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Union Wages and Benefits:
Printing Trades
September 2, 1980
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 1982
Bulletin 2125

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OCT 2 8 1982

Union Wages and Benefits:
Printing Trades
September 2, 1980
U.S. Department of Labor
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
September 1982
Bulletin 2125







Preface

This is one in a series of BLS bulletins reporting on
surveys of union wage rates, benefits, and weekly
straight-time hours for specified crafts or jobs as pro­
vided in labor-management agreements in five indus­
tries. Industries covered include construction, grocery
stores, local transit, local trucking, and printing. Be­
cause of budgetary constraints, these union wage stud­
ies have been discontinued, effective in fiscal year 1982.
The final publications are the September 1979 bulletins
on trucking and grocery stores, the July 1980 bulletins
on construction and local transit, and the September
1980 bulletin on printing trades workers.
Wage rates, benefits, and hours for the printing trades
were those in effect the first workday in September
1980, as reported to the Bureau by appropriate labor
organization officials in each of the cities surveyed. Pre­
liminary listings of union wage rates, hours, and bene­




fits for printing trades employees in each city were is­
sued earlier. Copies of these are available from the Bu­
reau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212, or
any of its regional offices listed at the end of this bulletin.
This study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of
Wages and Industrial Relations. Carl Barsky and
Jonathan W. Kelinson of the Division of Occupational
Pay and Employee Benefit Levels prepared this bulle­
tin. It provides a comprehensive account of the current
study and includes indexes of union wage rates and
hours for the printing trades from 1907 to 1980. Field­
work for the survey was conducted by the Bureau’s
Assistant Regional Commissioners for Operations.
Material in this publication is in the public domain
and may, with appropriate credit, be reproduced with­
out permission.

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Contents

Page
Summary......................................................................................................................................
Industry characteristics.................................................................................................................
Type of establishment...........................................................................................................
Processes..............................................................................................................................
Stages of production.............................................................................................................
Unionization.........................................................................................................................

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2

Survey findings.............................................................................................................................
Wage trends...........................................................................................................................
Industry branch averages......................................................................................................
Occupational averages..........................................................................................................
Regional and city averages....................................................................................................
Straight-time hours and supplementary benefits.................................................................

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3
3
3

Reference tables:
United States:
1. Wage rate and weekly hours indexes.....................................................................
2. Wage-rate indexes by trade....................................................................................
3. Weekly hours indexes by trad e...............................................................................
4. Average wage rates and changes by tra d e .............................................................
5. Wage rate distribution by tra d e .............................................................................
6. Cents-per-hour changes in wage rates by trade......................................................
7. Percent changes in wage rates by tra d e .................................................................
8. Weekly h o u rs..........................................................................................................

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5
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10
11
12
13
14

Regions:
9. Average wage rates by trade and region ...............................................................
10. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade and region..

15
16

Selected cities:
11. Average wage rates:By industry branch and population g ro u p ............................
12. Average wage rates:By industry branch and region...............................................
13. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry
branch and population group ...........................................................................
14. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry
branch and region..............................................................................................
Wage
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

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20
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rates, hours and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New E ngland......................................................................................................... 24
Middle A tlantic...................................................................................................... 31
Border S tates......................................................................................................... 54
Southeast ............................................................................................................... 64
Southwest............................................................................................................... 75
Great Lakes ........................................................................................................... 81
Middle W est........................................................................................................... 119
M ountain............................................................................................................... 131
Pacific..................................................................................................................... 135

Appendix: Scope and method of survey...................................................................................... 152



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Printing Trades,
September 2, 1980

In the intaglio, or gravure process, an impression of
the image is made on the surface of the printing plate.
The surface of the plate is flooded with ink, then scraped
with a “doctor” blade. This leaves ink in the depressed
areas only. Images are transferred to paper as the pa­
per soaks up ink from these depressions.
The third process, lithographic printing, is now the
most popular. In this method, images from a flat sur­
face are transferred to a chemically treated printing
plate. Image areas are treated to accept ink; nonimage
areas are treated to repel ink. After the plate has been
inked, it is pressed against a rubber surface or “blan­
ket” which accepts the image without wearing down
the surface of the printing plate, as paper does in let­
terpress and gravure printing. The blanket is then used
to impress the images onto paper in an operation called
“offset.”

Summary

Average wage rates for members of printing trades
unions in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more increased
by 20.1 percent over the two-year .period ending Sep­
tember 2, 1980. This wage gain, which averaged 9.6
percent per year, was the largest annual rate of increase
since the 10.2-percent rise between 1970 and 1971. By
industry branch, the 1978-80 increase averaged 20.5 per­
cent in book and job shops, 18.2 percent in newspaper
plants, and 22.1 percent in commercial lithography
shops.
Union wage rates for all printing trades members av*
eraged $10.96 an hour on September 2, 1980. Day-shift
rates averaged $12.32 an hour in lithography shops,
compared with $10.56 an hour in newspaper plants
($10.97 including day- and night-shift workers) and
$10.29 in book and job shops.
Occupational rates in book and job shops ranged from
an average of $7.07 for bindery workers to $12.82 for
photoengravers. The spread in average day-shift rates
in newspaper plants barely exceeded $1 an hour; rates
ranged from $10.31 for mailers to $11.58 for photoen­
gravers. In commercial lithography shops, the lowest
average wage was for press assistants and feeders
($11.22), while the highest average was for scanners
($14.34).

Stages of production. The union members covered by
the survey may be grouped according to their involve­
ment in 1 of 3 major stages of production: Pre-press,
pressroom, and finishing.
Pre-press operations include transferring images from
the original material to a printing medium (e.g. a print­
ing plate). Technological changes in recent years have
allowed the industry to replace commonly used metal
parts with more flexible and less costly plastic mate­
rials. Other changes include increased uses of photo­
graphic plates, computer typesetting, and photocompo­
sition. This has reduced the demand for such occupa­
tions as photoengravers, stereotypers, and electrotypers.
The need for hand and machine compositors will de­
cline as linotype and hot-metal machines are replaced
with more efficient page-size and laser-produced print­
ing plates. Other pre-press occupational groups include
lithographic artists, camera operators, strippers, platemakers, and scanners.
The pressroom stage involves press operators and
press assistants and feeders who mount the image car­
riers on presses, feed the presses with ink and paper,
supervise the quality of the printing being done, and
perform routine maintenance on pressroom machinery.
With increased computerization, some of the work typi­
cally done in the pressroom can be completed during
the pre-press stage. As new technology becomes more

Industry characteristics

Type o f establishment. Three printing industry branches
were surveyed: (1) Book and job shops, which print
books and fill many different types of small printing
orders; (2) newspaper plants, which publish large
volumes of newsprint rapidly at very low cost per unit;
and (3) commercial lithography shops, which massproduce items of high quality for wide distribution
(catalogs, magazines, etc.).
Processes. Of the three printing processes in common
use today, the oldest is the relief or letterpress method.
In this method, the image to be printed is carried on a
surface raised above the rest of the printing plate. The
image areas are inked, and the printing plate is pressed
against the paper and removed, leaving an ink image
on the paper.



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widespread in the industry, some new skills may be
necessary at this stage of production.
The last stage of processing, finishing, requires the
work of bookbinders, bindery workers, and mailers.
They bind the printed pages into books and pamphlets,
assemble and wrap newspapers and magazines, or other­
wise prepare printed material for mailing and
distribution.

ber 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980 (tables 6 and 7). Av­
erage increases for occupational groups studied sepa­
rately in book and job shops ranged from 13.2 percent
for stereotypers to 25.6 percent for mailers (table 10).
Increases in the other two printing trades branches were
within more narrow ranges—in newspaper plants, in­
creases were from 16.4 percent for photoengravers to
20.8 percent for mailers; in lithography shops, from 17.3
percent for scanners to 24.2 percent for press assistants
and feeders. Since 1970, percentage increases in occu­
pational wage rates were greatest for platen press op­
erators and the lower paid bindery workers; the higher
paid stereotypers recorded the smallest cumulative per­
centage increase.
Regionally, the largest rates of increase for all union
printing trades were reported in the Great Lakes area
(22.8 percent) and the Pacific States (21.2 percent). The
smallest rate was recorded in New England (15.5
percent).

Unionization. Three printing trades unions represent
virtually all of the union members studied. The Inter­
national Typographical Union (ITU) includes hand
compositors, machine operators, machine tenders, and
mailers. (In January 1979, the International Mailers Un­
ion, which covered nearly all mailers, merged into the
ITU.) The Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU)
covers bindery workers, bookbinders, photoengravers,
and most craft workers under commercial lithography
contracts. Press operators and press assistants not un­
der commercial lithography contracts, as well as elec­
trotypers and stereotypers, are usually affiliated with
the International Printing and Graphic Communications
Union (IPGCU).

Industry branch averages. Union wage rates in the print­
ing trades averaged $10.96 an hour on September 2,
1980 (table 5). Averages by industry branch were: $10.29
for book and job shops; $10.97 for newspaper plants
($10.56 for day-shift workers, $11.36 for night-shift);
and $12.32 for commercial lithography shops. Differ­
ences in these averages were attributable to various skill
levels, nightwork premuim pay, and intercity or re­
gional wage levels.
Wage differentials between book and job shops and
the other two branches partially reflected differences
in skill requirements among the three branches. Book
and job shops employed a larger proportion of semi­
skilled people than did the other two branches. Nearly
one-fifth of all book and job shop members, for exam­
ple, were in comparatively low-paying binding occu­
pations involving mainly routine tasks. Bindery rates
depressed the average wage in this industry branch rela­
tive to newspaper plants and lithography shops.
Prevalence of nightwork in newspaper plants also
tended to increase differences between the three indus­
try branches. One-half of the union members in news­
papers were reported on night shifts at the time of the
survey; relatively few workers in book and job or li­
thography shops were employed on nightwork. Aver­
age pay for nightwork was 80 cents an hour more than
for daywork in newspaper plants nationwide. Night­
work differentials—either contract-stipulated rates for
nightwork or a fixed amount added to day rates—were
found in all but 1 of the 58 cities reporting unionized
newspaper trades; the size of such differentials and the
proportion of members receiving them, however, var­
ied widely by city and occupation.
In addition, nationwide pay differences among indus­
try branches reflected variations in the distribution of
union members among the cities surveyed as well as

Survey findings

Wage trends. Average union wage rates for printing
trades in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more rose 20.1
percent between September 1, 1978 and September 1,
1980 (table 4).1This represents a 9.6-percent (compound)
annual rate of increase, the highest yearly gain since
wages in the industry rose 10.2 percent from 1970 to
1971. For union members in book and job shops, an­
nual increases averaged 9.8 percent, compared with 8.7
percent and 10.5 percent for workers in newspaper
plants and lithography shops, respectively. The Sep­
tember 1978-80 annual wage-rate increase in the union
component of the BLS Employment Cost Index—a
measure of pay change that covers nearly all workers
in private nonfarm industries—was 9.7 percent. Over­
all, the 1978-80 increase raised the Bureau’s union wage
rate index for all printing trades to 128.5 (1977= 100).1
2
The corresponding index for book and job shops was
129.3; for newspaper plants, 124.8; and for lithography
shops, 132.6. (See table 1.)
Virtually all of the union members covered by the
survey received wage-rate increases between Septem­
1For an account o f the earlier survey, see Union Wages and Bene­
fits: Printing Trades, September 1, 1978, Bulletin 2049.
2The September 2, 1980 wage rate index for printing trades workers
was calculated on a 1977 — 100 base; the base previously used was
1967= 100. On the new base, the overall index for September 2, 1980
was 128.5; on the old base, 263.3. On the 1967= 100 base, the index
for book and job shops was 267.4; for newspaper plants, 254.1; and
for lithography shops, 270.1. The Office o f Federal Statistical Policy
and Standards established the new base period for use by Federal
Government statistical agencies in line with a longstanding policy
that indexes are to be updated periodically.




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The highest average for newspaper plants ($11.88) was
recorded in the Middle Atlantic region (table 9).
City population size also had an impact on wage
levels. September 1980 wage rates in cities of 1 million
inhabitants or more averaged $11.96 an hour for all
printing trades. This was 11 percent above the $10.78
average rate paid to employees in cities of 500,000 to
1 million, 15 percent above the $10.43 average rate re­
corded in cities of 250,000 to 500,000, and 25 percent
more than the $9.57 average in cities of 100,000 to
250.000 inhabitants—the smallest city size group stud­
ied (table 11). Nevertheless, there were exceptions to
this general pattern. For example, two cities in the
smallest size group studied—Fremont and Fresno, Cali­
fornia—reported average wages ($11.81 and $11.69)
higher than three cities in the largest size category, and
higher than all cities, except Milwaukee, Wise., in the
500.000 to 1 million size group. Similarly, 14 of the 19
cities in population group II (500,000 to 1 million) had
higher averages than those reported for Houston and
Philadelphia—two of the cities with 1 million inhabi­
tants or more. (See tables 15-23 for wage rates for in­
dividual occupations in the 61 cities surveyed.)

differences in industry pay relationships within cities.
For example, the all-city average for lithography was
20 percent above the average for book and job shops.
When comparisons were limited to the six largest cit­
ies, however, the difference narrowed to 11 percent,
primarily because of the pay relationship between the
two branches in New York City. Unlike the nationwide
pattern, New York City’s pay levels were slightly higher
in book and job shops than in lithography. New York
accounted for just over half of the union members in
book and job shops in the six cities but for only onefifth of these members nationwide; in lithography shops,
New York’s proportion of the membership in the six
cities was two-fifths, and one-fifth of the membership
nationwide.
Occupational averages. Average hourly wage rates on
September 2, 1980 for occupations surveyed in book
and job shops ranged from $7.07 for bindery workers
to $12.82 for photoengravers, but typically fell between
$10 and $11 (table 4). In newspaper plants, average
day-shift rates were in a narrow range—from $10.31
for mailers to a high of $11.58 for photoengravers. Av­
erage night-shift rates were typically between 5 and 13
percent higher; they ranged from $10.98 for hand com­
positors to $12.91 for stereotypers. The average rates
in commercial lithography shops were usually between
$12.50 and $13, but ranged from $11.22 (press assistants
and feeders) to $14.34 (scanners).

Straight-time hours and supplementary benefits. Weekly
hours paid at straight-time rates averaged 35.7 for all
printing trades in the survey (table 8). The averages
were 36 in newspaper plants, 35.8 for book and job
shops, and 35.2 hours in lithography shops. Straight-time
workweeks of 35 hours applied to nearly one-half of
the union members covered by the survey; nearly onefourth had 37.5-hour workweeks. Less than 2 percent
of the union members were required to work more than
37.5 hours per week before overtime premium pay be­
came effective.
Contract provisions for employer contributions to
health, welfare, and pension plans applied to most
workers. Where available, information on the amount
of such contributions is presented by city and trade in
tables 15-23.

Regional and city averages. Regionally, average hourly
wage rates for all printing trades ranged from $8.52 in
the Southwest to $11.80 in the Pacific region. The
Southwest also reported the lowest average wage rates
for each of the three industry groups: $7.89 for book
and job shops, $8.83 for day- and night-shift workers
combined in newspaper plants, and $8.96 for commer­
cial lithography shops. The highest averages for book
and job and commercial lithography shops were found
in the Pacific region ($10.97 and $13.55, respectively).




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Table 1. Wage rate1and weekly hour indexes: United States
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Lithography1
2

Newspaper

Book and job

All printing trades
Date
Wage rates

Hours

Wage rates

Hours

Wage rates

Hours

Wage rates

1907:
1912:
1917:
1922:
1927:

May
May
May
May
May

....................
....................
....................
....................
....................

(3)
5.2
5.7
10.8
12.4

(3)
137.8
137.6
125.0
123.6

3.8
4.9
5.4
10.6
12.2

151.6
142.8
142.8
124.7
123.9

5.2
6.1
6.5
11.1
12.7

127.4
125.8
125.2
127.5
125.0

“

1932:
1937:
1942:
1948:
1952:

May 15 ....................
May 15 ....................
June 1 .....................
Jan 2 ........................
July 1 .......................

13.0
13.7
15.3
24.3
30.6

119.3
109.3
107.9
103.5
102.9

12.7
13.3
14.8
23.6
29.9

118.8
111.8
110.8
104.7
103.8

13.4
14.2
16.0
25.3
31.6

121.2
106.7
104.8
103.3
102.3

-

1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

31.8
32.7
33.7
34.6
35.8

102.9
102.8
102.6
102.5
102.2

31.1
32.0
32.9
33.8
35.1

103.8
103.7
103.4
103.2
102.8

32.9
33.8
34.6
35.5
36.6

102.3
102.2
102.1
102.0
101.8

-

1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
1 .......................

37.0
38.2
39.3
40.6
41.8

101.9
101.6
101.5
101.3
101.2

36.3
37.6
38.8
40.2
41.4

102.5
102.1
101.9
101.7
101.6

37.9
39.0
39.8
41.0
42.1

101.6
101.5
101.5
101.4
101.3

-

1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

........................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

43.0
44.1
45.4
46.9
48.8

101.1
101.0
100.8
100.6
100.4

42.6
43.9
45.2
46.7
48.4

101.5
101.5
101.2
100.9
100.7

43.3
44.3
45.4
46.9
49.1

101.2
100.9
100.9
100.6
100.3

49.1

1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................

4 51.2
54.6
59.2
65.2
70.4

100.3
100.1
100.0
99.9
99.8

50.9
54.1
58.5
64.7
69.8

100.6
100.4
100.4
100.3
100.1

51.6
55.0
59.3
65.4
70.8

100.3
100.1
100.0
99.9
99.9

51.1
54.9
60.3
66.0
70.6

1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1

.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
1 .......................

74.8
80.9
87.8
93.8
100.0

99.7
99.7
99.7
100.0
100.0

75.0
80.4
87.4
93.5
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

74.8
81.2
87.9
94.2
100.0

99.9
99.9
99.8
100.0

74.5
81.2
88.1
93.8
100.0

1978: Sept 1 ......................
1980: Sept 2 ......................

107.0
128.5

100.0
100.0

107.3
129.3

100.0
100.0

105.6
124.8

100.0
100.0

108.6
132.6

15
15
15
15
15

3 Combined data for years 1907-1910 not available.
4 Lithography workers were included in the all printing trades index for
the first time in 1968. The index excluding these workers was 51.3.

1 Index series designed for trend purposes; periodic changes in union
rates are based on comparable quotations for the various occupations in
consecutive periods, weighted by number of union members reported at
each quotation in the current survey period.
2 Data first collected separately in 1967-1968. An hours index for
lithography has not been developed.




99.9

-

NOTE: Data for interim years between 1907 and 1952 not shown
separately are available, upon request, from the Bureau.

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Table 2. Wage rate indexes1by trade: United States
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Book and job
Date

Bindery
work­
ers2

Book­
binders

Com pos­
itors,
hand

Machine
Electro­ Machine tenders
typers operators (machin­
ists)

Mailers

1907:
1912:
1917:
1922:
1927:

May
May
May
May
May

1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................

_
3.8
8.5
9.1

4.0
4.7
5.2
10.3
12.0

4.5
5.0
5.4
11.2
12.4

5.4
6.1
7.0
14.4
16.2

5.3
6.1
6.5
12.2
13.6

_

_

5.3
5.5
10.6
11.8

-

-

1932:
1937:
1942:
1948:
1952:

May 1 5 .........................
May 1 5 .........................
June 1 ..........................
Jan 2 ............................
July 1 ............................

9.1
9.6
11.1
19.6
24.7

11.9
12.6
14.2
23.1
29.1

13.0
13.4
14.9
24.0
30.1

17.5
18.0
19.8
29.5
38.0

14.3
14.5
15.9
24.5
30.7

12.4
12.8
14.1
22.1
27.5

1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

25.9
26.9
27.9
28.7
30.3

30.0
30.8
31.8
32.8
34.0

31.3
32.1
33.1
33.9
35.1

39.3
40.4
41.0
42.4
43.9

31.9
32.7
33.7
34.5
35.8

1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

31.3
32.8
34.1
35.5
36.8

35.2
36.8
38.0
39.4
40.5

36.2
37.2
38.5
39.8
41.0

45.5
46.9
48.3
49.7
50.9

1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

38.2
39.4
40.8
42.3
43.6

41.8
43.4
44.6
46.5
48.1

42.2
43.3
44.8
46.2
47.9

1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

46.4
49.7
52.9
59.3
64.9

50.3
53.8
58.6
65.1
71.2

1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

71.0
77.0
83.8
91.7
100.0

1978: Sept 1 ..........................
1980: Sept 2 ..........................

108.5
134.3

Press
opera­
tors,
platen

Stereo­
typers
_
-

_
5.9
10.9
13.4

3.1
3.7
4.2
9.1
11.0

4.8
5.7
6.2
14.9
13.3

4.2
4.8
5.3
10.6
12.1

-

12.3
14.5
23.8
30.7

14.5
15.9
17.0
24.7
32.8

10.9
11.6
13.3
22.5
28.2

13.6
14.3
15.8
24.9
31.3

12.1
12.7
14.0
23.1
29.2

_
47.6

28.7
29.5
30.5
31.2
32.4

32.3
33.6
34.7
35.7
37.1

34.2
35.4
36.3
37.1
38.3

29.3
30.2
31.3
32.2
33.4

32.4
33.3
34.3
35.2
36.3

30.3
31.2
32.3
33.2
34.4

47.9
46.9
45.9
45.9
46.6

36.9
38.0
39.3
40.5
41.9

33.4
34.2
35.4
36.6
37.8

38.5
40.0
41.4
42.7
44.3

39.5
40.9
42.2
43.6
45.1

34.6
35.7
36.9
38.2
39.3

37.6
38.8
39.9
41.1
42.3

35.8
37.2
38.2
39.7
40.9

47.1
47.2
47.0
46.7
47.9

52.1
53.0
53.9
55.0
56.8

43.0
44.1
45.6
47.0
48.6

39.0
43.0
44.6
46.2
47.7

45.5
46.2
47.1
48.2
50.5

46.3
47.3
48.6
50.2
51.4

40.5
41.9
43.1
45.1
47.1

43.5
44.7
46.1
47.6
49.5

42.2
43.3
44.7
46.1
47.7

49.0
50.5
51.4
52.6
54.4

50.7
53.5
58.4
64.8
69.7

58.8
62.4
65.5
70.1
74.4

51.5
54.4
59.2
65.2
70.0

50.6
53.7
58.4
65.4
70.7

52.5
56.9
60.1
66.8
70.7

53.5
56.7
61.6
66.3
71.1

49.9
53.2
57.7
66.7
72.5

51.8
55.1
59.6
65.2
70.4

50.0
53.7
58.1
63.7
69.2

56.8
60.6
63.6
68.8
72.9

75,7
81.3
87.2
93.5
100.0

75.3
80.5
88.8
94.4
100.0

79.2
83.7
90.0
95.1
100.0

75.6
80.8
88.9
94.4
100.0

76.1
81.4
89.3
95.0
100.0

75.3
82.3
86.7
93.2
100.0

76.0
82.0
88.6
93.9
100.0

78.1
82.7
89.7
95.5
100.0

74.9
79.5
86.4
92.4
100.0

73.6
78.7
85.7
92.0
100.0

76.9
82.5
89.1
94.5
100.0

107.0
126.9

107.5
128.6

105.4
122.8

107.1
128.4

108.0
129.5

104.2
130.9

107.9
131.7

103.6
123.6

108.2
131.0

109.5
136.5

106.2
120.2

See footnotes at end of table.




Press
Press
Photoen­
assis­
opera­
gravers tants and tors, cyl­
inder
feeders

5

_

-

Table 2. Wage rate indexes1by trade: United States— Continued
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Newspaper
Web press operators
Date

Compositors,
hand

Machine
operators

Machine
tenders
(machinists)

Mailers

Photoen­
gravers

Operators-inJourneymen
charge

\
1907:
1912:
1917:
1922:
1927:

May
May
May
May
May

1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................

5.6
6.7
7.2
12.2
13.8

5.5
6.3
6.8
11.6
13.2

_

_

_

_

_

-

7.0
7.3
12.6
13.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

6.6
11.9
14.0

-

Journeymen
and operators-inStereotypers
charge com ­
bined
4.9
5.7
6.0
10.0
12.4

5.7
6.4
7.1
11.7
12.9

13.2
13.5
15.3
24.7
31.5

13.6
14.3
16.3
25.6
33.1

1932:
1937:
1942:
1948:
1952:

May 1 5 .........................
May 1 5 .........................
June 1 ..........................
Jan 2 ............................
July 1 ............................

14.3
15.3
16.9
26.7
32.5

13.9
14.8
16.4
25.9
31.5

14.3
15.2
16.9
26.7
32.4

11.2
13.2
22.3
28.9

15.2
16.1
17.9
26.4
32.5

15.4
24.8
31.6

16.1
25.4
32.1

1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

33.7
34.6
35.4
36.3
37.4

32.7
33.5
34.3
35.1
36.3

33.5
34.4
35.1
35.9
37.1

30.1
31.2
32.0
32.9
34.0

33.8
34.6
35.5
36.3
37.3

33.1
34.1
35.1
36.0
37.2

33.7
34.8
35.7
36.6
37.9

33.0
34.0
34.9
35.8
37.0

34.0
35.1
36.1
36.9
38.0

1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

38.6
39.7
40.6
41.6
42.8

37.4
38.5
39.3
40.2
41.4

38.2
39.3
40.2
41.2
42.5

35.4
36.7
37.7
39.0
40.2

38.5
39.7
40.6
41.9
42.7

38.4
39.5
40.3
41.7
42.5

39.0
40.0
41.0
42.4
43.1

38.2
39.3
40.1
41.6
42.4

39.3
40.4
41.4
42.7
43.8

1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

44.0
45.2
46.3
47.7
50.0

42.6
43.9
44.8
46.2
48.6

43.7
45.0
46.0
47.4
49.7

41.4
41.8
43.2
44.5
46.4

44.0
45.2
46.2
47.5
49.3

43.7
44.6
45.7
47.4
49.8

44.0
45.0
46.0
47.7
50.8

43.5
44.4
45.5
47.2
49.6

45.0
45.9
46.6
48.4
50.5

1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

52.6
55.8
60.1
66.1
71.7

51.2
54.5
59.1
64.9
70.5

52.2
55.3
59.5
65.5
70.9

48.9
52.8
56.4
64.4
70.1

51.8
55.2
60.7
65.5
71.1

52.0
55.3
59.7
65.6
70.5

52.9
56.4
61.1
65.7
70.0

51.8
55.1
59.5
65.3
70.1

53.3
56.7
61.0
66.6
71.7

1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

75.4
82.0
89.5
95.3
100.0

73.4
80.1
87.9
94.0
100.0

74.3
80.9
88.3
94.2
100.0

74.4
81.1
86.6
94.3
100.0

75.2
80.3
87.5
94.1
100.0

75.3
81.8
87.4
92.9
100.0

74.6
81.1
85.8
91.9
100.0

74.9
81.4
86.8
92.9
100.0

77.1
82.9
87.1
95.2
100.0

1978: Sept 1 ..........................
1980: Sept 2 ..........................

106.3
124.9

104.6
124.3

106.3
124.7

104.8
126.6

106.0
123.4

106.4
123.9

105.6
124.1

106.3
124.0

104.5
124.7

See footnotes at end of table.




6

-

Table 2. Wage rate indexes1 by trade: United States— Continued
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Lithography3
Date
Artists

1967:
1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:
1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:
1978:
1980:

July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
July 1 .....................................................
Sept 1 ....................................................
Sept 2 ....................................................

50.4
52.2
56.2
60.8
66.4
70.8
75.1
81.8
88.3
94.3
100.0
108.5
131.1

Camera opera­
tors
50.5
52.5
55.7
60.9
66.5
71.1
74.9
81.3
87.5
93.6
100.0
108.8
131.8

1 Index series designed for trend purposes; periodic changes in
union rates are based on comparable quotations for the various
occupations in consecutive periods, weighted by number of union
members reported at each quotation in the current survey period.
2 Bindery workers, formerly referred to as bindery women, are
semiskilled workers who perform such operations as feeding bindery
machines, collating pages, labeling printed items, cleaning covers,




Platemakers

49.5
51.5
55.4
60.5
66.2
70.7
74.6
81.4
88.4
94.3
100.0
108.5
134.6

Press assis­
tants and
feeders
44.8
46.8
51.7
57.7
63.6
68.4
72.4
79.8
87.4
93.3
100.0
109.3
135.8

Pressmen

50.2
52.0
56.0
61.3
67.0
71.7
75.2
81.7
88.5
93.9
100.0
108.4
131.6

Strippers

49.5
51.4
54.7
60.0
65.5
70.0
74.3
81.2
88.0
93.9
100.0
108.5
132.4

and putting parts of books together. This job category corresponds to
the Journeymen II classification found in bindery contracts negotiated
by the Graphic Arts International Union.
3 Data first collected separately in 1967-68.
NOTE: Data for interim years between 1907 and 1952 not shown
separately are available, upon request, from the Bureau.

7

Table 3. Weekly hours indexes by trade: United States
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Book and job
Date

1907:
1912:
1917:
1922:
1927:

May
May
May
May
May

1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................

Bindery
workers
_
-

132.8
125.1
123.9

Book­
binders

Com pos­
itors,
hand

149.3
134.2
134.2
126.1
125.0

132.2
132.1
132.1
122.4
121.4

Machine
Electro­ Machine tenders
typers operators (machin­
ists)
136.0
130.8
130.1
124.2
126.1

134.1
133.5
133.8
125.1
124.5

_
135.2
135.4
125.0
124.4

Mailers

Press
Press
Photoen­
assis­
opera­
gravers tants and tors, cyl­
inder
feeders

_

_

-

-

-

141.4
129.9
129.9

-

-

_

147.0
131.7
131.7
123.2
122.0

141.2
132.2
132.2
123.3
122.2

Press
opera­
tors,
platen
141.9
133.9
134.0
126.1
123.9

Stereo­
typers

_
-

-

_

1932: May 1 5 .........................
1937: May 1 5 .........................
1942:June 1 ..........................
1948: Jan 2 ............................
1952: July 1 ............................

123.9
114.0
112.5
106.3
105.6

124.7
114.5
112.6
105.5
104.6

121.1
111.3
111.1
104.1
103.7

123.6
108.6
102.7
105.4
102.8

124.2
112.2
111.9
104.5
104.2

124.4
112.3
112.1
104.6
104.3

112.3
111.7
104.3
102.0

123.2
110.6
108.1
106.5
104.2

107.2
111.8
110.8
104.7
103.7

111.5
110.3
109.9
103.3
102.7

122.1
112.9
112.3
106.3
105.3

_
_
_
101.2

1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

105.6
105.5
105.3
105.0
104.5

104.6
104.5
104.4
104.1
103.8

103.7
103.3
103.0
102.7
102.4

102.7
102.7
102.7
101.9
101.3

104.2
103.8
103.5
103.3
102.9

104.3
104.1
103.6
103.3
103.0

102.0
102.0
102.0
101.7
101.6

104.1
104.0
103.8
103.7
103.5

103.7
103.7
103.4
103.3
102.8

102.7
102.7
102.5
102.4
102.0

105.2
105.2
104.6
104.3
102.9

101.5
101.5
101.6
100.9
100.0

1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

104.1
103.7
103.5
103.3
103.2

103.4
103.0
102.8
102.6
102.5

102.2
101.8
101.6
101.5
101.4

101.2
100.8
100.7
100.5
100.4

102.6
102.1
101.7
101.6
101.5

102.9
102.4
102.1
102.1
102.0

101.4
101.2
100.9
100.5
99.9

103.1
102.6
102.2
101.8
100.9

102.4
102.2
102.1
102.0
101.9

101.5
101.3
101.2
100.9
101.1

102.4
102.0
101.8
101.6
101.5

100.4
101.2
101.1
101.1
101.1

1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

103.1
103.1
103.1
102.7
102.2

102.4
102.4
102.4
101.6
101.2

101.4
101.4
100.7
100.3
100.2

100.0
100.0
99.9
99.8
99.8

101.5
101.5
100.9
100.5
100.4

102.0
102.0
101.1
100.6
100.5

99.9
99.9
99.9
99.8
99.8

100.7
100.5
100.3
100.1
100.0

101.9
101.9
101.9
101.8
100.9

101.1
101.1
100.6
100.7
100.6

101.5
101.5
100.9
100.8
100.7

101.1
101.1
101.1
101.0
100.9

1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

102.1
101.8
101.6
101.5
100.3

101.1
100.5
100.5
100.4
100.1

99.9
99.9
99.8
99.7
99.7

99.8
99.8
99.8
100.1
100.1

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
99.9

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.8
99.8
99.7
100.3
100.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.9
100.6
100.6
100.5
100.1

100.5
100.3
100.2
100.1
99.9

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.4
100.0

100.9
100.9
100.8
100.6
100.6

1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0

99.9
99.9
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.7
99.7
99.7
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0

99.9
99.9
99.9
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
99.8
99.9
100.0

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
100.0

99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.7
100.8
100.8
100.0
100.0

1978: Sept 1 ..........................
1980: Sept 2 ..........................

100.0
100.0

99.8
99.8

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.2

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

See footnotes at end of table.




8

Table 3. Weekly hours indexes by trade: United States— Continued
(Union printing trades, 1907-80)
(1977=100)
Newspaper
Web press operators
Date

Compositors,
hand

Machine
operators

Machine
tenders
(machinists)

Mailers

Photoen­
gravers

Operators-inJourneymen
charge

1907:
1912:
1917:
1922:
1927:

May
May
May
May
May

1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................
1 5 .........................

127.7
127.2
126.6
128.3
126.5

129.9
129.6
128.6
130.7
128.2

_
132.4
131.9
132.9
131.8

_

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

128.7
122.7
120.5

-

1932:
1937:
1942:
1948:
1952:

May 1 5 .........................
May 1 5 .........................
June 1 ..........................
Jan 2 ............................
July 1 ............................

122.7
104.8
104.1
102.8
102.5

122.7
105.1
104.4
103.0
102.7

122.2
104.9
104.1
102.7
102.4

106.0
105.4
103.3
102.6

119.5
109.7
105.8
104.4
102.6

1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

102.4
102.3
102.2
102.1
102.0

102.6
102.5
102.5
102.4
102.2

102.4
102.3
102.2
102.1
102.0

102.5
102.4
102.2
102.2
102.0

1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

101.8
101.7
101.7
101.6
101.5

101.9
101.8
101.8
101.7
101.6

101.7
101.6
101.6
101.5
101.4

1963:
1964:
1965:
1966:
1967:

July
July
July
July
July

1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................
1 ............................

101.5
101.1
101.1
101.0
100.8

101.6
101.0
101.0
100.9
100.6

1968:
1969:
1970:
1971:
1972:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

100.8
100.6
100.4
100.4
100.4

1973:
1974:
1975:
1976:
1977:

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

............................
............................
............................
............................
............................

1978: Sept 1 ..........................
1980: Sept 2 ..........................

-

119.1
115.5
115.4
121.6
117.5

131.1
125.7
125.4
125.5
124.6

103.8
102.7
101.1

103.3
102.4
100.6

114.9
105.9
103.9
102.8
101.2

123.5
112.7
104.7
103.3
101.6

102.6
102.5
102.4
102.3
102.2

101.3
101.2
101.1
101.1
100.7

100.8
100.7
100.6
100.6
100.0

101.4
101.3
101.2
101.2
100.7

101.5
101.4
101.3
101.3
101.2

101.8
101.5
101.4
101.3
101.2

101.9
102.0
101.9
101.8
101.7

100.4
100.2
100.3
100.2
100.1

99.7
99.6
100.0
99.8
99.7

100.4
100.2
100.4
100.2
100.1

101.2
101.1
101.0
100.6
100.8

101.4
100.8
100.8
100.7
100.5

101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1
100.4

101.6
101.5
101.5
101.1
100.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.6
99.5
99.5
99.5
99.4

100.0
100.0
100.0

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.7

100.6
100.4
100.2
100.2
100.2

100.5
100.3
100.1
100.1
100.1

100.3
100.2
100.1
100.2
100.2

100.8
100.6
100.4
100.2
100.2

100.0

99.9

99.8
99.7
99.7

99.5
99.3
99.2
99.1
99.1

99.8
99.7
99.6
99.6

100.7
100.7
100.6
100.4
100.0

100.3
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.7
99.7
99.7
99.7
100.0

99.1
99.2
99.2
99.2
100.0

99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0

100.0
99.9

100.0
100.0

99.8
99.8

99.8
99.8

99.8
99.8

100.0
100.0

-

NOTE: Data for interim years between 1907 and 1952 not show n
separately are available, upon request, from the Bureau.




Journeymen
and operators-inStereotypers
charge com­
bined

9

99.9
99.9

99.9
99.8




Table 4. Average wage rates and changes by trade
(Average union hourly wage rates in the printing trades, September 2, 1980, and changes in
rates, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)

Trade

Average rate per
hour'

Change from September 1, 19781
2
Cents per hour

Percent

All printing tra d e s .........................

$10.96

183

20.1

Book and job3 ....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders Gourneymen 1 ...........
)
Camera ope rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o perators..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

10.29
7.07
10.05
10.92
11.61
9.80
11.40
11.64
8.22
12.82
10.35
10.32
10.87
10.00
10.37
10.93

175
134
157
176
190
139
189
194
167
231
179
167
190
198
121
180

20.5
23.4
18.6
19.2
19.6
16.5
19.9
19.9
25.6
22.0
20.9
19.3
21.1
24.7
13.2
19.6

N ew sp ap ers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine operato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs ............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web Gourneymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

10.97
10.56
11.36
10.71
10.45
10.98
11.30
10.79
11.69
11.42
11.25
11.62
10.73
10.31
11.20
11.66
11.58
11.75
10.84
10.38
11.25
12.04
11.14
12.60
12.06
10.78
12.91

169
159
178
159
153
165
179
162
192
168
165
172
185
167
205
164
166
162
153
152
154
180
168
187
198
157
225

18.2
17.8
18.6
17.5
17.2
17.7
18.8
17.7
19.6
17.3
17.1
17.4
20.8
19.3
22.4
16.4
16.7
16.0
16.5
17.2
15.9
17.5
17.8
17.4
19.6
17.0
21.1

Lithography3 .......................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
P la te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
S c a n n e rs .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

12.32
12.81
12.65
12.53
11.22
12.60
14.34
12.54

224
223
221
242
220
222
212
226

22.1
21.0
21.2
24.0
24.2
21.4
17.3
22.0

1 Average rates based on all rates in
effect Sept. 2, 1980; each union rate was
weighted by the number of union mem­
bers at each reported rate.
2 Based on comparable rates for 1978
and 1980, and weighted by the number of
union members at each reported rate in
1980.
3 Relatively few workers in book and
job or lithography shops were employed
on nightwork; therefore, data on such

workers were excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Variations in the size of in­
creases from survey to survey may reflect,
in part, variations in timing of contract ne­
gotiations. Wage rates and increases indi­
cated reflect rates available on the first
workday in September of the survey year,
and do not include increases made later
that are retroactive to that day or before.

10

Table 5. Wage rate distribution by trade
(Percent distribution of union printing trades workers, September 2, 1980)
Percent of union workers whose rates per hour were—
Trade

Average
rate per
hour

Under
$6.50

1.1

2.4

3.1

4.5

5.4

6.2

5.6

13.9

19.9

15.6

10.3

10.29
7.07
10.05
10.92
11.61
9.80
11.40
11.64
8.22
12.82
10.35
10.32
10.87
10.00
10.37
10.93

7.6
2.2
1 41.5 10.2
.2
.2
.4
.1
.1
.3
.2
.2
.2
6.9
4.1
2.8
.6
1.6
.9
(2)
1.2
2.7
.2

5.2
17.2
1.9
.7
.6
.2
.2
53.3
1.8
1.0
.4
-

5.4
5.7
15.6
2.1
2.0
2.5
.8
1.6
1.2
5.0
5.8
2.7
6.7
2.6

7.8
11.7
9.9
7.6
8.9
3.5
10.6
8.1
1.9
7.4
5.3
6.0
9.2
7.1

6.0
9.5
3.8
4.1
7.4
17.4
7.7
4.1
3.3
1.1
16.9
5.1
6.1
3.5
3.9

5.1
.9
5.6
3.5
9.6
27.5
8.2
6.1
6.8
.6
11.5
2.8
1.0
7.5
9.2

6.0
(2
)
7.5
17.2
8.5
1.4
8.2
2.9
10.3
.4
5.6
4.2
10.4
15.9
2.5
4.4

12.0
3.1
9.1
8.0
13.9
41.8
17.7
37.4
9.5
4.8
7.1
22.2
16.6
53.8
87.5
11.3

16.6
41.7
17.8
4.7
8.4
4.0
.4
.3
16.5
29.7
33.1
22.7
8.4
11.9

12.4
4.5
32.7
8.7
10.7
10.4
6.0
33.7
15.4
8.7
24.3
2.5
44.0

4.4
5.8
1.4
.8
1.0
29.5
5.3
6.4
2.7

9.0
33.8
29.0
28.4
11.4
.1
-

N ew spapers.......................................
Dayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs ............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers ...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web Qourneymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .........................................................................

10.97
10.56
11.36
10.71
10.45
10.98
11.30
10.79
11.69
11.42
11.25
11.62
10.73
10.31
11.20
11.66
11.58
11.75
10.84
10.38
11.25
12.04
11.14
12.60
12.06
10.78
12.91

_
-

.1
.1
(2)
-

2.5
3.3
1.8
2.8
3.6
2.0
.5
.5
.5
1.5
1.0
2.1
2.3
2.7
1.9
4.8
4.2
5.5
3.7
5.8
1.9
-

7.6
8.9
6.3
10.3
10.1
10.5
5.2
7.3
3.6
3.7
4.8
2.3
12.6
15.7
9.1
.5
.1
1.0
4.3
4.7
3.9
.6
.8
.5

10.4
10.9
10.0
13.2
14.4
12.0
14.4
17.2
12.3
10.1
9.3
11.0
7.7
6.6
9.0
6.9
4.6
9.6
10.5
11.7
9.3
4.7
7.9
2.6
1.6
4.0

7.0
9.9
4.2
9.2
12.8
5.6
8.4
12.6
5.2
4.9
7.1
2.4
4.7
6.9
2.3
6.9
8.3
5.4
7.1
9.9
4.6
4.1
7.1
2.3
3.6
8.9

19.9
25.2
14.9
17.1
19.3
15.0
22.2
25.5
19.6
11.7
15.7
6.9
22.0
26.4
17.0
10.6
12.4
8.5
23.0
33.6
13.2
14.5
26.6
6.8
34.0
60.7
16.2

24.4
26.6
22.3
26.7
24.2
29.2
19.4
16.2
21.9
29.1
38.2
18.2
24.7
34.7
13.4
24.0
29.9
17.1
24.3
21.5
26.8
21.4
34.7
13.0
25.4
24.3
26.1

13.5
7.6
19.2
11.5
7.5
15.6
10.8
8.1
12.9
30.2
16.1
47.1
2.6
5.6
28.9
21.8
37.0
23.9
11.0
35.6
16.2
15.8
16.5
.6

7.3
1.9
12.6
1.2
.5
1.8
1.0
.6
1.2
1.6
1.3
1.9
18.9
3.0
36.8
7.9
9.7
5.8
2.3
4.4
37.2
5.6
57.2
.8
2.0

4.8
2.9
6.8
5.6
4.8
6.3
17.8
11.7
22.5
7.0
6.3
7.9
2.9

Lithography ...............................................................................
Artists .........................................................................................
Camera o p e rato rs .....................................................
P la te m akers .......................................................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs ..................
Press operators, o ffs e t ......................................
S c a n n e rs ................................................................................
S trip p e rs ..................................................................................

12.32
12.81
12.65
12.53
11.22
12.60
14.34
12.54

8.3
3.9

19.6
14.0
6.7
5.9
51.6
16.9

25.5
28.0
34.6
13.0
20.5
26.3
4.2
30.0

3.5

.1
.2

-

-

.1
.3
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.9
2.1
1.7
2.4
2.9
1.9
.3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
4.0
3.1
5.0
.5
.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

.2
.2
.2
-

-

-

.4
.7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.8
1.6
.4
.5
.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.2

.3

.2

.2

.9

.9

.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.1

.5
.6
.5

-

-

-

.6
.2

.5
.2

.2
.2
1.2
1.6

1.6
4.2
1.1
1.9

-

(2
)
.1

.8
.1
-

(2)

2.6
.9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.1

' Workers were distributed as follows: 9.7 percent under $5.50; 10.1
percent at $5.50 to $6.00; and 21.6 percent at $6.00 to $6.50
2 Less than 0.05 percent.
3 All workers were at $15.00 to $16.00.




0.7

7.7

All printing tra d e s ......................... $10.96
Book and jo b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
P latem akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
.........
Press operators, p la te n ........ ~
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

$6.50
$7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 $9.00 $9.50 $10.00 $11.00 $12.00 $13.00 $14.00 $15.00
and
and
under
$7.50 $8.00 $8.50 $9.00 $9.50 $10.00 $11.00 $12.00 $13.00 $14.00 $15.00 over
$7.00

-

1.8

-

-

(2)

1.9

-

2.6
1.4
2.4
1.7
6.2
1.4
-

1.7

7.7
9.4
11.3
6.4
-

10.1

-

4.5

-

1.1

.2
1.6
.4
.5
.2
-

-

6.1
8.0
3.9

-

6.3
1.0
1.0
1.0
34.0

-

56.6

-

-

-

27.6
37.1
36.6
56.3

9.4
8.5
6.7

.7

2.0
12.3
56.0
12.9

26.5
15.5
38.8

2.6
7.0
3.3

8.8
.1
4.7
3 24.4
-

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
100. Dash indicates no rates reported for specified interval.

11

Table 6. Cents-per-hour changes in wage rates by trade
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Percent of workers affected by cents-per-hour increases of—
Trade

workers
50
affected by
Under and
wage rate
50
under
increases
75

75

100

125

150

175

200

225

250

275

300

325

350

100

125

150

175

200

225

250

275

300

325

350

375

375
and
over

All printing tra d e s .........................

98.9

1.6

4.7

7.3

11.3

10.6

11.1

12.4

7.0

10.0

10.5

7.3

2.7

0.2

1.4

0.9

Book and j o b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine ope rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ..................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

99.5
98.6
98.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1.8
2.7
.7
.5
3.4
1.1
3.1
4.5
1.0
1.0
1.9

7.1
20.9
.8
5.3
8.3
4.9
6.8
10.0
7.3
.5
13.9
1.5
4.3
1.0
5.0

10.4
20.6
19.5
4.3
8.0
11.3
4.9
1.9
1.1
8.5
4.6
2.2
4.0
6.4

11.1
11.7
20.0
14.0
10.6
66.2
6.6
22.9
3.3
.8
4.4
5.6
11.4
4.5
87.5
6.0

7.7
3.8
12.1
7.9
7.2
7.0
9.2
1.6
14.6
2.5
5.1
10.7
8.0
10.3
4.0

14.9
9.6
16.9
16.2
7.9
1.4
10.8
1.6
11.5
8.0
27.3
46.1
14.8
12.3
2.5
41.5

8.4
1.9
.7
8.7
3.6
11.1
6.2
4.8
55.6
28.6
.9
7.9
11.6
20.0
2.9

9.0
17.7
6.6
26.1
1.6
2.7
1.3
3.9
4.7
5.2
18.7
2.5
7.5
3.2

4.7
1.5
.8
5.3
2.7
3.3
11.2
21.2
3.1
1.8
5.9
27.8
11.1

14.1
8.1
9.3
4.7
33.9
4.5
29.0
29.6
14.9
8.8
5.3
6.1
14.0
2.7

8.0
10.9
3.2
11.1
11.7
11.2
1.5
1.3
14.6
5.8
15.2
.8
7.2

1.0
.8
4.9
.3
8.6
10.3
_
.3
2.5
2.7

.4
_
3.1
.3
.3
1.2
1.0
.1
5.3

(1
)
_
.2
_
_
.2
_
-

.9
_
1.4
.8
1.0
_
6.5
_
_
.1
1.8
_

-

-

N ew sp ap ers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine ope rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................
M a ile rs ............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web (journeymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

98.6
98.0
99.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.5
97.6
99.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
96.1
94.3
97.6
95.0
95.7
94.6
100.0
100.0
100.0

2.1
2.7
1.4
2.6
3.0
2.2
.1
.3
.6
.5
.8
2.6
3.9
1.2
2.9
3.4
2.5
1.6
2.3
1.1
-

4.5
4.4
4.7
10.5
9.9
11.1
6.1
7.0
5.5
5.4
5.5
5.4
1.7
1.2
2.3
.5
.5
.4
1.8
1.9
1.7
.6
.3
.8
-

7.1
9.3
5.0
3.9
5.5
2.4
18.4
21.9
15.7
.7
1.2
.2
3.3
3.7
2.8
8.9
8.7
9.1
9.5
15.6
4.0
5.8
14.3
.5
-

16.7
18.2
15.2
22.5
25.1
19.8
16.1
21.9
11.6
15.8
17.3
14.0
19.2
21.0
17.1
21.3
21.0
21.7
7.5
4.4
10.4
3.0
3.5
2.7
25.6
28.7
23.4

18.3
16.7
19.8
19.7
19.0
20.5
10.5
11.5
9.8
43.4
43.4
43.3
8.0
8.2
7.9
26.5
23.6
30.0
25.7
20.0
30.8
30.9
23.7
35.4
10.7
18.6
5.4

10.9
11.4
10.3
7.5
9.4
5.5
3.9
5.4
2.8
3.5
5.0
1.8
12.9
14.5
11.0
12.2
14.5
9.6
17.7
12.9
22.0
8.1
9.2
7.4
11.8
21.5
5.4

10.1
11.9
8.4
9.0
7.2
10.9
8.1
5.4
10.1
4.6
3.9
5.4
12.3
17.2
6.6
6.2
6.9
5.4
12.8
17.6
8.4
7.9
11.6
5.5
6.1
10.9
3.0

5.1
3.8
6.4
2.9
2.1
3.7
3.4
.9
5.4
.6
.5
.8
5.2
4.5
6.0
2.6
3.6
1.5
10.3
7.3
13.1
5.9
6.5
5.5
.5
.8

3.0
3.1
2.9
3.0
3.6
2.4
2.9
3.6
2.4
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.3
3.0
3.7
7.1
6.1
8.3
.4
.8
7.1
8.1
6.5
10.9
20.2
4.6

9.5
10.5
8.5
12.5
9.7
15.3
11.4
9.3
13.0
13.5
11.7
15.7
12.7
20.3
4.0
2.0
4.2
1.9
3.3
.7
20.7
11.7
26.4
-

6.3
1.8
10.7
.5
.6
.5
1.3
1.1
1.4
.9
.8
1.0
17.3
36.9
6.0
5.6
6.5
2.7
5.2
.5
1.0
1.3
34.5
57.4

2.9
.7
5.1
2.9
5.7
12.6
22.1
3.4
7.6
6.6
9.6
3.2
.9
1.5
.5
-

.1
.1
.3
.6
_
-

1.5
3.0
(’)
2.5
4.9
_
5.1
11.8
.1
4.3
7.1
1.0
.3
.5
_
-

.5
.4
.7
_
_
_
_
_
_
2.2
1.5
2.8
1.6
2.6
1.0
-

-

-

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
S c a n n e rs .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

98.3
98.4
98.7
97.8
97.7
98.2
100.0
98.9

.3
.4
.4
.6
.1
.1

3.6
17.4
3.7
3.4
3.8
2.3
2.6
1.8

24.0
13.9
28.6
5.3
28.5
25.0
56.9
25.6

32.0
30.3
31.0
28.7
26.8
37.5
24.8
30.0

4.4
3.2
8.3
1.4
3.1
5.1
15.7
3.8

7.4
2.8
4.6
31.9
10.3
2.8

6.1
9.7
5.2
7.7
7.6
3.8

.1
-

1.7
-

-

4.2
7.0
5.1
3.7
-

.3

4.2

2.4
3.4

(')

4.4
6.7
3.7
4.8
1.2
5.3
5.8

5.8
5.2
4.0
7.8
7.5
4.1

.7

1.1
.7
2.0
.9
.8
.9
1.3

3.0
.9
2.0
1.7
5.5
3.3

-

.1
.2
O
.1
.1
.1
-

-

1.8

1 Less than 0.05 percent.




-

7.7

.5

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.6

7.9

-

7.8

-

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
100. Dash indicates no changes reported for specified interval.

12

Table 7. Percent changes in wage rates by trade:
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)

Trade

Percent
of
workers
by
increase

Percent of workers affected by percentage increases of—

Less
than
5
percent

5
and
under
7

7

10

15

20

25

30

35

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

40
and
over

All printing tra d e s .........................

98.9

0.5

3.2

3.3

18.3

24.6

25.0

13.0

7.9

2.1

0.9

Book and jo b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
P latem akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

99.5
98.6
98.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.4
.5
2.1
3.3
.2
-

2.8
1.9
.6
1.3
8.6
6.1
5.6
.3
5.4
.8
1.7
1.0
1.9

4.4
.6
14.4
1.1
3.7
4.9
3.2
5.1
.5
6.0
1.2
3.3
1.0
4.6

13.9
14.6
18.9
15.0
16.8
48.8
16.9
22.1
17.0
1.9
13.3
5.6
9.0
4.0
87.5
33.1

30.6
26.7
22.7
48.0
15.6
25.8
19.4
8.0
16.3
40.1
30.9
67.1
46.6
42.1
2.5
23.9

22.0
14.2
19.9
20.9
39.4
36.5
34.3
5.4
35.2
10.7
3.8
13.5
4.7
17.1

9.1
6.6
8.7
4.7
10.2
11.1
13.2
22.3
2.2
14.5
6.3
5.0
9.2
5.1
6.9

11.5
16.1
12.5
5.7
3.2
8.4
2.1
1.3
58.5
1.2
25.4
10.4
16.1
40.4
10.0
7.4

3.6
15.3
.3
.5
1.4
6.7
.5
.2
5.3

1.1
2.5
.1
2.1
1.0
1.2
1.3
.3
2.2
.1
1.8
-

N ew spapers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (m achinists)........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs ............................................
D ayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................
Press operators, web (jo u rn e y m e n )
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............

.8
1.0
.7
.6
.5
.7
.6
.5
.8
.8
1.3
.3
1.7
1.8
1.6
1.6
2.3
1.1
-

5.6
6.1
5.3
12.0
12.4
11.7
6.3
7.3
5.5
5.2
5.5
4.8
3.5
3.8
3.2
.2
.4
3.0
3.5
2.6
.6
.3
.8
-

3.7
4.5
3.0
2.1
3.3
.8
14.6
17.8
12.2
.7
.9
.6
.6
1.2
10.3
8.9
11.9
1.7
3.6
3.6
8.3
.6
-

31.4
30.5
32.3
34.6
36.7
32.4
28.1
34.5
23.2
58.1
58.4
57.8
18.8
20.8
16.5
47.7
48.2
47.1
35.8
23.1
47.4
29.5
20.0
35.5
32.7
44.9
24.5

16.8
18.2
15.4
13.7
14.8
12.7
4.7
6.6
3.3
5.1
7.6
2.2
23.0
25.9
19.7
19.4
18.0
21.0
21.7
19.9
23.3
16.0
21.2
12.7
16.2
25.9
9.7

18.6
18.4
18.8
17.9
13.9
22.0
15.9
11.1
19.5
6.9
6.5
7.3
14.9
18.3
11.2
8.6
7.3
10.1
24.8
31.3
18.8
37.0
32.0
40.1
47.9
29.1
60.3

17.7
13.7
21.6
14.6
11.2
17.9
22.0
7.1
33.2
17.5
12.5
23.5
36.4
27.5
46.4
11.6
15.1
7.4
2.6
4.8
.7
3.3
5.8
1.7
2.8
4.6

2.1
3.9
.3
2.5
4.9
5.1
11.8
.1
3.4
6.3
-

1.2
1.1
1.2
2.0
2.2
1.7
3.3
3.8
3.0
2.4
1.8
3.0
.5
1.2
-

.7
.6
.7
-

Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
Dayw ork........................................
N ig h tw ork.....................................

98.6
98.0
99.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.5
97.6
99.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
96.1
94.3
97.6
95.0
95.7
94.6
100.0
100.0
100.0

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
P latem akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
S c a n n e rs .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

98.3
98.4
98.7
97.8
97.7
98.2
100.0
98.9

.3
.4
.4
.3
.1
.1
.7

.1

.6
.7
1.8
.3
.2
1.3

6.4
7.8
6.0
5.1
5.0
7.0
2.6
7.1

24.9
33.6
31.5
7.6
6.5
35.1
81.7
24.8

41.4
36.5
41.9
36.0
55.3
36.8
15.7
39.6

13.7
11.7
7.8
42.7
10.3
9.3
16.3

9.9
7.8
9.4
5.5
15.1
9.2
9.2

D a y w o r k ....................................................

-

.3
.1
“

NOTE: B e cau se of rounding, su m s o f ind ivid u al item s m ay not equal
100. D ash in d ica te s no cha ng es reported for s p e c ifie d interval.




13

2.3
2.4
2.1
2.1
3.8
.5
2.0
3.3
1.1
.5
.8

2.7
2.7
2.8
1.6
2.6
1.0
“

.4

.8

-

-

1.4
.2
”

3.9
.2
“

Table 8. Weekly hours
(Union printing trades, September 2, 1980)
Percent of workers whose straight-time hours per week were—
Trade

Average
weekly
hours

30 and
under

Over 30
and
under 35

35

Over 35
and
under 37.5

37.5

Over 37.5
and
under 40

40

All printing tra d e s .........................

35.7

0.3

12.6

48.1

14.2

23.4

0.6

1.0

Book and j o b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II)....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
P la te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

35.8
35.8
35.6
36.1
35.9
36.2
36.1
35.7
36.7
34.9
36.5
35.3
36.2
36.2
35.2
36.1

_
-

45.0
49.3
54.0
41.3
20.5
46.7
20.9
32.2
23.4
84.1
26.4
26.1
55.5
54.0
90.0
48.6

8.0
21.1
15.3
4.6
13.9
6.3
. 14.5
1.9
1.1
.3
1.6
-

27.1
16.0
15.4
42.7
39.6
39.4
42.7
24.7
70.4
1.0
57.2
19.9
38.9
41.9
10.0
43.9

.8
.9
.4
.6
.3
.3
.2
1.2
.6
2.7
2.2
-

1.2
2.5
.7
1.7
1.1
.8
-

-

17.8
10.1
14.2
13.8
33.9
29.1
28.4
4.3
13.8
14.0
52.3
.5
7.1

N ew sp ap ers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o p e rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs .............................................
Dayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web (journeymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

36.0
36.5
35.5
36.2
36.4
36.0
35.9
36.2
35.7
35.8
36.0
35.6
36.0
36.6
35.4
36.0
36.1
35.9
35.9
36.8
35.1
35.5
36.8
34.7
34.4
37.1
32.6

.8
O
1.5
.3
.7
.2
.4
.2
.4
34.8
2.0
56.6

13.6
3.8
23.0
5.2
4.8
5.6
17.6
11.7
22.1
6.8
6.3
7.5
20.3
3.0
39.8
5.3
11.4
16.7
.5
31.3
21.8
1.6
34.6
.5
.8

25.3
21.3
29.2
24.1
20.4
27.9
18.8
14.8
21.8
48.6
44.4
53.6
22.6
21.9
23.4
30.8
37.7
22.9
28.5
17.8
38.3
35.8
18.2
46.9
7.5
2.4
10.8

29.7
34.4
25.1
40.6
37.8
43.5
45.3
47.8
43.4
22.4
20.4
24.8
25.1
39.1
9.2
34.6
32.6
36.9
15.3
21.6
9.6
10.1
18.3
4.9
28.8
36.8
23.4

29.7
38.6
21.1
29.7
37.0
22.4
18.1
25.7
12.2
21.9
28.8
13.7
28.6
29.6
27.6
29.3
29.7
28.8
39.0
59.5
20.3
32.0
61.5
13.3
28.5
58.7
8.4

_
-

35.2
35.1
35.2
35.2
35.1
35.3
35.0
35.1

-

90.6
96.4
91.7
89.8
93.6
86.6
98.3
92.8

2.5
2.3
3.1
5.1
1.8
1.7
3.3

5.4
1.1
3.2
3.8
3.6
9.2
1.7
3.6

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o p e ra to rs...........................
P la te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
S c a n n e rs .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

-

-

-

-

1 Less than 0.05 percent.

equal totals.
terval.

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




14

-

1.1
1.2
2.1
.3
.4

-

1.0
1.8
.1
3.3
6.3
.5
.5
.5
.4
.5
.3
-

1.0
.2
1.3
.1
.6
2.0

.5
.7
•1.1
.4
.5

-

-

0

.3

Dash indicates no hours reported for specified in­

Table 9. Average wage rates by trade and region
(Union printing trades, September 2, 1980)
Region1
Trade

United
States

New
England

Middle
Atlantic

Border
States

South­
east

South­
west

Great
Lakes

Middle
West

Mountain

Pacific

All printing tra d e s .........................

$10.96

$10.17

$11.27

$10.61

$8.67

$8.52

$11.17

$10.24

$9.83

$11.80

Book and j o b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs .............................................
Photoengravers...............................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

10.29
7.07
10.05
10.92
11.61
9.80
11.40
11.64
8.22
12.82
10.35
10.32
10.87
10.00
10.37
10.93

10.02
5.70
8.14
8.55
9.96
10.22
10.37
5.92
11.95
7.76
8.09
8.38
8.34
7.89

10.52
6.11
9.41
11.02
13.41
9.88
13.42
13.57
7.42
12.52
10.56
10.85
9.63
8.60
10.40
10.73

10.70
7.50
10.84
8.43
8.79
8.29
10.09
9.18
13.11
8.43
8.72
9.93
8.17
9.39
8.90

8.34
6.17
8.50
8.63
8.45
9.33
8.24
8.60

7.89
5.49
8.15
9.62
8.54
9.08
8.63
8.95

10.35
7.63
11.14
11.22
10.77
9.64
10.93
11.49
10.38
13.45
11.34
10.10
11.11
10.13
11.40
11.48

9.22
6.88
10.18
12.57
9.55
9.49
9.00
10.55
11.51
12.38
10.50
12.03
11.01
12.23

8.79
6.52
9.63
8.07
8.54
8.80
8.81

10.97
8.42
9.80
11.67
11.32
11.28
10.96
10.73
9.78
13.27
10.14
8.93
11.60
10.80
12.16

N ew spapers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs .............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web (journeymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

10.97
10.56
11.36
10.71
10.45
10.98
11.30
10.79
11.69
11.42
11.25
11.62
10.73
10.31
11.20
11.66
11.58
11.75
10.84
10.38
11.25
12.04
11.14
12.60
12.06
10.78
12.91

10.19
9.68
10.77
9.61
9.38
9.94
10.94
10.02
11.18
10.61
10.38
11.02
10.05
9.56
10.97
11.17
11.08
11.27
10.45
9.65
11.27
11.47
11.04
11.86

11.04
10.70
11.49
11.09
10.68
11.55
11.19
10.56
11.76
11.12
10.78
11.70
10.53
10.40
10.78
11.75
11.31
12.36
11.18
10.90
11.56
11.66
11.23
12.35
10.91
10.66
11.14

10.40
10.35
10.46
9.95
9.86
10.03
12.13
12.13
12.13
9.88
9.72
10.02
10.47
10.24
10.68
10.57
10.43
10.87
10.65
10.71
9.28
11.78
11.55
12.25

-

11.88
11.18
12.33
12.02
11.84
12.16
12.20
11.60
12.59
12.39
12.29
12.51
11.70
10.89
12.31
11.95
11.62
12.29
11.33
10.19
11.82
12.42
11.15
12.81
13.00
11.01
13.83

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
Scanners .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

12.32
12.81
12.65
12.53
11.22
12.60
14.34
12.54

10.49
11.19
11.13
10.80
9.74
10.44
12.77
10.91

11.97
12.19
12.19
12.52
11.09
12.06
14.53
11.98

12.78
13.09
13.13
12.75
11.79
13.27
15.09
12.92

11.49
12.44
11.97
11.71
10.49
11.58
13.58
11.31

-

-

-

11.68
7.96
7.76
8.98
8.20
8.94

7.91
8.58
7.07
8.81
8.97

10.31
10.12
10.51
10.06
9.95
10.16
10.35
10.25
10.52
10.59
10.57
10.62
10.37
10.28
10.50
12.00
11.71
12.27
9.96
9.69
10.25
10.89
10.69
11.09
9.74
9.39
10.03

9.04
9.01
9.07
9.15
8.95
9.37
9.12
9.05
9.18
8.76
8.72
8.79
8.64
8.73
8.58
9.06
8.98
9.14
9.18
9.15
9.20
9.92
9.89
9.96

8.83
8.71
8.94
9.05
8.98
9.12
9.12
9.00
9.23
9.16
9.07
9.25
8.40
8.39
8.40
8.70
8.18
8.88
8.75
8.51
8.99
9.43
9.20
9.66

11.99
12.95
11.67
11.67
11.63
12.32

-

-

-

9.39
10.77
10.01
10.30
6.55
10.02

8.96
5.61
9.97
9.80
7.07
9.18

-

-

12.13

10.56

1
The regions referred to in this study include: New England—
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont; Middle Atlantic— New Jersey, New York, and Penn­
sylvania; Border States— Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky,
Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast— Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennes­
see; Southwest— Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas;




-

15

-

9.78

-

-

-

8.93
9.90
9.62
10.01
10.04
10.06
10.01
9.88
9.75
9.99
9.73
9.70
9.76
10.41
10.37
10.47
9.70
9.69
9.71
12.54
12.75
12.24
10.06
10.08
10.05
10.77
10.86
10.60
10.70
10.75
10.57

11.62
11.37
11.87
11.37
11.30
11.44
11.50
11.48
11.52
11.93
11.83
12.03
10.39
10.27
10.65
13.91
13.90
13.94
11.61
11.29
11.83
13.33
12.50
13.55

10.00
10.13
10.07
9.50
9.64
10.19

13.55
13.90
13.89
13.52
11.36
14.11

-

9.98

-

-

-

13.94

Great Lakes— Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and W is­
consin; Middle West— Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Da­
kota, and South Dakota; Mountain— Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Mon­
tana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; Pacific— Alaska, California,
Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported.

Table 10. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade and region
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Region1
United States
New England

Middle Atlantic

Border States

Southeast

Trade
Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

All printing tra d e s .........................

183

20.1

137

15.5

177

18.6

164

18.3

123

16.6

Book and j o b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

175
134
157
176
190
139
189
194
167
231
179
167
190
198
121
180

20.5
23.4
18.6
19r2
19.6
16.5
19.9
19.9
25.6
22.0
20.9
19.3
21.1
24.7
13.2
19.6

141
73
107
80
169
176
184
75
172
73
53
75
55
74

16.3
14.7
15.1
10.3
20.4
20.8
21.6
14.5
16.8
10.3
7.1
9.9
7.1
10.3

155
74
102
145
219
117
227
251
174
221
126
152
110
109
106
135

17.2
13.8
12.1
15.2
19.5
13.4
20.3
22.7
30.7
21.5
13.5
16.2
13.0
14.5
11.3
14.4

163
152
149
101
120
119
116
142
217
101
115
129
101
224
114

18.0
25.4
15.9
13.5
15.8
16.7
13.0
18.3
19.8
13.5
15.2
14.9
14.1
31.3
14.8

106
50
67
115
110
267
111
127

14.6
8.9
8.6
15.3
14.9
40.0
15.5
17.4

123

16.0

N ew spapers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs ............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers..............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web (journeymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

169
159
178
159
153
165
179
162
192
168
165
172
185
167
205
164
166
162
153
152
154
180
168
187
198
157
225

18.2
17.8
18.6
17.5
17.2
17.7
18.8
17.7
19.6
17.3
17.1
17.4
20.8
19.3
22.4
16.4
16.7
16.0
16.5
17.2
15.9
17.5
17.8
17.4
19.6
17.0
21.1

134
121
149
143
132
158
184
133
197
157
150
171
104
98
116
111
118
103
118
107
129
141
173
112

15.2
14.3
16.0
17.4
16.4
18.9
20.2
15.3
21.4
17.4
16.9
18.3
11.6
11.5
11.8
11.0
11.9
10.1
12.7
12.5
12.9
14.0
18.5
10.4

20.1
19.9
20.2
20.6
21.7
19.7
19.6
18.8
20.0
23.3
24.1
22.4
25.1
23.0
26.5
13.4
13.5
13.3
13.7
13.5
13.7
14.2
16.0
13.7
23.0
20.2
24.0

152
145
159
120
123
117
151
133
182
130
129
132
176
174
178
176
152
198
149
140
160
176
169
184
104
101
107

17.3
16.8
17.8
13.5
14.1
13.0
17.1
15.0
20.9
14.0
13.9
14.2
20.4
20.4
20.4
17.1
14.9
19.3
17.6
16.9
18.4
19.3
18.7
19.9
12.0
12.1
11.9

144
144
143
160
171
149
167
166
168
186
183
188
126
105
141
111
113
109
134
142
128
151
152
150
-

18.9
19.1
18.8
21.2
23.6
18.9
22.4
22.4
22.4
27.0
26.6
27.3
17.1
13.7
19.7
13.9
14.3
13.5
17.1
18.4
16.1
18.0
18.1
17.7
-

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o p e ra to rs...........................
P la te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
Scanners .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

224
223
221
242
220
222
212
226

22.1
21.0
21.2
24.0
24.2
21.4
17.3
22.0

138
151
149
141
127
134
154
148

19.1
17.5
18.4
24.4
19.8
18.1
16.4
19.0

252
247
224
245
296
236

26.6
23.6
23.7
26.6
34.2
23.7

156
162
200
160
106
159

19.9
17.6
25.0
18.4
19.4
18.9

See footnotes

a*




-

-

-

-

199
186
207
205
212
200
200
184
210
234
238
229
234
203
258
141
138
144
136
121
142
154
154
155
243
185
268

15.1
15.6
15.5
15.1
15.0
14.8
13.7
15.7

192
182
190
246
183
185
205
191

end of table.

16

-

252

-

26.3

-

185
108
105
119
133
-

-

-

165

-

18.8
15.7
15.6
15.3
19.3
-

-

18.6

Table 10. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade and region— Continued
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Region1
Great Lakes

Southwest

Pacific

Mountain

Middle West

Trade
Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

All printing tra d e s .........................

127

17.5

Book and j o b .....................................
Bindery workers (journeymen II).....
Bookbinders (journeymen 1 ...........
)
Camera o p e rato rs...........................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
Electrotypers...................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
M a ile rs ............................................
Photoengravers...............................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, c y lin d e r................
Press operators, p la te n ...................
Stereotypers ...................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

105
96
148
83
91
59
119
65
87
69
101
106
65

15.4
21.3
22.2
9.5
12.0
7.0
16.1
7.8

N ew sp ap ers.......................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine o pe rato rs..........................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
M a ile rs .............................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Photoengravers...............................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators, web (journeymen)
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Press operators-in-charge...............
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................
Stereotypers ...................................
D ayw ork........................................
Nightwork .....................................

139
140
138
156
159
154
177
179
176
118
118
119
140
139
141
120
125
119
55
54
57
63
62
65

18.6
19.1
18.2
20.9
21.5
20.4
24.1
24.8
23.5
14.8
14.9
14.7
19.9
19.8
20.1
16.0
18.0
15.4
6.7
6.7
6.7
7.2
7.2
7.2

Lithography........................................
Artists .............................................
Camera o pe rato rs...........................
Pla te m akers....................................
Press assistants and fe e d e rs .........
Press operators, o ffs e t...................
S c a n n e rs .........................................
S trip p e rs..........................................

134
73
149
152
105
136

-

12.4
8.7
16.7
13.7
7.8

-

-

-

-

-

152

17.6
15.0
17.5
18.3
17.4
17.4
-

18.3

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

208

22.8

173

20.3

136

16.1

206

21.2

211
173
243
225
185
168
189
217
201
255
247
229
231
233
233
260

25.6
29.3
27.9
25.2
20.7
21.1
20.9
23.3
24.0
23.3
27.9
29.3
26.2
29.8
25.7
29.3

162
126
164
265
137

21.3
22.4
19.2
26.7
16.7

132
100
180
235
268
235
262
223
262

16.2
12.5
20.6
25.7
27.6
28.8
27.9
25.4
27.3

142
108
146
135
134
146
133
148
163
159
164

19.2
19.9
17.8
20.1
18.5
19.8
17.8
19.9
19.7
19.7
19.7

191
187
151
190
228
268
189
144
146
280
203
162
192
176
179

21.1
28.5
18.3
19.5
25.2
31.2
20.8
15.5
17.6
26.8
25.0
22.1
19.8
19.4
17.3

171
162
183
159
146
175
170
143
194
165
153
187
165
165
165
188
177
203
191
184
199
194
180
217
130
129
130

18.3
17.8
18.9
16.8
15.8
17.9
17.9
15.7
19.8
17.5
16.5
19.1
18.6
18.8
18.1
19.0
18.5
19.6
20.5
20.3
20.8
19.9
19.0
21.3
13.5
13.8
13.3

168
173
162
145
143
147
214
228
203
144
146
143
178
173
182
140
140
141
210
214
127
231
226
242
-

19.3
20.0
18.3
17.0
16.9
17.1
21.4
23.2
20.1
17.1
17.7
16.6
20.4
20.4
20.5
15.3
15.5
14.9
24.6
25.0
15.9
24.4
24.3
24.6

133
133
132
126
125
126
124
124
124
130
129
131
147
142
151
149
161
130
127
129
126
127
131
120
151
150
154

15.2
15.2
15.2
14.6
14.7
14.5
14.6
14.7
14.6
14.3
14.3
14.3
17.8
17.2
18.4
13.4
14.5
11.9
14.5
14.6
14.3
13.4
13.7
12.8
16.4
16.2
17.0

160
154
166
155
156
154
147
154
141
138
137
140
129
122
146
244
254
226
159
153
164
231
186
242
-

16.0
15.7
16.3
15.8
16.1
15.6
14.7
15.4
14.0
13.1
13.1
13.1
14.2
13.5
15.9
21.3
22.4
19.4
15.9
15.6
16.0
20.9
17.5
21.8
“

243
241
247
246
247
240
225
241

23.5
22.5
23.1
24.0
26.5
22.1
17.5
22.9

193
204
196
206
175
197
250
177

20.1
19.6
19.6
21.3
20.0
20.5
22.6
18.5

153
182
129
141
181
178

18.1
21.9
14.7
17.5
23.1
21.2

287
283
272
281
254
304
300

26.9
25.6
24.3
26.2
28.8
27.5

’ For definition of regions used in this study, see footnote 1, table 9.




Centsper-hour
change

Percent
change

Centsper-hour
change

-

-

-

-

-

145

-

17.0

Percent
change

-

27.4

NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported for 1 or both years,

17

Table 11. Average wage rates: By industry branch and population group
(Union printing trades, September 2, 1980)
All print­
ing
trades

Book
and
job1

News­
paper

Litho­
graphy

All c itie s ........................................

$10.96

$10.29

$10.97

$12.32

Population group 1
(1,000,000 and over) .......................
Chicago, III......................................
Detroit, Mich ...................................
Houston, T e x ..................................
Los Angeles, C a lif...........................
New York, N.Y ...............................
Philadelphia, P a ...............................

11.96
12.45
11.29
9.03
12.38
12.39
9.37

11.48
12.22
10.59
8.73
10.55
12.10
8.13

11.99
11.90
11.00
9.10
12.11
13.20
10.02

12.74
12.99
12.84
10.66
14.27
12.06
11.90

Population group II
(500,000 to 1,000,000) ....................
Baltimore, Md .................................
Boston, M a s s ..................................
Cleveland, O h io ...............................
Columbus, O h io ...............................
Dallas, T e x ......................................
Denver, C o lo ...................................
Indianapolis, I n d ..............................
Kansas City, M o ..............................
Memphis, Tenn ...............................
Milwaukee, Wis ...............................
New Orleans, L a .............................
Phoenix, A r iz ...................................
Pittsburgh, Pa .................................
St. Louis, Mo ..................................
San Antonio, T e x ............................
San Diego, C a lif ..............................
San Francisco, C a lif .......................
Seattle, W a s h .................................
Washington, D . C .............................

10.78
8.99
10.63
10.96
9.43
8.45
10.45
10.33
11.15
9.35
11.88
6.71
10.12
10.92
10.25
7.74
10.67
12.26
11.52
11.46

9.83
8.40
9.88
10.64
8.93
7.01
9.03
9.71
10.93
9.61
9.43
6.71
7.63
9.00
8.82
6.69
9.90
11.55
10.56
10.77

10.90
9.43
10.87
10.30
10.37
9.02
11.21
10.71
9.35
9.23
11.25

12.55
9.15
11.02
12.30
10.71
11.48
10.12 Population group IV
13.10 (100,000 to 250,000) .......................
13.11
Albany, N . Y .....................................
Chattanooga, T e n n .........................
13.89
Flint, Mich .......................................
Fremont, C a lif .................................
Fresno, Calif ...................................
12.40
Grand Rapids, M ic h ........................
10.81
Hammond, In d .................................
5.59
New Bedford, M a s s ........................
New Haven, C o n n ...........................
13.15
Providence, R . l ................................
13.37
Rockford, III ....................................
12.71
St. Petersburg, F l a ..........................
Salt Lake City, Utah .......................
Santa Ana, C a lif ..............................
11.93
Scranton, P a ...................................
12.10
Spokane, W a s h ...............................
10.44
Stamford, Conn ....

City and population group

Population group III
(250,000 to 500,000) .......................
Akron, O h io .....................................
Atlanta, G a ......................................

10.43
10.69
9.14

9.53
8.69
8.77

10.37
11.71
12.11
8.10
11.12
11.95
11.54
12.09

10.56
11.00
9.32

1 The average in the book and job tabulation includes rates for semiskilled bindery workers and press assistants and feeders as well as the
highly skilled journeymen composing room and pressroom workers, and
others. The number of semiskilled workers organized in a city may influ-




City and population group

Buffalo, N.Y ....................................
Cincinnati, O h io ...............................
Fort Worth, T e x ...............................
Honolulu, Hawaii .............................
Long Beach, Calif ...........................
Louisville, K y ...................................
Miami, Fla .......................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn .............
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn ...............
Newark, N.J ....................................
Norfolk, V a ......................................
Omaha, N e b r ..................................
Portland, Oreg ................................
Rochester, N . Y ................................
Sacramento, Calif ...........................
Toledo, O h io ...................................
Wichita, K a n s ..................................

All print­
ing
trades

News­
paper

Litho­
graphy

$9.58
11.64
8.15
10.45
10.49
11.70
7.53
10.75
8.10
11.37
8.53
8.78
11.39
10.59
11.50
10.45
10.24

$8.38
10.41
7.48
8.94
10.11
12.26
7.53
9.93
7.53
9.69
8.64
8.61
10.76
8.11
12.21
8.41
8.58

$10.46
11.29
8.54
12.83
10.56
11.12

$10.24
12.80
8.59
10.53

11.90
8.23
13.35
8.52
8.79

12.63
8.14
12.19

9 57
8 50
8.40
9.78
11.81
11.69
8.99
8.77
7.29
8.20
10.79
8 95
5 92
9.21
9.50
8 40
9 68
11 22

9 22
7 74
8.31
9.88
11 73
9 61
7 37
8.69
6 66
7 80
9 97
10 16
5 92
8.07
9.50
7 33
8 90
11.78

9 88
8 95

ence the average for the city,
NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported,

18

Book
and
job1

9 73
11.22
11.07
8.82

10.88

8.81
13 26
13 14
13.13
10 93
11.90

10 20
9 38
8 84

9 71
12 36
9 73
11.23
7 60
8 25
10 97
8 6?
9.12
-

10 22
10 24
9.95

12 81
12 02
10 24
6 60
9 96
10 71

9.95
-

9 65
11.49

Table 12. Average wage rates: By industry branch and region
(Union printing trades, September 2, 1980)

Y (IV)
R u f f a ln N Y (III)
New York N Y (1)
N p w a rk

N

N .1 (III)

Pittsburgh, Pa. (II) ...........................

Louisville, Ky. (Ill)............................
N o r f o lk

Va

(III)

Atlanta, Ga. (Ill)...............................

Book
and
job2

News­
paper

Litho­
graphy

$10.29

$10.97

10.19
10.63
7 29
8 20
10 79
11 22

A lh a n y

All print­
ing
trades
$10.96

City and region1

10.02
9.88
6 66
7 80
9.97
11.78

10.19
10.87
7.60
8.25
10.97
9.95

$12.32 Great L a k e s .......................................
Akron, Ohio (III)...............................
10.59
Chicago, III. ( I) .................................
11.02
Cincinnati, Ohio (III)........................
Cleveland, Ohio (II).........................
6.60
9.96
Columbus, Ohio (II).........................
Detroit, Mich. (I) ..............................
10.71
11.49
Flint, Mich. (IV )................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. (IV) ................
11.97
Hammond, Ind. (IV) ........................
9.38
Indianapolis, Ind. (II) .......................
10.24
Milwaukee, Wis. (II).........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. (Ill) ......
12.06
12.19
Rockford, III. (IV ).............................
11.90
Toledo, Ohio (III).............................
12.40
13.14 Middle West ......................................
9.65
Kansas City, Mo. (II).......................
Omaha, Nebr. ( Ill)...........................
11.99
St. Louis, Mo. (II) ............................
9.15
Wichita, Kans. (Ill)...........................
10.88
Mountain ............................................
12.71
Denver, Colo. (II).............................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II).............................
9.41
Salt Lake City, Utah (IV ).................
10.44
8.84 P a c ific ................................................
Fremont, Calif. (IV) .........................
Fresno, Calif. (IV )............................
Honolulu, Hawaii (III) ......................
8 14
Long Beach, Calif. (Ill) ...................
Los Angeles, Calif. (I).....................
Portland, Oreg. (Ill) .........................
8.96
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) ...................
11.48
San Diego, Calif. (II).......................
8.59
San Francisco, Calif. (II) .................
10.66
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV)......................
Seattle, Wash. (II)...........................
5.59
Spokane, Wash. (IV).......................

11.24
8.50
9.58
12.39
11 37
9.37
10.92
10 59
8.40

10.52
7.74
8.38
12.10
9.69
8.13
9.00
8 11
7.33

11.87
8.95
10.46
13.20
13.35
10.02
11.71
9.73
10.22

10.61
8.99
11.70
8 53
11 46

10.70
8.40
12.26
8 64
10.77

10.31
9.43
11.12
8.52
12.09

8.66
9.14
8 40
9 35
7 53
8 10
5 9?

8.33
8.77
8 31
9 61
7 53
7 53
5 92

9.04
9.32

8.53
8 45
8 15
9 03
6 71
7 74

7.89
7.01
7 48
8.73
6 71
6 69

9.23
8 23

8.83
9.02
8.54
9.10
8 10

City and region1

Book
and
job2

News­
paper

Litho­
graphy

$11.18
10.69
12.45
11.64
10.96
9.43
11.29
9.78
8.99
8.77
10.33
11.88
10.75
8.95
10.45

$10.35
8.69
12.22
10.41
10.64
8.93
10.59
9.88
7.37
8.69
9.71
9.43
9.93
10.16
8.41

$11.04
11.00
11.90
11.29
10.30
10.37
11.00
9.71
9.73
11.23
10.71
11.25
11.90
8.62
11.07

$12.79
12.10
12.99
12.80
12.30
10.71
12.84

10.31
11.15
8.78
10.25
10.24

9.39
10.93
8.61
8.82
8.58

10.40
9.35
8.79
12.11
8.82

11.41
13.11
8.81
10.81
11.90

9.88
10.45
10.12
9.21

8.79
9.03
7.63
8.07

10.10
11.21
10.37
9.12

10.00
10.12

11.80
11.81
11.69
10.45
10.49
12.38
11.39
11.50
10.67
12.26
9.50
11.52
9.68

10.98
11.73
9.61
8.94
10.11
10.55
10.76
12.21
9.90
11.55
9.50
10.56
8.90

11.65

13.55
12.81
12.02
10.53

_

12.36
12.83
10.56
12.11
-

11.22
11.12
11.95
_

11.54
10.24

_

10.24
-

13.10
13.89
12.63

_

10.93

-

9.95

_

14.27
13.26
13.13
_

13.15
_

13.37
-

highly skilled journeymen composing room and pressroom workers, and
others. The number of semiskilled workers organized in a city may influ­
ence the average for the city.

1 See table 9, footnote 1, for definitions of regions. Population size is
shown in parentheses as follows: Group 1= 1,000,000 or more; Group
1 = 500,000 to 1,000,000; Group 111=250,000 to 500,000; and Group
1
IV =100,000 to 250,000.
2 The average in the book and job tabulation includes rates for semiskilled bindery workers and press assistants and feeders as well as the




All print­
ing
trades

NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported,

19

Table 13. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry branch and population
group
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Amount of change
All printing trades

Newspaper

Book and job

Lithography

City and population group
Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

All c itie s ........................................

183

20.1

175

20.5

169

18.2

224

22.1

Population group I
(1,000,000 and over) .......................
Chicago, III......................................
Detroit, Mich ...................................
Houston, T e x ..................................
Los Angeles, C a lif...........................
New York, N.Y ................................
Philadelphia, P a ...............................

211
242
207
96
260
210
127

21.4
24.1
22.4
11.9
26.6
20.2
15.6

195
271
197
73
190
183
106

20.4
28.6
22.8
9.1
22.0
17.5
15.1

212
214
173
104
157
260
132

21.4
21.9
18.7
12.8
14.9
24.5
15.3

237
226
267
169
354
203
183

22.8
21.1
26.2
18.9
33.0
20.2
18.1

Population group II
(500,000 to 1,000,000) ....................
Baltimore, Md .................................
Boston, M a s s ..................................
Cleveland, O h io ...............................
Columbus, O h io ..............................
Dallas, T e x ......................................
Denver, C o lo ...................................
Indianapolis, In d ..............................
Kansas City, M o ..............................
Memphis, Tenn ..............................
Milwaukee, Wis ..............................
New Orleans, L a .............................
Phoenix, A r iz ...................................
Pittsburgh, P a .................................
St. Louis, Mo ..................................
San Antonio, T e x ............................
San Diego, C a lif ..............................
San Francisco, C a lif .......................
Seattle, W a s h .................................
Washington, D . C .............................

177
80
145
232
139
144
137
156
203
105
250
63
129
222
164
95
114
220
166
194

19.7
9.7
15.8
26.9
17.2
20.6
15.3
17.9
22.7
12.7
26.6
10.4
14.6
25.5
19.1
13.9
12.0
21.9
16.8
20.4

175
110
142
262
147
134
150
200
237
106
160
63
85
197
128
89
128
241
178
152

21.7
15.1
16.8
32.6
19.7
23.6
20.0
26.0
28.8
12.4
20.5
10.4
12.5
28.0
17.0
15.3
14.9
26.4
20.2
16.4

152
54
148
147
123
147
135
92
63
105
237

16.2
6.1
15.7
16.8
13.5
19.3
13.7
9.4
7.3
12.9
26.7

237
130
136
290
162
195
90
235
235

23.3
16.5
14.1
30.9
17.8
20.5
9.7
22.1
21.9

See footnotes at end of table.




i

20

-

133
219
247
97
106
172
123
229

-

14.8
23.0
25.6
13.7
10.5
16.8
11.9
23.3

-

317
-

302
137
74
-

239
230
278

-

29.6
-

32.2
14.5
15.2
-

22.2
20.8
28.0

Table 13. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry branch and population
group— Continued
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Amount of change
All printing trades

Lithography

Newspaper

Book and job

City and population group
Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Population group III
(250,000 to 500,000) .......................
Akron, O h io .....................................
Atlanta, G a ......................................
Buffalo, N.Y ....................................
Cincinnati, O h io ...............................
Fort Worth, T e x ...............................
Honolulu, Hawaii .............................
Long Beach, C a lif ...........................
Louisville, K y ...................................
Miami, Fla .......................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn .............
Nashville-Davidson, T e n n ...............
Newark, N.J ....................................
Norfolk, V a ......................................
Omaha, N e b r ..................................
Portland, O r e g .................................
Rochester, N . Y ...............................
Sacramento, Calif ...........................
Toledo, O h io ...................................
Wichita, K a n s ..................................

170
181
132
78
221
166
161
129
199
76
204
142
162
172
132
212
158
136
172
178

19.6
20.4
16.8
8.9
23.5
25.7
18.2
14.0
20.4
11.2
23.3
21.2
16.6
25.2
17.7
22.8
17.5
13.6
19.7
21.4

164
155
109
109
236
133
160
269
207
76
202
133
110
326
149
195
117
223
144
156

20.8
21.7
14.1
14.9
29.6
21.6
22.2
36.3
20.3
11.2
25.5
21.4
12.8
60.7
21.0
22.1
16.8
22.3
20.6
22.1

161
163
155
91
191
204
166
103
187
197
153
215
162
103
94
103
194
116

18.0
17.5
20.0
9.5
20.4
31.4
14.9
10.8
20.3
19.9
22.9
19.2
23.5
13.3
10.7
10.4
21.2
15.2

199
279
162
230
125
159
226
215
106
194
162
262
237
238
118
242

Population group IV
(100,000 to 250,000) .......................
Albany, N . Y .....................................
Chattanooga, T e n n .........................
Flint, Mich .......................................
Fremont, C a lif.................................
Fresno, C a lif ...................................
Grand Rapids, M ic h ........................
Hammond, In d ................................
New Bedford, M a s s ........................
New Haven, C o n n ...........................
Providence, R . l ................................
Rockford, III ....................................
St. Petersburg, F l a ..........................
Salt Lake City, Utah .......................
Santa Ana, C a lif ..............................
Scranton, P a ...................................
Spokane, W a s h ...............................
Stamford, C o n n ...............................

145
86
137
136
192
213
136
170
54
141
128
81
82
138
186
137
139
162

17.8
11.2
19.5
16.2
19.4
22.3
17.8
24.1
8.1
20.8
13.5
10.0
16.1
17.7
24.3
19.5
16.7
16.9

147
34
128
174
189
115
100
165
88
99
167
201
82
135
186
155
135
164

19.0
4.5
18.2
21.4
19.2
13.6
15.7
23.5
15.3
14.6
20.1
24.7
16.1
20.1
24.3
26.9
17.9
16.1

134
129

15.7
16.8
12.4
24.8
9.9
40.7
5.3
25.1
12.7
6.0
16.7
11.0
16.0
18.0

179
113
177
233
200
219
86
186
124
178
171
209

NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported for 1 or both years.
Variations in the size of increases from survey to survey may
reflect, in part, variations in timing of negotiations. For example,
the relatively large increase for book and job shops in Norfolk




-

107
246
88
325
38
165
124
48
131
101
141
152

-

Percent
change

19.9
29.9
18.4
22.1
17.1
17.8
-

26.3
20.5
14.9
18.9
22.5
24.6
22.0
22.1
12.1
24.5

21.5
13.7
25.0
22.3
20.0
27.3
15.0
23.0
13.6
-

21.8
-

21.6
22.2

reflects work without a contract from 1975 to 1979. Wage rates
and increases indicated reflect rates available on the first work­
day in September of the survey year, and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to Sept. 1 or before.

21

Table 14. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry branch and
region
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Amount of change
All printing trades

Book and job

Newspaper

Lithography

City and region1
Cents-perhour
change
All c itie s ........................................

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

183

20.1

New E n g la n d .....................................
Boston, Mass. (II)............................
New Bedford, Mass. (IV)................
New Haven, Conn. (IV )..................
Providence, R.l. (IV) .......................
Stamford, Conn. (IV).......................

137
145
54
. 141
128
162

Middle Atlantic ..................................
Albany, N.Y. (IV) .............................
Buffalo, N.Y. (Ill) .............................
New York, N.Y. (I)...........................
Newark, N.J. ( Ill).............................
Philadelphia, Pa. (I).........................
Pittsburgh, Pa. (II)...........................
Rochester, N.Y. (Ill)........................
Scranton, Pa. (IV) ...........................

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

175

20.5

15.5
15.8
8.1
20.8
13.5
16.9

141
142
88
99
167
164

177
86
78
210
162
127
222
158
137

18.6
11.2
8.9
20.2
16.6
15.6
25.5
17.5
19.5

Border S t a t e s ....................................
Baltimore, Md. (II) ...........................
Louisville, Ky. (Ill)............................
Norfolk, Va. (Ill)..............................
Washington, D.C. (II)......................

164
80
199
172
194

So u the ast..........................................
Atlanta, Ga. (Ill)..............................
Chattanooga, Tenn. (IV).................
Memphis, Tenn. (II).........................
Miami, Fla. (Ill) ...............................
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn. (Ill) .......
St. Petersburg, Fla. (IV) ..................
S o u th w est.........................................
Dallas, Tex. (II)...............................
Fort Worth, Tex. (Ill).......................
Houston, Tex. ( I) .............................
New Orleans, La. (II)......................
San Antonio, Tex. (II).....................

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

169

18.2

224

22.1

16.3
16.8
15.3
14.6
20.1
16.1

134
148
38
165
124
152

15.2
15.7
5.3
25.1
12.7
18.0

138
136
86
186
124
209

15.1
14.1
15.0
23.0
13.6
22.2

155
34
109
183
110
106
197
117
155

17.2
4.5
14.9
17.5
12.8
15.1
28.0
16.8
26.9

199
129
91
260
215
132
219
94
101

20.1
16.8
9.5
24.5
19.2
15.3
23.0
10.7
11.0

192
113

19.1
13.7

18.3
9.7
20.4
25.2
20.4

163
110
207
326
152

18.0
15.1
20.3
60.7
16.4

152
54
187
162
229

123
132
137
105
76
142
82

16.6
16.8
19.5
12.7
11.2
21.2
16.1

106
109
128
106
76
133
82

14.6
14.1
18.2
12.4
11.2
21.4
16.1

144
155

127
144
166
96
63
95

17.5
20.6
25.7
11.9
10.4
13.9

105
134
133
73
63
89

15.4
23.6
21.6
9.1
10.4
15.3

See footnotes at end of table.




22

-

105
153
139
147
204
104
-

97

-

-

203
194
183
302
237
171

20.2
18.9
18.1
32.2
22.0
21.6

17.3
6.1
20.3
23.5
23.3

252
130
226
278

26.6
16.5
26.3
28.0

18.9
20.0

156
162
177

19.9
18.4
25.0

-

12.9

-

-

-

22.9
-

106
-

14.9
-

18.6
19.3
31.4
12.8

134
195
125
169

17.6
20.5
17.1
18.9

-

-

13.7

-

74

-

15.2

Table 14. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By industry branch and
region— Continued
(Union printing trades, September 1, 1978-September 2, 1980)
Amount of change
All printing trades

Book and job

Newspaper

Lithography

City and region1
Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Cents-perhour
change

Percent
change

Great L a k e s .......................................
Akron, Ohio (III)...............................
Chicago, III. ( I) ................................
Cincinnati, Ohio (III)........................
Cleveland, Ohio (II).........................
Columbus, Ohio (II).........................
Detroit, Mich. (I) ..............................
Flint, Mich. (IV )................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. (IV) ................
Hammond, Ind. (IV) ........................
Indianapolis, Ind. (II).......................
Milwaukee, Wis. (II).........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. ( Ill) ......
Rockford, III. (IV ).............................
Toledo, Ohio (III).............................

208
181
242
221
232
139
207
136
136
170
156
250
204
81
172

22.8
20.4
24.1
23.5
26.9
17.2
22.4
16.2
17.8
24.1
17.9
26.6
23.3
10.0
19.7

211
155
271
236
262
147
197
174
100
165
200
160
202
201
144

25.6
21.7
28.6
29.6
32.6
19.7
22.8
21.4
15.7
23.5
26.0
20.5
25.5
24.7
20.6

171
163
214
191
147
123
173
107
88
325
92
237
197
48
194

18.3
17.5
21.9
20.4
16.8
13.5
18.7
12.4
9.9
40.7
9.4
26.7
19.9
6.0
21.2

Middle West ......................................
Kansas City, Mo. (II).......................
Omaha, Nebr. (Ill)...........................
St. Louis, Mo. (II) ............................
Wichita, Kans. (Ill)...........................

173
203
132
164
178

20.3
22.7
17.7
19.1
21.4

162
237
149
128
156

21.3
28.8
21.0
17.0
22.1

168
63
103
247
116

Mountain ............................................
Denver, Colo. (II).............................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II).............................
Salt Lake City, Utah (IV ).................

136
137
129
138

16.1
15.3
14.6
17.7

142
150
85
135

19.2
20.0
12.5
20.1

P a c ific ................................................
Fremont, Calif. (IV) .........................
Fresno, Calif. (IV )............................
Honolulu, Hawaii (III) ......................
Long Beach, Calif. (Ill) ...................
Los Angeles, Calif. (I).....................
Portland, Oreg. (Ill) .........................
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) ...................
San Diego, Calif. (II).......................
San Francisco, Calif. (II) .................
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV)......................
Seattle, Wash. (II)...........................
Spokane, Wash. (IV).......................

206
192
213
161
129
260
212
136
114
220
186
166
139

21.2
19.4
22.3
18.2
14.0
26.6
22.8
13.6
12.0
21.9
24.3
16.8
16.7

191
189
115
160
269
190
195
223
128
241
186
178
135

21.1
19.2
13.6
22.2
36.3
22.0
22.1
22.3
14.9
26.4
24.3
20.2
17.9

1 See table 9, footnote 1, for definitions of regions. See
table 12, footnote 1, for explanation of population size groups.

243
279
226
230
290
162
267
-

219
-

235
317
215
-

Percent
change
23.5
29.9
21.1
22.1
30.9
17.8
26.2
27.3
-

22.1
29.6
20.5
-

118

12.1

19.3
7.3
13.3
25.6
15.2

193
235
162
137
242

20.1
21.9
22.5
14.5
24.5

133
135
133
131

15.2
13.7
14.8
16.7

153
90

18.1
9.7

160
246
166
103
157

16.0
24.8
14.9
10.8
14.9
10.4
10.5
16.8

-

103
106
172
123
141

-

11.9
16.0

-

-

178

21.8

287
233
200
159
354
262
238

26.9
22.3
20.0
17.8

-

239
-

230

-

33.0
24.6
22.1
22.2
-

20.8

the relatively large increase for book and job shops in Norfolk
reflects work without a contract from 1975 to 1979. Wage rates
and increases indicated reflect rates available on the first
workday in September of the survey year, and do not include
increases made later that are retroactive to Sept. 1 or before,

NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported for 1 or both years.
Variations in the size of increases from survey to survey may
reflect, in part, variations in timing of negotiations. For example,




Cents-perhour
change

23

Table 15. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

•
B oston, Mass.

B o o k and job

Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Photoengravers .......................
Pla te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
2-color, p erfectin g................
Cylinder, 1 -p ile ......................
Offset:
1-color, 34 to 65 in..............
2-color, 34 to 51 in..............
Press operators:
Cylinder:
One 5-color ro ta ry ..............
Offset:
1-color:
Up to 18 in........................
Up to 23 in........................
Up to 31 in........................
Up to 41 in........................
Up to 51 in........................
2-color:
Up to 18 in........................
Up to 21 in........................
Up to 27 in........................
Up to 31 in........................
Up to 41 in........................
Up to 51 in........................
Perfecting, 38 in.....................
Platen, autom atic..................
S trip p e rs..................................

_

$8,820
8.530
8.530

$9,450
10.370
10.370

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

*
*
*

0.487
-

8.530
9.571
8.340

10.370
11.703
8.930

37.50
35.00
37.50

*
0.564
*

*

.487

2.00
3.00
-

7.470
7.400

8.000
7.930

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

.487
.487

-

7.550
7.680

8.080
8.230

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

.487
.487

-

8.750

9.380

37.50

*

*

.487

-

7.880
8.160
8.320
8.480
8.680

8.450
8.750
8.910
9.090
9.290

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*
*

*

*
*
*
*

.487
.487
.487
.487
.487

-

8.160
8.260
8.590
8.740
8.740
9.020
8.740
7.790
8.580

8.750
8.850
9.200
9.370
9.370
9.670
9.370
8.340
9.190

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

.487
.487
.487
.487
.487
.487
.487
.487
.487

-

9.080
9.210

11.051
11.181

36.30
36.30

.185
.185

-

.382
.382

-

9.080
9.210

11.051
11.181

36.30
36.30

.185
.185

-

.382
.382

-

9.080
9.210

11.051
11.181

36.30
36.30

.185
.185

-

.382
.382

-

9.111
9.811

10.237
10.969

37.50
35.00

.287
.307

-

.567
.607

-

9.380
9.564

10.307
10.491

37.50
37.50

1.183
1.183

-

.253
.253

-

8.837
10.197

9.764
11.267

37.50
32.50

1.183
1.365

-

.653
.754

-

9.504

10.431

37.50

1.183

.653

“

*

*

*

2.00%
2.00

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, offside:
Day shift ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.



24

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.653
.754

-

Boston, Mass.
— Continued
Newspaper
— Continued
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$9,504
10.967

$10,431
12.036

37.50
32.50

1.183
1.365

-

10.200
8.560
9.860

11.620
9.800
11.250

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00%
3.00
3.00

9.860
10.200
9.550

11.250
11.620
10.900

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

9.860
9.550

11.250
10.900

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00

8.530
8.770

9.770
10.030

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00

8.440
8.800

9.660
10.060

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00

8.150
8.360
8.400
8.500

9.330
9.580
9.620
9.720

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

8.440
8.500
8.610

9.660
9.720
9.850

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

8.610
8.670
8.770

9.850
9.910
10.030

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

8.720
8.780
8.870

9.980
10.040
10.140

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

8.400
8.500

9.620
9.720

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00

10.250
10.520
8.420

11.680
11.980
9.640

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

_
-

3.00
3.00
3.00

10.360
11.240

11.800
12.780

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00

9.190
9.340
9.540
9.650
9.750

10.500
10.660
10.890
11.000
11.120

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914
.914
.914

-

_
_

-

-

Lithography

Artists (dot e tch e rs).................
Preparation............................
Provers .................................
Camera operators:
Black and white, halfto n e ......................................
Color .....................................
Line c o n ta c t..........................
Platemakers:
All aro u n d ..............................
Finishers, vacuum fra m e ......
Press assistants and
feeders:
Bronzers:
58 in.....................................
76 in.....................................
Mann perfectors:
58 in.....................................
77 in.....................................
1-color:
To 40 in...............................
To 64 in...............................
To 68 in...............................
To 76 in...............................
2-color:
To 64 in...............................
To 68 in...............................
To 76 in...............................
4-color:
To 42 in...............................
To 68 in...............................
To 76 in...............................
5-color:
To 38 in...............................
To 60 in...............................
To 77 in...............................
Web, 38 x 23-9/16 in.:
2-Cylinder............................
4-Cylinder............................
Press operators, offset:
Bronzers:
58 in.....................................
77 in.....................................
Multilith .................................
Mann perfector:
58 in.....................................
77 in.....................................
1-color:
To 22 in...............................
To 28 in...............................
To 34 in...............................
To 40 in...............................
To 64 in...............................

See footnotes at end of table.


25

_

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

B oston, Mass.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
To 68 in...............................
To 76 in...............................
2-color:
To 40 in...............................
To 53 in...............................
To 64 in...............................
To 68 in...............................
To 76 in...............................
4-color:
First:
To 42 in............................
To 58 in............................
To 68 in............................
To 76 in............................
Second:
To 42 in............................
To 68 in............................
To 76 in............................
5-color
First:
To 38 in............................
To 60 in............................
To 77 in............................
Second:
To 38 in............................
To 60 in............................
To 77 in............................
Web, 38 x 23-9/16 in.:
2-Cylinder............................
4-Cylinder...........................
Scanner operators ..................
Strippers:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................

$9,870
10.250

$11,260
11.680

35.00
35.00

0.914
.914

_
-

_
-

3.00%
3.00

10.360
10.520
10.600
10.820
11.030

11.800
11.980
12.060
12.310
12.550

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

11.030
11.240
11.430
11.670

12.550
12.780
12.990
13.250

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914
.914

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

9.720
9.950
10.120

11.090
11.340
11.530

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

11.210
11.760
11.950

12.750
13.360
13.570

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

9.830
10.330
10.450

11.200
11.760
11.900

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

9.990
10.360
11.230

11.380
11.800
12.770

35.00
35.00
35.00

.914
.914
.914

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

9.370
9.860

10.700
11.250

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00

5.740

6.600

37.50

*

*

0.267

-

*
*
*
*

.267
.267
.267
.267

-

*
*

.267
.267

-

New Bedford, Mass.

B oo k and job

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press operators, c y lin d e r........
Press operators, offset,
2 -c o lo r....................................
S trip p e rs..................................

6.030
6.030
5.740
5.740

7.100
7.100
6.600
6.600

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*

5.740
5.740

6.600
6.600

37.50
37.50

*
*

7.320
7.480

7.720
7.880

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

5.933
6.093

6.200
6.360

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.



26

.133
.133
.667
.667

-

-

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Percent

Dollars

Percent

*
*

Dollars

*

*

*

*

New Bedford, Mass.
— Continued
Newspaper
— Continued
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Press operators-inCharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$7,440

$7,840

37.50

7.940
8.540

8.440
8.570

37.50
37.50

5.740

6.600

37.50

4.439

5.082

*

37.50

Lithography

Press operators, offset:
2 -co lo r...................................

0.267

New Haven, Conn.

Book and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I).............................................
Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
M a ile rs .....................................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
C y lin d e r..............................
Offset, 17-1/2 x 221/2 to 23 x 30 in................
Agreement B:
C y lin d e r..............................
Offset .................................

7.381

8.450

3.00%
.

37.50

6.980
7.878

8.370
9.157

37.50
37.50

0.650
*

6.980
7.878
5.170

8.370
9.157
5.919

37.50
37.50
37.50

.650
*
*

7.360

7.650

.

37.50

7.360

7.650

37.50

_

*
*

3.00
.200
*
.200
*
-

.

*
_

*
3.00

.133
.

.

.133
*

.
*

7.867
7.867

9.150
9.150

37.50
37.50

*

.
*

6.507
6.707

8.160
8.360

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

6.507
6.707

8.160
8.360

37.50
37.50

*

*

*
*

.
*

8.101
8.007

9.963
9.869

35.00
35.00

.714
.714

-

.143
.143

-

7.539
7.739

9.401
9.601

35.00
35.00

.714
.714

-

.143
.143

-

Newspaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Lithography

Camera o p e rato rs...................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color, 34 in..........................
2 -c o lo r...................................
See footnotes at end of table.




27

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New Haven, Conn.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Press operators, offset:
Offset
1-color:
22 x 29 in............................
22 x 34 in............................
2-color, 38 in..........................
S trip p e rs..................................

$8,101
8.132
8.561
8.288

$9,963
9.994
10.422
10.150

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

0.714
.714
.714
.714

5.866
5.866

7.660
7.660

37.50
37.50

-

0.143
.143
.143
.143

*

*

.133
.133

.

.

-

-

-

Providence, R.i.

B o o k and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
Photoengravers .......................
Press operators:
Cylinder:
Agreement A ......................

-

5.866
9.543

7.660
11.228

37.50
35.00

*

*

.133
-

6.283

7.660

37.50

*

*

.133

-

9.069
9.523

10.190
10.700

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

2.00
2.00

9.069
9.523

10.190
10.700

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

2.00
2.00

9.027
9.388

10.240
10.650

37.50
37.50

*

10.535
11.200

11.921
12.257

35.00
35.00

.

.

*

*

-

8.908
9.264

10.103
10.507

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

9.141
9.395

10.488
10.741

37.50
37.50

.

.

*

*

.440
.440

8.908
9.264

10.103
10.507

37.50
37.50

*

*

.

.
*

3.00%

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Gravure:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Press operators, web:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Press operators-incharge:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second shift .......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................

9.541
9.795

11.021
11.275

37.50
37.50

9.496
“

11.340
11.340

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

.133
.133

*

4.00
4.00
5.00
5.00

*

-

*

.440
.440

-

-

3.00
3.00

Lithography

Artists (dot etchers):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
See footnotes at end of table.




28

.634

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

-

-

Percent

P rovidence, R.l.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Camera operators:
Color sep arators...................
Color cam eram an..................
Black and white
cam eram an..........................
Black and white half­
tone ......................................
Black and white line
contact ................................
Platemakers:
Photocomposers:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Vacuum frame:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Plate p rep arer.......................
Pre-press proofer ..................
Pre-press prepm an................
O p aq u e rs..............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
2-color:
To 77 in...............................
25 x 38 in............................
4-color:
To 78 in...............................
18 x 25. in. s o ln a ................
23 x 29 in............................
5-color:
To 54 in...............................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
23 x 29 in............................
25 x 35 in............................
25 x 36 in. flatfold ..............
2-color:
To 77 in...............................
25 x 38 in............................
First:
4-color:
18 x 25 in. s o ln a ..............
23 x 29 in..........................
To 78 in.............................
5-color:
To 54 in.............................
Second:
5-color:
To 54 in.............................
4-color:
To 78 in.............................
Scanner operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Strippers, color:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

35.00
35.00

0.634

10.710

35.00

.634

8.916

9.860

35.00

.

8.366

9.250

35.00

.

9.066
-

10.030
10.870

35.00
35.00

.634

-

-

8.766
-

9.700
10.540
9.070
8.080
8.180
8.700

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*

•

_

.634
.634
.634
.634
.634

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

7.496

8.640
9.070

35.00
35.00

.634

-

-

3.00
3.00

8.316
-

9.600
9.160
9.160

35.00
35.00
35.00

.634
.634

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

8.326

9.600

35.00

11.180
11.180
11.180

35.00
35.00
35.00

.634
.634
.634

11.280
11.340

35.00
35.00

.634

10.726

11.770
11.770
12.400

35.00
35.00
35.00

.634
.634
*

10.446

12.080

35.00

9.046

10.770

35.00

-

-

9.756
-

-

9.346

10.770

*

_

3.00

_

*

*

*

.
-

.

.

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

-

-

3.00
3.00

*

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

.

3.00

*

*

11.816
-

13.870
13.870

35.00
35.00

.634

9.136

10.150
11.130

35.00
35.00

.634

29

.

3.00
3.00

3.00

.

35.00

3.00
3.00

3.00

.

See footnotes at end of table.




3.00%
3.00

$11,340
11.340

$9,496
-

3.00
.
-

-

3.00
3.00

“

3.00
3.00

.

Table 15. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
New England
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week1
2
3

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Stamford, Conn.

Book and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machinists) .........................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................

$7,813
7.813

$8,507
8.507

37.50
37.50

*

.

*

*

0.133
.133

-

7.813

8.507

37.50

*

*

.133

-

9.457
10.329
10.329

10.900
12.114
11.957

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

-

8.386
8.690

9.214
9.517

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.303
.303

-

8.386
8.690

9.214
9.517

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.303
.303

-

8.386
8.690

9.214
9.517

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.303
.303

-

8.386
8.690

11.967
12.804

5 34.50
5 34.50

-

6.61 %
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

8.938

12.971

5 34.50

-

6.61

-

6.25

9.410
9.410
9.410
9.410

11.495
11.495
11.495
11.495

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.

*

*
*

*
*

-

5.00%
5.00
5.00

Newspaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-inc h a rg e ....................................

-

-

-

Lithography

A rtists.......................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Pla te m akers............................
S trip p e rs..................................

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or
gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­




-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4 Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
5 Was 36.25 hours on September 1, 1978.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

30

Table 16. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Albany, N.Y.

Book and job

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen 1).....................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Agreement B .......................
Agreement C .......................
Agreement D .......................
Agreement E .......................
Agreement F ........................
Agreement G .......................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Agreement B .......................
Agreement C .......................
Agreement D .......................
Agreement E .......................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .......................
Agreement B .......................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators, c y lin d e r........
S trip p e rs..................................

$5,452

$5,452

37.00

*

*

*

*

7.891
8.160
7.826
7.733
7.706
7.666
7.666
7.666
7.466
7.826
7.733
7.706
7.666
7.666

7.891
8.640
8.306
8.213
8.160
8.229
8.120
8.120
8.548
8.306
8.213
8.160
8.229
8.120

37.00
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.00
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.00
37.50

*
*
0.361
.361
.361
.366
.361
.358
:361
.361
.361
.361
.366
.361

*
*
-

*
*
0.141
.141
.141
.143
.141
.141
.141
.141
.141
.141
.143
.141

*
-

8.160
8.133

8.640
8.507

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

*

*

.667

-

.667
.667
*

*

*

7.200
8.347
8.160

7.573
8.773
8.640

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

*
*

7.662
7.800

8.765
8.903

36.25
36.25

.601
.601

-

.637
.637

-

7.662
7.800

8.765
8.903

36.25
36.25

.601
.601

-

.637
.637

-

7.662
7.800

8.765
8.903

36.25
36.25

.601
.601

-

.637
.637

-

7.324
7.462

8.731
8.808

36.25
36.25

*
*

*

*
*

*
*

7.696
7.834

9.289
9.427

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.596
.596

1.11%
1.11

7.834
7.972

10.531
10.668

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.596
.596

1.11
1.11

8.797

9.960

35.00

*

*

*

*

*

Newspaper

Compositors, hand:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

*

Lithography

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Paste-u p ..............................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

8.386
8.402
7.860

9.525
9.534
8.980

35.00
35.00
35.00

.629
.629

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.386
8.402

9.525
9.534

35.00
35.00

*
.629

*

-

4.00
4.00

______
See footnotes at end of table.




4.00

31

“

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Albany, N.Y.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
2-color o ffs e t......................
Web o ffs e t..........................
Small web (apollo)..............
4-color o ffs e t......................
2-unit web o ffs e t................
Agreement B:
2-color o ffs e t......................
Web o ffs e t..........................
Small web (apollo)..............
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$9,038
7.186
6.787
9.486
9.341

$10,215
8.253
7.829
10.689
10.536

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

7.053
9.945
6.810

8.104
11.169
7.876

35.00
35.00
35.00

0.629
.629
.629

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.386
8.402

9.525
9.534

35.00
35.00

.

.

.629

-

4.00
4.00

5.507
5.237

6.437
6.177

37.50
36.25

*

0.262

-

7.617
8.008

8.907
9.445

37.50
36.25

.262

-

8.468

9.602

37.50

-

Buffalo, N.Y.

Book and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders (journey­
men I):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B:
Black and w h ite .................
C o lo r ...................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Electrotypers............................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
M a ile rs .....................................
Platemakers:
Agreement A:
Surface p la te ......................
Etch p la t e ...........................
Agreement B .........................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
2 -c o lo r................................
Offset, over 24-1/2
in.........................................
Agreement B .........................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
cylin der...............................
2 -c o lo r..........................

7.590
7.700
8.179
7.496

8.820
8.930
9.282
8.725

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

8.179
8.313

9.282
9.416

8.313
7.288

*

*

.307
*

*
*
*

37.50
37.50

.333
.333

-

9.416
8.198

37.50
36.25

.333
1.214

-

6.773
8.022
7.395

7.682
9.098
8.625

37.50
37.50
37.50

*

.307
.307
*

*

7.771
10.156

8.571
11.190

35.00
35.00

-

-

4.00
4.00

6.860

7.781

37.50

6.897
6.470

7.823
7.520

37.50
37.50

*

*

.307
*

*

7.615
8.640

8.637
9.799

37.50
37.50

-

-

.307
.307

-

32

*•

.
*
.333
*

See footnotes at end of table,




*

*
*
-

.307

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

0.307
.307
.307

-

Buffalo, N.Y.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Offset:
Up to 24-1/2 in.................
Over 24-1/2 in..................
P la te n .................................
Agreement B:
2 -c o lo r................................
Double 5 color
perfecting, multi­
color web offset
presses 201,202,
203,204 .............................
M ulti-color...........................
R otary.................................
1 0 -color..............................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$7,763
8.406
7.404

$8,805
9.534
8.397

37.50
37.50
37.50

-

7.395

8.625

37.50

*

.

.

.

7.650
7.600
7.450
7.700

8.880
8.830
8.680
8.930

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

8.468
7.590

9.602
8.760

37.50
37.50

_

_

*

*

*

9.733
9.898

11.040
11.210

36.25
36.25

*

*

.690
.690

-

9.733
9.898

11.040
11.210

36.25
36.25

.
*

*

.690
.690

-

9.870
10.036

11.180
11.350

36.25
36.25

*

*

.690
.690

-

9.366
9.504

9.724
9.862

36.25
36.25

.
*

.
*

.552
.552

-

9.366
9.504

10.068
10.206

36.25
36.25

.
*

*

.621
.621

.

.

.

.

*

*

*

*

-

_

.307

*

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Harris (cold type):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Agreement A : ........................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Colormen .........................
Second s h if t.......................
Colormen .........................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift..............................
Second shift .......................
Press operators-incharge:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second shift .......................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.



9.958
10.124

11.095
11.260

36.25
36.25

9.031
9.445
9.197
9.611

9.031
9.445
9.197
9.611

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

7.361
7.494

7.361
7.494

37.50
37.50

9.583
9.748

9.583
9.748

36.25
36.25

7.561
7.694

7.561
7.694

37.50
37.50

9.529
9.667

10.998
11.141

35.00
35.00
__________

33

*

-

*

*

*

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*

.
*

.453
.453

-

*

*

*

*

.

.

*

*

.453
.453

-

.

.

.

.

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Buffalo, N.Y.
— Continued
Lithography

Artists:
Agreement A .........................
Letter-pen and brush .........
Agreement B .........................
Letter-pen and brush .........
P ro v e rs...............................
Camera operators:
Agreement A (color) .............
Agreement B:
C o lo r ...................................
Black and w h ite .................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B:
Photocom posing................
Vacuum fram e....................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
1-c o lo r................................
76 in..................................
2-color, Miehle # 6 1 ...........
Second o p e rato rs............
6-color:
First operato rs.................
Second o p e rato rs............
Third operators................
Agreement B:
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
41 x 54 in..........................
76 in..................................
2-color, Miehle # 61 ...........
5-color:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
6-color:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Agreement B:
1-color:
Under 28 in.......................
28 to 36-1/16 in...............
Over 33-1/16 to 40
in......................................
2-color:
33-1/16 x 42 in.................
Over 42 to 49-5/8
in......................................
Over 49-5/8 to 633/16 in ...........................
Over 63-3/16 in................
Scanner operators ..................
S trip p e rs..................................

$11,070
10.480
11.070
10.480
10.630

$11,070
10.480
11.070
10.480
10.630

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

.

11.070

11.070

35.00

.671

11.070
10.480

11.070
10.480

35.00
35.00

.669
.669

10.700

10.700

35.00

10.700
10.420

10.700
10.420

35.00
35.00

.669
.669

8.280
8.500
8.540
8.730

8.280
8.500
8.540
8.730

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.671
.671
.671
.671

8.800
8.610
8.390

8.800
8.610
8.390

35.00
35.00
35.00

.671
.671
.671

8.280
8.390

8.280
8.390

35.00
35.00

10.590
11.070
11.170

10.590
11.070
11.170

12.010
11.360

-

-

.671

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

.669
.669

-

-

4.00
4.00

35.00
35.00
35.00

.671
.671
.671

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

12.010
11.360

35.00
35.00

.671
.671

-

_

4.00
4.00

13.450
11.950

13.450
11.950

35.00
35.00

.671
.671

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.210
10.390

10.210
10.390

35.00
35.00

.669
.669

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.550

10.550

35.00

.669

4.00

11.070

11.070

35.00

.669

4.00

11.090

11.090

35.00

.669

4.00

11.160
11.410
13.090
10.480

11.160
11.410
13.090
10.480

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.669
.669
.671
.669

See footnotes at end of table.




0.671
.671
.669
.669
.669

34

-

_
_

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Newark, N.J.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Hand sheet straighteners and co u n ters..................
Rulers, 3-beam automat­
ic machine ...........................
Hi-die cutters, nonpre­
cision paper cutters
(64 in. knife or und­
er), operators of
Cleveland folding
m ach ine s.............................
3-Knife trimmers, fol­
ding machine operators
Combination and auto­
matic ....................................
Non-precision cutters:
65 to 74 in...........................
75 in. and over ..................
Precision cutters:
65 to 74 in...........................
75 in. and over ..................
Blankbook forw arders...........
Stampers and fin ish ers.........
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Photoengravers .......................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Offset presses:
1-color, over 41 in...............
2-color:
Up to 42 in........................
Over 42 in.........................
4-color, up to 50 in..............
Letterpress cylinders,
1-color .................................
Press operators:
Offset:
1 or 2 1-color:
11 x 17 in..........................
14 x 17 in..........................
1-color:
Up to 41 in........................
Over 41 in.........................
2-color:
Up to 42 in........................
Over 42 in.........................
4-color, up to 50
in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Letterpress, cylinder,
1-color .................................
P la te n ....................................

$6,200

$6,880

35.00

0.586

0.514

8.950

9.920

35.00

.586

.514

8.720

9.700

35.00

.586

.514

9.150

10.130

35.00

.586

.514

8.950

9.920

35.00

.586

.514

8.950

10.000

35.00

.586

.514

8.950
9.000

9.920
9.970

35.00
35.00

.586
.586

9.000
9.030
9.000
9.860
9.492
9.650
9.650

9.970
10.000
9.970
10.030
10.664
10.885
10.885

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.586
.586
.586
.586
.600
.600
.600

-

.514
.514
.514
.514
.357
.743
.743

9.650
9.860
9.819

10.885
12.285
10.486

35.00
35.00
35.00

.600
.997
.600

-

.743
.185
.357

8.000

8.986

35.00

.600

8.030
8.055
8.130

9.019
9.037
9.137

35.00
35.00
35.00

.600
.600
.600

7.561

8.865

35.00

.600

8.747
9.407

9.835
10.578

35.00
35.00

.600
.600

-

.357
.357

9.407
9.647

10.578
10.818

35.00
35.00

.600
.600

-

.357
.357

9.692
9.864

10.864
11.035

35.00
35.00

.600
.600

-

.357
.357

9.950
9.521

11.121
10.692

35.00
35.00

.600
.600

-

9.064
7.968

10.085
8.865

35.00
35.00

.600
.600

-

See footnotes at end of table.




35

-

-

.514
.514

-

-

-

.357

-

.357
.357
.357

-

.357

.357
.357
.357
.357

_

_

_

_

-

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N ew ark, N.J.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Strippers:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................

$9,228
9.328

$10,373
10.486

35.00
35.00

0.600
.600

-

0.357
.357

-

10.764
11.302

13.243
13.905

36.25
36.25

.634
.634

-

1.090
1.090

-

10.764
11.302

13.243
13.905

36.25
36.25

.634
.634

-

1.090
1.090

-

10.764
11.288

13.243
13.905

36.25
36.25

.634
.634

-

1.090
1.090

-

11.060
11.060

13.640
13.640

32.50
32.50

.646
.646

-

.769
.769

-

9.653
10.342

11.485
12.306

37.50
35.00

.896
.960

-

.161
.173

-

10.815
11.573

12.380
13.000

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

.180
.180

-

.800
.889

-

.800
.889

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operator-in­
charge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

.
*

.
*

*

*

*

*

10.575
11.667

11.908
13.149

37.50
33.75

10.841
11.964

12.175
13.445

37.50
33.75

10.295

12.234

35.00

1.143

10.079
10.570
10.079

12.018
12.509
12.018

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143
1.143

9.123

11.062

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.266

11.205

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.302

11.241

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.302
9.123

11.241
11.062

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.788

11.727

35.00

1.143

-

-

5.00

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
P latem akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
37 to 60 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
2-color:
Up to 42 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
42 to 71 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
4-color:
44 to 71 in. inclu­
sive:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-color:
72 in. and over:
F irs t..................................
See footnotes at end of table.




36

5.00%

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N ew ark, N.J.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Second .............................
Press operator, offset:
1-color:
Up to 30 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
37 to 60 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
2-color:
Up to 42 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
42 to 71 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
4-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
44 to 71 in. inclu­
sive:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
5-color:
72 in. and over:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Scanner o p e ra to rs..................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,496

$11,435

35.00

1.143

5.00%

9.734

11.673

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.902

11.841

35.00

1.143

5.00

10.374

12.313

35.00

1.143

5.00

10.531

12.470

35.00

1.143

5.00

10.649
10.374

12.587
12.312

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.806
10.531

12.745
12.470

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

11.832
11.102
12.386
10.079

13.771
13.041
14.325
12.018

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143
1.143
1.143

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




I

37

-

-

“

“

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Percent

N ew Y o rk , N.Y.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A (pamphlet)
Folding machine feed­
ers (hand or frict­
ion); hand gatherers
or collaters of sig­
natures or single
sheets; inserters of
signatures pertain­
ing to books, past­
ers, tippers, mount­
ers, sealers, guarders, or swatchers;
stripping machine
operators; hand sti­
tchers (silk thread
or cord); chair wire
stitchers; machine
feeders; general
work, full bound;
hand coverers; hand
book sewers; flat,
rollwrap, and envel­
ope mailing; sewing
machine operators;
perforating machine
operators; punching
or drilling machine
operators; hand fol­
ding; flat and sadd­
le stitchers; fillers-in on inserting
machines; ruling ma­
chine feeders; num­
bering machines (fo­
ot or power); paging
machines; indexing
machines; securities
hand banding and
counting m a ch in e s............

$6,522

$7,204

34.50

See footnotes at end of table.




38

8.50%

9.00%

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Percent

New Y o rk , N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and jo b
— C o n tin u e d

Agreement B (pamphlet)
Folding machine
feeders (hand or
friction): hand
gathers or collaters
of signatures or
single sheets; in­
serters of signa­
tures pertaining to
books, pasters,
tippers, mounters,
sealers, guarders,
or swatchers;
stripping machine
operators; hand
stitchers (silk
thread or cord);
chair wire stitchers
machine feeders;
general work, full
bound; hand coverers; hand book sew­
ers; flat, rollwrap,
and envelope mail­
ing; sewing machine
operators; perfor­
ators; punching or
drilling machine
operators; hand
folding; flat and
saddle stitchers;
filler in on in­
serting machines;
rulling machine
feeders; numbering
machines (foot or
power); paging ma­
chines; indexing
machines; securities
hand banding and
counting m a ch in e s............
Agreement C (edition)
pasting-machine op­
erators; guarding,
stubing and strip­
ping machine oper­
ators, singer or
McCain stitcher op­
erators; labeling
machine o p e ra to rs............

$6,522

$7,204

34.50

4.868

5.469

35.00

See footnotes at end of table.




39

5.50%

0.414

7.60%

0.250

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N ew Y o rk , N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and jo b
— C o n tin u e d

Bindery workers, hand
collators; stitchers
automatic sewing ma­
chine operators; se­
wing machine operat­
ors; hand coverers;
paring machine oper­
ators; folders; drop
roller point folding
machine feeders; ha­
nd pasters and hand
gatherers ..........................
Gathering-machine
F illers-in .............................
Book examiners and
Wrappers; round cor­
nering machine oper­
ators ..................................
Ceco machine feeder
and labeler, carton
fillers-in on set
conveyer machine;
grand city cartoning
machine-feeder and
la b e le rs .............................
Cutters-offs.........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I):
Agreement A (edition)
Head stampers ..................
Gilding machine oper­
ators ..................................
Stampers, p re s s .................
Extra fin is h e rs ....................
Stampers ............................
Head sheetmen, fold­
ing machine operat­
ors, book trimmers,
power rounders and
backers, head-bind­
ing and lining-mac
hine operators, sto­
ck cutters, case-ma­
chine operators, ex­
tra forwarders, gat­
hering machine stit­
chers and coverers,
sheet and plate cut­
ters, smashing mac­
hine operators; cir­
cuit workers; gath­
ering machine oper­
ators; gluing mach­
ine operators.....................

$5,040

$5,663

35.00

0.414

0.250

4.742

5.328

35.00

.414

.250

4.723

5.306

35.00

.414

.250

4.329
3.643

5.028
4.416

35.00
35.00

.414
.414

8.239

9.438

35.00

.414

8.063
8.018
7.986
7.709

9.226
9.180
9.144
8.089

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.414
.414
.414
.414

7.549

8.643

35.00

.414

See footnotes at end of table.




40

-

.250
.250

-

.250

-

.250
.250
.250
.250

.250

-

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.250
.250
.250

-

New York, N.Y.
— Continued
B oo k and job
— Continued
Hand rounders and
backers; headbanders
and liners; hand
caser-in; book repa­
irers; edge coloring
sprinkling and gen­
eral all around work
assistant operators
on gathering m ach ine.......
Head gold layers ................
Gold la y e rs .........................
Assistant sheetmen or
heads of stock; paste rs -o ff..............................
Nipping-machine oper­
ators ..................................
Hand gluers-up ..................
Agreement B (commerci­
al)
Manifold commercial
binders; hand coverers on pamphlets;
hand case making;
operators on punch­
ing, perforating,
and drill m ach ine s.............
Operators of flat
cutting machines,
die cutting machines
hand cutting machin­
es, stitching or
covering machines (
operated as a separ­
ate unit), blankbook
b in d e rs..............................
Operators of duplex
trimmers, combinat­
ion gathering and
stitching machines,
electric auto s p a c e r ..........
Operators of combin­
ation inserting and
stitching machines;
3-knife cutting mac­
hines; gathering,
stitching, and cov­
ering machines; fol­
ding machines; and
comic m a c in e s .................
Operators of contin­
uous trimmers; comic
machines (trimmer
attached); and brackett
trimmers .........................
Continuous trimmers
(Tumbler-type) ..................
Agreement C
Finishing m ach ine s.............
Automatic feeders ..............
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Color sep a ra tion...................

$7,364
6.048
5.887

$8,431
6.925
6.740

35.00
35.00
35.00

0.414
.414
.414

7.158

8.195

35.00

.414

6.973
6.767

7.983
7.479

35.00
35.00

.414
.414

10.234

11.135

34.50

8.50%

9.00%

10.260

11.162

34.50

8.50

9.00

10.289

11.191

34.50

8.50

9.00

10.313

11.214

34.50

8.50

9.00

10.342

11.243

34.50

8.50

9.00

10.371

11.272

34.50

8.50

9.00

10.168
10.269
9.997
10.134

11.077
11.133
11.675
11.834

34.50
34.50
34.50
34.50

!

-

_________

See footnotes at end of table.




41

-

-

.250

-

8.50
8.50
6.61
6.61

.250
.250

_
-

__________________

-

9.00
9.00
6.25
6.25

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New York, N.Y.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
4-color p ro c e s s .....................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Italian te x t.............................
Electrotypers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Italian te x t.............................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ...........................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers .......................
G ra v u re .................................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Miller 2-color simplex,
Miehle 2-color nos. 41
and 46, small McKee
process first assist­
ant; large 2-color
flatbed; 2-color Cot­
trell rotary (not over
42 in.); 5-color Cot­
trell (not over 61
in.) second assist­
ant; perfecting pro­
cess .....................................
Miehle automatic pony;
Kelly no.2; Babcock
automatic; Miller maj­
or simplex; premier
g.f.; Miehle 41;
sheet-fed rotary...................
2-color 48 in.; 5-col­
or 42 in. cottrell .................
Miehle vertical or hor­
izontal Miller (high­
speed) or simplex;
Kelly A,B,C, clipper;
Harris 1-or 2-colors;
15 x 18 in. and 18 x
22 in.; offset up to
And including 22 x 34
in..........................................
Platen; webendorfers;
little giant; I and p
c y lin d e r................................
Utilitymen on web; cyl­
inder over 42 in.;
second assistants on
McKee; and offset, 35
X 45 in. or larg er.................
Rotary color (Cottrell
and Miehle); offset:
2-color:
29 x 42 in.; 36 x
48 in ...............................
40 x 59 in..........................

$10,584
12.262
9.304

$12,360
14.837
9.884

34.50
34.50
34.50

9.343
9.230
12.262
9.304

10.398
10.398
14.837
9.884

35.00
35.00
34.50
34.50

12.262
10.929
10.281
10.805
9.997

14.837
12.345
12.622
13.440
11.675

34.50
32.50
33.75
35.00
34.50

8.870

10.461

34.50

6.61

6.25

8.824

9.148

34.50

6.61

6.25

8.915

10.461

34.50

6.61

6.25

7.569

9.148

34.50

6.61

6.25

7.456

9.034

34.50

6.61

6.25

8.779

10.369

34.50

6.61

6.25

11.818
11.918

34.50
34.50

6.61
6.61

10.162
10.215
__________

See footnotes at end of table.




42

-

6.61 %
9.07

0.322

-

.054
.357

-

-

0.290

6.25%
5.69
-

.322

9.07
-

1.081
.857
.290

5.69
-

.794
.714
-

9.07
4.89
6.61

.872
.356
.400
-

5.69
_
6.25

-

-

-

6.25
6.25

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N ew Y o rk, N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Offset:
1-color
over 20 in. up to
and including 45
i n .....................................
Over 45 in.........................
2-color:
Up to and including
45 in..................................
45 in. up to and
including 60 in..................
61 in. up to and
including 72 in.................
73 in. and o v e r .................
4-color:
Up to and including
50 in.................................
51 in. up to and
including 61 in.
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
61 in. and over
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Web:
1-unit, 2-plate
18 in. up to and
including 38-1/2
i n .....................................
39 in. up to and
including 55 in..................
2-unit, 4-plate
18 in. up to and
including 38-1/2
in......................................
39 in. up to and
including 55 in..................
3-unit, 6-plate
18 in. up to and
including 38-1/2
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
39 in. up to and
including 55 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
4-unit, 8-plate
18 in. up to and
including 38-1/2
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
39 in. up to and
including 55 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
5-unit, 10 plate, 31
in. up to and incl­
uding 38-1/2 in.
F ir s t...............................

$9,997
10.120

$11,675
11.818

34.50
34.50

10.164

12.033

34.50

10.304

_

12.033

34.50

6.61 %
6.61

-

6.61

_
_
_

6.61

-

12.196
12.360

34.50
34.50

10.677

12.486

34.50

10.817
10.211

12.631
11.924

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

10.956
10.211

12.795
11.924

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

10.247

11.966

34.50

10.332

12.066

34.50

6.61

10.340

12.074

34.50

6.61
6.61

_

6.61

-

6.25%
6.25

6.25

_

6.61

-

6.25
6.25
6.25

6.25

6.61

-

_
-

6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25

6.25

_

6.25

6.25

6.61

.

6.25

10.584

12.360

34.50

10.351
10.118

12.088
11.815

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

10.584
10.211

12.360
11.924

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

10.584
10.164

12.360
11.870

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

10.817
10.257

12.631
11.978

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

10.677

12.468

34.50

-

6.61

-

6.25

See footnotes at end of table.




-

43

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New Y o rk , N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
Platen:
2 automatic, 20 in.
or under: 2 c and p
12 x 18 in.; 1
automatic and 1 or 2
hand-fed platens ..............
Over 20 in............................
1 automatic, over
20 in...................................
20 in. or u n d er.....................
Stereotypers ...........................
S trip p e rs..................................
Color .....................................
4-color p ro c e s s .....................

$10,118
8.964

$11,815
10.468

34.50
34.50

-

6.61 %
6.61

-

6.25%
6.25

9.048
9.132

10.566
10.664

34.50
34.50

-

6.61
6.61

-

6.25
6.25

9.343
9.997
10.134
10.273

10.515
10.468
10.398
11.675
11.834
11.997

34.50
34.50
35.00
34.50
34.50
34.50

11.134

14.763

34.50

-

_
0.054
-

6.61
6.61
6.61
6.61
6.61

_
1.081
-

6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Machine operators:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-in-charge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second s h ift..........................

11.655

14.763

34.50

11.134

14.763

5.24

9.17

_

34.50

9.17

_

9.17

5.24

5.24

11.655

14.763

34.50

_

9.17

_

5.24

11.134
11.655

14.763
14.763

34.50
34.50

-

9.17
9.17

-

5.24
5.24

9.120
10.087

11.740
13.066

37.00
34.00

-

4.89
4.89

.827
.900

-

10.636
11.380

12.007
12.847

35.75
35.75

-

5.69
' 5.69

-

2.83
2.83

9.877
10.951

11.136
12.347

35.75
33.00

-

6.45
6.45

-

4.15
4.15

10.546
11.676

11.890
13.164

35.75
33.00

-

6.45
6.45

-

4.15
4.15

9.448
9.043
11.653

11.751
10.399
14.493

37.00
37.00
30.00

.061
.061
.075

-

1.229
.811
1.516

-

10.295

12.018

35.00

1.143

10.079
10.570
10.079

12.018
12.509
13.018

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143
1.143

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists .......................................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
P la te m akers............................
See footnotes at end of table.




44

5.00

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N ew Y o rk , N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Plate graine rs........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
37 to 60 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
60 to 71 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
72 in. and over ..................
2-color:
Up to 42 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
42 to 71 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
72 in. and over ..................
4-color
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
44 to 71 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
72 in. and over
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-color, 72 in. and
Over
First ....................................
Second ...............................
6-color, 60 in.
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Web-fed
2-units
25 x 38 in..........................
35 x 22 and 38 x 25
in......................................
49 x 35 in..........................
4-units
35 x 22 to 38 x 25
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to 30 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
37 to 60 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
60 to 70 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
72 in. and over ..................
2-color
Up to 42 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
42 to 71 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
71 in. and over ..................

$9,341

$11,280

35.00

1.143

5.00%

9.123

11.062

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.159
9.305

11.097
11.244

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

9.266

11.205

35.00

1.143

9.302
9.448

11.241
11.387

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

9.302

11.241

35.00

1.143

9.302
9.123

11.241
11.062

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.448
9.269

11.387
11.208

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.788
9.496

11.727
11.435

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.073
9.788

12.012
11.727

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

-

5.00
5.00

5.00

-

-

5.00
5.00

5.00

9.088

11.027

35.00

1.143

9.583
9.408

11.522
11.347

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.992
9.583

11.931
11.522

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.734

11.673

35.00

1.143

5.00

9.902

11.841

35.00

1.143

5.00

10.059
10.205

11.998
12.144

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

10.374

12.313

35.00

1.143

10.531
10.677

12.470
12.616

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

See footnotes at end of table.




-

45

5.00

-

-

5.00
5.00

5.00

-

-

5.00
5.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New York, N.Y.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
4-color
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
44 to 71 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
72 in. and over
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-color, 72 in. and
Over
First ....................................
Second ...............................
6-color, 60 in.
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Calendar duster-press ..........
Web-fed
2-units
17-1/2 x 11-1/2 in............
25 x 38 in..........................
35 x 22 to 38 x 25
in......................................
49 x 35 in.
F ir s t...............................

$10,649
10.374

$12,587
12.312

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00%
5.00

10.806
10.531

12.745
12.470

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.952
10.677

12.891
12.616

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

11.832
11.102

13.771
13.041

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

12.117
11.387
9.119

14.056
13.326
11.058

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

9.963
9.988

11.902
11.927

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.751

12.690

35.00

1.143

.................................

11.160
10.430

13.099
12.369

35.00
35.00

1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00

4-units
35 x 22 to 38 x 25
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Scanner operators ..................
S trip p e rs..................................

11.832
10.751
12.386
10.079

14.121
13.099
14.325
12.018

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1,143
1.143
1.143
1.143

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

4.838

5.582

36.25

.546

7.314
7.314
7.786
7.786

8.335
8.335
8.773
8.773

36.25
36.25
37.50
37.50

.546
.546
.685
.685

10.130
9.486
11.429

11.977
11.500
13.571

35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.886

7.421
7.433
7.457

8.576
8.589
8.617

37.50
37.50
37.50

Second

5.00

P h iladelph ia, Pa.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers Qourneymen II)....................................
Bookbinders Qourneymen
I)
Machine o p e ra to rs...............
Bench w o rkers......................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Press assistants and
feeders
68 in. and u n d e r...................
Over 68 in..............................
2-color and perfecting ..........
See footnotes at end of table.




46

.

0.193

.193
.193
.300
.300

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

*

.307
.307
.307

.

*
*

-

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

*
*
*

*
*
*

0.307
.307
.307
.307

-

*

*

*
*

*

.307
.307
.307

-

Philadelphia, Pa.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Offset
Assistant to 61 in................
Assistant over 61 in.............
Helper to 61 in....................
Helper over 61 in.................
Press operators,
cylinder
68 in. and u n d e r...................
Over 68 in..............................
2-color and perfecting ..........
Press operators, offset
1-color
Up to 22 in..........................
22 x 36 in............................
36 x 61 in............................
2-color
Up to 50 in..........................
50 x 61 in............................
Over 61 in............................
Press operators, p la te n ...........

$8,291
8.412
6.772
6.832

$9,581
9.721
7.826
7.895

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

7.818
7.842
7.941

9.034
9.062
9.177

37.50
37.50
37.50

8.603
9.013
9.133

9.942
10.416
10.554

37.50
37.50
37.50

*

*

*
*

*
*

-

-

.307
.307
.307

*
*
*

-

.307
.307
.307
.307

-

-

9.494
9.614
9.795
7.613

10.971
11.110
11.320
8.798

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.
*
*

9.360
9.573

10.773
10.986

37.50
37.50

0.368
.368

-

.547
.547

-

9.360
9.573

10.773
10.986

37.50
37.50

.368
.368

-

.547
.547

-

9.360
9.573

10.773
10.986

37.50
37.50

.368
.368

-

.547
.547

-

7.531
8.073

8.650
9.266

40.00
37.50

.506
.540

-

.439
.468

-

9.396

10.535

37.50

.800

10.845

37.50

.747

-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A :
Day s h ift.............................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift..............................
Second shift
Agreement A ......................
Second s h if t .......................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
O ffsid e ................................
Second s h ift..........................
O ffsid e ................................
Press operators-inCharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

4.00

.

.

-

-

5.00
4.00

-

9.905
-

11.091
11.412

36.25
36.25

.828
.772

8.706
8.906
9.718
9.940

10.120
10.320
11.286
11.508

37.50
37.50
33.80
33.80

.621
.621
.689
.689

-

.569
.569
.632
.632

9.106
9.814

10.506
11.328

37.50
35.00

.621
.666

-

.569
.610

8.070
8.177

9.910
10.017

37.50
37.50

See footnotes at end of table.




5.00%

47

.729
.729

.
-

.

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

P h ila de lph ia , Pa.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y

Artists (dot e tch e rs)................
Provers, hand p r e s s ..............
Provers, offset ......................
Opaque, color and silhouette artists .....................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Black and white (dry
p late )....................................
Line w o rk ..............................
Platemakers
Photocom posing...................
Vacuum frame ......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
36 to 42 in...........................
42 to 48 in...........................
48 to 52 in...........................
52 to 64 in...........................
Over 64 in...........................
2-color:
Up to 52 in..........................
52 to 64 in...........................
64 to 71 in...........................
Over 71 in...........................
4-color:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Hand:
1-color:
Offset and rotary..............
Bronzer feeders ..............
8-plate web - 35 x
22-3/4 Cutoff:
First feeders ....................
Second fe e d e rs ...............
Press operators, offset:
1-c o lo r...................................
24 to 36 in...........................
36 to 64 in...........................
Over 64 in...........................
2-color:
20 to 30 in...........................
30 to 48 in...........................
48 to 64 in...........................
64 to 71 in...........................
Over 71 in...........................
3-color:
Up to 25 in..........................
4-color:
Up to 44 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
44 to 50 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
50 to 64 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
See footnotes at end of table.



$10,483
9.884
10.084

$12,393
11.674
11.914

35.00
35.00
35.00

0.924
.924
.924

-

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00

9.391

11.081

35.00

.924

-

-

4.00

10.683

12.632

35.00

.924

-

-

4.00

10.084
9.622

11.914
11.359

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.084
9.974

11.914
11.781

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.823
8.902
8.944
9.118
9.158

10.400
10.495
10.545
10.754
10.803

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.924
.924
.924
.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.154
9.196
9.233
9.396

10.797
10.848
10.892
11.088

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.924
.924
.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.335
9.112

11.012
10.747

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.354
9.112

11.037
10.747

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.228
8.766

10.886
10.331

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.469
9.884
10.047
10.163

11.175
11.674
11.870
12.008

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.924
.924
.924
.924

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.963
10.483
10.641
10.841
11.003

11.768
12.393
12.582
12.822
13.017

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.924
.924
.924
.924
.924

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

10.215

12.071

35.00

.924

-

-

4.00

11.073
10.597

13.101
12.529

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.303
10.791

13.377
12.582

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.882
10.641

12.872
12.582

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00

48

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

P h iladelph ia, Pa.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Over 68 in.
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Rotary:
1-color:
Up to 64 in........................
Over 64 in.........................
8-plate web - 35 x
22-3/4 Cutoff:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Strippers:
Color .....................................
Black and w h ite ....................

$11,161
10.751

$13,206
12.714

35.00
35.00

0.924
.924

-

-

4.00%
4.00

9.884
10.005

11.674
11.819

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.040
10.494

13.061
12.406

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.079
10.000

11.907
11.813

35.00
35.00

.924
.924

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.208
4.460

5.390
5.690

36.25
36.25

.416
.416

-

0.340
.340

-

7.370
7.922
8.400
8.400

9.174
9.774
10.889
10.889

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

.416
.416
*
*

8.400
8.643

10.889
10.842

36.25
35.00

.744

9.580
9.690

12.106
12.221

35.00
35.00

9.580
9.690

12.106
12.221

35.00
35.00

9.580
9.690

12.106
12.221

35.00
35.00

9.210
9.350

11.095
11.238

9.763
10.191

Pittsbu rg h , Pa.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Working supervisors..............
Bookbinders (journeymen
0 .............................................
Working supervisors..............
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Photoengravers.......................

.

.340
.340
.625
.625

-

-

.625
-

4.00

*

*

.361
.361

-

*

*

.361
.361

-

*

*

.361
.361

-

35.00
35.00

1.188
1.188

-

.597
.597

-

11.857
13.042

35.00
35.00

.771
.771

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.370
9.520

11.295
11.438

35.00
35.00

1.237
1.237

-

.703
.703

-

10.090
10.230

12.295
12.438

35.00
35.00

1.237
1.237

.703
.703

-

*

.

_

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




49

.

*

*

'

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Pittsburgh, Pa.
— Continued
Lithography

A rtis ts......................................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Halftone and lin e ..................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders
1-c o lo r...................................
2-color
Up to 60 in..........................
Vertical const, press ..........
Press operators, offset:
1-color, without feed­
er
Up to 14 in..........................
15 to 26 in...........................
27 to 30 in...........................
1-color, with feeder
26 to 28 in...........................
29 to 34 in...........................
35 to 48 in...........................
49 to 58 in...........................
Over 58 in............................
2-color, with feeder
20 to 26 in...........................
22 to 34 in...........................
25 to 38 in...........................
30 to 40 in...........................
2-color with feeder and
helper
35 to 48 in...........................
49 to 60 in...........................
2-color with feeder and
tender
35 to 48 in...........................
49 to 60 in...........................
Over 60 in...........................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,800

$12,827

35.00

1.141

.

_

4.00%

9.800
9.550
9.550

12.827
12.568
12.568

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141
1.141

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

7.850

11.000

35.00

1.141

-

-

4.00

8.200
-

11.113
11.113

35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.270
8.850
9.190

11.280
11.860
12.210

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141
1.141

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.960
9.190
9.370
9.510
9.660

11.970
12.210
12.400
12.530
12.670

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141
1.141
1.141
1.141

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.690
9.810
10.020
10.090

12.710
12.830
13.040
13.110

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141
1.141
1.141

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.810
9.950

12.830
13.030

35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.910
10.180
10.360
9.550

12.970
13.210
13.390
12.570

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.141
1.141
1.141
1.141

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.514
4.980
4.457
4.520

5.491
5.876
5.330
5.390

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

.445
*
.445
.458

*
-

0.441
.248
.248
.248

-

8.061
7.960
6.337
6.310

9.640
9.360
7.210
7.180

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

.445
*
.445
.458

_

.441
.248
.248
.248

_

8.182
8.552
7.893

9.235
9.675
8.880

35.00
35.00
37.50

*
*

.357
.357
.333

-

-

R och ester, N.Y.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
*
/•
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
See footnotes at end of table.



*
-

*
*

-

-

____
50

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

R o c h e s te r, N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Machine operators:
Agreement A .......................
Photoengravers
Black and white
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Color
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Offset assista nts...................
6-unit suburbanite
h e lp e rs ...............................
4-color h e lp e rs......................
Press operators
Offset
14 x 20 in............................
17 x 22 in............................
21 x 28, 22 x 29, 22
x 34 in................................
2-color, 25 x 34 in.,
25 x 38 in...........................
2-color, 25 x 38 in...............
2 Kelly a,b, or c;
Kelly # 1 or 2; 2
Miehle horizontals
or verticals, Miehle
unit; Miller simplex
2 Miller majors, 2
cylinders; 2 m.a.n.
poly ...................................
Kelly A or B; Miehle
vertical; little
g ia n t..................................
6-unit suburbanite
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Third ................................
4-color, 25 x 38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Platen
1-3 H an d -fed ......................
2 A u to m atics......................
S trip p e rs..................................

$7,893

$8,880

37.50

10.700
10.388

13.021
12.406

35.00
35.00

0.886
.543

-

-

4.00%
4.00

11.195
10.869

13.527
12.887

35.00
35.00

.886
.543

-

-

4.00
4.00

6.615

7.368

35.00

0.333

*

*

*

.357
.357

-

*

.357
.357

-

.

.357

.

.

*

*

.357
.357

.357

6.943
6.910

7.759
7.719

35.00
35.00

.
*

7.265
8.027

8.145
9.050

35.00
35.00

*

8.043

9.069

35.00

8.319
8.329

9.398
9.398

35.00
35.00

7.236

8.551

36.25

7.030

8.001

36.25

*

*

.345

*

.

.357
.357
.357

9.198
8.700
7.158

10.444
9.851
8.015

35.00
35.00
35.00

9.198
8.101

10.444
9.138

.345

35.00
35.00

7.030
7.236
8.182

8.551
8.551
9.235

9.668
9.908

37.50
37.50

8.734
8.974

9.668
9.908

8.350
8.590
8.735

*
*
.
*
.

36.25
36.25
35.00

8.734
8.974

_

.357
.357

*
*

.345
.345
.357

*

*

.307
.307

37.50
37.50

*

*

9.260
9.530

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

.333
.333

9.695

37.50

*

*

-

_
_

_

_

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................

 See footnotes at end of table.


51

.

.307
.307

_

_

_

3.00

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

R o c h e ste r, N.Y.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

*

$8,975

$9,935

37.50

8.734
8.974

9.693
9.933

37.50
37.50

*

*

9.001
9.241

9.960
10.200

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

11.189

13.525

35.00

0.886

11.189
10.694
10.694

13.525
13.015
13.015

35.00
35.00
35.00

.886
.886
.886

9.285

11.564

35.00

.886

9.475
9.475
9.690

11.759
11.759
11.981

35.00
35.00
35.00

.886
.886
.886

10.091
9.238

12.375
11.494

35.00
35.00

.886
.886

10.314

12.623

35.00

.886

10.770
10.898

13.093
13.225

35.00
35.00

.886
.886

11.671
10.707

14.307
13.256

35.00
35.00

11.671
10.707

14.307
13.256

11.951
10.936

.

3.00%
0.320
.320

-

.320
.320

-

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists (dot etch e rs)................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Black and w h ite ....................
Pla te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
2-color
25 x 38 and 30 x 39
in .......................................
4-color
25 x 38 in............................
42 x 58 in............................
74 in. and over ..................
5-color
42 x 58 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Press operators, offset:
1-color, 22 x 29 in.................
2-color
25 x 38 and 30 x 39
in........................................
42 x 58 in............................
4-color
25 x 38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
42 x 58 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
72 in. and over
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-color, 42 x 58 in.
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Scanners .................................
S trip p e rs ..................................

4.000

4.00

4.000
4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00
4.00

4.000

4.00

-

4.000
4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00

4.000

4.00

-

4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00

.886
.886

-

4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00

35.00
35.00

.886
.886

-

4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00

14.596
13.492

35.00
35.00

.886
.886

-

4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00

12.595
11.447
12.789
10.694

14.945
13.768
15.173
13.015

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.886
.886
.886
.886

4.000
4.000
4.000
4.000

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

5.360

6.440

37.50

-

-

-

-

S c ra n to n , Pa.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................


See footnotes at end of table.


52

.187

Table 16. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle Atlantic
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*
*
*

*
*
*

0.187
.187
*
*

*
*

*

•

*

S cra n to n , Pa.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

Bookbinders (journeymen
I) .............................................
M a c h in e ................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................
Mailers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$6,310
6.390
6.258
6.258

$7,570
7.670
8.470
8.470

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

6.721

8.934

37.50

5.320
4.590

7.170
5.150

37.50
37.50

9.393
9.586

10.182
10.375

36.25
36.25

*

*

.417
.043

-

_
-

N e w sp a p e r

Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Second s h ift..........................

7.876
8.066

8.896
9.162

35.00
35.00

.207
.207

*

*

.

.

.

.

*

*

*

*

.

-

8.372
8.671

10.193
10.679

36.25
35.00

*

*

.276
.286

-

8.305

10.662

35.00

0.471

-

.157

-

8.730
9.090

10.260
10.680

35.00
35.00

.839
.839

-

-

4.00%
4.00

8.530
8.530

10.030
10.030

35.00
35.00

.839
.839

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.470
8.580

9.310
10.090

35.00
35.00

.839
.839

-

4.00
4.00

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Platemakers:
Photocom posers...................
Vacuum frame ......................
Press operators, offset:
1-c o lo r...................................
S trip p e rs..................................

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or




gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

53

Table 17. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Baltim ore, Md.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I).............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Pla te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
Up to 34 in..........................
Over 34 in...........................
2-color
22 x 34 in. o n ly ..................
Over 34 in...........................
4-color, 25 x 38 in.................
Platen or small automatic o ffs e t..........................
Press operators
cylinder:
Automatic, up to 31
in........................................
1-color over 31 in................
Offset:
1-color
22 in. and under ..............
Over 22 to 34 in...............
Over 34 in.........................
2-color
34 in. and under ..............
Over 34 in.........................
4-color, 25 x 38 in...............
P la te n ....................................
Stereotypers ...........................
S trip p e rs..................................

$5,080

$5,680

37.50

*

*

0.267

7.190
7.550
7.155
7.155

8.000
8.640
8.150
8.150

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*

.267
.260
.240
.240

7.155

8.150

37.50

*

*

.240

*

.260

8.857
11.184
7.550

11.000
13.538
8.640

35.00
35.00
37.50

*
*
*

5.880
6.420

6.970
7.510

37.50
37.50

*
*

6.420
6.510
6.720

7.510
7.600
7.810

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

5.530

6.620

37.50

6.820
7.180

7.910
8.270

7.080
7.420
7.600
7.600
7.800
8.350
6.580
7.150
7.650

*
*

*

-

-

-

-

4.00%
-

.260
.260

-

*

.260
.260
.260

-

*

*

.260

-

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

.260
.260

-

*

8.170
8.510
8.690

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

*
*
*

.260
.260
.260

-

8.690
8.890
9.440
7.670
9.386
8.740

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*

*
*
*
*
*

.260
.260
.260
.260
.267
.260

-

*
*
*
*

*

*
*

-

-

-

-

-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.



8.877
9.014

9.430
9.560

36.67
36.67

*
*

*
*

.300
.300

-

8.877
9.014

9.430
9.560

36.67
36.67

*
*

*
*

.300
.300

-

8.877
9.014

9.430
9.560

36.67
36.67

*
*

*
*

.300
.300

-

8.133
8.714

9.104
9.754

37.50
35.00

*
*

*
*

.390
.390

-

9.173
9.360

10.240
10.426

37.50
37.50

*

*

54

-

-

-

-

-

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

0.427
.457

-

B a ltim o re, Md.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$8,900
9.535

$8,900
9.535

37.50
35.00

*

9.166
9.821

9.166
9.821

37.50
35.00

*

*

*

*

.427
.457

-

8.373
8.963

9.386
10.033

37.50
35.50

*

*

.267
.282

-

7.920
7.390
8.530

9.020
8.190
10.340

35.00
35.00
35.00

*

*

*

*

.
*

.
*

.

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B:
Web offset assistants ........
Stevens 5 tower
5 -co lo r...............................
Agreement C:
Feeders:
2-color:
38 in...............................
4-color:
60 in...............................
77 in...............................
5-color, 78 in.....................
Helpers:
4-color:
60 in................................
77 in................................
5-color, 78 in.....................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
14 x 22 in..........................
22 x 34 in..........................
2-color, 25 x 38 in...............
Agreement B:
1-color:
22 x 34 in..........................
4-plate web offset ..............
5-color web offset ..............
Agreement C:
2-color, 38 in.......................
4-color:
60 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
77 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


7.920
8.530

9.020
10.340

35.00
35.00

6.480

7.580

35.00

6.010

6.810

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

-

*

4.00

35.00

.

.

4.00

*

.

4.00

.

.

*

*
*

*
*

*
*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

6.350

7.150

35.00

7.560

9.210

35.00

4.00

7.320
7.410
7.500

8.930
8.970
9.140

35.00
35.00
35.00

6.640
6.750
6.820

8.130
8.210
8.340

35.00
35.00
35.00

7.090
7.920
8.430

8.190
9.020
9.530

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

_
_

4.00
4.00
4.00

7.390
7.940
8.980

8.190
8.740
9.180

35.00
35.00
35.00

*

*

_
_

4.00
4.00
4.00

*

*

-

-

*

*

8.920

10.800

35.00

.

9.810
8.560

11.490
10.370

35.00
35.00

*

9.930
8.680

11.720
10.450

35.00
35.00

55

-

*
*

4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

_

4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

*

*

*
*

♦
*

Dollars

Percent

B a ltim o re, Md.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

5-color:
78 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................

$10,470
8.920

$12,600
10.800

35.00
35.00

7.920
7.390
8.490

9.020
8.190
10.290

35.00
35.00
35.00

5.489

6.980

37.50

6.549
7.160
6.703
6.703

8.040
7.989
7.410
7.703

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

7.297
7.407
5.941

8.910
9.020
7.554

37.50
37.50
37.50

11.044
11.015
10.524
7.160

12.924
14.070
12.926
7.989

35.00
35.00
35.00
37.50

6.432

6.882

37.50

*

_
-

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Lo u isville, K y.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders Qourneymen I ) .....................................
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Mailers:
First categ o ry ........................
Second category ..................
Third categ o ry.......................
Photoengravers, roto­
gravure:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Automatic or hand-fed:
Offset
17 x 22 to 40 in................
Multilith or
smaller ............................
Platen
H an d-fed ............................
Automatic-fed ....:.................
Press operators:
Letterpress:
Cylinder, over 65
in.........................................
Job automatic
cylinder:
Kelly (no. 1 or
17 x 22 in.);
Lisenby; little
giant; Miller (hispeed or simplex);
Miehle vertical ..................
Miller major: Kelly
No. 2;
Miehle horizontal..............
Offset:
17 x 22 in. and
U n d e r................................
See footnotes at end of table.



0.267
.
*
*
*

*
*
*

.

_

-

-

*
*

*

.267
.133
.567
.567

-

-

.133

4.00
4.00
-

*

*

-

.133

6.138

6.588

37.50

.

6.088
6.138

6.538
6.588

37.50
37.50

.

6.893

7.343

37.50

.133

6.829

7.279

37.50

.133

6.893

7.343

37.50

6.893

7.343

37.50

56

*

•

.133
*
*

*

*

*

.133
.133

-

.133

.133

-

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

*

0.133
.133

-

L o u isv ille , K y.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Over 17 x 22 to
40 in...................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Platen:
Auto- or hand-fed:
1-Press and
feeding .............................
In charge of
2 p re s s e s .........................
Strippers (layout):
Black and w h ite ....................

$7,012
7.256

$7,462
7.706

37.50
37.50

6.545

6.995

37.50

6.593

7.043

37.50

.

*

.133

.

7.270

7.720

37.50

*

*

.133

-

9.945
10.254

11.641
12.003

36.25
36.25

-

-

-

-

9.945
10.254

11.641
12.003

36.25
36.25

-

-

-

-

9.945
10.254

11.641
12.003

36.25
36.25

-

-

-

-

7.607
7.820

8.833
9.046

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

10.044
10.320

12.538
12.923

36.25
36.25

-

-

-

-

8.899
9.089

11.032
11.222

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

9.319
9.529

10.812
11.023

37.50
37.50

.

.

.

*

*

*

*

10.119
9.719

11.612
11.212

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

10.329
9.929

11.822
11.422

37.50
37.50

.

.

*

*

*

*

9.366
9.299

11.699
11.566

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

_

9.556
9.489

11.889
11.756

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

8.605

10.768

36.25

.133

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Night shift ...........................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift..............................
Night shift ...........................
Press operators-incharge:
Agreement A:
Day shift:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Second shift:
First ................................
Second ............................
Agreement B:
Day shift:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Night shift:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................

.

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Black and white:
Agreement A ......................

 See footnotes at end of table.


______
57

4.00%

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

L o u isv ille , Ky.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Agreement B ......................
Color .....................................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
5 -c o lo r................................
Perfectors ..........................
Agreement B:
1-color:
17 x 22 in..........................
22 x 34 in..........................
35 x 45 in..........................
2-color, 22 x 36
in........................................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
21 x 28 to 28 x
42 i n ...............................
35 x 45 in..........................
2-color, 35 x 45 in...............
5-color, 38 x 49
in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
2-plate cylinder,
Roll-fed, 14 x 17
in........................................
Perfector, 42 x
53-1/2 in............................
Agreement B:
1-color:
17 x 22 in..........................
22 x 34 in..........................
35 x 45 in..........................
2-color, 22 x 36
in........................................
Didde-glaser,
17 in...................................
S trip p e rs..................................

$8,430
9.285

$10,833
11.448

36.25
36.25

*

*

-

. 8.685
8.405

10.848
10.808

36.25
36.25

*

*

-

4.00
4.00

7.805
7.775
8.185
7.675

9.968
9.938
10.348
9.838

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

*
*
*

*
*
*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

6.670
7.340
7.340

9.073
9.743
9.743

36.25
36.25
36.25

*

*

*
*

*
*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

7.590

9.993

36.25

*

*

8.685
8.885
9.435

10.848
11.048
11.598

36.25
36.25
36.25

*
*
*

*
*

10.235
9.365

12.398
11.528

36.25
36.25

*
*

*

8.865

11.028

36.25

*

*

4.00

9.185

11.348

36.25

*

*

4.00

8.405
8.430
8.680

10.808
10.833
11.083

36.25
36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*
*

9.040

11.443

36.25

*

*

8.825
8.685

11.228
10.848

36.25
36.25

*

*
*

_

5.375
5.375

8.638
8.638

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

5.375

8.638

37.50

-

-

-

-

.

4.00%
4.00

4.00

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

N o rfo lk, Va.

B o o k a nd job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
See footnotes at end of table.




58

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

N o rfo lk, Va.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-inCharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$6,946
7.079

$8,638
8.717

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

_

6.946
7.079

8.638
8.717

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

_

6.160
6.266

7.626
7.706

37.50
37.50

.

.

.

.

*

*

*

*

6.853
6.986

8.486
8.620

37.50
37.50

-

-

_

_

7.520
7.653

9.153
9.286

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

6.147

7.831

35.00

0.884

9.653
9.340
9.340

11.187
10.542
10.542

35.00
35.00
35.00

.886
.910
.910

-

0.360
.370
.370

_
_

9.340
9.107
11.210

10.542
10.231
13.030

35.00
35.00
35.00

.910
.860
.902

-

.370
.290
-

4.00

8.210

9.480

35.00

1.045

8.320
8.280

9.610
9.570

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

_

.331
.331

_

8.210
8.340

9.480
9.640

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

_

.331
.331

_

8.340
8.480
8.340

9.640
9.800
9.640

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045
1.045

_
_

.331
.331
.331

_
_

8.990
8.460
8.430

10.390
9.780
9.740

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045
1.045

_

.331
.331
.331

_
_

8.430

9.740

35.00

1.045

.331

8.560

9.890

35.00

1.045

.331

8.560
8.640

9.890
9.980

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

_

10.130

35.00

1.045

-

.331

-

W a sh in g to n , D .C.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers .......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
P la te n ....................................
Flatbed cylinder
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Offset
1-color
Up to 50 in........................
Over 50 in.........................
2-color
Up to 42 in........................
42 to 50 in........................
50 to 60 in........................
4-color
Up to 29 in........................
29 to 40 in........................
40 to 60 in........................
Web
Up to 20 in. (4 or 5
units) .................................
Up to 30 in.
(2 units) .............................
Up to 40 in.
1-unit................................
2,3, And 4 units ...............
5 units - 2 stands
operating.........................

 See footnotes at end of table.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

8.760
__________

59

4.00%

.331

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

W ash in g to n , O.C.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

5 units - 3 stands
operating.........................
6 units - 2 stands
operating.........................
6 units - 3 stands
operating.........................
Press operators:
Proof press, 1-color ..............
Cylinder
Job up to 26 in....................
Flatbed, 26 to 60
in.
1- c o lo r .............................
2 -c o lo r.............................
Offset
1-color
20 to 24 in........................
24 to 42 in........................
42 to 60 in........................
2-color
17 to 23 in........................
23 to 30 in........................
30 to 42 in........................
42 to 50 in........................
50 to 60 in........................
4-color
Up to 29 in........................
29 to 40 in.
Head .............................
Second ..........................
40 to 50 in.
H e a d .............................
Second ..........................
Web
1-color
Up to 17 in........................
Over 17 in.........................
2-color:
Up to 17 in........................
Over 17 in.........................
Up to 20 in.
2 u n its...........................
4 and 5 units ................
Up to 30 in.
2 u n its...........................
Up to 40 in.
1 u n it.............................
2, 3, and 4-units
Head ...........................
Second .......................
5 units
2 stands
H e a d .........................
Second .....................
3 stands
H e a d .........................
Second .....................
6 units
2 stands
H e a d .........................
Second .....................


See footnotes at end of table.


$8,860

$10,240

35.00

1.045

8.860

10.240

35.00

1.045

_

.331

_

9.040

10.440

35.00

1.045

_

.331

_

8.360

9.660

35.00

1.045

_

.331

_

9.210

10.640

35.00

1.045

9.210
9.420

10.640
10.890

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

9.210
9.420
9.620

10.640
10.890
11.120

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331
.331

-

9.700
10.250
9.810
9.910
10.110

11.210
11.850
11.340
11.450
11.680

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045
1.045
1.045
1.045

11.170

12.910

35.00

1.045

10.110
9.290

11.680
10.740

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

10.250
9.430

11.850
10.900

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

8.010
8.190

9.250
9.460

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

8.420
8.460

9.730
9.780

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

8.790
10.870

10.160
12.560

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

10.150

11.730

35.00

1.045

.331

10.420

12.040

35.00

1.045

.331

10.840
9.520

12.520
11.000

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

11.070
9.800

12.790
11.330

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

11.260
9.980

13.010
11.530

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

11.320
10.030

13.080
11.590

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

60

0.331

.331

-

-

.331
.331
.331
.331
.331

-

-

.331

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

W ashington, D.C.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
3 stands
H e a d .........................
Second .....................
Web-fed letterpress,
press operators, 2
Units, 32 page, 2Color:
Head .................................
Second ..............................
Platen
H an d-fed .............................
Autom atic............................

$11,430
10.160

$13,210
11.740

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

0.331
.331

-

10.720
9.740

12.380
11.250

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

8.770
9.040

10.140
10.440

35.00
35.00

1.045
1.045

-

.331
.331

-

9.679
9.848

12.554
12.726

35.00
35.00

*

*

.429
.429

-

9.679
9.848

12.554
12.726

35.00
35.00

*

*

.429
.429

-

9.679
9.848

12.554
12.726

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

*

.429
.429

-

9.546
9.774

11.974
12.220

35.00
35.00

.921
.921

-

.429
.429

-

11.294
9.211

12.300
11.562

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

11.523
9.440

12.529
11.933

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

_

_

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.085
9.227
10.148

11.124
11.267
11.749

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.264
1.264
1.264

-

.429
.429
.429

-

9.284
9.427
10.348
10.491

11.324
11.467
11.950
12.136

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.264
1.264
1.264
1.264

-

.429
.429
.429
.429

-

9.371

11.410

35.00

1.264

.

.429

9.570
10.634

11.610
12.379

35.00
35.00

1.264
1.264

-

.429
.429

10.480

12.950

35.00

1.159

9.840
10.480
10.040

12.530
12.950
12.950

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159
1.159

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Press operators, web:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Offside colormen .............
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Offside colormen .............
Agreement B ......................
Offside colormen .............
Press operators-incharge: ...................................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................

-

_

4.00%
4.00

-

-

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A
Black and w h ite .................
C o lo r ...................................
Agreement B .........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


61

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

W a sh in g to n , D.C.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Platemakers:
Agreement A (photocom­
posers) ................................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
Sheet-fed:
1-color, up to 50
in......................................
2 -c o lo r.............................
Agreement B:
Sheet-fed
2-color over 60
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
4-color over 60
in.
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
Schriber p r e s s ....................
Web-fed
8-plate, 40-1 /2
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
12-plate, 38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
16-plate, 38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A
Sheet-fed
2-color over 60 in.............
4-color over 60
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Schriber p r e s s ....................
Web-fed
8-plate, 40-1/2
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
12-plate, 38 in.
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
16-plate, 38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
Agreement B
Sheet-fed
1-color
Up to 30 in.....................
Up to 60 in.....................
2-color, up to 60
in......................................


See footnotes at end of table.


$9,810
9.810

$12,530
12.530

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00%
4.00

8.650
8.750

11.040
11.140

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.090
8.190

12.800
11.220

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.180
8.300
9.330

13.850
11.590
11.740

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

9.650
9.110

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.650
9.110

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.650
9.110

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.340

12.800

35.00

1.159

10.980
10.000
10.900

13.850
12.760
13.380

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

11.790
10.540

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.800
10.540

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.790
10.540
10.540

14.320
13.010
13.010

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

9.370
9.750

11.790
12.190

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.340

12.800

35.00

1.159

-

-

4.00

62

4.00

Table 17. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Border States
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

W a sh in g to n , D.C.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

4-color, over 40
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Web-fed
12-plate, 1 roll 38
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
16-plate, 2 roll
With double folder
38 in.
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
Black and w h ite .................
S trip p e rs..................................

$10,830
9.870

$13,470
12.080

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00%
4.00

11.800
10.520

14.320
13.010

35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.790
10.540
10.540
10.040
10.350

14.320
13.010
13.010
12.930
12.530

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.159
1.159
1.159
1.159
1.159

-

-

-

-

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or




-

-

“

“

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

63

Table 18. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Atlanta, Ga.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Bookbinders (journey­
men I):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
4 -c o lo r................................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Agreement F .........................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Machine tenders (mach­
inists):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A (gravure).........
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Press assistants and
feeders, offset:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B:
Sheet-fed, 2- to 4c o lo r ..................................
Web-fed:
3-, 4-, or 5 -u n it................
6-unit................................
8-unit, single
drive s h a ft.......................
Agreement C:
Sheet-fed, offset:
1- c o lo r.............................
See footnotes at end of table.



$6,060
6.060
5.943
5.930
4.040

$6,424
6.424
6.300
6.300
4.770

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
40.00

0.198
.198
.218
.298
*

*

0.259
.259
.359
.359
-

8.829
8.829
8.709
8.280

9.359
9.359
9.232
9.240

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.198
.198
.218
.298

-

.259
.259
.359
.359

-

8.970
8.720
9.050
8.530
4.910

10.530
10.340
10.740
10.110
5.820

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
40.00

.504
.553
.553
.756
*

*

.133
.187
.187
-

3.00
3.00

8.240
8.030
7.880
7.760
7.733
7.733

10.450
9.230
9.866
8.160
8.882
8.320

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
.584
*
.584
.584

*
*
*
-

.373
.667
.200
.367
.667

3.00
-

8.240
7.880
7.760
7.733
7.733

10.450
9.866
8.160
8.882
8.320

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
.584
*
.584
.584

*
*
-

.373
.667
.200
.367
.667

-

8.240
8.030
7.733
7.733

10.450
9.230
8.882
8.320

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
.584
.584

*
-

.373
.367
.667

3.00
-

11.210
8.539
8.539

13.944
10.036
10.036

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
.810
.810

*
-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.940
8.750
8.530
4.910

10.620
10.310
10.110
5.820

37.50
37.50
37.50
40.00

.553
.504
.756
*

*

.187
.133
-

3.00
3.00

7.310

8.591

37.50

*

*

-

4.00

7.070

8.290

37.50

.504

-

.133

-

7.070
7.180

8.290
8.430

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

-

7.220

8.480

37.50

.504

-

.133

-

6.760

8.020

37.50

.553

-

.187

64

-

-

3.00%

-

-

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Atlanta, Ga.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

2- to 5 -co lo r.....................
Web-fed offset:
6-unit................................
Aft, 96 p a g e s ...................
Rotary letterpress:
Hoe or Motter (webfed) 144 page
with folder
delivery...........................
G oss Uni-Mag, 2unit with folder
Web rotary......................
Agreement D .........................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
Sheet-fed:
2 -c o lo r.............................
4-color:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Web-fed:
3-unit:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
4- or 5-unit:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
6-unit:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
8-unit, single­
drive shaft:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Agreement B:
Sheet-fed offset:
1-color:
14 x 20 in.......................
17 x 22 in. and
up to 36 x 49 in............
2-color .............................
4-color, 25 x 38
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Web-fed offset,
6-unit:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Aft, 96 pages:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Letterpress, hand-fed
and autmatic job,
through 32-1/2 in...............
Rotary letterpress:
Special small roto­
gravure, 1 4 x 1 2
in......................................


See footnotes at end of table.


$7,090

$8,140

37.50

0.553

7.230
7.100

8.570
8.430

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

7.090

8.420

37.50

.553

6.860
6.990

8.140
8.284

37.50
37.50

.553
.756

8.860

10.400

37.50

.504

9.020
8.660

10.580
10.170

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

9.540
8.960

11.190
10.520

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

9.540
8.960

11.190
10.520

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

9.990
9.230

11.730
10.830

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

10.890
9.230

12.790
10.830

37.50
37.50

.504
.504

-

.133
.133

-

8.430

10.000

37.50

.553

8.720
8.910

10.340
10.560

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

-

.187
.187

-

9.110
8.760

10.800
10.380

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

-

.187
.187

-

10.240
9.420

12.140
11.170

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

-

.187
.187

-

9.590
8.950

11.370
10.620

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

-

.187
.187

-

8.430

10.000

37.50

.553

8.820

10.460

37.50

.553

65

0.187

-

.187
.187

-

.187

-

.187
-

3.00%

.133

.187

.187

-

.187

_

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Atlanta, G a.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

Hoe or Motter (webfed), 128 or 144
pages with folder
delivery
Operators-inc h a rg e ............................
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
G oss Uni-Mag, 2-unit
with folder web
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Agreement C:
Sheet-fed, duplicat­
ors:
Under 20 in.......................
1-color to 30 in.................
cylinder, rotary:
1-plate, 17 in.....................
2-plate, 22 in.....................
3-plate:
14 in...............................
17 in...............................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E:
1-color, 30 in.......................
2-color, 40 in.......................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B,
4-color p ro c e s s ..................
Agreement C:
Other than process ............
4-color p ro c e s s ..................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................

$9,240
8.470
8.220
7.820

$10,960
10.040
9.750
9.270

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

0.553
.553
.553
.553

-

0.187
.187
.187
.187

-

9.110
8.760

10.800
10.380

37.50
37.50

.553
.553

-

.187
.187

-

7.200
8.530

8.533
10.110

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

3.00%
3.00

8.530
8.530

10.110
10.110

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

3.00
3.00

8.530
8.660
6.600

10.110
10.264
7.630

37.50
37.50
40.00

.756
.756
*

*

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

8.980
9.150

10.554
10.753

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

_
-

4.00
4.00

9.270

10.894

37.50

*

*

_

4.00

8.970

10.530

37.50

.504

8.720
9.050
8.530
4.910

10.340
10.740
10.110
5.820

37.50
37.50
37.50
40.00

.553
.553
.756

-

*

7.507
7.641

9.187
9.320

37.50
37.50

.133

*

.187
.187
-

3.00
3.00

*

*

.200
.200

-

.

.

.200
.200

-

.200
.200

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................


See footnotes at end of table.


7.507
7.641

9.187
9.320

37.50
37.50

*

*

7.507
7.641

9.187
9.320

37.50
37.50

*

*

7.808
7.941

9.008
9.141

37.50
37.50

.

.

*

*

8.217
8.406

9.413
9.600

37.50
37.50

7.701
7.834

9.366
9.500

37.50
37.50

66

*

-

*
*

*

.

*

.

*
.133
.133

*

“

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

0.133
.133

-

.

*
*

.133
.133

-

.133
.133

-

.133
.133

-

Atlanta, Ga.
— Continued
N ew spaper
— Continued
First offside:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t.......................
Second offside:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h ift.......................
Color:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h ift.......................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$7,834
7.968

$9,633
9.766

7.834
7.968

9.500
9.633

37.50
37.50

7.834
7.968

9.500
9.633

37.50
37.50

8.234
8.368

10.166
10.300

37.50
37.50

9.160

10.775

37.50

0.756

8.870
9.160

10.644
11.117

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.160
8.770

10.775
10.315

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.870
8.770

10.644
10.315

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.080
7.030

8.328
8.269

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.200
7.030

8.469
8.269

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.310
7.200

8.598
8.469

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.770

10.315

37.50

.756

8.930
9.050

10.504
10.645

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.240
8.820

10.869
10.375

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.420
8.830

11.080
10.386

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.600
8 .8 9 0

11.292
10.457

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.930

10.504

37.50

.756

-

-

4.00

*

*
*

Lithography

A rtis ts .......................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A:
Black and w h ite ..................
C o lo r ...................................
Agreement B:
Process c o lo r .....................
Other than process ............
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
2-or 4-color:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
5-color:
F irs t..................................
Second or third ................
Web-fed, 36 in.,
8-plate:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
Sheet-fed:
1-color, 30 in.....................
2-color:
Up to 40 in.....................
40 to 60 in......................
4-color:
40 in.:
F ir s t .............................
Second .......................
50 in.:
F ir s t .............................
Second .......................
5-color, 60 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Web-fed, 36 in.:
4 -p la te .............................
See footnotes at end of table.




67

4.00%

4.00

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

-

-

-

-

Percent

Atlanta, Ga.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
8-plate
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
P ro v in g ...............................
4-color:
40 in.:
F ir s t ............................
Second .......................
Scanner o p e ra to rs..................
Strippers:
Black and white
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Color:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................

$9,600
8.890
8.930

$11,292
10.457
10.504

37.50
37.50
37.50

0.756
.756
.756

9.490
9.020

11.517
10.948
12.244

37.50
37.50
37.50

.756
.756
.756

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.870
8.770

10.644
10.316

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.040
9.040

10.972
10.633

37.50
37.50

.756
.756

_

.

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.920
4.920

6.010
5.650

37.50
37.50

*

*

0.333
-

4.00

7.030
7.030
7.180
7.180

8.590
8.070
8.200
8.200

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*

*

*
*
*

*
*
*

7.180
7.200

8.200
8.470

37.50
37.50

.
*

.
*

.220

r 5.169

5.908

37.50

*

.

.267

7.297

8.900

37.50

*

*

7.567
7.817

9.170
9.570

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

.200
.200

37.50

.

.

.200

.

.

.200
.200

-

-

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00

Birm ingham , Ala.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men 11):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders Qourneymen I):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(m achinists)...........................
Photoengravers .......................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
Cylinder, and jo b ................
Miller letterpress,
25 x 38 in.:
2 -c o lo r.............................
4-color .............................
Web offset:
2-unit................................
4-unit:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Offset preparatory,
Press o pe rato rs................
S trip p e rs..................................
Agreement B:
C y lin d e r..............................
Sheet-fed:
Letterpress.......................
Offset:
Up to 34 in.....................
34 x 36 in.......................
36 x 38 in.......................

7.567

9.170

-

.220
.220

-

4.00
-

4.00

.200

7.917
7.517

9.520
9.120

37.50
37.50

*

*

7.517
7.817

9.120
9.420

37.50
37.50

.
*

*

.200
.200

r 7.130

8.150

37.50

.

.

' 7.130

8.150

37.50

.

.

.267

37.50
37.50
37.50

.

.
*

.267
.267
.267

-

.267

' 7.130
1 7.140
' 7.160

8.150
8.160
8.170

See footnotes at end of table.




.333

68

*

.

-

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Birm ingham , Ala.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
38 in. or m o re ................
P la te n .................................

r $7,180
' 7.130

$8,190
8.150

37.50
37.50

*

*

0.267
.267

-

7.923
8.023

8.323
8.423

37.50
37.50

0.092
.092

-

.267
.267

-

7.923
8.023

8.323
8.423

37.50
37.50

.092
.092

-

.267
.267

-

7.923
8.023

8.323
8.423

37.50
37.50

.092
.092

-

.267
.267

-

-

.267
.267

-

*

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Machine operators:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Mailers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Photoengravers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Press operators, web:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork ..............................
Press operators-incharge:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................

_

7.186
7.293

8.386
8.493

37.50
37.50

8.160
8.340

8.960
9.140

37.50
37.50

*
*

8.449
8.611

8.716
8.878

37.50
37.50

.092
.092

-

.267
.267

-

8.982
9.144

9.250
9.412

37.50
37.50

.092
.092

-

.267
.267

-

7.200
7.200

8.230
8.230

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

3.00
3.00

6.060
7.200

6.910
8.230

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

3.00
3.00

7.390
7.200

8.420
8.230

37.50
37.50

*
*

.
-

3.00
3.00

6.963

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*

7.043
7.043

8.261
8.150
8.323
8.323

7.123

8.323

37.50

.129
.129

.

4.00%
4.00

Lithography

Camera o p e ra to rs...................
P la te m akers.............................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Under 22 in...........................
22 in. or m o re ......................
2-color, under 50
in...........................................
S trip p e rs..................................

*

Chattanooga, Tenn.

B o o k and job

Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

-

6.963
“

8.261
8.150

37.50
37.50

See footnotes at end of table.




69

-

-

-

-

-

-

.267
.267
.267
.267

-

-

.267
.

.267
.267

-

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

0.267
.267

-

.267
.267

-

Chattanooga, Tenn.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Press operators:
Cylinder:
1-P re s s ...............................
2-Presses ...........................
Under 1 2 x 1 8 in.:
1- P r e s s ............................
2-Presses .........................
Over 17 x 22 in. through
25 x 38 in...........................
Over 25 x 38 in.:
2 -c o lo r.............................
4-color:
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
Offset:
Up to 22 x 34 in..................
22 x 34 in. or la rg e r...........
2-Color perfecting,
press operators-incharge:
19 x 25 up to 22 x
34 in...................................
22 x 34 in. or la rg e r...........
Automatic job:
1-Press ...............................
2 -P re s s e s ...........................
Platen, 4-presses .................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$5,919
6.963

$7,022
8.261

37.50
37.50

*

6.930
8.150

37.50
37.50

-

8.500

37.50

.267

9.100

37.50

.267

-

9.500
9.100

37.50
37.50

-

6.963
7.027

8.261
8.325

37.50
37.50

*

7.443
7.630

8.741
8.928

37.50
37.50

-

5.919
6.963
6.963

7.022
8.261
8.261

-

.267
.267

-

*

.267
.267

-

*

*

.267
.267

-

37.50
37.50
37.50

*

*

*
*

*
*

*

*

-

-

*

.267
.267
.267
.267
.267

6.963
-

8.261
8.150

37.50
37.50

7.578

9.868

38.00

5.368

38.00

10.526
9.868
8.500
9.868

38.00
38.00
38.00
38.00

4.300

4.960

38.75

6.870
7.400
7.400

7.810
8.250
8.250

38.75
37.50
37.50

7.400
11.441

8.250
13.618

37.50
35.00

9.606

10.140

37.50

_

.250

8.578
8.052
6.947
8.052

-

.250

4.368

-

-

Lithography

Camera operators, c o lo r .........
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators:
Offset:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
T h ir d ...................................
2 -c o lo r...................................

-

-

-

-

-

-

.250
.250
.250
.250

-

-

Mem phis, Tenn.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journey­
men I ) .....................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................
P hotoengravers.......................
Press operators:
Rotogravure ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




70

*
*

.

*
*

*
*

.333
.333

-

-

-

.333
-

-

* ■

.400

-

*

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M em ph is, Te n n.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Registerm an..........................
Press operators-incharge .................................

$9,873

$10,406

37.50

10.006

10.540

37.50

*

*

.400

-

8.110
8.248

9.312
9.449

36.25
36.25

*

*
*

.510
.510

-

8.110
8.248

9.312
9.449

36.25
36.25

.
*

.510
.510

-

8.110
8.248

9.312
9.449

36.25
36.25

*

*

.510
.510

-

7.542
7.676

8.329
8.463

37.50
37.50

0.275
.275

-

.244
.244

-

8.006
8.233

8.806
9.033

37.50
37.50

-

-

.267
.267

-

8.340
8.473

9.346
9.466

37.50
37.50

.

*

*

*

.313
.313

-

8.873
9.006

9.940
10.073

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

.313
.313

-

3.830

4.260

37.50

.439

..100

6.540

7.240

37.50

.439

.100

7.240
7.170
7.170
7.170
8.950

8.050
7.970
7.970
7.970
9.950

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
35.00

.439
.439
.439
.439
.629

-

.180
.247
.247
.247
-

7.170
5.370

7.970
6.030

37.50
37.50

.439
.439

-

.247
.180

-

6.110
5.380

6.830
6.040

37.50
37.50

.439
.439

-

.180
.180

-

7.240
7.490
7.170

8.050
6.580
8.300
7.970

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.439
.439
.439
.439

-

.180
.180
.180
.247

-

0.400

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

*

Miam i, Fla.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journeyneymen II)..............................
Bookbinders (journey­
men 1).....................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Photoengravers.......................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants:
C y lin d er.................................
Feeders ................................
Press operators, cylin­
der:
Agreement A .........................
Up to 12 x 18 in..................
2 -c o lo r................................
Agreement B .........................
See footnotes at end of table.




71

-

5.00%

-

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Miami, Fla.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Strippers:
Agreement A:
Process c o lo r .....................
Black and w h ite .................
Agreement B .........................

$7,240
6.890
7.170

$8,050
7.670
7.970

37.50
37.50
37.50

0.439
.439
.439

4.757

5.805

36.25

6.775

7.823

36.25

.

.

6.250
6.666
6.666

7.500
9.333
8.000

40.00
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

*
*

6.250
6.666
6.666

7.500
9.333
8.000

40.00
37.50
37.50

*
*
*

•
*
*

.125
.133
-

*

.

*
*

*
*

.125
.133

-

-

-

*

*

*
*

*
*

-

-

0.180
.180
.247

-

-

N ashville-D avidson, Tenn.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Electrotypers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
2-color:
25 x 36 in............................
38 x 50 in............................
Web-fed, 22-3/4 x 36
in...........................................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
Cylinder:
1-color,
19 x 25 i n ......................
2-color,
25 x 36 in........................
38 x 50 in........................
Web-fed, 22-3/4 x 36
in........................................
P la te n .................................
Agreement B:
Cylinder:
Heidelburg, 15 x
20-1/2 in..........................
C-Kelly, 41 or
46 in.................................
Platen:
1- P r e s s ............................
2-Presses .........................

4.00
.125
.133
-

6.250
6.666
6.666

7.500
9.333
8.000

40.00
37.50
37.50

6.250
6.666
6.666

7.500
9.333
8.000

40.00
37.50
37.50

5.512
5.864

6.339
6.727

37.50
37.50

*

*

.227
.227

5.864

6.727

37.50

*

*

6.681

7.628

37.50
.

.

*

*

*

*

36.25

.

.

36.25
36.25

*

.207
.207

-

-

.207

*

-

.227

7.220
7.906

8.222
8.978

37.50
37.50

7.826
5.441

8.890
7.259

37.50
37.50

5.913

7.172

5.993
4.875
5.023

7.255
6.124
6.289

72

.125
.133
-

-

-

.227

36.25

See footnotes at end of table.




4.00%

.

.227
.227

-

.227
.227

-

.207

-

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

*

-

-

*

.
-

-

N a sh ville -D a vid so n , Te n n.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$5,760
6.053

$8,026
8.320

37.50
37.50

5.760
6.053

8.026
8.320

37.50
37.50

*

*

5.760
6.053

8.026
8.320

37.50
37.50

*

*

*

*

-

-

7.000
7.285

7.400
7.685

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

7.266
7.560

8.320
8.613

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

7.293
7.546

8.213
8.466

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

7.726
7.980

8.646
8.900

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

7.290

8.270

37.50

8.354
7.889

9.403
8.989

36.25
36.25

*

*

7.080
6.940

8.030
7.880

37.50
37.50

*
*

*

-

-

.
*

*
*

-

4.00
-

.

*

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtis ts .......................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A:
Color sep a ra to rs.................
Half-tone and lin e ...............
Agreement B:
Color s c r e e n e r s .................
Black and w h ite ..................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
1-color:
22 x 34 in ........................
42 x 58 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
2-color:
25 x 38 in..........................
42 x 59 in. or
more
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Agreement B:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
W e b ....................................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
Under 21 x 28 in...............

7.940
7.080

8.989
8.030

36.25
37.50

5.444

6.492

-

4.00%
4.00

.

36.25

4.00

5.657
5.385

6.917
6.705

36.25
36.25

*

*

5.657

6.705

36.25

*

*

5.868
5.657

6.917
6.705

36.25
36.25

*

*

6.470
6.150
6.470

7.340
6.980
7.340

37.50
37.50
37.50

.

,

*
*

7.586

8.635

36.25

*

See footnotes at end of table.




*

73

_

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

*
*

_

_

*

-

4.00

Table 18. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southeast
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

N a sh v ille -D a v id so n , Ten n.
— C o n tin u e d

Percent

•

.

*

*

.

*

*

Dollars

Percent

*

/

L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

21 x 28 to 42 x 58
in......................................
42 x 58 in. or lar­
ger ..................................
2-color:
22 x 34 to 42 x
59 in.................................
43 x 60 in. or
la rg e r..............................
Agreement B:
1-color:
19 x 25 in..........................
2-color:
38 in..................................
60 in..................................
4-color, 38 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
5-color, 77 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Web
36 in..................................
38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
51 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Strippers:
A g r e e m e n t A .........................
Agreement B
First ....................................
Second ...............................

$7,819

$8,868

36.25

8.028

9.077

36.25

8.437

9.485

36.25

4.00%
4.00

4.00

_

8.651

9.687

36.25

6.970

7.910

37.50

7.300
7.370

8.280
8.360

37.50
37.50

.

*
*

-

-

37.50
37.50

.
*

.
*

-

-

37.50
37.50

.
*

*

-

-

.

7.830
7.080
8.066
7.430

9.190
8.210
9.270
8.430

4.00

7.300

8.280

37.50

.

8.250
7.310

9.360
8.290

37.50
37.50

.
*

.
*

-

-

37.50
37.50

*

.
*

-

-

36.25

.

.

_

4.00

*
*

*
*

-

-

8.380
7.310
7.940

9.500
8.290
8.989

7.290
7.080

8.270
8.030

37.50
37.50

5.100
5.100

5.920
5.920

40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

5.100

5.920

40.00

-

-

-

-

St. P e te rsb u rg , Fla.

B o o k and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or




gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

74

Table 19. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dallas, T e x a s

B o o k and job

Bindery workers
(journeymen II).......................
Bookbinders
(journeymen I ) ........................
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
P la te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
Offset
1-color
1 0 x 1 4 through 14 x 20 ....
17 x 22 through 19 x 25 ....
22 x 28 through 28 x 42 ....
36 x 48 through 52 x 58 ....
2-color
23 x 35 through 25 x 38 ....
4-color, sheet fed
Head p ressm an................
Second pressm a n ............
Press operators, p la te n ...........
S trip p e rs..................................

$5,320

$6,490

40.00

3.00%

5.620
7.025
5.946
5.946

7.220
8.438
7.300
7.300

40.00
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
-

5.946
6.673

7.300
8.019

37.50
37.50

_

_

_

_

-

-

.133

-

5.571

6.372

37.50

_

_

.133

_

.133

_

*
-

_
0.133
-

3.00
-

6.280

7.559

37.50

_

5.766
6.280
6.498
6.709

6.852
7.559
7.808
8.053

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

-

-

.133
.133
.133
.133

-

6.918

8.313

37.50

.

_

.133

_

7.249
6.535
6.300
6.819

8.712
7.849
7.172
8.188

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

_

_

7.600
-

9.085
8.600

7.740
-

_

-

.133
.133
.133
.133

-

-

-

-

35.00
35.00

-

-

-

-

9.085
8.600
9.785

35.00
35.00
35.00

0.560

-

.357

-

7.740
8.528

9.228
8.742
9.928

35.00
35.00
35.00

.560

-

.357

-

......................
......................

7.600
-

9.085
8.600

35.00
35.00

-

-

-

-

......................
......................

7.740
-

9.228
8.742

35.00
35.00

......................
......................

7.229
7.828

8.720
9.028

35.00
35.00

-

-

35.00
35.00

9.228
8.742

7.600
8.385

......................
......................
......................

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Daywork:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Nightwork:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Machine operators:
Daywork:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Agreement C ......................
Nightwork:
Agreement A
Agreement B
Agreement C
Machine tenders
(machinists):
Daywork:
Agreement A
Agreement B
Nightwork:
Agreement A
Agreement B
Mailers:
Daywork:
Agreement A
Agreement B

See footnotes at end of table.




75

_

_

.

_

-

-

-

-

.114
.560

.229
.107

Table 19. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.229
.107

-

D allas, T e x a s
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Nightwork:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................

$7,371
7.971

$8,870
9.171

35.00
35.00

0.114
.560

-

9.530
9.530
9.530
9.530

11.480
11.480
11.480
11.480

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

*
*
*

*
*
*

4.030

4.950

37.50

6.690

8.210

37.50

_

_

6.778
7.355
7.355

8.780
8.604
8.804

37.50
37.50
37.50

-

-

5.430

6.681

37.50

5.430
5.620
4.748
4.748

6.681
6.915
6.881
6.881

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

-

6.691

8.211

37.50

5.754
6.691
6.862

7.080
8.530
8.640

37.50
37.50
37.50

7.093
6.512
6.734
5.594

8.840
8.012
8.286
6.881

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

7.233
6.778

9.250
8.640

6.427
6.565

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Pla te m akers............................
S trip p e rs..................................

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00

F o rt W orth, T e x a s

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers
(journeymen II).......................
Bookbinders
(journeymen I ) ........................
Camera operators, black
and w h ite ...............................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Press assistants and
feeders:
C ylin d er.................................
Offset
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Auto job .............................
P la te n ....................................
Press operators:
C ylin d er.................................
Offset
1-color
Up to 20 in........................
20 to 30 in........................
30 to 42 in........................
2-color
Up to 38 in........................
Auto job .............................
Rotary forms ......................
P la te n ....................................
Strippers:
Color .....................................
Black and w h ite ....................

.133
.133

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

8.965
9.103

36.25
36.25

-

-

.276
.276

-

6.427
6.565

8.965
9.103

36.25
36.25

-

-

.276
.276

-

6.224

7.826

37.50

*

*

*

*

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Machine operators:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Mailers:
D ayw ork................................
See footnotes at end of table.




76

Table 19. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

-

-

-

*
*

*
*

-

Percent

Fort W orth, T exas
— Continued
N ew spaper
— Continued
Nightwork .............................
Photoengravers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................

$6,356

$7,960

37.50

6.920
7.067

8.240
8.386

37.50
37.50

8.272
8.070
7.890

9.250
9.250
9.250

37.50
37.50
37.50

5.340

6.260

37.50

5.520
5.800
6.030

6.460
6.800
7.060

37.50
37.50
37.50

*

.

*
*

*
*

6.040
6.330

7.080
7.410

37.50
37.50

.

.

*

.

4.00%
4.00

Lithography

A rtis ts .......................................
Camera operators:..................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
2-color
Up to 36 in..........................
Up to 40 in..........................
64-page web p r e s s ...............
Press operators, offset:
A.B. D ic k ...............................
Multilith .................................
1-color
Up to 31 in..........................
Up to 50 in..........................
2-color
Up to 36 in..........................
Up to 42 in..........................
4-color
Up to 42 in.
First ope rato rs.................
Second o p e ra to rs............
64-page web press
First operators....................
Second o pe rato rs...............
S trip p e rs..................................

-

_

-

-

_

-

*

-

_

*

*

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

.

*
*

7.280
7.730

8.530
9.050

37.50
37.50

.

7.810
7.940

9.140
9.300

37.50
37.50

.

8.650
7.860

10.130
9.220

37.50
37.50

*

*

8.810
7.820
7.890

10.320
9.160
9.250

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

4.850
4.850

5.690
5.850

37.50
37.50

0.260
-

-

0.193
.173

-

7.700
7.700
9.244
8.560
8.483
8.560

8.980
9.150
9.891
9.160
9.077
9.160

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.260
_

.193
.173
.367
.213
.367
.213

_
_

8.560

9.160

37.50

.520

6.940
7.222
8.109

7.910
7.910
8.677

36.00
36.00
37.50

.600

.

H ouston, Texas

B o o k and job

Bindery workers
(journeymen II)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders
(journeymen I)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Electrotypers...........................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
P la te m ak ers..... .......................
See footnotes at end of table.




77

-

.600
.520
.600
.520

-

.213

-

.367

-

Table 19. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

-

0.367
.367

Percent

H o u sto n , T e x a s
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

Press assistants and
feeders:
Cylinder and offset:
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Rotary
M ulti-color..........................
Press operators,
cylinder:
1-c o lo r................................
2 -c o lo r................................
Offset:
2 -c o lo r................................
R o ta ry ...................................
Strippers:
1-c o lo r...................................
M ulti-color.............................

$7,338
7.541

$7,873
8.069

37.50
37.50

0.600
.600

7.338

7.852

37.50

.600

8.536
8.927

9.134
9.552

37.50
37.50

.600
.600

-

.367
.367

_

9.723
8.536

10.404
9.134

37.50
37.50

.600
.600

-

.367
.367

-

8.713
9.041

9.323
9.674

37.50
37.50

.600
.600

-

.367
.367

-

8.013
8.146

9.173
9.307

37.50
37.50

.787
.787

-

.173
.173

-

8.013
8.146

9.173
9.307

37.50
37.50

.787
.787

-

.173
.173

-

8.013
8.146

9.173
9.307

37.50
37.50

.787
.787

-

.173
.173

-

7.540
7.670

8.750
8.880

37.50
37.50

.720
.720

-

.493
.493

-

8.020
8.173

9.166
9.319

37.50
37.50

.505
.505

-

-

8.293
8.893

8.613
9.236

37.50
35.00

.600
.643

-

.233
.250

-

8.960
9.607

9.280
9.950

37.50
35.00

.600
.643

-

.233
.250

-

8.540
9.110

10.140
10.820

37.50
37.50

*

_

.367

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Machine operators:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Machine tenders
(machinists)
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Mailers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Photoengravers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Press operators, web:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Press operators:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................

3.00%
3.00

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Agreement A:
Black and w h ite .................
C o lo r...................................
Agreement B:
Black and w h ite .................
C o lo r ...................................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
2 -c o lo r................................

-

_

8.920
9.510

10.590
11.300

37.50
37.50

*

*

-

8.540
8.800

10.140
10.450

37.50
37.50

.
*

*

-

3.00

7.250

8.610

37.50

*

*

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




*
*

78

3.00
3.00

Table 19. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

H o u sto n , T e x a s
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

4 -c o lo r................................
Agreement B:
2 -c o lo r................................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
10 x 15 in...........................
Up to 30 in.........................
2-color:
Up to 30 in.........................
4-color:
Up to 42 in.:
First operato r...................
Second o p e rato r..............
Agreement B:
1-color, up to 30 in..............
2-color, up to 42 in..............
4-color, up to 40 in.
First operator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$7,460

$8,870

37.50

7.900

9.380

37.50

7.600
8.320

9.030
9.890

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

-

-

*

_

_

*

_

3.00%

8.540

10.140

37.50

*

9.870
8.930

11.730
10.600

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

-

-

*
*

-

3.00
3.00

-

8.630
9.510

10.250
11.300

37.50
37.50

*
*

10.560
9.510

12.540
11.300

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

8.540
8.860

10.140
10.590

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

4.333

4.910

37.50

6.226
6.350
5.260

7.060
6.985
5.798

37.50
37.50
37.50

4.590
4.840
5.000

5.053
5.329
5.504

37.50
37.50
37.50

_

3.00
3.00

_

_

-

3.00

N ew O rle a n s, La.

B o o k and jo b

Bindery workers
(journeymen II) .......................
Bookbinders
(journeymen I ) ........................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
2 -c o lo r...................................
4 -c o lo r...................................
Press operators, cylinder
L ette rp ress............................
Offset
1-color
Up to 36 in........................
Over 36 in.........................
2-color, up to 42 in..............
4-color
P re ssm a n .........................
Second p ressm an............
S trip p e rs..................................

5.930

6.529

37.50

6.350
6.689
7.029

6.985
7.358
7.731

37.50
37.50
37.50

7.322
6.770
6.350

8.054
7.447
6.985

37.50
37.50
37.50

5.670
5.670

6.549
6.549

38.75
38.75

_

_

*
*

*
*

*

*
*

-

*

-

*
*
*
*
*

_
-

*

*

*
*

*
*

.
*

*

*

_
3.00
3.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

-

3.75
3.75

-

S a n A n to n io , T e x a s

B o o k a n d job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
See footnotes at end of table.




79

Table 19. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Southwest
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San A ntonio, T exas
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Machine tenders
(machinists) ...........................
Photoengravers .......................

$5,670
6.987

$6,549
7.960

38.75
37.50

-

-

-

6.827
6.973

7.760
7.906

37.50
37.50

*

*

0.133
.133

-

*
*

*
*

.133
.133

-

3.75%
-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Machine operators:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Machine tenders
(machinists):
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Mailers:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Photoengravers:
Dayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Press operators, web:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................
Press operators-incharge:
D ayw ork................................
Nightwork .............................

6.827
6.973

7.760
7.906

37.50
37.50

6.827
6.973

7.760
7.906

37.50
37.50

6.561
6.695

7.548
7.735

6.987
7.160

*

*

*

*

.133
.133

-

37.50
37.50

0.111
.111

-

.207
.207

-

7.960
8.133

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

7.320
7.467

8.307
8.493

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

8.120
8.267

9.107
9.293

37.50
37.50

-

-

-

-

4.880
4.880
4.880

5.610
5.610
5.610

38.75
38.75
38.75

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00

4.430
4.330

5.060
5.060

38.75
38.75

-

-

3.00
3.00

4.880

5.710

38.75

4.880
5.020

5.710
5.750

38.75
38.75

-

-

_

5.230
4.880
4.880

5.960
5.610
5.610

38.75
38.75
38.75

-

-

-

Lithography

A rtists.......................................
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
P latem akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
W e b .......................................
Sh ee t-fed..............................
Press operators, offset:
Job ........................................
Sheet-fed
Up to 30 in..........................
Over 30 in............................
Web
First pressman ...................
Second pressman ..............
S trip p e rs..................................

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or




-

•

3.00

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

80

Table 20. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

A kron, O hio

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Cameramen:
Agreement A .........................
P ro ce sso rs..........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, hand :.................
Machine operators:..................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........................................
Photoengravers .......................
P latem akers.............................
Press assistants— 2 c o lo r .......
Press operators:
C ylin d er.................................
O ffs e t....................................
Duplicators:
Up to 20 in.........................
2-unit, offset web-fed
Under 20 in..........................
1-color through 20 in............
1-color 21 to 25 in................
1-color 26 through 42 in.......
2-color through 30 in............
2-color 31 to 39 in.
Agreement A .....................
Agreement B .....................
Platen:
H and-fed...............................
A u to -fe d ................................
Strippers:.................................
Processors ............................

$3,950

$4,570

37.50

*

*

0.347

-

6.810

7.860

37.50

*

*

.347

-

7.420
7.960
7.550
7.550
7.550

9.160
9.820
8.649
8.649
8.649

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*

.347
.347
.550
.550
.550

-

7.550
8.570
7.170
5.700

8.649
10.614
8.840
7.030

37.50
35.00
37.50
37.50

*
0.968
*
*

*
*
*

.550
.714
.347
.347

7.040
3.930

8.680
4.540

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

.347
.347

-

6.460

7.960

37.50

*

*

.347

-

6.720
6.720
6.970
7.240
7.800

8.290
8.290
8.600
8.940
9.630

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*

.347
.347
.347
.347
.347

-

7.930
7.210

9.790
8.340

37.50
37.50

*

*
*

.347
.347

-

6.400
6.400
7.420
7.560

7.900
7.900
9.160
9.330

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*

.347
.347
.347
.347

-

9.400
9.890

10.700
11.240

37.50
36.25

*
*

*
*

*
*

*
*

8.510
9.400
9.890

8.960
10.700
11.240

37.50
37.50
36.25

*

.500
*
*

*

*

*
*
*

9.400
9.890

10.700
11.240

37.50
36.25

*
*

*

*
*

8.930
9.250

11.175
11.570

36.25
35.00

*
*

*
*

*
*

10.124
10.733

11.542
12.385

35.00
33.75

*

*

25.000
25.000

8.800
9.110

10.743
11.126

36.25
35.00

*

*

.138
.143

-

4.00%
-

-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators
Day shift
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




81

*

*

*

*
*
*

4.00
4.00
_

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

0.138
.143

-

A k ro n , O h io
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Press operators-incharge
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$9,210
9.540

$11,157
11.555

36.25
35.00

*

9.860

12.640

35.00

1.131

4.00%

9.860

12.640

35.00

1.131

4.00

9.390
9.180
9.390

12.170
11.960
12.170

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131
1.131

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.270
8.360
8.530

11.050
11.140
11.590

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131
1.131

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.460
7.810

11.240
10.590

35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.100
9.140
9.310
9.320
9.510

11.880
11.920
12.090
12.100
12.290

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131
1.131
1.131
1.131

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9.380
9.690
9.730
9.810

12.160
12.470
12.510
12.590

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131
1.131
1.131

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

10.350
9.710
9.390

13.130
12.490
12.170

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.131
1.131
1.131

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

6.418

8.970

35.00

1.053

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists......................................
Camera operators:
Color sep arators...................
Black and white, half­
tone ......................................
Black and white, line ............
P latem akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
2 -co lo r...................................
4 -c o lo r...................................
Web-fed, 8-plate,
38 in.:
Roll te n d e rs........................
H e lp e rs...............................
Press operators, offset:
Sheet-fed:
1-color:
Up to 24 in........................
Up to 30 in........................
Up to 36 in........................
Up to 48 in........................
Up to 56 in........................
2-color:
Up to 29 in........................
Up to 41 in........................
Up to 43 in........................
Up to 48 in........................
Web-fed:
8-plate, 36 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
S trip p e rs..................................
C h ic a g o , III.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men ll)-H and gatherers
and collators; wire sti­
tchers; hand coverers;
thread sewer; paging
and numbering machine
operators; automatic
stitchers; feeders;
Sheridan inserters..................
See footnotes at end of table.




82

.521

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

Bookbinders (journeymen
I)
Commercial binding:
Fowarders-cloth, lea­
ther, job finishers,
paper joggers; sheet
straighteners; oper­
ators, trimmers; op­
erators, automatic
stitching machine;
Stitching machine;
automatic binding
machines; covering
machines; combina­
tion gathering and
stitching machines;
Kast or Sheridan in­
serting machine (1);
folding machine, au­
tomatic fed (1); au­
tomatic feed perfor­
ating machines; col­
lating machines ................
Operators-in-charge,
stock and cutting
m ach in e s...........................
Folding machine oper­
ators (2 m ach ines)............
Folding machines,
automatic feed (3
m achines)..........................
Operators-in-charge,
gathering, stitching
and covering mach­
ines, com bination..............
Saddle stitcher with
McCain or Sheridan
trimmer attachment;
Kast or Sheridan in­
serting machine with
trimmer attachm ent...........
Edition binding:
Forwarders-cloth,
leather and job fin­
ishers; paper cut­
ters; page jogger
sheet sharpeners;
trimmers; automatic
stitching machines;
gathering machines;
binding machines;
covering machines;
combination gather­
ing and stitching
machines; automatic
feed perforating
machine; folding ma­
chine, automatic
f e e d ...................................


See footnotes at end of table.


$9,085

$11,857

35.00

1.053

0.600

9.189

12.029

35.00

1.053

.600

9.157

12.029

35.00

1.053

.600

9.242

12.029

35.00

1.053

.600

9.200

12.029

35.00

1.053

.600

9.256

12.029

35.00

1.053

.600

8.810

11.574

35.00

1.053

.600

______

______
83

Percent

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

Casemakers; hand or
machine operators;
operators-in-charge
of casing-in-machine
edge gilders; marble
stampers; auto-roun­
ders and backers;
auto-gluing machine;
lining machines;
round corner m a c h in e ......
Casers, helpers, pas­
ters, smashers, saw­
yers, general work­
ers, tipping for
gilders and book
repairers ...........................
indexing machines,
stock cutters, bind­
ers s to c k ...........................
Folding machines,
auto-fed— 3 machines ......
Folding machines,
auto-fed— 2 machines ......
Head stampers in
charge of 1 or more
m a ch in e s..........................
Perfect patent bind­
ing machine; opera­
tors-in-charge of
gathering, stitching
and covering machine
com binations.....................
Camera operators— c o lo r........
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Electrotypers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B (roto)...............
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Cylinder presses, 25 x
38 in and over, 1 2color perfecting over
45 x 65 in., 2 auto­
matic Miehle 29 x 41
in., Miller major 2color, Miller major 27
x 41 in...................................
Offset, 2-color d e c k s ............
W e b ...................................
Rotogravure
5-color, 38 in. webfed .....................................
P ro o f...................................


See footnotes at end of table.


$8,781

$11,574

35.00

1.053

0.600

8.729

11.574

35.00

1.053

.600

8.781

11.574

35.00

1.053

.600

8.970

11.745

35.00

1.053

.600

8.881

11.745

35.00

1.053

.600

8.895

11.574

35.00

1.053

.600

8.924
9.423
9.826

11.745
12.718
12.720

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
*
*

*
*

.600
.579
.664

-

8.222
8.980
9.866

9.322
10.370
12.720

36.25
36.25
35.00

*
*

.
*
*

.276
.414
.664

-

9.866
9.520

12.720
12.420

35.00
35.00

1.053

*
-

.664
.536

-

11.257
11.260
9.270

13.692
13.816
12.279

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
*

*

.579

9.009
9.009
9.056

11.851
11.851
11.919

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

.579
.579
.579

-

9.135
9.064

11.987
11.911

35.00
35.00

.579
.579

-

84

.

-

-

4.00%
4.00
-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

Kelly, 25-1/2 x 38-3/4
(2); Miehle horizontal
(2); Miller simplex 20
x 26 in. (2); Kelly
style B, 20-1 /8 x 223/8 i n ...................................
Kelly, 16-1/2 x 21-5/8
in. (2); Miehle vert­
ical (2); Miller auto­
matic platen (2); Klu­
ge automatic platen
(2); Harris 2-color
automatic 14 x 18 in.
or less (2 ).............................
1-color o ffs e t.........................
Press operators, cylin­
der
Sheet-fed flat-bed 2single color, single
cylinder; 1 2-color
double cylinder; 1
double cylinder per­
fecting; 1 single col­
or single cylinder and
not more than 3 platen
job presses
46 x 65 in. and u n d e r........
Over 46 x 65 in...................
Special type presses
2 1-color, single
cylinder Miehle un­
its, Miller majors
or no. 2 Kellys (or
any single paired
with them except
Miehle 7/0) .......................
1 or 2 1-color, sin­
gle cylinder Miehle
7/0s (74 in.) or one
7/0 and any single
paired with it; one
single cylinder, 7/0
Miehle and not more
than 3 platen job; 1
single cylinder Mie­
hle 7/0 (74 in.) ..................
Rotary, sheet-fed
1 sheet or web-fed 70
in. or over, 4-color ............
Rotogravure
Agreement A
4-unit
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
P roo fers............................
Agreement B
Web .................................
Registermen
1-3 c y lin d e rs.................
4-8 cylinders .................
9-12 c y lin d e rs................


See footnotes at end of table.


$8,452

$11,258

35.00

8.452
8.452

11.258
11.258

35.00
35.00

*

*

.579
.579

-

9.496
9.533

12.371
12.411

35.00
35.00

1.053
1.053

-

.557
.557

-

9.533

12.411

35.00

1.053

.557

9.561

12.441

35.00

1.053

.557

9.974

12.352

35.00

1.053

.557

10.020
9.799
9.937

12.930
12.695
12.842

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
1.053
1.053

-

9.767

510.300

37.50

.

.

9.933
9.980
10.033

5 10.440
5 10.513
5 10.566

37.50
37.50
37.50

.
*

*
*
*

85

0.579

-

.557
.557
.557

_
_

.433
.433
.433
.433

-

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and jo b
— C o n tin u e d

13 or more cyl­
inders ...........................
Pressmen-in-charge
1-3 c y lin d e rs .................
4-8 c y lin d e rs .................
9-12 c y lin d e rs................
13 or more cyl­
inders ...........................
Agreement C
W e b .................................
Registermen
1-3 c y lin d e rs.................
4-7 c y lin d e rs.................
8-9 cylinders .................
10 or more cylin­
ders .............................
Pressmen-in-charge
1-3 cylinders .................
4-7 cylinders .................
8-9 cylinders .................
10 or more cylin­
ders .............................
Offset
1-color
22 to 28 in........................
29 to 48 in........................
2-color, 43 to 55 in..............
Web-offset, 2-unit,
27-7/8 x 38 in....................
Sterotypers..............................
S trip p e rs..................................

$10,080

5 $10,613

37.50

*

*
*

.433
.433
.433

.

.433

0.433

9.973
10.173
10.327

5 10.506
5 10.700
5 10.860

37.50
37.50
37.50

.
*
*

10.393

5 10.927

37.50

.

8.726

5 10.645

37.50

0.553

8.892
8.945
8.952

5 10.812
5 10.865
5 10.872

37.50
37.50
37.50

.553
.553
.553

9.039

5 10.959

37.50

.553

8.932
9.125
9.153

5 10.852
5 11.045
5 11.072

37.50
37.50
37.50

.553
.553
.553

9.339

5 11.259

37.50

.553

9.496
9.643
10.103

12.371
12.528
13.018

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
1.053
1.053

-

.557
.557
.557

-

10.103
9.809
9.270

13.018
12.900
12.718

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
*
*

*
*

.557
.593
.579

-

9.777
10.139

12.291
12.783

35.00
35.00

1.036
V.036

-

.786
.786

-

9.857
10.603

11.645
14.248

35.00
32.50

.599
*

*

.607
.715

-

9.777
10.139

12.291
12.783

35.00
35.00

1.036
1.036

-

.786
.786

-

9.857

11.645

35.00

.599

-

.333

-

.333
.333
.333

-

.333

-

.333
.333
.333

-

.333

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Agreement B, second
s h ift......................................
Agreement C, day s h ift.........
Machine operators:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Agreement B, second
s h ift......................................
Agreement C:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B, second
s h if t......................................
Agreement C:
Day s h ift.............................


See footnotes at end of table.


10.603
10.603

14.248
14.248

32.50
32.50

.
*

9.777
10.139

12.291
12.783

35.00
35.00

1.036
1.036

9.857

11.645

35.00

.599

35.00

*

.607

10.413

12.616

86

.
*

.715
.715

-

-

.786
.786

-

.607
*

.950

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B, day s h ift.........
Agreement C:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................

$8,600
9.078

$10,559
11.107

36.25
35.00

0.490
.507

-

0.683
.707

10.984
11.453

13.751
14.275

36.25
36.25

1.278
1.278

-

-

9.766
10.621

11.186
12.142

37.50
35.00

.
*

*

9.852
10.713

11.529
12.520

37.50
35.00

*

*

*

9.310
9.830
11.533

10.445
11.034
13.517

37.50
36.25
30.00

9.302
9.804

11.374
11.952

10.964
10.734

4.00%
4.00

.533
.571

-

*

.533
.571

-

.127
.131
.653

-

.853
.883
1.000

-

35.00
33.75

.665
.690

-

.714
.741

-

13.238
13.008

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.194
10.734
10.734

13.468
13.008
13.008

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

9.457
9.538
9.619
9.671

11.731
11.812
12.463
11.945

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.822
9.889
9.950

12.096
12.159
12.222

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

-

-

10.263

12.546

35.00

1.323

11.194
9.619
9.712

13.157
11.893
11.986

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

10.153

12.432

35.00

1.323

9.865
9.619

12.138
11.893

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.981
9.712
9.835
9.671

12.254
11.986
12.100
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.939

12.213

35.00

1.323

-

-

4.00

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Provers .................................
Camera operators:
Process c o lo r ........................
Halftone or lin e .....................
P la te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
To 48 in...............................
48 to 68 in...........................
Over 68 in............................
Flatbed or ro tary ................
2-color:
22 x 34 in............................
25 x 36 in............................
30 x 42 in............................
2-plate, 1-unit:
53 in. perfecting.................
44 x 65 in. perfect­
ing .....................................
Up to 68 in...........................
Over 68 in............................
4-color:
48 x 68 in., firs t..................
51 x 68 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Over 68 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Hand feeder ....................
1 or 2 color ro tary .................
5-color:
Up to 44 in.:
F irs t..................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


87

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Chicago, III.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Second ............................
44 to 68 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
H e lp e r..............................
68 to 78 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
H e lp e r..............................
6-color:
25 to 38 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Roll-fed:
2-plate, single, 26
x 17 in..............................
2-plate, double, 26
x 17 in..............................
2-plate, single, 28
x 34 in..............................
2-plate, 34 x 44
in......................................
2-plate, 1-unit:
50 x 35-1/2 in................
69 x 41-5/8 in................
H e lp e r.........................
3-plate, 3-unit,
Hamilton, 26 x 17
in.....................................
H e lp e r...........................
3-plate, 3-unit
Hamilton, 31 x 17
in......................................
3-plate, 3-unit,
Hamilton, 31 x 28
in......................................
4-plate, 22 x 17
in......................................
4-plate, 35 x 223/4 in., double ...............
H e lp e r............................
4-plate, 35 x 40
in., d o u b le .......................
H e lp e r...........................
4-plate, 49 x 35
in., d o u b le .......................
54 x 45-1 /2 perfec­
ting, 2-unit,
Feeder ...........................
4-plate, 54 x 451/2 in., double
Feeder ...........................
4-plate, 4-unit 361/2 x 22-3/4 in................
H e lp e r...........................
4-plate, 4-unit 38
x 22-3/4 in.......................
H e lp e r...........................
6-plate, 3-unit, 38
x 23-9/16 in.....................


See footnotes at end of table.


$9,694

$11,968

35.00

1.323

9.939
9.694
9.065

12.213
11.968
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

10.093
9.824
9.065

12.367
12.098
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

10.141
9.712

12.414
11.986

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

9.619

11.893

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619

11.893

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619

11.893

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619

11.893

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619
9.918
9.065

11.986
12.192
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

9.619
9.065

11.893
11.339

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

9.822

12.096

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.927

12.201

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619

11.893

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.740
9.065

12.014
11.339

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.740
9.065

12.014
11.339

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.198

12.472

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.298

11.542

35.00

1.323

4.00

10.263

12.547

35.00

1.323

4.00

9.619
9.065

11.893
11.339

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.740
9.065

12.372
11.339

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.740

12.014

35.00

1.323

-

4.00

88

4.00%

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

•

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Chicago, III.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
8-plate, 4-unit, 35
to 38 x 22-3/4 to
23-9/16 in., sin­
gle:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
8-plate, 4-unit, 35
to 38 x 22-3/4 to
23-9/16 in., doub­
le:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
8-plate, 4-unit, 50
x 35 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
8-plate, 4-unit, 54
x 38-1/2 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
H e lp e r............................
10-plate, 5-unit,
36 x 22-3/4 in.,
Double:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
12-plate, 6-unit,
38 x 23-9/16 in.,
Double:
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
12-plate, 6-unit,
38 x 45-1/2 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
H e lp e rs ..........................
16-plate, 8-unit,
38 x 23-1/2 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
H e lp e r............................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
To 23 in...............................
23 to 31 in...........................
31 to 38 in...........................
38 to 48 in...........................
48 to 55 in...........................
55 to 64 in...........................
64 to 68 in...........................
Over 68 in............................
R otary.................................
2-color:
To 30 in...............................
22 to 34 in...........................
25 to 36 in...........................
30 to 42 in...........................
56 to 68 in...........................
Over 68 in............................

 See footnotes at end of table.


$9,740
9.740

$12,014
12.014

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00%
4.00

9.815
9.815

12.089
12.089

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.198
9.740

12.472
12.014

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.995
9.995
9.065

12.269
12.269
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

10.198
10.198

12.472
12.472

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.740
9.740

12.014
12.014

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.064
10.064
9.065

12.338
12.338
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

9.969
9.969
9.065

12.243
12.243
11.339

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

10.336
10.503
11.114
10.503
10.619
10.734
10.826
10.930
10.189

12.610
12.777
13.388
12.777
12.892
13.008
13.100
13.204
12.463

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

11.382
11.382
11.487
11.591
11.203
11.424

13.656
13.656
13.761
13.865
13.477
13.698

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

89

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Insurance"
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Chicago, III.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
4-color:
To 38 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
39 to 44 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
44 to 50 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
51 to 68 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Over 68 in., s e c o n d ............
5-color:
To 44 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
44 to 68 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
68 to 78 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
6-color:
25 x 38 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Roll-fed:
1-plate, single, 14 x
8-1/2 in..............................
2-plate, single:
14 x 8-1/2 in.....................
26 x 17 in..........................
To 53 in............................
2-plate, double:
26 x 17 in..........................
2-unit:
16-1/2 x 17 in................
17 x 11-1/2 in................
1-unit:
34 x 44 in.......................
50 x 35-1/2 in................
69 x 41-5/8 in................
3-plate, 3-unit:
26 x 17 in..........................
31 x 17 in..........................
31 x 28 in..........................
4-plate, single, 22 x
17 in...................................
4-plate, double:
35 x 22-3/4 in...................
35 x 40 in..........................
49 x 35 in..........................
4-plate, 4-unit:
36-1/2 x 22-3/4 in............
38 x 22-3/4 in...................
4-plate, 2-unit, 54 x
45-1/2 in., firs t..................


See footnotes at end of table.


$12,181
10.995

$14,454
13.269

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00%
4.00

12.529
11.075

14.802
13.348

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.294
11.200

14.568
13.474

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.768
10.734
10.964

14.042
13.008
13.238

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

12.291
10.958

14.565
13.232

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.291
10.958

14.565
13.232

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.597
11.262

14.870
13.536

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

_

4.00
4.00

12.233
10.838

14.507
13.112

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.545

12.819

35.00

1.323

10.964
10.964
11.319

13.238
13.238
13.593

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

11.130

13.404

35.00

1.323

11.282
11.130

13.556
13.404

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

11.130
11.319
11.629

13.404
13.593
13.903

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

11.382
11.382
11.557

13.656
13.656
13.830

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

11.130

13.404

35.00

1.323

11.319
11.649
11.978

13.593
13.923
14.252

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

11.204
11.683

13.478
13.957

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.173

14.447

35.00

1.323

-

-

4.00

90

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C h ic a g o , III.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

6-plate, 3-unit, 38 x
23-9/16 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
8-plate, 4-unit:
35 to 38 x 22-3/4
to 23-9/16 in.,
single:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
35 to 38 x 22-3/4
To 23-9/16 in.,
Double:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
50 x 35 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
54 x 38-1/2 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
10-plate, 5-unit, 36
x 22-3/4 in., doub­
le:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
12-plate, 6-unit,
Double:
38 x 23-9/16 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
38 x 45-1/2 in.:
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
T h ird ..............................
Vandercook roft-29
Proofing press ..................
16-plate, 8-unit, 38
x 23-1/2 in., doub­
le:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Third ................................
S trip p e rs..................................

$11,706
10.440

$13,980
12.714

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00%
4.00

12.062
11.141

14.336
13.415

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.211
11.253

14.485
13.527

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.639
11.557

14.913
13.831

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

13.413
12.005

15.686
14.279

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.529
11.328

14.802
13.602

35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.639
11.328
10.440

14.913
13.602
12.714

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

13.113
11.557
11.189

15.387
13.831
13.462

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

12.224

14.498

35.00

1.323

12.639
11.557
11.557
10.734

14.913
13.831
13.831
13.008

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.323
1.323
1.323
1.323

4.899

6.840

37.50

.694

7.494
8.640

10.400
10.204

37.50
37.50

.694
*

-

4.00

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

C in cin n a ti, O h io

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Electrotypers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

7.280
7.120

9.106
9.107

37.50
37.50

See footnotes at end of table.




91

0.233
*
.

.233
-

-

.333
.333

-




Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

-

-

C in cin n a ti, O h io
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

Machine operators
Agreement A : ........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers .......................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Job fe e d e rs ..........................
Rotary letterpress
First ....................................
Second ...............................
C ylin d er.................................
Offset
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Press operators, cylin­
der
1-color, 25 in. or le s s ............
2-color, 25 in. or le s s ............
1-color, over 25 and
under 34 in...........................
2-color, over 25 and
under 34 in...........................
Press operators, rotary:
1 or 2, 34 to 65 in. 1c o lo r .....................................
1 38 in. or larger 2c o lo r .....................................
1 65 in. or larger 1c o lo r .....................................
Roll-fed, m an-in-charge........
Press operators, offset:
1-color
11 x 15 in. or u n d e r...........
14 x 20 in............................
17 x 22 in............................
24 up to and includ­
ing 28 in.............................
29 up to and includ­
ing 33 in.............................
34 and less than 36
in........................................
36 up to and includ­
ing 38 in.............................
2-color, 11 x 15 in. or
under ...................................
Up to 24 x 32 in..................
22 x 34 to 28 x 42 in..........
4-color, 22 x 34 to
28 x 42 in..............................
Web-fed
M an-in-charge....................
First p re ssm e n ...................
Press operators, platen:
1 or 2 presses ......................
3 presses ..............................
4 presses ..............................

$8,640
-

$10,204
10.467

37.50
37.00

*

9.030
7.300
9.250
9.050

10.204
10.467
9.490
11.666
11.910

37.50
37.00
37.50
35.00
37.50

*

*

*
0.433
.978
.590

*
-

6.660

8.980

37.50

.590

7.850
7.590
7.600

10.430
10.120
10.130

37.50
37.50
37.50

.590
.590
.590

-

.207
.207
.207

-

8.140
7.950

10.790
10.560

37.50
37.50

.590
.590

-

.207
.207

-

7.750
8.040

10.310
10.670

37.50
37.50

.590
.590

-

.207
.207

-

8.040

10.670

37.50

.590

.207

8.230

10.900

37.50

.590

.207

8.230

10.900

37.50

.590

.207

8.580

10.900

37.50

.590

.207

8.230
8.460

10.900
11.190

37.50
37.50

.590
.590

7.180
8.580
8.650

9.610
11.330
11.420

37.50
37.50
37.50

.590
.590
.590

8.740

11.530

37.50

.590

.207

8.920

11.740

37.50

.590

.207

9.000

11.840

37.50

.590

.207

9.000

11.840

37.50

.590

.207

7.590
-

10.120
12.010
12.100

37.50
37.50
37.50

.590
.590
.590

12.560

37.50

.590

9.970
9.030

13.030
11.890

37.50
37.50

.590
.590

-

.207
.207

-

7.750
7.810
7.830

10.310
10.390
10.410

37.50
37.50
37.50

.590
.590
.590

-

.207
.207
.207

-

See footnotes at end of table.

92

0.133
.207

4.00%
-

.207

-

.207
.207

-

-

.207
.207
.207

-

•

-

.207
.207
.207

-

.207

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Cincinnati, O hio
— Continued
New spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Machine operators:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Mailers:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$9,540
9.236

$11,317
11.114

36.25
37.50

0.841
*

*

-

-

9.760
9.382

11.548
11.336

36.00
37.50

.847
*

*

-

-

9.540
9.236

11.317
11.114

36.25
37.50

.841
*

*

-

-

9.760
9.382

11.548
11.336

36.00
37.50

.847
*

*

-

-

9.540
9.236

11.317
11.114

36.25
37.50

.841
*

*

-

-

9.760
9.382

11.548
11.336

36.00
37.50

.847
*

*

-

-

8.604
8.604
8.820

10.482
10.482
11.389

36.25
36.25
36.00

.808
.808
.814

-

0.138
.138
.139

-

9.876
10.190

11.851
12.183

36.25
36.00

.944
.950

-

-

9.140
9.350

10.970
11.190

36.25
36.00

.883
.889

-

.276
.278

-

9.970
10.190

12.310
12.480

36.25
36.00

.883
.889

-

.276
.278

-

10.870
11.190
9.590

13.440
11.500
11.490

35.00
35.00
37.50

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
-

*
4.00
4.00

11.010
9.170
9.121

13.660
13.660
11.320
10.990
10.162

35.00
35.00
35.00
37.50
35.00

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

......................
......................
......................
......................
......................

11.040
11.360
9.420
-

13.610
11.670
11.490
13.660
13.660

35.00
35.00
37.50
35.00
35.00

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*

*
-

A ......................
B ......................

10.690
“

13.260
13.310

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

4.00%
4.00

Lithography

Artists:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Camera operators:
Black and white:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Agreement C ......................
Agreement D ......................
Agreement E ......................
Color:
Agreement
Agreement
Agreement
Agreement
Agreement
Halftone:
Agreement
Agreement

A
B
C
D
E

 See footnotes at end of table.


93

-

-

-

*
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
*
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Cincinnati, O hio
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Agreement C ......................
Line:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Agreement C ......................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Agreement F .........................
Press assistants and
feeders, offset:
Sheet-fed:
Under 60 in.........................
Over 60 in...........................
4-color, over 41 in...............
5 -c o lo r................................
Press operators, offset:
1-Color:
Agreement A:
19 x 25 in. or
s m a lle r...........................
20 x 26 up to 24 x
32 in.................................
22 x 34 up to 28 x
42 in.................................
28 x 44 up to 38 x
52 in.................................
43 x 54 up to 44 x
61 in.................................
44 x 62 in. or
L arg er.............................
Agreement B:
11 x 17 in..........................
14 x 20 in..........................
23 x 29 in..........................
Agreement C:
M ultilith............................
19 x 25 in..........................
Agreement D:
19 x 25 in..........................
23 x 30 in..........................
35 x 45 in..........................
43 x 60 in..........................
Agreement E:
20 x 26 up to 24
x 32 in..............................
Agreement F:
20 x 26 up to 24
x 32 in..............................
2-color:
Agreement A:
Up to 24 x 32 in...............
22 x 34 up to 28 x
42 in.................................
28 x 44 up to 38 x
52 in.................................
43 x 54 up to 44 x
61 in.................................
See footnotes at end of table.



$13,310

35.00

4.00%
*
*
*

-

.

*
*

-

$10,350
-

12.920
12.970
12.970

35.00
35.00
35.00

10.650
9.121
10.970
9.290
-

13.220
9.609
11.280
11.130
13.270
13.270

35.00
35.00
35.00
37.50
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.380
9.560
9.630
9.740

11.950
12.130
12.200
12.310

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*

10.350

12.920

35.00

10.480

13.050

35.00

.

•

.

10.570

13.140

35.00

10.620

13.190

35.00

10.690

13.260

35.00

10.760

13.330

35.00

7.449
7.898
8.775

7.886
8.349
9.252

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

.
*
*

*

.

-

-

.
-

*
.

*
.

.

.

.

35.00
35.00

8.290
8.530
9.120
9.180

10.230
10.230
10.930
11.000

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

13.100

35.00

*

13.100

35.00

13.420

35.00

10.910

13.480

35.00

10.970

13.540

35.00

11.070

13.640

35.00

4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

*

10.850

-

*
*
*

10.010
10.990

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

*

9.700
10.670

94

4.00
4.00

*

4.00

4.00
*

*

*

.

.

.

.

.

*

.

*

*

*

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C in cin n a ti, O h io
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

44 x 66 in. or lar­
ger ..................................
Agreement B:
25 x 38 in..........................
4-color:
Agreement A:
44 x 61 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
69 in. or larger:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Agreement B:
52 x 76 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
25 x 38 in., firs t................
Agreement C, 28 x 40
in........................................
5-color:
Agreement A, 69 in.
or larger:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
Agreement B, 43 x 60
in.........................................
Provers ....................................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Agreement F .........................

$11,270

$13,840

35.00

*

9.420

11.290

37.50

•

*

11.480
10.930

14.050
13.500

35.00
35.00

*

*
*

11.850
11.040

14.420
13.610

35.00
35.00

•

*

11.294
9.542
10.554

11.847
10.042
11.085

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
•

*

9.820

11.770

37.50

.

*

12.340
11.260

14.910
13.830

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

*

*
*

10.110
10.690

12.120
13.260

37.50
35.00

*
*

*
*

*

4.00
*

10.650
9.121
10.970
9.290
-

13.220
9.532
11.280
11.130
13.270
13.270

35.00
35.00
35.00
37.50
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*
*

5.275

7.755

37.50

8.245
8.273
8.273

10.865
11.090
11.090

37.50
37.50
37.50

.

.

*
*

*
*

8.273
8.150

11.090
9.760

37.50
37.50

.

.

0.800

-

9.978
9.332

12.628
10.914

35.00
35.00

.968
.968

-

7.775

10.427

37.50

.

*
*

.

*

4.00%

•

*

.
*

*

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

.

4.00

.
-

.
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

C le v e la n d , O h io

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I).............................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B (roto)...............
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Automatic job cylinder
17 x 22 in. and u n d er..........
2-color, perfector,
Rotary and flat-bed..............
Press operators:
C y lin d e r.................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


0.527

7.527

10.249

37.50

.

7.825

10.497

37.50

.

*

8.495

11.167

37.50

*

*

95

.527
.893
.893
.893
.800
.714
.714

_

_

4.00
4.00

.600
.600
.600
.600

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C le v e la n d , O h io
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

2-color, perfector,
Rotary and flat-bed
Web .....................................
Offset
Under 14 x 20 in.................
14 x 20 to 41 x 54 in..........
Over 41 x 54 in...................
Offset— 2-color .....................
P la te n ....................................

$8,608

37.50

$11,280

*
*

0.600

8.000
8.654
8.727
8.810
8.347

10.672
11.346
11.389
11.482
11.019

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*

.
*
*
*
*

8.746
9.218

9.920
10.372

37.50
36.25

1.002
1.036

-

.893
.924

-

8.746
9.218

9.920
10.372

37.50
36.25

1.002
1.036

-

.893
.924

-

8.746
9.218

9.920
10.372

37.50
36.25

1.002
1.036

-

.893
.924

-

8.416
9.154

9.502
10.325

37.50
35.00

.816
.874

-

.681
.730

-

8.310
-

11.171
11.028

35.00
35.00

.968
.968

-

.714
.714

4.00%
4.00

9.140
-

12.184
12.030

32.50
32.50

1.042
1.042

-

.769
.769

4.00
4.00

8.101
8.612
8.195
9.193

10.002
10.634
9.975
11.110

37.50
37.50
40.00
40.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

.677
.677
.635
.635

-

8.736
9.278
8.854
9.917

10.774
11.442
10.634
11.914

35.00
35.00
40.00
40.00

*
*
*
*

.
*
*
*

.726
.726
.635
.635

-

9.119
9.193

11.260
11.110

37.50
40.00

*

*

.677
.635

-

9.822
9.917

12.112
11.914

35.00
40.00

.
*

.
*

.726
.635

-

8.146

9.920

37.50

1.002

.203

8.785
8.835

10.805
11.789

35.00
35.00

1.074
.713

.217
“

.600
.600
.600
.600
.600

-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Press operators, web:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Offside c o lo r ....................
Agreement B ......................
Offside c o lo r ....................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Offside c o lo r ....................
Agreement B ......................
Offside c o lo r ....................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
See footnotes at end of table.




96

*

*

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C le v e la n d , O h io
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y

Artists (dot etchers and
retouchers..............................
Camera operators:
Color sep arators...................
Bfack and white line .............
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
H e lp e rs................................
2 -c o lo r...................................
4-color:
First h e lp e r.........................
Second h e lp e r....................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
17 x 22 to 19 x 25
in.........................................
22 x 28 in............................
26 x 40 to 28 x 42
in.........................................
36 x 48 in............................
38 x 50 in............................
41 x 54 in............................
42 x 58 in............................
44 x 64 in............................
2-color:
35 x 45 to 36 x 48
in.........................................
42 x 58 ...............................
46 x 68 ...............................
52 x 7 6 ...............................
Roll-fed 4-plate web
perfecting press 231/2 x 38 in.:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Provers, process color ............
S trip p e rs..................................

$10,294

$13,200

35.00

1.168

-

-

4.00%

10.337
9.501
9.738

13.240
12.400
12.640

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168
1.168

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.450
7.749
8.607

11.350
10.650
11.510

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168
1.168

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.751
8.415

11.650
11.320

35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.501
9.578

12.400
12.480

35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.657
9.734
9.812
9.890
9.890
9.967

12.560
12.640
12.710
12.790
12.790
12.870

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168
1.168
1.168
1.168
1.168

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

10.136
10.294
10.374
10.465

13.040
13.200
13.280
13.370

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168
1.168
1.168

-

_

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

10.691
10.159
9.717
9.738

13.590
13.060
12.620
12.640

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.168
1.168
1.168
1.168

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

5.475

6.695

36.25

*

*

-

5.00

*
*
*

0.367
.367
-

5.00
_
4.00
4.00

C o lu m b u s , O h io

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Electrotypers............................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machinists) ........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Platemakers ............................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

8.560
8.340
8.200
8.340
8.200

10.240
9.910
9.700
9.910
9.700

36.25
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
.580
*
.580
*

8.200
6.278
8.340

9.700
9.333
9.910

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
.503
.580

*
_
_

.400
.367

4.00
_

9.090
8.260

10.610
9.510

35.00
35.00

.978

*

-

6.00
4.00

See footnotes at end of table.




97

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

C o lu m b u s , O h io
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and jo b
— C o n tin u e d

Press assistants and
feeders
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Press operators, cylinder
Head operators
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
All cylinder presses
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second pressmen ................
Press operators, p la te n ...........
Stereotypers ...........................
S trip p e rs..................................

$6,820
6.640

$8,090
7.910

37.50
37.50

0.580
.580

-

0.367
.367

-

8.900
8.720

10.560
10.380

37.50
37.50

.580
.580

-

.367
.367

-

8.370
8.190
7.220
8.190
8.340
8.340

9.930
9.750
8.570
9.750
9.910
9.910

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.580
.580
.580
.580
.580
.580

9.434
9.914

10.700
11.230

36.25
35.00

9.434
9.914

10.700
11.230

9.434
9.914

_

_

-

.367
.367
.367
.367
.367
.367

.612
.634

-

.606
.627

-

36.25
35.00

.612
.634

-

.606
.627

-

10.700
11.230

36.25
35.00

.612
.634

-

.606
.627

-

8.469
8.913

9.848
10.343

36.25
35.00

.903
.936

-

.628
.650

-

8.785
9.556

9.734
10.570

37.50
35.00

.881
.944

-

.530
.568

-

9.119
9.052
9.913
9.841

10.068
10.001
10.930
10.858

37.50
37.50
35.00
35.00

.881
.881
.944
.944

-

9.090
9.090
9.090

10.710
10.710
10.710

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

6.810
6.960

8.910
9.070

36.25
36.25

.810
.810

-

9.440
9.670
8.690

11.620
11.860
10.300

36.25
36.25
37.50

.810
.810

-

-

-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Pressmen, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day shift ...............................
Second men-in-charge.......
Second s h ift..........................
Second men-in-charge.......

-

.530
.530
.568
.568

-

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera o p e ra to rs...................
P la te m akers............................
S trip p e rs..................................

-

-

5.00%
5.00
5.00

D etroit, M ich.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Combination w o rk e rs ............
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Combination w o rk e rs............
Compositors, h a n d ..................
See footnotes at end of table.




98

.283
.283
.283
.283
.643

-

-

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

*

0.643
.643

-

*

.
-

Detroit, Mich.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Machine operators:
L in otyp e................................
M onotype..............................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................
Photoengravers .......................
Press operators, cylin­
der, 1-color, single
cylinder, job cylinder
press (Miehle vertical
Heidelburg) ............................
Press operators, p la te n ...........

$8,690
8.690

$10,300
10.300

37.50
37.50

8.690
10.971

10.300
14.039

37.50
35.00

1.921

9.200
8.785

11.455
11.040

37.50
37.50

*

*

9.130
9.560

10.690
11.510

37.50
36.25

*

*

9.130
9.560

10.690
11.510

37.50
36.25

9.130
9.560

10.690
11.510

37.50
36.25

9.130
9.560

10.690
11.510

8.647
8.826

.643
.286

4.00%

.427
.427

-

.605
.626

-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators (lino):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Monocaster men:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t.......................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t .......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......... ............
Press operators-incharge:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h ift.......................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

.

.

*

*

.605
.626

*

*

.605
.626

-

37.50
36.25

*

*

.605
.626

-

10.156
10.336

37.50
37.50

-

-

.427
.427

-

9.308
10.197

10.619
11.602

37.50
35.00

.

*

*

*

.034
.037

4.00
4.00

9.169
9.857

11.166
11.997

37.50
35.00

*

*

.733
.786

-

.

.

'

9.190
9.880

10.762
11.564

37.50
35.00

*

*

1.000
1.071

-

9.436
10.142

11.433
12.282

37.50
35.00

*

*

.733
.786

-

*

.

*

*

1.000
1.071

-

9.457
10.166

11.460
12.314

37.50
35.00

9.949
10.691

11.170
12.000

37.50
35.00

.

.

*

*

.733
.786

-

11.031
10.877

14.066
13.912

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtis ts .......................................
Provers .................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


99

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

0.427

Percent

Detroit, Mich.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
Camera operators:
Color:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Halftone:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Platemakers:
Agreement A:
Vacuum fra m e ....................
Photocom posing................
Agreement B .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A:
1-color 60 in. and
o v e r ...................................
2 -c o lo r................................
10-plate web-fed:
First a s sista n t..................
Second assistant .............
Agreement B:
1 And 2 color, s e c o n d .......
2, 4, and 6-color,
f ir s t ....................................
4 and 6 color, second .......
Rotary presses:
22 x 30 in. and u n d e r........
30 to 34 in...........................
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
1-color:
To 25 in............................
26 to 45 in........................
46 to 59 in........................
60 in. and o v e r................
2-color:
Up to 40 in........................
60 in. and o v e r................
Web-fed:
4-plates over 30
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
10-plate:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Agreement B:
1-color:
Less than 14 x 20
in......................................
20 to 30 in........................
Up to 50 in........................
Up to 60 in........................
2 -c o lo r................................
4-color:
Up to 41 in........................
Up to 60 in........................
Over 60 in.........................
6-color, up to 40 in..............
4 and 6 color, second .......


See footnotes at end of table.


$11,031
11.105

$14,066
13.360

35.00
37.50

1.921
*

*

10.701
10.695

13.736
12.950

35.00
37.50

1.921
*

*

.427

4.00
-

10.591
10.845
10.255

13.626
13.880
12.510

35.00
35.00
37.50

1.921
1.921
*

*

.427

4.00
4.00
-

9.743
9.743

14.220
14.111

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.798
9.579

12.833
12.614

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.340

11.595

37.50

.

.

.427

9.380
8.910

11.635
11.165

37.50
37.50

.
*

.
*

.427
.427

-

8.670
8.895

10.925
11.150

37.50
37.50

*

*
*

.427
.427

-

10.492
10.581
10.669
10.767

13.527
13.616
13.704
13.802

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921
1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

11.076
11.185

14.111
14.220

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.076
10.854

15.470
15.226

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.922
11.185

14.957
14.220

35.00
35.00

1.921
1.921

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.475
10.215
10.420
10.540
10.540

11.730
12.470
12.675
12.795
12.795

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*

11.490
11.690
11.955
11.690
10.380

13.745
13.945
14.210
13.945
12.635

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

100

_

*
*
*
*
.
*
*
*

_

4.00%
-

.427
.427
.427
.427
.427

-

.427
.427
.427
.427
.427

“

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Percent

Dollars

Dollars

Percent

D etroit, M ich.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Web-fed:
23 x 36 in.:
In-charge..........................
F irs t..................................
Second or th ird ................
24 x 38 in.:
In-charge..........................
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
35 x 50 in.:
In-charge..........................
F irs t..................................
Aniline tape p re s s ...............
Rotary presses:
22 x 30 in. and under ........
30 to 34 in...........................
Strippers
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$11,570
10.285
9.335

$13,825
12.540
11.590

37.50
37.50
37.50

0.427
.427
.427

11.770
10.385
9.335

14.025
12.640
11.590

37.50
37.50
37.50

.427
.427
.427

-

11.920
10.435
8.790

14.175
12.690
11.045

37.50
37.50
37.50

.427
.427
.427

-

9.945
10.225

12.200
12.480

37.50
37.50

.427
.427

-

10.735
10.730

13.770
12.985

35.00
37.50

1.921
*

*

.427

5.600
8.070
8.070
6.760
8.360
8.899
8.630

6.340
8.700
8.700
8.650
10.980
9.599
9.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
37.50
37.50
40.00
40.00

*
*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*
*

.281
.281
.281
.367
.367
.250
.281

9.380

11.600

37.50

.

.

.367

*

.367

_

*
*
♦

.281
.281
.367

_

.

.367

-

-

-

4.00%
-

Flint, M ich.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers Qourneymen II)
Agreement A .........................
C o lla to rs.............................
Cutters ...............................
Agreement B .........................
Paper cu tte rs......................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Press operators:
C ylin d er.................................
Offset:
Under 14 x 20 in.................
Under 15-3/4 x 22-1/2 in ...
Over 15-3/4 x 22-1/2 in....
P la te n ....................................
Preparatory, combination;
Camera operator, platemaker and strip p e r.................

7.090

8.920

37.50

*

8.270
8.630
7.090

9.740
9.740
11.600

40.00
40.00
37.50

*
*
*

9.380

11.600

37.50

8.475

9.580

37.50

-

_
_

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand— day
s h ift.........................................
Machine operators— day
s h ift.........................................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)— day shift .......................
Photoengravers— day
s h ift........................................
Press operators, web—
day shift .................................
Press operators-in-charge
— Day s h ift.............................

8.475

9.580

37.50

.
.

See footnotes at end of table.

.267

8.475

9.580

37.50

„

8.475

9.580

37.50

.

.

9.196

10.146

37.50

.

.

*

*

9.756

10.679

37.50

*

*

*

I




.267
.

1

101

.267
.267

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*

*

*

G ra n d R a p id s , M ich.

B o o k and jo b

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1
)
Agreement A
Finishers-cutters ................
Flag cutters,
S litte rs...............................
Agreement B .........................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders
Agreement A:
Automatic C y lin d e r.............
Offset
Rotary web ......................
Sheet-fed, 25 x 38
in......................................
Agreement B:
Letterpress and
o ffs e t.................................
Rotogravure........................
Press operators:
Agreement A:
Automatic cylinder:
22-1/2 x 23-1/2 in............
41 x 58 in..........................
Small auto j o b .................
Roll la b e l..........................
4-color w e b ......................
Offset, sheet
14 x 22 in. or
u n d e r..............................
17 x 22 in..........................
23 x 29 in..........................
25 x 38 in..........................
P la te n .................................
Agreement B:
Heildelburg, 1c o lo r.................................
Miller:
1- or 2- c o lo r ...................
with b ron zer.....................
Harris 2-color wrap
a ro u n d .............................
Cottrel, 5 -co lo r..................
Offset:
2 -c o lo r............................
4 -c o lo r............................
Roto gravure, 6c o lo r.................................

$4,460
4.600

$5,250
5.050

38.75
40.00

0.645
*

6.360

7.500

38.75

.645

6.060
5.700
7.073
5.920
7.050

6.850
6.100
8.143
7.040
8.120

38.75
40.00
38.75
40.00
38.75

.645
*
.656
*
.656

6.710

7.780

38.75

.656

.208

6.420

7.490

38.75

.656

.208

6.830

7.900

38.75

.656

.208

6.170
6.270

7.315
7.425

40.00
40.00

7.000
6.950
6.770
6.900
8.020

8.070
8.020
7.840
7.970
9.090

38.75
38.75
38.75
38.75
38.75

.656
.656
.656
.656
.656

6.950
7.000
7.150
7.970
6.620

8.020
8.070
8.220
9.040
7.690

38.75
38.75
38.75
38.75
38.75

.656
.656
.656
.656
.656

6.140

7.282

40.00

6.250
6.400

7.403
7.568

40.00
40.00

.
*

*

6.820
6.970

8.030
8.195

40.00
40.00

.

.

*

*

6.870
7.390

8.085
8.657

40.00
40.00

.

.

*

*

.216
.216

-

*

*

.216

-

6.630

7.821

40.00

8.633

9.798

37.50

*
*
*
-

*

*

*

*

-

-

-

-

.

*
0.208
.216
.208

*
-

.216
.216

-

.208
.208
.208
.208
.208

-

.208
.208
.208
.208
.208

-

-

-

.216
.216
.216
.216
.216

-

_

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.




102

*

*

*

*

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

.

.

*

*

G ra n d R a p id s, M ich.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Press operators-incharge:
Day s h ift..............................

$9,065

$10,288

37.50

8.566
8.994

9.011
9.462

37.50
37.50

*

.
*

9.196

10.098

37.50

.

.

9.756

10.632

37.50

*

*

9.030

10.920

36.25

0.690

9.030
8.180

10.920
10.200

36.25
36.25

.690
.690

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.845
8.250

10.160
10.690

36.25
36.00

.690
.694

-

-

4.00
4.00

8.230
7.265
8.130

10.240
9.410
10.570

36.25
36.25
36.00

.690
.690
.694

6.280

8.130

36.25

.690

6.980
7.760

10.020
10.200

36.00
36.00

.694
.694

8.480

10.340

36.25

.690

8.970
7.680

11.620
9.950

36.25
36.25

.690
.690

8.370

10.810

36.00

.694

9.540
8.570

11.980
11.010

36.00
36.00

.694
.694

-

-

8.380
7.265
8.130

10.240
9.410
10.570

36.25
36.25
36.00

.690
.690
.694

-

-

5.524

6.370

35.00

8.810
9.167

11.574
12.175

35.00
35.00

.

*

*

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists (dot e tch e rs).................
Camera operators:
Agreement A:
C o lo r ...................................
Black and w h ite .................
Agreement B:
C o lo r ...................................
Agreement C .........................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B:
Sheet-fed:
F e e d e rs ............................
Hand-fed, 2-unit w e b ..........
Press operators:
Agreement A, offset, 1color to 30 in........................
Agreement B, offset, 5color:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Agreement C:
Offset .................................
Web:
2-unit, fir s t........................
4-unit, s e c o n d ...................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................

4.00%

_

_

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

H am m o n d , Ind.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I)
E d itio n ...................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
See footnotes at end of table.




103

*

1.053
1.053

-

*

0.600
.429

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Hammond, Ind.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators, cylin­
der
2 1-color, single cyl­
inder; 1 2-color doub­
le cylinder; 1 double
cylinder, perfecting ..............
Offset
Sheet-fed
1-color
22 to 28 in......................
29 to 48 in......................
78 in. perfecting ............
2-color, up to 42
in......................................
Web-fed
38 to 40 in........................
45.5 to 66 in.....................
Pla te m akers............................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,056

$11,258

35.00

1.053

0.429

9.496

12.371

35.00

1.053

.429

9.496
9.643
10.121

12.371
12.528
13.038

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
1.053
1.053

9.919

12.823

35.00

1.053

10.103
10.277
9.167
9.167

13.018
13.204
11.890
12.175

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.053
1.053
1.053
1.053

7.760

11.150

35.00

8.760

11.507

35.00

*

5.150
5.190
7.100

7.220
6.410
8.300

35.00
35.00
37.50

.950
.950
.916

7.770
7.830

10.310
9.570

35.00
35.00

8.810
7.310
8.810
8.810
8.810
8.075
7.000
8.075

11.730
8.560
11.730
11.730
11.730
9.364
8.250
9.364

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

8.075
8.300

9.364
10.513

37.50
35.00

8.810
7.310

11.730
8.560

37.50
37.50

-

.429
.429
.429

-

.429

-

.429
.429
.429
.429

-

-

N ew spaper

Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................

.429
_

*

.429

-

4.00%
4.00

-

.200
.200
.259

.950
.950

-

.200
.200

4.00
4.00

.916
.916
.916
.916
.916
*
*
*

*
*
*

.259
.259
.259
.259
.259
.293
.259
.293

Indianapolis, Ind.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Compositors, h a nd :.................
Electro ty p e rs............................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
Photoengravers.......................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
See footnotes at end of table.




104

-

-

-

.

*

*

*

.293
-

4.00

-

.259
.259

-

.916
.916

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

0.259
.259
.259

-

.259
.259

-

Indianapolis, Ind.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Press assistants and
feeders
2-Color sheet-fed,
31 to 42 in:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
4-unit web, 36 to 46
in.........................................
4-color sheet-fed 31
to 42 in...............................
Press operators, cylin­
der
Web-fed:
4-unit, up to 14 in................
4-unit, 36 to 46 in.
First
Agreement A ................
Agreement B ................
Second
Agreement A ................
Agreement B ................
4-unit, 55 in. and
over
First ................................
Second ............................
2-unit, 30 in. R to S ...........
Rotary
#9 Flexographic.................
#10 Flexographic................
Gravure
#7 press .............................
#8 press .............................
Letterpress
1-color to 30 in.
Agreement A ...................
Agreement B ...................
1-color over 30 in................
Offset
Sheet-fed to 14 in.
Agreement A ...................
Agreement B ...................
Sheet-fed over 14 to
20 in.
Agreement A ...................
Agreement B ...................
Sheet-fed 20 to 30
in.
Agreement A ...................
Agreement B ...................
Sheet-fed 31 to 42
in.
Agreement A ...................
Agreement B ...................
Sheet-fed 42 to 58
in.........................................

$8,810
8.810
8.550

$11,730
11.730
11.390

37.50
37.50
37.50

0.916
.916
.916

8.110
8.110

10.790
10.790

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

8.370

11.140

37.50

.916

.259

8.020

10.670

37.50

.916

.259

9.010

11.950

37.50

.916

.259

10.170
10.175

13.100
13.100

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

9.430
9.432

12.360
12.360

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

9.800
9.120
9.273

12.710
11.990
12.200

37.50
37.50
37.50

.916
.916
.916

-

.259
.259
.259

-

6.720
6.720

8.020
8.020

40.00
40.00

.680
.680

-

.181
.181

-

6.720
6.720

8.020
8.020

40.00
40.00

.680
.680

-

.181
.181

-

8.810
8.810
9.020

11.730
11.730
11.950

37.50
37.50
37.50

.916
.916
.916

-

.259
.259
.259

-

8.810
8.810

11.730
11.730

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

8.810
8.810

11.730
11.730

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

8.810
8.810

11.730
11.730

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

9.010
9.010

11.940
11.950

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

9.240

12.170

37.50

.916

-

.259

-

See footnotes at end of table.




105

-

\

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Indianapolis, Ind.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

2-color
Sheet-fed to 25
in.
Agreement A ................
Agreement B .....................
Sheet-fed over 31
to 42.
Agreement A ................
Agreement B .....................
R o ll-fe d ............................
4-color sheet-fed,
up to 30 in.......................
6-color web-fed
Up to 42 in.......................
1 or 2 verticals
(Cylinder)
Agreement A ................
Agreement B ................
Press operators, platen
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B ................................
Strippers
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B ................................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Strippers, 4-color
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................

$8,880
8.880

$11,810
11.810

37.50
37.50

0.916
.916

-

0.259
.259

-

9.240
9.240
7.070

12.170
12.170
8.260

37.50
37.50
37.50

.916
.916
.916

-

.259
.259
.259

_

9.430

12.360

37.50

.916

.259

7.500

8.790

37.50

.916

.259

8.810
8.810

11.730
11.730

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

8.810
8.810

11.730
11.730

37.50
37.50

.916
.916

-

.259
.259

-

8.810
7.310
8.810
9.220
8.550

11.730
8.560
11.730
12.150
11.390

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.916
.916
.916
.916
.916

-

.259
.259
.259
.259
.259

_

9.220
9.220
8.930

12.150
12.150
11.790

37.50
37.50
37.50

.916
.916
.916

-

.259
.259
.259

-

10.068
10.234

10.717
10.882

36.25
36.25

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Pressmen, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

*

*

*

.

,

.

*

*

*

*

*

*

10.068
10.234

10.717
10.882

36.25
36.25

10.068
10.234

10.717
10.882

36.25
36.25

*

*

37.50
37.50

.
*

.

37.50
37.50

.
*

8.930
9.570
9.226
9.386
9.120
9.306
9.920
10.107

10.197
10.357
10.493
10.653
10.640
10.827
11.507
11.693

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

See footnotes at end of table.




*
*

106

.

-

-

.

»

*

*

*

*

.
*

*

.
*

*
*

*

*

*

*

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Indianapolis, Ind.
— Continued

Percent

Dollars

Percent

1

Lithography

$10,918
10.603

$13,351
13.027

35.00
35.00

0.857
.857

-

-

4.00%
4.00

10.996
10.759

13.430
13.187

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.681
10.759

13.107
13.187

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.693
7.695

12.089
7.530

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.447
11.153
11.153

12.865
13.431
13.592

35.00
35.00
35.00

.857
.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

11.697
10.684

14.153
13.110

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.955
10.943

14.419
13.376

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.697

14.153

35.00

.857

-

-

4.00

11.697
10.684

14.153
13.110

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.489
11.476

14.968
13.925

35.00
35.00

.857
.857

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.681

14.968
13.925
13.107

35.00
35.00
35.00

.857
.857
.857

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

Bindery workers (journeymen II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen

5.240

6.310

37.50

.840

-

0.280

-

I ) ...........................................................

7.870

9.570

37.50

.840

-

.280

-

8.150
8.579

9.480
9.848

37.50
36.25

.840
.869

-

.400
.510

-

8.150
8.579

9.480
9.848

37.50
36.25

.840
.869

-

.400
.510

-

8.150
8.579
8.320

9.480
9.848
9.880

37.50
36.25
37.50

.840
.869
.920

-

.400
.510
.293

-

9.762
12.194

13.410
15.312

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

7.480

8.970

37.50

.817

-

.367

A rtists.......................................
Provers .................................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
H a lfto n e ................................
Platemakers:
Vacuum frame ......................
Photocom posing...................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Web p a c k e rs .........................
Press operators, offset:
1-color to 30 in......................
1-color to 64 in......................
2 -co lo r...................................
4-color:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
5-color:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Web presses:
1 -u nit.....................................
2-unit:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
4-unit:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
5-unit:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
S trip p e rs..................................

-

M ilw aukee, W ise.

B o o k a n d job

Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B ................................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A ................................
Agreement B ................................
Press assistants and
feeders:
C y lin d er.................................

 See footnotes at end of table,


_

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Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.367
.367

-

Milwaukee, W ise.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Rotary (offset)
First assista n t.....................
Second a s s is ta n t................
Pressmen, cylinder:
1 Sheet-fed rotary; 2
Miehle vertical, 22 x
28 in. or less; 1
Multi-color H a rris.................
Job cylinder, 1 Kelly,
Miehle or horizontal,
Miller (high speed) or
simplex or similar job
cylinder, 22 x 28 in.
or le s s ..................................
Rotary (offset)
1-color
Up to 28 in........................
Up to 32 in........................
Up to 42 in........................
Up to 58 in........................
2-color
Up to 42 in........................
Up to 58 in........................
Over 58 in.........................
4- or 5-color, over
58 in...................................
Second pressmen ..............
Pressmen, p la te n ....................

$7,610
7.310

$9,120
8.760

37.50
37.50

0.817
.817

8.360

10.030

37.50

.817

.367

8.360

10.030

37.50

.817

.367

8.360
8.700
9.030
9.210

10.030
10.430
10.820
10.900

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.817
.817
.817
.817

9.230
9.330
9.770

11.060
11.180
11.720

37.50
37.50
37.50

.817
.817
.817

-

10.610
9.000
8.360

12.720
10.790
10.030

37.50
37.50
37.50

.817
.817
.817

-

9.241
9.517

10.703
10.979

36.25
36.25

9.241
9.517

10.703
10.979

36.25
36.25

.
*

9.241
9.517

10.703
10.979

36.25
36.25

*

*

*

8.234
8.469

9.545
9.640

36.25
36.25

.952
.952

8.579

9.848

36.25

.952

8.276
8.510

10.320
10.590

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.386
.386

9.223
9.499

11.286
11.561

36.25
33.75

*
*

.
*

-

8.090
8.228
8.193
8.443
8.586
8.550

11.860
12.110
12.040
12.350
12.600
12.540

36.25
36.25
36.25
35.00
35.00
35.00

.869
.869
.869
.900
.900
.900

-

-

-

.367
.367
.367
.367

-

-

.367
.367
.367

-

-

-

.367
.367
.367

*

.386
.386

-

.
*

.386
.386

-

*

.386
.386

-

-

.428
.428

-

-

-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists);
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Agreement C:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Night s h ift.............................
Pressmen, web:
Day shift ...............................
C o lo rm e n ............................
T ensionm en........................
Second s h ift..........................
Colormen ...........................
Tensionmen ........................


See footnotes at end of table.


108

.469

-

-

.345
.345
.345
.357
.357
.357

-

4.00%
4.00

-

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.869
.900

-

0.345
.357

-

*

*

*

*

.345
.345

-

M ilw aukee, W ise.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Pressmen-in-charge:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................

$8,365
8.729

$12,270
12.770

36.25
35.00

8.945
9.178

10.190
10.460

36.25
36.25

11.205
10.950

14.385
14.125

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

...

4.00%
4.00

11.020
11.495
10.915
10.915

14.195
14.685
14.085
14.085

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

10.675

13.840

35.00

.829

4.00

9.100

12.215

35.00

.829

4.00

9.225
9.100

12.425
12.245

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.300
9.125

12.425
12.245

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

_

4.00
4.00

9.400
9.285

12.525
12.410

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

_

_

4.00
4.00

9.385
9.450

12.510
12.580

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.380
9.135

12.505
12.255

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

_

4.00
4.00

9.510
9.380

12.640
12.505

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

_

_

4.00
4.00

9.515

12.645

35.00

.829

4.00

9.645

12.780

35.00

.829

4.00

9.585
9.255

12.715
12.375

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

_

-

9.680
9.490

12.815
12.620

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

_

_

9.845

12.985

35.00

.829

9.785
9.375

12.925
12.500

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

9.495

12.625

35.00

.829

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Provers .................................
Cameramen:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Contact frame o p e rato r........
Pla te m akers.............................
Plate-making projection
m ach ine...............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Offset, sheet-fed:
1-c o lo r................................
2-color
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
50 x 68 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
54-1/2 x 77 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
4-color
20 x 26 in..........................
25 x 38 in............................
43 x 60 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
54-1/2 x 77 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
5-color
20 x 26 in..........................
25 x 38 in. per­
fecting .............................
43 x 60 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
54-1/2 x 77 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
6-color
25 x 38 in..........................
43 x 60 in.
First fe e d e r ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
Web-fed
4-plate, 17-5/8 x
25-1/2 in..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




109

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

_

_

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M ilw aukee, W ise.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

8-plate, 23-1/2 x
38 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
10-plate 23-1/2 x
38 in.
First feeder ...................
Second fe e d e r...............
Pressmen, offset:
Sheet-fed:
1-color
To 19 in. inclusive ...........
To 22 in. inclusive ...........
To 28 in. inclusive ...........
To 48 in. inclusive ...........
To 55 in. inclusive ...........
To 58 in. inclusive ...........
To 64 in. inclusive ...........
2-color
To 40 in. inclusive ...........
To 55 in. inclusive ...........
To 60 in. inclusive ...........
To 70 in. inclusive ...........
4-color
20 x 26 in..........................
25 x 38 in., fir s t...............
43 x 60 in., fir s t...............
54-1/2 x 77 in.
F ir s t ................................
5-color
20 x 26 in..........................
25 x 38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
43 x 60 in., fir s t...............
54-1/2 x 77 in.
First ................................
6-color
25 x 38 in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
43 x 60 in.
F irs t...............................
Second ..........................
Web-fed
4-plate 17-5/8 x 25
-1/2 in..............................
8-plate 23-1/2 x 38
in.
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,560
9.185

$12,690
12.305

35.00
35.00

0.829
.829

-

-

4.00%
4.00

9.880
9.505

13.020
12.635

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.705
10.255
10.400
10.675
10.840
10.995
11.105

12.840
13.405
13.555
13.840
14.010
14.170
14.285

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829
.829
.829
.829
.829

-

-

10.990
11.195
11.305
11.515

14.165
14.375
14.490
14.705

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829
.829

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

11.750
12.000
11.965

14.945
15.205
15.170

35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

12.340

15.555

35.00

.829

4.00

11.940

15.145

35.00

.829

4.00

12.230
11.145
12.335

15.440
14.325
15.550

35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829

12.725

15.950

35.00

.829

12.490
11.350

15.710
14.535

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.710
11.395

15.935
14.580

35.00
35.00

.829
.829

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.285

14.470

35.00

.829

12.430
11.195
10.915

15.645
14.375
14.085

35.00
35.00
35.00

.829
.829
.829

See footnotes at end of table.




110

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M in n ea p o lis-S t. Paul, Minn.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)
M inn eapo lis...........................
St. Paul
Agreement A (finish­
ers after 1 year) ................
Leather o p e ra to rs............
Stock cutters ...................
Machine te n d e rs ..............
Agreement B .... .................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I)
M inn ea po lis...........................
St. Paul
Agreement A, (opera­
tors, automatic sti­
tching machines;
operators, automatic
tipping machines;
operators, folding
machines; operators,
gathering machines;
operators, spiral
binding machines;
stock c u tte rs .....................
Agreement B ......................
Camera operators:
Minneapolis:
C o lo r ...................................
Black and w h ite ..................
St. Paul:
C o lo r ...................................
Black and w h ite ..................
Compositors, hand:
M in n ea p o lis...........................
St. Paul
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Electrotypers............................
Machine operators:
M inn ea po lis...........................
Monotype and linotype
or intertype........................
Monotype castermen .........
Mono keyb oa rd ..................
St. Paul
Agreement A ......................
Monotype and lino­
type or intertype .............
Agreement B ......................
Monotype and lino­
type ................................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)
M inn ea po lis...........................
St. Paul
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Mailers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


$6,080

$8,250

35.00

0.497

5.760
6.710
8.850
7.190
6.080

7.490
8.020
10.980
9.670
8.250

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.497
.497
.497
.497
.497

9.080

11.780

35.00

.497

8.760
9.080

10.890
11.780

35.00
35.00

.497
.497

-

.400
.400

-

10.690
10.440

13.260
13.000

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

-

10.680
10.420

13.260
13.000

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

_

.357
.357

_

9.220

9.820

35.00

0.400

-

-

.400
.400
.400
.400
.400

_
-

.400

.360
.
*
.592

.

9.220
9.350
8.940

9.820
10.970
11.950

35.00
35.00
35.00

9.220

9.820

35.00

9.220
9.220
9.220

9.820
9.820
9.820

35.00
35.00
35.00

-

-

.360
.360
.360

9.220

9.820

35.00

*

*

.360

.

.

*
-

.360
.429
-

-

4.00%

.360

9.420
9.350

10.020
10.970

35.00
35.00

*

*

.360
.429

9.550

11.170

35.00

*

.

.429

9.220

9.820

35.00
*
*

.
*

_

9.220
9.350

9.820
10.970

35.00
35.00

9.974
8.985

11.345
10.615

35.00
35.00

I ll

-

.360

.648

.360
.429

-

.457
.370

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades. September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M in n ea p o lis-S t. Paul, Minn.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd job
— C o n tin u e d

Agreement C .........................
Photoengravers:
M inn ea po lis...........................
Platemakers:
M inn ea po lis...........................
St. Paul .................................
Press assistants and
feeders
M inn eapo lis...........................
P la te n .................................
5-unit, tensionm en..............
Web-fed perfecting,
2-unit tensionmen .............
St. Paul
Agreement A
Carver, platen, or
W a ite ..............................
Vertical ............................
M u lti-color........................
Agreement B ......................
Platen ..............................
Web 8-unit 16 plate
Perfecting
Tensionmen ..................
Jo g g e rs ..........................
Press operators, cylin­
der
Minneapolis
2-unit, first Press­
men ...................................
1 or 2 1-c o lo r.....................
2-color or double
e n d e rs ...............................
Sheet-fed rotary
2 -c o lo r.............................
4 -c o lo r.............................
Web-fed perfecting
1-unit................................
2-unit................................
Offset
sheet-fed
1-color
under 12 x 18
in ...............................
12 x 18 in.....................
14 x 20 in....................
17 x 22 in.....................
19 x 25 and 23
x 26 in........................
28 x 42 in....................
32 x 44 and 38
x 52 in.........................
42 x 58 in.....................
2-color
29 in. and
under .........................
Over 29 in....................
4-color ...........................
Web-fed
2-unit, 4-plate
perfecting.....................
See footnotes at end of table.



0.179

$9,000
$10,790

35.00

0.573

13.330

35.00

.856

_

_

_
-

.286
.357

-

.286
.286
.286

4.00%

_

10.440
10.420

13.000
13.000

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

7.920
6.530
8.180

11.340
9.820
10.930

35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612

8.470

10.930

35.00

.612

6.260
7.740
7.740
7.910
6.520

7.500
9.250
9.250
10.350
8.900

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
.612
.612

*
*
-

.500
.500
.500
.357
.357

-

8.470
7.290

10.930
9.380

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.357
.357

-

9.490
8.540

13.050
11.340

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

-

9.010

11.490

35.00

.612

9.010
9.350

11.490
11.850

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

-

9.490
9.250

13.050
13.050

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

-

7.840
8.150
8.470
9.280

10.280
10.600
10.930
11.790

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612
.612

-

.286
.286
.286
.286

-

9.670
9.770

12.200
12.290

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

-

9.870
9.960

12.410
12.500

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.286
.286

_

10.200
10.360
10.600

12.760
12.920
13.180

35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612

-

.286
.286
.286

-

10.520

13.810

35.00

.612

-

.286

-

112

-

-

.286

.286

-

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

0.286
.286

-

-

.286
.286

-

M in n ea p o lis-S t. Paul, Minn.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

5-unit, 10-plate
perfecting
F irs t............................
Second ......................
8-unit
F irs t............................
Second ......................
St. Paul
Agreement A
1 or 2 single; 1
single cylinder
and 1 platen; 1
atf; 1 or 2 Harris
imprint; 1 Kelly;
1 or 2 Miehle
vertical; 1 hori­
zontal Miller
(high speed);
W a ite ..............................
Lacquer press .................
Agreement B
1-2 1- c o lo r .......................
4 -c o lo r.............................
Web-fed perfecting
1-unit..............................
2 -u nit..............................
Tensionmen ..................
offset
sheet-fed
1-color
under 12 x 18
in ............................
12 x 18 in..................
14 x 20 in..................
17 x 22 in..................
19 x 25 and
23 x 35 in.................
28 x 42 in..................
32 x 44 and
38 x 52 in.................
42 x 58 in..................
2-color
29 in. and
u n d er.......................
Over 29 in.................
4 -c o lo r.........................
Web-fed
2-units, per­
fecting ........................
5-units, per­
fecting
First ..........................
Second .....................
8-unit, 16-plate perfect­
ing
First ..........................
Second .....................
Tensionmen ................

 See footnotes at end of table.


$10,670
9.180

$13,810
12.780

35.00
35.00

0.612
.612

11.510
9.710

14.140
12.640

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

9.350
9.470

10.980
11.110

35.00
35.00

*

*

.500
.500

-

9.000
9.340

11.340
11.490

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.357
.357

-

10.480
10.480
8.470

13.050
13.050
10.930

35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612

-

.357
.357
.357

-

7.840
8.150
8.470
9.280

10.280
10.600
10.930
11.790

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612
.612

9.670
9.760

12.200
12.290

35.00
35.00

9.870
9.960

12.410
12.500

10.200
10.200
10.600

-

.357
.357
.357
.357

-

.612
.612

-

.357
.357

-

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

-

.357
.357

-

12.760
12.920
13.180

35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612

-

.357
.357
.357

-

10.480

13.050

35.00

.612

11.200
10.090

13.810
12.640

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

11.510
10.090
8.470

14.140
12.640
10.930

35.00
35.00
35.00

.612
.612
.612

-

.357

-

-

__________ I

—

113

-

.357
.357

_

.357
.357
.357

-

_

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M inneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Press operators, platen:
Minneapolis
1 p r e s s ...............................
2 p re s s e s ...........................
St. Paul
Agreement A
Platen or c r a v e r ..............
2 presses ........................
Agreement B:
1 press ...........................
2 p re s s e s ........................
Strippers:
M inn ea po lis..........................
St. P a u l.................................

$7,410
7.950

$9,820
10.380

35.00
35.00

0.612
.612

9.350
9.350

10.980
10.980

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

*

7.410
7.940

9.820
10.380

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

.

10.440
10.460

13.000
13.000

35.00
35.00

.612
.612

.

9.760
10.057

11.945
11.429

35.00
35.00

*

*

-

4.50%
5.50

10.060
10.357

12.245
11.729

35.00
35.00

.
*

.
*

-

4.50
5.50

9.760
10.057

11.945
11.429

35.00
35.00

10.060
10.357

12.245
11.729

9.760
10.057

-

-

-

0.286
.286

-

.500
.500

-

.357
.357

-

.286
.357

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
M in n ea p o lis........................
St. Paul ..............................
Machine operators:
Day shift:
M in n ea p o lis........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Mailers:
Day shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Photoengravers:
Day shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Press operators, web:
Day shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis ........................
St. Paul ..............................


See footnotes at end of table.


*

*

*

*

-

4.50
5.50

35.00
35.00

.
*

.
*

-

4.50
5.50

12.345
11.429

35.00
35.00

*

*

-

4.50
5.50

10.060
10.357

12.645
11.729

35.00
35.00

*
*

.
*

-

4.50
5.50

9.762
9.522

11.294
11.298

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

*

-

4.50
4.50

10.064
9.728

11.594
11.598

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

-

4.50
4.50

10.003
10.200

11.533
11.080

36.25
35.00

*

*

.856

-

4.00
4.00

10.353
10.547

11.883
11.427

36.25
35.00

.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.765
9.429

12.395
12.400

35.00
35.00

*

*

.671

-

4.00
5.00

10.065
9.729

12.695
12.700

35.00
35.00

.671

114

.

.

.

-

.

4.00
5.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
t, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

*
0.671

*

-

-

-

Percent

M in n ea p o lis-S t. Paul, Minn.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Press operators-incharge:
Day shift:
Minneapolis:
Black and w h ite ...............
C o lo r ................................
St. Paul ..............................
Second shift:
Minneapolis:
Black and white ...............
C o lo r ................................
St. Paul ..............................

$10,194
10.301
10.070

$13,242
13.342
13.050

35.00
35.00
35.00

10.494
10.601
10.370

13.565
13.665
13.250

35.00
35.00
35.00

*

*

-

.671

-

-

4.00
4.00
5.00

11.190
11.060

13.410
13.270

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.340
11.040

13.560
13.250

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.040
11.040

13.250
13.250

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.970

13.180

35.00

.856

4.00

9.680

11.870

35.00

.856

4.00

9.770
8.500

11.960
10.350

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.230
8.940

12.430
11.110

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.860
9.690

12.050
11.880

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

_

_

4.00
4.00

9.860
9.690

12.050
11.880

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.070
9.800

12.270
11.990

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.070
9.800

12.270
11.990

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.910
9.750

12.100
11.940

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

_

4.00
4.00

10.180
9.880

12.380
12.070

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

_

4.00
4.00

10.070

12.270

35.00

.856

9.850

12.040

35.00

.856

4.00%
4.00
5.00

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Provers .................................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Halftone and lin e ..................
Platemakers:
Contact operators ................
Photo c o m p o s e rs.................
Printing frame opera­
tors .......................................
Press assistants and
feeders
1-c o lo r...................................
2-color
To 76 in...............................
H e lp e rs...............................
3-color
First fe e d e r.........................
Second feeder ...................
4-color
To 58 in.
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
To 60 in.
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
To 77 in.
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
5-color
77 in. 4-unit
First fe e d e r......................
Second fe e d e r..................
60 in. 5-unit
First fe e d e r......................
Second fe e d e r.................
77 in. 5-unit
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
6-color, 4-unit or less
First feeder ..........................
Perfecting operators
6-plate web, 22-1/2
x 35-38 in...........................
See footnotes at end of table.




115

4.00

-

-

4.00

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

M in n ea p o lis-S t. Paul, Minn.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

8-10 plate web, 221/2 x 35-38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
10-plate web, 35 x 49
in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
12-plate web, 22-3/4
x 38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
16-plate web, 22-3/4
x 38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Press operators— offset:
1-color:
14 x 20 in............................
17 x 2 2 ...............................
19 x 25 and 22 x 34
in........................................
28 x 42 in............................
32 x 44 and 38 x 52
in........................................
42 x 58 in............................
2-color:
To 40 in...............................
41 through 57 in..................
58 through 63 in..................
64 through 76 in..................
Over 76 in...........................
3 -co lo r...................................
4-color:
58 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
77 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-color
60 in., 5-units
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
Roll-fed, 2-plate web
11 x 17 in..............................
Scanner operators ..................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,900
9.610

$12,090
11.800

35.00
35.00

0.856
.856

-

-

4.00%
4.00

10.090
9.850

12.290
12.040

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.900
9.610

12.090
11.800

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.900
9.610

12.090
11.800

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.980
10.580

12.170
12.790

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.690
10.810

12.900
13.020

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.900
10.950

13.110
13.160

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.220
11.280
11.340
11.490
11.610
11.560

13.440
13.500
13.560
13.710
13.840
13.780

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.856
.856
.856
.856
.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

11.830
11.040

14.060
13.250

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.230
11.190

14.470
13.410

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.410
11.290

14.650
13.510

35.00
35.00

.856
.856

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.220
12.840
11.040

13.440
15.090
13.250

35.00
35.00
35.00

.856
.856
.856

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

8.140
8.140

10.140
10.280

37.50
37.50

*

*

0.300
.300

-

8.250

10.140

37.50

*

*

.300

-

R o c k fo rd , III.

B o o k and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.



116

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

R o c k fo rd , III.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Second s h ift..........................

$7,847
8.180

5 $8,233
5 8.567

37.50
37.50

*

*

0.347
.347

-

8.120

5 8.533

37.50

*

.

*

•

8.386

9.754

37.50

.

.

_

8.260

8.740

37.50

*

*

.267

4.810

5.410

37.50
.
*
*
*

4.00%
-

T o le d o , O h io

B o o k and jo b

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Combination journeymen ....
Camera o p e ra to rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Press assistants-offset............
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
Offset
1-color
Up to 20 in........................
21 to 38 in........................
2-color
21 to 38 in........................
P la te n ....................................

.180

6.590
6.870
7.850
7.850
7.850
7.400

7.410
7.720
9.740
9.740
9.740
9.290

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.
*
0.233
*
*
.233

7.850

9.740

37.50

.233

7.720
7.850

9.310
9.740

37.50
37.50

.233
.233

-

.407
.407

-

7.980
7.720

9.870
9.310

37.50
37.50

.233
.233

-

.407
.407

-

9.112
9.312

11.065
11.317

36.25
36.25

1.309
1.309

-

.993
.993

-

9.112
9.312

11.065
11.317

36.25
36.25

1.309
1.309

-

.993
.993

-

9.112
9.312

11.065
11.317

36.25
36.25

1.309
1.309

-

.993
.993

-

8.845
9.030

10.510
10.700

36.25
36.25

1.349
1.349

-

.993
.993

-

8.875
9.075

11.130
11.330

36.25
36.25

.

.

*

*

9.075
9.261

10.929
11.512

36.25
35.00

1.299
1.345

-

.855
.885

-

9.401
9.587

11.255
11.849

36.25
35.00

1.299
1.345

-

.855
.885

-

-

.180
.180
.407
.407
.407
.407
.407

-

-

.

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


117

.
*

*

Table 20. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Great Lakes
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

T o le d o , O h io
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y

Artists:
Agreement A .........................
P ro v e rs...............................
Agreement B .........................
P ro v e rs ...............................
Camera operators-color:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Platemakers:
Photocom posing...................
Developer and platemaker ...................................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Pressmen, offset:
1-color
14 x 20 in............................
22 x 34 in............................
2-color
22 x 34 in............................
28 x 40 in............................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B (color) .............

$9,827
9.827
10.489
10.489

$11,244
11.244
11.264
11.264

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

-

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00

9.174
10.489

10.815
11.264

35.00
35.00

*
*

.
*

-

4.00
4.00

9.827

11.244

35.00

*

.

.

9.602

11.020

35.00

6.720

7.410

35.00

7.300
7.630

8.050
8.410

35.00
35.00

7.880
8.000

8.680
8.820

9.827
10.489

11.244
11.264

-

4.00
4.00

★

.

4.00

*
*

*

35.00
35.00

.
*

35.00
35.00

.

.

-

4.00
4.00

-

4.00
4.00

.

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or
gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­




-

*

4.00
4.00

tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4 Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
5 New rate in negotiation on survey date.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

118

Table 21. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

0.393
.393

-

*
*
*

.393
.393
.367
.367
.367

*

.367

K a n sas City, Mo.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers Gourneymen II) ..................................
F o re m en ..............................
Bookbinders (journey­
men 1).....................................
Foremen ...............................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Camera o pe rato rs...................
Machine o pe rato rs........... .......
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) .........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers .......................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders
Letterpress:
1 2-color over 26 in.
in c h e s .............................
Offset press:
1-color over 33-7/8
Up to and including
36 in...................................
1-color, over 36 in.
up to and including
54 in...................................
2-color, over 30-1/2
up to and including
45 in...................................
2-color over 45 up to
and including 54 in.
54 in.................................
2-color, over 54 up to
and including 68 in.............
4-color, 36 up to and
including 42 in....................
2nd a s s is ta n t...................
4-color, over 42 up to
and including 50 in.............
4-color over 50 up to
and including 68 in.
1st
a s s is ta n t..................................
2nd a s s is ta n t...................
5-color, 36 up to and
including 42 in.
42 in...............................
6-color, 43 up to and
including 60 in.
1st a s s is ta n t....................
2nd a s s is ta n t...................
2-color sheet-fed
rotary 29 up to and
including 45 dry
offset or letterset...............
Hess and Barker per­
fecting rotary.....................
17-1/2 x 22-1/2 2roII web-fed 4
plate, perfecting
Press:
1st assistant .................

 See footnotes at end of table.


$6,270
6.620

$8,410
8.760

36.25
36.25

0.910
.910

8.880
9.330
8.787
10.340
8.787

11.090
11.540
11.143
13.310
11.143

36.25
36.25
37.50
37.50
37.50

.910
.910
*

8.787
8.510
10.130
9.800

11.143
9.100
13.090
12.760

37.50
35.00
35.00
37.50

8.260

11.170

37.50

.367

7.880

10.680

37.50

.367

8.480

11.290

37.50

.367

8.600

11.420

37.50

.367

11.420

37.50

*
*

*
.928
*

*

-

-

-

*

*

.367
.367

.

.

*

*

.367
.367

*

.367

*

.367
.367

37.50
37.50

.
*

8.730

11.550

37.50

-

11.550
11.290

37.50
37.50

11.700

37.50

11.550
11.290

37.50
37.50

11.420

37.50

11.420

37.50

.

.

11.420

37.50

.

.

*

.367
.367

.367
_________________

119

10.00%
4.00
-

.367

37.50

11.550
11.420

.

-

.367

.

11.550

8.730
-

8.600

-

.367
.

.

8.730

-

.367

-

-

_

_

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

K a n s a s City, Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

2nd assistant ................
17-3/4 x 18-30 in.
2 Roll 4 unit, 8plate perfecting:..............
Rotary business fo rm s .......
Web-fed press:
8- and 10-plate web
sheet size up to
17-3/4 x 26 in.................
8 and 10 plate web
Sheet size up to
38 in.
1st assistant .................
2nd a s s is ta n t................
Press operators, cylinder
Letterpress:
2 letterpresses less
than 26 in. or 1
letterpress over 26
in.
Over 26 in........................
2-color over 26
in...................................
Offset press:
1-color less than
17 x 22 in......................
1-color, 17 x 22
in. up to and
including 30-1/2
in...................................
1-color, 25-1/2 x
33-7/8 in.......................
1-color over
33-7/8 in. up to
and including
36 in.............................
1-color over 36
in. up to and
including 54 in...............
2-color, 11 x 17
or l e s s ..........................
2-color, 19 x 2 5 .............
2-color, 23 x
30-1/2 in.......................
2-color over
30-1/2 up to and
including 45 in..........................
2-color, 45 up to and
including 54 in......................
2-color over 54 up to
and including 68 in.............
4-color, 36 up to
and including 42
in.
1st p re ssm a n ..............
2nd p ressm a n .............
4-color over 42
in. up to and
including 50 in.
1st p re ssm a n ..............
2nd p ressm a n .............
See footnotes at end of table.



$10,680

-

9.290

11.420
10.680

37.50
37.50

11.420

$7,880

37.50

37.50

11.550
11.290

37.50
37.50

12.130

37.50

0.367
*

*

*

*

.367
.367

.367

*

.367
.367

-

.367
.

12.270

37.50

11.240

37.50

12.600

37.50

*

.367

12.820

37.50

.

.367

12.600

37.50

12.600

8.470

-

37.50

11.490
13.640

*

.367
*

.367

.367
*

37.50
37.50

.
*

.
*

.367
.367

14.150

37.50

.

.

.367

12.810

-

*

37.50

*

*

.

.367

•

.367

*

.367
.367

-

.367
.367

“

12.940

37.50

*

13.440

37.50

*

-

11.550
11.420

37.50
37.50

“

13.560
12.590

37.50
37.50

9.880
.

120

.367

-

.367

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour’

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

K a n sas City, Mo.
— Continued
B o o k and job
— Continued
4-color over 50
Up to and in­
cluding 68 in.
1st p re ssm a n ..............
2nd p ressm a n .............
5-color, 36 up to
and including 42
in.
1st p ressm an.............
2nd pressman ...........
6-color, 43 up to
and including 60
in.
1st p re ssm a n ..............
2nd p ressm a n .............
2-color sheet-fed
rotary 29 up to
and including 45
dry offset or
lette rse t........................
Hess and Barker per­
fecting rotary
1 -u n it..................................
2 -u n it..................................
17-1/2 x 22-1/2, 2
roll web fed 4
plate perfecting
p re s s ............................
173/4 x 18-30 in.
2 roll, 4 unit,
8 plate perfect­
ing
1st p re ssm a n ..............
2nd p ressm a n .............
Rubber plate or
otherwise 1 or 2
roll rotary with­
out roll delivery
up to 26 inches ..............
Rubber plate single
roll up to 26 in.................
Web fed press:
1st p ressm a n .................
2nd p ressm an................
S trip p e rs..................................

$13,560
12.590

37.50
37.50

*
•

*
*

0.367
.367

13.760
12.700

37.50
37.50

*

*
*

.367
.367

13.560
12.590

37.50
37.50

*

*
*

.367
.367

12.810

37.50

13.100
13.320

37.50
37.50

13.420

37.50

13.420
12.500

37.50
37.50

12.390

37.50

12.390

37.50

.

*

.367

37.50
37.50
37.50

*

9.900

13.420
12.500
12.860

*
*

.
*
*

.367
.367
.367

8.902
9.069

9.524
9.703

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

-

4.00%
4.00

8.902
9.069

9.524
9.703

35.00
35.00

.
*

*
*

-

4.00
4.00

8.902
9.069

9.524
9.703

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

-

4.00
4.00

8.320

8.902

35.00

*

*

-

4.00

-

-

-

$10,020
10.240

-

_
-

-

-

.367
*

*

*

.367
.367

*

*

.367

*

.367
.367

-

-

.367

.
-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.




121

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

K a n s a s C ity, Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$8,560

$9,159

35.00

4.00%

8.160
8.330

9.120
9.290

35.00
35.00

0.928
.928

11.000

13.320

35.00

.928

4.00

11.120

13.440

35.00

.928

4.00

10.700
10.770

13.020
13.090

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

9.460

11.780

35.00

.928

9.530
9.610

11.850
11.930

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.610
9.760

11.930
12.080

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.820
9.610

12.140
11.930

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.890
9.520

12.210
11.840

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.970
9.610

12.290
11.930

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.030
9.670

12.350
11.990

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.390
10.030

12.710
12.350

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.360

11.680

35.00

.928

9.830
10.330
10.560
10.640
10.760
10.890
11.070

13.150
12.650
12.880
12.960
13.080
13.210
13.390

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.928
.928
.928
.928
.928
.928
.928

10.940
11.000
11.160

13.260
13.320
13.480

35.00
35.00
35.00

.928
.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Halftone, black and
white ....................................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-Color:
37 to 54 in. inclusi­
ve ......................................
55 to 58 in. inclusi­
ve ......................................
59 in. and over ..................
2-color:
31 to 71 in. inclusi­
ve ......................................
72 in. and over ..................
3-color, 60 to 71 in.
inclusive:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
4-color, 51 to 71 in.
inclusive:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
4-color, 72 in. and
over:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
5-color, 72 in. and
over:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
6-color, 77 in. and
over:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
2-plate perfecting, web
-fe d .......................................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
To 15 in...............................
19 to 23 in...........................
23 to 42 in...........................
43 to 54 in...........................
55 to 58 in...........................
59 to 71 in...........................
72 in. and over ..................
2-color
19 to 30 in...........................
31 to 54 in...........................
55 to 71 in...........................
See footnotes at end of table.




122

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.00

4.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

K a n s a s C ity, Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

72 in. and over ..................
3-color, 60 to 71 in.
inclusive...............................
4-color:
Up to and includ­
ing 50 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
51 to 71 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
72 in. and over:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
5-color:
72 in. and over:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
6-color:
77 in. and over:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
2-plate perfecting
W eb -fed...............................
Scanner o p e ra to rs..................
S trip p e rs..................................

$11,360

$13,680

35.00

0.928

11.480

13.800

35.00

.928

12.010
11.040

14.330
13.360

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

_

4.00
4.00

11.820
10.870

14.140
13.190

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.900
10.960

14.220
13.280

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.330
11.270

14.650
13.590

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

13.380
12.330

15.700
14.650

35.00
35.00

.928
.928

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.670
12.430
10.770

12.990
14.750
13.090

35.00
35.00
35.00

.928
.928
.928

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

6.470
6.470
7.190

5 6.000
5 6.000
8.900

38.75
38.75
37.50

.142
.142
.747

_
-

*

_
*

7.020
7.020

8.500
8.500

38.75
38.75

7.325
7.480

7.820
7.980

7.940
8.220

4.00%
4.00

O m a ha , Nebr.

B o o k a n d job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Photoengravers .......................
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
P la te n ....................................

.

*

.

.

*

*

*

*

37.50
37.50

.160
.160

_

0.153
.153

_

9.100
9.500

37.50
37.50

.720
.720

„

.

-

*

*

7.800
8.010

9.070
9.280

37.50
37.50

*

*

.

.

*

*

*

*

8.267
8.477

9.540
9.750

37.50
37.50

N ew spaper

Mailers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




123

.
*

*

*

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

40.00
40.00

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

.

Percent

Omaha, Nebr.
— Continued
Lithography

Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Color correction plus
black and w h ite ...................
Platemakers:
Step and repeat and
plate fin ish e rs......................
Opaque and step and
r e p e a t..................................
Press assistants and
feeders, offset:
4, 5, and 6-color over
42 in......................................
4-color used as 2-color
Over 42 in.............................
Press operators, offset:
4, 5, And 6-color over
42 in.
First operators....................
Second ope rato rs...............
4-color used as 2-color
Over 42 in.............................
S trip p e rs..................................

$7,600
8.740

$9,110
10.800

7.600

9.100

40.00

7.460

9.000

40.00

5.830

6.990

40.00

6.210

7.850

40.00

6.210

7.550

40.00

*

8.590
7.460

10.800
9.350

40.00
40.00

*

8.180
7.220

9.800
9.000

40.00
40.00

.

.

*

*

5.340

6.170

35.00

1.115

8.130
8.380

9.260
9.510

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

10.280
9.630
9.060
8.000
8.000

12.900
12.080
11.370
9.000
9.000

35.00
35.00
35.00
36.25
36.25

.858
.858
.858
*
*

*
*

8.000
8.790

9.000
10.771

36.25
6 36.25

*

.

.811

-

r 9.250
r 10.290
9.630

10.650
13.700
12.080

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.115
*
.858

*

7.300

9.160

35.00

.858

*
.

*

*

*

.

*

*

*
*

.
*

*

St. Louis, Mo.

B oo k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Combination w o rk e rs............
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
H a lfto n e ................................
Line .......................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistant and feeders:
St. Louis letterpress
equioment:
2, 3, or 4 hand-fed
platen; 2 automaticfed platen and 1
hand-fed platen; or 1
automatic-fed job
cylinder 22-1/4 in. and
under and 2 hand-fed
p la te n ................................
See footnotes at end of table.




124

7.50%

-

-

-

-

0.393
.393
.393
.276
.276
.276
.552

.393

.393

7.50
7.50

-

-

7.50
3.00
-

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

St. L o u is, Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and jo b
— C o n tin u e d

2 automatic cylinder,
Over 22-1/2 in. up to
38-1/2 in. inclusive,
1 or 2 automatic cyl­
inder, over 38-1 /2 in.
up to 65 in. inclusive
or 1 2-color automatic
cylinder over 38-1 /2
in. but less than 68
in...........................................
1 2-color cylinder, 68
in. and o v e r..........................
Web-fed forms
1 dutro speedflex (2
rolls) or 1 rubber
plateforms (not over
26 in .)................................
2 Rubber plate forms
not over 26 in.....................
Offset: 1-color
through 77 in.; 2color through 77
in.; 4-color
through 77 in.;
web-fed, 2-unit (4plates) through 38
in.; and web-fed,
4-unit (8 plates)
through 26 in. and
over 26 through 38
in c h e s ...............................
Offset press tenders
and floor boys; 1-col­
or 58 to 77 in., 2color 35 to 77 in., 4color 38 to 77 in ..................
Web-fed commercial:
Fly boy on 2 unit
(4 plates) through
38 in...................................
Fly boy on 4 unit
plates over 26 in.
through 38 in......................
Press operators:
Cylinder:
1 or 2 automatic, 221/2 in. and under; 1
automatic, 22-1/2
in. and under and 2
hand-fed platen:
automatic job, 221/2 in. and under
and 1 automatic-fed
platen; or 1 new e r a .........
1 Automatic job, 221 /2 in. and under
and 1 automatic-fed
platen; or 1 new e r a .........

$8,450

$10,600

35.00

0.858

0.393

8.510

10.680

35.00

.858

.393

7.960

9.980

35.00

.858

.393

8.060

10.110

35.00

.858

.393

8.800

11.030

35.00

.858

.393

7.680

9.630

35.00

.858

.393

7.680

9.630

35.00

.858

.393

7.760

9.730

35.00

.858

.393

8.930

11.200

35.00

.858

.393

11.160

35.00

.858

-

See footnotes at end of table.




125

-

.393

_

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

St. L o u is , Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

1 or 2 automatic,
over 22-1/2 in. up
to 38-1/2 in. inclu­
sive; 1 or 2 auto­
matic over 38-1/2
in. up to 65 in. in­
clusive; or 1 2-col­
or automatic, over
38-1 /2 in. but less
than 68 i n ..........................
1 2-color automatic;
38-1/2 in. and under ........
1 2-color, 68 in. and
O v e r ..................................
Web-fed forms:
1 Dutro speedflex 1
or 2 r o lls ...........................
1 or 2 rubber plate
forms, not over 26
in........................................
Offset:
1-color
Up to 14 in. inclu­
sive .................................
Over 14 up to 22
in. inclu sive.....................
Over 22 up to 36
in. inclusive.....................
Over 36 up to 52
in. inclusive.....................
Over 52 up to 58
in. inclusive.....................
2-color
Up to 14 in. inclu­
sive .................................
Over 14 up to 36
in. inclusive.....................
Over 36 up to 42
in. inclu sive.....................
4-color
Up to 42 in. inclu­
sive
First ope rato r................
Second o p e ra to r...........
Web fed offset up to
16 in......................................
Web fed commercial
Press:
2-unit (4 plates)
through 38 in......................
4-unit (8 plates)
through 38 in.
First operator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
Platen:
1 or 2, hand-fed.................
3 or 4, hand-fed.................
Strippers:
Color .....................................
Black and w h ite ....................

$9,170

$11,500

35.00

0.393

10.300

12.920

35.00

.858

_

9.250

10.680

35.00

.858

_

9.170

11.500

35.00

.858

.393

9.400

11.790

35.00

.858

.393

8.530

10.700

35.00

.858

.393

_

.393

_

.393

9.010

11.300

35.00

.858

_

9.480

11.890

35.00

.858

_

.393

_

9.630

12.080

35.00

.858

_

.393

_

9.750

12.230

35.00

.858

_

.393

_

9.070

11.380

35.00

.858

9.890

12.410

35.00

.858

10.290

12.910

35.00

.858

10.990
9.880

13.790
12.390

35.00
35.00

.858
.858

9.480

11.890

35.00

.858

10.590

13.290

35.00

.858

10.960
9.930

13.740
12.450

35.00
35.00

.858
.858

8.490
8.780

10.640
11.010

35.00
35.00

.858
.858

9.630
8.320

12.080
10.430

35.00
35.00

.858
.858

See footnotes at end of table.




0.858

126

.393

_

.393
.393

_

_

.393

_

-

.393
.393

_

_

.393

.

.393

-

_
-

.393
.393

-

.393
.393

_

.393
.393

_

-

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

*
*

*
*

0.345
.357

-

.345
.357

-

St. Louis, Mo.
— Continued
N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-in-charge
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$9,848
10.422

$12,130
12.890

36.25
35.00

9.848
10.422

12.130
12.890

36.25
6 35.00

.
*

*
*

9.848
10.422

12.130
12.890

7 33.75
35.00

*
•

*

.345
.357

-

8.790
9.520

11.373
12.319

36.25
33.75

1.025
1.101

-

.552
.593

-

9.560
10.650

11.100
12.280

36.25
35.00

1.077
1.115

-

-

8.945
9.563

11.770
12.361

37.50
35.00

1.132
1.213

-

.533
.571

-

9.612
10.277

12.170
13.075

37.50
35.00

1.132
1.213

-

.533
.571

-

10.170

11.490

35.00

1.115

9.620
10.340
9.620

10.870
11.680
10.870

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115
1.115

-

-

-

-

7.50
7.50
7.50

8.740
8.800

9.870
9.940

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50

8.740

9.870

35.00

1.115

7.50

8.910

9.870

35.00

1.115

7.50

8.740
8.800

9.680
9.940

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50

8.960
8.800

10.120
9.940

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50

8.740
7.770
7.370

9.870
8.780
8.330

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50
7.50

8.420

9.510

35.00

1.115

7.50

9.450

10.680

35.00

1.115

7.50

9.620

10.870

35.00

1.115

7.50

9.750
9.910

11.020
11.200

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

*

3.00%
3.00

Lithography

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Line and h a lfto n e .................
Color sep eratio n...................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color:
Through 58 in......................
59 in. and over ..................
2-color:
Through 38 in......................
Over 36 through 44
in. (when running 2
man complement) .............
Over 44 through 58 in.
in clu siv e............................
59 in. and over ..................
4-color:
Through 44 in......................
Over 44 in............................
Web fed:
First assista n ts...................
Second a s s is ta n ts ..............
Tenders ................................
Press operators:
1-color:
Through 19 in......................
Over 19 through 36
in........................................
Over 36 through 52
in........................................
Over 52 through 58
in.........................................
59 in. and over ..................
See footnotes at end of table.




127

7.50

-

-

7.50
7.50

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

St. L o u is , Mo.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

2-color
Through 20 in......................
Over 20 through 36
in........................................
Over 36 through 58
in.........................................
Over 58 through 78
in..........................................
4-color
Through 44 in.
First ope rato rs.................
Second o p e ra to rs............
Over 44 through 78
in.
First operato rs.................
Second o p e ra to rs............
Wed-fed, 38 in. and un­
der
First operators....................
Second ope rato rs...............
Scanner o p e ra to rs..................
S trip p e rs..................................

$9,020

$10,190

35.00

1.115

7.50%
_

_

7.50

.

7.50

9.910

11.200

35.00

1.115

10.340

11.680

35.00

1.115

10.410

11.760

35.00

1.115

.

_

7.50

11.070
9.890

12.510
11.170

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50

11.470
10.030

12.960
11.330

35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50

11.060
9.920
11.650
9.620

12.500
11.210
13.160
10.870

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.115
1.115
1.115
1.115

-

-

7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

5.600

6.900

35.00

.606

8.590
8.460
8.460
8.546

10.330
10.620
10.620
10.706

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.606

7.547
7.733

8.710
8.896

37.50
37.50

.667
.667

7.547
7.733

8.710
8.896

37.50
37.50

7.680
7.867

8.843
9.030

10.010
10.230
10.350
9.870

W ichita, K a n s a s

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machinist-operators...............

4.00

0.171
.171
.171

4.00
3.25
3.25
3.25

-

-

6.25
6.25

.667
.667

-

-

6.25
6.25

37.50
37.50

.667
.667

-

-

6.25
6.25

12.480
12.700

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

12.820
12.330

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

“

-

4.00
4.00

-

-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand (paste­
up manual):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators (lino­
type keyboard):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
L ith o g ra p h y

A rtis ts .......................................
Dot etchers ...........................
Camera operators:
Color .....................................
Black and w h ite ....................
See footnotes at end of table.



128

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

-

-

_

.

_

_

Percent

W ichita, K a n s a s
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Platemakers:
Photo c o m p o s e r...................
Step and re p e a t.................
Vacuum frame, black and
white ....................................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color, up to 60 in.
inclusive...............................
2-color, up to and in­
cluding 36 in.........................
2-color, up to and in­
cluding 40 in.........................
2-color, over 40 in. up
to an including 60 in.
1st a s s is ta n t.......................
2nd assista n t......................
3-color, over 40 in. up
To and including 60 in.
1st a s sista n t.......................
2nd a ssista n t......................
4-color, up to and in­
cluding 40 in.........................
4-color, over 40 in. up
to and including 60 in.
1st a s sista n t.......................
2nd assista n t......................
5-color up to and in­
cluding 40 in.
1st a s s is ta n t.......................
5-color, 60 in.
1st a s s is ta n t.......................
2nd a ssista n t......................
Web fed:
4-unit, 8-plate 223/4 x 38 in.:
1st assistant ....................
2nd a s s is ta n t...................
5-unit, 10-plate 26 x
17-3/4 in............................
5-unit, 10-plate 38 x
22-3/4 in.
1st assistant ....................
2nd a s s is ta n t...................
Press operators, offset:
1-color, 21 in. and
under: ..................................
1-color, up to 30 in.
inclusive...............................
1-color, up to 36 in.
inclusive...............................
1-color, up to 60 in.
inclusive...............................
Multi-color, 1 0 x 1 5
in...........................................
2-color, up to and in­
cluding 36 in.........................
2 - c o l o r , u p to and in­
cluding 40 in.........................
2-color, over 40 in. up
To and including 60 in..........

 See footnotes at end of table.


8.650

$12,330
12.160

35.00
35.00

0.914
.914

11.590

$9,870
9.700

35.00

.914

10.420

35.00

.914

8.970

35.00

.914

4.00%
4.00
4.00

4.00
4.00

_

9.650

35.00

.914

-

10.550
9.650

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

-

10.860
10.640

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.730

35.00

.914

_

_

4.00

10.940
10.760

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

9.650

35.00

.914

11.360
11.160

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.580
9.650

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.580

35.00

.914

8.680
-

10.580
9.650

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

8.090

10.500

35.00

.914

4.00

8.730

11.160

35.00

.914

4.00

9.700

12.160

35.00

.914

4.00

9.810

12.270

35.00

.914

4.00

8.090

10.500

35.00

.914

4.00

12.700

35.00

.914

4.00

10.230

12.700

35.00

.914

4.00

10.230

12.700

35.00

.914

-

-

8.680
-

129

_

4.00

4.00

4.00

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.00

Table 21. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Middle West
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

W ichita, K a n s a s
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

3-color, over 40 in. up
To and including 60 in..........
4-color, up to and
including 40 in.:
1st pressman .....................
2nd pressman ....................
4-color, over 40 in. up
To and including 60 in.
1st pressman .....................
2nd pressman ....................
5-color, up to and
including 40 in.:
1st pressman .....................
2nd p re ssm a n ....................
5-color, 60 in.
1st pressman .....................
2nd pressman ....................
Web-fed:
2-unit, 2-plate, 14 x
18-1/2 in............................
4-unit, 8-plate, 223/4 x 38 in.
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5-unit 10-plate 26 x
17-3/4 in.
1st pressman .....................
2nd pressman ....................
5-unit, 10-plate, 223/4 x 38 in.
First pressman ................
Second p ressm an............
Scanner operators:
Electro nic..............................
S trip p e rs..................................

$12,920

35.00

0.914

13.330
12.380

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

-

13.320
12.430

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.610
9.710

13.090
12.170

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

-

13.950
12.970

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

8.090

11.490

35.00

.914

10.730
9.630

13.220
12.080

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

-

13.220
12.080

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.730
9.630

13.220
12.080

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

-

-

4.00
4.00

11.080
9.700

13.580
12.160

35.00
35.00

.914
.914

$10,840
9.920

_

' Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or
gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.




4.00%

_

_

-

-

4.00
4.00

4.00

4.00
4.00

4 Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
5 New rate in negotiation on survey date.
6 W as 37.50 hours on September 1, 1978.
7 W as 35.00 hours on September 1, 1978.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.
'
Revision of data previously reported.

130

Table 22. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Mountain
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

D en ve r, C o lo .

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine operators
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine tenders .....................
Press assistants and
feeders
Letterpress ............................
Offset
1-color, over 37 in...............
2-color
38 to 48 in........................
Over 48 in.........................
4-color, over 48 in...............
P la te n ....................................
W e b .......................................
Press operators, cylin­
der
Letterpress— automatic
17 x 22 in. or le s s ................
All other letterpresses ..........
Offset
1-color, 17 x 22 in...............
2-color
31 to 48 in.........................
Over 48 in.........................
4-color, over 48 in.
First o perator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
Web presses:
First operator .....................
Second ope rato r.................
Press operators, p la te n ...........
Strippers (combinaton
skills) ......................................

$5,440

$6,520

37.50

0.280
.

8.180
7.893

9.635
9.673

37.50
37.50

0.829

-

7.893
8.080
7.893

9.673
9.860
9.673

37.50
37.50
37.50

.829
.829
.829

.

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

7.371

8.842

37.50

.659

.300

7.371

8.842

37.50

.659

.300

7.665
7.709
7.371
6.185
7.371

9.188
9.238
8.842
7.450
8.842

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.659
.659
.659
.659
.659

8.069
8.211

9.661
9.828

37.50
37.50

.659
.659

8.006

9.587

37.50

.659

8.502
8.826

10.169
10.551

37.50
37.50

.659
.659

-

.300
.300

-

9.046
8.213

10.808
9.830

37.50
37.50

.659
.659

-

.300
.300

-

9.108
8.378
8.032

10.881
10.024
9.617

37.50
37.50
37.50

.659
.659
.659

-

.300
.300
.300

-

8.365

10.009

37.50

.659

-

.300

-

9.844
9.983

11.233
11.372

36.00
36.00

*

.514
.514

11.254
11.393

36.00
36.00

•

*

*

*

11.233
11.372

36.00
36.00

*
*

*

11.254
11.393

36.00
36.00

*
*

*
•

.659
.659

11.233

36.00

*

*

.514

-

-

.280
-

-

.300
.300
.300
.300
.300

-

.300
.300

-

-

.300

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t .......................
Machine operators:
Agreement A:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t .......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift..............................
Second s h if t.......................
Machine tenders (mach­
inists):
Agreement A:
Day s h ift.............................

 See footnotes at end of table.


-

9.844
9.983

-

9.844

131

*

*

.458
.458

.514
.514

_

_

_

-

_

Table 22. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Mountain
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

.659
.659

-

-

D en ve r, C o lo .
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Second s h if t.......................
Agreement B:
Day s h ift.............................
Second s h if t.......................
Mailers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Rotogravure:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Rotogravure: Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Rotogravure:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers ...........................

$9,983

$11,372

0.514

36.00

-

11.254
11.393

36.00
36.00

*

.
*

8.864
8.997

10.090
10.224

37.50
37.50

-

-

.353
.353

9.931
10.207

11.227
11.503

36.25
36.25

0.938
.938

-

-

4.04%
4.04

11.743
12.548

13.514
13.871

35.00
33.75

1.029
1.067

-

-

4.04
4.04

9.577
10.347

10.844
11.704

37.50
35.00

.307
.329

-

.387
.414

-

9.677
10.455

10.944
11.811

37.50
35.00

.307
.329

-

.387
.414

-

10.204
11.062

11.511
12.419

37.50
35.00

.307
.329

-

.387
.414

-

10.344
12.027
9.390

11.611
12.526
10.890

37.50
32.50
37.50

.307
.354
.719

-

.387
.446
-

-

9.252
9.252

10.177
10.177

36.25
36.25

.869
.869

-

-

3.03
3.03

8.550

8.821

36.25

.869

_

7.595
8.718
9.174
9.450
10.250
9.252

8.354
9.572
10.091
10.349
11.275
10.170

36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25
36.25

.869
.869
.869
.869
.869
.869

6.800
6.700

7.700
7.350

37.50
37.50

6.800
6.700

7.700
7.350

6.900
6.800

7.850
7.500

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera o p e ra to rs...................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
To 15 in...............................
To 25 in...............................
To 39 in...............................
2-color, 42 x 58 in..................
4-color, 25 x 38 in..................
S trip p e rs..................................

3.03

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.03
3.03
3.03
3.03
3.03
3.03

.154
*

*

-

-

37.50
37.50

.154
*

_

_

_

*

-

-

37.50
37.50

.154

-

-

P h o en ix , A riz.

B o o k a n d job

Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists)
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
See footnotes at end of table.



132

”

Table 22. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Mountain
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

P h o en ix , A rlz.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
First s h ift...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Stereotypers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$8,980
9.140

$10,267
10.467

37.50
37.50

0.848
.848

-

-

-

8.980
9.140

10.267
10.467

37.50
37.50

.848
.848

-

-

-

9.130
9.290

10.420
10.620

37.50
37.50

.848
.848

-

-

-

*
*

*
*

*

*

8.927
9.087

10.173
10.400

37.50
37.50

8.753
9.153

10.253
10.453

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

8.873
9.033

10.373
10.573

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

6.725
6.725
6.725

8.075
8.075
8.075

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7.919
8.039

9.105
9.225

36.25
36.25

*

*

0.276
.276

_

*
*

.276
.276

-

*
.
*

*
*
*
*

Salt L a k e C ity , Utah

B o o k a n d jo b

Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

7.919
8.039

9.105
9.225

36.25
36.25

*
*

7.919
8.039

9.105
9.225

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.276
.276

_

7.020
7.089

8.810
8.880

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.276
.276

-

7.867
8.005

9.053
9.192

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.276
.276

_

8.653
' 8.806

9.959
10.111

36.25
36.25

*
*

*

.276
.276

-

8.310

10.130

37.50

.651

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists:
Dot e tc h e r s ...........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


133

3.00%

Table 22. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Mountain
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

S alt L a k e C ity, Utah
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Camera operators:
Color:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B .............................
Black and white:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B .............................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B ................................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Assistant o p e rato rs...............
Press operators, offset:
Agreement A:
25 in.....................................
36 in....................................
38 in....................................
4-color
29 in..................................
38 in.
First o p e rato rs...............
Second operators .........
Agreement B:
1-color:
10 x 15 in..........................
25 in..................................
36 in..................................
2-color, 38 in.......................
Strippers:
Agreement A:
C o lo r ...................................
Black and w h ite .................
Agreement B:
Black and w h ite .................
C o lo r...................................

$8,480
8.500

$10,130
10.300

37.50
37.50

0.651
.614

-

-

3.00%
3.00

7.790
8.310

9.350
10.150

37.50
37.50

.651
.614

-

-

3.00
3.00

7.790
7.860

9.350
9.350

37.50
37.50

.651
.614

-

-

3.00
3.00

7.560

9.960

37.50

.651

7.650
8.050
8.670

9.350
9.960
10.540

37.50
37.50
37.50

.651
.651
.651

9.580

11.750

37.50

.651

9.290
8.340

11.750
10.150

37.50
37.50

.651
.651

6.700
7.600
8.150
8.750

8.040
9.250
9.900
10.640

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.614
.614
.614
.614

8.310
7.860

10.130
9.350

37.50
37.50

7.790
8.310

9.350
10.150

37.50
37.50

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or
gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­




3.00

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

.651
.614

-

-

3.00
3.00

.651
.614

-

-

3.00
3.00

tion are not indicated .in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits: excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.
' Revision of data previously reported.

134

Table 23. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Frem o n t, Calif.

B o o k a nd job

Camera operators— c o lo r ........
Photoengravers .......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Letterpress:
C y lin d e r..............................
W e b .......................................
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
Offset:
1-color
Up to 15 in........................
16 through 17 in...............
18 through 26 in...............
27 through 31 in...............
32 through 41 in...............
42 through 60 in...............
2-color
Up to 15 in........................
16 through 17 in...............
18 through 26 in...............
27 through 31 in...............
32 through 41 in...............
42 through 60 in...............
4-color, up to 44 in..............
5-color, up to 44 in..............
Roll-fed ..............................
Web-fed:
P re ssm e n .........................
O p erato rs.........................
Assistant operators..........
Platen:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Strippers (process co lo r).........

$10,080
10.051

$12,085
11.885

35.00
35.00

0.786
1.339

-

-

5.00%
7.00

8.060
7.040

9.669
8.440

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

9.920

11.893

35.00

.786

_

_

5.00

8.160
8.480
10.080
10.400
10.720
10.080

9.783
10.167
12.085
12.469
12.852
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

8.320
8.800
10.720
10.400
10.720
10.720
11.040
11.040
10.080

9.975
10.551
12.852
12.469
12.852
12.852
13.236
13.236
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

9.660
11.100
10.560

11.586
13.312
12.660

35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

9.150
9.150
10.520

10.972
10.972
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786

-

-

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

11.132
10.936

13.489
13.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

11.054
11.529
10.936
10.936
10.936

13.405
13.909
13.279
13.279
12.233

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339
1.339
1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

9.050

11.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

9.050

11.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

9.050
9.050

11.279
11.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

9.146

11.383

35.00

1.339

-

-

7.00

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists:
Dot etchers ...........................
Production .............................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Pla te m akers.............................
Photocom posing...................
Provers .................................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-color
Up to 36 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 47 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 56 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 56 in............................
2-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


135

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

F re m o n t, Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Up to 59 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 65 in............................
Web-fed:
17 x 31 in., 3-unit,
8-plates; in-line
with rew in d ........................
22-3/4 x 36-1/2 in.,
4-unit, 4-plate; in.line with rewind
fe e d e r..............................
23-9/16 x 38 in.
3-unit, 6-plate
perfecting with
folder:
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
22-3/4 to 23-9/16 x
36 to 39 in., 4unit, 8-plate
perfecting:
First fe e d e r ......................
Second fe e d e r.................
22-3/4 to 23-9/16 x
36 to 39 in., 5unit, 10-plate with
oven and folder
First fe e d e r......................
Second fe ed e r.................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to 19 in., inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 24 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 31 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 36 in. inclu­
sive
With fe e d e r......................
Up to 47 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 56 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 56 in............................
2-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 59 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 65 in............................
4-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Up to 68 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
See footnotes at end of table.



$9,146
9.146

$11,383
11.383

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

9.168

11.404

35.00

1.339

7.00

9.168

11.404

35.00

1.339

7.00

9.168
9.168

11.404
11.404

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

9.168
9.168

11.404
11.404

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

9.168
9.168

11.404
11.404

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

10.242

12.544

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.738

13.070

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.054
11.133

13.405
13.489

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

11.253

13.615

35.00

1.339

11.253
11.608

13.615
14.465

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

11.608

14.465

35.00

1.339

11.608
11.054

14.465
13.405

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

136

-

-

-

-

7.00%
7.00

7.00
7.00

7.00

-

-

7.00
7.00

7.00

-

-

7.00
7.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Frem o nt, Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

5-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Web-fed:
8-1/2 x 14 and 8-1/2
x 17 in.; inline
perforating, 4-unit,
4-plate ...............................
11-1/2 x 17 in. 2unit, 2-plate with
sh eeter..............................
17 x 31 in., 3-unit,
3-plate; inline with
rewind ...............................
4-unit, 4-plate;
inline with rew ind...............
17-1/2 x 26 in.,
5-unit, 5-plate, in­
line with folder or
sheeter when operat­
ing only 1 or 2
units:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
23-9/16 x 36 in., 3unit, 6-plate, per­
fecting with folder .............

$12,126

$14,647

35.00

1.339

7.00%

10.243

13.594

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.054

13.405

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.608

14.465

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.450
10.936

13.825
13.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

11.608

13.374

35.00

1.339

_

_

7.00

7.909
7.909

8.690
8.690

35.00
35.00

*

*

8.123
10.051

8.887
11.885

35.00
35.00

.

.

1.391

6.750

7.222

35.00

.786

8.690
8.690

10.058
10.058

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

9.110
9.310

11.740
11.980

35.00
35.00

9.110
9.310

11.740
11.980

35.00
35.00

12.840
12.970

35.00
35.00

F re s n o , Calif.

B o o k and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(m achinists)...........................
Photoengravers.......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
C ylin d er.................................
Press operators:
C ylin d er.................................
O ffs e t....................................

-

0.307
.307
.307
-

-

7.00

.357

-

.357
.357

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

 See footnotes at end of table.


9.250
9.450 !
__________

______
137

*

*

*

*

.

.

*

.

*

*

*

*
.

*

*

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance"
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

F re s n o , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$9,998
10.698

$12,457
13.839

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

9.977
10.177

11.777
12.005

35.00
35.00

10.975
11.195

13.526
13.777

10.067
10.067

7.00%
7.00

-

-

*
*

*

.

.

*

*

*

35.00
35.00

*

*

*

*

12.083
12.083

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

8.131

10.325

35.00

1.339

9.283
9.953

11.749
11.958

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

10.619
9.953

12.685
11.958

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

10.095

12.083

35.00

1.339

-

-

7.00

6.302
4.303

7.420
5.300

35.00
40.00

*

0.429
-

-

8.496
5.639

10.050
8.050

35.00
40.00

.429
-

-

6.073
10.286

8.000
12.614

40.00
35.00

*
*

*

.790

-

10.286
5.639
10.572

12.614
6.750
12.614

35.00
40.00
35.00

*

.
*
*

.790
.790

-

6.073
10.286
10.286

8.000
12.614
12.614

40.00
35.00
35.00

.
*
*

.790
.790

-

5.119
5.639

6.750
6.750

40.00
40.00

-

-

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
P la te m akers............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to 19 in..........................
Up to 31 in..........................
Up to 36 in. (without
feeder ...............................
S trip p e rs..................................
Combination preparatory
s k ills .....................................

7.00

H o n o lu lu , Hawaii

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Platemakers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Photoengravers.......................
Press operators,
cylinder:
1-color:
19 in.....................................
22 in....................................
See footnotes at end of table.




138

*
*

*
*

.

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4

Pension

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

*

*

0.429

•

Percent

H on olu lu , Hawaii
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a nd jo b
— C o n tin u e d

Platen:
Agreement A .......................
Agreement B .......................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$5,384
8.616

$6,500
11.080

40.00
35.00

-

6.073
10.286

8.000
12.614

40.00
35.00

*
*

*

10.943
11.157

12.610
12.830

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
ft

11.315
11.220

12.900
12.900

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
ft

*
ft

*
*

11.509
11.440

13.110
13.114

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
•

*
•

•
ft

11.164
11.379
-

12.830
13.050
13.490

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*
*
*

*
*

*
*
•

9.832
8.398

11.420
9.950

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

.429
.429

-

9.832
9.489
9.489
9.489

11.420
11.080
11.080
11.080

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*
*

*
*
*
•

.429
.429
.429
.429

-

7.419
7.600
7.896

9.130
9.130
9.430

35.00
35.00
35.00

•
*
*

ft
*
*

.429
.429
.429

9.489

11.080

35.00

*

.429

7.471
8.625
9.147
9.489
9.832

9.000
10.190
10.720
11.080
11.430

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*

.429
.429
.429
.429
.429

9.832
10.407

11.430
12.020

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
•

.429
.429

-

10.781
9.979
9.489

12.410
11.580
11.080

35.00
35.00
35.00

ft
*
*

*
•
ft

.429
.429
.429

-

_
.790

-

N e w sp a p e r

Machine operators:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Third shift .............................

ft
*

f
t

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists:
Dot etchers ...........................
P a ste /m ak eu p ......................
Camera operators:
Process c am e ra....................
H alfton e/lin e.........................
Pla te m akers.............................
Pho to com po sers.....................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
2 -co lo r...................................
4 -c o lo r...................................
Press operators:
Offset:
P ro v e rs...............................
1-color:
To 19 in. inclusive ...........
To 20 in. inclusive ...........
To 26 in. inclusive ...........
To 34 in. inclusive ...........
To 40 in. inclusive ...........
2-color:
To 30 in. in c lu s iv e ..............
To 40 in. in c lu s iv e ..............
4-color:
To 40 in. inclusive:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
S trip p e rs..................................
See footnotes at end of table.




139

-

-

-

-

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Long Beach, Calif.

B o o k and job

Compositors, h a n d ..................
M a ile rs .....................................
Pressmen, cylinder..................

$7,090
7.745
8.580

$10,000
9.210
11.290

37.50
35.00
37.50

_

.

0.714
-

-

0.400
.629
.400

-

_

9.408
9.579

10.171
10.314

35.00
35.00

-

-

.180
.180

-

9.602
10.632

10.562
11.259

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

9.694
9.865

10.457
10.600

35.00
35.00

-

-

.180
.180

-

8.757
8.971

10.422
10.637

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

.867
.867

-

10.400

11.223

35.00

*

*

-

9.508
9.665

10.457
10.632

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

*
*

*
*

11.173
11.489

12.291
12.630

35.00
35.00

*
*

*

*

*

9.833
6.652

11.530
7.800

35.00
35.00

.629.
.629

-

.500
.500

-

7.041
8.357
8.400
8.357
9.828
8.686
10.371
8.597

11.337
9.778
10.143
9.778
11.357
9.714
12.664
11.280

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
.857
*
.714
1.000
.857
.786

*
*
*
-

.357
.429
.357
.393
.591

5.00
5.00
6.00
-

8.357
8.686
9.828
10.371
8.257

9.778
9.714
11.357
12.664
10.000

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

*
1.000
.714
.857
.857

*
-

.357
.393
.429

5.00
6.00
-

7.896
8.496
7.746
10.880

9.988
9.988
9.210
14.759

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.714
.714
.714
.800

-

.607
.607
.629
“

5.00

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operator-folder:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

*
*

*
*

4.00%

L o s A ngeles, Calif.

B oo k and job

Bookbinders:
Journeymen 1 ........................
Journeymen II .......................
Compositors, hand:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Agreement F .........................
Agreement G ........................
Electrotypers...........................
Machine operators
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Agreement D .........................
Agreement E .........................
Mailers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Agreement C .........................
Photoengravers .......................
See footnotes at end of table.



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140

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance"
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

L o s A n g e le s , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k and job
— C o n tin u e d

Press assistants and
feeders:
2 -co lo r...................................
O ffs e t....................................
P la te n ....................................
Press assistants ...................
Press operators:
Cylinder:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Offset:
1-color:
To 19 in.............................
20 to 25 in........................
26 to 31 in........................
32 to 37 in........................
38 to 50 in........................
51 in. and o v e r................
2-color:
To 19 in.............................
20 to 31 in........................
32 to 37 in........................
38 in. o n ly ........................
Over 38 in.........................
4- To 5-color:
38 to 62 in........................
62 in. and o v e r................
6 -c o lo r................................
Platen:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Agreement C ......................

$8,465
8.577
7.510
5.940

$9,870
10.000
8.750
8.577

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

0.786
.786
.786
.786

-

0.591
.591
.591
.591

-

9.738
8.357

11.350
9.778

35.00
35.00

.786
*

*

.591
.357

-

9.195
10.019
10.301
10.582
10.301
10.582

10.390
11.680
12.010
12.340
12.010
12.340

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

.591
.591
.591
.591
.591
.591

-

9.195
10.301
10.582
10.782
10.807

10.720
12.010
12.340
12.570
12.600

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

.591
.591
.591
.591
.591

-

11.120
11.401
9.597

12.960
13.290
12.280

35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786

-

.591
.591
.591

-

8.811
7.041
9.415

11.270
11.337
10.980

35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
*
.786

*

.591

-

.591

9.342
9.557

10.765
10.902

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

.571
.571

-

9.342
9.557

10.765
10.902

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

.571
.571

-

8.570
12.240
8.713
13.200

9.170
15.360
9.313
15.560

35.00
35.00
35.00
33.75

.743
.800
.743
.830

-

-

3.00
4.00
3.00
4.00

8.985
8.920
9.684

9.519
10.234
10.256

35.00
35.00
35.00

.621
.658
.621

-

.357
.714
.357

-

9.777
9.985
10.684

11.377
10.452
11.256

35.00
35.00
35.00

.658
.621
.621

”

.714
.357
.357

-

-

5.00%
-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Gravure ............................
Second s h ift..........................
G ra v u re ..............................
Press operators, web:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operator-in-charge:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Agreement B ......................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.




141

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

L o s A ngeles, Calif.
— Continued
Lithography

Artists (process dot
e tch e rs)..................................
Camera operators:
Color, h a lfto n e ......................
Black and w h ite ....................
P la te m akers............................
Photocom posers...................
Vacuum frame ......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
2 -co lo r...................................
4 -c o lo r...................................
Up to 76 in..........................
5-color, up to 77 in.:
First assista n ts...................
Second a s s is ta n ts ..............
8 cylinder web-fed, 36
x 23 in. with cutoff
(Roll tender).........................
10 cylinder web-fed 38
x 23 in. with cutoff:
Roller feeder ......................
J o g g e rs ..............................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to 19 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
Up to 28 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
Up to 47 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
Up to 56 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
Over 56 in............................
Direct rotary........................
2-color:
Up to 58 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
59 to 65 in. inclus­
ive ......................................
4-color:
Up to 68 in. inclus­
ive:
First o perators.................
Second o p e ra to rs............
69 to 73 in. inclus­
ive:
First operator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
Up to 72 in.:
First operator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
5-color, up to 77 in.:
First ....................................
Second ...............................
Web:
2 cylinders, 17 x 11
in........................................
See footnotes at end of table.



$11,410

$15,142

35.00

0.800

11.410
11.220
11.080
11.080
11.080

15.142
14.893
14.709
14.709
14.709

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
.800
.800
.800
.800

8.860
8.970
9.000
9.110

11.760
11.909
11.942
12.095

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
.800
.800
.800

9.450
9.310

12.547
12.355

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

8.770

11.639

35.00

.800

8.770
7.080

11.639
10.312

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

8.350

11.083

35.00

.800

5.00

10.850

14.397

35.00

.800

5.00

11.080

14.708

35.00

.800

5.00

11.220
11.310
11.080

14.892
15.020
14.708

35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
.800
.800

11.450

15.201

35.00

.800

5.00

11.690

15.513

35.00

.800

5.00

11.780
11.220

15.638
14.892

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

-

-

5.00
5.00

12.220
11.450

16.221
15.205

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

-

-

5.00
5.00

12.530
11.560

16.626
15.342

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

-

-

5.00
5.00

13.150
11.880

17.450
15.774

35.00
35.00

.800
.800

-

-

5.00
5.00

11.280

14.970

35.00

.800

-

-

5.00

142

5.00%

-

-

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

-

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

-

-

5.00
5.00

-

-

-

-

5.00

-

-

-

-

5.00
5.00

5.00
5.00
5.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

-

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.314
.314
-

4.00
4.00

L o s A n g e le s , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

8 cylinder, 36 x 23
in. cutoff
First operator...................
Second o pe rato r..............
10 cylinder, 38 x 23
in. cutoff
First operator...................
Second o p e rato r..............
S trip p e rs..................................

$12,260
10.710

$16,276
14.214

35.00
35.00

0.800
.800

12.730
10.900
11.080

16.898
14.468
14.708

35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
.800
.800

6.010
5.850

7.264
7.710

35.00
35.00

9.000

11.304

35.00

9.537
10.336
7.226
10.580

11.540
12.506
8.166
13.225

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.700
.700
.696

7.630

9.232

35.00

.700

.314

9.537

11.540

35.00

.700

.314

9.537
10.064
10.894

11.540
12.109
13.266

35.00
35.00
35.00

.700
.700
.700

10.439
9.720

12.631
11.761

35.00
35.00

9.537
9.969

11.540
12.370

10.800

5.00%
5.00

P o rtla n d, O re.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II):
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I):
Agreement B .........................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers.......................
Press assistants and
feeders (roll-fed) ....................
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
Offset:
Sheet-fed:
1- c o lo r ..............................
2 -c o lo r..............................
4 -c o lo r..............................
Roll-fed:
All p re s s e s .......................
Class A .............................
Strippers:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................

5.00%
-

-

.314
.314
.314

-

.700
.700

-

.314
.314

-

35.00
35.00

.700
.700

-

.314
.314

-

13.171

35.00

.696

10.580
10.800
10.580

13.225
13.171
13.225

35.00
35.00
35.00

.696
.696
.696

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

9.320
9.740

12.196
12.345

35.00
35.00

.696
.696

-

-

4.00
4.00

10.430

13.071

35.00

.696

-

-

4.00

-

-

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtists.......................................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
P la te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
4 -c o lo r...................................
5 -co lo r...................................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to and including
26 in...................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


143

.

4.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

P o rtlan d, O re .
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Up to and including
31 in...................................
Up to and including
50 in...................................
2-color:
Up to and including
50 in.; 22 x 34 in.;
35 x 45 in...........................
4-color:
Up to 40 in..........................
Without feeder ...................
5 -co lo r...................................
S trip p e rs..................................

$10,530

$13,181

35.00

0.696

10.580

13.225

35.00

.696

4.00

10.860

13.523

35.00

.696

4.00

11.103
11.817
11.406
10.577

13.780
14.534
14.114
13.225

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.696
.696
.696
.696

8.150

9.210

35.00

.714

0.629

7.009

9.579

35.00

.818

.514

9.694
10.076
10.076
10.076

12.429
12.085
12.457
12.457

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.818
.786
.821
.821

10.076
10.051

12.893
11.885

35.00
35.00

.821
1.391

-

-

7.00

8.816
8.816
10.076

10.551
10.551
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00

10.076

12.085

35.00

.786

10.076
10.076
10.076
10.076

12.085
12.085
12.085
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786

-

-

-

-

10.331
10.560

11.828
12.057
14.066

35.00
35.00
30.00

*
*

*
*

.764
.764
.892

11.828
12.057

35.00
35.00

*

.

4.00%

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

R iv e rsid e , Calif.

B o o k a nd job

M a ile rs .....................................
S a c ra m e n to , Calif.

B o o k a nd job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) .............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
Photoengravers .......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
O ffs e t....................................
P la te n ....................................
P la te m akers............................
Press operators:
C y lin d er.................................
Offset:
2-units to 15 in....................
2-color to 25 in....................
P la te n ....................................
S trip p e rs..................................

-

.514
.536
.536

5.00
-

.536

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Third shift .............................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
See footnotes at end of table.



-

10.331
10.560

144

.764
.764

_

-

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

S a cra m e n to , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
N e w sp a p e r
— C o n tin u e d

Third shift ..............................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Third shift .............................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

$14,066

30.00

*

$10,331
10.560
-

11.828
12.057
14.066

35.00
35.00
30.00

*
*
*

*
*

8.486
8.629

8.486
8.629

35.00
35.00

*
*

*

*
*

*

10.406
10.606

11.639
11.925

35.00
35.00

*
*

*

.
*

*

11.967
12.197

12.639
12.925

35.00
35.00

*
*

*

*

*

11.054
10.936
9.146

13.405
13.279
11.404

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.391
1.391
1.391

-

-

11.608
10.738
10.936

14.371
13.069
13.279

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.391
1.391
1.391

-

-

11.253

13.615

35.00

1.391

11.608
10.567

14.371
13.087

35.00
35.00

1.391
1.391

6.190

7.430

35.00

.698

.429

9.170

10.900

35.00

.698

.429

10.018
9.430
9.430
9.430

11.954
10.000
10.000
10.000

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.671
.632
.632
.632

9.430
10.018

10.000
11.954

35.00
35.00

.632
.671

8.340

9.950

35.00

.671

8.462

10.140

35.00

.671

0.892

.

.764
.764
.892

.

.

L ith o g ra p h y

Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
P latem akers.............................
2 -co lo r...................................
4-color:
Up to 40 in..........................
To 24 in...............................
With fe e d e r......................
2-color, offset:
To 40 in...............................
4-color, offset:
Up to and including
40 in.:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................

-

_

7.00%
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

-

-

7.00
7.00

S a n D ieg o , Calif.

B o o k and Job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Camera operators:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
Pla te m akers.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Offset assistants:
1-c o lo r................................
Offset:
1-co lo r:...............................

 See footnotes at end of table.


145

-

-

.286
.286
.286
.286
.286
.286

-

_

.286
-

.286

-

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San Diego, Calif.
—C ontin ued
B o o k and job
— Continued
Offset
1-color
To 19 in.............................
To 30 in.............................
To 50 in............................
2-color:
To 19 in............................
Over 19 in.........................
4-color:
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
S trip p e rs..................................

$7,988
10.018
10.215

$9,530
11.950
12.190

35.00
35.00
35.00

0.671
.671
.671

8.203
10.530

9.770
12.570

35.00
35.00

.671
.671

10.807
10.333
10.018

12.900
12.330
11.954

35.00
35.00
35.00

.671
.671
.671

9.950
10.130

10.628
10.807

35.00
35.00

9.950
10.130

10.628
10.807

10.285
10.450

-

0.286
.286
.286

-

.286
.286

-

-

-

-

-

.286
.286
.286

.421
.421

-

*

*

35.00
35.00

.421
.421

.

.

-

*

*

10.628
10.807

35.00
35.00

.421
.421

-

*

*

9.814
10.028

11.814
12.028

35.00
35.00

.752
.752

-

.429
.429

-

10.885
11.100

12.885
13.100

35.00
35.00

.752
.752

-

.429
.429

-

7.420

10.010

35.00

.789

10.010
10.080
10.240
9.299
9.299

12.740
12.085
12.085
13.253
13.253

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.789
.786
.786
.824
.824

9.299
10.232
10.051

13.253
12.460
11.885

35.00
35.00
35.00

8.060
7.040

9.669
8.440

9.920

11.893

-

-

N ew spaper

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
San Francisco , Calif.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
i ) .............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Process c o lo r ........................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists) ........................................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers.......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Letterpress:
C y lin d e r..............................
W e b ....................................
Press operators:
C y lin d e r.................................


See footnotes at end of table.


6.00%

-

.740
.740

6.00
5.00
5.00
-

.824
.807
1.339

-

.740
.921
-

7.00

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

35.00

.786

-

-

5.00

146

-

-

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour'

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

S a n F ra n c is c o , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Offset:
1-color:
Up to 15 in........................
16 x 17 in..........................
18 x 26 in..........................
27 x 31 in..........................
32 x 41 in..........................
42 x 60 in..........................
2-color:
Up to 15 in........................
16 x 17 in..........................
18 x 26 in..........................
27 x 31 in..........................
32 x 41 in..........................
42 x 60 in.:
F ir s t...............................
Second ..........................
Press operators:
Web p r e s s ..........................
Roll fed fo r m s ....................
Assistant web operat o r s ....................................
Platen ..................................
Strippers:
Agreement A .........................
Agreement B .........................

$8,160
8.480
10.080
10.400
10.720
10.080

$9,783
10.167
12.085
12.469
12.852
12.085

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

0.786
.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00%
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

8.320
8.800
10.720
10.400
10.720

9.975
10.551
12.852
12.469
12.852

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.786
.786
.786
.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

10.720
9.920

12.852
11.893

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

11.100
10.080

13.382
12.085

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.560
9.150

12.660
10.972

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.080
10.560

12.085
12.889

35.00
35.00

.786
.786

-

-

5.00
5.00

10.459
10.659

11.829
12.051

35.00
35.00

.824
.824

-

0.829
.829

_

9.514

11.085

35.00

.807

-

.921

-

9.714

11.285

35.00

.807

-

.921

-

9.998
10.198

13.063
13.263

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

10.384
10.613

12.491
12.720

35.00
35.00

.861
.861

-

1.143
1.143

-

11.423
11.674

14.169
14.420

35.00
35.00

.861
.861

-

1.143
1.143

-

-

11.132
10.936

13.489
13.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

11.054
11.529
10.418
10.936
10.936

13.405
13.909
13.279
13.279
12.233

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339
1.339
1.339
1.339

_
-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift:
Agreement A ......................
Second shift:
Agreement A ......................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

-

L ith o g ra p h y

Artists (dot e tch e rs).................
P roduction............................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
P la te m akers............................
Photo composing .................
Provers .................................

 See footnotes at end of table.


147

-

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Percent

Dollars

Percent

S a n F ra n c is c o , Calif.
— C o n tin u e d
L ith o g ra p h y
— C o n tin u e d

Press assistants and
feeders:
1-Color:
Up to 36 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 47 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 56 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 56 in...........................
2-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 59 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 65 in., firs t................
4-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Press operators, offset:
1-color:
Up to 19 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 24 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 31 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 36 in. inclu­
sive:
With fe e d e r......................
Up to 47 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 56 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
2-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Up to 59 in. inclu­
sive ....................................
Over 65 in...........................
4-color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive:
F irs t..................................
Up to 68 in. inclu­
sive
F irs t..................................
Second ............................
5 Color:
Up to 40 in. inclu­
sive:
F irs t..................................
Web-fed:
8-1/2 x 14 and 8-1/2
x 17 in.; in-line, 4unit, 4 -p la te .......................
17 x 31 in., 3-unit
3-plate; in-line
with rew in d ........................


See footnotes at end of table.


$9,050

$11,279

35.00

1.339

7.00%

9.050

11.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

9.050
9.050

11.279
11.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

9.146

11.383

35.00

1.339

9.146
9.146

11.383
11.383

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

9.146

11.383

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.242

12.544

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.738

13.070

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.936

13.279

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.054

13.405

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.253

13.615

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.253
11.608

13.615
14.465

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

11.608

14.465

35.00

1.339

11.608
11.054

14.465
13.405

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

12.126

14.465

35.00

1.339

7.00

10.243

13.594

35.00

1.339

7.00

11.054

13.405

35.00

1.339

148

-

-

7.00
7.00

7.00

-

-

-

-

7.00
7.00

7.00
7.00

7.00

-

-

-

7.00
7.00

7.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San F ran cisco , Calif.
— Continued
Lithography
— Continued
22-3/4 x 36-1/2 in.,
4-unit, 4-plate, in­
line ....................................
17-1/2 x 26 in.
5-unit, 5-plate,
in-line with fold­
er or sheeter when
operating only 1 or
2 units:
F irs t..................................
Second .............................
23-9/16 x 36 in.
3-unit, 6-plate,
perfecting with
fo ld e r.................................
S trip p e rs..................................

$11,608

$13,374

35.00

1.339

11.608
11.054

13.374
13.405

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

11.608
10.936

14.465
13.279

35.00
35.00

1.339
1.339

-

-

7.00
7.00

7.640

9.500

40.00

6.220

7.780

35.00

7.00%

Santa Ana, Calif.

B o o k and job

Press operator, cylinder:
O ffs e t....................................

0.250

Seattle, Wash.

B o o k and job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
I ) ...........................................
Camera operators:
Negative p la te s.....................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o p e rato rs..................
Machine tenders
(machinists) ............................
M a ile rs .....................................
Photoengravers .......................
Press assistants and
feeders:
Multi-color a s s is ta n ts ............
Press operator, cylinder:
L ette rp ress............................
Offset:
1-color:
To 22 in.............................
22 and up to 31 in............
31 and up to 41 in............
2-color:
21 and under 31 in...........
31 and under 41 in...........
41 in. and o v e r .................
4-color:
33 to 41 in.:
First o p e rato rs...............

 See footnotes at end of table.


.470
.

.

.470

.

.
-

.470
.571
.571

*

.571
.671

-

-

4.00

9.870

11.440

35.00

10.000
9.600
9.600

12.250
11.050
11.050

35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
.800

9.707
9.323
10.870

11.157
10.840
13.640

35.00
35.00
35.00

.800
*
.856

7.800

9.500

35.00

9.700

11.900

35.00

8.150
9.800
10.000

10.000
12.000
12.250

35.00
35.00
35.00

10.000
10.250
10.250

12.250
12.500
12.500

35.00
35.00
35.00

.

.

*
*

10.850

13.250

35.00

*

149

-

-

-

.470
.

*
*

.470

*
*

.470
.470
.470

_

*
*

.470
.470
.470

-

*

.470

-

-

-

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1, 1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

*
*

0.470
.470

-

Percent

Seattle, W ash.
— C o n tin u e d
B o o k a n d job
— C o n tin u e d

Second operators .........
A ssista n ts......................
Heatset 4 or 5 units:
First operato rs.................
Second o p e ra to rs............
Forms p ressm en................
Strippers (negative
assem b lers)............................

$10,000
8.350

$12,500
10.200

35.00
35.00

*

11.000
10.250
10.100

13.950
12.500
12.350

35.00
35.00
35.00

*
*
*

*

.470
.470
.470

10.000

12.250

35.00

*

*

.470

-

10.490
10.700

11.070
11.270

35.00
35.00

0.650
.650

-

.643
.643

-

10.490
10.700

11.070
11.270

35.00
35.00

.650
.650

-

.643
.643

-

10.601
10.807

11.177
11.377

35.00
35.00

.650
.650

-

.643
.643

-

9.180
9.386

10.940
11.140

35.00
35.00

.671
.671

-

10.910
11.139

12.410
12.639

35.00
35.00

*
*

*
*

10.600
10.771

12.314
12.520

35.00
35.00

*

•

10.957
11.129

12.671
12.877

35.00
35.00

11.150

13.640

35.00

.856

11.150
11.590
11.150

13.640
14.100
13.640

35.00
35.00
35.00

.856
.856
.856

11.150

13.640

35.00

.856

9.680
9.890
12.500

10.920
10.920
15.040

35.00
35.00
35.00

.856
.856
.856

9.960

10.920

35.00

.856

11.150
11.540
12.500
11.150

13.640
14.050
15.040
13.640

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.856
.856
.856
.856

-

-

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine operators:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Machine tenders (machin­
ists):
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Photoengravers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day s h if t ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

-

4.00%
4.00

.743
.743

-

.743
.743

-

L ith o g ra p h y

A rtis ts .......................................
Camera operators:
Black and w h ite ....................
Color .....................................
Pla te m akers............................
Photocomposing-machine
ope rato rs.............................
Press assistants and
feeders:
1-c o lo r...................................
M ulti-color.............................
4-color, 25 x 38 in..................
Press operators, offset:
1-color
Under 14 x 20 in.................
14 x 20 to and inclu­
ding 36 x 48 in...................
2-color, 20 x 41 in.................
4-color, 25 x 38 in.................
S trip p e rs..................................
See footnotes at end of table.



150

4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

-

-

-

-

4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

Table 23. Continued — Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits:
Pacific
(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments in the
printing trades, September 1, 1978 and September 2, 1980)
September
1,1978

September 2, 1980
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification
Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours per
week1
2
3

Pen Sion

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

S p o k a n e , W ash.

B o o k a n d job

Bindery workers (journey­
men II)....................................
Bookbinders (journeymen
1).............................................
Camera o p e rato rs...................
Compositors, h a n d ..................
Machine o pe rato rs..................
Press assistants and
fe e d e rs ...................................
Press operators, c y lin d e r........
Press operators, p la te n ...........

$5,294

$6,270

37.50

*

8.191
8.507
7.960
7.960

9.720
9.894
9.973
9.973

37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50

.
*
*
*

*

7.067
8.507
8.507

8.058
9.894
9.894

37.50
37.50
37.50

*
*

.
*

8.880
9.080

10.317
10.524

36.25
36.25

8.483
8.683

9.817
10.017

8.862
9.069

8.862
9.069

0.319
.319
.169
.133
.133

-

*

.169
.169
.169

-

*
•

*
*

.138
.138

-

37.50
37.50

*
*

*
*

*

.
*

10.331
10.538

36.25
36.25

*
*

*
*

.

*

(*

*

10.331
10.538

36.25
36.25

•
*

*
*

*

*

*
*
*

N e w sp a p e r

Compositors, hand:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Mailers:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators, web:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................
Press operators-incharge:
Day shift ...............................
Second s h ift..........................

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vaca­
tion, or other benefit payments made or regularly cred­
ited to the employee. Wage rates shown represent
rates available and payable on the first workday in
September of the survey year and do not include in­
creases made later that are retroactive to that day or
before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless other­
wise indicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent
of rate; in actual practice, however, some employer
payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or




.

gross payroll. These variations in method of computa­
tion are not indicated in the above tabulation.
4
Includes life insurance, hospitalization and other
types of health and welfare benefits; excludes pay­
ments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds
when such programs have been negotiated.
- No data, or no data reported. When referring to
a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates ei­
ther a change in progression, or a new job or union
not previously reported.
* Agreement provides for employer financed plan;
amount of employer payment not available.

151

Appendix: Scope and Method
of Survey

Union wage rates and hours reported in this bulletin
were agreed on through collective bargaining between
trade unions and employers and are defined as (1) the
basic (minimum) rates (excluding holiday, vacation, or
other benefit payments made regularly or credited to
the worker each pay period), and (2) the maximum
number of weekly hours at straight-time rates. Wage
rates exceeding the negotiated minimum, which may
be paid for special qualifications or other reasons, are
excluded. Thus, rates shown do not represent total
hourly earnings of printing trades workers.
The survey of printing trades was designed to reflect
union wage rates in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more
(1970 Census of Population). All cities that had 500,000
inhabitants or more were included, as were most cities
with 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. Data for some cit­
ies were weighted to compensate for cities not surveyed.
In order to provide appropriate regional representation,
each region was considered separately when city
weights were assigned.




Information for the printing trades is based on union
rates in effect on September 2, 1980, covering approxi­
mately 98,000 union members in the 61 cities surveyed.
Data were obtained from local union officials by mail
questionnaire; in some instances, Bureau economists vis­
ited local union officials to obtain the desired
information.
Average wage rates, designed to show current levels,
were based on printing trades wage rates in each city
as of September 2, 1980. The wage rates were weighted
by the number of union members at the rate in the area.
These averages were not designed for precise year-toyear comparisons because of fluctuations in member­
ship in the job classifications studied. Average cents-perhour and percent changes from September 1, 1978 to
September 2, 1980, however, were based on compara­
ble quotations for the various job classifications in both
periods, weighted by the membership reported for the
current (1980) survey. The index series, designed for
trend purposes, was constructed similarly.

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