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Union Wages and Hours Building Trades

July 1, 1960

and

Trend 1929-60

Bulletin No. 1290

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR A rthur J. G o ld b erg , S e c re ta ry

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ew an Claguo, Commissioner

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Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades

July 1, I960a nd

Trend 1929-60

Bulletin No. 1290April 1961

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

A rth u r J. G o ld b erg , S e cre ta ryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague, Commissioner

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Preface

The Bureau of Iiabor Statistics conducts annual surveys o f union wage rates and scheduled hours o f work for specified crafts or jobs as provided in labor-m an agement agreem ents in selected cities in four industries: Building construction, printing, lo ca l transit, and loca l trucking. The studies present the wage rates in effect as of July 1 of each year, as reported to the Bureau by the appropriate lo ca l labor organizations in each of the c ities.

Inform ation on the union sca les and hours p rev a iling in each city is available in Septem ber o f each year upon request to the Bureau's regional o ffice s . A nationwide sum m ary report o f these rates in the building construction trades was issued in D ecem ber I960. This bulletin provides additional data and indexes of the trend o f wages and hours for the period 190760. It was prepared by Thomas C. M obley under the d irection of John F. L aciskey of the Bureau's D ivision of Wages and Industrial Relations.


Contents

P age

S u m m ary ________________________________________________________________________________ 1S cope and m eth od o f study ___________________________________________________________ 1W age s ca le ch an ges ____________________________________________________________________ 2H ou rly w age s ca le s ____________________________________________________________________ 3C ity and re g io n a l v a r ia t io n s __________________________________________________________ 3Standard w ork w eek _____________________________________________________________________ 4H ealth, in su ra n ce , and p en s ion p lans ______________________________________________ 5U nion s c a le s by c ity and trad e _______________________________________________________ 5

T a b les :

1. Indexes o f un ion h ou rly w age ra tes in the bu ild ing t r a d e s , 190760 62. In dexes o f un ion h o u rly w age ra tes in ea ch bu ild ing tra d e , 190760 73. In c re a s e s in ra te s in the bu ild in g tr a d e s , July 1, 1959July 1, I960 ,

and a v era g e union h ou rly w age ra te s , July 1, I960 ___________________ 94. P e r ce n t ch an ges in un ion w age ra tes and p e rce n t o f b u ild in g -tra d e s

w o r k e r s a ffe c te d , July 1, 1959July 1, I960 ____________________________ 95. C e n ts -p e r -h o u r in c r e a s e s in union w age ra tes and p e rce n t o f

b u ild in g -tra d e s w o r k e r s a ffe c te d , July 1, 1959July 1, I960 ________ K)6 . In c re a se s in un ion w age ra te s in the bu ild ing tra d e s b y re g io n and

c ity , July 1, 1959July 1, I960 ___________________________________________ H7. D istr ib u tion o f union m e m b e rs in the bu ild ing tra d e s by h ou rly

w age ra te s , July 1, I960 ___________________________________________________ 128 . A v e ra g e union h ou rly w age ra te s in the bu ild ing tra d e s by c ity and

popu lation grou p , July 1, I960 ____________________________________________ 139. A v e ra g e union h ou rly w age ra te s in the bu ild ing tra d e s b y re g io n ,

July 1, I960 ___________________________________________________________________ 1410. In dexes o f un ion w eek ly h ou rs in the bu ild ing tra d e s , 190760 ________ 1411. In dexes o f un ion w eek ly h ou rs in ea ch bu ild ing tra d e , 190760 ________ 1512. D istr ib u tion o f un ion m e m b e rs in the bu ild ing tra d e s by s tra ig h t-

tim e w eek ly h ou rs , July 1, I960 __________________________________________ 1713. U nion s ca le s o f w a ges and h ou rs and e m p lo y e r in su ra n ce , p en sion ,

and v a ca tio n paym ents fo r bu ild ing tra d e s in 52 c i t ie s , July 1,1959, and July 1, I960 ______________________________________________________ 18

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Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades, July 1, 1960

Summary

Hourly wage sca les of union building- trades w orkers rose an average of 4. 1 p e r cent, or 14 cents, during the year ending July 1, I960, in c ities o f 100, 000 or m orepopulation, accord ing to the 54th annual su rvey o f union sca les in the building trades by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tw o- thirds o f the 33 trades surveyed showed average scale advances o f 12 to 16 cents an hour during the 1 2 -m onth period.

Rate changes resulting from la b or-m a n agement negotiations ra ised the wage scale for 94 percent o f the union build ing-trades w orkers covered by the survey. Hourly sca les advanced 10 to 15 cents for slightly m ore than a fourth o f the w orkers, 15 to 20 cents for a third, and 20 to 25 cents for a seventh. 1 A lm ost a tenth o f the w orkers had upward sca le adjustm ents o f 5 to 10 cents.

Union hourly wage sca les on July 1, I960, averaged $ 3 .6 6 for all build ing-trades w ork ers com bined, $ 3 .8 6 for journeym en, and $ 2 .8 8 for helpers and la b orers . About half o f the journeym en had negotiated sca les ranging from $ 3. 60 to $4 . 10 an hour and slightly m ore than half o f the helpers and lab orers had sca les of $ 2. 60 to $ 3. 10 an hour.

Straight-tim e workweeks fo r all building- trades w orkers averaged 39.3 hours, unchanged from the previous year. W orkweeks o f 40 hours w ere predominant, covering seven o f every eight build ing-trades w orkers.

Labor-m anagem ent agreem ents containing provisions for health and w elfare plans w ere applicable to 75 percent o f the building- trades w orkers . Pension plans w ere stipulated in contracts covering 45 percent o f the w o rk e rs .

1 F or ease of reading, in this and subsequent d iscussions o f tabulations, the lim its of the cla ss intervals are designated, for ex am ple, as 10 to 15 cents, 4 to 5 percent, etc. , instead of using the m ore p rec ise term in ology, "10 and under 15 cents, 4 and under 5 percent, " etc.

Scope and Method of Study

Union sca les are the minim um basic wage sca les (excluding holiday, vacation, or other benefit payments regu larly made or cred ited to the w orker each pay period) or m axim um schedules o f hours agreed upon through c o l lective bargaining between trade unions and em ployers. Rates in excess of the negotiated minim um , which m ay be paid for specia l qualifications or other reasons, are not included.

The inform ation presented in this bulletin was based on union sca les in effect on July 1, I960, and covered approxim ately 650, 000 journeym en and 1 6 0 , 000 helpers and la b orers in 52 cities with populations of 100, 000 or m ore . Data w ere obtained prim arily from loca l union offic ia ls by m ail questionnaire; in som e instances, Bureau econom ists v isited loca l union o ffic ia ls to obtain the desired inform ation.

The current survey was designed to r e flect union wage sca les in the building con struction industry in all cities of 1 0 0 , 000 or m ore population. A ll c ities o f a half m illion or m ore population w ere included, as w ere m ost cities in the population group of 250, 000 to 500, 000. The cities in the 100, 000 to 250, 000 group selected fo r study w ere d is tributed w idely throughout the United States. The data fo r som e of the c ities included w ere weighted to com pensate fo r the other c ities which w ere not surveyed. In order to provide appropriate representation in the com bination o f data, each of the geographic regions and population groups w ere considered separately when city weights w ere assigned.

A verage hourly sca les , designed to show current leve ls , are based on all sca les r e ported in effect on July 1, I960. Individualsca les are weighted by the number o f union m em bers at each rate. These averages are not designed for p rec ise y e a r -to -y e a r co m parisons, because o f fluctuations in m em b ership and in job classifica tion s studied. A v e r age cen ts -p er -h ou r and percent changes from July 1, 1959, to July 1, I960, are based on com parable quotations for the various occu pational cla ss ifica tion s in both periods, weighted by the m em bersh ip reported in the current survey. The index series , designed for trend purposes, is s im ila rly constructed.


2Wage Scale Changes

During the year ending July 1, I960, average union hourly sca les for build ing-trades w orkers rose 4. 1 percent and advanced the Bureau's index o f union hourly sca les (1947 49 = 100) to 177.3 (table 1). The rate o f in crease was the sm allest record ed in any1 2 -month period since July 1, 1955. R eflected in the in crease w ere advances o f 4 percent for journeym en and 4. 6 percent fo r helpers and lab orers (table 3).

Among the 24 journeym en trades studied, the percent o f in crea se varied from 3 for b rick layers to 5.2 for e lectr ic ia n s. Advances of 3. 5 to 4 percent and o f 4 to 4. 5 percent w ere each record ed by eight trades. A v e rages fo r com position roo fers and sheet-m etal w orkers in creased 4. 7 and 4. 6 percent, resp ective ly . Gains by the nine helper and laborer c la ss ifica tion s showed a w ider v a r iation from 3. 1 percent for e levator con stru ctors ' helpers to 6 . 5 percent fo r tile la yers ' h elpers. P lum bers' helpers advanced 5 .8 percent, w hereas building lab orers and te rra zzo w ork ers ' helpers each m oved up4. 7 percent. Increases ranged from 4. 1 to4. 5 percent for the other four cla ss ifica tion s .

Many o f the union contracts in effect on July 1, I 9 6 0 , w ere negotiated fo r 2 yearsa few w ere for a longer period . Contracts o f m ore than a y e a r 's duration often contain p rovision s fo r p eriod ic in crea ses . Although individual contracts provided for in crea ses at various dates, only those that actually becam e effective between July 1, 1959, and July 1,I 9 6 0 , w ere included in the current study. Some o f these scale rev isions w ere provided fo r in contracts which becam e effective p rior to July 1, 1959. A number of agreem entsnegotiated during the year contained p ro v isions fo r rate in crea ses after July 1, I960.Such d eferred advances have been excluded from the survey. Thus, the sca le changes presented herein do not re flect the total wage sca le changes negotiated in individual con tracts during the 12 months covered by the survey.

Between July 1, 1959, and July 1, I960, union build ing-trades w orkers in cities with 1 0 0 , 000 o r m ore inhabitants in creased their average hourly scale 14 cents. This advance was slightly less than that reg istered in each o f the three preceding 1 2 -m onth p eriods. Journeym en, as a group, in creased their average sca le 15 cents; helpers and laborers advanced 13 cents (table 3).

On a cen ts -p er -h ou r basis, advances in the average scale for the individual jou rn eym en trades showed relatively little variation. They ranged from 12 cents (br ick layers ,

elevator con stru ctors, and plum bers) to 20 cents (e le ctr ic ia n s ). Scales rose an average o f 17 cents for boilerm akers a.nd sheet-m etal w orkers and 16 cents fo r p la sterers , rodmen, com position roo fe rs , and tile layers . Of the rem aining 14 trades, 11 had advances o f 13 or 14 cents.

Among the nine helper and laborer c la s sifications, average sca le advances ranged from 9 to 19 cents for elevator con stru ctors ' helpers and tile la yers ' helpers, respectively . Building la b orers , num erically the m ost im portant group, increased their average scale 13 cents, as did p la ste re rs ' lab orers (table 3).

During the year ending July 1, I960, pay sca les w ere adjusted upward for 94 percent o f the union build ing-trades w orkers----p e r cent o f the journeym en and 92 percent o f the helpers and lab orers (table 4). F or a few w orkers in two journeym en trades and in two helper c la ss ifica tion s , rate rev isions resulted in d ecrea ses . Such revisions affected only one-tenth of 1 percent o f the w orkers, how ever. Rates increased fo r at least seven- eighths o f the w orkers in 28 of the 33 trades surveyed. Upward adjustments ranged from 10 to 15 cents for slightly m ore than a fourth o f the building tradesm en, from 15 to 20 cents for a third, and from 20 to 25 cents for a seventh. Advances o f 5 to 10 cents affected alm ost another tenth (table 5). The m ost com m on in crease , 15 cents, was applicable to slightly m ore than a fifth o f a ll building- trades w orkers, including a fifth o f the jo u r neymen and a fourth o f the helpers and la b orers . Advances o f 10 cents an hour a ffected a sixth o f the w orkers and a like p ro portion of the journeym en and the helpers and la b orers . Rates rose 20 cents an hour for a tenth of the union construction w orkers a twelfth o f the journeym en and a sixth o f the helpers and lab orers had such in crea ses .

In term s o f cents per hour, the in crea ses w ere approxim ately the sam e fo r journeym en as fo r helpers and la b orers . On a percentage basis , how ever, the gains w ere greater for helpers and lab orers than for journeym en. Although advances o f 4 to 6 percent affected about three o f every seven w orkers in both groups, the proportion of w orkers with gains o f 6 percent or m ore and of less than 4 p e r cent was reversed for journeym en and fo r helpers and la b orers . In creases o f 6 percent or m ore w ere record ed fo r a sixth o f the journeym en and a third o f the helpers and la b orers , but those o f less than 4 percent a ffected tw ice as many journeym en as helpersand laborers----35 com pared with 17 of each100 w orkers (table 4).


3On a regional basis, journeym en in cre a s ed their average sca le 11 to 16 cents in all regions except the P a cific , w here the advance was 20 cents (table 6). In percentage term s, the gains ranged from 3. 3 in the Middle West to 5. 5 in the P a cific regions. F or helpers and laborers, the in crease ranged from 8 to14 cents in all regions except the Mountain and P a cific where the in crea ses w ere 5 and 18 cents, respectively . The percentage gain was sm allest (2. 1) in the Mountain region and largest ( 6 . 2) in the Southeast and P a cific regions. In other regions, it varied from 3 .5 to 4 .6 percent (table 6).

Hourly Wage Scales

Journeym en as a group had hourly sca les averaging $ 3 .8 6 on July 1, I 9 6 0 . Amongthe 24 journeym en trades, average sca les ranged from $ 3. 52 for paperhangers to $4 . 17 fo r b rick la yers . B oilerm akers and p la sterers averaged $ 4 .1 1 and $ 4 .0 6 an hour, respectively , and five other trades had av erages o f $ 4 or m ore . G laziers and painters w ere the only other crafts with sca les a v e r aging less than $ 3 .6 0 an hour.

Hourly wage sca les for journeym en building tradesm en varied from $ 2 fo r com position roo fers in San Antonio to $ 5 .1 5 for crane operators on steel erection in New York City. Rates o f m ore than $5 an hour w ere also reported fo r severa l c la ssifica tion s of o p e r ating engineers in Newark and New York City. Approxim ately half o f the journeym en had sca les ranging from $ 3 .6 0 to $4 . 10 an hour; a fifth, from $ 3 .2 0 to $ 3 .6 0 ; and a fourth, $ 4 .1 0 or m ore an hour (table 7). Rates of $ 4 .1 0 or m ore an hour w ere contained in labor-m anagem ent agreem ents for half o f the boilerm akers and b rick la yers ; at least tw o- fifths o f the e lectr ic ian s, p ipefitters, and p la sterers ; three-eighths o f the lathers and p lum bers; and for som e w orkers (generally15 to 30 percent) in 16 other trades. Hourly sca les of less than $ 3 w ere in effect for 1 percent o f the journeym en and in only three trades did the proportion exceed 5 percent.

Union sca les fo r helpers and lab orers as a group on July 1, i960, averaged $ 2 .8 8 ,and by trade cla ss ifica tion varied from $ 2 .51 fo r com position ro o fe rs ' helpers to $ 3 . 18 for p la sterers ' lab orers and te rra zzo w orkers ' h elpers. Building lab orers , num erically the largest group, had hourly sca les averaging $ 2 .8 1 (table 7).

Individual wage rates for helpers and lab orers varied from $ 1. 30 an hour fo r co m position ro o fe r s ' helpers in San Antonio to $ 4 .3 5 for som e of the p la sterers ' laborers in New Y ork City. Hourly wage sca les of $ 2 .6 0 to $ 3 .1 0 w ere in effect for slightly

m ore than half o f the helpers and la b orers . Negotiated rates of $ 2 .2 0 to $ 2 .6 0 an hour affected a ninth o f the helpers and la b o re rs ; o f $ 3 .1 0 to $ 3 .5 0 , an eighth; and o f $ 3 .5 0 or m ore, a tenth. Scales of less than $ 2 an hour w ere contained in agreem ents for 5 p e r cent o f the helpers and la b orers .

City and Regional Variations

Labor-m anagem ent negotiations in the building industry are generally conducted on a locality basis . Among the factors affecting the pay sca les for building-trades w orkers are variations in type and amount o f lo ca l building activity, the demand for construction w orkers, the extent of unionization, and the general leve l o f wages in individual lo ca lit ie s . These factors are reflected in the relatively wide variations in negotiated sca les for ind ividual crafts within a loca lity as w ell as in the d ifferen ce in rates among cities and regions. F or exam ple, sca les fo r p la sterers ranged from $2. 75 an hour in Charlotte, N .C., to $ 4 .9 5 an hour in New York City. The range o f rates among the 24 journeym en crafts in 6 typical cities are shown in the follow ing tabulation:

D ifferences in

Dollarsper

City Scale range hour Percent

A tla n ta -------------------------- $ 2 .65-$4 .00 $1.35 51B o s to n -------------------------- 3 .2 2 ^ -4 .6 5 1.42% 44C h ic a g o ------------------------- 3 .75-4.47% .72% 19D allas -------------------------- 2 .7 0 -4 .0 0 1.30 48New York City --------------- 3.504.96 1.46 42San F ran cisco

Oakland ---------------------- 3 .60-4 .68 1.08 30

The d ifferen ce between the highest and low est sca le for helpers and laborers was sm aller than that for journeym en in each o f the above cities, ranging from 45 cents in Boston to $ 1 in New York City.

The city and regional averages presented in tables 8 and 9 are designed to show current levels of rates. They do not m easure d ifferen ces in union sca les of the various crafts among areas. As previously indicated, sca les for individual trades d iffer from one city to another. The city and regional averages are influenced not only by d ifferen ces in rates among cities and regions, but also by d iffe r ences in the proportion of organized w orkers in the various cra fts . For exam ple, a p a r ticu lar craft or cla ss ifica tion may not be organized in som e areas or may be organized less intensively in som e areas than in others. In addition, certain types of work are found in som e areas but not in others, or they are


4found to a greater extent in som e areas than in others. These d ifferen ces are re flected in the weighting of individual rates by the number of union m em bers at the rate. T h erefore, even though rates for all individual crafts in two areas are identica l, the average for all crafts com bined in each of the areas m ay d iffer.

On a city b a s is , average hourly sca les varied w idely among the 52 cities surveyed for both journeym en and for helpers and la b orers . Scales for journeym en averaged low est ($3.11) in C harlotte, N .C. , and highest ($ 4 .4 7 ) in Newark, N .J . (table 8). A verages o f $4 or m ore prevailed in 7 other cities and of less than $ 3 .5 0 in 11 others. Scales averaged from $ 3 .5 0 to $ 3 .7 5 in 18 cities and from $ 3. 7 5 to $4 in 14 c ities .

F or helpers and la b o re rs , average sca les ranged from $ 1 .4 7 an hour in Charlotte to $ 3 .7 4 an hour in New Y ork City. They averaged $3 or m ore in nine other c it ie s , and less than $ 2 in seven others. A verages varied from $ 2 .7 5 to $3 in 16 c it ie s , from $ 2. 50 to $ 2. 75 for 11 cities , and from $ 2. 25 to $ 2. 50 in 4 cities (table 8).

When the 52 surveyed cities are grouped accord in g to population s ize , average hourly sca les for union build ing-trades w orkers varied by size of city . Scales averaged highest in the group of cities with 1 m illion or m ore population and low est in the group of cities with 100,000 to 250,000. The re s p e c tive average hourly sca les w ere $4 . 10 and $ 3. 60 for journeym en and $ 3. 29 and $ 2. 57 for helpers and la b orers .

Within each population group, co n s id e r able variation existed in average hourly sca les for journeym en and for helpers and la b orers . The range was narrow er for journeym en than for helpers and laborers in each of the size groupings. The d ifference between the highest and low est average sca les $ 1. 09 for journeym en and $ 1. 87 for helpers and la b orers was greatest in the group of cities with 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. The spread was narrow est for journeym en (68 cents) in the group of cities with 500,000 to 1 m illion inhabitants, and for helpers and laborers ($ 1. 15) in the group with 1 m illion or m ore . An overlapping of average sca les existed among the cities in the various size groups for both c la s s if ic a tions of build ing-trades w orkers . F or e x a m p le , the average scale for journeym en in P eor ia , 111. , in the sm a lles t-s ize group studied, was exceeded by the average scale in only five of the m ore heavily populated c ities .

R egionally , average union hourly scales for building tradesm en in cities with a pop ulation of 100,000 or m ore ranged from $ 3 . 14 in the Southwest to $4 . 03 in the Middle Atlantic States. The national average of $ 3. 66 was also exceeded by the Great Lakes ($ 3 .7 1 ) and the P a cific ($ 3 .7 2 ) reg ions. A verages varied from $3 . 15 to $ 3 .5 6 an hour in the rem aining regions (table 9).

H ourly sca les for journeym en averaged highest ($ 4 .2 3 ) in the Middle Atlantic States and low est ($ 3 .40) in the Southeast. A ll journeym en trades in the Middle Atlantic States averaged at least $ 3 .3 4 an hour, and 19 had sca les averaging in excess of $4 an hour. In the Southeast, three building crafts had averages of less than $ 3 an hour and four averaged $ 3 .7 5 or m o re , the highest of which was $ 3 .9 1 reg istered by stonem asons. Averages o f $4 or m ore w ere record ed by 12 journeym en trades in the P a cific region and by at least 1 trade in each of the other regions except the 2 in the South.

F or helpers and la b o re rs , the highest ($ 3. 28) and the low est ($ 1. 96) levels of wage rates w ere in the Middle Atlantic and Southw est reg ion s, resp ective ly . In seven reg ion s, all helper and laborer c lassifica tion s had sca les averaging in excess o f $ 2. 30 an hour. Scales averaged $ 3 or m ore for eight of the classifica tion s in the Middle A tlantic, for seven in the Great Lakes , for six in the P a c ific , and for two in the Middle W est reg ions.

Standard W orkweek

R elatively few building construction tradesm en w ere affected by changes in the standard workweek between July 1, 1959> and July 1, I960. The changes reported had noeffect on the average straight-tim e w orkw eek, which rem ained at 39.3 hours for all building- trades w orkers com bined, 39. 3 for jou rn eym en and 39. 5 for helpers and laborers (table 12).

The predom inant workweek consisted of 40 h ou rs, and seven of every eight w orkers in the building trades had such schedules. Labor-m anagem ent agreem ents stipulated a workw eek of 35 hours for a tenth of the building tradesm en. Such schedules affected slightly m ore than a fourth of the painters and brick layers* tenders, a fifth o f the b r ick la y e rs , m o sa ic , and terra zzo w ork ers , and te rra zzo w o rk e rs h elpers . W orkweeks of 30 hours w ere negotiated for slightly m ore than a fifth of the p la sterers and about a tenth of the electric ian s and p la s te re rs la b orers .


5Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans

Health, insurance, and pension plans p r o vided in labor-m anagem ent agreem ents for w orkers in the building trades have steadily increased in recent years . The w idespread developm ent of such plans in the industry has perhaps been less rapid than in industries where problem s of seasonal operations and casual em ploym ent are not as extensive. A lso , m ost construction -trades unions have operated their own program s providing their m em bers with one or m ore types o f benefits , such as those covering death, o ld -a g e , s ic k n ess , or disability. The developm ent o f n egotiated insurance and pension program s un- doubtly has been affected by these fa ctors . On July 1, I960, th ree-fourths of the building- trades w orkers w ere covered by contracts providing for health or insurance p lan s, and slightly m ore than tw o-fifths w ere covered by pension plan p rov is ion s , thus showing a slight increase in coverage o f both types of program s over the previous year. 2

Of the w orkers provided health and in surance protection , virtually all w ere covered by plans financed entirely by em ployers. Such plans w ere applicable to a m ajority of the w orkers in many trades. Included among these crafts w ere asbestos w ork ers , b o ile r m akers, la th ers, painters, p ip e fitters, p la s te r e rs , p lu m bers, rodm en, sheet-m etal w ork e r s , stru ctu ra l-iron w ork ers , and elevator constructors and their helpers. Pension plans financed entirely by the em ployer a ffected p ractica lly all the w orkers covered by such plans. P rovisions for these plans occu rred m ore frequently in contracts applicable to e lectric ian s than for any other

trade. Among the crafts in which there w ere substantial proportions o f the w orkers c o v ered w ere asbestos w ork ers , b r ick la y ers , ca rp en ters, cem ent fin ish ers , la th ers, m o saic and terra zzo w ork ers , pain ters, p ip e fitte rs , p la sterers , p lum bers, rodm en, sheet- m etal w orker s , s tru c tu ra l-iro n w o rk e rs , tile la y e rs , brick layers* tenders, p lasterers* la b o re rs , and plum bers* lab orers .

Union Scales by City and Trade

Union sca les of wages and hours in e f fect on July 1, 1959, and July 1, I960, t o gether with the amount of em ployer co n tr ibutions to health, insurance, pension , and vacation plans on July 1, I960, for the in dividual trades in each of the 52 cities in cluded in the study are presented in table 13.

2 The prevalence of negotiated health, in surance, and pension program s for con stru ction w orkers was first studied in July 1954. Inform ation on these plans was restr ic ted to those financed entirely or in part by the em ployer. Plans financed by w orkers through union dues or assessm ents w ere excluded from the study. No attempt was made to secure inform ation on the kind and extent of benefits provided or on the cost of plans p r o viding such benefits. In the current study, how ever, inform ation was obtained on the amount of em ployer contributions in term s of cents per hour or percent of rate. Such inform ation is presented in table 13. Although som e em ployer payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or gross p ayro ll, these variations in the method of com putation are not indicated in the tabulation.


6TAB LE 1. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in the building trades, 190760

(1947 -49 = 100)

Date A ll trades JourneymenHelpers

andlaborers

1907 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 18. 2 19. 0 14. 51908 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 19. 4 20. 2 15. 21909 May 15 _________________________________ 20. 4 2 1 .2 15. 71 9 1 0 May 15 ---------------------------------------------- 21. 2 22. r 16. 21911 May 15 _________________________________ 21. 5 22. 5 16. 3

1912 May 15 _________________________________ 22. 0 23. 0 16. 41913 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 22. 5 23. 5 16. 91914 May 15 _________________________________ 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 15 _________________________________ 28. 2 29. 3 22. 71919 May 15 _________________________________ 32. 3 3 3 .4 26. 21 9 2 0 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 43. 6 44. 7 38. 11921 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 44. 4 45. 6 38. 4

1 9 2 2 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 15 _________________________________ 51. 6 53. 0 41. 51926 May 15 _________________________________ 55. 0 56. 6 45. 2

1927 May 15 _________________________________ 56. 9 58. 5 46. 01928 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 57. 2 59. 0 46. 51929 May 15 ----- ------------------------------------------ 58. 0 59. 7 47. 31930 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 60. 4 62. 2 49. 71931 May 15 ------------------------------------------- 60. 6 62. 4 49. 4

1932 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 51. 8 5 3 .4 42. 21933 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 50. 3 5 1 .9 40. 31934 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 50. 7 52. 2 4 1 .51935 May 15 _________________________________ 51. 3 52. 8 41. 71936 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 53. 1 5 4 .6 44. 1

1937 May 15 -------------------------------------------------- 56. 8 58. 3 48. 01938 June 1 --------------------------------------------------- 61. 8 63. 4 52. 81939 June 1 --------------------------------------------------- 62. 3 6 3 .8 53. 21940 June 1 --------------------------------------------------- 63. 3 64. 7 54. 31941 June 1 --------------------------------------------------- 65. 6 67. 0 5 6 .9

1942 July 1 ___________________________________ 6 9 .7 7 0 .8 62. 51943 July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 70. 2 7 1 .2 63. 31944 July 1 __________________________________ 70. 8 7 1 .7 64. 01945 July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 72. 2 73. 0 67. 01946 July 1 ___________________________________ 80. 5 8 0 .9 7 7 .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 1 1 7 .4 119. 9

1952 July 1 ----------------- -------------------------------- 125. 1 124. 6 127. 71953 July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 131. 6 130. 7 136. 51954 July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 136. 4 135. 4 142. 41955 July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 141. 2 140. 0 148. 51956 July 1 ------------------------ ------------------------- 147. 7 146. 2 157. 4

1957 : July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 155. 3 153. 6 166 .61958 : July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 162. 4 160. 5 174. 71959 : July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 170. 3 167. 9 185. 8I960: July 1 ----------------------------------------------------- 177. 3 174. 6 194. 3


7TABLE 2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in each building trade, 190760

(1947 -49 100)

Date AsbestosworkersB oilermakers

Bricklayers

C arpenters

Cementfinishers

Elect ri- cians

(inside wi remen)

Elevatorcon

structorsGlaziers Lathe r s Machinists

Marblesetters

Mosiac and te r -

razzo workers

Painters

Paper-hangers

Pipefitters

1907 May 15 _____ 23. 3 18. 5 22. 0 18. 1 24. 6 17. 1 19 .91908 May 15 _____ - - 23 .9 19. 7 21. 9 19. 7 - - - 24. 8 - 1 9 . 0 - 20. 11909 May 15 ------- - - 24. 4 20. 7 22. 5 2 0 .4 - - - - 25. 0 - 20. 3 - 22 .91 9 1 0 May 15 -------- - - 24. 9 21. 7 22. 8 21 .0 - - - - 25. 3 - 21. 6 - 2 1 .21911 May 15 _____ - - 24. 9 22. 0 23. 7 21 .2 " " 25. 6 - 22. 0 - 21 .9

1 9 1 2 May 15 ------- 25. 2 22. 5 23. 7 2 1 .4 21 .7 25. 6 22. 2 22. 31913 May 15 _____ - - 25. 7 22. 8 24. 2 21 .9 - - 22. 3 - 27. 3 - 23. 2 - 23. 11914 May 15 _____ - - 26. 3 23. 2 24. 4 22 .6 25. 7 - 22 .6 - 27. 6 - 24. 0 - 23. 61915 May 15 _____ - _ 26. 4 23. 5 24. 7 23. 0 25. 8 - 23. 0 - 27 .9 - 24. 1 - 24. 11916 May 15 _____ 23. 6 - 26. 6 24. 2 24. 9 23. 5 26. 5 " 23 .6 28. 0 22. 1 26. 3 - 24. 5

1917 May 15 _____ 24. 8 27. 5 26. 3 26. 4 25. 1 28. 4 24. 5 28. 0 23. 3 27. 1 25. 51918 May 15 _____ 27. 8 _ 29 .6 29. 2 29. 1 27 .8 30. 2 26. 6 26. 5 - 29. 5 25. 2 29. 9 - 27. 81919 May 15 -------- 33. 8 _ 32 .9 33. 6 26. 2 31 .9 35. 1 28. 4 29 .5 - 32. 8 27. 1 35. 0 - 31. 31 9 2 0 May 15 ------- 4 3 .9 - 44. 8 45. 0 44. 3 42. 1 45. 2 41. 1 42. 0 - 43. 3 40. 0 47. 7 - 41. 31 9 2 1 May 15 -------- 44. 5 - 44. 5 45. 4 45. 8 43. 6 47. 5 4 1 .9 42. 6 " 44. 0 40. 8 49. 1 " 4 1 .8

1922 May 15 _____ 4 1 .4 43. 3 42. 0 42. 5 41. 1 44. 4 4 1 .9 40. 1 43. 1 39. 6 46. 0 40. 81923 May 15 ------- 43. 0 _ 4 9 . 0 46. 9 46. 5 42. 7 47. 2 44. 5 44. 3 - 48. 7 40. 5 50. 4 - 42. 91924 May 15 _____ 48. 0 _ 5 1 .9 50. 1 51. 4 47. 6 53. 0 46. 9 47. 7 - 51. 0 47. 8 53. 1 - 49. 21925 May 15 ------- 49. 9 - 54. 9 51. 2 51 .6 50. 1 55. 5 52. 2 52. 0 - 52. 0 50. 3 56. 0 - 51. 71926 May 15 _____ 53. 4 58. 2 54. 9 55. 1 52. 8 58. 2 52 .9 53. 4 " 58. 2 51. 4 59. 4 - 56. 0

1927 May 15 ------- 56. 0 59 .7 56. 7 57. 6 55 .0 60. 6 56. 5 55. 5 59. 4 53. 4 6 1 .4 57. 61928 May 15 _____ 56. 4 - 60. 1 56. 9 57. 0 55. 5 61. 2 57. 1 55. 7 - 59. 7 56. 0 62. 4 - 58. 51929 : May 15 ------- 5 9 . 0 - 61 .5 57. 8 57. 0 57. 8 61. 4 58. 0 55. 3 - 63. 9 58. 7 62. 2 - 58. 81930 : May 15 ------- 62. 4 - 63. 0 60. 1 60. 7 58. 9 64. 2 60. 7 57. 6 - 64. 1 61. 5 65. 8 - 61. 71931:: May 15 ------- 63. 0 62. 9 60. 3 61. 0 59 .6 64. 6 61. 1 57. 3 64. 5 62. 0 66. 0 " 62. 0

1932 May 15 _____ 52. 5 53. 8 49. 4 53. 2 56 .9 60. 1 51. 1 51 .5 5 9 . 0 57. 7 55. 8 53. 41933 May 15 ------- 52. 4 - 52. 4 49. 3 52. 0 52. 0 55. 8 5 1 .0 49. 6 - 57. 1 52. 6 54. 7 - 5 1 .91934 May 15 _____ 52. 3 _ 52. 6 50. 1 52. 5 52. 1 56. 0 54. 1 50. 9 - 56. 8 53. 3 53. 8 - 52. 51935 May 15 ------- 53. 0 _ 5 1 .8 50. 8 52. 8 54. 6 56. 0 54. 6 51 .5 - 57. 2 53. 3 54. 0 - 53. 31936 May 15 _____ 55. 1 - 52. 1 53. 4 54. 1 56. 0 56. 7 55. 4 52. 7 " 57. 5 53. 4 56. 7 - 55. 1

1937 May 15 _____ 59. 4 61 .0 55. 8 56. 8 58. 1 58. 5 58. 9 60. 7 56. 3 59 .7 60. 8 56. 0 60. 8 63. 7 58. 11938 June 1 --------- 65. 0 67. 3 6 1 .6 61. 9 63. 4 6 4 .4 66. 1 65. 1 62. 3 6 3 .6 66. 0 62. 2 64. 9 64. 8 65. 51939 June 1 --------- 65. 4 67. 8 6 1 .9 62. 1 63. 7 64. 7 67. 2 65. 5 64. 3 63. 7 66. 2 63. 1 65. 4 65. 1 66. 01940 June 1 --------- 66. 1 6 8 .8 63. 2 63. 6 64. 2 65. 8 68. 2 66. 2 64. 8 64. 0 67. 3 63. 4 65. 5 65. 6 66. 21941 June 1 --------- 68. 5 70. 1 64. 7 65. 0 66. 5 68. 8 69. 8 68. 3 67. 2 65. 8 67. 5 64. 0 6 9 .9 70. 0 68. 2

1942 July 1 _______ 73. 5 74. 5 67. 0 69. 6 70. 5 73. 5 73. 7 71. 3 70. 2 69. 1 68. 7 66. 0 72. 2 73. 1 72. 11943 July 1 ---------- 73. 7 74. 6 67. 3 69. 8 71. 3 73. 7 74. 4 71 .8 70. 2 70. 7 69. 0 67. 1 73. 5 73. 3 72. 51944 July 1 ---------- 74. 1 74. 6 68. 1 70. 4 72. 0 74. 3 74. 8 72. 2 70. 8 71. 1 69. 8 68. 0 74. 2 74. 3 72. 91945 July 1 _______ 74. 9 75. 3 69 .7 71. 6 72. 7 75. 7 75. 3 73. 5 71 .7 71. 1 72. 4 69. 3 75. 2 74. 6 75. 41946 July 1 _______ 82. 2 81. 3 77. 7 80. 5 81. 6 80. 9 80. 2 80. 8 79 .9 79. 3 80. 4 78. 4 83. 2 83. 0 82. 2

1947 July 1 ---------- 91. 3 90. 8 8 9 .9 9 2 . 8 91. 9 91 .2 91. 8 93. 0 92 .9 9 1 . 8 9 1 .6 92. 1 93. 1 94. 6 9 1 . 81948 July 1 _______ 100. 7 101.8 102. 5 102. 2 102. 6 100. 0 100. 8 101.9 101.5 101. 3 102. 2 102. 4 100. 9 100. 0 101 .81949 July 1 _______ 108. 0 107.5 107.7 104. 9 105. 6 108. 8 107. 4 105. 2 105. 6 107.0 106. 2 105. 6 106. 0 105. 4 106. 41950 July 1 ---------- 113. 3 112. 4 111.6 110. 1 110. 0 111.5 112. 6 111.0 115. 5 108. 6 110. 0 111 .3 109. 6 109. 6 111.01951 July 1 _______ 119.9 118. 2 116. 3 117. 4 117. 0 120. 0 118. 8 116. 5 120. 9 115. 2 113. 7 118. 2 116. 8 116. 8 117. 8

1952: July 1 _______ 125. 3 125. 8 126. 2 124. 6 122. 4 126. 8 123. 5 121.8 125. 0 120. 3 121.8 122. 0 124. 4 123. 9 124. 81953 : July 1 ---------- 134. 4 133. 7 130. 0 131. 1 129. 8 132.0 131. 5 130. 4 130.8 130. 6 130. 1 128. 0 130. 5 131.7 130. 61954 : July 1 _______ 140. 7 139. 4 134. 2 135. 3 133. 6 135. 9 136. 7 134. 2 134. 2 136. 0 134. 3 133. 3 134. 5 136. 1 137. 61955 : July 1 ---------- 145. 1 143. 4 137. 8 140. 3 138. 8 139. 0 141. 5 140. 2 137. 7 142. 3 137. 4 137. 2 139. 9 141.7 140. 91956: July 1 _______ 150. 8 149. 6 144. 0 146. 2 145. 5 146. 6 147. 0 147. 5 143. 6 147. 7 144. 0 144. 3 145. 5 147. 2 147. 4

1957 : July 1 _______ 157. 4 158. 6 149. 6 153. 9 152. 8 153. 9 153. 1 155. 1 149. 6 153. 2 152. 4 151. 2 153. 2 156. 5 155. 21958 : July 1 ---------- 167. 1 167. 0 154. 6 161. 1 159. 2 162. 1 160. 7 162. 7 156. 0 163. 1 158. 3 157. 6 158. 7 163. 1 163. 21959 : July 1 ---------- 174. 0 174. 9 161 .4 169. 1 167. 1 167. 5 167. 9 170. 8 161 .4 171. 1 164. 1 164. 8 164. 9 170. 1 170. 4I960 : July 1 _______ 180. 0 182. 3 166. 2 175. 9 173. 4 176. 2 173. 3 178. 3 167. 1 177.6 170. 3 170. 7 172. 1 176. 9 176. 6


8TABLE 2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in each building trade, 190760 Continued

_____|_________ __________ ____________ (1947 -49 = 100)_______________________________________ ______

Date P lasterersPlumb

ers RodmenRoofers,composition

Roofers, slate and

tile

Sheet-metal

workersStonemasons

Structural-ironworkers

Tilelayers

Bricklayers'tenders

Buildinglaborers

Composition

roofers'helpers

P lasterers'

laborers

Plumbers'

laborers

Tilelayers'helpers

1907 May 15 ____ 24. 9 21 .5 19. 1 20. 9 18. 8 16. 8 15. 7 18. 51908 May 15 ------ 24. 8 21 .8 - - - 19.5 21 .2 20. 5 - 16. 8 15. 8 - 19. 3 _ -1909 May 15 ------ 25. 0 22. 1 - - - 19 .6 21. 3 21 .9 - 16. 8 16. 0 - 19.5 - -1910 May 15 ------ 25. 3 22. 3 - - - 20. 2 21 .5 2 3 .4 - 17. 1 16. 5 - 19 .6 - -1911 May 15 ____ 25. 4 23. 6 - - " 20. 8 21 .7 23 .9 17. 3 16. 6 - 19 .6 -

1 9 1 2 May 15 ____ 26. 0 23. 7 21. 3 21 .9 24. 3 24. 5 17. 4 16 .7 19 .9 18. 21913 May 15 ____ 26. 2 24. 5 - - - 22. 2 22. 6 25. 1 25. 8 17. 6 17. 5 - 20. 4 - 18 .51914 May 15 ____ 26. 3 24. 8 - 18. 7 2 2 .9 23. 0 23. 3 25. 6 2 5 .9 . 17. 8 17. 6 - 20. 8 _ 18. 71915 May 15 ___ 26. 4 25. 0 _ 19. 3 23. 8 23. 3 23. 6 25. 6 26. 0 18 .0 17. 7 - 20. 8 _ 19. 31916 May 15 ------ 27. 4 25. 2 19. 4 24. 5 23. 7 23 .9 26. 0 26. 4 18. 5 18. 5 ~ 2 1 .4 - 20. 0

1917 May 15 ____ 28. 2 26. 1 20. 5 26. 1 24. 8 24. 8 27. 5 27. 7 20. 6 20. 5 22. 8 20. 51918 May 15 ____ 29 .7 28. 8 - 23. 2 28. 6 2 9 . 0 27. 2 31 .5 28. 5 24. 0 24. 0 - 26. 3 _ 21. 21919 May 15 ------ 34. 2 32 .6 - 25. 8 32. 6 32. 0 30. 5 35 .5 31. 1 28. 1 27. 2 - 30. 0 - 25. 71 9 2 0 May 15 ------ 44. 7 42. 2 _ 36. 7 42. 1 42. 9 42. 5 45. 0 4 1 .8 40. 9 39. 4 - 43. 5 _ 42. 01 9 2 1 May 15 ------ 47. 2 44. 1 - 38. 4 45. 8 44. 5 43. 6 45. 8 41. 5 41. 1 39. 7 - 44. 9 - 42. 4

1 9 2 2 May 15 ____ 45. 3 4 1 .0 36. 8 43. 8 4 1 .2 40. 6 4 1 .6 40. 8 34. 1 37. 3 39. 4 39 .91923 May 15 ------ 50. 5 45. 3 - 37. 2 48. 9 44. 4 48. 0 4 4 .4 44. 6 37. 2 38. 0 - 4 3 .4 - 40. 81924 May 15 ____ 56. 5 49. 3 _ 43. 1 54. 1 48. 8 50. 9 50. 2 50. 6 38. 9 42. 3 - 46. 7 - 44. 41925 May 15 ____ 57. 5 50. 4 _ 44. 5 56. 6 50. 4 51 .8 50. 8 5 1 .8 43. 4 40. 4 - 49. 8 - 45. 61926 May 15 ____ 61. 7 54. 3 " 48. 3 58. 5 5 3 .8 57. 1 5 4 .6 54. 3 47. 4 44. 4 52. 7 - 49. 5

1927 May 15 ____ 63. 0 55. 4 49. 7 61. 2 55. 5 57 .9 58. 4 5 6 .9 48. 5 44. 6 53. 2 50. 01928 May 15 ____ 63. 2 56. 5 _ 50. 8 6 1 .4 54. 4 58. 6 58. 6 56. 8 48. 5 44. 8 - 54. 1 - 51. 11929 May 15 ____ 62. 4 57. 0 - 51. 8 62. 0 56 .5 60. 2 5 9 . 0 57. 4 50. 6 45. 0 - 54. 3 - 50. 31930 May 15 ____ 65. 5 5 9 .2 - 54. 9 64. 0 49. 1 61. 1 62. 3 60. 0 52. 6 47. 5 - 57. 5 - 54. 61931 May 15 ------ 6 5 .4 5 9 .9 55. 3 64. 2 60. 0 6 1 .4 62 .9 60. 7 52. 4 4 6 .8 - 57. 3 - 5 4 .6

1932 May 15 ____ 54. 3 52. 1 48. 3 55. 7 52. 0 54. 5 54. 5 52. 3 4 3 .4 40. 2 4 7 .6 48. 21933 May 15 ____ 52. 2 5 1 .6 - 47. 3 54. 4 50. 5 50. 9 53 .9 50. 7 42. 9 37 .9 - 4 4 .8 - 46. 01934 May 15 ____ 52. 8 52. 1 _ 48. 2 54. 1 50. 7 50 .8 54. 6 50. 7 45. 7 39. 3 - 4 6 .0 - 46. 01935 May 15 ____ 53. 4 5 2 .9 - 49. 5 55. 5 51. 1 50. 7 55. 1 51. 1 44. 3 39 .9 - 46. 8 - 47. 61936 May 15 ____ 5 3. 7 54. 3 - 49. 8 5 5 .9 52. 1 51. 3 56. 5 52. 1 46. 6 43. 3 47. 7 48. 3

1937 May 15 ____ 59. 2 57. 2 58. 2 53. 7 60. 1 5 5 .9 56. 6 61 .7 55. 8 50. 2 47. 4 54. 5 52. 0 50. 91938 June 1 --------- 66. 2 64. 1 63. 9 5 9 .5 64. 1 6 1 .5 6 1 .5 6 6 .6 61. 1 55. 2 50. 8 5 7 .9 58. 7 54. 1 56. 11939 June 1 --------- 66. 8 64. 7 64. 5 5 9 .7 64. 7 6 2 .4 6 1 .6 67. 3 61. 2 55. 4 51. 1 58. 1 59. 2 55. 6 56. 31940 June 1 --------- 67. 1 65. 7 65. 3 61. 1 65. 8 63. 5 61. 3 67. 6 61. 3 57. 5 5 1 .9 60. 2 59. 3 58. 2 56. 41941 June 1 --------- 68. 2 6 8 .6 6 8 .6 63. 6 67. 3 66. 5 62. 9 70. 8 62. 2 5 9 .4 55. 0 6 2 .4 60. 6 6 1 .4 57. 7

1942 July 1 --------- 70. 1 71. 5 71. 6 69. 3 73. 2 7 2 .4 66. 6 73. 2 65. 2 64. 1 61. 1 69. 0 65. 1 65. 8 6 1 .61943 July 1 ______ 70. 2 71 .7 72. 0 6 9 .6 73. 8 72. 6 6 6 .8 73. 5 66. 2 64. 5 62. 0 69. 4 65. 6 66. 2 62. 31944 July 1 --------- 70. 7 72. 1 72. 3 70. 0 74. 2 73. 1 67. 2 73. 9 66. 8 65. 0 57. 7 71. 4 66. 0 67. 7 62. 51945 July 1 --------- 71. 8 73. 7 7 3 .8 70. 9 75. 7 73. 9 68. 7 75. 1 69. 0 67. 5 6 6 .4 7 1 .4 68. 4 69. 4 63. 41946 July 1 --------- 79. 4 79 .7 81. 5 7 9 . 0 82. 3 83. 0 78. 0 81 .7 78. 1 78. 5 77. 8 80. 7 77. 1 79. 1 73. 5

1947 July 1 --------- 93. 0 92. 4 9 1 .6 91. 8 91. 3 9 1 .6 8 9 .4 9 1 . 8 91. 3 91 .7 90. 9 89. 3 91. 1 90. 6 90. 51948 July 1 --------- 98. 9 102. 3 101. 9 101. 8 101. 5 102. 6 102. 3 102. 3 102. 1 10 2 .8 102. 6 102. 5 102. 5 101. 3 102. 51949 July 1 --------- 108. 1 105. 3 106. 5 106. 5 107. 2 105. 8 108. 3 106 .0 106. 6 105. 5 106. 5 108. 2 106. 4 108. 1 107. 01950 July 1 ______ 113. 0 107. 8 110. 7 n o . 9 109. 7 111 .0 115. 3 111 .0 1 0 9 . 0 112. 7 112. 4 113. 6 110. 1 112. 9 110. 61951 July 1 --------- 118. 5 114. 2 118. 1 117. 5 118. 2 11 7 .4 119. 3 118. 3 116 .6 118. 5 120. 4 121.7 120. 7 120. 7 118. 1

1952 July 1 --------- 125. 3 121 .0 124. 2 123. 8 125. 0 126. 2 127. 8 123 .8 121. 1 126. 3 128. 6 132. 2 128. 0 126. 3 12 3 .81953 July 1 --------- 130. 1 125. 4 131. 4 131. 3 131.6 132. 0 129.9 130. 9 128. 0 133. 0 138. 4 138 .8 135. 2 134. 7 130. 11954 July 1 --------- 132. 5 132. 3 136. 1 135. 8 136. 3 138. 2 132. 9 135.5 131.6 138. 7 144. 4 143. 0 140. 1 141. 9 137. 01955 July 1 --------- 136. 5 135. 5 142. 0 141. 0 141. 1 143. 5 136.8 140. 6 136. 1 144. 4 150. 9 149. 7 145. 6 148. 0 141. 81956 July 1 --------- 141. 7 141 .5 148. 5 148. 2 148. 6 150. 0 143.0 146. 5 141. 3 155.8 159. 5 158. 4 153. 5 155. 8 148. 7

1957 July 1 --------- 146. 9 149. 3 156. 7 155. 6 156. 0 157. 1 147. 1 154. 1 149. 0 164. 0 169.5 169. 5 160 .9 164. 6 155. 21958 July 1 --------- 151. 6 155. 6 163. 0 161. 5 163. 3 165. 9 152. 6 159. 3 153. 4 172. 0 177. 9 177. 2 167. 8 173. 5 161. 71959 July 1 ______ 156. 6 164. 0 171. 7 169. 7 170. 2 173. 8 157.7 167.9 161. 3 183 .8 189. 7 18 6 .9 174. 8 183. 5 172. 5I960 July 1 ______ 163. 1 16 9 .2 179. 3 177. 6 176. 8 181.7 163.0 173.8 168. 2 191. 3 198.6 194. 5 182. 5 194. 1 183. 8


9TAB LE 3. Increases in rates in the building trades, July 1, 1959July 1, I960 , and average union hourly wage rates, July 1, I960

T ra d e

A m ou nt of in c r e a s e ,

July 1 , 1 9 5 9 - Ju ly 1 , I9 60

Range of r a te s , July 1, I9 6 0

A v e ra g e rate p er

hour July 1,

1960

T ra d e

Am ou nt of in c r e a s e ,

Ju ly 1 , 1 9 5 9 - July 1 , I9 6 0

R ange o f r a te s , Ju ly 1, I9 60

A v e ra g e rate p er

hour Ju ly 1,

I9 6 0P e rc en tC ents

p erhour

L ow High P e rc en tC ents

p erhour

L ow H igh

A l l bu ildin g tra d e s _ __ __ 4 . 1 14 _ _ $ 3 .6 6 Jo u rn ey m en : C ontinuedR o o fe r s , co m p o sitio n __ 4 . 7 16 $ 2 . 00 $ 4 .4 0 $ 3 . 61

Jou rn eym en _ ___________ 4 . 0 15 - - $ 3 .8 6 R o o fe r s , s la te andA s b e s to s w o r k e r s ______ 3 .4 13 $ 3 . 15 $ 4 . 75 3 . 90 tile __________ __________ 3 .9 13 2. 35 4 . 60 3 . 62B o ile r m a k e r s ____________ 4 . 2 17 3. 75 4 .8 1 4 . 11 S h e e t-m e ta l w o r k e r s ___ 4 . 6 17 3. 10 4 . 65 3 . 90B r ic k la y e r s ______________ 3. 0 12 3 . 20 4 .8 0 4 . 17 S ton em ason s ____________ 3 .4 13 3. 55 4 . 96 4 . 04C a rp en te rs _______________ 4 . 0 15 2. 50 4 . 55 3 . 78 S tr u c tu ra l-ir o nC em en t fin is h e rs ___ 3. 8 14 2 .4 0 4 .6 5 3 . 75 w o rk ers ________________ 3 . 5 13 3 . 25 4 .8 5 3 .9 6

T ile la y e r s ______________ 4 . 3 16 3 . 00 4 . 27 3 .8 4E le c tr ic ia n s (in sid e

w ire m e n ) -------------------------- 5 . 2 20 3 .0 0 4 .6 5 4 . 00 H e lp e r s and la b o r e r s _____ 4 . 6 13 - - 2 .8 8E le v a to r c o n s tr u c t o r s__ 3. 2 12 3. 37 4 .4 6 3 .9 5 B r ic k la y e r s 1 ten d ers 4 . 1 12 1. 55 3 . 80 3 . 00G la z ie r s ______________ ,____ 4 . 4 15 2 .4 5 4 . 25 3 . 53 B uilding la b o r e r s ______ 4 . 7 13 1 .4 5 3 .8 0 2. 81L a th e rs ____ _____ _____ 3. 5 14 3 . 00 4 .6 5 4 . 00 C o m p o sitio n r o o fe r s 'M a ch in ists 3 . 8 14 3. 50 4 . 75 3 . 96 h elp e rs 4 . 1 10 1. 30 3 . 74 2. 51M a rb le s e tte r s __________ 3 . 8 14 3. 00 4 . 27 3 .9 1 E le v a to r c o n str u c to rs 1

h elp e rs _________________ 3 . 1 9 2. 36 3 . 35 2 .8 4M o sa ic and te r r a z z o

w o rk e rs __ _ __ _ 3 .6 14 3. 00 4 .6 0 3 .9 3 M a rb le s e tte r s 1P a in ters ___________________ 4 .4 15 2 .4 5 4 .4 5 3 . 55 h e lp e rs _________________ 4 . 2 12 2 .0 0 3 . 83 3 . 07P a p e rh a n g e rs ____________ 4 . 0 13 2. 25 3 . 98 3. 52 P la s te r e r s 1 l a b o r e r s __ 4 . 4 13 1. 68 4 . 35 3 . 18P i p e f i t t e r s ________________ 3 .6 14 3. 25 4 .6 5 4 . 00 P lu m b ers 1 la b o r e r s ___ 5 .8 15 1. 75 3 .4 9 2. 77P la s te r e r s __ _________ 4 . 2 16 2 .7 5 4 . 95 4 . 06 T e r r a z z o w o rk e rs 1P lu m b e r s _________________ 3 . 2 12 3. 25 4 . 55 4 . 01 h elp e rs ____ __________ 4 . 7 14 2. 00 3 . 73 3 . 18R o d m en ___ __________ 4 .4 16 3. 00 4 . 85 3. 86 T ile la y e r s 1 h e lp e rs __ 6 . 5 19 1. 85 3 .4 8 3 . 13

TABLE 4 . Percent changes in union wage rates and percent of building-trades workers affected, July 1, 1959July 1, I960

P ercent'of union workers affected by Percent of total workers affected by increase of

TradeIncrease Nochange

Less than 3

percent

3 and under 4 percent







10 percent and over

A ll building trades 94. 0 6 .0 8. 1 23. 3 24. 3 17. 7 11. 5 5. 2 1. 3 0 .8 1 .7

Journeymen 9 4 .4 5. 6 9 .7 25 .4 24. 0 17. 9 10. 8 2 .6 1 .4 1 .0 1 .6A sbestos workers _ ______ 7 9 .5 20. 5 6. 3 23 .4 25. 7 4 .8 4. 0 13 .6 .9 - .8Boilerm akers _ _ _____________ _ 9 6 .6 3 .4 14. 1 8 .7 3 3 .6 16. 1 24. 1 (*) _ _Bricklayers 8 8 .4 11. 0 24. 5 26 .6 22 .9 3. 5 6. 2 4. 0 . 7 _ -Carpenters 97. 0 3 .0 10 .4 31 .4 18. 7 19. 8 12. 3 .8 1. 5 2. 1 -Cement finishers 87. 9 12. 1 1. 9 3 2 .3 23. 0 13. 0 12. 2 4 .4 " - 1. 1

Electricians (insidewiremen) _____ __ ___ ____ 9 8 .9 1. 1 - 20. 8 23. 6 26. 1 14. 7 1 .7 1 .6 - 10. 3

Elevator constructors 87. 0 13. 0 10. 9 34. 9 23. 3 10 .4 4 .6 - 1 .4 - 1. 5Glaziers ___________________________ 87. 7 12. 3 4. 5 15. 5 17. 1 16. 0 9. 1 20. 8 4. 5 . 1 . 1L a t h e r s ____________________________ 89. 1 10. 9 8. 2 4 1 .7 8 .7 14. 9 9. 7 4 . 7 .9 . 1 . 2Machinists _ __ ___ __ ___ 9 2 .7 7. 3 - 48 . 1 16. 7 1. 1 14. 1 9 .8 2. 5 - .4Marble setters ___________________ 9 3 .4 6 .6 5 .5 28. 3 36. 3 3 .8 8 .6 4 . 5 5. 6 - .7

M osaic and terrazzoworkers _ _ _ ____________ __ 91. 0 9 .0 9. 2 23 .7 23. 3 26 .4 1. 0 3. 5 3. 7 _ _

Painters _ __ _________ _ 98. 3 1. 5 3. 8 19. 2 41. 1 24. 0 2. 3 1 .9 1. 1 1. 1 3. 9Paperhangers 95. 5 4 .5 5 .4 2 7 .4 4 0 .7 11. 8 5. 0 - 1 .4 1. 0 2. 7Pipefitters ___ ___ __ ____ 90 .7 9. 3 12. 3 21. 3 30. 5 13. 9 10. 1 - 1 .7 - . 7Plasterers _ _ ___________________ 88. 0 12. 0 17. 2 15. 3 22. 3 9 .4 10 .6 1 .4 2 .4 - 9 .3Plum bers __ __ _ __ _____ 85. 3 14. 7 16. 2 25. 9 15. 6 11. 0 15. 6 - 1. 0 _Rodmen _ _____ ______________ 99. 2 . 8 1. 3 27. 1 22. 0 29. 1 14. 1 4 .8 .8 - -

R oofers, composition ___________ 95. 8 4. 2 6 .0 15. 2 31. 3 4 . 9 18. 1 15. 1 3. 3 1. 1 . 9R oofers, slate and tile _________ 9 2 .9 7. 1 17 .4 15 .4 22. 0 3. 2 7. 2 24. 5 2. 0 .8 .4Sheet-m etal w o r k e r s___ __ 100. 0 - 9. 2 14 .6 27 .4 27. 3 9 .0 8. 2 1. 1 2. 9 . 5Stonemasons 84. 6 15 .4 3 .8 49. 6 7 .4 12. 5 4. 0 2. 3 4 .9 _ -Structural-iron workers __ 91 .7 8. 3 10. 2 27. 5 27. 2 15. 6 9 .0 2. 2 _ _Tile la y e r s _________________________ 88. 2 11. 8 8. 2 15. 3 13. 1 20. 0 8 .6 7 .4 14 .4 - 1. 3

Helpers and laborers 9 2 .4 7. 5 1. 8 15. 1 25. 8 16. 8 14. 3 15 .3 .9 . 2 2. 3Bricklayers 1 tenders ____________ 91. 1 8 .9 1 .4 16. 1 39. 2 17. 2 10. 3 3. 0 . 8 . 3 2 .8Building laborers _________________Composition roofers '

9 2 .4 7. 6 . 7 13. 2 24. 1 16. 2 15. 9 21. 2 - ' .9

helpers __ ________ __ _______Elevator constructors 1

95. 2 4 .8 24. 6 3 9 .6 18. 9 .8 - 11. 3 -

h e l p e r s ..... _ _ 82. 9 17. 1 10. 1 28. 8 15. 0 19. 0 7 .6 - 1. 1 - 1. 3

Marble setters ' helpers __ __ _ 91. 8 4 .5 4 .4 6 .4 3 9 .4 22. 6 6. 6 3 .7 8 .7 _ _.P lasterers * la b o r e r s _______ 95 .7 4 . 3 7. 5 28. 7 16. 2 18. 6 10. 8 3. 2 7. 1 1 .9 1. 6Plumbers 1 laborers Terrazzo workers 1

9 5 .7 4 . 3 3. 7 14. 0 12 .4 34. 5 7. 2 5. 3 - 18. 6

helpers 95. 6 4 .4 8. 3 20. 0 14 .4 15. 7 25. 5 .8 2. 2 2. 1 6. 5Tile layers 1 helpers 9 1 .6 6. 0 7. 6 31. 3 5. 6 15. 3 3 .7 3 .4 24. 8

1 L ess than 0. 05 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals,


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T A B L E 5. C e n ts -p e r -h o u r in c r e a s e s in union w age ra te s and p ercen t o f b u ild in g -tr a d e s w o rk e rs a ffe c te d , July 1, 1959July 1, I9 6 0

Percent of Percent of workers affected by increase of

Trade workers affected by

increase

L e ss than 5

cents

5 and under

10 cents

10 and under

15 cents

15 and under

20 cents

20 and under

25 cents

25 and under

30 cents

30 cents and over

A ll building trades ______________ __ _ __ 94. 0 0 .4 9 .3 2 7 .8 3 3 .0 14 .6 6 .0 2. 7

Journeymen __ ------ _ --------------------- 9 4 .4 0. 3 7. 7 28. 0 33. 6 14. 2 7. 5 3. 0Asbestos workers ________ ___________ 79. 5 - 6. 3 17 .9 32. 1 6 .2 1 5 .4 1 .7Boilerm akers _____ _________ ____ ___ _ 9 6 .6 _ - 2 1 .0 42. 1 9 .5 24. 1 _Bricklayers _______ ______ ___ _______ 8 8 .4 .9 9 .7 35. 2 29. 1 3. 5 10. 0 -Carpenters ---------- -------------------- 97. 0 - 10. 8 24. 5 4 0 .4 1 5 .9 3 .4 2. 1Cement finishers ------------------ ------------- --- 87. 9 . 1 1 .8 30 .7 34. 0 1 7 .4 2. 7 1. 1

Electricians (inside wiremen) ________ __ 9 8 .9 _ .9 26. 1 22. 1 22. 6 16 .9 10. 3Elevator constructors _______ __ ____ __ 87. 0 - 12. 2 36. 0 28. 7 7. 2 1 .4 1. 5G laziers -------------------- ---- ----- __ 87 .7 - 6 .6 1 7 .4 33. 5 2 5 .4 4 .6 . 1Lathers ______________________________________ 89. 1 4. 3 4. 0 3 0 .8 22. 2 15. 2 11 .8 .9Machinists _________________________________________ _ 92. 7 - - 46. 5 18. 3 4. 0 2 3 .4 .4Marble setters ______________________________ 9 3 .4 2 .7 2. 8 30. 3 3 7 .4 8 .7 5. 2 6. 3

Mosaic and terrazzo workers __ __ ---------- 91. 0 2. 1 7. 2 26. 8 26. 1 2 1 .6 7. 3Painters ---------------------------------- ---------- 98. 3 - 4. 8 4 1 .8 40. 7 3 .3 4. 4 3 .4Paperhangers ________________ ___ 95. 5 - 6 .9 39. 7 40. 1 3. 6 3. 2 2. 0Pipefitters ------------------------------------------- ------ 90. 7 . 2 8. 5 23. 5 3 4 .4 13 .9 7. 8 2. 5Plasterers -------------------- ------ ---------- 88. 0 - 17. 2 15 .9 15. 0 1 8 .4 10. 9 10. 5Plumbers ___ __ -------------------- --------------- 85. 3 2. 2 10 .4 32. 0 15. 0 11 .3 14. 5 _Rodmen __ ----------------------------------------- __ ----------------- 99. 2 - 1 .3 3 0 .4 36. 2 26. 9 4. 3

Roofers, composition __ __ ---------- ----- 95. 8 . 6 .9 2 1 .8 32. 5 11. 1 22. 6 .9Roofers, slate and tile ______ __ ------ 9 2 .9 - 18. 1 17. 0 2 6 .0 19 .2 9 .8 2. 8Sheet-m etal workers _____ ______ 1 0 0 . 0 - 6 .9 2 0 .4 36. 8 2 1 .5 6. 1 8. 2Stonemasons ____________________ __________ 84. 6 - 3 .8 4 1 .5 17. 3 12. 2 4 .9 4 .9Structural-iron workers _______________________ 9 1 .7 - 6. 7 3 5 .9 2 8 .9 18. 0 2. 2 _Tile layers _ __ ------------------------------------------- 88. 2 5. 6 2 .7 18. 2 28. 7 8. 8 8. 7 15. 6

Helpers and laborers --------------------------- _ __ 9 2 .4 .9 15. 6 27. 1 30. 6 16. 1 .4 1 .5Bricklayers* tenders _ ____________ 91. 1 .8 1 6 .4 2 1 .9 44. 2 8 .0 - -Building laborers _______________________ 9 2 .4 .7 15. 6 26. 3 2 9 .6 20. 1 - -Composition roofers helpers --------------- __ 95. 2 - 49. 5 27. 2 7. 3 11 .3 - -Elevator constructors' helpers ___ __ 82. 9 3 .7 35. 1 2 9 .9 11 .9 1 . 1 1. 3

Marble setters* helpers ___________ 9 1 .8 4 .4 1 . 6 35. 8 39. 6 10 .4P lasterers' laborers ---------- ------ _ 95 .7 1 .6 1 5 .4 4 1 .6 18. 8 8. 0 2. 7 7 .4Plum bers' laborers -------- ------------------------ 95 .7 3 .7 3 .4 28. 2 4 4 .4 - - 16. 0Terrazzo workers* helpers ----------------------------- 9 5 .6 - 13. 1 2 8 .6 21. 5 2 2 .4 8. 2 1 .9Tile layers' helpers _______ ________ 9 1 .6 5. 6 35. 6 10. 1 1 3 .0 2. 6 24. 8

N O T E : B e ca u se of rounding, su m s o f individual ite m s m a y not equal to ta ls .


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TABLE 6. Increases in union wage rates in the building trades by region and city, July 1, 1959July 1, I960

Cities by region

Percent of increase C ents-per-hour increase

A ll trades JourneymenHelpers

andlaborers


andlaborers

A ll cities ___________ _______________________ 4. 1 4. 0 4 .6 1 4 .4 14. 9 12. 6

New England ------------------------- ----------------- 3 .9 3 .9 4. 0 13. 0 13. 8 10. 6Boston, M ass. ------------ --------------------- __ 3. 9 3 .9 3. 5 13. 3 14. 3 9 .4New Haven, Conn. _________________________ 3. 8 3. 8 3 .7 12. 8 13 .9 10. 1Providence, R. I. _________________ _____ 4. 5 4 .4 4 .9 14. 1 14. 8 12. 5Springfield, M ass. ____ __ ----------------- 3. 5 3. 3 4. 0 11. 2 11 .7 9 .9

Middle Atlantic ------- --------- ---------- _____ 3. 8 3. 7 4. 4 14. 8 15. 0 13 .8Buffalo, N. Y. _________________________ _ 5. 1 5. 3 4. 2 18. 3 20. 2 12. 3E rie , Pa. ------------- ------ -------------- _ _ 2 .7 2. 7 2 .9 9. 5 9 .9 7 .7Newark, N. J. ____ ________ _____ _ 3 .9 3. 7 5. 1 16. 2 16. 0 17. 5New York, N. Y. _____ - - ___ - 3. 8 3. 7 4. 5 15 .8 15 .7 16. 0Philadelphia, Pa. --------- ------ ---------- 3 .0 2 .9 4. 0 11 .0 11 .2 9 .9Pittsburgh, Pa. ------ ----- - ----------------- 4 .3 3 .9 5. 6 15. 2 15. 3 14. 9Rochester, N. Y. -------- ----- ------------- _ 4. 5 5. 4 1 .8 15 .4 19 .7 5. 0Scranton, Pa. --------------------------------------------- 2. 2 2. 5 . 2 7. 3 8. 8 6 .0Syracuse, N. Y . ------------------------------------------- 4. 2 3 .9 5 .4 14. 2 14. 0 15. 0

Border States -------------- ----- ------ __ 4. 1 4. 3 3. 5 13 .6 15. 3 8. 1Baltim ore, Md. ____ ____ __ ___ 4. 8 5. 1 3. 5 15. 3 18. 3 7. 7Louisville, Ky. ____________________________ 3. 1 3. 0 4 .4 10. 7 10. 6 11 .1Richmond, Va. _____________________________ 4. 5 4. 4 5. 1 13. 1 14. 0 7 .9Washington, D. C . -------------- --------- ----- 3 .9 4. 1 3. 2 13. 5 15. 6 7 .9

Southeast -------- ------------- ------------ ----- 3 .8 3. 5 6. 2 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .4Atlanta, Ga. ________________ ______ 5. 2 4 .4 9 .4 15. 5 14. 9 17. 3Birmingham, A la. ---------------- 3 .9 3. 7 5. 5 11 .9 12 .4 9 .9Charlotte, N. C . ------------- ----------------- - 3. 5 3 .4 3 .9 9 .9 1 0 .4 5. 5Jacksonville, F la. ____________ _____ __ 2. 1 2. 1 1 .8 6 .8 6 .9 4. 5Knoxville, Tenn. ___________________________ 3. 8 3. 5 5. 2 11 .3 11 .6 10. 0Memphis, Tenn. __________ _ -------------- _ 3 .9 3. 8 5. 2 12. 2 12. 5 8 .9

.Great Lakes ---------------- ------------------------ ------- 3. 6 3. 6 3. 8 12 .9 13. 3 11. 1Chicago, 111. ________________________________ 3. 6 4. 0 . 3 13 .6 15 .4 8. 2Cincinnati, Ohio ________ ____ ________ _ 5. 5 5. 6 5. 3 19. 2 20. 5 14. 8Cleveland, Ohio ----- ----- --------- _____ 3. 0 2 .9 3. 7 11 .6 11 .5 12 .0Columbus, Ohio _______________ _______ 3 .8 3. 5 5. 3 12 .9 12 .6 1 3 .9Dayton, Ohio _____________ ____________ 4 .9 4. 8 6. 3 17. 0 17. 1 16 .4Detroit, Mich. ------------ --------- _ __ _ 2 .7 2. 6 3. 6 9 .6 9. 5 1 0 .4Grand Rapids, Mich. --------------------------------- 3. 1 3. 0 3. 8 10. 5 10 .7 9 .9Indianapolis, Ind. _______________ 3 .4 3 .4 3. 2 11 .8 1 2 .4 8. 1Milwaukee, W is. _______ _______ ____ 3. 0 2 .9 3. 6 10. 1 10. 1 9 .9MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minn. __ ------ 3 .0 2. 3 5 .4 9 .8 7 .9 14. 8Peoria, 111. _ _ __ ------------------ _ 5. 7 5 .4 6. 6 20. 4 20. 5 20. 1Toledo, Ohio __ ----- --------- _ _ 2. 5 2 .4 3. 0 9. 1 9 .2 9. 0

Middle W e s t ___ _ - __ 3. 5 3. 3 4. 6 11 .9 11 .9 12. 2Des Moines, Iowa __ - __ 4. 5 4. 2 5. 5 14. 8 14. 8 14. 7Kansas City, Mo. __ _ __ 3 .5 3 .4 4 .9 12. 0 1 2 .0 1 2 .4Omaha, Nebr. -------- ------ ___ _ 4 .9 4 .4 6. 3 15. 0 15. 0 14. 9St. Louis, Mo. ------ ---------- ------ _ _ 2. 8 2. 8 3. 3 10. 2 10 .4 9 .4

Southwest -------- __ _ __ __ __ 3 .9 3. 8 4. 3 11 .7 12. 6 8. 0D allas, Tex. __ _ ____ __ ___________ 3 .4 3. 5 2. 8 11 .2 11 .7 5 .3Houston, Tex. --------------------------- _ __ 2. 6 2. 6 2. 7 8. 8 9 .3 5. 6Little Rock, Ark. ---------- --------- 3. 5 3. 2 4. 1 9 .3 10. 4 7 .4New Orleans, La. ------ ---------- __ 5. 3 5. 5 4. 2 15. 8 17 .9 7. 7Oklahoma City, Okla. ______ _____ _ 4. 2 4. 0 6. 5 13. 6 13 .4 14. 8San Antonio, Tex. _______ _ __ __ 6. 5 6. 3 9. 1 19 .2 20. 2 14. 2

M ountain_________________________________________ 4. 2 4. 6 2. 1 13. 2 15 .9 5 .0Denver, Colo. ______ _______ ___ __ 4. 6 5. 0 3. 1 14. 7 17 .7 7. 2Salt Lake City, Utah ----------------------------- 3. 5 4. 1 0 11. 1 13. 6 0

Pacific ------ ------------- __ -------- ----- __ _ 5. 6 5. 5 6. 2 19. 9 20. 3 18. 3Los Angeles, Calif. __________ _______ __ 6. 3 6. 2 6 .6 22. 5 2 3 .4 19 .9Portland, Oreg. ----------------------- 5. 4 5. 5 4. 3 18. 1 19. 1 11 .7San FranciscoOakland, Calif. --------- 5. 3 5. 1 6. 1 19. 0 19 .3 17. 8Seattle, Wash. __ ------ -------------- ------ __ 4. 2 4. 0 5. 2 1 4 .4 14. 3 14. 9Spokane, Wash. __ __ ________ 4. 6 4. 5 5. 6 15. 5 15. 6 15. 0


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TABLE 7. Distribution of union m em bers in the building trades by hourly wage rates, July 1, I960

Percent of union journeymen whose rates (in cents) per hour were

rate 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460T rade per Under and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and 47 0hour 300 under under under under under under under under under under \inder Tinder under under under under under and

310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 over

Journeymen __ __ __ _ $ 3. 86 1. 0 0. 5 1. 5 3. 3 3. 6 5. 6 8 .0 9 .3 10. 1 12. 2 11. 1 6 .9 9. 5 3. 3 2 .9 1 .4 5. 1 2 .6 2. 1

Asbestos w o r k e r s__ 3. 90 . . 1 .9 . . 2. 7 10 .8 14. 9 9. 9 3 .8 12. 7 25. 5 5. 5 5. 2 1 .7 5. 5Boilerm akers _ 4 . 11 - - - - - - - - 24. 3 2. 6 13. 2 9. 1 28. 9 3. 2 2 .9 1. 8 _ _ 14. 1B r ic k la y e rs___ ____ 4. 17 - - - . 7 - - - 1 .7 4 .9 9 .3 10. 0 23. 2 10. 9 17. 3 2 .8 2. 1 (*) 3. 2 13 .9Carpenters _____ 3 .7 8 .6 - 2. 2 5 .9 3. 7 10. 0 10 .4 12. 1 5. 8 15 .4 15 .9 . 7 4 . 0 - - - 13 .4 - -Cement fin ish e r s___ 3 .7 5 1 .7 1. 9 5. 3 . 1 5. 0 16 .7 7 .4 5 .0 7. 9 13. 5 19 .6 - 7 .0 _ . 1 - - 8. 7

Electricians (insidewiremen) __________ 4. 00 - .6 - - - 3. 1 4 . 1 7 .0 11 .7 7. 7 14. 3 7. 6 24. 7 4 . 3 1. 5 1. 3 2. 1 9 .9 -

Elevatorconstructors ______ 3. 95 - - - - 1. 6 3. 3 4 .8 3 .4 16 .7 23. 6 7 .9 4 . 6 10. 5 14. 0 _ 9 .7 _ _ _

Glaziers _____________ 3. 53 7. 5 14. 0 3. 2 4 . 3 9. 2 6. 3 5 .4 10 .9 18. 6 3. 0 - 7. 6 - 10. 0 - _ - _Lathers 4 . 00 - . 5 - 1 .6 . 5 1.7 4 .4 10. 0 14 .4 17. 1 7 .4 4 . 0 8 .4 9. 6 - - 6. 7 13 .7 _Machinists _ _____ _ 3 .9 6 " - - .6 5 .7 10. 2 20. 6 1 .9 44 . 5 12. 9 - 1. 5 - - 2. 2

Marble setters _____ 3 .9 1 . . 3 . 9 2 .6 . 3 1. 7 5. 1 8 .4 11. 0 16. 0 16 .6 11. 2 7 .8 18. 1 . _ .M osaic and terrazzo

workers _ ______ _ 3. 93 - 1. 2 . 2 2. 8 1. 1 1 .9 7 .6 6. 6 26. 0 6. 3 18. 5 4 .8 2 .4 _ - _ _ 20. 5 _Painters ___ __ ____ 3. 55 4. 3 1. 9 3. 5 4 .4 13. 1 5. 5 19 .8 12 .0 24. 3 3 .9 5 .0 .4 .7 . 3 _ .8 _ - _Paperhangers ______ 3. 52 3. 7 1. 6 11. 1 4 .0 13. 0 6 .0 12 .9 16. 2 18. 8 - 12.7 - - - - - - - -Pipefitters _______ 4. 00 ~ " 1. 3 . 1 1. 1 1 .6 10 .8 6. 8 22. 9 9 .8 .4 19 .4 9 .3 7. 5 .6 1. 5 7. 0 -

P lasterers 4. 06 1. 0 . 2. 7 1 .4 5. 1 7. 7 14. 7 12 .9 4 . 3 9. 2 10. 3 8. 3 2. 2 20. 3Plumbers 4. 01 - - - . 5 - 2. 5 1 .4 11. 0 7. 2 19 .7 8. 8 10. 8 9 .8 1 .4 16 .4 6 .8 3 .7 - _Rodmen ______________ 3. 86 - . 3 .4 4 .4 8. 1 3. 2 14. 1 8. 6 4. 3 16. 3 3. 3 11. 2 6. 2 - 9 .9 1 .6 2. 0 4 .4 1. 8R oofers,

composition _______ 3 .6 1 10. 1 2. 8 6. 8 4 .0 2. 3 3. 7 9 .4 20. 7 7. 3 7. 0 7. 5 - 8. 3 - - 10. 0 - - -R oofers, slate

and tile __ ________ 3. 62 5. 6 3. 8 17. 9 6. 2 1. 2 3. 0 4 . 2 15. 2 10 .4 6 .8 2. 0 1 .9 9 .7 . 3 7 .4 2 .4 1 .9 -

Sheet-m etalworkers ___________ 3. 90 - - . 9 2. 3 7. 9 3. 2 6 .7 3 .4 12. 7 8. 2 7 .4 14. 9 21. 7 1. 8 _ 2. 3 _ 6. 5 _

Stonemasons _____ _ 4. 04 - - - - - - .8 . 2 24. 9 17. 6 2 .6 16 .9 12 .3 11. 5 _ 2 .9 _ 6. 3 3 .8Structural-iron

workers __ ________ 3 .9 6 - - - 4 . 1 .4 5. 6 9 .8 6. 5 8. 3 3. 3 6 .0 24. 3 7. 5 1 .4 14. 3 2. 1 _ . 8 5 .6Tile layers _________ 3. 84 .4 .4 8. 1 2. 8 2. 7 5 .6 1. 8 18. 8 11. 2 4 .9 2 7 .6 15. 7

'

Percent of 1union helpers and laborers whose rates (in cents) per hour wereAverage

rate 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370per Under and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and andhour 200 under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under and

210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 over

Helpers and la b o re rs__ $ 2. 88 5. 2 6. 5 0. 2 2. 3 2. 7 1. 8 4 .6 5. 8 9. 9 8. 3 7. 1 21. 3 2 .7 5. 0 2 .9 3. 1 0. 2 0. 9 9 .4

Bricklayers 1tenders ____________ 3. 00 2. 9 10. 3 . 8 2. 2 3. 6 2. 3 1 . 2 \ 3 4. 3 4. 9 13. 9 8. 9 4 .4 3. 3 5. 6 1 . 1 - 1. 7 24. 1

Building laborers __ 2.81 6 .6 5. 2 - 2. 8 2. 5 1 . 8 6. 0 6. 1 1 2 . 1 9. 3 4 . 0 28. 5 . 7 5. 2 1. 5 2. 6 - .6 4 . 5Composition roofers '

helpers ______ ____ 2. 51 20. 3 4 . 7 - 4. 3 - 6. 5 5. 1 26. 8 15. 3 10. 6 - - - - 1 . 6 - - - 4. 9Elevator construc

to rs 'h e lp e rs _____ 2. 84 - - - - . 6 6. 1 6 .6 19. 6 18. 1 13. 5 19. 8 - - - 15 .6 - - - -Marble setters '

helpers ______________ 3. 07 - 1. 3 2. 0 - 2. 5 3. 2 2. 7 7. 6 8.8 19.7 10. 3 9 .4 8. 3 10. 8 - 13 .4

P la ste re rs 'laborers _____________ 3. 18 2. 1 10. 1 (*) - 3. 5 - 1 . 0 3. 0 2. 8 8. 2 13 .4 3. 1 11. 5 4. 0 4 .8 1. 5 1 . 8 1 .9 27. 3

Plumbers 'laborers _______ ___ 2. 77 . 9 18. 6 - 4. 3 3. 2 2. 1 - 9. 1 7. 7 3 .4 8 .9 7 .9 5. 5 19 .4 - 9. 1 - - -

Terrazzo w ork ers'helpers ________________ 3. 18 - 1 . 6 1 . 2 . 8 .4 .4 3. 1 1 . 2 9. 3 5. 7 7 .0 9 .6 7 .0 8. 3 15. 5 .6 6. 3 - 21 .9

Tile layers 1helpers _______________ 3. 13 . 1 .9 . 8 2. 6 3. 0 2. 0 4. 3 9 .7 14 .4 2 .6 16 .4 3. 1 3. 0 37. 3

1 Less than 0. 05 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.


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TABLE 8. Average union hourly wage' rates in the building trades by city and population group, July 1, I960

City and population groupAveragehourly

rate

JOURNEYMEN

ICity and population group

Averagehourly

rate

HELPERS AND LABORERS

Population group I ( l , 000, 000 and over):New York, N. Y . _______________________Average for group I ____________________Los Angeles, Calif. ___________________Chicago, 111. ------------------------------------------Philadelphia, Pa. ---------------------------------Detroit, Mich. _________________________

$ 4 . 44 4. 10 4. 02 4. 00 4. 00 3. 75

Population group 1 (1, 000, 000 and over):New York, N. Y. _______________________________Average for group I -------------------------------------------Los Angeles, Calif. -----------------------------------------Chicago, 111. -------------------------------------------------------Detroit, Mich. _________________________________Philadelphia, Pa. ______________________________

$ 3 . 74 3 .2 9 3. 21 3. 04 2 . 98 2. 59

Population group II (500, 000 to 1, 000, 000):Pittsburgh, Pa. -----------------------------------------Cleveland, O h i o ------------------------------------------Buffalo, N. Y. ______________________________San FranciscoOakland, Calif. _________Washington, D. C . ________________________Cincinnati, Ohio -----------------------------------------St. Louis, Mo. ____________________________Average for group II ---------------------------------Boston, M ass. _____________________________Baltim ore, Md. ___________________________Houston, Tex. --------------------------------------------Milwaukee, W is. _________________________MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minn. -----------------New Orleans, La. ________________________

4. 12 4. 03 3. 98 3 .9 5 3. 94 3. 89 3. 85 3. 83 3. 77 3. 74 3. 62 3. 61 3. 56 3. 44

Population group II (500, 000 to 1, 000, 000):Cleveland, Ohio ___________________________San FranciscoOakland, Calif. _________Buffalo, N. Y . _____________________________Cincinnati, Ohio ----------------------------------------St. Louis, Mo. -------------------------------------------MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minn. -----------------Milwaukee, W is. --------------------------------------Pittsburgh, Pa. -----------------------------------------Average for group II ---------------------------------Boston, M ass. _____________________________Washington, D. C. ________________________Baltim ore, Md. ----------------- ,-----------------------Houston, Tex. --------------------------------------------New Orleans, La. ________________________

3. 36 3. 12 3. 05 2. 932 .91 2. 89 2. 85 2. 82 2. 80 2 .7 7 2. 53 2. 30 2. 141.91

Population group III (250, 000 to 500, 000):Newark, N. J. -----------------------------------------------------------------Toledo, Ohio ____________________________________________Rochester, N. Y. _______________________________________Average for group III ___________________________________Seattle, Wash. ---------------------------------------------------------------Indianapolis, Ind. ______________________________________Columbus, Ohio _________________________________________Denver, Colo. ___________________________________________Kansas City, Mo. _____________________________________Louisville, Ky. _________________________________________Portland, Oreg. ________________________________________Atlanta, Ga. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Birmingham, A la. _____________________________________San Antonio, Tex. ______________________________________Memphis, Term. -------------------------------------------------------------

4. 47 3. 893. 86 3. 76 3. 75 3. 73 3. 71 3. 70 3. 67 3. 67 3. 65 3. 54 3 .4 9 3. 45 3. 40 3. 38

Population group III (250, 000 to 500, 000):

Toledo, Ohio ___________________________________________Seattle, Wash. --------------------------------------------------------------Rochester, N. Y. ______________________________________Portland, Oreg. ________________________________________Columbus, Ohio ________________________________________Average for group HI ---------------------------------------------------Kansas City, Mo. ______________________________________Indianapolis, Ind. ______________________________________Louisville, Ky. ________________________________________Denver, Colo. __________________________________________Atlanta, Ga. ------------------------------------------------------------------Dallas, Tex. ____________________________________ ._______Birmingham, A la. -------------------------------------------------------Memphis, Tenn. _______________________________________San Antonio, Tex. _____________________________________

3. 58 3. 05 3. 02 2. 87 2 . 86 2. 76 2. 65 2. 63 2 . 61 2. 61 2 .4 0 2 . 02 1.97 1.91 1 .8 0 1.71

Population group IV (100, 000 to 250, 000):Peoria, HI. -----------------------------------------------New Haven, Conn. ______________________Syracuse, N. Y . ---------------------------------------Dayton, Ohio --------------------------------------------E rie, Pa. ________________________________Grand Rapids, Mich. ___________________Spokane, Wash. --------------------------------------Des Moines, Iowa _______________________Average for group IV ___________________Springfield, M ass. ______________________Omaha, Nebr. ___________________________Providence, R. I. ________________________Scranton, Pa. -------------------------------------------Oklahoma City, Okla. __________________Salt Lake City, Utah ____________________Knoxville, Tenn. _______________________Jacksonville, Fla. ______________________Little Rock, Ark. _______________________Richmond, Va. ----------------------------------------Charlotte, N .C . ________________________

Population group IV (100, 000 to 250, 000):4. 00 3. 79 3. 77 3. 76 3. 76 3. 68 3. 64 3. 62 3. 60 3. 60 3. 59 3. 54 3. 53 3 .4 9 3. 49 3. 41 3. 38 3. 31 3. 30 3. 11

Peoria, 111. --------------Syracuse, N. Y . -------Des Moines, Iowa __New Haven, Conn. _Spokane, Wash. -------Dayton, Ohio -------------E rie, Pa. ____________Grand Rapids, Mich.Providence, R. I. ___Springfield, M ass. Average for group IVScranton, Pa. -----------Omaha, Nebr. ----------Jacksonville, Fla. Oklahoma,City, Okla. Salt Lake City, UtahKnoxville, Tenn. ____Little Rock, Ark.Richmond, Va. _____Charlotte, N .C . ____

3. 25 2 .9 0 2. 81 2. 80 2. 80 2 .7 6 2. 76 2. 73 2. 67 2. 59 2. 57 2. 54 2. 51 2. 50 2 .4 2 2. 40 2 . 01 1. 88 1.63 1.4 7


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TABLE 9. Average union hourly wage rates in the building trades by region, 1 July 1, I960

Trade United State s

Region

NewEngland

MiddleAtlantic

BorderStates Southeast

Great Lake s

MiddleWest Southwest Mountain Pacific

A ll building trades ----------------------------- $ 3 .6 6 $ 3 .4 4 $ 4 . 03 $ 3 .4 2 $ 3 . 15 $ 3 .7 1 $ 3 . 56 $ 3 . 14 $ 3 . 32 $ 3 .7 2

Journeymen _____ ______________ - ------ $3 . 86 $ 3 .7 0 $4 . 23 $3 . 74 $ 3 .4 0 $3 . 86 $ 3 .7 4 $ 3 .4 6 $3 . 61 $ 3 .8 9Asbestos workers -------------------- ------ 3 .9 0 3. 98 4. 24 3. 94 3. 48 3 .9 4 3. 78 3 .7 2 3. 67 3 .9 1Boilerm akers --------------------------------------- 4. 11 3 .9 5 4. 57 3. 88 3 .7 5 4. 00 3. 80 3 .7 5 4. 01 4. 15Bricklayers _ ---------- -------------------- 4. 17 3 .9 0 4. 55 3 .9 7 3. 82 4. 10 4. 07 3. 88 3 .9 1 4. 17Carpenters _________________________ 3. 78 3. 51 4. 28 3. 60 3. 20 3. 80 3 .6 6 3. 31 3 .4 8 3.71Cement finishers __ ------------------ 3. 75 3. 81 4. 23 3 .4 5 3. 06 3. 74 3. 81 3. 27 3 .4 1 3 .7 3Electricians (inside wiremen) ------- 4. 00 3. 85 4. 21 3 .9 2 3. 57 3 .9 9 3. 82 3 .71 3. 82 4. 31Elevator constructors ------------------------ 3 .9 5 3. 84 4. 25 3. 87 3. 58 3 .9 8 3. 81 3. 68 3. 73 4. 01G laziers -------------------- - 3. 53 3. 34 3. 82 3 .4 3 2. 80 3. 63 3. 58 3. 00 3. 05 3 .6 4Lathers ------------------ ---------------- 4. 00 3 .7 9 4 .4 3 3. 82 3. 34 3 .8 3 3 .7 4 3 .6 4 3 .7 4 4. 04Machinists ------- ------------------------------- 3 .9 6 3. 90 4. 17 3. 87 - 3 .9 5 3 .7 8 3 .6 6 4. 04 4. 11Marble setters ----- -------- -------- 3 .9 1 3 .8 7 4. 10 3 .8 3 3. 80 3. 86 3. 82 3 .6 0 3 .3 9 4. 01Mosaic and terrazzo workers ---------- 3 .9 3 3. 86 4. 36 3 .6 9 3 .6 1 3 .7 5 3 .8 2 3. 36 3. 63 3. 81Painters ------------------------------------------------- 3. 55 3. 25 3. 60 3 .41 3. 11 3. 62 3. 56 3. 18 3. 22 3 .6 7Paper hangers ----- __ ------ 3. 52 3. 32 3. 34 3. 05 3. 30 3. 59 3. 61 3. 16 3. 20 3. 81Pipefitters ----------------------------------- 4. 00 3 .8 4 4. 29 3. 83 3. 59 3. 97 4. 03 3. 71 3.91 4. 17P lasterers ------------------------ -------- 4. 06 3. 77 4. 59 3. 79 3. 31 3. 89 3 .8 0 3. 56 3. 80 4. 02Plumbers ---------- ---------------- ----- _ 4. 01 3. 83 4. 25 3. 85 3.61 3 .9 3 3 .9 3 3. 61 3. 89 4. 22Rodmen __________ ---------- ------------ 3. 86 4. 17 4. 36 3. 82 3. 37 3 .9 9 3 .6 9 3. 33 3. 61 3. 70Roofers, composition __________ _ __ 3. 61 3 .6 9 4 .0 6 3. 00 2 .7 5 3 .7 9 3 .4 2 2. 86 3. 34 3. 59Roofers, slate and tile ------ __ _ 3. 62 4. 06 3. 84 3 .4 9 2. 84 3 .91 3 .3 5 3. 11 3. 31 3. 61Sheet-m etal workers --------------------------- 3 .9 0 3. 76 4. 27 3. 80 3 .3 9 3 .91 3. 79 3 .3 9 3. 63 3 .9 9Stonemasons ------------------------------------------ 4. 04 3 .9 5 4. 10 4. 13 3 .9 1 3. 88 3. 97 3 .9 6 4. 00 4. 20Structural-iron workers -------------------- 3 .9 6 4. 19 4. 37 3 .9 5 3. 47 3 .9 9 3 .7 3 3 .4 7 3. 61 3 .9 3Tile layers __ ----------------- -------------- 3 .8 4 3 .8 2 3. 98 3. 64 3. 51 3 .7 8 3 .7 3 3. 31 3. 52 4 .0 8

Helpers and laborers ---------------- --------- 2. 88 2. 72 3. 28 2. 38 1 .97 3. 01 2 .7 4 1 .9 6 2 .4 0 3. 12B ricklayers tenders ---------- _ ------ 3. 00 2. 73 3. 51 2. 32 1 .9 7 3. 01 2 .7 7 2. 06 2. 72 3. 31Building laborers -------------------------------- 2. 81 2. 70 3. 15 2. 34 1 .9 5 3. 00 2. 68 1 .8 6 2 .31 3. 02Composition roofers' helpers ---------- 2. 51 2. 68 2. 94 2 .4 7 1. 84 2. 65 2. 75 1 .7 8 - 2 .6 9Elevator constructors' helpers -------- 2 .8 4 2. 69 3. 14 2. 80 2. 52 2. 81 2. 67 2. 55 2. 65 2. 81Marble setters' helpers ______________ 3. 07 2.91 3. 35 2. 84 - 3. 07 2 .8 3 2. 18 2 .7 5 3. 11P lasterers' laborers _______ ____ 3. 18 2. 86 3. 36 2. 58 2. 01 3. 15 3. 02 2. 12 2 .8 3 3 .9 5P lum bers' laborers ___ 2 .7 7 - 3. 05 2 .4 8 1 .9 4 3. 09 3 .0 1 2. 06 2. 66 2 .9 5Terrazzo w orkers' helpers -------- 3. 18 2 .9 5 3 .4 9 2. 72 - 3. 15 2. 94 2. 13 2. 54 3. 29Tile la y e rs ' helpers ------------- 3. 13 2.91 3. 29 2. 75 3. 02 2. 77 2. 07 2. 75 3 .4 0

1 The regions referred to in this study include: New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atla^tir New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; Border States Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast Alabama, Florida, Georgia, M ississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Great Lakes- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Middle West Iowa, Kansas, M issouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Southwest-Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New M exico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

TABLE 10. Indexes of union weekly hours in the building trades, 190760

Date

1907 May 15 _____1908 May 15 -------1909 May 15 -------1910 May 15 .1911 May 15 -------

1912 May 15 _____1913 May 15 _____1914 May 15 -------1915 May 15 -------1916 May 15 -------1917 May 15 -------

1918:: May 15 _____1919: May 15 _____1920: May 15 _____1921: May 15 _____1922: May 15 ___

1923: May 15 -------1924; May 15 -------1925: May 15 -------1926: May 15 ----1927: May 15 ___ .

1928 May 15 -------1929 May 15 __1930 May 15 _ 1931 May 15 _____1932 May 15 -------1933 May 15 _ __

(1947 -49 = 100)


andlaborers

Date A ll trades JourneymenHelpers

andlaborers

124. 1 122. 6 129. 6 1934: May 15 _________________________ 102. 2 101 .3 104. 7122. 2 120. 8 126. 9 1935: May 15 ____________________ . 1 0 1 .4 100. 5 104. 0120. 5 119. 3 124. 3 1936: May 15 _ ____________________ 10 1 .4 100. 5 104. 2119. 0 117 .9 122. 1 1937: May 15 _________________________ 101.8 100.9 104. 6118. 6 117. 5 121 .9 1938: June 1 --------------------- __ 100. 1 99. 1 102. 9118. 2 117. 1 121. 5 1939: June 1 ______ _____ __________ 9 9 .9 9 9 .0 102. 7118. 0 116. 8 121. 5 1940: June 1 --------- ----- -------- ----- 9 9 .8 9 9 .0 102. 1117. 5 116. 5 12 0 .8 1941: June 1 ____________ ___ 100. 2 99. 5 1 0 2 .41 1 7 .4 11 6 .4 120.7 1942: July 1 ______ ____________ 10 1 .0 100.8 101. 5117. 0 115. 9 12 0 .4 1943: July 1 ______ . . ______________ 100.9 10 1 .0 10 0.8116.7 115.7 119.9 1944: July 1 ______________________ 101. 1 10 1 .2 100.8116. 1 115. 0 119. 5 1945: July 1 ___________________ 101. 1 101. 2 100 .8115. 5 114. 6 11 8 .4 1946: July 1 ______________________ 100. 1 100. 1 100. 1115. 0 114. 1 117 .6 1947: July 1 ___________________ . 100 .0 9 9 .9 100. 1114 .9 114. 0 117. 6 1948: July 1 ______________________ 10 0.0 100. 0 100. 0114 .9 114. 1 117. 3 1949: July 1 _________________ ________ 100. 1 100. 1 100. 0115. 0 114. 2 117. 5 1950: July 1 _______ ______________ 100. 2 100. 2 10 0 .0115. 0 114. 2 117. 5 1951: July 1 __________________________ 100. 1 100. 1 9 9 .9115.0 114. 2 117. 3 1952: July 1 __________________ 100. 1 10

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TABLE 11. Indexes of union weekly hours in each building trade, 190760

( 194749 = 100)

Date AsbestosworkersB oile rm akers

B rick layers

C arpenters

Cementfinishers

E le ctricians

(insidewiremen)

Elevatorcon

structorsGlaziers Lathers Machinists

Marblesetters

Mosaic and te r -

razzo workers

Painters

Paper-hangers

Pipefitters

1907: May 15 122.7 120.8 122. 7 122. 9 118. 0 125. 3 118 .81908: May 15 - - 120. 1 119. 0 121. 6 122. 0 - - - - 118. 0 - 123.4 - 118.81909: May 15 - - 117. 6 117.6 122. 5 121. 2 - - - - 116. 8 - 121.7 - 118. 51910: May 15 - - 115.4 116. 2 122. 3 120. 5 - - - - 116. 5 - 120. 1 - 117. 81911: May 15 ~ 115. 0 115.6 121. 1 120. 3 116. 0 119 .3 117.7

1912: May 15 . 115. 0 115. 5 121. 1 119 .9 . 122. 5 . 116.0 . 119. 2 _ 116. 91913: May 15 - - 114. 8 115.4 119. 8 119.4 - - 122. 5 - 116.0 - 118. 5 - 116. 51914: May 15 - - 114. 3 114.9 119. 0 119. 0 115.9 - 122. 5 - 115 .8 - 118. 3 - 115.01915: May 15 - - 114. 2 114. 9 119. 0 118. 3 115.4 - 121. 9 - 115.8 - 118. 3 - 115.01916: May 15 113. 5 113. 9 114. 9 117. 2 117.4 115. 3 121. 9 " 115. 6 118. 0 117.4 114. 6

1917: May 15 113. 0 _ 113.6 114. 9 115 .9 116. 9 114.6 121. 3 . 115. 5 118. 0 117 .3 _ 114. 51918: May 15 112.4 - 113.6 113.7 115. 3 116. 1 114.6 114. 0 121. 3 - 115. 5 113.8 116. 8 - 113.41919: May 15 111. 2 - 113.4 113. 0 114 .4 115. 1 113.8 114. 0 121. 0 - 115. 0 113.8 116.6 - 113. 31920: May 15 111. 1 - 113. 3 113. 1 113. 8 114.8 113.7 113. 5 120. 2 - 115. 0 113.8 113. 2 - 113. 21921: May 15 114.4 - 113. 3 113. 0 113. 8 114. 8 113. 6 114.0 119.9 " 115. 1 113.8 113. 3 113. 1

1922: May 15 111.4 113. 3 113. 1 113. 7 114.8 113. 3 114. 1 120. 0 114. 1 113. 8 114. 1 _ 113. 11923: May 15 111. 1 - 113. 3 113. 5 113.7 114.8 113.4 113. 5 120. 5 - 115. 1 113.8 113.8 - 113. 11924: May 15 111. 2 - 113. 2 113.3 113.7 114.7 113.4 113. 5 120. 2 - 115. 1 113. 9 113.7 - 113. 11925: May 15 111. 2 - 113. 1 113. 3 113 .4 114.7 113. 3 113. 1 119. 8 - 115. 1 113.8 114. 0 - 113. 11926: May 15 111. 2 - 113. 2 113. 3 11 3 .4 114.7 113. 3 113. 5 119. 5 ~ 115. 1 113. 8 113.7 112.9

1927: May 15 111. 1 . 112.6 113. 3 113. 0 114. 7 113. 3 113. 9 118. 9 . 115. 0 113.4 113. 2 . 112.71928: May 15 111. 1 - 112. 6 112.7 112.4 114. 1 113. 3 113.4 118. 3 - 115. 0 113.4 110. 2 - 112. 71929: May 15 110. 2 - 109.7 112.7 112. 5 111.4 112.8 112. 2 117.7 - 115 .0 113. 5 109 .9 - 112. 11930: May 15 106. 1 - 107. 0 109. 2 108. 1 108. 7 109. 3 108 .6 111.0 - 108. 9 107. 3 108.7 - 107. 11931: May 15 103. 6 - 105 .4 107. 5 106. 9 107. 7 107. 2 106.7 110.4 - 106. 9 106. 2 107.7 106. 0

1932: May 1 5 ________ 102. 3 . 103. 0 104.8 10 5.6 . 105. 1 107. 2 104. 3 109.9 105. 8 102. 0 107. 5 . 105. 01933: May 15 101. 2 - 104. 1 103. 2 107. 6 105. 1 104.9 104. 3 109.4 - 105. 7 103.4 107. 3 - 104.41.934: May 15 101. 1 - 102. 3 102. 3 103. 7 98. 9 104. 0 98. 8 103. 1 - 104. 5 103. 3 94. 2 - 103.81935: May 15 100. 3 - 102. 2 101.8 103. 5 94. 8 103.7 98. 2 102. 9 - 104. 5 102.6 94. 0 - 103. 51936: May 15 100. 6 102. 2 101.9 103. 0 95. 2 104. 5 98. 6 101. 9 " 104.4 101. 5 9 4 .4 103.7

1937: May 15 . _ 100. 3 105. 8 103. 2 102.7 103. 1 9 9 .8 104. 2 98. 6 103. 3 100. 6 106. 5 102. 2 94 .4 9 2 .2 103.81938: June 1 _ 98. 6 100. 5 9 9 .8 9 9 .8 100. 0 99. 2 103. 5 96. 8 101. 3 100. 0 104 .4 9 9 .6 94. 5 9 1 .6 98. 31939: June 1 _ 98. 6 100. 5 99. 9 9 9 .8 100. 0 9 9 .0 101.0 9 6 .6 100. 5 9 9 .9 104.4 9 9 .6 94. 2 9 1 .7 98 .71940: June 1 __ 98. 0 100. 5 9 9 .6 9 9 .8 100. 2 9 9 .0 100. 6 9 6 .6 100. 3 9 9 .9 99 .7 9 9 .6 94. 6 92. 0 98. 71941: June 1 ________ 9 8 .6 101. 0 9 9 .8 100.4 100. 7 99. 5 100. 3 97. 2 101. 2 99 .7 9 9 .9 99. 9 94. 8 9 2 .5 9 9 .3

1942: July 1 __ 98. 7 101. 1 100. 7 100.6 100. 6 103. 5 100. 0 98. 6 103. 1 99 .7 99. 9 9 9 .9 100. 3 99. 1 100. 91943: July 1 _ 9 8 .7 101. 1 100.7 100.6 100. 6 103. 5 100.0 9 8 .6 104.0 99 .7 9 9 .9 9 9 .9 100. 3 99. 1 100. 91944: July 1 98 .7 101. 1 100. 7 100. 9 100. 6 103. 5 100. 0 98. 6 103. 6 99 .7 9 9 .9 9 9 .9 100. 6 9 9 .9 100. 91945:1946:

July 1 ________July 1 _

98. 7 9 9 .8

101. 1 99. 1

100.7 100. 2

100. 9 100. 1

100. 6 100.4

103. 5 9 9 .4

100. 0 100. 0

98. 6 9 8 .6

104. 2 102.8

99 .7 99. 2

9 9 .99 9 .9

9 9 .99 9 .9

100. 6 9 9 .9

9 9 .999 .7

100. 9 100. 0

1947: July 1 9 9 .8 99. 1 99 .7 100. 0 100. 0 9 9 .4 100. 0 100. 0 102. 8 100. 0 99. 9 98. 9 100. 0 100. 0 100. 01948: July 1 _ 100. 1 100. 5 100.4 100. 0 100. 0 9 9 .4 100. 0 100. 0 98. 6 100. 0 100. 0 100. 6 100. 0 100. 0 100.01949: 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. 01950: 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. 0 100. 01951: 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 9 8 .8 98. 8 100. 0

1952: 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 9 8 .8 98. 8 100. 01953: 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 9 8 .8 9 8 .8 100. 01954: July 1 100. 1 100. 5 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 3 99. 2 100. 0 100. 6 98. 8 98. 8 100. 01955: July 1 100. 1 100. 5 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 3 99. 2 100. 0 100. 6 9 8 .8 9 8 .8 100. 01956: July 1 ________ 100. 1 100. 5 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 1 100. 0 100. 3 99. 2 100.0 98. 6 9 8 .8 98. 8 100. 0

1957: July 1 __ 100. 1 9 9 .8 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 3 99. 2 100. 0 9 8 .6 98. 8 98. 8 100. 01958: July 1 . 100. 1 9 9 .8 100. 0 100.0 100. 0 98. 7 100.0 100. 0 100. 3 99. 2 100.0 98. 6 9 8 .8 98. 8 100.01959: July 1 . . 100. 1 9 9 .8 100. 0 100.0 100. 0 98 .7 100.0 100.0 100. 3 99. 1 100. 0 9 8 .6 9 8 .8 9 8 .8 100. 01960: July 1 100. 1 9 9 .8 100. 0 100.0 100. 0 98. 7 100. 0 100. 0 100. 3 99. 1 1 0 0 . 0 98. 6 98. 7 9 8 .8 1 0 0 . 0


16TABLE 11. Indexes of union weekly hours in each building trade, 190760 Continued

________ ____________________ ___________ (1947 -49 = 100)____________ )_______ |_________ __________

Date P lasterersPlumb

ers HodmenRoofers,compo

sition

Roofers, slate and

tile

Sheet-metal

workersStone

masonsStruc

tural-ironw orkers1

Tilelayers

Brickla y e rs tenders

Buildinglaborers

Composition

roofershelpers

P lastere r s

laborers

Plumbe r s

Laborers

Tilelayers'helpers

1907 May 15 -------- 122. 0 123 .7 117.0 118. 0 120. 0 123. 3 125. I 1 2 7 .81908 May 15 ------------- 1 2 1 .4 123. 8 - - - 11 6.9 118. 0 11 7 .6 - 123 .3 125. 1 _ 12 7.3 _ _1909 May 15 ------------- 12 1 .4 123. 8 - - - 116. 9 118. 0 116. 0 - 12 2.9 124.7 _ 127. 0 _ _1910 May 15 ------------- 121 .3 123. 6 - - - 116. 9 116. 2 114. 7 - 121. 9 121 .7 - 127. 0 _ _1911 May 15 ------ 122. 0 123. 3 - 11 6 .6 115'. 4 114. 5 *- 121 .3 121. 7 - 12 6 .9 -

1912 May 15 ---------- 120. 5 122. 3 115. 1 115. 4 1 1 3 .4 n o . 7 120. 3 121.7 126.3 125. 71913 May 15 ------------- 120. 5 122. 3 - - - 114. 9 115. 3 11 2 .9 113. 1 120. 3 121.7 _ 126. 3 _ 125. 11914 May 1 5 ------------- 1 2 0 .4 121. 8 - 113. 8 11 1 .6 114. 8 115. 3 112 .7 113. 1 118. 8 121. 3 - 1 2 6 .4 _ 125. 11915 May 15 ------ 119. 8 121. 8 - 113. 8 111. 6 114 .6 115. 2 112 .7 112. 7 118 .8 121. 3 _ 1 2 6 .4 _ 1 2 3 .21916 May 15 ------------- 118. 6 121. 2 113. 8 111. 2 114. 1 115.0 112. 4 112. 1 11 8 .8 120. 7 - 125. 2 - 12 2 .8

1917 May 15 -------- 118. 5 121. 1 113. 0 109. 2 114. 0 114. 9 112.

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