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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
.BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lukin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. H inrichs, Acting Commissioner
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U nion W ages and Hours in the
Printing Trades, June 1, 1942
Bulletin
T^o. 739
(Reprinted from the Monthly Labor Review, March 1943, with additional data]
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1943
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
U n it e d S t a t e s D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ,
B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s ,
Washington, D. (\, April 17, 1943.
The S e c r e t a r y o f L a b o r :
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report covering union
wages and hours in the printing trades as of June 1, 1942. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics has made surveys of union wages and hours
in the printing trades in selected cities each year since 1907, when 39
cities were included in the study. The coverage has gradually been
expanded and 75 cities are included in the current survey.
This bulletin was prepared in the Industrial Relations Division,
under the supervision of Florence Peterson, Chief. Kermit B.
M olin was in charge of the field work. The final report was prepared
by Donald H. Gerrisli and Annette V. Simi.
A. F. I I in r ic h s ,
Acting Commissioner.
Hon. F r a n c e s P e r k i n s ,
Secretary of Labor.
CONTENTS
Page
Summary______________________________________________________________
Scope and method of study_____________________________________________
Trend in union wage rates, 1907 to 1942------------------------------------------------Trends in individual trades___
______________________________________
Average union wage rates, 1942____
Changes in union rates between 1941 and 1942. _______________________
Night-rate differentials.. __ ___________
City and regional averages--------------------------------------------------------------------Overtime rates_____ _ _____________________________________
Weekly hours----------Trend in individual trades__ ___________________________________________
Union hours, 1942______________________________________________________
Changes in hours between 1941 and 1942— ____________________________
Union scales of wages and hours, by trades and cities___________________
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS IN THE PRINTING
TRADES, JUNE 1, 1942
Summary
TH E average union rate per hour for all printing trades in the 75
cities covered in a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was
$1,255 on June 1, 1042. The average for the book and job trades
was $1,176 and for the newspaper trades $1,408. Almost threefifths o f the union members in the printing trades had rates be
tween $1.10 and $1.50 per hour— 56.6 percent in the book and job
trades and 62.7 percent in newspapers. Over 23 percent of the book
and job workers had scales of less than $1.00 per hour in contrast to
only 3 percent in the newspaper trades.
The index of union rates in the printing trades increased 4.3 percent
during the period, June 1, 1941, to June 1, 1942, raising the index to
119.0 (1929=100). The book and job group raised its index 4.2
percent and the newspaper branch, 4.3 percent. Over 78 percent of
the quoted scales provided for some raises, benefiting more than 80
percent of the members.
Union agreements in the printing trades provided an average maxi
mum workweek of 38.8 hours. In the book and job trades the
average was 39.4 hours; the 40-hour week was specified for 86.9
percent of the membership. The newspaper trades had an average
of 37.4 hours; almost half of the workers operated on a 37X-hour
basis. Very few changes in hour schedules were made during the
year. The indexes for all trades combined declined by one-tenth
o f 1 percent to 87.4 (1929=100). The book and job mdex (89.4)
showed no change, but the newspaper index was reduced by onetenth of 1 percent to 84.2.
Overtime in the printing trades is practically always paid for at
the rate of time and a half. Over 97 percent of the union members
were covered by this provision.
Scope and Method o f Study
Data on union scales of wages and hours in the printing trades
have been collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics each year
since 1907. The early studies were made in 39 cities and included 7
book and job occupations and 4 newspaper occupations. The study
has been gradually extended to cover 75 cities and now includes 11
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2
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
book and job occupations and 8 newspaper occupations. These
cities are in 40 States and the District of Columbia.1
As far as possible the scales covered were those actually in effect
on June 1. The collection of the data was made by agents of the
Bureau who personally visited some responsible official of each local
union included in the study. Each scale was verified by the union
official interviewed, and was further checked by comparison with the
written agreements, when copies were available. The 1942 survey
included 2,629 quotations of scales, covering 66,242 union members
in the book and job trades and 34,171 in the newspaper trades, a
total of approximately 100,500 members.
Union scale.— A union scale is a scale of wages and hours agreed
to by an employer (or group of employers) and a labor organization,
for persons who are actually working or would be working if there
were work to be done in that locality. The union scale usually
fixes the minimum wages and maximum hours. More experienced
and skilled workers may earn more than the union rate. This is
especially true during periods of prosperity, when a plentiful supply
of jobs creates competitive bidding for the better workmen.
Union rales and prevailing rales.— This report is concerned only
with the contract scales for union members. No attempt was made
to discover what proportions of all the workers in the different occupa
tions were union members. As union strength varies from city to
city and trade to trade, the prevailing scale for any one occupation
in any one city may or may not coincide with the union scale. If
practically all the workers in a particular trade belong to the local
i The following are the cities covered. The numerals indicate the population group in which the city
is included in tables 8 and 9.
N orth and P a cific
Baltimore, Md., II.
Binghamton, N. Y ., V.
Boston, Mass., II.
Buffalo, N. Y ., n .
Butte, Mont., V.
Charleston, W . Va., V.
Chicago, 111., I.
Cincinnati, Ohio, in.
Cleveland, Ohio, II.
Columbus, Ohio, in.
Davenport, Iowa, included in Rock Island (111.)
district.
Dayton, Ohio, IV.
Denver, Colo., in.
Des Moines, Iowa, IV.
Detroit, Mich., I.
Duluth, Minn., IV.
Erie, Pa., IV.
Grand Rapids, Mich., IV.
Indianapolis, Ind., III.
Kansas City, Mo., III.
Los Angeles, Calif., I.
Madison, Wis., V.
Manchester, N. H., V.
Milwaukee, Wis., II.
Minneapolis, Minn., III.
Moline, 111., included in Rock Island (El.) district.
Newark, N. J., III.
New Haven, Conn., IV.
New York, N. Y., I.
Omaha, Nebr., IV.
Peoria, HI., IV.
Philadelphia, Pa., I.
Pittsburgh, Pa., II.
Portland, Maine, V.
Portland, Oreg., HI.
Providence, R. I., III.
Reading, Pa., IV.
Rochester, N. Y ., III.
Rock Island (El.) district, IV.
St. Louis, Mo. n.
St. Paul, Minn., III.
Salt Lake City, Utah, IV.
San Francisco, Calif., II.
Scranton, Pa., IV.
Seattle, Wash., III.
South Bend, Ind., IV.
Spokane, Wash., IV.
Springfield, Mass., IV.
Toledo, Ohio, III.
Washington, D. C., II.
Wichita, Kans., IV.
Worcester, Mass., IV.
York, Pa., V.
Youngstown, Ohio, IV.
South and Southw est
Atlanta, Ga., in.
Birmingham, Ala., III.
Charleston, S. C., V.
Charlotte, N . C., IV.
Dallas, Tex., in.
El Paso, Tex., V.
Houston, Tex., HI.
Jackson, Miss., V.
Jacksonville, Fla., IV.
Ltitle Rock, Ark., V.
Louisville, Ky., IU.
Memphis, Tenn., III.
Mobile, Ala., V.
Nashville, Tenn., IV.
New Orleans, La., m .
Norfolk, Va., IV.
Oklahoma City, Okla., IV.
Phoenix, Ariz., V.
Richmond, Va., IV.
San Antonio, Tex., ni.
Tampa, Fla., IV.
JUNE I
1929*100
index
SCOPE AN© METHOD O'F SUBVEY
UNION SCALES OF WAGES AND HOURS
IN THE PRINTING TRADES
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UfNION WAGE© AND HOUR©— PRINTING TRADES
union the union scale will be equivalent to the prevailing scale. On
the other hand, if the proportion of craftsmen belonging to the union
is small, the union scale may not be the actual prevailing scale.
Apprentices and forem en.— A young person working in the trade for
a definite number of years, for the purpose of learning the trade, and
receiving instruction as an element of compensation, is considered an
apprentice. Scales for apprentices are not included in this report.
No rates are included for strictlv supervising foremen or for indi
viduals who are paid unusual rates because of some personal qualifica
tion as distinct from the usual trade qualifications.
Averages.— The averages given in this report are weighted accord
ing to the number of union members covered by each rate. When
a union representative reported more than one occupational wage
rate he was requested to divide the total membership of his local
union, allotting to each quotation the number normally working
for the rate specified. Members who happened to be unemployed
on June 1 were included in the quotation of the rate that they regu
larly receive when working. Honorary and inactive members were
excluded, as were members employed in government printing plants
where wage scales are not established through agreements with the
unions. In computing the averages, each particular wage rate or
hour scale was weighted by the number of members reported in that
particular quotation. Thus, the averages reflect not only the actual
rates provided in the union agreements but also the number of persons
presumably benefiting from these rates.
Index numbers.— In the series of index numbers the percentage
change from year to year is based on aggregates computed from the
quotations of unions which furnished reports for identical occupations
in both years. The membership weights in both of the aggregates
used in each year-to-year comparison are those reported for the second
year. The index for each year is computed by multiplying the index
for the preceding year by the ratio of the aggregates so obtained.
The index numbers were revised on this basis in 1936 in order to
eliminate the influence of changes in union membership which obscure
the real changes in wages and hours.
Caution: For the trend of union rates, the table of indexes (table 1)
should be consulted; for a comparison of wage rates between trades
or cities at a given time, the tables of averages (tables 4 and 8) should
be used.
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Trend in Union Wage Rates 1907 to 1942
Union wage rates in the printing trades increased 4.3 percent dining
the period from June 1, 1941, to June 1, 1942, raising the index
(1:929 = 100) to 119.0. The newspaper and the book and job branches
showed about the same percentage increase in rates (4.3 and 4.2 per
cent, respectively). The 1942 indexes were 120.1 and 118.3. (See
table 2 for indexes of individual trades.)
Since the beginning of the series in 1907, rates for the book and job
trades and those for the newspaper trades have advanced at a pro
gressive yearly increase, on the average, of 4.0 percent and 3.2 percent,
respectively. The actual increases from year to year were gradual
aiid steady until 1918. During the following 3 years union wage
rates advanced rapidly. For all trades combined they increased
72 percent—book and job, 77 percent, and newspaper, 60 percent.
Unlike wages in most other industries and trades, rates in the union
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TRENDS IN WAGE BATES
printing trades were not generally reduced during the post-war
depression of 1921-22. Subsequent to 1922 the trend of rates again
resumed a gradual increase until 1931, following which the only
reductions in the trend of union wages in the printing trades occurred.
By M ay 1, 1933, general decreases had reduced the index 6.5 percent
in the book and job trades and 6.7 percent in the newspaper trades.
However, recovery was rapid and by 1935 the index was approximately
the same as in 1932. Since 1935 there has been a steady advance each
year, the increase during the past year being somewhat greater than in
preceding years.
T a b l e 1.— Indexes o f Union H ou rly W age Rates in A ll Printing Trades, 1907 to 1942
[1929=100]
Hourly wage rates
Year
1007
1008
1000
1010
1011
1012
ioia
1014
101/5
1010
1017
1018
1010
1020
1021
1022
_ _
________ _
_________
1923.........................
1 024
Hourly wage rates
Year
All
printing
Book
and job
News
paper
0)
m
(A
(!)
40.0
40.7
41.5
42.3
42.5
30.0
33.3
35.7
37.6
38.6
39.3
40.0
40.9
41.1
39.2
41.3
43.1
44.6
45.2
46.0
47.0
47.5
47.8
102/5
192fi
1027
1028
1020
1030
1931
1932
1033
42.9
44.4
48.3
59.1
75.7
83.0
83.8
86.4
90.6
41.7
43.2
47.8
58.9
76.9
84.7
85.0
88.3
92.0
48.0
49.2
51.6
62.2
76.1
82.8
83.5
84.4
89.5
1934.........................
1935.........................
1030
1937
1938
1930
1040
_ . ___
_______
___
___
___
_ _____
_______
1941................ ........
1942 ____ ________
All
printing
Book
and job
92.0
94.0
96.7
98.5
100.0
101.5
102.1
101.3
95.3
92.9
95.0
97.3
98.7
100.0
101.8
102.5
101.4
95.8
91.1
93.1
95.9
98.3
100.0
101.0
101.3
101.1
94.5
97.3
101.0
103.3
106.8
110.2
111.2
112.7
114.1
119.0
98.4
100.6
103.5
106.7
110.4
111.2
112.2
113.5
118.3
95.8
101.6
103.1
107.0
109.8
111.1
113.5
115.1
120.1
News
paper
i Combined data for the years 1907-10 not available.
Trends in Individual Trades
Each of the trades appearing in tables 2 and 3 registered increases
in their average rates during the period June 1, 1941, to June 1, 1942.
The mailers in the newspaper branch recorded the largest average
increase (6.6 percent). The press assistants and feeders (6.0 percent)
and the bindery women (5.9 percent) had the largest increases among
the book and job trades. Among all of the other trades in both
branches, only the book and job bookbinders, mailers, and cylinder
pressmen reported an average advance of as much as 5 percent,
although 4 of the book and job trades, in addition to the 5 mentioned
above, and all of the newspaper trades, except the photoengravers,
showed average increases of at least 3.6 percent.
Compared with the base year, 1929, the photoengravers showed the
greatest increase in average hourly rates, their 1942 indexes indicating
aH!21.0 percent rise in the book and job branch and a 22.0 percent
advance in the newspaper branch. Bindery women recorded the
iui^t highest increase (20.3 percent). All of the other trades in both
Blanches, with the exception of machine operators in book and job
work, increased their 1929 averages by at least 16 percent and all of
the newspaper trades advanced their rates by at least 18 percent.
The indexes for each printing trade, except mailers, are shown in
table 2. Separate indexes for day and night work in the newspaper
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UNION WAGE® AND HOUR®— PRINTING: TRADES
trades are not shown, since the movement is very similar although
the rates for any one year are different.
T a b l e 2.— Indexes o f Union H ourly W age Rates in Each Printing Trade, 1916 to 1942
BOOK AND JOB
[1929=100]
Bind Book
ery
women binders
Year
Com
posi
tors,
hand
M a
chine
oper
ators
Ma
Press
chine
Photo assist
tenders Electro engrav
ants
(ma typers
ers
and
chin
feeders
ists)
Press
men,
cyl
inder
Press
men,
platen
1916......................
1917.........................
1918.........................
1919.........................
1920.........................
1921.........................
1922.........................
1923.........................
1924.........................
37.9
40.6
45.3
58.7
81.1
94.7
91.7
95.8
97.2
40.6
43.1
48.4
61.8
81.2
88.9
85.3
90.5
94.5
42.0
42.9
47.3
57.8
76.1
87.3
88.8
90.9
94.9
45.7
46.8
50.5
60.9
77.6
87.8
87.9
89.5
93.3
45.0
46.1
50.6
62.2
77.9
90.1
89.0
90.8
94.8
41.0
42.3
44.4
50.9
72.9
84.7
86.4
91.8
95.2
38.9
42.3
44.9
52.3
72.2
76.9
77.6
78.4
83.9
36.0
37.9
44.3
57.1
78.4
84.8
82.1
91.9
91.1
44.2
45.0
49.9
60.5
78.6
86.8
84.8
91.5
94.2
41.8
43.9
48.4
59.4
80.5
89.9
87.9
91.5
94.3
1925.........................
1926.........................
*927.........................
1928.........................
1929.........................
1930.........................
1931.........................
1932.........................
1933.........................
98.3
96.4
98.7
99.2
100.0
100.7
101.2
98.7
94.8
95.6
97.3
99.4
98.9
100.0
101.2
101.6
97.9
94.4
94.4
96.3
98.0
99.5
100.0
102.2
102.8
102.5
96.3
93.3
94.4
98.1
98.4
100.0
102.7
103.2
103.3
96.9
94.9
98.2
98.8
99.2
100.0
101.8
102.9
103.5
97.4
94.9
95.8
96.9
97.7
100.0
102.9
105.2
104.8
98.2
86.0
91.5
95.9
98.6
100.0
100.2
100.5
103.5
101.5
96.2
97.3
98.5
99.1
100.0
101.2
102.0
97.6
90.9
95.4
97.3
' 97.5
98.3
100.0
101.8
102.5
99.8
93.6
94.8
99.3
100.2
98.5
100.0
101.7
102.2
100.0
93.1
1934....... i ................
1935.........................
1 9 36-.-...................
1937.........................
1938.........................
1939................. ........
1940.........................
1941.........................
1942______________
99.6
100.5
102.4
104.0
109.0
110.6
111.1
113.9
120.3
97.9
99.3
100.6
103.4
107.2
109.3
109.9
111.5
117.3
97.3
99.0
102.0
105.8
109.4
109.9
111.8
113.4
117.6
97.0
98.6
102.0
104.8
107.7
108.0
108.8
109.7
114.9
100.4
100.9
104.0
107.0
110.3
110.7
111.9
112.8
118.0
105.1
106.7
107.1
108.5
113.4
114.2
114.4
116.8
118.9
103.1
109.6
112.3
113.7
116.6
117.5
118.4
118.9
121.0
94.4
96.5
99.7
104.8
110.2
110.9
111.7
112.8
119.5
96.3
97.5
101.5
105.1
108.2
109.0
109.7
110.5
116.0
95.7
96.4
100.4
105.0
108.2
109.2
109.8
110.9
116.3
NEWSPAPER
Composi
tors, hand
Machine
operators
Machine
tenders
(machin
ists)
Photoengravers
Pressmen,
web
presses *
1916...........................................
1917...........................................
1918...........................................
1919...........................................
1920...........................................
1921..........................................
1922...........................................
1923............................... ...........
1924......................... ..................
48.9
50.1
52.3
62.9
76.4
83.3
85.2
86.0
90.6
47.5
48.9
50.6
61.6
76.3
81.2
83.4
84.3
89.4
50.7
51.3
53.8
68.3
84.3
87.9
88.7
88.9
94.0
42.7
44.6
48.3
56.9
65.6
77.6
81.3
81.0
84.4
46.3
47.2
50.9
62.7
77.5
83.0
78.7
79.8
88.7
51.3
52.6
54.8
61.7
75.3
87.7
86.4
88.1
90.7
1925...........................................
1926...........................................
1927...........................................
1928— ...................................
1929...........................................
1930............................ ..............
1931...........................................
1932...........................................
1933...........................................
91.3
93.4
96.5
98.3
100.0
100.9
101.0
100.0
93.4
91.1
93.4
95.4
98.9
100.0
100.8
100.9
100.2
93.7
91.4
90.5
95.7
97.9
100.0
100.8
101.0
100.4
93.3
87.8
94.4
95.7
99.5
100.0
101.6
102.6
103.8
96.0
92.7
92.7
97.5
99.6
100.0
101.7
102.3
103.6
97.0
93.1
94.3
95.5
95.5
100.0
100.8
101.2
100.2
94.6
1934...........................................
1935...........................................
1936...........................................
1937...........................................
1938...........................................
1939...........................................
1940...........................................
1941...........................................
1942...........................................
94.8
100.9
102.7
107.1
109.3
110.1
112.4
113.8
118.6
94.9
101.2
102.9
107.3
109.7
110.5
112.6
113.7
118.6
94.5
100.9
102.8
107.2
109.8
110.3
112.4
113.7
119.0
100.5
105.3
107.9
109.9
115.5
117.8
119.1
119.6
122.0
97.2
102.5
103.1
106.5
109.3
111.7
114.4
116.0
120.5
96.0
100.5
102.0
105.2
Year
1 Includes pressmen-in-cbarge.
Stereo
typers
ms
109.9
113.0
114.8
120.3
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AVERAGE UNION WAGE RATES, 19 42
Since data for mailers were not collected in 1929, it is impossible to
present index numbers for this craft comparable to those of the other
trades. The changes from the previous year, as shown in comparable
quotations for each year in which data have been collected for this
trade, are given in table 3.
T a b le 3.— Percent o f Change in Union H ourly W age Rates and W eekly H ours o f M ailers
1937 to 1942
Percent of change from previous year
Item
1938
Mailers, book and job:
Hourly wage rates.................... .............................
Weekly hours....................................................... .
Mailers, newspapers:
Hourly wage rates..................................................
Weekly hours.........................................................
1939
1940
1941
1942
+5.9
0
+1.7
0
+2.7
-.5
+1.3
0
+5.2
0
+2.7
0
+ .8
+ .1
+3.1
-.7
+4.0
-.1
+6.6
-.4
,
Average Union Wage Rates 1942
The average union rate per hour for all printing trades in the 75
cities included in the survey was $1,255 on June 1, 1942 (table 4).
The book and job average was $1,176 and the newspaper average
for both day and night work was $1,408. For newspaper, the average
for day workers was $1,333, while the average for night workers was
$1,478.
The photoengravers had the highest average rates in both branches
of the printing trades. Their book and job average of $1,633 was
almost 46 cents above the average for all trades in that group and over
15 cents higher than the average for the electro typers, who were in
second place. In newspaper work, the photoengravers had an average
($1,716) that was over 30 cents above the average for all trades and
19.4 cents higher than the figure for pressmen-in-charge, their closest
rivals for top honors.
Among the book and job trades, 2 of the composing trades (machine
operators and machine tenders) ranked next to the photoengravers
and electrotypers, with average rates of $1,341 and $1,365, respectively.
The bindery women had the lowest average, $0,577. The com
paratively low rates for this trade are, to a great extent, due to
differences in skill.
In addition to the photoengravers, four newspaper trades (hand
compositors, machine operators, machine tenders, and pressmenin-charge) had average rates above $1.45 per hour. Only the press
men and mailers had average rates below $1.35.
Actual scales in the printing trades ranged from 35 cents an hour
for some of the bindery women in Baltimore to the top rate of $3.00
per hour for compositors and machine operators setting Hebrew text
on the night shift for newspapers in New York City. However,
almost three-fifths of the union members in all printing trades in
cluded in the survey had rates ranging from $1.10 to $1.50 per hour.
525531°—43----- 2
8
UNION! WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
Including bindery women, who had no rates as high as 75 cents, almost
three-fifths of the book and job members had rates between $1.10
and $1.50, and 62.7 percent of the members in newspaper work had
rates in the same range. Only 3 percent of the union newspaper
workers had rates below $1.00, but 23.1 percent of the members in
the book and job trades were under that amount.
Differences in rates for day and night work on newspapers were
responsible for the sharp variations in the percentages of union
members having rates between $1.10 and $1.50. Over 74 percent of
those on the day shift had hourly rates between $1.10 and $1.50, and
16.4 percent had rates of $1.50 or more. On the night shift, only
51.9 percent had rates between $1.10 and $1.50, while 44.2 percent had
rates of $1.50 or more. The night rates for photoengravers consti
tuted one of the main factors in this large difference— over 93 per
cent of the total members on night shifts had rates of at least $1.50,
and 33 percent had rates as high as or higher than $2.00.
T a b l e 4.— Percentage Distribution o f Union M em bers in the Printing Trades, by H ourly
Rates, June I, 1942
Percent of union members whose rates
(in cents) per hour were—
age
rate
per
hour
Trade
50
70
80
40
60
90
100
110
Un and
and and and and and and and
der under under
under
under
under
under
under
under
40
70
80
50
60
90
100
110
120
All printing trades__________________ $1,255
0.2
0.8
4.4
4.2
1.4
2.0
3.4
6.5
Book and job_______________________
Bindery women________________
Bookbinders___________________
Compositors, hand _____________
Electrotypers
_
__ _
Machine operators______________
Machine tenders (machinists)____
Mailers _______________________
Photoengravers __ _ ___________
Press assistants and feeders______
Pressmen, cylinder______________
Pressmen, platen_______________
1.176
.577
1.118
1.293
1.481
1.341
1.365
1.076
1.633
.999
1.305
1.096
.3
1.9
1.1
6.8
1.4
6.6
45.7
2.6
6.2
39.7
.7
2.0
5.9
.5
2.7
4.2
8.1
14.5
4.2
.9
.1
.5
.3
4.5
.5
2.6
.1
.1
.1
.2
7.2
10.9
29.4
19.2
9.6
15.1
15.8
16.7
.1
.4
1.1
5.6
.1
.2
8.1
14.6
.7
6.7
16.2
3.3
22.2
19.7
5.1
2.9
4.4
2.7
22.4
.5
17.1
7.1
20.6
Newspaper________________________
Daywork _______________ _
Night work_________________
Dnmpnsitnrs, hand
Day work..____ ____________
Night work_________________
Machine operators______________
Day work __________ ____
Night work.......................... . .
Machine tenders (machinists)____
Day work__________________
Night work_________________
Mailers........... ..............................
Day work _
N ight work
Photoengravers_________________
Daywork ___ ____ _________
Night wcrk.... ..........................
1.408
1.333
1.478
1.472
1.408
1.527
1.478
1.416
1.531
1.476
1.417
1.536
1.114
1.041
1.169
1.716
1.575
1.822
1.339
1.260
1.426
1.522
1.421
1.608
1.351
1.276
1.458
.8
1.3
.5
1.9
1.8
1.9
3.4
5.5
1.4
11.3
14.2
8.6
.1
1.0
8.0
3.1
.1
1.1
9.3
3.5
.5
5.4
1.6
13.6
14.3
35.3
6.5
21.8
44.7
1.4
.6
2.5
1.0
.4
.2
3.4
1.6
29.9
2.5
.1
.3
.1
2.1
1.8
.5
4.0
1.4
11.6
8.1
Pressmen (journeymen)
Day work__________________
Night work............................
Pressman-in-charge
Day work__________________
N ight work
Stereotypers _ . ________ .
___
Day work__________________
Night w o rk .._______________
Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
.1
.1
(0
1.1
.3
.1
.2
.1
1.6
.6
0)
1.6
.1
.3
0)
1.8
.1
11.4
3.2
.3
.2
.3
13.4
0)
15.7
18.8
15.6
.3
9
AVERAGE UNION WAGE RATES, 1 0 4 2
T able 4.— Percentage Distribution o f Union Members in the Printing Trades, by Hourly
Rates9 June I, 1942— Continued
Percent of union members whose rates
(in cents) per hour were—
Trade
120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
and and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
under under under under under under under under over
190
200
130
140
150
160
170
180
2.8
0.4
0.5
3.2
"Ti
n
All printing trades.
16.8
11.8
16.7
5.6
4.7
Book and jo b ..................................
Bindery women......... .............
Bookbinders....... .................
Compositors, hand..................
Electrotypers____ ____ ______
Machine operators__________
Machine tenders (machinists).
Mailers................... .................
Photoengravers________ ____
Press assistants and feeders...
Pressmen, cylinder...... ........
Pressmen, platen.....................
17.7
7.9
16.5
4.5
2.3
31.9
27.8
19.6
17.2
10.9
33.4
1.4
17.7
20.1
23.1
6.7
12.9
.3
33.8
49.7
36.2
.1
10.5
24.4
12.5
15.8
4.1
9.3
3.4
9.0
6.7
16."6'
12.0
27."l'
6.3
26.4
3.3
9.5
4.0
.9
.1
or
15.0
22.0
19.4
19.7
19.1
17.0
18.5
15.6
7.8
3.1
18.0
2.2
0)
.3
.4
12.1
9.5
11.5
7.6
9.7
8.6
.2
2.1
17.4
6.9
25.9
17.6
23.7
19.7
3.2
15.1
19.5
3.6
.1
.6
33.7
.5
.3
17.5
8.0
22.0
14.6
26.6
3.5
17.4
16.4
4.4
.2
31.0
1.2
2.1
15.5
6.7
27.5
16.3
26.8
21.9
12.8
8.1
.6
17.5
3.6
1.1
1.9
.5
5.3
.8
16.5
2.1
18.7
11.6
29.0
12.6
21.9
33.6
15.1
13.6
.2
10.2
25.7
21.5
6.3
27.8
12.1
10.4
26.6
15.9
2.6
21.2
5.1
47.2
16.2
17.4
24.6
16.4
14.1
.3
12.3
1.3
Newspaper.......................................
Day work...........................
Night work.........................
Compositors, hand...................
Day work...........................
Night work.........................
Machine operators.......... .........
Day work...........................
Night work______________
Machine tenders (machinists)..
D ayw ork____ _____ _____
Night work.........................
Mailers.....................................
Dayw ork...........................
Night work....... .................
Photoengravers.........................
Dayw ork..................... ......
Night work_______ ______
Pressmen (journeymen)______
Dayw ork.............. ............
Night work______________
Pressmen-in-charge................
Daywork..........................
Night work______________
Stereotypers..............................
Day work......... ...... .........
Night work.........................
11.1
20.2
.1
21.7 .......
.2 __
___
1.8 22.2
15.5
1.6
5. 5" 33.1
.8
.‘ 3
2.4
4.2
4.8
1.4
.6
.9
.3
4.0
34.0
37.3
14.0
17.3
5.2
26.3
.5
13.7
33.1
3.6
33.0
21.8
1 Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
Among the individual book and job trades, only the photoengravers
reported no rates of less than $1.00 per hour. In fact, over threefourths of the members had rates of at least $1.50 per hour and about
one-third had rates between $1.80 and $1.90. A m ajority of the
machine operators and tenders had rates of $1.40 or more, and the
electrotypers had a m ajority of their members working under scales
between $1.50 and $1.80. Next to the bindery women, all of whom
had rates between 35 and 75 cents, the press assistants and feeders had
the lowest rates, with 63 percent of them receiving less than $1.10
per hour.
In the newspaper branch, all of the trades on the day shift, except
mailers and photoengravers, had a m ajority of their members under
contract to receive rates,between $1.20 and $1.50; the same trades
on night shifts, excluding pressmen-in-charge, had a m ajority of
o
CHART t
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
DISTRIBUTION OF UNION MEMBERS IN PRINTING TRADES
ACCORDING TO HOURLY WAGE RATES
CHANGES IN UNION RATES,
1941 AND 1 9 42
11
their members rated between $1.30 and $1.60. The only craft with
a substantial number of members receiving less than $1.00 per hour
was the mailers— 29.5 percent on day shift and 18.5 percent on night
shift received less than this rate. An additional 35.3 percent of the
day-shift members were reported to be receiving between $1.00 and
$1.10, while 44.7 percent of the night membership had rates between
$1.10 and $1.20. Practically all of the photoengravers (95.1) on day
shift had rates of at least $1.30 but less than $1.80 per hour, while
62.9 percent of the night members had rates of at least $1.80, with
33 percent receiving a minimum of $2.00. Practically all of the
photoengravers receiving $2.00 or more were in New York City,
but there were a few in Newark also.
Changes in Union Rates Between 1941 and 19422
Wage-rate increases were reported in 1,952 of the 2,478 quotations
of all printing trades for the period June 1, 1941, to June 1, 1942
(table 5). These raises>in scales benefited 80.4 percent of the total
membership included in the survey. A greater proportion of the
members in the newspaper branch received increases than did those
in the book and job trades (82.9 percent and 79.2 percent). The
number of quotations reporting reduced scales from 1941 was negli
gible, being only 12 in number and affecting but one-tenth of 1 percent
of the total membership.
On an individual basis in the book and job branch the mailers,
followed closely by the platen pressmen, recorded the largest propor
tion of increased scales (89.5 percent and 88 percent, respectively)
being higher than in 1941. These raises affected 94.7 percent and
90.2 percent of the respective memberships. Over 90 percent of the
bookbinders, press assistants and feeders, and cylinder pressmen also
benefited by increases. The only trade which did not secure increases
for a m ajority of its members was that of the electro typers, who
received next to the highest rate in the industry.
Among the newspaper trades, the mailers were most successful in
negotiating wage increases. Over 88 percent of both day and night
quotations showed raises. The proportions of the members benefiting
from these increased wage rates were even larger—93.1 percent of
those on day shift and 96.7 percent of those on night shift. The
machine tenders were not far behind the mailers, as 85 percent of
their quotations also indicated increases, affecting 92 percent of the
day membership and 94.7 percent of the night membership.
3 Certain anomalies enter into a comparison of average rates between 2 years when such averages reflect
not only the actual rates provided for in the agreements but the number of union members for those years
in each local union covered by the reported rates. B y and large, it would be expected that a general increase
in actual rates would be accompanied by a corresponding increase in the average rate paid to union members,
but if union membership increases most (or decreases least) in the lower-paid crafts or in areas with lessthan-average rates, the average of the rates paid to all union members may not increase correspondingly or
may even show a decrease. Conversely, the average rate may increase in spite of a downward swing in
actual rates if union membership declines sufficiently in the lower-paid crafts or in areas where lower-thanaverage rates are paid.
Because the averages do not accurately reflect changes from year to year, no table comparing 1041 and
1942 averages is included in this report. For the trend of actual union rates, the tables of indexes (tables
1 and 2) should be consulted, since these are so computed as to eliminate the effect of fluctuating member
ships at various rates. The current averages, on the other hand, best serve for comparison of the general
level of wage rates between trades, or between cities and regions at the time the survey was made.
12
UNION WAGES AND HOURS.— PRINTING TRADES
T aj&le 5.-—Num ber o f Changes in Union W age-Rate Quotations and Percent o f M em bers
Affected , June I, 1942, Compared with June I , 1941
Trade
Number
of quo
tations
compa
rable with
1941
Number of quotations
showing—
In-
All printing trades........................
2,478
1,952
Book and job..................................
Bindery women.......................
Bookbinders......... ^................ .
Compositors, hand................. .
Electrotypers.......................... .
M achine operators................. .
Machine tenders (machinists).
Mailers.....................................
Photoengravers................ .......
Press assistants and feeders...
Pressmen, cylinder..................
Pressmen, platen.....................
1,371
84
194
89
56
104
35
38
62
230
352
127
1,096
59
168
65
27
79
30
34
26
188
308
112
Newspaper.......................................
Day work............................
Night work.............. ..........
Compositors, hand:
D aywork...........................
Night w ork....................... .
Machine operators:
Day work._______ ______ _
Night work......................
Machine tenders (machinists):
D ayw ork.........................
Night work........................
Mailers:
Day work..........................
Night work........................
Photoengravers:
D a y w o r k ........................
Night work........................
Pressmen (journeymen):
Day work...........................
Night work_____________
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day work.......................
Night work........................
Stereotypers:
Day work...........................
Night work.......................
1,107
580
527
856
445
411
82
75
No
change
De-
Percent of union mem
bers affected by—
In-
De-
0.1
0).
No
change
19.5
514
80.4
272
25
24
24
29
25
5
4
36
42
43
15
79.2
71.1
92.2
70.9
41.7
87.2
79.4
94.7
51.7
94.6
93.6
90.2
9
6
3
242
129
113
82.9
82.5
83.3
.1
.2
(*)
17.0
17.3
16.7
62
62
2
1
18
12
86.5
90.4
.2
13.3
C)
85
78
64
64
2
1
19
13
84.3
90.4
(9
65
62
55
53
1
9
9
92.0
94.7
63
52
56
46
7
6
93.1
96.7
6.9
3.3
51
50
28
27
23
23
54.3
45.7
45.7
54.3
86
77
66
57
20
20
74.9
61.6
38.4
74
66
56
49
18
17
78.5
71.6
74
67
58
53
15
13
84.9
92.1
12
1
1
.1
.1
.3
20.8
28.9
7.7
29.1
58.3
12.8
20.6
5.3
48.3
5.4
6.3
9.8
15.4
9.6
.3
28.4
.5
.2
14.6
7.7
* Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
Almost 75 percent of the quotations for all trades except photoengravers for both shifts showed increases benefiting almost 72 percent
of the members. The photoengravers listed the smallest proportion of
wage increases (54 percent) as well as members affected by increases.
However, the average hourly rates for this craft, as shown in table 4,
are the highest in the industry.
iPractically all the wage increases in all printing trades were less
than 10 percent (table 6). Of the total advances reported (1,952),
over two-fifths were of less than 5 percent, and over six-sevenths were
of less than 10 percent. Over nine-tenths of the total members
benefiting from raises had their 1941 rates increased by less than 10
percent; these increases covered about 73 percent of all members
included in the survey. Almost 8 percent of the total membership
reported raises of between 10 and 15 percent. Only slightly over 1
percent of the entire membership covered reported increases of 15
percent or over.
CHANGES IN UNION RATES,
13
1941 AND 19 4 2
In general, similar conditions existed in the individual trades in
both branches of the printing industry. The bindery women were
the only book and job workers who had a substantial number (28.5
percent) of their members receiving increases of 10 percent or more.
The mailers constituted the only newspaper trade which was able to
negotiate raises of 10 percent or over for a considerable number of its
members; 18.3 percent on the day shift and 18.1 percent on the night
shift were recipients of these comparatively large increases. In fact,
5.3 percent of the day-shift workers had their rates advanced by at
least 20 percent.
T a b l e 6.— Num ber o f Increases in Union W age-Rate Quotations and Percent o f Mem bers
Affected, June I , 1942 , Compared W ith June 1 , 1941
Number of quotations showing Percent of total members affected
increases of—
by increases of—
Trade
Less 5 and 10and
than under under
10
15
5
per per per
cent cent . cent
15and
per
under 20cent
20
and
per over
cent
15and
under
20
per
cent
20 per
cent
and
over
36.2
6.4
0.7
0.2
36.0
7.0
42.1
34.2
37.6
36.9
36.9
45.4
47.4
38.3
46.0
44.5
36.5
35.6
45.1
36.1
3.9
50.1
35.2
41.7
2.1
45.5
44.9
40.1
5.5
22.5
4.6
.3
.2
1.0
5.9
.3
.2
.1
.1
.3
38.8
33.5
43.9
35.7
38.8
32.7
8.0
9.5
6.6
9
6
41.4
60.5
34.5
26.1
10.6
3.8
30
30
7
4
36.0
60.1
37.4
27.9
10.9
2.4
21
24
25
24
9
5
37.1
63.7
40.2
28.3
14.7
2.7
10
9
32
29
10
8
10.8
26.5
64.0
52.1
12.8
18.1
17
18
7
4
4
5
35.6
31.7
12.2
10.6
6.5
3.4
22
22
38
28
5
6
1
27.1
19.7
39.0
31.8
8.6
9.9
.2
28
25
24
18
3
5
1
1
35.0
25.9
41.8
28.6
1.5
16.9
.2
.2
25
21
27
30
5
1
1
1
43.3
29.3
36.1
60.4
4.9
1.2
.6
1.2
875
215
28
24
Book and jo b .......................................
Bindery women............................
Bookbinders..................................
Compositors, hand
Electrotypers_________________ :
Machine operators. __________
Machine tenders (machinists)___
Mailers_______________________
Photoengravers________________
Press assistants and feeders_____
Pressmen, cylinder.......................
Pressmen, platen______________
458
5
58
35
16
50
19
8
20
63
146
38
473
24
73
27
10
28
9
17
4
77
144
60
123
20
33
2
1
22
8
3
20
2
1
1
Newspaper........ - ........... .....................
Daywork.......... .....................
Night work________________
Compositors, hand:
Day work_______ __________
Night work................... .........
Machine operators:
Day work_________________
Night work____ ___________
Machine tenders (machinists):
Day work.................. ..........
Night work.............................
Mailers:
Day work................................
Night work.............................
Photoengravers:
Day work...............................
Night work.............................
Pressmen (journeymen):
Day work _
Night work_____ ___________
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day work______ ___________
Night work________________
Stereotypers:
Day work_________________
Night work......... ................. l
352
175
177
402
211
191
92
52
40
25
28
28
28
27
30
lOand
under
15
per
cent
36.9
310
All printing trades...............................
Less 5 and
than under
5
10
per per
cent cent
1
7
2
30
14
13
1
1
2
7
2
11
2
1
6
3
3
4
4
1
3
1
4.9
5.3
2.2
9.3
2.5
5.5
.2
2.4
2.3
.9
.1
.6
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.6
.2
5.3
.2
14
UNION WAGES AND HOURS!— PRINTING TRADES
Night-Rate Differentials
There was an average wage-rate differential of 10.9 cents an hour
in favor of newspaper night workers as compared with day workers
in identical occupations and cities. In a very few instances the same
rate was reported for both day and night work, but these quotations
applied to less than 1 percent of the total membership normally work
ing on night shifts. Over half of the membership on night shifts had
wage rates that were 8 or more cents per hour higher than the corre
sponding day rates, and over a third had differences amounting to
between 6 and 8 cents.
The photoengravers had- the highest average difference (20.3 cents)
among the several trades. Sixty-three percent of their night-working
members had rates that were more than 20 cents per hour higher
than the corresponding day rates; only 8.4 percent had night rates
that were not at least 10 cents higher than their day rates. For
ressmen, pressmen-in-charge, and stereotypers, night rates were
igher by between 14 and 16 cents. The differences for the typo
graphical trades and mailers were between 8 and 10 cents.
All of the differentials in excess of 32 cents per hour were reported
in either New York, Chicago, or Newark. The highest was that of
the hand compositors and machine operators setting Hebrew text in
New York, who had a night rate 81.9 cents per hour higher than the
day rate. Similar work in Chicago had a night differential of 63.3
cents per hour. The other differences of over 32 cents occurred among
the stereotypers. In New York the night-shift workers in this trade
received 36.6 cents more than the day shift, in Newark 41.2 cents,
and on foreign text in Chicago 37.3 cents.
The average differentials and the distribution of the night-working
membership, according to the amount of their differences, are shown
in table 7.
E
T a b l e 7.— Differences in Union W age Rates Between D a y and Night W ork in Newspaper
Printing Trades, June I, 1942
Trade
Aver
age
differ
ence
per
hour
in
wage
rate*
All newspaper trades___ $0.109
Compositors, hand_____
Machine operators_____
Machine tenders (ma
chinists)
Mailers________________
Photoengravers________
Pressmen (journeymen).
Pressmen-in-eharge_____
Stereotypers___________
.082
.084
Percent of night workers whose wage-rate differences (in cents) in
comparison to day work were—
0
0.3
Up
to
4
2.7
.3
.6
4
6
8
12
14
10
16
24
20
28
and and and and and and and and and and 32
un un un un un un un un un un and
der der der der der der der der der der over
6
12
14
8
10
16
20
24
32
28
9.0 35.2
9.5 11.4
8.4
5.7
7.1 55.9 13.0 15.2
8.4 57.2 11.7 13.3
4.7
4.3
3.6
3.8
9.8 4.0
0.5
1.7
1.8
.2
.7
.087 1.1
.5 8.1 34.1 14.0 36.0 2.4 3.8
.096
.3 15.1 14.9 21.0 3.2 5.8 13.8 3.9 21.6
.4
.203 .....
3.0 4.8
.6 4.7 22.8
.8
.3 23.6 7.8 31.6
" T i 6.8 6.3 9.6 11.6 10.1 14.3 28.5 10.7 <’)
.142
.4 1.5 6.3 4.9 7.3
.157
.9 16.1 4.0 38.6 17.6 2.4
.154 1.0 2.0 18.9 19.2 7.2 4.6 9.1 7.5 6.8 1.9
21.8
1
Since some cities did not have both day and night workers, and are thus excluded from table 7, the
average differences shown in this table are not the same as the difference between the averages for day and
night work shown in table 4.
* Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING' TRADES
15
City and Regional Averages
A V E R A G E R A TE S IN EACH C ITY 3
New York City recorded the highest average rates in both branches
of the printing industry. In the book and job branch its average of
$1,352 was 6.7 cents higher than that of Chicago ($1,285). San
Francisco ($1,215) and Detroit ($1,204) ranked third and fourth in
the book and job trades. In the newspaper crafts, the highest wage
cities outside of New York were Chicago ($1,535), Detroit ($1,481).
and Newark ($1,479). (See table 8.)
In addition to the four highest in the book and job branch, Kansas
City ($1,195), and Madison ($1,179) had average rates that were
higher than the average for the 75 cities combined ($1,176). The
high average for Madison is due in part to the fact that it had no
bindery women in its composite average. Other cities having averages
of at least $1.15 per hour were Cleveland, Toledo, and Cincinnati.
Richmond had the lowest average ($0,819).
In the newspaper trades, nine cities had averages higher than the
average for the 75 cities ($1,408) included in the survey. In addition
to the four already mentioned were Cleveland ($1,474), Washington,
D . C. ($1,468), Boston ($1,447), Providence ($1,442), and Cincinnati
($1,432). Seven others— Milwaukee, San Francisco, Columbus,
Seattle, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Toledo— had average rates of at
least $1.35 per hour. New Orleans recorded the lowest average
($1,029).
N ot all the trades had effective union scales in all the cities. This
was especially true among the bindery women, bookbinders, electro
typers, machine tenders, mailers, and photoengravers— occupations
which either did not exist or were not organized in a number of the
smaller cities. No averages have been included in table 8 unless they
were computed from the effective rates of at least two distinct
printing trades. In consequence, a few cities included in the survey
do not appear in the table. In this respect, the three typographic
classifications were considered as constituting only one trade, as were
the newspaper pressmen and pressmen-in-charge. Day and night
newspaper rates for identical occupations were also considered as
representing but one trade. As it may be assumed that the types of
printing done in cities of comparable size will in general be similar,
the averages should be comparable within the city-size groups.
« The averages are weighted according to the number of members in each local union covered by the
reported rates. Although a comparison of average rates between cities where averages include the influence
of the membership factor may be somewhat misleading where membership is unusually large or small in
comparison to the same trade in other cities, a weighted average of this kind is obviously more realistic than
a simple average of specific rates. In the latter case a wage rate in a trade including half a dozen members
would be given the same importance as that of a trade including several thousand members.
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS---- PRINTING TRADES
T a ble 8.— Average Union H ourly W age Rates in the Printing Trades, by Cities and
Population Groups, June I, 1942
City and population group
Rate
Book and job
Population group I (over
New York, N . Y -------------------------Chicago, 111......................... - .............
Average for group I .............................
Detroit, M ich------------ - ........... ........
Philadelphia, Pa--------------------------Los Angeles, Calif------------------------Population group II (500,000 to 1,000,000):
San Francisco, Calif---------------------Cleveland, Ohio...... ..........................
St. Louis, M o...................................Average for group II..
Buffalo, N. Y ______
Boston, M ass...
Milwaukee, Wis
Washington, D. C__
Baltimore, M d.........
Pittsburgh, P a........
Population group III (250,000 to 500,000) :
Kansas City, M o -----Cincinnati, Ohio.......
Toledo, Ohio..... ........
Indianapolis, Ind-----Seattle, W ash.......... .
Providence, R. I ___
Portland, Oreg.
Dallas, Tex___
Newark, N. J...........
Columbus, Ohio----Houston, Tex...........
Rochester, N . Y .............
Denver, Colo..................
Average for group III----Louisville, K y ...........
New Orleans, La.......
St. Paul, Minn..........
Atlanta, Ga________
Birmingham, Ala___
Memphis, Tenn------Minneapolis, M inn_____
San Antonio, Tex__..................... .
Population group IV (100,000 to 250,000)
Norfolk, Va______________
Youngstown, Ohio__..........
Rock Island (111.) district »_
Peoria, 111----------------------Erie, Pa._............... ............
Dayton, Ohio.
Charlotte, N . C.......
South Bend, Ind----Omaha, Nebr...........
Reading, Pa_............
Worcester, Mass-------Average for group I V . ..
Des Moines, Iowa.......
Grand Rapids, Mich__
Oklahoma City, Okla_
Springfield, Mass........
Scranton, Pa............ .
New Haven, Conn..
Tampa, F la ............
Jacksonville, Fla----Duluth, M inn_____
Spokane, Wash........
Salt Lake City, Utah___
Wichita, Kans-------------Nashville, T enn .......... .
Richmond, Va...............
Population group V (40,000 to 100,000):
. '
Madison,
'* n, Wis.
Charleston, W . V a ..
El Paso, Tex..
Phoenix, Ariz.
Mobile, Ala— .
Binghamton, N. Y ___
Average for group V ........
Butte, M ont.
York, Pa____
Jackson, Miss..
Manchester, N . H__.
Little Rock, Ark............
Portland, Maine....... .
$1,352
1.285
um
1.204
1.119
1.092
1.215
1.169
1.106
1.0U
1.076
1.075
1.072
1.040
.995
.944
1.195
1.175
1.169
1.145
1.139
1.134
1.120
1.092
1.081
1.073
1.069
1.058
1.054
1.086
1.013
.966
.938
.924
.916
.840
.839
.820
1.141
1.134
1.126
1.104
1.100
1.081
1.078
1.070
1.052
1.049
1.023
LOU
1.002
.991
.989
.983
.974
.966
.965
.957
.943
.897
.895
.890
.882
.819
1.179
1.121
1.119
1.114
1.078
1.011
1.007
.998
.957
.936
.912
.878
.849
City and population group
Newspaper
Population group I (over 1,000,000):
New York, N. Y ________ _________
Chicago, 111........... ......................... .
Average for group I . ........................ .
Detroit, M ich....... .............. ............ .
Philadelphia, Pa_________________
Los Angeles, Calif------------------------Population group II (500,000 to 1,000,000):
Cleveland, Ohio--------------------------Washington, D . C ________________
Boston, Mass......... ............................
Average for group I I ...........................
San Francisco, Calif..........................
Milwaukee, W is........................... .
St. Louis, M o________ _________
Baltimore, M d ___________________
Buffalo, N. Y _______ ____________
Pittsburgh, Pa___________________
Population group III (250,000 to 500,000):
Newark, N. J____________________
Providence, R. I ....... ............. .........
Cincinnati, Ohio....... ........................
Seattle, Wash..................................
Indianapolis, Ind............................. .
Columbus, Ohio...............................
Toledo, Ohio..... ......... ......................
St. Paul, Minn..................................
Average for group I I I .........................
Portland, Oreg....... ........................ .
Minneapolis, M inn...........................
Louisville, K y ...................................
Rochester, N. Y .................................
Dallas, Tex................... ............ ........
Memphis, Tenn............................. .
Kansas City, M o ........................ ......
Houston, Tex____________________
Denver, C olo.....................................
Birmingham, Ala..............................
San Antonio, Tex_______________
Atlanta, G a ......................................
New Orleans, La...............................
Population group IV (100,000 to 250,000):
Youngstown, Ohio________________
Dayton, Ohio____________________
Erie, Pa........................................ .
Des Moines, Iowa................ ............
Reading, P a .______ ______________
Scranton, Pa......................................
Peoria, 111.......................................
Duluth, M inn........... ....................
Richmond, V a ......... .......... .............
Rock Island (111.) district1................
South Bend, Ind...............................
Tampa, Fla___________ ___________
Norfolk, V a.................. ....................
Jacksonville, Fla...............................
Average for group I V .................. ......
Grand Rapids, Mich_________ ____
Springfield, Mass_________________
New Haven, Conn....... ....................
Omaha, Nebr....................................
Worcester, Mass......... .............. ........
Charlotte, N. C ........... ............ ........
Spokane, Wash.............. ...................
Nashville, Tenn...... ..........................
Oklahoma City, Okla.......... ............
Salt Lake City, Utah........................
Wichita, Kans ___________________
Population'group V (40,000 to 100,000):
Butte, Mont_________ ____ _______
Binghamton, N . Y .......... .................
Phoenix, Ariz____________________
Madison, Wis.___________________
Charleston, W. Va_______ ________
Average for group V ____ __________
El Paso, T e x ___ ________ ________
Mobile, Ala______________________
Manchester, N . H ________________
Portland, Maine
______________
Little Rock, A r k ________________
1Includes Rock Island, 111., Davenport, Iowa, and Moline, 111.
Rate
$1,663
1.535
1.528
1.481
1.289
1.268
1.474
1.468
1.447
1.895
1.363
1.357
1.356
1.324
1.312
1.306
1.479
1.442
1.432
1.389
1.382
1.369
1.359
1.342
1.825
1.308
1.306
1.303
1.292
1.290
1.283
1.273
1.270
1.256
1.194
1.191
1.183
1.029
1.343
1.297
1.297
1.290
1.249
1.245
1.230
1.220
1.220
1.217
1.217
1.217
1.215
1.209
1.209
1.204
1.194
1.185
1.183
1.170
1.154
1.149
1.147
1.130
1.124
1.032
1.277
1.261
1.227
1.199
1.196
1.175
1.165
1.141
1.140
1.110
1.103
CITY AND REGIONAL AVERAGES
17
A V E R A G E W AG E R A T E S , B Y SIZE OF C ITY
The averages of the wage rates for all printing trades within the
several population groups varied directly with the size of the city
groups (table 9). This direct relationship prevailed for all printing
trades combined, for the book and job branch, and for the news
paper group.
The differences between the averages of group I cities (over 1,000,000
population) and the cities in group II (500,000 to 1,000,000) were
considerably greater than the differences in averages between subse
quent groups. For all printing trades combined the difference be
tween groups I and II was 15.1 cents; between groups II and III
(250,000 to 500,000) 5.8 cents; between groups III and IV (100,000
to 250,000) 4.4 cents; and between groups IV and V (40,000 to 100,000)
0.6 cent. In the combined book and job trades the differences, in
descending group order, were 19.0 cents, 5.8 cents, 2.2 cents, and
0.7 cent; for the newspaper branch they amounted to 12.8, 7.0, 1116,
and 3.4 cents.
In the North and Pacific region, the direct variation in accordance
with population held for the averages of all trades combined and also
for the averages of both the book and job and newspaper branches.
In the South and Southwest, the averages for the newspaper trades
varied directly with the city sizes, but this was not true of the averages
for the book and job trades and for all trades combined. In the book
and job branch the average for group V was higher than for group III,
whicn in turn was higher than that for group IV . This was largely
due to the fact that the lowest-paid trades in the book and job group—
bindery women, bookbinders, and press assistants ana feeders—
were usually less widely organized in the small cities than in the large
cities. These lower-paying trades included less than one-fifth of the
total book and job membership in size V cities, while the proportion
was over one-third in cities of group III and almost 37 percent in
group IV cities. The influence of the lower-paid trades on the
average thus logically becomes greater as these trades extend their
organization. The high rates for pressmen in Phoenix and El Paso
also raised the group V averages to a considerable extent. Some of
these influences carried over into the averages for all printing trades
combined, with the result that the average for size V cities in the South
and Southwest was higher than that for size IV cities.
Direct variation by city size was not the rule among the individual
book and job trades, as only 5 of the 11 trades had this relationship.
Four trades in the northern and Pacific group and 4 trades in the
southern and southwestern cities varied directly. The most frequent
exception in the averages of all cities, as well as the averages for the
North and Pacific cities, was a higher average for size V cities than for
size IV cities.
The averages for the individual newspaper trades varied with the
city-size groups more consistently than those of the book and job
trades, as the day-shift pressmen constituted the only trade not in
direct variance. Group V cities, owing to the influence of the high
rates in Butte, M ont., Binghamton, N. Y ., and Madison, W is., had
average rates for pressmen higher than those of group IV. Both the
averages for all regions and for the northern and Pacific cities showed
the effects of these differences. Other averages not in direct variation
18
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
CHART 9
AVERAGE UNION WAGE RATES IN
PRINTING TRADES ACCORDING TO
SIZE OF CITY AND REGION
JUNE 1,1942
U N ITE O STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR S T A TISTIC S
SIZE OF CITIES
19
CITY AND REGIONAL AVERAGES
in the North and Pacific area were the mailers and pressmen-in-charge
on both the day and night shifts, and pressmen on the night shift. The
mailers on day shifts had higher averages in size III cities than in
size II cities, while the mailers on the night shifts showed a higher
average for size V cities than for size IV cities. The pressmen on
the night shift and the pressmen-in-charge for both shifts, had higher
averages in group V cities than in group IV cities.
T a ble 9.— Average H ourly Union W age Rates in the Printing Trades, by Regions and
Population Groups, June 1, 1942
Average hourly wage rates in cities of specified population group 1
Group Group
II1
2
12
Group V
Group IV
Group III
Trade
South
orth South
orth South
N orth N orth All N orth and
All Nand
and
and
All Nand
and regions and South regions
and
regions Pacific South
Pacific South
Pacific west
Pacific Pacific
west
west
All printing trades__ $1,354 $1,203 $1.145 $1.161 $1,092 $1.101 $1. I ll $1,063 $1,095 $1.103
Book and job..............
Bindery women _.
Bookbinders____
C o m p o s ito r s ,
hand_________
E lectrotypers
Machine operators
Machine tenders
(machinists)___
Mailers................
Photoengravers...
Press assistants
and feeders____
Pressmen, cylin
der....................
Pressmen, platen.
Newspaper............
Day work___
Night work...
C o m p o s ito r s ,
hand:
Day work..
Night work...
Machine opera
tors:
Day work___
Night work...
Machine tenders
(machinists):
Day work___
Night work...
Mailers:
Day work___
Night work...
Photoengravers:
Day work___
Night work. ..
Pressmen (jour
neymen):
Day work___
Night work...
P r e s s m e n -in charge:
Day work___
Night work...
Stereotypers:
Day work.. . .
Night work...
$1,081
1.284
.610
1.130
1.094
.577
1.153
1.036
.532
1.088
1.053
.539
1. I ll
.959
.488
.986
1.014
.525
.934
1.033
.550
.935
.912
.464
.931
1.007
.530
1.068
1.014
.554
1.105
.994
(3)
(3)
1.395
1.662
1.435
1.240
1.227
1.268
1.190
1.266
1.201
1.216
1.272
1.228
1.098
1.190
1.121
1.124
1.241
1.135
1.137
1.253
1.148
1.053
1.110
1.086
1.094
(3)
1.023
1.093
1.096
1.154
1.469 1.186
1.120. .1.117
1.719 1.506
1.264
1.112
1.477
1.268
1.125
1.507
1.100
(3)
1.336
1.097
.887
1.395
1.183
.885
1.403
1.000
(3)
1.374
1.216
(3)
1.352
1.051
1.239
(3)
1.352
1.184
1.098
.924
.848
.887
.645
.856
.871
.663
.720
.735
.674
1.413
1.252
1.233
1.052
1.179
.981
1.209
1.000
1.049
.891
1.185
.965
1.205
.993
1.021
.866
1.064
..946
1.067
.905
1.054
.998
1.523
1.445
1.570
1.395
1.335
1.459
1.325
1.285
1.384
1.363
1.318
1.431
1.231
1.191
1.281
1.209
1.182
1.246
1.219
1.191
1.263
1.179
1.152
1.206
1.175
1.141
1.211
1.197
1.160
1.248
1.144
1.108
1.173
1.588
1.662
1.422
1.514
1.359
1.429
1.394
1.472
1.259
1.327
1.218
1.277
1.226
1.290
1.190
1.244
1.167
1.221
1.186
1.246
1.134
1.202
1.635
1.684
1.432
1.515
1.370
1.449
1.397
1.476
1.278
1.372
1.220
1.278
1.228
1.292
1.191
1.247
1.169
1.236
1.191
1.263
1.135
1.205
1.601
1.690
1.428
1.505
1.358
1.429
1.388
1.466
1.290
1.341
1.229
1.281
1.243
1.298
1.190
1.247
1.166
1.238
1.173
1.253
1.153
1.223
1.138
1.223
1.023
1.129
.993
1.056
1.040
1.119
.839
.963
.877
.965
.883
.990
.859
.914
.807
.951
.821
1.061
.738
.842
1.686
1.963
1.591
1.762
1.454
1.519
1.528
1.677
1.348
1.304
1.359
1.491
1.368
1.511
1.335
1.436
(3)
(3)
(3)
1.320
1.481
1.239
1.394
1.213
1.304
1.248
1.329
1.131
1.245
1.139
1.205
1.148
1.222
1.108
1.162
1.151
1.175
1.210
1.261
1.071
1.099
1.525
1.705
1.354
1.435
1.321
1.407
1.336
1.426
1.271
1.371
1.266
1.329
1.270
1.341
1.251
1.306
1.240
1.246
1.325
1.386
1.072
1.107
1.345
1.591
1.318
1.477
1.238
1.321
1.268
1.365
1.169
1.247
1.149
1.228
1.155
1.245
1.126
1.196
1.122
1.170
1.153
1.220
1.062
1.112
• (3)
0
1 Group I, over 1,000,000 population; Group II, 500,000 to 1,000,000; Group III, 250,000 to 500,000; Group
IV, 100,000 to 250,000; Group V, 40,000 to 100,000.
2No city of this size in the South or Southwest.
3Insufficient quotations to compute an average.
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS.— PRINTING TRADES
Among the southern groups there were two exceptions to direct
variation. The day-shift mailers and night-shift photoengravers had
higher averages in group IV cities than in group III cities.
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN WAGE RATES
There is no city in the South or Southwest with a population of over
500,000. Consequently, the comparison of average wage rates
between the regions, given in table 9, had to be confined to popula
tion groups III, IV, and V.
W ithin the comparable city-size classifications the averages for all
printing trades combined, as well as for both the book and job and
the newspaper branches, were consistently higher in the North and
Pacific region than in the South and Southwest. The same relation
ship prevailed generally throughout the averages of the individual
trades, there being only two exceptions in the book and job trades
and none in the newspaper trades.
The southern and southwestern cities in group V had higher aver
ages for hand compositors and platen pressmen in the book and job
branch than did the northern and Pacific cities. The difference for
platen pressmen was due primarily to the influence of Phoenix and
El Paso, but the difference for hand compositors, 109.6 compared with
109.3, was so slight that it is impossible to attribute the cause to the
influence of any one city.
Overtime Rates
Time and a half for all overtime, or for the first few hours of over
time, is practically universal in the printing trades, over 97 percent
of the union members being paid on this basis.
Double time is effective in over one-third of the 753 agreements
analyzed, most frequently after 11 or 12 consecutive hours of work.
In a few cases triple time is called for after 15 or 16 consecutive
hours. Double time is specified as the initial overtime rate in a
few of the book and job quotations, but none of the workers in the
newspaper branch receive initial penalty compensation amounting to
twice the regular hourly rate. The bindery women indicated double
time for 10.7 percent and machine tenders for 4.1 percent of their
membership, these being the only trades to have less than 98 percent
of their members receiving time and a half for overtime. In the
newspaper trades, agreements covering day-shift pressmen and
pressmen-in-charge specified no penalty rate for 11.6 percent and 8.3
percent of their respective memberships, while for the night shift 22.1
percent and 13.6 percent of their members respectively, worked under
the same type of agreement. All other trades except the stereo
typers provided time and a half exclusively as their initial overtime
rate.
Among the agreements which provided that the initial overtime
rates applied for only a limited number of hours, book and job photo
engravers had the greatest number (93 percent) calling for double
time, usually after 11 or 12 consecutive hours of work. The book
binders and bindery women and the pressmen also reported the same
provisions in a m ajority of their agreements (69 percent and 51
percent, respectively). Double-time provisions are considerably less
OVERTIME RATES
21
frequent in newspaper agreements, the stereotypers (39 percent) and
photoengravers (23 percent) being the only trades to have a substantial
number providing double time, usually after 11 or 12 consecutive
hours. A number of the unions require any member who has worked
overtime to take equivalent time off as soon as a competent substitute
is available to work in his place.
The distribution of the initial overtime rates provided in the print
ing-trades agreements, and the proportions of the memberships to
which they applied, are shown in table 10.
T a b l e 10. — Initial Overtime Rates Provided in Printing-Trades Union Agreements,
June 1, 1942
Number of quotations showing
initial rates of—
Trade
Time
and a
half
Double
time
pen
Other Noalty
Time
pen
rate
and a
alty
speci
half
scales
fied
All printing trades_____ __________
2,608
6
9
Book and job.......... ......... ......... ........
Bindery women...........................
Bookbinders.......................... ......
Compositors, hand.... ..............
Electrotypers. _______________
Machine operators.................. ....
Machine tenders (machinists)...
Mailers_______________________
Photoengravers............... .............
Press assistants and feeders_____
Pressmen, cylinder____ ________
Pressmen, platen___________ _
1,479
94
213
89
57
104
34
40
73
250
392
133
6
3
3
2
1
Newspaper........................................
Day work..............................
Night work..... .............. ........
Compositors, hand:
Day work..............................
Night work................ ...........
Machine operators:
Day work......................... .
Night work............. ..............
Machine tenders (machinists):
D a y w o rk ........................... .
Night work_______________
Mailers:
Day work............................
Night work............................
Photoengravers:
Day work......................... .
Night work........................ .
Pressmen (journeymen):
Day work..............................
Night work..................... ......
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day work...................... ........
Night work.......................... .
Stereotypers:
Day work..............................
Night work............................
1,129
592
537
1
Percent of union members
having initial overtime rates
of—
6
i
1
6
4
2
6
3
3
Double
time
pen
Other Noalty
pen
rate
alty
scales speci
fied
97.1
1.2
0.5
98.0
88.6
99.5
98.8
100.0
98.6
95.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.8
10.7
.2
.7
.5
95.1
96.0
94.2
83
76
100.0
100.0
88
80
100.0
100.0
65
62
100.0
100.0
71
58
100.0
100.0
54
53
100.0
100.0
1.2
1.2
1.4
4.1
1.3
1.2
1.4
3.6
2.8
4.4
85
76
2
1
1
1
83.4
70.7
5.0
7.2
11.6
22.1
72
65
2
1
1
1
87.1
83.5
4.6
2.9
8.3
13.6
1
1
99.5
99.6
74
67
.5
.4
UNION WAGES AND HOURS---- PRINTING TRADES
22
Weekly hours 4
TR EN D IN UN ION H O U R S,
1907
TO
1942
There was practically no change in the index of weekly hours (at
regular rates) in all printing trades during the period June 1, 1941, to
June 1, 1942. The book and job index showed no change whatever,
maintaining its previous index of 89.4, while the newspaper index vras
reduced by one-tenth of 1 percent to a figure of 84.2.
The trend of weekly hours in the printing trades is marked by short
periods of abrupt change followed by long intervals of practically no
change. This is especially true in the book and job branch. The
index of weekly hours for these trades indicates a 27-percent reduction
from 1907 to 1942. Practically all of this decrease occurred in three
short periods— 1907-9, 1919-22, and 1931-35. The most noticeable
reduction in weekly hours occurred during the period 1919-22, when
the printing-trades unions concentrated on a drive for the 44-hour
week. As a result, maximum weekly hours were decreased by 12.5
percent. Average weekly hours remained relatively unchanged for
the next 9 years, after which a combination of factors— various sharethe-work plans established during the depression, and the N RA
40-hour-week program— induced a movement for another sharp
reduction. During this period (1931-35) weekly hours in the book
and job branch decreased 9.5 percent. Since 1935 the decreases have
been very slight, the 1942 index being only 1.2 percent lower.
T a b l e 11.— Indexes o f Union W eekly H ours in A ll Printing Trades, 1907 to 1942
[1929=100]
Weekly hours
Year
Book and
All
printing
job
Weekly hours
News
paper
Year
All
Book and
printing
job
News
paper
1907.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.
0)
b
0)
(0
111.6
111.5
111.4
111.3
111.3
122.4
116.8
115.8
115.4
115.4
115.3
115.3
115.3
115.3
102.3
101.8
101. 5
101.3
101.3
101.1
101.0
100.8
100.7
1925.— ....... ..........
1926— ....... ..........
1927..................... .
1928....................... .
1929—................. .
1930............. ..........
1931......... ..........
1932— .......... ........
1933..................
100.3
100.2
100.1
100.1
100.0
99.9
99.8
96.5
95.7
100.3
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
99.9
99.9
96.1
95.1
100.5
100.7
100.4
100.2
100.0
99.8
99.8
97.3
96.8
1916.
1917.
1918.
1919.
1920.
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
111.3
111.3
111.3
111.3
•108.1
101.5
101.1
100.7
100.3
115.3
115.3
115.3
115.2
110.9
102.1
100.8
100.2
100.2
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.8
100.7
100.4
102.4
102.2
100.8
1934.........................
1935-.................... .
1936.........................
1937.........................
1938— ..............—
1939— ...................
1940.........................
1941— ............ ........
1942_____________
90.8
89.3
88.9
88.5
88.1
87.8
87.6
87.5
87.4
91.8
90.4
90.5
90.3
89.9
89.6
89.4
89.4
89.4
89.1
87.6
86.5
85.7
85.3
84.9
84.6
84.3
84.2
1 Combined data for the years 1907-10 not available.
The index of weekly hours in the newspaper branch did not change
materially during the entire period from 1907 to 1931, representing,
in general, scales from 40 to 48 hours. A slight increase in the index
was indicated in 1922, but the effect of this upturn was practically
canceled by 1924. Beginning in 1931 and continuing until 1936, the
hours for newspaper workers decreased rapidly. The reductions
4 “ Maximum weekly hours,” discussed in this section, refers to the scheduled workweek at regular pay.
Actual time worked with overtime rates may be longer.
23
TREND IN INDIVIDUAL TRADE'S
during these 5 years (13.3%percent) amounted to over five times the
amount (2.5 percent) of the reductions for the 25-year period pre
ceding them. The greater part of this decrease occurred between
M ay 15, 1933, and M ay 15, 1934, when the newspaper index declined
by 8 percent. These recent declines represent an ever-widening
adoption of weekly scales of less than 40 hours a week.
Trend in Individual Trades
Seven of the 11 book and job trades did not register a change in
their average weekly hours during the past year. Only the photo
engravers succeeded in reducing their average, and this decrease
amounted to only three-tenths of 1 percent. In contrast, all of the
newspaper trades showed declining indexes. The decreases amounted
to less than 1 percent in each of the trades.
In relation to the base year (1929) the electrotypers7 index for
1942 (81.7) reflected the greatest reduction in average allowed hours
among the book and job trades. The least reduction among the book
and job trades was that of the press assistants and feeders, whose
1942 index showed a decline of 8.5 percent during the 12-year period.
In the newspaper branch the typographic trades (compositors,
machine operators, and machine tenders) had the greatest reductions
in hours since 1929 (17.1, 18.4, and 20.9 percent, respectively).
The indexes for each printing trade, except mailers, are shown in
table 12. Separate indexes for day and night work in the newspaper
trades are not shown, since the movement is very similar.
T a ble 12.— Indexes o f Union W eekly H ours in Each Printing Trade, 1916 to 1942
BOOK AND JOB
[1929=100]
Year
Bind Book
ery
women binders
Com
posi
tors,
hand
Ma
Press
Ma
chine
Photo assist
chine tenders, Electro engrav
ants
oper
(ma typers
and
ers
chin
ators
feeders
ists)
Press
men,
cyl
inder
Press
men,
platei^
1916.........................
1917.........................
1918.........................
1919.........................
1920.........................
1921.........................
1922.........................
1923.........................
1924.........................
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
102.1
100.8
100.3
100.3
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
101.9
100.9
100.4
100.1
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
102.8
100.7
99.7
100.0
107.7
107.7
107.7
107.7
107.7
102.1
100.6
100.2
99.8
108.8
108.8
108.8
108.8
108.8
100.8
100.4
100.1
100.0'
103.5
103.4
103.4
103.4
103.3
100.1
98.7
99.6
99.3
108.9
108.9
108.6
108.6
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
108.1
108.1
108.1
108.1
108.0
102.2
101.1
100.4
100.6
108.4
108.4
108.4
108.4
108.4
102.4
101.2
100.7
100.9
107.9
107.9
107.9
107.9
107.8
102.2
101.6
100.3
100.6
1925....................... .
1926.........................
1927.........................
1928.........................
1929.........................
1930.........................
1931.........................
1932.........................
1933.........................
100.3
100.5
99.9
99.8
100.0
99.9
99.8
99.9
99.9
100.4
100.3
100.0
100.7
100.0
99.9
99.8
99.7
99.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.7
96.5
100.2
100.0
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
95.6
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
95.0
100.2
100.2
100.3
100.2
100.0
98.8
98.1
98.2
93.1
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
ioo. a
99.8
99.8
94.9
91.7
100.3
100.2
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
87.9
92.9
100.4
100.2
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
91.4
92.4
100.5
99.7
99.7
99.9
100.0
100.0
100.5
98.2
95.9
1934.........................
1935.........................
1936.........................
1937.........................
1938.........................
1939.........................
1940.........................
1941.........................
1942.........................
93.5
92.8
92.4
91.9
91.5
90.4
90.4
90.4
90.6
93.1
91.5
91.5
91.5
91.2
90.0
90.0
89.9
9<T0
94.1
92.4
91.7
91.6
91.4
91.4
91.4
91.4
91.4
92.9
91.2
90.4
90.3
90.1
90.1
90.1
90.1
90.1
91.5
90.7
90.2
90.2
90.1
90.0
90.0
90.0
90.0
90.1
88.2
86.5
86.3
84.5
83.6
81.7
81.7
81.7
90.5
86.9
85.7
85.2
84.4
83.8
83.7
83.6
83.3
89.8
89.6
91.9
91.7
91.5
91.5
91.5
91.5
91.5
89.2
88.9
90.7
90.4
90.1
90.1
90.1
90.1
90.1
92.0
91.3
91.3
90.9
90.6
90.6
90.6
90.4
90,4
525531°— 43------ 4
24
TJNION WAGE® AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
T able 12.— Indexes o f Union W eekly H ours in Each Printing Trade,
1916 to 1942 — Continued
NEWSPAPER
Machine
tenders
(machin
ists)
Photo
engravers
Pressmen,
web
presses1
100.2
100.2
100.3
100.3
100.4
100.4
101.0
101.0
100.4
106.9
106.9
105.7
105.4
104.3
101.1
101.8
100.9
100.9
98.4
98.3
98.3
99.0
98.6
98.4
103.5
103.0
99.8
101.0
100.9
100.9
101.0
100.5
99.1
101.0
100.9
100.8
100.6
100.3
100.2
99.9
100.0
99.8
99.8
95.9
95.2
100.9
100.7
100.1
100.3
100.0
99.8
99.8
92.9
92.1
100.2
99.8
100.2
100.0
100.0
99.9
99.5
99.4
99.6
99.2
100.3
100.1
99.7
100.0
99.8
99.8
97.8
98.7
100.4
100.4
100.2
100.7
100.0
100.0
100.1
99.3
98.1
86.2
84.3
82.7
82.2
82.1
82.1
81.9
81.8
81.6
82.6
81.4
79.9
79.7
79.6
79.6
79.5
79.4
79.1
95.5
92.4
92.1
91.1
88.6
88.4
88.2
88.1
87.9
93.9
91.8
91.4
90.3
89.7
89.1
88.9
88.6
88.5
94.9
92.7
92.3
90.6
88.8
86.1
85.3
84.3
84.2
Composi
tors, hand
Machine
operators
1916...........................................
1917...........................................
1918...........................................
1919...........................................
1920__........................................
1921...........................................
1922...........................................
1923...........................................
1924...........................................
100.7
100.7
100.8
100.8
101.1
100.9
102.1
102.1
101.1
100.5
100.5
100.7
100.7
100.8
100.6
102.1
102.0
100.6
1926...........................................
1926...........................................
1927...........................................
1928...........................................
1929...........................................
1930...........................................
1931...........................................
1932...........................................
1933...........................................
101.0
101.2
100.6
100.4
100.0
99.7
99.7
97.6
96.6
1934...........................................
1936...........................................
1936...........................................
1937...........................................
1938..... .....................................
1939...........................................
1940.................: ........................
1941...........................................
1942— .....................................
86.7
86.6
84.0
83.6
83.5
83.4
83.1
83.0
82.9
Year
Stereo
typers
i Includes pressmen-in-charge.
,
Union Hours 1942
The two branches of the printing trades differed sharply in their
hour scales for a normal workweek (table 13). In the book and job
trades the 40-hour week prevailed; 86.9 percent of their members
were operating under agreements specifying that scale. The news
paper trades in general had a shorter workweek. The 37%-hour week
applied to 49.7 percent of the newspaper workers (day shift 52.4
percent, night shift 46.9 percent), while only 20.9 percent had 40 hours
and almost none had more than 40 hours as their normal workweek.
Only 13.8 percent of the night-shift workers were covered by 40-hour
scales. In fact, 3 of every 8 newspaper workers on night shifts oper
ated on schedules of less than 37% hours; about 1 of every 7 workers
on day shifts were in the same category. Only one-tenth of 1 per cent
of the newspaper workers and none of the book and job members had
workweeks of over 40 hours.
25
UNI OK HOURS, 19 42
T a b l e 13 .— Percentage Distribution o f Union Mem bers in the Printing Trades, b y H our
Scales, June 2, 1942
Trade
Percent of members whose hours per week were—
Aver
age
Over
Over
Over
hours Un
35
30
37H
per
and
35
der
and
30
and
37J4
40 Over
week 30
40
under
under
under
35
40
Z7H
3.2
6.2
3.6
21.0
1.2
2.2
3.9
.4
6.3
.2
45.8
.2
.8
.7
8.7
.6
.7
37.9
3.4
All printing trades----------------- ----------- 38.8
0.2
Book and job
_ __
Bindery women
Bookbinders____________________
Compositors, band
_
Rlectrotypers __________________
Machine operators _ __ _
Machine tenders (machinists)
Mailers
_____________________
Photoengravers__________________
Press assistants and feeders .... _
Pressmen, cylinder
_ _
Pressnien, platen
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
35.9
39.8
39.9
39.8
36.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
.1
Newspaper..............................................
Day work...................................
Night work__________________
Compositors, hand_______________
Day work________________ _
Night work__________________
Machine operators______________ J
Day work___________ 1_______
Night work__________________
Machine tenders (machinists)........
Day work...................................
Night work................................
Mailers
_____
Day work...................................
Night work................................
Photoengravers......... ......... ............
Day work
_ _
Night work__________________
Pressmen (journeymen)__________
Day work...................................
Night work__________________
Pressmen-in-charge
Day work____________ _______
Night work................................
Stereotypers__________ __________
Day work...................................
Night work................................
37.4
37.9
36.9
37.4
37.4
37.3
37.2
37.1
37.3
37.3
37.4
37.3
37.7
38.9
36.9
38.0
38.4
37.7
37.5
38.6
36.3
37.2
38.5
36.1
37.2
38.3
35.6
.4
.7
.2
.3
.5
.1
5.2
.3
9.8
10.6
6.0
14.9
.6
.2
.7
.1
.2
.2
2.2
.7
1.4
.2
.3
0.1
9.7
6.9
12.4
49,7
52.4
46.9
3.1
4.4
1.9
20.9
28.5
13.8
9.4
8.0
13.2
17.1
58.6
62.9
3.0
.8
14.3
10.7
.5
.1
9.6
8.8
13.2
15.7
55.2
62.0
4.6
1.3
13.3
11.2
.5
.5
8.0
7.2
17.0
19.5
60.3
63.7
2.3
.5
11.6
8.6
1.1
'22.T 20.2
.1
.3
40.0
33.7
3.0
3.4
55.8
20.3
7.8
.5
64.1
74.1
.4
1.1
35.5
16.5
.2
22.5' 28.9
.3
16.5
50.8
11.3
7.8
4.2
39.7
16.6
1.2
.5
l3.~9~ 42.9
.7
11.7
57.1
16.0
4.5
3.6
35.9
11.9
1.3
10.5
9.7
1.2
3.0
41.3
36.6
3.9
.2
42.1
16.3
4.7
1.4
___ ___
___
.....
0)
5.3
2.7
4.1
45.3
1.6
1.7
1.9
.1
.3
64.5
86.9
100.0
100.0
95.2
.9 43.8
93.5
97.3
91.8
2.2 14.0
98.4
96.9
98.1
1.0
' T o ' 33.2
0.1
.3
1Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
These various hour scales resulted in an average workweek in the
printing trades of 38.8 hours. The average for the book and job
trades was 39.4. The newspaper average was 37.4 hours; on day work
it amounted to 37.9 hours, on night work 36.9 hours.
26
UNION WAGES AND HOURS---- PRINTING TRADES
Nine of the 11 book and job trades reported the 40-hour week as
applying to over 91 percent of their members; 4 of them included
over 98 percent. Only the electrotypers (43.8 percent) and photoen
gravers (14.0 percent) reported a minority of their members on the
40-hour basis. The electrotypers had 45.8 percent of their members
on a 32-hour week. The photoengravers had workweeks of 35 hours
applying to 37.9 percent, and 37}£ hours covering 45.3 percent of their
number. Because of these exceptions, the electrotypers and photo
engravers had the lowest average hours per week (35.9 and 36.9,
respectively). None of the other book and job trades had average
workweeks of less than 39.8 hours, although none of them exceeded 40.
Among the newspaper workers, the mailers on day shift were the
only ones with a m ajority of their number (55.8 percent) working a
40-hour week. The typographic trades and photoengravers, day and
night shifts, had substantial majorities of their members operating
under agreements providing for a 37K-hour week, as did also the dayshift workers of the pressmen (journeymen and pressmen-incharge). However, over one-half of the night-shift workers of the
pressmen group had workweeks of 35 hours or less, as did over onethird of the stereotypers on night shifts. Only the pressmen and
pressmen-in-charge reported workweeks of over 40 hours, 1.2 percent
and 1.3 percent, respectively, having scales of 42 hours. The stereo
typers on night work had the lowest average hours per week (35.6)
closely followed by the night pressmen-in-charge (36.1) and pressmen
(36.3).
Changes in Hours Between 1941 and 1942
There was very little change in weekly hours for union members in
the book and job printing trades during the period June 1, 1941, to
June 1, 1942. Only 10 of 1,371 quotations reported differences from
last year (table 14). Six of these changes provided for a shorter work
week affecting less than 1 percent of the total members. Hours of
work at straight time remained the same for over 98 percent of the
members in this branch. Seven of the trades had no changes what
ever.
In the newspaper branch, changes were slightly more numerous,
although 93.7 percent of the total members maintained their 1941
schedules. Both day and night workers had 4.5 percent of their
number working a shorter week than in the previous year.
Among the individual trades, only the mailers on night shift had as
many as 15 percent of their members receiving a reduction in working
hours. The machine tenders on day shift obtained a shortened work
week for 10.1 percent of their number. In contrast, the pressmen-incharge and pressmen on night shifts had their workweek lengthened
by 9.1 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. All of the other trades
and shifts maintained their 1941 scales for at least 90 percent of their
members.
CHANGES IN HOURS,
19 41
27
AND 1 9 4 2
T a ble 14.— N um ber o f Changes in Union H our Quotations and Percent o f M em bers
Affected , June I, 1942 , Compared with June 1, 1941
Trade
Number Number of quotations Percent of union mem
showing—
of quo
bers affected by—
tations
compa
In
No
Inrable
De
DeNo
with 1941 crease crease change
crease change
All printing trades______ ______
2,478
18
76
2,384
1.1
Book and jo b ................................ .
Bindery women......................
Bookbinders........................... .
Compositors, hand................. .
Electrotypers...........................
Machine operators................. .
Machine tenders (machinists)
Mailers....... ............... ............
Photoengravers.................—
Press assistants and feeders...
Pressmen, cylinder--------------Pressmen, platen-----------------
1,371
84
194
89
56
104
35
38
62
230
352
127
4
6
1,361
82
193
89
55
104
35
.7
.8
3.3 — .......
56
230
352
127
8.8
Newspaper......................................
Day work..........................
Night work.........................
Compositors, hand:
Day work..........................
Night work........................
Machine operators:
Day work...........................
Night work................. .......
Machine tenders (machinists):
Day work..........................
Night work......... ..............
Mailers:
Day work...........................
Night work........................
Photoengravers:
Day work....................... . .
Night work...................... .
Pressmen (journeymen):
Day work_______________
Night work. _____________
Pressmen-in-charge:
Day w ork...------- ----------Night work......................
Stereotypers:
Day work.................... .......
Night work_____________
1,107
580
527
14
5
9
70
35
35
1,023
540
483
1.8
1.0
2.4
4.5
4.5
93.7
94.5
93.1
82
75
1
2
5
4
76
69
2.2
1.5
4.5
93.3
95.5
85
78
1
2
4
3
80
73
1.8
1.4
6.5
4.3
91.7
94.3
65
62
1
2
5
4
59
56
1.3
1.3
63
52
1
5
4
57
48
.5
3
4
48
46
5
7
80
68
5
7
69
58
3
2
71
65(
2
.......
1 ........
1
6
51
50
86
77
74
66
1
2
1
74
67
2.1
2.1
96.8
97.9
100.0
99.4
100.0
.6
100.0
100.0
91.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
.1
7.6
9.1
10.1
88.6
94.4
5.3
15.7
94.2
84.3
2.9
1.9
97.1
98.1
2.6
1.3
3.1
1.7
96.9
89.2
3.0
97.0
98.8
1.2
,
Union Scales o f Wages and Hours by Trades and Cities
Union rates of wages per hour and hours per week in effect on June
1, 1942, and June 1, 1941, are listed by trade for book and job printing
in table 15 and for newspaper printing in table 16 for each of the 75
cities included in the survey. Since there are no union rates in effect
for some trades in a few cities, some of the trade classifications lack
a full listing of cities.
Sometimes there are two or more union rates for the same occupa
tion in one city. This may be due to two or more unions having
different scales, to one union having different agreements with different
employers because of various qualifications or conditions, or to both
these situations. Where more than one union rate is in effect all are
listed in* the following tables, the letters A, B, C, etc., being used to
designate the different agreements or quotations. The sequence of
the letters is in no way intended to indicate the relative importance
of the quotations or agreements so designated.
The wage scales provided in the agreements are frequently specified
on a daily or weekly basis. For comparability these rates have been
converted to an hourly basis, as shown in tables 15 and 16.
28
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
T a b l e 15.— Union Scales o f Wages and H ours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing
Trades in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941
BINDERY WOMEN
June 1,1942
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
i $0,475
Atlanta, Ga____________________________ ____ _____ __________
Baltimore, M d.:
Bindery operators, hand or machine------------------------------------.475
Banders and examiners, sem iskilled---------------------------------.400
Wrappers, packers, strippers of all cut work, scalers, outsetters,
boxers......................................................................................... .
.350
Birmingham, Ala..................................................................................
.485
Boston, Mass................... ....................................................................
.600
Buffalo, N. Y ........................................................................................
* .475
Butte, Mont..........................................................................................
.628
Charleston, W . Va.:
Table work only............ ........... ....................................................
.525
.563
Table and machine work................................................. ......... __
Charlotte, N. C....... .............. ..............................................................
.450
Chicago, 111.:
Gathering, collating, flat wire stitching, covering, thread sewing.
.663
Paging and numbering----------------- ------------ ------------------------.650
Feeding automatic stitchers, feeding folding or ruling machines,
blankbook sewing machine or Singer sewing machine opera
tors, rotary perforating machine operators, table workers.......
.625
Loose-leaf, blankbook, and novelty work..... ..............................
..500
>..563
Cincinnati, Ohio...................................................................... ............
Cleveland, Ohio:
Machine work................................................................................
.625
Handwork.....................................................................................
.560
Columbus, Ohio................................ ..................... .............................
.590
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio:
Blankbook work............................................................................
.575
Magazine work:
Group leaders___________________ _______ ______ ________
.700
Machine operators, single stitchers______________________
.650
Gathering machine operators, hopper feeders........ ............ .
.625
Kast automatic machine operators, book stackers, collators,
refolders, pattern department helpers, miscellaneous____
.600
Register work:
Hand collators:
Rate A ...............................................................................
.580
Rate B ................................... ..........................................
.510
All-set machine operators, all-set hand operators, pli-fold
operators................................................ ............ - ................
.580
.544
Denver, C o lo ..................................................- ....................................
Foreladies.......................................................................................
.669
Des Moines, Iowa.................................................................................
.550
Detroit, Mich.:
Agreement A ...............................................................................
.650
Agreement B ....................................... ..........................................
.550 ,
Commercial workers, sheet layers..........................................
.550
Varnish machine helpers____________ _______ ____________
.600
Sample women....................... ................................................
.600
Grand Rapids, M ich......... - ................................................................
.500
Houston, Tex.......................................................................................
.550
Indianapolis, Ind__..............................................................................
.635
Jacksonville, Fla........................................- .........................................
.450
Kansas City, M o................................................................ .................
.600
Foreladies................................................................... ...... .............
.675
Little Rock, Ark............................ .....................................................
.475
Los Angeles, Calif......................................... .......................................
.575
Louisville, K y ................................ ........... ...................... ...................
.525
Memphis, Tenn................................................................ .................
.450
Milwaukee, W is ..................................................................................
.515
Novelty work:
Rate A .....................................................................................
.500
Rate B .....................................................................................
.450
Minneapolis, Minn.:
Machine work...............................................................................
4.520
Tablework........................ ................................... ........................
4.520
Envelope work.___________________________________________
.500
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.:
Machine work................................................................................
5.450
Table work................................. ............................ ....................
>.438
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
40.0
$0,450
40.0
40.0
40.0
.425
.350
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.300
.450
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
.603
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.450
.450
.450
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.638
.625
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.600
.450
.538
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.576
.513
.575
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.625
.575
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.525
40.0
40.0
40.0
.520
.450
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.520
.544
.669
.513
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.550
.500
40.0
40.0
.500
40.0
.500
.565
.450
.530
.605
.450
.500
.450
.410
.465
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.450
.400
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.510
.470
.465
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.450
.413
40.0
40.0
29
BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
T a b l e 15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June J, 1941 — Continued
BINDERY WOMEN—Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$0,550
.375
40.0
40.0
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
.620
.550
40.0
40.0
.550
.613
.700
.450
.500
.600
.600
.525
.625
.625
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.550
.613
.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
.500
.600
.530
.525
.625
.625
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.500
.450
40.0
40.0
.500
.450
40.0
40.0
.530
.583
.530
.420
.370
.525
.440*
.610
* .520
.400
.688
.546
8.688
.550
9.550
.500
.550
.500
.500
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.500
.550
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
.513
.390
.558
.490
.400
.650
.510
.688
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.550
.500
.550
.475
.500
.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
Atlanta, Ga_-............................................................... - ....................... » $0,975
Baltimore, M d.:
Journeymen... .................................................................... ...........
.950
.750
Folding machine assistants_________ ____ _________— .............
Book back gluers, press builders-in, smashing machine operators.
.600
.975
Birmingham, Ala..................................................................................
Boston, Mass.:
Commercial shops.................................... - ....................................
1.100
City library bindery...................................................................... “ 1.075
1.100
R u lers.................... .......................................................... - .........
Buffalo, N . Y .:
Rulers, cutters, folding machine operators, bindery machine
operators, covering machine operators, combination gather
ing and covering operators, embossers................... ................... w 1.000
40.0
$0,900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
.700
.550
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1240.0
40.0
1.010
1.075
1.D10
40.0
“ 40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
40.0
Newark, N . J________________________________________________
Auxiliary wom en_______ ____ _____________________________
New Haven, Conn____________________________________________
_________________ - ____________________
New Orleans, La .
New York, N .jY.:
Agreement A:
Hand collators, hand stitchers or sewers, general edition
workers, sewing machine operators, paring machine
operators, hand coverers, hand folders, drop-roll or point
folding machine feeders, hand pasters, hand gatherers----Pasting machine operators, Smger stitcher operators,
guarders, stubbers, strippers, wire-stitcher operators,
inserters ____________________________________________
Gathering machine fltters-in____________________________
Box girls on folding machines___________________________
Book examiners, wrappers______________________________
Agreement B:
Edition binding (hard covers)__________________________
Pamphlet and magazine binding__________________________
Agreement C:
One branch of work only ___ __ ___________________
Table workers________________________________________
Law office binding_____________________________________
Agreement D : Floor helpers (paper cutting). _______________
Oklahoma City, Okla......................... ........................................... ....
Foreladies_________________________________ ______________
Philadelphia, Pa............................................................................. —
Pittsburgh, Pa.................... ...............................- ........... - ...................
Foreladies________________________________________________
Portland, Oreg________________________________________________
Richmond, Va.:
Rate A __________________________________________________
Rate B _________________________________________________
Rochester, N. Y.:
Agreement A ____________________________________________
Working foreladies_____________________________________
Trade binderies_______________________________________
Semiskilled
__- ___ ________________________
Unskilled- _____ __________ '_____________________
Agreement B
________________________________
Rock Island (111.) district ________________________________ ____
St. Louis, M o ___ __ - -_ __ - ____________ ________________
St. Paul, M inn............................................ ......... ......... .....................
San Antonio, T e x ____________________________________________
_______________________________________
San Francisco, Calif
Scranton, Pa_______________1_________________________________
Seattle, Wash________________________________________________
South Bend, Ind
_______________________________________
Spokane, Wash
___________________________________________
Toledo, O h io ___________ _____ _______________________________
Washington, D . C_ ____________ ____ ___ ____________ ________
Wichita, T^ans __ _________________________________________
York, Pa
________ ___________ ____ ______ ____ ______ _______
Youngstown, O h io ________________________ _______ ___________
$0,575
7.375
.450
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.740
40.0
.645
.595
.575
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.620
.550
BOOKBINDERS
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
30
T
able
UNION WAGES AND HOURS'— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected C ities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
BOOKBINDERS— Continued *
June 1, 1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,115
Foremen . __________________________________________ __
1.215
Charleston, W. Va.:
Machine operators--------------------- ----------------------- --------- -----1.125
Forwarders. .................. ........................ ....................................—
1.125
Charlotte, N . C.................................... - ......... .............. ................... .
.900
Chicago, 111.:
Agreement A:
Commercial work:
Combination cutter and 1 folding machine___________
1.271
Men-in-charge of stock and cutting machines; operators
of combination gathering, stitching, and covering machines----------- ---------------------------- ------ ----------------1.208
Forwarders, finishers, paper-cutter operators, automatic
stitching machine operators, gathering machine oper
ators, combination gathering and stitching machine
operators, automatic binding machine operators, East
inserting machine operators, Rowe trimmers_______
1.163
Automatic folding machine operators:
1 machine--------------------------- ----------------- ----------1.126
2 machines----------------- ------------ ------ ------ - ........—
1.139
3 machines................................. — ........... . . . ........1.264
Edition binding:
Combination cutter and folding machine operators____
1.270
Men-in-charge of stock and cutting machines_________
1.208
Stampers in charge of 1 or more machines_____ _______
1.206
Paper-cutter operators--------------- ------------- ---------------1.163
Automatic stitching machine operators_________ ____ .
1.155
Forwarders, finishers, case makers, edge gilders, marblers, stampers, steam rounders and backers, head
stock cutters-------------- ------------ -----------------------1.138
Gathering machine operators_________ ____ __________
1.134
Book trimmers____________________________________
1.132
Automatic folding machine operators:
1 machine..------------------------------ ----------------------1.126
2 machines___________________ _______ __________
1.189
3 machines----------------------------------------------------1.264
Tip printers, operators on binding machines____ ____ _
1.115
Casing-in (setting squares), casing-in machine operators,
indexing machine operators, glueing and pasting ma
chine operators, covering machine operators, stock
cutters. -------------------------- ------ ---------------------------1.103
Caser helpers, pasters, smashers, sawyers, tipping for
gilders, book repairers, general work----------------------1.092
Automatic glueing machine operators, book pressers,
glueing for machines------ ------------------------------ -----1.013
Agreement B: Paper rulers________________________________
1.250
Agreement C: Loose-leaf, blankbook, and novelty work:
Journeymen
Rate A_____ ______________________________ _______
.860
Rate B ____________________________________ . --------.880
Rate C-------------------- --------------------------------------------.910
R a te D ______________ _____________________________
.940
Rate E_._..................................... ...................... .............
.970
Rate F ...--------------------------------------- ------------- -------1.020
Paper rulers:
Quad L ___________ ____ _________________ _______ ....
1.3C0
“ L ” machines:
Rate A ______ ____ ___________ _______ __________
.880
Rate B ------------------------------------------------------------.980
Rate C— ---------------------------------------------------- 1.000
R a te D -----------------------------------------------------------1.050
R ateE ------------ -----------------------------------------------1.110
Rate F_ ____________________________________
1.160
1.110
Single machines................................................................
Disc machines____ ____________________________ ____
.550
Cincinnati, Ohio------ ------------------------- ------ ------------------------------ i* 1.025
1.195
Cleveland, Ohio-------------------------------------- -----------------------------1.250
Columbus, Ohio.............. .................... ......... .....................................
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
40.0
40.0
$1,090
1.190
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.000
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.258
40.0
40.0
1.195
40.0
40.0
1.150
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.114
1.176
1.251
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.258
1.195
1.193
1.150
1.142
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.121
1.119
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.114
1.176
1.251
1.102
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.091
40.0
40.0
1.080
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.810
.830
.860
.890
.920
.970
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.830
.930
.950
1.000
1.060
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.060
40.0
.988
1.145
1.230
40.0
37.5
40.0
31
BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
T
able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and H ours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
BOOKBINDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Dayton, Ohio:
Commercial:
Agreement A ............................ ........................ ....................... $1.113
1.238
Foremen............... ............... ..........................................
1.050
Agreement B ___ ______ _________________ ______________
Job and miscellaneous bindery work:
1.175
Men-in-charge of folding and stitching machines...... ...........
.850
Knife grinders_________________________________________
.750
Truckers, gathering________ ____ ______________________
Book repairmen........ ......... .......................................... ........
.700
Magazine work:
Cutters:
1.175
Master operators..................................................- .........
1.125
Operators___ _____________________________________
1.125
Folding machine operators_____________ ______ __________
Gathering machines:
1.125
Operators_________________________________________
.875
Hopper feeders.___________________ ____ ___ ____ ___
Book stackers—cover loaders.________ ________ _______
.750
Book stackers____ ______________________ _____ _____
.700
1.125
Kast automatic machine operators........................................
Trimmers:
1.125
Operators................... ...................... ........... ........... ........
.875
Conveyor tenders...................... .............. .......................
.700
Helpers___________ _______ _______ ______ ______ ____
Pattemmaking (dress):
1.125
Cleveland folding machine operators....... ......... ......... .........
Die cutters and pattern cutters_________________________
1.100
Envelope machine operators____________________________
.900
.850
Pattern examiners......... .................................................. .
Register work:
Automatic folders:
.680
Rate A ....................... ............ .............. .................... .
.630
Rate B.................................. ......... ............ ....................
Carbon press operators:
.780
Rate A .......... ..................................................................
R ateB . .................. ......... ........... .................................
.630
All-set machines:
Job foremen:
Rate A ______________ ____ _____________________
.880
.730
Rate B------------------------ ------------------------ --------- .755
Operators____________ _____________________________
.530
Helpers. ________ ________________________ __________
Stock, carbon, and Cameron slitter operators_____________
.630
Slitters, job setters, roll sanders_________ ____ ____ _______
.530
Pli-fold:
Job foremen____________ _________________ ____ ____
.830
Rossbach perforators_______________________________
.730
Operators________________ ________ __________ ____
.530
.805
Cutter operators-. . ______________________________ ____
Floor boys:
Rate A .................................. ......... .......... .................... .
.530
Rate B______ _____ _______________________ ________
.460
Denver, Colo____ ____________________________________________
1.075
Des Moines, Iowa_________________________________ ____ _______
1.075
Detroit, Mich.:
Agreement A ....................... ........................................................... . 1.250
Agreement B:
Flat cutters________________________________ __________
1.100
Embossers___________________________________ _______ _
1.100
Helpers:
First 6 months................................................... ........
.550
7 to 12 months______________ _____ ___________
.600
13 to 18months.................. .............................. ........
.650
Vamishers___________________________ _________________
1.000
Die cutters____________________________________________
.830
Grand Rapids, Mich____________________ ______ ______ _______ _
1.000
Houston, Tex____________________________ _____ __________
1.100
Foremen and head rulers_________________ _________________
1.200
Indianapolis, Ind____________________ _____ ___________________
1.200
Jacksonville, Fla_______________________________ ______________
.900
Kansas City, M o______________ _____ ________ _________________
1.130
Foremen____________________ ___________ _________________
1.255
525581°—43----- 5
June 1,1941
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,050
1.175
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.050
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.800
.675
.625
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.800
.625
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
1.025
.825
.775
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.620
.570
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.720
.570
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.820
.670
.695
.470
.570
.470
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.770
.670
.470
.745
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.470
.400
1.075
1.025
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.970
40.0
40.0
.900
.750
40.0
40.0
1.000
40.0
4o! o
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.775
.675
.625
1.148
1.130
.900
1.060
1.185
32
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UNION WAGE® AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June i , 1942, and June 1, 1941 — Continued
BOOKBINDERS— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
Little Rock, Ark----------------- -------------------------------------- ------------Los Angeles. Calif_____ _____________ ____________________ ____
Louisville, K y------ ------ ---------------------------------------------------------Memphis, Tenn— ........................................................ .....................
Milwaukee, Wis.......................................................... ...................... .
Novelty work:
Paper cutters------------------------------------------------------ -------Slitters------------------------„-------------------------------------- -------Minneapolis, Minn------ ------------- ------------------------ ------ ------- ----Envelope machine adjusters and paper cutters............ ..............
VieipCrs
Moline, HI. (See Rock Island (III.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn..... ..............................................................................
Newark, N. J.:
Bookbinders and cutters.................................. ...........................
Finishers----------------------------------------------- -------------------------Assistant finishers, blankbook forwarders, 66-inch cutters_____
Rulers................. .............................................................. ..........
Stampers.......................... .................................................. ...........
Folding machine operators............... ............... ..........................
3-knife trimmers.............. ........................ ....................................
Sheet straighteners....... .................................. ..............................
New Haven, Conn..................................... ................... ....................
New Orleans, La..................................................................................
New York, N. Y .:
Agreement A:
Head stampers_________ ____ ____________ _____________
Gilders--------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------Stampers, general reference bookbinders............. .......... ......
Head sheetmen; folding {machine operators; book trim. mers; power rounders and backers; headbanding
and lining machine operators; stock cutters; case-making
machine operators: casing-in machine operators; extra
forwarders; extra finishers, assistants; marblers; circuit
workers; gathering, stitching, and covering machine
operators..............................................................................
Sheet and plate cutters............. .............................................
Gathering machine operators; book trimmers (flat or turn
table); hand rounders and backers; headbanders and liners;
hand case and stretcher makers; hand casers-in; book
repairers; edge colorers; sprinkling and general all-round
workers; assistant operators on gathering, stitching, and
covering machines; sheet cutters........................................
Paper rulers:
First class....................... ..............................................
Second class. .................. ...... ...........................................
Assistant sheetmen or heads of stock, smashing machine
operators, builders-in....................... ............................. ......
Nipping machine operators..................................................
Hand gluers-up, board cutters, pasters-off....... ....................
Loaders-up for folding machines____ ____ _____ _____ ____
Cleveland machine operators (single, over 1 fold).............
Head gold layers_______ _________________ __________ _
Builder-in assistants and helpers, casing-in machine feeders.
Gold layers..................................... ....................................
Boys who assist on smashing machines, glueing-up ma
chine feeders, feeders assisting in setting automatic back
ing and lining-up machines, automatic creasing machine
operators, box boys, book packers and shippers (3 years’
experience).................. ................. .............................. .......
Unskilled feeders (automatic backing and lining-up ma
chines), unskilled help (after 6 months), miscellaneous
shipping and book stockroom employees..........................
Agreement B:
Pressmen on automatic-feed pressing machines............... .
Finishing machine operators............................................... .
Feeders........................................................................... .......
Layers-up..... ...................................................................... .
Floor helpers.......................................................................
Agreement C:
Continuous trimmers (Tumbler type)........ .......... ..........
Continuous trimmers or Bracket trimmers.........................
Operators of combination Kast inserting and stitching ma
chines; Dayton 3-knife machines; gathering, stitching,
and covering machines; folding machines.........................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1., 1941
late per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$0,975
1.125
.950
.900
1.110
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$0,900
1.050
.850
.840
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
.800
1.050
.940
.540
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.975
.750
.990
.880
.510
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
16.925
40.0
.900
40.0
1.161
1.161
1.161
1.161
1.161
1.206
1.206
1.100
1.225
1.125
1.150
.975
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
40.0
1.475
1.375
1.325
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.425
1.325
1.275
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.275
1.275
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.175
40.0
40.0
1.225
40.0
1.175
40.0
1.250
1.125
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.125
40.0
40.0
1.163
1.113
1.050
.875
.875
.850
.825
.800
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.113
1.063
.825
.625
.800
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.750
40.0
.575
40.0
1.010
.925
1.150
1.125
1.200
.475
40.0
1.500
1.450
.950
.575
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.306
1.281
40.0
40.0
1.191
40.0
1.256 |
40.0
1.168
40.0
33
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15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
BOOKBINDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
New York, N. Y .—Continued.
Agreement C—Continued.
Electric automatic spacers___ _________________________ _ $1,236
Operators of duplex trimmers or combination gathering
and stitching machines________________________ ______
1.234
Blankbook forwarders and finishers; operators of flat ma
chines, die machines, band cutting machines, gathering
1.211
machines, stitching machines, or covering machines_____
Manifold table workers____ ____________ I .........................
1.188
Assistant operators of combination and folding machines. _.
1.029
Stitching machine feeders______________________________
.600
Oklahoma City,~Okla............ ......... ......... .............. ...........................
1.000
Foremen. _Y_____________________________ ________________ _
1.125
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Agreement A:
Bookbinders or faint-line paper rulers......... ........................
1.070
Agreement B:
Machine stampers, folding machine operators, casing-in
machine operators, rounding and backing machine op
erators, machine case makers______________________ __
1.070
Cutters, table workers, sheetmen, hand case makers, job
1.030
! forwarders______ ____ _______________ ________________
Pittsburgh, Pa.......................................... .............. ...........................
1.050
Foremen......................................................... ..............................
1.175
Portland, Oreg.....................................................................................
1.170
Richmond, Va....................... ................. ................... ........................
.900
Rochester, N. Y.:
Agreement A _____________________________________________
1.110
Trade binderies____________ ................... ...... ......................
1.110
Working foremen......... .................... .....................................
1.250
Agreement B _______________________ _____________________
1.100
Rock Island (111.) district___________________ __________________
1.150
Miscellaneous bindery workers.._____ __________________ : ___
.800
St. Louis, M o______________________ _____ ______ _____ _________
1.200
Rulers and finishers___________ __________ ___________ _____
1.220
St. Paul, Minn____________________________ ___________________ i* 1.050
San Antonio, T e x ....................................... ......... 1________________
.900
Foremen_________ ____ __________________________________
1.125
San Francisco, Calif................ ......................... ........... ......... .............
1.356
Scranton, Pa.:
Machine operators________________ ____ _____ ______ ____ . . .
1.068
Bench workers________________________________________ _.
1.018
Seattle, W ash.._________ _______________________ _____ ___ ____
1.250
South Bend, Ind.:
Bookbinders, paper cutters, rulers, folding machine operators. _
1.150
Spokane, Wash........... ......... .................... ........................ ...... ........... is 1.000
Foremen________________________ ____ ____________________ 18 1.100
Springfield, Mass.:
Assistant foremen________ ____ ________________ _____ ______
.950
Gathering machine operators, cutters (straight), gang stitchers,
book trimmers, operators of large folding machines................
.850
Tying machine operators, operators of small folding machines,
gathering machine helpers. ___________ __________________
.525
Helpers.............. .......................... ............... ........... ........... ...........
.475
Toledo, Ohio....... ............................. ..................................................
1.100
Washington, D. C ................ .............. .................................................
1.113
Wichita, Kans.:
Bookbinders, stockmen, paper cutters_______________________
1.000
York, Pa........................... .1 ........................... ........................... ........
.950
Foremen______________________ ____ ________________ ______
1.150
Youngstown, O h io..._________________________ 1 . . . ................ .
1.000
40.0
40.0
$1.146
40.0
1.100
1.123
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.045
40.0
40.0
1.030
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.990
1.050
1.175
1.170
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
w 35.0
17 35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.120
1.140
.990
.900
1.125
1.300
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.045
.995
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
.875
40.0
40.0
.775
40.0
40.0
40.'0
40.0
40.0
.500
.450
1.100
1.063
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
.950
1.150
.950
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1.075
1.050
1.125
1.050
1.080
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.941
1.050
1.200
1.075
1.000
.750
COMPOSITORS, HAND
Atlanta, Qa........... ...... .............. .............................
Baltimore, M d .__________ ____________ _____ ___ _______ ___
Binghamton, N. Y_._....................... ............................. ....................
Birmingham, Ala.........................................................................
Boston, Mass.......................................................................................
Buffalo, N. Y_______________________ ______ ___________________
Butte, M ont....................................... .................................. ...... ........
Charleston, S. C
_.
___
Charleston, W. Va....... ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
$1.075
1.100
1.200
1.100
1.100
1.200
1.225
1.060
1.300
1.200
1.000
1.230
34
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UNION WAGES! AND HOURS'— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941 — Continued
COMPOSITORS, HAND— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Charlotte, N. C ___________________ ________ _____ _______ ______
Chicago, til.:
Agreement A ________ _____________________________________
Agreement B ____________ _____ __ _____ ___________________
Loose-leaf, blankbook, and novelty w ork..______ ___________
Cylinder lock-up. .................. I_____ _____________ ______ _
Gordon lock-upl_______ _____ _________________________
German text______________________________________________
Swedish text.............. ......... ........................................................
Cincinnati, Ohio................................... ..........................................
Cleveland, Ohio___________________________ _________________
Columbus, Ohio____ _______________________ _______________ _
Dallas, Tex_____________ _____ _____ ______ __________ _________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio
.
. _
...
......................................
__
______________
Magazine work____
Register work:
Agreement A .
__ ________________ _____________
Agreement B ____ ___________________ _______________
Denver, C olo..
__________________________ _________ ____
Dcs Moines, Iowa _________________________
____________
Detroit, Mich _______________________ ____ _________________
Duluth' Minn___________ ____ _______________________ _______
El Paso, Tex__________ _____________________________________
Erie, Pa
_ ..
___________________________________________
Grand Rapids, Mich ________________________________________
Houston, Tex
___ ______________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind_____________________________________________
Jackson, Miss _ ____________________________ ________________
Jacksonville, Fla_________________________________ ____________
Kansas City, Mo -_____________________________ _____ Little Rock, A r k ____________ ____ ____________________ ______
Los Angeles, Calif __________________________________________
Louisville, K y ________________________________ ______ _____
Madison, Wis_______ ___ ____ _____ ___________________________
Manchester, N. H ...... ..................................................... ...................
Memphis, Tenn
._ ________________________________________
Milwaukee, Wis
___________________________________________
Novelty w o r k ____________________________________________
_____ ______ _______________________
Minneapolis, M inn__
Mobile, Ala. _ _________________________________________ .
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn______________________________________________
Newark, N. J___________ ____ ________________________________
New Haven, C o n n ___________________________________________
Magazine work___________________________________________
New Orleans, La __________________ ____ __________ ________
New York, N. Y .................... ...........................................................
German text.. ___________________________________________
Hebrew text. . .
_________________ __________________
Magazine and book work___________ ____ __ ______ _____
Hungarian t e x t __
____________________________________
Italian text
__ - ____________________________
Norfolk, Va_____ ___________________________________ ________
Oklahoma City, Okla____________________________ __________ _
Omaha, Nebr.
__________ ___________________ ____ _________
Peoria, 111 _________ _____ ______ _____ _______________________
Philadelphia, Pa_____________________ ____ ___________________
Bag workers, after 3 years____________________ ____ _________
Phoenix, Ariz
._
____________________ ____ __________
Pittsburgh, P a . ________ _______________ _______ _____ ___ _____
Portland, Maine___________________________ _________ _________
Portland, O reg________________________ ______ ___________ ____
Providence, R. I _________________________________ ______ _____ _
Reading, Pa__________________________________________________
Richmond, Va.
_________________________ ____ _____________
Rochester, N. Y .:
Agreement A ___________________________________________
Agreement B _____________________________ _______ _________
Rock Island (111.) district.... ........................................ ............... ......
St. Louis, M o
_____________________________________
St. Paul, Minn
______________________________________
Salt Lake City, Utah.............. .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1, 1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,000
40.0
$0.950
40.0
1.450
1.425
1.130
1.070
.900
1.425
1.425
1.294
1.284
‘ 1.250
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
1.425
1.425
1.080
.970
.850
1.400
1.425
1.250
1.231
1. 230
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
1.275
1.325
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.275
40.0
40.0
1.275
1.250
1.175
1.155
1.370
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
*40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.225
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
27.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.963
1.313
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.000
1.190
1.100
1.000
201.160
1.200
.950
1.125
1.220
1.000
1.195
1.150
1.075
.875
211.050
1.185
1.235
1.160
1.130
.983
1.363
1.050
1.070
1. 050
1.460
1.460
1.573
2.182
1.200
1.200
1.125
1.125
22 1.060
1.150
1.230
1.000
1.160
1.275
.875
1.200
1.050
1.075
23 1.000
1.160
1.150
1.200
241.240
1.160
1.000
1.200
1.138
1.115
1. 350
1.000
1.150
1.100
1.000
1.100
1.175
.900
1.125
1.120
.975
1.195
1.100
1.075
.875
.860
1.125
1.185
1.075
1.050
1.000
1.050
1.025
1.363
1.363
1.573
2.182
1.125
1.200
1.050
1.063
1.060
1.100
1.200
1.120
1.275
.875
1.120
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.125
1.150
1.152
1.075
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
27.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40. C
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35
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T
able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1, 1942 , and June 1 , 1941 — Continued
COMPOSITORS, HAND—Continued
June 1, 1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
San Antonio, T ex_____ _____________________ ____________________
$1,000
San Francisco, Calif_____ ___________ _________ _____ _____________
1.363
Scranton, P a____ ____ _____ _______ ________________________ ____
25 1.230
Seattle, W ash........................ .................... ............................... ............ .
1.250
South Bend, In d _______ _______________ __________________________
1.150
Spokane, W ash................. .........................
............... .......................... 2« 1.000
Springfield, M ass______ ___________________ ______________________
1.000
Tampa, Fla........................................................ ................................... .......
1.000
Toledo, Ohio___________________ ____ _______________ ____ _______ _
1.250
Washington, D. C ______ ______ __________________________________
1.368
W ichita, Kans_______________________________________________, ___
1.100
Worcester, M ass_________________________ _______________________
.900
Y ork, P a _____________ ______________________ ___________ ________
.950
Youngstown, Ohio______________ ___ _ _ _________________ ♦___ 271.150
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,000
1.300
1.200
1.250
.1.050
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.200
1.267
1.013
.900
.900
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1.181
1.125
1.025
1.344
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1.125
1.050
.950
1.219
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
281.170
2» 1.053
1.200
1.675
1.275
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.0
40.0
1.120
.986
1.170
1.675
1.275
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.0
40.0
301.350
so 1.325
40.0
40.0
1.325
1.275
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.175
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.230
1.155
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.300
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.070
.970
1.125
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.275
1.175
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
E LECTROTYPERS
Atlanta, Ga_____________________ ______ ____ ____
Baltimore, M d________ ____ ____ ____ ___________
Branchmen...................... .....................................
Birmingham, Ala............... ........ ...............................
Boston, Mass.:
Finishers and molders..... ........................ .......... .
B ranchman....... ..................................................
Buffalo, N. Y_............................ ................................
Chicago, 111____________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio________________________________
Cleveland, Ohio:
Finishers and molders............ . .........................
Batterymen, casters, builders, and branchmen..
Columbus, Ohio:
Finishers and molders_________ _____ ________ _
Branchmen____ ____ ________________________
Dallas, Tex___ ____ ___ ________________________ _
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio____ ____ ______________ ___________
Denver, Colo____ ______________ ______ ______ ___
Des Moines, Iowa______________________________
Detroit, Mich............... ..............................................
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Finishers and molders..... ....................................
Branchmen_____ _____ _____________ _____ ___
Houston, Tex_____________ _____ __________ _____
Indianapolis, Ind________________ _______________
Kansas City, M o____________ ______ ____________
Los Angeles, Calif.:
Finishers and molders________ _____ ___ ______
Branchmen--------- ---------------------------------------Memphis, Tenn___________________ _____________
Milwaukee, Wis_______________________ ________
Novelty work:
Rotogravure department...............................
Electroengraving department:
Senior........ ................... ........... ................
Junior........... ...........................................
Minneapolis, Minn_____________________________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________________________ _____
Newark, N. J____________ ____ _______ __________
New Haven, Conn_________ _______________ _____
New Orleans, La________________________ _______
New York, N , Y.:
Agreement A . . . ............................................. —
Agreement B .................. ......................................
Oklahoma City, Okla..................................................
Omaha, Nebr.......... ....................................................
Philadelphia, P a........ ................................................
Pittsburgh, Pa_...........................................................
Portland, Oreg............................................................
Richmond, Va.:
Molders................................ ................................
Finishers...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
1.100
1.300
3i 1.200
1.250
1.500
1.070
.970
1.188
1.250
1.200
1.275
1.100
1.500
1.200
1.000
1.175
1.250
1.100
40.0
1.050
.850
1.300
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.800
1.225
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
32 36.0
1.060
1.650
1.270
1.088
40.0
82 36.0
30.0
40.0
1.100
17 32.0
8*36.0
40.0
40.0
17 32.0
40.0
40.0
1.150
40.0
40.0
1.725
33 1.270
1.088
17 35.0
40.0
1.725
1.725
1.125
1.150
1.550
1.125
1.313
17 32.0
32 36.0
40.0
40.0
17 32.0
40.0
40.0
1.650
1.650
1.063
1.150
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.100
1.550
1.125
1.313
36
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UNION WAGES AND HOUIRS— PKINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1, 1942 , and June 1, 1941 — Continued
ELECTROTYPERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Rock Island (111.) district
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
__________________________________
St. Paul, M inn.__ ....... ........................................... ......... ................
Scranton, Pa ______________________________________________
Seattle, Wash_____________________________ __________________
South Bend, Ind.:
Rate A _ ______________________________________________
Rate B
______________________________________________
$1.250
1.300
1.250
1.375
1.075
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
$1,250
1.300
1.225
1.375
1.075
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
1.200
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,075
1.050
1.125
1.175
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.120
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.263
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.250
40.0
1.200
40.0
1.275
1.325
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.275
40.0
40.0
1.275
1.250
1.175
1.250
i« 1.155
1.400
1.170
1.225
1.075
1.255
1.150
1.075
.875
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.075
.875
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
21 1.050
1.185
40.0
40.0
.860
1.125
40.0
40.0
1.200
341.270
1.200
Toledo, Ohio ________ _______ ____ ______________ ____ ____ ____
Washington, D. C ___________________________________________ 381.375
1.170
York, Pa
.............................- ...........................................................
1.250
1.230
1.200
1.375
1.120
MACHINE OPERATORS
Atlanta, Ga__________________________________________________
Baltimore, M d _____________________________ ____ ___________
Binghamton, N. Y ............ ......... .............. ........................................
Machinist-operators_______________________________________
Birmingham, Ala_____________________________________________
Boston,“ Mass.:
Linotype _______________________________________________
Monotype________________________________________________
Buffalo, N. Y __________ ____ __________^....................................
Machinist-operators_______________________________________
Butte, Mont.:
Machinist-operators_______________________________________
Charleston, S. C ..................................... ......... ................................. .
Charleston, W. Va__________________________________ ____ _____
Charlotte, N. C ____________________________________________
Chicago, 111. ___ _____________________________________________
Czechoslovakian text__________________________ ____ _______
German text
__________________________________________
Swedish text_____________________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio________________________________________ _____
Cleveland, Ohio
__________________________________________
Columbus, Ohio______________________________________________
Dallas, Tex.:
Machinist-operators_______________________________________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio________________________________________________
Magazine work___________________________________________
Register work:
Agreement A __________________________________________
Agreement B__ ______________________________________
Denver, Colo__________ _______ ___ ___________ _______________
M achinist-operators _____________________ ________________
Des Moines, Iowa..__________________________________________
Detroit, M ic h ______________________________________________
Caster operators. ________________________________ _____ _
Duluth, Minn __ _________________________________________
El Paso, Tex....... .................................................................... ..........
Erie, Pa. __________ _____ ____ ____________________________
Grand Rapids, Mich ______________________________________
Houston, Tex........................ .................... ......................................
Machinist-operators______________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind................ ........... ...... ............ .............. ...................
Jackson, M iss..___________ ___________________________________
Jacksonville, Fla....... .............................................................. .............
Kansas City, M o_______________ _____ ____________ ______ ____
Little Rock, Ark___________ ____ _____ ____________ ___________
Machinist-operators_____________________________ _________
Los Angeles, Calif............................................ ....................................
Louisville, K y ...... ............................. .................................................
Madison, Wis..... ..................................... ......... ................ .................
Manchester, N. H ....................................... ............... ........................
Memphis, Tenn.:
Machinist-operators______ _______________ ______________ _
Milwaukee, W is......... ................. ........... ............................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
$1.075
1.100
1.200
1.250
1.100
1.140
1.100
1.305
1.355
1.283
1.080
1.300
1.000
1.480
1.750
1.460
1.460
1.294
1.333
1.250
1.000
1.190
1.100
1.000
201.210
201.273
1.200
.950
1.125
1.260
1.000
1.080
1.280
1.330
1.000
1.230
.950
1.460
1.719
1.435
1.460
1.250
1.281
1.230
1.200
1.138
1.213
1.115
1.380
1.150
1.000
1.150
1.100
1.000
1.150
1.213
1.175
.900
1.125
1.160
.975
1.050
1.255
1.100
37
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15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing
Trades in Selected C ities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
M ACH IN E OPERATORS— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1.160
1.235
1.130
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,075
1.150
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.113
1.363
1.050
1.050
1.075
1.050
1.050
1.313
40.0
40.0
40.0
'40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
27.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.230
1.160
1.275
.875
1.250
1.050
1.105
1.155
23 1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
27.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.160
1.150
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
1. 250
1.300
1.160
1.235
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.000
1.363
1. 426
36 1. 230
36 1. 305
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
371. 336
1.150
35.0
40.0
1.286
35.0
40.0
_ . . .
38 1.063
1.000
Sprfngfield, M ass.__ ________________________________________
Tampa, Fla__________________ ___ _______
1.000
Toledo, Ohio............................................ ..............
1.250
________________________ ___ ____ ___
Washington, D. C
1.368
Wichita, Kans___ __________________________________________
1.100
Worcester, Mass. ____________________________________________
.900
York, Pa...................... ............... ....... ..........
.950
Youngstown, O h io _
______________________ 3» 1.175
Machinist-operators.......... .......... ............ ........ 391.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.063
1.267
1.013
.900
.900
1.150
1.225
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
Minneapolis, Minn___________________________________________
Machinist-operators______________________________________
Mobile, A la .........
......................................................................
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.:
M ach in ist-op<*ratnrs
Newark, N. J ..1 _______________________ _____________ _________
New Haven, Corm
Machinist-operators
Magazine work
______________________________________
New Orleans, La
^
Machinist-operators______________________________________
New York, N. Y _ ..........................................................................
German text.... ............................................. ................... .............
_______ _________
Hebrew text (magazine and book work)
___________________
Hungarian text- ~ __ ___ _ ______
Italian text____________________—............................ .......... .
Norfolk, V a .... .................................................... ............................
Oklahoma City, Olrla
M aeh in ist-operators
Omaha, N e b r .-I
___
________ __________________________________
_____ ___________ _
...
___
Philadelphia, Pa................................................................................ .
Phoenix,* Ariz__ _____________________ ____ _________
Pittsburgh, Pa________________________ ___ _____ ___ ____
Portland^ M aine _
Portland, Oreg..____ _______________________ ___ ___ ___
Peoria, 111_________ ____________
Machinist-operators
Providence, R. I
Reading, Pa
Machinist-operators
_ _
Richmond, Va ______________________ _____
Rochester, N. Y.:
Agreement A
Agreement B
Rock Island (111.) district:
Machinipt-operators
„
St. Louis, M o. _______________________________________________
St. Paul, Minn _.................................................................................
Machinist-operators
.................
. _
Salt Lake City, Utah:
.. .
Machinist-operators
San Antonio, Tex
_______________________________________
_
San Francisco, Calif
_______________________________________
M achinist -operators_______________________________________
Scranton, Pa____ ____ _______ ________ ____
Machinist-operators
............
Seattle, Wash.:
M ach i n ist.-opefatofs
South Bend, Ind
Spokane, Wash.:
Machinist-operators
_
_______________________
1.100
1.460
1.460
2.182
1.200
1. 200
1.125
1.125
1.188
221.060
1.150
1.200
1.000
1.031
1.050
1.025
1.075
1.363
1.363
2.182
1.125
1.200
1.050
1.063
1.125
1.060
1.100
1.255
1.120
1.275
.875
1. 210
1.000
1.080
1.130
1.000
1.125
1. 238
1.075
1.150
1.300
1.363
1.200
1.225
1.050
1.000
1.000
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
MACHINE TENDERS (MACHINISTS)
Baltimore, M d ___________________________
Birmingham, Ala ___________________________
Boston, Mass.:
Linotype
Monotype
____
_ _
Charleston; W. V a..............................................................................
Chicago, 111_________________ ________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio............ ................ ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 64).
$1.100
40.0
40.0
$1,050
1.050
40.0
40.0
1.140
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.120
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.100
1.300
1.460
1.294
1.080
1.230
1.460
1.250
38
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1 , 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
M A C H IN E TEN D ERS (MACHINISTS)—Continued
June 1,1942
C ity
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week
hour per week
Cleveland, Ohio___________
_____ ____ _________ ______________
Columbus, Ohio__________________ _________________ ____ ________
D ayton, Ohio____________________________________________________
Magazine w ork_______________________________________________
Des Moines, Iowa___________ ____________________________________
Detroit, M ich—_ _________________________________________________
Indianapolis, In d ______________________________________ ____ _____
TT^nsap City, M o ___ _____ _______________
___________________
Little R ock, Ark ___________ ____________________________________
Los Angeles, Calif _______ ____________________ __________________
Milwaukee, W is__________________________________________________
Minneapolis, M in n ____ __________________________________________
Newark, N . J
__ _____________________________________________
N ew Haven, C onn_______________________________________________
N ew York, N . Y .:
1 to 4 machines_______________________________________________
5 to 8 machines_______________________________________________
9 to 12 machines_________________________ ____________________
13 or more machines_____________________ ____ _____ ___ _____
Philadelphia, Pa............... .......... .......... ................_...................................
Phoenix, Ariz______________________ ________ __________ __________
Pittsburgh, P a_______________________________________________ ___
Portland, M aine_____________________________________ ____ _______
Portland, Oreg_____________________ ______________ _______________
R ichm ond, V a ___ ___________ _______ _______________ _______ ____
Rochester, N . Y _________________ ________________________________
St. Louis, Mo_._ _______________
____________________ _______
Washington, D . G ___________ __ ___________________________ ____
$1.333
1.250
1.275
1.325
1.155
1.400
1.200
1.260
1.000
1.255
1.185
1.160
1.363
1.075
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1.281
1.230
1.225
1.275
1.115
1.380
1.175
1.160
.975
1.255
1.125
1.075
1.313
1.050
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.460
1.500
1.550
1.829
1.330
1.230
1.275
.875
1.250
23 1.000
1.150
1.300
1.368
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.363
1.403
1.453
1.503
1.200
1.190
1.275
.875
1.210
1.000
1.125
1.238
1.267
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.7
$0,800
.750
.900
.800
1.067
1.163
1.069
1.267
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
.825
.825
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.925
.525
.975
.825
.550
1.138
.985
1.150
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.073
.930
1.125
1.079
1.142
1.179
.975
.680
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.000
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.229
.500
1.067
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
M AILERS
i
Baltimore, Md___ _ __________ _ _ _ _____ _ _________ __ . $0,800
_______ _
Birmingham, Ala_____________________ ____ _
.850
Magazine_________________________________________________ 131.000
40.850
Buffalo, N. Y ................. ...... 1_______________ _____ ___ _________
1.067
Butte, Mont_______________ ______ ____________________________
Chicago, 111__________________________________________________
1.200
Cincinnati, Ohio____________ _____ ____________________________
1.106
1.322
Cleveland, Ohio______________________________________________
Columbus, Ohio:
«925
Agreement A t___________________ _____ _____________ ______
Agreement B _____________________________________________
.925
Dayton, Ohio:
Journeymen______________________________________________
1.000
Joumeywomen______________ ____________________________
.600
Mailing-machine operators_________________________________
1.050
Assistant addressograph operators................... ........... ......... ......
.900
Addressograph operators’ helpers, baggers (helpers)...................
.625
Denver, Colo_________________________________________________
1.175
Des Moines, Iowa__________________________ _____ ____________
1.050
Detroit, Mich________ _ ______________________ _______ _______
1.250
Grand Rapids, Mich_____ _____ _______ ___ _____ ______________
1.000
Indianapolis, Ind_____________________________________________
1.125
Kansas City, M o_________________ _____________ ______________
1.000
Los Angeles, Calif___________________________ _______ _____ ____
1.200
New York, N. Y ______ ___________________ ____ ______________
1.154
Stampers.—__________ ____ ____________ ___________________
1.217
Machine operators________________________________________
1.279
Oklahoma City, Okla______________________________ ______ ____
.975
Peoria, 111.____ —______ ____________________ ____________ ____
.800
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Agreement A _____________________________________________
1.040
Agreement B — ________ ______________ ______ _________ 1___
1.010
42.975
Agreement C_______________________ ________ _______ ____
Agreement D ____________ ________________________________
.850
Portland, Oreg________________________________________________ 43 1.219
St. Louis, M o. _ _____________________ _______________________
1.081
San Francisco, Calif_______ ___________________________________
1.156
Scranton, Pa....... ........... ............................... .................. .................
.700
Seattle, Wash_______________________ _____ ____________________
1.350
Springfield, Mass_____________________________________________
.525
Toledo, Ohio.. . . . . . . _________ ______ _____________________
1.133
Washington, D. C ___________________ ____ ____________________ 44 1.050
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
.987
.925
.850
1.103
1.031
1.063
1.000
39
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able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June 1 , 1941 — Continued
PHOTOENGRAVERS
June 1, 1942
City
Atlanta, Ga___________ ______ ______________________ __________
Baltimore, M d______________________________________ _________
Gravure___________________ ______________________________
Birmingham, Ala___________________ ___________ ____________
Boston, Mass_____ ___________________________________________
Buffalo, N. Y .
_____________________________________________
Charlotte, N. C_________________ ________ ___________________
Chicago, 111
______ ______ ________ __________ ____ _________
Rotogravure ______________________________ ____ _________
Cincinnati, Ohio_____________________________________________
Cleveland, Ohio:
Agreement A _____________________________________________
Agreement B___ ____ _____________________________________
Agreement C___ ____ ____ ________________________________
Columbus, Ohio____ _________________________________________
Gravure:
Agreement A __ _______________________________________
Agreement B_________________________________________
Dallas, Tex
____________________________ _ _______________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________ ___________________________________
____________ _______________________________
Denver i Colo
Des Moines, Iowa______ ______ ______ _____ __________________
Detroit, Mich_______________________ _____ __________________
Rotogravure____________ „_____ ___________________________
____________________________________________
Duluth, Minn
Grand Rapids, Mich_____ ______ _____________________________
Houston, Tex____________________ ____________________________
Indianapolis, Ind________________________ ____ ________________
Kansas City, Mo ________________________________________
Los Angeles, Calif________________________________________
Louisville, Ky ______________________________________________
G ravure_____ ____ _________ ____________________________
Madison, Wis________________________________________________
Manchester, N. H __________________________ ___________ ______
Memphis, Tenn........... ...................... „.............. ........................... .
Milwaukee, Wis _ _____________________________________
Minneapolis, Minn____ ______ ________________________________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn _____ ______________________________________
Newark, N. J _____________________________ ______ ___________
New Haven, Conn..... .............. ................................... ......................
New Orleans, La_____________________________________________
New York, N. Y _____________________________________________
Gravure________ ____ ____________________ ______ _________
Norfolk, Va________________________________________ _______
Oklahoma City, Okla.............................. .............. ........................ .
Omaha, Nebr________ _______________________ ________________
Peoria, 111....... ........... .............. ........................ ........................... ........
Philadelphia, Pa ....................................................................
Bag workers................................................. . ‘ __________ ____
Pittsburgh, Pa....... ...................... ........_........... .................................
Portland, Oreg.................... ................... ............................................
Providence, R. I ................................. ........... ............................ ........
Richmond, V a ________________________ ______ _______________
Rochester, N. Y ...... ................ ................... ............ ...........................
Rock Island (111.) district.................... ...............................................
Moline:
Rate A_..................................................................................
Rate B —............ ................................................ .....................
St. Louis, M o___________________________________ ____ __ ____ _
St. Paul, Minn....................................................................................
Rotogravure___ _______ _____________ ___________________
San Antonio, Tex............ ....................................................................
San Francisco, Calif................................................. ..................
Scranton, Pa........ _........... .................................................................
Seattle, Wash.................... ..................................................................
Springfield, Mass................... ...... ......................................................
Tampa, Fla._....... ...............................................................................
Toledo, Ohio:
Agreement A ...................................................... ......... ................
Agreement B ____ __________________ ________________ ______
Washington, D. C . ............................ ............ _......... .......................
Gravure.........................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 64).
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,375
1.467
1.376
1.250
1.467
1.467
1.313
1.573
1.787
1.533
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
$1,375
1.419
1.375
1.250
1.447
1.467
1.250
1.520
1.760
1.467
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
38.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.773
1.653
1.560
1.533
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.773
37.5
1.560
1.533
37.5
37.5
1.250
« 1.000
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
40.0
1.533
1.300
1.450
1.533
«1.625
« 1.250
1.313
1.438
1.533
1.375
1.300
1.300
1.450
1.467
1.093
1.250
1.467
1.350
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.467
1.300
1.425
1.375
1.500
1.250
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.375
1.467
1.375
1.275
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
1.375
1.857
1.375
1.250
1.800
1.943
1.313
1.438
1.325
1.375
1.627
1.050
1.560
1.575
1.533
1.438
1.467
1.400
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.500
1.250
«1.520
1.350
1.400
1.375
1.410
1.375
1.575
1.375
1.250
1.627
1.533
1.547
1.125
1.467
37.5
1.250
1.467
1.300
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.375
1.857
1.375
1.250
1.800
1.886
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
1.300
1.325
1.375
1.573
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.467
1.575
1.474
1.375
1.467
1.400
37.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
1.500
1.250
1.493
1.300
1.300
1.375
1.375
1.375
1.575
1.375
1.250
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
1.429
1.493
1.125
38.5
37.5
‘ 40,0
40
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June J, 1941 — Continued
PHOTOENGRAVERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Wichita, Kans....... .......................... ...................................... ........... $1,250
Worcester, Mass.:
Agreement A __ ________________________________________
1.375
Agreement B _____________________________ ________________ «• 1.250
Youngstown, Ohio___________ ____ ____________ _____ ____ ____ _
1.533
40.0
$1,250
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.375
40.0
1.533
37.5
$0,725
.627
40.0
40.0
$0,725
.627
40.0
40.0
.875
.850
.600
40.0
40.0
40.0
.825
.800
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
.750
.725
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
.650
40.0
80.600
51.385
40.0
40.0
.570
.365
40.0
40.0
1.020
40.0
.980
40.0
.960
.570
40.0
40.0
.920
.530
40.0
40.0
1.025
.950
.750
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.925
.900
.850
.650
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.645
.462
40.0
40.0
.620
.437
40.0
40.0
1.306
40.0
1.256
40.0
1.306
1.269
40.0
40.0
1.256
1.219
40.0
40.0
1.269
40.0
1.219
40.0
1.256
1.244
40.0
40.0
1.206
1.194
40.0
40.0
1.231
40.0
1.181
40.0
1.231
1.294
1.369
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.181
1.244
1.319
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.206
40.0
1.156
40.0
.839
.814
40.0
40.0
.789
.764
40.0
40.0
.801
40.0
.751
40.0
PRESS ASSISTANTS AND FEEDERS
Atlanta, Ga.:
Assistants.......... ................... ........................................................
Feeders..........................................................................................
Baltimore, M d.:
2-color cylinder presses........... ................................................... .
Cylinder presses over 31 inches.......... ........................................ .
Platen or small automatic presses.............................................. .
Binghamton, N. Y .:
Cylinder assistants......................................................................
Automatic job cylinder assistants.............................................. .
Feeders (female)............................................................................
Birmingham, Ala.:
Cylinder assistants.................... ............................................... .
Platen feeders.................... ...................................... - ........-.........
Boston, Mass.:
Assistants on 1 two-color press, 1 perfecting press (2-sheet or
2-pile feeding)............................................... ............................
Assistants on single offset, cross feeding, pile feeding or cylinder
assistants................................................................................... .
Job press feeders............................................................................
Buffalo, N. Y.:
Rotary web assistants..... ............................................................ .
2-color assistants---------------- --------------------- ------------------------Cylinder and job cylinder assistants........................................... .
Platen assistants......... ............ ................................................... .
Butte, Mont.:
Cylinder feeders............................................................................
Platen feeders........................................... ....................................
Chicago, 111.:
Assistants on tubular rotary presses, single deck: first assistants
on 10-color web perfecting presses......................... ..................
Assistants on 1- or 2-roll rotary presses:
Tension meq_______________________________ __________
Oilers or utility m en..................................... .......................
Assistants on McKee 4-color presses or sheeting machines;
Claybourn 4- or 5-color presses, second and third assistants
on 10-color web perfecting presses, assistants on U. P. M.
double attachments............... ...................................................
Assistants on 2-deck or rotary presses, using 1 or 2 rolls with
insert attachments......... ........... ..................... - ........................ .
Stock cutters (flat machines)................................................ .......
Assistants on 2-color presses; feeders and operators of hand-fed
folding machines; paper joggers; assistants on single rotary
presses; automatic or sheet-fed rotary presses; Cox Duplex
and Goss Comet presses; assistants on U. P. M. single attach
ments_______________________________________________ _
Assistants operating sheet-feed folding machines:
1 machine_________ ___________________________________
2 machines...____________________ _____ _______ _______
3 machines___________ ____ _______ ____ ________________
Assistants on single cylinder presses 25 by 38 inches and larger,
assistants on coupon presses, feeders on hand-fed folding
machines, assistants on 2 automatic Miehle Unit presses 29
by 41 inches, assistants in charge of varnishing machines.......
Assistants on 2 two-color Harris presses 22 by 30 inches or
Miller presses 22 by 30 inches; feeders on hand-fed cylinder
presses, assistants on 2 Pony Miehle presses...........................
Feeders on hand-fed Colt’s Armory or Universal presses..........
Platen press feeders; assistants on 2 automatic-fed cylinder
presses: Kelly, 25j4by 28U inches; Kelly, 28 ^ b y 35H inches;
Miehle horizontal; Miller Simplex, 20 by 26 inches..................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
1.000
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BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
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able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1, 1942 , and June 1, 1941 — Continued
PRESS ASSISTANTS A N D FEEDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Chicago, 111.—Continued.
Loose-leaf, blankbook and novelty work:
Cylinder press feeders:
Rate A . . ____ _____________________ ______________ _ $0,820
.730
Rate B........ .....................................................................
.690
Rate C .... ..........................................................................
.620
Rate D .............. ................... ...........................................
.670
Colt's press feeders____________________________________
Cincinnati, OKio:
Rotary presses:
First assistants_____________________________ __________ **1.038
**.988
Second assistants........................._..........................................
**. 976
Helpers and automatic machine tenders __________________
Feeders on large 2-color cylinder presses....... ...............................
*2.960
Cylinder press^feeders. __I____________________ _____________
*2.913
*2.625
Job press feeders.______________________________ _________ _
Cleveland, Ohio:
.997
Cylinder press assistants___________ ____ __________________
.975
Feeders on specialty work, after 30 days_____________________
.782
Platen pressassistants__ 1__________I ______________________
1.024
Columbus, Ohio______________________________________________
Rotary helpers, wax paper printing___________________________
.650
Dallas, Tex.:
.750
Cylinder feeders _________________________________________
Rotary press helpers........................... ......................... ...............
.700
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio:
Assistants and feeders on 2-color fiat-bed presses_________ ____
.975
Assistants and feeders on flat-bed cylinder presses..... ................
.925
Assistants on flat web presses (registry work)............................
.550
Web press assistants (magazine):
Multicolor presses:
First Assistants
1.150
White roll men____________________________________
.950
Packer boys:
Rate A
.700
Rate R
.725
Cottrell presses:
96 pages:
1.100
Front end men_________________________________
White roll men.................................... ............... ......
.925
Packer boys_______ _____ ______________________
.700
80 pages:
White roll men___ _____ ___ _____ _____ _________
.950
Packer boys_________________________ _____ ____
.700
32 pages:
Front end men.......... ................................ ...............
1.050
White roll men____________’___________________
.875
2-color Miehle or Miller press assistants
.950
Offset pattern press assistants................................... ............
.875
.McKee presses:
First Assistants
1.075
Second assistants
.925
48-page perfecting presses:
Front end m en ..................... ...................... .............
1.100
White roll men....................................................... .
.925
Combination second assistants and packers.............
.875
_____
___ _
Packer b o y s __ __ __
.700
Goss presses:
192 pages:
First assistants______ __________________________
1.100
White roll men, double form.....................................
.975
White roll men, single form.....................................
.950
Packer boys................................. ......................... .
.700
Color—64 pages double:
First assistants on double form.................... .............
1.200
Front end men................................................... ......
1.100
White roll men
___ __
.950
Packer boys
.700
32 pages:
First assistants, 2-color________ _________ ______
1.150
First assistants, black and white._______ _________
1.100
White roll men..... .....................................................
.925
Packer boys................................................................
.700
See footnotes at end of table (p. 64).
June 1,1941
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$0,770
.650
.640
.570
.620
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.950
.950
.900
.875
.600
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
.943
.900
.728
1.004
.600
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.591
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.950
.900
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
.925
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.675
.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.925
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.950
.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.875
.950
.875
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.975
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.925
.875
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.975
.925
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
!«
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.050
.950
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.075
1.050
.925
.675
40.0
40.0
4a o
40.0
42
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UNION WAGES AND HOUIR&— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June 1, 1941 — Continued
PRESS ASSISTANTS A N D FEEDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City *7
Dayton, Ohio—Continued.
Web press assistants (magazine)—Continued.
Claybourn and small McKee presses, 5-color:
First assistants...........................................
Second assistants between 2 presses........
Scott offset presses:
Assistants, reel-delivery................. ..........
Clampers, reel-delivery. ...........................
Pin boys, fly-delivery.............................. .
Wax paper printing:
Web rotary press assistants:
First 6 months...........................................
7 to 12 months................................ ...........
After 12 months_______________________
Kidder press assistants____________________
Denver, Colo.:
Ready-print Comet cylinder press assistants____
Cylinder press assistants------- ------ ------------------Platen feeders..........................................................
Des Moines, Iowa:
Rotary, color, and offset press assistants...............
Cylinder and folder assistants_________________
Platen assistants....................................................
Platen feeders...................................... ..................
Detroit, Mich.:
Rotary presses:
Harris press assistants.....................................
Babcock press assistants---------------------------Cylinder assistants____________________ _______
Job cylinder assistants_______ ____ _______ _____
Platen assistants_______ _________________ _____
Duluth, Minn.:
Platen assistan ts._______ _____________ _____
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Cylinder feeders.......................... ...........................
Houston, Tex.:
2-color cylinder feeders..........................................
Cylinder feeders........................... .............. ...........
Platen assistants........................................ ...........
Rotary assistants (wax paper printing)_________
Indianapolis, Ind.:
Rotary press assistants-----------------------------------Cylinder assistants________ ___________________
Rotary assistants (wax paper printing)_________
Job and job cylinder assistants_______ ____ ____
Jackson, Miss.:
Platen feeders________ ____ _______ _______ ____
Jacksonville, Fla.:
Cylinder assistants------- --------------------------------Platen assistants....................................................
Kansas City, Mo.:
Rotary assistants_____________________________
Cylinder assistants....................... .......................
Platen assistants....... .................... .......................
Little Rock, Ark.:
Cylinder feeders____ ______ __________________
Platen feeders________________________________
Los Angeles, Calif.:
Cylinder, combination, or offset feeders------------Platen feeders........................................................
Louisville, Ky.:
Cylinder assistants:
1 press...................... ......................................
2 presses...... ................................................. .
Platen feeders, hand-fed______________________
Offset press assistants-------------- ------ ---------------2-color press assistants_____ ____ ______________
Rotary roll or sheet-fed press assistants_________
Memphis, Tenn.:
Cylinder feeders, male........... .............. ............... .
Cylinder feeders, female______ _______ ________ _
Platen feeders, male_______________ ________ _
Platen feeders, female____________ _____ ______ _
Milwaukee, Wis.:
Cylinder and rotary assistants. ........................... .
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,075
.925
40.0
40.0
$1,000
.900
40.0
40.0
.950
.700
.650
40.0
40.0
40.0
.950
40.0
.625
40.0
.675
.735
.805
.825
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.675
.735
.805
.825
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.963
.925
.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
.883
.845
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
.930
.920
.710
.690
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.890
.880
.670
.650
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.975
.850
.750
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.925
40.0
40.0
.750
40.0
.450
40.0
.450
40.0
.900
40.0
.850
.825
.825
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.813
.750
.750
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.073
1.019
.875
.600
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.023
.969
.725
.450
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.450 ’
40*0
.450
40.0
.550 !
.450
40.0
40.0
.550
.450
40.0
40.0
1.000
.775
40.0
40.0
40.0
.925
.900
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
.675
.475
40.0
40.0
.625
.400
40.0
40.0
.900 j
.750
40.0
40.0
.825
.675
40.0
40.0
.738
.788
.613
.875
.800
.738
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.635
.700
.509
40.0
40.0
40.0
.650
.560
.540
.470
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.605
.525
.500
.440
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.985 |
40.0
.925
40.0
1.025
43
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able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and H ours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 2942, and June I, 1941 — Continued
PRESS ASSISTANTS A N D FEEDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Milwaukee, Wis.—Continued.
Job cylinder assistants______________________ ____ _________
Platen assistants................- ...........................................................
Novelty work:
Rotogravure department: Cylinder assistants____________
Carton department: Cylinder assistants and feeders, platen
feeders______________________________________________
Lnstrn department: Cylinder assistants __
Pressroom help and'revelation department: Cylinder
assistants.
__ ___________________________________
Bag department: Cylinder assistants:
"Rate A
Rate B ...............................................................................
Minneapolis, Minn.:
Cylinder feeders__________________________________________
Kelly A or Miehle vertical press assistants___________________
Platen feeders___________ _________________________ ___ _ _
Stokes, Harris, and job feeders (envelope printing)................... .
Nashville, Tenn.:
’
Cylinder feeders, male_____________________________________
Cylinder feeders, female____________________________________
Platen feeders.____________________________________________
Newark, N. J.:
Assistants on 3-color Sterling presses_____ ^............................. .
Assistants on 1 2-color press over 70 inches___________ _
Assistants on 2-color presses....... _....... ......................... ..............
Assistants on cylinder, offset, automatic, and rotary presses___
Platen press assistants........... .....................................................
New Haven, Conn.:
Cylindp.r fpftdp.rs
____
_ _ _
Horizontal, Miehle, and other press assistants_______________
Platen feeders _________________________________________
Magazine work:
Assistants on 2-color presses_______________ ___________
Cylinder, horizontal, Miehle vertical, and other press
assistants_________________________________________
New Orleans, La.:
Platen feeders, ________________________________________
New York, N. Y.:
First assistants on 5-color, 61-inch Cottrell presses, assistants
on 5-color 72-inch Cottrell presses............... - .............................
Assistants on 2-color 59-inch Cottrell presses, assistants on
2-color rotary presses over 59 inches— ......................................
Assistants on 2-color 48-inch Cottrell presses, assistants on
5-color 42-inch Cottrell presses___________________________
Assistants on Miller 2-color Major Simplex presses, assistants
on Miehle 2-color No. 41 presses, assistants on Miehle 2-color
No. 46 presses, first assistants on small McKee Process presses,
assistants on large 2-color fiat-bed presses, assistants on 2color Cottrell rotary presses not over 42 inches, second assis
tants on 5-color Cottrell presses not over 61 inches, assistants
on perfecting presses_____________ ________________ _____
Assistants on Miehle automatic pony presses, assistants on
Kelly No. 2 presses, assistants on Babcock automatic presses,
assistants on Miller Major Simplex presses, assistants on
Premier G. F. presses, assistants on Miehle No. 41 presses,
assistants on sheet-feed rotary presses, assistants on double
sheet-feed rotary presses_____________________ ___________
Assistants on cylinder presses over 42 inches, utility men on
web presses, second assistants on McKee Process presses,
assistants on offset presses, 35 by 45 inches or larger_________
Assistants on automatic or hand-fed platen presses; assistants
on Miehle vertical presses; assistants on Miller High Speed
presses, assistants on Kelly A, Kelly B, Kelly Clipper, Kelly
auto Jobber, Kelly C, or Kelly 1 presses; assistants on Miller
Simplex presses; assistants on Miehle horizontal presses;
assistants on Harris 1-color, Harris 2-color 15 by 18 inches,
or Harris 2-color 18 by 22 inches; assistants on offset presses
up to and including 22 by 34 inches; assistants on Webendorfers; assistants on milticolor presses; assistants on C. and
P. cylinder presses............................................ ...... _________
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Cylinder feeders____ ______ _____________ _______ _____ _____
Platen feeders.______________ ______________________________
Automatic feeders............... .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54*.
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$0,670
.610
40.0
40.0
$0,632
.579
40.0
40.0
.750
40.0
.700
.800
40.0
40.0
.650
.750
40.0
40.0
.975
40.0
.925
40.0
.800
.750
40.0
40.0
.700
.700
40.0
40.0
#9.900
m. 760
«. 620
.525
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.840
.700
.570
.490
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
«. 688
#7.588
#8. 478
40.0
40.0
40.0
.663
.563
.453
40.0
40.0
40.0
501.175
89 1.150
881.125
8®1.075
89. 775
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.075
1.025
.725
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
«°. 775
•°. 775
00.775
40.0
40.0
40.0
.700
.675
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
«i. 725
40.0
.700
40.0
«2.700
40.0
.675
40.0
.538
40.0
.488
40.0
1.275
40.0
1.263
40.0
1. 238
40.0
1.213
40.0
1.121
40.0
1.188
40.0
1.098
40.0
1.163
40.0
1.075
40.0
.850
40.0
.775
40.0
.738
.625
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
.688
40.0
40.0
.500
.550
40.0
44
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able
UNION WAGE.& AND HOURS.— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
PRESS ASSISTANTS A N D FEEDERS— Continued
June 1,, 1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Omaha, Nebr.:
Cylinder and rotary assistants......................................................
Peoria, 111.:
Platen feeders................. .............. .......................... .......................
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Sheet-feed rotary press assistants or roll-feed rotary helpers
(roll men).--------------------------------------- -----------------------------Single color flat-bed cylinder press assistants.____ ___________
Rotary feeders (wax paper printing)_________________ J......... .
Junior assistants____ _____ ____ _________________ __________
. Rotary press helpers (bag printing).............................................
Phoenix, Ariz.:
Cylinder assistants...................................... .................................
Platen assistants............................................................................
Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Offset press helpers.................. ....... .............................................
2-color cylinder press helpers.......................................... ..............
Cylinder press helpers, male................... i ......... ..........................
Cylinder press helpers, female.____________________________
Platen job press feeders, male.................................. .....................
Platen job press feeders, female....................................... ...........
Portland, Maine...................................... ...........................................
Portland, Oreg.:
Cylinder assistants......................................................................
Platen feeders...............................................................................
Providence, R. I.:
Automatic cr hand-fed press assistants:
Cylinder, 2-color, rotary, offset, or automatic job cylinder
presses.............. ............................................................. —
Reading, Pa.:
Cylinder assistants......................— ..........................................
Platen assistants...................... ............... ................................... .
Richmond, Va.:
Perfectors and 2-color press assistants...........................................
Cylinder assistants.........................................................................
Job press assistants or cylinder feeders.........................................
Assistants, helpers, and feeders (bag printing)................... ........
Platen feeders, female (envelope printing)...................................
Rochester, N. Y.:
Agreement A:
Cylinder and 2-color press assistants.................................. .
Duplex press assistants............................................................
Platen assistants.......... ............ ......... .................................. .
Platen feeders................................... .......................................
Agreement B:
Cylinder vertical feeders.........................................................
Platen feeders............ ..............................................................
Rock Island (111.) district:
Cylinder assistants........................................................................
St. Louis, Mo.:
Rotary web assistants-------------- ---------------------------------------Assistants on single-cylinder presses over 27 by 41 inches, assist
ants on 2-color cylinder presses over 27 by 41 inches, 4-color
McKee or Clayboum press assistants, offset press assistants.
Assistants on Major Miller presses, 27 by 41 inches, and Miehle
Unit presses or presses of like size, single or 2-color..................
Assistants on small cylinder or automatic press in combination
with platen press.........................................................................
Platen fefeders.................................................................................
St. Paul, Minn.:
Agreement A:
Cylinder assistants..................................................................
Cylinder feeders........... ...........................................................
Platen or Carver feeders.........................................................
Gravure:
Waite press feeders............... .............. ............................
Harris, Johanisberg, Perfection, Web, or 4-color press
feeders.............................................................................
Agreement B:
Cylinder assistants..................................................................
Cylinder feeders.......................................................................
Platen feeders...................... ...................................................
Envelope printing: Stokes and Harris job feeders.......................
$0,810
40.0
$0,750
40.0
.750
40.0
.650
40.0
1.060
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.040
.890
.830
.750
.770
.810
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.870
.758
40.0
40.0
.840
.728
40.0
40.0
1.075
1.035
.920
.780
.750
.680
.600
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.075
1.035
.920
.780
.750
.680
.550'
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.850
.750
40.0
40.0
.770
.670
40.0
40.0
1.020
1.000
.800
40.0
.960
.810
40.0
40.0
.889
.734
40.0
40.0
.775
.750
.550
.468
.450
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.725
.700
.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
.870
.788
.750
.710
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.845
.763
.725
.685
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.870
.700
40.0
40.0
.820
.660
40.0
40.0
.950
40.0
.950
40.0
1.180
40.0
1.100
40.0
1.020
40.0
.940
40.0
.980
40.0
.850
.610
40.0
40.0
.790
.560
40.0
40.0
.775
.926
.676
40.0
40.0
40.0
.700
.840
.570
40.0
40.0
40.0
.676
40.0
.570
40.0
.926
40.0
.840
* 40.0
.770
.910
.640
.525
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.700
.840
.570
.490
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
45
BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
T
able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941 — Continued
PRESS ASSISTANTS A N D FEEDERS— Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Salt Lake City, Utah:
Cylinder feeders____ ______ ____ _______ _____________ ______
Platen feeders__ _______
____
San Antonio, Tex.:
Cylinder feeders
_
___ ____
Platen feeders_____________ ____ _____ _____ _____ __________
San Francisco, Calif.:
Cylinder assistants....... ........... .............................. .......................
Platen assistants_________________________ ___________ _____
Scranton, Pa.:
Cylinder assistants on all 2-color or Perfector presses____ _____
Cylinder assistants_______________ ______ ............................. ...
Platen assistants............................................................................
Seattle, Wash.:
Cylinder feeders
__
_____
._ . _
Platen feeders._________________________________________
Envelope printing:
Male assistants.......................................................................
Female assistants____ ______ _______________ ___________
South Bend, Ind.:
Cylinder and offset press assistants_________________________
Pfaten assistants *
....
___ .
Spokane, Wash.:
Cylinder feeders... _
_______ _ _ .....
Pfaten feeders
_ ___ __
. ..
_ ___ _
Springfield, Mass.:
Cylinder assistants
2-cnlnr press assistants
___
Tampa, Fla.:
Cylinder feeders
Toledo, Ohio:
Feeders___________________________________________________
Washington, D. C.:
4-color McKee assistants, assistants on 2 U. P. M . presses------Web press assistants (with color attachment)_________ _______
Assistants on I U. P. M . press, assistants on 2-color Perfector
presses__________________________________________________
Cylinder, web, and offset feeders
____
...
___ _
___ ___
Platen feeders
Wichita, Kans.
Cylinder assistants________________________________________
Platen assistants_________________________________________
York, Pa.:
Perfector press assistants___________________________________
Cylinder assistants________________________________________
$0,700
.500
40.0
40.0
$0,700
.500
40.0
40.0
.600
.400
40.0
40.0
.600
.400
40.0
40.0
1.019
.788
40.0
40.0
.975
.750
40.0
40.0
63.970
63.720
40.0
40.0
40.0
.928
.890
.678
40.0
40.0
40.0
»*. 890
«*.750
40.0
40.0
.890
.750
40.0
40.0
.900
.600
40.0
40.0
.670
.500
40.0
40.0
.900
.600
40.0
40.0
.800
.500
40.0
40.0
66.770
66.750
40.0
40.0
.770
.750
40.0
40.0
.750
.800
40.0
40.0
63.933
.600
40.0
.600
40.0
.900
40.0
.850
40.0
1.113
1.075
40.0
40.0
1.063
1.025
40.0
40.0
1.025
1.000
.725
40.0
40.0
40.0
.975
.950
.675
40.0
40.0
40.0
.813
.663
40.0
40.0
.800
.650
40.0
40.0
.810
.780
40.0
40.0
.760
.730
40.0
40.0
$1,000
40.0
$1,000
40.0
1.150
1.025
40.0
40.0
1.050
.925
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.175
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.050
40.0
40.0
CYLINDER PRESSMEN
Atlanta, Ga__________________________________________________
Wax-paper printing:
Aniline.................................................................. ......... ........
Baltimore, M d.:
2-color cylinder presses__ ___________ ______________________
Single-color cylinder presses over 31 inches...................... .........
Small automatic presses 31 inches or less, offset presses up to
and including 17inches
. ... _
Binghamton, N. Y.:
Agreement A ___ ________ _________________________________
Automatic job cylinder presses___ ______ ____ ____ _______
Agreement B ______________________
____________________
Automatic job cylinder presses..............................................
Agreement C ______ _ .....
. __
___
Birmingham, Ala.:
Cylinder presses:
1 press
2 presses
._ .
_
_
Rotary presses:
In charge
First position__________________ ______________________
Tension men............................................ ...............................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
1.000
40.0
.950
40.0
1.075
1.025
1.070
.750
67.880
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.950
40.0
40.0
«3.925
68.950
40.0
40.0
.875
.900
40.0
40.0
1.450
1.250
1.175
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.313
1.138
1.063
40.0
40.0
40.0
46
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able
UNION, WAGES AND HOURS---- PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
C Y LIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
|Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Birmingham, Ala.—Continued.
Coupon presses............................................................................ w $1,025
«».810
Automatic job cylinder presses______________________ _______
Boston, Mass.:
1 perfecting press, 1 two-color press, 2 high-speed cylinder
1.200
presses, or 1 two-sheet-feed rotary press___________________
1.100
1 single offset or job cylinder press... ................. .........................
Buffalo, N. Y .:
1.350
Rotary web presses..................... ................. ........................ .......
1.325
2-color presses....... .......................... ...................... ....... ................
1.250
Multicolor presses.................................... ........................ ............
1.200
Job cylinder presses. ............................ ........................................
Butte, Mont.:
1.263
Cylinder foremen.................................... ............ ............ ..........
1.175
Charleston, W. Va------ ------------------------------------------- --------------1.375
In charge..... .....................---------- ---------------------------------------Charlotte, N. C.:
.950
Automatic job cylinder presses....... ......... ..................................
Chicago, HI.:
2 presses up to 46 by 65 inches; 3 patent inside blanket presses;
1 press with Upham attachments; 1 double cylinder flat-bed
2-color press; 1 double cylinder perfecting press; 1 press over
25 by 38 inches and not over 3 job presses; 1 two-color auto
matic Harris; 1 two-color Harris-Seybold-Potter; 1 two-color
Miller; 1 two-color multicolor ticket press; or any 2 of the
following presses in combination: Automatic press, Harris
single, Miehle horizontal, Miehle vertical, Miller Simplex,
Osterlind, Stokes and Smith; second position when running
tandem or 4 press beds; proofers on power presses or 1 job
70 1.400
Foremen, 3 to 6 cylinder presses, or 2 cylinders and job press__ 701.525
1 Cox Duplex, Hoe Duplex, Goss flat-bed, Cox-o-type, or
presses of similar type; process or label work, 3 or more colors;
1 cylinder press with Upham attachment running process or
label work, 3 or 4 colors................................................... ......... 701.488
10-color perfecting presses:
First pressmen___________ ____________ ____ _______ ____ 701.925
Second pressmen_____________ _____________ ___________ 70 1.750
Rotary presses:
Sheet- or web-fed rotary, 70 inches or over:
1 four-color press__________________________________ 701. 725
1 five-color press.------ ---------------- ------------------ ------- 70 1.800
1 Miesel press, second pressmen operating 2 folders_______ 70 1.625
1 tubular press, 1 or 2 units-------------------------------------------- 70 1.575
Second pressmen, 3 or 4 units_____ __________________ 701.475
1 thirty-two-page, 2-unit press— ........................................ 70 1.525
70 1.675
1 sixty-four-page, 2- or 4-unit press..... ...............................
1 eighty-page, 2-unit press...........................— ...................... 70 1.675
On color, 4-unit presses:
First pressmen.. ............................ ........................... 70 1.675
Second pressmen.------ ------- -------------- ---------------- 701.525
1 ninety-six-page, 2- or 4-unit press:
First pressmen____________________________________ 70 1.675
Second pressmen_______________________ _______ ____ 701.525
1 one-hundred and twenty-eight-page, 4-unit press:
70 1.675
First pressmen___________________________________
Second pressmen__________________________________ 70 1.525
1 one-hundred and ninety-two page, 4 unit press:
70 1.725
First pressmen_______________________________ r—
Second pressmen___________________________________ 701.575
1 two-color, sheet-feed__________________________________ 70 1.550
1 three-color, sheet-feed------------------------------------------------- 70 1.600
1 four-color, sheet-feed--------------------------------------------------- 70 1.675
1 five-color, sheet-feed_____________ ____ _______ ________ 70 1.750
Rotogravure:
1.464
Pressmen------------------ ------------------------------------ -----------1.643
Pressmen-in-charge and registermen-------- --------- ------------Bread-wrapper printing:
Kidder or similar presses:
1.463
1 two-color press_______________ _______ ______ ______
1.488
1 three-color press__________________________________
1.525
i four-color press............... .......................................... —
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
40.0
40.0
$0.975
.775
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.160
1.060
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.225
1.125
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.238
1.050
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.884
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.350
1.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.438
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.875
1.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.675
1.750
1.575
1.525
1.425
1.475
1.635
1.625
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.625
1.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.625
1.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.625
1.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.675
1.525
1.500
1.550
1.625
1.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
1.321
1.500
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.413
1.438
1.475
40.0
40.0
40.0
47
BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
T
able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, J u n e l, 1942, and June 1, 1941 — Continued
C YLIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Chicago, 111.—Continued.
Loose-leaf, blankbook, and novelty work:
Automatic cylinder presses:
Rate A_______________ ___________ ____ ___ ________
Rate B___________________________________________
Rate C___________________________________________
Rate D ___________________________________________
Rat.fi F
Miehle vertical presses:
Rate A_________________________________ _________
Rate B ___________________________________________
Colt’s cutting and creasing presses______________________
Kluge automatic presses:
Rate A ______ ___ __ __ ___
_
_ __________
Rate B________ ___________________________________
Gordon presses, hand-fed:
Rate A ___________________________________________
Rate B__________________ _____ _________ ____ _____
Rate C_ _____________________________ ______ _____
Rate D ____ ______________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Rotary presses:
Up to 4-color press______ _____________________ _______ __
1 or 2 sheet-feed web press______________________________
Special presses........_T _________________________________
1 two-color flat-bed press over 25 by 38 inches________________
3- or 4-bag presses___________________ __________ _______
1 or 2 presses iip to 54 inches, or 1 press fi5 inches or over
2 or 3 platen presses and 1 single color cylinder press under 25 by
38 inches____________________________________________ .
Folding machine operators, 1 machine______________________
Automatic job cylinder presses:
1 press________________________________ ______________
2 presses______________ _______ _____________ ____ ______
Cleveland, Ohio................................................ ..............................
Offset presses___________________________________ ______ ___
Semirotary presses________________________________________
Cylinder pressmen on specialty work, after 30 days__________
Columbus, Ohio____ _________________________________________
Rotary presses (wax paper printing)._____________ _________
Dallas, Tex.:
Rotary presses___________________________________________
Automatic or 2-color presses.. _____________________________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio:
Cylinder or automatic job presses__________________________
2-color presses________________________________ ____________
Rotary web presses, magazine:
Regular McKee presses___ __________________________
48-page perfecting presses------------------------ ------ --------48-page perfecting presses, second pressmen.. ________
2-colorTJiehle or Miller presses______ . . . . . . __________
2 Kelly presses_______ _______________________________
Scott offset presses (reel-delivery)_______________________
Offset pattern (fly-delivery) or offset Harris presses______
Cottrell presses:
96 pages_________ _________________________________
80 or 32 pages______________________________________
Goss presses:
192-page pressmen-in-charge or 64-page double 2-color
pressmen______ _ ______________________________
192-page pressmen. ______________________________
32-page 2-color presses______________________________
32-page black and white presses____________________
5-color Clayboum or small McKee presses............. ..........
Multicolor pressmen___________ _________ ____ _________
Pressmen-in-charge. _______________________________
Flat web presses (register work)____________________________
Rotary web presses (register work)______ __________________
Rotary web presses (wax paper printing)____________________
Rotary Kidder presses________________ _________ ______ ____
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1.130
1.130
1.060
1.050
.970
40.0
*40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,100
1.080
1.050
.840
1.000
1.020
40.0
40.0
40.0
.790
.970
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
.850
40.0
40.0
.850
.800
40.0
40.0
.730
.680
.650
.630
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.680
.630
.600
.580
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
n 1.256
72 1.225
73 1.150
71 1.194
751.163
73 1.150
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.206
1.175
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
761.144
77 .988
40.0
40.0
1.094
.950
40.0
40.0
78.913
79 1.013
1.252
1.362
1.314
1.225
1.250
1.070
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
.875
.938
1.198
1.309
1.261
1.138
1.230
1.050
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
1.100
40.0
40.0
1.025
.915
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.275
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.200
40.0
40.0
1.450
1.550
1.400
1.275
1.400
1.450
1.400
1.250
1.225
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.110
1.200
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.475
1.425
40.0
40.0
1.450
1.375
40.0
40.0
1.550
1.375
1.500
1.500
1.475
1.450
1.600
1.150
1.250
1.125
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.525
1.350
1.475
1.450
1.425
1.425
1.550
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
1.010
1.000
.920
1.100
1.144
1.113
1.100
1.200
1.125
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
48
UNION* WAGES AND HOURS---- PRINTING TRADES
T able 15.— Union Scales o f W ages and Hours in the BOOK A N I) JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
C Y LIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1. 1942
City
Denver, Colo.:
2-color, Kelly, or offset presses ....... . .
........
. _
Foremen, offset presses
Des Moines, Iowa____________________________________________
Small presses______*______________________________________
Rotary", color, or offset presses
Detroit, Mich_ ______________________________________________
Job cylinder, Kelly, Miehle vertical, Miller, Hi-Speed, Simplex,
or horizontal___ '______________________________________
Harris rotary presses______________________________________
Babcock rotary presses____________________________________
Duluth, Minn___1 *1 ________________________________________
El Paso, Tex ________________________________ ____ ____ ____
Erie, Pa.:
Cylinder or offset presses
. _
.
. _
2-color pressmen or cylinder foremen________________________
Wax paper printing:'
Rotary pressmen______________________________________
Rotary foremen_______________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind.:
Cylinder or offset presses
. . . . . .
_
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,175
1.300
1.130
1.090
1.190
1.325
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,088
1.213
1.090
1.050
1.130
1.250
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.450
1.400
1.050
1.031
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
40.0
1.050
.950
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.100
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
1.050
1.175
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
1.150
1.246
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.125
1.200
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.296
1.200
.900
Foremen
____ _________________________________________
Jacksonville, Fla.:
Cylinder or Kelly presses
_
_________________________
Kansas City, Mo.:
Cylinder forem en.____ _________________________________
1 cylinder press and 2 automatic platen presses_______________
2 cylinder presses, 1 two-color cylinder press, 1 cylinder press
with Upham attachments, 1 cylinder and 1 or 2 hand-fed
platen presses, or 1 cylinder press and 1 automatic platen
press
_ ____ ____________________
Little Rock, Ark_____________________________________________
Foremen
_ _ _
________________________
Los Angeles, Calif.:
Cylinder forem en________________________________________
1 flat-bed web press_________________ ____________________
1 or 2 single cylinder presses, 1 or 2 automatic presses, 1 twocolor cylinder press, 1 cylinder and not more than 2 platen
presses ________________________________________________
Louisville, Ky.:
Small 1-color press under 65 inches ________________________
1 cylinder press over 65 inches_______ ____________________
. 1 two-color flat-bed press or 1 perfector press.—_____________ _
Lisenbv presses or multilith operators_______________________
Offset presses:
1 roll-fed press_________________________________________
1 two-color press___________________________________ ___
1 press 17 by 22 inches or under________________________
1 press 17 by 22 to 40 inches..................... ........................ ......
Job automatic cylinder presses:
1 Kelly B or 17 by 22 inches. 1 Kelly No. 1,1 Miehle Ver
tical, 1 Miller Hi-Speed, or 1 Miller Simplex___________
1 Kelly No. 2, 1 Miehle horizontal, or 1 Miller Major
Simplex__ _________________________________________
Rotary presses:
1 or 2-color roll-feed presses_______ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 single color Kidder or Harris press not over 21 by 28 inches.
2 single color Kidder or Harris presses not over 21 by 28
inches.______________________________________________
Manchester, N. H __....... .............. .......................... .........................
Automatic presses_________________________________________
Memphis, Tenn_____________________________ _________________
Foremen.. __________________________________________ ____
Offset presses 17 by 22 inches_____________________ _____ ____
Offset presses 20 by 26 to 22 by 34 inches_____ ______ _________
2-color offset presses____ ____ ____________________________
Milwaukee, Wis.:
Cylinder and rotary presses. .........................................................
June 1, 1941
1.125
1.100
.900
1.000
40.0
1.000
40.0
1.335
1.310
40.0
40.0
1.235
1.210
40.0
40.0
1.260
.975
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.160
.900
.963
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
1.163
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.088
40.0
40.0
1.125
40.0
1.050
40.0
1.025
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.946
40.0
1.250
40.0
1.100
1.025
1.375
1.325
1.075
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
40.0
1.075
40.0
1.225
1.025
40.0
40.0
1.100
.900
.850
.910
1.040
.910
.940
1.020
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
.850
.850
.970
.850
.900
.950
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.185
40.0
1.125
40.0
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15.— Union Scales o f W ages and Hours in the BOOK A N D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1, 1942, and June I, 1941 — Continued
C Y LIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Milwaukee, Wis.—Continued.
Double roll rotary presses, or 3 or more color presses__________
Novelty work:
Revelation department:
Bread wrapper presses
__ __
Rotogravure department:
Cylinder presses:
Class A _____ __________________________________
Class B____.................................................................
Lustro department:
Cylinder presses:
Class A _____ _______________ ____ ______________
Class B ............................. ..........................................
Bag department ______________________________________
Carton*department___ ________________________________
Minneapolis, Minn.:
Men-in-charge of 4 single cylinder presses __ ________________
Men-in-charge of 3 single cylinder" presses, 2-color double end
or single roll rotary presses_______________________________
1 or 2 single cylinder presses, 1 Kelly A or Miehle vertical press,
1 single cylinder and 1 platen press________________________
Stokes or Harris presses (ftnvftlopft'printing)
_
_ _
Mobile, Ala_____ *____________ _________11___________________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenp.:
1 Cylinder press
......
2 cylinder presses__________________________________________
Newark, N. J.:
Cylinder presses:
1 three-color Sterling press...............- .............. ......................
1 two-color cylinder press over 70 inches_________________
1 single-color cylinder press with bronzing attachment over
65 inches__________ ___ _____________________________
1 special Kidder press, Prudential._______ ____________
4-color Kidder press (wax paper printing)______ ____ _____
Job and cylinder presses:
Foremen
_ __ _____ ______________ ________
I or 2 job cylinder presses with automatic feeder, 1 job cyl
inder press with automatic feeder and 1 automatic-feed
platen press, 1 job cylinder press with automatic feeder
and 2 hand-fed platen presses, 1 or 2 single cylinder
presses not over 68 inches, 1 Duplex web press__________
1 two-color Harris press 15 by 18 inches__________________
Seal presses _
_______________________________________
New Haven, Conn.:
Cylinder presses, Miehle vertical and horizontal automatic job
cylinder presses _______________________________________
Magazine work:
Cylinder presses. _____________________________________
Miehle vertical and horizontal presses___________________
2-color presses __ ____________ _______ ____________
New Orleans, La.:
Cylinder or combination cylinder and platen presses_________
Foremen__________ ___ ___ _ ____________________________
Offset presses. ........................................ ............ .......... ...... ........
New York, N. Y.:
5-color Cottrell presses 50 by 72 inches_______________________
McKee process presses_____ ________________________________
1 sheet-feed rotary press with color.................. ...........................
1 two-color flat-bed press over 70 inches _____________________
1 sheet-feed rotary or offset press, permanent provers, 1 press
with bronzing attachment, 2 cylinder presses on color reg
ister work, 1 two-color flat-bed under 70 inches, 1 two-color
Harris 28 by 34 inches and up_____________ _________ _____
1 or 2 automatic job cylinder presses over 22.inches and under
29 inches........................ ...................... .............. ................ ......
1 cylinder press over 68 inches, 1 or 2 cylinder presses not over
68 inches, 1 perfecting press, 1 poster press, 1 label press.-----Web presses:
3- or 4-color or process presses over 46 inches______________
Double roll presses over 46 inches_______________________
3- or 4-color or process presses 46 inches or under. _...............
Double roll presses 46 inches or under, or single roll presses
over 46 inches.......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1.247
40.0
$1.187.
40.0
1.175
40.0
1.125
40.0
1.000
.900
40.0
40.0
1.050
.950
.950
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
.900
.900
.850
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
ao 1.265
40.0
1.205
40.0
30 1.235
40.0
1.175
40.0
80 1.135
.975
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.075
.915
.850
40.0
40.0
40.0
80.988
80.988
40.0
40.0
.820
.963
40.0
40.0
8®1.450
«»1.438
40.0
40.0
1.400
1.388
40.0
40.0
8« 1.400
801.388
8» 1. 275
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
1.350
1.338
40.0
40.0
40.0
«o 1.463
40.0
1.413
40.0
59 1. 338
5» 1. 250
89 1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.288
1.050
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
8i 1.050
40.0
1.050
40.0
82 1.050
82 1.000
82 1. 125
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
.975
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
1.175
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.125
1.075
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.736
1.668
1.599
1.576
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.625
1.568
1.499
1.476
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.531
40.0
1.431
40.0
1.463
40.0
1.406
40.0
1.463
40.0
1.363
40.0
1.713
1.690
1.668
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.613
1.590
1.568
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.645 :
40.0
1.545
40. o
50
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS;— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected C ities, June I, 1942 , and June 1, 1941 — Continued
C Y LIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1,1942
City
New York, N. Y .- Continued.
Web presses—Continued.
Single roll presses 46 inches or under_____________________
Cox Duplex presses, or multi-ticket presses______ ______ __
Second men bn presses. __________ ______ _ ____________
Brakemen or tension men on presses. _________________
2-color automatic cylinder presses:*
Group A ______________________________________________
Group B______________________________________________
Single color automatic cylinder presses:
Group A ______________________________________________
Group B_____________________________________ ________
Group C___________ ______ ________________ _____ ______
Combination presses:
1 cylinder and 1 automatic job cylinder up to and including
31 inches
___________________ _______ ________ ____
1 cylinder and 1 or 2 hand-fed platen presses, or 1 cylinder
and 1 automatic platen press____________________ _____
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Pressmen under foreman___________________________________
Foremen, no journeymen__________________________________
Foremen^ 1 Kelly press_____________________ _______________
Omaha, Nebr________________________________________________
Peoria, 111___________________________________________________
Foremen___________________ ____________________________
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Cylinder presses 68 inches or under___________________ ____
Cylinder pressmen on 2-color work__________________________
Rotary roll-feed presses__________ i ________________ _________
2-color presses____________________________ ____ ________
Second pressmen____________________ ______ _______
Jitney presses________________________ ____ _ ______ _
Rotary sheet-feed press with 1 automatic attachment ______
4-color McKee presses 70 inches or under___________ _____
Rotary presses (wax paper printing)________________________
Flat-bed cylinder presses, specialty work....... ...... .............. ........
Bag printing:
__
____
Rotary pressmen, after 4 years
_
_
Letter press, after 4 years; or rotogravure, after 4 years_____
Job or fiat-bed press, after 3 years..........................................
Phoenix, Ariz.:
Cylinder or offset presses ________________________ ____ ____
Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Cylinder or combination web and cylinder presses_____ ______
2-color cylinder presses___ _______________________________
Offset presses.. ___________________ ____________________
Portland, Maine____________________ ______ _____ _______ ______
Portland, Oreer______________________________________ ________
Offset presses_____________________________________ ________
Foremen:
1 or 2 presses____________________ ____ ______________ _.
3 or more presses______________________________________
Providence, R. I ______*_______________________________________
Automatic job cylinder presses............ ........................................
2-color cylinder presses 26 by 38 inches
_______
_ . _
2-color cylinder presses 46 by 64 inches.. ..................................
Reading, Pa.:
1 or 2 presses______________________________________________
Foremen_________________________________________________
Assistant foremen___________________________ _____ ________
Richmond, Va.:
Perfector or 2-color presses____________________ _____ ________
Cylinder presses, 1-color presses, or platemen..................... ........
Envelope printing
_____________ ____________ __________ _
Rotary presses
.......... .... ...................... ................
Bag printing:
Automatic and hand-fed 3- or 4-color presses. __________
Automatic and hand-fed 1- or 2-color presses........................
Rochester, N. Y .:
Agreement A:
Cylinder presses, 2-color presses, 2 Kelly A or B presses, or
2 vertical presses___________________________________—
Kelly No. 1 or No. 2 presses-------------- ------- --------------------
June 1, 1941
!
•Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
| hour per week hour per week
$1,599
1.531
1.509
1.463
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,499
1.431
1.409
1.363
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.599
1.668
40.0
40.0
1.499
1.568
40.0
40.0
1.463
1.531
1.599
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.363
1.431
1.499
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.509
40.0
1.409
40.0
1.463
.950
40.0
40.0
1.363
.950
40.0
40.0
1.088
1.238
1.060
1.150
1.240
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.955
1.025
1.188
1.000
1.050
1.140
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.250
1.300
1.410
1.450
1. 310
1.300
1. 325
1.450
1.290
.950
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.230
1.280
1.390
1.430
1.290
1.280
1.305
1.430
1.180
.800
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40. ft
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.975
.850
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.160
40.0
1.120
40.0
1.225
1.340
1.575
.875
1.180
1.230
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.225
1.340
1.575
.820
1.180
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.243
1.305
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.163
1.225
.909
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.940
1.180
1.040
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
40.0
40.0
.870
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.110
.806
. 655
40.0
40.0
1.150
1.150
40.0
40.0
1.125
40.0
1.000
1.000
1.150
1.250
1.020
1.260
1.120
1.150
.950
1.100
51
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able
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June 1 , 1941 — Continued
C YLIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Rochester, N. Y .—Continued.
Agreement A—Continued.
1 Kelly C press............. ........................... .............................. $1.100
1 Kelly A or B press or 1 vertical press.......................... ......
1.050
Duplex presses__________ ____ __________ _________ ____
1.300
1.160
Agreement B______ ________________________________ _____ .
1.050
Vertical presses._________ ______ _____________ _______
1.150
Rock Island (111.) district______________ ___________ ___________
Foremen_________________ ______________ _____ __________
1.300
Rotary presses:
1.300
Men-in-charge_____________________________________ ___
First assistants-.......... ................ .................................... ......
1.150
Second and third assistants_____________________ _______
1.100
St. Louis, M o.:
1 four- or five-color press----- --------------------------------------------1.410
Single or 2-roll rotary presses---------------------- -------------------- 1.380
2-color Claybourn presses, rotogravure press sheet, double
cylinder perfecting presses________________ ______ ________
1.280
Second pressmen on 5-color presses or 2-roll rotary presses,
2-color presses, 2 automatic presses over 19 by 25 inches, 2
cylinder presses 25 by 38 inches but under 63 inches, 1 cylinder
press 68 inches or larger, 1 automatic press over 19 by 25
inches and 2 platen presses................. ..................................... .
1.270
1 cylinder press 25 by 38 inches but under 68 inches with 1 or 2
platen presses----------------------------------------------- ----------------1.230
2 automatic presses 17 by 22 inches to 19 by 25 inches, or 1 auto
matic press 17 by 22 inches to 19 by 25 inches with 2 platen
1.210
presses__________________ ____ ___ _____ ____________ ____
1 automatic press less than 17 by 22 inches with 3 platen presses
1.190
2 automatic presses less than 17 by 22 inches, or 1 automatic
press less than 17 by 22 inches with 2 platen presses_______
1.170
1 press 25 by 38 inches but under 68 inches, 2 presses 24 by 36
inches or less, or 1 press 24 by 36 inches or less with 1 or 2
platen presses. ....................................................................... ..
1.150
1.100
1 press 24 by 36 inches or less.............................................. ........
Coupon presses:
42-inch presses........ ................................................................
1.120
28-inch presses_______ ______ ______ ____________________
1.080
St. Paul, Minn.:
Agreement A:
1.250
2-color double ender presses___________________________
1 or 2 single cylinder presses; 3 single cylinder presses on
imprinting; 1 single cylinder press and 1 platen press;
any 1 of the following presses: Kelly, Miehle vertical,
horizontal, or Miller High Speed; and any 2 of the fol
lowing presses: Harris Imprint, Kelly A or B, or Miehle
vertical...............................................................................
1.160
Gravure:
1.350
4-color presses________________________ ________ ___
Harris presses, Perfection double ender presses, web
1.225
double ender presses_________________ ____ ________
1.160
Johanisberg presses, Waite presses.._____ ___________
Agreement B:
1.245
2-color double ender presses, men-in-charge of rotary presses.
1 or 2 single cylinder presses; 1 cylinder press and 1 platen
press; any 1 of the following presses: Kelly, Miehle ver
1.145
tical, Simplex, horizontal, or Miller High Speed..........
Envelope printing:
.975
Stokes or Harris presses......... ...................................... ........
Salt Lake City, Utah..................... ...... ........... ..................................
.950
1.050
Foremen___________________________________________ ______
San Antonio, Tex....... ................... ............ ........................................
.900
San Francisco, Calif.:
1.431
Foremen of cylinder or manifold presses, flat-bed web presses..
Cylinder presses, manifold presses .................... ...................... .
1.356
Rotary magazine presses:
1.506
First position........................... ................................. ...........
1.356
Second position........................... ........... ................. ..............
Scranton, Pa.:
1 or 2 cylinder presses__________________ ______ ____________ w 1.183
2-color presses_________________________ ___________________ 63 1.283
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.000
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.300
1.150
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.318
1.291 !
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.184
40.0
40.0
1.184
40.0
40.0
1.142
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.084
1.100 !
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.064
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.069
1.008
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
.993
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.175
40.0
40.0
1.075
40.0
40.0
1.275
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.075
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.175
40.0
$1,025
1.275
1.150
1.300
40.0
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.915
.950
1.050
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.375
1.300
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.450
1.300
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.150
1.253
40.0
40.0
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UNION WAGES AND HOUR®— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f W ages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing
Trades in Selected Cities, June 1, 1942 , and June 1, 1941 — Continued
C Y LIN D E R PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1,1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Seattle, W a s h .......................... ......... ................ ................................ $1,250
Rotary web presses_________________ ____ ___________ ______
1.429
Men-in-charge________________________________________
1.571
Offset presses.
_________________________________________ 83 1.000
Envelope printing _
_
_
__ _
......
1.265
South Bend, Ind.:
2-color presses_____________________________________________
1.250
1.150
1 cylinder press 40 inches or over___________________________
2 cylinder presses 40 inches or over__________________________
1.200
Offset presses 17 by 22 inches or less............ ..............................
1.200
1.250
Offset presses over 17 by 22 inches_____________________ _____
Spokane, W ash_________ I___ ______ __________________________ m 1.000
1.100
Springfield, M ass_________ ______________________ _____ _______
2-color presses_____________________________________________
1.200
Rotary*roll-foed presses
1.000
Tampa, Fla.:
1.000
Cylinder presses, 1 Miller Simplex automatic cylinder press___
Kelly presses, Miehle presses, 2 Miehle vertical presses_______
.900
Web presses.!______ _*_____ ! ______________________________
1.080
Foremen_________________________________________________
1.125
__
_____________________________
Toledo, Ohio _
1.175
1.175
Automatic job cylinder presses_____________________________
Washington, D! C.:~
1.731
1 5-color Cottrell-McKee press______________________________
1 XJ. P. M. rotary press, 1 offset press over 42 inches_________
1.365
1 Perfector press! 1*two-color press_______________ __________
1.300
Job automatic cylinder presses (1 or 2 Miehle vertical presses,
any cylinder press 20 inches or under, 1 or 2 Kelly job presses,
1 offset press 24 inches or under, 1 or 2 Miller High Speed
1.200
presses) _______________________________________________
Wichita, Kans.:
2 cylinder presses, 1 cylinder and 2 platen presses, 1 two-color
press, 1 job cylinder and 1 or 2 platen presses_______________
1.050
1.100
Rotary presses____________________________________________
1.050
York, Pa........ ............................................... .......................................
1.100
Perfector presses__ ___ _
____________________________
1.125
Youngstown, Ohio
_____
_______________________________
1.150
Rotary web presses_______________________________________
1.188
Offset presses, 2-color presses________ ______________________
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
$1,250
1.429
1.571
40.0
35.0
35.0
1.265
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.150
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.100
1.250
1.000
1.060
1.160
1.000
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
1.080
1.125
1.125
1.000
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
4000
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.656
1.290
1.225
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
1.075
1.000
1.050
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,000
.900
40.0
40.0
$1,000
.850
40.0
40.0
67.880
.875
40.0
40.0
40.0
.800
.680
40.0
40.0
1.040
.980
1.075
1.002
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.980
.940
.975
.977
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.050
.938
.780
40.0
40.0
40.0
.938
.875
.707
40.0
40.0
40.0
70 1.225
70 1.250
70 1.288
70 1.325
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.175
1.200
1.238
1.275
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
«2.900
62.938
62.963
62.988
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.875
.900
.925
.950
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.037
1.132
1.219
1.250
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
.983
1.079
1.165
1.230
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
PLATEN PRESSMEN
Atlanta, G a _______________ _________________________________
Baltimore, M d________________________________________________
Binghamton, N. Y .:
Job presses_____________________________________ __________
Automatic-feed presses_____________________________________
Birmingham, Ala ___________________________________________
Boston, Mass.:
Automatic presses_________________________________________
Hand-fed presses__________________________________________
Buffalo, N. Y . ............................................. .................... .............. —
Butte, Mont _______________________________________________
Charleston, W. Va.:
Automatic presses_____ __________________________________
Hand-fed presses________________________________ ______ ___
Charlotte, N. C__ ____________________________________________
Chicago, 111.:
1 to 3 presses.
_ ________________________________________
4 presses, hand-fed _______________________________________
5 presses, hand-fed
____________________________________
6 presses, hand-fed________________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio:
1 or 2 presses. ____________________________________________
3 presses__________________________________________________
4 presses__________________________________________________
5 presses ___ _____________________________________________
Cleveland, Ohio:
1 or 2 presses. ___________________________________________
3 or 4 presses
__________________________________________
5 or more presses ______ _________________________________
Columbus, Ohio.................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table,
(p. 54).
86. 710
53
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15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
PLATEN PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
Dallas, Tex__________________ . ............................ ...................
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio:
1 or 2 job presses............._........... ........... ......... ...... ...................
3 job presses.......... ................ ............ .......... .........
.........
4 or 5 job presses.............. ........................ ................. ...............
Denver, Colo.":
1 press, hand-fed.......................................................................... .
2 presses, hand-fed......... ............ ........................................... ......
3 presses, hand-fed...................................................... ............ .
Des Moines, Iowa............................... .................................................
Detroit, Mich.:
2 automatic and 1 hand-fed press_____________________ ____
Duluth, Minn......... ............................................................................
El Paso, Tex.......... .............. ............... ......................................... .
Erie, Pa__________ ____ __1........................ ........................................
Grand Rapids, Mich........................................................................
Houston, Tex.':
1 or 2 presses................... ..............................................................
3 presses__________________________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind.:
1 or 2 presses................................................................................
3 presses..................... ........................ ...........................................
5 presses.................................................................... ..................
Jacksonville, Fla.:
1 or 2 presses_______________________ ___________ __________
3 or 4 presses_____ _______________ _______________________
Kansas City, Mo.:
1 or 2 presses.............................. ..................................................
3 presses_____________________________________
_______
4 presses._______________ _____ _______________ _________
Little Rock, Ark............................................................ _ ............
Los Angeles, Calif.................... ......... ............................................ .
Louisville, Ky.:
1 press, hand-fed______________________ _
2 presses, hand-fed................. ...................... .................. ......... .
3 presses, hand-fed____ _______ _____________________________
4 presses, hand-fed________________________________________
5 presses, hand-fed_______________________________ _____
Manchester, N . H ____________________________________________
Memphis, Tenn___________________________ ____ _______ _______
Foremen. . . . . .
Milwaukee, Wis.:
1 to 3 presses______________________________________________
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$0,800
40.0
$0,754
40.0
1.025
1.125
1.225
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.100
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
.955
.990
1.040
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.875
.908
.963
.980
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.100
.775
.950
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.850
.925
40.0
40,0
.800
.875
40.0
40.0
1.064
1.118
1.200
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.014
1.068
1.150
40.0
40.0
40.0
.800
.875
40.0
40.0
.800
.875
40.0
40.0
1.130
1.160
1.180
.975
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.030
1.060
1.080
.900
.975
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.838
.863
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.763
.788
.815
.841
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.012
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.770
.840
.930
1.075
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.790
.840
.700
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.673
.738
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.106
1.156
1.288
1.231
.900
.775
.875
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.363
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.340
1.318
40.0
40.0
1.020
.775
1.031
1.100
.888
.913
.950
.750
.900
.970
1.072
.980
.800
Carton department____________________________________
Minneapolis, Minn.:
sa.820
1 press_____________________________________ _______________
86.890
2 presses___ ______ __________________________ ____ ______
86.980
3 presses__________________________________________________
4 presses____________________________________
__________ 861.050
Men-in-charge (more than 4 presses)___________
_______ 861.125
Envelope printing:
2 presses
....
...
__
.850
.900
3 presses___ ____ ________________________________ ______
M obile, Ala.
.950
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Term.:
87.698
1 press __________________________________________________
87.763
2 presses____ _______ - ____________________________________
Newark, N. J.:
1 to 3 presses, hand-fed _ _ ____________________________ 8» 1.156
4 presses, hand-fed _ _____________________________________ 89 1.206
5 presses, hand-fed _______ ________________________________ 89 1. 250
1 New Era press__________________________________________ 59 1.338
Foremen_______________________________________________ _ 59 1.281
New Haven, Conn
________________________________________ 881. 000
82.825
Magazine work___________________________________________
.925
New Orleans, La ____________________________________________
New York, N. Y.:
1.463
Platen p r o v e r s ________________________________ ________
2 automatic platen presses over 20 inches, 2 two-color Harris
1.409
presses 15 by 18 inches
_
_ ___________ _______
1.386
1 two-color Harris press 18 by 22 inches------- -------------------------N ovelty work
See footnotes at end of table (p. 54).
June 1,1941
.868
.750
.840
.900
.930
.750
1.000
1.200
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
15.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the BOOK AN D JOB Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June 1, 1941 — Continued
PLA TEN PRESSMEN— Continued
June 1., 1942
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
New York, N. Y .—Continued.
2 one-color Harris presses 18 by 22 inches or 15 by 18 inches....... $1.364
1 two-color Harris press 15 by 18 inches, 2 automatic presses up to
1.341
20 inches, or 1 automatic and 2 hand-fed presses____________
1.295
2 Webendorfer presses or 4 platen presses _________________
1 to 3 platen presses______2_____ *__________________________
1.250
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
.875
1 press____________________ ______________________________
.925
2 or 3 presses_________________________________ ___________ _
1.060
Omaha, Nebr_____________________________________ ___________
Peoria, HI___________________ ___________________ _________
1.030
Foremen._ _________________ __ __ _______________________
1.060
1.130
Philadelphia, Pa_______________________ ______________ _____
Phoenix,* Ariz________________________ _____ __________________
1.010
Pittsburgh, Pa . . . _____________________________________ _____
1.150
Portland^ Maine_________ __________________________ _____ ___
.800
Portland, O reg__________________________ ___________________
1.060
Foremen, r_______________________________________________
1.123
Providence, R. I.:
Automatic-feed presses. ____________ ____ __________________
1.000
.925
Hand-fed presses or combination cutting and creasing presses...
Reading, Pa.:
1 or 2 automatic presses__ ________________________ _____ ___
.960
Hand-fed presses______ ___________________________________
.910
Richmond, Va_______________ _________ ___________ _________
.750
Rochester, N. Y.:
Agreement A:
1 to 3 hand-fed presses_________________________________
1.050
Automatic presses________ _________________ ____ _______
1.150
Agreement B:
1 to 3 hand-fed presses_________________________________
.930
4 hand-fed presses or 2 automatic presses..............................
1.050
1.050
Rock Island (111.) district: Automatic presses___________________
St. Louis, Mo.:
1 or 2 presses.________ ________ ______ ________________ _____
1.030
1.120
3 or 4 presses________________ _________ ______ ___________ _
St. Paul, Minn.:
Agreement A: 2 platen or 2 carver presses___________________
.925
Agreement B: 2 presses__ ____ _______ __________ ____ _____
.910
Envelope printing, 2 presses. _________________ _______ ____
.850
Salt Lake Citv, Utah____ . . _______________________________
.875
San Antonio, Tex______________________________________ ______
.750
San Francisco, Calif__________________________________________
1.281
89 . 933
Scranton, P a ______________________________________ _______ _
Seattle, Wash_____________ ______ ______ ______________________
1.160
South Bend, Ind.:
Hand-fed presses__________________________________________
1.000
2 automatic presses________________________________________
1.050
Spokane, Wash_____ _______________________ _______ ______ ____ 84 1.000
Tampa, Fla_______________ __________ ______ ____ ___ _______ _
.900
Toledo, Ohio:
1 or 2 presses_________________________________________ ____
1.050
3 presses _________________________________________________
1.100
Washington, D. C.:
1, 2, or 3 hand-fed presses
___________________________ ._
.975
1 or 2 hand-fed presses and 1 automatic press........................ .
1.050
2 automatic presses________________________________________
1.113
Wichita, Kans.:
1 or 2 presses______________________________________________
.875
York, Pa
__________________________________________ ______
.950
Youngstown, Ohio _ ..
_______ _____________________________
1.063
1 $0,520 per hour Dec. 8, 1942.
2 $0,525 per hour Sept. 15,1942.
3 $0,575 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
4 $0,530 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
5$0,465 per hour Sept. 30, 1942.
6 $0,450 per hour Sept. 30,1942.
7 $0,400 per hour July 1, 1942.
8 $0,700 per hour June 15,1942.
•$0,605 per hour July 1, 1942.
$1,040 per hour Dec. 8, 1942.
11 Bonus of $200 per year.
1244-hour week September through May, at same
weekly wage.
June 1,1941
40.0
$1,295
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.273
1.226
1.181
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.825
.875
1.000
.930
.960
1.110
.970
1.150
.750
.980
1.043
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.889
.837
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.025
1.125
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.880
1.000
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.942
1.025
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.840
.840
.790
.875
.750
1.225
.903
1.160
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.900
.950
1.000
.900
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.000
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.875
.950
1.013
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.850
.900
1.063
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
is $1,050 per hour Sept 15, 1942.
14 $1,038 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
ifi $1,080 per hour Aug. 1,1942.
16 $0,950 per hour Sept. 30, 1942.
17 Agreement permits 40 hours.
1810 cents per hour increase July 1,1942.
19$1,188 per hour Nov. 1,1942.
20 2 cents per hour increase Aug. 1, 1942.
21 $1,100 per hour Oct. 25, 1942.
22 $1,120 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
23 $1,050 per hour June 21, 1942.
24 $1,260 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
25 $1,250 per hour Oct. 1, 1942.
BOOK AND JOB TRADES BY CITIES
55
26$1,100 per hour July 15, 1942.
891)4 cents per hour increase July 1,1942.
37 $1,175 per hour July 1,1942.
6° 2)4 cents per hour increase Sept. 15,1942.
28 $1,210 per hour Aug. 7,1942.
61 $0,825 per hour June 13,1942, and $0,875 per hour
2» $1,113 per hour Aug. 7,1942.
Dec. 30,1942.
so 2)4 cents per hour increase Aug. 1,1942.
62 $0,775 per hour June 13,1942, and $0,825 per hour
31 $1,250 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
Dec. 30,1942.
32 Agreement permits 40 hours; in actual operation
63 2 cents per hour increase Nov. 1,1942.
the workweek is alternated between 32 and 40 hours,
64 $0,953 per hour June 15, 1942.
making 36 hours the average.
68$0,813 per hour June 15, 1942.
33 $1,300 per hour July 10, 1942.
668 cents per hour increase Aug. 1,1942.
«7 $1,000 per hour July 15, 1942.
3« $1,310 per hour Aug. 6, 1942.
3« $1,520 per hour June 5, 1942.
685 cents per hour increase Aug. 21,1942.
36 2 cents per hour increase Oct. 1, 1942.
«9$0,910 per hour Aug. 21, 1942.
37 $1,407 per hour June 28, 1942.
76 2)4 cents per hour increase June 25,19*2.
as $1,169 per hour July 15, 1942.
71 $1,294 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
72 $1,263 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
3» 2)4 cents per hour increase July 1,1942.
40 $0,900 per hour Aug. 31, 1942.
73$1,188 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
41 $0,950 per hour Sept. 20, 1942.
74$1,231 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
42 $1,000 per hour Oct. 13, 1942.
76 $1,200 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
43 $1,250 per hour July 19, 1942.
76$1,181 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
44 $1,100 per hour June 15, 1942.
77$1,013 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
78$0,950 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
4« $1,063 per hour Dec. 1,1942.
46 $1,650 per hour Nov. 3,1942.
7®$1,050 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
47 $1,343 per hour July 1, 1942.
80 $1,013 per hour Sept. 30,1942.
48 $1,547 per hour Dec. 1, 1942.
81 1)4 cents per hour increase Sept. 15,1942. *
48 $1,313 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
82 5 cents per hour increase June 17, 1942, and 5
80 $0,650 per hour Aug. 21, 1942.
cents per hour increase Dec. 30, 1942.
$0,450 per hour Aug. 21, 1942.
83$1,160 per hour June 15, 1942.
822)4 cents per hour increase Sept. 1,1942.
84 $1,100 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
83$0,925 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
86$0,810 per hour Aug. 21, 1942.
«4 $0,785 per hour Aug. 1, 1942.
863)4 cents per hour increase Aug. 1,1942.
88$0,655 per hour Aug. 1,1942.
872)4 cents per hour increase Sept. 30,1942.
88$0,700 per hour Sept. 30,1942.
881)4 cents per hour increase Sept. 15, 1942.
«7 $0,600 per hour Sept. 30,1942.
86$0,953 per hour Nov. 1, 1942.
88$0,490 per hour Sept. 30,1942.
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UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
16.— Union Scales o f W ages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941
COMPOSITORS, HAND: DAY WORK
June 1, 1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1.225
1.350
1.227
1.247
1.460
1.347
1.275
11.060
1.130
a 1.628
1.350
1.900
41.486
1.425
1.451
1.455
51.387
«1.300
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
3 30.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
$1,225
1.290
1.125
1.125
1.400
1.280
1.225
1.275
1.293
Des Moines, Iowa____________________________________________
1.300
1.612
Detroit, Mich________________________________________________
German text______________________________________________
1.067
Duluth, Minn________________________________________________
1.240
1.190
El Paso, Tex_________________________________________________
1.300
Erie, Pa. ___ __________________ _____________ - ................... ......
1.275
Grand Rapids, Mich__________________________________________
Shopping News___________________________________________
1.175
1.361
Houston, T e x .. _____________________________________________
1.370
Indianapolis, I n d ____________________________________________
Jacksonville, Fla______________________________________________
1.250
Kansas City, M o_____________________________________________
1.330
Tjitt.lft Rook, Ark
_
_
1.100
1.311
Los Angeles, C alif____________________________________________
1.283
Louisville, K y ___ ___________________________________________
1.175
Madison, Wis ______________________________________________
Manchester, N. H ____________________________________________
1.093
1.266
Memphis, Tenn______________________________________________
Milwaukee, Wis
__ _
1.393
Minneapolis, M inn________ __ ____________________________
71.400
81.336
Shopping News_________________________________________
Mobile, A l a ___________________ ____________________________
1.130
Moline, HI. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
1.153
Nashville, Tenn___________ ___ _______________________________
Newark, N. J _ _______________________________________________
1.520
1.175
New Haven, C o n n ___________________________________________
New Orleans, La. ___________________________________________
1.050
New York, N. Y
.......................................................................... —
1.653
Bohemian and Slavonic texts_______________________________
1.104
Hebrew t e x t ___________________________________________
2.181
1.093
Hellenic text______________________________________________
Hungarian text___________________________________________
1.257
Italian text _____________________________________________
1.967
Russian text______ _______________________________________
1.818
Norfolk, Va.............................. ...........................................................
1.235
1.156
Oklahoma City, Okla................................................................... ......
Omaha, Nebr. _________________________________ ____ _________
1.150
Peoria, H I________________________ ____ ______________________
1.230
Philadelphia, Pa______________________________________________ 42 1.297
Phoenix, Ariz. _________ _________________________________
1.190
1.409
Pittsburgh, P a _____________________________ ____ ___ ________
Portland, Maine______________________________________________
1.138
Portland, O reg_______________________________________________
1.324
Providence, R. I ______________________________________________
1.363
Reading, Pa__________________ ______________ ___ ____ _________
1.182
Richmond, Va________________________________________________
1.213
Rochester, N. Y ______________________________________________
1.340
German text.. ___________________________________________
.750
Rock Island (111.) district................................................... ................
1.200
1.434
St. Louis, M o_____________________ __ _____ - ................ ...............
St. Paul, M inn........... ................................ ............ .............. ......... .
1.384
Salt Lake City, Utah______________ ____ ______________________
1.180
San Antonio, Tex ___ ________________________________________
1.240
San Francisco, Calif............................................................................
1.393
37.5
36.7
40.0
* 37.5
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
33.3
37.5
1.275
1.263
1.225
1.467
1.067
1.190
1.150
1.230
1.340
1.336
1.336
1.050
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
33.3
33.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
38.5
»27.5
37.5
35.0
30.0
u 24.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
18 42.0
38.8
36.3
35.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.065
1.520
1.113
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.573
1.104
2.181
1.093
1.257
1.967
1.818
1.150
1.094
1.150
1.170
1.270
1.150
1.355
1.075
1.241
1.300
1.182
1.088
37.5
38.5
•27.5
37.5
35.0
30.0
11 24.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
38.3
14 35.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
Buffalo, N . Y __................................................ .............. ...................
Charleston, S. C ______________________________________________
Chicago, lll._ _______________________________________________
Hebrew text______________________________________________
Columbus, Ohio______________________________________________
Davenport, Iowa.
(See Rock Island (111.) district.)
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
1.000
1.040
1.600
1.350
1.933
1.457
1.425
1.360
1.455
1.333
1.166
1.200
1.125
1.337
1.290
1.200
1.226
1.010
1.258
1.165
1.150
1.025
1.200
1.200
.800
1.161
1.300
1.334
1.180
1.120
1.327
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
*30.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
57
NEWSPAPER TRADES BY CITIES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June 1, 1942, and June I, 1941— Continued
COMPOSITORS, H A N D : D A Y W O R K —Continued
June 1, 1942
City
Scranton, Pa_____________________ ______ _____________________
Seattle, Wash............................................................................. .........
South Bend, Ind__________________ ____ ______________ ________
Spokane, Wash_______________________________________________
Tampa, Fla__________________________________________________
Toledo, Ohio.................. ......................................................................
Washington, D. C__________________________ _____ ____________
Wichita, Kaus____________ ____ ______________________ _______ _
Worcester, Mass_____________________________ _
___________
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,294
1.407
1.225
1.180
1.160
1.374
1.469
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
$1.269
1.336
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
22.5
35.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
$1,288
1.358
1.280
1.185
1.440
1.347
1.297
1.060
1.340
1.375
1.390
1.700
1.310
1.257
1.380
1.325
1.225
1.428
1.470
1.325
1.410
1.170
1.378
1.355
1.238
1.173
1.333
1.523
2®1.480
2i 1.416
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
33.3
37.5
1.340
1.337
1.315
1.547
1.261
1.217
1.310
1.250
1.175
1.402
1.390
1.275
1.306
1.080
1.324
1.233
1.213
1.223
1.587
1.206
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.100
1.125
1.100
1.160
1.080
1.307
1.440
1.013
1.125
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
COMPOSITORS, H AN D : N IG H T W O R K
Atlanta, Ga_________ ______ ____________________
Baltimore, M d________ _______ ________ _________
Binghamton, N. Y ..................................................... .
Birmingham, Ala....................................................... .
Boston, Mass..............................................................
Buffalo, N. Y ............................................................. .
Butte, Mont............................................................... .
Charleston, S. O....................., .............. ...... ..............
Charlotte, N. C_..........................................................
Chicago, HI................................................................. .
Hebrew text--..................................................... .
Polish text....... ................................. - ................ .
Cincinnati, Ohio..................................................... .
Cleveland, Ohio......................................................... .
Columbus, Ohio.........................................................
Dallas, Tex____________________________________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio..............................................................
Denver, Colo_ —..........................................................
Des Moines, Iowa..................................................... .
Detroit, Mich............................................................. .
Duluth, M inn........................................................... .
El Paso, Tex............................................................... .
Erie, Pa__..................... ...............................................
Grand Rapids, Mich............................ ......................
Shopping News_______________________,_____
Houston, Tex__.......... ................................................
Indianapolis, Ind__....... — ........................................
Jacksonville, Fla..........................................................
Kansas City, M o...... ..................................................
Little Rock, Ark................................................ .........
Los Angeles, Calif..................... .................................
Louisville, K y ................. .......... ...... .........................
Madison, W is.._................. ........................................
Manchester, N. H _.....................................................
Memphis-, Tenn_„................................................ ......
Milwaukee, W is................. ................. .....................
Minneapolis, Minn........................... .........................
Shopping News....................................................
Mobile, Ala__________ ____ _____ ___ ____ ________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn..........................................................
Newark, N. J.......... ....................................................
New Haven, Conn......................... ............................
New Orleans, La—.......................................................
New York, N. Y ............, ............................................
Hebrew text--.................................................. .
Italian text.............................................................
Norfolk, Va............ .....................................................
Oklahoma City, Okla..................................................
Omaha, Nebr...............................................................
Peoria, HI............................................................. .......
Philadelphia, Pa..........................................................
German text..........................................................
Phoenix, Ariz...............................................................
Pittsburgh, Pa............................. ..............................
Portland, Maine..........................................................
Portland, Oreg............................................................
Providence, R . I ..........................................................
Reading, Pa__.............................................................
Richmond, Va............................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1,288
1.420
1.307
1.307
1.500
1.413
1.347
» 1.120
1.193
« 1.738
2.533
171.543
1.540
1.593
18 1.475
i®1.367
1.200
1.100
1.720
3.000
2.097
1.298
1.219
1.216
1.295
28 1.373
1.125
1.260
1.476
1.238
1.393
1.475
1.315
1.275
2220.0
30.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
35.0
40.0
1.100
1.710
2.578
1.514
1.451
1.593
1.422
1.211
40.0
36.7
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
22.5
35.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.120
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
33.3
33.3
37.5
1.135
1.587
1.188
40.0
37.5
38.5
1.100
1.267
1.470
1.416
1.416
1.640
3.000
2.097
1.213
1.156
1.216
1.235
1.346
1.125
1.220
1.422
1.150
1.310
1.400
1.315
1.150
37.5
2220.0
30.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
35.0
40.0
58
UNION WAGES AND HOURS;— PRINTING TRADES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941— Continued
COMPOSITORS, HAND: N IG H T W ORK— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
Rochester, N. Y ________
Rock Island (111.) district.
St. Louis, M o__________
St. Paul, Minn_________
Salt Lake City, Utah___
San Antonio, Tex______
San Francisco, Calif____
Scranton, Pa___________
Seattle, Wash................. .
South Bend, Ind..............
Spokane, Wash.............
Tampa, Fla.....................
Toledo, Ohio__.................
Washington, D. C ______
Wichita, Kans...............
Worcester, M,ass..............
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week
hour per week
$1.410
1.250
1.549
1.470
1.266
1.300
1.460
1.371
1.479
1.283
1.247
1.253
1.446
1.611
1.163
1.183
40.0
38.8
36.3
35.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
$1.265
1.213
1.444
1.420
1.266
1.180
1.393
1.346
1.407
1.163
1.227
1.173
1.380
1.583
1.075
1.188
40.0
38.8
37.5
“ 35.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
$1,225
1.290
1.125
1.125
1.400
1.325
1.225
1.296
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
*30.0
30.0
32.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
M ACH IN E OPERATORS: D A Y W O R K
Atlanta, Ga................ .
Baltimore, M d-----------Binghamton, N. Y ------Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass------ -------Buffalo, N. Y _________
Butte, Mont__________
Machinist-operators.
Charleston, S. C _______
Charlotte, N. C....... ......
Chicago, 111....................
German text............
Hebrew text--.........
Polish text...............
Swedish text_______
Cincinnati, Ohio----------------------------------------------Cleveland, Ohio__________________________ _____ _
Columbus, Ohio------ ----------------------------------------Dallas, Tex____ ______________________ _______
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio___ ____ __________________ ____ ____
Denver, Colo__________________ ____ ___________
Des Moines, Iowa.......................... ......................, , ,
Detroit, Mich__------ ------------------- --------------------German text............................................ ........
Duluth, Minn--------, ------------, ------ ------------El Paso, Tex...................................................
Erie, Pa.— ____ ______ _____ ____ _____ _____
Machinist-operators-----------------------------Grand Rapids, M ich............................. ...........
Shopping News...........................................
Houston, Tex.............................. .......................
Indianapolis, Ind__....... .................... ..............
Jacksonville, Fla------ ------------ --------------------Kansas City, M o.............. ................ ................
Little Rock, Ark_.......... ........... .......................
Los Angeles, Calif,........ ...................................
Louisville, K y ------------------------------------------Madison, W is,......................... ................ *-----Manchester, N. H ----- ------------------------ -------Memphis, Tenn,..................... ........... ..............
Milwaukee, W is............................ ..................
Minneapolis, M inn,............ ......... ...................
Shopping N ew s......................... — .........
Mobile, Ala___________________ ______ _____
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (HI.) district).
Nashville, Tenn---------------------------------------Newark, N. J......... ............................................
New Haven, Conn............ ................... .............
New Orleans, La..............................................
New York, N. Y .......... ........................... .........
Bohemian and Slavonic texts..... ......... ......
Machinst-operators........... ...................
German text............ ,_,t.___________ ____
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1.225
1.350
1.227
1.247
1.460
1.391
1.275
1.346
1 1.060
1.130
21.628
1.385
1.900
2*1.600
1.400
1.451
1.455
*1.387
2* 1.393
1.275
1.293
1.300
1. 6L2
1.007
1.240
1.1*90
1.300
1.353
1.275
1.175
1.361
1.370
1.250
1.330
3 30.0
30.0
32.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
1.000
1.040
1.600
1.385
1.933
1.569
1.460
1.360
1.455
1.333
<*>
1.275
1.263
1.225
1.467
1.067
1.190
1.150
1.230
1.283
1.311
1.283
1.175
1.093
1.266
1.393
71.400
81.336
1.130
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
33.3
37.5
1.340
1.336
1.336
1.050
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
33.3
33.3
37.5
1.153
1.620
1.175
1.150
1.653
1.104
1.169
1.573
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
38.5
38.5
37.5
1.065
1.520
1.113
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.573
1.104
1.169
1.573
37.5
38.5
38.5
37.5
1.100
1.200
1.125
1.337
1.290
1.200
1.226
1.030
1.258
1.165
1.150
1.025
1.200
59
NEWSPAPER TRADES BY CITIES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June 1, 1942, and June I, 1941— Continued
M A C H IN E OPERATORS: D A Y W ORK— Continued
June 1, 1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
New York, N. Y .—Continued.
Hebrew text__ ____ _ _ _ _____ ______ ___________ ____ _______ $2.181
Hellenic text____ ____ _________________________ ______ _____ >01.098
Hungarian text________________________ ______ _____ _______
1.257
Italian text............... ......................................... ...........................
1.967
Russian text...................... ................ ................... .......................
1.818
Norfolk, Va..........................................................................................
1.235
Oklahoma City, Okla. _____________________________ _____ ____
1.156
Omaha, Nebr_V____________ ___________ _____________ _____ ___
1.150
Peoria, 111____________ ___________ _________ ______ ____ ________
1.230
Philadelphia, Pa.................................................................................. »1.297
Phoenix,* Ariz________________________________________________
1.190
Pittsburgh, Pa_____________ _______ ___________ ____ __ ______
1.409
Portland^ Maine......... ........................ ................... .............................
1.138
Portland, Oreg__________________ . _____________ _ __________
1.324
Providence, EL I ................. ................... ...................................... ......
1.363
Reading, Pa....................................... ...... ............................................
1.182
Machinist-operators............................................. ........................
1.235
Richmond, V a .I.............. ................... ................................ ......... ....
1.213
Rochester, N. Y_ .................... ......... ................................................
1.340
German text................. ...... ............................................... ...........
.750
Rock Island (111.) district.................................. ..................................
1.200
St. Louis, M o________________________________________________
1.434
St. Paul, Minn.................................................. ................ .......... ......
1.384
Salt Lake City, Utah:
Machinist-operators.. ___________________________ _________
1.180
San Antonio, Tex __________________________________ _________
1.240
San Francisco, Calif....................................... .................... ...............
1.393
1.294
Scranton, Pa_______ _________________________________________
Machinist-operators.___________ _________________ _________
1.320
Seattle, Wash________________________________________________
1.407
South Bend, I n d _____________________________________________
1.225
Spokane, Wash_________________________ ___ ____ ___________
1.180
Tampa, Fla___________________________ ______________________
1.160
Toledo, Ohio _______________________________________________
1.374
Washington, D. C ................................................................................
1.469
Wichita, Kans_.
_________________________________________
1.100
1.163
Machinist-operators________________ ______________________
Worcester, Mass__________ __________________________________
1.125
•27.5
37.5
35.0
30.0
u 24.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
“ 42.0
38.8
36.3
35.0
$2,181
1.093
1.257
1.967
1.818
1.150
1.094
1.150
1.170
1.270
1.150
1.355
1.075
1.241
1.300
1.182
1.235
1.088
1.200
.800
1.161
1.300
1.334
37.5
37.5
37.5*
39.0
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.180
(26)
1.327
1.269
1.296
1.336
$1,288
1.420
1.307
1.307
1.500
1.435
1.345
1.418
>» 1.120
1.193
1.738
2.533
* 1.662
1.540
1.593
« 1.475
*8 1.464
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
22.5
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
$1,288
1.358
1.280
1.185
1.440
1.369
1.297
1.368
1.060
1.340
1.375
1.390
1.700
1.310
1.257
1.380
1.433
1.325
1.225
1.428
1.470
1.325
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
1.340
1.337
1.315
1.547
1.261
1.217
1.310
1.363
1.250
1.175
1.402
1.390
1.275
1.100
1.160
1.080
1.307
1.440
1.013
1.075
1.125
827.5
37.5
35.0
30.0
u 24.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
38.3
1*35.0
37.5
37.5
39.0
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
MACHINE OPERATORS: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, G a _________________________________________________
Baltimore, Md
_ _______ _ . ____________________ _________
Binghamton, N. V
......
_ . . . ._
Birmingham, Ala_____________________________________________
Boston, Mass_________________________________________________
Buffalo, N. Y .......... — ........................................................................
Butte, Mont__________________________________________________
Maehinist-nparatnrs
_
. ....
_ .
Charleston, S. C_________________________________ ______ ______
Charlotte, N. C.....................................................................................
Chioago, Til
.
.
.
Hebrew text______________________________________________
Polish text..____ _______________________________ __________
Cincinnati, Ohio______________________________________________
Cleveland, Ohio
__
Columbus, Ohio__ ___________________________________________
Dallas, Tex_________________________ _______ _________________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_________________________________________________
Denver, Colo_____ ___________________________________________
Des Moines, Iowa_____________________________________________
Detroit, Mich________________________________________________
Duluth, Minn___________ ____________________________________
El Paso, Tex
___
Erie, P a.................................................... .....................................
M aohinisf-opprators
_
Grand Rapids, Mich________________________________ _______ __
Shopping News___________________________________________
Houston, Tex__ ______________________________________________
Indianapolis, Tnd
. . .
Jacksonville, Fla..................................................... ......... ................—
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
1.100
1.710
2.578
1.631
1.451
1.593
1.422
(26)
40.0
36.7
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
36.3
22.5
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
60
UNION WAGES AND HOURS!— PRINTING TRADES
T able 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941— Continued
M ACH IN E OPERATORS: N IGH T W ORK— Continued
June 1,1942
City
Kansas City, M o .......... .................................
Little Rock, A rk .............................................
Los Angeles, Calif............................................
Louisville, K y ................. .................................
Madison, Wis............. .....................................
Manchester, N. H ............................................
Memphis, Tenn...... ...................- ...................
Milwaukee, Wis........................................... .
Minneapolis, M inn................. ......... ........... .
Shopping News................................. ........
Mobile, Ala___________ ____ - .............- ........
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__________________________
Newark, N. J___________________ : ....... ......
New Haven, Conn...........................................
New Orleans, La...............................................
New York, N. Y __________________________
German text....... ............................. .........
Hebrew text..............................................
Hungarian text........ .....................— ........
Italian text............. ....................................
Norfolk, Va......................... .............................
Oklahoma City, Okla.................... - ......... —
Omaha, Nebr....... ........... ......................... ......
Peoria, HI.......... ...............................................
Philadelphia, Pa._................................... .......
German text..................................... .........
Phoenix, Ariz._..............................................
Pittsburgh, Pa.................................................
Portland, Maine...............................................
Portland, Oreg..... ............................................
Providence, R. I — ........................................
Reading, Pa--------------------------------------------Machinist-operators..................................
Richmond, Va.......... ................................... —
Rochester, N. Y ................... ............................
Rock Island (HI.) district_________ ________
St. Louis, M o................. ..................................
St. Paul, Minn------------ ------ ---------------------San Francisco, Calif............................ ............
Scranton, Pa......................... ............................
Machinist-operators..... ............................
Seattle, Wash______________ ______________
South Bend, Ind...............................................
Spokane, Wash.................................................
Tampa, Fla.................... ........................ .........
Toledo, Ohio_________________ _____ ______
Washington, D. C ............................................
Wichita, Kans............... ..................................
Machinist-operators........ .........................
Worcester, Mass_____________ ____________
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,410
1.170
1.378
1.355
1.238
1.173
1.333
1.523
3« 1.480
311.416
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
33.3
37.5
$1,306
1.120
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37:5
33.3
33.3
37.5
1.223
1.587
1.206
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
1.135
1.587
1.188
40.0
37.5
38.5
1.200
1.200
1.720
1.640
3.000
1.321
2.097
1.298
1.219
1.216
1.295
33 1.373
1.125
1.260
1.476
1.238
1.393
1.475
1.315
1.371
1.275
1.410
1.250
1.549
1.470
1.460
1.371
1.397
1.479
1.288
1.247
1.253
1.446
1.611
1.163
1.225
1.188
3320.0
35.0
30.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
36.3
35.0
37.5
39.0
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.100
1.324
1.233
1.213
1.100
1.267
1.470
1.416
1.416
1.640
1.640
3.000
1.321
2.097
1.213
1.156
1.216
1.235
1.346
1.125
37.5
37.5
3320.0
1.422
1.150
1.310
1.400
1.315
1.371
1.150
1.265
1.213
1.444
1.420
1.393
1.346
1.372
1.407
1.163
1.227
1.173
1.380
1.583
1.075
1.138
1.188
35.0
30.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
37.5
14 35.0
37.5
39.0
39.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.130
31.628
1.900
341.600
1.451
1.455
51.387
•1.300
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.3
30.0
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
$1,225
1.290
1.125
1.125
1.400
1.369
1.040
1.040
1.600
1.933
1.569
1.360
1.455
1.333
1.166
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.3
30.0
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.275
1.293
1.300
37.5
36.7
40.0
1.275
1.263
1.225
37.5
36.7
40.0
1.220
MACHINE TENDERS (MACHINISTS): DAY WORK
Atlanta, Ga................. .................................................
Baltimore, M d .............................................................
Binghamton, N. Y .......................................................
Birmingham, Ala.........................................................
Boston, M ass.................................... ........................
Buffalo, N. Y ...............................................................
Charleston, S. C ..........................................................
Charlotte, N. C................................... .......... ............
Chicago, 111..................................................................
Hebrew text..........................................................
Polish text.............................................................
Cincinnati, Ohio.........................................................
Cleveland, Ohio...........................................................
Columbus, Ohio..........................................................
Dallas, Tex...... ........................................................... .
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio...............................................................
Denver, C olo...............................................................
Des Moines, Iow a..................................................... .
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1.225
1.3.50
1.227
1.247
1.460
1.435
331.100
61
NEWSPAPER TRADES BY CITIES
T able 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941— Continued
MACHINE TENDERS (MACHINISTS): DAY WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Detroit, Mich
.............................................................................. $1.612
1.240
Duluth, Minn
__________________
______________________
1.276
Grand Rapids, Mich________________ _ ______________________
1.361
Houston, T ex.______________________________ ____ ____________
1.370
Indianapolis, Ind____________________________________ _________
1.260
Jacksonville, Fla______________________________________________
1.330
Kansas City, M o_____________________________________________
1.100
Little Rock, A r k _____________________________________________
1.311
Los Angeles, C alif____________________________________________
Louisville, K y ________________________________________________
1.283
1.175
Madison, Wis________________________________________________
Manchester, N. H _____ _______________________________________
1.093
1.266
Memphis, Tenn_________________________________ _____ _______
Milwaukee, Wis______________________________________________
1.393
Minneapolis. Minn
_______________________________________
71.400
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
1.163
Nashville, Tenn.___ ______ ____ ______________________________
Newark, N. J ___ __________________________________________
1.520
New Haven, Conn____________________________________________
1.206
New York, N. Y.:
1 to 12 machines___________________________________________
1.604
1.660
13 or more machines_______________________________________
Hellenic t e x t _____________________________________________ 10 1.093
Norfolk, V a ........................... ...................................................... ......
1.235
Oklahoma City, Okla....... ............................................................... .
1.166
Omaha, Nebr.................................................................................... .
1.150
Peoria, 111......................... ................................................. ......... ........
1.230
Philadelphia, P a.......... ................................... ............................ ......
1.297
Phoenix, Ariz............................................................ ........................
1.260
Pittsburgh, Pa................. ..................................... ....................... ......
1.409
Portland, Maine.............................................................................. .
1.138
Portland, O reg_______ ______ __________*_......................................
1.324
Providence, R. I ______________________________________________
1.363
Richmond, V a _______________________________________________
1.213
Rochester, N. Y ......................... .....................................................
1.340
Rock Island (111.) district.....................................................................
1.250
St. Louis, M o ________________________________________________
1.434
St. Paul, Minn _____________________________________________
1.384
Salt Lake City, Utah...........................................................................
1.180
San Antonio, Tex______ ._____________________________________
1.240
1.393
San Francisco, Calif— ......................... ...... .............. .......... ..............
Seattle, W a sh _____________________________________________ _
1.407
South Bend, Ind ...................................... ................................. ........
1.225
Spokane, Wash.... .................................. ......... ....................................
1.180
Toledo, O h io .......... ...................... ................................... ................
1.374
Washington, D. C ................ ......................... .......... .........................
1.469
Worcester, Mass______________________________________________
1.125
37.5
35.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
$1,467
1.190
1.340
1.336
37.5
35.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
36.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
33.3
40.0
♦ 37.5
40.0
1.065
1.520,
1.144
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
36.3
35.0
37.5
37. 5
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.0
1.524
1.580
1.093
1.150
1.094
1.150
1.170
1.270
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
36.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
38 3
“ 35! 0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
35.0
40.&
1.200
1.337
1.290
1.200
1.226
1.030
1.258
1.165
1.150
1.025
1.200
1.220
1.355
1.075
1.241
1.300
1.088
1.200
1.213
1.300
1.334
1.180
1.120
1.327
1.336
1.100
1.160
1.307
1.440
1.125
MACHINE TENDERS (MACHINISTS): NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Ga__________ ____________
Baltimore, M d....................................
Binghamton, N. Y_............................
Birmingham, Ala................................
Boston, Mass.......................................
Buffalo, N. Y ...................................
Charleston, S. C .................................
Charlotte, N. C...................................
Chicago, HI........................................ .
Polish text................................... L
Cincinnati, Ohio..........._♦................... L
Cleveland, Ohio...................................
Columbus, Ohio..................................
Dallas, Tex..........................................
Daytoni^ Ohio......................................
Denver, Colo.......................................
Des Moines, Iowa...............................
Detroit, Mich......................................
Duluth, Minn.....................................
El Paso, Tex........................................
Houston, Tex____.................... ..........
Indianapolis, Ind.......................: ___ _
Jacksonville, Fla.................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72),
$1,288
1.420
1.307
1.307
1.500
1.435
301.160
1.193
181.738
27 1.662
1.540
1.593
is 1.475
i» 1.367
1.340
1.375
1.390
1.700
1.310
1.257
1.428
1.470
1.325
40.0
36.7
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.3
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
$1,288
1.358
1.280
1.185
1.440
1.369
1.100
1.100
1.710
1.631
1.451
1.593
1.422
1.211
1.340
1.337
1.315
1.547
1.261
1.217
1.402
1.390
1.275
40.0
36.7
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.3
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
36.7
40.0
37.5
35.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
62
T
able
UNION WAGE© AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
M A C H IN E TE N D ER S (M ACHIN ISTS): N IG H T W ORK— Continued
June 1, 1942
June 1, 1941
C it y
R a te per H ou rs R a te per H ou rs
per w eek
hour
hour
per week
K an sas C it y , M o ___________________________________________________________
$1.410
L ittle R o c k , A r k ...................................................................... .......................................
1.170
L o s A n geles, C alif__________________________________________________________
1.378
L o u isville, K y ______________________________________________________________
1.355
M an c h ester, N . H ________________________________________________ _________
1.173
M e m p h is , T e n n ___________________________________ ________________________
1.333
M ilw a u k e e , W i s ____________________________________________________________
1.523
M in n ea p o lis, M i n n _________________ _____________________ _______________ 2 0 1.480
Sh opp in g N e w s _______________________________________ _____ ________
2i 1.416
M o b ile , A l a ________________________________________________________________
1 .200
N a sh v ille , T e n n ____________________________________________________________
1.223
N e w a r k , N . J_ _____________ _______________________________________________
1.587
N e w H a v e n , C o n n _________________________________________________________
1.238
N e w Y o rk, N . Y .:
1 to 12 m ach in es____________________________________ __________ ________
1.714
13 or m ore m achines___________________________________________________
1.771
N o rfo lk , V a .................................... .......................... ..........................................................
1.298
O k lah om a C it y , O k la ____________________________________ ________________
1.219
O m ah a, N e b r
_________________________________________ _____________ __
1.216
Peoria, 111............................................................................... ...........................................
1.295
Philad elphia, P a ................ ............... ............................................................................. 23 1.373
Phoenix,* A r iz __________________________________________ _____________ _______
1.330
P ittsb u rgh , P a ___________________________ _____________ ____________ _______
1.476
Portland^, M a in e ____________ ___________ ______ ________________ ___________
1.238
P o rtla n d , Oreg______________________________________ _____ _________________
1.393
1.475
P rovidence, R . I ________________________________ _____ _____________________
R ic h m o n d , V a ______________________________________________________________
1.276
R ochester, N . Y _________ ____________________________________ _________ ____
1.410
1.549
S t. Lo u is, M o _____________________________________________________________
S t. P a u l, M i n n .................................................................................................................
1.470
Salt L a k e C it y , U t a h ________________ _____ __________ ____________ ________
1.266
San A n to n io , T e x ___________ __________________ ________ __________________
1.300
San Francisco, C alif________________________________________________________
1.460
1.479
Seattle, W a s h _____________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
1.247
Sp okan e, W a s h
T o le d o , O hio
_____________________________________________________________
1.446
W a sh in g to n , D . C __________________________________________________________
1.611
W orcester, M a s s ............................................... ................... ...........................................
1.188
3 7 .5
3 6 .3
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 5 .0
3 3 .3
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
3 7.5
4 0 .0
$1,306
1.100
1.324
1.233
1 .100
1.267
1.470
1.416
1.416
1.120
1.135
1.587
1.221
3 7 .5
3 6.3
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
37 .5
33.3
3 3.3
37 .5
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
3 8 .5
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8.3
3 7 .6
3 7 .5
3 7.5
4 0 .0
3 6.3
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 6.3
3 5 .0
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 5 .0
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 5 .0
4 0 .0
1.635
1.691
1.213
1.156
1.216
1.235
1.346
1.290
1.422
1.150
1.310
1.400
1.150
1.265
1.444
1.420
1.266
1.180
1.393
1.407
1.227
1.380
1.583
1.188
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .3
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
3 6.3
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
14 3 5 .0
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
3 5 .0
37 .5
3 7 .5
3 5 .0
4 0 .0
$0,860
.8 8 0
.8 5 0
1.120
81.850
32.808
1.067
1.046
.963
.8 0 0
1.113
1.050
1.322
33.925
.6 7 6
.9 2 6
1.050
1.150
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .8
4 0 .0
3 6 .7
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
$0,800
.8 2 5
.7 5 0
1.063
.8 0 0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1.011
1.021
.9 2 5
.7 0 0
1.026
1 .0 0 0
1.267
.8 2 5
.6 0 0
.8 9 4
1.018
1 .075
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .8
4 0 .0
3 6.7
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
.9 3 6
.8 6 0
.8 7 5
.875
.8 2 5
1.076
.6 7 5
1.038
3* .6 0 0
1.028
.9 3 5
1.051
1.1 0 4
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
3 7 .5
.8 8 5
.8 1 0
.8 2 5
.8 0 0
.7 7 5
1.036
.6 7 5
.9 5 0
.5 5 0
.9 7 5
.8 5 0
.9 8 5
1.035
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 7 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
M A IL E R S : D A Y W O R K
A tla n ta , Q a _________________________________________________________________
B altim ore, M d _______________________________ ______________________________
B irm in g h am , A la ______ ____________________________________________________
B oston , M a s s __________________ _____ _______________________________________
B u ffalo , N . Y ................................................................... ..................................................
P olish te x t.............. ................................................ ......................................... ...........
B u tte , M o n t __________ _____________________________ _______________________
C hicago, H I_________________________________________ ________________________
Inserters and stuffers_____ _____________________________________________
Stencil m akers______________________________________ _________________
C in cin n ati, O h io......................................................................... .......... ..........................
C lev elan d , O h io ___________________________ ________ ________________________
Shopp in g N e w s ...................................... ................. ................................................
C o lu m b u s, O h io ___________ _____ ____________ - ................. ..................................
D a lla s, T e x _ _ ....................................................................... .................................. ..........
D e n v e r , C o lo _ _ .................................................................................................................
D e s M o in e s, Iow a........... .............................................................................. ........ ........
D e tr o it, M i c h . . .................................................................................... ............................
D u lu t h , M in n .:
M a ch in e m ailers____________________________________ ________ _
_ ..
H a n d m ailers____________________________________ ______________________
E l P a so, T e x
........................................................................................... ..................._
G ran d R a p id s, M ic h _____________________________________ _____ _________
H o u sto n , T e x ............ ......................................... ................................ ........................___
In d ian apolis, I n d _ _ ................ ..................................................................... .................
Jacksonville, F la ................ ..................... ..................... ....................... ..........................
K a n sa s C it y , M o ___ ______________________________ ________ ___________
..
L ittle R o c k , A r k . . .........................................................................................................
L o s A n geles, C a lif............................................................................................. .............
L o u isville, K y ........................................................ ..........................................................
M an c h ester, N . H ................................................... .......................................................
M en -in -ch ar ge................. ..........................................................................................
63
NEWSPAPER TRAPES BY CITIES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades
in Selected Cities, June 1, 2942, and June 2, 1941 — Continued
MAILERS: DAY WORK— Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Memphis, Tenn_................. ........
Milwaukee, Wis_______________
Minneapolis, Minn_ _.......... ........
Nashville, Tenn_ _____ ____ ____
Newark, N. J..........._........... ........
New Orleans, La______________
New York, N. Y ...........................
Automatic machine operators.
Hand stampers____________
Oklahoma City, Okla.......... .........
Peoria, HI.......................................
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Agreements A and B ________
Agreement C ...... ....................
Agreement D __......................
Pittsburgh, Pa..............................
Portland, Maine:
Stampers and lay-out men___
Bench workers:
Rate A ----------- -------------Rate B........ ......... ...........
Portland, Oreg............ .................
Rochester, N. Y ____ ____ ______
St. Louis, M o...................... .........
St. Paul, M in n ............. ..............
Salt Lake City, Utah___________
Foremen........................... .......
San Francisco, Calif______ _____
Scranton, Pa..................................
Seattle, Wash................................
Spokane, Wash__................. ........
Toledo, Ohio................................
Washington, D. C.:
Agreement A _........................
Agreement B:
First 6 months.................
Second 6 months............
Second and third years...
Fourth and fifth years...
After 6 years................. .
Wichita, K a n s...______________
Youngstown, Ohio_____________
$1,043
1.053
a*. 938
.838
1.147
3«. 550
1.231
1.365
1.298
37.900
.800
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
$1,000
1.067
1.040
38 1.040
1.067
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
.875
.938
.750
1.067
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.151
1.285
1.218
.900
.700
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
.987
.975
.850
1.000
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
.750
40.0
.750
.550
1.125
.825
1.094
3«. 930
<0.900
8i . 960
1.117
.700
1.127
.900
1.067
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
.625
.450
1.088
.775
.998
.930
.900
.960
1.050
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.013
.880
1.033
37.5
40.0
37.5
82.950
40.0
.900
40.0
.500
.550
.650
.750
.850
.625
<3.975
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
.625
.900
40.0
35.0
$0,917
1.006
.900
. 1.160
<8.947
1.067
1.182
.970
.853
1.185
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
38.3
35.0
35.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
$0,847
.943
.800
1.103
.895
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
38.3
35.0
35.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
.935
.835
.900
.850
.805
1.114
.988
.630
1.000
MAILERS: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Qa__........................... ..........
Baltimore, M d............... .....................
Birmingham, Ala...............................
Boston, Mass.............. .......... .............
Buffalo, N. Y _____________________
Butte, M ont._____________________
Chicago, 111______________ _________
Inserters and stuffers___________
Stencil m a k e r s .______________
Cincinnati, Ohio..................... ............
Cleveland, Ohio..... ..............................
Shopping N ew s..____ __________
Denver, Colo................ ....................
Des Moines, Iowa.................... ...........
Detroit, Mich............................. ........
Duluth, Minn.:
Machine mailers_______________
Hand mailers--------- ------ ----------El Paso, Tex—__________ ____ _____
Grand Rapids, Mich.................... —
Houston, T e x ..___________________
Indianapolis, Ind_______________ ___
Kansas City, M o........... ............ ........
Little Rock, Ark________ ____ _____
Los Angeles, Calif........... ...................
Louisville, K y .....................................
Manchester, N. H...............................
Men-in-charge..............................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
1.200
1.449
1.020
1.158
1.250
.985
.885
.950
.925
.855
1.154
1.088
88.680
1.063
1.000
1.051
1.104
1.011
1.156
.930
.747
1.097
1.143
1.394
.986
1.125
1.175
1.010
.910
.985
1.035
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
64
UNION WAGES AND HOUlRiS— PRINTING TRADES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June 1 , 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
MAILERS: NIGHT WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate peri Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Memphis, Tenn..... ...................... _...................................................... $1.133
1.153
Milwaukee, Wis................................................................................. .
Minneapolis, Minn...... ....................................................................... « 1.000
.882
Nashville, Tenn..... ................................ .............. 1...........................1.384
Newark, N. J....... ................ ................ ......... - ...................................
New York, N. Y _________ ________ _______ _____________ _______
1.398
Automatic machine operators.......... .............................................
1.543
Hand stampers............ ................. ...................... ........................
1.470
Oklahoma City, Okla....... ............................................. ..................... «.950
_______________________________________________
.850
Peoria, 111__
1.143
Philadelphia, P a............. ................. ..................................................
Pittsburgh, Pa__.............................. —......... ......... ............................
1.133
1.200
Portland, Oreg..................................... ..............................................
.800
Richmond, Va..................................................................... .............. .875
Rochester, N. Y ........ ........................ ..................................................
1.250
St. Louis, M o._........................................... ........................................
St. Paul, Minn....................................... ............................................. 48.980
Salt Lake City, Utah........................ ............ ................................... . « . 930
«o. 990
Foremen_________________________________________________
1.137
San Francisco, Calif— ................................................................. —
Seattle, Wash.............................................. - ................................... .
1.207
Spokane, Wash............................................. .......................................
.950
Toledo. Ohio_________________________________________________
1.133
Washington, D. C.:
Agreement A.................................................................................. « 1.000
Agreement B:
First 6 months________________________________________
.550
Second 6 months___ „ v ________________________________
.600
Second and third years_________________________________
.700
Fourth and fifth years_________________________________
.800
After 5 years_______________ _____________ _________ ___
.900
Wichita, Kans___ _____ ______________________ ________________
.675
37.5
37.5
40.0
38.0
33.5
34.5
34.5
34.5
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
$1,067
1.047
1.160
.700
.825
1.140
.980
.930
.990
1.070
1.086
.930
1.067
1.021
36.3
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
.950
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.675
40.0
$1.375
1.525
1.325
1.547
1.760
1.667
1.667
1.600
1.627
1.760
1.693
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
$1.375
1.475
1.250
1.467
1.680
1.500
1.667
1.500
1.573
1.707
1.693
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.479
*21.313
1.450
« 1 . 600
«81.250
1.230
1.425
1.520
1.531
1.400
1.430
1.093
1.375
1.587
1.450
40.0
8340.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.479
1.313
1.425
1.600
1.250
1.230
1.375
1.467
1.531
1.350
1.300
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.375
1.533
1.375
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.375
.975
1.787
1.250
1.438
1.363
1.313
1.627
1.653
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
1.375
.950
1.787
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.375
1.363
1.313
1.573
1.500
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.100
1.000
.789
1.296
1.311
1.457
1.383
.950
37.5
37.5
40.0
38.0
34.5
34.5
34.5
34.5
40.0
PHOTOENGRAVERS: DAY WORK
Atlanta, Ga..................................................................
Baltimore, M d.............................................................
Birmingham, Ala........................................................
Boston, M ass..............................................................
Tint layers.............................................................
Buffalo, N. Y . ...................... .............. ........................
Chicago, 111----------------- ------------- ------------..............
Cincinnati, Ohio----------------------------- ----------------- Cleveland, Ohio.......- ------ ------------------------ --------- Rotogravure..........................................................
Columbus, Ohio.............. .......................- ...................
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio............................. ................................
Denver, Colo..... ............ ................... *-...................... .
Des Moines, Iowa...................................................... .
Detroit, Mich___........................................................
Duluth, M in n ............................................................
Grand Rapids, Mich...................................................
Houston, Tex_................................................ ..........
Indianapolis, Ind...............................—......................
Kansas City, M o........................................................
Los Angeles, Calif............................................... .......
Louisville, K y ............................. ..............................
Manchester, N. H ...................................................... .
Memphis/Tenn___............................................. .........
Milwaukee, Wis........................................................ .
Minneapolis, Minn.................................................... .
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___.......................... .........................
New Orleans, La.........................................................
New York, N. Y ____________________ ____________
Norfolk, Va___________ ______________ __________
Oklahoma City, Okla_________________ _________
Omaha, Nebr_________ _______________ __________
Peoria, 111____________ _________________________ _
Philadelphia, Pa________________________________
Pittsburgh, Pa.................... ......................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
65
NiEWSPAPEtR TRADES BY .CITIES
T able 16.—
U nion Scales o f W ages and H ou rs in th e NEWSPAPER P rin tin g Trades in
Selected C ities , J u n e 1, 1 9 4 2 , and J u n e I, 1 941 — Continued
PHOTOENGRAVERS: DAY WORK—Continued
June 1, 1942
City
Portland, Oreg________________________________________________
Providence, R. I........................................ - .............. ..........................
Richmond, Va
______ _ _ ________________________________
Rochester, N. Y . ............................. .............. !.......................... .....
Rock Island (111.) district___ ____ _____________ ______ - ..............
St. Louis, M o_________________________________________________
St. Paul, M in n ______________________________________________
Salt Lake City, Utah...........................................................................
San Antonio, T e x ___ _________________________________________
San Francisco, Calif. _ _______________________________________
Seattle, Wash................................................. .................... ............ .
Springfield, Mass_____________________________________________
Tampa, Fla ______________ __________________________________
Toledo, Ohio............................................................ — .......................
Washington, D. C ................................................................. .......... .
Wichita, T T a n s
_______________________________ __________________________
Worcester, Mass__ ____ _______________________________________
June 1,1941 *
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,500
1.590
1.438
1.500
1.184
1.500
1.450
1.250
1.375
1.463
1.500
1.410
1.130
1.627
1.673
1.250
1.375
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
$1.375
1.525
40.0
40.0
1.500
1.184
1.469
1.400
1.250
1.375
1.397
1.500
1.410
1.050
1.600
1.600
1.250
1.375
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
«*40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
36.0
40.0
36.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
36.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
$1,500
1.625
1.250
1.600
1.625
1.867
1.575
1.829
1.971
1.827
1,593
1.438
1.550
1.733
1.350
1.410
1.500
1.600
1.606
1.460
1.353
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.500
1.667
1.500
1.375
2.080
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
1.639
1.488
1.438
1.787
1.600
1.450
1.625
36.0
40.0
36.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.625
1.678
1.525
1.381
1.500
1.467
1.667
1.550
1.538
1.250
1.733
1.843
1.375
1.500
40.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
36.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
PHOTOtiNGRAVERS: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Ga ________ ___ _ __ _____________________________
Baltimore, M d ....................... ........................ ................. ...................
Birmingham, Ala____________ ________________________________
Boston,"Mass________________ ________________________________
Buffalo, N. Y ............................................................................ ..........
Chicago, 111__ ______ ____ ____ _________________ ______ __ ______
Cincinnati, Ohio______________________________________________
Cleveland, Ohio_______________ ____ _____________ ____________
Rotogravure______________________________________________
Columbus, Ohio_____ _____________ __________ _____________ __
Dayton, Ohio..______ ___ _____ _______ _____ ____ _____________
Denver, Colo
_ ___ ________________________________________
Des Moines, Iowa __________________________________________
Detroit, Mich.......................................................................................
Duluth, Minn..................................................................................... .
Grand Rapids, Mich.......... ................................................................
Houston, Tex
______________________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind _
_ ______________________________
Kansas City, M o__________________ ^__________________________
Los Angeles, Calif._______ ________________ _______ ____________
Louisville, Ky
_______________ ________________________
Manchester, N. H_ _____ ______________________________________
Memphis, Term______________________________________________
Milwaukee, Wis.............. .... ...............................................................
Minneapolis, M inn_______________________ - ____ _____ _________
Nashville, Term______________________________________________
Newark, N. J
__ ____________________________________
New Orleans, La______________________________________________
New York, N. Y
.............. ........... ........... ...........................
Norfolk, Va
..
....... ............................................................
Oklahoma City, Okla................................. ........... ..................... ........
Omaha, Nebr.................................... ........... .......................................
Peoria, 111....... ......................................................................................
Philadelphia, Pa.............. ......... ......................... ............... ...............
Pittsburgh, Pa................................................................................... .
Portland, O reg___ _____ ______ _______________ _______ _________
Providence, R. I _____ J................ ........... ................. ..........................
Richmond, Va
..
_ __________
Rochester, N. Y
_. __________________ ______ __ ___________
St. Louis, M o........................................ ................. .............................
St. Paul, Minn .................. ................................... .............. ......... ....
Salt Lake City, Utah...... ............................................................ ........
San Antonio, T e x .................... ............................................. .............
San Francisco, Calif........... ................................................ ...... .........
Scranton, Pa............................ ........................................ ...................
Seattle, Wash.......................................................................................
Springfield, Mass_____________________________________________
Tampa. Fla . . . ____■_________ _____ __________ ____ ____ ____
Toledo, Ohio
..............................................................................
Washington, D. C __ ______________ _________________________ _
Wichita, Kans________________________________________________
Worcester, Mass
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1,500
1.675
1.400
1.680
1.800
1.867
1.680
1.886
2.029
1.827
1.593
«81.438
1.575
*« 1.733
8* 1.350
1.410
1.550
1.653
1.606
1.513
1.500
1.173
1.500
1.720
1.575
1.438
2.000
1.025
2.080
1.313
1.708
1.488
1.438
«i 1.840
1.760
1.575
1.690
1.563
1.625
1.711
1.575
1.381
1.500
1.533
1.667
1.550
1.538
1.250
1.760
1.921
1.375
8*1.500
2.000
1.000
66
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and H ours in the N EW SPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942 , and June I, 1941 — Continued
JOURNEYMEN PRESSMEN: DAY WORK
June 1,1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Atlanta, Ga_______________ ______ _________________________
Baltimore, M d----------------------------------------------------------------- —
Binghamton, N. Y — ------ ------------------------ —--------- ----------------Birmingham, Ala------------- ------------ -----------------------------------------Boston, Mass.:
Agreement A ........... — ........... .........- --------- ------------------------Agreement B ------------------------------------------------- --------------Buffalo, N. Y ______________________________________ ________Color press and Polish daily. ................. ...... ......................... .
Butte, Mont ________________________________________________
Charleston, W. Va_________________________________ ______ ____
Charlotte, N. C--------------------------------------------- ----------------------Chicago, 111__________________________________________________
Color press___________________ _________________ __________
Cincinnati, Ohio_____________________________ ________________
Cleveland, Ohio--------- ----------------------------------- ----------------- -----Offside and color press____________________ _____________
Gravure_____ ____________________________ _____________
Offside and color press___________________ _________
Shopping News___________________________ __________ —
Columbus, Ohio____________________ ____ ____________________
Dallas, Tex__________________ ____ _______ _____ _______ _______
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio___________________________________________ ____
Denver, Colo_____________________________ ______ ________—
Des Moines, Iowa--- ----------------- ---------------------------------------- —
Detroit, Mich------------------------------------------------------------ -----------Shopping News----------------------------------------------------------------Duluth, Minn----------------------------- ------------------- ------ ---------- —
El Paso, Tex___________________ ______ _______________ ________
Erie, Pa _ ____ *_ ___________________________________________
Grand Rapids, Mich--------------------------------------------------------------Shopping News___________________________________________
Houston, Tex---------------------- ------------------------------- ---------- -------Indianapolis, Ind____ ____ ____ _______________________________
Jacksonville, Fla------ ----- ------------- --------------------------------- --------Kansas City, M o-------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------Little Rock, Ark.____ ________________________________________
Los Angeles, Calif------------------ ------------------------------------------------Louisville, K y __________________________________ _____________
Madison, Wis------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------Manchester, N. H _____ _______________________________________
Memphis, Tenn________ ________________ . . . ------------------------Milwaukee, Wis--------------------------------------------------------------------Colormen____ ____________________________________________
Minneapolis, Minn______________ _____ ______________ _______
Mobile, A la ____ _______ _________________________________ ____
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn------ ------------------- ------ ------------------------------------Newark, N. J........................................... .............. .............................
New Haven, Conn.................... .............. ............ ..............................
New Orleans, La---------------------- ---------------------------------------------New York, N. Y ________________ ______ _______________ ______ _
Special gravure work------- --------------------------------------- -------Norfolk, Va____________________ _____ _________________ _____
Oklahoma City, Okla____________________________ ____________
Color press..______ ______________________ ____________ —
Omaha, Nebr----------------- ------ ------ ---------------------------- ------------Peoria, Hl_ ___________________________________ _________ ____
Color press.._______________________________ _________ ____
Philadelphia, Pa____________________________ _____ ____ _______
Rotogravure____ ____ _______________ _______ _______ ______ Phoenix, A riz.________ _______________________________ _____
Pittsburgh, Pa------------------------------- --------------------------- ------ —
Portland, Maine_______ _____________________ _____ __________
Portland, Oreg_____ ___________________________________ ______ Providence, R. I _________ ____________________________________
Reading, Pa
_ _ _____ ___ _ ____________________________
Richmond, Va----------------- ------------------------------- ----------------------Rochester, N. Y ____ _____ _______________ _______ _____________
Rock Island (111.) district_____________________ ______ - ................
St. Louis, Mo__________ ___________________________________
St. Paul, Minn____ ______________________ ____ ________ _______
Salt Lake City, Utah____ _____________________________________
San Antonio, Tex.................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1.189
1.163
1.227
1.063
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.336
1.271
1.267
1.176
40.0
42.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.220
1.188
1.040
1.360
1.427
1.240
«* 1.219
«< 1.284
1.326
1.454
1.647
1.327
»81.113
1.200
“ 1.136
1.250
1.382
1.447
1.175
1.031
1.100
1.125
1.050
«71.138
1.260
1.125
1.153
1.020
1.147
1.283
1.250
1.171
1.247
1.247
1.300
1.200
1.073
1.113
1.433
1.194
1.038
1.433
1.344
70.988
1.125
1.188
1.110
1.180
1.175
7i 1.173
1.216
1.190
1.209
1.158
1.200
1.388
1.182
1.125
7a 1.200
1.297
1.144
1.200
1.067
7*1.025
40.0
37.5
40.0
38.3
38.3
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
««37.5
6» 40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
$1.114
1.138
1.125
1.063
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.260
1.125
1.130
1.188
.940
1.233
40.0
42.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
4o! o
40.0
37.5
1.203
1.181
1.248
1.288
1.288
1.470
1.169
1.113
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
1.200
40.0
37.5
40.0
38.3
38.3
. 40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.200
1.200
1.136
1.170
1.316
1.382
1.125
1.006
1.100
1.050
1.063
1.200
1.125
1.097
.844
1.147
1.165
1.250
1.025
1.180
1.193
1.247
1.134
.980
1.025
1.367
1.163
.975
1.433
1.344
.988
1.063
1.125
1.110
1.100
1.075
1.120
1.141
1.150
1.156
1.075
1.140
1.326
1.182
1.038
1.175
1.216
1.094
1.144
1.067
1.025
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
48.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
•837.5
«»40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
67
NEWSPAPER TRADES BY CITIES
T able 16.—
U nion Scales o f W ages and H ou rs in th e NEWSPAPER P rin tin g T rades in
Selected C ities , J u n e I, 1942, and J u n e I, 1 9 4 1 — Continued
JOURNEYMEN PRESSMEN: DAY WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
San Francisco, Calif__________________ _ __ __ ___ _ _ _
$1,287
Scranton, Pa_l___________________________ _________________
1.154
Seattle, Wash____________________ ______________________ _ _
1.287
Spokane, Wash......... .............. ........... ................................. ............ . 741.031
Springfield, Mass...................... ........... ................. ............................
1.081
Shopping News___________________________________________
1.031
Tampa,* Fla—_______ _____ ___________________________________
1.160
Toledo, Ohio:
Agreement A _____________________________________________
1.273
Agreement B _____________________________________________
1.273
Washington, D. C ___ ____ _____________ _____ _________________
1.340
Wichita^ Kans_________ _____________ _________________ _______
.794
Worcester, Mass_______________________________ ______ ______
1.100
Youngstown, Ohio_____________________________ ______ ________
1.225
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
$1,220
1.154
1.080
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.240
1.207
1.267
.794
1.050
1.125
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
35.0
36.0
38.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
35.0
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.5
40.0
36.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
*40.0
40.0
37.5
34.5
36.0
7834.5
so 35.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
38.3
35.3
40.0
37.5
$1,188
1.300
1.280
1.214
1.400
1.250
1.188
1.267
1.219
1.250
37.5
35.0
37.5
35.0
36.0
38.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
. 40.0
40.0
35.0
1.200
1.031
1.031
1.000
JOURNEYMEN PRESSMEN: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Ga____________________________________ ____
___
Baltimore, M d______________________________________
___ _
Binghamton, N. Y ...................... .......................................................
Birmingham, Ala.......... .................... ............ .............................. ......
Boston,~Mass________________________________________ _____
Buffalo, N. Y ................. ............................................... .
...
Polish daily............................. .............. ........______________ ___
Color press__________________ _____________ ______________
Butte, M ont_______________________________________________
Charleston, W. Ya..................... .........__......... ...................................
Charlotte, N. C______________________________________________
Chicago, 111____________________ ________________ ____________
Color press_______________________________ _______________
Cincinnati, Ohio____ ______________ _______________ ..................
Cleveland, Ohio............. .............. ........... ___...................................
Offside and color press........................_............._..........................
Gravure________________________________________________
Offside and color press_______________________ ______
Columbus, Ohio.. _______________________________________
Dallas, Tex............................. ......... ......... _...................... _..............
Dayton, Ohio________________________________________________
Denver, Colo
___________________________________
Des Moines, Iowa— ___________________________________ _ _ _
Detroit, M ich ........................................... ........................................
Shopping N e w s __________________________________ ____
Duluth, Minn. __________________________________
El Paso, Tex_______________________________________ ___ ______
Grand Rapids, Mich_________ _______________ _____ _ _________
Houston, Tex______________ ____ ______________ ____ __________
Indianapolis, Ind
________________________________ _________
Kansas City, M o_______ ___________ ______ ___________________
Little Rock, Ark______________________________ _____ _ _____
Los Angeles, C a lif______ __________ ____ ___________ _________
Louisville, K y
__ _
____...
___
Manchester, N . H ______ ______ ______________ _____ ___________
Memphis, T e n n ................................................................................
Milwaukee, Wis......... ....................................... ......................_........
Colormen______________________ __________________________
Minneapolis, M inn........... ............ ......... ...........................................
Mobile, A l a ................................ — .............................. ....................
Nashville, Tenn__ ____ _____ _________________________________
Newark, N. J __ _____
____________ ______________________
New Haven, C o n n _____
_____
__
____________
New York, N. Y . . . __________ ______ ______ ____ _______________
Color and rotogravure
_____________ _______ _____________
Special gravure work______________________________________
Norfolk, Va..........................................................................................
Oklahoma City, Okla..........................................................................
Color press..... ................................ ...............................................
Omaha, Nebr................................. ............... .....................................
Peoria, 111................................... ........................ ........... .....................
Color press________ __________________ _____ _____ _____ ____
Philadelphia, Pa....... .................... ......................................................
Rotogravure.. __________ ____ ____________________________
Phoenix, Ariz.......................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1,268
1.329
1.307
1.214
1.483
1.316
1.320
1.320
1.258
1.250
1.100
1.519
1.590
1.320
75 1.393
76 1.468
1.514
1.661
1.380
771.147
1.263
w 1.217
1.350
1.458
1.571
1.250
1.031
1.175
781.300
1.340
1.207
1.090
1.229
1.355
1.257
1.267
1.371
1.429
1.275
1.092
1.187
1.666
1.326
1.630
1.666
1.495
« 1.038
1.188
1.250
1.176
1.205
1.253
821.303
1.331
1.260
1.000
1.380
1.225
1.350
1.426
1.476
1.476
1.219
1.147
1.263
1.217
1.250
1.389
1.500
1.200
1.006
1.100
1.214
1.280
1.151
.906
1.229
1.233
1.100
1.200
1.314
1.371
1.184
1.000
1.093
1.594
1.292
1.630
1.666
1.495
1.038
1.125
1.188
1.176
1.125
1.150
1.275
1.256
1.220
40.0
35.0
35.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.5
40.0
36.0
36.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
48.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
34.5
36.0
7834.5
8835.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
40.0
34.5
40.0
37.5
68
UNION WAGES AND HOURS— PRINTING TRADES
T a b l e 16.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the NEW SPAPER Prim ing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June I, 1941 — Continued
JOURNEYMEN PRESSMEN: NIGHT WORK— Continued
June 1,1942
City
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
Pittsburgh, P a ...-------------- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ $1.276
1.238
Portland, Maine------- ------------------------------------------------------------1.321
Portland, Oreg.------------ ------ ----------------------- ------ -------------------1.461
Providence, R. I ------ ------ --------------------------- ---------------------------1.314
Reading, Pa. ________________________________________________
1.188
Richmond, Va..............................................................- ......................
Rochester, N. Y ....................................................... ........................... 881.284
1.307
St. Louis, M o........................................ - ------ ------------------------------1.250
St. Paul, M inn........................................... ................................... —
Salt Lake City, Utah:
1.067
First 6 months................................................ - .............. ..............
1.133
After 6 months.......................................................................... .
San Antonio, Tex....................................... ...................................... 73 1.025
San Francisco, Calif.---------------------- ------ --------------------- -----------1.327
Scranton, P a ________________________________________________
1.348
1.379
Seattle, Wash............ ..........................................................................
Spokane, Wash...... ............................................................................. 8* 1.081
1.081
Springfield, Mass.................................................................................
Tampa, F la _________________________________________________
1.200
Toledo, Ohio:
1.436
Agreement A ...................................................... ......................—
Agreement B ............................................... .............................—
1.340
Washington, D . C ............................................. ...................... ..........
1.440
.844
Wichita, Kans................... .................................................................
1.257
Worcester, Mass....... ......... ................. ...................... ......................
37.5
40.0
35.0
38.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
$1,223
1.150
1.257
1.396
1.314
1.094
1.259
1.250
1.194
37.5
40.0
35.0
38.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
1.067
1.133
1.025
1.260
1.348
1.286
1.081
1.031
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.0
1.364
1.273
1.367
.844
1.200
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.0
$1,314
1.288
1.156
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,239
1.263
1.156
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.485
1.414
1.400
1.300
1.363
1.533
1.667
1.328
8*1.350
1.454
1.747
1.460
8»1.247
40.0
42.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
1.410
1.343
1.333
1.250
1.273
1.400
40.0
42.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
i.29i
1.313
1.416
1.600
1.294
1.247
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
1.294
1.294
1.236
1.447
1.513
1.579
«7 1.200
1.340
1.375
1.216
1.341
1.080
1.213
1.345
1.325
1.236
1.360
1.353
1.325
40.0
37.5
38.3
38.3
38.3
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
1.038
1.250
1.125
1.330
1.375
1.159
1.284
.906
1.213
1.233
1.325
1.125
1.293
1.300
1.259
40.0
37.5
38.3
38.3
38.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
48.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
1.238
1.633
1.344
1.150
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
1.150
1.567
1.313
1.088
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
1.200
PRESSMEN -IN-CHARGE: DAY WORK
Atlanta, Ga..................................................................
Baltimore, M d.............................................................
Birmingham, Ala_______________________________
Boston, Mass.:
Agreement A .............. ..........................................
Agreement B___________________ ____________
Buffalo, N. Y __________________ __________ _____
Color press and Polish daily___ _____ ________
Butte, M ont...................................................... .........
Chicago, 111_________ ________ ____ ______________
Color press........................................... .................
Cincinnati, Ohio......................................... - .............
Cleveland, Ohio..... ........................ ............................
Gravure.................................................... ............
Shopping News_______ _____________ _____
Columbus, Ohio_________________ ____ ___________
Dallas, Tex____________________________________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (HI.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio__________________________________ _
Denver, Colo........... ............... ............... ..................
Detroit, Mich___________________ __________ ____
Color press....................... —.................................
Shopping News..............- .....................................
Duluth, Minn............................................................ .
El Paso, Tex............................................................... .
Erie, Pa__........................................................- ......... .
Houston, Tex.............................................. ...............
Indianapolis, Ind.................... .................................
Jacksonville, Fla__.................................................... .
Kansas City, M o.........................................................
Color press............................................................
Little Rock, Ark___............... .................................. .
Los Angeles, Calif... _.............*.•__________________
Louisville, K y ..........................................................
Madison, Wis............ .................................................
Manchester, N. H ............................... .....................
Memphis, Tenn.............................................. ..........
Milwaukee, Wis__________________________ _____
Minneapolis, Minn_______________________ _____
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_________________________ ______
Newark, N. J___________________ ______ ________
New Haven, Conn___f - ___________ ........ ................
New Orleans, La............................. ..........................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
66 1.236
1.513
1.579
1.645
1.246
1.063
1.250
1.200
N E W SPA PE R TRADES BY CITIES
T able 16.—
69
U nion Scales o f W ages and H ou rs in the NEWSPAPER P rin tin g Trades in
Selected C ities, J u n e I, 1 9 4 2 , and J u n e 1 , 1941 — Continued
PRESSMEN -IN -CHARGE: DAY WORK—Continued
June 1), 1942
June 1,1941
City
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
New York, N. Y ______________________ ____ __________________
Special gravure work______________________________________
Norfolk, Va~__....... ........... .............. ...... .............................................
Oklahoma City, Okla......................... ............................................___
Omaha, Nebr_V_____________________ _______________________
Peoria, I1L_.........................................................................................
$1,633
1.531
1.225
1.250
1.172
1.310
1.371
«1.307
1.350
1.276
1.300
1.463
1.315
1.250
w 1.294
1.432
1.250
1.325
Philadelphia, Pa.................................... ............................................
Rotogravure______________________________________________
Pittsburgh, Pa.............._.............. ................................................ ......
Portland^ 6 reg___________ - ........... ........... ........................ ................
Providence, EL I ______________________________________________
Reading, Pa_______ _______________ ____ ____ ____________ _____
Richmond, Va_______________________________________________
Rochester, N. Y ........................... ......................................................
Rock Island (111.) district_______________________________ ______
St. Louis, M o__- _____________________________________________
St. Paul, Minn.................. ........................... ......................................
Salt Lake City, Utah___________________1................ ......................
1.200
San Antonio, Tex___________ ____ _____________________________ 881.150
San Francisco, Calif___________ _________________ ______________
1.353
Scranton, Pa_l_______________________________________________
1.238
Seattle, Wash................................. ......... ................................ ...........
1.420
Spokane, Wash__________ ______ _____ ____ _____ _________ ____ 8« 1.156
1.219
Springfield, Mass____________________________ ____________ ____
Tampa, Fla____________________________ _____ ______ _____ ____
1.293
Toledo, Ohio:
English text_________ _____________________ _________ ____
1.420
Assistant, nressmen-in-charire
1.347
Foreign text
1.553
Washington, D. C . ___________________________________________
1.473
Wichita, Kans________________________________________________
.856
Worcester, Mass______________________________________________
1.225
Youngstown, Ohio________________*___________________________
1.361
«837.5
#»40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
38.3
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
$1,633
1.531
1.225
1.188
1.172
1.229
1.263L
1.25?
1.275
1.223
1.240
1.402
1.315
1.163
1.269
1.378
1.199
1.269
«837.5
1.150
1.287
1.238
1.333
1.156
1.169
1.213
«»40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.387
1.313
1.353
1.400
.856
1.175
1.250
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
36.0
38.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.5
36.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
34.5
36.0
$1.321
1.443
1.321
1.567
1.382
1.313
1.400
1.362
1.559
37.5
35.0
35.0
36.0
38.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
1.313
1.500
1.619
1.344
1.281
1.356
1.323
1.528
1.714
1.275
1.038
1.286
1.410
1.214
.968
1.300
1.300
40.0
35.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.5
36.0
36.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
37:5
40.0
48.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
34.5
36.0
1.200
PRESSMEN -IN-CHARGE: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Qa__________________________________________________ $1.401
1.471
Baltimore, Md __
____ ___________________________________
1. 321
Birmingham, Ala .
_______________________________________
1.650
Boston, Mass _____________________________________________ _
1.447
Buffalo, N. Y
................................................................................
1.453
Polish daily_______________________________________________
1.453
Color press_______________________________________________
1.401
Butte, Mont______________________________ _____ _____________
1.714
Chicago, 111. .................................................................................... ....
1.857
Color press ______________________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio _ _ ___ __________________________________
1.408
1.543
Cleveland, Ohio _____________________________________________
1.661
Gravure
__
__________________________________
1.513
Columbus, O h io ____ _________________________________________
Dallas. Tex
w 1.281
*
Davion. Ohio
1.356
Denver, Colo _ _________ _________________________________ _ 8« 1.323
Detroit, Mich ...................... ............... ............................................
1.597
1.786
Shopping News_____________ _____ _____________ __________
1.321
Duluth, M inn......................................................................................
1.063
El Paso, Tex__
......................................................................Houston, T e x ____ ___________________________________________ 78 1.371
1.430
Indianapolis, Ind_______________ ______ _______________________
Kansas City, M o____ _________________________________________
1.270
Little Rock, Ark..... ................... ......................................................
1.150
Los Angeles, Calif........ ............................. J........................................
1.300
Louisville, K y ................................ ....................................... ..............
1.418
Manchester, N. H ____________________________________ ________
1.371
Memphis, Tenn _________________________________________ ____
1.380
Milwaukee, Wis
__ _________________________________________
1.486
1.400
Minneapolis, Minn____ ____ __________________________________
Nashville, T e n n ________ _____ ________________________ _____
1.320
1.884
Newark, N. J
____________________________________________
New Haven, Conn------- , ....................................................................
1.493
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
1.200
1.313
1.429
1.309
1.227
1.811
1.458
70
T able
UNION WAGE© AND HOUR©— PRINTING TRADE©
16.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the NEWSPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 2942, and June 2, 1941—Continued
PRESSMEN -IN -CHARGE: NIGHT WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
J une 1,1941
C ity
R ate per H ours R a te per H ours
hour
per w eek
hour
per w eek
$1.848
1.889
1.695
1.213
N orfolk , V a . . _____________________________________________________
1.313
1.238
O m aha, N e b r ________________________________________________________
1.335
P eoria, 111 ___________________________________________________________
1.449
C olor press___________________________ _____ ____ _______ - ............... .
P h ilad elp h ia, P a .................................................... .............................................- •*1.445
1.475
R otog ra vu re____________ ______ _______ ______ - ......................... - .........
1.342
P ittsb u rgh , P a ________________________________________________________
1.429
P ortla n d , O reg_______________________________________________- ________
1.539
P rov iden ce, R . I _____________________________________________________
1.457
R eadin g, P a __________________________________________________________
1.313
________ _________________________________________
R ic h m o n d , V a .
R och ester, N . Y _ _ ___________ _______________________________________ »3 i. 3 78
1.429
S t. L ou is, M o . ______________________________________________________
1.375
S t. P aul, M in n
___________________________________________________
1.267
Salt L a k e C ity , U tah
______________________________________________
S an A n ton io, T e x _________ _________________________________________ 88 1.150
1.393
San F rancisco, C a l i f __________________________________________________
1.443
S cranton, P a __________________________________________________________
1.521
Seattle, W a s h _________________________________________________________
S pok an e, W a s h _______________________________________________________ « 1.219
1.219
Springfield, M a s s ......... ..................................... ..................................................
1.333
T a m p a , F la _________________________________________________________
T o le d o , O hio:
E nglish t e x t _____________________________________ _________________
1.487
Assistant pressm en-in-charge________________________________
1.413
F oreign text
_______________________________________ ____________
1.736
1.573
W ash in g ton , D . C
__ ______________________________________________
W ich ita , K a n s ................... ........... ........... ........... ................. ...............................
.906
W orcester, M ass
____________________ __________________________
1.400
» 34. 5
80 35.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
38.3
35.3
40.0
37.5
35.0
38.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
$1,848
1.889
1.695
1.213
1.250
1.238
1.251
1*338
1.420
1.400
1.289
1.364
1.476
1.457
1.219
1.353
1.370
1.319
1.267
1.150
1.327
1.443
1.429
1.219
1.169
1.333
79 34.5
so 35.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
40.0
34.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
38.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
35.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
1.420
1.347
1.521
1.500
.906
1.343
37.5
37.5
35.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
$1,200
»»1.213
1.227
1.125
1.429
1.267
1.254
1.130
1.040
W1.289
1.639
1.350
«7 1.250
1.427
1.456
1.263
1.259
40.0
38.3
37.5
40.0
35.0
37.5
35.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
38.8
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
$1.125
1.160
1.125
1.063
1.357
1.188
1.204
1.130
40.0
38.3
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
1.233
1.639
1.263
1.250
1.427
1.429
1.213
1.100
40.0
35.0
38.8
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
1.200
®81.137
1.290
1.375
1.145
1.031
1.000
1.270
»»1.169
1.300
1.225
1.236
1.020
1.220
1.283
1.175
1.093
1.264
1.304
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.0
37.5
1.200
1.137
1.200
1.300
1.125
1.006
1.000
1.200
1.169
1.250
1.175
1.180
.980
1.147
1.165
1.150
1.025
1.106
1.250
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.0
37.5
N e w Y o r k , N . Y .................................... - .............................................................
Cnlnr and rotogravure _. ________________________________________
STEREOTYPERS: DAY WORK
Atlanta, Ga.................................................................
Baltimore, M d................. ...........................................
Binghamton, N. Y ..................................................... .
Birmingham, Ala....................................................... .
Boston, Mass...............................................................
Buffalo, N. Y ..............................................................
Butte, M ont............................... .............................. .
Charleston, W. Va............ .............- ...........................
Charlotte, N. C...................... ................................... .
Chicago, 111................................................................. .
Foreign language dailies...................................... .
Cincinnati, O h io........................................................
Cleveland, Ohio......... ................................................
Syndicates.......................................................... .
Shopping News.....................................................
Columbus, Ohio........................ .................................
Dallas, Tex................................................................. .
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio...............................................................
Denver, Colo.............................................................. .
Des Moines, Iowa........................................................
Detroit, M ich............................................................. .
Duluth, Minn............................................................ .
El Paso, Tex............................................................... .
Erie, Pa....................................................................... .
Grand Rapids, Mich.................................................. .
Houston, Tex...............................................................
Indianapolis, Ind.........................................................
Jacksonville, Fla..........................................................
Kansas City, M o.........................................................
Little Rock, Ark.........................................................
Los Angeles, Calif...................................................... .
Louisville, K y ..............................................................
Madison, Wis...............................................................
Manchester, N. H ...................................................... .
Memphis, Tenn..........................................................
Milwaukee, W is..........................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
71
NEWSPAPER TRADES BY CITIES
T able 16.—
U nion Scales o f W a g es and H ou rs in the NEWSPAPER P rin tin g Trades in
Selected C ities , J u n e I, 1 9 4 2 , and J u n e I, 1 9 4 1 — Continued
STEREOTYPERS: DAY WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
City
Minneapolis, Minn................. ..........................
Mobile, Ala....... ......... ..... ..................... ...........
Moline, 111. (See Rock Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.................................................
Newark, N. J ......................................... ...........
New Haven, Conn............ ...... ........... .............
New Orleans, La............... ......... ......................
New York, N. Y ...............................................
Norfolk, Va......................................................
Oklahoma City, Okla____. ____ ____________
Omaha, Nebr................. ....................... . . .......
Peoria, 111...........................- ...............................
Philadelphia, Pa......................... ....................
Phoenix, Ariz..................................... ...............
Pittsburgh, Pa................................... - ..............
Portland, Maine........................— .................
Portland, Oreg...................................................
Providence, R. I ................................................
Richmond, Va.................
Rochester, N. Y ..............
Rock Island (111.) district.
St. Louis, Mo_.................
St. Paul, Minn.................
Salt Lake City, Utah___
San Antonio, Tex............
San Francisco, Calif*.----Scranton, Pa....................
Seattle, Wash...................
Shopping News.........
South Bend, Ind..............
Spokane, W ash ..............
Springfield, Mass.............
Shopping News.........
Tampa, Fla......................
Toledo, Ohio....................
Washington, D . C ...........
Wichita, Kans.................
Worcester, Mass......... .
Youngstown, Ohio...........
June 1,1941
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
$1,200
1.030
40.0
35.8
$1,134
.980
40.0
35.8
1.113
1.238
™ 1.075
.969
1.467
1.070
1.125
1.150
1.224
1.253
1.190
1.345
1.075
1.260
1.425
1.137
1.125
1.177
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
33.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
32.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
1.025
1.238
40.0
40.0
.938
1.403
1.000
1.063
1.150
1.176
1.281
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
33.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
35.0
32.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
$1,188
1.334
1.280
1.125
1.498
1.250
1.204
1.233
40.0
33.3
37.5
40.0
31.7
40.0
35.0
40.0
1.363
37.5
30.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
36.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
1.200
1.216
1.213
1.063
1.110
1.276
1.221
1.336
1.538
1.163
1.113
1.081
1.100
1.180
1.307
1.340
.913
1.120
1.313
1.200
1.150
1.278
1.075
1.160
1.350
1.137
1.038
1.147
1.125
1.167
1.156
1.000
1.110
1.209
1.198
1.286
1.385
1.000
1.093
1.031
1.050
1.100
1.240
1.200
.900
1.120
STEREOTYPERS: NIGHT WORK
Atlanta, Ga.......................................................... ............... ...............
Baltimore, M d— ................................................................................
Binghamton, N. Y .............................................................. ........... .
Birmingham, Ala................. ........... ....................................................
Boston, Mass.......................................... .........................................—
Buffalo, N. Y ........................................................................................
Butte, Mont........................................... ............................................ .
Charleston, W. Va..................................... ..........................................
Charlotte, N. C....................................................................................
Chicago, 111................... ................ .......................................................
Foreign language dailies..... ...........................................................
Cincinnati, Ohio...................... ............................................................
Cleveland, Ohio....................................................................................
Syndicates......................................................................................
Shopping News..............................................................................
Columbus, Ohio................... ........... .................................................. .
Dallas, Tex...........................................................................................
Dayton, Ohio..................................................... .................................
Denver, C o lo ........................................................................................
Des Moines, Iowa.................................................................................
Detroit, Mich..................................................................................... .
Duluth, M inn.......................................................................................
El Paso, T ex........................................................................................
Grand Rapids, Mich............................................................................
Houston, Tex......................... ................................ .............................
Indianapolis, Ind. .......................................................... ....................
Jacksonville, Fla..................................................................................
Kansas City, M o................................................................................
Little Rock, Ark...................................................................................
Los Angeles, Calif.......................—......................................................
See footnotes at end of table (p. 72).
$1,263
1.400
1.307
1.188
1.577
1.333
1.254
1.233
1.130
iw 1.423
2.012
1.450
1051.387
1.507
1. §36
1.313
1.312
1..263
io«l. 183
1.368
1.570
1.220
1.063
1.320
1071.200
1.400
1.275
1.291
1.090
1.287
40.0
33.3
37.5
40.0
31.7
37.5
35.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
30.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
36.0
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
37.5
37.5
2.012
1.360
1.387
1.507
1.509
1.254
1.133
1.263
1.183
1.275
1.444
1.200
1.006
1.250
1.200
1.333
1.225
1.234
1.050
1.213
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T able
UNION WAGE® AND HOUR®— PRINTING! TRADES
16.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the NEWSPAPER Printing Trades in
Selected Cities, June I, 1942, and June 1, 1941—-Continued
STEREOTYPERS: NIGHT WORK—Continued
June 1,1942
City
Manchester, N. H
Rate per Hours Rate per Hours
hour per week hour per week
.
______•
$1.355
1.173
1.357
1.387
1.275
1.050
1.187
1.650
ioo 1.075
Minneapolis, M inn.............
_
Mobile, Ala
_ ___
____
__ ___ _ _
Nashville, T e n n .____________________________________________
Newark, N. J ______________________________________________
New Haven, Conn
....... _
1.100
New Orleans, La __ _________________________________________
1.833
New York, N. Y .............................................. ................... .............
1.120
Norfolk, Va._....... ...............................................................................
1.188
Oklahoma City, Okla........................... .... ........................... ..............
1.216
Omaha, Nebr________________________________________________
1.412
Peoria, 111__________________ :_________________________________
Philadelphia, P a._____________________________________________ los 1.307
Phoenix, Ariz_________________ _____ __ _____ __________ ______
1.260
Pittsburgh, P a............. ........................... .......... ................... .............
1.345
Portland, Maine______________________________________________
1.175
Portland, Oreg_______________________________________________
1.350
Providence, R. I ______________________________________________
1.500
Reading, Pa_________________ ________________________________
1.314
1.188
Richmond, Va_______________________________________________
Rochester, N. Y ________________________ ____ ______ __________ ioo 1.260
1.390
St. Louis, M o________________________________________________
St. Paul, Minn ...............................................................................
1. 263
Salt Lake City, Utah................. ...... ..................................................
1.125
San Antonio, Tex_______________________________ _____________
1.110
1.320
San Francisco, Calif..................... ......... .......... .................................
Scranton, Pa_________________________________________________
1.396
Seattle, Wash________________________________________________
1.407
Spokane, Wash___________________________ __________________
1.163
Springfield, Mass_____________________________________________
1.236
Tampa, Fla__________________________________________________
1.280
Toledo, Ohio_________________ __________ _____ _____ _____ ____
1.360
Washington, D. C.____________________ _ _________________
1.542
Wichita, Kans________________________________________________
.951
WorChester, Mass................................. ..............................................
1.200
Youngstown, Ohio____________________________________________
1.419
1 $1,125 per hour June 5,1942.
2$1,655 per hour July 1, 1942.
2 Agreement permits 35 hours.
4 $1,514 per hour Dec. 1, 1942.
8$1,413 per hour Aug. 1, 1942, and $1,440 per hour
Oct. 3, 1942.
8$1,333 per hour June 13,1942.
7 $1,450 per hour July 10, 1942.
«$1,400 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
9 Agreement permits 33 hours.
i° $1,173 per hour July 1,1942.
44Agreement permits 36 hours.
12 $1,350 per hour June 8,1942.
18 Time and one-half for all hours over 40 per week.
4436M-hour week Oct. 1 to Feb. 1.
48$1,185 per hour June 5,1942.
$1,766 per hour July 1, 1942.
47 $1,571 per hour Dec. 1,1942.
18 $1,502 per hour Aug. 1, 1942, and $1,529 per hour
Oct. 3, 1942.
i®$1,400 per hour June 13, 1942.
2« $1,530 per hour July 10, 1942.
21 $1,480 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
22Agreement permits 24 hours.
22$1,426 per hour June 8,1942.
24$1,631 per hour Dec. 1,1942.
22$1,429 per hour June 13,1942.
28 On piece-work basis.
27 $1,692 per hour Dec. 1,1942.
28$1,500 per hour June 13,1942.
29$1,165 per hour June 5,1942.
20$1,225 per hour June 5,1942.
21 $0,900 per hour Aug. 31,1942.
22$0,850 per hour Aug. 31, 1942.
June 1,1941
40.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
40.0
35.8
37.5
30.0
40.0
37.5
31.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.0
31.7
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
37.5
33.5
40.0
35.0
38.8
$1,233
1.093
1.650
40.0
40.0
35.0
37.5
40.0
35.8
37.5
30.0
1.080
1.741
1.050
1.125
1.216
37.5
31.5
40.0
40.0.
40.0
1.100
1.200
1.333
1.184
1.000
1.357
1.253
1.220
1.278
1.150
L 243
1.421
1.314
1.094
1.230
1.333
1.206
1.063
1.110
1.253
1.369
1.357
1.143
1.179
1.200
1.293
1.458
.939
1.200
1.387
22$0,950 per hour Sept. 20, 1942.
24$0,640 per hour Aug. 27,1942.
25$1,050 per hour July 20, 1942.
28$0,650 per hour Aug. 11,1942.
27 $0,938 per hour Aug. 1,1942.
28$1,067 per hour September 1942.
29$1,040 per hour June 10,1942.
40$0,938 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
41 $0,998 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
42$1,000 per hour Aug. 10,1942.
42$1,000 per hour Aug. 1,1942.
44$1,000 per hour Aug. 31.1942.
48$0,720 per hour Aug. 27,1942.
48$1,110 per hour July 20,1942.
47 $0,988 per hour Aug. 1,1942.
48$1,090 per hour June 10,1942.
49$0,969 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
50$1,029 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
84$1,050 per hour Aug. 10, 1942.
82$1,403 per hour July 18,1942.
8338H-bour week July 18,1942.
84$1,701 per hour July 12,1942.
88$1,343 per hour July 1,1942.
88$1,653 per hour Sept. 15,1942.
87$1,425 per hour June 28,1942.
88$1,534 per hour July 18,1942.
89$1,840 per hour July 12,1942.
80$1,433 per hour July 1,1942.
81 $1,867 per hour Sept. 15,1942.
82$1,550 per hour June 28,1942.
83$1,250 per hour Sept. 9,1942.
84$1,316 per hour Sept. 9,1942.
88$1,215 per hour June 7,1942.
884H cents per hour increase Sept. 1,1942.
32.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
40.0
35.0
3i. 7
35.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
35.0
35.0
37.5
35.0
37.5
37.5
33.5
40.0
35.0
38.8
NEW SPAPER TRADES BT CITIES
*7 5 cents per hour increase Sept. 5,1942.
w Agreement permits 45 hours.
•®Agreement permits 44 hours.
70$1,063 per hour July 2, 1942.
71 $1,227 per hour November 1942.
w $1,225 per hour Oct. 1,1942.
72 $1,094 per hour July 8,1942.
74 $1,100 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
7« $1,429 per hour Sept. 9,1942.
7« $1,504 per hour Sept. 9,1942
77$1,267 per hour June 7, 1942.
786 cents per hour increase Sept. 5,1942.
7®Agreement permits 41 hours.
so Agreement permits 42 hours.
81 $1,113 per hour July 2,1942.
82 $1,360 per hour November 1942.
88$1,309 per hour Oct. 1,1942.
w $1,150 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
8« $1,381 per hour Sept. 9,1942.
««$1,348 per hour June 7, 1942.
«7 $1,319 per hour Oct. 1, 1942.
88$1,219 per hour July 8, 1942.
8®$1,225 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
®o$1,579 per hour Sept. 9, 1942
®i $1,400 per hour June 7,1942.
•2$1,501 per hour November 1942.
»8$1,403 per hour Oct. 1, 1942.
«4 $1,275 per hour Sept. 1,1942.
®«$1,279 per hour July 1,1942.
®«$1,345 per hour July 15,1942.
®7$1,300 per hour June 15,1942.
•8$1,198 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
®» $1,219 per hour July 20,1942.
100$1,113 per hour June 13, 1942.
101$1,307 per hour Oct. 1,1942.
102$1,277 per hour July 1,1942.
103 $1,463 per hour July 1, 1942.
104$1,483 per hour July 15, 1942.
ioo $1,440 per hour June 15, 1942.
io« $1,245 per hour Sept. 1, 1942.
107 $1,250 per hour July 20,1942.
we $1,360 per hour Oct. 1, 1942.
io« $1,360 per hour July 1, 1942.
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