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Union Wages and Hours: Building TradesJuly 1, 1953

Bulletin No. 1152UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

James P. Mitchell, SecretaryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague, C om m issioner

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Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades July 1, 1953

Bulletin No. 1152UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

James P. Mitchell, SecretaryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague, C om m issioner

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Letter of Transmittal

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,Bureau of Labor Statistics,

Washington, D. C. , January 22, 1954.

The S ecretary o f Labor:

I have the honor to transm it herewith the annual report on union wages and hours in the building trades in 52 c ities as of July 1, 1953.

The inform ation presented in this report was based on data obtainedp rim a rily from lo ca l union o ffic ia ls by m ail questionnaire. Scales fo r the v a rious trades in individual cities in effect on July 1, 1953, and July 1, 1952,w ere issued by Regional O ffices o f the Bureau shortly after sca le data becam eavailable fo r all building trades within a particu lar city . L ocal sca les w ere re leased during July and August 1953 for many of the cities studied. A national re lease sum m arizing the data for individual cra fts was issued in O ctober 1953.

In addition to presenting regional and national data, this bulletin a lso brings together the sca le data fo r the various cities as part o f the annual report which becom es the permanent re co rd of the study.

This report was prepared in the Bureau^ D ivision o f Wages and Industria l Relations by John F. L aciskey.

* Ewan Clague, C om m ission er.

Hon. Jam es P . M itchell,S ecretary o f L abor.


Contents

P a g e

Sum m ary . .................. ........... ............. . . . . ............................................................................ 1Scope and m ethod o f s tu d y .......................................................................................... .. 1Trend of union wage sca les ................... ...................... ........... 1H ourly wage sca lesCity and regional variations .Standard w orkweek ...................Union sca les by city and trade

Tables:

1. Indexes o f union hourly wage raties in the buildingtrades, 1907-53 ................................................................................................. 4

2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in each buildingtrade, 1907-53 . . . . . ........................................................................................ 5

3. Increases in rates in the building trades, July 1, 1952 - July 1,1953, and average union hourly wage rates, July 1, 1953 .............. 7

4. P ercent in creases in union wage rates and percent o f buildingtrades w orkers a ffected , July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953 ........................ 7

5. C en fs-p er-h ou r in creases in union wage rates and percent ofbuilding trades w orkers affected , July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953 . . . 8

6. Increases in union wage rates fo r m ajor building trades groupsin 52 c it ie s , July 1, 1952 July 1, 1953 ................................................. 9

7. D istribution of union m em bers in the building trades by hourlywage ra tes, J u l y l , 1953 ................................................................................ *9

8. Average union hourly wage rates in the building trades bycity and population group, July 1, 1953 ................................................... 10

9. A verage union hourly wage rates in the building trades byregion , J u l y l , 1953 ........................... .................. 11

10. Indexes o f union w eekly hours in the building trades, 1907-53 .......... 1211. Indexes o f union w eekly hours in each building trade, 1907-53 . . . . . 1312. Distribution of union m em bers in the building trades by

straight-tim e w eekly hours, J u l y l , 1953 .............................................. 1513. P ercent of union m em bers affected by changes in straight-tim e

w eekly hours, by trade, J u l y l , 1953, com paredwith July 1, 1952 ....................... ............................... ......................................... 15

14. Union sca les of wages and hours for building trades in 52 c it ie s ,J u l y l , 1952, and J u l y l , 1953 ..................................................................... 16

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Union Wages and Hours in the Building Trades, July 1, 1953S u m m a r y

Hourly wage rates o f building trades w orkers in c it ies with populations o f 100,000 or m ore advanced an average of 5 .2 p e r cent, o r 13 cents, during the year ending July 1, 1953, accord ing to the Bureau o f Labor Statistics forty -seven th annual survey o f union sca les in the building trades. A v erage hourly sca les on July 1, 1953, w ere $ 2 .6 9 fo r a ll construction trades w o rk e rs , $ 2 .8 8 fo r journeym en, and $1.95 fo r helpe rs and la b orers .

F ive -s ix th s o f the w orkers included in the study had their sca les in creased during the 12-m onth p eriod . In creases typically varied from 5 to 20 cents an hour; a third o f the w ork ers benefiting from sca le re v isions rece ived upward adjustm ents o f 10 to 15 cents an hour.

Standard weekly hours showed p ra ctica lly no change during the year, averaging 39.4 hours fo r a ll building trades w orkers . A 5 -day, 40-hour w orkw eek--the m ost com m on straight-tim e work sch edu le--app lied to seven-eighths o f the w orkers studied.

Scope and Method o f Study

Union sca les are defined as the m inimum wage sca les or m axim um schedules o f hours agreed upon through co lle ctive b a rgaining between trade unions and em ployers . R ates in ex cess o f the negotiated m inim um , which may be paid for specia l qu alifica tions or other reason s, are not included.

The inform ation presented in this r e port was based on union sca les in e ffect on July 1, 1953, and covered approxim ately 685,000 journeym en and 170,000 helpers and la b orers in 52 cities with populations o f 100,000 or m ore . Data w ere obtained p rim arily from loca l union o ffic ia ls by m ail questionnaire; in som e instances, Bureau representatives visited lo ca l union o ffic ia ls to obtain the desired inform ation.

The current survey d iffers in severa l im portant resp ects from previous annual surveys o f wage sca les in the building con struction industry. F irs t , the lim ited funds available fo r wage surveys necessitated a reduction from 77 to 52 in the num ber of c it ies to be covered . The current survey was designed to represent union wage sca les in all c it ies of 100,000 or m ore population. A ll c it ies with a half m illion or m ore pop ulation w ere included, but som e cit ies in the population groups of^25XM)00 to 500,000

and 100,000 to 250,000 w ere om itted. S econd, weights w ere assigned to som e of the lo ca lit ie s surveyed in order to com pensate fo r those which w ere not surveyed. An upward bias existed in past surveys because a greater p roportion o f la rg er c it ies than o f sm aller c it ies was included with equal weight. Hence, the data w ere d isproportion ately influenced by the la rg er c it ies , which typ ica lly have the higher wage sca les . This upward bias is rem oved in the current su rvey by giving greater weight to the sm aller c it ies studied. In order to provide appropriate representation in the com bination of data, each geographic region and population group was considered separately when city weights w ere assigned.

A verage hourly sca les , designed to show current lev e ls , are based on a ll sca les r e ported in effect on July 1, 1953. Individual sca les are weighted, by the number of union m em bers receiv ing each rate. These averages are not designed fo r c lo se y e a r -to - year com parisons because o f fluctuations in m em bership and in class ifica tion s studied.

A verage cen ts-p er-h ou r and percent changes from July 1, 1952, to July 1, 1953 , a re based on com parable quotations for the various occupational cla ss ifica tion s in both periods weighted by the m em bership r e ported for the current survey.

The reduction in the number o f c it ies covered and the change in the method of computation had only a m inor e ffect on the amount o f change shown between two con secutive period s , and virtually no e ffect on the index se r ie s .

Trend o f Union Wage Scales

The in crease of 5 .2 percent in union sca les for building trades w orkers in the year follow ing July 1, 1952, advanced theBureau1 s index o f union hourly ra tes1 on a 1947-49 base to 131.6 (table 1). R eflected in this in crease w ere gains o f 4 .9 percent fo r journeym en and 6.9 percent for helpers and la b o re rs . The advance reg istered during the ye air was slightly le ss than that r e ported in each o f the two preceding 12-month p eriod s . In each o f the latter periods, in crea ses fo r both journeym en and helpers and la b orers averaged between 6 and 7 percent.

1 In the index series, designed for trend purposes, year-to-year changes in union scales are based on comparable quotations for each trade in two consecutive years. These quotations are weighted by the number of union members reported in the current year.

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2Scale changes in the building industry resu lt p rim arily fro m contract negotiations. R elatively few contracts covering building trades w orkers contain esca la tor clauses which link changes in rates to the m ovem ent o f consum er p r ic e s . Although individual contracts may be negotiated and becom e e f fective at various tim es throughout the year, there is a general tendency fo r con tracts to be negotiated in the spring and early sum m er m onths. L argely as a resu lt o f such labor-m anagem ent agreem ents, sca les fo r journeym en advanced 13 cents an hour be tween July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953, com pared with 16 cents in the previous 12 m onths. Scale in crea ses fo r h elpers and la b orers w ere 13 cents com pared with 11 cents in the preceding year.

Am ong individual journeym en trades, average hourly in crea ses varied from 5 cents fo r stonem asons to 21 cents fo r m achinists (table 3). Gains o f 12 to 16 cents an hour w ere reg istered by 15 o f the 24 journeym en trades studied. B rick layers and plum bers w ere the only cra fts other than stonem asons to show an average in crease o f le s s than 12 cents; asbestos w orkers and m arble setters had hourly advances of 20 and 19 cents, resp ective ly .

Scale in crea ses fo r the 9 helper and la b orer class ifica tion s included in the study averaged from 9 to 14 cents an hour. E le vator con stru ctors1 and te rra zzo w ork ers1 h elpers showed the greatest gain and com position ro o fe r s 1 helpers, the sm allest.

W orkers benefiting from sca le changes between July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953, typically had upward adjustm ents o f 5 to 20 cents an hour; such adjustm ents prevailed for nearly th ree-fourths o f these w orkers . Of the journeym en whose wage sca les w ere adjusted, 1 of every 3 gained from 10 to 15 cents an hour and 1 o f every 4, from 15 to 20 cents. Of the helpers and la b orers a ffected by scale advances, 1 o f every 4 r e ceived from 5 to 10 cents an hour and 1 o f every 3, from 10 to 15 cents (table 5).

Hourly Wage Scales

Wage sca les in building construction are designed, at least in part, to o ffset ir r e g ularity o f em ploym ent and to com pensate fo r other conditions that are usually not encountered by industrial w orkers o f co m parable sk ill. Hence, hourly wage sca les o f construction trades w orkers are gen erally somewhat higher than those in other industries.

Union sca les fo r a ll journeym en con struction w ork ers averaged $ 2 .8 8 an hour on July 1, 1953, and ranged from $ 1 .6 5 o $ 3 .7 5 . Labor - management con tracts stipulated hourly sca les o f $2.50 to $3 fo r approxim ately half o f the journeym en studied and $3 to $3 .20 fo r about a fourth. N egotiated rates o f at least $3 .20 w ere reported fo r som e w ork ers in a ll but 2 o f the 24 building trades studied. H ourly sca les under $ 2 w ere applicable to sm all p roportions o f w ork ers in s ix trades (table 7 ).

A verage journeym en sca les ranged from $ 2 .5 7 an hour fo r g la z iers to $ 3 .2 8 fo r b rick la y ers ; other trades averaging $3 o r m ore included, e lectr ic ia n s ($3 ), e levator con stru ctors ($3 ), lathers ($ 3 .1 4 ), stonem asons ($3 . 19)* and p la sterers ($ 3 .2 1 ).

Although hourly rates fo r individual h e lp ers and la b orers ranged from 90 cents to $ 3 .1 2 , nearly 3 o f every 5 had sca le s o f $ 1 .8 0 to $ 2 .3 0 an hour. Wage sca les fo r helpers and la b orers averaged $ 1 .9 5 on July 1, 1953, and varied fro m $ 1 .8 1 fo r com position ro o fe r s 1 helpers to $ 2 .2 7 fo r te rra zzo w ork ers1 h e lp ers . E xcept fo r building la b orers , a ll other cla ss ifica tion s had sca le lev e ls o f $ 1 .9 7 or m o re .

City and Regional Variations

B ecause co lle ctiv e bargaining in the building construction industry is generally conducted on a loca lity basis , wage sca les have always varied considerably among cit ie s , except where union ju risd iction cov ers broad geographic a rea s . V ariations in lo ca l building activ ities and consequently in the demand fo r skilled construction w orkers m ay a lso influence lo ca l wage ra tes . The extent o f unionization and the general lev e l o f wages in a loca lity m ay a lso be fa ctors affecting the leve l o f sca les in the building trades.

F or individual journeym en cra fts , rates varied widely among the c it ies covered in the survey. C arpenters, fo r exam ple, had sca les on July 1, 1953, ranging from $2.05 in Charlotte and Richm ond to $3.40 in Newark.

Some construction w orkers in each o f the surveyed c it ies benefited from sca le adjustm ents during the 12-m onth p eriod . In about half o f the c it ie s , average in crea ses varied from 9 to 15 cents an hour fo r jo u r neymen* and from 7 to 16 cents fo r helpers and la b orers (table 6).


3Union sca les fo r the 24 journeym en trades showed considerable variation within individual c it ie s . The range o f rates fo r journeym en in 6 typical c it ies is illustrated in the follow ing tabulation.

A tla n ta ..............B o s t o n ..............C h ic a g o ...........Dallas ..............New Y ork . . . . San F ra n c isco - Oakland .........

Scale range

$1.75 - $3. 102.42V2- 3.12V22.85 - 3.57V22. 15 - 3 .502.83 - 3.652 .55 - 3 .54

D ifferen ces in C ents-p e r - P ercent hour ________

135 7770 2972V2 25

135 6382 2999 39

R egionally, average hourly sca les o f unionized building trades w orkers in c it ie s o f 100,000 or m ore population w ere highest in the Middle Atlantic States ($ 2 .9 1 ) and low est in the Southeast ($ 2 .1 7 ). The r e gional leve ls fo r the M iddle West and the P a cific C oast nearly equaled the national leve l o f $ 2 .6 9 and w ere exceeded only by those o f the Middle Atlantic and Great Lakes regions (table 9).

The wage leve ls fo r journeym en varied from $2.49 in the Southeast to $3.16 in the M iddle Atlantic region . R oofers and g la z ie rs in the Southeast w ere the only jo u r neymen trades to average below $ 2 .2 0 an hour.

The d ifferen ce between the high and low sca les o f the 9 helper and la b orer c la s s if ications (representing a fifth o f the w orkers in the industry) was sm aller than that for journeym en in the above c it ies with the ex ception o f New Y ork and San F ra n cisco , where the d ifferen ces w ere 95 cents and $1 .12 , resp ective ly . In the other four typ ical c it ie s , the d ifferen ces varied from 23 cents in Boston to 73 cents in Atlanta.

Hourly rates fo r helpers and la b orers averaged highest ($2.17) in the Great Lakes and low est ($ 1 .2 8 ) in the Southeast. The national average o f $1.95 was a lso exceeded by the leve ls fo r the M iddle Atlantic, Middle W est, and P a c ific regions. A verage hourly rates o f $2 o r m ore w ere reported fo r a ll 9 helper and la b orer c lass ifica tion s on the P a cific C oast and fo r a ll but one in the M iddle Atlantic and Great Lakes reg ion s.

Wage lev e ls o f construction trades w ork ers varied widely among the c it ies surveyed. A verage sca les fo r journeym en ranged from $ 2 .3 1 in Charlotte, N. C . , to $ 3 .3 6 in Newark, N. J. About fou r-fifth s o f the cit ies had leve ls between $ 2 .5 0 and $ 3 . Scale leve ls fo r helpers and laborers varied from $1 in Jacksonville , F la ., to $2.56 in Newark, N. J. In two o f every three c it ies , the leve l was $ 1 .8 0 or higher (table 8).

When the cit ies are grouped accord ing to population, leve ls o f hourly sca les fo r journeym en and for helpers and la b orers w ere highest in the groups o f la rger cities and descended in accordance with population s iz e . The d ifferen ces between scale leve ls o f journeym en and o f helpers and la b orers , by c ity -s iz e group, varied from 86 to 92 cents.

Within each population group, how ever, city averages for journeym en and for helpers and la b orers varied considerably, the spread being wider for helpers and la b orers than fo r journeym en. The greatest d iffe r ences between the highest and low est levels w ere in cit ies having populations o f 250,000 to 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 --8 4 cents fo r journeym en and $ 1 .3 4 for helpers and la b orers .

Standard W orkweek

Straight-tim e weekly hours rem ained virtually unchanged during the year ending July 1, 1953. F or all building trades w ork e rs , weekly h our8 averaged 39.4 hours co m pared with 39*3 hours for each o f the three previous y ea rs .

A 5 -day, 40-hour workweek was applicable to fiv e -s ix th s o f the journeym en and to nine-tenths o f the helpers and la b orers . About 1 o f every 8 journeym en and 1 o f every 12 helpers and la b orers w ere em ployed under contracts stipulating a 35-hour workw eek. Such schedules w ere m ore co m mon for b rick la yers , la thers, painters, and b r ick la y ers1 tenders than fo r other cra fts . Straight-tim e weekly w ork schedules o f 30 hours prevailed fo r nearly a fifth of the p la sterers and about a tenth o f the p la s te re rs la b orers (table 12).

Union Scales by City and Trade

Union sca les o f wages and hours in e f fect on July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953, fo r the individual trades in each o f the 52 cit ies included in the study are presented in table 14.


4TABLE 1. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in the building trades, 1907-53

(Average 1947, 1948, and 1949 = 100)

Date All trades JourneymenHelpers

andlaborers

1907; May 1 5 ........................ 18.2 19.0 14.51908: May 1 5 ......................... 19.4 20.2 15.21909; May 1 5 ........................ 20.4 21.2 15.71910: May 1 5 ........................ 21.2 22.1 16.21911s May 1 5 ........................ 21.5 22.5 16.31912; May 1 5 ........................ 22.0 23.0 16.41913: May 1 5 ........................ 22.5 23.5 16.91914* May 1 5 ........................ 23.0 24.1 17.11915; May 15 ........................ 23.2 24.3 17.21916; May 15 ......................... 23.9 25.1 17.8

1917; May 15 ........................ 25.4 26.5 19.61918: May 1 5 ........................ 28.2 29.3 22.71919: May 1 5 ........................ 32.3 33.4 26.21920; May 15 ........................ 43.6 44.7 38.11921: May 1 5 ........................ 44*4 45.6 38.41922; May 15 ........................ 41.7 42.9 35.01923: May 15 ........................ 46.0 47.4 37.11924: May 15 ............................... 49.7 51.1 40.11925: May 1 5 ........................ 51.6 53.0 41.51926: May 1 5 ........................ 55.0 56.6 45.2

1927: May 15 ........................ 56.9 58.5 46.01928; May 15 ....... .................. 57.2 59.0 46.51929 s May 15 ........................ 58.0 59.7 47.31930; May 15 ........................ 60.4 62.2 49.71931: May 15 ........................ 60.6 62.4 49.41932; May 15 ............................... 51.8 53.4 42.21933: May 15 ............................... 50.3 51.9 40.31934: May 15 ............................... 50.7 52.2 41.51935: May 15 ........................ 51.3 52.8 a . 71936; May 1 5 ........................... . 53.1 54.6 44.1

1937; May 15 ............................... 56.8 58.3 48.01938: June 1 ............................... 61.8 63.4 52.81939; June 1 ............................... 62.3 63.8 53.21940: June 1 ............................... 63.3 64.7 54.319U : June 1 ............................... 65.6 67.0 56.91942: July 1 ............................... 69.7 70.8 62.51943 s July 1 ............................... 70.2 71.2 63.31944; July 1 ............................... 70.8 71.7 64.01945; July 1 ............................... 72.2 73.0 67.01946; July 1 ............................... 80.5 80.9 77.9

1947: July 1 ............................... 92.1 92.3 91.11948: July 1 ............................... 101.8 101.7 102.61949: July 1 ............................... 106.1 106.0 106.41950: July 1 ............................... 110.7 110.5 112.21951: July 1 ............................... 117.8 117.4 119.91952; July 1 ............................... 125.1 124.6 127.71953: July 1 ............................... 131.6 130.7 136.5


5TiBLK 2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in aaoh building trade, 1907-53(Average 1917, 1918,and 1919 - 100)

DataAabes-taa

workersBoiler-akers

Briek-layara

Car-pantara

Cenentfinlahara

H aotri-cians

(lnaidaviraaan)

narrator con- struc- tora

GOLa-aiera

Lath-era

Machinists

Marblesetters

Mosaic and tar- rasso

workers

Painters

Paper-hangers

Plasterers

1907i 1toy 15 23.3 18.5 22.0 18.1 24.6 17.1 24.919081 ifcy 15 ## _ - 23.9 19.7 21.9 19.7 - - - - 24.8 - 19.0 - 24.81909* ifcy 15 - - 24.4 20.7 22.5 20.4 - - - 25.0 - 20.3 - 25.01910* * y 15 _ - 24.9 21.7 22.8 21.0 - - - - 25.3 - 21.6 - 25.31911* ifcy 15 * 24.9 22.0 23.7 21.2 * ** 25.6 22.0 25.4

1912* ifcy 15 25.2 22.5 23.7 21.4 21.7 25.6 22.2 26.01913* m 15 . . - - 25.7 22.8 24.2 21.9 - - 22.3 - 27.3 - 23.2 - 26.21911* May 15 26.3 23.2 24.4 22.6 25.7 - 22.6 - 27.6 - 24.0 - 26.31915* ifcy 15 #t# # 26.4 23.5 24.7 23.0 25.8 - 23.0 - 27.9 - 24.1 - 26.41916* ifcy 15 23.6 * 26.6 24.2 24.9 23.5 26.5 ** 23.6 28.0 22.1 26.3 27.4

1917* May 15 21.8 27.5 2a.3 26.4 25.1 28.4 24.5 28.0 23.3 27.1 28.21918* ifcy 15 , , 27.8 - 29.6 29.2 29.1 27.8 30.2 26^6 26.5 - 29.5 25.2 29.9 - 29.71919* May 15 . . 33.8 - 32.9 33.6 26.2 31.9 35.1 28.4 29.5 - 32.8 274 35.0 - 34.21920* ifcy 15 t . 43.9 44.8 45.0 44.3 42.1 45.2 41.1 42.0 - 43.3 40.0 47.7 - 44.71921* May 15 44.5 44.5 45.4 45.8 43.6 47.5 41.9 42.6 44.0 40.8 49.1 47.2

1922* Ifcy 15 41.4 43.3 42.0 42.5 41.1 44.4 41.9 40.1 43.1 39.6 46.0 45.31923* MV M , , 43.0 49.0

6TABLE 2. Indexes of onion hourly wag* rates in each building trade, 1907-53 - Continued(Average 1947, 1948, and 1949 = 100)

Date Plumbers RodmenR oof

e rs ,compos it io n

R oofe rs ,

sl& teand

t i le

Sheet-m etal

workers

Steamand

sprink ler

f it t e r s

Stonemasons

Structu ra l-

ironworkers

y

T ilela yers

[B rick la y e rs 'benders

B uildinglab orers

Comp ositionr o o fe r s '

helpers

Plaste re r s '

lab orers

Plumbe r s '

lab orers

T ilela y e rs 'helpers

1907* May 15 . . . . 21.5 19.1 19 .9 20 .9 18.8 16.8 15 .7 18.51908: May 15 . . . . 21 .8 - . . 19.5 20.1 21.2 20.5 - 16.8 15 .8 - 19 .3 - -1909* May 15 . . . . 22.1 - _ - 19.6 22.9 21 .3 21.9 - 16.8 16 .0 - 19.5 - -1910: *fcy 15 . . . . 22 .3 - - . 20.2 21.2 21.5 23 .4 - 17.1 16.5 - 19 .6 - -1911* May 15 . . . . 23 .6 20.8 21 .9 21 .7 23 .9 17.3 16 .6 ~ 19 .6

1912* May 15 . . . . 23 .7 21.3 22.3 21 .9 24.3 24.5 17 .4 16 .7 19.9 18 .21913* May 15 . . . . 24.5 _ - . 22.2 23.1 22 .6 25.1 25.8 17 .6 17.5 - 20 .4 - 18.5,1914-* May 15 . . . . 24 .8 - 18 .7 22.9 23 .0 23 .6 23 .3 25.6 25 .9 17.8 17 .6 - 20.8 - 18 .71915* May 15 . . . . 25 .0 _ 19 .3 23.8 23.3 24.1 23 .6 25 .6 26 .0 18 .0 17 .7 - 20.8 - 19 .31916* May 15 . . . . 25 .2 19 .4 24.5 23 .7 24.5 23 .9 26 .0 26 .4 18.5 18 .5 21 .4 20 .0

1917* May 15 . . . . 26.1 20.5 26.1 24*8 25.5 24.8 27.5 27 .7 20 .6 20.5 22.8 20.51918* May 15 . . . . 28 .8 - 23.2 28.6 29 .0 27 .8 27 .2 31.5 28.5 24 .0 24*0 _ 26.3 _ 21 .21919* May 15 . . . . 32.6 - 25.8 32.6 32 .0 31 .3 30.5 35.5 31.1 28.1 27 .2 - 30 .0 25 .71920* May 15 . . . . 42.2 . 36 .7 42.1 42.9 a .3 42.5 45 .0 a . s 40 .9 39 .4 . 43.5 . 42 .01921* May 15 . . . . 44.1 38 .4 45.8 44.5 41.8 43.6 45.8 a .5 a . i 39 .7 44.9 42 .4

1922* May 15 . . . . a . o 36.8 43.8 a .2 40.8 40 .6 a .6 40.8 34.1 37 .3 39 .4 39 .91923* lfcy 15 . . . . 45 .3 - 37.2 48.9 44 .4 42.9 48 .0 44 .4 44.6 37.2 38 .0 - 43 .4 . 40.81924* May 15 . . . . 49.3 - 43.1 54.1 48.8 49.2 50.9 50.2 50.6 38 .9 42.3 _ 46 .7 . 44 .41925* May 15 . . . . 50 .4 - 44.5 56.6 50 .4 51 .7 51.8 50.8 51.8 43 .4 40 .4 _ 49.8 45 .61926* * y 15 . . . . 54 .3 48.3 58.5 53.8 56 .0 57.1 54.6 54.3 47 .4 44 .4 52.7 49.5

1927* May 15 . . . . 55 .4 49 .7 61.2 55.5 57.6 57 .9 58 .4 56.9 48.5 44.6 53.2 50 .01928* May 15 . . . . 56.5 - 50.8 61 .4 54 .4 58.5 58.6 58.6 56.8 48.5 44*8 54.1 51.11929* May 15 . . . . 57 .0 - 51.8 62 .0 56.5 58.8 60.2 59.0 57 .4 50.6 45 .0 - 54.3 _ 50.31930* May 15 . . . . 59.2 - 54.9 64 .0 59.1 61 .7 61.1 62.3 60 .0 52.6 47.5 57.5 _ 54 .61931* May 15 . . . . 59.9 * 55.3 64.2 60 .0 62 .0 61 .4 62 .9 60 .7 52 .4 46.8 57.3 54.6

1932* May 15 . . . . 52.1 48.3 55.7 52 .0 53 .4 54.5 54.5 52.3 43 .4 40.2 47.6 48.21933* May 15 . . . . 51 .6 - 47.3 54 .4 50.5 51.9 50.9 53.9 50 .7 42.9 37 .9 _ 44.6 46 .01934* May 15 . . . . 52.1 - 48.2 54.1 50.7 52.5 50.8 54.6 50 .7 45 .7 39 .3 . 46 .0 46 .01935* May 15 . . . . 52.9 - 49.5 55.5 51.1 53.3 50 .7 55.1 51.1 44.3 39 ,9 _ _ 46.6 _ 47 .61936* May 15 . . . . 54 .3 49.8 55.9 52.1 55.1 51.3 56.5 52.1 46 .6 43C3 47 .7 - 48.3

1937* May 15 . . . . 57.2 58.2 53 .7 60.1 55.9 58.1 56.6 61 .7 55.8 50.2 4 7 .4 54.5 52 .0 50 .91938* June 1 . . . . 64.1 63.9 59.5 64.1 61.5 65.5 61.5 66 .6 61.1 55.2 50.8 57.9 58.7 54.1 56.11939* June 1 . . . . 64 .7 64.5 59.7 64.7 62 .4 66 .0 61 .6 67 .3 61.2 55 .4 51.1 58.1 59.2 55.6 56.31940* June 1 . . . . 65.7 65.3 61.1 65.8 63.5 66.2 61.3 67 .6 61.3 57.5 51 .9 60.2 59.3 58.2 56 .419a * June 1 . . . . 68.6 66.6 63 .6 67.3 66.5 . 68 .2 62 .9 70.8 62.2 59 .4 55 .0 62 .4 60 .6 61 .4 57.7

1942* July 1 . . . . 71.5 71.6 69.3 73.2 72 .4 72.1 66.6 73.2 65 .2 64.1 61 .1 69 .0 65.1 65.8 61 .61943* July 1 . . . . 71 .7 72 .0 69.6 73.8 72.6 72.5 66.8 73.5 66.2 64.5 62 .0 69 .4 65 .6 66.2 62 .31944* July 1 . . . . 72.1 72.3 70 .0 74.2 73.1 72 .9 67.2 73 .9 66.8 65 .0 57 .7 71 .4 66.0 67 .7 62.51945* July 1 73 .7 73.8 70 .9 75 .7 73 .9 7 5 .4 68 .7 75.1 69 .0 67.5 66 .4 71 .4 68 .4 69 .4 63 .41946* July 1 . . . . 79 .7 81.5 79 .0 82.3 83 .0 82.2 78 .0 81 .7 78.1 78.5 77.8 80 .7 77.1 79.1 73.5

1947* July 1 . . . . 92 .4 91.6 91.8 91.3 91 .6 91.8 89 .4 91.8 91.3 91 .7 90 .9 89 .3 91.1 90 .6 90.51948* July 1 . . . . 102.3 101.9 101.8 101.5 102.6 101.8 102.3 102.3 102.1 102.8 102.6 102.5 102.5 101.3 102.51949* July 1 . . . . 105.3 106.5 106.5 107.2 105.8 106.4 108.3 106.0 106.6 105.5 106.5 106.2 106.4 106.1 107.01950* July 1 . . . . 107.8 110.7 110.9 109.7 111.0 111.0 115.3 111.0 109.0 112.7 112.4 113.6 110.1 112.9 110.61951* July 1 . . . . 114.2 118.1 117.5 118.2 117.4 117.8 119.3 118.3 116.6 118.5 120.4 121.9 120.7 120.7 118.1

1952* July 1 . . . . 121.0 124.2 123.8 125.0 126.2 124.8 127.8 123.8 121.1 126.3 128.6 132.2 128.0 126.3 123.81953* July 1 . . . . 125.4 131.4 131.3 131.6 132.0 130.6 129.9 130.9 128.0 133.0 138.4 138.8 135.2 134.7 130.1

j / Included rodmen p rio r to 1938,


7TABLE 3. Increases lm rates la the 'building trades, July 1 , 1952 - July 1, 1953, and average union hourly wage rates, July 1, 1953

TradeJuly 1 ,

July1952 - L, 1953

ra tesJuly 1 , 1953

Averagerateper Trade

Amount o f Increase July 1 , 1952 -

July 1 , 1953

bange e f rates

July 1 , 1953

Averagerateper

Percent Cents -per-hour Low Highhour

July 1 , 1953

Percent Cents- per-hour Low Highhour

July 1, 1953

A ll bu ild in g trade.................. 5.2 13 12.69 Journeymen: - ContinuedB oofers, s la te and

Journeym en................................ * .9 13 2.88 t n _ .. r f 14 Ai 08 A? RA A? 70Asbestos workers ............. 7.3 20 $2.63 $3.25 2.93 Sheet-m etal workers ......... 4.6 12 2.15 3.25 2.8 1Boilerm akers ..................... 6.3 18 2.75 3.60 2.98 Steam and sprin k lerB rick layers ........................ 3.0 10 2.75 3.75 3.28 f it t e r s ............................. 4.6 13 2.22 3.40 2.98Carpenters .......................... 5.2 14 2.05 3.40 2 .8 1 Steneeanom s___ r. TT, TI. T 1 .7 2.60 3.65 3 .19Cement fin ish e rs ............. 6 .1 16 1.90 3.65 2.79 Strue tu ra l- iron

workers .............................. 5 .7 16 2.38 3.55 2.96E lectricia n s (in sid e T ile layers ......................... 5 .7 16 2.25 3.25 2.97vlrenen) .......................... 4.1 12 2.40 3.50 3.00E levator con stru ctors .. 6.5 18 2 .6l 3.32 3.00 Helpers and laborers ............. 6 .9 13 _ _ 1.9 5G laziers .............................. 7.1 17 1.65 3.30 2.57 B ricklayers ' tenders .... 5 .3 11 1.00 2.70 2.12Lathers ................................ 4.6 14 2.25 3.60 3.14 Building laborers ...___ 7 .6 13 .90 2.59 1.8 6M achinists .......................... 8 .6 21 2 .12 3.40 2.72 Com positlen r o o fe r s 'Marble se tters ................. 6.8 19 2.25 3.30 2.96 helpers ......... ... 5 .0 9 1.25 2.00 1 .8l

E levator con stru ctors'M osaic and terrazzo helpers ............................. 6 .9 14 1.82 2.47 2.14

workers ............................ 4.9 14 2.25 3.16 2.91Painters .............................. 4.9 13 1.65 3.75 2.69 Marble se tte rs helpers .. 5 .7 11 1.23 2.55 2.09P aperhangers............... .. 6.3 16 1.93 3.05 2.65 P la sterers ' lab orers . . . . 5 .6 12 1.00 3.12 2 .18P lasterers ......................... 3.8 ie 2.25 3.65 3.21 PI unbars' laborers T____ 6.6 12 1.00 2.45 1.97Plumbers .............................. 3.6 10 2.50 3.40 2.97 Terrazzo workers*Bodmen.................................. 5.8 15 2.13 3.45 2.76 helpers .............................. 6.5 14 1.2 3 2.79 2.27B eefers, cexp osition ... 6.0 15 1.75 3.30 2.68 T ile la y e rs ' helpers . . . . 5.1 11 1.00 2.50 2.19

TABLE 4. Percent increases in union vage rates and percent of building trades workers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953

Trade

Percent of union workers affected by - Percent of total workers affected by increase of -

Increase Decrease *0changeLess than

5percent5 and

under 10 percent

10 and under 15 percent


20 percent and over

All building trades .......................... 83.7 0.3 16.0 28.6 39.7 9.9 5.4 0 .1

Jeurneymsn ................................... 83.1 0.3 16 .6 30.8 40.1 7.6 4.5 0.1Asbestos workers .......................... 96.4 - 3.6 18.3 51.1 9.5 16.7 .8Boilermakers .............................. 97.3 - 2.7 15.5 75.6 3.3 2.9 -Bricklayers ............................... 60.5 - 39.5 20.5 37.8 1.5 .7 -Carpenters ................................ 86.0 - 14.0 34.2 37.2 5.7 8.9 -Cement finishers ........................... 94.1 1.3 4.6 28.9 44.5 20.6 .1 -

Electricians (inside vlrenen) ............ 8 1.8 - 18.2 29.0 45.9 6 .1 .8 -Elevator constructors ..................... 91.8 - 8.2 19.2 51.5 19.4 1.7 -Glaziers .................................. 92.9 - 7.1 2 1.2 42.3 19 .2 10 .1 .1Lathers ................................... 77.5 - 22.5 23.5 38.0 15 .8 - .2Machinists ................................ 95.5 - 4.5 6.0 72.7 12 .9 1 .0 2.9Marble setters ............................. 77.5 - 22.5 22.6 39.0 3.5 5.8 6.6

Mosaic and terrazzo workers ............... 69.O _ 31.0 1 2 .1 46.7 5.1 .8 4.38 1.2 _ 18.8 33.1 39.8 7.9 .4 -

Paperhangers .............................. 95.6 .5 3.9 31.7 5 1.8 10.0 1.7 .4Plasterers ................................ 81.3 - 18.7 48.8 20.4 1 2 .1 - -

68.6 1 .8 29.6 24.0 42.8 - 1 .8 -Bodmen.................................... 92.6 - 7.4 29.3 43.5 12.5 5.7 1 .6

Boofers, composition ...................... 88.8 - 11 .2 25.6 36.6 22.8 3.8 -Boofers, slate and tile ................... 87.9 .9 1 1 .2 22.2 54.9 9.3 1.5 -Sheet-metal workers ....................... 85.6 - 14.4 39.7 33.1 7.5 5-3 -Steam and sprinkler fitters .............. 77.9 2.3 19.8 26.4 39.8 9.4 2 .1 .2Stonemasons ............................... 6l.l 18.0 20.9 39.9 14.0 6.9 3 Structural-iron workers ................... 95.8 - 4.2 30.7 46.0 19.1 " -Tile layers ............................... 79.4 20.6 29.0 35.3 9.2 5.0 .9


6TABLE 4. Percent increases la union wage rates and percent f building trade* verkers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1 , 1953 - Continued

Tradea ffe cte d by - Percent o f to ta l workers a ffe cte d by increase o f -

Increase Decrease NochangeLess than

5percent

under 10 percent


15 u d under 20 percent

26 percent and over

Helpers and laborers .................................................. 8 6 .1 0 .3 13.6 20.1 38.4 18 .7 8.6 0 .3B rick la yers ' tenders .................................. .. 84 .6 1 . 1 14.3 40.6 27.6 1 2 .1 3 .2 1 . 1B uilding laborers ................................................... 87.6 - 12.4 15.6 39.5 21.2 11.3Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers ............................ 88.9 _ 1 1 .1 42.7 30.8 15.4E levator con stru ctors ' helpers ................... .. 92.2 - 7 .8 18.3 49.0 24.9 - -

Marble s e tte r s ' helpers ......................... ............ 72 . 4 27.6 10.5 46.1 8 .9 2 .7 4 .2P lasterers* laborers ............................................ 82.9 .9 16 .2 18.8 49 .8 14.3Plum bers' laborers ................................................ 83.3 2 .5 14.2 10.0 50.4 19.8 2 .2 .9Terrazzo w orkers' helpers ............... .................. 76.8 1 .9 21.3 13.7 41.2 10.6 6 .8 4 .5T ile la y e rs ' helpers .......................................... .. 67.4 32.6 29.5 16.7 5 .4 13.4 2 .4

TABLE 5 . Cents-per-hour Increases in union wage rates and percent of building trades workers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953

Percent Percent odf workers affected by Increase of -Trade workers

affected by Increase

Less than5

cents

5 and under

10cents

10 and tinder 15

cents

15 and under

20cents

2o and under 25

cents

25 and under 30

cents

30 and under35

cents

35 *nd under 40

cents

40 cents and over

All building trades ................... 83.7 0.7 12.8 29.1 17.9 5.4 9.5 4.0 3.7 0.6

Journeymen............................ 83.1 0.5 10.5 28.7 20.0 5-4 9.8 2.9 4.6 0.7Asbestos workers ................... 96.4 .8 6 .2 25.7 28.7 3.0 8 .1 5.8 .6 17.5Boilermakers ....................... 97.3 - 4.5 11 .0 44.7 20.3 7.0 5-9 1 .0 2.9Bricklayers ........................ 60.5 - 14.4 7.0 2 1.2 5.6 1 0 .1 1.5 .7Carpenters ......................... 86.0 .7 11.9 31.3 18.2 5.6 8.6 _ 9.7Cement finishers ................... 94.1 - 8.9 37.5 10 .1 14.4 7.8 15.3 - .1Electricians (inside wlremen) ..... 8 1.8 _ 7.2 31.1 32.9 2.7 4.0 .7 3.2 _Elevator constructors .............. 9 1.8 - 3.2 23.5 24.7 19 .2 .8 17.9 2.5 _Glaziers ........................... 92.9 - 6.0 29.8 21.5 11.3 4.1 20.1 .1 _Lathers ........... ................ 77.5 - 11 .0 15.9 22.2 3.6 12.5 11.7 .4 .2Machinists ......................... 95.5 - - 35-3 3.7 5.2 36.O 3.9 4.1 7.3Marble setters ..................... 77.5 - 9.9 15.7 8.6 7.4 22.9 - .6 12.4

Mosaic and terrazzo workers ....... 69.0 2 .1 4.9 9.2 31.2 11.5 .9 1 . 1 3.1 5-0Painters ........................... 8 1.2 .8 4.2 42.1 1 1 .1 4.1 16 .5 2.0 3 .1Paperhangers ....................... 95-6 1 . 1 1 1 .8 39.3 6.3 10 .6 2 1.6 3.1 1 .8Plasterers ......................... 81.3 1 .0 13.2 37.8 15 .0 1 . 1 2.0 8.6 2.6 -Plumbers ........................... 68.6 - 3.4 27.9 23.3 1.7 10.5 - - 1 .8Bod m e n............................. 92.6 - 10.6 36.3 22.5 1 .6 9.1 5.2 5.7 1 .6

Boofers, composition ............... 88.8 4.8 7.0 23.6 17 .6 16.3 9.4 10 .1 _ _Boofers, slate and tile ........... 87.9 1.4 7.1 29.9 29.7 9.0 5.1 5.7 - -Sheet-metal workers ................ 85.6 - 24.1 20.3 25.9 2.6 4.7 2.7 5.3 -Steam and sprinkler fitters ....... 77.9 - 15.5 15.7 16.0 7.3 11.7 8.8 .6 2.3Stonemasons ........................ 6 1 .1 - 22.7 17.1 6 .1 2 .6 5.5 3.6 3.2 .3Structural-iron workers ........... 95.8 - 6.3 32.7 28.3 3.5 15-3 9.7 - -Tile layers ........................ 79.4 - 15.3 19 .2 3.6 7.8 20.7 - 6.9 5.9

Helpers and laborers .................. 8 6.1 1.3 21.9 30.4 10 .1 5.2 8.2 8.4 3 .3Bricklayers' tenders ............... 84.6 2.7 13.7 46.8 7.2 3.4 9.7 - - 1 . 1Building laborers .................. 87.6 .8 24.7 27.2 9.6 5.7 7.6 12.0 - -Composition roofers' helpers ...... 88.9 1 1 .1 3 1.6 30.8 1 1 .8 3.6 - - - -Elevator constructors' helpers .... 92.2 1 .2 25.0 27.3 14.6 7.8 16.3 -

Marble setters' helpers ........... 72.4 .8 6.4 37.5 12.0 7.1 1.7 .6 2 .1 4.2Plasterers' laborers ............... 82.9 3.3 21.4 26.2 15.6 5.4 8 .1 1.3 1 .6 -Plumbers laborers ................. 83.3 - 10.0 34.8 17.5 1 .0 17.9 2 .1 - -Terrazzo workers' helpers ......... 76.8 2.8 6.4 13.8 30.3 6.0 6.2 - 7.0 4.3Tile layers' helpers ............... 67.4 .8 20.2 22.3 4.8 3.5 1 .2 8.0 5.5 1 . 1


9TABLE 6. Increases in union vage rates for major building trades groups in 52 cities, July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953

C ity and sta te

Percent o f in crease Cants-p er-Increahouric

A lltrades

Journeymen

Helpersand

lab orers

A lltrades

Journeymen

H elpersand

lab orers

A ll c it ie s 5 .2 4 .9 6 .9 13.2 13 .4 12.5A tlanta, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .2 6 .6 1 .0 13.8 16.1 1 .2B altim ore, Md........................ 2 .3 2 .8 .1 5 .6 7 .6 .2Birmingham, A la................... 2 .4 2 .7 .1 5.1 6 .7 .1B oston, Mass.......................... 3 .1 3 .6 .4 7 .7 9 .8 .7B u ffa lo , l Y. . . . . . . . . . . 3 .3 3 .4 3 .3 8 .8 9 .5 7 .1

C h a rlotte , N. C................... 5 .4 5.5 5 .0 10.9 11.9 5 .0C hicago, H I ................... .. 4 .5 4 .5 7 .3 13.3 13.3 15.5C in cin n ati, O h io ............... 5 .0 4 .9 5.5 12.6 13.2 10 .8C leveland, Ohio ................. 4 .1 3 .7 6 .5 11.8 11.1 15 .0Columbus, O h io ................... 5 .4 5.5 4 .7 13.3 14.4 8 .9

D a lla s, Tex............................ 6 .3 6 .4 5 .4 14.9 16 .6 7 .7Dayton, O h io ........... ............ 6 .4 6 .3 7 .9 16.8 17.1 15 .1Denver, C olo.......................... 8 .0 4 .5 14.2 17.7 11 .9 24.3Des M oines, Iowa ............... 4 .3 4 .4 4 .1 10.7 11.4 7 .6D e tro it, Mich........................ 7 .6 7 .1 11 .8 20 .4 19.7 24.0

4 .3 4 .9 .5 10 .6 12.7 1 .0Grand R apids, Mich............. 7 .9 7 .7 8 .8 19.0 19.8 15.3Houston, Tex.......................... 3 .7 3 .0 11 .7 9 .0 7 .8 16 .8In d ian ap olis, Ind............... 4 .6 4 .4 5 .5 11 .6 12.1 10.3J a ck son v ille , F la . ........... 6 .8 7 .2 .5 14.6 16.4 .5

Kansas C ity , Mo................... 4 .8 5 .4 0 12.2 14 .0 0K n oxv ille , Tenn. . . . . . . . . 4 .2 3 .6 6 .3 8 .5 8 .7 8 .0L itt le Rock, Ark................. 8 .4 8.3 8 .6 16.2 19 .0 9 .3Los A ngeles, C a lif............. 8 .9 8 .3 14.3 22.3 21 .6 27 .1L o u isv ille , Ky................... .. 5 .7 5.5 6 .5 12.9 13 .8 10.6Memphis, Tenn....................... 6 .4 5 .7 8 .6 12.3 13.8 10.1

C ity and sta te

Milwaukee, V ia . . . . . .M inneapolis-St. Paul,

Minn..............................Newark, N. J ..................New Haven, Conn. . . . New O rleans, La...........

New York, N. Y.............Oklahoma C ity , Okla.Omaha, Hebr............... ..P eoria , 111 *.P h iladelph ia , Pa. . . .

P ittsbu rgh , Pa.............P ortland, Oreg.............P rovidence, R. I . . . .Richmond, Va. .............R ochester, N. I . . . . .

S t. L ou is, Mo...............S a lt Lake C ity , Utah San A ntonio, Tex. . . . San Franc i sco-Oakland

C a lif............................Scranton, Pa. ...

S e a ttle , Nash...............Spokane, Nash. . . . . . .S p rin g fie ld , Mass. Syracuse, N. Y.............T oledo, Ohio ...............Washington, D. C. . . .

Percent o f in crease Cen-ts-p er-Increai-hour *e _ .

A lltrades

Journeymen

H elpersand

la b o r-. -grg..-A ll

tradesJourneymen

H elpersand

la b o r - L t f i . . .3 .7 4 .0 2 .5 9 .7 10 .8 5 .3

9 .9 8 .8 14.3 22 .9 22 .1 25 .02 .4 2 .6 1 .4 7 .7 8 .4 3 .64 .2 4 .1 4 .6 10.3 11 .0 8 .68 .6 7 .7 12 .0 17.3 18.3 15 .0

4 .2 3 .6 8.2 12 .6 11.3 18.34 .4 4 .1 5 .7 10.3 10 .7 8 .96 .3 5 .1 13 .7 14 .8 13 .0 21 .86 .7 6 .4 7 .6 16 .8 17.3 15.55 .7 5 .6 6 .2 14 .8 16.5 10 .8

5 .8 6 .0 5.3 14.5 17.9 10 .15 .5 4 .6 11 .7 13 .4 11 .7 22 .51 .5 2 .0 .1 3 .6 4 .9 .34 .2 3 .7 8 .3 8 .8 8 .7 9 .54 .8 4 .3 6 .2 11 .9 11 .7 12.3

2 .6 2 .9 1 .1 6 .9 8 .3 2 .27 .3 7 .5 5 .8 15.8 17 .1 9 .74 .8 5 .3 .1 10.5 12 .8 .1

5 .7 5 .1 9 .3 14 .6 13 .7 18 .55.3 5.2 5 .5 12.6 13.4 10.1

.4 .4 0 1 .0 1 .2 04 .5 4 .0 7 .5 11.1 10.4 14.55.2 5 .6 3 .8 11 .8 13 .8 6 .65 .8 4 .0 11.3 13.8 10 .8 19 .82 .5 2 .3 2 .9 6 .6 6 .8 6 .32 .0 1 .7 4 .8 5 .5 4 .8 8 .4

TABLE 7 .D istrib u tion o f union members in the bu ild in g trades by hourly wage ra te s , July 1 , 1953

A ver- Percent o f union journeymen whose ra tes (in cen ts) per hour were -

Tradeage

rateper

hourOnder200

200

under210

210and

under220

220and

under230

230and

under240

240

under250

250and

under260

260and

under270

270

under280

280and

under290

290and

underW

300and

under310

310and

under320

320and

under330

330and

under340

340and

under350

350and

under360

360andover

Journeymenfc2.881 0 .1 0 .6 0 .7 1 .7 3 .1 3 .4 7 .3 9 .5 14.0 10.7 7 .5 14.6 9 .3 4 .6 7 .8 2 .7 1 .8 0 .6

A sbestos workers ......... 2.933 - - - - - - - - 4 .5 27.5 9 .6 17 .0 6 .5 28 .9 6 .0 - - - .Boilerm akers ................. 2.983 - - - - - - - - 28.2 .8 22.8 10 .7 28 .8 3 .0 - - - 5 .7B rick layers ................... 3.283 - - - - - - - - 1 .0 .8 4 .4 9 .8 18.2 15.2 20 .5 7 .0 21 .0 2 .1Carpenters ..................... 2.813 - 1 .3 - 2 .5 4 .3 6 .1 9 .1 13.6 15.1 9 .1 4 .3 13.5 5 .8 2 .5 11 .0 1 .8 - -Cement fin ish e rs .........E le ctr icia n s (in sid e

2.794 .5 1 .9 1 .3 5.9 4 .6 7.2 21.7 11 .9 6 .5 3 .6 14 .7 10.3 .3 8 .2 - 1 .4

wiremen) .....................E levator

3.003 - - 1 .3 1 .0 1 .1 11 .7 23 .9 10.3 8 .0 23 .8 2 .9 13.1 1 .2 1 .7 -

con stru ctors ............. 3.004 - - - - - - - 4 .7 6 .8 19.3 15 .7 27 .3 10.4 1 .8 14 .0 - G laciers .......................... 2.572 3 .6 1 .3 4 .5 12.5 8 .7 8 .8 27 .0 6 .3 5 .7 - 4 .4 2 .4 - 6 .1 8 .7 - -Lathers ............................ 3.143 - - - .3 .4 - .9 2 .8 4 .0 5.3 10 .7 6 .6 27 .7 6 .6 21 .5 3 .5 9 .2 .5M achinists ..................... 2.719 - - 27.3 - - - 3 .5 3 .5 11.4 6 .9 .8 37.5 1 .3 - 3 .9 3 .9Marble se tters .............M osaic and

2.957 * .4 2 .8 4 .1 1 .6 23.5 .8 22 .0 11.5 12.5 18.3 2 .5 - - -

terrazzo workers . . . 2.910 - - - 1 .3 - 2 .7 2 .7 9 .7 17.4 8.2 15 .8 15.5 26 .7 - - -P ainters .......................... 2.686 .1 .4 2 .7 4 .3 7 .1 4 .4 16.7 10.4 14.7 15.5 4 .7 18.3 - .6 .1 . (1 /) 0 /0Paperhangers ................. 2.655 .3 .4 2.2 3.3 14.2 .5 26.1 4 .1 21 .9 7 .2 .9 18.9 - - - -P lasterers . . . . . . . . . . . 3.202 - - - 1 .5 - - .6 6 .0 2 .7 1 .4 6 .8 10.1 17.4 4 .5 14.2 14.6 5 .8 14.4Plumbers .......................... 2.970 - - - - - - .6 5 .9 12.3 13.3 17.1 26.2 4 .0 16 .7 .3 3 .6Rodmen ..............................R oofers,

2.763 ~ - .6 10.0 6 .3 6.2 22 .8 15.8 1 .8 11.4 6 .0 10.8 - 6 .6 1 .7 - -

com p osition ............... 2.676 3 .9 .9 7 .1 6 .3 2 .6 4 .3 18.8 7 .0 19.0 5 .0 5.5 2 .2 " 9 .9 7 .5 -

See footnote at end of table,Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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TABIE 7. Distribution of union members in the building trades by hourly wage rates, July 1, 1953 - Continued

A ver- Percent o f union journeymen whose ra tes (in cen ts) per hour were -age 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350frade rate Under and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and JWa|

1 1

TABLE 8. Average union hourly vug* ratua in the building trades by city end population group, July If 1953 * Continued

TfcBIE 9 .Average union hourly wage ra tes in the b u ild in g trades by reg ion , i / Ju ly 1 , 1953

Trade UnitedStates

Region

Rev MiddleA tla n tic

BorderStates

Southeast

GreatLakes

M iddleVest

Southwest Mountain P a c ific

A ll bu ild in g t r a d e s ...................................... 12.69 12.A8 12.91 12.50 12.17 *2.83 *2.67 *2.33 *2.37 * 2.68

Journeym en......................................................... 2 .88 2.70 3.16 2 .7 6 2.49 2.97 2.83 2.62 2.62 2.77A sbestos workers ............... .......... .. 2 .93 2.76 3.14 2.83 2.67 3.03 2.80 2.79 2.68 2.88B oilern a k ere ............. ...................... .. 2 .98 2.75 3.29 2.94 2.75 3.05 2.90 2.75 2.85 2.90B rick layers ................................................ 3.28 3 .04 3.45 3.21 2.98 3.25 3.39 3.31 3.23 3.27Carpenters ................................................... 2 .81 2.56 3.16 2.63 2.29 2.94 2.75 2.46 2.47 2.67Cenent fin ish e rs ............. ............ 2.79 3.01 3.15 2.53 2.29 2.84 2.82 2.47 2.55 2.69E le ctr icia n s (in s id e v ir e u e n )........... 3 .00 2.78 3.26 2.86 2.71 3.07 2.87 2.84 2.84 2.97E levator con stru ctors 3.00 2.86 3.21 2.97 2.72 3.03 2.90 2.87 2.87 3.02G la iie rs ...................................................... 2 .57 2.43 2.71 2.50 2.15 2 .74 2.61 2.25 2.27 2.48la t h e r s ......................................................... 3 .H 3.00 3.24 3.09 2.61 3.11 2.92 3.18 3.12 3.18

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TAM* 9. Average union hourly wage rates in the building trades by region, 1/ July 1, 1953 - Continued

United RegionTrade States New~Eng1 and

M iddleA tla n tic

BorderStates

Southeast

GreatLakes

M iddleWest

Southwest Mountain P a c ific

Journeymen: - Continued M achinists $2.72 $2.75 13.25 $2.85 $2.50 $2.97 $2.88 $2.19 $2.78 $2.73Marble se tters .............................. 2 .96 2.81 3.10 3.07 2.82 2.97 2.88 2.78 2.77 2.86M osaic and terraszo workers 2.91 2 .77 3.11 2.90 2.85 2.87 2.93 2.61 3.13 2.82P ainters .......................................... .. 2 .69 2.37 2.78 2.46 2.30 2.79 2.63 2.39 2.31 2.75Paperhangers 2.65 2.48 2.59 2.24 2.43 2.81 2.56 2.30 2 .3 4 2.72P lasterers ....................................... 3.21 3.03 3.43 3.15 2.58 3.15 3.09 3.02 3.17 3.36Plumbers .......... .. 2 .97 2.79 3.21 2.81 2.71 2.99 2.95 2.82 2.86 2.87Rodmen ...................................... .................... 2.76 3.03 3.19 2.69 2.35 2.91 2.85 2.40 2.67 2.63R oofers, com p osition ......... ............ .... 2.68 2.62 2.99 2.28 2.03 2.81 2.60 2.20 2.68 2.63R oofers, s la te and t i l e ............... . . . . 2.72 2.84 2.98 2.62 2.10 2.94 2.60 2.29 2.47 2.65Sheet-m etal workers 2.81 2.78 3.08 2.70 2.49 2.90 2 .94 2.59 2.63 2.70Steam and sp rin k ler f it t e r s 2.98 2.77 3.25 2.78 2.71 3.03 2.95 2.80 2.91 2.90Stonemasons . .............................................. 3.19 3.05 3.18 3.28 3.15 3.16 3.23 3.33 3.25 3.24S tru ctu ra l-iron workers ........................ 2 .96 3.06 3.23 3.04 2.59 3.01 2.87 2.65 2.70 2 .80T ile layers 2.97 2.80 3.18 2.90 2.65 2.97 2.88 2.69 2.79 2.96

H elpers and laborers ......................... .... 1.95 1.88 2.14 1.66 1.28 2.17 1.99 1.38 1.92 2.15B rick la yers tenders 2.12 1.89 2.33 1.60 1.17 2.22 2 .09 1.51 2.19 2 .48B uilding laborers ................. .. 1.86 1.86 2.02 1.63 1.29 2.13 1.93 1.30 1.78 2.04Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers . . . . . . . 1.81 1.88 1.90 1.71 1.25 1.94 1.95 1.43 2 .0 0E levator con stru ctors helpers ......... 2 .14 2.01 2.33 2.09 1*91 2.11 2.10 2.03 2.01 2 .nMarble s e tte r s ' helpers ....................... 2.09 1.97 2 .20 2.07 1.23 2.32 1.92 1.39 2.05 2.27P la sterers ' laborers ....................... .. 2 .18 2 .0 4 2.41 1.86 1.31 2.30 2.32 1.57 2.20 2,91Plum bers' lab orers .................................. 1.97 - 2.13 1.68 1.22 2 .24 2.09 1.33 2.01 2.12Terraszo w orkers' helpers ................... 2 .27 1.95 2.46 1.93 1.23 2.37 2.05 1.42 1.93 2 .3 4T ile la y e rs ' helpers .............................. 2 .19 1.99 2.35 2.03 1.02 2.25 1.97 1.47 2.05 2.25

1 / The region s referred to in th is study in clu d e: Mew England - C onnecticut, Maine, M assachusetts, Mew Hampshire, Rhode Islan d , endVermont; M iddle A tla n tic - Mew Jersey , Mew Tork, and Pennsylvania; Border S tates - Delaware, D is tr ic t o f Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, V irg in ia , and West V irg in ia ; Southeast - Alabama, F lorid a , G eorgia, M ississip p i, North C arolina, South C arolina, and Tennessee; Great fcftfeSf - I l l in o is , Indiana, M ichigan, M innesota, Ohio, and W isconsin; M iddle West - Iowa, Kansas, M issouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Southwest - Arkansas, L ouisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain - A rizona, C olorado, Idaho, Montana, Mew M exico, Utah, and Wyoming; and P a c ific - C a lifo rn ia , Nevada, Oregon, and Washington*

TAB1E 1 0 . Indexes o f union weekly hours in the bu ild in g tra d es, 1907-53

(Average 1947 1943, and 1949 = 100)

Date A lltradesJourney

menH elpers

andlab orers

Date 811tradesJourney

menH elpers

andlaborers

i am. Motr u 12 4 .1 122 .6 129 .6 1930: May 1 5 ........................... 109.7 108.9 112 .0IQftfl. K . ___ 122 .2 120.8 126.9 1931: May 1 5 .................................. 108.4 107.4 1 1 1 .1iana* Uav K ....................... 120.5 U 9 .3 124.3 1932: May 15 .................................. 106*4 105.5 108.6lo in Mo v in . . . . 119.0 117.9

117.512 2 .1 1933 s May 1 5 .................................. 106.1 105.1 108.1

1Q11 * Matr . . . . ____ 118.6 121.9 1934s May 15 .................................. 102.2 101.3 104.7

1013 1 Uatr I f ........... 118.2 117.1 121.5 1935: May 1 5 .................................. 101.4 100.5 104.01Q1 ft . Mbit ....................... 118.0 116.8

116.5121.5 1936s May 15 . . . . .......................... 101.4 100.5 104.2

1Q1 / Mbit I f ......................... .. 117.5 120.8 1937s May 1 5 .................................. 10 1.8 100.9 104.61QU> Mbit U ........................... 117.4 U 6 .4 120.7 1938 s June 1 .................................. 10 0 .1 99.1 102.9IQ lA i Marr I f .................................. 117.0 115.9 120.4 1939 s June 1 .................................. 99.9 99 .0 10B.7

101*7 Mbit I f ........................ U 6 .7 U 5 .7 U 9 .9 1940s June 1 99.8 99 .0 10 2 .1191ft. Mny I f , t tT t , t . . t ............... 116.1 115.0 119.5 1941s June 1 100.2 99.5 102.41Q1Q * Wav I f ___________________ 115.5 114 .6 118.4 1942s Ju ly 1 ................................... 10 1.0 100.8 101.51050* Mbit I f .................................... 115.0 1 1 4 .1 117.6 1943s July 1 ....................................... 100.9 10 1.0 100.8TOOT Uav 1 ___ 114.9 114 .0 117.6 1944s Ju ly 1 ..................... .. 10 1 .1 10 1.2 100.8

1945 s July 1 .................................. 10 1 .1 10 1.2 100.81QOO Uav 1 f 114.9 114.1 117.3 1946s Ju ly 1 100.1 100.1 100.1IQftft. Uav I f ........................ U 5 .0 114.2 117.5 1947 s July 1 .................................. 100.0 99 .9 10 0.1109/ i MflV I f _______________________ 115.0 U 4 .2 117.5 1948s July 1 .................................. 100.0 100.0 100.010981* Ma v 1*1 ____________* _______ 115.0 114.2 117.3 1949s July 1 .................................. 100.1 100.1 100.01926: May ......................................... 114.8 114.0 117.0

1950: July 1 .................................. 100.2 100.2 100.01Q9*7i Mnv I f ..................................... 114.6 113.7 117.0 1951s July 1 .......................... 100.1 100.1 99.9109ft Mbv I f ....................................... 113.9 U 2 .9 11 6 .9 1952: Ju ly 1 .................................. 10 0 .1 100.1 100.11929: May ........................................ 112.9 112.2 114.6 1953: July 1 .................................. 100.1 100.1 100.1


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TABLE 11. Indexes of union weakly hours in oaeh building trade, 1907-53(Average 1947, 1948, and 1919 100)

DataAsbes-

teaworker*

B o ile r-akers

B riok-layora

Carpenter*

Ceaentfin ish e rs

K L eotri-oians

(in sid evirem en)

Elevato r con

stru ctor*

GELasie r*

Lathers

Ma-sh in ists

Marblese tte rs

Mosaic and t e r - rasao

workers

Painters

Paper-hangers

Plasterers

1907i lk y 15 . . 122.7 120.8 122.7 122.9 118.0 125.3 122.019061 lfcy 15 . . - - 120.1 119.0 121.6 122.0 - - - - 118.0 - 123.4 - 121.41909s mj 15 . . . 117.6 117.6 122.5 121.2 - - - - 116.8 - 121.7 - 121.41910* m w . . - U 5 .* 116.2 122.3 120.5 _ . _ - 116.5 - 120.1 - 121.31911s *qr 15 . . 115.0 115.6 121.1 120.3 116.0 119.3 122.0

1912s lfcy 15 . . 115.0 115.5 121.1 119.9 122.5 116.0 119.2 120.51913s lfcy 15 . . _ - 114.8 115.4 119.8 119.4 _ - 122.5 - 116.0 - 118.5 - 120.519U s lfcy 15 . . - - 114.3 114.9 119.0 119.0 115.9 - 122.5 - 115.8 - 118.3 - 120.41915 s My 15 . . - - 114.2 114.9 119.0 118.3 115.4 - 121.9 - 115.8 - 118.3 - 119.81916s lfcy 15 . . 113.5 113.9 U 4 .9 117.2 117.4 115.3 121.9 * 115.6 118.0 .1 1 7 .4 118.6

1917s Iky 15 . . 113*0 113.6 114.9 115.9 116.9 114.6 121.3 115.5 118.0 117.3 118.51916s Iky 15 . . ## 112.4 113.6 113.7 115.3 116.1 114.6 114.0 121.3 _ 115.5 113.8 116.8 - 118.21919s Iky 15 . . 111.2 113.4 113.0 114.4 115.1 113.8 114.0 121.0 - 115.0 113.8 116.6 - 118.21920s Iky 15 . . , , 111.1 ~ - 113.3 113.1 113.8 114.8 113.7 113.5 120.2 - 115.0 113.8 113.2 - 117.91921s Iky 15 . 111.4 113.3 113.0 113.8 114.8 113.6 114.0 119.9 115.1 113.8 113.3 117.6

1922s Iky 15 . . 111.4 113.3 113.1 113.7 114.8 113.3 114.1 120.0 115.1 113.8 114.1 117.71923s Iky 15 . . 111.1 _ 113.3 113.5 113.7 114.8 113.4 113.5 120.5 - 115.1 113.8 113.8 . 118.31924s Iky 15 . . 111.2 - 113.2 113.3 113.7 114.7 113.4 113.5 120.2 - 115.1 113.9 113.7 - 118.41925s Iky 15 . . 111.2 - 113.1 113.3 113.4 114.7 113.3 113.1 119.8 - 115.1 113.8 114.0 - 118.01926s lfcy 15 . . 111.2 113.2 113.3 113.4 114.7 113.3 113.5 119.5 115.1 113.8 113.7 114.6

1927s Iky 15 . . 111.1 112.6 113.3 113.0 114.7 113.3 113.9 118.9 115.0 113.4 113.2 114.11928s lfcy 15 . . #. 111.1 - 112.6 112.7 112.4 114.1 113.3 113.4 118.3 _ 115.0 113.4 110.2 . 113.21929s Iky 15 . . 110.2 - 109.7 112.7 112.5 111.4 112.8 112.2 117.7 _ 115.0 113.5 109.9 - 112.11930s lfcy 15 . . . . 106.1 _ 107.0 109.2 106.1 108.7 109.3 108.6 111.0 - 108.9 107.3 108.7 - 109.61931s Iky 15 . . 103.6 105.4 107.5 106.9 107.7 107.2 106.7 110.4 106.9 106.2 107.7 108.7

1932 s Iky 15 . . 102.3 103.0 104.8 105.6 105.1 107.2 104.3 109.9 105.8 102.0 107.5 106.81933s lfcy 15 . . . . 101.2 - 104.1 103.2 107.6 105.1 104.9 104.3 109.4 - 105.7 103.4 107.3 - 109.01934s lfcy 15 . . , , 101.1 - 102.3 102.3 103.7 98 .9 104.0 98.8 103.1 - 104.5 103.3 94 .2 - 104.31935 s Iky 15 . . . . 100.3 - 102.2 101.8 103.5 94.8 103.7 98.2 102.9 - 104.5 102.6 94 .0 _ 102.71936s lfcy 15 . . 100.6 102.2 101.9 103.0 95.2 104.5 98 .6 101.9 - 104.4 101.5 94 .4 ~ 101.0

1937s Iky 15 . . 100.3 105.8 103.2 102.7 103.1 99.8 104.2 98.6 103.3 100.6 106.5 102.2 94 .4 92.2 101.11938s Juno 1 . . 96 .6 100.5 99 .8 99 .8 100.0 99.2 103.5 96.8 101.3 100.0 104.4 99 .6 94.5 91 .6 97 .01939s Juno 1 a 96 .6 100.5 99 .9 99 .8 100.0 99 .0 101.0 96 .6 100.5 99 .9 104.4 99 .6 94.2 91 .7 97 .01940s Juno 1 96 .0 100.5 99 .6 99.8 100.2 99 .0 100.6 96 .6 100.3 99 .9 99 .7 99 .6 94 .6 92 .0 96.81941s Juno 1 . . a 96 .6 101.0 99.8 100.4 100.7 99.5 100.3 97.2 101.2 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 94.8 92.5 97.1

1942s July 1 . . 98 .7 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.6 103.5 100.0 98.6 103.1 ' 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.3 99 .1 98 .91943 s July 1 . . 96 .7 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.6 103.5 100.0 96.6 104.0 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.3 99 .1 102.81944s July 1 96 .7 101.1 100.7 100.9 100.6 103.5 100.0 98 .6 103.6 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.6 99 .9 102.91945s July 1 . . 98 .7 101.1 100.7 100.9 100.6 103.5 100.0 98 .6 104.2 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.6 99.9 102.91946s July 1 . . 99.8 99.1 100.2 100.1 100.4 99 .4 100.0 98 .6 102.8 99 .2 99 .9 99 .9 99 .9 99 .7 100.9

1947s July 1 99.8 99 .1 99 .7 100.0 100.0 99 .4 100.0 100.0 102.8 100.0 99 .9 98 .9 100.0 100.0 99 .91948s July 1 100.1 100.5 100.4 100.0 100.0 99 .4 100.0 100.0 98 .6 100.0 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 99.81949s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.0 100.0 98 .6 100.0 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 100.41950s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.0 100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 102.71951s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.0 100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0 100.6 98.8 98.8 102.7

1952 s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.7 100.0 100.0 100.6 98.8 98.8 102.71953 s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.8 100.0 100.0 100.6 98.8 98.8 102.7


HTABLE II. Indexes of onion weekly hours in each building trade, 1907-53 - Continued(ATerage 1947, 1948,and 19A9 - 100)

Date Plunbera RodnenR oof-

era,ccn po-s it io n

R oof-era,

s la teand

t i le

Sheet-nata l

workers

Steenand

sp rin k ler

fit t e r s

Stone-naaona

Structu r a l-

ironworkers

y

T ilelayers

B rickla y e rs 'tenders

Art 1*1 ngCcn-

p o s itio nr o o fe r s '

helpers

Plaste re r s '

lab orers

F loab-e r s '

lab orers

T ilela y e r s 'helperslab orers

1907* Hay 15 . . . . 123.7 117.0 118.8 118.0 120.0 123.3 125.1 127.819081 May 15 . . . . 123.8 _ - - 116.9 118.8 118.0 117.6 - 123.3 125.1 - 127.3 - -1909* May 15 . . . . 123.8 - - - 116.9 118.5 118.0 116.0 - 122.9 124.7 - 127.0 - -1910* Hay 15 . . . . 123.6 _ _ 116.9 117.8 116.2 114.7 - 121.9 121.7 - 127.0 - -1911* Hay 15 . . . . 123.3 116.6 117.7 115.4 114.5 ~ 121.3 121.7 126.9 -

1912* Hay 15 . . . . 122.3 115.1 116.9 115.4 113.4 110.7 120.3 121.7 126.3 125.71913* May 15 . . . . 122.3 - - - 114.9 116.5 115.3 112.9 113.1 120.3 121.7 - 126.3 - 125.11914* Hay 15 . . . . 121.8 . 113.8 111.6 114.8 115.0 115.3 112.7 113.1 118.8 121.3 _ 126.4 _ 125.11915* Hay 15 . . . . 121.8 _ 113.8 111.6 114.6 115.0 115.2 112.7 112.7 118.8 121.3 _ 126.4 _ 123.21916* Hay 15 . . . . 121.2 - 113.8 111.2 114.1 114.6 115.0 112.4 112.1 118.8 120.7 - 125.2 - 122.8

1917* Hay 15 . . . . 121.1 113.0 109.2 114.0 114.5 114.9 112.2 111.8 118.7 119.3 125.0 121.81918* Hay 15 . . . . 120.1 - 112.5 109.2 112.8 113.4 114.9 111.8 111.8 118.7 118.8 _ 125.0 - 121.81919* Hay 15 . . . . 119.7 - 112.5 108.9 112.3 113.3 114.2 111.6 111.3 118.3 116.6 - 124.5 _ 121 .41920* Hay 15 . . . . 119.7 _ 112.5 108.9 111.9 113.2 114.2 111.6 111.0 118.0 115.3 _ 124.5 - 121 .41921* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 106.8 111.9 113.1 114.3 111.6 111.1 118.0 115.3 124.0 121.6

1922* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 108.7 111.8 113.1 114.2 111.6 110.9 118.3 114.5 124.0 121.61923* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 - 110.4 109.0 111.8 113.1 114.2 111.6 111.2 118.3 115.3 _ 124.1 - 122.71924* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 - 110.4 106.6 111.8 113.1 113.9 111.6 111.2 118.2 115.0 _ 124.0 122.71925* Hay 15 . . . . U 9 .5 . 110.4 106.6 111.8 113.1 113.9 111.3 111.2 118.0 115.1 . 123.9 _ 122.71926* May 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 106.6 111.8 112.9 114.1 111.6 111.2 118.2 115.3 119.8 122.7

1927* May 15 . . . . 119.2 110.4 106.6 111.4 112.7 113.9 111.6 111.1 118.2 115.5 119.7 122.71928* May 15 . . . . 119.2 - 110.3 108.6 111.1 112.7 113.8 111.5 110.8 118.2 115.4 . 120.0 _ 122.71929* May 15 . . . . 118.2 _ 109.7 107.3 111.0 112.1 110.5 111.0 110.6 111.6 115.3 _ 119.9 122.11930* May 15 . . . . 112.7 _ 105.4 102.7 106.9 107.1 106.7 107.6 104.9 110.9 113.2 116.8 _ 114.21931* May 15 . . . . 111.2 104.1 101.0 105.1 106.0 104.8 106.3 103.5 110.3 111.8 115 .8 113.0

1932* May 15 . . . . 110.8 103.0 101.0 103.6 105.0 104.4 103.7 102.4 107.9 107.9 115.5 111.61933* May 15 . . . . 110.3 - 104.3 ld .O 103.5 104.4 103.6 103.4 102.2 107.3 107.5 - 113.6 _ 111.71934* May 1 5 ------ 109.2 - 101.6 100.6 102.0 103.8 103.1 101.9 95 .3 105.3 102.8 _ 110.1 . 107.01935* May 15 . . . . 108.5 - 101.5 99 .3 102.1 103.5 103.0 100.7 95.3 105.2 102.7 108.8 _ 93 .11936* May 15 . . . . 107.1 102.1 100.2 102.0 103.7 103.0 100.6 95.2 105.0 10312 107.0 93.1

1937* May 15 . . . . 107.7 100.3 102.2 100.1 102.1 103.8 103.0 100.1 99.3 105.3 103.5 99 .9 107.0 99 .61938* June 1 . . . . 102.3 100.3 100.4 98 .9 100.0 98 .3 99 .6 99 .0 99.3 104.0 103.0 99 .9 102.0 103.2 99 .61939* June 1 . . . . 102.6 100.2 100.5 98 .9 100.0 98 .7 99 .6 98 .9 99.3 103.7 102.9 99 .9 101.7 103.2 99 .61940* June 1 . . . . 101.5 100.2 100.1 98.8 100.0 98 .7 99.5 98 .9 99 .3 103.6 102.3 99 .6 101.3 100.0 99 .619U * June 1 . . . . 101.9 101.1 100.8 98.8 100.8 99 .3 99 .6 99.3 99 .7 103.5 102.6 100.2 101.7 100.0 100.0

1942* July 1 . . . . 102.5 101.1 100.9 100.2 100.9 100.9 99 .8 100.0 101.0 102.3 10QL.6 100.5 101.8 99 .7 100.01943* July 1 . . . . 104.4 101.2 100.8 100.0 100.9 100.9 99 .8 100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2 100.0 102.4 103.0 100.01944* July 1 . . . . 104.4 101.2 100.7 100.0 100.9 100.9 99.8 100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2 100.0 102.4 102.9 100.01945* July 1 . . . . 104.4 101.2 100.7 100.0 100.9 100.9 99 .8 100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2 100.0 102.4 102.9 100.01946* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.6 100.4 100.0 100.8 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0

1947* July 1 . . . . 99 .8 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.1 100.0 98 .9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.9 100.0 100.01948* July 1 . . . . 100.1 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.01949* July 1 . . . . 100.1 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.01950* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.0 99 .2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.01951* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 99.8 99 .8 100.0 100.8 100.0 100.0

1952* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 99 .9 99 .9 100.0 101.3 100.0 100.01953* July 1 100.8 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 99 .9 99 .9 100.0 101.3 100.0 100.0

i / Included rodmen p rio r to 1940,Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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TABUS 12* Distribution of union members in the building trades by straight-time weekly hours, July 1, 1953

TradeAverage

hoursper

week

Percent o f union members having workweek o f -

TfcadeAverage

hoursper

week

Percent o f union members having workweek o f -

30hours

35hours

AOhours

30hours

35hours

40hours

A ll bu ild in g t r a d e s ................. 39 .A 0 .5 12 .0 87 .5 Journeymens - ContinuedR oofers, com position ............. 39a - 11 .A 88.6

Journeym en................. ............ .. 39*3 0*U 13 .0 86 .6 R oofers, s la te and t i l e 40 .0 - - 100.03 9 .7 mm 5*4 9A.6 S h fiflte e is l work e r rs_______ T 39 .6 7 .9 92.1

B oilerm ak ers................... .. 40.0 _ 100.0 Steam and sprin k lerB rick layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 .9 _ 22.3 77 .7 flt te r n t t it tt ttT r -fT * * * * 39.6 7.A 92.6Carpenters ............. .. 39*A 1 2 .2 87.8 Stonemasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.A 12.3 8 7 .7Cement fin ish e rs ................. 39 .5 - 9 .6 90 .A S tru ctu ra l-iron workers 39 .9 _ 2.A 97 .6

T ile la y e r s ................................ 40.0 - 100.0E le ctr icia n s (in sid e

w lrem an).............................. 39 .A - . 11 .5 88 .5 H elpers and la b o r e r s ................... 39 .5 0 .7 7 .9 91 aE levator con stru ctors . . . . 40 .0 - - 100.0 B rick layers * te n d e rs ............. 38 .6 - 28 a 71 .9.G laziers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 .6 8 .7 91.3 B uilding lab orers . . . ____. . . 39 .8 A.5 95.5Lathers ..................... 38 .7 2 .7 19 .8 77.5 Composition r o o fe r s 'M achinists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 .0 100.0 helpers . . . . . . . 39 .6 7 a 92 .6Marble se tte rs ...................... 40 .0 - 100.0 E levator constructors*

helpers ................................ 40 .0 - - 100.0M osaic and terrazzo

workers ................................ 40 .0 - - 100.0 Marble setters* helpers 40.0 - 100.0Painte**s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 .5 0 / ) 30 .7 69.3 P lasterers * Inborers t t . . . . t 38 .9 9 .2 2 .9 8 7.9PupHrhAngea*s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39*3 1A.7 85.3 Plumbers * lab orers . . . . . . . . . 40.0 100.0P lasterers .............................. 3 8 a 18 .2 2 .0 79 .8 Terr&zzo workers*P]Tpahcrrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 .3 13 .8 86 .2 helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 100.0Rodmen............. ........................ 39*8 3 .9 96a T ile layers* helpers .............

_______________________________ _______

40.0 100.0

l / Less than 0*05 p ercen t.

TABLE 13.-Percent o f union members a ffe cte d by changes in stra igh t-tim e weekly hours, by tra d e, Ju ly 1 , 1953,compared w ith July 1 , 1952

Trade

Percent o f union members a ffe cte d by -

Trade

Percentai

No change Increase Decrease No change Increase Decrease

A ll b u ild in g trade.............................. 100,0 (1 /) Journeymens ContH mw^R oofers, com position ............. 100.0 _

Journeym en.......................................... . 100,0 a/) a/) R oofers, s la te and t i le 100.0 - -A sbestos workers 100,0 Sheet-natal workers . . . . . . . . 100.0 _B oilerm ak ers.................................. 100,0 _ Steam and sprin k lerB rick layers .................. 100,0 a/) f it t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,0Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,0 _ Stonemasons ................ 100.0 _Cement fin ish e rs ............... . 100,0 . S tru ctu ra l-iron workers ,,,, 100.0 _

T ile la y ers ........................... . 100.0 - -E le ctr icia n s (in sid e

wirsmen) *tt...*............ 100,0 Helpers and lab orers ,,,, 100,0Elevator con stru ctors r....T + 100,0 _ B ricklayers * tenders ....... 100.0 _ _G laziers .............................. 100,0 Building lab orers .......... 100.0Lathers .......................................... . 97 .6 1 .6 0 ,8 Composition r o o fe r s 'Mschin1 ffts 100,0 helpers .................. 100.0Marble s e t t e r s ................... .. 100,0 _ E levator constructors*

h e lp e r s .............................. 100.0 - -M osaic and terrazzo

workers ........................................ 100.0 - - Marble setters* helpers 100.0 - -P ainters r t f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.0 _ P la sterers* la b orers . . . . . . . 100.0 _ _PsjT*hngers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,0 FLunbers * lab orers . . . . . . . . . 100.0P lasterers . . .................................. 100,0 . _ Terrazzo workers*Plumbers 100.0 _ helpers 100.0Rodmen ............. ...................... 100.0 * T ile layers* helpers 100.0

Less than 0 .05 percent,


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TABLE lit. Union scales of wages and hours for Building trades in 52 cities, July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953

/Hours are Uo per week for Both years unless otherwise indicated/

Trade or occupationRate per hour Rate per hour Rate per hour

July 1, 1952

July 1, 1953

Trade or occupation July 1, 1952

July 1, 1953

Trade or occupation July 1; 1952

July 1, 1953

ATLANTA, GA. BALTIMORE, MD. - Continued BIRMINGHAM, ALA. - Continued

Journeymen Journeymen - Continued Journeymen - Continued

Asbestos workers ........... $2,625 $2,625 Carpenters, millwrights, Carpenters, floor layers,Boilermakers ............... 2.600 2.750 and piledrivers ........... $2,580 *2.580 piledrivers ............... $2 .2U0 *2 .2U0Bricklayers ................. 2.900 3.100 Cement finishers ........... 2.1*50 2.600 Millwrights .............. 2.365 2.365Carpenters, millwrights, Electricians (inside wiremen) 2.750 2.875 Cement finishers ........... 2.380 2.380and piledrivers ........... 2.200 2.350 Elevator constructors ...... 2.850 2.960 Electricians (inside wiremen) 2.750 2.875

Cement finishers ........... 2.310 2 .U50 Engineers - Power equipment Elevator constructors ...... 2.580 2.710Electricians (inside wiremen) 2.600 2.750 operators: Engineers - Power equipmentElevator constructors ...... 2.610 2.750 Building construction: operators:Engineers - Power equipment Heavy equipment: Air compressors .......... 2.025 2.025operators: Derricks, power cranes, Bulldozers ................ 2.190 2.300Air compressors, portable shovels, elevating Cranes, derricks, andand stationary .......... 1.800 1.800 graders ............. 2.850 3.100 draglines ............... 2.W*0 2 .1*1*0

Bulldozers: Medium equipment: Finishing machines ....... 2.025 2.025Under 1*0 horsepower .... 1.800 1.800 Temporary elevators, Graders:UO horsepower and over .. 2.075 2.075 concrete pumps, Blade .................. 2.135 2.135

Cranes, derricks, drag- single-drum hoists ... 2.200 2.250 Motor .................. 2.300 2.300lines, and piledrivers ... 2.600 2.600 Light equipment: Hoists:

2 .1*00 2.U00 2.200 2.250 1 d r u m ................. 2.160 2.160Hoists: Bulldozers ........... 2.000 2.250 2 drums ................ 2 .1*1*0 2 Mo

1 d r u m .................. 2.000 2.000 Heavy construction: Mixers:2 drums ................ 2.350 2.350 Heavy equipment: Under 5 bags ........... 2.025 2.0253 drums ................. 2.550 2.550 Whirleys, derricks, 5 bags and over ........ 2.M*0 2 .1*1*0

Locomotives .............. 1.900 1.900 piledrivers ......... 2.850 3.100 Piledrivers .............. 2.1*1*0 2.1*1*0Mixers: Light equipment: Pumps ..................... 2.025 2.025

Under 10S .............. 1.650 1.650 Tractors with Rollers ................... 2.160 2.160I .900 I.9OO 2.000 2.250 Scrapers .................. 2.1*1*0 2 MO

Pumps ....................................................... 1.650 1.650 Glaziers .................... 2.375 2.1*75 Shovels ................... 2.hk0 2.1*1*0Rollers ................... 1.800 1.800 Lathers ..................... 2.875 2.875 Tractors .................. 2.160 2.160Scrapers .................. 2.075 2.075 Machinists .................. 2.750 2.875 Trenching machines ....... 2 MO 2 .1*1*0Shovels .................................................. 2.600 2.600 Marble setters .................................... 2.500 2.500 Glaziers ..................................................... 2.250 2.300Tractors: Mosaic and terrazzo workers . 2.750 2.875 Lathers ....................................................... 2.250 2.250

UO horsepower and under . 1.650 1.650 Painters ..................................................... 2.250 2.350 Marble setters .................................... 2.500 2.625Over Uo horsepower ............... 1.900 1.900 Structural steel ......................... 2.375 2.*75 Mosaic and terrazzo vorkers . 2.500 2.625With special equipment . . 2.075 2.075 Paperhangers .......................................... 2.250 2.350 Painters ..................................................... 2.250 2.350

Trenching machines .................... 2.350 2.350 Plasterers ............................................... 2.750 2.875 Spray ....................................................... 2.250 2.350Glaziers ..................................................... 2.200 2.350 Plumbers .................... 2.800 2.900 Structural steel, stageLathers ..................... 2.500 2.750 Rodmen ...................... 2.750 2.900 and swing stage ......... 2.500 2.600Machinists .................. 2.500 2.500 Roofers, composition: Paperhangers ............... 2.250 2.350Mosaic and terrazzo workers . 2.750 3.100 First hand ................ 2.600 2.600 Plasterers .................. 2.520 2.520P u ln t e r s .................................................... 2.200 2.350 Second hand .............. 2.200 2.200 Plumbers .................... 2.650 2.800

Structural steel and Roofers, slate and tile ............ 2 .U80 2 .1*80 Rodmen .......................................................... 2.250 2.1*00swinging stage ............................ 2.250 2.600 Sheeters and precast Roofers, composition, flat . . 1.870 2.100

Paperhangers .......................................... 2 .U50 2.600 slabmen ............................................... 2.680 2.680 Roofers, composition,Plasterers ............................................... 2.500 2.750 Sheet-metal workers ....................... 2.800 2.900 steep .................................... ..................... 2.150 2.150Plumbers ..................................................... 2.900 2.900 Sign painters ....................................... 2.200 2.500 Roofers, slate and tile,Rodmen .......................................................... 2.200 2.500 Steam fltters .......................................... 2.800 2.900 slabbers and sheeters .............. 2.150 2.150Roofers, composition .................... 1.750 1.750 Stonemasons ................. 3.200 3.200 Sheet-metal workers ........ 2.U90 2.575Roofers, slate and tile .... 1.750 1.750 Structural-iron workers .... 3.050 3.200 Sign painters .............. 2.350 2.350Sheet-metal workers ........ 2.200 2.500 Sheeters .................. 3.300 3.^50 Steamfltters ............... 2.650 2.800Sign painters .............. 2.000 2.500 Tile layers ................. 2.750 2.875 Stonemasons ................ 3.000 3.000Steamfltters ............... 2.900 2.900 Structural- and ornamental-Stonemasons ............................................ 2.900 3.100 Helpers and laborers iron workers ....................................... 2.500 2.650Structural- and ornamental- Buckers-up .......................................... 2.625 2.775iron workers ....................................... 2.U50 2.750 Bricklayers tenders .................... 1.590 1.590 Sheeters ............................................... 2.750 2.900

Tile layers ............................................ 2.750 3.100 Building laborers ............................ 1.1*90 1.1*90 Tile layers ............................................ 2.500 2.625Composition .roofers *

Helpers and laborers helpers ..................................................... 1.1*90 1.1*90 Helpers and laborersElevator constructors*

Bricklayers* tenders .................... 1.200 1.200 helpers ..................................................... 1.995 2.070 Bricklayers * tenders .................... 1.225 1.225Mortar mixers ............ 1.300 1.300 Marble setters* helpers .... 1.790 1.790 Mortar mixers ............ 1.325 1.325

Building laborers .......... 1.200 1.200 Plasterers' laborers ....... 1.590 1.590 Building laborers .......... 1.225 1.225Elevator constructors * Hod carriers ............. 1.800 1.800 Concrete helpers ......... 1.225 1.2 25helpers .................... 1.830 1.930 Mortar mixers ............ 1.590 1.590 Composition roofers* helpers. (1/) 1.250Plasterers * laborers ....... 1.200 1.200 Plumbers* helpers .......... 1.1*90 1.1*90 Elevator constructors*Plumbers* laborers ......... 1.200 1.200 Terrazzo workers * helpers ... 1.760 1.875 helpers ................... 1.805 1.897

Tile layers* helpers ....... 1.790 1.790 Marble setters' helpers .... 1.225 1.225BALTIMORE, MD. Plasterers' laborers ....... 1.275 1.275

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Hod carriers ............. 1.275 1.275Journeymen Plumbers' laborers ......... 1.225 1.225

Journeymen Steam and sprinklerAsbestos workers ........... 2.625 2.750 fitters* helpers ......... 1.225 1.225Boilermakers ..... .......... 2.760 3.000 Asbestos workers ........... 2.625 2.750 Terrazzo workers' helpers ... 1.225 1.225Bricklayers ................. 3.200 3.200 Bricklayers ................. 3.000 3.000 Tile layers' helpers ....... 1.225 1.225

1/ Information not availaBle for rate and hours on July 1, 1952.

NOTE: When more than one union scale was in effect for the same classification in a particular city,letters of the alphabet were used to designate the various effective agreements* The sequence of the letters does not indicate the relative importance of the agreements or the scales.


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TABU lM.~Uhlan scales of wages and hours for building trades in 52 cities, July 1 , 1952, and July 1, 1953 - Continued

Trade or occupationBate per hour

July 1 1952

, July l j 1953

Trade or occupation

B08TOI, MASS. I BUFFALO, H. T .

Jouraeyaen Journeymen

A sbestos workers ....................... *2.780 *2.850 1Asbestos workers .......................B oileraakers ............................... 2.750 2.750 HBoilermakers . . TTt. TfB rick layers .................................. 3.000 3.085 I B r ick la y e r s _____. . . . . . . . . . . .Carpenters .................................... 2.625 2.750 |Carpenters ....................................Cement fin ish e rs ....................... 3.000 3.125 | M illw rights ..............................X lectrie la n s (in sid e wiremem) 2.800 2.900 0 Cement fin ish e rs .......................ELsrator con stru ctors . . . . . . . 2.790 2.910 lj Swing s ca ffo ld . . . . . . . . . . . .Engineers - Power equipment y Machine o p e ra to r s .................

opera tors: | Swing s c a f f o ld ...................B uilding con stru ction : 1 E lectricia n s (in sid e wlremen)

Heavy equipment: 1X levator constructors .............Power sh ovels, p ile - | Engineers - Power equipment

d riv e rs , h o istin g op erators:engines ............................ 3.000 3.000 B uilding con stru ction :

Medium equipment: Heavy equipment:B u lldozers, concrete Shovels, cranes,

m ixers, stean b o ile r s 2.625 2.625 d errick s .........................L ight equipment: Medium equipment:

Punps, com pressors, C arrya lls, trench ingw elding n a ch ln e s ......... 2.550 2.550 machines .........................

Heavy con stru ction : H oists ......................... ..Heavy equipment: Light equipment:

Power sh ovels, p ile - Compressors, m echanicald riv ers , lig h te rs . . . . 3.000 3.000 heaters .........................................

Medium equipment: Pumps ..................................Concrete m ixers, steam Heavy con stru ction :b o ile r s , bu lldozers . . 2.625 2.625 Heavy equipment:

Light equipment: Shovels, cranes,Punps, com pressors, backhoes .........................welding m ach ines......... 2.550 2.550 Medium equlpswnt:

G laziers ........................................ 2.225 2 .M25 Graders, ca rry a lls ,Granite cu tters ......... ................. 2.775 3.000 trenching machines . . .Lathers ....................... .................. ' 2.970 3.050 Light equlpswnt:M achinists .................................... 2.750 2.750 Compressors, heatingMarble se tters ............................ 2.775 2 . 9M0 b o ile rs ...........................Mosaic and terrazzo Pavers ................................workers ............. ........................ .......... 2.775 2 .9M0 G laziers ............................

P ainters ............................................................ 2.^00 2 .M75 Lathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spray ......................................... ... 3.200 3.200 M a ch in ists ......................................................Structural s te e l . . . . . . . . . . 2.550 2.550 Marble se tters .........................................

P lasterers ...................................................... 3.050 3.050 Mosaic and terrazzo workers .P lum bers___ . . . ________ . . . . . . . . 2.695 2.850 Painters ......................................................1 .Bodmen.................................................................. 2.820 2.850 Spray and stru ctu ra l s te e lB oofers, com position ....................... 2.510 2.580 Swinging and s te e lB oafers, s la te and swinging s c a f f o ld .......................

t i le .............................................. 2.510 2.580 Paperhangers ................................gheet-m etal workers ________ 2.670 2.850 P lasterers ....................................Sign painters ............................................ 2.030 2.200 Plumbers ............................................................

T etterera (ou tdoor) . r_____ 2.160 2.200 Bodmen ............................... .............Combination (p ic to r ia l) . . . 2.370 2 .5M0 B oafers, com p osition ...............

S team fitters ............................... 2.800 2.850 B oafers, s la te and t i le .........Sprinkler f i t t e r s ............. ... 2 .8M5 2 .8M5 Sheet-m etal workers .................

S ton ecutters: Sign painters ..............................Inside ............................................................ 2 .M38 2.550 P icto r ia l ...................................................O u ts id e ......................................... .. 2.988 3.125 Steam fitters ................................................Carvers: Sprinkler f it t e r s ..........................

Inside ...................................................... 2.688 3.000 Stonecutters (curb) ..........................Outside .......................................... 3.238 3.550 B uild ing, f it t in g , and

A r t ific ia l stone p atch ers: cu ttin g ......................................................Inside . . ....... ........................ .............. 2.190 2.290 Stonemasons ...................................................Outside ................................................... 2.988 3 .125 S tru ctu ra l- and ornamental -

gtonemsipons , - - T T t t t - t - _____ . . 3.000 3.085 iron workers ................................ ...S tru ctu ra l-iron w ork ers .............. 2.820 2.950 T ile layers ...................................................T ile la y e r s ................................................... 2.775 2.875

H elpers and laborersHelpers and laborers

/ B rick la yers' tenders ...............B rick la yers ' tenders ............... 1.930 1.930 B uilding laborers .....................B uilding laborers ..................... 1.930 1.930 E levator con stru ctors 'Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers ........................................helpers ........................................ 1.850 1.920 Marble s e tte r s ' helpers .........

X levator con stru ctors ' P la sterers ' laborers ...............1.950 2 .0M0 Mortar mixers ............

Marble s e tte r s ' helpers ......... 2.050 2.150 Plumbers' laborers ...................P la sterers ' helpers ................. 2.100 2.100 Terrazzo workers* helpers . . .Terrazzo w orkers' helpers . . . 2.125 2.125 Terrazzo gjrinders ........T ile la y e rs ' helpers ............... 2.050 2.150 T ile layers* helpers .......................

Bate per hour Bate per hour

July 1 1952

, July 1 , 1953

Trade or occupation July 1 1952

, July 1, 1953

CHABLOTTE, H. C.

Journeymen

*2.865 *2.900 Asbestos workers ....................... *2.625 *2.6252.910 3.010 Boilerm akers ................................ 2.600 2.7503.070 3 . 1M0 B rick layers .................................. 2.625 2.7502.815 2.905 Carpenters .................................... 1.950 2.0502.775 2.955 F loor layers ........................... 1.950 2.0502.770 2.850 M illw righ ts, p lle d r iv e rs ,3 .0M0 3.120 wharf and bridge ................. 2.200 2.3002 .9M0 3.020 Cement fin ish e rs ....................... 1.900 1.9003 .1M0 3.270 E le ctr icia n s ( ins ide wlremen) 2.200 2 .MOO2.900 3.000 Engineers - Power equipment2.910 3.075 op era tors:

A ir com pressors(p orta b le ) .............................. 1.875 2.000

B ulldozers ................................ 1.875 2.150Cranes, d errick s,

draglin es ................................ 2.125 2 . M002.9M0 3.030 Graders ...................................... 2.000 2.150

H olsts:1 drum ............... .................... 1.625 1.875

2.815 2.905 2 or more drums ................. 1.875 2.0002.775 2.865 B oom ........................................ 2.125 2 .M00

Locom otives .............................. 1.625 2 .M00M ixers:

2.565 2.655 Sm aller than 10S ............... 1.625 1.8752.690 2.780 Larger than 10S ................. 1.750 2.000

P lled riv ers .............................. 2.250 2 . M00Pumps:

Under 2 Inches ................... 1.625 1.8752 .9M0 3.030 Over 2 inches ..................... 1.750 2.000

B o ile rs :Asphalt .................................. 2.000 2.150

2.815 2.905 Earth ...................................... 1.870 2.150Scrapers .................................... 2.125 2.150Shovels ...................................... 2.125 2 . M00

2.565 2.655 Trenching n a ch ln e s ............... 2.125 2.1502.9M0 3.030 T ractors (w ith attach 2.350 2 .M80 ments) ...................................... 2.125 2.1503.010 3.090 G laziers ........................................ 1.650 I . 65O2.900 2.900 Lathers ......................... *.............. 2.500 2.5002.815 2.885 Marble se tters ........................... 2.500 2.5002.750 2.820 M osaic and terrazzo workers . 2.500 2.5002.585 2.665 P ainters .....................

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