ANNUAL PERCENTAGES UNEMPLOYED AMONG MEMBERS OF CERTAIN TRADE UNIONS, 1881-1925.

[Based solely on Returns furnished direct to the Ministry of Labour by various Trade Unions which pay unemployed benefit to their members. Persons on strike or locked out, sick or superannuated, are excluded from the figures.]

Yearly average of Percentages* Unemployed at the end of each month :

Member-
ship at
end of

All

Year.

Returns.†

The percentages for some of the earlier years are partly computed from expenditure on unemployed benefit.

† Including a number of Unions not specified in the four following columns. Affected by the general Coal Mining stoppage.

§ The figures from 1921 onwards exclude pottery trade operatives. From July, 1924, onwards building trade operatives are also excluded from the general

average.

The figures for 1922 onwards are averages of the percentages unemployed at the end of each quarter.

PERCENTAGE UNEMPLOYED AT THE END OF EACH MONTH AMONG MEMBERS OF TRADE UNIONS MAKING

Year.

RETURNS, 1888-1925.

Yearly

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Mean.

PERCENTAGE UNEMPLOYED AT THE END OF EACH MONTH
MAKING RETURNS,

AMONG MEMBERS OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF TRADE UNIONS 1910-25.

• Brassworkers, Stove Grate Workers, Sheet Metal Workers, Braziers, Farriers, &c. † Affected by the general Coal Mining stoppage.

Including Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, Barge Builders, &c., in addition to the Unions included

PERCENTAGE UNEMPLOYED AT THE END OF EACH MONTH MAKING RETURNS,