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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
F rances P e rk in s, Secretary
B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Isador L u b in , Commissioner

U n io n Scales o f W a g e s and H ou rs
in the B u ild in g Trades
M a y 15,1936

By

FLORENCE PETERSON
and

C.

F. RAUTH

o f th e
B u rea u o f L a b or Statistics

Bulletin 7\£o. 626
December 1936

U N IT E D S T A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G OF F IC E
W A S H I N G T O N : 1937

F or sale b y t h e S u p e rin te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n ts, W ash in g ton , D . C .




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CONTENTS
Page

Summary______________________________________________________________
Scope and method of the study____________________________________
Trend of wage rates and hours, 1907-36, all trades combined____________
Changes between 1935 and 1936__________
Wage rates and hours in 1936:
Average union wage rates and hours______________________________
Distribution of members by wage rates and hours__________________
Provisions in union agreements:
Hours per day and days per week__________________________________
Overtime pay and restrictions on overtime__________________________
Sundays and holidays______________________________________________
Extra pay for special contingencies_________________________________
Disabled and older workers________________________________________
Out-of-town contractors____________________________________________
Out-of-town jobs__________________________________________________
Sharing of work___________________________________________________
Apprentices_______________________________________________________
Temporary workers________________________________________________
Other provisions___________________________________________________
Trend of wage rates and hours 1907-36, by trades_______________________
Rates and hours for each trade in each city, 1935 and 1936_______________




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PREFACE

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has made surveys of union wage
rates in a number of time-work trades each year since 1907. These
annual reports not only serve as a reference for current rates among
the various trades and cities studied, but show the trend in union
rates of wages and hours throughout the period. Previously the
reports on all these trades have been incorporated in one general
bulletin. The Bureau is issuing separate reports on the 1936 surveys,
this bulletin on the building trades being the first.
The wages and hours prevailing in the building trades are of con­
siderable importance in our national economy. This is due not only
to the large number of workers directly engaged in the building trades,
but also to the influence these rates have on wages in other trades.
Because of the prevalence of trade-union negotiations in the building
trades, union rates are an important indicator of wage and hour
trends.

I sador L u b in ,

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
J a n u a r y 14, 1937.




UNION WAGE RATES AND HOURS IN BUILDING TRADES
Index

Numbers




1929 = 100

Index
Numbers

Bulletin ?{o. 626 of the

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
U nion Scales o f W ages and H ours in the Building
Trades, M ay 15, 1936
Sum m ary
The 1936 index of union hourly wage rates for the building trades
was 5 % percent higher than in 1933, at which time it was the lowest
since 1924. During the last 3 years, the index of union hours decreased
about 4% percent. The index of union wage rates in effect on M a y 15,
1936, in the 70 cities covered in the study, was 91.6, based on the
1929 rates as 100. The index of union hours was 89.8. The average
rate of wages in 1936 was $1,223 per hour; the average number of
hours provided for in the union agreements was 38.7 per week.
Based on their respective levels in 1929, the average rate of the
helpers and laborers was comparatively higher in 1936 than that of
the journeymen, the index for the former being 93.4 and for the
latter 91.4. The upward movement in average wage rates for helpers
and laborers during the last 3 years is even greater than the 1929-36
comparison indicates, as the index for this group dropped to 85.2 in
1933 as compared to 86.9 for journeymen.
The 1936 average rate for journeymen was $1,294 per hour and
that for helpers and laborers was $0,833. Helpers’ and laborers’
scales of hours averaged about 1 hour a week more than those for
journeymen— 39.6 as compared with 38.5.
Three percent of the
journeymen covered in the 1936 survey had wage rates of less than
$1 an hour, while about 31 percent had rates of $1.50 or over. About
2 percent of the helpers and laborers had rates under $0.50 an hour
and 16 percent had rates of $1 or over.
Alm ost 30 percent of all the building-trades members covered in
both years’ studies had wage increases between 1935 and 1936, while
less than 1 percent suffered decreases. There were relatively few
changes in the scales of hours per week between 1935 and 1936,




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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES

about 2 percent of the entire membership being affected by increases
and about the same proportion by decreases.

Scope and Method of the Study
Union scales of wages and hours in the building trades have been
collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics each year since 1907.
Tbe early studies included 39 cities. The coverage was gradually
extended until, in the period from 1934 to date, 70 cities were included
in the annual survey. These cities, located in 38 States and the D is­
trict of Columbia, are:
A la b a m a : B ir m in g h a m .

M o n t a n a : B u tt e .

A r k a n sa s: L it t le R o c k .
C a lifo r n ia : L o s A n g e le s, S a n F r a n c is c o .

N eb ra sk a: O m aha.

C o lo ra d o : D e n v e r.

N ew Jersey: N ew ark .

C o n n e c t ic u t : N e w H a v e n .

N e w Y o r k : B u ffa lo , N e w
R o c h e s te r .

D is t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia .

N e w H a m p s h ir e : M a n c h e s t e r .
Y ork

C it y ,

F lo r id a : J a c k s o n v ille .

N o r t h C a r o lin a : C h a r lo t te .

G e o r g ia : A t la n ta .

O h io :
C in c in n a ti, C le v e la n d , C o lu m ­
b u s, D a y t o n , T o le d o , Y o u n g s t o w n .

I llin o is :

C h ic a g o , M o lin e , P e o r ia , R o c k

I s la n d .
I n d ia n a : I n d ia n a p o lis , S o u th B e n d .
I o w a : D a v e n p o r t , D e s M o in e s .
K a n s a s : W ic h it a .
K e n t u c k y : L o u is v ille .
L o u is ia n a : N e w O rlea n s.
M a in e : P o r tla n d .
M a r y la n d : B a ltim o r e .
M a s s a c h u s e tts :
B o sto n ,
S p rin g fie ld ,
W o r c e s te r .
M ic h ig a n : D e t r o it , G r a n d R a p id s .
M in n e s o ta :
D u lu t h , M in n e a p o lis , S t.
P a u l.
M is s o u r i: K a n s a s C i t y , S t. L o u is.

O k la h o m a : O k la h o m a C it y .
O r e g o n : P o r t la n d .
P e n n s y lv a n ia : E r ie , P h ila d e lp h ia , P it t s ­
b u r g h , R e a d in g , S c r a n to n , Y o r k .
R h o d e I s la n d : P r o v id e n c e .
S o u th C a r o lin a : C h a r le s to n .
T e n n e s s e e : M e m p h is , N a s h v ille .
T e x a s : D a lla s , E l P a s o , H o u s t o n , S an
A n t o n io .
U t a h : S a lt L a k e C it y .
V ir g in ia : N o r fo lk , R ic h m o n d .
W a s h in g t o n : S e a ttle , S p o k a n e .
W e s t V ir g in ia : C h a r le s to n .
W is c o n s in : M a d is o n , M ilw a u k e e .

A s far as possible, the rates collected were those actually in force
on M a y 15. Interviews were held with 1,265 union representatives
and over 2,000 quotations of rates were received. The union m em ­
bership covered by these scales of wages and hours in these 70 cities
was approximately 342,000.
Definitions.— 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. A union scale usually fixes a limit
in one direction, that is, a minimum wage rate and maximum hours of
work with specific provisions for overtime.
The union m ay (1) be either an independent local union or one
affiliated with a national or international federation, (2) be an organi-




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zation embracing one craft or more than one craft, or (3) have a
contract with only one employer or more than one employer.
A collective agreement is a mutual arrangement between a union
and employer (or group of employers) regarding wages and hours
and other working conditions. Collective agreements are usually
written and signed by both parties. Sometimes, however, there is
merely an oral agreement. The Bureau has included scales in oral
agreements only in those cases where there was clear evidence that the
rates were actually in effect.
Apprentices and foremen.— 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 shown. Scales for
helpers in a number of trades are given. In some trades the work of
helpers is performed at least in part by apprentices. Whenever it
was found that helpers’ work was done largely by apprentices, the
rates for such helpers were omitted.
N o rates are given for strictly supervising foremen or for individuals
who are paid unusual rates because of some personal qualification as
distinct from the usual trade qualifications.
Union rates and actual rates.— As mentioned above, the rates of
wages and hours shown in this report were obtained from union busi­
ness agents, secretaries, and other officials of local unions in the 70
cities visited. Over 60 percent of the rates were taken from written
agreements. In m any cases, however, there is only an oral agreement
between the union and the employer. Where no written records were
on file in the union office, the Bureau representative listed the rates
on a schedule which the union official then signed. If the Bureau
representative had any reason to doubt the accuracy of these rates,
he made further inquiry from persons who might be informed about
the situation. I t is believed that the rates listed in this report
accurately represent the union scales in force on M a y 15.
I t does not necessarily follow, however, that these rates are in all
cases the actual wages paid or hours worked. The union scale
usually fixes the minimum wages and maximum hours. M ore ex­
perienced and skilled workers m ay 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.
In periods of depression, in order to spread or share available work,
actual hours worked are sometimes less than those provided in the
union agreement. Where such a share-the-work policy was formally
adopted by the union and in effect for the majority of the members,
the adjusted scale of hours is used in this report rather than the
theoretical scale appearing in the written agreement.
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Union rates and prevailing rates.— I t should be remembered that the
rates quoted are for union members and for jobs worked on a unioncontract basis. Union strength varies in the different cities and
trades. Where practically all the workers of a particular trade belong
to the local union, the union rate quoted is equivalent to the prevail­
ing rate in the community. If only a few of the craftsmen belong to
the union, the union rate m ay not be the actual prevailing rate. N o
attempt has been made in this study to discover what proportions
of all the workers in each occupation, in each city, are members of
their respective unions.
Averages.— The averages for each trade given in this report are
weighted according to the number of members in the various local
unions. Thus the averages reflect not only the specific rates provided
for in union agreements but also the number of persons presumably
benefiting from these rates.
Index numbers.— Index numbers shown in former reports on union
scales of wages and hours, were obtained by dividing the average rates
for each year by the averages for the base year and multiplying by 100.
The averages used in each case were weighted according to the number
of members for that year in each local union covered by the reported
rates.
These weights therefore changed from year to year with
changes in membership. Such an index, in which the changing union
membership is an important factor, is somewhat misleading. Thus,
for instance, if the membership of high-rate unions increases or the
membership of low-rate unions decreases, the index will rise even if
there is no change in the wage or hour rates of the individual unions.
In order to eliminate the influence of such changes in membership,
which obscure the real changes in rates of wages and hours, a different
method has been used in this revised index. In the present series
of index numbers (with the exception noted below), the percent of
change from year to year is based on averages computed from identi­
cal unions that reported for both years. The membership weights
in both of the averages 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 averages so obtained.
The index numbers for the years 1907 to 1921 had been computed
by this method and those published for years since 1929 have been
recomputed. It was impossible to make the revision for the period
1921 to 1929 because necessary data were not available in the Bureau’s
files. Since the* union-membership changes during these years were
relatively slight, it is believed that the margin of error due to lack
of revision of these index numbers is not serious.




T rend o f U n ion Wage R ates, and H ours, 1907-36
The index of union wage rates in the building trades steadily
advanced from 1907 to 1931 with one exception— the year 1922.
From 1907 through 1917, the index rose almost uniformly by one to
two points each year. W ith rising prices attendant upon our entry
into the W orld W ar, the index of wage rates increased almost 11
percent between 1917 and 1918, almost 15 percent in 1919, and 35
percent in 1920. The post-war depression led to a drop of about
6 percent in 1922, but the following year the index rose more than
10 percent. From 1923 the index steadily advanced, until 1931 when
the peak was reached— an index of 104.5 based on 1929 as 100. The
wage rates declined during the next 2 years, dropping to an index of
86.8 in 1933. Since then there has been a steady rise, reaching an
index of 91.6 in 1936.
The hours per week provided for in union agreements have steadily
decreased since 1907. The rate of decline has been much greater during
recent years. The index of hour scales decreased 9 percent during the
22-year period 1907 to 1929, but declined over 10 percent during the 7year period from 1929 to 1936.
T able

1.—

I n d e x e s o f u n i o n s ca les o f h o u r ly w a g e ra tes a n d w e e k l y h o u r s i n the
b u il d i n g tr a d e s , 1 9 0 7 to 1 9 3 6

Index numbers (1929=100.0)
Year

All building
trades
Wage
rate

Hours

Journeymen
Wage
rate

Hours

Helpers and
laborers
Wage
rate

Hours

1907_______ _______ _________________________
1908___ ______ __________ ___________________
1909..______________________________________
1910.......................................................................
1911_______ __________ ____ _________________

31.5
33.5
35.1
36.5
37.1

110.0
108.3
106.8
105.5
105.1

31.7
33.8
35.5
37.0
37.6

109.3
107.7
106.4
105.2
104.8

30.7
32.1
33.2
34.3
34.5

113.1
110.8
108.5
106.6
106.4

1912.______________ _________________ ____ _
1913_______ _____________ ____ ______________
1914......... ............................................................
1915...______ ___________ ______ _____ _______
1916......... ........................... .................... ............

37.9
38.8
39.6
39.9
41.2

104.8
104.6
104.2
104.1
103.7

38.5
39.4
40.3
40.6
42.0

104.5
104.2
103.9
103.8
103.4

34.8
35.8
36.2
36.5
37.7

106.1
106.1
105.5
105.4
105.1

1917........ ........... ................ .......... ............ ...........
1918................ .................... ..................................
1919.....................................................................
1920_____ _______________ ___________________
1921............................................................ .........

43.8
48.6
55.7
75.2
76.6

103.5
102.9
102.4
101.9
101.8

44.3
49.0
56.0
74.9
76.3

103.2
102.6
102.2
101.7
101.6

41.4
48.0
55.5
80.5
81.3

104.7
104.3
103.3
102.7
102.7

1922................ ........................... ...........................
1923................ .......... .............................. .............
1924.....................................................................
1925____ ______ _____ ______ _________________
1926......... ......... ........... ......... .......... ...................

71.8
79.4
85.7
89.0
94.8

101.8
101.9
101.9
101.9
101.7

71.9
79.2
85.6
88.8
94.7

101.7
101.8
101.8
101.8
101.6

74.0
78.5
84.9
87.7
95.6

102.4
102.6
102.6
102.4
102.2

1927........................ ...... ........................... .........
1928...... .................................................................
1929-.......................... ..........................................
1930................ .................... .......... .......... ...........
1931— ........................................ ...........................

98.1
98.7
100.0
104.2
104.5

101.5
100.9
100.0
97.2
96.0

97.9
98.7
100.0
104. 1
104.5

101.4
100.7
100.0
97.1
95.8

97.3
98.3
100.0
105.1
104.5

102.2
102.1
100.0
97.8
97.0

1932........................................................................
1933........................... ............................ ..............
1934...________ ________________ _______ _____
1935........... ....................................... ............
1936................ ............................... .......... ..........

89.3
86.8
87.4
88.4
91.6

94.3
94.0
90.5
89.8
89.8

89.3
86.9
87.4
88.4
91.4

94.1
93.8
90.3
89.7
89.6

89.2
85.2
87.7
88.2
93.4

94.8
94.4
91.4
90.8
91.0




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Changes in U n ion Scales B etw een 1935 and 1936
There was a decided upward movement in union wage rates between
1935 and 1936. Alm ost 30 percent of all the building-trades members
covered in both years' studies had wage increases between 1935
and 1936, while less than 1 percent had decreases. The journeyman
trades in which large proportions of members were affected by wagerate increases were: Asbestos workers, with 38 percent of the union
members receiving increases; carpenters, with 36 percent; painters,
with 40 percent; and steam and sprinkler fitters, with 37 percent.
Composition roofers had more members (7.1 percent) receiving
decreased rates than any other skilled trade. These decreases seemed
to be from rates of a dollar an hour to rates of less than a dollar, since
the proportion in the higher-wage brackets remained about the same
during the 2 years.
A greater proportion of helpers and laborers (42.4 percent) than of
journeymen (27.6 percent) received wage-rate increases.
Table 2
shows the number of wage quotations, the number of changes, and the
percent of union membership having increases, decreases, or no
change in rate.
T able 2.—

N u m b e r o f c h a n g es i n u n i o n w a g e -r a te q u o t a ti o n s , a n d p e r c e n t o f m e m b e r s
a ffe c ted , M a y 1 6 , 1 9 8 6 , a s c o m p a r e d w ith M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5

Trade

N um ­
ber of
quota­
tions
com­
parable
with
1935

Number of quotations
showing—

Percent of union mem­
bers affected—

In­
crease

D e­
crease

No
change

In­
crease

D e­
crease

No
change

All building trades....................................................

1,922

362

55

1,505

29.8

0.9

69.3

Journeymen.................................................................
Asbestos workers................ ........................... ..
Bricklayers..................................... .................. .
Carpenters............................................ ...............
Cement finishers........................ ..................... .
Electricians, inside wiremen_____ _____
Elevator constructors-------------- ----------------Engineers, portable and hoisting...............
Glaziers.................. ...............................................
Granite cutters........ ...........................................
Lathers..................................................................
Marble setters....................... .............................
Mosaic and terrazzo workers___________
Painters............................................. ...................
Plasterers...................................................... .......
Plumbers and gas fitters.................................
Hoofers, composition........................................
Hoofers, slate and tile......................................
Sheet-metal workers...... ...................................
Sign painters.............. .................... ................. .
Steam and sprinkler fitters...........................
Stonecutters................................... ....................
Stonemasons........................................................
Structural-iron w orkers.................................
Tile layers................. ...........................................

1, 570
46
70
88
61
76
92
127
50
38
68
60
45
75
66
70
41
31
55
57
84
56
64
90
60

292
18
12
20
11
8
21
20
13
2
14
11
4
15
10
11
13
6
15
12
13
3
9
18
13

41
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
2
1
2
4
6
2
1
3
2
6
0
0
0
2

1,237
27
57
67
50
68
71
106
37
34
50
47
40
58
52
53
26
24
37
43
65
53
55
72
45

27.6
37.8
6.9
35.7
21.9
28.1
18.9
10.0
20.8
1.0
22.0
8.0
3.5
39.5
8.1
25.6
18.9
8.7
18.3
18.7
37.2
1.5
10.0
21.7
15.9

.8
.9
.6
.6
0
0
0
.8
0
.7
1.2
.8
.9
.3
3.1
1.3
7.1
3.0
3.5
3.8
1.1
0
0
0
1.6

71.6
61.3
92.5
63.7
78.1
71.9
81.1
89.2
79.2
98.3
76.8
91.2
95.6
60.2
88.8
73.1
74.0
88.3
78.2
77.5
61.7
98.5
90.0
78.3
82.5

Helpers and laborers................................................
Building laborers...............................................
Composition roofers’ helpers.........................
Elevator constructors’ helpers......................
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders)....................
Marble setters’ helpers....................................
Plasterers’ laborers............................................
Plumbers* laborers............................................
8 team and sprinkler fitters’ helpers.............
Tile layers* helpers............................................

352
68
8
79
52
24
43
9
40
29

70
17
5
20
9
1
6
1
4
7

14
3
0
1
4
1
3
0
1
1

268
48
3
58
39
22
34
8
35
21

42.4
53.6
36.7
17.1
39.4
1.0
38.0
19.5
3.5
13.6

1.6
.9

56.0
45.5
63.3
82.8
59.7
97.5
52.4
80.5
96.1

e




0
.1
.9
1.5
9.6
0

.4
.8

85.6

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Table 3 indicates that there were relatively few changes in the
scales of hours per week between 1935 and 1936. About the same
proportion of the entire membership (around 2 percent) was affected
by increases and by decreases. The trades m ost affected by increases
in scheduled hours were engineers, elevator constructors and their
helpers, composition roofers, and building laborers.
Trades most
affected by decreases in hours were lathers, mosaic and terrazzo
workers, plasterers, and plasterers’ helpers.
T able

3 . — N u m b e r o f c h a n g e s i n u n i o n h o u r q u o t a ti o n s , a n d p e r c e n t o f m e m b e r s
a ffe c te d , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 , a s c o m p a r e d w ith M a y 15% 1 9 3 5

Trade

Number of quotations
N um ­
showing—
ber of
quotations
compar­
In­
D e­
No
able
with
crease crease change
1935

Percent of union mem­
bers affected

In­
crease

D e­
crease

No
change

All building trades..................................................

1,922

92

81

1,749

2.6

2.0

95.4

Journeymen. ..............................................................
Asbestos workers...............................................
Bricklayers.........................................................
Carpenters................................ —.......................
Cement finishers................................................
Electricians, inside w irem en .......................
Elevator constructors......................................
Engineers, portable and hoisting.................
Glaziers.................................................................
Granite cutters.......... ........................................
Lathers.................................................................
Marble setters. ..................................................
Mosaic and terrazzo workers........................
P a in ters.......................................... ..................
Plasterers.............................................................
Plumbers and gas fitters.................................
Roofers, composition........................................
Roofers, slate and tile.......................................
Sheet-metal workers.........................................
Sign painters.......................................................
Steam and sprinkler fitters............................
Stonecutters........................................................
Stonemasons........................................................
Structural-iron workers ..................................
Tile layers............. ................. .............................

1,570
46
70
88
61
76
92
127
50
38
68
60
45
75
66
70
41
31
55
57
84
56
64
90
60

70
1
1
3
3
7
13
7
3
0
3
0
0
2
2
5
3
1
2
2
6
4
0
2
0

65
1
3
5
2
1
3
8
1
4
4
2
3
0
4
3
1
2
3
2
2
0
2
7
2

1,435
44
66
80
56
68
76
112
46
34
61
58
42
73
60
62
37
28
50
53
76
52
62
81
58

1.7
1.3
.6
1.4
2.3
4.3
7.6
8.2
3.5
.0
1.0
.0
.0
.4
2.0
1.4
6.3
3.0
.7
2.1
2.2
1.7
.0
1.1
.0

1.8
.9
.8
1.1
4.7
3.0
1.0
3.7
2.3
3.9
9.9
1.0
6.1
.0
8.9
4.2
.7
1.9
1.3
3.0
.4
.0
.6
1.8
.9

96.5
97.8
98.6
97.5
93.0
92.7
91.4
88.1
94.2
96.1
89.1
99.0
93.9
99.6
89.1
94.4
93.0
95.1
98.0
94.9
97.4
98.3
99.4
97.1
99.1

Helpers and laborers................................................
Building laborers. ............................................
Composition roofers’ helpers.........................
Elevator constructors' helpers......................
Hod carriers (masons’ ten d ers).................
Marble setters’ helpers....................................
Plasterers’ laborers............................................
Plumbers' laborers............................................
Steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers______
Tile layers’ helpers........................................ ..

352
68
8
79
52
24
43
9
40
29

22
6
0
11
1
0
1
0
3
0

16
5
0
3
2
1
3
0
1
1

314
57
8
65
49
23
39
9
36
28

7.5
12.7
.0
5.4
.2
.0

3.4
4.3
.0
1.4
1.3
1.0

.5

7.5

.0
4.7
.0

.5
.5

89.1
83.0
100.0
93.2
98.5
99.0
92.0
100.0
94.8




.0

99.5

Wage R ates and H ours in 1936
Average Union Wage Rates and Hours
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 that year
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 an 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 less-than-average rates, the average
of the rates paid to all union members m ay go down. Conversely,
the average rate m ay 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-than-average rates are paid.
For the trends of actual union rates, the tables of indexes should
be consulted (tables 1 and 8). For a measure of the wage and hour
status of all union workers engaged in these trades at a particular
time, the average rates should be used (table 4 ). Thus the changes in
the actual union rates in the building trades in the cities covered (as
indicated in table 1) resulted in an average increase of 3.6 percent
between 1935 and 1936. On the other hand, the average rate of all
union members in the building trades and cities covered increased
about 1.6 percent (or $0,019). The average hourly rate for the
journeyman trades increased $0,038, and for the helpers and laborers
$0,025.
(The smaller increase in the average for all trades than in
the average for either the journeymen or helpers and laborers is due
to the higher rate of increase in membership between 1935 and 1936
in the lower-paid group. The membership increase for laborers and
helpers was 48 percent, for journeymen 6 percent.)
The portable and hoisting engineers had the highest average rate in
1936 ($1,447), bricklayers the next ($1,411). Although the building
laborers received, on the average, the lowest rates in 1936 ($0,795) of
any of the building trades, this represents a 7-cent increase over the
average prevailing in 1935. Other significant increases in average
rates between the two years were: Carpenters $0,073, engineers
$0,064, painters $0,053, tile layers’ helpers $0,052, steam fitters $0,043,
asbestos workers $0,041, plumbers $0,037, and lathers $0,035.
Decreases in average hourly rates between 1935 and 1936 occurred
in several trades, particularly those of glaziers, stonemasons, stone­
cutters, marble setters’ helpers, and steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers.
It would appear, however, that most of these decreases in averages
were due more to changes in membership than to decreases in actual
8




WAGE

R A T E S A N D H O U R S IN

9

1936

wage rates, since these trades showed more wage quotations with in­
creases than with decreases (see table 2) and the indexes for these
trades computed on comparable data show increases (see table 8).
T able

4 .—

Average union wage rates and hours in building trades in 70 cities,
May 15, 1935, and May 15, 1936
A v e r a g e w a g e ra te p e r
hour

A v era ge h ou rs p er w eek

T rad e
1936

1935

1936

1935

A ll b u ild in g t r a d e s ___________________________________________

$1,223

$1.204

3 8 .7

3 8 .7

J o u r n e y m e n _________ ________________________ ________________
A s b e s t o s w o r k e r s _______________ ________________________
__
__
B r ic k la y e r s ________ ____________ __
C a r p e n t e r s ______________________________ _ .
_ _ ..........
C e m e n t fin is h e r s ___________________________________ ____
E le c t r ic ia n s , in sid e w ir e m e n _________________ _________
E l e v a t o r c o n s t r u c t o r s .................................................................
E n g in e e rs , p o r t a b le a n d h o is t in g __________ ___________
G la z ie r s ................................................. ...........................................
G ra n ite c u tte r s _______________________ __________________
L a t h e r s __________________________ _________ _______________
M a r b le s e tte r s __________________ _______________________
M o s a ic a n d te rra z zo w o r k e r s ...................................... ..........
P a in t e r s .................................................. ..................... ........ .............
_____ __
P la s te r e r s ................................. ....................... ....
P lu m b e r s a n d gas fit t e r s ____ ___________ _______________
R o o fe r s , c o m p o s it i o n ____________________________________
R o o fe r s , sla te a n d t il e ___________ ___________ ___________
S h e e t-m e ta l w o rk e rs _____________ _________ ______________
S ig n p a in te r s __________________________ __________________
S te a m a n d s p r in k le r f i t t e r s . . . ................ ..............................
S t o n e c u t t e r s ________________ ___________ _____________ __
S t o n e m a s o n s _____________________________________________
S t r u c t u r a l-ir o n w o r k e r s ______________ __________
. . .
T i l e la y e r s _____________________________ _____ ___________

1. 294
1.270
1.411
1. 233
1.247
1. 359
1.318
1.447
1.271
1.143
1.378
1.392
1. 237
1.247
1.385
1. 352
1.183
1.332
1. 206
1.391
1.351
1.255
1.318
1.323
1.300

1.256
1.229
1.409
1.160
1.241
1.335
1.312
1.383
1.304
1.149
1.343
1.388
1.250
1.194
1.385
1.315
1.187
1.347
1.218
1.395
1.308
1.298
1.380
1.308
1.317

38 .5
3 9 .9
39.4
39.8
39.8
3 5 .8
40.4
4 0 .2
3 8 .6
40.1
37.4
39 .9
3 9 .6
35. 3
3 7 .2
3 9 .8
40.1
3 9 .9
39.8
39 .2
39.7
40.1
3 9 .8
3 9 .6
38.0

3 8 .6
39.8
39 .4
39 .8
39 .9
3 6 .5
40.1
40 .4
3 8 .4
4 0 .3
37.4
39 .9
39 .9
35.4
37.7
40.1
3 9 .9
3 9 .9
39.8
39.1
39.6
4 0 .2
39 .9
39 .7
37 .9

H e lp e r s a n d la b o r e r s i
B u ild in g la b o r e r s ........... ..................... ................................ ........
H o d ca rriers (m a s o n s ’ t e n d e r s ) ............................... .............
P la s te r e r s ’ la b o r e r s ______________________________________
E l e v a t o r c o n s t r u c t o r s ’ h e lp e r s ................... ..................... ..
M a r b le se tte rs ’ h e lp e r s _________________________________
S tea m a n d s p r in k le r fit t e r s ’ h e lp e r s _________________
T i l e la y e r s ’ h e lp e r s ____________ _________ ________________

.833
.795
.840
.930
.971
.893
.8 8 9
.9 1 5

.8 0 8
.725
.830
.9 3 7
.9 5 9
.9 5 0
.921
.8 6 3

3 9 .6
39.9
39.8
37 .8
4 0 .3
40 .0
39 .9
37.0

3 9 .5
39.8
39.8
38.7
40 .1
40 .0
3 9 .8
3 4 .9

* Includes also plumbers’ laborers and composition roofers’ helpers, not shown separately because of the
small number of quotations obtained for these trades.

Distribution of Members by Wage Rates and Hours

Table 5 indicates that in 1936, 3 percent of the journeymen had
rates of less than $1 an hour and about 31 percent had rates of
$1.50 and over. In 1935 almost 5 percent had rates of less than $1
and only 18 percent had rates of $1.50 and over. In 1935 the largest
group of journeymen (28.5 percent) had rates from $1.25 to $1,375,
while in 1936 the largest group (27.4 percent) had rates from $1.50 to
$1,625.
In 1936 only about 2 percent of the laborers and helpers had rates
under $0.50 an hour, while in 1935 almost 4% percent had such rates.
In 1936 over half (51.9 percent) of the laborers and helpers had rates
from $0,875 to $1,125; in 1935 almost the same proportion (49.1
percent) had rates in the lower brackets, that is, from $0,625 to
$0,875.



10

U N IO N
T

a b l e

5 .—

SC A LE S IN

B U IL D IN G T R A D E S

Distribution of members by hourly wage rates, 1985 and 1986
Jou rn eym en

L a b o r e r s a n d h e lp e r s

C la s s ifie d h o u r l y ra te
1936

1935

....

289, 269

271, 704

52, 637

3 5 ,656

A v e r a g e w a g e r a t e p e r h o u r ________________________________

$1. 294

$1. 256

$0.833

$ 0 ,8 0 8

2 .1
1 1 .0
1 6 .7
16.1
3 8 .2
13.7
1 .0
1 .2

8 .6
2 3 .4
2 5 .7
1 9 .2
15.6
3 .1

N u m b e r n f im i o n m e m b e r s c o v e r e d . ______

__

,,

P e r c e n t o f u n io n m e m b e r s w h o s e h o u r ly w a g e rates
w ere—
U n d e r $0.50.................................. ............ .................................... ..
$0.50 a n d u n d e r $0.625................................................................
$0,625 a n d u n d e r $0.75__________________________________
$0.75 a n d u n d e r $0.875___________________________________
$0,875 a n d u n d e r $1______________________________________
$1 a n d u n d e r $1.125______________________________________
$1,125 a n d u n d e r $1.25___________________________________
$1.25 a n d u n d e r $1.375___________________________________
$1,375 a n d u n d e r $1.50______________ ___________________
$1.50 a n d u n d e r $1.625__________________________________
$1,625 a n d u n d e r $1.75........................................ ..................... ..
$1.75 a n d o v e r _____________________________________ _______

1936

0)
0 .1
1 .3
1 .6
17 .3
14.5
2 0 .7
13.4
2 7 .4
2 .6
1.1

0 .1
1 .5
3 .0
2 0 .2
14.4
2 8 .5
14.3
16.1
.9
1 .0

1935

4.4

i L ess th a n M o o f 1 p ercen t.

There was very little change between 1935 and 1936 in the weekly
hours provided for in union agreements. In both years almost 80
percent of the union membership worked under agreements setting a
40-hour week.
me

me

Average hours per week_____________________________ 38. 7

38. 7

Percent of members whose hours were —
Under 30_______________________________________ 1. 6 1. 3
30_________________________________________ —
7.3
7.0
35_______________________________________________ 8. 6 9. 7
40______________________________________________ 79. 2 78. 5
44_______________________________________________ 3. 0 a 4
48______________________________________________
.3
. 1

In 5 of the 24 journeyman trades, approximately one-balf or more
of the union members had rates of $1.50 or more; these 5 were the
bricklayers (63.5 percent), engineers (49.4 percent), marble setters
(55.2 percent), plasterers (54 percent), and slate and tile roofers (51.9
percent). Of all the trades, portable and hoisting engineers had the
largest proportion of members (17.6 percent) with rates of $1.75 and
over. Rates of less than $1 were most prevalent among the glaziers
(8.1 percent of the members), composition roofers (23.8 percent), and
stonecutters (8.4 percent).
About 38 percent of the union helpers and laborers had rates of
from $0,875 to $1 per hour, and nearly 16 percent rates of $1 or over.
Approximately one-lialf or more of the members had rates of $1 or
more in 4 of these trades—plasterers' helpers (52.2 percent), elevator
constructors' helpers (57.7 percent), steam and sprinkler fitters'
helpers (49.3 percent), and tile layers' helpers (55.5 percent). Of all
the trades the building laborers had the largest proportion of members
(40.1 percent) with rates of less than $0.75. The distribution of
union membership by wage rates is shown in table 6.



WAGE RATES AND HOURS IN 1936

111387*—37------3



12

U N IO N

T a b l e 6 . — Distribution

SC A L E S IN

B U IL D IN G T R A D E S

of members in each building trade by hourly wage ratesf
May 15, 1936
P e r c e n t o f u n io n m e m b e r s w h o s e ra te s ( in c e n ts ) p e r h o u r w e re —
A v er­
age
ra te
U n­
per
der
hour
50

T rade

A l l b u i l d in g t r a d e s ........................... $1.223
J o u r n e y m e n — --------------------------A s b e s t o s w o r k e r s ____________

Bricklayers

C a r p e n t e r s ___________________
C e m e n t fin is h e r s ____________
E le c t r ic ia n s , in s id e w ir e m e n .
E le v a t o r c o n s t r u c t o r s ______
E n g in e e r s , p o r t a b le a n d
h o i s t i n g s . ..................................
G la z ie r s — -------------------------------

Granite cntters__

-

Lat-her#
M a r b l e s e t t e r s ............................
M o s a i c a n d t e r ra z zo w o rk e rs .
P a in t e r s ______________________
P la s t e r e r s .............. ........................
P lu m b e r s a n d g as fit t e r s ____
R o o fe r s , c o m p o s it i o n ..............
R o o fe r s , s la te a n d t i l e ............
S h e e t -m e t a l w o r k e r s ________
S ig n p a in t e r s ______ __________
S t e a m a n d s p r in k le r fit t e r s .
S t o n e c u t t e r s _________________
S t o n e m a s o n s ________________
S t r u c t u r a l-ir o n w o r k e r s ------T i l a layers _ _
H e lp e r s a n d la b o r e r s * .....................
B u ild in g l a b o r e r s ____________
H o d ca rriers (m a s o n s ’ t e n d ­
ers) _________________________
P la s te r e r s ’ la b o r e r s __________
E le v a to r c o n s tr u c to r s ’
h e lp e r s ........................................
M a r b l e s e tte rs ’ h e lp e r s ..........
S te a m a n d s p r in k le r fit t e r s ’
h e lp e r s ______________________
T i l e la y e r s ’ h e lp e r s _________

0 .3

1. 294
1.270
1.411
1.233
1. 247
1.359
1.318

50
and
un­
der
62H

1 .7
0)

0)

62H
and
un­
der
75

87^
and
un­
der
100

100 H 2 H 125 137H 150 1 6 2 ^
and and and and and and
175
un ­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ and
der
der
der
der
der
der ov er
H 2 H 125 137H 150 162M 175

2 .6

3 .6

7 .2

1 6 .7

12 .5

1 7 .7

11.3

2 3 .3

2 .2

0 .9

.1

1 .3

1 .6

17.3
1 5 .8
3 .3
2 4 .0
24.1
19.1
8 .1

14.5
2 0 .7
4 .1
2 1 .6
1 4 .0
7 .4
1 6 .6

2 0 .7
2 4 .6
23.1
1 4 .8
2 0 .4
1 9 .2
3 3 .3

13 .4
2 2 .6
6 .0
18.7
3 5 .6
6 .7
3 4 .7

27 .4
16.3
62. 7
1 7 .4
4 .8
2 4 .6
5 .0

2 .6

1 .1

.1

.7

7 .0
27 .4
4 6 .5
5 .7
6 .5
18 .0
2 1 .4
6 .2
8 .4
1 1 .7
2 1 .5
3 0 .0
13 .0
4 .1
2 0 .6
17.9
8 .3
19.1

8 .7 2 5 .7
12 .5
7 .6
3 .8 4 4 .1
7 .6 2 8 .8
5 .9 14 .3
2 7 .4 2 3 .6
1 1 .5 3 0 .8
7 .1 2 0 .7
18.1 17.6
8 .0 3 8 .0
17.3
2 .7
14.3 2 0 .0
8 .8 32 .1
2 2 .4 10.9
7 .3 1 9 .0
8 .0 2 5 .0
2 3 .2 14 .0
9 .8 17.5

8 .3
1 6 .0
3 .5
1 7 .0
18.1
3 0 .4
1 .0
1 2 .0
9 .9
2 .8
5 .1
2 9 .4
6 .1
2 8 .8
12.1
12.3
24 .5
4 2 .3

2 4 .3
7 .8
2 .1
3 1 .2
5 5 .1
.1
2 9 .6
5 3 .9
4 5 .6
13.5
5 1 .9
2 .9
2 6 .2
3 3 .6
3 2 .3
3 6 .7
1 0 .6
11.3

.1

____

1.447
1.271 _____
1 .9
1.143
1.378
.2
1.392
1.237
1. 247
0)
1. 385
1.352
1.183
” "."3
1.332
1.206
1. 391
1. 351
1.255
.5
1.318
1. 323
0)
1.300

75
and
un­
der
87H

’ .6

1 .6
.5
1 .0

1 .8
.3
.8
.7

.5
4 .2

.4
1 .4

0)
.1

1 .8
.2
12.8

.3
.5
3 .8

.9
1 .2
.1
7 .3

.1
10.7
1 .5
2 .5
.2
(0
.6

2 .5

1 .4

.8 3 3
.7 9 5

2 .1
3. 7

11.0
15.0

16.7
21.4

16.1
13.6

3 8 .2
39 .8

13 .7
4 .5

1 .0
.3

.1

9 .3
3 .5

11.3
8 .4

15 5
19.9

61.7
16.0

2 .1
4 9 .2

0)
1 .3

26.1

55.3
7 .3

11.4
2 .5

9. 2
.1

.1
.1
2 .2

12.4
.1
.3
.1
8 .1
(l)

7 .4

2 .4
3 4 .4

17.1
30.1

17 .6

2 .7

14.5
3 7 .9

7 .5
2 0 .6

1 .2
1 .7

.8 4 0
.9 3 0

.3
2 1 .2
1 .6

4 9 .3
5 5 .5

.971
.8 9 3

.5

1 .8

1 .7
18.1

.8 8 9
.9 1 5

.1
1 .0

4.1
3 .0

18.0
7 .9

1 L e ss t h a n H o o f 1 p e r c e n t .
* I n c lu d e s a lso p lu m b e r s ’ la b o r e r s ' a n d c o m p o s it io n r o o fe r s ’ h e lp e rs , n o t s h o w n s e p a r a t e ly b e c a u s e o f th e
s m a ll n u m b e r o f q u o t a t io n s o b t a in e d for t h e s e tra d es.

Almost 80 percent of all the union members had agreements pro­
viding for the 40-hour week. A greater proportion of the journeymen
than of the helpers and laborers had a week shorter than 40 hours, i. e.,
almost 20 percent as compared to 5 percent. Engineers had a larger
proportion of their membership (8 percent) covered by the 48-hour
provision than any other trade. The plumbers and gas fitters (16
percent) and elevator constructors (11.4 percent) had the largest
proportion of members with 44-hour agreements. More painters
(30.1 percent) than any other craft had a 30-hour week, the plasterers
and their helpers being next with slightly over 20 percent of their
members. The distribution of union membership by hours is shown
in table 7,




13

WAGE RATES AND HOURS IN 1936
T

able

7 .-— Distribution

of members, in each building tradef by hour scales,
May 15, 1936
P e r c e n t o f u n io n m e m b e r s w h o s e h o u r s p e r w e e k
w e re —

T rade

A ver­
age
h ou rs
per
w eek

U n­
d er
30

30

O ver
30
and
under
35

35

O ver
35
and
u nder
40

40

14 4

3 8 .7

1 .6

7 .3

( 3)

8 .6

(3)

7 9 .2

3 .0

38 .5
3 9 .9
3 9 .4
3 9 .8
C e m e n t fin is h e r s _____________________________ 3 9 .8
E le c t r ic ia n s , in s id e w ir e m e n ________________ 35. 8
E le v a t o r c o n s t r u c t o r s ________________________ 4 0 .4
4 0 .2
E n g in e e rs , p o r t a b le a n d h o is t in g ..................
3 8 .6
C lflzia rs
._
....... G r a n it e c u t t e r s ___ _ ____ - _________ - _____ ____ 40.1
Lftt.hers
............
........ 37.4
Marble setters_____________________________ 3 9 .9
Mosaic and te r ra z zo w o r k e r s ..... .
3 9 .6
Painters____________________________________ 35. 3
Plasterers_______________ ____„______________ 3 7 .2
Plumbers and gas fitters___________________ 39. 8
Roofers, composition........ ......... ....................... 40 .1
Roofers, slate and tile______________________ 39 .9
Sheet-metal workers_______________________ 39. 8
Sign painters_______________________________ 39. 2
Steam and sprinkler fitters______________
39. 7
Stonecutters________________________________ 40 .1
Stonemasons_______________________________ 3 9 .8
Ptrnetni*al-ir<vp w o r k e r s .
___ ____ _ ......
3 9 .6
T i l e la y e r s . . . ___
3 8 .0

1 .8

8 .2

(3)

(3)

2 .8

1 .5
1 .6
1.7
7 .3

9 .8
2 .2
1.1
2 .6
4 .6
21.5
.4
1 .2
2 4 .7
1 .7
9 .3
.8
1.1
3 3 .9
1.4
4. 6
.7
1.3
1 .2
15.9
3. 2
.8
1 .0
1 .3

77.1
9 6 .5
93 .9
9 3 .7
89 .5
4 9 .8
88. 2
8 1 .4
72.3
9 2 .8
69 .7
98 .3
9 0 .8
3 5 .8
73.4
7 4 .5
9 2 .7
9 8 .7
9 7 .3
7 7 .0
9 4 .0
9 5 .9
97. 8
8 9 .8
8 6 .7

2 .8
1 .3
.1
2 .1
4 .2
7 .5
11.4
4 .2

9 0 .5
8 9 .9
9 6 .6
7 7 .2
9 2 .5
99 .1
9 7 .0
8 0 .7

2 48

4 .2
6 .9

A l l b u ild in g t r a d e s ...........................................................
J o u r n e y m e n ..........................................................................
A s b e s t o s w o r k e r s ___ _________________________

H e lp e r s a n d la b o r e r s 4
R r iild in g la b o r e r s
_ . . . ..............
H o d ca rriers (m a s o n s ’ te n d e r s )
p la s t e r e r s ’ la b o r e r s ........... ......... .
E le v a t o r c o n s t r u c t o r s ’ h e lp e r s .

3 9 .6
3 9 .9
39. 8
3 7 .8
4 0 .3

Marble setters’ helpers____________________

39 .9
3 7 .0

.4

5 .2
2 .1
2 .3

4 .0
2 .8

18. 2
.8
1.5
30.1
21. 2
1.9
1.1

.3

1 .4
1 .9
1. 5

11.3

1 .2
4 .7
1 .2

.8

2 .4
.8
1 .4
2 0 .4

4 .0

.7
2 .1
2 .4
1. 8
2 .4

.2

40.0

ft te a m a n d s p r in k le r fitte r s ’ h e lp e r s _
_
T i l e la y e r s ’ h elp ers _

13.5

.5
18.8

.1

.9
1 .7

.5

(3)
.2

.l

0 .3
.3
.6

(3)
8 .0
.9

5 .5
.5
.1
2 .6
.2
(3)
16.0
5 .5
.1
5 .2
.9
3 .3
(3)

4.2
.1

.2
7 .3
.7

* There were no members with hours over 40 and under 44.
* There were no members with hours over 44 and under 48.
8 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
4 Includes also plumbers’ laborers and composition roofers’ helpers, not shown separately because of the
small number of quotations obtained for these trades.




Provisions in U nion Agreem ents1
Hours Per Day and Days Per Week
In none of the union agreements of the building trades in the 70
cities covered by this study were the hours in excess of 8 in any 1 day.
Shorter workdays occurred in 23 of the cities, the largest proportion
being in cities west of the Mississippi River. Nearly all of the build­
ing-trades workers in Denver had agreements providing for a 7-hour
day, and in Seattle, for a 6-hour day. In Butte about half of the
trades had the 6-hour day.
The shorter workdays were about evenly divided between a 6hour and 7-hour maximum. The union agreements of the painters,
lathers, and plasterers provided for less than 8 hours a day in 12 of
the 70 cities; those of plasterers’ helpers and electricians in 10 cities;
and those of carpenters in 7 cities. In other trades short workdays
were less common, and there seemed to be no marked tendency
toward either the 6- or 7-hour workday.
Working days per week in the building trades are usually limited
to 5, though variations are more frequent than in the case of hours
per day. There are still a few instances of working days restricted
to 3 or 4 per week— a continuance from the depression when hours were
drastically cut in order to spread work. M o st of the variations of
the 5-day rule, however, provide for a 5%- or 6-day week, with the
latter predominating. M o st of the longer work weeks occur in
southern cities. Although the 5-day week prevails in all of the 70
cities, in only 18 cities were there no trades with the 5K- or 6-day
week.
The working week of elevator constructors exceeded 5 days in 25
cities, that of engineers in 11 cities, electricians in 9 cities, and car­
penters and sign painters in 8 cities each. A longer workweek for
elevator constructors, which usually was on maintenance work, was
about evenly divided between the 5}£- and 6-day week, engineers
and sign painters had a 6-day week in seven cities, electricians in
six, and carpenters in but two.

Overtime Pay and Restrictions on Overtime W ork
Overtime work in the building trades is almost invariably com ­
pensated at a higher rate than the regular pay. Occasionally as
little as time and a third or as much as 2% times the regular rate
is paid, but the usual overtime rates are time and a half or double time.
1 In addition to wage and hour scales described above.

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In several trades a given rate decidedly predominates. The
double-time rate is characteristic of the agreements of elevator con­
structors, lathers, structural-iron workers, steam fitters’ helpers, and,
to a lesser extent, sheet-metal workers. The double-time rate is
approximately twice as frequent as the time-and-a-half rate in the
agreements of carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers, stonemasons, and
steam fitters. The tim e-and-a-half rate prevails for painters, sign
painters, and stonecutters, and is about twice as common as the
double-time rate in the agreements of granite cutters, tile layers’
helpers, slate and tile roofers, composition roofers, and glaziers.
M a n y restrictions, in addition to the penalty rate, are placed upon
overtime work. Such restrictions are most common in agreements of
granite cutters, sheet-metal workers, the painters’ group, and the
trowel crafts. Overtime is quite frequently prohibited altogether
under certain conditions, as, for example, while any member of the
union is unemployed; or is restricted to cases of emergency or necessity
such as when life and property are endangered. The latter is the
rule for granite cutters and sheet-metal workers. An extreme ex­
ample of this type of provision is the requirement of glaziers in M il­
waukee that the contractor must pay the union a $50 permit fee for
overtime, except for overtime on contract work or in cases when life
or property is endangered. Overtime is sometimes prohibited when
more than one shift is worldng. Frequently permission for overtime
work must be secured from union representatives or, in a few cases,
from a joint board. Unions which are attempting to change from a
5%- or 6 - to a 5-day week often secure agreements placing a higher
penalty on Saturday overtime or prohibit such work entirely.
Where the usual penalty rate is time and a half, double time is
sometimes required after a given hour. M idnight is the most fre­
quent hour for such a change in rates, although earlier hours are
sometimes set. In some cases a higher rate applies after a specified
number of hours of consecutive overtime work, usually after 4 hours
of overtime but sometimes after a shorter period. In one agreement
the higher rate applied after 3 hours of overtime work in any 1 week.
Regulation* of overtime sometimes takes the form of setting a daily
maximum of extra time for any worker; in the agreements in force
in M a y 1936 the maximum varied from 2 to 6 hours a day. In other
cases no daily maximum is set, but overtime is prohibited after a
given number of hours of work in a week or month.
Only rarely are the overtime regulations relaxed during the busy
season. In one case the agreement provided that a permit from the
union could be secured for overtime work at regular pay, and in a few
cases the union representative could permit 1 hour a day of overtime
work at straight pay during the busy season.




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W ork on Sundays and Holidays
Although work on Sundays is occasionally prohibited or limited to
cases of real emergency, the usual practice in the building trades is
to pay for Sunday work at double rates. Since time and a half is
quite often paid for overtime work during the week, it is apparent
that Sunday work in these cases is penalized by the requirement of a
higher rate.
Exceptions to the double-time Sunday rate were negligible for
journeymen in the trowel crafts and for structural-iron workers,
steam fitters' helpers, lathers, and elevator constructors. Less than
double time was paid in about 25 percent of the cases in the painting
trades, in about 20 percent of the agreements for asbestos workers,
and in 12 to 16 percent of the agreements for hod carriers, electricians,
plasterers, carpenters, building laborers, granite cutters, stonecutters,
and trowel crafts helpers.
Holiday work is somewhat more strictly regulated than Sunday
work. Exceptions to the double-time rate are less frequently allowed
and holiday work is more frequently prohibited or limited to emer­
gencies for which a permit must be secured. Labor D a y is usually
protected as a holiday by stringent regulations of this kind. The
asbestos workers are alone, however, in requiring triple pay for work
done on Labor D a y .
The number of holidays ranged from 3 to 11, but more than half
the agreements contained provisions covering 6 holidays— New Year's
D a y , Memorial D a y , Fourth of July, Labor D a y , Thanksgiving, and
Christmas. Armistice D a y was covered in 57 agreements, making
it only about one-sixth as frequent as the 6 holidays named above.
W ashington's Birthday was named as a holiday in 47 cases, Election
D a y and Columbus D a y in 28 cases, and Lincoln's Birthday in 17
cases. Ten other holidays were provided in certain agreements, most
of these being State holidays such as Admission D a y in California,
and San Jacinto D a y in Texas. The agreements for New Y ork City
and Boston had the most holidays. Workers in the building trades
are not often paid for time off on holidays.

Extra Pay for Special Contingencies
Various extra rates are sometimes set to cover special conditions
not governed by the regular, overtime, or holiday rates. The most
common type of extra pay is that provided when workers are called,
but not put to work. The minimum “ c a ll" pay is usually 2 hours'
pay at regular rates, though 1, 3, or 4 horns' pay is sometimes speci­
fied. W hen weather or other conditions beyond the employer's
control are responsible, this penalty is sometimes not exacted. In
some cases when work is begun but does not continue through the




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entire working day, a minimum amount must be paid— usually half
a day’s pay, sometimes a full day’s pay. In some agreements when
less than a full day is worked, actual working time must be paid for
at double the usual rate.
W aiting on the job for materials or for work is usually compensated
at regular rates. Tim e spent waiting for pay, which in m ost cases
is paid to men on the job on a designated day of the week, is usually
paid at straight time, although sometimes this applies only in cases of
lay-off or discharge. Less frequently, workers are paid time and a
half or double time until wages are received. A time limit is usually
set on the amount of delay permissible; after that time the men
must stop work until the wages are paid, and such a stoppage is not
considered a violation of the agreement. I f the men are required to
go to the main office for their wages, 1 hour’s pay and carfare are often
given.
M en on second or third shifts are frequently given an hour’s bonus.
The minimum “ call” pay and minimum starting pay for night-shift
workers is usually double that given on the regular shift. An extra
amount is also given in some cases for unsheltered or unusually
dangerous work. Painters, for example, receive extra pay for work
above a certain height from the street and for using the spray machine.
Engineers are usually given an extra amount for raising steam before
regular working hours begin.

Employment of Disabled and Older Workers
Partially disabled and older workers are permitted to work for
less than the regular scale of wages. In order to protect the union
scale, however, the conditions surrounding lower-paid work are usu­
ally regulated by the union. In some cases a lower rate is specified
in the agreement or in working rules; more frequently the union,
through its representatives, assumes responsibility for negotiating a
rate for each case. In a few instances the rate is left to the determi­
nation of the employer and the individual worker.
M o st agreements provide that a permit to work at a lower rate
must be obtained from the union for each individual and, in the
case of older workers, shall apply only to those beyond a definite age
limit, usually 60 years of age. Occasionally such permits are
restricted to persons who have had a required number of years’
membership in the union. In some cases handicapped workers are
permitted to work only at odd jobs or as helpers.
Very rarely has there been any effort to provide work for the older
members. A novel requirement is that of the Painters’ District
Council N o . 9 in New Y ork City, which provided that if 10 to 20
journeymen are employed, at least one must be 55 years of age or




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over. I f 20 or more journeymen are on a job, at least two must be
of that age.

W ork Done by O ut-of-T ow n Contractors
Since working conditions and wage rates in a community are
affected by the standards of incoming contractors who bring in their
own men, regulation of this type of work is of great importance to
union members. W orking for out-of-town contractors is prohibited
in some cases, but more frequently it is discouraged by a requirement
that local contractors must be given preference by the union. In
some cases only foremen m ay be imported; in others all imported
men must transfer to the local union which has jurisdiction. If the
union with jurisdiction is unable to supply all the workers needed,
however, outside workers m ay be brought in. In one case the local
union concerned must first grant a permit for the importations. In
many cases regulation takes the form of requiring at least 50 percent
of the workers on a job to be local men.
The wage rate at which outside men m ay work is also regulated
in the union agreements. In over 60 percent of the cases studied,
jobs performed within the jurisdiction of a local union must be paid
at the rates of that union. In about 35 percent of the cases the
workers receive whichever rate is higher, their own home rate or the
rate prevailing where the job is performed. In only a few cases
were men permitted to work at their home rate regardless of its
relation to the prevailing rates where the job was done.

Members Accepting O ut-of-T ow n Jobs
From the workers’ standpoint, the chief problem in connection with
out-of-town work is the added expense for transportation, room and
board, and time lost while traveling to the job. Hence, the union
agreements usually set minimum amounts to compensate workers for
such expenses.
Out-of-town work for local contractors is less frequently discouraged
than work for incoming employers. In two cases, however, members
were prohibited from accepting out-of-town w ork; in another the
union in the city where the job was located must consent. In four
cases workers could be sent out only if there was a shortage of men
where the job was to be done. Frequently the agreements require all
men going out of town to transfer to the local having jurisdiction.
This sometimes applies only to jobs of longer than a m onth’s duration.
About half of the agreements provide that men going to out-of-town
work shall receive whichever rate is higher— their home rate or the
prevailing rate where the job is done. In a third of the agreements
they are to receive their home rate, while in the remaining cases they




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are to be paid the rate of the local union having jurisdiction over the
job. Since the former involve chiefly men going out of large cities
where rates are above the level of nearby cities, and the latter largely
men going from smaller towns to nearby cities where rates are higher,
it can be said that men going out of town are usually paid whichever
rate is higher.
Sharing o f W o r k
Two chief methods of sharing work are followed: Unemployment
rosters m ay be set up by the union and jobs assigned to each worker
in turn, or the work available at any one time m ay be divided equally
among the union members. Although the operation of an unemploy­
ment roster is relatively simple, there are m any variations in the proc­
ess of sharing work already existing. In one city the carpenters divide
the available work into 4-hour shifts, but a more common procedure is
for the days or hours per week to be drastically reduced. In other
cases alternate weeks are worked. Some agreements provide that
such reductions in the regular working schedule shall be put into effect
automatically whenever a given proportion of union members are
out of work.
Apprentices
The regulation of apprentices is important both to employers and
to employees. Employers wish to be assured of an ample labor supply.
Employees, on the other hand, seek to protect their job opportunities
and wages by controlling the number of apprentices. During times
of severe unemployment employers and unions m ay agree that no
new apprentices shall be taken on until employment opportunities
are more numerous.
Such prohibitions were in force in a few cases
covered by this study.
Every union regulating apprentices specifies the maximum propor­
tion that these shall form of the total working force. This proportion
is usually given as the ratio of apprentices to journeymen, but in
addition a maximum is frequently set on the number of apprentices
permitted to work on one job. One apprentice to three journeymen
and one to five journeymen are the most common ratios, though
instances were found with ratios as high as one apprentice for every
journeyman and as low as 1 to 15 journeymen. In some cases the
agreement limits the number of apprentices to one or two to each
job or shop.
The minimum age for apprentices varied from 15 to 18 years.
The maximum age was not more than 23 years, except in one
case where 30 years was the upper limit. Sons of journeymen are
usually given preference in applying for apprenticeships. Generally,
apprentices must join the union either as soon as accepted or within a
specified period after acceptance. W hen a probation period is estab11 1 3 8 7°— 37------ 4




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lished, apprentices are generally not required to join until the proba­
tion period has elapsed.
The term of apprenticeship sometimes varies within a trade.
Carpenters, asbestos workers, stonecutters, and sheet-metal workers,
however, have a uniform 4-year term ; granite cutters a 3-year term ;
and marble, stone, and slate workers a 1-year term. A n apprenticeship
term as long as 5 years was specified only for plumbers and painters,
and then in a minority of the cases; 3 years is the m ost frequent term
for these trades.
The entrance wage rate for apprentices is, of course, proportionately
lower for trades which have the longer terms. In most cases appren­
tices start at about one-third the journeymen’s rate, with specified
increases every 6 months or a year. In a few cases with 1-year
apprenticeship terms, the starting rate was as high as 75 percent of the
journeymen’s rate. W hen the term is long, starting rates are as low
as one-fifth the journeymen’s scale.
The machinery for regulating apprenticeship usually rests with the
local union. In some cases, however, detailed regulation of the
apprentice system is left to a joint board or committee. The sheetmetal workers secure uniformity throughout the trade through their
standard agreement. In some trades, as for instance the bricklayers,
minimum standards are set in the constitution of the international
union. W hen State laws regulate apprenticeship (as in Wisconsin)
uniform requirements are, of course, imposed throughout the various
trades in the State.

Temporary Workers
Because the closed union shop is the rule in the building trades,
some provision m ust be made in case the union is unable to furnish all
the workers required. Employers are usually permitted to hire from
any source in such circumstances, although a reasonable time must be
given the union in which to supply the men needed. Occasionally a
period considered “ reasonable” is specified, usually 48 hours, though
the time m ay vary from 1 to 3 days.
In many cases temporary nonunion help m ay start work only if
granted a permit card by the union; in others such persons m ay be
employed only until union men are available, and in one case for only
a day at a time. Occasionally such temporary workers must be
discharged within 48 hours after the union’s notification that it is
able to furnish the required workers. In two cases they need not be
discharged until the job is completed. Another common type of regu­
lation is the requirement that such new men must join the union at
once or within a short period after being taken on, usually 1 day.
However, because such a provision has the effect of increasing the
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such temporary help into the union. In many cases the union
reserves the right to reject or accept such applicants; in others they are
accepted only after having worked for a period of from 15 days to 3
months, thus proving the need for additions to the local labor supply.

Other Provisions
Piece work and subcontracting are usually forbidden to union mem­
bers. In rare cases union members are permitted to do subcontracting,
but only if they do not work as journeymen for the following year or
if they have at least 5 years’ membership in the union. Employers
in many cases are required to give work only to subcontractors who
observe union conditions.
There are numerous provisions relating to the amount of output
and use of machinery. M a n y agreements embody a condemnation
of restriction of output in any form. In a few, however, standard
minimum production levels are set which m ay, in effect, become
maxima. In the agreements of some trades, such as those of painters,
are found provisions which limit the size of the brush or limit the kind
of work on which spray machines m ay be used. In general, however,
restrictive provisions are not found in building-trades agreements or
working rules.
Although in most cases the workers reserve the right not to work
with nonunion men, in only a few cases did the agreements stipulate
that materials must be union-made. A few agreements carried a
prohibition against the use of prison-made materials.




Trend of U nion Wage Rates and Hours in Each
Building Trade
Indexes for each building trade from 1907 to 1936 are shown in
table 8. Only one trade had a higher wage-rate index in 1936 than in
1929— the portable and hoisting engineers with an index of 104.2.
The journeyman trades with a 1936 wage-scale index less than 5
points lower than the 1929 index were: Cement finishers (95.1),
electricians (96.9), glaziers (95.5), lathers (95.5), plumbers and gas
fitters (95.2), composition roofers (96.2), structural-iron workers
(95.6). Journeyman trades whose wage-scale indexes were lowest as
compared to their respective 1929 indexes were: Bricklayers (84.7),
plasterers (86.1), sign painters (87.6), stonecutters (85.3), stonemasons
(85.2).
Of the helpers' and laborers' group, the building laborers' wage
scales showed the greatest increase since 1933, the index in 1936 being
96.2. Tile layers' helpers were next with a 1936 index of 95.9.
Plasterers' laborers and elevator constructors' helpers showed the least
improvement since 1929, their wage-scale indexes in 1936 being 88.2
and 89.5, respectively.
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8.'— Indexes of union scales of wages and hours in each building trade,

1907 to 1936
[1929=100]
Asbestos
workers

Bricklayers

Carpenters

Cement
finishers

Year

Electricians
(inside wiremen)

Wage Hours Wage
Wage
Wage Hours Wage
rate
rate Hours rate Hours rate
rate

Hours

Elevator
constructors

Wage
rate Hours

1907..................
1908 ................
1909..................
1910..................
1911 ...............

37.9
38.9
39.7
40.4
40.4

112.0
109.6
107.3
105.3
104.9

32.0
34.0
35.9
37.6
38.1

107.2
105.6
104.4
103.1
102.6

38.5
38.4
39.6
40.0
41.5

109.1
108.1
108.9
108.7
107.7

31.3
34.2
35.3
36.3
36.7

110.3
109.5
108.8
108.2
108.0

1Q19

104.9
104.7
104.2
104.1
103.9

38.9
39.5
40.1
40.6
41.8

102.5
102.4
102.0
102.0
102.0

41.5
42.5
42.9
43.3
43.7

107.7
106.5
105.8
105.8
104.2

37.1
37.9
39.1
39.9
40.7

107.6
107.2
106.8
106.2
105.3

41.8
42.1
43.1

102.7
102.2
102.1

1915..................
1916..................

40.0

103.0

41.0
41.7
42.8
42.9
43.3

1917..................
1918..................
1919..................
1920.................
1921..................

42.1
47.1
57.3
74.5
75.5

102.6
102.0
101.0
100.9
101.1

44.8
48.1
53.4
72.8
72.3

103.6
103.6
103.4
103.3
103.3

45.5
50.5
58.2
77.8
78.4

102.0
100.9
100.3
100.4
100.3

46.2
51.0
57.2
77.7
80.3

103.0
102.5
101.7
101.2
101.2

43.3
48.2
55.2
72.8
75.4

104.9
104.2
103.3
103.0
103.0

46.2
49.2
57.3
73.6
77.4

101.6
101.6
100.9
100.8
100.7

1922..................
1923..................
1924..................
1925..................
1926..................

70.3
72.9
81.4
84.6
90.5

101.1
100.9
101.0
101.0
101.0

70.4
79.7
84.3
89.2
94.7

103.3
103.3
103.2
103.1
103.2

72.7
81.0
86.7
88.5
95.0

100.4
100.7
100.6
100.6
100.6

74.5
81.5
90.1
90.6
96.7

101.1
101.1
101.1
100.8
100.8

71.1
73.8
82.4
86.7
91.3

103.0
103.0
102.9
102.9
102.9

72.4
76.9
86.3
90.5
95.3

100.4
100.5
100.5
100.4
100.4

1927..................
1928..................
1929..................
1930.................
1931..................

95.0
95.6
100.0
105.8
106.8

100.9
100.9
100.0
96.3
94.0

97.0
97.8
100.0
102.4
102.2

102.7
102.7
100.0
97.6
96.1

98.1
98.4
100.0
104.0
104.2

100.6
100.0
100.0
96.9
95.4

101.0
100.0
100.0
106.6
107.0

100.5
99.9
100.0
96.1
95.0

95.1
96.0
100.0
101.8
103.2

102.9 98.8
102.4 99.8
100.0 100.0
97.6 104.7
96.6 105.2

100.4
100.4
100.0
96.8
95.0

1932..................
1933..................
1934..................
1935..................
1936..................

89.0
88.7
88.6
89.8
93.5

92.8
91.8
91.7
91.0
91.3

87.5
85.2
84.5
84.2
84.7

93.9
94.9
93.3
93.2
93.2

85.4
85.2
86.7
87.8
92.4

93.0
91.6
90.8
90.4
90.5

93.4
91.2
92.1
92.6
95.1

93.9
95.7
92.2
92.0
91.6

98.5
89.9
90.1
94.4
96.9

1913..................
1914

Year

Engineers
(portable and
hoisting)

1907................
1908..................
1909..................
1910..................
1911.............. —
1912..................
41.8
1913..................
43.0
1914..................
43.6
1915..................
43.6
44.1
1916..................
1917..................
46.5
53.2
1918..................
1919..................
58.3
75.5
1920..................
1921..................
76.7
1922..................
72.2
1923..................
79.8
1924..................
84.8
1925..................
88.5
1926..................
93.4
96.4
1927..................
1928.................. 100.4
1929.................. 100.0
1930.................. 107.7
1931.................. 107.7
1932.................. 100.7
1933..................
99.6
1934.................. 101.4
1935.................. 103.1
1936.................. 104.2




105. 6
104.1
104.0
103.5
103.1
102.4
100.8
100.3
99.8
99.4
99.1
98.7
98.7
99.0
99.2
100.8
99.7
100.0
95.1
93.7
92.6
91.7
89.7
89.2
89.7

Glaziers

45.9
49.1
71.0
72.2
72.4
76.7
80.9
90.0
91.2
97.4
98.5
100.0
104.6
105.3
88.2
88.0
93.2
94.1
95.5

101.6
101.6
101.2
101.6
101.7
101.2
101.2
100.8
101.2
101.5
101.1
100.0
96.8
95.1
92.9
92.9
88.1
87.5
87.8

Granite
cutters
36. 6
36.8
37.4
37.6
37.7
38.1
40.1
40.3
40.5
42.2
43.8
52.2
61.7
76.0
83.7
83.5
85.1
85.8
86.8
97.7
97.1
98.2
100.0
105.1
105. 2
94.2
90.7
90.6
90.5
90.5

102.5
102.3
102.3
101.9
101.6
101.2
100.0
100.4
100.4
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.1
99.3
99.9
100.2
100.3
100.1
100.3
100.3
100.0
95.2
94.4
94.8
93.6
92.1
92.1
91.5

Lathers

39.4
40.3
41.0
41.5
42.7
44.4
47.9
53.3
76.0
77.2
72.5
80.1
86.4
94.2
96.6
100.5
100.8
100.0
104.3
103.7
93.1
89.7
92.1
93.1
95.5

104.0
104.0
104.0
103.5
103.5
103.0
103.0
102.7
102.1
101.9
102.0
102.3
102.1
101.8
101.5
101.0
100.5
100.0
94.3
93.8
93.3
92.9
87.5
87.4
86.5

94.3
94.3
88.7
85.1
85.1

Marble
setters
38.4
38.8
39.0
39.5
39.9
40.1
42.7
43.2
43.6
43.8
43.8
46.1
51.2
67.7
68.8
67.4
76.2
79.7
81.4
91.0
92.9
93.4
100.0
100.3
100.8
92.3
89.2
88.8
89.4
90.0

102.6
102.6
101.5
101.3
100.9
100.9
100.9
100.7
100.7
100.5
100.4
100.4
100.0
100.0
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
94.7
93.0
92.0
91.9
90.9
90.9
90.8

97.9
91.0
91.2
91.3
92.4

95.0
93.0
92.2
91.9
92.6

Mosaic and
terrazzo
workers

37.7
39.7
42.9
46.1
68.2
69.4
67.4
69.0
81.5
85.7
87.5
91.1
95.3
100.0
104.7
105.6
97.2
89.5
90.8
90.8
91.1

103.9
103.9
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.3
100.2
100.2
99.9
99.9
100.0
94.5
93.6
89.8
91.0
90.9
90.3
89.4

24

U N IO N

sc a l e s

in

b u il d in g

t r a d e s

T a b l e 8 . — Indexes of union scales of wages and hours in each building trade,

1907 to 1986 — C o n tin u e d
Painters

Plasterers

Plumbers and
gas fitters

Roofers—
composition

Roofers—
slate and tile

Sheet-metal
workers

Year
Wage Hours Wage
Wage
rate
rate Hours rate

Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours
rate
rate
rate

1907..................

27.5
30.5
32.6
34.6
35.3

114.1
112.3
110.7
109.3
108.6

39.9
39.8
40.1
40.5
40.8

108.8
108.3
108.3
108.2
108.8

37.8
38.2
38.8
39.1
41.4

104.7
104.8
104.8
104.6
104.3

1912
1913
1914..................
1915. ................
1916..................

35.7
37.3
38.5
38.7
42.3

108.5
107.9
107.6
107.6
106.9

41.6
42.0
42.2
42.4
43.9

107.5
107.5
107.4
106.9
105.8

41.6
43.0
43.6
43.9
44.3

103.5
103.5
103.1
103.1
102.6

36.2
37.1
37.4

103.7
103.7
103.7

37.0
38.4
39.5

1917..................
1918..................
1919.__ : ..........
1920..................
1921..................

43.6
48.1
56.3
76.7
78.9

106.8
106.3
106.1
103.0
103.1

45.2
47.6
54.9
71.7
75.6

105.7
105.4
105.4
105.2
104.9

45.8
50.6
57.2
74.0
77.4

102.5
101.6
101.3
101.3
101.1

39.5
44.8
49.8
70.8
74.2

103.0
102.5
102.5
102.5
100.6

1922..................
1923..................
1924..................
1926..................

73.8
81.0
85.3
90.0
95.4

103.9
103.6
103.5
103.8
103.4

72.7
81.0
90.6
92.1
98.9

105.0
105.5
105.6
105.3
102.2

71.9
79.4
86.6
88.4
95.2

101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1

71.0
71.9
83.3
85.8
93.3

1927..................
1928..................
1929..................
1930..................
1931..................

98.6
100.2
100.0
105.6
106.1

103.0
100.3
100.0
98.9
98.0

101.0
101.2
100.0
105.0
104.7

101.8
100.9
100.0
97.7
97.0

97.2
99.2
100.0
103.9
105.1

1932..................
1933..................
1934..................
1935..................
1936..................

89.6
87.8
86.4
86.6
91.0

97.9
97.7
85.6
85.5
85.6

87.1
83.7
84.6
85.6
86.1

95.2
97.2
93.1
91.6
90.1

91.4
90.6
91.4
92.8
95.2

1908 _ _____
1909
1910
1911

lo^s..................

Year

Sign painters

Steam and
sprinkler
fitters

33.8
34.5
34.7
35.7
36.8

105.4
105.3
105.3
105.3
105.0

104.0
104.0
103.6

37.6
39.3
40.7
41.3
42.0

103.7
103.5
103.4
103.2
102.8

42.1
46.1
52.5
67.9
73.9

101.8
101.8
101.5
101.5
101.4

43.8
51.3
56.6
75.9
78.7

102.7
101.6
101.2
100.8
100.8

100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6

70.7
78.8
87.3
91.3
94.3

101.3
101.6
101.2
101.2
101.2

73.0
78.6
86.3
89.2
95.3

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7

100.9 95.9
100.9 98.1
100.0 100.0
95.4 106.0
94.1 106.7

100.6
100.5
100.0
96.1
94.9

98.8
99.0
100.0
103.1
103.5

101.2
101.2
100.0
95.7
94.1

98.2
96.3
100.0
104.6
106.2

100.4
100.1
100.0
96.3
94.7

93.2
91.2
93.0
95.6
96.2

93.9
95.1
92.6
92.5
93.1

89.9
87.7
87.2
89.5
90.2

94.1
94.1
93.8
92.6
93.4

92.1
89.4
89.7
90.4
92.2

93.3
93.2
91.9
92.0
91.9

93.7
93.3
92.4
91.8
90.6

StructuralStonecutters Stonemasons iron workers

33.8
34.2
38.9
36.1
37.3

1907_.
1908..
1909..
1910..
1911-

105.9
105.9
105.6
105.0
104.9

38.1
38.2
38.2
38.4
38.5

101.2
101.2
101.2
101.2
101.2

34.7
35.2
35.3
35.6
36.0

106.8
106.8
106.8
105.2
104.5

31.8
34.7
37.2
39.5
40.5

T ile layers

108.1
105.9
104.5
103.4
103.2

1912........................
1913.........................
1914.........................
1915.........................
1916.........................

39.9
40.1
40.1
40.9

106.7
106.3
106.0
106.1

37.9
39.3
40.0
40.9
41.7

104.2
103.8
102.5
102.5
102.2

38.6
39.6
41.1
41.4
41.8

100.9
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.4

36.4
37.6
38.7
39.1
39.7

104.5
104.4
104.4
104.3
104.1

41.2
42.5
43.3
43.3
44.0

102.1
101.7
101.5
101.5
101.2

42.7
44.8
45.0
45.3
45.9

102.8
102.3
102.3
101.9
101.4

1917.........................
1918.........................
1919.........................
1920.........................
1921.........................

42.7
46.7
56.1
75.7
78.5

105.6
105.5
105.4
105.3
105.4

43.3
47.3
53.2
70.2
71.1

102.1
101.1
101.0
100.9
100.8

43.8
46.7
55.5
72.7
74.7

100.3
100.3
100.3
100.2
100.2

41.2
45.2
50.7
70.7
72.4

104.0
104.0
103.4
103.4
103.5

46.6
53.4
60.1
76.2
77.6

101.0
100.7
100.5
100.5
100.5

48.2
49.6
54.1
72.8
72.2

101.1
101.1
100.7
100.4
100.5

1922.........................
1923.........................
1924.........................
1925.........................
1926.........................

77.8
84.0
95.7
96.7
96.2

105.4
103.4
101.6
101.6
103.7

69.5
72.9
83.6
88.0
95.3

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.7

71.7
78.2
84.0
87.5
95.4

100.2
100.1
100.1
100.3
100.1

67.4
79.7
84.5
86.1
94.9

103.4
103.4
103.1
103.1
103.3

70.5
75.1
85.0
85.9
92.4

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.2
100.5

71.0
77.6
88.1
90.2
94.6

100.3
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6

1927.........................
1928.........................
1929.........................
1930.........................
1931.........................

98.9
99.0
100.0
99.9
99.8

101.8
101.7
100.0
99.1
98.1

98.0
99.4
100.0
104.9
105.5

100.5
100.5
100.0
95.5
94.5

95.1
95.5
100.0
100.7
101.0

100.5 99.0
100.4 98.9
100.0 100.0
96.9 104.5
95.8 105.6

100.5
100.2

1932.........................
1933.........................
1934.........................
1935.........................
1936.........................

90.1
83.2
82.9
85.6
87.6

97.6
97.8
95.1
93.1
92.9

90.9
88.2
89.2
90.7
93.7

93.6
93.1
92.5
92.2
92.4

93.7
84.7
85.1
85.1
85.3

91.1
88.3
88.3
89.0
90.7

92.6
92.4
86.2
86.2
86.1




100.1 96.1
100.2 97.3
100.0 100.0
96.9 101.5
96.4 102.0
94.3
94.3
93.0
92.7
92.8

90.5
84.5
84.4
84.2
85.2

103.1 99.0
103.0 99.2
100.0 100.0
96.6 105.5
94.9 106.5
94.5
93.8
93.4
93.3
93.3

92.3
91.3
92.5
93.2
95.6

93.4
93.1
91.8
90.7
90.6

100.0
94.8

25

TREND OF WAGE RATES AND HOURS, BY TRADES
T

able

8 . — Indexes of union scales of wages and hours in each building trade,
1907 to 1936 — C o n tin u e d

Building la­
borers
Year

H od carriers
(masons’
tenders)

Plasterers’
laborers

Elevator
constructors’
helpers

Marble
setters'
helpers

Steam and
sprinkler
fitters'
helpers

Tile layers’
helpers

W age
W age
Wage Hours
W age Hours W age Hours W age Hours W age
rate
rate
rate
rate Hours rate Hours rate Hours rate
1907..
1908__
190919101911-

35.0
35.2
35.3
36.7
36.8

108.5
108.5
108.1
105.5
105.5

33.1
33.2
33.3
33.8
34.1

110.5
110.5
110.1
109.2
108.6

34.1
35.6
36.0
36.2
36.2

106.6
106.2
105.9
105.9
105.8

1912„
1913..
191419151916-

37.2
38.8
39.2
39.4
41.2

105.5
105.5
105.2
105.2
104.6

34.3
34.8
35.2
35.4
36.5

107.8
107.8
106.4
106.4
106.4

36.6
37.5
38.3
38.4
39.4

105.3
105.3
105.4 '3 7 T "
"
105.4 37.8 102.2
104.4 38.8 102.2

16
279

35.8
37.9
38.1
38.1
38.1

19171918191919201921-

45.5
53.4
60.5
87.7
88.2

103.5
103.0
101.1
100.0
100.0

40.7
47.5
55.6
80.8
81.2

106.3
106.3
105.9
105.7
105.7

42.1
48.5
55.3
80.1
82.7

104.2
104.2
103.8
103.8
103.4

40.9
43.6
52.9
74.1
77.5

101.7
101.7
100.9
100.7
100.5

1922..
1923192419251926-

82.8
84.4
93.9
89.7
98.7

99.3
100.0
97.7
99.8
100.0

67.3
73.5
76.8
85.8
93.5

105.9
105.9
105.8
105.7
105.8

72.6
80.0
86.0
91.7
97.1

103.4
103.5
103.4
103.3
99.9

73.8
77.3
85.2
89.2
96.1

100.6
100.6
100.6
100.5
100.5

19271928192919301931-

99.1
99.5
100.0
105.5
103.9

105.8 98.0
105.8 99.6
100.0 100.0
99.3 106.0
98.8 105.6

99.8
100.1
100.0
97.4
96.6

99.0
100.9
100.0
105.4
105.7

1932..
1933..
193419351936-

89.4
84.2
87.3
88.6
96.2

96.3
94.7
91.8
90.7
89.2

96.9
88.9
88.4
88.6
89.5

100.2 95.7
100.1 95.8
100.0 100.0
98.1 103.8
97.0 103.5
93.6
93.2
89.1
89.0
89.5

85.8
84.7
90.3
87.4
92.1

96.6
96.1
94.3
94.2
94.0

87.6
82.5
84.8
86.2
88.2

26.4
26.8
26.9
29.1
29.3

103.1
103.0
102.8
101.8
101.7

100.5
100.5
100.1
100.1
100.1

30.2
31.0
31.6
32.5
33.0

101.6
101.3
102.0
102.0
101.7

36.1
36.8
37.1
38.4
39.8

103.0
102.5
102.5
100.9
100.6

40.6
42.5
48.6
82.0
81.9

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.2

35.1
40.5
48.6
70.4
72.2

101.7
100.3
100.2
100.2
100.2

40.8
42.1
51.0
83.5
84.4

99.8
99.8
99.5
99.5
99.6

76.2
82.3
89.2
84.6
93.9

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

74.1
78.7
87.2
89.7
95.0

100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.2

79.3
81.1
88.3
90.8
98.4

99.6
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

100.5 93.3
100.5 94.3
100.0 100.0
96.2 101.7
94.7 101.8

100.0
100.1
100.0
95.9
94.2

99.3
101.4
100.0
109.3
109.3

100.4
100.0
100.0
92.1
91.8

99.5
101.5
100.0
108.5
108.5

100.5
100.5
100.0
93.6
92.6

93.8
94.0
92.3
92.3
92.2

94.3
91.6
91.9
93.0
93.2

91.7
91.6
91.1
91.1
91.5

*95.8
91.4
91.5
94.6
95.9

91.4
91.5
87.6
76.3
76.3

94.7
92.5
91.8
91.5
92.1

93.2
90.7
90.9
91.5
91.6

Union Rates of Wages and Hours by Trades and Cities
Table 9 lists the union rates of wages per hour and hours per week
in force on M a y 15, 1935 and 1936, by trade, in each of the 70 cities
included in the survey. Since there are no union rates in force for
some trades in some cities, some of the trade classifications lack a full
listing of cities. Sometimes there are two or more union rates for the
same occupation in the same city. This m ay be due to two or more
unions having different scales, to one union having different agree­
ments 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 quotations.




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T

able

U N IO N

SC ALE S

IN

B U IL D IN G

TRADES

9 .— U n io n scales o f w ages and hours o f labor in specified trades , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y cities
A SBESTO S W O R K E R S

$1.000
1.125
1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.100
1.500
1.250
1.300
1.075
1.250
1.100
1.000
1.000
Detroit, M ich ...
1.125
Houston, Tex. _
1.250
Indianapolis, Ind__....... 1.000
Kansas City, Mo______ 1. 225
Los Angeles, Calif_____ 1.250
Louisville, K y _________ 1.000
Memphis, Tenn_______ 1.000
Milwaukee, Wis. ____ 1.150
Minneapolis, Minn____ 1.200
Nashville, Tenn. _____ 1.000

44 $1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.375
40 1.150
40 1.175
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
35
.875
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
35 1.200
40 1.000

Atlanta, Ga___________ $1.125
Baltimore, Md............... 1.100
Birmingham, Ala______ 1.250
Boston, Mass ________ 1.300
Buffalo, N. Y ................. 1. 250
Butte, Mont_____- ____ 1.625
Charleston, S. C_______ 1.000
Charleston, W. Va_____ 1.333
Chicago, 111___________ 1.500
Sewer and tunnel
bricklayers________ 1. 750
Cincinnati, Ohio______ 1.375
Cleveland, Ohio_______ 1.375
Sewer and tunnel
bricklayers________ 1.750
Cnlnmhns, Ohio__
1. 300
Dallas, Tex _________ 1.125
Davenport, Iowa (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_________ 1.300
Denver, Colo__________ 1. 250
Sewer and tunnel
bricklayers________ 1.500
D p,5 Mnines, Tnwa . _
?
1. 500
Dp.trnit, Mich
_ _ 1. 250
Duluth, Minn________ 1.000
E l P O T ax
fl.R ,
1.250
Erie, Pa______________ 1.313
Grand Rapids, Mich___ 1. 250
Houston, Tex_________ 1. 250
Indianapolis, Tnd
1.425
Jacksonville, Fla______ 1.000
Kansas City, Mo______ 1. 325
Little Rock, Ark______ 1.125
Los Angeles, Calif
1.000
Louisville, Ky_________ 1. 250
Madison, Wis_________ 1.000
Manchester, N . H_
1. 300
Memphis, Tenn_______ 1.375
Milwaukee, Wis............ 1.125
Sewer and tunnel
bricklayers............... 1.600

40 $1.125
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1.300
40 1.250
30 1.625
44 1.000
40 1.333
40 1.500

40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
40

48
40
40

2.250
1.375
1.250

44
40
40

40
40
40

1. 750
1.300
1.125

40
40
40

35
35

1.300
1.000

35
40

35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 250
1.500
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.313
1. 250
1.000
1.300
1.000
1.325
1.125
1.000
1.250
1.000
1. 300
1.375
1.000

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40

1.500

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

40

Atlanta, G a ._ ____ ____
■Baltimore, Md________
Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass..............__
Buffalo, N. Y .................
Charleston, W. Va.........
Chicago, 111....................
Cincinnati, Ohio______
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Columbus, Ohio_______
Dallas, Tex___________
Dayton, Ohio......... ........
Des Moines, Iowa_____
Denver, Colo__________

44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Newark, N. J
__ $1.400
New Haven, Cnnn
1.125
New Orleans, La______ 1.000
New York, N. Y .......... 1. 400
Norfolk, Va...............
1.000
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Old work_______ ___
1.000
New work
1.250
Omaha, Nebr_________ 1.000
Philadelphia, Pa
1.125
Pittsburgh, Pa
1. 500
Portland, Orev
1. 200
Providence, R . I ............. 1.000
Richmond, Va________ 1.000
Rochester, N. Y_
1.050
St. Louis, M o
1.250
St. Paul, Minn............... 1. 200
San Antonio, Tex______ 1.000
Scranton, Pa__________ 1.000
South Bend, Tnd
1.125
Springfield, Mass______ 1.125
Toledo, Ohio.
1. 250
Washington, D . C____
1. 500
Youngstown, Ohio........ 1. 275

40 $1,400
40 1.000
44
40 1.400
40 1.100

40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 500
1.175

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
44
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40 $1. 250

40

1.250
1.500
1.200
1.000
1.500
1. 250
1.250
1.125
1. 375

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.100
1.500
1. 200
1.000
1.500
1. 250
1.250
1.125
1. 250

44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.525
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.350
1. 250
1.200
1. 250
1. 250

40
24
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.500
1. 500
1.250
1.200
1.250
1. 200
1. 250
1.250

24
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 250
1.500
1.100
1. 250
1. 250
1.500
1. 500
1.500
South Bend, Tnd. _
1.250
Spokane, Wash............. 1.250
Springfield, Mass.
1. 375
Toledo, O hio.._______ 1. 250
Washingt.nn, D C
1.500
Wichita, Kans________ 1.125
Worcester, Mass______ 1.300
York, Pa............. .......... 1.000
Youngstown, Ohin
_
1. 250

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.250
1.500
1.100
1.125
1. 250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1. 250
1.375
1.250
1.500

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40

1.300
1.000
1. 25G

40
40
40

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.500
1. 200
1.000
.875
1.050
1. 250
1.200
1.000
1.000
1.000

1.125
1. 000

40
40

B R IC K L A Y E R S i

Minneapolis, Minn____
Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
Island (111.) district).
Nashville, Tenn
____
Newark, N. J_________
New Haven, Cnnn
New Orleans, La______
New York, N. Y ............
Norfolk, Va______ ____
Oklahoma City, Okla___
Omaha, Nebr_________
Peoria, ni_____________
Sewer and tunnel
bricklayers________
Philadelphia, Pa_______
Pittsburgh, Pa________
Portland, Maine______
Portland, Oreg...............
Providence, R. I............
Reading, Pa...................
Richmond, Va________
Rochester, N. Y .... ........
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict________________
St. Louis, Mo_________
St. Paul, Minn...... ........
Salt Lake City, Utah__
San Antonio, T e x _____
San Franrisen, Calif _
Scranton, P a.................
Seattle, Wash........ ........

$1. 250

i In cities where different kinds of bricklaying are not listed separately, it can generally be assumed that
the general bricklaying rate prevails also for sewer and tunnel bricklayers.




RATES AND
T

able

HOURS BY TRADES

AND

27

C IT I E S

9 .— U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
CARPEN TERS)

May 15,1936 May 15,1935
2
City

c
3
ft
$1,000
Atlanta, fla
Baltimore, Md__............ 1.100
Millwrights_________ 1.200
Parquetry floor layers. 1.250
Ship carpenters........... .650
Ship calkers_________ .720
Birmingham, Ala______ 1.000
Boston,~Mass____ _____ 1.175
Wharf and bridge carpenters.
___ __
1.075
Buffalo, N. V
1.200
Millwrights ___ __ . 1.300
Butte, Mont___________ L 500
Charleston, S. C.:
Rate A
.......... ...
.750
Rata R
.800
Ship carpenters______
.500
Charleston, W. Va_____ 1.000
Charlotte, N. C _
.700
Chicago, 111___________ 1. 500
Cincinnati, Ohio _ _
1.200
Cleveland, Ohio_______ 1.250
Columbus, Ohio_______ 1.000
Dallas, Tex___________ 1.000
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Bock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_________ 1.150
Denver, Colo__________ 1.250
D as Moines, Towa
.
1.150
Detroit,, M ich
1.000
Millwrights
1. 250
Duluth, Minn................ 1.000
El Paso, Tex
1.000
.800
Erie, Pa................. .........
Grand Rapids, M ich___ 1.000
Wharf and bridge car­
penters
1.000
Houston, Tex_________ 1.000
Indianapolis, Ind______ 1.150
Jacksonville, Fla
.750
Kansas City, Mo______ 1.125
Little Rock, Ark______ 1.000
Los Angeles, Calif
1.100
Millwrights................. 1.000
Wharf and bridge car­
penters
_
1.125
Louisville, Ky.:
Rate A
Rato B

.......

1.000

.800
Madison, Wis ................ .900
Manchester, N. H _____ 1.000

M
8
*

s

<
8
b
fl
f§
0
8

ft

M
©
©
*

40
40
40
80

1.075
1.000
1.100
1.250

40
40
40
30

44
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40

.750
.800
.500
1.000
.700
1.313
1.200
1.125
1.000
1.000

44
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.100
1.150
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.000
.800
.900

40
30
35
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40

1.000

1.000

40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40

40

L 000

40

40
40
40
40

1. 000

40

.900
1.000

40
40

1.000

f i
©-3

P
,
£
§
ft
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40

.750
1.125
1.000

2
b
a
City

C
D

40 $0,900
40 1.100
40 1.200
40 1.250
40
.650
44
.720
40 1.000
40 1.175

1.000
1.000

May 15,1936 May 15, 1935

jS ,
c
3
ft
Memphis, Tenn
Milwaukee, Wis.:

$1,000
1.050
.925

Rate A

Rate B........................
Wharf and bridge car­
penters___ _______ _ 1.050
1.000
Minneapolis, M in n __
Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn
_.
.900
Newark, N. J__________ 1.400
New Haven, Cnnn
1.063
New Orleans, La
.750
Wharf and bridge car­
.800
penters
______
New Vnrk, N V
1.400
Norfolk, Va
.800
Omaha, Nehr
.900
Peoria, Til
1.250
Philadelphia, Pa
1.000
Pittsburgh, Pa________ 1.250
Portland, Oreg_______ 1.000
Ship carpenters______ 1.000
Providence, R. I_______ 1.000
Reading, Pa____ ______ 1.200
.800
Richmond, Va.......... .
Rochester, N. Y _______ 1.050
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.
1.000
fit. Louis, M o
1.250
Ship carpenters
1.000
St. Paul, Minn ______ 1.000
Salt Lake City, Utah__ 1.000
San Antonio, Tex______ 1.000
San Francisco, Calif___ 1.125
Ship carpenters______ .925
Wharf and bridge car­
penters
1.125
Reran ton, Pa _
1.125
Seattle, Wash_________ 1.125
Parquetry floor layers. 1. 250
fihip carpenters
1.100
Ship calkers_________ 1.140
South Bend, Tnd _ .
1.000
Rpokane, Wash

_

Springfield, Mass______
Toledo, Ohio

1.000

1.000
1.000

Washington, D. C_____ 1.375
.875
W ichita, Kans________
Worcester, M ass______ 1.000
York, Pa______ _______ .900
Youngstown, Ohio......... 1.125

1
fs

I

ft

2
Ss
s i

ft

1
£
C
D
o.
£
3
O
ft

40 $0.875

40

40
40

.925
.925

40
40

40
35

1.050
1.000

40
35

40
40
40
44

.750
1.400
1.063
.750

44
40
40
44

40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
35
40
40

.800
1.400
.800
.900
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.200
.800
1.050

40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
35
40
40

40
40
40
35
40
40
40

1.000
1.250
1.000
1.000
.900
1.000
.900
.875

40
40
40
35

44

40
40
30
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.125
1.125
1.125
1.250
1.100
1.000
1.000

1.000

1.000
1.000

1.375
.750
1.000

.900
1.200

44

40
40
40
40
40
30
30
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40

C E M E N T F IN IS H E R S

Atlanta, Ga___________
T
.
Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass_________
Buffalo, N. Y .................
Butte, Mont__________

40 $1.00C
40 Columbus, Ohio............ $1.000
40
40 $1,000
40 1.000
44 1.000
40 Dallas, Tex_......... _........ 1.000
40
40 1.000
40 Davenport, Iowa. (See
1.250
40
Rock Island (111.)
40 1. 250
1.125
40 1.125
40
district.)
1.625
30 1.625
30 Dayton, Ohio................. 1.000
40 1.000
40
Charleston, S. C
1.000
44 1.000
44 Denver, Colo..............
44
1. 250
35 1.094
Chicago, 1 1
1 .............. ...... 1.500
40 1.313
40 Des Moines, Iowa.......... 1.125
40 1.125
40
Cincinnati, Ohio______ 1.025
1.000
40 1.025
40 Detroit, M ich.
40
40 1.125
Cleveland, Ohio_______ 1.250
40 Duluth, Minn................ 1.000
40 1.555
40
) In cities where different kinds of carpentering are not listed separately it can generally be assumed that
the general carpenter rate prevails for millwrights, parquetry floor layers, ship carpenters, and wharf and
bridge carpenters.

Baltimore, M d .




$1,000
1.000
1.000

28

U N IO N SC A L E S IN B U IL D IN G T R A D E S

T a b l e 9 .— U n io n scales o f w ages a nd hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,

and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d

CEMENT FINISHERS—Continued

El Paso, Tmr
Erie, Pa
Grand Rapids, M ich___
Houston, Tex___________
Indianapolis, In d_______
Jacksonvilla, El a
Kansas City, M o _______

Little Rook, Ark.

Los Angeles, Calif............
Louisville, K y __________

Madison, Wis

Manchester, N . H ______
M emphis, Tenn________
Milwaukee, Wis
Minneapolis, M in n .........
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Newark, N . J___________
New Haven, Conn
New Orleans, La .
New York, N . Y ..............
Norfolk, V a _____________
Oklahoma City, Okla_
_
Omaha, N ebr___________
Peoria, 111...........................

$1,000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.100
1.000
1.125
1.000
1. 250
1.100
.900
1.300
1.125
1.125
1.200
1.500
1. 200
.850
1.400
1.100
1.000
1.000
1.250

40 $1,000
40 1.000
40
40 1.000
40
.900
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.000
44 1.250
40 1.100
40
.900
40 1.300
40 1.100
40 1.125
35 1.000

40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
44
40
40
30
40
40

1.500
1.200
.850
1.400
1.100
1.000
1.000
1.250

40
40

Philadelphia, Pa
Pittsburgh, Pa_
Portland, Maine
Portland, Oreg.

$1.050
1.400
1.250
_
1.000
Providence, R . I ________ 1.150
Reading, Pa
1. 250
Richmond, V a ...............__ 1.100
Rochester, N . Y ________ 1. 250
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict
1.000
St. Lonis, Mo
1.313
St. Paul, M inn____ _____ 1.000
Salt Lake City, U t a h ... 1.100
San Antonio, Tex
1.250
Scranton, Pa __
1.200
Seattle, W ash ____ _____ _ 1. 250
San Francisco, Calif____ 1.125
South Bend, Ind.............. 1.000
Spokane, W ash......... ....... 1. 250
Springfield, M ass_______ 1. 375
1. 250
Toledo, Ohio.................. .
Washington, D . C ......... . 1. 375
Wichita, K ans__________
.875
Worcester, M ass________ 1.300
Youngstown, Ohio______ 1.000

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

M a y 15,1936 M a y 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

M a y 15,1936 M a y 15,1935

40 $1. 050
40 1.400
40 1. 250
40 1. 000
44
1.000
40 1. 250
40 1.100
40 1. 250

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.313
1.000
1.000
1. 000
1.200
1.125
1.125
1.000
1. 250
1.375
1.250
1. 250

40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
30

1. 300
1.000

40
40

40 $0.850
40 1.125

40
40

40
40
40
40

1.250
1.000
.875
1.000

40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
44
44
40
40

1.000
1.500
1.250
1.125
1.250
1.600
.900
1.000
1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.500
.900
1. 250
1.000
.800
.800
1.200

40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
44
44
40
40

40
40
44
44
40
30
40
40

1.050
1.500
1.000
1.125
1.000
1.250
L 000
L 125

40
40
44
40
40
30
40
40

40
40
40

ELECTR ICIAN S (Inside wiremen and fixture hangers)

A tla n ta , G a ................. ........
B a ltim o re , M d _________
B irm in g h a m , A la ______
B o s to n , M a s s ........... ..........
B u ffa lo , N . Y .....................
B u tte , M o n t .......................
C h a rle sto n , W . V a ...........
C hica go, 111..........................
M o d e rn iz a tio n ...............
C in c in n a ti, O h io ...............
C le v e la n d , O h io ................
C o lu m b u s , O h io ................
D a lla s , T e x ..........................
D a y to n , O h io .....................
D a v e n p o rt, Io w a . (See
B o c k Is la n d (111.) d is ­
t r ic t .)
D e n v e r, C o lo ......................
D es M o in e s , Io w a ______
D e tro it, M ic h _____ ____
D u lu t h , M in n ....................
E l Paso, T e x .......................
E rie , P a .................................
G ra n d R a p id s , M ic h ___
H o u s to n , T e x .....................
In d ia n a p o lis , I n d ..............
R e p a irs, e tc ................. —
J a cks o n ville , F la .:
R a te A ...............................
R a te B ...............................
K ansas C ity , M o ..............
L o s Angeles, O a liL ...........
L o u is v ille , K y . :
R a te A ...............................
R a te B ...............................
M a d is o n , W is .:
R a te A ...............................
R a te B ...............................

1.125
1.375
1.125
1.250
1.125
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.063
1.250
1.500
1.000
1.000
1.500

40 $1.125
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.125
30 1.500
40 1.000
20 1.500
40 1.063
40 1.250
30 1.500
40 1.000
44 1.000
40 L 250

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
20
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.250
1.250
1.375
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.000

35
8 32
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.250
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.000
.750
1.000
1.250
1.000

30
*32
44
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.100
1.000
1.250
1.000

40
40
40
44

1.100
1.000
1.250
1.000

40
40
30
40

1.000
.750

40
40

1.000

40

.900
1.200

30
30

.900
1.200

30
30

Manchester, N . H ........... $0.850
Memphis, Tenn________ 1.125
Milwaukee, W is.:
Class A ............................. 1.250
Class B ............................. 1.000
Class O .............................
.875
Minneapolis, M in n _____ 1.125
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_ ______ 1.000
Newark, N . J.................
1.500
Maintenance__________ 1.250
New Haven, C onn.......... 1.125
New Orleans, La________ 1.250
New York, N . Y ________ 1.700
Norfolk, V a .......................
.900
Oklahoma City, Okla.__ 1.000
Omaha, Nebr..................... 1.000
Peoria, 111........................... 1.250
Maintenance................. 1.000
Philadelphia, Pa............... 1.250
Maintenance____ _____ 1.000
Pittsburgh, P a .................. 1.500
Portland, M aine...............
.900
Portland, Oreg.................. 1.250
Providence, R . I ............... 1.000
Reading, P a........... ...........
.800
Richmond, V a ...................
.800
Rochester, N . Y ......... .
1.200
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.................................... 4 1.050
St. Louis, M o .............. ..
1.500
St. Paul, M inn.... ............. 1.000
Salt Lake City^ U t a h ... 1.125
San Antonio, T ex_______ 1.-000
San Francisco, Calif____ 1.250
Fixture hangers............. 1.000
Scranton, Pa____________ 1.125

•Full time provided 40 hours but members restricted to 32.
4Old scale, strike pending.




RATES AND

T able 9.—

HOURS BY

TRADES AND

29

C IT I E S

U n io n scales o f w ages a nd hours o f labor i n specified trades , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d

ELECTRICIANS—Continued

M a y 15,1936 M a y 15,1935

Seattle, W ash.................... $1.375
Fixture hangers............. 1.125
South Bend, Ind.............. 1. 000
Spokane, W ash................. 1.125
Fixture hangers............. 1.000
Springfield, M ass......... .
1.125

30 $1.375
30 1.125
40
.900
35 1.125
35 1.000
40 1.125

30
30
40
35
35
40

Toledo. Ohio...................... $1.375
Washington, D . C ........... 1.650
Wichita, K ans...................
.800
Worcester, M a s s ............. 1.125
Youngstown, Ohio........... 1.350

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

i

M a y 15,1936 M a y 15,1935

35 $1.375
40 1.650
48
.800
40 1.125
40 1.350

35
40
48
40
30

40 $0,980
40
40
1.300
40
1.110
40
1.000
40
1.403
44
1.060
44
1.000
44
.9 0 0
44
1.000
44
.9 0 0
40
1.290
40
1.360
40
1.220
40
1.490
40
1.340
44
L 120
40
1.210
40
1.090
40
1.200
44
1.230
44
1.080
44
.9 7 0
40
1.220
40
1.100

44

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS
Atlanta, Ga.................... $1.150
Baltimore, Md............... 1.250
Repair......................... 1.250
Birmingham, Ala........... 1.150
Maintenance—............ 1.030
Boston, Mass.............. . 1.330
Buffalo, N. Y ................. 1.210
Maintenance________ 1.090
Butte, Mont__________ 1.540
Service—...................— 1.254
Charleston, W. Va......... 1.100
Chicago, 111.................... 1.500
Maintenance and in­
spection___________ 1.350
Cincinnati, Ohio.......... 1.300
Maintenance and in­
spection.................... 1.170
Cleveland, Ohio_______ 1.400
Columbus, Ohio_______ 1.190
Dallas, Tex..................... 1.200
Maintenance________ 1.080
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.)
district.)
Denver, Colo__________ 1.225
Maintenance________ 1.100
Des Moines, Iowa_____ 1.325
Maintenance—............ 1.190
Detroit, Mich_________ 1.250
Duluth, Minn_________ 1.000
.900
Maintenance________
Erie, Pa______________ 1.030
Maintenance—............ .930
Grand Rapids, Mich___ 1.170
Houston, Tex_________ 1.275
Maintenance .......... 1.150
Indianapolis, Ind........... 1.250
Maintenance________ 1.120
Jacksonville, Fla_______ 1.050
Maintenance............... .950
Kansas City, Mo______ 1.365
Maintenance—............ 1.229
Little Rock, Ark______ 1.125
Maintenance............... 1.010
Los Angeles, Calif.......... 1.125
Louisville, K y __________ 1.110
Maintenance
1.000
Memphis, Tenn..... ....... 1.200
Maintenance............. . 1.080
Milwaukee, Wis_______ 1.190
Maintenance—......... . 1.070
Minneapolis, Minn........ 1.190
Maintenance—............ 1.070




40 $1.150
40 1.250
44 1.250
40 1.150
44 1.030
40 1.330
40 1.180
40 1.060
40 1.540
40 1.254
40 1.100
40 1.425

40
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40

1.300

40

40
40
40
40
44

1.170
1.300
1.190
1.000
.900

40
40
40
40
44

35
40
40
44
40
44
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40

1.225
1.100
1.125
1.010
1.250
1.000
.900
1.030
.930
1.110
1.000

40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40

1.250
1.120
1.050
.950
1.280
1.150
1.125
1. 010
1 125
1.110

40
40
44
44
40
40

1.175
1.060
1.140
1.030
1.190
1.070

40
40
40
40
40
40

44
44
44
44
44

40
40
40
40
44
44

44
44

40
40

M o lin e , 111. (S ee R o c k
Is la n d (111.) d is t r ic t .)
N a s h v ille , T e n n _________ $1.120
M a in t e n a n c e ___________ 1.010
N e w H a v e n , C o n n ______ 1.300
N e w O rlea n s, L a ________
1.110
M a in t e n a n c e - .................. 1.000
N e w Y o r k , N . Y ________
1.403
N o r fo lk , V a _______ _______ 1.060
O k la h o m a C i t y , O k l a . „ 1.000
M a in t e n a n c e ....................
.9 0 0
O m a h a , N e b r ____________ 1.105
M a in t e n a n c e —................ 1.000
P e o r ia , 111.................. ............ 1. 290
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ................ 1.360
M a in t e n a n c e .................... 1.220
P it t s b u r g h , P a ................
1.490
M a in t e n a n c e —................ 1.340
P o r t la n d , M a i n e ................ 1.120
P o r t la n d , O r e g ..... ............... 1.210
M a in t e n a n c e ___________ 1.090
P r o v id e n c e , R . I _________ 1.200
R e a d in g , P a ______________ 1.230
R i c h m o n d , V a ___________ 1.080
M a in t e n a n c e —................
.9 7 0
R o c h e s t e r , N . Y ................. 1.220
M a in t e n a n c e ___________ 1.100
R o c k I s la n d (111.) d is ­
t r ic t —.............. ..................... 1.150
S t. L o u is , M o ....................... 1.480
S t. P a u l, M i n n .................... 1.190
M a in t e n a n c e .................... 1.070
S a n A n t o n io , T e x _______
1.050
.945
M a in t e n a n c e ___________
S a n F r a n c is c o , C a lif _____ 1.300
M a in t e n a n c e ....... ............ 1.170
S cr a n to n , P a _____________
1.270
S ea ttle, W a s h ....................... 1. 425
M a in t e n a n c e ___________ 1.283
S o u t h B e n d , I n d _________ 1.000
.900
M a in t e n a n c e ..... ...............
S p o k a n e , W a s h ........ .......... 1.120
M a in t e n a n c e _________ 1.010
S p r in g fie ld , M a s s ............... 1.225
T o l e d o , O h io —..................... 1.230
W a s h in g t o n , D . O ............ 1.660
M a i n t e n a n c e ___
1.500
W i c h it a , K a n s ..................... 1,080
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ................. 1.300
Y o u n g s t o w n , O h io ............ 1.260
M a in t e n a n c e —................ 1.140

44
40
44
44
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40

44
40
40
40

1.150
1.480
1.190
1.070
1.050
.9 4 5
1.250
1.125
1.270
1.425
1.283
1.000
.900
1.120
1.010
1.225
1.230
1.660
1.500
1.080
1.300
1.260
1.140

40
44
36

40

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U N IO N

T able 9.—

SC A LE S IN

B U IL D IN G T R A D E S

U n io n scales o f wages a n d hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 9
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d

ENGINEERS (Portable and hoisting)
5
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Atlanta, Ga.:
40
2- and 3-drum rigs___ $1. 250
40 $1.250
1-drum rigs
.
___ 1.000
40
40 1.000
Baltimore, Md.:
Hoists, excavating
shovels ___
«1. 250
40
40 1,250
40
40 1.500
Derricks................... . 1.500
Birmingham, Ala.:
40
40 1.250
Boom derricks_______ 1.250
Concrete mixers. _ .... 1.125
40
40 1.125
Boston, Mass.:
40 L425
Digging_____________ 1.425
40
Hoisting____________ 1.175
40 1.175
40
Hoisting assistants___ 1.050
40 1.050
40
Buffalo, N . Y .:
40 1.250
Shovels; cableways___ 1.500
40
Skimmers______ ____ 1.333
40 1.250
40
40 1.125
40
Cranes and hoisting... 1.333
Rollers, mixers,
40 1.125
pumps, pile drivers. 1.200
40
Butte, Mont.:
Hoists, steel erection
30
work_____________ 1.375
30
Hoists, single-drum.. . 1.125
30
Hoists, all others_____ 1.250
Shovels_____________ 1.500 630
Bulldozers, scrapers. _. 1.200 •30
Caterpillars and trac­
tors (without at­
tachments)___ ____ 1.000 « 30
Charleston, W. Va.:
Booms, hoists, steam
shovels, cranes, cable44
ways, etc__________ 1.250
Concrete mixers,
pumps, street rol­
44
lers, etc___________ 1.000
Chicago, 111.:
Hoists, building_____ 1.500
40 1.313
40
Paving engineers
Pumps______________ 1.125
48 1.125
40
Power shovels, Koehring graders, Haiss
or Barber Green dig­
gers, all machines of
48 1.825
like capacity______ 1.825
40
All boilers; curb, side­
walk, and culvert
mixers; air compres­
sors; dinkey locomo­
tives; stone crush­
ers: tamping and
finishing machines;
material-handling
devices and power
blades
1.500
48 1.500
40
All rollers, pavers,
clamshells, asphalt
plants, surfacing and
retreading machines,
and power graders
1.625
48 1. 625
40
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Class A
.800
40
.800
40
Class B
1.100
40 1.100
40
Class C ._ .................... 1.250
40 1.250
40
4For broken time on shovels, $1.50 per hour.
•May work 40 hours weekly on main highways.




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Building construction
C le v e la n d , O h io :
H o is t s , d e r r ic k s , l o c o ­
m o t iv e cr a n e s , air
c o m p r e s s o r s .................. $1.250

40 $1. 250

40

Road construction
S h o v e ls ................................
P a v in g m ix e r s ; p la n t
m ix e rs ; g r a d e r o lle rs ;
b a c k fillers; c o n n e c t ­
in g m a c h in e s ; tr a c ­
to r s , 30 h . p . o r o v e r .
A s p h a lt r o lle r m e n _____
T r e n c h m a c h in e s ,
tru ck
cran es,
a ir
c o m p r e s s o r s ..................
C o l u m b u s , O h io :
S h o v e ls ................................
D e r r ic k s , c a b le w a y s . .
H o is t s ...................................
D r a g lin e , p u l l s h o v e l,
tr e n c h m a c h in e s _____
A l l c r a n e s .................. ........
D a lla s , T e x . :
H o is t s , c o n c r e t e m ix ­
ers w it h s id e lo a d e r ,
s h o v e ls , a n d d r a g ­
lin e s ________________
D o u b le -d r u m h o i s t s . . .
D a v e n p o r t , I o w a . (S ee
R ock
I s la n d
(111.)
d is t r ic t .)
D a y t o n , O h io :
S m a ll e q u i p m e n t ______
H e a v y e q u i p m e n t _____
D e n v e r , C o l o .:
B u ild in g e x c a v a t io n —
P o w e r -s h o v e l (ro a d s ) „
D e s M o in e s , I o w a _______
D e t r o i t , M i c h ......................
E l P a so, T e x .:
H o is t s a h d p o r t a b le
m a c h i n e r y . - . ..............
D r a g lin e s , s h o v e ls _____
E r ie , P a .:
S h o v e l s , d ra g lin e s ,
p ile d r iv e r s , cra n es,
tre n ch
ex ca v a tors,
a n d d e r r ic k s -------------R o a d r o lle rs , p a v in g
m a c h in e s ..................
A l l o t h e r s ______ ________
H o u s to n , T e x .:
S m a ll....................................
2 -d r u m h o is t s ........ ..........
I n d ia n a p o lis , I n d . :
C e m e n t m ix e rs , air
c o n d itio n in g ,
pum ps,
w elding
m a c h in e s , e t c , ............
C ra n e s ,
d r a g lin e s ,
s h o v e ls ,
d e r r ic k s ,
p a v in g a n d h o is t in g
m a c h in e s _____________

1. 751)

40

1.750

40

1. 200
1.300

40
40

1.200
1.300

40
40

1.400

40

1.400

40

1.400
1.300
1.250

40
40
40

1.400
1.300
1.200

40
40
40

1.400
1.250

40
40

1.000
1.250

44
44

1.000

44

1.000
1.200

40
40

1.000
1.200

40
40

1.250
1. 250
1.200
1.250

35
40
40
40

1.100

44

1.200
1.250

35
40

1.000
1.250

40
40

1.000
1.250

40
40

1.375

40

1. 250

40

1.125
1.250

40
40

1.000
1.000

40
40

1.000
1.250

40
40

1.000

40

1.200

44

1.020

40

1.300

44

1.100

40

BATES AND

T able 9.—

HOURS B Y

TRADES AND

31

C IT IE S

U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor i n specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d

ENGINEERS—Continued
May 15,1936 May 15, 1935

Kansas City. Mo.:
1-drum hoists
$1. 250
All ethers
1.375
Los Angeles, Calif.:
Hoisting and pile
drivers____________ 1.250
Steam shovels, draglines______________ 1.250
Trench machines........ 1.250
Tractors, concrete mixers, rollers, locomotives, material hoists,
air compressors_____ 1.000
Boom derricks and
cranes_____________ 1.125
Louisville, Ky.:
.800
Class A_____________
Cl*ss r
1.000
Class O __
1.100
Madison, WIs.:
1-drum hoists and
.900
mixers____________
Derricks, shovels,
cranes_____________ 1.200
Memphis, Tenn.:
3-drum hoists, piledriving machines,
paving machines---- 1.250
Tractors,
1-drum
hoists, street rollers. 1.125
Cnnnrfttfl m
irpirs
1.000
Milwaukee, Wis.:
Rollers and asphalt
plants______________ 1.420
Mixers (building)____ 1.150
Pile-driving machines. 1.240
Dragline and power
shovels____________ 1. 350
Back hoes, cranes,
clamshells,
drag­
lines, and trench
machines (sewer and
tunnel wnrlr)
1.500
Minneapolis, Minn.:
2-3 drum hoists, drag­
lines, asphalt rollers
(8 tons or over)------- 1.250
Derricks, steam
pumps, stone crush­
ers, street rollers (8
tons or less)_______ 1.000
Power shovels_______ 1.308
Moline, El. (See Rock
Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville. Tenn.:
1-drum hoist________ 1.000
2- or 3-drum hoists,
shnvAlfi, Aranas
1.250
Newark, N. J
.:
Brick hoists, compres­
sors on buildings,
mixers and excavat­
ing machines______ 2.000
»
Pile-driving and foun­
dation machines----- 1.750
Steel hoists, compres­
sors on steel work... 2.250




40 $1.125
40 1. 250

40
40

40

1.250

40

48
40

1.250
1.250

48
44

40

1.000

44

40

1.125

44

40
40
40

.800
1.000
1.100

40
40
40

40

.900

40

40

1.200

40

44

1. 250

44

44
44

1.125

44

40
40
40

1.420
1.150
1.240

40
40
40

40

1.350

40

40

1.500

40

44

1.250

44

44
44

1.000
1.308

44
44

40
40

40

2.000

40

40

1.750

40

40

2.250

40

New Haven, Conn.:
Cranes, derricks, pile
drivers...................... $1.275
Steam and power
shovels...................... 1.250
All others.................... 1.169
Road construction ma­
chinery, paving roll­
ers, pumps, com­
pressors.................... 1.200
New Orleans, La............ 1.000
New York, N. Y.:
Rollers, concrete mix­
ers, portable air com­
pressors,
pumps,
Moore trench ma­
chines, hoists (build­
ing material), etc.-_ 1.500
Hoists (stone).............. 1.563
Concrete pumps and
pile drivers............... 1.675
Cranes, derricks,
hoists (steel)............. 1.750
Shovels........................ 1.875
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Hod hoists and con­
crete mixers.............. 1.000
Clamshells, derricks,
pile drivers________ 1.250
Peoria, HI.:
Hoists and construc­
tion machines.......... 1.250
Shovels, clamshells,
cranes....................... 1. 250
Philadelphia. Pa___....... 1.500
Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Minor hoisting equip­
ment.......... - ......... — 1.350
Major hoisting equip­
ment......................... 1.438
Major excavating
equipment............... 1.438
Portland, Maine:
Mixers, pumps, ele­
vators, 1- and 2.900
drum hoists..........
Gas. steam, and elec­
tric shovels, 3-drum
hoists........................ 1.300
Portland, Oreg.:
Hoists (100 cubic feet
capacity)--------------- 1.000
Hoists, derricks,
cranes....................... 1.125
Power shovels............. 1.250
Providence, R. I . . . ....... 1.350
3-drum hoists and
shovels...................... 1. 500
Reading Pa................... 1.500
Richmond, Va________ 1.100
Rochester, N. Y ............. 1.250
Rock Island (El.) dis­
trict:
Small machines______ 1.000
Heavy machines......... 1.200
St. Louis, Mo.:
Hoists................ ......... 1.350

Hours per week

3

City

Rates of wages
per hour

m©
© ft

*
8
*
u
a
C
O
d
S

Hours per week

■
s*

8
>
$ M
*
M
o
a * 'a
I
fi s

Rates of wages
per hour

8
Ml
City

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40 $1.275

40

40
40

1.250
1.169

40
40

48
44

1.200
1.000

48
44

40
40

1.500
1. 563

40
40

40

1.675

40

40
40

1.750
1.875

40
40

44

1.000

44

44

1.250

44

40

1.150

40

40
40

1. 250
1.500

40
40

40

1.375

40

40

1.438

40

40

1.438

44

40

.900

40

40

1.300

40

40

1.000

40

40
40
40

1.125
1.250
1.350

40
40
40

40
40
40
40

1.500
1.500
1.100
1.250

40
40
40
40

40
40

1.200

40

40

32

U N IO N

SC A L E S IN

B U IL D IN G

TRADES

T a b l e 9 . — U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
E N G I N E E R S — C o n t in u e d

St. Louis, Mo.—Contd.
Clamshells, pile drivers, locomotives,
cranes, orange peels,
3-drum hoists______ $1.470
St. Paul, Minn.:
Derricks, steam
pumps, stone crush­
ers, street rollers of
less than 8 tons........ 1.000
2-3-drum hoists, drag­
lines, asphalt rollers
of 8 tons or over____ 1. 250
Power shovels_______ 1.3P8
Salt Lake City, Utah... 1.125
Power grading ma­
chines_____________ 1.000
Shovels and draglines. 1. 250
San Antonio, Tex.:
1-drum hoists
_____ 1.000
2-drum (or over) hoists. 1. 250
Caterpillars__ _______ .950
San Francisco, Calif.:
Hoists (building ma­
terial)_____________ 1.125
Tractors (over 50
hnrsp.pnw
p.r)
1.286
Hoists (steel)............. . 1.375
1.428
Road machinery
Pile-driving machines. 1. 500
Shovels (power, e t c .) ! 1.667
Scranton, Pa.:
Concrete mixers and
pumps...................... 1. 250
Derricks____________ 1. 500
Seattle, Wash.:
Caterpillars and trac­
tors---------------------- 1. 000
Bulldozers _______ 1. 200
1-drum hoists (under
20 horsepower)_____ 1. 250

40 $1.470

40

44

1.000

44

44
44
44

1. 250
1. 308
1.125

44
44
44

44
44
40
40
40

1. 000

40

40

1.125

40

35
40
35
30
30

1. 375

40

1. 500
1. 667

30
30

40
40

1. 250
1. 500

40
40

30
30

1.000
1. 200

48
48

30

1.125

30
j

Seattle, Wash.—Contd.
All other hoists except
shovels......................
Steel erection hoists.__
Shovels (road)
South Bend, Ind.:
Mixers (1-bag capac­
ity)...........................
1-drum hoists........... .
Cranes, shovels, der­
ricks, 2- (or more)
drum hoists............ .
Spokane, Wash.:
Dinkey engines______
Concrete mixers, bull­
dozers_____________
Shovels, 3-drum hoists.
Springfleld, Mass.:
Small mixers.______
1- or 2-drum hoists___
Road mixers..............
Excavating shovels,
cranes, 3-drum
hoists........................
Toledo, Ohio:
Mixers (1-bag capac­
ity)
___________
Hoists, pumps, mix­
ers (over 1 bag ca­
pacity)____________
Derricks, excavating
shovels____________
Washington, D. C.:
Pumps and concrete
mixers_______ _____
Hoists and pavers____
Shovels, cranes, der­
ricks, pile drivers,
etc________________
Youngstown, Ohio:
Small equipment........
Large eciuipment____

$1. 250
1. 375
1. 500
.750
1. 000

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

May IS, 1936 May 15, 1935

30 $1.250
30 1.375
30 1. 500

30
30
48

40
40

.750
1.000

40
40

1.100

40

1.100

40

1. 200

40

1.250
1. 500

40
40

.875
1.125
1. 250

40
40
40

1.125

40

1. 250

40

1. 250

40

1.000

40

1. 250

40

1. 250

40

1. 375

40

1.375

40

1. 500
1. 650

40
40

1. 428
1. 500

40
40

1. 850

40

1. 650

40

1. 125 ! 40
1. 250
40

1. 125
l. 250

40
40

! 40 | 0 550
$.
! 40 ! l.ooo
j 40 ! 1.000
40 1.313
! 40 1 .800
1 40
. 900
i
40
! 40 1. 000
i 40 1 000
.

40
40
40
40
40
40

G L A Z IE R S

Ga

!

A t la n t a ,
---------------------B a lt im o r e , Md________
B ir m in g h a m ,
..
B o s t o n , M a s s ------------------B u ffa lo , N. Y ............
B u t t e , M o n t _____________
C h a r le s t o n , W.
--------C h ic a g o , 111---------------------C in c in n a t i, O h io ________
C le v e la n d , O h io .................
S te e l s a s h .........................
C o lu m b u s , O h io
___
D a lla s , T e x . - l ....................
D a v e n p o r t , I o w a . (See
R o c k I s la n d (111.) dis­
t r ic t .)
D a y t o n , O h io .......... ............
D e n v e r , C o l o _____________
D e s M o in e s , I o w a .............
D e t r o it , M i c h ------- ---------D u lu t h , M i n n -----------------

Ala........
Va




40 $0. 850
40
1. 000
40 1. 000
40 1.125 !
40 1. 000
40 1. 250
40 1. 000
35 1. 703
40 1. 250
40
1. 125
40
1. 250
40
40
.750

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40

1.200
.850
1.000

40
44
35

1.000

40
35
40
40

.650

48

.650

1.000
1. 000
1. 125
1.000
1.250
1. 000
1. 703
1. 250
1. 250
1. 375
1.000
.875

1. 200
1.000
1,125

1. 000

40

40
48

_
Grand Rapids, Mich_ ko. 600
Houston, Tex_________ 1.000
.
Indianapolis, Ind______ 1 150
Kansas City, Mo______ 1.375
Louisville, Ky_________ .800
.900
Manchester, N. H _____
Memphis, Term _ __
_
. 650
Milwaukee, W is........ . 1.000
Minneapolis, Minn____ 1.000
Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
Island (111.) district.)
. 550
Nashville, Tenn_______
.
Newark, N. J_________ 1 200
New Haven, Conn_____ 1.000
. 750
New Orleans, La______
New York, N. Y ........ . 1. 400
. 750
Norfolk, Va...................
. 800
Omaha, Nebr_________
Peoria, 1 1
1 ....................... 1. 125
Philadelphia, Pa______ 1. 050
Pittsburgh, Pa............ 1. 200

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40

.500
1. 125
1.000
. 750
1. 400
.750

40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.050
1.200

40
40
40

RATES AND HOURS
T

able

BY

33

TRADES AND CITIES

9 . — U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
G L A Z IE R S —C o n t in u e d

Portland, Oreg-------------Providence, R. I _______
Rochester, N . Y _______
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict................................
St. Louis, M o__________
St. Paul, Minn______ .
Salt Lake City, U ta h ...
San Antonio, Tex----------

$1.000
.750
1.050
1.000
1.500
1. 000
.900
1. 000

40 $0.970
40
.750
40 1.050

30
40
40

40
40
40
48
40

40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1. 500
1.000
.900
1.000

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

$1.000
1.063
1.000
1.000
1.000
1. 300
.950
1. 200

35 $1,000
30 1.063
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40
.950
40 1.200

35
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

Philadelphia, Pa_______ $1 , 0 0 0
Pittsburgh, Pa_________ 1. 250
Portland, Maine_______ 1 . 0 0 0
Portland, Oreg............. 1 . 0 0 0
Providence, R. T
1 .0 0 0
Machine_____________ 1.125
Richmond, Va
1 .0 0 0
St. Louis, M o__________ 1 . 0 0 0
Surface machine____ 1.063
San Francisco, Calif____ 1 . 0 0 0
Outside.____
1 .1 0 0
1 .0 0 0
Seattle, Wash __
Springfield, Mass______ 1 . 0 0 0
Toledo, Ohio..
1 .0 0 0
Machine_____________ 1.050
Washington, D. O_____ 1. 250
Outside______________ 1. 500
Worcester, Mass
1.125
Outside and machine. 1.156

40 $1 . 0 0 0
40 1. 250
44 1 . 0 0 0
«44 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.125
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.063
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.063
44 1 . 0 0 0
44 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.050
40 1. 250
40 1.500
44 1.125
44 1.156

40
40
44

San Francisco, Calif____
Seattle, Wash__________
South Bend, Ind_______
Springfield, Mass........ .
Toledo, Ohio___________
Washington, D . C _____
Worcester, Mass_______
Youngstown, Ohio..........

G R A N IT E C U T T E R S
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass__________
Buffalo, N. Y ...................
Surface machine oper­
ator
Bnt.ta, Moot
Chicago, Til
__
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio _
Supplying own tools..
Shop
Dallas, T ex.................... .
Denver, Colo__________
Machine workers
Des Moines, Iowa______
Houston, Tex__________
Manchester, N . H _____
Newark, N . J__________
New Haven, Conn_____
New York, N. Y _______
Machine_____ _______

$1 . 0 0 0
1 .0 0 0

1.063
1.156
1.063
1.375
1.250
1.125
1. 500
1 .0 0 0
1. 000

1.125
81. 125
1. 00 0
1. 00 0
1 .0 0 0

1. 250
1. 00 0

1. 250
1.313

44 $1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.063
40
744

40
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.156
1.063
1.375
1.250

44
40
40
7

40
44
40
40

1.188

40

1 .0 0 0

40
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.125
1.156
1 .0 0 0
1 .0 0 0
1 .0 0 0

1. 250
1 .0 0 0

1. 250
1.313

944

40
40
40
44
44
40
40
44
44
40
40
40
40
44
44

LATHERS
Atlanta, Ga______ _____
Baltimore, Md__.............
Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass..................
Buffalo, N. Y ..................
Butte, Mont_____ _____
Charleston, W . Va.........
Chicago, 111____________
Cincinnati, Ohio_______
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Columbus, Ohio_______
Dallas, Tex................... .
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio____ ____ _
Denver, Colo_............. .
Des Moines, Iowa....... .
Detroit, Mich___........ .
Duluth, Minn........ ........
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Wood...... ......................
Wire and metal______

$1,000
1. 250
1.000
1.500
1. 250
1. 625
1.100
1. 500
1.313
1. 500
1. 200
1. 000

40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

$1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.500
1. 250

4C
40
40
30
40

1.500
1.313
1. 375
1. 200
1.000

40
40
40
40
40

1.200
1. 250
1.429
1.250
1.200

40
35
35
40
40

1.200
1.100
1.429
1. 250
1.200

40
40
35
40
40

.600
1. 050

40
40

.800
.800

40
40

Houston, T e x ............. $1. 250
Indianapolis, Ind__.......
1. 200
Little Rock, Ark.:
1. 000
Metal..........................
. 750
Wood______________
1. 250
Los Angeles, Calif_____
Louisville, Ky.:
1. 000
Metal_________ _____
5. 000
Wood___________ ___
Madison, Wis_________
1.200
Memphis, Tenn.:
1.125
Metal....... .............. .
1.000
Wood.......................
1. 200
Milwaukee, Wis__........
Minneapolis, Minn____
1.250
Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
Island (111.) district.)
1. 250
Nashville, Tenn........ .
1. 625
Newark, N. J............ .
New Haven, Conn.:
1.275
Metal.................. .......
Wood________ ____ _ io 6. 500
1. 000
New Orleans, La______

40
40

$1.000
1. 200

40
40

40
40
30

1.000
.750
1. 250

40
40
30

40
40
40

1.100

40

1.200

40

40
40
40
30

1. 125
1.000
1. 200
1.200

40
40
40
30

40
40

1.100
1.625

40
40

40
1. 275
40 io 6. 500
40
1.000

40
40
40

7 40 hours per week, June to January inclusive.
* Increase of 60 cents per day over inside workers for inside building work and 75 cents per day for outside
building work.
• 40 hours per week, June to August and December to February, inclusive.
Per 1,000 laths.




34

UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES

T able 9.—

U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
L A T H E R S —C o n t in u e d

24
24
40

1.200
1.375
1.500

24
24
40

40
40
40
40

1.200
1.000
1.200
1.200

40
40
40
40

40

1.250

40

40 r« 7.400
40
1.250
30
1.200

40
40
35

Salt Lake City, Utah:
First class____________ $1.250
1.100
Second class........... .......
1.000
San Antonio, T ex______
San Francisco, Calif.:
1.250
Class A ..........................
1.050
Class B ____ _________
Scranton, Pa
1.200
Seattle, Wash.:
M etal....
1.375
1.250
W ood________________
South Rend, Tnd__
1. 200
1.200
Spokane, W ash................
Springfield, Mass.:
1.250
Wire and metal______
W ood_____ __________ io 6.000
1.250
Toledo, Ohio_____ ____ _
Washington, D . C ..........
1.500
Wichita, Kans.:
Metal
.875
.875
W ood........— ............ 1.500
Worcester, M ass_______
1.250
Youngstown, Ohio____

48
48
40

$1.250
1.100
1.000

30
30
40

30
30
40

1.250
1.050
1.200

30
30
40

30
30
40
30

1.375
1.250
1. 200
1.200

30
30
40
30

40
40
35
40

1.250

40

1.000
1.375

40
40

40
40
40
40

1.100
.625
1. 250
1. 250

40
40
40
40

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

40
40
40
40
30
40
40

C ity

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

35 $1. 500
40 ion
40
1.500
40
1. 400
40
1.000
40
1. 230
40
1.250

.0 0
0

M a y 15,1936 M ay 15,1935
Hours per week

New York, N . Y .:
W ood............................. $1. 714
B o ........................... 1°11.000
1. 500
W i r e ...................... .......
1.400
M e ta l...........................
1.000
Oklahoma City, O k la ...
1.200
Omaha, N ebr__________
1. 250
Peoria, 111______________
Philadelphia, Pa.:
1.200
W ood.............................
Metal
__ _____ _ 1. 375
1. 500
Pittsburgh, Pa_________
Portland, Oreg.:
Metal and wood, first
1.200
class _ . . ________
1.000
W ood, second class___
1. 200
Providence, R . I ___ ___
1. 250
Reading, P a____ ____
Rock Island (111.) dis­
1.250
trict _ ______________
St. Louis, M o.:
W ood...... ....................... io 7.400
1.375
Metal . ____________
1. 250
St. Paul, M in n ..............

Hours per week

C ity

Rates of wages
per hour

M ay 15,1936 M ay 15, 1935

M ARBLE SETTERS
Atlanta, Ga^................._.
Baltimore, M d-------------Birmingham, Ala
__
Rnstnn, Mass _
Buffalo, N . Y .
____
Butte, Mont
__
Charleston, S. C _____ _
Charleston, W . Va_____
Chieagn, T
il
Cincinnati, Ohio.
___
Cleveland, Ohio
CnliiTphns, Ohio
Balias, Tex____________
Bavenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
■Dayton, Ohio
Benver, Colo.__.......... .
Des Moines, Tow __
n.
Detroit, Mich_
Dnlnt.h, Minn
El Paso, Tex._............. . .
Erie, Pa
Grand Rapids, Mich___
TTonston, Ter
Indianapolis, Ind
Jacksonville, Fla
Kansas City, Mo
Little Rock, Ark_______
T,os Angeles, Calif
Louisville, K y_________
Madison, Wis
Memphis, Tenn
_ __
Milwaukee, W is_______
Minneapolis, Minn........
» Per 1,000 laths.
®




$1.125
1. 250
1. 250
1.300
1. 250
1. 625
1. 000
1. 333
1. 500
1. 375
1. 250
1. 250
1. 375

1.000
1. 250
1. 375
1. 250
1.000
1. 250
1.250
1. 250
1.250
1.300
1.000
1. 375
1.000
1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.375
1.050
1.200

40 $1. 375
40 1. 250
40 1.100
40 1. 300
40 1. 250
30 1. 625
44 1.000
40 1. 333
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.125
40 1.325
40 1.125

40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.100
1. 375
1. 250
1.000
1. 250
1. 250
1.250
1.125
1.200
1.000
1.375
1.000
1. ooo
1. 250
1.000
1. 375
1.050
1.125

Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__
New Haven, Conn_____
New Orleans, La_______
New York, N . Y
Norfolk, Va____________
Oklahoma City, O kla...
Omaha, Nebr__________
Peoria, Til
Philadelphia, Pa.............
Pittsburgh, Pa
Portland, Maine
___
Portland, Oreg...... ..........
Reading, Pa....................
Richmond, Va.................
Rochester, N . Y ............ .
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict................................
St. Louis, M o__________
St. Paul, Minn..... ..........
Salt Lake City, U ta h ...
San Antonio, Tex______
San Francisco, Calif____
Scranton, Pa
Seattle, Wash__________
South Bend, Tnd
Spokane, Wash___ *___
Springfield, Mass______
Toledo, Ohio....................
Washington, D. C _____
Wichita, Kans_________
Worcester, Mass_______
Youngstown, Ohio..........

$1. 375
1.200
1.000
1.500
1.375
1.000
1.125
1. 375
1.375
1. 250
1.250
1.000
1.375
1.250
1.200
1.000
1.375
1. 200
1. 250
1.125
1.125
1.500
1. 375
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.300
1.125

40 $1. 375
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.375
40 1. 250
40 1.200

44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.375
1.125
1.125

40
40
40
40

1.000
1.500
1.375

40
40
30

1.375
1.375
1.000
1.500

40
40
40
40

1.300
L 125

40
40

35

KATES AND HOURS BY TRADES AND CITIES

T a b l e 9 . — U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor i n specified trades, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
M O S A IC A N D T E R R A Z Z O W O R K E R S

Atlanta, Ga ____ ________ $1.000
Baltimore, M d __________ 1.188
Birmingham, A la _______ 1.250
Boston, M ass___________ 1.250
Buffalo, N . Y ____ ______ 1.188
Butte, M on t.....................- 1.625
Chicago, 111....................... . 1.375
Cincinnati, Ohio________ 1.150
1.188
Cleveland, Ohio.......... .
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio— ............... 1.000
Denver, Colo..... ............. . 1.250
1.250
E l Paso, Tex....................
Erie, Pa........................ ...... 1.250
Grand Rapids, M ich ___ 1.000
1. 250
Houston, T ex ...............
Indianapolis, In d_______ 1. 000
Jacksonville, Fla________ 1.000
Kansas C ity, Mo______ 1.000
Little Rock, Ark________ 1.000
Louisville, K y __________ 1.250
.900
Madison, W is ___________
1.100
Memphis, Tenn________
Milwaukee, W is _______ 1.200
Minneapolis, M in n ......... 1.250

40 $1.000
40 1.188
40 1. 000
40 1.250
40 1.188
30 1.625
40 1. 375
40 1.150
40 1.188

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.100
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1. 250
.900
1.000
1. 200
1. 250

Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn________
New Haven, Conn....... New Orleans, La.............
New York, N . Y . .........
Oklahoma City, Okla__.
Peoria, 111.......................
Philadelphia, Pa.............
Pittsburgh, Pa.................
Richmond, Va_________
Rochester, N. Y _______
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict_________________
St. Louis, M o____ _____
St. Paul, Minn— ........
San Ant.nnio, Ter
Scranton, Pa_...................
Seattle, Wash...... ........ .
South Bend, Ind_______
Spokane, Wash...............
Springfield, Mass........ .
Toledo, Ohio___________
Washington, D. C _____
Worcester, Mass_______
Youngstown, Ohio_____

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,193

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

M ay 15, 1936 M a y 15,1935

40 $1.250
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1.438
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1. 250
40 1.125
40 1.200

44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.175
1.000

40
40
44

1.250
1.250

40
30

1.125
1.375
1.250
1.300
1,300
1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40

40 $0,900
40 1.000
40 1.000
35 1.000

40
40
40
35

.925
1.500
1.000
1.063
.750

40
36
40
40
40

.800

40

1.000
1.063
.750

40
40
40

1.285
1. 500
1. 286
.750
1. 000
.800
1.000
1.000
1.200
1.000
.900
900
.800
1.050

35
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40

1.285
1. 286
1. 286
.750
1.000
.800
1.000
1.000
1.200
1.000
.900
.900
.800
1.050

35
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40

1.000
40
40
1. 250
35
1.000
1.250
35
1.000 - 35
1.000
40
1.000
40
1.000
35
40
1.000

1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.250
.900
.900
1.000
1.000
1,000

40
40
35
35
35
40
40
35
40

$1,000
1.200
1.000
1.438
1.000
1.000
1. 250
1.250
1.125
1.200
1.000
1.175
1.000
1.125
1. 250
1. 250
1.000
1.125
1.375
1. 250
1.300
1.300
1.000

40
32
44
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

P A IN T E R S
Atlanta, Ga......................
Baltimore, Md________
Birmingham, A la______
Boston, M ass__________
Buffalo, N. Y _.............
Paint sprayers_______
Butte, M o n t ................ .
Charleston, S. C _______
Charleston, W . V a-------Chicago, 111......................
Cincinnati, Ohio_______
Cleveland, Ohio...............
Fresco painters_______
Columbus, Ohio..............
Dallas, T ex.......................
Davenport, Iowa. (See
R ock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio________ __
Denver, C olo__________
Des Moines, Iowa...........
Detroit, M ich ..................
Fresco painters_______
Duluth, M in n .................
El Paso, Tex............. .......
Erie, Pa..........................
Grand Rapids, M ich ___
Fresco painters_______
Houston, T ex...... ............
Indianapolis, In d ............
Jacksonville, Fla...........
Kansas City, M o ............
Little Rock, A rk ............
Los Angeles, Calif...........
Louisville, K y .................
Madison, W is..................




$0. 850
1. 000
1.000
1.125
1. 000
1. 280
1. 250
.550
1.000
1.500
1. 200
1. 250
1. 300
1. 000
.875

1.100
1.250
1.125
1.000
1. 250
.875
1.000
.900
.900
1.000
1.000
1.150
.750
1.125
.875
1.000
.900
.900

40 $0.850
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1. 280
40 1.250
44
.550
40 1.000
30 1. 333
40 1.200
35 1.200
35 1. 200
40 1.000
40
.750

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
30
40
35
35
40
40

40
35
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.100
1.100
1.000
.800
1.000
.875
1.000
.750
.900

40
35
35
40
40
40
35
40
40

1.000
1.000
.750
1.125
.875
1.000
.900
,900

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

Manchester, N. H _____
Memphis, Tenn____
Milwaukee, W is_______
Minneapolis, Minn____
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn..............
Spray painters___ ___
Newark, N. J__________
New Haven, Conn.........
New Orleans, L a.......... .
New York, N. Y .:
Rate A ....................... .
Rate B.................. ........
Rate C______ ________
Norfolk, Va____________
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Omaha, Nebr____ _____
Peoria, 111.................. .......
Philadelphia, Pa_______
Pittsburgh, Pa_________
Portland, Oreg____ ____
Providence, R. I _______
Reading, Pa.......... ..........
Richmond, V a ..............
Rochester, N. Y _ _ ____
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict_________ _______
St. Louis, M o__________
St. Paul, M inn__.........
Fresco painters_______
Salt Lake City, U ta h ...
Fresco painters............
San Antonio, Tex______
San Francisco, Calif____
Scranton, Pa_____ _____

$0.900
1. 000
1. 000
1.000

36
T

a b le

UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
9.—

U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d tr a d e s , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6
a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y c itie s — Continued

,

PAIN TER S—Continued

Seattle, W ash______ South Bend, Ind______
Spokane, Wash________
Springfield, Mass______
Fresco paintors
Toledo, Ohio__________

$1.125
.825
1. 000
1.000
1. 375
1.150

30 $1.125
40 1.000
35 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.375
35 1.150

30
40
35
40
40
35

$1. 375
Washington, D. C
. 750
Wichita, Kans ______
Worcester, Mass ____
.950
York, Pa
_____ .650
Youngstown, Ohio
1. 200

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15, 1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15, 1935

35 $1.375
44
.700
40
.950
40
. 700
40 1. 200

35
44
40
40
40

40 $1.100
40 1.500
40 1. 200
40 1.000

40
40
40
40

1.000
1.125
1. 500
1.375
1. 500
1.125
1. 200
1. 200
1.250
1.100
1. 250

40
30
40
40
40
40
24
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 500
1. 500
1.100
1. 000
1. 200
1. 500
1.375
1. 500
1.125
1.200
1. 200
1. 250
1.100
1. 250

40
40
40
30
40
40
24
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 250
1.500
1.250
1. 500
1. 250
1.250
1. 200
1. 500
1. 250
1. 500
1. 375
1.375
1.500
1.000
1. 300
1.250

40
40
35
30
40
30
40
30
40
30
40
40
30
40
40
40

1. 250
1. 500
1.250
1. 500
1.000
1. 250
1.200
1. 500
1. 200
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.500

40
40
40
30
40
30
40
30
40
30
40
40
30

1.300
1.250

40
40

44 $1.000

44

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

30
35
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40

PLASTERERS
A t la n t a , G a ______________ $ 1,000
B a lt im o r e , M d ___________ 1. 250
B ir m in g h a m , A l a .............. 1 . 000
1.375
B o s t o n , M a s s .................. ..
1. 330
B u ffa lo , N . Y ____________
B u t t e , M o n t _ .............. ........ 1. 625
C h a r le s t o n , S. C _________ 1.00 0
1 .10 0
C h a r le s t o n , W . V a ______
C h a r lo t t e , N . C __________ 1. 250
1 . 500
C h ic a g o , I l l _ _ _ ................ ..
C in c in n a t i, O h io _________ 1.375
1. 500
C le v e la n d , O h i o .......... —
C o lu m b u s , O h io _________ 1 . 200
D a lla s , T e x ........................... 1.250
D a v e n p o r t , I o w a . (S ee
R ock
I s la n d
(111.)
d is t r ic t .)
D a y t o n , O h io ............ .......... 1 . 200
D e n v e r , C o l o _____________ 1 .10 0
D e s M o in e s , I o w a ----------- 1. 375
1. 250
D e t r o i t , M i c h . ................
D u lu t h , M i n n . . ................ 1.2 0 0
1.250
E l P a s o , T e x _____________
E r ie , P a _________ _________ 1.20 0
G r a n d R a p id s , M i c h ____ 1.00 0
H o u s t o n , T e x ...................... 1. 250
I n d ia n a p o lis , I n d ________ 1.325
1.00 0
J a c k s o n v ille , F l a ________
K a n s a s C i t y , M o ________ 1.325
1 . 000
L i t t le R o c k , A r k ________
L o s A n g e le s , C a lif............. 1. 250
L o u is v ille , K y ................... .. 1.00 0
M a d i s o n , W i s . . . .............. .. 1.20 0
M a n c h e s t e r , N . H ............. 1. 300
1. 250
M e m p h i s , T e n n ________
1 . 200
M ilw a u k e e , W i s ____ . . .
M in n e a p o lis , Minn____ 1.250
M o li n e , 1 1 (S ee R ock
1.
I s la n d (111.) d is t r ic t .)

40
40
40
30
40
30
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
30

$ 1,000
1.250

1.00 0
1.375
1.500
1. 625

1.00 0
~ L 250
1.500
1.375
1.375
1 . 200

1.00 0

1 . 200
1 .10 0
1.375
1. 250
1 . 200

1.00 0
1.2 0 0
1. 250

1 . 000
1.20 0
1.00 0
1. 325

1 . 000
1. 250

1 .10 0
1.00 0
1.300
1. 250

1.20 0
1.250

40
40
40
30
30
30
44
" ’ "44
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

Nashville, Tenn----------Newark, N. J____ _____
New Haven, Conn.___
New Orleans, La........ .
New York, N. Y.:
Rate A______________
Rate B.......... .........
Norfolk, V a .......... ........
Oklahoma City, Okla...
Omaha, Nebr...............
Peoria, 1 1
1 _____________
Philadelphia, Pa..........
Pittsburgh, Pa__............
Portland, Maine______
Portland, Oreg________
Providence, R. I____ _
Reading, Pa__________
Richmond, Va________
Rochester, N. Y ------ -Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict........ .............. ......
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________
Springfield, Mass______
Toledo, Ohio............. .
Washington, D. C.........
Wichita, Kans________
Worcester, Mass_______
Youngstown, Ohio........

$1. 250
1.500
1.200
1. 000
1. 500
1. 500
1.10 0

P L U M B E R S A N D G A S F IT T E R S

Atlanta, Ga_____________________
Baltimore, Md________
Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass_________
Buffalo, N. Y ...................
Butte, Mont........... .................
Gas fitters___________
Charleston, S. C_______
Charleston, W. Va_________
Charlotte, N. C__................... ...
Chicago, 111_____________________
Cincinnati, Ohio______
Cleveland, Ohio................. ...
Columbus, Ohio...........................




$1. 250
. 100
1. 250
1. 250
1.200
1.700
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.100
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.200
1

40 $1. 250
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40
. 200
30 1.700
40
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.100
44 1.375
40 1. 250
40 1. 250
40 1.200
1

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
44
40
40
40

Dallas, Tex___________
Davenport, Iowa, (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_________
Denver, Colo................
Des Moines, Iowa..........
Detroit, Mich—....... ......
Duluth, Minn_________
El Paso, Tex...................
Erie, Pa........ ..................
Grand Rapids, Mich___
Houston, Tex....... .........
Indianapolis, Ind...........

$1. 500

1.200
1.300
1. 250
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.500
1. 250

1.200
1.143
1.250
1.250
1.200
1.250
1.200
.900
1.000
1. 200

37

BATES AND HOURS BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able 9. —

U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d tr a d e s , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y c itie s — Continued

P L U M B E R S A N D G A S F I T T E R S - C o n t in u e d

Jacksonville, Fla ------- $1.000
.
Kansas City, Mo. ------ 1 250
Little Rock, Ark---------- 1.000
Los Angeles, Calif........ . 1.125
.
Louisville, Ky------------- 1 125
Madison, Wis................. 1.200
Manchester, N. H -------- 1.000
Memphis, Tenn............. 1.250
Milwaukee, Wis............. 1. 200
Minneapolis, M i n n _ 1.200
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn........... 1.100
Newark, N. J.:
Rate A......................... 1.250
Rate B— ................... 1. 400
New Haven, Conn------- 1.000
New Orleans, La---------- 1.050
New York, N. Y.:
Rate A........ ........... --- 1. 500
Rate B.................. ...... 1.400
Norfolk, V a ---------------- 1.100
Oklahoma City, Okla_-- 1.000
Peoria, 1 1
1 -------------------- 1. 250
1.200
Philadelphia, P a ------Pittsburgh, Pa------- - _ 1.500
1.000
Portland, Maine----------

40 $1.000
40 1. 250
36 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.125
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40 1.200
40 1.200

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40

1.100

40

40
40
40
44

1.250
1.400
1.200
1.050

40
40
40
44

40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40

1.500
1. 400
1.100
1.000
1.200
1.200
1. 500
1.000

40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40

Portland, Oreg________
Providence, R. I............
Reading, Pa___________
Richmond, Va............ .
Rochester, N. Y _______
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict:
Davenport, Iowa, and
Rock Island, 1 1
1 ____
Moline, 11
1__________
St. Louis, Mo....... .........
St. Paul, Minn________
Salt Lake City, Utah...
San Antonio, Tex. ___
San Francisco, Calif.......
Scranton, Pa------------ Seattle, W ash.......... .
South Bend, Ind.......... .
Spokane, Wash.......... .
Springfield, Mass______
Toledo, Ohio .................
Washington, D. C_____
Wichita, Kans________
Worcester, Mass_______
York, Pa_____________
Youngstown, Ohio____

$1. 200
1. 200
1.200
1.000
1.200

1. 250
1. 200
1. 438
1.200
1.100
1. 250
1.100
1. 200
1. 375
1.125
1.200
1.200
1.200
1. 500
.900
1. 200
. 850
1. 200

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

May 15,1936 May 15,1935
Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15, 1936 May 15, 1935

30
40 $1. 200
40 1. 200
44 1.100
40 1.200

40
4
.0
40
40

40
40
24
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
44
40
44
40

1.250
1.200
1.438
1.200
1.100
1.000
1.100
1.200
1. 375
1.125
1. 200
1.200
1.200
1. 500
1.100
1.200
.850
1. 200

40
40
40
40
35
40
40
35
48
40
35
40
40
40
44
40
44
40

40 $ 1 . 281
40
1. 285
40
n 44
.7 5 0
n 44
.9 0 0
40
1. 250
40
1.350
30
.9 0 0
40
.9 5 0

40
40

R O O F E R S , C O M P O S IT IO N

Atlanta, Ga
Foremen
________
Baltimore, Md________
Boston, M ass_______
Buffalo, N. Y ___________
Chicago, 111_____________
Foremen
___________
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Foremen........................
Columbus, Ohio___
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) d is ­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio _______
Foremen....................
"Dp.nvp.r, Colo

$ 1,000
1. 100
.9 0 0
1.175
.8 5 0
1.500
1. 750
1. 025
1. 275
1. 400
.8 0 0

40 $ 1 . 000
1 .10 0
40
40
.9 0 0
40
1.175
40
.8 5 0
40
1. 500
1.750
40
1. 025
40
40
1.150
40
1. 250
1.000
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.125
.8 5 0
1.000

40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

.6 0 0

40

1.00 0
1 .10 0
1. 125
.9 0 0

Detroit, Mich________
Kansas City. Mo......... . 1.000
Foramen

Milwaukee, Wis______
Minneapolis, Minn-----Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
Island, 111., (district.)
Nashville, Tenn

ii 40 hours June to August, inclusive.




.8 5 0
.9 5 0

1.000
1 .10 0
1.00 0
1.125
.7 5 0
1.000

Newark, N. J____________ $ 1 . 281
New York, N. Y _______ 1. 285
Peoria, 111_________________ 1.000
Philadelphia, Pa............
.8 5 0
Foremen_______________ 1. 000
Pittsburgh, Pa__..........
1. 250
Foremen____________ 1. 350
Portland, Oreg_______
.9 0 0
Rochester, N. Y _______
. 950
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict .
1.125
Foremen___________
1. 250
St. Louis, Mo_________ 1. 250
Foremen___________ 1. 375
St. Paul, Minn________ 1 000
.
San Francisco, Calif___ 1.000
Scranton, Pa_______ _ 1. 125
Seattle, Wash............... 1.125
South Bend, Ind._....... . .9 0 0
Springfield, Mass........... 1. 200
Toledo, Ohio................ . 1.125
Washington, D. C_____
.8 5 0
Foremen____________ 1 .10 0
Youngstown, Ohio_____ 1.000
Foremen_________ __ 1. 250

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.125
1.250
1. 250
1. 375

40
40
40
40
30
40

1.20 0

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

.7 5 0
1. 000
.8 0 0
1.000

30
40
40
40

1. 000
1.000
1. 000
1.125
.9 0 0

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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES

T able 9*—

U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d tr a d e s, M a y I S , 1 9 3 6 ,
a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y c itie s — Continued

R O O F E R S , S L A T E A N D T IL E

Atlanta, Ga.................... $1,000
Baltimore, M d ..
1.250
Birmingham, Ala
1.000
Boston, Mass
1.175
Chicago, 11
1______ ____ _ 1.500
Cincinnati, Ohio______ 1.075
Cleveland, Ohio_______ 1. 375
Columbus, Ohio_______ 1.000
Dayton, Ohio____ _____ 1.150
Denver, Colo__________ 1.125
Detroit, Mich_________ 1.000
Kansas City, Mo______ 1. 000
Milwaukee, Wis_______ 1. 200
Minneapolis, Minn____ 1.000
Newark, N. J_________ 1. 500
New Haven, Conn____ 1.000
New York, N. Y .......... . 1. 578

40 $1,000
40
.900
40
40 1.175
40 1.500
40 1.075
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.000
35 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1. 500
40 1.000
40 1.578

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

Oklahoma City, Okla_._ $1,000
1.000
1.500
.900
1.100
Reading, Pa__________ 1. 200
Rochester, N. Y ______
.950
St. Louis, Mo
1. 500
St. Paul, Minn........ ..... 1.000
1.000
San Francisco, Calif
Scranton, Pa _
1.125
Seattle, Wash................. 1.125
South Bend, Tnd
1.000
Springfield, Mass. . . 1. 200
Toledo, Ohio _
1.125
Washington, D. C_____ 1.500
Youngstown, Ohio_____ 1. 250

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May IS,1936 May 15,1935

40 $0.875
40
40 1.500
40
.900
40 1.000
35 1.200
40
.950
40 1.500
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.200
40
40 1.500
40 1.000

40
40

$0.875
1.400
1.125
.900
1. 400
1.000
.875
1.125
1. 250
1. 250
.900
1.000
1.100
1.050
1.000
1. 250
1.100
.900
1. 250
1.100
1.125
1. 250
1.000
1.000
1. 200
1. 000
1. 500
.850
1.250

40
40 $1. 400
40 1.000
40
.900
40 1.400
40
.875
40
.875
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.313
40
.900
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.050
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
.900
35
40 1. 250
40
.900
40 1.125
30 1. 250
40 1.000
35 1.000
40 1.200
.900
40
40 1.500
40
.850
40 1.250

40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
44
40
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
40

$1. 250
1.500
1. 250
1.400
1.250
1.250

40 $1. 250
40 1.500
44 1. 250
40 1.400
40 1.250
44 1.250

40
40
40
40
40
44

Peoria. Ill
Pittsburgh, Pa
Portland, Maine
Providence, R. I

44
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
25

SHEET M E TA L W O R K E RS

Atlanta, Ga................. .
Baltimore, Md.......... .
B ir m in g h a m , Ala
Boston, Mass........... ......
Buffalo, N. Y .................
Butte, Mont...................
Chicago, 1 1
1 .....................
Cincinnati, Ohio............
Cleveland, Ohio.............
Columbus, Ohio.............
Dallas, Tex...................
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio............... .
Denver, Colo------ -------Des Moines, Iowa_____
Detroit, Mich— ..........
Duluth, Minn..............
El Paso, Tex...................
Houston, Tex...............
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Kansas City, Mo______
Los Angeles, Calif-------Louisville, Ky................
Madison, Wis_________
Manchester, N. H.:
First class 1 ................
3
Second class 1 .......... .
3
Memphis, Tenn_______
Milwaukee, Wis---------Minneapolis, Minn____

$1,000
1.125
1.000
1.175
1.000
1.250
1.375
1. 075
1.250
1.000
1.250

40 $1,000
40 1.125
40
40 1.175
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40 1. 375
40 1.075
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.150
1. 250
1.250
1.000
.900
1.250
1.375
1.150
1.250
1.000
. 850
.950

40
35
40
<0
*
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.125
1.000
1.000
.850
1.250
1. 250
1.200
1. 250
.875
.850
.850

40
40
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40

.750
.750
1.000
1.000
1.000

40
40
40
40
40

1.000
.750
.900
1.000
1.000

40
40
40
40
40

Moline, HI. (See Rock
Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_______
Newark, N. J.................
New Haven, Conn_____
New Orleans, La______
New York, N. Y ............
Oklahoma, Okla_______
Omaha, Nebr...............
Peoria, 1 1
1 .......................
Philadelphia, Pa............
Pittsburgh, Pa...............
Portland, Maine.......
Portland, Oreg............ __
Providence, R. I__.........
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........... .
Springfield, Mass...........
Toledo, Ohio__________
Washington, D. C_____
York, Pa.........................
Youngstown, Ohio.........

S IG N P A IN T E R S

40 $1,000
40 Charleston, W. Va.........
Atlanta, G a __________ $1,000
40 1.125
40 Chicago, 111.....................
Baltimore, M d .______ 1.125
Birmingham, Ala _ _ 1. 375
40 Cincinnati, Ohio______
35 1.375
40 Cleveland, Ohio........... .
40 1.375
Boston, Mass_________ 1.250
RnfTfdn N. V
40 Columbus, Ohio_______
1.000
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 Dallas, Tex_____ ______
Butte, Mont................... 1.250
» First and second class distinction discontinued July 1, 1935.




39

RATES AND HOURS BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able 9. —

U n io n scales o f w ages and hours o f labor in specified trades , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
S IG N P A IN T E R S —C o n t in u e d

Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.)
district.)
Dayton, Ohio................. $1.350
Denver, Colo.................. 1.125
D as MniriAS, Tnwa
1.000
Detroit, Mich....... ......... 1.250
Duluth, Minn___........... 1.000
Grand Rapids, Mich___ 1.000
Houston, Tex................. 1.250
Indianapolis, Ind........... 1.125
Jacksonville, Fla............ .750
Kansas City, Mo........... 1.500
Los Angeles, Calif.......... 1.350
Louisville, Ky................ 1.125
Manchester, N. H.......... .900
Memphis, Tenn............. 1.125
1. 250
Milwaukee, Wis.........
Minneapolis, Minn........ 1.250
Moline, 11 . (See Rock
1
Island (HI.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn............ 1.000
Newark, N. J . . . ............ 1.000
New Orleans, La............ 1.125
New York, N. Y.:
Inside.......................... 2.100
2.100
Outside....................
1.000
Norfolk, V a ...............

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40 $1,300
40 1.000
40
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40 1.125
40
.750
40 1.275
40 1.000
44 1.125
40
.900
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 L 250

40
40

40
40
40

1.000
1.000
1.000

40
40
40

35
35
40

1.890
2.100

35
35

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40.
40

May 15
,,1936 May 15,1935
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Oklahoma City, Okla..
Pictorial................... .
Omaha, Nebr____ ____
Pictorial___________
Peoria, 111............. ........
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Pittsburgh, Pa.............
Portland, Oreg..............
Providence, E. I..........
Richmond, Va_______
Rochester, N. Y .........
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict..........................
St. Louis, Mo............
St. Paul, Minn........ .
Salt Lake City, Utah...
San Antonio, Tex_____
San Francisco, Calif___
Seattle, Wash...............
South Bend, Ind..........
Spokane, Wash.............
Springfield, Mass.........
Toledo, Ohio_________
Washington, D. C........
Wichita, Kans__..........
Worcester, Mass______
Youngstown, Ohio____

$1,000
1. 250
1.000
1.250
1.125
1.300
1.500
1.250
1.000
1.160
1.200

.
.
.
.
.

1.063
1.500
1. 250
1.000
1.063
1.350
1.350
.800
1.000
1.375
1. 250
1.500
.800
.950
1.250

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40 $0,750
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.050
40 1.300
40 1.375
35 1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.160
40 1.200
40
40
40
40
44
40
30
44
35
44
40
40
44
40
40

1.063
1.500
1.250
.900
1.063
1. 350
1.350
1.000
1.000

1.375
1. 250
1.500
.950
1.120

S T E A M A N D S P R IN K L E R F IT T E R S

Atlanta, Ga....................
Baltimore, Md________
Sprinkler fitters-------Birmingham, Ala______
Boston, Mass, (sprin­
kler fitters only)_____
Buffalo, N. Y _________
Sprinkler fitters..........
Butte, Mont............ ......
Charleston, S. C_______
Charleston, W. Va....... .
Charlotte, N. C_....... .
Chicago, 111....................
Sprinkler fitters_____
Cincinnati, Ohio............
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Sprinkler fitters........._
Columbus, Ohio_______
Dallas, Tex.....................
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio............... .
Denver, Colo..................
Des Moines, Iowa_____
Detroit, Mich.................
Duluth, Minn------ -----El Paso, Tex............... .
Erie, Pa.............. ..........
Grand Rapids, Mich___
Houston, Tex_________
Indianapolis, Ind__.......
Jacksonville, Fla______
Kansas City, M o ..........




$1. 250
1.100
1.125
1.250

40 $1. 250
40 1.100
40 1.125
40 1.000

40
40
40
40

1.125
1.200
1.125
1. 700
1.000
1.000
1.100
1. 500
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.125
1.200
1.500

40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44

1.125
1.200
1.125
1.700
1.000
1.100
1.100
1. 375
1. 375
1.200
1. 250
1.125
1.200
1.000

40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44

1.200
1.300
1.250
1.250
1.000
1. 250
1.000
1.000
1.500
1.250
1.000
1.250

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.200
1.143
1.250
1.250
1.200
1. 250
1.200
.900
1.000
1.200
1.000
1.250

30
35
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40

Little Rock, Ark______
Los Angeles, Calif_____
Sprinkler fitters..........
Louisville, Ky............
Madison, Wis________ _
Manchester, N. H _____
Memphis, Tenn__.........
Sprinkler fitters..........
Milwaukee, Wis_______
Sprinkler fitters_____
Minneapolis, Minn____
Sprinkler fitters..........
Moline, 11 . (See Rock
1
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_______
Newark, N. J....... .........
Sprinkler fitters..........
New Haven, Conn........
New Orleans, La............
New York, N. Y ............
Norfolk, Va___________
Oklahoma City, Okla...
Peoria, 1 1
1 _____ _______
Philadelphia, Pa______
Sprinkler fitters..........
Pittsburgh, Pa________
Sprinkler fitters..........
Portland. Maine............
Portland, Oreg________
Providence, R. I______
Sprinkler fitters..........
Reading, Pa___..............
Richmond, Va...............
Rochester, N. Y __.........

$1,000
1.250
1.125
1.125
1.200
1.000
1.250
1.125
1. 200
1.125
1.200
1.125
1.100
1.500
1.125
1.000
1.050
1.400
1.100
1.000
1. 250
1.200
1.125
1.500
1.125
1.000
1.200
1.200
1.125
1.200
1.000
1.200

36 $1,000
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.125
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1.250
40
40 1.200
40 1.125
40 1.200
40 1.125
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
44
40

1.100
1.500
1.125
1.200
1.050
1.400
1.100
1.000
1.200
1.200
1.125
1.500
1.125
1.000
1.200
1.200
1.125
1.200
1.100
1.200

40

UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TBAUES

T a b l e 9 . — U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d tr a d e s , M a y 1 5 , 1 9 5 6 ,
a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y c i t i e s — Continued

STEAM AND SPRINKLER FITTERS-Continued
May 15,1936 May 15,1935

City

Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict:
Davenport, Iowa, and
Rock Island, 111____
Moline, 111__________
St. Louis, Mo_________
Sprinkler fitters--------St. Paul, Minn _
Sprinkler fitters_____
Salt Lake City, Utah__
San Antonio, Tex______
San Francisco, Calif___
Sprinkler fitters---------

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$1. 250
1. 200
1.438
1.250
1.200
1.125
1.100
1. 250

1.125
1.125

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40 $1.250
40 1.200
40 1.438
24 1.250
40 1.200
40 1.125
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.125

May 15,1936 May 15,1935
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1
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40

Scranton, Pa.................. $1.200
1.375
Seattle, Wash............ .
South Bend, Ind_.......... 1.125
1.200
Spokane, Wash___
Springfield, Mass
1.200
1.200
Toledo, Ohio _
Washington, D. C_____ 1.500
Sprinkler fitters
1.125
.900
Wichita, Kans________
Worcester, Mass............ 1.200
.850
York, Pa.......
Youngstown, Ohio ___ 1.200

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40 $1.200
30 1.375
40 1.125
35 1.200
40 1.200
40 1.200
40 1.500
40 1.125
44 1.100
40 1.200
44
.850
40 1.200

35
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
40

40 $1.000
40 1.125
40
.800
40 1.000
44
.750
44
.600
40 1.000
40 1. 500
40 1.375

40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
40

1. 500
1. 375
1. 250
1. 250
1. 500
1.250
1. 625
1.125
1.000
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.500
1. 000
1.250
1.500

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
40

1. 500
1.375

40
40

1. 250
1. 500
1. 250
1. 625
1.125
1.000
1.000
1.250
1.000
1. 500
1.000
1. 250
1.500

40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
40

1.250
1.000
.850
1.375
1.000
.800

40
40
40
40
44
44

1. 250
1.000
.850
1.375
1.000
.800

40
40
40
40
44
44

40 $1.125
35 1.300
35 1.000
35 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.313
40 1.000
40 1.300
44 1.000
40 1.125

40
35
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40

STONECUTTERS
Baltimore, Md.:
Outside____________ $1.000
.750
Inside______________
Boston, Mass.:
1.175
Tnside
_ _
1. 350
Outside__
Carvers:
Inside_____________ 1.445
Outside___________ 1.610
Buffalo, N. Y _________ 1. 200
Carvers....... ................ 1.450
Chicago, 111___________ 1. 000
Carvers____________ 1.250
Stone planermen
.850
Cincinnati, Ohio______ 1. 000
Carvers
____ 1.125
Planermen
.800
1. 250
Cleveland, Ohio _
Carvers____________ 1.500
Columbus, Ohio_______ 1.125
Planermen _
.875
Dallas, Tex___________ 1. 000
.800
Planermen__________
Denver, Colo__________ 1.125
Detroit, Mich.:
Stonecutters:
Shop
1.000
Building................... 1.250
Stone carvers________ 1.125
Planermen, machine.. .800
Erie, Pa______________ 1. 250
Houston, Tex_________ 1. 000
Planermen_______ __ .800
Indianapolis, Ind......... . 1.000

40 $1. 000
40
.750

40
40

40
40

1.175
1.350

40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
35

1.440
1.610
1.200
1.450
1.000
1. 250
.850
1.000
1.125
.800
1. 250

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.125
.875
1.000
.800
1.125

40
40
44
44
30

1.000
1. 250

40
40

1. 250
1.000
.800
1.000

44
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
44
44
44
40

Kansas City, Mo.:
Shop _____________
Building____________
Machinemen...............
Little Rock, Ark______
Louisville, Ky________
Planermen............. .
Milwaukee, W i s ______
Newark, N. J_________
Machine__________
New York, N. Y.:
Machine_________ .
Planermen_______ _
Oklahoma City, Okla__
Peoria, 1 1
1 _____________
Philadelphia, Pa______
Pittsburgh, P a _______
Carvers ____________
Reading, Pa _________
Rochester, N. Y _______
St. Louis, Mo_________
Carvers_____________
Scranton, Pa__________
Carvers_____________
Springfield, Mass______
Toledo, Ohio..................
Carvers_______ ____ _
Washington, D. C.:
Outside____________
Inside______________
Machine____________
Carvers_____________
Wichita, Kans.... .........
Machine............. ........

$1.000
1.125
.800
1.000
.900
.600
1.000
1.500
1. 375

STONEMASONS
Atlanta, Ga...........
Baltimore, Md----Birmingham, Ala..
Boston, Mass------Buffalo, N. Y ........
Butte, Mont_____
Charleston, S. C__.
Charleston, W. Va
Chicago, 111---------Cincinnati, Ohio...
Cleveland, Ohio...
Columbus, Ohio...




$1,125
1.100
1. 250
1. 300
1.250
1.625
1 000
1.333
1.500
1.375
1.375
1.300

40 $1.125
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1.300
40 1.250
30 1. 625
44 1.000
40 1.333
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1. 300

40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
40
40
40
40

Dallas, Tex._............... Dayton, Ohio............ .
Denver, Colo......... ........
Des Moines, Iowa........_
Detroit, Mich_________
Duluth, Minn............ .
El Paso, Tex............... .
Erie, Pa_ _____ ______
_
Houston, Tex............... .
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Jacksonville, Fla._.........
Kansas City, Mo.........

$1.125
1.300
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.313
1. 250
1.425
1.000
1.125

41

RATES AND HOURS BY TRADES AND CITIES

T a b l e 9 . — U n io n scales o f wages and h ours o f labor in specified tra d es, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , by cities — C o n t in u e d
S T O N E M A S O N S —C o n t in u e d

Little Rock, Ark______ $1.125
L or Angeles, Calif
1.000
1.250
1. 000
1. 300
Memphis, Tenn_
1. 375
Milwaukee, Wis_______ 1.125
Minneapolis, Minn____ 1.250
Nashville, Tenn........ . _. 1.250
Newark, N. J __________ 1. 500
New Haven, Conn....... 1.200
New Orleans, La______ 1. 000
New York, N. Y.:
Rate A
.. .
1.500
Rato B _
_
__ _ 1 563
.
Norfolk, Va._ ____ _____ 1. 250
Oklahoma City, Okla... 1.250
Peoria, 11 ______________ 1.375
1
1.375
Philadelphia, Pa_____
Rubble masons.......... 1.000
Pittsburgh, Pa------------- 1.400
Louisville, Ely________
Madison, Wis_________
Manchester, N. H _____

40 $1.125
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.300
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.100
40 1. 500
40 1. 200
40 1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1. 500
1. 563
1. 250
1. 250
1. 250
1.375
1. 000

1.400

Portland, Maine______ $1. 250
Providence, R. I______ 1. 250
Reading, Pa__________ 1.200
Riehmnmi, Va
1.250
Rochester, N. Y _______ 1. 250
St. Louis, Mo_________ 1.250
St. Paul, Minn _
1.100
Salt Lake City, Utah... 1.250
1.250
San Antonio, Tex . . .
San Francisco, Calif___ 1. 500
1.500
Scranton, Pa_______
Seattle, Wash_________ 1.500
South Bend, Ind............ 1. 250
1. 250
Spokane, Wash
1.375
Springfield, Mass
1. 250
Toledo, Ohio.. _______
Washington, D. C......... 1.500
Worcestor, Mass______ 1.300
1.000
York, Pa 1. 250
Youngstown, O hio.__

40 $1.250
40 1.250
40 1. 200
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.100
40 1.125
40 1. 250
30 1.500
40 1.500
30 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1. 250
40 1.375
40 1. 250
40 1. 500
40 1. 300
40 1. 000
40 1.250

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

May 15,1936 May 15,1935
Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

S T R U C T U R A L IR O N W O R K E R S «

Atlanta, Ga___________
Rodmen____________
Baltimore. Md________
Rodmen. .......... .........
Birmingham, Ala______
Rodmen_________ _
Boston, Mass_________
Buffalo, N. Y .................
Butte, Mont__________
Rodmen____________
Charleston, W. Va_____
Chicago, 111___________
Rodmen____________
Finishers..
.......
Cincinnati, Ohio______
Rodmen____________
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Columbus, Ohio_______
Rodmen____________
Dellas, T py
.
Rodmen__________
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.)
district.)
Dayton, Ohio_________
Rodmen____________
Denver, Colo__________
Des Moines, Iowa_____
Detroit, Mieh
Rodmen____________

$1. 250
.900
1.375
1.100
1. 250
. 750
1. 200
1.125
1. 250
1. 250
1.250
1.500
1. 500
1. 500
1. 250
1.100
1. 375
1. 250
1. 000
1. 250
1. 000

40 SI. 250
40
.900
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40
.750
40 1. 200
40 1.125
40 1.250
40
40 1.250
40 1.350
40
40 1.313
40 1.250
40 1.100
40 1. 250
40 1. 250
40 1. 000
40 1.000
40
.750

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44

40 $1 . 1 0 0
40
Louisville, Ky_________ $1 . 1 0 0
40
Rodmen......... ........... . . 990
.900
40
40 1.050
Madison, Wis................ 1. 050
40
40 1.125
40
Manchester, N. H_........ 1. 125
40 1.000
40
Memphis, Tenn_______ 1. 000
40 1.125
40
Milwaukee, Wis......... . 1.175
40
.900
Rodmen...................... 1.050
40
44 1. 250
44
Minneapolis, Minn____ 1. 250
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
40
40 Nashville, Tenn_____ _ 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.750
40 Newark, N. J_________ 1. 750
40
40 1. 375
40
New Haven, Conn....... . 1. 375
40 1. 250
44
40 New Orleans, La______ 1. 250
40
40
.750
44
Rodmen.................... . 1. 250
40 1. 650
40 New York, N. Y ______ 1. 650
40
40 1.400
40
Rodmen. ............ ........ 1. 400
40
40
Finishers:
40 1.400
40
40
Rate A..... ......... ...... 1. 400
40 1.400
40
Rate B____ _______ 1. 400
40
40 1. 250
44
40 Norfolk, Va..............— _ 1. 250
40
.750
44
Rodmen______ ______ .750
44 1.000
40
Oklahoma City, Okla... 1. 000
40
.900
Omaha, Nebr_________
40 1. 250
1.150
40 Peoria, 1 1
40 1.150
40
1 _____________ 1. 250
40 1. 375
1.000
40 1.000
40 Philadelphia, Pa........... 1. 375
40
.850
40
.850
1. 250
35 1.100
40
40
Rodmen____________
1. 250
40 1.000
40 1. 375
35 Pittsburgh, Pa________ 1.375
40
40 1.125
40
1. 250
40 1. 250
40 Portland, Oreg________ 1. 250
40 1.000
1.000
40 1.000
40
40
Rodmen____________ 1.125
Erie, Pa
1.125
1.250
40 1. 250
40 1.125
40 Providence, R. I___ . . .
40
40 1. 500
40
.900
40
.900
40 Reading, Pa_____ _____ 1.500
Rodmen____________
40 1.000
40 1.000
40
40
Houston, Tex................. 1.000
Rodmen...................... 1.000
40 1.250
40
40 1.300
40 Richmond, Va________ 1. 250
Indianapolis, Ind......... 1.425
40 1.000
40 1.050
40
Rodmen____________ 1.175
40
Rodmen______ ______ 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.200
40
40 Rochester, N. Y ____ _ 1.200
Kansas City, Mo......... . 1. 375
40 1.125
40 Rock Island (111.) dis­
Rodmen____________ 1.125
40 1.000
40
40 1.125
Finishers____________ 1. 250
40
trict....................... ...... 1.000
40
40 1.000
40 St. Louis, Mo.......... ...... 1. 470
40 1.470
Little Rock, Ark............ 1.000
40 1.200
40
.600
40
.600
40 St. Paul, Minn............ 1.200
Rodmen____________
40 1.000
40
1.125
44 1.125
44
Los Angeles, Calif
Rodmen____________ 1.000
40
40 1.125
40
Rodmen...................... 1.125
Salt Lake City, Utah... 1.125
i» In cities where different kinds of work are not listed separately, it can be assumed that the same rate
prevails for erectors, rodmen, and finishers.




42

UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES

T a b l e 9. — U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor i n specified tra d es, M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 6 ,
and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
S T R U C T U R A L IR O N W O R K E R S - C o n t ln u e d

Sap Antonio, Tex........... $1.000
San Francisco, Calif....... 1. 375
Rodmen...................... 1.125
Finlshfirs.
1.125
Scranton, Pa................... 1.125
Rodmen...................... 1.000
Seattle, Wash................. 1. 375
Rodmen...................... 1.125
Finishers____________ 1. 250
South Bend, Ind.......... . 1. 250
Rodmen...................... 1.000

40 $1,000
40 1.375
40 1.125
40
40 1.125
40 1.000
30 1.375
30 1.125
30 1. 250
40 1.250
40 1.000

40
40
40
40
40
30
30
30
40
40

Spokane, Wash________ $1.375
Rodman
_ __ 1.125
Finishers___________ 1.250
Springfield, Mass........... 1.125
Toledo, Ohio................... 1.250
Rodmen_____ _______ 1.000
Washington, D. C......... 1. 750
Rodmen...................... 1. 375
Wichita, Kans________ 1.100
Worcester, Mass........... 1. 250
Youngstown, Ohio......... 1. 250

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40
40
40
40 $1.125
40 1.250
40 1.000
30 1.750
40 1.250
40 1.100
40 1.250
40 1.250

40
40
40
30
40
44
40
40

40 $1.250
40 1.438
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1.438
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.200

44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.250
1.125
1.000

40
40
40
40

1.000
1.250
1.250

40
40
30

1.000
1.375
1.000
1.300
1.300
1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40

40 $0.825
40 1.125

40
40

.978
.700
.450
.725
.675
.575
.500
.625
.675
.775

40
40
40
40
48
48
40
40
35
35

T IL E L A Y E R S

Atlanta, Ga................. ..
Baltimore, M d ........ . . .
Birmingham, Ala...........
Boston, Mass------ -------Buffalo, N. Y ....... .........
Butte, Mont__________
Charleston, S. C---------Charleston, W. Va------Chicago, 11
1----------------Cincinnati, Ohio..........
Cleveland, Ohio_______
Columbu9, Ohio----------Dallas, Tex___________
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_________
Denver, Colo.................
Des Moines, Iowa-------Detroit, Mich----------Duluth, Minn------------El Paso, Tex............... ..
Erie, Pa..........................
Grand Rapids, Mich ___
Houston, Tex................
Indianapolis, Ind............
Jacksonville, Fla............
Kansas City, M o .........
Little Rock, Ark---------Las Angeles, Calif
Louisville, Ky.............. .
Madison, Wis.................
Memphis, Tenn.............
Milwaukee, Wis......... .
Minneapolis, Minn.......

$1.900
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.188
1.625
1.000
1.333
1. 500
1.000
1.375
1.000
1.250

1.000
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.250
1. 250
1.000
1.250
1.200
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.100
1.250
1.200

40 $1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.300
40 1.188
30 1.625
44 1.000
40 1. 333
24 1. 500
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.000

40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
24
40
40
40
40

40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.000
1.100
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.125
1.000
1.000
1.000

40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40

1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.125

40
40
40
40
40

Moline, 1 1 (See Rock
1.
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, 1 1 ..................
1 .....
Philadelphia, Pa--------Pittsburgh, Pa------------Portland, Maine______
Portland, Oreg________
Reading, Pa__________
Richmond, Va________
Rochester, N. Y ............
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.. _.........................
St. Louis, Mo....... .........
St. Paul, Minn........... .
Salt Lake City, Utah...
San Antonio, Tex______
San Francisco, Calif----Scranton, Pa.................
Seattle, Wash.................

$1.000
1.438
1.200
1.000
1.438
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.125
1.250
1. 250
1.000
1.250
1.125
1.200

1.000
1.250
1.200
1.000
1.125
1.250
1.250
1.250
Smith Rend, Tnd
1.000
Spokane, Wash.............. 1.000
Springfield, Mass........... 1.375
Toledo, Ohio................ . 1.250
Washington, D. C_____ 1.300
Worcester, Mass............ 1.300
Youngstown, Ohio------- 1.000

B U IL D IN G L A B O R E R S

Atlanta, Ga.:
Class A ...............
Class B....... ........
Baltimore, Md____
Birmingham, Ala _.
Skilled.................
Boston, Mass.:
Skilled, rate A . . .
Unskilled, rate A.
Skilled, rateB ...
Unskilled, rate B.
Butte, Mont..........
Concrete laborers.




$0. 400
.600
.450
.400
.550
.775
.775
.700
.700
.720
1.125

40 $0. 400
.600
40
40
.450
40
.400
40

40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
30

40
44
40
44
40
30

.700
.700
.700
.700
.720
1.125

Chicago, 111.................... $0.950
Caisson diggers........ . 1.250
Windlass or niggerhead............ ............ 1.100
Building wreckers....... .700
Cincinnati, Ohio______
.500
Cleveland, Ohio............. .820
Wreckers..................... .750
Wreckers’ helpers____ .650
Columbus, Ohio............. .600
Denver, Colo................ . .625
Des Moines, Iowa_____
.675
.775
Mortar mixers_______

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40

RATES AND

HOURS B Y

TRADES AND

43

C IT I E S

T a b l e 9* — U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d t r a d e s , M a y 1 5 ,
1 9 3 6 , a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , b y c itie s — Continued

B U IL D IN G L A B O R E R S -C o n t in u e d

Erie, Pa
Houston, Tex

Jacksonville, Fla______
Kansas City, Mo______
Wrackara

Jackhammermen.........

Lins Angeles, Calif

Jackhammermen____
Louisville, Kv________
Manchester, N. H _____
Concrete makers.........

Memphis, Tenn

Milwaukee, Wis_______
Caisson laborers

Minneapolis, Minn____
Mortar mixers_______
Moline, 11 (See Rock
1.
Island (111.) district.)
Newark, N . J
New Haven, Conn
New Orleans, La _ _
New York, N. Y.14........
Barmen .
...

Barmen helpers
Excavating:
Building construc­
tion ___

Heavy construction.
Oklahoma City, Okla...

$0,500
.400
.400
.700
.500
.800
.625
.750
.400
.600
.600
.550
.700
1.200
.750
.850

40
40
40 $0.400
40
.700
40
.700
.800
40
44
.625
44
40
40
.500
40
.600
40
.500
40
.700
40 1.200
.675
40
.775
40

Peoria, T
U

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

.875
.550
.400
.938
1.000
.900

40
40
40
40
40
40

.875
.550
.400
.938
.800
.700

40
40
40
40
35
35

.825
.700
.400

40
40
44

.825
.700
.400

40
40
44

__
_
$0.750
Philadelphia, Pa______
.500
Scaffold builders and
mortar mixers
.600
Pittsburgh, Pa
.700
Portland, Maine:
shiia/1
.600
Unskilled
.500
Portland, Oreg .
.750
Reading, Pa_____ _____
.500
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict. _
.500
Mortar mixers_______ .825
St. Loiiis, Mo
.788
Wreckers _
_ _ .563
St. Paul, Minn _
.550
Salt Lake City, Utah... .500
Jackhammermen......... .750
San Antonio, Tex.......... .500
San Francisco, Calif
.688
Scranton, Pa
.500
Seattle, Wash................. .700
South Bend, Ind______
.550
Spokane, Wash________ .625
Springfield, Mass........... .800
Toledo, Ohio........ ......... .500
Washington, D. O
.600
Worcester. Mass............
.600
Staging builders.......... 1. 000

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

May 15,1936 May 15,1935
Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

City

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40 $0,750
40

40

40
40

.700

40

40
40
40
40

.600
.500
.750
.600

40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
30
40
40
40
44
40
40
40

.600
.600
.788
.563
.550
.500
.750
.500
.688
.500
.700
.500
.625
.800
.500
.550
.600
1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
44
40
40
40

30 $0. 600

30

40
40
40

.500
.625

40
40

40
40
40

.600
.650

40
40

44 $0,700
40
.720
40
.650
44
.780
40
.700
40
40
.880
40
.790
44
.735
44
.660
40
.900
44
.790
44
.710
44
.788
44
.780
40
.820
40
.740
40
.800
40
.720
44
.830
44
.750

40
40
40
44
40

C O M P O S IT IO N R O O F E R S ’ H E L P E R S

Boston, Mass................. $0,800
.600
Buffalo, N. Y ................
Kettlemen..................
.700
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rook Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Kansas City, Mo___ ...
.650
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (HI.) district.)

40 $0,800
.600
40
40

40
40

40

40

.650

Portland, Oreg________ $0. 750
Rock Isfand (111.) dis­
trict.
.650
Scranton, Pa _ _
.750
Seattle, Wash_________
.750
Washington, D. C. (ket­
tlemen) _____________
.700
Youngstown, Ohio_____ .750
Kettlemen__________
.800

E LEV A TO R CON STRU CTORS’ HELPERS

Atlanta, Qa...............
$0,805
Baltimore, Md..........
.880
Repair.....................
.880
Birmingham, Ala___
.805
Boston, Mass............
.930
Buffalo, N. Y ............
.850
Butte, Mont..............
1.070
Charleston, W. Va___
.770
Chicago, 111................
1.050
Cincinnati, Ohio.......
.910
Cleveland, Ohio........
.980
Columbus, Ohio........
.830
Dallas, Tex................
.840
Maintenance..........
.760
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Denver, Colo.............
.860
Maintenance______
.770
Des Moines, Iowa___
.928
Maintenance..........
.833
Detroit, Mich.............
.875

40 $0,805
40
.880
44
.880
40
.805
40
.930
40
.830
40 1.070
40
.770
40 1.000
.910
40
.910
40
40
.830
.700
40
44
.630

40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44

35
.860
.775
40
40
.790
44
.707
.875
40
1 Includes concrete and cement workers.
4

40
40
40
44
40




Duluth, Minn................ $0.700
Erie, Pa..........................
.720
Maintenance________ .650
Grand Rapids, Mich___ .820
Houston, Tex................. .890
Maintenance________
.810
Indianapolis, Tnd______
.880
Maintenance............... .790
Jacksonville, Fla_______ .735
Maintenance............... .660
Kansas City, Mo........... .955
Little Rock, Ark............ .790
Maintenance............... .710
Los Angeles, Calif_____
.788
Louisville, Ky................ .780
Memphis, Tenn............. .840
Maintenance............... .760
Milwaukee, Wis_______ .830
Maintenance............... .750
Minneapolis, Minn........ .830
Maintenance-.............. .750

40
40
44
44
40
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

44

tJN IO N SC A L E S I N B U IL D IN G T R A D E S

T a b l e 9 . — U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 ,
1 9 8 6 , and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y cities — C o n t in u e d
E L E V A T O R C O N S T R U C T O R S ’ H E L P E R S -C o n t in u e d

Moline, 11 . (See Rock
1
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__.......... $0.780
Maintenance
.710
New Haven, Conn_____ .910
.780
New Orleans, La______
New York, N. Y ............ 1.031
Norfolk, Va....................
.740
Oklahoma City, Okla___ .700
Omaha, Nebr................. .770
.700
Maintenance.............
Peoria, 1 1 .................. .900
1 .....
Philadelphia, Pa............ .950
Maintenance............. . .855
Pittsburgh, Pa.......... .
1.040
.785
Portland, Maine....... .
.850
Portland, Oreg...............
Maintenance............... .700
.850
Providence, R. I ______
.860
Reading, Pa..................
Richmond, Va....... ........ .760
.680
Maintenance________
Rochester, N. Y ............. .855

40 $0.685
40
40
.910
40
.780
40 1.031
44
.740
44
.700
.700
44
44
.630
.900
40
.950
40
.855
40
40 1.040
.785
44
.850
40
.760
40
40
.850
.860
44
.760
44
44
.680
40
.855

44
40
44
40
44
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
44
44
44
40

Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.............................. $0.805
St. Louis, Mo_________ 1.040
St. Paul, Minn............... .830
Maintenance............... .750
San Antonio, Tex........... .735
.661
Maintenance________
.910
San Francisco, Calif___
Maintenance............... .810
.890
Scranton, Pa__________
.998
Seattle, Wash................
.898
Maintenance________
South Bend, Ind............ .700
Maintenance . _.........
.650
.785
Spokane, Wash..............
Maintenance—............ .710
Springfield, Mass......... . .860
.860
Toledo, Ohio____ _____
Washington, D. C......... 1.160
Wichita, Kans......... ...... .760
.910
Worcester, M ass..........
Youngstown, Ohio_____ .880

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages |
per hour

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

44 $0,800
40 1.040
44
.830
44
.750
40
.735
44
.661
40
.875
40
.788
44
.890
40
.998
40
.898
40
.700
40
4Q .785
44
.710
40
.860
40
.860
40 1.160
44
.760
.910
40
40
.880

44
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
44
30
30
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40

H O D C A R R IE R S
A t la n t a , G a ______________
B a lt im o r e , M d ___________
B ir m in g h a m , A la .:
R a t e A __________________
R a te B
_ _
B o s t o n , M a s s .:
R a te
R a t e B __________________
B u t t e , M o n t _____________
C h ic a g o , 1 1
1
_________
C i n c in n a t i, Ohio_______
C le v e la n d , Ohio_______
C o lu m b u s , O h io ___ _____
D a v e n p o r t , I o w a . (S ee
R o c k I s la n d (111.) dis­
t r ic t .)

A_____________

Dayton, Ohio_ _ .

D e n v e r , C o l o ........................

Das Moines, Towa

D u lu t h , M i n n ___________
E r ie , P a ___________________
H o u s t o n , T e x .......................
I n d ia n a p o lis , I n d ________

Jacksonville, Fla

____

K a n s a s C i t y , M o ________

Los Angeles, Calif
Louisville, TC
y
Madison, Wis
Manchester, N. T
T

M ilw a u k e e , W i s _________

Minneapolis, Minn _

M o li n e , 111. (See Rock
I s la n d (H I.) d is t r ic t .)

$0.500
.625

40 $0,500
40
.750

40
40

.600
.650

40
40

.600

40

.775
.700
1.125
.950
.700
.820
.800

40
40
30
40
40
40
40

.700
.700
1.125
.825
.700
.725
.800

40
40
30
40
40
40
40

.800
.900
.900
.800
.650
.625
.800
.400
.800
.750
.625
.750
.700
.800
.900

35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30

.800
.750
.900
.800

35
40
35
40

.600
.725
.400
.800
.750
.625
.750
.700
.800
.850

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

N a s h v ille , T e n n _ ..............
N e w a r k , N. J_________
N e w H a v e n , C o n n ______
N e w O rlea n s, L a ________
N e w Y o r k , N. Y ______
N o r f o lk , V a _____ _________
O k la h o m a C i t y , O k l a . . .
P e o r ia , n i _________________
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ................
P it t s b u r g h , P a
P o r t la n d , M a i n e . ..............
P o r t la n d , O re g ___________
R e a d in g , P a _____ _ _ ____
R o c k I s la n d (H I.) d is ­
t r ic t :
R a t e A_ ...........................

Rate B

___

__ _

$0.500
.875
.550
.600
.900
.650
.700
.750
.500
.900
.700
.900
.850

40 $0,600
40
.875
40
.550
40
.600
40
.900
40
.650
44
.750
40
.750
40
40
.900
.700
40
40
.900
40 1 . 0 0 0

40
40
40
40

.825
.600

40
40

.875

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40

.825
.600

40
40

.875

40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40

St. Louis, M o .:
B r ic k la y e r s _____________
S t o n e m a s o n s ___________

St. Paul, Minn
S a lt Lake C i t y , U t a h . . .

Ran Antonio, Tex

S a n F r a n c is c o , C a lif

1 .0 0 0

.850
.900
.600
1 .0 0 0

Scranton, Pa
Seattle, Wash
South Bend, Ind

.600
1 .0 0 0

S p o k a n e , W a s h __________
S p r in g fie ld , M a s s ________
T o l e d o , O h io _____________
W a s h in g t o n , D. C _______
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s .................

.700
.800
.800
.700
.600
.825

1 .0 0 0

.850
.900
.600
1 .0 0 0

.600
1 .0 0 0

.650
.800
.800
.700
.550
.825

40

M A R BLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
Baltimore, Md

$0.650
.800
.625
1.025
Cleveland, Ohio..... .......
.813

Boston, Mass_________

Buffalo, N Y
Chicago, 1 1 ..... ... _ ..
1




40 $0,650
.800
40
40
.625
40 1.025
.813
40

40
40
40

40
40

Oolnmhns, Ohio. _
Dayton, Ohio.

_

$0.650
.600
.750
Detroit, Mich
.700
Indianapolis, Ind........ .
.600
Denver, Colo__________

40 $0,700
40
.600
35
.650
40
.700
40
.600

40
40
40
40
40

RATES AND

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HOURS B T TRADES AN D

45

C IT IE S

U n io n scales o f wages and hours o f labor in specified trades, M a y 1 5 ,
1 9 3 6 , and M a y 1 5 , 1 9 3 5 , by cities — C o n t in u e d
M A R B L E S E T T E R S ' H E L P E R S —C o n t in u e d

May 15, 1936 May 15,1935

Kansas City, Mo........... $0. 750
Los Angeles, Calif
.625
.750
.750
New York, N . Y_
1.156
Philadelphia, Pa............ .775
Pittsburgh, Pa
.813
.750
Portland, Oreg________
St. Louis, M o................ .750
Milwaukee, Wis........... .
New Haven, Conn_____

40 $0.750
40
40
.750
40
.750
40 1.156
40
.775
.813
40
40
.750
40
.750

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40’

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

City

Hours per week

Rates of wages
per hour

j

May 15,1936 May 15,1935

40 $0,800
40
40
.800
40
.750
40
.600
40
.750
40
.500
40

40

$0. 600

40

$0. 600

40

1.000
1.333
1.063
.8 5 0
1.000
.9 0 0
.8 0 0
.9 0 0
.8 5 0

40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40

1.063
1.063
1.063
.8 5 0
.9 0 0
.9 0 0
.8 0 0
.9 0 0
1.000

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

.8 2 5
1.063
.8 5 0
1.100
.6 0 0
1.100
.6 0 0
1.000
1.000
.8 0 0
.8 0 0
.8 7 5
.8 2 5

40
40

40 $0.750
40
.750
40
.875
40
.500
40
.500

40
40
40
40
40

Salt Lake City, Utah... $0,800
San Antonio, Tex______ .400
.800
Scranton, Pa__________
South Bend, In d _.____ .700
Springfield, Mass______ .750
Toledo, Ohio
.600
Washington, D. C_____ .750
Youngstown, O h io__ _ .500

40
40
40
40
40

PLASTERERS’ LABO RERS
A t la n t a , G a ___________ $0. 600
.6 2 5
B a lt im o r e , M d . . ................
.9 5 0
B o s t o n , M a s s ____________
B u t t e , M o n t.................... 1.125
C h ic a g o , 111. ____ ________ 1.013
.7 0 0
C in c in n a t i, O h io ________
.820
C le v e la n d , O h i o ________
C o l u m b u s , O h io _________
.8 0 0
D a v e n p o r t , I o w a . (See
R ock
I s la n d
(111.)
d is t r ic t .)
.9 0 0
D e n v e r , C o l o ...........: ..........
Des Moines, Iowa
.900
D u lu t h , M i n n ___________
.800
.6 5 0
Erie, P a ______________
.800
I n d ia n a p o lis , I n d ______
.800
K a n s a s C i t y , M o .........
Los Angeles, Calif
1.100
L o u is v ille , Ky_..............
.7 0 0
Madison, Wis
.
.7 5 0
Memphis, Tenn
. 500
.8 0 0
M ilw a u k e e , W i s _______
M in n e a p o lis , M i n n .......
.9 0 0
M o li n e , 111. (S ee R o c k
I s la n d (111.) d is t r ic t .)
N e w H a v e n , C o n n ____
.8 0 0

40
40
30
30
40

40
40
40

$0. 600
.7 5 0
.9 5 0
1.125
.9 6 8
.7 0 0
.8 0 0
.800

40
40
30
30

40
40

40
40

New Orleans, La
N ew Y ork , N . Y .:

Class A ....... ................

C la ss B.......................
C la ss C _________________
P e o r ia , 111_______________
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ______
P it t s b u r g h , P a ________
P o r t la n d , M a i n e _______
P o r t la n d , O re g — ............

Reading, Pa...................

35

40
40
40
40

.7 5 0
.9 0 0
.800

40

35
40
40
40

40
40
30

.8 0 0
.8 0 0
1.100
.700
.7 5 0
.5 0 0
.8 0 0
.8 5 0

40

.8 0 0

40

40
30

40
40

Rock I s la n d (111.) d is ­
trict.
fit.. Lords, M o
S t. Paul, M i n n ________
S a lt L a k e C i t y , U t a h . . .
S a n A n t o n io , T e x _____

30

flan Fran cisco, Cal if

40
40
40
40
40

Scranton, Pa _________

Seattle, Wash ____ _

Spokane, Wash.

_ _
S p r in g fie ld , M a s s ______
T o l e d o , O h io __________
W a s h in g t o n , D. C.........
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s . ..........

.8 2 5
1.063
.8 5 0
1.100
.6 0 0
1.100
.6 0 0
1.000
1.000
.800
800
.8 7 5
.8 2 5

40
40
40
40
30

40
30
40
30
30
40
40
30
40

40
30
40
30

40
30
30

40
40
30

40

PLU M BERS’ LABORERS

Cleveland, Ohio............. $0.92C
Denver, Colo______ ___
.714
Kansas City, Mo______ .750
Milwaukee, Wis............. .800
Pittsburgh, Pa...............
.875

40 $0,820
35
40
.750
40
.800
40
.875

40
40
40
40

Portland, Oreg________ $0.750
.750
Reading, Pa__________
.875
St. Louis, Mo_________
San Antonio, Tex______ .500
.500
Scranton, Pa__________

S T E A M A N D S P R IN K L E R F IT T E R S ’ H E L P E R S

Baltimore, Md.......... .. $0. 625
Sprinkler fitters’ help­
ers......................... . .
.725
Boston, Mass, (sprin­
kler fitters only).......... .725
Buffalo, N. Y. (sprin­
kler fitters only).......... .725
Charleston, W. Va......... .500
Chicago, 1 1 (sprinkler
1.
fitters only)_________ 1.000
Cleveland, Ohio (sprin­
.725
kler fitters only)_.......
Dallas, Tex..................... .750




40 $0,625

40

40

.725

40

40

.725

40

40
40

.725
.500

40
40

40

.960

40

40
44

.500

44

Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis­
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_________ $0.500
Detroit, Mich.......... ...... .750
Sprinkler fitters’ help­
ers________________ .725
.500
Erie, Pa__.......................
Houston, Tex......... ........ .750
Los Angeles, Calif_____
.725
Milwaukee, Wis_______ .700
Sprinkler fitters’ help­
ers__________ _____ .725

40 $0. 500
40
.750
40
40
40
40
40

.725
.600
. 625
.725
.700

40

.725

40

46

U N IO N

T able 9. —

SCALES

IN

B U IL D IN G

TRADES

U n i o n s c a le s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f la b o r i n s p e c i f ie d t r a d e s , M a y 1 5 ,
1 9 8 6 , a n d M a y 1 5 , 1 9 8 5 , b y c itie s — Continued

STEAM AND SPRINKLER FITTERS’ HELPERS-Continued

M in n e a p o lis , M in n ........ $0.625
S p rin k le r fitte r s ’ h e lp ­
ers____________ _____ .725
M o lin e , H I. (See R o c k
Is la n d (111.) d is tric t.)
N e w a rk , N . J..... ............. 1.000
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
ers ................................ .725
.600
N e w H a v e n , C o n n _____
.600
New Orleans, L a _
N e w Y o r k , N . Y ............... 1.031
O k la h o m a C ity , O k la __ .700
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ............... .700
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
ers
.725
Pittsburgh, Pa _
.875
S p rin k le r fitte rs ' h e lp ­
.725
ers_________________
.650
P o rtla n d , M a in e _______
P o rtla n d , O reg................... .750

40 $0.625

40

40

.725

40

40

1.000

40

40
40
44
40
40
35

.725

40

.600
1.031

44
40

.700

35

40
40

.725
.875

40
40

40
40
30

.725
.650
.750

40
40
30

P ro vid e n ce , R. I _______ $0.750
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
ers ............... .................. .725
S t. L o u is , M o ..................... .900
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
.788
ers ...............................
S t. P a u l, M in n ..... ............ .600
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
.725
ers _________________
.500
S a lt L a k e C ity , U t a h __
.750
San Francisco, C a lif___
S p rin k le r fitte rs ’ h e lp ­
.725
ers_________________
.S cranton, P a ....................... .625
Spokane, W a s h _________ .750
S p rin g fie ld , M a s s _______ .700
W a s h in g to n , D. C ............ .825
.450
W ic h ita , K a n s . _______
.675
W orcester, M a s s _______
Y o u n g s to w n , O h io ........... .650

H o u rs pe r w eek

R ates of wages
pe r h o u r

H o u rs p e r w eek

C ity

R ates o f wages
per h o u r

M a y 15,1936 M a y 15,1935

H o u rs p e r w ee k

R ates o f wages
per hour

H o u rs per w eek

C it y

R ates o f wages
pe r h o u r

M a y 16,1936 M a y 15,1935

40 $0.750

40

40
40

.725
.900

40
40

24
40

.788
.600

40
40

40
40
40

.725

40

.750

40

40
40
35
40
40
44
40
40

.725
.625

40
35

.700
.825

40
40

.600
.650

40
40

40 $1.063
40
.600
40
.750
40
.833
40
. 750
40
. 765
40
. 650
40
.800
40
40
.625
40
.800
40
.750
40
40
.600
40
.750
.500
40

40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS
$0. 650
B filtim o ra , M d
P o s to n , "Mass . _
.800
.600
B u ffa lo , N . Y .....................
H hioago, 111
1.063
C le ve la n d , O h io
.906
n o ln rp h n s , O h io
.650
P a y to n , O hio
.600
D e n v e r, C o lo _ _ ................. .750
.750
D e tro it, M ic h __________
In d ia n a p o lis , In d
.600
’R'ansas C ity , M o ______ .750
J.na Angeles, Calif
. 625
.800
M ilw a u k e e , W is _______
.750
M in n e a p o lis , M in n ____
N e w a rk , N . J __________ 1.063
N e w H a v e n , C o n n ........... .750




40 $0.650
.800
40
.600
40
24 1.063
40
.813
40
.700
.600
40
35
.650
40
.700
40
.600
40
.750
40
40
.650
40
.650
40 1.063
40
.750

40
40
40
24
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

O

N e w Y o r k , N . Y ............. $1.063
.600
O m aha, N e b r__________
.750
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a _______
P itts b u rg h , P a .................. .833
P o rtla n d , Oreg
. 750
S t. L o u is , M o _ __
.765
S t. P a u l, M in n _________ .750
S a lt L a k e C ity , U ta h _
.800
_
.400
San A n to n io , T e x ______
.750
San Francisco, C a lif
Sexanton, Pa
.800
South Bend, Tnd
.700
Springfield, Mass
.750
.600
T o le d o , O h io ___________
Washington, P . C
.750
Y o u n g s to w n , O h io _____
.500

40
40
40
40
40
40