413 87,000 224,1 12 311,112 325 353,021 853,021 1,164 220 48,092 246,823 246,823 1,095 4,045 11,657 11,657 47 47 1,C09 350 5,552 5,902 60 150,238 640 19,707 20,347 8,873 245 15,218 15,463 488 iio 3,330 1,000 315,560 316,560 2,164 858 21,923 124,595 124,595 548 18,203 1,413 325 49,476 5,140 1,103 150,298 8,873 3,888 24,945 18,756 Other Trades. 19,048 19,048 11 1,833 33,314 33,314 450 1,967 850 228 37,622 38,700 28 228 32 3,961 29,582 33,575 92 3,121 117 1,164 81,324 82,605 400 52 674 956 371 8,814 10,141 179 188 2,284 175 14,668 17,127 374 SOS 3,f:63 81,832 86,298 55,508 21,199 30,160 4,183 9,000 118,271 131,454 1,590 2,600 12,245 5,645 3,803 152,987 162,435 18,663 138 38,611 1834 2,417 ^56 3,213 1,126 367 374 106,857 16,485 ' 57,413 ALL TRADES.* 25,628 572,779 232 191,085 789,724 111 10,823 35,002 306,283 333,420 674,705 950 468 12,766 62,963 410,S29 1,645 584,635 1,060,172 1,919 220 52,849 62,212 726,632 5,411 439,885 1,234,140 1,225 11,099 62,458 581,142 6,.596 295,403 944,599 12,477 1,718 4,544 37,835 782,745 5,013 175,838 1,000,931 179 170 153,516 89,994 380,728 915 117,026 538,663 63 10,212 54,082 425,-768 10,759 276,650 767,259 60,376 25,229 63,502 63,200 926,fi75 16,352 749,585 1,755,812 5,634 4,780 52,014 63,986 981,997 11,185 679,099 1,736,267 52,769 24,626 93,216 10,934 14,184 54,988 12,324 18,734 153.865 10,275 149,107 62,428 170,611 Note : — "Workpeople whose wages were changed more than once in the same year and not always by the same method, have been entered in the Table only once for that year, the following order of preference being observed, viz. : — (1) Strikea ; (2) Sliding scales : (8) Arbitration ! (4) Conciliation. The numbers affected by such cases however, were inconsiderable. ■ ' * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR IN 1904-1913. 25 VII.— Changes in Hours of Labour in the Years 1904-1913, classified by Groups of Trades. Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Hours of Labour during the year, and the Total Net Amount of such Changes per Week, for each of the years 1904-1913. Total Number of Workpeople Number affected by • Net Amount Year. of of ' Decrease Changes. All Clianges. Increases. Decreases. per Week. Building Trades. Hours. 1904 40 610 10,515 11,125 8,205 1905 47 £ ),663 86,586 92,249 45,964 1906 30 2S8 14,141 14,429 11,945 1907 21 16 14,416 14,432 12,439 1908 24 730 9,367 10,097 8,290 1909 35 4on 17,695 18,095 28,861 1910 28 £ ,539 7,379 12,918 4,209 1911 13 280 5,870 6,150 3,658 1912 50 885 46,403 47,288 37,506 1913 160 £ ,403 44,917 50,320 52,381 Mining and Quarrying. 1904 2 90 8 98 358+ 190.5 1 21 21 84 1906 1 80 80 2,240 1907 1908 1909 2 .500,500 , 500,500 2,295^400 1910 2 113 113 538 1911 7 ., 2,143 2,143 24,561 1912 5 4,07B 4.079 47,723 1913 4 5S9 589 14,582 Metal, ] Sngineering and Shipbdldi ng. 1904 7 2,360 2,360 4,181 1905 7 528 528 8,902 1906 13 1 616 16,787 18,403 . 27,494 1907 8 420 1,983 2,403 1,990 1908 8 2 500 2,037 4,537 567 1909 9 2 569 317 2,916 . S,9i3-'r 1910 6 2 200 1,324 3,524 1,677f 1911 13 3 899 5,245 9,144 , 8,806 1912 27 16,908 16,908 34,690 1913 47 205 25,487 25,692 41,164 * Exclusive of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants. + Net increase. [^Continued on pp. 26 and 27.] 26 SUMMARY TABLES. VII, — Changes in Hours of Labour in the Years NuMBBE of Sepaeate INDIVIDUALS* affected by Changes. Amount of such Changes per Week, Total Number of Workpeople - affected by Net Year. Number of Amount of Decrease Changes. Increases. Decreases. All Changes. per Week, Textile Trades. Hours. 1904 1905 1906 '" 4 8,489 8,489 16,329 1907 8 12,071 13,071 41,868 1908 1 221 221 221 1909 3 397 397 220 1910 3 180 180 290 1911 3 426 426 1,941 1912 6 2,806 2,806 6,592 1913 6 3,293 3,293 23,811 Clothing Trades. 1904, 1905 ... 1906 '" 3 7!002 7,002 14,697 1907 5 1,873 1,873 3,028 1908 3 170 170 391 1909 4 "221 32,000 32,221 42,159 1910 5 2,265 2,265 3,405 1911 7 9,744 9,744 20,372 1912 6 689 689 1,405 1913 13 13,640 13,640 53,229 Transport Trades.t 1901 1905 1906 1907 1908 '" 1 '"900 900 900 1909 1910 19U 1912 " 2 1^200 1^200 "4,800 2 6,000 6,000 28,500 15 118 56,435 56,553 519,725 1Q1<1 8 8,023 8,023 26,249 ±v±o 28 16,457 16,457 108,678 * ExelusiTe of Agricultural Labourers, Seamen, and Railway Servants, t iiXOlusxTe of Seamen and Railway Servants. CHANGES IN HOUES OF LABOUR IN 1904-1913. 27 1904-1913, classified by Groups of Trades— con*. in HouKS of Labour during the year, and the Total Net for each of the years 1904-1913 — cotit. Tear. Number of Changes. 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1904, 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Total Number ol Workpeople affected by Increaaee. Decreases. All Changes. Net Amount of Decrease per Week. MisceUaaeous Trades. Hours. 16 1,129 1,129 4,582 6 1,267 1,267 1,936 16 45 3,214 3,259 5,564 25 30 2,972 3,002 14,215 32 6,279 6,279 11,631 16 6,184 6,184 15,507 15 1,325 1,325 8,854 45 50,653 50,653 108,172 56 112 18,233 18,345 31,469 118 1,879 19,210 21,089 59,162 Employees of Public Authorities. 6 74 2,006 2,080 7,889 15 143 1,777 1.920 8.379 19 36 3,256 3,292 20,623 19 375 1,151 1,526 4,535 7 119 5,118 5,237 17,323 14 22 1.356 1,378 8,288 21 267 774 1,041 3,456 16 54 21,540 21,594 28,224 31 16 7^63 7,179 24,922 39 178 23,360 23,538 25,003 AL L TRAD] as.* 1904 Tl 774 16,018 16,792 24,599 1905 re 5,806 90,179 95,985 65,265 1906 86 1,985 52,969 54,954 98,892 1907 8T 841 35,366 36,207 78,975 1908 T5 3,349 23,192 26,541 38,423 1909 . . 85 3,212 559,679 562,891 2,392,322 1910 82 8,006 19,360 27,366 47,575 1911 119 1 4,351 151,056 155,407 715,459 191S 192 1,013 104,304 105,317 210,556 1913 416 7,665 146,953 154,618 378,009 28 SUMMARY TABLES. VIII.— Methods by whioli CI [For dett Number of Separate Individuals* affected by Changes in Method by whi( Year. Without Stoppage of Work. By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotiation, &c.). Total. After Stoppage of Work By Concilia- tion or Media- tion. By Arbitra- tion. By other Methods (direct arrange- ment or negotia- tion, &o.). 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Building Trades. 2,000 2,720 5,010 3,66o 4,915 527 10,440 5,340 2,254 354 150 530 6,390 207 7,275 1,960 10,568 82,724 11,424 5,495 4,215 2,205 10,^01 5,470 40,337 33,614 10,568 84,724 14,144 18,505 9,657 17,985 12,809 6,150 46,934 42,849 30 527 950 6,575 285 i'io 927 440 80 29 354 4,544 408 2,519 Mining and Quarrying. 8 80 500,500 113 2,143 3,677 589 8 80 500,500 113 2,143 3,677 589 Metal, Engineering and Shipbuilding. 2,117 528 18,387 1,960 4,537 1,847 3,524 4,066 15,163 23,157 2,117 528 18,387 1,960 4,537 1,847 3,524 4,066 15,163 23,157 90 21 402 243 16 443 1,069 1,350 317 3,411 1,745 2,535 CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR IN 1904-1913. 29 in Hours were arranged. 1913, see p. 8.] of Labour in each of the years 1904-1913, classified according to the Changes were Arranged. Without Stoppage of Work. After Stoppage of Work. By other By Concilia- tion By other Year. By Concilia- By Methods (rtirect By Methods (direct Arbitra- arrange- Total. Arbitra- arrange- Total. Media- tion. tion. ment or negotiation, &c.). Media- tion. tion. ment or negotia- tion, &c.). Textile Trades. 1901 1905 1906 8,489 8,489 1907 11,576 11,576 495 495 1908 221 221 1909 a97 397 1910 180 180 1911 120 120 306 306 1912 1,146 1,446 1,360 1,360 1913 2,818 2,818 475 475 Other Trades. 1904 3,209 3,209 1905 ..• 3,127- 3,127 60 60 1906 13,553 13,553 1907 57 6,996 7,053 248 248 1908 11,613 11,613 73 73 1909 1,300 38,561 39,861 1,122 1,122 1910 654 6,459 7,113 3,518 3,518 1911 84,311. 84,311 42,000 2,000 9,233 53,233 1912 ..1 26,254 26,254 568 1,400 6,014 7,982 1913 6,750 44,830 51,580 10,021 138 12,985 23,144 « . fl.LL TR^ LDES.* 1904 15,903 15,903 30 860 890 1905 2,000 86,379 88,379 950 6,656 7,606 1906 3,rao 51,933 54,653 385 16 301 190r 5,010 3,05r 36,03T 34,094 3,113 3,113 1908 4,915 sar 30,586 36,038 513 513 1909 10,440 6,640 543,113 560,193 110 3,588 3,698 1910 3,354 1,008 30,4n 33,739 80 3,547 3,637 1911 150 530 96,110 96,790 43,350 3,317 13,950 58,617 \n% 6,390 20T 86,877 93,474 568 1,400 9,875 11,843 1913 14,035 1,960 105,008 130,993 14,565 ,546 18,514 33,635 30 SUMMAKY TABLES. IX.— Changes in Rates of Wages of Agrioultural Labourers and in the Monthly Rates of Wages of Seamen, Firemen, A. — NuMBEK of Agricultural Labourers in England and Wales* affected by Changes in Eatbs op Wages, grouped according to the estimated average weekly amouat of change. Estimated number of Agricultural Labourers whose Computed Amount wages were changed by Year. 6d. and under per week. Over6d. and up to Is. per week. Oyer 1,?. and up to 2s. per week. Over 2s. " per week. Total. of Change in Weekly Cash . Wages. Increases. 1904 4,437 17,779 1,563 23,779 1,032 1905 1,531 4,752 376 ' 6,659 252 1906 12,944 1,814 14,758 704 1907 8,755 5,342 874 ... 14,971 479 1908 15,612 20,431 4,091 40,134 1,411 1909 17,213 9,644 2,387 29,244 747 1910 5,839 5,355 3,733 524 15,451 794 1911 5,241 16,592 3,594 25.427 1^14 1912 25,760 52,751 21,681 2,410 102,602 5,383 1913 21,688 118,581 38,117 3,654 182,040 9,996 Decreases. 1904 1,814 ■ 6,449 1,306 9,569 £ 451 1905 3,000 9,438 ... 12,438 442 1906 1,911 6,833 8,744 322 1907 1,216 2,223 3,43£l 103 1908 4,919 8,567 5,080 214 13,780 684 1909 11,890 7,748 134 19,772 451 1910 97 174 271 22 1911 1,064 1,638 1,658 4,360 270 1912 1,846 lj846 92 1913 641 641 32 B. — NuMBEK of Railway Servantst employed by 27 of the principal Eailway Companies, together with the Average ' Weekly Eaknings per head in the first week in. December in each Yeae. England and Wales. Scotland, ' Ireland. United Kingdom. Average Average Average Averase Year. Number weekly Number weekly Number ■weekly Em- earnings Em- earnings Em- earnings Em- ployed. Head. ployed. per Eftad. ployed. tHIa. ployed. per Head. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1901 380,610 26 7 46,836 23 Oi 23 2| 19,751 19 U 446,197 25 Oi 1905 384,821 25 lOi 26 111 46,071 19,631 19 2 449,923 25 3} 25 5 1906 391,661 47,044 23 3 19,874 19 9 458,579 1907 412,804 26 4; 47,040 23 4 19,470 19 8 19 8 479,314 25 9i 25 1908 395,271 25 6 25 10, 45,442 22 6 23 2- 19,040 459,763 1909 394,928 46,671 19,369 19 11 469,968 25 4^ 1910 397,715 26 3 46,606 23 1 19,199 20 7 463,520 26 9 1911 405,661 27 4- 47,126 23 5 20,392 20 9» 473,168 26 8i 1912 415,197 28 47,499 24 4 20,209 20 9 482,905 27 4 1913 421,925 28 6^ 47,741 25 1^ 20,406 22 490,072 27 ll| ♦ In tlie case of Scotland and Ireland tlie statistical information for a similar Table is not available. t Exclusive of clerical staff and salaried Officers and of persons casually employed for less than 3 days during the-week. ... CHANGES IN .KATES OF WAGES IN 1904-1913. 31 (in England and Wales), in Earnings of Railway Servants, and Trimmers, during each of the years 1904-1913, C. — Changes in Predominant and Average Monthly Eates of Wages of Seamen (Foreign-Going Vessels). Bristol, North- Cardiff, Avon- Year. East Penarth mouth, Liver- Lon- South- Scot- Dublin and Belfast. All pre- ceding ports. Coast and Humber.* and Barry. Newport and pool. don. ampton. land.t Swansea. Changes in Predominant Slontbly Rates at end of s'ear. ABLE SEAMEN ON STEAMSHIPS. 5. s. s. s. s. J s. s. 8. 1904 .. 1908 .. 1906 .. +'si + k +"5I 1907 .. + 5 to 15 + 101 +"6I +"61 + 6 to 151 1908 .. - 5 to 15 - 5 to 151 1909 .. - 5 to 101 - 6 to lOT + 5 to 101 1910 .. +"ioi + 5 to 101 1911 .. + 6 to 10 + 10&20 + lo'or 20 +"io + 10 -l^'lO + 15 or 20 +"i5 + 5 to 20 1912 .. + 10 + 101 1913 .. +"io + 10 + 10 + 10 +"io -l^'lO +"io +"io + 10 FIREMEN AND TRIMMERS. 1904 .. -101 -101 1905 .. -51 -61 1906 .. +"5I + 5 + 6: 1907 .. + 5 to 151 +"5I + 6 to 161 1908 .. - 5 to 151 - 5 to 151 1909 .. - 6 to 101 - s'toioi ... - 5 to 101 1910 .. +"ioi + 5 to lo; + 5 to 101 + 6 to 101 1911 .. + 5 to 10 + 10&20 + 10 to 20 + 10 +"io + 10 + 15 or 20 +"io + 5 to 20 1912 .. + 5&10 + 6 & 101 1913 .. +"io + 10 +"io + 10 +"io -f'io -t-'io +"io + 10 Changes in Computi :d Average Monthly Rates. ABLE SBAME] f ON STEAMSHIPS. s. d. s. d. s. d. 5. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1904 .. - 1 - 2 6 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 2 11 - 7 1905 .. - 2 - 10 + b" 1 + 03 -"6 8 + 1 -30 - 1 1906 .. + 14 + 03 + 01 -02 - 3 + 01 + 01 + 02 1907 .. +"o 1 + 6 11 + 4 7 - 7 + 03 + 28 + 1 3 + 24 + 1 8 1908 .. + 02 - 2 + 23 + 02 + 07 + 10 + 01 + 24 + 04 1909 .. - 5 - 5 - 5 6 -04 -06 - 1 - 6 + 02 - 1 11 1910 .. + 1 10 + 24 + 2 7 + 1 -03 - 4 - 6 -01 + 09 1911 .. + 85 + 10 3 + 96 + 60 + 5 10 + 50 + 10 5 + 88 + 76 1912''.. + 39 + 10 1 + 3 11 + 68 + 39 + 38 + 84 + 6 11 + 5 11 1913 .. + 12 4 + 10 + 10 1 + 11 10 + 10 6 +10 1 + 10 3 + 95 + 11 1 FIREMEN AND TRIMMERS. 1904 .. - 3 - 2 4 + 2 11 + 02 - 2 - 2 1 - 4 1905 .. + 1 - 2 - 3 3 + 09 - 6" 1 - 8 - 4 -34 - 1 1906 .. + 1 + 12 + 02 + 08 -02 + 02 + 04 + 03 1907 .. + 1 + 6 11 + 34 -05 + 1 + 2 11 + "6 10 + 26 + 1 3 1908 .. - 1 - 6 + 19 + 3 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 7 + 17 1909 .. - 4 5 - 6 1 - 4 7 + 06 -01 + 1 - 2 + 06 - 1 6 1910 .. + 18 + 37 + 35 - 1 -04 - 6 - 8 + 01 + 10 1911 .. + 84 + 10 4 + 9 11 + 62 + 6 2 + 83 + 10 6 + 62 + 73 1912 .. + 3 8 . +10 + 38 + 52 + 4 10 + 57 + 7 9 + 46 + 5 '8 1913 .. + 11 2 + 10 + 10 1 + 10 6 + 10 + 9 10 + 10 + 98 + 10 3 ♦ Newcastle, Shields, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Hull, and Grimsby. + Glasgow, Lelth, Burntisland, Methll, and Grangemouth. I For certain voyages only. SUMMARY TABLES. X.— Net Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages on tlie a^egat« [The Changes shown tor each year. represent the increase or decrease at the end o£ each year compared with < Increase (+) or Decrease (-) in W( 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902 ilding Trades. ayers .8 Iters and Joiners jers rers ■rs rers £ + 299 + 195 + 732 + 114 + 164 + 91 + 200 + 492 + 57 £ + 164 + 683 + 428 + 36 + 140 + 187 + 190 + 239 £ + 2,838 + 422 + 3,954 + 15 + 166 + 662 + 357 + 460 + 377 £ + 1,386 + 677 + 2,271 + "l49 + 385 + 321 + 619 + 3,126 £ + 1,043 + 1,281 + 2,463 + 58 + 256 + 602 + 935 + 1,067 + 34 £ + 1,182 + 634 + 2,620 + 67 + 422 + 281 + 775 + 657 + 2 £ + 631 + 95 + 3,156 + 55 + 176 + 1,176 + 666 + 680 + 6 £ + 1,632 - 529 + 258 + 6 + 86 - 134 + 418 + 202 + 4 £ + ; + E + + + + 1 + 1 + Total + 2,334 + 2,067 + 9,141 + 8,833 + 7,739 + 6,640 + 6,640 + 1,943 + i Mining, &e. lining Stc, Mining ying - 46,179 - 836 + 269 -31,720 + 355 + 428 - 5,660 + 38 + 207 + 6,553 + 151 + 206 + 66,E95 + 771 + 314 + 61,164 + 2,410 + 577 + 164,474 + 3,758 + 130 - 57,081 - 5,255 - 299 -73,S + i + i Total - 46,746 - 30,937 - 5,415 + 6,909 + 57,680 + 54,161 + 168,362 - 62,636 -73,E il, &K., Trades. on nd Steel .eering and Ship- ding. ite Dhain, &o Metal 8 - 1,061 + 67 - 779 - 148 + 65 + 279 - 496 + 76 + 177 - 180 + 264 - 29 + 1,721 + 15,679 - 333 + 267 + 2,138 + 234 + 665 + 9,751 - 793 + 346 + 1,163 + 500 + 1,920 + 9,904 - 170 + 3 + 191 + 4,621 + 8,576 + 2,974 + 2,761 + 398 + 519 + 2,229 + 11,754 + 763 + 482 + 603 - 319 - 4,595 - 14,993 + 342 + 4 + 8 - 1,132 + £ + i - 2,4 + 1 + ] Total - 1,864 + 120 + 19,443 + 11,366 + 12,348 + 19,849 + 16,502 - 20,366 - 1,< extile Trades. en and Worsted... and Jute Textile ng. Dyeing, &c.... + 200 19 40 74 + 267. + 30 + 68 + 120 - 127 + 61 + 35 + 67 + 7 - 213 + 160 + 38 12 + 7 29 + 73 - 109 + 60 + 3 - 139 + 26 + 4,243 + 104 + 1,391 + 67 + 66 + 6,467 + 58 + 203 + 270 + 12 + 9 + 38 + 221 + 22 + + I + + Total + 334 + 152 + 46 + 77 - 159 + 5,871 + 6,010 + 290 + ] * Under £1. t Exclusive of any changes in wages resu' It has been found Impracticable to s CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES IN 1894-1913. Images of those affected during each of the twenty years, 1894-1913. jvious year ; the total figures represent the net increase at the end of 1913 compared with the end of 1893.] 33 kges in each of the twenty years, 1894-1913. Trades. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 19J2. 1913. Total. \ S £ £ S £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Building Trades. 308 - 154 20 + 49 + 13 - 211 + 144 + 207 + 376 + 4,072 + 1S,5T3 Bricklayers, 529 - Ill fi + 4 + 23 - 154 + 31 + 166 + 592 + 1,465 + 5,358 Masons. 16 - 572 3 + 46 - 44 + 46 + 1 60 + 4 - 308 - 63 + 152 — 5 + 753 + 72 + 3,649 + 97 + 5,364 + lOS + 84,889 + 6T3 Carpenters an^ Joiners. Slaters, .; 14 - 100 + 3 + 12 + 22 + 16 + 13 + 113 + 449 + 1,084 + 3,4%9 Plumbers. 5 9 - 47 - 2 + 5 - 51 + 3 + 5 + 215 + 636 + 3,169 Plasterers. 2 + 19 - 90 + 123 + 197 + 32 + -38 + 80 + 1,448 + 6,676 + ll,9%2 Painters. 42 - 108 + 1 + 22 + 26 + 1 + 210 + 1,460 + 4,362 + 13,088 Labourers. * + 13 + 85 + 499 + 1,103 Other. < 884 - 1,038 - 157 + 232 + 226 - 713 + 377 + 1,609 + 8,360 + 23,166 + n,T44 Total. mining, Ac. -1,294 -13,471 +27,188 + 173,613 -47,085 -56,150 + 5,488 - 9,653 + 76,905 +102,176t + %S9,60Xt Coal Mining. - 531 + 380 + 1,183 + 2,915 - 2,936 - 236 + 414 - 392 + 2,511 + 2,004 + 6,585 Iron, Ac., Mining. ., 92 - 1,151 - 63 + 70 - 290 * + 147 + 289 + 199 + 323 + 1,184 + 8,531 Quarrying. ..,917 -14,242 +28,308 + 176,598 -50,311 -56,239 + 6,191 - 9,746 + 79,739 + 105,363 + 868,658 Total. Metol, Ac., Trades. .615 + 941 + 1,198 + 1,671 - 2,274 - 241 + 514 - 605 + 2,666 + 81 + 6,384 Pig Iron. ;,827 + 1,488 + 4,209 + 4,909 - 7,382 - 1,229 + 1,350 + 1,796 + 7,563 + 1,854 + 19,808 Iron and Steel. ,614 - 1,735 + . 5 + 8,740 + 2,365 - 4,050 - 2,487 + 2,646 + 3 + 15,822 + 306 + 11,289 + 2 + 13,621 + 10 + 16,333 + 1,861 Engineering and Shipbuilding. Tinplate. . 27 + 79 + 44 - 71 - 144 + 1 + 181 + 419 + 278 + 8,823 Nail, Chain, 4c. . 15 22 + 66 + 135 - 136 - 224 + 218 + 1,043 + 2,069 + 3,467 + 9,105 Other Metal. MB + 677 + 14,292 + 9,124 -13,913 - 4,325 + 4,732 + 18,642 + 23,888 + 19,211 + 115,654 Total. Textile Trades. . « + 9,907 + 10,827 + 7,493 + 1,080 - 7,697 + 12 + 190 + 12,476 + 671 + 44,738 Cotton. , 2 + 1 + 251 + 283 + 4 + 15 + 1,321 + 230 + 635 + 2,229 + 5,341 Woollen and Worsted. . 67 5 + 1,762 + 2,987 # + 8 + 97 + 1,490 + 3,689 + 11,555 Linen and Jute. : 7 + 35 + 77 + 6 + 19 + 67 + 353 + 200 + 668 + 1,481 Minor Textile. f 12 + 68 + 720 + 42 - 357 + 460 + 224 + 554 + 2,583 + 4,984 Printing, Dyeing, &c. ,109 (• 9,915 1-12,943 + 11,560 + 1,132 - 8,020 + 1,848 + 1,094 + 15,255 + 9,640 + 68,039 Total. ICovtinued on pp. 34 and 35.] Ids under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912. ph Awards from the information available. (BSI — Gp. ] 9) B SUMMARY TABLES. X. — Net Effect of Changes in Rates of Wages on the yean Increase (+) or Decrease (-) in fl 1894. 1896. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 190J othing Trades. Shoe, &c ing + 286 + 49 £ + 136 ■+ 65 £ + 81 + 1.39 £ + 108 + 69 + 12 £ + 3 + 82 37 £ + 37 + 103 + 40 £ + 551 + 120 + 246 £ + 892 + 99 £ + 3 + Total + 335 + 200 + 220 + 189 + 48 + 180 + 916 + 691 ! + 2 insport Trades. md Waterside ... md Omnibus ... 3, &0 + 686 + 4 + 44 9 + 1 + 3 + 65 + 8 + 8 + 434 - 3 + 38 + 260 + 20 + 116 + 454 + 17 + 461 + 2,964 + 63 + 782 + 72 + 10 + 66 4{ + ! + ] Total + 734 5 + 81 + 469 + 396 + 932 + 3,809 + 148 35 llaneons Trades. ig, 40 working, &c. Sus to.... srkers + 31 30 971 + 13 + 16 + 42 + 48 63 301 ■ + 101 + 31 97 + 49 + 1,366 + 3C2 + 206 + 88 ' + 52 + 69 + 487. + 1,053 + 256 + 37. + 259 + 146 + 266 + 286 + 198 + 897 + 22 + 186 + 265 + 326 + 184 + 9 + 572 + 235 + 412 + 1,949 + 1,588 + 268 + 316 + 1,020 + 67 + 9 + 297 + 6 + •:, 109 + 3e + E + + IS + 1 Total 900 281 + 2,121 + 2,161 + 1,804 + 1,542 + 350 + 650 + 148 + 4,757 + 1,508 + 5£ lie Authorities. iment Employ ... Authorities + 438 + 236 + 8 + 205 + 333 + 21 + 263 + .515 + 114 + 936' + 601 + 78 + 45 + 716 + 96 + 77 + 774 + 1,741 + ■ 625 + 617 + 791 + , i + 3J + 2? Total + 681 + 559 + 882 + 1,614 + 867 + 1,148 + 2,592 + 1,833 + 6( Grand Total ... - 45,09a - a8,ia5 + %«,519 4 31,508 + 80,713 + 90,313 + 308,588 - 76,588 - T»,59 CHANGES IX KATES OF WAGES IN 1894-1918. 35 Teekly Wages of those affected during each of the twenty 913 — contirmed. iges in each ot the twenty years, 1894-1913. Trades. 1 1904. j 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913.. Total. £ i £ £ S £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Clothing Trades. 10 + 4 + 17 + 946 + 155 + 134 + 196 + 167 + 301 + 414 +- 4,198 Boot, Shoe, &c. 17 1+ 10 + 13 + 12 + 3 + 6 + 70 + 31 + 2,281 + 3,31» Tailoring. ... + 250 9 + 4 + 13 + 14 + 5S3 Other. 27 + 14 + i80 + 968 + 149 + 140 + 200 + 237 + 346 + 2,709 + 8,043 Total. 1 / Trausport Trades. V '+ 14 + 1 + 281 - 41 - 62 + 125 + 9,277 + 1,7.61 ,+ 2,126 +- 11,980 Docli and Waterside,. J3., + 8 + 11 - 516 + 14 + 148 + 20 + 20 + 113 +- 38 Tram and Omnibus. + 13 + 21 + 10 + IS + 68- + 6,216 + 1,036 +- 3,090 +- l%,0U Carters, Ac. ^44 + 16 + 22 + 313 - 547 - 30 + 341 + 15,613 + 2,816 + 6,329 + 30,030 Total. Miscellaneous Trades. * 70 + 62 + 204 + 634 + 956 + 70 + 2?5 + 456 + 403 + 1,009 +- 6,399 Printing, &c. * 2 + 24 1+ 43 + 46 + 7 - 23 + 31 + 411 + 1,218 +■ 1,914 +■ 6,483 Woodworliing, &c. • 824 - 146 i+ lie + 481 + 208 - 76 + 53 + 1,464 + 1,098 + 2,012 + 6,508 Glass, &c. • 71 + 41 '+ 112 + 241 + 62 + 24 + 189 + 918 + 394 + 1,349 +- 6,483 Food, &o. ) 5 + 21 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 612 + 13 + 94 + %,096 Gas Workers. •182 + 175 + 84 + 128 + 105 + 1 + 9 + 220 +■ 607 + 1,082 + 3,272 Other. 862 + 156 + 580 + 1,531 + 1,343 - 4 + 560 + 4,081 +- 3,633 + 7,460 + 31,241 Total. Public Autlioritics. (-35 + 1,897 + 1,141 + 43 + 2,391 + 136 + 130 + 305 + 965 + 1,987 + 12,056 Government Employ. .«09 + 416 + 460 + 504 + 238 + 71 + 86 + 1,003 + 2;209 + 2,603 + 13,054 Local Authorities. • >IS + 20 + 28 + 49 + 121 + 62 + 69 + 1,840 +- 2,194 + 1,244 +- 8,939 Police. :-)57 + 2,333 + 1,629 + S96 + 2,760 + 269 + 285 + 3,148 +- 5,368 +■ .6,83 4 +- 34,049 Total. ■ !i»0 - 8,169 + 57,891 +%oe,9is -59,IT1 -68,9«2 + 14,534 +34,578 +-139,404 + 118,711 + 633,458 Grand Total. ;.B61— Gp. 19) b2 36 SUMMARY TABLES. XI.— Net Effect of Changes in Hours of Labour* on the Aggregate Weekly Hours worked by those affected during each of the twenty years, 1894-1913. Year. Number of Changes. Total number of Workpeopl s affected by Net Amount of Decrease per w§elc. Increases. Decreases. All Changes. 1894 221 128 77,030 77,158 Hours. 311,545 1895 141 1,287 21,448 22,735 44,105 1896 245 73,616 34,655 108,271 78,533 1897 254 1,060 69,572 70,632 284,675 1898 202 1,277 37,772 39,049 81,917 1899 209 2,600 83,349 35,949 127,142 1900 158 869 56,857 57,726 238,043 1901 117 586 28,690 29,276 58,728 1902 92 5,524 1,051,983 1,057,507 1,024,868 1903 47 644 6,803 7,447 15,427 1904 71 774 16,018 16,792 24,5:9 1905 76 5,806 90,179 95,985 65,265 1906 86 1,985 52,969 54,954 98,892 1907 87 841 35,366 36,207 78,975 1908 75 3,349 23,192 26,541 38.423 1909 85 3,212 559,679 562,891 2,392,322 1910 82 8,006 19,360 27,366 47,575 1911 119 4,351 151,056 155,407 715,459 1912 192 1,013 104,304 105,317 210,556 1913 417 7,665 146,953 154,618 878,009 * Exclusive of Agricultural labourers, Seamen and Railway Serrants. CHANGES IN WAGES IN 1896-1913. 37 XII. — Changes, in Wages of Agricultural Labourers* and Seamen and in Earnings of Railway Servants for each of the years 1896-1913. {CoTTvparable figures for years prior to 1896 are not available.] A. — Agricultural Labourers (England and Wales.) Estimated Number of Men Computed amount of Change affected.* in Weekly Cash Wages. Year. Increases. Decreases. Net Increase Total. Increases. Decreases. ( + )or Decrease (— ). £ £ £ 1896 52,771 86,676 89,447 1,858 1,513 .+ 345 1897 72,559 4,340 76,899 2,232 110 + 2,122 1898 183,987 2,356 186,343 6,227 47 + 6,180 1899 163,960 208 164,168 5,438 4 + 5,434 190O 230,635 230,635 8,150 + 8,180 1901 127,665 10,469 138,034 3,559 398 + 3,161 1902 51,949 41,705 93,654 1,609 1,297 + 312 1903 51,095 24,953 76,048 1,449 893 + 556 1904 23,779 9,569 33,348 1,032 451 + 581 1905 6,659 12,438 19,097 252 442 190 1906 14,758 8,744 23,502 704 322 + 382 1907 14,971 3,439 18,410 479 103 + 376 1908 40,134 13,780 53,914 1,411 684 + -727 1909 29,244 19,772 49,016 747 451 + 296 1910 15,451 271 15,722 794 22 + 772 1911 25,427 4,360 29,787 1,214 270 + 944 1912 102,602 1,846 104,448 5,383 92 + 5,291 1913 182,040 641 182,681 9,996 32 + 9,964 B. — Able Seamen, Firemen and Trimmers. A.B.'s on Firemen and A.B.'s on Steamships. Trimmers. Sailing Vessels. Increase ( + ) Increase ( + ) Increase ( + ) Tear, Average Monthly Kate.t or Decrease (— ) as com- pared with previous year. Average Monthly Rate.t or Decrease ( — ) as com- p.ired with previous year. Average Monthly Eate.t or Decrease (— ) as com- pared with previous year. s. d. s. d. s. d. s, d. s. d. s. d. 1896 75 4 + 03 81 7 + 01 55 6 1897 77 9~ H- 2 5 82 10 + 13 57 6 + 20 1898 79 3 -H 1 6 84 2 + 14 56 7 --<■ 11 1899 82 8 + 35 87 2 + 30 59 10 + 3 3. 1900 82 5 - 3 87 1 - 1 60 7 + 09 1901' 82 6 + 01 87 2 + 01 60 5 - 2 1902 81 2 - 1 4 85 10 - 1 4 60 1 - 4 1903 81 1 - 1 85 6 - 4 60 3 + 02 1904 80 6 - 7 85 2 - 4 60 2 - 1 1905 80 5 - 1 85 1 - 1 60 2 1906 80 7 + 02 85 4 + 03 60 3 + 01 1907 82 3 + 18 86 7 + 13 62 + 1 9 1908 82 7 + 04 88 2 + 17 62 1 + 01 1909 80 8 - 1 11 86 8 - 1 6 61 8 - 5 1910 81 5 + 09 87 6 + 10 61 - 8 1911 88 11 + 76 94 9 + 73 68 11 + 7 11 1912 94 10 + 5 11 100 5 + 58 75 1 + 62 1913 105 11 + 11 1 110 8 + 10 3 85 4 + 10 3 * The number given is the estimated total which the predominant rates of wages changed, if In addition to food. (B51— Gp. 19) number of labourers in districts in B 3 38 SUJJMARY TABLES. XII.— Changes in Wages of Agricultural Labourers*, &c.—eont. C— Railway Servants. [. — NuMBEES Employed and Eaknings on 27 of the Principal Eailways in the United Kingdom. Number of Amount Paid Average Persons in Wages Weekly Year. employed in ; in Earnings selected weet^ selected week. per head. 1896 380,114 £ 456,380 s. d. 24 Oi 1897 .. 393,108 485,470 24 4f 1898 .. 412,304 507,912 24 7S 1899 .. 431,858 545,270 25 3 1900 .. 440,347 551,942 25 OS 1901 .. 440,557 551,114 25 Oi 1902 .. 449,068 559,179 24 Hi 1903 .. 448,944 558,419 24 lOJ 390* .. 446,197 558,416 25 Oi 1905 .. 449,923 568,852 25 3i 1906 .. 458,579 582,699 25 5 1907 .. 479,314 618,734 25 9i 1908 .. 459,753 574,455 25 1909 .. 459,968 583,104 25 4i 1910 ,. 468,520 596,609 25 9 1911 .. 473,168 631,321 26 8i 1912 .. 482,905 660,196 27 4J 1913 ... 490,072 684,470 27 Hi II. — IsTdmbers Employed and Earnings on 27 of the Principal Ea:ilways, showing England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland separately. England and Wales. Scotland. Ireland. Year. Number Average Number Average Number Average Employed. Earnings per head. Employed. Earnings per head. Employed. Earnings per head. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1896 . 324,055 24 5 39,218 22 8 16,841 18 9 1897 . 339,883 24 104 40,871 22 5i 17,351 19 5 1898 ... - .. . 853,785 25 14 41,148 22 74 17,371 19 4i 189.'> . 371,490 25 9S 42,660 22 lOS 17,708 19 44 1900 . 379,750 25 7 42,461 22 11 18,1 36 19 5i 1901 . 378,121 25 6i 43,710 23 14 18,726 19 5 1902 . 383,883 25 5i 45,879 23 Oi 19,306 19 3i 1903 384,465 25 44 45,545 22 11 18,934 19 5 1904 . 380,610 25 7 45,&36 23 04 19,751 19 14 1905 384,321 25 lOi 46,071 23 2i 19,531 19 2S 19 94 1906 . 391,661 25 Hi 47,044 23 4 19,874 1907 . 412,804 26 48 47,040 23 4 19,470 19 8i 1908 . 395,271 25 6S 45,442 22 6i 19,040 19 8i 19 11 1909 . 394,928 23 104 45,671 23 2i 19,369 1910 . 397,715 26 34 46,606 23 14 19,199 20 7 1911 . 405,P51 27 4i 47,125 23 54 20,392 20 94 20 9 1912 . 415,197 28 47,499 24 4 20,209 1913 . 421,925 28 64 47,741 25 14 20,406 22 * The number given is the estimated tolal number of labourers in districts in which the predominant rates of wages changed. 39 DETAILED TABLES— 1913. CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Page I — Rates of Wages 40 II. — Hours of Labour 153 [The changes of which details are included in these Tables are those in which fhe rates of wages and hours of labour stated apply to the majority of the workpeople in the occupations and localities specified. Changes affecting workpeople . employed by one or more firms whose wages differ from those generally paid in the district have been ex- cluded from these Tables, but the details are included in the statistical summaries. All changes in which less than five workpeople were involved have been excluded throughout the Report. See also definition of a Change in Rate of Wages on p. x. (B61— Gp. 19) « 4 40 CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. % Number Agreed Date of Amount Kates of Localities. Occupations. .of "Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase after Change. Building Trades. d. per hour d. per hour. EiraLAND AND Walbs. Northern Counties and Cleveland. Northumberland, Dur- Slaters and tilers . . . IJuIy 330 i 10 ham and CleTeland (including Bishop Auckland, Blyth, Con- sett, Darlington, Hex- ham, Middlesbro', Newcastle, JST. Shields, S. Shields, Stockton, West Hartlepool, and Sunderland). .Alnwick ... Painters 20 April 50 i 84 Amble Carpenters and joiners. 1 Sept. 16 i 9 " Carpenters and 5 July 68 i 84 Bishop Auckland joiners. Plumbers ... 30 April 83 1 9 Blyth Plumbers* 1 Oct. 20 1 9 Carlisle Carpenters and joiners:* IMay 158 i 84 Chester-le-Street Painters 14 June 26 i 8Jr Conselt Carpenters and joiners. 25 Aug. 38 i P4 r Bricklayers 10 May 180 i 94 1 Darlington ... "^ Plumbers ... 28 July INOT. 1 35{ J L 4 84 9 Plasterers ... 12 July 28 i 94 8 Painters IMar. 120 I 4 1 -L Labourers ... 7 June 160 64 9 Durham ... Bricklayers 24 May 30 Hartlepools Bricklayers... Painters 23 May IMar. 130 190 4 4 1 10 84 8 '■ Masons 1 July 90 Kendal ... ... «c Carpenters and joiners. 12 July 26 4 8 Painters* 1 April 42 4 * 4 4 various 7 Middlesbrough ... Bricklayers... Painters IMay 1 April 100 135 10 8i 9 94 9t Morpeth Painters 1 Mnr. 13 North Shields Plumbers IMar. 30 South Shields Plumbers ... IFeb. 100 * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 153). + Or 40« per week. BUILDING TRADES. 41 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Oco\ipation8. of Work. of Wages Change. people Increase. after affected. Change. Building Trades — cont. d. per hour. d. per hour. Kk GLAND AND WaiES— cont. Northern Counties and Cleveland— co»#. Stockton and Thomaby ■ Bricklayers Painters IMay 1 April 50 130 4 10 84 , Bricklayers 12 May 380 4 10 per week. perweek* Sunderland and Dis- _ Plumbers ... 10 Feb. 70 2s. 40*. triot. per hour per hour. Labourers ... IMay lOct. 1 250 { i 6* 6f Carpenters and J joiners. 7 April 1 Dec. ■ 630 { \ 94 9i Plumberst 13 Sept. 157 1 9| Tees-eide (including Plasterers 21 April 54 h 10 Hartlepool, Middles- Plasterers' labour-~ '' 74 brough, and Stockton " ers. i \ Districts). Bricklayers', ma- sons', and gene- 1 Sept. 927 7 ral builders' labourers. = Bricklayers M asons IMay ' 1,000 " 300 10 10 Tyneand Blyth... Carpenters and joiners. 15 May 1,200 h 10 1 Plasterers ... "1 Labourers ... / IMay r 200 I 3,300 \ 10 I i 6i Whitehaven Masons 15 Sept. 40 4 8 Carpenters and' 10 4 6 Wigton joiners. April ■ Painterst ... J2 4 64 Yorkshire (except Cleveland). Carpenters and July 30 4 8 Barnoldswiok ... joiners. Painters 7 June 29 1 8 Carpenters and joiners. IMay , 180 4 9 Plumbers ... 1 Oct. 50 4 9 Plasterers lAug. 40 4 94 Barnsley ... ... ■{ Bricklayers', ma- sons', slaters' and plasterers' lAug. 100 4 7 L labourers. Beverley Painters IMar. 52 4 7 r Bricklayers ... 1 Masons ... J 1 Aug. ■ 200 ' 500 4 4 «4 Si • Slaters 1 April 30 4 94 Bradford Pluraberst 4 Dec. 160 1 10 Painters ... 19 April 360 4 84 Builders' labourers. . . 1 Jan. 1,000 i 64 ■ Slaters' labourers ... 12 April 40 4 7 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. f See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 153). 42 CHAKGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change Building Trades— conf. Ehgiand and Wales— conf. Yorkshire (exeept Cleveland) —cont. Brighouse Castleford Dewsbury Doncaster Goole Halifax ... Harrogate Hebden Bridge Huddersfield and Dis- trict. "* and and Carpenters and joiners. Plumbers Painters* ... Labourers ... Carpenters .ioin^rs. Labourers Carpenters joiners.* Plasterers* Bricklayers', ma- sons' and gener 1 builders' labour- ^ ers.* Plasterers' labour ers*. J Bricklayers -j Carpenters joiners. Painters* Masons Carpenters joiners. Plumbers . Painters Labourers , Bricklayers masons. Carpenters joiners. Bricklayers', sous', plasterers' and general builders' labour- ers. Carpenters joiners. Bricklayers Mason's Carpenters joiners*. Slaters Plumbers* ... Plasterers ... Bricklayers', ma- sons', plasterers' and general builders' labour- ers and excava- tors. Slalers' laboureis . . and and an d and ma- and } and 1 Aug. 1 Oct. 1 April 1 June IDec. 1 Feb. 30 June May 1 May 1 May 21 Aug. 1 April IMar. 1 Nov. 1 May 1 Oct. 26 May 1 May 1 May 1 April 28 June 1 July 1 May 8 Mar. 1 July 1 July 1 May 1 May 1 6 June Number of Work- people affected. 60 22 40 I »»{ 32 190 170 f 35 436 35 53 25 320 250 100 190 300 56 115 230 Amount of Increase. d. per hour. { 20 32 170 250 27 118 62 450 30 Agreed Rates of Wages after Change. per d. hour. 8i 8 ei 7 8 9 9 7 8i 9 7 8f 9 8i 64 ■■ See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 153> 9 9 64 6S BUILDING TRADES. 43 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people aifected. Increase. after Change. Building Trades— core*. per hour. d. per hour. EnqiiAkd and "Wales — eont. Yorkshire (except Cleveland)— con^. Ilkley Masons Labourers ... lOct. r 40 ;. 60 9 64 Keigliley Masons 1 April INOT. ■ 200 j 4 i 9 94 Masons' labourers... IMay , 120 \ 64 r Bricklayers ... fl.SOO \ 10 Leeds Masons Plumbers ... f IMay 750 ■ 250 h i 10 94 L Labourers ... J 800 i 7 Mexboroiigh Carpenters and joiners. 1 June 40 \ 9 Bricklayers and" masons. ' 40 i 9i Morley ... Carpenters and ■ joiners.* 1 April ■ 46 i 8| Labourers ... . VO \ 64 Normantcn Carpenters and joiners. 1 July 16 4 8 Ossett Masons lAug. 41 Various 9 Carpenters and Oct. 40 i 8 joiners. ' Plumbers ... 1 Jan. 45 \ 9 Eotherliani Painters 26 April 73 i 8 Labourers 11 Aug. 150 i 64 Selby Bricklayers... Labourers ... 30 Aug. r 20 1 30 i ' Bricklayers ... Slaters and tilers* lOct.j i.ooot 4 10 90 4 94 Plumbers ... 1 June 148 4 94 Sheffield District \ Plasterers ... Painters, paper- bangers and de- corators. IMay 3 March 120 800 4 4 94 8 L Labourers ... 15 Aug. 1,000 Various 64t Shipley ... Masons Sept. 100 I 94 Stipton Masons 1 Sept. 40 - 4 9 Carpenters and IMay 30 4 8 Sowerby Bridge... joiners. Painters 7 April 24 4 8 Spen Valley Plasterers Painters 16 Aug. lAprU 70 60 4 4 9 8 Todmorden Masons Carpenters and joiners.* 18 Oct, IMay 50 80 4 4 94 84 r Wakefield ... i. Bricklayers ... 1 May 130 4 9 Masons Carpenters and lOct. 1 March 50 60 h . 4 94 8i joiners. * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 353). + Exclusiee of about 300 bricklayers in iron and steel ?,nd engineering works who received a similar advance. (See p. 69). I Trade Union Bate. 44 CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Ifumber Agreed Date of Amount Rates of Loealities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Building Trades— co»if. d. jer hour. d. per hour. Enoland and Wales — cont. Yorkshire (except Cleveland) — cowt. r Plumhers ... 20 Oct. 40 i" 8 and 8J Plasterers 13 Sept. 50 i 84 Painters 1 April 90 i 8 Wakefield— core*. Brioklayers'.masons', plasterers' and general builders' 1 July 300 i 64 L labourers. Yeadon and District ... Carpenters andf joiners. \ 9 June lOct. . 35 { i 8 8i Bricklayers 1 May 190 i 94 Carpenters and 1 Jan. 250 i 8i York joiners. Slaters and tilers . . . 15 May 14 i 94 Plumbers ... 1 Jan. GO i 84 - Labourers ... 1 May 323 i 64 ~- Lancashire and Cheshire, Aoorington Plumbers* ... IFeb. 45 i 9 Plasterers ... lAug. 28 i 94 Adlington Carpenters and joiners. 1 June 23 i 9 Altrinoham, Sale and Bricklayers 1 May 180 i 10 Carpenters . and J joiners.* |_ 1 Jan. I 240 { J 10 District. IDec. 104 Plumbers 1 Sept. 76 i 94 Painters 8 April 100 Jorl 9&94 Attrincham Bricklayers' labour- 1 July 70 i 64 r ers. Bricklayers... Masons IMay r 300 1 65 i 104 10 !i:Bliton, Deiiton, Hyde, Stalybrid'ge, &o. Bricklayers', ma- ' sons', and gene' ral builders' la- ■ bourers. Plasterers' labour-^ 1 June 497 Various r 6 ^ 7 ers. Bricklayers ... IDec. 117 i 10 Barrow-m-Furnes3 Plumbers* 6 Oct. 30 Various 9! Plasterers 3 May 58 4 94 Bricklayers... 10 May INOT. \ 195 { 1 104 11 Masons ■ I 10 May INov. 1 90 { t I i 1 - 104 11 ' Birkenhead District Carpenters and joiners.* 10 May INoT. 1 650 104 IX Painters . IMay 650 94. •104 11 Woodcutting ma- J ^ ohinists. ] 10 May iNoT. - 23 1 * I i * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (pp. 153 and 154). BUILDING TKADES. 45 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase after Change. Building Trades— con?. d. per hour d. per hour. Enqianp and Wales — oont. Laneashire and Cheshire— co»*. r Masons IMay 130 i 10 Maggers and slaters 16 June 100 4 — Bricklayers' and' 7 Blackburn plasterers' la- bourers. lAng. 580 \ Slaters' labourers 64 Masons', joiners'^ atid general builders' la- bourers. L 6 Blackpool Painters 10 Mar. 153 4 84 " Bricklayers... ^ ' 250 4 104 Masons — 1 Banker hands ' Fixers ... 1 May j 160 4 •' 10 Bolton District ... 104 Plasterers 5 July 70 4 104 Slaters' labourers ... 15 Not. 50 4 7 . Concretors and asphalters.* 1 Sept. 40 Various 9 Burnley, Nelson, Oolne, Carpenters and lAug. 300 4' 94 Fadiham and District. joiners.* Burnley, Nelson, Padi- ham and District. \ Masons 1 May 291 4 94 Labourers 1 June 175 4 64 Masons* IMay 60 4 10 Bury ■ Carpenters and joiners*. 14 July 210 4 10 Plumbers* 1 Jan. 68 4 94 > Bricklayers* 7 Apr. 200 9| Masons 1 May 58 4 94 Carpenters and/ joiners.* \ 9 June 1 240 { f 9i Chester 1 Sept. 94 iPlnmbers 1 Apr. 60 4 Plasterers* 8 Dec. 60 1 9| L Painters and decorators.* 10 Mar. 200 li 8i Chorley ... Carpenters and joiners. 1 June 96 4 9 Masons 7 June 53 4 84 Clitheroe ... •< Carpenters 'and joiners. 1 June 35 4 84 ' Masons lAug. 100 4 94 Colne •< Bricklayers' and 26 April ,1- 130 64 masons' labourers. 4 ■ Plasterers' labourers IDec. J 7 - Bricklayers "| ' 20 1 8 Congleton ... < Carpenters and 1 joiners. f 14 June 20 1 84 Labourers ... J 20 Various 5 \ Carpenters and 1 Sept. 12 4 74 Crewe ■< joiners. Plumbers ... 1 Painters ... ( IMay ■ 60 4 4 8 74 * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 154). " 46 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Agreed - Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people Increase. after affected. Change; Building Trades— corai. pel • hour. d. per hour. England and Wales — cont. Laacasbire and Cheshire— COB*. Carpenters and 16 Sept. 80 i 9S Darwen ... joiners. Plumbers ... 3 Feb. 22 i 94 Great Harwood ... Painters 30 April 27 4 84 Haslingden, Eawtenstall, Plumbers ... IMay 36 4 9 Bacupand Stacksteads. Haslingden Masons 1 June 100 4 94 I/abourers* ... 16 June 50 4 64 Heywood Carpenters and joiners.* 14 July 100 4 94 Hyde and Denton Painters IMay 89 4 9 Enutsf ord Carpenters and joiners. 1 Mar. 12 4 84 ■ Carpenters and 27 Sept. 200 4 9 Lancaster joiners.* Plumbers* ... 1 July 40 4 84 f Bricklayers ] r 76 4 10 Carpenters and >■ 1 May < 95 4 10 Leigh, Atherton, and Tyldesley. joiners.* J Plasterers Bricklayers' and plasterers' labour- 17 May IMay 27 69 4 4 94 - ers. Leigh Plumbers ... IDec. 30 4 94 Liseard and District . . . Bricklayers 16 Nov. 112 U lit Littleborongh ... Carpenters and joiners*. 14 July 30 4 9 Liverpool and Birken- head. Electricians I 1 June 1 Dec. 1 450 .' 4 4 9 r Bricklayers* IMay INov. 1 1,000 { 4 4 104 11 Masons IMay INov. 1 300 4 4 104 11 Liverpool District Carpenters and / joiners.* Slaters* 1 May 1 Nov. 1 May 1 3,000 50 I 4 4 4 104 11 10 Woodworking 1 July ■ 300 4 { 104, 94 orSi machinists. ' INov. 4 ■ J 11, 10 or 9 74 8i 1. Glaziers 4 Jan. 60 ' Slaters ... ^ r U 1 Bricklayers', ma- ' 1 i- 250 r 54 Macclesfield ... . . . - sons', and plas- , terers' labourers. ' IMay . 4 - General builders' 1 J , 5 ^ labourers. Manchester and Salf ord District. r Banker Masons •< hands* ■ L Fixers 1 June 400 4 * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour fo. 1.541. i t Trade Union Rate BUILDING TUADES. 47 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Oocupatinns. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Building Trades — cont. d. d. EirSLAKD AND WALBS — per hour. per hour. cont. Lancashire and Cheshire— CO u^. Carpenters and joiners. INOT. 3,328 i 104 Plasterers ... r 380 J 104 Painters* ... IMay -^1,500 h 94 Plasterers' la- L 200 i 7i bourers. Manchester and Salf ord Builders' labourers " Hod carriers i 6i L 7 District — cont. INoT. 1,200 4 Stone carvers' 27 Oct. 25 1 Ehctrical wiremen 5 Not. 250 4 94 and cable jointers. Glass embossers 8 July 80 i 9 and leaded lights _ workers. ' Carpenters andY f 85 4 94 Middleton joiners. [ Plumbers ... f IMay 1 9 I 94 _ Painters ... J t fl4 4 9 Carpenters and 27 Sept. 30 4 84 Morecambe joiners. Painters 1 June 39 4 84 Mossley Painters 1 AprU 25 4 9 Bricklayers IMay 230 4 104 Carpenters and 12 May 450 4 10 joiners. Oldham and District ■ Bricklayers' la- bourers. 1 May 200 4 7 Sawyers, woodcut- 6 June 78 i _ ting machinists L and wood turners. ' Masons 1 May 60 4 10 Slaters and tilers . . . 26 Sept. 24 i 9 Oldham Plumbers 2 Aug. 120 4 94 Plasterers ... 21 June 50 4 94 Painters* 1 April 300 S 9i Preston Carpenters and joiners.* 1 June 167 4 9i Kadcliffe, Whitefield, ' Bricklayers* r 6'' 4 104 Prestwich and Dis- - . IMay . trict. Masons [ 22 4 10 Carpenters and 14.July 90 4 10 Kadcliffe'... joiners.* ' ' 1 Plumbers* ... IFeb. 20 4 94 Bamshottom Carpenters and joiners.* 14 July 40 4 9 Masons IMay 65 4 10 Eochdale Carpenters and joiners.* 14 July 230 4 9i Runcorn Painters* 1 April 45 1 84 ' Bricklayers* 1 Carpenters and/ 1 June r 200 1 220 i. 9| 4 9S St. Helens joiners. Pluinbers 19 May 40 i 94 Plasterers* 1 July 14 1 9f See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 154). 48 CHANGES IN RATKS OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of I/oualiities, Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Building Trades — cont. d. per hour. d. per hour. England and Wa!lbs — cont. Lancashire and Cheshire— con*. Sale and JDistrict Painters IMar. 60 h 9 Shta W and Boy ton Painters 1 April 21 4 9 Carpenters and IM&y 200 k 94 Souihport joiners. Plumbers ... 1 Jan. 40 \ 94 ■ Carpenters and INov. 250 4 lu Stockport joiners. Plumbers 23 June 100 4 94 r Carpenters and 30 June 60 4 84 Ulverstor) joiners. Painters lAug. 40 4 8 Warrington Bricklayers Plumbers ... IMay 2 June 155 80 4 i 9f 94 Westhoughton ... Carpenters and joiners*. 1 May 16 4 9 Wigan Mason's — (fixers) ... 1 May 6 4 10 Winsford Carpenters and joiners. 28 July 20 4 8 North and West Midland Counties. Arnold, Ifotts Carpenters and joiners.* 1 Jan. 10 4 94 Bilston ... Painters May 30 \ Blackheath, Stafes. Bricklayers 1 April 70 4 84 r Bridblayers... Sept. 20 4 Boston ■! Carpenters and joiners. Oct. and Nov. 50 4 7 and n\ I Labourers ... Sept. 20 \ 5 Buiton Plumbers ... IMay 25 \ 9 r- Bricklayers IMay 63 i 84 r Banker J Masons J hands \ IMay ~ ^ 4 84 Cheltenham ... ■{ INor. > 44-1 84 1 Fixers • 1 May INOT. ■ } 8| 9 '- Carpenters and joiners. IMay 145 4 84 Chesterfield Painters 1 April -31 \ n f Masons* ... ^ r 58"! A Carpenters and 60 joinei's.'* L Various 7 Cirencester ... < Plumbers * ... }- Plasterers*... IDec. ■ 18 1 23J 42 • Painters* ... Various 64 _ Labourers*... J .. 233 Various 5 Coalville, Leicester Bricklayers INov. 32 4 84 See also xmder Changes in Hours of Labour (pp. 154 and 155). BUILDING TEADES. 49 Number Agreed Date of Amount Eates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- 0* Wages Change. people Increase. after affected. Change. Building Trades— co«<. d. pec hour. d. per hour. ENaLAND AND WALES — j conl. North and West Midland Counties— conf f Bricklayers... "1 500 i 9i Carpenters and 550 i 4 9f joiners. - CoTentry Slaters and tilers 1 April 20 1 9i Plumbers ... 40 i 9i Labourere ..: ] 697 { 1 6i Leading Bcaffoldera . n ' Bricklayers* ] April 58 i 84 Darlaston and District Carp enters and 1 June 70 k 84 (including Wednes-' joiners. bury). Labourers and nav- vies. 1 April 80t 4 54 • Bricklayers... Masons * ... 3 Nov. r 250 ■ 50 4 94 Derby A 94 Painters 5 May 165 \ 8 '■ Bricklayers... 1 April lOct. . 100 { \ 84 8f Carpenters and / joiners. 1 April 1 60 { ! 84 Dudley lOct. 8i Painters ... "[ Excavntors and 1 April r 50 1 120 4 \ 74 54 ^ labourers. ' Carpenters and^ joiners. f 53 i 9 Glossop Slaters and plum- ■ 1 Jan.-{ ' r 84 bers. . 19 i Plasterers ... 1 9 : Bricklayers... ■' 150 i 8i Masons 40 i 8 GrlOucester Carpenters and joiners. IJuly .130 • i 8i Plasterers ... 30 i 8 1 ^ Labourers ... 150 i 54 Grantham Masons lOot. 12 i 8 Grimdby Carpenters and joiners. 28 June 160 i 84 f Bricklayers... "^ r 75 4 8 Hereford Carpenters and ! joiners. j" 3 July 190 4 74 Labourers ... J 100 4 5 Hinckley Labourers ... 28 July 60 i 54 Horncastle Bricklayers . . . Bricklayers' lab- bourers. 11 Aug. { I 4 4 64 44 Hactnall Tortard Painters 10 May 18 4 74 Carpenters and ' r 18 4 71 Kenil worth joiners. 1 April . Painters* ... 40 4 74 Kidderminster Carpenters and joiners. 1 April 1 Nov. } " I i 8i 84 * See also under Changes in Hours of iiabour (p. IW). t Estimated. 50 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. , Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Amount of Increase. Agreed Bates of Wages after Change. Building Trades- -con«. Engiand and Walbs- conf, Worth and West Midland Counties— co»l Leamington Leicester Leominster Lichfield... Lincoln . . . Long Eaton Loughborough Malrern ... Mansfield Newark . . . Nottingham Nuneaton Oldbury ... Bedditoh Betford ... Bugby ... Scunthorpe i and^ Bricklayers Carpenters joiners. ! Plumbers* ... T Painters ... J Labourers . . . Bricklayers . . . Plumbers ... Plasterers . . . Builders' labourers Plasterers' labour- ers. Bricklayers , Carpeaters joiners. Labourers , Masons Bricklayers. Masons Carpenters joiners. Plumbers Painters Carpenters joiners. Bricilayers Plumbers . . Labourers ,. and and and and- Carpenters joiners. Painters Plumbers ... Masons f Hewers and \ Fixers Carpenters joiners. Painters Painters -Bricklayers Bricklayers', ma-" eons', and gene- ral builders' la- bourers. Bricklayers Labourers . . . Plumbers* ... " Plasterers* . . . Painters* ... Labourers* ... Painters* ... 21 April 1 April 21 April 7 April 1 July 9 June 7 April 19 May July and Aug. 28 Mar. 1 May 1 June 1 M«y 1 Not. 1 April 1 Aug. 7 April 1 July 7 April 1 May lOct. 21 April 10 Feb. 7 June 5 July 1 22 April 16 April 1 Oct. {; Jan. Oct. 5 July 1 Aug. 1 April I 90 66 45 200 450 130 56 500 40 L 14 36 125 48 196 22 200 60 70 17 62 } ^M 64 10 65 95 40 } »{ }™{ d. per hour. d. per hour. i i i i . i i i i 54 104 7 n 7 7 9&9 84 9 84 8 » 8i 8 8 10 lOf n 7 8 84 54 8 54 9 94 8 6 7 ' See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 155). BUILDING TRADES. 51 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities, Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people Increase. after affected. Change. Building Trades — cont._ d. per hour. d. per hour. ENftLAND AND WALES— coat. North and West Midland Counties— co»; Bricklayers* Carpenters and , ' 7 June r 110 t 100 4 4 84 84 Shrewsbury joiners.* Plumbers ... 17 May 35 4 84 Plasterers 1 Oct. 18 1 94 ^ Labourers* 1 May 130 4 5| Stafford Carpenters and joiners.* IMay 102 4 84 Stourbridge and District Carpenters and joiners. 28 June 120 4 84 ' Bricklayers... r 25 4 n Stratford-on-ATOU Carpenters and 1 joiners. \ Painters 12 May L as 4 4 74 7 Labourers ... ScafEolders, &c. 8 April 60 4 { 44 5&5i ' Bricklayers* r i 7 Masons* 4 7 Carpenters and 4 7 Stroud joiners.* Plumbers* ... 1 May 400 i 4 7 Plasterers* ... 4 7 Painters* 4 6i Labourers*... J . 4 4i _r Carpenters and 16 May 50 4 8i Tamworth joiners. Plumbers ... 24 May 16 i 88 Painters 1 April 40 4 74 ■ Carpenters and 5 April 30 4 8 Wellington (Salop) joiners. Painters 1 May 50 4 7 ' Bricklayers... ."1 Plumbers ... / Plasterers 1 April 6 May " 115 1 16 30 4 94 West Bromwich Dis- trict. Various 4 84 , 94 Painters 1 April 60 Various n Bricklayers', plas- terers' . and general builders' labourers. 1 June 60 4 64 f Bricklayers... ") f 136 4 94 Masons ... I 28 4 94 Carpenters and )■ l^pril 140 4 94 joiners. 1 Wolverhampton ... Plumbers ... J L 50 1 10 Plasterers ... 1 April 1 Julv ]■ 22 { 1 9 94 Painters 15 April 126 4 8 Labourers 1 April 148 4... 64 > Bricklayers .. \ Carpenters and J 1 April r 58 153 i 8i 88 Worcester and District ■ joiners. Plumbers ... 1 Painters ... J IMay r 15 ' 160 i 4 .88 74 ■ Labourers ... ] April 120 i 58 Worksop Carpenters and 1 Jan. 72 4 8 ioinera. - See also under Changes in Hom-s of Labour (p. 156), 52 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Number Date of Amount of Work- , of Change. people afEected. Increase. Agreed Bates of after Change. Building Trades — cont. Eh&land and Wales- cont. South Midland and Eastern Counties. Bedford .. Cambridge Cbesham . . . Ipswich { Kettering and District" Letchworth Luton Newmarket } and Oxford ... Peterborough St. Albans Bricklayers... 1 Carpenters and/ joiners. BricMajers * Masons * Carpenters and joiners.* Plasterers . . . Painters * ... Labourers*... Carpenters and joiners.* Bricklayers 1 Carpenters and / joiners. Plumbers . . . Painters Labourers . . . Bricklajers... Carpenters joiners.* Labourers ... Bricklayers* Carpenters and joiners.* I Labourers*... L Woodcutting^ machinists.* Bricklayers* • Carpenters and") joiners.* [ Painters* ... I Labourers*... J Bricklayers... 1 Carpenters and J joiners. Plasterers' la bourers. Bricklayers', ma. sons', and gen- eral builders' labourers. Masons* Carpenters and joiners. Labourers ... Carpenters and joiners. Carpenters joiners. and lAug. { 1 Jan. 126 170 INoT. 20 Oct. 22 May 4 June 240 297 1 Aug. 96 14 June Sept. 130 140 15 Sept. IMar. 500 234 30 Aug. 170 per hour. d. per hour. 9 7 n 8.t 7 54 8 8 54 84 H 84 7 54 8 54 5 9 84+ 6 8 * 8te also under Changes in Hours of Labour fn issV + Trade Union Bate. ^^" '" BUILDING TRADES. 53 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Building Trades— coni. d. per hour. d. per hour. Ehqlasd ani> Wales — coni. South Midland and Eastern Counties— ca«i! Waltham Abbey and Carpenters and 3 June 45 Various 94 District. joiners.* , Bricklayers ... J. 7 July 23 July 1 44 { 1 7 Wisbech ... Carpenters and ■ 7 July 23 July :■ " { i 6f 7 joiners. ? Bricklayers' < labourers. '- 7 July 23 July 1 35 {I 4i 44 London. ' Bricklayers* i 17 May 15 KoT. ■12,000 { 1 11 114 Masons 24Mav 3,500 i 114 Carpenters and 1 Mar. 20,000 . i 114 joiners. Plumbers* ... i 22 Sept. 27 Oct. - 2,200 ■T * I 4 iH 12 Plasterers* ... 1 July 2,600 i 114 London Painters Sept. 24,000 iorl 9t, 9|+, lot Labourers ... 4 Jan. 13,000 4 74 General smiths arid 22 Mar. 1,300 4 mt hot-water fetters.* Mill sawyers and 7 June 650 4 — woodcutting ma- chinists.* . Tile fixers 19 Sept. 200 1 12 Soutli-Eastern Counties, Bricklayers... 15 4 8 Basingstoke Carpenters and joiners. lAug. 77 4 8 - Bricklayers... '' 50 4 84 Masons 21 4 84 Bournemouth ... Carpenters and joiners. 1 Jan. 200 4 84 Plumbel's . . . 21 1 84 Painters 500 ^ 8 r Bricklayers* Carpenters and! 21 July ■\ f 5 lOi Dartford, Erith, and Bexley. joiners, " and [ woodcutting ma- | chinists.* 2 June 31 Dec. ■ 890. 4 4 10 lOJ Painters and paper- 23 June 4 8&84 Vv hangers.* -J K * See aUu under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 156). + The rates of 94 member.'! of the Miners' Association. workers COAL MINING. 63 Number Amount of Agreed Date of Increase Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- ( + ), Wages Change. people or Decrease afler affected. (-)• Change. Coal Mining — cont. Bnsiand akd Waies — aont. Cumberland Federated triota.** Dis- West Yorkshire North Wales South Staffordshire and East Wor- cestershire (parts of). Gloucestershif e and Somersetshire ; — Forest of Dean Hewers Other underground workers Surface workers Coke workers ■■{ Enginenieu, boiler firemen,&e. Hewers and other under- ground workers. Surface workers Winding enginemen . , . Loco, drivers, firemen, &c. Youths and boys Surface workers .... Shotlighters and deputies Mechanics and labourers Hewers and other under- ground and surface workers^ (including enginemen). Hewers and other underground and surface workers (inclu- ding enginemen and me- chanics) . 2nd pay, Jan. April* 2nd pay, Jan. April* 2nd pay, Jan. April* 2nd pay, Jan. April* 2nd pay, Jan. April* Jan. (a) April* Jan. (a) April* 1 Mar. 1 Jan. 13 Feb. July J Jan. (a) \ April* Sept. 7,000 •2,000 300 [. 300 I 340,000 I I 75,000 J 200 500 20 758 270 830 I 12,000 I 5,500 Per cent, on standard. ■1-5 -h5 + 5 + 5- + 3i -1-3! + 3f + 3J + 3i + Si -1-5 + 5 -t-5+t or + 3tt + 5tt or + 3tt Per day. + 6d. + 4,d. + 2d. Per cent, on standard. + 5 Per day. + 4d. + 4(?.§§ or + 6d.M Per cent, on standard. -1-5 + 5 + 5 Per cent. above standard. 60t 65t 50t 55t 31it 35t 21i§ 25§ eotiiT 65||ir Per cent. above standard. 1 1 60 65 4oirT * Ist making-up day after 27 April. t Standard of 1879. $ Standard of 1912. § Standard of 1910. || Standard of 1888. if Hewers. ** Comprise 'Torkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire (parts of), Shropshire, and North Wales. (a) 2nd making-up day in January. ■)■+ To those engaged. on the pit banks and screens in inanipulating coal, j j To certain other surface yporkers. §§ To those rated at or under 4s. per dayl |||| To those-rated above 4«. pep day. II T At some collieries wages were 45 per cent, above standard. 64 CHANGfES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. N'umber Amount of Agreed Date of Increase Bates of of Work- ( + ). Wages Change. people or Decrease after affected. (-)■ Change BwaiAND AND WAIBS — cont. Glcucesters hire and Somerset- shire — cont. : — Coal Minmg — cont. Bristol trict. r I Dis--! Badstock trict. Dis- South Wales and Monmonthshire. SCOTIAND. Scotland ... Hewers, other underground workers, and banksmen. Winding enginemen Hewers, other underground workerSghanksnien, engine- men and stokers. Hewers, other underground workers, and surface workers. Hewers and other under ground workers. -I Surfacemen, mechanics and boiler firemen. Enginemen ...-( Jan. (a) 7 Apr. April (5) 6 Oct. 11 Aug. Jan. (o) 7 Apr. Apr. (S) 6 0.t. 1 June 6 Mar. 2 July 28 Oct. 16&17 Dec. 6 Mar. 2 July 28 Oct. 16&17 Dec. 6 Mar. 2 July 28 Oct. 16&17 ^ Dee. 2,500 15 4,100 210,000 110,000 18,000 ■ 3,300 Per cent, on standard. + 5 -2i + 5 + 2i Per shift. + 1*. Per cent, on standard. 45 -2i + 5 + 2h + 2i + 12i + 6i -6i + 6i Per shift. + 2rf. + lrf. -Id. + lfl!. + 6rf.§ + 3rf.§ -3rf.§ + 3c«.§ Per cent. above standard.* 50t 47it 524t 55t Per shift. 6». Per cent, above standard. 50* 47i» 52i* 55* 60t 81i* 87i* 8U* 87i* Iron lVIining.il Per cent. ENaXAKD. Per cent, on standard. above standard.^ r 27 Jan. ] r + 7 40i Clereland Ironstone miners ... < 28 Apr. 28 July \ 9,000 \ + 4i + 4 45 45i A 27 Oct. J I -n 371 (a) 2nd making-up day in January. (6) 1st making-up day after 27 April. * Standard of 1888. + These are the percentages above standard for hewers on the GMoucesteTshire side of the coalfield j on the Somersetshire side the rates were 5 per cent, more than sliown in the table. On both sides of the coalfield the percentages above standard for other underground workers were 2\ per cent, more than for hewers. % Standard of 1879 At some collieries the standard is that of 1877, and in these cases the percentage above standard is 15 per cent, less than shown. § Winding enginemen only ; other classes received varying increases. II Including Ironstone Quarrying. % Standard of 1879. IRON MINING — OTHER MINING — QUARRYING. 65 Number Amount of Agreed Date of Increase Rates of Looalities. Occupations. of Work- ( + ). Wagei Change. people or Decrease after affected. (-)• Change. Iron Mining* — cont. Ehglakd — cont. Cumberland North Lincolnshire Scotland. Scotland Iron miners, &c. Ironstone quarrjmen Ironstone miners Underground oncostmen and surface workers. Oct. Feb. 4 May 2 Aug. INov. 6 Mar. 2 July 28 Oct. 6 Mar. 2 July 28 Oct. 296 1,000 1,500 Per shift. -ed.tols. -^ Per cent. Per cent, on above standard. standard.t + 6i 16i + 74 23| + 1J 25 -9 16 Per dav. + 6d. — + 3d. — -3d. — +-2d. to 6d. — + Id. to 3d. — -Id to 3d. — Other Mining. ENaiAND. Newton Abbot Scotland. Scotland Clayminers, cutters, &c. Shale miners enginemen. and winding] Underground oncostmen Surface oncostmen and other^ surface workers Oilworkers 12 Sept. 6 Mar. 2 July 80 Oct. 18 Dec. 6 Mar. 2 July. 30 Oct. 18 Dec. 6 Mar. 2 July 30 Oct. 18 Dec. 6 Mar. 2 July 30 Oct. 18 Dec. Quarrying.l Ekglakd and "Walbs. West and South Durham. Limestone quarrymen . 27 Jan. 28 April 28 July 27 Oct. 240 4,900 750 8,500 2,500 Per cent. + 3i to 5 Per day. + 6d. — + 3d. — -3d. — + 3d. — , + 2d. to 6d. — + Id. to 3d. — -Id. to 3d. — + Id. to 3d. — + 2d. to 4d. — + Id. & lid. — -Id. & lid. — + Id. & lid. — + 3d. — ■ + 14d. — ■ -lid. — + lid. Per cent. Per cent, on above standard. slandard.§ + 7 40| + 4i 45 + i 45i -74 37i * Including Ironstone Quarrying. J For Ironstone Quarrying, tee Iron Mming. (B51— Q-p. 19) + Standard of 1909. § Standard of 1879. -^66 CHANGES IN RATES 01? WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Date Nuaiber of Amourt of Increase Agreed Rates of Loealitiea. Occupations. of Change. "Work- people affected. ( + ). or Decrease Wages after Change. England and Waies ^core*. Middleton - in- Tees- dale. Tyne Brighouse and Dis- trict. Morley Stainton-in -Furneas (I firm). Crroby, Leicester iRowsley and. Dis- trict. Llauddulas ... Portland" ... vCornwall ... i SCOTIAND. West of Scotland . . Aberdeen and Dis- trict. Creetown . . . Mid- Lothian r Quarrying* Settmakers, &c Freestone quarrymen ... Quarrymen Scapplers, getters, labourers, enginemen, machinemen, sawmillmen, joiners, black- smiths, mechanics, &c. Limestone quarrymen ... < Quarrymen Stone getters and dressers Ldbourers Stone cutters and quarrymen., Quarrymen Masons in quarries§ Masons in quarries (day workers) Clay workers Seltmakers and kerbdressers . Settmakers Granite cutters, &o. ... Settmakers Settmakers and kerbdressers -cont. June & Oct. 11 Mar. 18 June 29 May 7 April lOct. Mar. 1 Aug. 1 Aug. Aug. July 21 April 1 Mar. April- July 1 Mar. April 1 Aug. 23 May 1 Mar. March to May 65 69 490 220 7S 200 490 300 600 5,000 240 180 200 845 46 100 Per cent. + 4i to 74 + 5+ Per hour. + id.t Per cent. + 6it Per hour. + id.t Per ton. + 0-2d. -0-2d. Per cent. + 5 to 10 Per hour. + id. + id. + 4rf. Per cent. + 5 Per hour. + id. Various Various Per cent. + 74 (about) Per ton. + 3d.f + 3d. 0T6d "H Per hour. + id. Per cent. + 4 + 10 (about) Per hour. 9d. Ud.w 8rf.* ENaLAHD AND Wales. Northern Counties and Cleveland. Cleveland and Dur- ham. Pig Iron Manufacture. Blastfarnacemen 4 Jan. 5 April 5 July 4 Oct. 5,500 Per cent, on standard. + 7 -l-4i + i -74 Per cent, above standard, tt + 35 + 39i + 394 + 32 * For Ironstone Quarrying, see Iron Mining. f Piece rates. J Time rates § See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 158). || Average rate, f On eertain sizes of setts ** Cutting. +t Standard of 1879. Pia IRON MANUFACTDEK. 67 Number Amount of Agreed Date of Increase Bates of Localities. Occupations. of "Work- (O. Wages i Change. people or Decrease after affectee^ . (-)• Change. Pig Iron Manufacture — cont. England and Wales — coBf. Northern Counties and Cleveland- con^ West Cumberland... MiUom (1 firm) .. Lancashire. Barrow -in-FurnessJ South Lancashire§ . . . Ulverston J ... Midland Counties. North. Lincolnshire Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire North Staffordshire South Staffordshire Wales and Mon- mouthshire. Nortt Wales Blastfurnacemen BlastfuT] aeeraen and other] workpeople. ] Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen, &c. Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen Blastf urnacem en 6 Jan. 1 Ai-'ril 1 July 5 Oct. 6 Jan. 1 April 7 July 5 Oot. 6 Jan 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. 4 Jan. 5 April 5 July 4 Oot. 6 Jan. 1 April i July 5 Oct. Peb. 4 May 2 Aug. 1 Nov. 1st pay, Feb. 1st pay, April Jan.** April** July** Oct.** April** June** Oct.** Dec.** 4 Jan. 5 April 5 July 4 Oot. 1,400 150 430 500 500 440 244 216 162 270 1,200 1,000 600 1,000 69 -H6 -li -4i -10 + 7 + 4i + i -n + 6 -li -4i -9i + 6i + 7i + U -9 -h5 + 6i -H5 -1 -3| + 2i + 2i + 7 ■ + 4i + i * Standard of 1889. t Blaslfurnacemen. cent. lees. X One firm. IT Standard of 1905. (B51— Op. 19) For other workpeople the percentages above standard were 2i per § Two firms. Standard of 1909. ** 1st making-up day in the month. c2 68 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Amount of .Agreed Date of Increase Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- ( + ). Wages Charge. people or Decrease after « affected. (-)■ Change. Pig Iron Manufacture — cont. Emgland and Walks — com*. Wales and Mon- mouthshire -con*. South Wales and Monmouthshire. ScoTLANr. West of Scotland ... Blastfurnacemen Blastfurnacemen and la- bourers. 1 Jan. 1 April IJuly lOct. • IPeb. -. 1 May lAug. INOT. » 1,250 3,500 Per cent, on standard. -1-51 + 6i + 2i + 2i + 24 -24 -74 Northern Counties, Cleve- land, Yorkshire, Lancashire,- Midlands and West of Soot- land. England and Walks. Northern Counties and Cieveland. N rthumberlaud, Durham, and Oleyeland. Consett, Jarrow and Neirburn. Iron and Steel Manufacture. General Changres. 2 Feb. Steel melters, pitmen, &e. Q-as producermen and charge wheelers. 4 May 3 Aug. 2Nov. 2 Feb. 4 May 3 Aug. 2 Not. 2,402 ConsettJ JarrowJ Iron puddlers . . . Local Chaug'es. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept, 1 Dec. Iron and steel millmen Steal millmen ... Enginemen, oranemen, &c. Enginemen, cranemen, kc. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. 1 Deo. 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. 1 April 1 July 1 Oct. ■750 2,650 1,184 • Standard of 1896. t Standard of 1899. X One firm. Per cent. aboTe standard.!' 18| 20* 224 § Standard of 1893. IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTUKE. 59 Number Amount of Agreed Date of lucreafe Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work. ( + )■ Wages Change. people or Decrease after affected. (-)■ Change. Iron and Steel Manufacture — cont. England and Walks — coitt. Northern Counties and Cleveland- con^. Middlesbrough! and Stockton. 1 Middlesbrough* Stockton and West Hartlepool. .Stockton-on-Tees* . Teams, Gateshead* lorkshire, except Cleveland,! Hull* Bricklayers Bricklayers' labourers . Steelworkers 1 Sheffield SouthTorksMreJ § Mechanics in iron and steel works. Steel sheet workers Iron millmen, &e. Puddlers Millmen and fumacemen Bricklayers in iron and steel ■ and engineering works. Iron puddlers and forgemen Iron and steel millmen 15 Deo. 1 Jan. 1 AprU 1 July 1 Oct. Jan. 7 April 9 June 6 Oct. 8 Dee. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. 1 Dec. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. 1 Dec. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. 1 Dec. 1 Oct. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. IDeo. 31 Mar. 2 June 29 Sept. 1 Dec. 1,000 770 120 105 128 50 - 300 86 84 80 82 } '''{ 348 338 I 338 I Per hour. -I- -id. { Per cf nt. on standard. + 6 + 5 + 2 -1 Per week + Is. 6d. Per cent, on standard. + 2i + 2 J. -2i -5 + 2i + 2i -5 Per ton. + 3d. + 3d. + Sd. -fid. Per cent, on standard. -Hi + 2i + 2i -5 Per hour. + id. Per ton. + 3d. + 3d. + 3d. -6d. Per cent, on siandard. -1-24 -l-2i -l-2i -5 Per hour. IVid. 6id. Per cent. above standard. 29 31 36 35 * One firm. t For South Yorkshire, see also Midland Counties. (B51— Gp. 19) + Standard of 1896. § Three firms. 3 70 CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Anaount of Agreed Date of Inert ase Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- ( + ). Wages Change. people or Decrease after affected. (-)• Change. Iron and Steel Manufacture — cont. Ensland and Wales - cont. Lancasbire and Cheshire.* ' Barrow-in .Fumess' Bail millmen Midland Counties. Midlands (inelud- ing parts of South York- shire and South Lancashire) Enginemen, boilermen. cranemen, Boll turners Plate and slabbing millmen Wales and IMonmouthshire. South Wales and Monmouthshire. Puddlers Millmen. Iron and steel workers and< mechanics. 'April I June I Oct. iDec. ■ April I June 1 Oct. !Deo. 1 Jan. 1 April 1 July lOct. 500 250 24S 239 250 - 20,000 5,000 Per cent Per cent, on above standard. standard + 14 184t -H3 214t + 1 224t -2i 20t + 54 254t + 14 rt -1-3 10+ -H 11+ -24 84+ + 54 14+ + 24 164+ + i 14i+ + ii 15i+ + 4 l§i+ -14 15+ + 2i 17i+ + li 14f + 24 IVi + 24 19| +li 21 Per (on. + Zd. + 3d. -Zd. -6d. Per cent, on standard. + 24 + 24 -24 -5 + 5i + 6i + 2i + 24 X Including bonus. § Standard of 1895. Per ton.t Us. Od. Us. 3d. Us. Od. 10s. Gd. Per cent. above stand ard.§ 19i . 254 27i 30i IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURE. 71 Looalities. Occupationa. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Amouut of Increase ( + ). or Decrease Bates of Wages after Change. Iron and Steel Manufacture — cont. ENaLAND AND Wales — cont. Wales and IHon- monthshire— conj. South Wales and Monmouth- shire— co»<. South Wales Scotland. West of Scotland < Glasgow (2 firms) ... Iron puddlers Iron and steel enginemen, &c. 1 millmen. Fitters, turners, &c., in steel J works. L Iron puddlers Iron millmen Steel millmen Enginemen, eranemen, &c. Gas producermen, charge wheelers and other work- people. Bricklayers in steel workst ... Bricklayers' labourers in steel works.t Smiths in steel works ... 1 Hammermen in steel works J Forge and tyre millmen 7 April 9 June fiOct. 8 Dec. \\ 7 April J 9 June 6 Oct. 8 Deo. 1 Jan. IJuly I- 2,000 . 31 Mar. 1 Dec. ^ ■ 3,000 - 31 Mar. 1 Deo. 20 Jan. 6 Oct. 20 Jan. 6 Oct. 20 Jan. 6 Oct. 15&31 Mar. 21 April 16 June 20 Jan. 6 Oct. } ■'={ } 2,750 I 2,750 1,750 I 1,750 I I 1,250 I 380 650 200 137 115 Per ton. + 3rf. + 3d. -Zd. -6d. Per cent, on standard. + 24 + 2i -24 -5 Per week. + 1.S. + ]». Per ton. + U. -Gd.. . Per cent, on standard. + 5 -5 + 24 -5 + 24 -5 -l-2i -5 Per hour. + id- + id. Various. ■! Per cent, on standard. + H * Excluding bonus of Id. per heat. f See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 158). J Minimum rate. (B51— Gp. 19) C 4, 72, OHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Eates Date of Amount of Jjooalities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people Increase.* after affected. Change.f Engineering and Shipbuilding. England and Scot- land. Tyne, Wear, Tees, Hartlepool, Hull, Barrow, Birken- head, Cljde, Aber- deen, Dundee, and Leith. EirCttAND AND Wales. Northern Counties and Cleveland. North-East Coast ■ Kendal Newcastle-on-Tyne Horth Shields Workington, White- hayen, Cleator Moor and District. Yorkshire, except Cleveland. Beverley, Qoole, and Selby. Bradford L General Changes. Moulders and other work- 3 Feb. people engaged in the manufacture of light cast- ings. Angle-iron smiths, platers, 1st pay, ri Tetters, caulkers, holders- Aug. up, smiths, drillers, hole- cutters, tinsmiths, sheet- metal workers, shipvfrights, ship joiners, ship painters, § cabinet makei-s, wood- cutting machinists, &c. liocal Changres. Ship plumbers Bed leaders, platers' helpers, and general labourers. labourers, striker8,chippers, cementers, &c., in ship- repairing yards. Fitters, turners, smiths, moulders, patternmakers, labourers, &c. Electrical wiremen .. . Ship plumbers Ironmoulders Shipyard labourers Smiths' strikers Fitters, turners, smiths, machinemen, pattern- makers, coppersmiths, dril- lers and smiths' strikers. Brass moulders and finishers 13,000 36,000 Per cent., 2i Per week, 1*. Per week, 1*. Per hour, id. Per cent., 2^ (rivetters' rates only).- Per week.t 4 Aug. 375 Perweek,l«.6d. 40s. 6d.\\ 1st pay. 13,150 Per week. Is. Aug. 6 Oct. 2,000 ■ Per week. Is. Per hour, id. — 30 May 124 Per week, Is. F.T.S.&P. 35s. Oct. 114 Per week, Is. 36s. 1 Jan. 150 Various 89s. 1 March 90 Per hour, id. 7 Feb. 88 Per week, Is. to 3*. 24 Dec. 80 Per week, 6d. 24s. Jan. 40 Per week, 2s.^ or Is.** — 23 Aug. 695 Per week, Is. F.T.S.&C. 37s. M. 33s., P. 41s.,D.8U 4 Oct. 113 1 Per cent., 5 B.M. 85s. Per week. Is. • B.P. 34». time*wOTkerr'''"°*^^' increases relate to piece-workers, and the hourly, daily, and weekly increases to tF.= Fitters, T.= Turners, S.= Smiths, M.= Machinemen BM - -Rvo-^ ht u BF.= Bmss Finishers, C. = Coppersmiths, P. = Patternmaker^™ Drillers ' ~ Moulders,- J Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusiTe of overtime. § Ship painters on the Clyde were not affected by the change II Agreed rates. t To men rated at 22s. and under. " ** To men rated over 22s. BaTGINEEKING AND SHIPRUILDING. 73 Number Bates Date of Amount of Iiocalities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase.* after Ohange-t Engineering and Shipbuilding — cont. EsaLAND AND Walks —cois/. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. Cleokheaton and Heokmondwik e. Cleckheaton and District. Dewsbury and Dis- trict. Dewsbury Donoaster ... Halifax ... < Huddersfield Hull and District Hull and Groole Hull L Hull (non-federated firms). Keighley ... Leeds Otley Ironmoulders Card dressers Fitters, turners, machine- men and drillers. Ironmoulders Fitters and turners ... Ironmould ers Fitters, turners, smiths, planers, Blotters, borers, patternmakers, drillers and smiths' strikers. Ironmoulders Fitters, turners, smiths, machinemen, brass finish- ers, patternmakers, drillers, grinders, glazers, tool- makers and forgers. labourers Brassmoulders and finishers Boilermakers and labourers Electrical wiremen ... Ship painters Sailmakers ... Labourers in engine and boiler shops. Fitters, turners, smiths and patternmakers. Ironmoulders Ironmoulders Electrical wiremen ... Fitters, turners, smiths, machinemen, brass mould- ers and finishers, pattern- makers, drillers, engine- men and cranemen, tool makers, joiners, strikers, labourers, &c. Joiners in engineering works 9 May 1st pay, Jan. 21 Not. 7 April 16 April Ist pay, Jan. 19 April 21 June 26 June I March 4 Jan. 1st pay, Jan. 1 Jan. II Aug. 20 Aug. &13Dec. 22 Feb. 60 March 92 Aug. 600 1st full 61 pay Jan. 13 Nov. 50 29 April 1st pay day in May. 210 800 120 550 200 167 150 150 150 54 250 700 290 600 110 900 29 Per week. Is. Various Per cent., 10 Per week. Is. Per week, 1*. Per week, 2s. Per week. Is. Per week, Is. Per week, 2s. Per week, 2s. Various Per week. Is. Per week, 2s. Per hour, id. Per week. Is. 6d. Various Per week. Is. Per week, 2s. Per week, Is. Per week, Is. Per hour, id. Per week, 1«.T Per week, 1*. Per week.J 38i.§ 31». & 8Bj.§ F.T. & M. 35*. 37s. S6s. 39«. P. & T. 36». S. 37*. 40*. 23*.§|1 B.M., 41». B.F., 37*. Per hour, 8id:.§ Per week,J 35*.§ 35*. 4d.§ F.T. & S. 38*., P.41*. 35*. & 36*.§ 41*.§ Per tour. 8W.§ Per week.J 32*.** 33*.** *. t, t, ««e "Otes *. +. t on P- 72. § Agreed rates. II Minimum rate. IT Skilled men rated below 32*. were raised to that rate. ** Minimum rate for skilled men. 74 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Rates JJate of Amount of Localities. Occupations. of Work. of Wages Change. people Increase.* after affected. Change.t Engineering and Shipbuilding — cmt. EirGlASfD AND Wales — cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland— co»i. Sheffield and Dis- trict. Sheffield Sowerby Bridge Stanningley and . Distriob. Todmorden. Lancashire and Cheshire. Lancashire ... Accrington . , . Ashton-under-Ljne and District. Barrow - in .- Fur- J ness 1 Bolton and District Burnley Meetvrood ... Liverpool and Dis- trict. LiTerpool and Bir- J kenhead. I Labourers and semi-skilled workers. Iron and steel moulders Iron and steel dressers \ Bricklayers in iron and steel and engineering works {see under Iron and Steel). Ironmo ulders Ironnioulders Mtters, turners, smiths and patternmakers. Canal boat and builders and repairers, lock gate makers, &c. ft Sheet-metal workers Fitters, turners, smiths, machinemen, pattern- makers, drillers and strikers. ' Iron and steel moulders A Ship plumbers Roller makers Plate and machine moulders Shipwrightstt Smiths' strikers on repair work. Iron and steel dressers Shipwrights on repair work Labourers on repair work .. 1 July 10 Noy.ll 5 May NoT.t 5 July 1st pa;y, Jan. 1st pay, Jan. Ist pay, July. Aug. and Sept. 1 Mar. 1 Sept. 1st pay, Oct. 5 Jan. 25 Sept. 7 April 12 April 13 Sept. 9 Aug. 1 Mar. 18 April 28 Not. 1 Jan. 24 and 27 Feb. and 1 April 8,800 1,200 360 I 360 I 71 121 130 30 1,500 I 223 I 223 120 > 173 \ 200 36 256 120 1,600 3,373 Per week. Is § Per week, Is. Per week, 1*. Per week, 1*. Per week, \s. Per week, \s. Per cent., 2J Per week, 1*. Per cent., 2i f er week, Is. Various Per cent., 2\ Per week, Is. Per cent., 2 J Per week. Is. Per cent., 2^ Per week. Is. Per week. Is. Per week. Is. Per hour, id. Per cent., 2^ Per week. Is. Per cent., 2i Per week, Is. Per cent., 5 Per week, 2s. Per week. Is. e,d. Various Per week, 2s. Per week, 2s. JJ Per week.J 31s. 32s. 38s. 41s. F. T. & P., 34s. S., 36s. F. T. & P., 35s. S.,37s. 34s.&36s.** F. T. & S., 39s. P., 41s. 4"s. 43s. 38s. 30s.** 31s.&30«..*» 47s.** *) t>t> see notes *, t, X °^ P- 72. § To labourers rated at or below 22s., and to semi-skilled men at less than 25s II In the case of some of the workpeople the change took effect in October. if First making-up day in the month,, ** Agreed rates. tt See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 158). Xt In a few cases 3s. ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING. 75 Number Rates Localities. Occupations. Date of of Work- Amount of of Wages Change people affected. Increase.* after Change.t Engineering and Shipbuilding— coni. EtTGLAND AND 1 Walks — coat. Iiancasliire and Cheshire— eo»<. Electricians 1 June 150 Various Per week.J 39s. 9rf.§ 40s.§ ■ Sailmakers 15 Mar. 200 Per week, is. Liverpool ... < Fi-euch polishersll 19 Not. 130 Per hour. Id. Per hour. 10d.§ Boiler and ship scalers and 1 Jan. 2,000 Per week. Is. Per week.J 30.».§ tank cleaners. Manchester and Fitters, turners, smiths, ma- 2nd pay 1 20,000 1 Per C3nt., 2j F. T. & S. District. chinemen, brass moulders Jan. Per -week. Is. 39s. and finishers, coppersmiths. C, 41s. pitternmakers, drillers, P., 43s. strikers, toolsmiths, tool- makers, tinsmiths, sheet iron workers, joiners and , electricians. Manchester and Sal- Engineers' labourers 11 Jan. 10,000 . Per week, Is. ford District. North wich ... Shipwrights 1 July 30 Per week, 3s. 40s.§ Oldham and District Apprentices in textile and Ist pay. 1,000 Per week. Is. general engineering shops. Api-ii. Oldham, Ashton and District. Roller makers 1st piy, Jan. } 132 / Per cent., 2 J Per week. Is. — Oldham and Staly- G-rinders and glazers 6 Jan. 212 Per week, Is. bridge. Fitters, turners, smiths, ma- ehinemen, patternmakers, drillers, strikers, toolsmiths. 1st pay, Jan. } 6,800 1 Per cent., 2i Per week, Is. F.& T., 38s. S., 39s., P., 41s. Oldham ... toolmakers, sheet iron work- ers and joiners. Labourers Not. 1,000 Per week. Is. 22s. ^ Wheelwrights and smiths , . . 2 June 54 Per week. Is. 38s.§ ' Fitters, turners, smiths, 1st full 1,000 Per cent., 2i F.T. & S., brassmoulders and finish- pay Jan. Per week, Is. a9s. ers, and strikers. Braziers and sheet metal 3rd pay 36 Per week, 2s. Preston ... , workers. March. ■ Motor bodymakers and^ 1 S6s.§ ■wheelers. Motor painters and }- 2 June 53 Per Week, J 2s. i 34s. § trimmers. Motor smiths ... J 38s.§ Q-rinders and glazers last pay 40 Per week, 2s. Eochdale ... Jan. Sheet metal workers 24 Oct. 27 Per week, .2s. 38s. Runcorn, Widnes May and dune. 1 r Per hour, id. and Santey Shipwrights ... [ 137 i or Bridge. \ Per week, 3s. St. Helens Fitters, turners, smiths, 1st pay 300 Per week, 2s. r.T. & s.. machinemen and drillers. July. "•1 35s. Warrington Patternmakers Jan. 23 Per week. Is. *, t) ti see notes *, f, t on p. 12. II See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 158). § Agreed rates. f6 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Bates Date of Amount of Localities. Occupations. of Change. Work- people affected. of Increase.* Wages after Change.t Engineering and Shipbuilding— cow^ . Enslanii and Wales— co»i. Midland and Gas- tern Counties. Per hour. Birmingham and Boat buUdersll 16 June 60 Various Sti. &8id.§ District. Bristol Electrical wiremen ... 2 Oct. 55 Per hour, id. 8id.§ Per week.J Burton-on-Trent ... Fitters, turner?, smiths and patternmakers. 'ju^' 225 Per week, 2s. F. T. & S., 3Ps.§ P., 38s.§ f Ironmoulders June 18 Sept. 192 r I Per week, l.s. Per week, Is. 39s. § 40s. § Chesterfield... Fitters, turners, smiths, &c. Aug. and Sept. 12 June 200 Per week, Is. F. T. & S., 37s, Patternmakers ... s } " { Per week. Is. 35s. & 39s. § ^ 18 Sept. Per wfeek, Is. 36s. & 40s. § Colchester Fitters, turners, smiths, coppersmiths and pattern- makers. 13 Feb. 550 Per week, Is. F. T. & S., 33s. Ooventrr ... Fitters, turners, smiths, 1st pay. 15,000 { Per cent., 2i \ Per week,l«. J F.&T.,38s. maciiinemen, toolmakers, June. coppersmiths, &c.|| Q-lossop Fitters, turners and smiths 1 Jan. 103 Per cent., 5 — Grt. Yarmouth Fitters, turners, smiths, &c. Nov. 72 Per week, 2s. F. T. & S., 34s. G-rimsby Angle-iron smiths, platers, rivetters, caulkers and holders-up. 1 July 160 Per week, 3s.1i or 1*. 6d.** Hanley, Bursleni Ironmoulders 1 April 180 r i Per cent., 5 Per week, 1*. 36s. and District. 1 Patternmakers lOct. 59 Per week, Is. 35s. § Ipswich ... < Shipwrights 11 April 20 Per hour, id. — 1 Labourers Dec. 670 Per week. Is. Per hour. Leicester ... Electrical wiremen ... 1 Aug. 70 Per hour, id. 9(i.§ Per week.t f Ironmoulders 15 Mar. 200 Per week. Is. 34s. § Fitters, turners, smiths. 12 April 3,214 Per week, Is. — machinemen ,bra8smo alders and labourers. Lincoln Angle-iron smiths ... Platers 39s.§ 37s. § Rivetters and caulkers Holders-np ... 6 Dec. 550 Per week,ls. - 35s. § 26s. § Platers' helpers and — ^ labourers. ^ Per hour. Lowestoft ... Ship joiners 6 Dee. 45 Per hour, ^d. Per week.J Newark Ironmoulders 19 April 122 Per week, Is. 34s. Northampton Ironmoulders 23 Oct. 27 Per week, 2s. 33s. § Ironmouldei's 2 Aug. 170 Per week, Is. 40s. Brass moulders and finish- "_ ers, and nietalmeohanics. , 14 Nov. 100 .'■ Per cect., 6 B. M., 36s. Nottingham Per week, 2s. B. F., 34s. Bodymakers, trimmers. 17 Mar. 44 Per week, 2s. — sm.iths, fitters, &o. . . - _ *. +. t. ««« notes *, +, t on p. 72. § Agreed rates. II See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 158). Tf On fishing vessel repairs. ** On merchant vessel repairs. ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING. 77 Number Kates Date of Amount of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Cliange. people affected. Increase.* after Change.t Engineering and Shipbuilding— co^jiS. ENOLiND AND Walks— co»J. Midland and Eas- tern Counties— co»!f Peterborough Ironmoulders IMar. 190 Per week, Is. Per week.J Eetford Ironmoulders 4 April 57 Per week. Is. 36s. § " ironmoulders 1st pay, April. 220 Per week, 1*. 38s. & 40s. Bugby Fitters, turners, smiths, maohinemen, brass finish- ers, patternmakers, drillers. 1st pay, Jan. 1,000 1 Per cent., 2J Per hour, id. F. T. & S. 38s. P. 41s. 1 toolsmiths and toolmakers. Wolverhampton Ironmoulders 14 June 168 Per week. Is. 35s. 22 Not. Per week. Is. 36s. Worcester ... Ironmoulders 19 May 1 July } ^ { Per week, is. Per week, 6d. 34s. 6d. 35s. Patternmakers 19 July 10 Per week, 1*. 6d. 37s. 6d. London. Per liour. London and District Patternmakers Dec. 500 Various 10M.tols.§ Per week.J Iron, &<•„, moulders... 1st pay, 1,000 Per week, Is. 43s. § London Jan. Per hour.§ ■ Barge builders and repairers 5 May 350 Per hour. Id. Ud. Soutliern and Western Counties. ■ Shipwrights 13 Jan. 130 Per hour, |d. Sid.^ Cowes Per week.J Ship joiners ... ... ... 25 Mar. 80 Per week. 37s. lirf.§ Is. lO^d. Dartford Ironmoulders 15 Mar. 13 Sept. } '»{ Per week. Is. Per week. Is. 42s. 43s. Dartmouth ... Fitters and turners 1st full pay, Jan. 54 Per week, 1*. 36s.§ Erith Angle-iron smiths and platers, rivetters and caul- kers and holders-up. 4 Aug. 80 Per week, U.Sd.to2s.3d. Maidstone Ironmoulders ... ... 21 Mar. 19 Per hour, Jrf. 38s. 8d. Portsmouth, Fitters, txirners, smiths, 1st pay. 500 Per week, Is. F. T. & 8., D eTonport, machinemen and copper- Jan. 40s. Chatham, smiths. M., 29s. § Sheerness and ■ i C, 42s.§ Pembroke (Ad- l^^^f' 1;11&12 Kiretters ... ... ^ Anril Holders-up ... ... J 42s. 6d.§ miralty Contrac- 400 Various 40s. 6d.§ tors). 33s. § r Fitters, turners, brass ^ finishers and ship smiths. Perweek,l«.6d. 40s. 6rf.§ Southampton Patternmakers and copper- }■ smiths. Hammermen ... J 23 June 868 . Perweek,l«.6(?. 42s. 6d.§ ^ ■ Per week, Is. 28s. § *i tj t, s«8 notes *, +, t on p. 72. § Agreed rates. 78 CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Bates Date of Amount of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people afBected. Increaso.* after Change.f Engineering and Shipbuilding- -uont. England axd Wales — cont. Southern and Wes- tern Counties — cont. Southampton — cont. Wales and Alon- mouthshire. South Wales Mil cord Haven and Neyland. NeWoort Pembroke {see Ports mouth). Swansea Scotland. Scotland West of Scotland ... Brass and iron moulders Sheet metal workers Tinsmiths Electrical fitters and wire- men. Ship plumbers Shipwrights ... Drillers (new work) Ship painters French polishers in ship- yards. Ironmoulders ... f Fitters, machinists, smiths, f &c. I Patternmakers ... . . . / Fi'ters, t'lrnjrs, smiths and coppersmiths.ft" Fitters, turners, smiths, planers; slotters, hovers, patternmakers, drillers and machine workers. ] April 1st full pay. May 4 Feb. 1st piy, April 3 Mar. Shipwrights 1st pay, June 5 Sept. 1 Jan. 1 Apiil 1 Jan. 1 April 1 Jan I April 5 May II June 1 Jan. Iron an J steel moulders ... 29 Aug, Angle-iron smith?, flangers, platers, rivetters, caulkers and holders-up in boiler- 3 Sept. 100 60. 60 60 300 28 400 72 } 50) { 50) 500 I 500 I f «{ 50 40 81 100 5,80) 3,000 Per week, 1*. Per week, 1-s. Per week. Is. Per week, 1*. Per week, l.s. Per week, 1*. Per week. Is. Per week, 1«. or 2s.** Per week, 1*. Per wjek, \s. Per week, Is. Per week. Is. Per week, Is. Perweek,ls.3(i. Per week, Is. Per week, 2s. Per week, Is. Per week, 3s. Per cent. 10 (certain cases only). Per week, Is. Per hour, id. Per cent., 2^ (jobbing only) Per cent., 2^ Per week, Is. Per hour, ^d. Per week.J tOs. & 42s.§ 33s. § 37s.§ 40s.§ 40s. 6 Stagers J Smiths' strikers Coach bodymakers, trim- "I mers and smiths. | Painters ... ... | Fitters and wheelers J IFeb. 12 May 22 April Sept. 24 April June 3 Feb. 15 Feb. 1 Jan. 1st pay, Jan. Ist pay, Mar. 1st pay, Mar. 1st pay; Feb. 1st pay, May. 20 Mar. 31 July 1 June Aug. & Sept. Aug. & Sept. 5 July I Fitters, turners, smiths, coppersmiths, moulders, patternmakers, &c. Shipwrights ... Ironmoulders ... "1 Coremakers ... .., J Patternmakers Shipwi-ights ... Fitters, turners, &(•.. June 6 Jan. June- Aug. April, May, & Sept. 5 Sept. April 273 250 50 60 125 11 14 30 86 Per hour, id. Per hour, ^d. Per day, 6d. Per week, 2*. Per week, Is. |1 Per week, Is. Per hour, id. Per hour, Id. Per cent., 5 Per hour. Id. Per cent., 5 Per week.J 1,500 2,900 137 580 800 350 1,365 I 200 200 90 Per week, 1*. Per week, Is. Per week. Is. Per week, Is. Per week, Is. Per week. Is. Per week, Is. { li] 21 65 11 19 Per hour, id. Per cent., 2J Per week, Is. Per week, Is. Perhour,^ fillers and rag grinders. J J Willeyers and fettlers Felt and woollen workers, dyers and finishers. Willeyers, fettlers, rag grinders and packers. Millers, scourers and '- stockers. Finishers, dyers' labourers, | drjers,warehousemen,&c. J Aug. 14 April lOct. 14 April May 28 Nov. 25 July 100 900 124 1,130 800 Per week, 5*.t (about) Per hour, Various. Per hour, ^d. Per cent., 5§ Per hour. Various. Per week. Various. Per week. Is. or 2*. Per hour. C 6d. 6id. 6d. Per hour. 6d. Per week.* Linen and Jute Manufacture. Scotland. Arbroath Dundee, Forfar, Brechin and Kir- riemuir. Dundee Johnstone ... Montrose . . . Ieeland. Ballybay (Co. Mon- aghan). Belfast Mill and factory workers i Preparers, spinners, reelers, winders, weavers and tenters. Mechanics ... DabourersJ ... Preparers, winders, spinners, &c. Flax and jute woikers Flax scutchers Flax spinners, preparers,"^ reelers, &c. ' j Flax dressers ... ! Flax roughers ... j Hackle and gill makers J Beetlers liinen lappera 6 June 5 Sept. 28 Feb. 14 June 5 May 22 Feb. 27 Mar. 15 Not. 16 Feb. 5 April April- May. I 2,500 I 40,000 1,000 100 172 1,079 100 ' 13,000 1,204 1,000 1^ 107 131 300 Per cent., 2 J Per cent., 2^ Per cent., 5{{ Per week, Is. Per week, Is. 6d. Per cent., 5 (about). Per cent., 5 Per stone, ^d. Per cent., 10 Per week, 2s to 2s. 6d. Per cent., 10 Per week, 2s. Per week, Is. Per week, Is. 9d. or 2s. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overlime. t Consequent on the partial adoption of the Bradford Ppjoe List. J See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 169) § Incrense on both piece and day rates to adults rated at 26s. or less per week II Limited to Is. per week maximum. 35s. Per stone. 6id. UNEN AND JUTE MANUFACTURE. — OTHER TEXTILE. — FEINTING, DYEING, &C. 85 Number Agreed DHe of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of ■Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Linen and Jute Manufacture — cont. Ibelakd — coiit. Per week.* Lurgau Linen weavers, dressers, &c. tenters, 10 Feb. 1,135 Per cent., 5 (estimated average). Newrj Mechanics ... Oct. and Dec. 4t Per week. Various. 35*. Other Textile Trades. Ensland. Biddulph Congleton Kidderminster Leek Macclesfield Nottingham Oldham, Bury, Hey wood and Tod morden Districts, Scotland. Kilbirnie . . . GrENEEAL ChAN&K. United Kingdom .. Engiand. Lancashire and Cheshire. Yortshire and Lan- cashire. Torkshire (West Biding). ^ Eustian cutters Eustian cutters — Men Boys Women and girls . . . Carpet weavers &um silk woikers . . . Silk weavers (hand-loom) Surgical bandage makers Eustian weavers Fishing net weavers and finishers. 9 April 5 April 3 Nov. 1st pay, July. 17 Feb. 25 Aug. 1st pay, June. 580 1,000 850 1,960 110 2,933 5 Sept. Printing, Dyeing^ &c. 390 i Engravers to calico printers, &c. Jig dyers Calendermen Belt stretchers in dye works G-uiders Stretchers in finishing works Other work-people in dye- ing and finishing works. Warp and hank dyers Dyeing trade operatives . . , Aug. [■ 2nd pay. June. 1st pay, Feb. 20 Feb. 1,800 3,000 3,000 5,000 Per cent, 10 Per cent., 15 Per cent., 7J Per cent., 10 Per cent., 5 Per week. Is. Per cent., 5 Per cent., 10 Per cent., 5t Per cent., 5 to 10 (about). Per week, Is., 2s. or 3s. (estimated). Per hour, id. r Per week, -l^ Various. J L 2s.§ and ls.|| Per cent., 10 28s„ 29s., 30s., 31s. 27s. 25s. 27s. 21s.t * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + Estimated equivalent of an increase of ^d. per lb. of weft used. j Minimum pate. § To those rated at 18s. and over per week, with corresponding increase on piece work. 11 To those rated at under 18s. per week, with corresponding increase on piece work. 86 CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Change. Work- people affected. of Increase. Wages after Change. Printing, Dyeing, &c. — cont. Ekgianb — conf. Halifax, Biighouse, Bradford, Liver- sedge and Leeds. Bradford and Dis- tricf. Hebden Bridge Heayy Woollen Dis- trict.** Huddersfield and Colne Valley (woollen mills). Huddersfield and District (wool--; len mills). Huddersfield Dis- trict.** Leeds, Hudders field and Dis- J trict. Leeds Leicester Macclesfield Manchester.. Middleton District. and Morley and District** Bossendale and B ury Districts.** Yeadon.** Cotton, stufi, piece arid slubbing dyers. Warehousemen Dyers' labourersl' CuttersIT Dyers, millers, and scourers;^ Men Youths, and boys Cloth pressers (hydraulic presses). ^ Dyers, millers, scourers,^ and wringers. Finishers, &e. Milling, scouring, crabbing ' (topside) and whizaing operatives. Finishing department - operatives. Dyers' labourers Dyers' labourers Indigo dyers . . . Dyers ... Silk dyers Calendermen Dyers ... Polishers : men women J 1st pay, Feb. Mar.- May. 20 Mar. 1st pay, Sept. 20 Mar. 1st pay. Jan. March 1st pay, Feb. Ist pay, Aug. Ist pay, Feb. 7 July 15 Oct. 1 Oct. 25 [ April I 2,400 190 460 360 120 950 Hull men (jobbing). Bookbinders and machine rulers. 5 May ■ 67 ll 33 Leeds Printers' cutters INov. 25 2 34 WakeBeld Comjwsitors and machinemen (jobbing). 1 July 72 1 32 Lancashire and Cheshire/ /- Compositors f (jobbing). "" r 1 • r36 6 1.37 4 and machine- < (weekly r ^'^ 1 10 men (. news). Ashton-under-Lyne Linotype and typograph operators. 1 Dec- 11 Various 41 1 Bookbinders and machine 6 3 35 *- rulers. L * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime, t Sunderland. J Seaham Harbour. II Included in 187 workpeople shown above. §^Trade Union rate. 96 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. . Number n Agreed Date of Amount Kates of Localities. Occupations. of Wort- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Priating, Bookbinding, and Paper ,. d. per *. d. per Trades— corai. week. week.* England and Wales — cont. Lancashire and Cheshire— co»i. ' Compositors and machine-"" men (jobbing). ' 95 1 6 35 Blactburn Linotype and monotype operators. 1st pay, Jan. 18 6 40 6 Bookbinders and machine 12 1 6 32 6 rulers. }: Compositors and machine- " ="185 1 36 Bolton ... men. Linotype operators ... 1 July 20 6 40 6 - Bookbinderst 1st pay, Sept. July-Oct. 38 1 33 Bury and District Firemen and engine attend. 80 2 .._ ants (paper-making). (about) Bury Compositors and machinemen 4 Jan. 40 1 6 31 Clitheroe Compositors and vmachine- 1st pay, Jan. 1st pay. ] -1 9 31 men (jobbing and weekly- news). .13 ■ 6 31 6 July J Hyde Compositors and machinemen 5 Sept. 57 1 10 36 6 Leigh, Atherton, and Compositors and machinemen 2 Aug. 19 1 6 34 Tyldesley. ( obbing and weekly news). Lithographic printers ... 1 Jan. 200 1 6 36 6 Liverpool and District < Bookbinders and machine " rulers. Ist pay. 260 2 '36 OJ Bo6k finishers Dec. 38 OJ r 1 Compositors and machine-"] men (jobbing, weekly and | fl 6 38 evening news). ', Compositors and machine- f 1st pay, 2,000 <| April ■ 2 45 men (morning news). | Manchester and Dis- Printers' assistants ... J ^ 560 1«. to 4*. trict. Bookbinders and rulers 13 Jan. 13 July ■ 400 r2 11 85 36 1 Eleotrotypers and stereo-" ri 6 38 typers (evening news and trade and book offices). 4 Nov. 150 * L Stereotypers (morning news) Women bookbinders (sewers, " [3 48 \ and 12 Manchester and Salf ord • folders, pagers, and feeders • 15 Nov. 625 to of machines). [2 Oil 15 ' Compositors and machine- " ' 150 ^ r36 Oldham and District • men. Bookbinders and machine f rulers. 1st pay, Aug. ■ 12 .2 [35 » Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. T See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 160). % Trade Union rate. § On the minimum wage for 1st, 2nd, and 8rd years. II On the minimum wage for 4th year and after. PKINTING, BOOKBINDING, AN* PAPER TRADES. 97 Number Agreed Date of Amount Kates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people afEected. Increase. after Change. Printing, Bookbinding, and Paper *. d. week. «. d. per week.* Trades— coTiJ. ENaLiND AND WaUSS — eont. Lancashire and Cheshire— co»;. r Compositors and machine-^ men (jobbing and weekly news). f 139 1 1 6 35 Preston Linotype and monotype • operators. 6 Jan. ■ 19 6 40 6 Bookbinders and machine 21 1 6 32 6 rulers. ' 102 Compositors and machine-^ 1 3 35 men (jobbing). Stockport Linotype and monotype operators. j Bookbinders and machine I rulers. J 1st pay, Sept. 15 t ~ 16 1 3 33 3 ^ Wigan Compositors and machinemen (jobbing). 1st pay, May 80 1 6 35 Hidland Counties. Derby Bookbinders 1 April 20 1 32 " f f (jobbing) " Compositors (weekly and machine--; news). fSfi Q 36 6 4 Oct. 489 1 6 . Leicester men (evening (^ news). J 39 Bookbinders and machine INov. 65 ] 6 34 6 I rulers. Compositors and machine." ■ 110 ^ r33 6 men (jobbing and weekly >1 6 Northampton ... news). 5 Sept. Compositors (evening news) 16 J L34 6 Machine compositors ... L 14 2 39 6 Nuneaton ... | Compositors (jobbing)J Linotype operators IJuly r 25 I 6 }" r29 6 133 6 r Compositors and machine-" r 150 r33 Potteries men (jobbing and weekly news). 5 Sept. < ll < Compositors (evening news) . l 12 J 134 Kugby Compositors and machinemen (jobbing).! Oct and Nov. 21 Various 31 lOi Stafford Compositors and machinemen (jobbing and weekly news). 4 Oct. 38 2 32 Stourbridge Compositors and machinemen 1 Jan. 23 2 32 * Weekly rates are for a fuU week, exclusive of overtime. ■|- Advance proportional to advance on rates for compositors and machinemen. % See alto under Changes in Houri of Labour (p 161). Linotype operators ... J 13 Oct. 22 1 6 I35 6 Edinburgh Blectrotypers and stereotypers 18 July 100 2 35 Forfar Compositors and machinemen 1st pay, Jan. 5 3 30 • Weekly rates are for a full week, eiolusive of overtime. + See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 161). PEINTma, BOOKBraDING, AND PAPER TRADES. — F0RNISHING TRADES. — Number Agreed Date of Amount Rates of Localities. Occupations. of Work. of Wages Change. people Increase. after affected Change. Printing, Bookbinding, and Paper ». d. *. d. Trades — cmt. per week. per week.* Scotland — coht. Galashiels Oompositdrs and machinemenl 1 Jan. 27 2 29 Glasgow ... Eleetrotypers and steJeotypers Ist pay, July 4 Jan. 50 2 38 Hanick ... Cdmpositttrs and machinemeni 40 2 _i_ .Eothesay Compositors and maohinemen (jobbing and weekly news). 3 Feb. 12 3 30 Wick Compositors and maehilienieni June 11 Various 28 Ibelanb. Belfast Bookbinders and machine rulers. 9 Feb. 40 2 84 Compositors and machinemen (jobbing). ^ r 1st Dec'. 60 1 6 36 Cork 1 I r (morning" Compositors^ ^^^^^ . } - p ] 1 38 36 (. news).t. -* V. L Isi.fi OF Maw. Compositors and machine- ' ■ 27 3 6 32 6 Douglas men. 1 June • ■ Linotype operatorsf ... ■ 8 1 6 36 6 Furnishing Trades. ENetAND AND WALES. Oftbinet makers ... "1 per hour. per hour. Acciington Polishers \ tJpholsterers J 4 Oet, 100 J<«. • %d. r per ceut.jt -\ '' Cabinet in&kers, earrers,'^ r 5 to 10. chair makers, polishers | per . — (men), upholsterers and I hour. machinists. \d.% or '', ^ u.\\ 1 1,000 per cent.,! 5 to 10. Birmingham ... \ Sawyers, wodd turners, &o, \ 15 Nov. ■ per hour, ) y id.ir per cent.,J Polishers (women) 300- 5. per hour. ■ — ^ J *- *- yi. OP \d. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusiTC of OTcrtime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 161). J On piece rates. § To those rated at 1\d. on less per hour. |] T(j those rated at S^d. oi less per hour. 'S To those rated at 8d. or less per hour. (B51— Gp. 19) D 2 100 CHANGES IN EATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Loealities. Occupations. of Change. Work- people affected. of Increase. Wages after Change. Furnishing Trades— cowJ. per per ENflliAND AHD WALES— hour. hour. eont. Blackburn and Darwen... Cabinet and chair makers, polishers and upholsterers* lOct. 116 id. 8id. 9d. Cabinet makers and tip- 1 Bolton holsterers*. >■ Polishers* ... ... J 6 Oct. 90 id. %hd. Burnley Cabinet makers, carvers, poliahers and machinists*. 1 July 120 id. Cheltenham Wood carvers 8 Oct. 10 Id. lOd. Halifax Cabinet and chair makers. IMar. 60 id. Hd. Hull polishers, &c. Furnishing trade operatives*. . . 21 May 300 Various 8d. Leeds Cabinet makers, polishers, Ac* April 500 Various 8id. " Cabinetmakers IMay 1 Nov. 1 280 r id. I id. "■" Liyerpool PoUshers 19 Nov. 120 id. 9id. L Upholsterers* ... IFeb. 150 id. 9id. liondon ... Cabinet Makers, &c 25 Mar. 1,500 id. l\id. Furniture japanners ... 23 June 16 id. 9id. London, E. ... <, per oent.T *- Upholsterers* ... 22 Aug. 900 5 or 10. per hour. id or Irf. Middlesbrough and_ Stockton. . Cabinetmakers ... I Polishers and upholsterers ^ Machinists ... ... J 7 July 100 id. r 9d. ■ Sid. ' Cabinet makers ... "1 r 212 1 - lOd. Newcastle-on-Tyne •< Polishers 1 Upholsterers f 21 April J 100 1 158 \ id. 9id. Machinists ... ... J L 100 lOd. Oldham Upholsterers 18 April 9 id. Sd. Preston ... Cabinet makers, cai-vers, polish- ers, upholsterers and ma- chinists. 19 May 163 id. PSji Bid. per week. Bochdale District Cabinet makers* 1 June 45 2s. 38s. Sheffield ... ' Cabinet makers, ohairmalers, carvers, polishers, uphol- sterers, machinists* (vrhole- sale trade). 14 April 450 Zs. 6d. to 4*. (about) r per ^ per cent.t hour. Sunderland Cabinet makers, polishers. 9 June 98 _ 5 9id. upholsterers and machinists. per hour. id. id.% Swaniea Cabinet makers, chairmakers, 1 Sept. 168 carvers and polishers. * See alto under Changes in Hours of Labour (pp. 161 and 162), t On piece rates. J Weekly rates are for a full vreek, exclusive of overtime. § With corresponding increase on piece rates. FURNISHING TRADES. — COACHBUILDING. 101 1 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Famishing Trades — cont. per per hour. hour. SOOTLAKD. Cabinet makers, wood carvers, 3 May 93 \d. Aberdeen polishers and machinists. -L TTpholsterers 28 May 60 id. per week. Bid. per week.* '' Cabinet makers, carvers,"" ' 210- '28*. Beitfa , Lochtrinnocli , Dairy and Stewarton. ' chairmakers, polishers and upholsterers. Machinists, sawyers and 7 April 70 Is. ■ '- turners. L J per hour. per hour. Dundee ... Cabinet makers, polishers and upholsterers. 5 July 150 Various t 7id. Edinburgh Carvers 19 May 50 id:. lOd.t Ibblaitd. per week. per week.* Cork FurniBhing trade operatives .. 28 July 54 Various per hour. 33*. 6d. per hour. ■ Cabinet makers, polishers, 11 Aug. 200 Various 9d. Dublin machinists, &c.§ ■ Upholsterers 23 June 87 id. ~ Coachbuilding. per ENaLAiri). week.* f smiths. § per '40 Trimmers, painters and cent. 36 Leicester finisher6.§ 1 May 117 5 Bodymakers' mates and car- (about) II 34 riage workers.§ *- Ktters§ J per week. .^32 Liverpool • Wheelwrights and smiths 1 July 276 2«.t and Is.** — Macclesfield Coach bodymakers, &c. 16 Aug. 6 2s. — Plymouth Coachbuilders IMay 122 Various tf 2s. 30 U "Wigan Coachbuilders, paiuters, smiths, 1 April 27 — trimmers and wheelers. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + Adoption of minimum rate of l^d. per Iiour with increase of id. per hour to those already at that rate. %■ Trade union rate. § See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 162), II Besultiug from the establishment of minimum rates. TT To those rated at 36*. per week and under. ** To those rated at 37«. per week. tt Adoption of minimum rate of 80s. per week, with increase of '5 per cent, to those already at or over that rate. D 3 (B51— Gp. 19) 102 CHANGES IN BATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Coachbuilding — cont. SCOTLiND. Aberdeen Dumfries Dundee ... Edinburgh GHasgow .. Coach bodymakers ... -j Painters and trimmers. . . | Finishers Coachbuilders Coach bodymakers, painters, f &c. I Ieeiand. Cork Dublin Coach bodymakers and'^ smiths. I Trimmers and painters ■ 1 Carriage makers and f wheelers. I Ticemen ... ■■• J Coach bodymakers and smiths. Carriage makers and finishers, painters and trimmers. Ticemen Cartwrighta and smiths i^ Painters Coach bodymakersjpainters, &c Coach and van woodworkers^ and smiths. Painters and trimmers C Vioemen ... ... J Other Woodworking Trades. Bngland.. Woody ardmen Machinists Blackburn Bolton and District Bradford Huddersfield Leeds Eolling board and packing case makers.]: Sawyers and machinistsj Coopers ... 28 April 1 Aug. 28 April 1 Aug. 1 Aug. June 10 May 4 Aug. 1 Sept. 30 June 1 Sept. 2 Aug. 11 Aug. Number iOf Work- people affected. }. 190- I J 43 41 22t 320 300 350 82 200 1 Aug. 1 May 1 July 2 Sept. June and July Amount of Increase. Agreed Kates of Wages after Change. per hour. Varibus* id. Various* id. . id. per week, 2s. to 6«. per cent. 5 5 per hour. Various Various Various per week, 2s. or is. Various s. d. per hour Hd. 8d. Id. lid. per hour, f 9d. I 8W. "1 8rf. I \1id. ^9d. 8P. lid. 8(2.»nd Sid. lid. 120 60 220 14 46 Various per hour. id. per week. Is. id. per hour. id. per week 2*. or 3« per wk.§ 21s. per hour. 8|d. pS» »k.§ 33s. id,. * Adoption of minimum rate, with increase of 10 per cent, to those already in receipt of minimum rate. + Included in 41 workpeople shown above. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 162). § Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. OTHER WOODWOKKING TRADES.— GLASS TRADES. 103 Number Agreed Date of A mount Bates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Wages Change. people affieeted. Increase. after Change. Other Woodworking Trades — cont. Enoland— eojsf. per hour. per hour. r 7 July ~^ Cid. lOid., Liverpool and District ... Machinists ... ... < . 100 < 9K. or 8id. ^ 1 Nov. ^ lid. per week. Ud., lOd., or 9d. per wk.* Liverpool and Birken- head. London Cooperst 2 Aug. 500 2s. 38>. 6d. Coopers 31 Mar. 380 per cent. 6i (average) per week. ' Machinistst and tin packing 1 Jan. 350 2s. to 5s. — Manchester and Dis- case makers. trict. Wood and tin packing ease makers. lOct. 900 2s. S9s. Scotland. o. d. per hour. s. d. per hour. Aberdeen Iron-bound coopers 6 May 13 id. 7d. Alloa r Quay labourers (pitwood)t 1 L Yard do. do. t J 13 May 275 Various per week. r 7rf. 1 6id. per wk.* Edinburgh Coopers 9 Aug. 810 1 per hour. 33 Ot per hour. Q-lasgow ... Lathers 5 April 60 id. per week. 8d. per wk.* Grangemouth, Bo'ness Pit prop workerst June 1,300 Various 27 and Granton. ., per hour. and 29 0§ Greenock Sawyers and machinists 9 April 30 id. — Ibbland. per week. Belfast Gla Coopers ss Trades. lOct. 98 1 Enqland. per wk.* Bamsley ... Glass bottle mould makers and engravers. 1 June 26 2 36 Ot Bimiinglikm Glass cutters ... April 97 1 6 — London ... Glass cutters, silverers, fitters, &C.+ 8 Sepr. 300 Various ~~ Manchester Glass cutters ... 28 April 4,1 1 6 — Dark metal blowers 3 Feb. 66 2 — North of England Dis- J Gasmen, metal founders, ash- ] ■ 26 9 — triots. 1 burners, &c. i- 7 Mar. • Lehr men ... ... J 10 1 6 — Wordsley, Stourbridge, Flint glass cutters April and 270ir 2 — Brierley Hill and Dis- May (about) trict. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (pp. 162 and 164). J Trade Union Rate. 5 Labourers. IT Including a few men in other districts who also received the increase. (B51— Gp. 19) s 4 104 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of work- people affected. Amount of Increase. Agreed Bates of after Change. Glass Trades — cont. SCOTIAHD. Portobello Q-lass bottle makers and blowers Brick, Pottery, Chemical, &c., Trades. 13 Jan. 3ridgwater iGlitheroe... Cumberland Essex Kent .,. Manchester Potteries... St. Helens Slough, Langley, and West Drayton. Stourbridge District Thames and Medway .. Scotland. Scotland Brick and tile makers and carters.* Labourers (lime and cement works). Brickmakers ... Brickmakers ... Brickmakers ... Clay tobacco pipe makers Jet and rockingham ware workers. White marl workers ... -I Plumbers in chemical works .. Brickmakers ... Firebrick makers Cement workers Bockingham ware throwers, jiggerers, turners, handlers and spoutmakers. Glasgow . Stoneware pressers 1 Aug. June and July 28 April April April 26 July 30 May 4 June lOct. 8 May April 7 July 3 Jan. Ist pay, Jan. 1 Mar. 207 per week. Qd. to 1*. 625 264 220 per day. 6 Gasfitters ' 15 Various. 31 .0 South Shields ... < > 24 Dec. < per week. and . 33. ji Labourers . 101 1 27 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 163). j On piece rates. § Minimum rate. II Leading stokers. IT Ordinary stoker.=. 108 CHANGES IN EATES OF "WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Iiocalities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Amount of Increase. Bates of after Change. Workpeople in Gasworks — cont. England — cont. Yard labourers Sunderland 'Tynemoiitli "Xeadon Handymen Gasfitiers and plumbers Stokerst Enginemen Labourers Other Trades. 22 Dec. 2 Aug. 15 BToT. En&land. Blackburn Birmingham and District Huddersfield Hull Humber ... Lancashire Leeds London ... Manchester Newcastle-on-Tyne Northampton ... r 107" 7 45" 20 ID Saddle, harness, and collar makers. Musicians in theatres and music halls. Brush makers (pan work) Third and fourth hands and cooks on trawlers. Engineers on trawlers. . . Brush makers (pan v'ork) Wind,ow cleaners Street masons and paviors Musicians in music balls Saddlers Saddlers, &c. ... Leather workersf May 24 Mar. April and May 5 Sept. 8Eeb. 7 April 25 June IJuly Nov. April & May 1 July 26 June 14 45 [. 1,050 800 350 150 160 818 50 75 36 ■. d. per week. 1 1 6 per shift. M. 9d. per week, 1 3 or 2 9 s. d. per wk.* r27 to 30 31 to 85 35 6 to 37 6 per shift. 5 5 per wk.* 24 g 3 9 or per hour. Id.J per week. Various per cent. 10 per week. 1 or 3 1 per cent. 5 per hour. Various irf. per week. 5 (average) 2 2 per cent. 10 (about) § 33 9 30 37 per hour. Gd. %d. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 164). J In minimum rate. § Consequent on the establishment of a minimum rate. OTHHE TRADES. — EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 109 Number Agreed Date of Amount Bates of liOcalities. Occupations. of Work- of Wag.s Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Other Trades — cont. SOOTIAirD. per week. per wk.* Scotland (GHasgow, Musicians in theatres and Dec. 325 2s. 6d. — Edinburgh, Aberdeen, music halls. to 5s. Dundee, Paisley, , (average) Clydebank, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Hamilton, Greenock). per day. Aberdeen Steam line f Ist engineers fishing vessels \ 2ud „ ■ 1 Sept. .,{ Qd. 6d. — Trawlers, 2nd engineers 24 Nov. 120 id. per week. — Buudee ... Enginemen, &c., on trawlers . . . 24 Nov. 36 2s. 6d. — f Saddlers, &c 1 June 35 2s. Edinburgh Gravediggers ... 19 July 36 2s. per cent. 2Ss. - Skinners 23 Oct. 130 10 to 15 per week. — Q-lasgow ... Saddlers June 80 Variousf 30j.t Q-ranton ... Enginemen, &o., on trawlers ... 26 Oct. 240 Is. to 2s. Gd. — ' Linoleum workers 6 Feb. 2,000 Is. — Kirkcaldy per cent.§ ■ Linoleum printers 27 June 190- 5 per week. Is. 2s. Gd. Peterhead Eiremen and drivers on steam May 240 drifters. Average Bates of Amount Wages of after Employees of Governnnent Departments. Increase Changb. Admiralty.il *. d. s. d. H.M. Dockyards :— per week. per week. ' Engine fitters, ship fitters. ' 3,747 2 38 Portsmouth, Devon- port,' Chatham, electrical fitters, copper- smiths, patternmakers, to 40 founders and boilermakers Sheerness, Pern- , broke Dock,' Haulbowline and (hired). ■1 June Shipwrights (jsttdr^^) ::: 1,882 5,235 1 6 2 36 & 38 Portland. Joiners and / (established) . . . plumbers L (hired) 417 1 6 34 6 *- J 941 1 6 86 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + Adoption of minimum rate, with increase of Is. per week to those already at or over that rate. J Minimum rate. § On piece rates. II In addition to the changes mentioned there were revisions of the rates of certain other classes of workpeople in H.M. Dockyards, Victualling Tards, &c., but the resulting immediate increases affected less than five workpeople in each occupation and details are therefore not given, 110 CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Employees of Government Departments — cont. Admlraltyt— oo»<. H.M. Dockjards^ — conp. a ■^ 1 r (establislied) Sailmakers \^(^^-^ ' Messengers (Hred) Meohanio drivers and dynamo attendants. Assistant drivers and dynamo attendants. Portsmouth, Devon- port, Chatham, SheemesB, Pem- broke Dock, Haulbowline and Portland — cont. B'aval Ordnance De- partment ; — Chatham, Ports- month, Portland Devonport, Green- j ock, and Sheffield "^ Switchboard attendants Leading stokers r (established) . . . l(hired) Skilled labourers (hired) , . . . Labourers (established and hired). Apprentices (all trades) Bricklayers (hired) Fitters (established) ... „ (hired) _ - Coppersmiths (hired) ... Joiners (established) ,.. „ (hired).,. Tinsmiths (estabhshed) „ (hired) Messengers (hired) Skilledlabourers(established) „ „ (hired) Labourers (hired) 1 June 1 Oct. 1 June Number of Work- people affected. 50 147 133 268 18 7 5 8 18 66 3,047 4,284 " 200 73 155 18 20 47 11 38 6 9 567 t. 668 Average Amount of Increase. Bates of Wages after Change. ,. d. per week. 1 2 1 2 1 1 6 (average) 1 1 2 1 6 2 2 £. d. perwk.* 1 1 31 32 29 30 26 44«. 4(<. to 49*. 29«. 2d. to 33*. IM. 36«. 2d. to 39«. %d. 33*. Wd. to 37«. 4,d. 30*. to 82«. 29i. to 33«. 6d. 23s.t to 31«. 23s.t 4s. to 15«. 34s. to 36s. 36s. to S8s. 38s. to 40s. 38s. to 40s. 34 6 36 34 6 36 26 6 23s. to 29s. 6a!. 23s. to 31s. 23 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t See note |1 on p. 109. j The rate at Haulbowline is Is. less. EMPLOYEES OP GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. Ill Date Ifumber of Average Rates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- Amount of Increase. Wages after Change. Change. people affected. Employees of Government Departments -"-—"--: — cont. kimitaltyf—cont. s. d. per week. <,. d. per wk.* H.M. Victualling Yards :— Fitters (hired) 1 June 10 2 6 40«. to 42s. Storehousemen, First Class" - 10 2 35s. to (established). 16 July 41s. „ Second Class ' 19 2 28s. to ^ (established and hired). 34s. Deptford Coopers (established) ... ' 19 3 36s. to 42s.t 38s. to „ ' (hired) 11 3 6 lOot . 44s.J "Women (hired) 20 1 16 Tailors (hired) 5 1 38s. to <- 38s. ' Tailors (hired) . 10 Mar. 6 1 6 31 6 Labourers (hired) f 151 1 23 Skilled labourers (established) 9" r23s. to 1 June - 6 J 26s 9d. Q-osport and Ply- - „ „ (hired) 29 ■ (aver- 1 23s. to mouth. L J age.) L28s. Coopers (established) ... IS Is.or 2s. 34s. to „ (hired) lOct. ■ 13 Is. or 38s. 35s. dd. 2«. 6d. to 40s. Haulbowline . Labourers (hired) 1 June 8 1 22 Works Department : — 1 Shipwrights 18 2 f 38s. to t 39s.6rf. Fitters 27 1 10 / 38s. to t40s. Labourers 54 1 23 Joiners 82 1 5 36s. to 38s. 6d. Plumbers 1 June 10 1 4 36s. to 38s. M. Deckhands 5 1 22s. to 23s. Skilled labourers 31 1 24s. to 28s. Excavators 29§ 1 24s. to Portsmouth and Dis- * ■J 25s. trict. Smiths ... ... 7 July 12 2 36s. to 38«. Skilled labourers lAug. ■ 47 1 24s. to 28s. Excavators 232§ 1 24s. to 26s. Bricklayers ' 47 1 9 36s. to 38s. Masons ... 27 Oct. 26 1 5 36s. to 38s. Excavators 464 2 2 24s. to '^ ._ 26s. * Weekly r.^tes are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t See note || on p. 109. t Including bonus. § These men are included in the 454 shown below, having received both increases. 112 CHANGES IN BATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. T>nffi Number of Average Kates of Localities. Occupations. of Work- Amount of Wages after Change. people affected. Increase. Change. Employees of Government Departments — oont. Aimiraltyf—cont. s. d. per week. s. d. per wk.* Works Department — cont. Carpenters ^ f 28 \s.2Ud. 1 36s. to Plumbers 7 nud. J38s.6rf. Smiths 6 ls.8d 34«. to 38s. Deckhands 6 Is. 22s. to Chatham and 1 June . 23s. District. Skilled labourers 14 lV57d. 24s. to 28s. 6d. Labourers 23 Is. 23 Excayators 84 ' 66 Is. 24s. to 26s. Carpenters "^ Ud. 1 36s. to |38s.6t?. Plumbers 18 ll-67c« Fitters 8 2s. 38s. to 40s. Smiths 22 Is. 8-73(i. 36s. to 38s. Shipwrights 8 Is. 9d. 38s. to 1 June 39s. 6d. r evonport and Skilled labourers 93 ll-35«?. 24s. to District. 28s. Excayators 60 ll-7rf. 24s. to 26s. Labourers 59 Is. 23 Deckhands 22 Is. 22s. to i_ 23s. Masons ... 22 Dec. 31 Is.S'lQd. 36s. to 37s. 6d. ' Oarpenters ' 10 1 6 36s. to 38s. 6rf. Sheemess Skilled labourers 1 June - 6 1 1 24s. to 28s. 6d. ^ Labourers Boilermakers "^ L 42 1 23 r ' 5 5 5 38s. to 40s. Carpenters 16 3 10 36s. to Dover District Fitters 1 Oct. 6 4 10 38s. 38s. to 40s. Smiths 6 5 3 34s. to ^ Skilled labourers ^ 110 1 7 88s. 24s. to 28s. ' Skilled labourers 26 Mar. 6 1 2 23s to 28s. 2 June 25 1 2i 24s. to Portland 28s. Carpenters J ' 1 6 36s. to 2 June 38s. ed. '^ Labourers ... L 40 1 23 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of + .See note || on p. 109. EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 113 Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Average Amount of Increase, Bates of Wages after Change. Employees of Government Departments — cont. Admiraltyf — cont. Works Department — cont. Pembroke Eosyth Gtreenwich and District. Haulbotrline ... Naval Store Dept. : — West India Docks J and Deptford.. 1 War Ollice. Boyal Ordnance Fac- tories, Woolwich.J - Boyal G-unpowder I Factory, Waltham \ Abbey. I Building Works De- partment, Enfield -< lioeii. Carpenters ... ... "| Skilled labourers ... }• Labourers ... ... J Overseers (non-tradesmen) .. Labourers Carpenters Painters Carpenters Skilled labourers Excavators Labourers Storehousemen (first grade) T „ (second „ ) [ Carpenters ... Builders' labourers Bricklayers < Plumbers ... ... < Painters Gr. C. and acid workers I Acid workers ... ... ( Plumbers', bricklayers' gas- fitters' and carpenters' labourers. Excavators 1 June 13 Jan. 6 -Tan. 3 Mar. 20 Oct. 1 June 16 July 1 Mar. 13 May 17 May ISTov. 23 Sept. 27 Oct. 24 Nov. 22 Oct. 4 Jan. 23 June 7 19 15 . d. per week. 9 1 1 4 2 per hour. \d. Id. Id. per week. 1 6 1 1 1 2 2 . f. d. per wk.* 36». to 38s. 6d- 24^. to 28*. 23 33s Zd. to 38s. Wd. per hour. lid. llirf. 9d. per wk.* 36s. to 38s. 6d. 23s. to 28s. 23s. to 25s. 22 3Ss. to 41s. 28s. to 34s. 2 ls.to4s6(2 Is. or 2s. s. d, 2 Is. to 5s. s. d. 2 2 1 6 2s. fo 3s. 2s. to 4s. 41s. to 45s. 29 6 3es. to 43s. 38s. to 45s. 39s. to 45s. 41s. to 47s. 33s. and 35s. 31 30 30 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + See note || on p. 109. J In addition to the changes mentioned, 880 workpeople employed in the Ordnance Factories, who are usually engaged on piecework, had their time-rating increased from 39s. to 39s. Qd. per week. § Inclusive of 6 workpeople shown above, who received both increases. ll Inclusive of 11 workpeople shown above, who received both increases. 114 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Employees of Government Departments — cnnt. War Ollice— eo«<. Army Ordnance Depart- ment : t DeTonport, Ports- moutli, Dover, Pem- broke Dock and Chatham. York, Stirling, Burses and Weedon. Harwich Woolwich (Royal Arsenal). "Woolwich (KoyalJ Dockyard). | Aldershot Shorneliffe Tilbury and Maid- stone. Blackness Carrickf ergus and Bnniskillen. Cork Dublin Eoyal Army Clothing _ Department.J General Post Olfice. Engineering Dept. ; Provinces London Stores Dept. : Birmingham ... London (HoUoway) T Labourers Civil armourers Labourers Shipwrights Viewers... Saddlers Accoutrement makers. Labourers Labourers Labourers Labourers Labourers Labourers Labourers Foremen Storehousemen ... Women trimmers Women viewers Unestablished skilled work- men. Junior mechanics Unestablished porters. TJnestablished boys Junior Mechanics } Date of Change. 1 June 31 Oct. 1 Oct. 24 July 28 April 22 Oct. I 1 Oct. 2 June 24 Nov. 24 Nov. 10 Nov. 1 June 10 Nov. 1 Jan. 3 Feb. 2 May I Number of Work- people affected. Various J 7 July - Average Amount of Increase. 228 18 12 5 12 29 9 40 7 9 5 15 19 62 27 14 29 16 . d. per week. 1 1 2 6 3 3 ► 6 1 1 6 1 6 2 6 1 1 1 1 [l 6 243 36 2 1 11 62 per hour. Oi 117 OH 23 Oill 66 Oi§ * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t Certain foremen and assistant foremen in the Army Ordnance Department in various districts were, on the 1st October, placed on revised scales of pay, which resulted in some cases in an immediate increase in wages. Particulars of these individual increases, however, are not available. J In addition to the changes mentioned there were certain revisions of piece prices which resulted in some cases in increases, and in others in decreases. f Increase in minimum rate only. || Increase in maximum rate only. EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 115 Date Number of Average Rates of Localities. Occupations. of Work. Amount of Increase. Wages after Change. Change. people affected. Employees of Government Departments — cont. General Post Office— cont. 1 s. d. *. d. Stores Department — cont. per week. per wk.* c Postmen 1 r 216 1 3 18s. to Bradford 1 July-^ 30s. Assistant postmen ... J I 12 9 15 9 Cambridge Postmen 1 Jan. 71 }'»{ 1'7« fr» Croydon Postmen 4 May 8 27s. Gloucester Postmen 1 Jan. 68 Woolwicli ... ] 1 r 58 1 0] 19s. to 31s. Charlton Postmen 8 11 ^ Eltham ... J 1 June- 14 1 ij per hour. per hour. Woolwich, Charlton Auxiliary postmen 47 \d. or Id. 6 and Eltham. Board of Education. per week. per wk.* Science Miiseum> South Labourers 4 Jan. 14 2 8 33 2 Kensington. per hour. per hour. Victoria and Albert Carpenters X Mar. 15 id. Hid. to Museum. per week. Is. Id. per wk.* Victoria and Albert Warder cleaners 1 Aug. 73 2s. to Ss. 27s. to Museum and Bo;al 80s., 84s. College of Art. per hour. per hour. Bethnal Gl-r een Labourers 4 Jan. 7 \d. 7id. and Museum. per week 8d. per wk.* Whitehall Offices ... Cleaners ... lAug. 11 1 1 (average) 25s. to 28s. H.M. Office of Works. Richmond (Yorks) ... Labourers Jan. 12 2 1 22 11 Framlingham Labourers Sept. 6 2 4 25 10 Gl-ate porters Jan. 7 3 6 28s. and ,31s. ed. London Labourers Park-keepers April - 227 44 }'°{ 28 27 Porters 13 2 32 L Fitters Aug. 6 1 6 (average] 42s, to 45s. Hampton Court, &c.,,. Park-keepers April 26 1 26 Eltham Bricklayers Labourers May Jan. 10 14 }. .{ 45 10 81 8 Arbroath Masons May 5 2 1 35 5 Labourers 23 1 22s. and Edinburgh • April - 25s. Park-keepers 6 3 25 Hunting Tower Masons ... April 5 2 1 37 6 McLellan's Castle ... Masons March 6 4 2 33 4 Stirling Labourers ... June 6 2 1 27 7 * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of ovevtime. 116 OHiNGBS IN BATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Bates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities. ENaLAHD AND WaLBS. Northern Counties and *. A. IS. d. Cleveland. per hour. per hour. Gas Department : — Yard-/ men* 1 8 Jan. 7 May 84 68+ Oi Oi per wk. 5i 6 per wk. J Carlisle ... Scarengers ~| r 28 •1 r 20s. < & 2U, Carters f 23 April 1 7 [25 V Gl-enerallabourers ... J L 50 1 4 or 25 r Electricity and Ligbt Eail- 2 8 ■vrays Department : — per hour. per houi. Labourers ... 12 Feb. 15 Oi per shift. 6 per shift. Conductors 22 Oct. 8 2 4 3 Q-asworks Department : — ■ per week. per wk.J Darlington Labourers ... 12 June 62 1 1 25 5 Gasfitters ' ... 13 Aug. 9 2 3 33 2 Other Departments : — per hour. per hour. Boadmen May 8 Oi per week. 6i per wk.J Scavengers ... Dec. 33 1 20s. ,22s. 23s. Felling Sweepers* 10 Oct. 12 1 per hour. 25 6 per hour. Q-atesiiead Masons ^ 12 June 6 Oi 10 per week. per wk.J Hartlepool ,., Horse drivers*... 29 May 10 1 28 Barrow men (sweepers) "1 6 Dec. 5 1 1 per hour. 24 per hour. ^ General labourers ... J 1 6 Oi per week. 6 per wk.t Jarrow Scavengers and labourers 10 Jan. 20 1 25 f Coke wheelers ... 21 Jan. and 9 Sept. 9 3 8 37 5 Stokers 9 Sept. 40 1 10 per day. 42 1 per day.J Middlesbrough ... Manure Iriiumers ... \ Dry ash men ... ... J 10 Mar. { 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 Sweepers ... ... T r 27 1 p 6 > 7 April ■ U 2 J to 14 6 Drivers J L 14 J [4 8 - Boadmen 28 July 6 4 per week. 4 4 " Dock gate men* Feb. 34 2 — Ifewoastle-on-Tyne < Joiners ... ... ... "1 Labourers May and June per hour. }o Oi per hour. rO 10 to ■ * See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (pp. 165 & 166.) •(■ Included in 84 workpeople shown above. J Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 117 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Eates of Wages Change. people after affected. JLIlL-x CUSC* Change. Employees of Local Authorities— co«<. En&land and Walks — cont. Northern Counties and s. d. s. d. Cleveland — cont. per week. per wk.* ' Labourers 1-Sept. 20 1 26 Labourers ' 3i9 ls.,l«. Id. or 3s. 22»., 26*., 28*., 28*. 2d. Cartmen 54 1 1 28 2 Sweepers Oct. ■ 358 ls.,ls.ld., 2s.,2s.ld., or 3s. 24*., 26*., 27*., 28*., 28*. 2d. Newcastle-on-Tyne — ■ Lavatory attendants ... 14 2 28 cont. Watchmen Tramway Department : — 35 3 6 24 6 Motormen Conductors ... r 186"! 180/ Various 32*.,33».t per hour. Bodymakers 10 Nov. 16 t per hour. 9d. - Coachpainters 6 id. per week. 8id. per wk.* Stockton-on-Tees Gardeners, &c Aug. 9 2 27 Mghtsoi] carters 22 Sept. 7 1 29 per hour. per hour. f Sweepers — drainers 14 Jan. 33 id. per week. 6id.& 6id. per wk.* PaTiors' labourers 11 June 46 1*. per hour. 25*. per hour. Masons 21 June 10 id. lOd. Masons' labourers 14 Oct. 10 kd. per week. 6id. per wk.* Day eartmen ... ' 52 27*. & 28*. 6d. Mght cartmen Dust Tanmen 11 Sept. 10 ■ 32 - Is. . 29 26 Street sweepers 72 25 Stmderland Street gnlly cleaners ... L 5 . 28 Tramways Department : — per hour. per hour. Handymen ... 8 Jan. 6 {Hd. Handymen \ Cleaners J 15 May 1 28 ■ id. \_6id. Point lada ... 29 Oct. 6 id. 3d. Mains Department :— Labourers ") ' ' 12 id. 6id. Electricity Department : — per week: per wk.* Greasers and firemen 6 1 11 37 4 Ash wheelers and tank 15 Oct. 6 1 1 33 10 attendants. Gantrymen, handymen, | 8 2 32 and cleaners. J * Weekly rates aA for a full week, exclusive of overtime. + Former rate 32*. after 7 years. New rates 32*. after 4 years and 33*. after 7 years. I Increase from a rate of 38*. per week to one of 9d. per hour for a 58 hour week. 118 CHANGES IN BATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Bates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities— co««. 1 Enoiand and Walks — I 1 1 cont. i I NoTtbern Counties and ! Cleveland — eont. Public Lighting Depart- " ment : — per week. per wk.* Sunderland — cont. Lamp attendants,.. trimr ■ 15 Oct. 10 Is. 26s. to mers, and trimmers' 31s. mates. WaUsend Drivers (night-shift men) 4 Dee. 13 2.5. 32s. The Wear (Watch Com- Sergeants and constables 1 Dec. 23 Is., 2s., 38s. 9d., missioners). or 3s. 42s. yd., 43s. Qd.f 21s. 9d, to 35s.9rf.t f Excavators and sewer-pipe " 8 Is. 26s.&27s. West Hartlepool layers. 9 April ■ . G-eneral labourers 8 Is. 25s. Yorkshire, except Cleveland. r27s.,§ ' Horse drivers ... ... 1 Labourers ]" 22 Jan. 31 2«. per hour. . 32s. li 26s.,§ L30s.ll per hour. Barnsley... Masons' labourers Ordinary labourers 11 June f 15 1 24 } id. per week. r 7d. per wk.* Waterworks' labourers 1 July 9 2s. 26s.&28>. Grave diggers ... 15 Sept. 7 Is. aer shift. 29s. Der shift. Batley Gas workers ... 2 May 8 4rf. 5s. 7d. f Q-as Department : — Stokers "^ r 211 2d. 5s. 8d. Coke wheelers 39 2d. 4s. lOd. Exhauster men 12 2d. per hour. hs.U. 3er hour. Purifiers 33 id. Id. Pipe jumpers, boiler fire- [- 3 April - 16 id. Ud. men, &c. Mainlayers 22 id. 6fd.,7rf., Bradford per week. lid. per wk.* Lamplighters ... J ^ 169 2s. a7s.&28s. Tramway Department :— per hour. per hour. Painters 27 May 16 id. oer week. %id. per wk.* Linesmen 17 June 5 3.S. 40s. Depfit, traffic and ticket in-~| ' 29 2 40s., 42s. spectors. 1 Aug. &44s. r. . 1 ■ 3er hour. jer hour. ^ Conductors ... ... J . 355 id.'S 6|(«. to lid. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime, t Sergeants. t Constables. § Day. ^ Increase in minimum rate only. Night. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 119 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount nt Bates of Wages Change. people affected. oi Increase. after Change. Employees of Loeal Authorities — cont. EinjLAND andWaibs — cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. s. d. per week. s. d. per wk.* ' Tramway Dept. — cont. Fitters, turners and smiths ' " 50 '37 Bradford — cont. ... Strikers Aug. 5 •1 ■ 30 8i Armature winders ... 6 34 li Carters ... ... 12 June 100 2 27 > Roadmen Cartmen : — r '' 1 '24 Highways ... 9 24 Bridlington Sanitary 1 Ash carriers j" 17 April 10 7 K 25 ■ 19 Workpeople at waterworks 8 25s. to 29s. - - Workpeople at cemetery 5 per hour. 24s. to 27s. Der hour. General labourers ' 16 hd. per shift. 6d., 6id. 6id. jer shift. Q-as stokers 12 3d. 5 6 Brighouse . . i r IJuly .{ per week. Der week. Lamplighterst... 7 "25 Gasworks labourers^ ... 15 ■ 1 ■ 25 Nightsoilmen ... 8 .26 L Street sweepers ... J L 10 2 21 Night ashmen ... r 5") f 32 Day carters 7^ 1 9 ^27 Castleford Night carters Sweepers Eoadmen 26 June 5j ■ 'SI 2 [30 -22 ■ 26 1 Lamplighters ... L 5 1 6 26 6 ,r Tramway Department : — Motormen ... 1 per hour. per hour. ( 5id. to Conductors ... 10 June ■ 96 id. or id. 1 6|d. ' 5d. to 54rf.' Labourers Cleaners ■■ " id. per week. J5id. '_ 5d. per wk.* Donoaster General labourers 27 Aug. ■ 77 Is. or 2s. 21s. to 27s. Soarengers 19 Is. or 21s. to Gas Department : — Is. lOd. 23s. Labourers 1 Sept. 44 Is. 6d. 24s. Lamplighters 15 Oct. 12 Is. oer shift 26s. per shift. Coke wheelers 12 Nov. 9 2d. 4s. 8d. per week. per wk.* Goole 1 Labourers 1 Sweepers J 5 Mar. 21 1 2s. ■ 24s. 6d. 22s. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusiye of oyertime. + See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 165). 120 CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Employees of Local Authonbies — cont. Enq-land and Wales — cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. Halifax Harrogate Huddersfield Gas Department ; — Horizontal retort house attendants. Meter inspectors Meter repairersf Tardment Tramway Department : — Car cleaners ... Point and rail cleaners Fitters and turners . . . Sanitary Department :— Street sweepers Collectors of dust, &e. Electricity Department : — BuUders' labourers . . . Highways Department : — Labourers ... Wortpeople in Higl'ways"" Department. Workpeople in Health De partment. Workpeople in Water De partment. Parks Department : — Gardeners ... Gas Department : — Labourers ... iBSpectOTS ... Plumbers, &c. Lamplighters Stokers, &c. ... Tramways Department :— Artizans and labourers ] April V Aug. April Number of Work- people affected. Average Amount of Increase. Batei of Wages i after Change. f 27 23 86 14 May 25 June 2 June 25 June 16 May Jan. Jan. April July Jan., May, and July. per shift, per shift. Zd. 5*. 6d. per hour. id. per week Is. to 2*. per hour, id. 87 6 \d. \d. per week 9 Is. 51 25 20 52 98"^ 29 6 per hour. id. per week. Gd. per hour. Id. per week Is., 2s., 2s. 6d., or 3s. per hour. nd. 6id. hid. 5frf. per wk.* 37s. per hour. 5frf. per wk.* 24s. 6d. and 25s. per hour. Bid. per day. 20 4a!. 91 15 26 40 96 80 per hour, id. J per day.t 4s. id. per hour. 6^(2. to Id. M. 9(?. to 9id. per week, per wk.* Is. 26s. per shift, per shift. 2(2. 5s. and 5s. M. per hour, per hour. id. 6irf.. to 9id. * Weellj rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 165). j Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 121 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Increase. Bates, of Wages Change. people after affected. Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. Enbland and Walks — cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. per day. per day.* r Cemeteries Department ; — Gravediggers Feb. 12 2d. 4s. lOd. Highways Department : — per hour. per hour. Faviors, labourers &c. May 350 id. 6id. to Huddersfield — cont. Water Department : — 9id. Artizans and labourers May and Jane 90 id. 6i(2. to 9d. r Stokers, &c., at destructor ... Aug. 16 id. 8id. Water and Gas Department : — per week. per wk.J Stokers 6 2s. 32«. . 9 Jan. . per hour. per hour. Labourers ...» 8 Various per wepk. 6id. per wk.J Hull Turncocks Tap repairers Works Department : — IMar. / 9 1 14 1*. Is. per hour. 36*. 30». per hour. Painters Feb. 57 id. Sid., 9d., and 9id. Tramway Department : — per week. per nk.J Caroleanerst 3 April 38 1*. or 2s. 29*. and Electricity Department — 30*. Assistant firemenf Gas Department : — Nov. 13 3s. 33*. per wk.t Meter inspectors 10 Jan. 13 Is. 20*. to 30*. per shift. Machinemen, firemen and per shift. stokers 28 MftT. 16 2d. 5*. 8d. Highways Department : — per hour. per hour. Keighley flaggers and dressers 9 May 8 id. 9id. and 9d. Labourers 20 June 50 id. 01 id. eid.'to Id. Health Department : — Refuse collectors 3 June 71 14/ K{ 6id. Street scarengers 5 July 5frf. ' Car bodymakers 7 May 33 § Bid. Gas Department : — per week per wk.J Plumbers May 5 2s. — Diggers r 4^1 ' 26*. Jointers 22 28*. Leeds ... •■ i Plaggers 8 Is. ■ 29*. and 30*. 28*. Syphon pumpers 1 June i 5 Gangers 11, - 33*. and 36*. Gas-stove fixers L 13 2s. 34*. * Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 163). J Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. § Increase from a weekly rate of 34*. 6d. to 8id. per hour for a 53 hour week. 122 CHANGES IN BATES OP WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Average Amount of Increase. Bates of Wages after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and Wales — cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland— co«<. per week. per wk.* Q-as Department — cont. — Machinemen... r 19"! c Z^s.M. Attendants , 33 34s. Firemen 12 34s. Cellar firemen 7 35s. Yardmen 28 • Is. ■ 26s. Chargers 6 35s. Drawers 11 34s. Boilermen ... 1 Oct. 6 34s. Enginemen ... V. ^ 33s. Cote wheelers 6 i 29s. 6d. Hydraulic mainsmeu 6 2s.. 38s. Scurf ers and lerey greasers 6 31s. Pipe jumpers ... ^ V .^A .__ 34s. Attendants • 24 34s. Firemen 6 34s. Cellar firemen 8 \s. ■ 35s. Gantrymen ... 5 ■ 26s. Yardmen ... ... )■ 29 Dec. ■ 20 . 26s. Purifiers 16 V 28s. Furnace fillers 5" 30s. Coke slackers 17 ■ 2«. ■ 28s. Coke wheelers L 9J , 29s. 6(2. Parks Department :— Lahourerst ... r 76 2s. %d. 26s. Leeds — cont. Eangers 12 June ■ 20 Zs. 27s. Horsement 7 \s. 26s. Tramways— Permanent way : — per hour. per hour. General labourers ... r 661 }64 - 15. Markets : — Day and night work- men, &c J . 12 2s. 26s., 28s. and 30s. Highways Department : — per hour. PaTiors and masons... f 32-1 per hour . f 9)kd. Bammermen and tar- boilers . IJuly 31 < . \d. J 7d. "- Labourers I 172. \j,\A. to * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime, t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 165). EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 123 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount Bates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and "Wales — cont. Yorkshire, except • Cleveland— con*. Highways Department — oont. per week. per wk.* Wight "Watchmen 1 July 25 3j. per hour. 24*. per hour. Gangers 22 Dec. 6 \d. Ud. Health Department : — per week. per wk.* Ambulance ment ... "1 Layatory attendants lOut, 1 6 2*. 34*. 1*. 15». to 17«. Leeds — cont. Electricity Department ; — "Watchmen 1 Oct. 20 3». m. per hour. 28«. per hour. Works labouretB 26 Dec. 7 \d. ^d. Street Lighting : — per week. per week* Lamplighters r 156 1». or 28*. 6d. Electric arc lamp trimmers ■ 19 DSe. ■ \s%d. - and labourers L 12 1«. 6d. 28*. 6d. Bichmond Boadmen 21 Oct. 7 Is. per hour. 2U. per hour. Ripon ... Highway labourers Mar. 16 kd. iid. to ed. Motormen r 49"i {lid. Conductors 26 June < 49 ^ id. ■ Qd. Shedmen I 20j .5K Gas Department : — per shift. per shift. Eotherham S'°'^- {dr=..} 26 3d. j per hour. 6*. 5a. 6d. per hour. Labourers Highways and Sanitary [ liJec. 36 id. &d. Departments : — • ^^WersjP-— '}^ 54 id. J 6d. .5K = Highway and Sewerage") Deparluent : — ' Labourers and sweepers id. — ■ 872- aer week. per wk.* Carters J L 1*. 26*. Lighting Department : Sheffield Lamplighters City Engineer's Depart- ment ! — 14 May 110 Qd. or 1*. Park-keepers and under 1 f 1;?. — part-keepers. r n per hour. - Handymen and labourers ^ L -^ "■ id. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. f See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 165). 124 CHANGES m EATES OF "WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and Wales- cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. Sheffield — cont. L City Engineer's Dept. — contr Labourers 1 at sewage Handymen / works. Labourers and handymen (including timbermen) at sewage works exten- sions. Cemeteries Department : — G-ravediggers Water Department : — Pipe layers and oetters-up, masons, asphalters; masons', plumbers', trench and reservoir labourers. Beservoir masons plumbers Waste water inspectors and turncocks. Meter repairers Electric Supply Depart-" ment; — Eirst-elass stokers ... Stokers Handymen, labourers, and yardmen in Mains Department. Wiremen Cleansing Department : — Nightsoil and scavenging carters ; bin, nightsoil and scavenging wag- goners, fish wagon and machine drivers, and destructor men. Nightsoil getters-out (piece workers). City Architect's Department : — Labourers ... Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. 14 May 1 June 20 Aug. 14 May July 14 May 23 Dec. 3 July r . 84. J 27 105- 20 29 6 64 J 20 267 24 Average Amount of Increase. Bates of Wages after Change. erweek. Various -1 Various per hour. + per hour. id. \d. per week. 1«. 1*. per hour. \d.x \d.% or ld.\\ per wk.* 28j. 30s. per hour. lOd. per wk.* 31<. 28». per hour. 7f. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 125 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Worfc- Average Amount of Bates of Wages Change. people after affected. XliUll^CcI'DOi Change. Employees of Local Authorities— con*. EliaLAHD AND WAMS — , cont. Yorkshire, except Cleveland — cont. per week. per wk.* Carters . 24, April 15 Is. 25s. Todmorden Motor 'bus drivers Oonduotora j 28 Aug. 12 per hour. id: per hour. nid. I 6-/. Labourers and drainersf^ r 140'' '6id. (top men). York Q-angersf Aug. ■ 11 ■ id. - 7rf.and Ud. ^6id. Day carters and dry ashmen _ L 46, Lancashire & Cheshire , per hour. Sjrf to 6id.t 6fd. to Highway and general r labourers.t 38f Various "S Ud-^ f- 4id. to Scavengers (aged men) 2Vt Various S 5d.l 5 gardeners.! J Labourers Carters ... Boadmen Labourers Carters ... Tramways Department ; — • Painters' labourers ... "1 Mechanics' labourers / Mechanics ... Paviors 1 Paviors' labourers ... J Workpeople in Electricity Department. Gras Department : — Bricklayers 1 Labourers J Pipe jumpers G-eneral labourers J Pumping station cleaners and assistant drivers. Timbermen (sewers) ... Asphalt layers Gangers (road repairing) Slablayers' labourers ... Bath attendants Farm labourers Farm watermen Street sweepers Street sweepers' gangers Destructor firemen Tipmen, &c. Market attendants Health Department : — Yard labourers Carters ... Scarengers Street cleansers Labourers Destructor men 13 Sept. 4 Feb. 22 April 25 Jan. 16 Jan. 13 Feb. 18 July Feb., April and Sept. 7 April 14 July 8 Sept. 22 Jan. 5 Feb. 9 May 1 April 25 April 2 July 19 Sept. 5 Dec. 11 Dec. 63 43 16 5 9 7 8 15 6 18 21 20 20 14 248 5 11 15 6 6 8 28 22 47 10 6 6 7 30 22 8 ,. d. per week, Various } 1 1 Is. or 2j 2 per hour. } id. per week. 1 per hour. ^ id. \d. or id. per week. 1 1 H 1 per hour. i id. id. per week. r-1 2 1 1 2 2 per day. 2d. or id. s. d. per wk.* 22 21 17 24 25 per hour. per wk.* 39 per hour. ■ Hd. Id. perwk.* r39 7t 129 at 33 29 3 28 per hour. r Id. \ e^d. [ Ud. Id. per wk.* r29 21 25 28 30 28 28 Zd. 26 6 per day.* ' 4 2 4 3 8 4 4 5 * Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime. + Average. J See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 165). § Increase from a rate of hid. per hour to one of 4s. 4rf. per day. (B51— ap. 19) 130 CHANGES IN KATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of "Work. people affected. Average Amount of llncrease. Bates of Wages after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and Walbs- eont. North and West Midland Counties— co»;. Rugby (Rural) ... Stafford WalsaU Wellington, Salop I Wolverhampton . . . 8ontli Midland and Eastern Counties. Middlesex Kettering Labourers Engineers' Department :- Labourers, &c. Gtas Department : — Stokers, labourers, &c. Labourers Electricity Department : — Sub-station attendants Labourers Roadmen Cleaners II Motormen Conductors Motormen Pumping station ; — Boiler attendants Labourers ... Sweepers Labourers Night workers | Foremen Roadmen Carters Town labourers Scavengers 27 April 3 July 25 Jan. 1 Nov. 29 May 23 Jan. 20 Feb. 4 Sept. 5 June 9 June 12 June 1 April Sept. 113 85 7 6 12 15 12 45 60t 6 8 25 58 10 100 10 15 8 per day. 4d. per week. 2 2 or 2 3 1 Various 2 1 1 3t per hour. per week. 1 9 8 r Is. or 1 2s. 1 per hour. id. s. d. per day.* 3 4 per wk.* 22 32 6 25 6 18 25 1 per hour. {5irf. to QU. 5rf. to M. r5i(?. to 1 Id. per wk.* 28 . 24 r22«. to 1 24». 24 per day.* !S«. to 6». 4«. to 4«.10d. per wk.* 25 25 24 * Weekly or daily rates are for a. full week or day, exclusive of overtime. + Resulting from shortening of period for attainment of maximum rate, and in the case of conductors only, increases in minimum and maximum rates. J Includes some of the 45 shown above. § Increase in maximum rate only. II See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 166). EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 131 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- people affected. Average Amount of Increase, Bates of Wages after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and Wales — cont. South Midland and Eastern Counties— co»;. King's Lynn Northampton Boohford Tilbury .. London. Loudon (L.C.O.) Labourers T Barrowmen ... ... f Scavengers J Motormen I Conductors ... ... I Mechanics and painters Horse-drivers ... ... "I Ash-box lifters f Eoad labourers Works Department employees Tramways Department : — Builders' labourers ... Carpenters ... ... ■ Coach painters Brush hands Hammermen Bodymakers Saw-mill machinists Ploughmen (changers) Car greasers ... Armature winders ... . Controller repairisrs. . . Lightaud power attendants Car washers ... Fitters, turners and smiths Tool-makers and pattern- makers. Millwrights Hammermen Drillers Machinemen, &c. ... 20 Aug. May Nov. 2 Sept. 16 May 13 Jan. 1 Mar. 27 Mar. IJuly 27 Nov. 27 Nov. 22-^ 14 8 401 42 I 44 15 15 12 per day, 2d. per hour. id. id. per week, 2 9 1 271 28/ 76 83 37 92 5 321 44/ 27 331 38/ 1,246 242 2 9t 2 3 6 per hour. id. id. id, id. id. Id. per week. 1*. to 2s. 6d. per hour, id. s. d. per day.* 8». 2d. and -{ 3s. id. 3 2 1^ 3 6 per hour. / Id. 1 6d. / 6id. to \ 8d. per wk.* 27 9 r27 9t 1.25 0§ 18 30 per hour. ' lid. nid. 9d. lid. 7id. . 9id. Wd. 6id. Wd. 8d. f9id. to Wd. lOrf. to lOid. Wd. lid. lid. to 8id. ^ — * Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime, t During summer period. J Summer. § Winter. (B51— (Jp. 19) E 2 132 CHANGES IN KATES OB WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number of Work- people ■ afBeoted. Average Kates of Localities. Occupations. ^ Date of Change. Amount of ncrease. Wages after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. EnGHAWD and WALES- s. d. J. d. CO »i. London — cont. ] aerweek. per wk.* 42 '" Engineer's Department : — ^ Gangers Flushers Penstock cleaners . . . • 160 2 . 37 32 Jl per hour. Airgrate cleaners ... per hour. London (L.C.C.)— J . . 1 31 3-a\j\ { 149 id. 9d. eont, I Flushers ' id. Sid: Fitters, engineers, engine 165 id — driTers, oilers and clean- ers, engine cleaners, coal trimmers, mixers and labourers. J ^ London (Port of Lon- f don Authority). \ Kivetters and caulkers 1 Holders-up J 1 Jan. ' 261 10/ per week. Ilia. 9|d. per wk.* City of London Carmen May 86 1 per hour. 31*. per hour. I Labourers Carpenters 4 Jan. IMar. 1811 6/ id. r 8d. Batteriea i. Watchmen, carmen, stablemen, 17 April 304 id. or — sweepers, &c. per day, id. per hour. Bermondsey Hammermen 3 Jan. 8 id. per week. Sd. per wk.* Deptford Sweepers Conductors 12 Mar. 14 Jan. 52 691 6/ 1 2 27 r34 132 Carmen ... 28 Jan. per hour. per hour. Timbermen 7 Feb. 6 id. per week. Sid. per wk.* Lamplighters ... 11 Feb. 20 2 28 Sewe^ cleaners ... 11 Mar. 8 1 35 Trimmers (destructor) 31 Mar. 6 2 3 37 3 Eaat Ham per hour per hour. Carpenters and joiners iMay 14 id. Hid. r Bricklayers i 17 May 15 Not. } "{ id. id. lid. Hid. Plasterers . 13 June 5 id. Hid. Painters . 29 Sept. 17 Id. per week 9id.to lOid. per wk.* ^ Loaders (dust collection) . 14 Oct. 8 2 32 ftireenwioh . Sweepers . 8 Jan. 17 1 6 25 6 Scavengers 126 6 21s. 6d.f and 27*. 6d. Hampstead ... * ■ 1 April ■ per houi . per hour. Drainmen I 11 K{ 8d. Sewer labourers lid. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime, t Old men. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 133 Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Average Amount of Increase. KateR of after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. England and Wales — cont. London — cont. Hampstead — co»t. Kensington Lambeui... Penge St. Pancras Shoreditch Stepney ... Wandsworth Electricity Department : Coal trimmers Scurf ers, &c. Lamp cleaners Labourers Builders' labourers ... ScaTeugers Westminster Sonthern and Western Counties. Brighton Cowes Hythe ... Plymouth Worthing 1 April 27 Oct. 8 May Not. Labourers Dustmen Carmen... Scrubbers Gangers Scavengers and dustmen Watchmen ... ... j Scrubbers and vrasbers in' Workhouse and Infirma- ries.t Scrubbers and washers in Infirmary and Home Scrubbers in Infirmary (half - day workers) Sweepers and stablemen Plushers, dustmen, gully- men, &c. (night work) Labourers Dustmen Q-as stokers Labourers and f first class "1 sweepers \ second class J Lamplighters Street cleansers ... T Ash cart drivers ... l Gardeners ... ... | Lamplighters J 15 66 17 12 . d. per hour. \d. per week. 4 per hour. id. \d. per day. 2d. d. per hour. r 6d. \ Id. per wk.* 20 per hour. lid. 1\d. per day.* is. 2d. and 4». Gd. I 4«. 4<2., 4«. 6rf. and 4s. Bd. 4*. Sd. 2 Oct. 30 Jan. 1 Aug. 10 Oct. 6 Oct. 10 April Nov. 23 247 208 42 22 6 18- per half-day. Zd. per week. 1». or2«, per half -day. 2 3 per wk.* 28 32 30 per week. 1 6 3 6 per day. id. 2d. per week, 6 2 oJ 1 per day.* 3 10 3 8 per wk.» 22 6 23 24 23 16 * Weekly or daily rates are for a f uU week or day, exclusive of overtime, t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 166). (B51— Gp. 19) e3 134 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Ifumber of Work- Average Amount of Rates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities— core*. ElfGI/AND AND WALES— oont. Wales and Mon- MOtJTHSHIBE. s. d. per wk.* Abertillery Able-bodied workmen, ex- cept casual labourers and naTvies 2 Oct. 68 Various i. d. 30 / aer week. Bedwas and Machen Eoadmen 21 April 6 8 24 ' Public Works Department : — per day. per day.* Steam roller drivers 1 Aug. 6 Ad. Der week. 5 8 per wk.* Inspectors ... 13 Oct. 5 5 per day. 55 per day.* Labourers ... 27 Oct. 88 4rf. 3s. 4d. to 5s. Aid. Kremen Ashmen ■ 7 Nov. 1 6 Ifd. 3fd. S If 4 8f Parks Department ; — per week. per wk.* Park-keepers r 9 -N f 28 Gardeners ... }"{ 29 Foremen gardeners ■1 0- 32s. & Labourers ... 22 Sept. " 32 35«. 26 Cemetery Department : — Gravediggers 6 }l 6{ 31 6 Labourers L 17 27 6 Waterworks Department : — per hour. per hour. Cardiff Labourers ... 13 Oct. 13 Id. 6irf. Tramways Permanent Way : — per day. per day.* ^Labourers ... ... "^ r 15 4d. 4 8 Blooklayers and plate- 1 14 Ad. 4 10| layers | Street Cleansing Depart. }> 27 Oct. - ment : — , Horse drivers 80 1 3rf. [4 10 14 7 Ashmen ... ... J 40 Sweepers ... Stablemen 8 Dec. r , 85 I 10 2d. 3rf. 4 4 4 10 Electric Lighting & Tramways Department : — per hour. per hour, Tram drivers r 41 } id.i r 6a!. t 54d. Tram conductors... 135 Labourers ... 5 Nov. - 18 id. or id per week aid. per wk,* Hauliers ... ^ 6 1 26 Property, Markets, &e., De- partment : — Charwomen 10 Nov. 24 1 13 Hauliers r 5 }a„{ 3 6 30 EbbwVale Sanitary scavenging hauliers 1 Road sweepers ( 29 Sept. ■ 1 36 32 8t General labourers . 11 3 25 6t * Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime, t Increase in minimum rate only. J Average. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHOEITIES. 135 Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Tti {vvaxk.a fit Rates of Wages Change. people after affected. JLUl/l OUOCi Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. Walks ahd Monmotjth- | s. d. *. d. SHIEB — cont. per week. per wk.* Haverfordwest ... General labourers 22 May 5 2 20 a Holyhead Labourers Scavengers 1 AprU 12 Sept. } - 2 o| 19 16*. to 19». Llandaff and Biuas Roadmen 4 July 39 Is. or 2*. 21s., 22«. Powis. per day. &23s. per day.* Llanelly ... ... i Scavengers General labourers Feb. r 11 1 49 per week. 4 2 4s. 9d. & 4s. \Qd. per wk.* Lleyn Roadmen ... 6 Aug. 40 2 per day. 20 per day.* Maesteg Roadmen and labourers Lamplighters 30 June r 22 i 5 1 M. 5 Margam Roadmen 21 May 6 4d. per week. 4 10 per wk.* Neath 1 General labourers Scavenging labourers ... 5 Sept. 1 6 1-2 J 27 Newport ... Fitters in Electricity Depart- ment.t 1 Aug. 10 1 38 Swansea (Harbour Trust' Signalmen, number takers, weighers, &c. 1 Jan. 32 1*. or 2*. Scotland. Haddingtonshire, Eastern Roadment 17 Feb. •45 Is. or 2*. 19s. & District. 20s. ' Roads Department : — Surfacemen ... r 55 }'»{ 22 Stirlingshire (Central) ■ Roller drivers and atten- dants IMar. 14 22s. to 33s. Quarrymen 1 9 3 36 i Breaking-machine mea I 6 2 27 Stirlingshire (Eastern).. Roadmen ... 15 May 51 1 23s., 26s.i &31s. ^ Scavengers and carters IMay 205 l«.or2s. 25 Aberdeen Motormen Conductors 20 May 158 per hour. \d. per week. per hour. [Id. 1 6i«!. per wk.* r Stokers ' 23 1 2 34s. hd. and 37s. 4A Gasfitters 6-1 ' 26s., 28s., Arbroath 13 Jan. 1 1 o-< and 31s. Lamplighters 5r per hour. 21s. and 22s. per hour. ^ Labourers 14 \d. ^\d. and 6d. * Weekly or daily rates are for a full week or day, exclusive of overtime. + See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 166). (B51— Gp. 19) E 4 136 CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations, Date of Number of Work- Average Amount of Bates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. or ■< L 2s. 27s. to Conductors Mar. 88 32s. 23s. to BOs, per hour. per hour. Labourers on tar macadam 21 June 8 id. 6|d. vfork. G-as Department : — Dundee ... Labourers ... 21 Oct. 97 id. 6id. Coke trimmers 31 Oct. 6 id. lid. per wk.* Lamplighters 12 Dec. 54 Various 28s. 9d. Public Slaughterhouses : — per cent. Slaughtermen 28 Oct. 12 5 — Electricity Department : — per week. Labourers 6 Nov. 40 2s. Id. 27s. Id. Water Department : — per hour. per hour. Pipe layers 7 Nov. 7 id. 7|d. City Engineer's Depart-^ " ment:— Labourers ... Park and Cemeteries Depart. 11 Nov. 92 id. 6id. ment ;— per week. perwk.* Labourers . 32 Is. 26s. V Carterst 11 Dec. 15 Is. 30j. • Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 166). j Includes 144 men shown above, who received both increasos. EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 137 Date of Number of Work- Average Bates of Localities. Occupations. Amount of Wages after Change. people affected. increase. Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont. Scotland — cont. s. d. .,. d. per wk.* Lamplighters "1 103 Various jer week. 24s. to 27s. Dep6t men (Cleansing De- partment). 33 Is. or 3s. 26s. and 27s. Scavengers 223 Various )er week. 22s. to 26s. Roller watchmen , , , Feb. -1 5 1 2 28s. Jldinburgh Metal spreaders 11 f 26s. and 27s. Foremen paviors 1 6 ■ 1 0- 33s. Paviors 23 30s. Beaters ... 22 26s. and\ 27s. ^ Watchmen I 6 1 2 25s. 8d^ Soads and Cleansing Depart- ment : — Labourers ... 20 June 29 2 14 21s. 7id. Falkirk Carters "1 Scavengers ... ... J Gas Department : — 25 July r 13 I 16 }. o{ 27s. Labourers r 21 2 li 27s. lid. aasfitters 27 June i 8 2 1 34s. Stoking machinemen L 6 1 9 36s. 9d. Forfar Scavengers 26 Mar. 14 2 .0 per hour 23s. and 24s. Fraserburgh Navvies ... 14 Feb. 300 Id. — Electricity Department : — per week Painters IFeb. 6 2s. 3d. 31s. 6d. to40s.6rf. Meter repairers 20 Mar. 8 2s. 3d. to 9*. 33s. 9d. to4,2s.9d. Bricklayers 31 Mar. 10 2 3 47s. 3d. Arc lamp fitters ... / .. 29 May T 2 3 33s. 9d. Masons ... 1 July 13 4 6 45s. Bricklayers' labourers 3 July 47 2 27s. Gas Department : — per hour per hour. Stove repairers 26 Feb. 49 id. per week 7d. . per week. Glasgow Main layers Caulkers Sewage Department : — 12 June f 131 1 12/ 2s. 3d. J. 31s. 3d. 28s. 3d. Labourers (handy men) f 42 Is. 3d. tc 2s. id. 28s. to 30s. 5d. Labourers (general) + 19 Mar. J 39 1 4 27 , Deckhands on sludge 1 16 " 82 steamers, greasers and firemen. Motormen and conductors 1 June 1,552 1-1 0- 25s." to 34s. Cleaners and greasers 11 July r 299 25s. to 29s. Handymen 1 13 _J l^ 25s. to 31s. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of orertime. t See also under Changes in Hours of Labour (p. 166). las CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Number of Work- j? Average Amount of Bates of Wages Change. people affected. Increase. after Change. Employees of Local Authorities— cck<. Scotland— co»^. ». d. per week. <.. d. per wk.* 'Q-lasgow — eont. ... \ Water Department : — Pipelayers and jointers 8 Oct. 27 2 Of 25s. to 36s. 6d. Oreenook Carters 19 July 22 1 28 6 r Scavengers - 6 23s. to 26s. 21«. to 23s. Helensburgh Temporary men in lighting f department. J 26 Aug. 5 .1 q\ (Jasfitters 4 Dec. 5 3 6 37 4 Vertical retort operators 11 Dee. 6 2 8 39 5 Sweepers and dust-box men . . . 10 Jan. 20 6 24 Kilmarnock Plumbers in gas department ... 14 Jan. ' 8 2 28s. to 34s. = Scarengers " 26s. and Kirkcaldy Carters ... 15 July 45 2 0- 27s. 27». ■ Scavengers and roadmen 10 July 5 Is. or 22s., 23s. Kirkintilloch 2s. and 24s. Carters, &c 24 July 8 1 28 per hour. per hour. Motormen Conductors f 43 46 1 id. or \ hid. to \ 7d. l^id. to Leith ... • ... ■ 5 Jan. < per week. 6^d. per wk.* Washers 9 2 26 ^ Labourers L 5 1 25 Newport, Fife "... | Scavengers, roadmen, &o. Stokers in gasworks ... 29 Nov. r 5 I 6 1 2 24 6 30s. and 32s. Paisley Carters ... 14 Nov. 8 1 27 Ibbland. Belfast Joiners' and general labourers 15 April •71 1 17 Dublin Smiths ... 15 July 6 4 38 Londonderry Labourers 11 July 100 Is. or 2s. 16s. to 22s. * Weekly rates are for a full week, exclusive of overtime, t Increase in maximum rate only. POLICE. 139 County, Xlity, "or Borough. Police Sebgeahts. Increase in Weekly Bates. Mini- mum Bates. Maxi- mum Bates. Weekly Bates after Change. Mini- mum Bates. Maxi- mum Bates. Police Constables. Increase in Weekly Bates. Mini- mum Bates. Maxi- mum Bates. Weekly Bates aftpr Change.-^ Minimum Bates, Maximum Bates. Police. Northern Coun- ties and York- shire. Cumberland Westmorland Yorkshire (East Biding). Bradford Kendal Lancashire and Cheshire. Ashton - under- . , Lyne. Blackburn ClitheroB Congleton Lancaster Bochdale ... Stalybridge North and West Midlands. Herefordshire Rutlandshire Chesterfield CoTentry ... Louth Newark . . . Newcastle - imder- Lyme. Nottingham South Midland and Eastern Counties. Huntingdonshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Sufeolk, East s. d. ^. d. L 20 J 10 ■ 120 ] and y .130 oJ 115 Scotland. GliAS&OW : — North America, East Coast ... Australia and New Zealand . . . MediterraneiUi... Bunning Agreements..; • Ireland. 10 110 10 110 DtTBlIN : — North America, East Coast . . , Bblpast :— North America, East Coast ... Seamen on Sailing Vessels. LlTBBPOOL : — West Coast of America Australia and New Zealand . 10 80 153 CHANGES IN HOUES OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913.* Localities. Occupations. Date Number of Weekly Amount of Work- of Change. people affected. Decrease in hours. § Hours of Labour in a full Week after Change. England and Walbs. Northern Counties and Yorkshire. Bljth Bradford Brighouse Carlisle ... Doncaster Goole Huddersfield and Dis- trict. , Hull Kendal ... Morley ... Sheffield Tees-side and District (including Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Stockton). Todmorden Wigton Lancashire and Cheshire. Acorington Altrincham, Sale and District. Barrow-in-Furness Building Trades.f PlumbersJ Plumbers j Paiuterst Carpenters and joiners.J Carpenters and joiners.J 4 Plasterers! BrioklayerB',ma- sons', plas- terers', and general build- ers' labourers.! Painters! Carpenters and joiners.J Plumbers j Bricklayers Masons ... Carpenters and joiners. Slaters ... Plasterers Labourers PaiutersJ Carpenters and joiners.! Slaters and tilers.! Plumbers! Carpenters and joiners.! Painters! Plumbers! Carpenters and joiners-! Plumbers! 1 Oct. 20 1-50 4 Dec. 160 0-28 1 April 40 1-78 IMay 158 0-11 May 170 0-85 -| f 35 1-16 436 0-75 1-1 May IMar. 25 2-50 8 Mar. 250 0-21 IJuly 118 0-76 f 480 85 1,000 i.21 Feb. 66 60 - 2-07 J 600 J 1 April 42 0-36 1 April 46 1-85 lOot. 90 2-26 13 Sept. 157 2-12 1 May 80 2-38 April 12 0-72 IFeb. 45 1-15 IDeo. 240 0-52 6 Oct. 30 0-44 53 m S24 50 52 y 54 53 50 551 49i 53 51 55 54 * Exclusiye of changes affecting Agricultural Laboiarers, Seamen, and Bailway Servants. + In the case of the Building Trades the weekly amount of decrease shown is the ayerage for the year ; the hours after change are those in force in the Summer months. ! Hee also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 40 to 44). § Increases in italics. 154 CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUE TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Weekly Amount of Decrease in hoursj, Hours of Sjabour in a full Week after Change. Building Trades* — cont. Ek&land and Wales — cont. - Lancashire and Cheshire— co«<. Birkenhead Carpenters and joiners.t Concretors and 10 May 650 19 46i Bolton and District 1 Sept. 40 1-64 541 asphalters.t Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Carpenters and 1 Aug. 300 1-75 m Fadiham and District. joiners.t Bury I Masonst IMay 60 0-86 48i Carpenters and joiners.t Plumberst 14 July 1 Jan. 210 68 2 13 19 494 49 ' Bricklayerst ... 7 April 200 0-98 544 Carpenters and 9 June 240 4-35 494 Chester joiners.t Plastererst 8 Dec. 60 1-43 514 Painters and 10 Mar. 200 3-83 494 ._ decoralors.t Haslingden Labourerst 16 June 50 4-09 494 Heywood Carpenters and joiners.t 14 July ICO 4-50 494 Carpenters and 30 June 20C 1-27 494 Lancaster joiners.t Plumberst 1 July 40 2-33 494 Leigh, Atherton, and Carpenters and IMay 95 0-41 484 Tyldesley. joiners.t Littleborough Carpenters and joiners.t Bricklayerst . . . 14 July 30 f 1,000 4-60 494 Liyerpool Carpenters and joiners.t Slaterat -1 May 3,000 50 . 0-19 464 Manchester, Salford f Masons — Banker 1 June 200 1-68 47 and District. \ hands. I Painterst IMay 1,500 0-31 514 Oldham Painterst 1 April 300 0-10 52 Preston Carpenters and joiners.t 1 June 167 2-31 464 Eadelifee, WhiteEeld, llrioklayers.t ... IMay 67 0-14 544 Prestwioh and Dis- trict. " Carpenters and 14 July 90 0-34 494 Eadcliffe joiners.t Plumberst IFeb. 20 19 49 Eamsbottom Carpenters and joiners.t 14 July 40 4-60 494 Eochdale Carpenters and joiners.t 14 July 230 0-45 494 Kuncorn Painterst 1 April 45 4-61 494 St. Helens ... | Bricklayerst . . . 1 June 200 3-21 484 Plastererst 1 July 14 1-93 484 Westhoughton Carpenters and joiners.t IMay 16 1-27 544 * See note t ou p. 153. t See also under Changes in Bates of Wages (pp. 44 to 48). X Increases in italics. CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 155 Number Weekly Hours of Labour Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. of Work- people Amount of Decrease in a full Week after affected. in hours.§ Change. Building Trades* — cont. EsaLAND AND WAIES — cont. Midland and Eastern Counties. Arnold, Notts Carpenters and joiners.t 1 Jan. 10 3-39 51i Cambridge Bricklayers, + m a s on s , t carp enters and joiners.t pa,iTiters,t la- bourers,+ &c. 15 Aug. 1,300 1-23 55i Chesham Carpenters and joiners.t 3 May 100 1-00 55i Cirencester Masons, car- penters and j i n e r s, plumbers, plasterers, painters, and labourers.t 1 Dec. 434 1-18 56 Darlaston and District Bricklayersf ... ■ 58 80t (including Wednes-- Labourers and ■ 1 April . 0-61 56i bury). navTies.t Derby Masonst 3 Nov. 50 0-22 53 Keniiworth Painterst 1 April 40 1-00 55i Kettering and District . . , Carpenters and 1 f\1 VI ^VD 14 June 80 2-50 56 Leamington joiners. Plumberst 1 April 22 1-50 56i Letchwoi-th Bricklayers, car- penters and oiners, la- bourers and wood - cutting machinists.t 4 June 206 0-50 55i ' Bricklayerst . . . 31 Mar. 180 1-00 551 Carpenters and ■ r 190 Lutqn joiners.t >1 Apr. 55i Painterst \ 150 /* •^ Labourerat L 200 Oxford Masonst 14 June 130 1-75 53i Eedditoh Carpenters and joiners. INOT. 80 0-84 58 Rugby Plumbers, plaster ers, painters, and labourers.t lAug. 838 1-00 55J Scunthorpe Painterst 1 April 22 0-50 55^ * See note t on p. 153. t See also under Changes in Rates of Wages.(pp. 48 to 50). t Estimate. § Increases in italics. 156 CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUK TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Kiunber Weekly Date of Amount of Work- of Change. people Decrease affected. in hours.J Hours of Labour in a full Week after Change. Building Trades* — cont. En&land and Wales — cant. Midland and Eastern Counties — cont. Shrewsbury Stafford Stroud ... Waltham Abbey and District. London. London . . . L Best of England and Wales. Blackwood, Mon. Bridport ... Dartford, Erith and BexUy. BricklayerSjt carpenters and joiners,t and labourers. Carpenters and joiners.t Bricklayers, ma- sons, a r- penters and j i n e r s, plumbers, plasterers, painters, and labourers.t Carpenters and joiners.f Brioklayersf . . . Plumberst Plastererst General smiths and hot-water fitters.t Mill sawyers and wood - cutting maohinists.t Brickl ay ers, masons, car- penters and joiners, plas- terers, paint- ers and labour- ers.t Carpenters and joiners.f Bricklayerst . . . Carpenters and joiners and woodcutting machinists.i- Plumbers Painters and paperhangers.f Plasterers Labourers and navTies. 1 May 3 June 17 May 22 Sept. IJuly 22 Mar. 7 June 27 June 1 May 21 July 2 June 23 June 1 2 June 340 1-00 55i 102 2-01 55i 400 1-48 55i 45 0-70 554 12,000 2,200 2,600 1,300 0-46 r 0-46^ L 0-5611 • 0-46 ■ 50 650 J 353 1-00 554 30 3-85 56 r 2-39 53 ■ 1,800" ■ 4-41 50 2-39 63 J x- • See note + on p. 153. f See also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 51 to 56)! t Increases in italics. § Master Builders. |1 Master Plumbers. CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 157 Localities. Occupations. Number Weekly Date of Amount of Work- of Ohauge. people Decrease affected. in hours. Hours of Labour in a full Week after Change. Rest ol England and Wales — cont. Liskeard Wrexham Scotland. Dumfries and Maxwell- town. Edinburgh and Leith District. Glasgow and District A GHasgow and Paisley . . . Greenock Kirkcaldy ... .;. Paisley Troon * Wishaw ... Ibblahs. Armagh Ballymena Drogheda Dublin ... Limerick Newry and vicinity South County Dublin . . Building Trades* — cont. Masons, carpen- ters and join- ers, plumbers, painters and labourers.t B ricklayers, labourers and naTTies.t Painterst Brieklayerst ... Masonst Carpenters and joiners.t Painters Navvies and labourers.t Masonst Qlazierst Heating engineerst Plumberst Carpenters and joiners.t Carpenters and joiners.t Carpenters and joiners.t Carpenters and joiners.t Painterst Carpenters and joiners.t Carpenters and joiners.t Brieklayerst ... Carpenters and joiners.t Slaters and tilers .t Plastererst Labourerst Glaziers and lead sash makers.t Sheet metal workers.t Carpenters and joiners.t Carpenters and joiners.t Painterst 5 May 75 14 Nov. 368 1 Mar. 70 1 May 300 ~ r 750 y. 1 June ■ 1,300 1 Jan. 818 1 June 1,000 }l July / 1,400 ' 150 14 Aug. 130 19 May , 30 May 170 50 10 April 260 5 May 64 1 April 27 7AprU 20 July 22 30 16 June 42 1 Aug. 1 June 750 1,500 1 Aug. 125 1-1 June r 250 \ 950 16 Oct. 60 14 Oct. 68 1 May 115 21 May 48 1 April 45 1-00 0-70 0-50 100 0-69 1-00 3 00 0-50 0'75 1-23 0-46 1-00 4-29 1-00 .4 -66 3-97 3-88 3-97 3-88 4 00 3-00 25 2-86 52i 54J 50 50 50 50 51 51 50 50 50 54 54 55i 57 60 54 64 60 • See note t on p. 153. t See also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 66 to 61). 158 CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date Number of Weekly Amount of Work- of Change. people affected. Decrease in hours. Mining and Quarrying. EWGLAITD. Cumberland Portland SCOTIAND. West of Scotland Coke workers . . . Enginemen, boilermen, &c., at coke works. Stonemasonst ... Jan. 27 June 21 April 251 35 150 4* 28 Pig Iron and Iron and Steel Trades. Bricklayers and bricklayers' labourers in steel works. I Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. Enchand and Wales. Birkenhead Birmingham and District Coventry... Fleetwood Lancashire Leicester.., Liverpool Milford Haven and Ney- land Sheffield SCOTlANr. Dundee Coach body- makers, joiners, &c. Boat buildersf ... Engineers, &c.t Shipwrightst ... Canal, boat and barge builders .and repairers, lockgate makers, &c.+ Engineers and boilermakers. French polishersf Fitters, turners, smiths and coppersmiths.t Foundry labourers Platelayers, carters, &c. Fitters, turners, smiths, pat- ternmakers, &c. March 1,030 1 and April 1 June 67 1 16 June June IMar. Aug. & Sept. 60 15,000 36 130 3 1 1 6 7 June 1,500 1 19 Nov. 5 May 130 40 5 1 April 12 April 260 360 1 Aug. 2,500 1 Other Metal Trades. ENaiAND. Halifax Liverpool, Birkenhead and District. Farriersf Farriersj- 15 Sept. 27 Oct. 38 350 1 2i 64 53 Scotland. Q-lasgow " Wireworkersf ... 23 May 66 2i S2it * Per shift. f i 'ee also under Chai lees in Bat pfl f )f Wnu w (nn «fi f r. ao\ CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 159 Localities. Occupations. Number Weekly Date of Amount of ■Work- of Change. people Decrease affected. in hours. Hours of Labour in a full Week after Change. Enoland. Bradford Hebden Bridge . . . Morley and District Stockport, Manchester and Bollington. Scotland. Dunfermline District . . . Johnstone ENaiAWD AND WAIiBS. Cardifi Earls Barton Leeds Liverpool < Manchester Norwich Sheffield Enoland and Wales. Textile Trades. Woolsorters* . . . Dyers and cutters.* Woollen and worsted opera- tives.* Doablers, gas- sers, banders and cleaners.* Linen opera- tives.t Mill labourers* 10 Mar. 20 Mar. 250 460 5i 2i 14 April 1,500 3 1st pay Sept. 1,050 2i 28 July 2,500 5to9J 5 May 30 4i Clothing Trades. Baisters, ma- chinists and p ressers (tailoring).* Boot and shoe operatives.* Clothing trade operatives.* Tailors, machin- i s t s .and preasers.* Ladies' tailors*. , , Tailors, machin- ists, &c. Boot and shoe operatives. Tailors* Transport Trades. 21 April 80 6 13 Oct. 454 2i 21 April 1,500 2 17 Mar. 1,740 6 or 12 14 April 28 Mar. 100 1,500 7 9 7 July 6,750 li 12 Juno 600 ^* Ashton - under - Lyne, Carters* Stalybridge, Mossley and Dukmfield. Bradford Carters* Carlisle Carters* Grimsby ... Carters* Halifax Carters* Leicester ... Carters* Leeds Carters* 18 Feb. 1,300 7 16 June 3,000 9 28 July 200 li 1 April 300 - — 5 May 800 10 14 April 1,400 — 1 Oct. 4,000 — 50 55i 55i 61 46i, 47 &S0 55i 59^ 52^ 49i 53 57 52^ 52i 63 69t 54 59 60 69t * See also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 83 to 90). f In some cases the cihange was accompanied by an increase of 5 per cent, on piece rates, but the number affected is not known. % Including meal times. 160 CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Localities. Occupations. Date of Change. N\unber of Wort- people affected. "Weekly Amount of Decrease in hours. Hours of Labour in a full Week after Change. ENaLAND AND WaLBS — cont. Livei-pool, Birkenhead and Wallasey. r Liverpool ... ... J Macclesfield Middlesbrough ... Neath Northampton Nottingham Shipley ... Sowerby Bridge Stockport Swansea Weymouth Yeadon, Gruiseley and District. Scotland. Arbroath Dundee ... < Peterhead Transport T rades — c 'ont. Short cart dri- 3 May 400 3 vers.* Hay carters* 15 Oct. 35 — Motor drivers*... "INov. & / Dec. • 1S4 r 5i I 3 Garage hands . . . Carters* 19 June 200 Dock labourers , . . 9 Aug. 550 1 Carters* 28 Aug. 165 — Carters* June 130 2 Carters and 1 July 630 12 stablemen.* Carters* 2 June 211 — Carters* 3 May 70 10 Carters* 7 April 350 7 Motormen, con- 1 ' 213 11 ductors, en- gine drivers and stokers, •lAug. - and guards. Yardmen (night- 7 7 work). Coal carters and 11 Oct. 39 H yardmen.* Carters* IDec. 300 Carters* 28 May 125 1 Carters ... 13 Dec. 750 0-67 Carters em- 15 Dee. 179 1 ployed by coal merchants. Carters* 19 May 130 5 Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Trades. Eng-land and Wales. United Ejngdom (ex- cluding London and DubKn). Great Britain (certain firms). Bolton ... Brighton Carlisle Printing trade operatives. IMay 2,800 1 Paper mi 11 workers. Various 2,400 lto6 Bookbinders* . . . 1 Sept. 38 1 C m p s i tors, m a chinemen, May, June and 251 2 to 6 boo kbiuders, &c. July. Compositors and mac hinemen 1 Sept. 17 2 (weekly news).* - 65 55^ 55 SO 53 54 60 69t 59 63 9t 45 69 56 56 56 60 51 51 51 51 * See also under Changes in Bates of t Including meal times. (pp. 90 to 96). J Per day. CHANGES IN HOUKS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 161 Number Weekly Hours of Date of Amount in a full Week after Localities. Occupations. of "Work- of Change. people Decrease afeected. in hours. Change. Printing, ' Bookbinding and Paper Trades — cont. England and Wales — (coni). Linotype opera- tors' assist- 11 Feb. 60 r 2t 1 sj 48t 45t London \ ants.* Eotary machine 1st pay, 45 1 r sot I 48t managers on May daily news- papers.* Nuneaton Compositors (jobbing).* IJuly 25 2 50 Hugby Compositors and machinemen (jobbing).* Oct. and Not. 20 2 51 Scotland. Darvel, Gl-ahton and Compositors* . . , 6 Oct. 11 lor 2 50 Newmilns. Galashiels Compositors and machinemen.* 1 Jan. 27 4 50 Hawick Compositors and machinemen.* 4 Jan. 40 2 52 Wick .Compositors and machinemen.* June 11 1 50 Ibbland. . ^' Cork Co m p s i tors* (morning news) and monotype operators (nightwork). 1st pay, Dec. 20 H 46i Isle op Man. Douglas ... Linotype opera- tors.* 1 June 8 2 48 Enound and Wales. Blackburn and Darwen. . Bolton Burnley ... Furnishing Trades. Cabinet and chair maker*, polishers, and upholsterers.* Cabinet makers, polishers, and upholsterers.* Cabinet makers, polishers, ma- chinists, and carvers. lOct, 116 2 6 Oct. 90 2,2i,or3 1 July 120 1 "* See also under Changes in Kates of Wages (pp. 97 to 100). t Dayworters. t Nightworkers. 49 51 63 (B51— G-p. 1 162 CHANGES m HOURS OF LABOUK TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Weekly | Hours of Date of Amount localities. O-jcupations. of Work- of Week Change. people Decrease after affected. in hours. Change. England and Walks — conf, Hull Leeds Liverpool London, E. Rochdale District Sheffield ISSLAND. Dublin Purnishing Trades — cont. Furnishing trade opera- tives.* Cabinet makers, polishers, &o.* Upholsterers* .. Upholsterers* .. Cabinet makers* Cabinet makers, chair makers, carvers, poli- shers, uphol- sterers, and machinists* (wholesale trade). Cabinet makers, polishers, ma- chinists, &c.* 21 May 300 H April 500 — IFeb. 22 Aug. INov. 14 April 150 900 45 450 2 2i 2 4 11 Aug. 200 4 53 52^ 48 52i 51 52 50 Other Woodworking Trades. England and Wales. Bradford... Huddersfield Leicester Liverpool and Birken- head. Manchester and Salford Scotland. Aberdeen... Alloa Bo'ness and &ranton Coatbridge EoUing board and packing- case makers.* Sawyers and ma- chinists.* Coach body- makers, trim- mer3,painterB, (tc* Coopers* Machinists* Machinists Sawmill la- bourers. Quay and yard f labourers.* \ Pit prop work- ers.* Sawmill work- ers, &c. lAug. 220 2 Sept. 14 IMay 117 2 Aug. 500 15 Jan. 150 6 May r 43 < 46 13 May 26 Aug. June 1 275 900 Sept. & Oct. 28 li it 1 2ioi-3 49i 49^ 5Uto53 47 53 61 53^ 54 56 51 * See alto under Changes in Bates of Wages (pp.. 100 to 103). t Increase. CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 163 Localities. Occupations, Number Weekly Date of Amount of Wort- of Change. people Decrease afiected. in hours. Hours of Labour In a full Week after Change. Other Woodworking Trades — cont. Scotland — cont. Dundee G-laagow and District .'. Grangemouth and Fal- kirk. Leith and Granton Ibelabii. Dublin Sawyers, ma- chinists, and labourers. Sawyers and ma- chinists. S awyers, ma- chinists, &e. Sawyers, ma- chinists, &c. sawyers, ma- chinists, and labourers. April 859 3 1 April 500 3 2 May 260 3 23 June 82 3 30 June 376 4 51 51 51t 51 50 Food and Tobacco Trades. Bn&eand and Wales. Aberdare and District . . . Bath EUesmere Port London Merthyr Tydfil Plymouth and District. . Sheffield and District ,. Wigan Scotland. Auchinleok and District Carluke ... Galashiels Glasgow Leven and District (in- cludes Methil, Buck- haven and East Wemyss). Peterhead Bakers* Bakers* Joiners at flour mills.* Bakers* (Co-operative bakehouses) . Bakers (Fac- tories). Bakers(Jewish)* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers* Bakers , Bakers* 23 June 17 Mar. 10 Dee. 34 85 8 • 17 Mar. 29 April ■ 750 4 Oct. 1 Sept. 280 110 May 3 Feb. 21 April 110 182 88 June & July. 19 Dec. 3 Nov. 1 July 35 9 36 1,560 20 Dee. 52 May 100 I 6 6§ 12 2 2i 3 n u 54t 54 464 r 48 1 54 54t 4811 60 57 54t 5111 524 S5 48 & 53 534 & 524 * See also under Changes in Kates of Wages (pp. 105 to 107). + Average. t Day workers. § Estimated. II Night workers. t Increase. fB51— Gp. 19) I a 164 CHANG KS IN HOUItS OF LABOUK TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. toealities. Occupations. Date of Change. Number of Work- people affected. Weekly Amount of Decnease in hours. Hours of ^Larbour: in a full Week after Chaoge. Other Trades. Enghand. Bridawater Brick and tile makers and carters.* London Glass cutters, silverers, fit- ters, &e.* Northampton Leather workers* Teadon Stokers at gas irorks.* York Laundry -wor- kers. Ireiand. Belfast Brickyard la- bourers. 1 Aug. 625 1 8 Sept. 660 — 26 Juue IS Not. 300 20 2 28 4 Oct. 108 5 9 June 120 f Employees of Government Departments.f :-EN&LA}fD AND WALES. Admiralty. Works Department, Q-reenwioh and Dis- trict. Board of Education. Victoria and Albert Museum, S.W. ExcaTators, i 27 Oct. bricklayers, painters, &c. Carpenters 1 Mar. 52 15 Employees of Local Authorities.! BNaLAND AND WaiES. Outside labour- '^ f 53 ers, main and service layers, and joint makers (Gas and Water Dept.) , Jointers and 1,^^,, 12 main labour- S" 17 Feb. ers (Electri city Dept.).* Labourers 98 (High waj s Dept.) Carters* GraTcdiggers* ... ^ Barrow-in-Eurnees 20 11 0-46 0-92 1-19 1-16 1-27 1-27 1-66 69 51 53 56 55 59i 48 -041 43 -04+ 64i 54i 60i 544 * See also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 103 to 125) fl,„ L»v/ ^ ''*'^°**-^I"'P^°^^°V°* GoTcrnment Departments and Local Authorities the weekly amount of decrease shown is the average for the year autnoruies NoTE.-In addition to the above changes 2,3§9 workpeople employed bv the t^rZll! w \' ^^'''^ ?"^°r''f Department at Chatham, Portsmouth and Plyniouth and m the Works Department at Dover had their hours changed from an aTeZr/o a uniform week of 48 hours. Also, 2.060 employees transferred iVom theTrllce of uniffrwtit&o?°6Thi;^ ''-'' °' '^« ^--1 ^-' o^- -- pi-d'r: CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. 165 Localities. Occnpatione. Numbei' Weekly Date of Amount of Work- of Change. people Decrease affected. in hours. Hours of Labour in a full Week . after Change. England Brighouse Employees of Local AND Wales I Authoritiesf — cont. cont. Carlisle , . . OoTentry... Cowes Dudley , . , Felling ... Halifax . . . Hartlepool Haslingden Hull Leeds Leicester L Lamplighters,* gasworks la- bourers,* ele- vator men and meter inspec- tors. Yardmen (Gas Dept.).* Fitters (Gas Dept.). - Tramwaymen* . . Q- a 8 w rks la- bourers. Koad sweepers and repairers, horse drivers, &c. Cavtmen, sweep- ers, &o.* Yardmen, me- chanics, &c., in gasworks.* Horse drivero*... Labourers, sca- vengers, &o.* Bricklayers, ma- sons, joiners and labourers (Works Dept.) Car cleaners* . . . Assistant tire- men (Elec- tricity Dept.).* Labourers and horsemen (Parks Dept.).* Engine drivers and stokers (Hospitals). Ambulance men (HealLh Dept.).* Smiths, strikers and wheel- [ Wrights. Gl-eueral labour- ers,* gas tili- ters, mains and services men, stove re- pairers, clean- era and fixers, handymen, &o . ( G-as Dept.). 1 July ^12 Nov. 25 June 10 Oct. 13 Sept. 10 Oct. 7 Aug. 6 Dec. 7 Aug. Feb. 3 April Nov. 12 June 17 June lOct. 28 Jan. 1 Nov. 28 84 10 139 51 6 71 40 117 10 34 149 74 13 83 6 6 11 524 4 li or 4 m 2i 3 2i 1 6 2 -08 2 -31 4t 10 4t 494 50 60 56 .55i 54 54 50 504 50 49i 50 64 56 53 48 48 63 53 • See also under Changes in Bates of Wages (pp. 116 to 129). J Increase. (B51— ap- 19) I note + on p. 164. r 3 166 CHANGES IN HOUKS OF LABOUK TAKING EFFECT IN 1913. Number Weekly Hours of Tjabour Date of Amount in a full Localities. Occupations. of Work- of Week Change. people Decrease after affected. in hours. Change. Employees of Local Authorities — cont.-\ Enghand and Wales — conf. Liverpool (Mersey Docks and Harbour Board). London ; Wandsworth . . Newcastle Newport, Mon. .. Oldham ... Wallsend WolTerhampton York Scotland. Ayr Dundee Q-lasgow ... Haddingtonshire, East- ern District. Kilmarnock Shipwrights* . . . Washers and scrubbers (workhouse and i ii fi r m- ai'ies).* Dock gate men* Fitters (Elec- tricity Dept.)* Carters ... Cemetery men . . . Cleaners* Nightworkers* . . . Drainers,* steam roller dri- Ters,* labour- ers* and gang- ers,* paTiors, ma- sons, engiae drirers, (to. Cranemen, cap- stanmen, rope- runners, &c.* Carlers* Motormen, con- ductors and dep5t staff.* ScaTengers* Foremen* Carters* Labourers (Sew- age Dept.)* Eoadmen* Carters (Cleans- ing Dept.) 5 June 70 1 17 Oct. { 25 53 Various.W Various. Feb. lAug. 84 10 r 3t 1 8§ i 21 May 7 Not. 23 Jan. 12 June Aug. 84 5 12 7 210 1 44 2 2 0-85 2 June 34 1 8 Sept. 27 Not. 10 61 1 5 • 1 Jan. 1 Jan. & n Dec. 19 Mar. -.. 1441 6 ■ 117 43 iorl 2 Not. 46 2 25 Jan. 15 1 58 48 63J 94§ 58 61i 50 52 53 56 60 55 59 58i 54 55 Police. Ensland. Colchester Borough Inspectors, per- geants and constables.* Oct. 58 4 . 48 London (Metropolitan) Inspectors, ser- geants and constables.* 1 April 20,493 1 48 * See also under Changes in Rates of Wages (pp. 116 to 140). t See npte t on P- 164. J Day. § Night. II Incieasei. 167 APPENDIX I. PIECE PRICE LISTS, SLIDING SCALES, WORKING AGREEMENTS AND ARBITRATION AWARDS WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION OR WERE AMENDED IN 1913. Note. — Unless otiherwise stated the dates are those on which the Lists, &c., came into operation. Dates of Lists, Agreements or Awards super- seding or amending those previously in operation are distinguished by an asterisk. A.— PIECE PRICE LISTS. Metal Trades. Landore (one firm) : Tube makers, 1 August, t Oldbury, Birmingham (one firm) : Tool grinders. TextUe Trades. Yorkshire : Twisters and drawers-in (Uniform list), June. Lancashire : Weavers (Hard Waste Trade), 11 March.* Bolton and District : Towel weavers (Uniform list), 16 September. Congleton : Fustian cutters, 5 April. Leeds and District : Woollen and worsted warp dressers and twisters, 15 August. Leek : Artificial silk and fringeing winders, 19 July. Manchester (one firm) : Calico printers' labourers, 13 November. Nottingham : Lace makers (Levers Branch), February* — Surgical appliance makers, 25 August. Kilbirnie : Net makers, 2 September. Boot and Shoe and Clog Making. Accrington and District (including Gt. Harwood) : Cloggers, 17 November. Burnley ; Cloggers, 21 January.* Chesterfield (one firm) : Boot and shoe rivetters, 1 September. Hinckley and District : Boot and shoe finishers, 11 December. Leicester : Boot and shoe sole sewers,^ 6 March — Boot and shoe heel builders, 18 December. London : Boot and shoe clickers, 11 April. Mansfield : Boot and shoe rivetters and finishers, 3 November. Norwich and District : Boot and shoe rivetters, finishers, &c., 14 August.* County of Northampton : Boot and shoe operatives (Government work — hand and machine), 21 January* and 26 August.* Other Clothing Trades. Barrow-in-Furness : Tailors, 7 April. Barry Dock and District : Tailors, 8 April. Coventry (one firm) : Blouse makers, &c., 29 November. Liverpool : Tailors, machiners and pressers, 19 March and 18 June.* Manchester : Tailors, machiners and pressers, 27 March. t Date of Award. J Richardson and Blake machines. (BSl— »p. 19) s 4 168 'WOKKING AGKEEMEN'IS, ETC. Piece Price Lists, Sliding Scales, Working Agreements and Arbitration Awards which came into operation or were amended in 1913 — contd. A. — Piece Price Lists — eontd. Other Trades. Bridgwater : Bath-brick makers, 5 May. Fleetwood : Coalers of fishing vessels, 1 August. Lancashire Division : Brush makers (pan work), March. Llanelly : Dock labourers, 31 March. London : Electrotypers and stereotypers, 1 September — Upholsterers and frame makers (wholesale trade), 2 October. North of England Districts : Glass bottle makers (dark metal), 3 February.* B.— SLIDING SCALE. North Lincolnshire (seven firms) : Miners and blastf urnaeemen, 7 September. C— WORKING AGREEMENTS AND ARBITRATION AWARDS. Building Trades. England. Adlington : Carpenters and joiners, 1 June. Altriucham and District : Bricklayers, 1 May* — Carpenters and joiners 1 December — Plumbers, 1 September. Arnold (Notts) : Carpenters and joiners, 1 January. Ashton-under-Lyne : Bricklayers, 1 May* — Masons, 1 May — Labourers, 1 June. Atherton {see Tyldesley). Barnsley : Plumbers, 1 October — Plasterers, 1 August — Bricklayers', masons', and plasterers' labourers, 1 August. Barnstaple : Bricklayers, 15 August — Masons, 15 August — Carpenters and joiners, 15 August. Bath ; Plasterers, 1 July.* Beverley : Painters, 11 March. Bexley {see Dartford). Bideford : Bricklayers, 1 May* — Carpenters and joiners, 1 May.* Bingley {see Keighley). Birkenhead : Masons, 8 May — Carpenters and joiners, 10 May — Painters, 1 May. Blackburn — Labourers, 1 August. Blackwood and District : Bricklayers, masons, carpenters and joiners, plasterers, painters and labourers, 27 June. Bolton and District : Bricklayers, 1 May* — Masons, 1 May*— Plasterers, 5 July* — Concretors and asphalters, 1 September — Millsawyers and wood- cutting machinists, 1 May. Bradford ; Masons, 1 August — Plumbers, 4 December — Painters, 19 April.* Brighouse : Plumbers, 1 October. Burnley and District : Masons, 1 May — Carpenters and joiners, 1 August. Bury and District : Masons, 1 May* — Carpenters and joiners, 11 July — Plumbers, 1 January. Cambridge : Bricklayers, 15 August — Masons, 15 August — Carpenters and joiners, 15 August. Carlisle : Carpenters and joiners, 1 May. Cheltenham : Bricklayers, 1 May* — Masons, May* — Carpenters and joiners, 1 May.* Chester : Bricklayers, 12 April — Masons, 1 May* — Carpenters and joiners, 9 June.* Chorley : Carpenters and joiners, 1 June. Cirencester : Masons, carpenters and joiners, plumbers, plasterers, painters, and labourers, 1 December. 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