TIME RATES OF WAGES AND WEEKLY HOURS OF LABOUR RECOGNISED IN [Except where otherwise indicated the rates of wages and hours of labour quoted are (a) The rates quoted for engineering in most cases, and for ship building and repairing except at London, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Newport, Portsmouth, Swansea and Belfast are the minima recognised by the Trade Unions concerned. (b) In the Admiralty Dockyard the rate is 62s. (c) In marine engineering establishments the rates are 58s. 9d. for fitters; 59s. 9d. for turners; 63s. 9d. for ironmoulders and 39s. 3d. for labourers. (d) In the Admiralty Dockyard the rate is 47s. (e) The rates quoted are the minima agreed upon between the employers and workpeople. It is understood that in some districts rates in excess of the minima are commonly paid." CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, OCCUPATIONS AND DISTRICTS, AT 1st JANUARY, 1926. those recognised by the Employers' Associations and the Trade Unions concerned.] (f) The rates quoted apply to Grade I mills (over 1,000 inches roller contact). For Grade II mills the rates are 2s. lower. (g) The rates quoted apply to members of the London Master Bakers' and Confectioners' Protection Society; the rates recognised by the Co-operative Societies are 5s. higher. (h) The higher rate is paid by Co-operative Societies and the lower by private traders. 72 0 Dundee. NORTHERN IRELAND Generally 48 in England Hours of Labour in week. (a) The rates quoted for towns in Scotland are payable for a week of 42 hours. hours are over 42 and up to 48. (b) For an area within a radius of 12 to 15 miles from Charing Cross the rate is (e) The rate for plumbers is 21d. A rate 5s. higher is payable when the d. per hour less. RECOGNISED IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, OCCUPATIONS AND 1st JANUARY, 1926-continued. (f) The lower rates quoted are the starting rates, the higher are those payable after a certain length of service. (g) An additional 1s. per week is granted as merit pay after each 5 years' satisfactory service. (h) Rate recognised by the London District Council of the Joint Industrial Council for the Local Authority (Nontrading) Services in a few boroughs the rate paid differs from that quoted. 53 0 to 65 0 53 0 to 65 0 48 48 50 0 44 to 48 Hours of Labour in a full week. Dundee. NORTHERN IRELAND: TIME RATES OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR RECOGNISED IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS AT 1st JANUARY, 1926. (a) The rates quoted are those adopted by all the Authorities in Great Britain. In addition to the rates quoted, an allowance of Is. a week for boots is made by the majority of the Authorities, together with rent allowance where quarters are not provided. A deduction of 24 per cent. is made for contribution to the Pension Fund, together with a supplementary deduction of a further 24 per cent., and deductions where quarters are provided. (b) Subject to the provision that a constable with not less than 5 years' service is eligible for the grant of a special increment under certain conditions as to conduct and qualifications, and that a further special increment may be granted after another year. It is thus possible for a constable to reach the rate of 90s. after 8 years' service. (c) Where the mileage during any turn of duty exceeds a certain number of miles, extra payment is made. (d) For drivers of shunting engines, not performing train miles or working with a brake van, for drivers of shed yard engines and for men engaged in the preparing and disposal of engines, the maximum rate is 84s., payable in the 5th year and upwards, except in the case of men in receipt of 90s., at January, 1924, who continue to receive that amount, and those who qualify for 90s., by reason of the performance of 313 main line turns of duty. (e) With free food in addition. Hours of Labour at 1st January, 1926. The recognised hours of labour were 48 hours a week in boot and shoe manufacture and in the railway service: 44 for shift workers and 48 for day workers in paper manufacture; and 8 a day in the police service and in dock labour. |