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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A F. Hinrichs, Acting Commissioner
U nion W ages, Hours, and W ork in g
Conditions in the Building Trades
June 1, 1941
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Prepared by
IN D U S T R IA L R E L A T IO N S D IVISIO N
FLORENCE PETER SON, Chief
Bulletin 7S[o. 680
U N IT E D S T A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE
W A S H IN G T O N : 1942
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
U n ited S tates D epar tm ent of L ab o r ,
B u r e a u of L abor S tatistics ,
Washington, D. C., March 1, 1942.
The S ec retary of L a b o r :
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have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report on Union
Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions in the Building Trades as of
June 1, 1941, showing actual and average rates for each trade and
average rates for all trades in 75 cities of the United States.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has made surveys of union wages
and hours in the building trades in selected cities each year since 1907,
when 39 cities were included in the study. However, the coverage
has gradually expanded and 75 cities are included in the current
survey.
This bulletin, a portion of which appeared in the Monthly Labor
Review, November 1941, was prepared in the Industrial Relations
Division, under the supervision of Florence Peterson, Chief. Kermit
B. Mohn, assisted by Robert L. Caldwell, was in immediate charge
of the field work and the preparation of the bulletin.
A. F. H in r ic h s , Acting Commissioner.
Hon. F rances P e r k in s ,
Secretary of Labor.
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CONTENTS
P art I— W ages and H ours
Summary_______________________________________________________________________
Scope and method_____________________________________________________________
Trend of union wage rates and hours, 1907 -4 1______________________________
Trends in individual trades______________________________________________
Rate changes in specified trades_________________________________________
Average union wage rates, 1941______________________________________________
Changes in union wage rates between 1940 and 1941__________________
City and regional averages:
Average rates in each city, 1941_________________________________________
Percentage change in rates in each city, 1938-41______________________
Average wage rates by size of city______________________________________
Regional differences______________________________________________________
Hours per week, 1941_________________________________________________________
Changes in hours per week between 1940 and 1941____________________
Overtime rates_________________________________________________________________
Sunday rates___________________________________________________________________
P art II— P rovisions
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20
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26
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U nion A greements
Methods of negotiating agreements___ _______________________________________
Duration of the agreements___________________________________________________
Union status___________________________________________________________________
Wage regulations______________________________________________________________
Hour regulations________________________________________
Seniority and sharing of work________________________________________________
Working rules__________________________________________________________________
Out-of-town work_____________________________________________________________
Out-of-town contractors_______________________________________________________
Apprentices-----------------------Older or disabled workers_____________________________________________________
Adjustment of disputes________________________________________________________
Strikes and lock-outs__________________________________________________________
Jurisdictional controversies___________________________________________________
P art III— U nion S cales ,
by
T rades
and
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39
40
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42
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54
C ities
Union scales of wages and hours in the building trades in 75 cities, June 1,
1941, and June 1, 1940______________________________________________________
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A ppendixes
Appendix A.— Changes in rates after June 1, 1941__________________________
Appendix B .— Wages and hours in supplementary building trades________
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CHART
I.
UNION WAGE RATES AND HOURS IN BUILDING TRADES
JUNE I
1907
1910
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1915
1920
1925
1930
1935
1940
1942
Bulletin 7$o. 680 o f the
United States Bureau o f Labor Statistics
Union W ages, H ours, and W ork in g Conditions
in the Building Trades
June 1, 1941
PART I
WAGES AND HOURS
Sum m ary
The average union rate per hour for all building trades was $1,365
on June 1, 1941, in the 75 cities covered in a survey by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The journeyman average was $1.50, while the
average for helpers and laborers was 86.8 cents. Only 1.1 percent
of the journeyman members had scales of less than $1, while 6.3 per
cent had rates of $2 and over. Almost 40 percent of the helpers
and laborers had rates between 70 and 90 cents, and 13.7 percent
had rates of $1.20 and over.
Union wage rates in the building trades increased 3.7 percent over
1940. Journeymen raised their rates by 3.5 percent and helpers by
4.8 percent. Over 40 percent of the quoted scales called for raises
benefiting more than 44 percent of the members.
A bout three-fourths of all the journeymen and two-thirds of all
the helpers had normal workweeks of 40 hours. Overtime rates went
into effect after 35 hours in agreements covering 15.6 percent of all
building-trades unionists surveyed, while 6.2 percent were covered
by agreements providing penalty rates after working 30 hours. Only
5 percent of all union members had straight-time workweeks of more
than 40 hours. An increase in the workweek from less than 40 hours
to the 40-hour basis, in several cities, caused the index of union hours
to increase slightly over last year.
A little more than 60 percent of the union members were receiving
double time for overtime; over 71 percent of the journeymen and 21
percent of the helpers and laborers operated on this basis. Practically
all other overtime was paid at the rate of time and a half.
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
Scope and M ethod o f Study
COLLECTION OF TH E D A TA
Union scales of wages and hours in the building trades have been
collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics each year since 1907.
The early studies were made in 39 cities and included 14 journeyman
trades and 4 helper and laborer trades. The study has been gradually
extended to cover 75 cities, and now includes 28 journeyman trades
and 9 helper and laborer trades. These cities are located in 40
States and the District of Columbia.1
As far as possible, the scales collected were those actually in force
on June 1. The collection of the data was made by field representa
tives of the Bureau who visited some responsible official of each local
union included in the study. Each scale was verified by the union
official interviewed, and was further checked by comparison with the
written agreements when copies were available. The 1941 survey
included 3,321 quotations of scales covering 573,321 union members.
D EFIN ITIO N S
Union scale.— A union scale is a wage rate or schedule of hours
agreed to by an employer (or group of employers) and a labor organiza1The following are the cities covered, The numerals indicate the population group in wb'ch the city is
included in tables 7 and 9.
North and Pacific
Baltimore, Md. II.
Binghamton, N. Y. V.
Boston, Mass. II.
Buffalo, N. Y. II.
Butte, Mont. V.
Charleston, W. Va. V.
Chicago, 111. I.
Cincinnati, Ohio. III.
Cleveland, Ohio. II.
Columbus, Ohio. III.
Davenport, Iowa, included in Rock Island (111.)
district.
Dayton, Ohio. IV.
Denver, Colo. III.
Des Moines, Iowa. IV.
Detroit, Mich. I.
Duluth, Minn. IV.
Erie, Pa. IV.
Grand Rapids, Mich. IV.
Indianapolis, Ind. III.
Kansas City, Mo. III.
Los Angeles, Calif. I.
Madison, Wis. V.
Manchester, N. H. V.
Milwaukee, Wis. II.
Minneapolis, Minn. III.
Moline, 111., included in Rock Island (111.)
district.
Newark, N. J. III.
New Haven, Conn. IV.
New York, N. Y. I.
Omaha, Nebr. IV.
Peoria, 111. IV.
Philadelphia, Pa. I.
Pittsburgh, Pa. II.
Portland, Maine. V.
Portland, Oreg. III.
Providence, R. I. III.
Reading, Pa. IV.
Rochester, N. Y. III.
Rock Island (111.) district. IV.
St. Louis, Mo. II.
St. Paul, Minn. III.
Salt Lake City, Utah. IV.
San Francisco, Calif. II.
Scranton, Pa. IV.
Seattle, Wash. III.
South Bend, Ind. IV.
Spokane, Wash. IV.
Springfield, Mass. IV.
Toledo, Ohio. III.
Washington, D. C. II.
Wichita, Kans. IV.
Worcester, Mass. IV.
York, Pa. V.
Youngstown, Ohio. IV.
South and Southwest
Atlanta, Ga. III.
Birmingham, Ala. III.
Charleston, S. C. V.
Charlotte, N. C. IV.
Dallas, Tex. III.
El Paso, Tex. V.
Houston, Tex. III.
Jackson, Miss. V.
Jacksonville, Fla. IV.
Little Rock, Ark. V.
Louisville, Ky. III.
Memphis, Tenn. I ll
Mobile, Ala. V.
Nashville, Tenn. IV.
New Orleans, La. Ill
Norfolk, Va. IV.
Oklahoma City, Okla. IV.
Phoenix, Ariz. V.
Richmond, Va. IV.
San Antonio, Tex. III.
Tampa, Fla. IV.
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tion, for persons who are actually working or would be working if there
were work to be had in that locality. A union scale usually fixes a
limit in one direction, that is, it provides a minimum wage and maxi
mum hours of work, with specific provisions for overtime.
Union rates and 'prevailing rates.— This report is concerned only with
the contract scales for union members on union jobs. No attempt has
been made to discover what proportions of all the workers in the dif
ferent occupations were members of the unions. As union strength
varies from city to city and between trades, the prevailing scale for
any occupation in any one city may or may not coincide with the
union scale. Where practically all the workers of a particular trade
belong to the local union, the union scale will be equivalent to the pre
vailing scale in that community. On the other hand, where the pro
portion of craftsmen belonging to the union is small, the union scale
may not be the actual prevailing scale.
Apprentices and foremen.— A young person working in a 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 have not been included, but scales
for helpers in a number of trades were collected
In some trades the
work of helpers is performed at least in part by apprentices. When
ever it was found that helpers7 work was done largely by apprentices,
the scales for such helpers were omitted.
No rates were collected for strictly supervising foremen nor for
individuals who were paid unusual rates because of some personal
qualification as distinct from the usual trade qualifications.
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
in the union agreements but also the number of persons presumably
benefiting from these rates.
Index numbers.— In the series of index numbers (1929 = 100) the
percentage change from year to year is based on aggregates computed
from the quotations of the unions which furnished reports for identical
occupations in both years
The membership weights in both of the
aggregates used in each year-to-year comparison are those reported
for the second year. The index for each year is computed by multiply
ing the index for the preceding year by the ratio of the aggregates so
obtained. The index numbers were revised on this basis in 1936 in
order to eliminate the influence of changes in union membership which
obscure the real changes in wages and hours.
For the trend of union rates, the table of indexes (table 1) should be
consulted; fo r a comparison of wage rates betiveen trades at a given timey
the table of averages (table 4) should be used.
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UNI OK SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
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Trend o f Union W age Rates and H ours 1 9 0 7 -4 1
Wage rates.— Union wage rates in the building trades increased 3.7
percent during the period from June 1, 1940, to June 1, 1941. Jour
neymen’s rates showed an advance of 3.5 percent and those of helpers
4.8 percent. These percentages represent the largest gains since
1937-38 and are the result of the upswing in construction activity and
generally improved business conditions. (See table 1.)
From 1907, the time of the initial survey, to 1917, the index of
hourly rates showed a gradual upward movement, advancing 39 per
cent during the decade. The following 3-year period, 1917 to 1920,
produced the greatest gains in money wages made by the organized
building-trades workers, increasing, on the average, 72 percent. In
1922 the index declined 6.3 percent, but the next year there was a 10.6
percent rise, bringing the index to 79.4. Although the gains were not
so noticeable during the following years, the index continued to
advance to a high point of 104.5 in 1931.
Beginning in the summer of 1931, wage rates, as indicated in the
building-trades agreements, declined rapidly. Agreements in effect
in the spring of 1933 provided rates which averaged 16.9 percent less
than those in effect 2 years previously, bringing the index down almost
to that of 1924.
With the upturn in business, building-trades rates began to increase
in 1934 and by 1937 the index was almost up to the level reached in
1927 and 1928. From 1937 to 1938 wage rates rose 8.9 percent,
the index for the first time exceeding the predepression levels. Since
that time the increases have been steady though small, amounting to
0.6 percent in 1939, 1.6 percent in 1940, and 3.7 percent in 1941.
The wage index for journeymen has maintained a very close rela
tionship with the index for all building trades combined. The two
indexes changed by practically the same amounts during the entire
period 1907-1941. However, the index for the helper and laborer
group fluctuated much more than did either of the other two. These
fluctuations became noticeable for the first time in 1917 when the
helper and laborer index increased 9.8 percent over 1916, compared
to rises of 5.5 percent for the journeymen and 6.3 percent for all trades
combined. The fluctuations continued in a somewhat similar manner
for the next three years, so that for the period from 1916 to 1920 the
helper and laborer index rose 113.5 percent while the journeymen
advanced by 78.3 percent and all trades combined by 82.5 percent.
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WAGES AND HOURS
T a ble 1.— Indexes of Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in A ll Building
Trades, 1907 to 1941
Index numbers (1929=100)
Year
All building trades
Wage rate
Hours
Journeymen
Wage rate
Hours
Helpers and laborers
Wage rate
Hours
1907............. ......... ................... ...................
1908________ __________________ _______
1909_______ ___________ ___________ _
1910.______ ______ ____________________
1911__________ _____ ___________ ______ _
1912___ ______ ________________________
1913.........................................................
31.5
33.5
35.1
36.5
37.1
37.9
38.8
110.0
108.3
106.8
105.5
105.1
104.8
104.6
31.7
33.8
35.5
37.0
37.6
38.5
39.4
109.3
107.7
106.4
105. 2
104.8
104.5
104.2
30.7
32.1
33.2
34.3
34.5
34.8
35.8
113.1
110.8
108.5
106.6
106.4
106.1
106.1
1914........ ........... ...................................
1915___ ______ _______________ _________
1916........................................................... .
1917....................................................... .
1918___ ______ _____ _________ ______ _
1919.................. ...........................................
1920__ ____ ____________ _____ _________
39.6
39.9
41.2
43.8
48.6
55.7
75.2
104.2
104.1
103.7
103.5
102.9
102.4
101.9
40.3
40.6
42.0
44.3
49.0
56.0
74.9
103. 9
103.8
103.4
103.2
102.6
102.2
101.7
36.2
36.5
37.7
41.4
48.0
55.5
80.5
105.5
105.4
105.1
104.7
104.3
103.3
102.7
1921........ ..................... ............... ............ .
1922______________________ __________
1923___ _____ ___________ ____ ________
1924............. ................................................
1925__________________________________
1926.......................................... ..........
1927............................................................
76.6
71.8
79.4
85.7
89.0
94.8
98.1
101.8
101.8
101.9
101.9
101.9
101.7
101.5
76.3
71.9
79.2
85.6
88.8
94.7
97.9
101.6
101.7
101.8
101.8
101.8
101.6
101.4
81.3
74.0
78.5
84.9
87.7
95.6
97.3
102.7
102.4
102.6
102.6
102.4
102.2
102.2
1928__________________________________
1929________ ___________________ ______
1930____________________ ____ ______ _
1931..._________ __________ ___________
1932____ _____________ ________________
1933____ ____ ____________________ ____
1934_____ ______ ____________________
98.7
100.0
104.2
104.5
89. 3
86.8
87.4
100.9
100.0
97.2
96.0
94.3
94.0
90.5
98.7
100.0
104.1
104.5
89.3
86.9
87.4
100.7
100.0
97.1
95.8
94. 1
93.8
90.3
98.3
100.0
105.1
104.5
89.2
85.2
87.7
102.1
100.0
97.8
97.0
94.8
94.4
91.4
1935.............................. ..............................
1936............. .........................................
1937............. .............................. .................
1938............................ ............ ....................
1939...... ........................ .......... ...............
1940...................... .............. ........................
1941.......... ............... ...... ...........................
88.4
91.6
98.0
106.7
107.4
109.1
113.1
89.8
89.8
90.2
88.7
88.5
88.4
88.8
88.4
91.3
97.6
106.1
106.8
108. 3
112. 1
89.6
89.6
90.0
88.4
88.3
88.3
88.7
88.2
93.4
101.5
111.7
112.6
114.8
120.3
90.8
91.0
91.3
89.9
89.7
89.2
89.4
During the depression of 1921, helpers’ and laborers’ scales were
reduced by 9 percent while the journeymen’s loss amounted to but
5.8 percent, as indicated by the 1922 indexes. Furthermore, the
recovery of the journeyman index was much more rapid, as its 1923
figure of 79.2 exceeded its predepression index of 76.3, while the helper
and laborer index, although it registered an increase, did not reach its
1921 high until 1924. From 1924 to 1934 the percentage changes for
each index were practically uniform. Since 1935 the helper-laborer
index has increased more rapidly than that of the journeymen, the
increase amounting to 36.5 percent compared to an increase of 26.8
for journeymen. Since the beginning of the series in 1907, journey
men’s wage rates have increased 254 percent, those of helpers 292
percent, and those of all building trades 259 percent.
Maximum weekly hours.— The index of union hours in the building
trades was one-half of 1 percent higher in 1941 than in 1940, indi
cating a slight lengthening of the average workweek. This shift was
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
primarily the result of the abandoning of share-the-work weeks in the
cities of Seattle, where most of the building trades changed from a
30- to a 40-hour week, and Denver, where the change was from 35 to
40. Several trades in other cities also adopted similar schedules.
Only twice before since the beginning of these surveys in 1907 has
there been any indication of lengthening of hours— in 1923 and 1937.
In all these instances, the increases have been slight and were an
accompaniment of a pick-up in construction activity. Weekly
hours have decreased by 19 percent during the period 1907-41, with
the reduction amounting to 11.2 percent since 1929.
TREN D S IN
IN D IV ID U A L TRADES
Wage rates.— Each of the trades appearing in table 2 showed an
increase in the index of hourly wage rates for the period June 1,1940,
to June 1, 1941. M ost marked of the increases was that attained by
the painters who were successful in raising their rates by an average
of 6.6 percent over 1940; building laborers improved their rates by
5.9 percent. Gains of at least 4 percent were made by the electricians,
plumbers, composition roofers, sheet-metal workers, and structuraliron workers. Those trades whose index advanced the least were the
marble setters and mosaic and terrazzo workers; both of these reported
increases of less than 1 percent.
Compared to the base year, 1929, the steam and sprinkler fitters’
helpers have made the greatest gains in wage rates as indicated by
their index of 125.2. Five other trades have increased their rates by
over 20 percent— engineers, lathers, plumbers, composition roofers,
and building laborers. Only the sign painters and stonecutters remain
below their 1929 levels.
Maximum weekly hours.— Twenty-three of the 31 trades for which
indexes are shown in table 2 had their average regular weekly hours
increased in 1941. The increases in each case were slight, none
amounting to as much as 1 percent over 1940. The lathers reported
the greatest increase (nine-tenths of 1 percent). Of the other 8
trades, 4 showed decreases in their hour indexes, while 4 remained
constant. The stonecutters reported the greatest decrease (1.7
percent). Others showing a lower figure for 1941 were elevator
constructors, engineers, and hod carriers. Those whose indexes
showed no change from 1940 were the sign painters, slate and tile
roofers, granite cutters, and steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers.
The granite cutters have shown no change in maximum weekly hours
for the past 4 years.
In comparison with 1929 all indexes of hours have decreased, with
the tile layers’ helpers showing the greatest reduction (18.1 percent),
closely followed by the steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers (17.8
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percent). Among the journeymen, the lathers have decreased their
average workweek by approximately 14 percent since 1929. Of all
the trades the hod carriers have had the smallest reduction (7 percent),
followed by the slate and tile roofers (8 percent).
T able 2.— Indexes of Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in Each Building
Trade, 1907 to 1941
[1929=100]
Asbestos
workers
Bricklayers
Carpenters
Cement fin
ishers
Year
Electricians
(inside wiremen)
Elevator con
structors
Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
1907................
1908................
1909____ ____
1910_________
1911_________
1912 _______
1913..... ......... .
37.9
38.9
39. 7
40.4
40. 4
41. 0
41.7
112.0
109.6
107.3
105. 3
104.9
104.9
104. 7
32.0
34.0
35.9
37.6
38.1
38.9
39.5
107.2
105.6
104.4
103.1
102.6
102. 5
102.4
38.5
38.4
39.6
40.0
41.6
41.5
42.5
109.1
108.1
108.9
108. 7
107.7
107.7
106.5
31.3
34.2
35.3
36.3
36.7
37.1
37.9
110.3
109.5
108. 8
108.2
108.6
107.6
107.2
1914
1915 ___ --1916_________
1917..... ........1918_________
1919_________
1920_________
40.6
42.1
47.1
57.3
74.5
i
103.0
102.6
102.0
101.0
100.9
42.8
42.9
43.3
44.8
48.1
53.4
72.8
104. 2
104.1
103.9
103.6
103.6
103.4
103. 3
40.1
40.6
41.8
45.5
50.5
58.2
77.8
102. 0
102. 0
102.0
102.0
100.9
100.3
100.4
42.9
43.3
43.7
46.2
51.0
57.2
77.7
105.8
105.8
104.2
103.0
102.5
101.7
101.2
39.1
39.9
40.7
43.3
48.2
55.2
72.8
106.8
106. 2
105.3
104.9
104.2
103. 3
103.0
41.8
42.1
43.1
46.2
49.2
57.3
73.6
102.7
102.2
102.1
101.6
101.6
100.9
100.8
1921........ ........
1922......... .
1923___ _____
1924_________
1925_________
1926.............. _
1927_________
75.5
70.3
72.9
81.4
84.6
90. 5
95.0
101.1
101.1
100.9
101.0
101.0
101.0
100.9
72.3
70.4
79.7
84.3
89.2
94.7
97.0
103.3
103.3
103.3
103.2
103.1
103.2
102. 7
78.4
72.7
81.0
86. 7
88.5
95.0
98.1
100.3
100.4
100.7
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
80.3
74.5
81.5
90.1
90.6
96.7
101.0
101.2
101.1
101.1
101.1
100.8
100.8
100.5
75.4
71.1
73.8
82.4
86.7
91.3
95.1
103.0
103.0
103.0
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
77.4
72.4
76.9
86.3
90.5
95.3
98.8
100.7
100.4
100.5
100.5
100.4
100.4
100.4
1928_________
1929_________
1930_________
1931_________
1932_________
1933_________
1934_________
95.6
100.0
105. 8
106. 8
89.0
88. 7
88.6
100.9
100.0
96.3
94.0
92. 8
91.8
91.7
97.8
100.0
102.4
102. 2
87.5
85.2
84.5
102.7
100.0
97.6
96.1
93.9
94.9
93.3
98.4
100.0
104.0
104.2
85.4
85.2
86.7
100.0
100.0
96.9
95.4
93.0
91.6
90.8
100.0
100.0
106.6
107.0
93.4
91.2
92.1
99.9
100.0
96.1
95.0
93.9
95.7
92.2
96.0
100.0
101.8
103.2
98.5
89.9
90.1
102.4
100.0
97.6
96.6
94.3
94.3
88.7
99.8
100.0
104.7
105.2
97.9
91.0
91.2
100.4
100.0
96.8
95.0
95.0
93.0
92.2
1935_________
1936_________
1937_________
1938_________
1939_________
1940-.............
1941_________
89.8
93.4
100.6
110.3
110.8
112.0
116.1
91.0
91.3
91.0
89.5
89.5
89.0
89.5
84.2
84.7
90.6
93.2
93. 2
94.1
91.0
91.1
90.8
91.0
87.8
92.3
98.3
107.1
107.3
110.0
112.5
90.4
90.5
90.3
88.6
88.6
88.6
89.1
92.6
95.0
101.9
111.3
111.7
112.7
116.7
92.0
91.6
91.7
88.9
88.9
89.1
89.5
94.4
96.9
101.1
111.4
112.0
113.9
119.1
85.1
85.4
89.6
89.1
88.8
88.8
89.3
91.3
92.4
96.0
107. 7
109. 5
111.2
113.7
91.9
92.6
92.4
91.7
89.5
89.1
88.9
100. 1
100.6
102.8
105.2
8
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b le 2. — Indexes o f Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in Each Building
Trade, 1907 to 1941 — Continued
[1929=100]
Year
Engineers
(portable and
hoisting)
Glaziers
Granite
cutters
Lathers
Marble setters
Mosaic and
terrazzo
workers
Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate Hours
105.6
104.1
36.6
36.8
37.4
37.6
37.7
38.1
40.1
102.5
102.3
102.3
101.9
101.6
101.2
100.0
39.4
40.3
43.6
43.6
44.1
46.5
53.2
58.3
75.5
104.0
103.5
103.1
102.4
100.8
100.3
99.8.
45.9
49.1
71.0
101.6
101.6
101.2
40.3
40.5
42.2
43.8
52.2
61.7
76.0
100.4
100.4
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
1921_________
1922_________
1923_________
1924_________
1925_________
1926_________
1927_________
76.7
72.2
79.8
84.8
88.5
93.4
96.4
99.4
99.1
98.7
98.7
99.0
99.2
100.8
72.2
72.4
76.7
80.9
90.0
91.2
97.4
101.6
101.7
101.2
101.2
100.8
101.2
101.5
83.7
83.5
85.1
85.8
86.8
97.7
97.1
1928_________
1929_________
1930_________
1931_________
1932_________
1933_________
1934____ ____
100.4
100.0
107.7
107.7
100.7
99.6
101.4
99.7
100.0
95.1
93.7
92.6
91.7
89.7
98.5
100.0
104.6
105.3
88.2
88.0
93.2
101.1
100.0
96.8
95.1
92.9
92.9
88.1
1935................
1936........ ........
1937............. .
1938........ ........
1939_________
1940_________
1941___ _____
103.1
104 2
112.6
116.0
117.4
118.4
122.2
89.2
89.7
89.5
89.3
89.2
89.1
88.8
94.1
95.5
104.6
112.2
113.0
114.3
117.9
87.5
87.8
87.9
86.3
86.1
86.1
86.6
1907................
1908_________
1909_________
1910_________
1911_________
1912_________
1913____ ____
41.8
43.0
1914_________
1915_________
1916_________
1917___ _____
1918_________
1919_________
1920_________
104. 0
104. 0
38.4
38. 8
39.0
39. 5
39.9
40.1
42. 7
102.6
102. 6
101. 5
101. 3
100. 9
100.9
100.9
41.0
41.5
42. 7
44.4
47.9
53.3
76.0
104.0
103.5
103.5
103.0
103.0
102.7
102.1
43. 2
43.6
43.8
43.8
46.1
51.2
67.7
100.7
100. 7
100. 5
100.4
100.4
100.0
100.0
37.7
39.7
42.9
46.1
68.2
103.9
103.9
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.1
99.3
99.9
100.2
100.3
100.1
100.3
77.2
72.5
80.1
86.4
94.2
96.6
100.5
101.9
102.0
102.3
102.1
101.8
101.5
101.0
68.8
67.4
76.2
79.7
81.4
91.0
92.9
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
69.4
67.4
69.0
81.5
85.7
87.5
91.1
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.3
100.2
100.2
99.9
98.2
100.0
105.1
105. 2
94.2
90.7
90.6
100.3
100.0
95.2
94.4
94.8
93.6
92.1
100.8
100.0
104.3
103. 7
93.1
89.7
92.1
100.5
100.0
94.3
93.8
93.3
92.9
87.5
93.4
100.0
100.3
100.8
92.3
89.2
88.8
100.0
100.0
94.7
93.0
92.0
91.9
90.9
95.3
100.0
104.7
105.6
97.2
89.5
90.8
99.9
100.0
94.5
93.6
89.8
91.0
90.9
90.5
90.5
91.0
96.3
97.7
97.7
101.1
92.1
91.5
91.9
85.3
85.3
85.3
85.3
93.1
95.5
101.8
112.7
116.4
117.2
121.6
87.4
86.5
87.7
86.1
85. 4
85. 2
86.0
89.4
89.9
95.1
103.2
103.5
105.2
105.5
90.9
90.8
90.8
90.8
90.8
86.7
86.9
90.8
91.1
95.4
106.0
107.5
108.0
109.0
90.3
89.4
90 n
87.7
87.7
87.7
88.0
9
WAGES AND HOURS
T able 2.— Indexes o f Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in Each Building
Trade, 1907 to 1941 — Continued
[1929=100]
Painters
Plasterers
Plumbers and
gas fitters
Roofers—
composition
Roofers—
slate and tile
Sheet-metal
workers
Year
Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage H ours Wage Hours Wage Hours
rate
rate
rate
rale
rate
rate
1907 ...............
1908_________
1909 .............
1910................
1911 ______
1912_________
1913
_____
27.5
30.5
32.6
34.6
35.3
35.7
37.3
114.1
112.3
110.7
109.3
108.6
108.5
107.9
39.9
39.8
40.1
40.5
40.8
41.6
42.0
108.8
108.3
108.3
108.2
108.8
107.5
107.-5
37.8
38.2
38.8
39.1
41.4
41.6
43.0
104.7
104.8
104.8
104.6
104.3
103.5
103.5
1914...............
1915_________
1916_________
1917_________
1918_________
1919_________
1920_________
38.5
38.7
42.3
43.6
48.1
56.3
76.7
107.6
107.6
106.9
106.8
106.3
106.1
103.0
42.2
42.4
43.9
45.2
47.6
54.9
71.7
107.4
106.9
105.8
105.7
105.4
105.4
105.2
43.6
43.9
44.3
45.8
50.6
57.2
74.0
103.1
103.1
102.6
102.5
101.6
101.3
101.3
36.2
37.1
37.4
39.5
44.8
49.8
70.8
103.7
103.7
103.7
103.0
102.5
102.5
102.5
37.0
38.4
39.5
42. 1
46.1
52.5
67.9
1921_________
1922_________
1923_________
1924_________
1925_________
1926_________
1927 ________
78.9
73.8
81.0
85.3
90.0
95.4
98.6
103.1
103.9
103.6
103.5
103.8
103.4
103.0
75.6
72.7
81.0
90.6
92.1
98.9
101.0
104.9
105.0
105.5
105.6
105.3
102.2
101.8
77.4
71.9
79.4
86.6
88.4
95.2
97.2
101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1
101.1
100.9
74.2
71.0
71.9
83.3
85.8
93.3
95.9
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
1928____ ____ 100.2
1929 ________ 100.0
1930_________ 105.6
1931_________ 106.1
1932_________ 89.6
1933_________ 87.8
1934_________ 86.4
100.3
100.0
98.9
98.0
97.9
97.7
85.6
101.2
100.0
105. 0
104.7
87.1
83.7
84.6
100.9
100.0
97.7
97.0
95.2
97.2
93.1
99.2
100.0
103.9
105.1
91.4
90.6
91.4
100.9
100.0
95.4
91.1
93.7
93.3
92.4
98.1
100.0
106.0
106.7
93.2
91.2
93.0
86.7
91.1
97.7
104.2
106.0
105.2
112.2
85.5
85.9
85.9
86.0
85.7
86.1
86.3
85.6
86.1
94.9
106.1
107.0
107.5
109.4
91.6
90.1
90.2
86.5
86.5
86.3
86.6
92.8
95.2
100.4
112.5
113.5
115.3
120.3
91.8
90.6
91.1
86.5
86.8
85.9
86.3
95.6
96.2
103.7
114.8
115.2
117.9
122.7
1935_________
1936........ ........
1937_________
1938_________
1939_________
1940_________
1941_________
33.8
34.5
34.7
35.7
36.8
37.6
39.3
105.4
105.3
105.3
105.3
105.0
103.7
103.5
104.0
104.0
103.6
101.8
101.8
101.5
101.5
40.7
41.3
42.0
43.8
51.3
56.6
75.9
103.4
103.2
102.8
102.7
101.6
101.2
100.8
73.9
70.7
78.8
87.3
91.3
94.3
98.8
101.4
101.3
101.6
101.2
101.2
101.2
101.2
78.7
73.0
78.6
86.3
89.2
95.3
98.2
100.8
100.7
100. 7
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.4
100.5
1C0.0
96.1
94.9
93.9
95.1
92.6
99.0
100.0
103.1
103.5
89.9
87.7
87.2
101.2
100.0
95.7
94.1
94.1
94.1
93.8
96.3
100.0
104.6
106.2
92.1
89.4
89.7
100.1
100.0
96.3
94.7
93.3
93.2
91.9
92.5
93.1
93.2
91.5
91.6
91.2
91.9
89.5
90.2
96.9
103.4
104.4
106.2
108.6
92.6
93.4
93.3
92.2
92.2
92.1
92.1
90.4
92.2
98.9
108.8
110.4
112.4
117.6
92.0
91.9
92.0
90.1
90.1
90.1
90.8
10
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T ab le 2.— Indexes o f Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in Each Building
Trade, 1907 to 1941 — Continued
[1929=100]
Sign painters
Year
Steam and
sprinkler
fitters
Stonecutters
StructuralStonemasons iron
workers1
Tile layers
Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate Hours
106.7
33.8
34.2
38.9
36.1
37.3
37.9
39.3
105.9
105.9
105.6
105.0
104.9
104.2
103.8
38.1
38.2
38.2
38.4
38.5
38.6
39.6
101.2
101.2
101.2
101.2
101.2
100.9
100.8
34.7
35. 2
35.3
35.6
36.0
36.4
37.6
106.8
106.8
106.8
105.2
104.5
104.5
104.4
31.8
34.7
37.2
39.5
40.5
41.2
42.5
108.1
105.9
104.5
103.4
103.2
102.1
101.7
42.7
44.8
102.8
102.3
40.1
40.1
40.9
42.7
46.7
56.1
75.7
106.3
106.0
106.1
105.6
105.5
105.4
105.3
40.0
40.9
41.7
43.3
47.3
53.2
70.2
102.5
102.5
102.2
102.1
101.1
101.0
100.9
41.1
41.4
41.8
43.8
46.7
55.5
72.7
100.8
100.8
100.4
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.2
38.7
39.1
39.7
41.2
45.2
50.7
70.7
104.4
104.3
104.1
104.0
104.0
103.4
103.4
43.3
43.3
44.0
46.6
53.4
60.1
76.2
101.5
101.5
101.2
101.0
100.7
100.5
100.5
45.0
45.3
45.9
48.2
49.6
54.1
72.8
102.3
101.9
101.4
101.1
101.1
100.7
100.4
78.5
77.8
84.0
95.7
96.7
96.2
98.9
105.4
105.4
103.4
101.6
101.6
103.7
101.8
71.1
69.5
72.9
83.6
88.0
95.3
98.0
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.7
100.5
74.7
71.7
78.2
84.0
87.5
95.4
95.1
100.2
100.2
100.1
100.1
100.3
100.1
100.1
72.4
67.4
79.7
84.5
86.1
94.9
96. r
103.5
103.4
103.4
103.1
103.1
103.3
103.1
77.6
70.5
75.1
85.0
85.9
92.4
99.0
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.2
100.5
100.5
72.2
71.0
77.6
88.1
90.2
94.6
99.0
100.5
100.3
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.5
1928-............. 99.0
1929................ 100.0
1930................ 99.9
1931................ 99.8
1932— ........... 90.1
1933_________ 83.2
1934____ ____ 82.9
101.7
100.0
99.1
98.1
97.6
97.8
95.1
99.4
100.0
104.9
105.5
90.9
88.2
89.2
100.5
100.0
95.5
94.5
93.6
93.1
92.5
95.5
100.0
100.7
101.0
93.7
84.7
85.1
100.2
100.0
96.9
96.4
94.3
94.3
93.0
97.3
100.0
101.5
102.0
90.5
84.5
84.4
103.0
100.0
96.6
94.9
94.5
93.8
93.4
99.2
100.0
105.5
106.5
92.3
91.3
92.5
100.4
100.0
96.9
95.8
93.4
93.1
91.8
98.9
100.0
104.5
105.6
91.1
88.3
88.3
100.2
100.0
94.8
93.6
92.6
92.4
86.2
85.6
87.6
96.8
97.7
97.9
98.1
99.8
93.1
92.9
92.9
92.0
91.9
92.1
92.1
90.7
93.7
98.8
111.4
112.2
112.5
116.0
92.2
92.4
92.5
87.6
88.0
88.0
88.5
85.1
86.3
88.3
96.1
96.5
96.8
98.5
92.7
92.8
92.8
91.7
91.8
91.7
90.2
84.2
85.2
94.1
102.1
102.4
101.9
104.5
93.3
93.3
93.3
90.2
90.2
90.1
90.2
93.2
95.6
104.4
112.7
114.0
114.4
119.9
90.7
90.6
90.2
89.2
89.1
89.1
89.5
89.0
90.7
97.1
106.4
106.5
106.7
108.2
86.2
86.1
89.8
89.8
89.8
89.8
90.2
1907 ________
1908 ...............
___
1909
1910________
1911 ______
1912 —.........
1913............
39.9
1914.............. .
1915_________
1916_________
1917_________
1918................
1919..-....... 1920-..-....... 1921................
1922........... .
1923.............1924................
1925_________
1926____ ____
1927-.-......... .
1935................
1936_________
1937— ............
1938.................
1939_________
1940................
1941„..............
1Included rodmen prior to 1940.
11
WAGES AND HOURS
T able 2.— Indexes o f Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in Each Building
Trade, 1907 to 1941 — Continued
[1929=100]
Building
laborers
Year
Hod carriers
(masons’
tenders)
Plasterers’
laborers
Elevator
constructors’
helpers
Marble
setters’
helpers
Steam and
sprinkler fit
ters’ helpers
Tile layers’
helpers
Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours Wage Hours
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
rate
1907
1908
1909 .
1910 1911
1912..
1913..
35.0
35.2
35.3
36.7
36.8
37.2
38.8
108.5
108.5
108.1
105.5
105.5
105.5
105.5
33.1
33.2
33.3
33.8
34.1
34.3
34.8
110.5
110.5
110.1
109.2
108.6
107.8
107.8
34.1
35.6
36.0
36.2
36.2
36.6
37.5
106.6
106.2
105.9
105.9
105.8
105.3
105.3
1914..
1915..
1916..
1917..
19181919..
1920...
39.2
39.4
41.2
45.5
53.4
60.5
87.7
105.2
105.2
104.6
103.5
103.0
101.1
100.0
35.2
35.4
36.5
40.7
47.5
55.6
80.8
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.3
106.3
105.9
105.7
38.3
38.4
39.4
42.1
48.5
55.3
80.1
105.4
105.4
104.4
104.2
104.2
103.8
103.8
37.5
37.8
38.8
40.9
43.6
52.9
74.1
1921..
1922..
1923..
1924..
1925..
19261927-
88.2
82.8
84.4
93.9
89.7
98.7
99.1
100.0
99.3
100.0
99.7
99.8
100.0
100.2
81.2
67.3
73.5
76.8
85.8
93.5
95.7
105.7
105.9
105.9
105.8
105.7
105.8
105.8
82.7
72.6
80.0
86.0
91.7
97.1
98.0
103.4
103.4
103.5
103.4
103.3
99.9
99.8
77.5
73.8
77.3
85.2
89.2
96.1
99.0
1928..
1929..
193019311932..
1933..
1934..
99.5
100.0
105.5
103.9
89.4
84.2
87.3
105.8 99.6
100.0 100.0
99.3 106.0
98.8 105.6
96.6 87.6
96.1 82.5
94.3 84.8
100.1
100.0
97.4
96.6
96.3
94.7
91.8
100.9
100.0
105.4
105.7
96.9
88.9
88.4
1935..
19361937..
1938..
1939 „
1940..
1941..
88.6
96.2
105.3
112.9
113.6
115.4
122.2
90.7
89.2
89.2
85.1
84.8
84.5
84.8
88.6
89.5
91.8
104.5
107.9
108.9
111.0
100.1 95.8
100.0 100.0
98.1 103.8
97.0 103.5
93.6 85.8
93.2 84.7
89.1 90.3
89.0
89.5
89.7
89.3
89.2
88.7
88.9
87.4
92.1
99.1
109.1
109.4
113.6
117.4
94.2
94.0
94.3
93.2
92.9
92.8
92.7
86.2
88.0
95.8
108.1
109.0
109.2
111.7
—
35.8
37.9
100.5
100.5
26.4
26.8
26.9
29.1
29.3
30.2
31.0
102.9
102.2
102.2
101.7
101.7
100.9
100.7
38.1
38.1
38.1
40.6
42.5
48.6
82.0
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
31.6
32.5
33.0
35.1
40.5
48.6
70.4
102.0
102.0
101.7
101.7
100.3
100.2
100.2
37.1
38.4
39.8
40.8
42.1
51.0
83.5
102.5
100.9
100.6
99.8
99.8
99.5
99.5
100.5
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.5
100.5
100.5
81.9
76.2
82.3
89.2
84.6
93.9
93.3
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.0
72.2
74.1
78.7
87.2
89.7
95.0
99.3
100.2
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.2
100.4
84.4
79.3
81.1
88.3
90.8
98.4
99.5
99.6
99.6
100.5
100.5
100.5
100. 5
100.5
100.5 94.3
100.0 100.0
96.2 101.7
94.7 101.8
94.7 93.2
92.5 90.7
91.8 90.9
100.1
100.0
95.9
94.2
93.8
94.0
92.3
101.4
100.0
109.3
109.3
94.3
91.6
91.9
100.0
100.0
92.1
91.8
91.7
91.6
91.1
101.5
100.0
108.5
108.5
95.8
91.4
91.5
100.5
100.0
93.6
92.6
91.4
91.5
87.6
91.5
91.6
97.0
105.4
105.9
108.2
109.8
92.3
92.2
92.2
92.2
92.2
88.3
88.6
93.0
93.2
100.0
121.8
122.5
123.2
125.2
91.1
91.5
91.8
82.3
82.2
82.2
82.2
94.6
96.0
101.2
111.6
111.9
112.1
114.7
76.3
76.3
81.6
81.6
81.6
81.6
81.9
—
91.5
92.1
91.7
91.1
86.8
86.6
86.8
103.1
103.0
102.8
101.8
101.7
101.6
101.3
36.1
36.8
103.0
102.5
12
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
R ATE CHANGES IN SPECIFIED TRADES
Since data for boilermakers, machinists, paperhangers, and rodmen
were not collected in 1929, it was impossible to present index numbers
for these crafts or to include them in the trend discussion above, since
it is based upon the changes in the index numbers. The changes over
the previous years, as shown in comparable quotations for each year
in which data have been collected for these trades, however, are shown
in table 3.
T a ble 3.— Percent of Change in Union Hourly Wage Rates and Weekly Hours in
Specified Building Trades, 1936 to 1941
Percent of change from previous year
Item
1937
Boilermakers:
Hourly wage rates_________ __________________
Weekly hours_____________ ____ _____ _____ _
Machinists:
Hourly wage rates.................................................
Weekly hours_____ ___ ____ __________________
Paperhangers:
Hourly wage rates___________________________
Weekly hours_____ _______________ ____ ______
Rodmen:
Hourly wage rates.......................... ......................
Weekly hours_______________________________
1938
1939
1940
1941
+2.4
-.1
+ 10.4
-5 .0
+0.6
0
+ 1.5
0
+1.9
+ .5
+ 14.7
-.4
+6.5
-.5
+ .2
-. 1
+ .4
0
+2.8
-.2
+ 1.7
-.6
+ .5
+ .2
+ .8
+ .3
+6.7
+ .5
+9.8
0
+ 1.0
-.1
+1.2
0
+5.1
+1.0
,
Average Union Wage Rates 1941
The average union rate per hour for all building trades was $1,365
on June 1, 1941. The journeyman average was $1.50, while the aver
age for helpers was 86.8 cents. (See table 4.)
Journeyman rates ranged from 55 cents to $2.50 per hour. The
lowest scale covered some of the glaziers, painters, and paperhangers
in Charleston, S. C., while the highest was that of the bucket-hoist
operators (engineers) in New York City. Without regard to mem
bership the most frequently reported rates, in order of their frequen
cies, were $1.50, $1.25, and $1,375. Helper and laborer scales ranged
from a low of 30 cents per hour for building laborers in Charlotte,
N. C., to a high of $1,517 for some of the plasterers’ laborers in New
York City. Helper scales quoted most often were, in order, 75 cents,
$1.00, and 90 cents.
The bricklayers’ average of $1,734 was higher than that of any other
trade, although the plasterers were a close second with an average of
$1,721. The structural-iron workers ($1,653) and the lathers ($1,649)
were next in line. The marble setters’ average also was above the
$1.60 mark ($1,605). Ten other trades had averages exceeding the
combined journeyman figure of $1.50.
CHART 2 .
450497'
DISTRIBUTION OF UNION BUILDING TR AD E S W O R K E R S
AC COR DING TO HOURLY W A G E R A T E S
JUNE 1,1941
WAGE'S AND HOURS
.60
.70
UNDER
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
HOURLY
WAGE
*
LESS
THAN
{0
V
OF I
CO
14
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
Rates for journeymen in the building trades tend to be increased in
multiples of 12% cents per hour, the result of a more or less standard
method of raising wages by a dollar per day. This accounts for the
comparatively small proportion of members appearing in the $1.40$1.50 and the $1.90-$2.00 classifications shown in table 4. In 18 of
the journeyman trades the m ajority of members received $1.50 or
more per hour; in 7 of these, plus one other, at least 10 percent of
the members were covered by scales of $2 or more. The lathers had
more than 12 percent receiving over $2.10, all of them in New York
City. The mosaic and terrazzo workers and tile layers were the only
trades that did not report any scales as high as $1.80. Only one trade,
the structural-iron workers, had no rates lower than $1.20.
The elevator constructors’ helpers ($1,119) recorded the highest
average among the less-skilled group of trades. All of the other
helper and laborer trades except the building laborers and hod
carriers had average rates of $1 or more. Six of the seven helper and
laborer trades listed in table 4 reported a majority of their members
covered by scales of $1 or more. The elevator constructors’ helpers
had the narrowest range, none of their rates being lower than 80 cents
or higher than $1.39. The steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers had
over 25 percent of their members listed for scales of at least $1.50 per
hour, while almost 21 percent of the plasterers’ laborers received $1.40
or more.
WAGES AND HOURS
15
T ab le 4.— Distribution o j Union Members in the Building Trades by Hourly Wage
Rates, June I, 1941
Percentage of union journeymen
Aveiage
100 110 120 130 140
rfllfi Un- and and and and
and
der
unun un un un
honr
100 der der der der der
110 120 130 140 150
6.5 13.8 11.7
Journeymen........................ $1. 500
1.1
4.1
1.517
1.579
1.734
1.418
1.438
7.2
.1
.9
.8
1.54S
1.546
.1
2.3
.5
1.9
1.5
1.503
1.43C
1.352
1.64S
1. 505
1.605
.5
4.3
Asbestos workers_______
Boilermakers____________
Bricklayers _______ ____
Carpenters _____________
Cement finishers________
Electricians, inside wiremen.................................
Elevator constructors____
Engineers, portable and
hoisting............................
Glaziers...............................
Granite cutters...................
Lathers................................
Marble setters _________
Mosaic
and
terrazzo
workers
Painters_____ __________
Paporhangers
Plasterers............................
numbers and gas fitters._
Hodmen...............................
Hoofers, composition........
Roofers, slate and tile
Sheet-metal workers..........
Sign painters.. _________
Steam and sprinkler fit
ters
________ ____
Stonecutters........................
Stonemasons.......................
Structural-iron workers...
Tile layers..____ _____
1.7
.3
__
9.4 8.7
1.9 8.5
.2 1.2 3.9
4.6 11.4 21.9 9.4
1.6 5.1 24.8 21.4
whose rates (in cents) per hour were—
150 160 170 180 190 200
and and and and and and 210
un un un un un un and
der der der der der der over
160 170 180 190 200 210
6.1 17.5 13.6
8.2 10.4
8.4 19.9
.7 25.0 6.0 25.0
3.5 14.7 16.2 30.2 10.2 11.8
1.2
8.7
5.3 5.3 13.0 14.6 4.0 22.5 11.7 8.0 4.4
8.2 9.3 22.7 13.6 5.0 5.2 4.3
15.0
10.9 25.0 2.8
.4 48.3 5.9
.4
1.4 1.9 4.2 5.9 7.1 21.5 18.5 15.1 io.4
.8 6.1 32.0
9.7 42.7 6.8 1.9
.2 5.1 15.9 1.7 15.8 10.8 48.8
.3
__
2.2 1.7 20.0 17.2 6.1 23.1 8.0 21.7
1.466
1.465 1.3 8.8 7.0 10.6 16.8 5.7 5.2 21.7 2.1 20.7
1.459 1.7 7.6 8.3 17.1 10.7 17.4 2.4 1.0 1.0 32.8
.1 2.3 6.3 2.5 24.3 17.3 9.1 2.4
1.721
0)
.7 1.2 4.1 8.7 1.7 44.0 11.0 15.9
1.586
1.483
.3 4.7 22.9 18.0 4.2 16.3 5.5 16.9 9.5
1.289>‘ i a s
7.2 14.3 24.9 10.8 4.5 6.8 13.6 5.8
1.414 1.5 11.2 4.9 25.2 9.2 5.1 13.2 5.2 13.0 1L5
1.466
3.0 2.7 21.5 16.5 3.3 25.7 5.9 7.1 14.3
5.6 3.0 15.0 9.1 2.8 25.7 8.6 14.1 13.3
1.528i " o r
1.570i _______
1.406i 10.1
1.532j
1.653
1.497
2.5 2.6 10.5
9.3 18.5 9.6
13.9 7.1 3.6
2.8 7.8
.4
.8 17.1 18.5
3.6
5.0
__
__ __
0.7
6.0
0.3
7.1 32.1 5.3 14.5
14.0
55.4 8.9 8.0
17.2
3.4 17.3 18.2 17.7 2.3 4.1 31.7
9.5 12.6 13.3 1.3 14.3
2.0 24.2 9.0
10.1 1.2
.3
4.8
2.5
9.5
2.3
1.7
32.0
7.6
29.8
29.3
23.2
7.5
16.8
10.9
11.9
27.7
24.7
13.8
7.6
25.8
10.6
4.6
9.5
__
6.9
12.4
6.3
2.0
__
2.7
1.8
_______
i.8
__
12.2
1.4
.1
.9 34.8
12.7
1.7
1.3
__
__
__
__
"2.8
11.8
6.5
.3
9.2 8.4
15.5
__
Percentage of union helpe)rs and laborers whose rates (in cents)
per hour were—
Aver
age
70
50
60
80
90 100 110 120 130 140 150
rate
per Un and and and and and and and and and and and
hour der un un un un un un un un un un un
50 der der der der der der der der der der der
60
70
80
90
100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Trade
$0,868
2.1
.796
Elevator constructors’ helj3ers._ 1.119
Hod carriers (masons’ ternlers). .972
1.081
Marble setters’ helpers___
Plasterers’ laborers.............
1.073
Steam and sprinkler fitters’
heiners
1.048
Tile layers’ helpers___________
1.015
3.0
Helpers and laborers *.......
6.8 10.9 19.8 19.7
7.9 14.0
5.1 10.7
0.9
1.1
1.0
,
Building laborers
___
9.0 13.9 24.3 22.1 8.7 12.2 1.2 5.6 0)
2.5 16.4 37.7 21.0 6.2 16.2
.1
.4 2.5 5.7 12.0 21.6 5.0 14.5 4.2 34.0
3.2 10.3 11.4 7.9 23.3 6.0
37.9
.2 17.2 " 3 ~ 7
i.I ' 1.1 5.5 10.0 6.3 5.2 12.9 29.2 7.6
.9
.3
6.0 19.2 16.9 4.9 19.8 4.1
2.0 14.9 11.5 13.0 18.5 12.9 26.7
28.2
.2
i Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
3
Includes also plumbers’ laborers and composition roofers’ helpers, not shown separately because of the
small number of quotations obtained for these trades.
16
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
CH ANGES IN U N IO N W A G E R ATES B E T W E E N 1940 AN D 1941 2
Table 5 shows that over 40 percent of the comparable quotations
and 44 percent of the union members were affected by increases in
rates during the past year. Increased rates were shown in 1,023 of
the 2,551 journeyman quotations, covering about 43 percent of the
total members. Approximately 50 percent of the helpers and laborers
received a raise in rates. Reductions in rates were negligible in both
groups, only 9 of 2,551 journeyman scales and 2 of 573 helper scales
showing decreases.
All trades participated in this upward swing of wage rates, with
the paperhangers reporting 76 percent of their members benefiting.
The painters and granite cutters received increased scales for over
70 percent of their members. Other trades whose gains were shared
by at least one-half of their members were the electricians, rodmen,
structural-iron workers, and building laborers. Only the boiler
makers (19.2 percent), marble setters (3.4 percent), mosaic and
terrazzo workers (15.4 percent), and steam and sprinkler fitters'
helpers (11 percent) reported increases for less than one-fifth of their
members.
Of the total increases reported (1,266) almost half (615) covered
raises of less than 10 percent; 29 percent of the total membership
was affected by these increases. Advances of less than 10 percent
affected over 30 percent of the journeymen and over 24 percent of
the helpers. Other increases ranged from 10 percent to 50 percent,
the maximum being received by some of the engineers in Butte,
Salt Lake City, and San Antonio, and the plumbers' laborers in
Charleston, S. C. Increases of at least 40 percent were also obtained
for some of the engineers in Binghamton and in Portland, Oreg., as
well as some of the painters in Newark. Several other increases of at
least 30 percent were reported but the greater part of the increases,
according to members affected, amounted to less than 15 percent over
the 1940 scales.
2
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. By and large, it would be expected that a general increase
in actual rates would be accompanied by a corresponding increase in the average rate paid to union members,
but if union membership increases most (or decreases least) in the lower-paid crafts or in areas with lessthan-average rates, the average of the rates paid to all union members may not increase correspondingly, or
may even show a decrease. Conversely, the average rate may increase in spite of a downward swing in
actual rates, if union membership declines sufficiently in the lower-paid crafts or in areas where lower-thanaverage rates are paid.
Because the averages do not accurately reflect changes from year to year, no table comparing 1940 and 1941
averages is included in this report. For the trend of actual union rates, the table of indexes (table 1) should
be consulted, since these are so computed as to eliminate the effect of fluctuating memberships at various
rates. The current averages, on the other hand, best serve for comparison of the general level of wage rates
between trades, or between cities and regions at the time the survey was made.
17
WAGES AND HOURS
T a ble 5.— Number of Changes in Union Wage-Rate Quotations and Percent of Members
Affected , June I, 1941 , Compared with June i , 1940
Trade
Num Number of quotations
Percentage of union
showing—
ber of
members affected
quota
tions
compa
No
De
rable Increase De
No
crease change Increase crease change
with
1940
All building trades-..........................................
3,124
1,266
11
1,847
44.3
0 .1
55.6
Journeymen.....................................................
Asbestos workers______________________
B oilermak ers_________________________
Bricklayers___________________________
Carpenters.. _______________________ _
Cement finishers______________________
Electricians, inside wiremen__________
Elevator constructors. _ _ ___________
Engineers, portable and hoisting_______
Glaziers. .. _________________ ______
Granite cutters_______________________
L ath ers.__ ________________________
Machinists___________________________
Marble setters_______________________
Mosaic and terrazzo workers_________
Painters...................................................
Paperhangers......................... ................. .
Plasterers__________________ ____ _____
Plumbers and gas fitters_____ _____ ____
Rodmen_____________ ________________
Roofers, composition........... ............ ........
Roofers, slate and tile................................
Sheet-metal workers___________________
Sign painters_________________________
Steam and sprinkler fitters......................
Stonecutters__ _____ __________________
Stonemasons _ ___________________ ___
Structural-iron workers________________
Tile layers. __ ______________________
2,551
65
47
82
122
76
96
127
408
73
27
90
34
70
66
134
71
81
87
71
105
63
67
72
112
80
73
78
74
1,023
39
12
26
57
25
46
60
202
31
8
26
13
8
12
67
37
18
47
32
46
18
38
25
54
7
22
34
13
9
1,519
26
35
56
65
51
50
67
204
42
19
64
21
62
54
64
33
63
40
39
57
44
29
47
58
73
51
44
61
42.9
49.1
19.2
29.5
33.6
42.1
52.7
43.2
30.6
49.1
70.5
39.8
41.0
3.4
15.4
70.3
76.1
21.3
48.6
54.2
39.9
23.7
48.4
23.3
39.8
27.9
31.7
57.2
21.0
.1
57.0
50.9
80.8
70.5
66,4
57.9
47.3
56.8
68.8
50.9
29.5
60.2
59.0
96.6
84.6
29.5
22.8
78.7
51.4
45.8
59.8
75.6
51.6
76.7
60.2
72.1
68. 3
42.8
79.0
Helpers and laborers_________ _________ _
Building laborers_____________________
Composition roofers’ helpers...................
Elevator constructors’ helpers_____ ____
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders).................
Marble setters’ helpers________________
Plasterers’ laborers____________________
Plumbers’ laborers____________________
Steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers..
Tile layers’ helpers____________________
573
85
30
95
95
48
75
41
54
50
243
48
10
51
45
14
30
18
11
16
2
328
37
19
44
49
34
45
23
43
34
49.6
59.5
27.7
39.7
32.8
20.2
26.2
43.4
11.0
35. 5
i Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
.6
.2
1.1
.3
.7
0)
3.6
.1
50.4
40.5
68.7
60.3
67.1
79.8
73.8
56. 6
89.0
64. 5
18
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 6.— Number o f Increases in Union Wage-Bate Quotations, and Percent of
Members Affected , by Percent o f Increase, June 1 , 1941, Compared With June 1 , 1940
Number of quotations showing
increases of—
Trade
Less
than
10
per
cent
10
and
un
der
15
per
cent
All building trades...............................
15
and
un
der
20
per
cent
20
and
un
der
25
per
cent
25
and
un
der
30
per
cent
30
per
cent
and
over
Percentage of total members
affected by increases of—
Less
than
10
per
cent
615
398
71
100
57
25 29.0
Journeymen..................................... .
502
Asbestos workers_______________
28
Boilermakers___________________
9
Bricklayers__________ _____ ____
17
Carpenters ..
30
13
Cement finishers..... ......................
Electricians, inside wiremen......... 19
Elevator constructors___________
55
Engineers, portable and hoisting - _ 71
Olaziers......... ........................ ........ 11
Granite cutters_________________
7
12
Lathers________________________
Machinists........... ..........................
5
2
Marble setters_________ ______
Mosaic and terrazzo workers..........
6
Painters__________ _____ _____
27
Paperhangers _ __
16
Plasterers........... ......... .................. 10
24
Plumbers and gas fitters............ .
14
Hodmen.................................. ......
Roofers, composition....................
18
Roofers, slate and tile___________
10
19
Sheet-metal workers____________
Sign painters ________________
9
Steam and sprinkler fitters............ 29
Stonecutters___________________
4
Stonemasons____ ______________
13
Structural-iron workers_________
20
Tilfi layers
4
333
8
2
4
22
6
19
3
81
18
1
6
4
5
5
23
17
4
9
11
21
7
13
13
8
3
5
8
7
49
75
2
1
3
47
17 30.4
1 42.7
12.3
23.1
1 25.5
30.0
31.2
39.8
12 14.7
36.5
70.2
1 29.2
32.4
1.5
11.8
1 51.0
55.0
13.7
35.1
33.0
1 17.2
10.9
28.8
10.8
32.2
22.2
13.4
40.7
14.3
Helpers and laborers.................... ........ 113
Building laborers_______________ 17
Composition roofers' helpers_____
2
Elevator constructors’ helpers
45
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders)___
14
Marble setters' helpers...
7
Plasterers’ laborers........................
12
Plumbers’ laborers_____________
4
Steam and sprinkler fitters' help
ers_______ ___________________
5
Tile layers' helpers.........................
7
65
15
4
4
14
5
9
7
7
3
1
3
2
11
1
4
1
4
2
3
4
2
6
4
2
2
1
1
3
14
1
13
6
2
1
1
6
2
3
7
1
3
1
1
1
2
7
6
1
1
3
4
1
1
4
2
4
1
2
22
5
1
2
6
1
3
2
25
7
2
10
4
1
6
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
8 24.3
31.0
2.0
36.7
4 12.8
11.5
2 12.1
4.9
2
4.4
26.1
10
and
un
der
15
per
cent
15
and
un
der
20
per
cent
20
and
un
der
25
per
cent
25
and
un
der
30
per
cent
30
per
cent
and
over
9.7
2.3
1.9
1.1
0.3
1.1
.9
.7
.3
2.2 ’ ’ .’ s’
(i)
.4
2.9
.6 2.5
.1
.6
9.4 1.0
5.1
6.6
3.7
7.7
.4
8.4
.4
16.9 1.5
3.1
.3
7.5 2.9
11.4
.8
.3
3.3
5.3
1.7
3.5
16.0 ”".6
20.1
.3
5.0
7.2 2.1
11.2 3.5
18.9
.4
12.5
13.6 i.~8"
11.2
.8
2.1 2.0
5.7
16.1
6.8 6.5
6.0
2.7
.4
(0
1.7
1.1
2.8 4.4
2.3 1.0
.2
.1
1.0 T e ’
.1
.6
2.4
.2
3.1 1.1
1.2 5.3
2.9
.3
1.4 2.8
.l
2.0
1.5
1.9
3.2
.6
.l
.5
.3
10.7 6.9 4.8 1.9
1.0
11.5 8.7 6.1 2.2
12.6 7.3 4.9
.9
2.7
.3
10.1 1.8 2.6
4.8
.7
1.2
6.8
.7
7.6 1.0 T o ' .9 " ’ .’ 6
15.1 17.0 1.7 4.7
8.3
.8
.6
1.1
5.2
......
* Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
City and Regional Averages
A V E R A G E R A T E S IN EACH C IT Y , 19413
The average rate per hour for all building journeymen was highest
in New York City ($1,823); its neighbor city, Newark, ranked second
($1,798). Next in line were Chicago ($1,717) and Washington
($1,651). In addition to these 4 cities, Pittsburgh ($1,595), Cleveland
3
The averages herein presented are weighted according to the number of members in each local union
covered by the reported rates and in many cases may be lower than a simple average of specific rates due to
heavy memberships at the less-skilled trades which carry the lower rates. While a comparison of average
rates between cities where averages including the influence of the weighting factor (membership) may be
misleading due to unusually high or low memberships in some cities in comparison with the same trades in
other cities, a weighted average of this kind is obviously more realistic than a simple average. In the latter
case, a wage rate for a trade including half a dozen members would be given the same Importance as a trade
including several hundred members.
WAGES AND HOURS
19
($1,542), St. Louis ($1,524), and Detroit ($1,511) had averages higher
than the average for all 75 cities together which was $1.50. The
majority of cities had averages between $1.25 and $1.50. Only 2—
Charlotte, N. C., and Portland, Maine— had averages less than $1 per
hour, but in both cases the difference was very slight (99.8 and 99.6
cents).
N ot all of the trades had effective union rates in all of the cities.
This was especially true among the helper and laborer trades, par
ticularly in the smaller cities. In order to insure comparability in the
composition of the averages, and recognizing the numerical importance
of the building laborers within the helper and laborer group of trades,
no city averages have been shown in the absence of effective union
rates for at least one helper trade and a substantial number of building
laborers. In many of the smaller cities no union rates were reported
for the more unskilled occupations. T o some extent this tended to
raise their averages higher than they would have been had all of the
helper and laborer trades been included.
In the helper and laborer group the same three cities had the
highest averages as was the case for the journeymen: New York
($1,192), Newark ($1,110), and Chicago ($1,039). However, Wash
ington, which ranked fourth for journeymen, was twelfth from the top
in average rates for helpers and laborers. Cleveland, which ranked
eighth for journeymen, took fourth place for the unskilled group. In
only these four cities were helper averages over $1 per hour, although
a majority had average rates of $0.85 or more and only 16 had averages
under $0.60.
T able 7.— Average Union H o u r ly Wage Rates in the Building Trades, by Cities and
Population Groups, June I, 1941
City and population group
Average
hourly
rate
City and population group
Jovrnevm en
H elpers and laborers
Population group T (over 1,000,000):
New York, N. Y ..............................
Chicago, 111 ................................. .
Average lor group I
_ _______ _________ _
Detroit, Mich____________________
Philadelphia, P a ..............................
Los Angeles, Calif
_ _
Population group II (500,000 to 1,000,000):
Washington, D. C________________
Pittsburgh, Pa._ _______________
Cleveland, Ohio........ .......................
St. Louis, M o____________________
Boston, Mass____________________
$1,823
1.717
Population group I (over 1,000,000):
New York, N. Y___............... ..........
Chicago, 111.. .......... .................. .
1.670
Average for group I ____________________________
1.511
1.477
1.275
Detroit, M ic h .......... ......................
Los Angeles, Calif..........................
Philadelphia, Pa _________________
Population group II (500,000 to 1,000,000):
Cleveland, Ohio___ ______________
St. Louis, M o____________________
San Francisco, Calif..... ......... ..........
Pittsburgh, Pa............ .......... ..........
Boston, Mass____________________
Milwaukee, Wis__________________
Average for group 11 _______________
Washington, D. C.............................
Buffalo, N. Y.....................................
Baltimore, M d___________________
Population group III (250,000 to 500,000):
Newark, N. J.....................................
Seattle, Wash___________ _______„
Minneapolis, Minn......... .............. .
Kansas City, M o...............................
Average for group I I
Buffalo, N. Y .....................................
Baltimore, M d___________________
San Francisco. Calif
Milwaukee, Wis
___ _ _
Population group III (250,000 to 500,000):
Newark. N. J....................................
Cincinnati, Ohio _ _
Denver, Colo____________________
Toledo, Ohio......................................
1 651
1. 595
1.542
1. 524
1.479
1.461
1.445
1.338
1.311
1.251
1.798
1.462
1.462
1.439
Average
hourly
rate
$1.192
1.039
1. 035
.880
.821
.732
1.015
.950
.921
.885
.884
.884
.872
.869
.758
.686
1.110
.970
.952
.877
20
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b le 7.— Average Union Hourly Wage Rates in the Building Tradesf by Cities and
Population Groups, June I, 1941 — Continued
City and population group
Average
hourly
rate
Average
hourly
rate
City and population group
J o u r n e y m e n —Continued
H e lp e r s and laborers —Continued
Population group III—Continued.
Rochester, N. Y __________________
Seattle, Wash ___
Kansas City, M o____ ____________
A v er a g e f o r ’g r o u p I I I ______________
Indianapolis, Ind____ ____________
Columbus, Ohio__________ _______
Minneapolis, Minn...........................
Louisville, K y ___________________
Memphis, Tenn__________________
Birmingham, Ala_________________
Portland, Oreg______ ____________
Houston, Tex............ ......... ............._
St. Paul, Minn____ _______ _______
Dallas, Tex.............. ................ .........
Providence, R. I_ ________________
San Antonio, Tex................. .............
New Orleans, La_________________
Atlanta, Ga 1__......................... ........
Population group IV 000,000to 250, 000):
Youngstown, Ohio_______________
Population group III—Continued.
St. Paul, Minn
Cincinnati. O h io___________ _
Portland, Oreg
Indianapolis, Ind ___ __
Toledo, Ohio
___ _
Denver, Colo __ ________ _ _
Providence, R. I ................................
Rochester, N. Y ____ __________
A v era g e fo r g r o u p I I I ___ ___
Columbus, Ohio________________
Memphis, Tenn __________ _
Houston, Tex___________________
Louisville, K y___________________
Dallas, Tex_____________________
D a y ton , Ohio
_
_____
Peoria, 111. ........................................
South Bend, Ind________________
New Haven, C o n n ______ ________
Rock Island (111.) district >...............
Erie. Pa
............ ............ .............
Springfield, Mass_________________
Spokane, Wash__________________
Des Moines, Iowa________________
Oklahoma City, Okla............... ........
Reading, Pa_________ ___________
Scranton, P a ____________________
A v era g e fo r g r o u p I V _........................
Omaha, N e b r.............. .............. ....
Grand Rapids, M ich_____________
Nashville, Tenn.. ________________
Worcester, Mass_________________
Salt Lake City, Utah_____________
Duluth, M in n _______________________
Norfolk, V a _____________________
Richmond, Va___________________
Wichita, Kans___________________
Jacksonville, Fla_________________
Tampa. Fla........................................
Charlotte, N. C.................................
Population group V (40,000 to 100,000):
Butte, Mont_____________________
Charleston, W. Va_______________
Binghamton, N. Y _______________
El Paso, Tex......................................
Phoenix, Ariz_____ _______________
A v er a g e fo r g r o u p V _______________
Mobile, Ala ............ _......... .............
Madison, Wis_____ ______ ________
Little Rock, Ark_________________
Jackson, M is s ___________________
Manchester, N. H ________________
Charleston, S. O................................
York, Pa............................................
Portland, Maine............................
$1,413
1.413
1.397
1.S79
1.377
1.362
1.334
1.323
1.312
1.308
1.303
1.302
1.302
1.263
1.253
1.246
1.227
1.203
1.482
1.459
1.415
1.382
1.367
1.341
1.335
1.332
1.328
1.308
1.304
1.287
1.278
1.976
1.274
1.246
1.240
1.239
1.233
1.231
1.190
1.180
1.138
1.119
1.116
.998
1.486
1.373
1.295
1.290
1.268
1.994
N ew Orleans, T,a
.
Rirm ingham , Ala . . . . . . . .
San Anton'o, Tex_______________
Population group IV ( 100,000to 250,000):
Spokane, Wash..................................
Peoria, 1
11 ___________________
South Bend, Ind ____ __
Salt Lake City, Utah...................
New Havpn. Conn
Pock Island (Til l district
1
Youngstown. O h io _________
Worcester, Mass. __
_
Des Moines, Iowa
Erie, Pa................ ...... ......... ..........
Dnlnt.h, Minn
Springfield, Mass
...........................
IV ________ __
Reading, Pa __ ____
Scranton, Pa....................................
Dayton, O h io __________________
Omaha, N e b r _________________
Norfolk, Va.....................................
Jacksonville, F la ___________ ____
Grand Rapids, Mich............. ...........
A v era g e f o r g r o u p
O klahom a C ity , Ob la
Wichita, Kans_______ ______ ____
Richmond, Va_________________
Tampa, Fla __________________
Nashville, Tenn__________________
Charlotte, N. C....... .........................
Population group V (40,000 to 100,000):
Butte. Mont ___________________
Manchester, N . IT
Phoenix, A Hr.
Madison, W is
Binghamton, N. Y ............................
Portland, Maine_________________
Anernge. tnrg r o u p V
1.211
Charleston, W. V a __
York, Pa ..........................................
Mobile, \la........................................
1.121
Charleston, S. O____ ______ _______
1.219
1.190
1.165
1.086
1.054
.996
FI P a s o Ter
$0.874
.861
.848
.809
.797
.776
.765
.764
.7 6 9
.668
.654
.634
.630
.595
.569
.545
.496
.893
.881
.874
.857
.853
.806
.790
. 764
.762
.743
.734
.719
.69 0
.684
.673
.672
.657
.572
.569
.559
.547
.516
.510
.457
.422
.389
.966
.795
.781
.772
.715
.706
.64 6
.635
.611
,533
.508
.448
t Includes Rock Island, 111., Davenport, Iowa ,and Moline, 111.
PER CE N TA G E CH AN GE IN R ATE S IN EACH C IT Y , 1938-41
Table 8 lists the percentage change in average union wage rates, by
city, for each year from June 1, 1938, to June 1, 1941. These changes
are based on aggregates computed from the quotations of the unions
which furnished reports for identical occupations in both years. The
membership weights in both of the aggregates in each year-to-year
21
WAGES AND HOURS
comparison are those reported for the second of each pair of years.
The percentage change is computed by dividing the current aggregate
by the aggregate for the preceding year.
It should be noted that wage rates in the building trades tend to be
increased, or decreased, by absolute amounts, most often 12)2 or 10
cents per hour, rather than by a percentage. Therefore, those cities
having low actual scales will tend to show greater percentage changes
than those with high scales, assuming that the proportion of trades
having changes and the proportion of the total membership affected
are similar. Table 7, which shows 1941 average rates for each city,
should be used in connection with table 8 to discover the results of
the changes which have taken place during the past 3 years.
Union wage rates in the building trades advanced 6.0 percent, on
the average, during the 3-year period ending June 1, 1941; almost 62
percent of this increase occurred during the past year. Jacksonville,
Fla., recorded the highest percentage increase during this period, the
combined rates advancing by over 20 percent. The combined trades
in New Orleans, La., and Little Rock, Ark., show an increase of at
least 18 percent, and Norfolk, Va., Richmond, Va.f and Charleston,
S. C., had average rates on June 1, 1941, that were about 17 percent
higher than on June 1, 1938. Despite these substantial increases,
however, the 1941 average wage rates in these cities were considerably
lower than the average for their respective city-size groups. (See
table 7.)
T able 8.— Percentage Change in Union Building Trades Wage Rates, b y City , 1938—41
Percentage increase from previous year
Journeymen
All trades
City
1939
1940
1941
1939
1940
Helpers and laborers
1941
1939
All cities combined_______
0.7
1.6
3.7
0.7
1.4
3.5
0.8
Atlanta, Ga._ __________
Baltimore, Md ________
Binghamton, N. Y _____
Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass_____________
.9
2.7
(2)
-1 .4
.1
2.3
1.4
(2)
2.6
.2
6.8
3.0
6.8
5.3
4.2
1.0
1.6
(2)
.6
.i
2.3
1.7
(2)
3.2
.2
6.7
1.9
5.0
2.5
4.6
0
10.3
(2)
-9 .6
(»)
Buffalo, N. Y ____________
Butte, Mont--- __________
Charleston, S. C _____ ____
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C ----------------
.1
.5
7.7
.6
.1
.4
0
2.7
2.0
2.8
8.3
5.0
5.7
11.0
3.7
.1
.7
7.7
.4
.1
.3
0
2.7
2.4
2.8
7.4
3.5
5.5
8.1
3.7
Chicago, 111______________
Cincinnati, Ohio__ _______
Cleveland, Ohio__________
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex______________
(3)
0
.1
1.8
.7
0
(3)
.9
2.0
4.4
2.7
1.8
7.4
5.4
5.6
(3)
0
.1
1.4
.8
0
(3)
1.0
1.5
4.7
Dayton, Ohio____________
Denver, Colo. ___________
Des Moines, Iowa------------Detroit, M ich____________
Duluth, Minn.__ _________
.7
1.0
.5
.7
0
(3)
.2
1.0
1.1
(3)
2.1
2.2
.3
8.9
4.1
0
1.1
.1
.8
0
0
.1
1.1
.8
.1
See footnotes at end of table.
1940
2.0
1941
4.8
.1
(2)
.1
.2
7.6
9.4
14.4
16.7
0
(3)
0
0)
3.3
0)
.8
0
0)
0
0)
13.8
10.1
0)
20.0
(2)
3.0
1.4
7.1
6.2
2.2
0
0
(3)
4.5
0
0
0
0
4.6
.4
.2
4.4
10.5
.3
21.1
2.4
2.8
.3
9.1
3.4
5.9
0
3.1
.1
0
.2
.3
0
5.9
0
0
.3
0
6.2
9.9
0)
22
UNION- SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 8.— Percentage Change in Union Building Trades Wage Rates, by City , 1 93 8 -4 1 —
Continued
Percentage increase from previous year
All trades
City
19C9
1940
Journeymen
1941
1939
1940
Helpers and laborers
1941
1939
El Paso, Tex. ___________
Erie, Pa_________________
Grand Rapids, M ich______
Houston, Tex____ ______
Indianapolis, Ind________
0
3.5
4.2
-.1
1.8
(3)
1.2
.5
3.4
.2
2.3
7.2
5.5
1.1
2.2
0
3.7
4.5
-.1
.8
0
1.4
.6
3.5
.3
2.8
5.0
5.7
1.1
1.7
0)
-4 .9
0
0
6.5
Jackson, Miss ___ _______
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o_________
Little Rock, Ark.__..........
Los Angeles, Calif_________
1.0
2.3
.3
8.3
.9
.6
6.8
(3)
1.6
.4
2.4
11.2
.5
8.2
6.6
1.0
2.6
.3
. 8.3
1.0
.7
7.7
(3)
1.6
.5
2.4
10.6
.6
8.2
5.1
0)
Louisville, K y____________
Madison, Wis____________
Manchester, N. H ________
Memphis, Tenn__________
Milwaukee, Wis__________
.5
2.7
1.3
1.3
.1
3.9
1.5
1.3
2.9
.1
5.2
3.5
1.5
8.0
1.8
.7
3.2
1.5
1.0
.1
1.7
.5
1.5
3.1
.2
4.6
2.8
0
7.6
2.1
(3)
.4
0
3.9
0
(3)
(2)
7.2
.5
1.2
2.9
9.8
3.3
5.0
8.3
(3)
(2)
.2
.9
2.8
(3)
(2)
8.0
.6
1.4
2.6
8.3
3.7
5.6
7.7
(3)
.2
.8
2.4
New Orleans, La ...............
New York, N. Y __________
Norfolk, Va______________
Oklahoma City, Okla.........
Omaha, Nebr_____________
7.9
.6
1.2
1.3
1.2
8.3
2.5
2.9
1.3
4.2
2.0
1.8
12.6
2.6
6.6
8.4
.6
1.2
1.2
1.2
8.4
2.4
2.9
1.5
4.3
Peoria, 111_________________
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Phoenix, Ariz_____________
Pittsburgh, P a _____ _____
Portland, Maine......... ........
2.8
1.0
1.2
.7
3.0
.5
6.6
0
.2
0
.9
6.8
9.2
2.2
10.1
1.8
1.1
1.4
.8
3.7
Portland, Oreg
__ ______
Providence, R. I ___
___
Reading, Pa____
______
Richmond, Va___ _ _
Rochester, N. Y ____
...
.7
3.9
.3
1.6
5.7
.3
1.8
2.1
4.7
.8
6.5
6.2
4.0
9.9
3.6
Rock Island (111.) District 4_.
St. Louis, M o.
_____ _
St. Paul, Minn___ _______
Salt Lake City, Utah_____
San Antonio, Tex_________
1.4
.3
(3)
.1
.7
-.2
.1
5.2
San Francisco, Calif......... .
Scranton, Pa_____________
Seattle, W ash __________ _
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash___________
.6
.4
.2
1.3
.3
Minneapolis, Minn_______
Mobile, Ala. -----------------Nashville, Tenn__________
Newark, N .J _____________
New Haven, Conn___ ____
Springfield, Mass ............ .
Tampa, Fla. ___________
Toledo, Ohio ________ ._
Washington, D . C_______
Wichita, Kans____ _____ _
Worcester, Mass__________
York, Pa___ ______ _______
Youngstown, Ohio______
(3)
(2)
(3)
.3
(3)
.8
0
.7
0
1.7
.1
3.3
.6
8.3
.7
(2)
25.4
0
6.8
19.3
8.8
7.4
0
.1
0
8.6
7.3
15.5
14.9
.2
0
5.4
20.0
.1
1.3
11.4
2.5
1.6
12.6
3.7
5.3
5.0
.9
0)
2.1
0
8.1
2.9
0)
0
0)
.1
2.6
18.8
0
12.4
.5
6.7
0
.3
0
1.1
7.6
6.8
2.5
10.5
6.0
.5
0
0
.1
5.5
0
0
0
.1
2.4
17.6
(3)
7.8
.8
5.2
.4
1.6
5.6
.3
.7
2.5
4.2
.4
6.2
1.7
3.9
10.7
3.5
0
0
0
0)
6.2
.1
6.3
0
26.5
3.4
8.9
12.7
4.9
0
4.6
8.2
1.3
2.9
7.7
2.7
.1
.3
(3)
.1
.2
.1
.8
-.2
.1
4.5
6.4
.7
1.5
6.8
2.8
6.6
.1
(3)
0
1.8
(3)
0
0
0
12.4
13.5
4.3
11.2
9.5
1.7
1.0
1.8
5.7
10.1
2.1
.6
.4
.2
1.6
.3
.1
.9
0
.8
0
.8
2.0
5.8
9.6
2.5
.2
0
0
0
0
0
.1
0
0
0
3.6
0
5.4
13.0
0
.4
8.8
.6
4.4
4.9
.7
1.2
6.2
0
1.0
(3)
3.6
10.3
7.8
.6
6.6
3.3
6.0
8.6
0
8.3
.8
(3)
C2)
1 Insufficient quotations to compute a change.
2 Not available.
3 Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
* Includes Rock Island, 111., Davenport, Iowa, and Moline, 111.
.1
0
(0
0
0)
1.1
.1
0
1.7
.1
3.2
0
(3)
(3)
0
19.6
.6
0
4.6
(2)
4.1
4.1
.7
2.0
C2)
(3)
0.4
.1
0
0
(3)
1941
(2)
.2
5.2
1.6
(3)
(2)
.2
0
0)
1940
(2)
.3
3.7
0
.1
0
(3)
0
1.3
0
0)
(0
2.7
.1
.7
5.7
9.5
4.7
0)
.1
0
-1 .5
0
13.8
(2)
(2)
0
11.1
0
-.6
23
WAGES AND HOURS
AVERAGE
W A G E RATE S
BY
SIZE OF CITY
Average wage rates for all trades combined within the several city
population groups varied directly with the size of the cities (table 9).
Primarily because of the high rates in New York and Chicago, the
cities having the largest populations (group I, over 1,000,000) had an
average rate of 20.5 cents higher than those having populations be
tween 500,000 and 1,000,000 (group II). The group II cities in turn
had an average of 11.1 cents higher than that for group III cities
(250,000 to 500,000). The group III average exceeded that of group
A V E R A G E UNION WAGE RATES IN
BUILDING TRAD ES ACCORDING TO
SIZE OF CITY AND REGION
JUNE I, 1941
AVERAGE
HOURLY RATES
JOURNEYMEN
NORTH AND PACIFIC
$1.80
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
-
1.60
-
1.40
_______ WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOR 7 5 CITIES $ |.S 00s>._________
1.20
1.00
.8 0
.60
1
.40
.2 0
■
AVERAGE
HOURLY RATES
$1.40
HELPERS AND LABORERS
SIZE OF C ITIES
$1.40
40.000
UNDER
500,000
O
AVERAGE
HOURLY RATES
250,000
UNOER
100.000
24
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
IV (100,000 to 250,000) by 9.4 cents, and the group IV average ex
ceeded the group V (40,000 to 100,000) average by 8.4 cents. The
same general relationship between the average hourly wage rates and
the city sizes prevailed not only for all building trades combined, but
also for the averages for the journeyman group and the helper and
laborer group.
In the North and Pacific region the same direct variation between
the averages and the city sizes held for all trades combined, the jour
neyman group, and the helper and laborer group. The same condition
did not exist among the averages for the South and Southwest city
groups, as the averages for group V cities were consistently larger than
the averages for group IV cities. This was largely due to the com
paratively higher rates in Phoenix, El Paso, and Mobile, each of which
reported higher average rates than did Norfolk, Richmond, Wichita,
Jacksonville, Tampa, and Charlotte in group IV.
Although the influence of the relatively high average rates in New
ark and Butte was not evident in the three main averages (all trades,
journeymen, and helpers and laborers) nevertheless these rates were
factors in causing several individual trades to show group averages
not in direct variation in the North and Pacific region. The averages
of seven journeyman trades and three helper trades were higher in
group III cities than those in group II. Newark’s high rates, second
only to New York, on the average, had much to do with these differ
ences. Butte’s high average was the chief factor in the higher rates
in group V cities than in group IV for five journeyman and two helper
trades.
The plasterers recorded the highest average rates in group I cities,
closely followed by the bricklayers; the structural-iron workers regis
tered the high figure for groups II and I V ; the bricklayers in groups
III and V. The plasterers’ laborers showed the highest average
among all helper trades in group I cities; elevator constructors’ helpers
led the field in groups II, III, and I V ; marble setters’ helpers had the
highest average in group V.
R E G IO N A L D IFFER E N C ES
Since there is no city in the South or Southwest with a population of
over 500,000, any comparison of average rates must be confined to
population groups III, IV, and V (table 9).
25
WAGE'S AND HOURS
T a ble 9.— Average Union Wage Rates in Each Building Trade, by Region and Population
Group, June I, 1941
Cities in population group i
Group Group
11 2
I3
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Trade
South
North South
North and
North South
North North
and
All
All
and
and South All
and South
and
and
and
cities
cities
cities
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific South
Pacific Pacific
west
west
west
All building trades_____
$1,548 $1.343 $1.232 $1.292 $1.116 $1.138 $1.192 $1.037 $1.054 $1.070 $1,040
Journeymen_____ ______
Asbestos workers___
Boilerm akers............
Bricklayers_________
Carpenters_________
Cement finishers___
Electricians, inside
wiremen.............
Elevator construetors........... ...............
Engineers, portable
and hoisting______
Glaziers...... ................
Granite cutters
__
Lathers. __________
Machinists. _______
Marble setters______
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers...................
Painters......................
Paperhangers_______
Plasterers__________
Plumbers and gas
fitters _________ .
Rodm en____________
Roofers, composition.
Roofers, slate and
tile_______________
Sheet-metal workers.
Sign painters. _____
Steam and sprinkler
fitters____________
Stonecutters___ ____
Stonemasons_______
Structural-iron
workers _________
Tile layers..... ............
1.670
1.652
1.742
1.866
1.626
1.591
1.461
1.523
1.510
1. 634
1.386
1.454
1.379
1.400
1.482
1. 591
1.308
1.351
1.430
1.381
1.528
1. 642
1.375
1.363
1.664
1.548 1. 515
1.664
1.551 1.455
1.649
1.703
1.418
1.783
1.621
1. 708
1.597
1.395
1.185
1.603
1.493
1.512
1.633
1.614
1.697
1.886
1.403
1.371
1.373
1.664
Helpers and laborers4. . .
Building laborers___
Elevator construc
tors’ helpers______
H od carriers (ma
sons’ tenders)___
Marble setters’ help
ers—
Plasterers’ laborers. .
Steam and sprinkler
fitters’ helpers____
Tile layers’ helpers...
1.035
.943
1.275
1.341
1.451
1.513
1.172
1.250
1.334
1.366
1.453
1.561
1.254
1.311
1.545
1. 435 1.333
1.344
1.315 1.270
1. 308
1.241
1.478
1.415 1. 351
1.377
1.265 1.247
1.249
1.245
1.407
1.227
1. 215
1.509
1.380
1.490
1.489
1.268
1. 215
1.550
1.537
1. 511
1.285 1.368
1.103 1.090
1.125
1.409 1.471
1.322 1.263
1.428 1.388
1.403
1.155
1.125
1.473
1.275
1.430
1.285 1.355
.882 1.045
1.429
1.092
1.290
.997
1.468 1.234
1. 250 (3)
1.324 1.413
1.419
1. 321
1.142
(3)
1.450
1.376
1.266
1.233
1.544
1.362
1.324
1. 284
1.587
1.416
1.123
1.069
1.470
1.356
1.131
1.138
1.481
1.386
1.193
1.168
1.495
1. 250
1.006
1.021
1.453
1. 341
1.068
1.097
1.412
1.303
1.045
1.156
1.468
1.367
1.093
.995
1.369
1.712
1.600
1.502
1.548 1.505
1.618 1.373
1.288 1.205
1.510
1.445
1.294
1.494 1.384
1.257 1.394
.946 1.077
1. 371
1.485
1.124
1.409 1.427
1.235 1.244
.932 1.028
1.390
1.404
1.044
1.450
1.170
1.022
1.646
1.651
1.768
1. 552 1.334
1. 433 1.408
1.568 1.372
1.370
1.431
1.384
1.266 1.196
1.352 1.248
1.343 1.217
1.261
1.322
1.275
.982 1.106
1.073 1.139
1.089 1.223
1.191
1.253
1.261
1.010
1.079
1.201
1.695
1.470
1.546
1.495 1.461
1.368 1. 282
1.517 1.549
1.453
1.306
1.572
1.500 1.374
1.055 1.264
1.472 1.489
1.377
1. 264
1.508
1.367 1.433
1.413
1.457
1. 383 1.397
1.450
1.344
1.786
1.576
1.693 1. 546
1.452 1.430
1.593
1.460
1.470 1.533
1.340 1.336
1.566
1.388
1.456 1.392
1.250 1.406
1.453
1.353
1.350
1. 460
.872
.822
1.279
1.434
1.402
1.486
1.197
1.329
.762
.719
.852
.810
.584
.556
.690
.638
1.127 1.046
1.173)
1. 309
1.411
1.413
1.070
1.159
1.224
1.348
1.479
1.496
1.107
1.250
1.267
1.439
1.484
1. 530
1.148
1.298
1.190
1.318
1.467
1.445
1.077
1.236
.772
.718
.495
.443
.646
.619
.703
.678
.569
.537
.921
1.066
1.006
.968
.991
.902
.897
.877
1.109
.937
.850
.934
.676
.795
.846
.569
.708
.792
.623
1. 250
1.291
.921
1.086
.977
.939
1.015
1.033
.694
.700
.821
.803
.872
.964
.650 1.004
.601 .820
(3)
.861
.740
.741
1.207
1.111
.892
.936
.885
.907
.904
.946
.750
.600
.674
.826
.720
.866
.574
.644
.725
1.139
.750
.788
1.195
.739
.899
1 Group I includes cities of over 1,000,000 population; group II, 500,000 to 1,000,000; group III, 250,000 to
500,000; group IV , 100,000 to 250,000; and group V, 40,000 to 100,000.
* N o city of this size in the South or the Southwest.
3 Reports for these trades were received from only 1 city in each of these classifications; therefore, no
average could be shown.
4 Includes also plumbers’ laborers and composition roofers’ helpers, not shown separately because of the
small number of quotations obtained for these trades.
Within the city-size classifications the averages for all building
trades combined, as well as for both the journeyman and the helper
and laborer groups of trades, were consistently higher in the North
and Pacific region than in the South and Southwest.
This relationship evidenced itself in all but six of the journeyman
trades and two of the helper trades. M ost of these eight exceptions
26
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
were in group V cities, where the influence of Phoenix and El Paso was
apparent. In three cases— asbestos workers, mosaic and terrazzo
workers, and steam and sprinkler fitters— the average for the South
and Southwest among group III cities exceeded the average rates for
the North and Pacific.
Hours P er W eek9 1941
The 40-hour week was the most prevalent working period among the
building trades, over 75 percent of the journeymen and almost 66
percent of the helpers and laborers operating on this schedule (table 10).
The normal trend in the building trades has been consistently down
ward. However, this year, in addition to reductions from a longer
workweek, there have been several upward movements in which
trades have shifted from a 30- or 35-hour week to the 40-hour schedule.
The building trades in Seattle and Denver were particularly outstand
ing in this respect.
The greater portion of those members not on a 40-hour week were
scheduled to work less than that number, only 5 percent of all buildingtrades workers having maximum normal weeks of more than 40 hours.
Among journeymen a longer workweek was rare, as only a little over 1
percent of the members were thus affected. On the other hand, the
helpers and laborers, chiefly the building laborers, had appreciable
numbers of members on a 44-hour week basis. In other individual
helper trades a week of less than 40 hours was more common than a
week of over 40 hours.
The 35-hour week covered 15.6 percent of all building-trades work
ers (journeymen 16.7 percent, helpers 11.5 percent). There were no
trades that did not have 35-hour-week schedules. In fact, 55.5 percent
of the granite cutters and 35.4 percent of the bricklayers operated on
this schedule. In addition, over one-third of the hod carriers and
marble setters’ helpers had 35-hour weeks.
The 30-hour week was also quite frequent, especially in certain
trades. The plasterers reported almost 44 percent of their members
on this shorter schedule. The paperhangers (31 percent), lathers
(22.2 percent), and painters (20.7 percent) had substantial numbers of
their members on a 30-hour week, while among the less skilled group,
the plasterers’ laborers and steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers pro
vided the 30-hour week for over 28 percent of their members.
These various weekly working schedules, weighted by the member
ship in each case, had the effect of producing an average workweek of
38.8 hours for all building trades. The journeyman average was
slightly lower than that for all trades (38.5), while the helpers and
laborers, on the average, observed a longer normal workweek (39.9).
All of the journeyman trades except the engineers, rodmen, and tile
layers had average workweeks of less than 40 hours. The rodmen
and tile layers registered averages of exactly 40 hours. The engineers'
27
WAGES AND HOURS
average was slightly over 40, as a result, in most cases, of a 48-hour
week on road construction. The plasterers, painters, and paperhangers worked a shorter week, on the average, than did any other
trades. A large percentage of their agreements called for 30- and 35hour weeks.
Among the helper trades, the building laborers, because of the
existence of quite numerous 44-hour week schedules, had an average
workweek of 40.8 hours. All other helper trades, except tile layers'
helpers, had averages of less than 40. The plasterers' laborers and
steam and sprinkler fitters' helpers recorded the low averages, 37.4
and 36.5, respectively. These low averages were brought about, in
the main, by the prevalence of the 30-hour week in some localities,
over one-fourth of the members operating on that basis.
T a ble 10.— Distribution oj Union Members in Each Building Trade, by Weekly Hours ,
June 1 , 1941
Aver
age
hours
per
week
Trade
Percent of union members having work week of—
30
hours
All building trades 1___ ___ _____ _________
38.8
6.2
Journeymen 8_____________ ____ __________
Asbestos workers 4___ _____ _________ _
Boilermakers____ _________________
Bricklayers_______________________ __
Carpenters
_____ _ ______
Cement finishers________________ ____
Electricians, inside wiremen _ ___
Elevator constructors
. ____________
Engineers, portable and hoisting _____
Glaziers____ _ ___________________
Granite cutters______________________
Lathers.. ___ ___________ _______
Machinists._ __ _____________________
Marble setters. _ _____________________
Mosaic and terrazzo workers_________ _
Painters . . _______ .. __________
Paperhangers_________ ____ __________
Plasterers__________ ___________ _____
Plumbers and gas fitters
_. _______
Hodmen
_ .
Roofers, composition
_
Roofers, slate, and tile
Sheet-metal workers___________________
Sign painters . . ______________ ___
Steam and sprinkler fitters._______ ___
Stonecutters. _ ____ _ ________ ___
Stonemasons ________________________
Structural-iron workers_______________
Tile layers.. ___________________ _____
Helpers and laborers 86_ ______ _________
Building laborers
. . . ..
Elevator constructors’ helpers . . . ______
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders)7_________
Marble setters’ helpers . ____________
Plasterers’ laborers 8
38.5
38.5
39.1
38.2
39.2
39.8
38.9
39.9
40.4
38.7
37.0
37.5
39.9
37.7
38.9
36.4
36.1
35.3
38.1
40.0
39.5
39.7
39.4
39.1
38.5
38.9
38.8
39.5
40.0
39.9
40.8
39.6
38.8
38.1
37.4
36.5
40.0
6.9
14.0
.3
.7
.2
.1
8.0
Steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers
Tile layers’ helpers___
_ _____
____
32
hours
35
hours
0.1
(3)
1.4
22.2
20.7
31.0
43.9
12.7
11.8
.5
3.2
.1
3.7
(3)
.8
.5
28.5
28.3
.2
2.4
40
hours
44
hours
15.6
73.0
4.0
1.0
16.7
1.5
17.0
35.4
16. 5
11.9
7.5
8.7
.6
28.0
55.5
5.9
2.9
45.2
22.4
31.3
16.2
3.5
13.0
.3
11.4
10.8
12.0
21.0
8.4
21.4
23.6
3.0
.3
11.5
5.9
11.3
33.1
37.8
1.9
14.8
.2
75.1
84.2
82.7
63.7
82.3
81.8
83.9
83.7
91.1
70.6
36.7
71.9
97.1
54.6
77.3
47.7
51.7
49.9
74.1
99.7
85.1
86.0
87.8
75.9
78.1
78.2
75.9
93.8
99.2
65.8
69.9
84.4
54.1
60.8
61.1
56.4
98.1
.6
.6
.2
1.0
2.2
.2
7.6
.1
1.4
4.0
.4
48
hours
6.8
7.8
.2
.3
.3
1.1
.3
.2
1.6
1.4
.2
3.1
.6 *
2.5
1.8
1.1
.4
(3)
.4
16.3
21.7
4.2
7.4
.9
7.3
1.5
2.2
2.5
.1
3.2
.5
1Excludes less than a tenth of 1 percent having a 37^-hour week, and less than S tenth of 1 percent having
a 42-hour week, and a tenth of 1 percent having a 42M-hour week.
* Excludes less than a tenth of 1 percent having a 42-hour week.
8 Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
4 Excludes three-tenths of 1 percent having a 42-hour week.
* Includes also plumbers' laborers and composition roofers’ helpers not shown separately because of the
small number of quotations obtained for these trades.
6 Excludes two-tenths of 1 percent having a 37^-hour week and three-tenths of 1 percent having a 42H-hour
week.
7 Excludes 1.4 percent having a 42j/2-hour week.
8Excludes 1.2 percent having a 42H-hour week.
28
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
CHANGES IN H OURS PER W E E K
The slight upward movement in the 1941 hours index was due
primarily to increases where the workweek had been less than 40 hours.
The building-trades agreements in Seattle, in general, provided for
increases in the previous 30-hour week, while the maximum hours for
most of the trades in Denver were increased from 35 to 40. These
changes, together with the other increases, were due to the rush of
construction for defense and the rescinding of share-the-work plans.
As indicated in table 11, the great majority of the quotations (92
percent) and membership (95 percent) maintained the same maxi
mum weekly hours as in 1940. Proportionately, a greater number of
journeymen (96 percent) than of helpers (94 percent) observed
the same working schedule. Of the 3,124 comparable quotations, 94
called for increased weekly hours and 144 reported decreases. Almost
twice as many journeymen were affected by increases in the workweek
as by decreases. For helpers the proportion was practically even.
T a ble 11.— Number of Changes in Union Hour Quotations and Percent of Members
Affected , June I, 794/, Compared with June 1 , 1940
Trade
Num Number of quotations
showing—
ber of
quota
tions
compa
In
No
De
rable
crease crease change
with
1940
Percentage of union
members affected
In
crease
De
crease
No
change
All building trades _ ____________________
3,124
94
144
2,886
2.9
1.8
95.3
Journeymen. ____________ ____ __________
Asbestos workers________ _____ ________
Boilermakers________________________
Bricklayers _________ ______ _________
Carpenters___________________________
Cement finishers______ ______________
Electricians, inside wiremen___________
Elevator constructors__________________
Engineers, portable and hoisting_______
Glaziers____ _____________ __ ______
Granite cutters____________________ __
Lathers....... ......... ....................................
M achinists.__________________________
Marble setters__ _____ ________ ____ ___
Mosaic and terrazzo workers___________
Painters. ..................................................
Paperhangers. ........................ ...................
Plasterers______ ____________________
Plumbers and gas fitters_______________
Hodmen__
__________ ______
Roofers, composition.......... ....................
Roofers, slate and tile................. ........... .
Sheet-metal workers___________________
Sign painters__________________ _____ _
Steam and sprinkler fitters.......................
Stonecutters
Stonemasons________________ _______ _
Structural-iron workers. _ _
Tile layers____________________________
Helpers and laborers_____ _________________
Building laborers_____________________
Composition roofers' helpers. .......... ........
Elevator constructors' helpers_________
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders)_________
Marble setters’ helpers
Plasterers’ laborers................ ................. .
Plumbers' laborers______ ____ ___ ____ _
Steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers _ _
Tile layers’ helpers____________________
2,551
65
47
82
122
76
96
127
408
73
27
90
34
70
66
134
71
81
87
71
105
63
67
72
112
80
73
78
74
573
85
30
95
95
48
75
41
54
50
75
3
105
1
2.8
2.6
1.5
.8
4
5
3
6
2
8
2
1
2
5
3
14
31
3
1.7
3.2
4.6
4.0
1.2
3.4
2.8
.3
1.1
2.9
1.7
4.9
6.1
.8
5
2
2
1
1
13
4
3
2
2,371
61
47
77
115
68
87
111
369
68
27
83
32
67
63
118
65
76
83
69
95
58
63
68
105
79
70
76
71
515
73
26
86
83
46
66
35
53
47
5.4
.9
1.0
.2
.7
2.0
1.4
.5
1.3
95.7
96.6
100.0
98.0
95.7
92.5
94.3
93.9
90.5
96.4
100.0
93.7
99.0
98.5
97.1
96.1
95.5
97.5
96.0
95.3
96.2
97.0
95.9
93.6
96.1
86.9
99.1
97.6
97.3
93.7
93.1
88.4
95.8
94.9
98.1
93.0
93.2
99.7
96.7
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
5
2
3
1
5
2
2
2
19
5
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
5
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
39
7
2
7
10*
6
5
1
1
1.3
2.2
1.9
3.1
2.0
2.7
4.7
2.5
1.0
3.8
2.1
3.4
.7
2.4
2.6
3.2
4.1
6.7
2.0
1.2
1.9
3.8
.4
2.5
1.3
2.0
.3
4.3
.5
13.1
.2
.1
3.1
2.8
4.9
2.2
3.9
3.2
6.4
.3
.8
WAGES AND HOURS
29
The boilermakers and granite cutters were the only trades in which
all the hour scales remained the same as in 1940. In addition to
these two, the machinists, stonecutters, and steam and sprinkler
fitters’ helpers were the only trades which did not report any increases
in maximum hours. All others except sign painters and plumbers’
laborers reported at least two quotations with lengthened hour
schedules.
Reduced hours were reported for small percentages of most of the
journeymen and helpers, with the exception of the stonecutters, where
slightly over 13 percent of the members were affected. All of these
members belong to the same local in New York City. All the trades
except the boilermakers, granite cutters, rodmen, structural-iron
workers and marble setters’ helpers had some quotations with reduced
hours of work.
Overtime Rates
Double time was reported as the initial overtime rate in a majority
of the quotations in all building trades, covering 60 percent of the
union members included in the survey.5 Practically all of the other
members were covered by an overtime rate of time and a half. In
many instances, when the initial overtime rate was listed as time and
a half, the extra hours permitted at this rate were limited, after which
double time went into effect. Only 18 of a total of 3,326 quotations
provided for overtime rates other than those mentioned above; in 14
of these no penalty rate was included, initial overtime being paid for
at the regular rate, and the 4 other quotations reported that overtime
was prohibited. (See table 12.)
About 55 percent of the journeyman quotations, including over 71
percent of the members, stipulated an overtime rate of twice the
regular hourly wage. In contrast, the helper groups indicated the
time and a half rate for about 79 percent of the members covered,
including 61 percent of the quotations.
The structural-iron workers and rodmen observed an almost uni
versal overtime rate of double time, as almost 98 percent of them were
covered by agreements with this specification. In three other trades
— boilermakers, elevator constructors, and plasterers— 90 percent of
the membership received double rates for overtime. In a half dozen
journeyman trades— the glaziers, painters, paperhangers, sign paint
ers, composition roofers, and slate and tile roofers— time and a half
was more usual. A substantial majority of the cement finishers and
« On July 22, 1941, the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of
Labor entered into an agreement with the Office of Production Management covering certain labor policies
in defense construction. Article 1 provided that all overtime on defense construction shall be paid on
a basis of time and a half. Since this agreement was made after June 1, the date of the survey, it had no
effect on the findings shown in this article
4 5 0 4 9 7 °— 42-------3
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UNION* SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
stonecutters reported overtime at time and a half, but these quota
tions covered only small proportions of the members. This condition
is explained by the fact that, usually, only the larger locals have ob
tained the double-time rate. The elevator constructors’ helpers and
steam fitters’ helpers are the only helper and laborer trades that follow
the general pattern of the journeymen in respect to overtime. Almost
97 percent of the elevator constructors’ helpers and 89.5 percent of the
steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers received double time for work in
excess of the regular hours. The marble setters’ helpers, tile layers
helpers and plumbers’ laborers also had a majority of their members
receiving the double rate, most of them being in the larger locals.
T a b l e 12.— Overtime Rates Provided in Building-Trades Union Agreements, June 1,1 94 1
Number of quotations showing
initial overtime rates of—
Trade
Time
and a
half
Double
time
Percentage of union members
having initial overtime rates of—
pen
Over Noalty
Time
time
and a
rate
pro
half
hibited speci
fied
Double
time
Over No pen
alty
time
rate
pro
hibited speci
fied
All building trades.............................
1,588
1,720
4
14
39.5
60.4
0)
0.1
Journeymen------------------- ------ -----Asbestos workers______________
Boilermakers________________
Bricklayers______________ ____
Carpenters __ ___ ______
Cement finishers___ __________
TCleetrieians, inside wiremen
Elevator constructors __ _______
Engineers, portable and hoistingGlaziers _ __ __________
Granite cutters________________
Lathers. .
_______________
Machinists________________ __
Marble setters _____ _ ____ _
Mnsaie and terraz.zn workers
Painters.
__ ___ _______ _
Paperhangers_________________
Plasterers _ _ ____ _________
Plumbers and gas fitters_______
Hodmen___ ____ _ __________
Roofers, composition_______ __
Roofers, slate and tile _ .
Sheet-metal workers___________
Sign painters. _ ______________
Steam and sprinkler fitters_____
Stonecutters___ ____ _________
Stonemasons____ _ __________
Rtrnet.nral-iron workers
Tile layers____________________
1,210
31
8
21
57
50
36
30
210
63
13
14
16
28
32
124
64
23
25
1
86
45
15
66
34
55
23
2
38
1,485
38
44
63
72
35
59
97
252
14
16
76
21
44
35
28
12
63
64
70
27
21
56
7
82
21
52
77
39
4
12
28.8
26.8
7.5
10.8
20.6
46.0
34.3
9.0
38.3
54.3
20.7
14.1
11.1
23.0
44.4
57.7
80.0
8.8
19.3
2.1
71.1
65.9
14.4
69.5
30.7
30.9
16.2
1.3
36.8
71.1
73.2
92.5
89.2
79.4
53.1
65.1
91.0
61.7
45.7
79.3
81.0
88.9
77.0
55.6
42.3
20.0
91.2
80.7
97.9
28.1
33.7
85.6
30.5
69.3
66.7
83.8
98. 7
63.2
(0
.1
Helpers and laborers______________
Building laborers____ _______
Composition roofers’ helpers____
Elevator constructors’ helpers__
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders) __
Marble setters’ helpers________
Plasterers’ laborers____________
Plumbers’ laborers____ ____ _
Steam and sprinkler fitters’
helpers
Tile, layers' helpers
378
82
22
17
88
35
53
26
235
10
11
78
19
18
25
17
78.9
87.1
78.3
3.5
86.7
33.3
60.5
37.5
21.0
12.8
21.7
96.5
13.3
66.7
39.5
62.5
17
38
42
15
10.5
44.4
89.5
55.6
Less than a tenth of 1 percent.
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
(i)
.9
.6
4.9
0)
.8
.4
1.6
.8
.1
.1
31
WAGES AND HOURS
Sunday Rates
Nine of every ten union members were covered by agreements
stipulating a rate of double time for work on Sundays (see table 13).
This provision was carried in 88 percent of the quotations for all
trades. A slightly greater proportion of the helper and laborer
membership than of the journeyman membership was covered by
double-time rates for Sunday work. Time and a half rates were
specified in practically all of the other quotations. Only 19 out of
3,326 quotations, covering about a tenth of 1 percent of the members,
quoted other Sunday scales.
T able 13.— Sunday Rates Provided in Building-Trades Union Agreements, June J, 1941
Number of quotations showing
Sunday rates of—
Trade
Time
and
a half
Double
time
Sun
day
work
pro
hibited
No
pen
alty
rate
speci
fied
Percentage of union members
having Sunday rates of—
Sun
Time Double day
work
and
time
a half
pro
hibited
No
pen
alty
rate
speci
fied
All building trades________________
359
2,948
7
12
9.3
90.6
0)
0.1
Journeymen______________________
Asbestos workers_________ ____
Boilermakers_________________
Bricklayers___________________
Carpenters___________________
Cement finishers___________ _
Electricians, inside wiremen___
Elevator constructors . .. ___
Engineers, portable and hoisting.
Glaziers__ _________ _______ .
Granite cutters_________ _____
L athers__ ___________________
Machinists_______________ ___
Marble setters ___
___
Mosaic and terrazzo workers___
Painters
_ __
__
Paperhangers______ _________
Plasterers _____ ____________
Plumbers and gas fitters____ __
Hodmen_______ . ___________
Roofers, composition_____ __ _
Roofers, slate and tile__________
Sheet-metal workers_____ ____
Sien painters _ __ ____ ______
Steam and sprinkler fitters __ __
Stonecutters_______
___ ____
Stonemasons_____ _ ________
Structural-iron workers________
Tile layers _ .
_____________
301
21
4
2,393
48
48
84
119
81
81
124
427
55
27
85
35
68
62
91
47
77
83
71
98
58
68
54
105
69
75
79
74
7
10
10.0
19.2
1.6
0)
.1
1
2.7
1.6
17.8
.4
1.7
11.4
5
.9
1.2
2.0
5.6
37.1
46.7
3.3
1.5
89.9
80.8
98.4
100.0
97.3
98.4
82.2
99.6
98.3
88.6
99.0
89.7
98.8
98.0
94.4
62.9
53.3
96.7
98. 5
100.0
89.2
91.4
92.4
86.0
78.1
91.4
100.0
100.0
97.8
Helpers and laborers______________
Building laborers______________
Composition roofers’ helpers__
Elevator constructors’ helpers.
Hod carriers (masons’ tenders) __
Marble setters’ helpers_______
Plasterers’ laborers. __________
Plumbers’ laborers.
_ _
Steam and sprinkler fitters’
helpers
_.
_ ___
Tile layers’ helpers____________
58
13
3
i Less than a tenth of 1 percent,
11
5
15
3
35
22
4
2
4
5
61
29
9
6
15
8
3
18
11
7
3
15
6
8
4
555
79
30
95
92
47
70
39
2
7
57
46
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
10.6
8.0
7.6
13.5
21.9
6.2
2.2
2
2
6.5
7.0
4.8
6.7
3.4
5.7
5.1
93.4
92.9
95.2
100.0
93.3
96.6
94.3
94.9
.5
5.3
99.5
94.7
0)
1.0
9.4
0)
.2
.6
.5
.4
2.6
.1
.1
32
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
Sunday work is commonly prohibited in the building-trades agree
ments except in case of emergency. Generally its necessity must be
demonstrated and a permit obtained from the union before Sunday
work may be undertaken. l o r defense construction projects such
prohibitions and double penalty rates in local agreements have been
superseded by the general agreement signed on July 22, 1941, by
the building and construction trades department of the A. F. of L.,
which provides that where work is required during the interval from
5 p. m. Friday to 7 a. m. M onday, or on holidays, such work shall be
paid for at the time and a half rate.
The bricklayers, stonemasons, rodmen, and structural-iron workers
reported double time in all their quotations. The boilermakers,
cement finishers, elevator constructors, engineers, granite cutters,
machinists, marble setters, and plumbers had majorities of at least
98 percent of the members on the double-time standard. In addition
to the 12 trades already mentioned, 7 others provided double time
for a greater percentage of members than the average (90.6 percent)
for all trades. Only the steam and sprinkler fitters (78.1 percent),
painters (62.9percent), and paperhangers (53.3 percent) had less than
80 percent of the members covered by double-time rates.
All trades in the helper group reported double time for over 90
percent of their members. All elevator constructors' helpers and
practically all steam and sprinkler fitters' helpers were listed on the
double-time basis. The building laborers and hod carriers reported
the largest proportion (7.0 and 6.7 percent) under time and a half
rates for Sunday work.
PART II
PROVISIONS IN UNION AGREEMENTS
The following discussion of the provisions generally included in
building-trades agreements is based upon an analysis of 854 current
agreements in the files of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage and
hour scales are not included (see part I) although general regulations
pertaining to the payment of wages are discussed. Provisions in
union constitutions and bylaws which have a bearing on working
conditions are also included.
Methods of Negotiating Agreements
Almost half of the building-trades agreements studied were nego
tiated by permanent associations of contractors and individual unions.
Usually, after the agreement between the union and the association
has been consummated, nonassociation contractors are offered agree
ments containing identical terms, with the exception that some of the
joint machinery for settling disputes between the union and associ
ation members, of necessity, is modified. In a few instances, ad
vantages are given to association members, such as a provision that
they shall have preference in obtaining union workmen. However,
in a number of cases nonmembers of the contractors’ association are
required either to join the association before signing the agreement or
to pay to the association, or the joint board of the association and the
union, an amount of money equivalent to the association membership
fee.
A number of agreements are negotiated by the individual unions
with temporary associations of contractors through joint committees
appointed for that purpose. Under such circumstances the accepted
terms are incorporated either in a single agreement which each em
ployer signs, or in separate identical agreements signed by each
employer.
Where there is neither a permanent nor a temporary association of
employers, the individual union, often after obtaining tacit acceptance
from some of the leading contractors, prepares a contract which is
automatically accepted by each union firm in the locality. Frequently
a regular agreement including all of the usual provisions, is not made.
Instead, the employers either sign a memorandum, or orally give
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
affirmation, agreeing to pay a specified wage and to abide by the
working rules of the union.
In the methods described above, the agreements usually cover only
union members of a single craft. If the territorial jurisdiction is so
large that more than one or a number of locals of the craft have been
organized, the separate locals combine into a district council and act
as a unit for collective bargaining purposes. In a few cases a union
representing one trade may ally itself with a closely related trade for
the purpose of obtaining an agreement. Examples of this are the tile
layers and tile layers’ helpers, and the plasterers and plasterers’ laborers.
In a considerable number of cities, blanket agreements covering all
or most trades are entered into between the local building-trades
council, as agent for the separate local unions, and general contractors
either separately or in associations. Usually only the basic provisions
are included, the employers agreeing by reference to observe the
established working rules of the respective local unions in the employ
ment of its particular members.
In a few cases the Building-Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor acting in conjunction with local building-trades
councils or unions has entered into agreements covering large public
construction projects.
A few trades, notably the elevator constructors, sprinkler fitters, and
tile and marble setters, have agreements negotiated between the
international unions and the national associations of contractors.
Other crafts, such as the bricklayers, have negotiated international
agreements with firms doing interstate, national, or international
business. These national agreements generally define the craft
jurisdictions, establish general working conditions, and provide for a
national board of conciliation or arbitration to which are referred
disputes which cannot be settled locally. Wage and hour scales,
however, are generally left to the locals to be incorporated in supple
mentary agreements.
The sheet-metal workers and the asbestos workers have adopted
standard-agreement forms which are used by nearly all their local
unions, thus establishing uniform working conditions throughout these
crafts, excepting, of course, the provisions relating to wages and hours,
which vary between localities. The ironworkers have drawn up a
standard set of working rules which are used by practically all locals.
Local agreements are frequently influenced by constitutional pro
visions of the international unions. For instance, the electrical
workers, operating engineers, granite cutters, lathers, ironworkers,
plasterers and cement finishers, and the painters and paperhangers
all have constitutional provisions requiring the local unions to obtain
approval from their international offices before their agreements can
PROVISIONS IN UNION AGREEMENTS
35
be made effective. In effect, this makes the international officers
additional parties to the approved agreements. In several other
trades the locals must obtain approval from their parent organiza
tions on working rules, trade rules, and bylaws, but not wage rates
and hours.
In a number of instances, constitutional limitations or requirements
are placed upon the subjects which the local unions may include in
their agreements. The bricklayers, carpenters, painters and paperhangers, and plasterers and cement finishers are prohibited from agreeing
to work only for members of an employers’ association; the plumbers,
steamfitters, and painters and paperhangers’ locals are prohibited from
establishing other than a uniform wage scale for the same class of
work; the plumbers and steamfitters may not sign an agreement con
taining a clause which prohibits sympathetic strikes; and the brick
layers, hod carriers, and tile, marble, and terrazzo helpers are
required to include an arbitration or conciliation clause in every
agreement.
M any of the agreements specify definite qualifications which must
be met by each contractor who desires to become a party thereto.
The most common is a requirement that he maintain valid workmen’s
compensation insurance. Appearing less frequently are the require
ments that he comply with unemployment compensation and social
security legislation. M ost of the electrical workers’ agreements state
that the employer must furnish proof of his ability to meet pay-roll
obligations. This provision is also found in some agreements of the
other trades. Agreements for trades such as plumbing or electric
wiring, in which contractors are frequently obliged to have licenses,
often require that the employer be licensed before signing the agree
ment. The asbestos workers’ standard agreement requires the main
tenance of an office separate from the contractor’s home. Other
agreements for various trades require the maintenance of a telephone.
A few agreements specify a minimum number of man-hours or
man-days per year which a contractor must guarantee a member of
the union in order to be recognized as an employer. Some of the
agreements state that one journeyman must be employed continuously.
Duration of the Agreements
The great majority of building-trades agreements are made for a
period of 1 year. Comparatively few have specified terms exceeding
1 year, but most of them provide that the agreement shall continue in
effect indefinitely until either of the parties shall give notice of a
desired change. Notice periods most frequently are 90 days before
the expiration date, although a large number call for 60- or 30-day
notices. Some of the agreements state that the provisions may be
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
changed at any time by mutual consent, with the further stipulation
that the changes will not go into effect until 90, 60, or 30 days after
they have been agreed upon.
In some instances it is provided that the wage or hour sections
may be opened for reconsideration without affecting other portions
of the contract. The initiation of these changes usually is dependent
on the change in cost of living or changes in scales for other unions.
The elevator constructors depend entirely on the scales of other
trades for determining their hourly rate, the change having been
reduced to an automatic process according to a set formula. New
agreements often state that any changes in wage or hour scales are
not to be effective on any work under contract previous to the
expiration of the old agreement.
Union Status
The closed shop is almost universally provided in the buildingtrades agreements. Three-fourths definitely state that only good
standing members of the signatory local union or, in the event that
a sufficient number of union members are not available, men who
are willing to join the union, shall be employed on any work of their
craft undertaken by the signatory employers. M ost of those agree
ments in which this provision is not specifically stated contain sections
extending the agreement to include application of the working rules
of the local unions. These almost invariably incorporate the closedshop principle. In a very small number of agreements which do not
provide for the closed shop, the employers agree to give preference
to union members in hiring workmen. In a few others the employer
agrees to hire union workmen but no specific provision is made which
bans nonunion men.
Agreements covering individual trades rarely ever require that the
job be manned entirely by union labor, but those made by the local
building-trades councils provide for the closed shop for all trades on
the job. In addition several trades, principally those covering
masonry work, often refuse to work with other than union helpers
even though these usually belong to separate unions.
A considerable number of agreements state that any subcontractors
used by the signatory employer must also be governed by the
conditions of the agreement.
AIDS TO EN FO RCEM EN T
A majority of the agreements provide that properly accredited
representatives of the unions may visit the jobs during working hours
to interview union members or to observe whether or not the agree
ment provisions are being followed. In a number of cases it is also
provided that the employers' pay-roll records shall be open to union
PROVISIONS IN UNION AGREEMENTS
37
inspection. Under some agreements each employer is required to
furnish the union with a copy of his weekly pay roll. Others state
that, upon request of another union member on the job, any member
must show his pay envelope in order to check on the employer.
A few agreements require the employer to report each job to the
union before work is started and to post on the job a card issued by the
union certifying that the job has been registered. This enables the
union to keep its members informed of employment opportunities and
to inquire into general conditions on the job. In this way possible
future disputes over minor misunderstandings or technicalities may be
eliminated. The individual member seeking work is also aided when
he knows that the job has been officially sanctioned by his union.
The job steward is the agent of the union on the job. He is re
sponsible for the certification of union employees hired direct by the
employer. It is his duty to aid in enforcing agreement provisions by
reporting all violations to his business agent.
U N IO N H IRIN G
The mandatory hiring of employees through the union office is not a
customary provision in building-trades agreements. About oneeighth of the agreements state that all hiring shall be done in this
manner although, in actual practice, many more contractors volun
tarily use the union office as an employment agency. Several agree
ments specify that stated proportions of each crew, most frequently
50 percent, shall be furnished by the union office and that the em
ployer may engage the other union workmen as he sees fit. Others
state that overtime work or extra-shift work must be done by members
furnished by the union; sometimes this is limited to a certain percent
age. A few provide that an employer found guilty of an agreement
violation shall be required to obtain his force through the union office
for a definite period— usually 1 year. Tw o or three agreements specify
that the union “ for just cause” or “ for the benefit of the trade” may
remove any or all journeymen from a job and replace them with
mechanics of the union’s choice.
Practically all of the agreements providing for the closed shop state
that in case the union is unable to furnish the workmen needed, the
employer may hire nonmembers who shall be granted working permits
by the union. Usually these permit men must either be replaced by
union men when available or must make application for membership
in the union.
TH E C H EC K -O FF
The check-off method of collecting union dues is practically never
provided in building-trades agreements. This is largely due to the
fact that building tradesmen work intermittently, and frequently
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
change employers, so that it would be difficult to keep employers
informed concerning the proper deduction to be made from the pay of
their particular employees on pay days.
In practice most building-trades unions insure the payment of
dues by requiring the job stewards periodically to inspect the dues
books of all members on their jobs and to report all delinquents to the
business agent. In some cases the stewards are also authorized to
collect dues from all members working with them.
W O R K IN G EM PLOYERS
About a fourth of the agreements place some restrictions upon
employers who work in other than a supervisory capacity. M any
agreements prohibit the use of tools by employers. This provision is
included in the standard-agreement form of the International Associ
ation of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, and appears
in practically all of their local agreements.
A considerable number of agreements permit only one member of
an employing firm or partnership to work on the job ; generally such
working employers must be accompanied by at least one journey
man. A number of the plumbers’ and electricians’ agreements permit
the employer to work alone on emergency or repair work; a few permit
the employer to work alone on new construction requiring less than
3 man-days of labor. A small number of agreements allow two
members of a firm to work and a few require only that not over half of
any crew may be members of the employing firm. A very small
number of agreements require working employers to be members of
the union. Generally it is required that working employers observe
the hour scales and working rules applying to employees.
M ost of the unions have rules governing those of their own member
ship who wish to become contractors and these rules are often incor
porated in the agreements. Generally such members are required to
take out a withdrawal card which certifies to their honorary separation
from the union. They are then required to sign the regular trade
agreement as contractors, and are prohibited from working as jour
neymen for others. A withdrawal card sometimes deprives a member
of a regular journeyman’s status for the period of 1 year. In other
cases, if a contractor decides to give up his employer’s status he must
return his withdrawal card and is generally prohibited from engaging
in contracting for 1 year thereafter.
Exceptions to the above provisions are found in a few bricklayers’
agreements whereby members are permitted to contract for the fur
nishing of labor and material on small jobs, usually limited to $100,
without withdrawing from the union.
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FOREMEN
Since foremen in the building trades have more than supervisoryduties, and usually work with tools along with their crews, at least
until the number of journeymen under their supervision reaches a
fixed number, they are often included under the terms of the agree
ments and are practically always required to be members of the union.
M any agreements specifically state that foremen must adhere to the
same hour and overtime provisions applying to journeymen.
H ow
ever, the foreman always is considered the agent of the employer with
power to hire and fire in accordance with the terms in the agreement,
and he is not subject to censure or discipline by the union for the execu
tion of his employer’s instructions. It is customarily understood that
the employer may hire foremen of his own choice, even under those
agreements calling for hiring of other employees through the union
office. Foremen receive rates of about $1 per day more than the
journeymen.
Generally the employment of a foreman is required only when there
are a specified number of workmen on a job. This number ranges from
2 to 10. Occasionally, it is required that every job shall have a fore
man and that a man working alone must be given foreman’s wages.
If the employer has a practical knowledge of the trade he is usually
permitted to act as foreman of his own job. A number of agreements
provide certain qualifications for foremen, the most frequent being that
they be American citizens and members of the union for a specified
number of years.
W age Regulations
TIME OF WAGE PAYMENT
Nearly all of the agreements specify a weekly pay period and a
majority name the day of the week, usually Friday, which shall be
pay day. The great majority specifically state that pay shall be dis
tributed during working hours, generally on the job. Should the
employer elect to pay at his office he is usually required to allow the
men to go to the office during regular working hours, and to pay them
for the necessary time and transportation. About one in every five
agreements provides that, should the pay not be distributed before
quitting time on pay day, the men shall receive pay for the time spent
waiting for their money. In a number of agreements this penalty
time is limited to a maximum of 2 days, and frequently this waiting
time pay is at the rate of time and a half or double time. Usually, if
settlement has not been made within a period of several days, the
union will refuse to permit work to be continued until pay-roll demands
have been met.
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A majority of agreements give the employer 1 or 2 days' time to
prepare his pay roll, the end of the pay period and pay day being
1 or 2 days apart. Payment by cash or check is usually permitted,
although not specifically mentioned in most agreements. Sometimes
the employer must pay the fee needed to cash the checks. The privi
lege of paying by check is often withdrawn if the employer has issued
checks not covered by sufficient funds. A considerable number of
agreements require each man's pay to be contained in an envelope
upon which shall be entered his name, the net amount paid, and the
details concerning any deductions from his gross earnings for the
week.
It is a general rule that men who are discharged or laid off shall be
paid at once. M en who quit voluntarily usually must wait until the
regular pay day for their money, although a few agreements specify
that they shall be paid at once if they have given sufficient notice for
the preparation of their pay.
MINIMUM PAY
Regular workmen reporting for work at starting time, in the absence
of previous instructions not to report, and any men who are ordered
to report, but are not given a full day's work, are frequently guaran
teed a minimum amount of pay. The amount guaranteed for report
ing is most often 2 hours' pay, although a half day's pay is provided
in a number of agreements. Such guarantees, however, do not cover
inability to go to work or to continue work because of weather condi
tions. M any engineers' agreements provide for employment on a
weekly or monthly basis at a lower equivalent rate than on a straight
hourly basis. In these cases pay for the entire period is guaranteed,
unless, of course, the employee is absent from work for personal
reasons.
PIECE WORK AND SUBCONTRACTING LABOR
Lumping or contracting to perform a given amount of work for a
flat price is prohibited in the rules of nearly every union, and the
prohibition is expressly stated in a great many agreements. Piece
work is likewise generally prohibited although the application of wood
lath on a piece-work basis is allowed in a few' agreements.
H our Regulations
<t REGULATION OF SHIFTS
A considerable number of the agreements contain provisions per
mitting shift work under particular conditions, generally on condition
that the shifts will be used for at least 3 or 5 days. Special permission
from the union is invariably required. Some of the agreements stipu-
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41
late that the first or regular day shift shall work 8 hours, the second
shift 7%, and the third 7, all of the shifts receiving pay for 8 hours.
Others specify 7 hours for the second and third shifts. The general
working rules of the ironworkers as well as some agreements covering
other trades state than when two shifts are used each shall work
hours, and when three shifts are used each shall work 7 hours for 8
hours’ pay. Several electricians’ agreements provide 9 hours’ pay
for 8 hours’ work. In all cases it is required that no workmen be used
on more than one shift on a straight-time basis.
On defense work, uniform shift arrangements have been made in the
general agreement entered into on July 22, 1941, by the Building
and Construction Trades Department of the A. F. of L., whereby all
shifts work 7% hours and receive pay for 8 hours.
HOLIDAY WORK
Holiday work is commonly allowed only upon the issuance of a
permit by the union when proved to be necessary, and is almost
always required to be paid for at double-time rates except on defense
work where time and one-half is paid under the Building Trades
Department agreement. Labor D ay work is frequently even more
stringently restricted, being permitted only when necessary for the
preservation of life or property. The standard-agreement form used
by the asbestos workers requires triple wages for all work on
Labor Day.
Except for engineers and foremen working on a weekly or monthly
basis, no wages are paid for holidays if no work is performed.
Over 80 percent of the agreements specify the holidays on which no
work is to be performed. The number of holidays ranges from 3 to
11, 6 or 7 being specified in more than half the agreements. The
holidays generally listed are New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Frequently
included as holidays are Armistice Day, Washington’s Birthday,
Election Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, and Columbus Day. Various
other holidays are specified in certain agreements, most of these being
State holidays such as Admission D ay in California and San Jacinto
D ay in Texas. The agreements providing as many as 10 or 11 holi
days are mostly for New York City or Boston.
Seniority and Sharing o f W ork
Seniority is rarely treated in the agreements of the building trades.
In occasional agreements with firms which normally offer com
paratively steady employment to a regular crew of men, such as sign
painting companies, larger glazing firms, or stone-cutting shops,
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seniority is applied, on the shop basis, in respect to lay-offs occasioned
by slack work.
Work-sharing requirements are contained in relatively few agree
ments. Some provide that all overtime or work outside the regular
hours must be given to workers supplied by the union from its unem
ployed list. Others provide that, in case a specified proportion of the
union is unemployed, the union may restrict the working time of its
members to less than the normal weekly hours. Others specifically
limit the weekly hours of individuals, but not of the shop or job, to
less than normal during slack seasons. In a few cases the employer
agrees to allow the union periodically to rotate a fixed percentage of
his workmen.
The majority of the plans for sharing work are based upon regula
tions applied by the unions to their own members rather than through
agreements with the employers. Generally this amounts to the estab
lishment of an unemployed list from which members are taken in
rotation as calls for workers are received. The members who are sent
out may usually work to the completion of the job, although they are
sometimes restricted to a limited period. This type of work sharing
is common and is most successful among those trades having agree
ments which require the contractors to secure all needed workmen
through the union. Usually these plans are operated by the various
unions. In New York City, however, several trades have made
agreements whereby the employment-rotation system is administered
by a joint committee of the unions and the employers7 association.
W orking Rules
Every building-trades union has a set of rules which define the duties
and obligations of both employer and employee in respect to the per
formance of their regular work. In nearly all agreements some or all
of these rules are stated as being binding upon both parties. Fre
quently the working-rules sections of the agreements are detailed and
exhaustive. In other cases only the rules covering a few specific
situations are made part of the contract. A number of agreements
do not enumerate specific rules, but incorporate the established work
ing rules of the union merely by reference. The rules vary consider
ably between cities and between crafts. The topics most frequently
covered are included in the following discussion.
MATERIAL AND TOOL RESTRICTIONS
Quite often the agreements state that there shall be no restriction
upon the use of any materials except those made by prison labor.
Union-made material requirements appear in several of the agree
ments, principally among the electricians and plumbers. A small
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number prohibit the use of materials considered dangerous to the
health of the workmen.
Restrictions on tools are not often made. About 20 percent of the
agreements specifically state that there shall be no limitations upon
the use of any tools. However, some of the painters’ agreements limit
the size of the brush or the use of a spray machine; a few bricklayers’
agreements state that mortar or cement may not be spread with any
other implement but the trowel; several cement finishers’ agreements
prohibit the use of the frezno trowel or a floating or troweling machine;
several building laborers’ agreements limit the size of the shovels to
be used to size No. 2 or to a weight of
pounds, or specify that longhandled shovels must be used whenever possible; most of the granite
cutters’ agreements prohibit the use of a hand surfacer or bumper;
and the stone cutters generally impose limitations on the size and
use of pneumatic hammers.
FURNISHING AND MAINTENANCE OF TOOLS
In nearly all building operations it is customary for the workmen to
furnish, for their own use, the ordinary hand tools used in their work.
The employer is expected to supply all the more unusual tools, power
tools, and heavy or large equipment. To avoid possible question as
to what tools each shall furnish many agreements specify the tools to
be supplied by each. The requirements necessarily vary between
crafts and the provisions for particular crafts frequently vary in
details between cities. B y way of example, plumbers and steam
fitters are generally required to furnish all necessary wrenches up to a
14-inch size, and journeymen paperhangers must furnish their own
straightedges or cutters.
Inasmuch as it is frequently impracticable to remove personal tools
from the job each night, a considerable number of agreements specify
that precautions must be taken to protect them from fire or theft when
the workmen are not on the job. The employer is generally required
to supply a substantial locker or safe place in which tools may be
locked, and is usually required to reimburse employees for the loss of
tools or clothes through fire or theft. A number of agreements specify
the maximum amounts an employee may claim for such losses.
Edged tools dull rapidly and frequently need to be reset or sharpened
if good workmanship and efficient production are to be maintained.
In order that the sharpening may not be neglected and that it shall
be done properly, many agreements, especially the carpenters’ , spe
cify that setting or sharpening shall be done during working hours,
either by the journeymen using the tools or by a journeyman desig
nated to sharpen tools for the crew.
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TRAVEL BETWEEN JOBS OR JOB AND OFFICE
M any of the agreements permit individual employees to use their
own automobiles in their daily trips to and from work and to haul
their own tools to and from the job at the beginning and end of the
work, but not otherwise. The transfer of workmen between jobs or
any necessary trips between the jobs and the office occurring during
a day’s work is customarily the employers’ obligation. Frequently
the agreements specifically state that the employer must furnish such
transportation and pay for the time consumed.
Generally the transportation of the employers’ equipment in
employees’ cars is either strictly limited or prohibited entirely. These
restrictions serve not only to prevent some employers from taking
advantage of their employees who possess automobiles, but also to
prevent such workmen from having preference over others in obtain
ing employment through offering the use of their cars, which in effect
would amount to a rebate on their wages.
In some cases when jobs are inaccessible through regular public
transportation systems, employers are permitted to arrange with
employees who have cars to transport other men to and from work.
Such circumstances are generally restricted and the compensation to
be given the car owner is specified.
VOLUME OF WORK
Few of the agreements or working rules explicitly restrict the
amount of work to be performed by a workman in a day. On the
contrary, about a fourth of the agreements expressly prohibit any
such limitations. Complementary to this provision, some agreements
prohibit the employer from establishing time standards for specific
jobs and from requiring workmen to turn in detailed work sheets
showing the time spent on particular operations. A few lathers’
agreements specify the maximum amount of lathing to be done in a
day or state the minimum that shall be considered a “ fair” day’s work,
and a number of bricklayers’ agreements state that no mechanic
may work “ ahead of the line.”
QUALITY OF WORK
A number of agreements specify the minimum quality of the work
to be installed and require that both the employees and the employer
shall observe such standards. In many cases the standards are
described in detail. In other cases reference is merely made to recog
nized standards established by law or adopted by the standards
committees of national organizations.
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A majority of the electrical w o r k e d agreements state that imperfect
work must be corrected by the employee during working hours on his
own time. Several agreements covering plumbers, mosaic and terrazzo
workers, tile setters, and helpers for the mosaic, tile, and terrazzo work
ers include similar provisions. In a number of instances, quality
committees composed of employers and journeymen are set up to rule
on conditions of this sort.
DISCHARGE
Because building mechanics change employers frequently and are
accustomed to being hired on a day-to-day basis, and to being laid off
without notice in accordance with the need for their services, they do
not consider discharge (for cause) to be the serious matter that it
becomes in industries where continuous employment with one em
ployer is the rule. As a result, differentiation between discharge for
cause and lay-off due to lack of work is seldom made. Very frequently
the term “ discharge” is used in the agreements to mean any termina
tion of employment initiated by the employer regardless of the
circumstances.
Restrictions upon discharge are very infrequent. On the contrary,
a considerable number of agreements specifically affirm the employers>
right to discharge without limitation. A comparatively small number
of agreements do restrict the discharge of a job steward by requiring
that he be retained for the duration of the job, and many prohibit
discharge because of union activity.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Minimum standards of safety are frequently established by State
laws and city ordinances, and by the adoption of safety codes by the
national associations of contractors. The agreements, therefore, do
not generally provide extensive safety regulations. Less than half
contain any references to safety.
The requirements that are stated in the agreements generally relate
to the construction of scaffolds or to the use of particularly hazardous
equipment. The minimum specifications for scaffolds are frequently
given in detail, although many agreements merely require that stand
ards established elsewhere shall be observed. Some agreements state
that refusal to work from an unsafe scaffold shall not be grounds for
discharge, but do not define what constitutes safe construction.
A few agreements require the employer to furnish masks or protec
tive glasses to men using certain machines and to provide guards on
power cutting machines. The granite cutters’ agreements frequently
require surfacing machines to be enclosed or to be kept a specified
distance from unprotected workmen. In a few cases the use of open
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salamanders is prohibited, and lathers are sometimes required to be
furnished sterile blue nails when it is necessary for them to hold the
nails in their mouths.
A number of agreements require employers to furnish rubber boots
and raincoats to men working in concrete or in mud and rain. Painters’
agreements sometimes prohibit the use of poisonous materials, or
specifically permit the use of gloves by the workmen. Plasterers’
agreements sometimes require buildings in which they are working to
be enclosed and heated during winter months.
ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR CLAUSE
In a few agreements the union agrees to recognize only one employer
of the craft on any particular job. In effect this requires that all work
of a particular craft on any one project must be awarded to one con
tractor, and once started must be completed by the contractor to
whom it was originally awarded. This provision is designed mainly
to insure that, should the contractor stop work because of failure to
receive payments agreed upon, the work may not be completed by
another union firm without a settlement being made with the original
contractor. Subcontracting, when permitted, usually must be done
under the same union conditions covering the primary contractor.
MISCELLANEOUS WORKING RULES
M any agreements contain minor working rules of limited applica
tion which run into innumerable variations. Examples of these are:
When construction rises above certain heights elevators must be in
stalled; painters shall start each week in clean white overalls; drop
cloths furnished by employers shall be clean and sanitary; sign painters
shall not be responsible for damage caused by paint carried by the
wind; materials must be distributed on the job and made conveniently
available to the journeymen.
O ut-of-T ow n W ork
M ost of the agreements provide that when workmen are sent out of
town the employer shall provide round-trip transportation, pay at
straight time for travel during regular working hours, and room and
board while away from home. The wages to be paid on such work are
usually whichever is higher— the home rate or the prevailing rate
where the job is located. Some agreements specify that men shall be
guaranteed full time while away from home. In a few instances the
agreements require an employer taking an out-of-town job to send at
least one man from the local union to superintend the work.
The bylaws of the international unions require members who wish to
work outside the jurisdiction of their own local unions to apply for a
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47
permit from the local in whose jurisdiction they desire to work. These
permits are issued subject to the local bylaws and the holder is required
to observe all of the local agreement provisions and the local working
rules.
When the job is so located that the workmen may conveniently
return home each night, but is outside the city limits or beyond one
streetcar or bus fare from the shop office, it is commonly required that
the contractor furnish transportation or pay the excess fare. Travel
ing time between the city line, or some fixed radius from the city hall,
and the job is required to be paid at the straight-time rate in about
one-fourth of the agreements. In a few instances it is required that
arrangements be made so that the men may be at the city line, or city
railroad station, within a half hour of both starting and quitting times,
or the overtime rate shall apply.
O ut-of-T ow n Contractors
Only those out-of-town firms which have accepted the local union’s
agreement terms and working rules are considered “ fair.” Inasmuch
as most agreements require contractors to employ only members of
the local union signing the agreement, the importation of outside
workers is, in effect, prohibited unless such workmen are given
working permits by the local union. The permits do not allow the
holders to accept less than the local rate of wages, but do not prevent
their receiving their home scale if it is higher.
Some agreements specifically state that a definite proportion of
local members must be employed on jobs performed by out-of-town
firms. This is a constitutional provision of the lathers, roofers,
plasterers and cement finishers, and ironworkers, who require 50
percent to be local men, and of the painters and paperhangers, who
require 75 percent. Should the local union have an insufficient num
ber of members available, the agreements usually permit the con
tractor to hire union men from other localities or nonunion men on
condition that they join the local union.
In a number of agreements, the out-of-town contractor is permitted
to bring only one employee with him to act as foreman on the job.
A few agreements specify that the union shall give preference to
local firms in furnishing workmen when labor is scarce.
Apprentices
M any of the international unions have provisions in their con
stitutions specifying the term of apprenticeship, the age limits for
apprentices, and the number permitted. Other details are generally
delegated to the local unions.
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The constitutional limitations on the number of apprentices are
generally based upon the number of journeymen working for the
firms which employ apprentices. The plasterers and cement finishers
are limited to 2 apprentices in any local union having less than 25
members and the lathers to 1 to a local and 1 additional for each
5 members. The constitutional limitations applying to any 1 firm
are: One to four journeymen for sheet-metal workers and ornamentaliron workers; 1 to a shop with an additional 1 for each 5 members
employed, with a limit of 5 for any 1 firm for plumbers and steam
fitters; 1 to 5 with a limit of 5 for stone cutters; 1 to 6 with a limit
of 3 to a gang for granite cutters; and 1 to 7 for structural-iron
workers. The constitutions of the bricklayers, carpenters, electricians,
and painters and paperhangers specifically, and those of the asbestos
workers and engineers impliedly, delegate the number of apprentices
to the local unions.
The limitations set in the constitutions are maxima. They may
be, and frequently are, made more restrictive by the local unions.
In the application of the limitations, the local unions frequently give
preference in admission to apprenticeship to sons of members or of
contractors, or to helpers who are already working in the trade. In
a few trades in which there are established systems of helpers such as
marble setters or tile layers, local unions sometimes make no pro
visions for apprentices and require that new journeymen be taken
from among the experienced helpers.
The minimum age for apprentices specified in the constitutions
varies from 15 to 18 years. The maximum age is usually 21 to 22
years, although the asbestos workers extend the entrance age to 25
years and the iron workers to 30 years.
The minimum terms of apprenticeship specified in the international
constitutions are: 5 years for plumbers and steam fitters; 4 years for as
bestos workers, carpenters, plasterers and cement finishers, sheet-metal
workers, and stone cutters; 3 years for bricklayers, granite cutters, and
painters and paperhangers; and 2 years for lathers and iron workers.
The bricklayers’ constitution further requires that apprentices attend
a technical night school for 1 year or complete an approved home-study
course, and that of the plumbers and steam fitters requires school
attendance under the Federal training plan where such facilities are
available.
Detailed regulation of apprenticeship is not generally made a part
of the agreements. Frequently, only the wage scale and the permitted
ratio of apprentices to journeymen on any one job are given. Com
paratively complete statements of apprenticeship regulations appear
in about 15 percent of the agreements. A number of agreements
specify that the regulations governing apprentices shall be established
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by a joint board, but customarily the implication is that apprentices
shall be employed on the basis of rules adopted by the local unions.
The regulations governing the training of apprentices, as expressed
in the agreements and working rules of the local unions, vary greatly.
The more extensive regulations usually are found in the larger cities,
particularly in those crafts that have established joint boards of con
trol with employer participation. These regulations frequently re
quire that the employer of an apprentice be able to give him wellrounded training in the craft; that he agree to keep the apprentice
fully employed throughout his term ; that he require the apprentice to
attend trade school; and that he make periodic reports to the appren
ticeship committee regarding the apprentice’s conduct and progress.
In most cases apprentices are not allowed to change employers except
upon special permit from the apprenticeship committee or upon the
occasion of their employer’s retirement from business.
M ost of the local unions require each apprentice to pass an exami
nation at the end of his term before granting him a journeyman’s card.
These examinations are generally conducted by a committee of the
union although a joint employer-union board is frequently given this
authority. Some local unions require a written examination or an
oral test, while in others it consists of a practical demonstration on the
job. In others, the applicant is considered qualified for journeymanship when he is vouched for by three or more journeymen who have
worked with him. In a few cases the test is whether the applicant can
obtain and hold work at the journeyman scale.
The entrance wage rate for apprentices is usually about one-third
of the journeymen’s rate, with specified increases every 6 months or
each year. Generally the trades having the longer terms have pro
portionately lower starting rates. The working rules generally require
that an apprentice work in company with a journeyman and prohibit
his being placed in charge of a job.
Older or Disabled Workers
The employment of older men in a specified ratio to the size of
each crew is required under a number of agreements. The require
ment is most frequently that there shall be at least oue superannu
ated man, or man of the age of 55 or over, among each 5, 7, or 10
journeymen employed.
The agreements rarely specify actual wage differentials in favor of
older or partially disabled workers, but in a few instances indicate that
special arrangements may be made in individual cases when workers
are unable to hold employment at the regular rate of wages. A num
ber of local unions have provisions to this effect in their working rules,
which may be assumed to be followed in practice, although not spe-
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cifically written into the agreements. Generally the method followed
is for the union, after investigation, to issue a privilege card to the
individual member. This card authorizes his employment at less
than the contract rate. In some cases the privilege card specifies the
rate at which the holder may be hired. M ore frequently the privileged
member is allowed to make his own arrangements regarding wages.
Adjustm ent o f D isputes
STEWARDS
Nearly all building-trades unions require one of their members m
each shop or on each job to act as steward or union representative.
Usually the steward is appointed by the business agent although some
times he is elected by the workmen on the job. The duties generally
assigned to the steward are to examine the union cards of all men
employed on the job, to see that all provisions of the agreement are
observed, and to report all violations to the union. In many in
stances he is required to collect any delinquent dqes owed the union
by members on his job and to see that injured men are properly cared
for.
In'connection with disputes and grievances not many agreements
or working rules specifically require the steward to do more than to
report them to the union. Occasionally, however, he is authorized to
present grievances to the foreman and to attempt settlement on the
job. In a few instances the steward may stop all work on the job if
nonunion men are employed, and he is sometimes authorized to call
time or close the job for the day in case of inclement weather.
Generally it is required that the steward's union duties shall not
interfere with the performance of his regular work for the employer.
On the other hand, discrimination against him because of his union
duties is prohibited. Frequently it is required that the steward be
the last man of the crew to be laid off.
BUSINESS AGENTS
M ost local building-trades unions with sufficient membership to
carry the expense have a full-time paid representative called the
“ business agent." The business agent serves as the union's contact
man and enforcement officer. He is required to keep a record of all
union jobs in the district, to see that stewards are appointed, to in
vestigate all reports of grievances or agreement violations, to assist
members in securing employment, and generally to look after the
interests and business of the union. Also, he is usually the one who
represents his union in the meetings of the building-trades council.
Few of the agreements specifically state that the business agent
shall deal with the employer in settling grievances or disputes. In
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practice, however, most grievances are handled in the initial stages by
the business agent and employer, and the great majority of the
problems that arise are settled by them.
The extent to which the business agent may commit the union is
generally established in the bylaws of the local union and varies from
city to city. In a few locals his handling of grievances or disputes is
limited to instructions given him by the executive or grievance com
mittee, and frequently any concessions that he may have to make to
secure a settlement must be approved by the union. In actual prac
tice the business agent often takes the initiative under the assumption
that he is best qualified to handle the many problems of negotiation
and enforcement.
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES
The committees within the local unions to whom grievance matters
are referred are variously termed “ grievance committees,” “ adjust
ment committees,” or the “ general executive committee.” Generally
these committees are empowered either to meet with the employers
in grievance discussions or to instruct the business agent regarding the
arrangements that he shall make in such meetings, and to recommend
appropriate action to the union. Relatively few of the agreements
specifically mention these committees, their participation in adjust
ments being based upon custom or the bylaws of the local unions.
EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES
A number of the agreements which are signed by permanent em
ployers’ associations provide that the executive officer of the associa
tion shall represent the members of the association in all grievance
discussions with the union, even when the matter under considera
tion affects but one firm. Any decision reached by the officer in
conference with the union representative is made binding upon the
association members.
JOINT BOARDS
Two-fifths of the agreements provide for the creation of permanent
joint boards composed of an equal number of union and employer
representatives to whom disputes may be referred. Such arrange
ments are confined almost exclusively to agreements signed by per
manent associations of employers. The joint boards are charged with
the duty of enforcing the agreement and with interpreting any of the
agreement provisions that may be questioned. In some cases they
are authorized to draw up supplemental regulations governing both
parties to the agreements, and are frequently entrusted with the con
trol of apprentices and the creation of standards of competition and
workmanship. In addition, about 16 percent of the joint boards are
empowered to handle proposed changes in the agreements.
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
Although the submission of grievances to these joint boards is some
times required without previous action by the union and employer,
generally it is implied that attempts at direct settlement have been
made previous to submission. The joint boards are usually required
to meet promptly for the consideration of disputes and frequently must
render their decision within a specified time. Any decision by a
majority of the board is made binding upon both parties to the
agreement.
In contrast to permanent joint boards, about 10 percent of the
agreements provide for the creation of joint boards only when dis
putes cannot be settled by direct negotiations between the union and
employer. These temporary joint boards are limited to consideration
of the dispute which caused their creation.
Generally the joint boards are permitted to establish their own
rules governing the submission of questions and the procedure in
reaching a decision. The power to compel either union or association
member to appear at their hearings is frequently specified, as is the
authority to impose fines or other discipline upon proven violators of
the agreement.
ARBITRATION
Nearly half of all the agreements provide for final determination
of disputes by arbitration. About two-thirds of the agreements
which provide for joint boards stipulate the appointment of an arbi
trator in case the joint boards are unable to reach a decision. Gener
ally the provision in these agreements is that, in case of disagreement,
the joint board shall select a single impartial umpire who shall cast
the deciding vote. Several agreements state that the umpire shall
be chosen by a specified local public official. In a very few cases the
impartial member of the board is selected by either side winning the
toss of a coin. Several agreements require the selection of an en
tirely new board of arbitrators, composed of equal union and employer
representatives plus an impartial member when the joint board is
unable to reach a decision. Permanent impartial chairmen are re
quired to be selected by the joint boards under a small number of
agreements.
Agreements negotiated with individual employers frequently do
not include arbitration provisions. Those that do, generally provide
for the appointment of one union and one employer representative
who then select an outsider as the third member of the arbitration
board.
Generally the disputes which are to be arbitrated are limited to
those arising from the interpretation or application of the current
agreement. Only about 3 percent of all the agreements provide
PROVISIONS IN UNION AGREEMENTS
53
specific arbitration machinery for formulating new agreements. A
small number specifically exclude questions relating to craft jurisdic
tion or to union conditions.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OFFICES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The standard agreement of the elevator constructors provides that
disputes which cannot be settled locally shall be referred to a national
joint board which is called the ‘ ‘national arbitrating committee.” A
similar provision is also included in several tile layers’ agreements. A
number of bricklayers’ agreements state that if a dispute cannot be
settled by the local joint boards it is to be referred to the international
officers for settlement. A majority of the electricians’ agreements
specify that local disputes shall be referred either to the international
officers or to the Council on Industrial Relations for the Electrical
Construction Industry. A small number of agreements in the other
trades provide for intervention by the Conciliation Service of the
United States Department of Labor, or by State mediation boards.
The national agreement covering defense work states that all
grievances and disputes shall be settled by conciliation and arbitration
and sets up a board of review, composed of a representative of the
Government agencies, a representative of the Building Trades Depart
ment of the A. F. of L., and a representative of the Office of Production
Management, to settle them.
Strikes and Lock-Outs
Restrictions are placed upon strikes and lock-outs in about 60
percent of the agreements. In the majority of these, the restriction
is expressed as “ pending arbitration” although a considerable number
make no qualifications whatever. General strikes, ordered by the
building-trades council, and general lock-outs, ordered by the com
bined employers’ associations, are excepted from the prohibition
against strikes or lock-outs in about 10 percent of the cases. The
standard agreement of the asbestos workers specifically sanctions this
type of stoppage. A number of agreements specifically allow sym
pathetic strikes. The strike to maintain union conditions is per
mitted in numerous agreements. Both of these latter types of strikes
are usually allowed in agreements made by the electrical workers.
Under the agreement made by the Building Trades Department of
the A. F. of L. covering defense work, strikes for any cause are
prohibited.
Only 5 percent of the agreements contain a specific prohibition of
jurisdictional strikes, although those contracts which state “ there shall
be no strikes during the life of this agreement” may be assumed to
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
include jurisdictional disputes as well as those arising between union
and employer. The agreement made by the Building Trades Depart
ment of the A. F. of L. for defense construction, specifically prohibits
stoppages on account of jurisdictional disputes.
In addition to the restrictions placed upon strikes in the agreements,
each local union is bound by the strike provisions contained in the
constitutions and rules of their international associations. In all cases
approval must be obtained from the international office in advance if
the local union is to receive any assistance or strike benefits from the
international. In some cases an unauthorized strike renders the local
union liable, to suspension.
A number of the international constitutions require a two-thirds
affirmative vote of the local union’s membership, present at a special
meeting called to consider strike action, before approval of the inter
national may be requested. Generally, approval of a strike by the
international is contingent upon proof that all other methods of set
tling the dispute have been tried and have failed. In most cases it
is required that the strike call be delayed, following application for
approval, until the international can send a representative into the
district to investigate and to make a final effort to bring about a
settlement.
Jurisdictional Controversies
Methods for the settlement of jurisdictional disputes between unions
are rarely made part of the employer-union agreement. M inor dis
putes are often settled by the business agents of the contesting unions.
A few of the large cities have their own employer-union organization
for handling jurisdictional controversies.
The Building Trades Department of the A. F. of L. has set up a
plan for handling disputes of this type. Under the procedure both
claimants submit briefs to the local building-trades council, which in
turn forwards them to the president of the department at Washington.
The latter official, after consulting with the international officials of
the unions concerned, renders a “ spot” decision, this decision to cover
only the specific job in dispute. The case is then handed to a perma
nent national referee who is empowered to award the specific type of
work permanently to the union which he believes has the greatest right
to it. During all of these proceedings stoppages are prohibited, the
union in possession of the work continuing to do the work.
PART III
UNION SCALES, BY TRADES AND CITIES
Table 14 lists the union rates of wages per hour and hours per week
in effect on June 1, 1940, and June 1, 1941, by trade, in each of the
75 cities included in the survey. Since there are no union rates in
effect for some trades in a few cities, some of the trade classifications
lack a full listing of cities.
Sometimes there are two or more union rates for the same occupa
tion in the same city. This may be due to two or more unions having
different scales, to one union having different agreements with differ
ent 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. The sequence of the let
ters is in no way intended to indicate the relative importance of the
quotations or unions so designated. A supplementary listing of build
ing-trades wage rates is shown in appendix B, table 15, on page 97.
T able
14.— Union Scales oj Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1 , 1941, and June 1, 1940
ASBESTOS WORKERS
$1. 250
Atlanta, Ga
1.500
Baltimore, M d.1. _
1.375
Birmingham, Ala _
1. 500
Boston, M ass..
1. 500
Buffalo, N. Y __ __
1.250
Charleston, S. C.L
Charleston, W. Va __ __ 1. 500
1.125
Charlotte, N. C.1__
Chicago, 111. __ __ __ 1.700
1.425
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio_____ _____ 1. 550
1. 500
Columbus, Ohio__
Dallas, Tex.... ..................... 1.500
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
1.500
Dayton, Ohio
Denver, Colo
1.400
.750
Home insulators___
Des Moines, Iowa_____ . . . 1.250
40 $1.125
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1. 500
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1. 700
40 1.425
40 1.425
40 1.375
40 1. 375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40 1.375
40 1.250
40
40 1.200
40
35
40
Detroit, M ic h _________ _
Duluth, Minn____________
El Paso, Tex______________
Grand Rapids, Mich.1_____
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind_________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o_________
Home insulators 1_______
Little Rock, Ark__________
Los Angeles, Calif—....... ......
Home insulators......... ......
Louisville, Ky.L............ ......
Madison, W is.............. ........
Memphis, Tenn_„............ .
Milwaukee, Wis.1_________
Minneapolis, M in n _______
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
$1,500
1.200
1.500
1.250
1.500
1. 400
1.375
1.500
.900
1. 375
1.250
1.000
1. 375
1.350
1.375
1.400
1.500
j
40 $1.450
40 1.200
40
40 1. 250
40 1.375
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40 1. 425
40 .900
40 1.125
40 1. 250
40 .750
40 1. 375
40 1.350
40 1. 250
40 1.350
35 1.375
See footnotes at end of table.
Hours per week [
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
| Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
55
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
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14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June 1, 1940 — Continued
ASBESTOS W O R K E R S—Continued
Nashville, Tenn.1-------------Newark, N. J. _ _________
Home insulators_________
New Haven, Conn.1_______
New Orleans, La__________
Home insulators___
New York, N. Y ._ ........ .
Norfolk, Va____ ________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, N e b r ...__________
Philadelphia, Pa.1—.......... .
Residential:
Mechanics. ....................
Junior mechanics--------Phoenix, Ariz__ __________
Pittsburgh, Pa____________
Portland, Oreg____________
Providence, R. I ----------------
$1.250
1.750
.900
1.375
1.500
1.000
2.000
1.375
1.500
1.350
1.500
.850
.750
1.250
1.675
1.500
1.375
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y ___ _______
Rock Island (111.) district...
St. Louis, Mo._ . . . ______
St. Paul, Minn___________
San Antonio, Tex_________
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa______ _______
Seattle, Wash_____________
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, W ash..____ _____
Springfield, Mass____ _____
Tampa, Fla____ _____ ____
Toledo, Ohio 1_ ..... ........... .
Washington, D. C _________
Wichita, Kans..__________
York, P a ..._______________
Youngstown, Ohio________
j
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
| Hours per week
City
Rates of wases
per hour
!
Hours per week
40 $1. 250
40 1.650
40 .850
40 1.375
40 1.375
40
30 2.000
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.325
40 1.375
.850
.750
1.250
1.675
1.375
1.375
June 1,
1941
. Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$1. 375
1.425
1.375
1.625
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.450
1.325
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.425
1.750
1.250
1.375
1.500
40 $1.250
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.625
35 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.350
40 1.250
35 1.250
40 1.375
40
40 1.425
40 1.625
42 1.250
40 1.375
40 1. 375
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
30
40
35
40
$1.375
40 $1. 375
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
1.200
1.650
1. 250
1.900
40
40
40
35
1.500
1.250
1.500
1. 375
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
.900
1. 500
1. 375
1. 250
1.500
1. 500
1. 700
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
1. 625
1.500
1.500
40
40
40
40 $1.625
40 1. 625
40
40
40 2.000
40 1. 563
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
42
40
40
B O ILE R M A K ER S
Baltimore, M d____________
Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass____________ _
Buffalo, N. Y ______ ______
Butte, Mont _ _________
Charleston, W. Va________
Chicago, 111 ___ _________
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio _________
Stackwork___________ __
Columbus, Ohio. ________
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________
Detroit, Mioh___....... ..........
Duluth, Minn____________
Erie, Pa.1
__ ____ _
Houston, T e x ___________
Indianapolis, Ind_ ________
Jacksonville, Fla_________
Kansas City, Mo ____ __
Los Angeles, Calif________
Louisville, K y ___________
Memphis, T e n n _______
Milwaukee, Wis _________
Minneapolis, Minn________
$1,500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.225
1. 500
1.700
1.500
1.625
1.750
1. 500
1.500
1.625
1.500
1.500
1.375
1. 500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1. 500
1.375
1.500
1.500
40 $1,500
40
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.225
40 1.500
40 1.700
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.625
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.500
40
40
40
1.250
1.500
1. 250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.375
1. 375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Mobile, Ala.1_________ __ .
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________
Newark, N. J_____________
New Orleans, La. 1________
New York, N. Y __________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Peoria, 111._ _______ _ __
Repair work ___________
Philadelphia, Pa_ ________
Phoenix, Ariz___________ _
Pittsburgh, Pa.1___________
Portland, Oreg____________
Rochester, N. Y
_ ___
Rock Island (111.) district.. .
Repair work_____ _____
St. Louis, M o _______
St. Paul, Minn _____ _ _
Salt Lake City, Utah........
San Francisco, Calif_______
Seattle, W a s h ...................
South Bend, Ind_________
Spokane, Wash__ _________
Toledo, Ohio 1 ___. . . .
Washington, D. C ________
Youngstown, Ohio 1_______
1.200
1.650
1.300
1.900
1.250
1.500
1. 250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
.900
1. 500
1. 500
1. 250
1. 500
1.550
1. 700
1. 375
1. 625
1. 500
1. 500
B R IC K L A Y E R S *
Atlanta, Ga.1_____________ $1.375
Baltimore, M d____________ 1. 500
Binghamton, N. Y ------------ 1.500
Birmingham, Ala_________ 1. 500
Boston, Mass_____________ 1.625
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.625
Butte, Mont--------------------- 1.625
Charleston, S. C __________ 1.250
Charleston, W. Va________ 1.650
Charlotte, N. C ___________ 1.100
Chicago, 111---------------------- 1.700
General sewer and tunnel
work_________________ 2.000
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
30 1.625
40 1.000
40 1.500
44 1.100
40 1.700
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
44
40
40 2.000
40
Cincinnati, Ohio__________ $1.625
Cleveland, Ohio___________ 1.750
General sewer and tunnel
work. __ ___ __ _ _ 2.000
Columbus, Ohio____ _ . . . 1. 563
Dallas, Tex___ _ _______ 1.500
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________ 1.650
Denver, Colo_____________ 1.650
Sewer work_____________ 1.900
Des Moines, Iowa_________ 1.600
1.650
1.650
1.900
1.600
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able
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June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
B R I C K L A Y E R S - Continued
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1. 250
1.500
1.625
1.500
1.500
1.600
1.500
1.250
1. 625
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.625
1.450
40 $1,500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.600
40 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1. 625
40 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40 1.625
40 1.450
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.750
1.500
1.500
40 1.750
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40
40
40
1.500
1.950
1.650
1.500
2.000
1. 500
1. 500
1.450
1. 625
1.875
40
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.850
1. 375
1.500
2.000
1.375
1.500
1.450
1.625
1.875
40
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
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Philadelphia, Pa
Speculative work
Phoenix, Ariz _
Pittsburgh, Pa
Portland, Maine ___ __
Portland, Oreg
Providence, R. I __ ______
Sewer work _ __________
Reading, Pa
_____
Richmond, Va __
Rochester, N .Y
_ ____
Rock Island (111.) district.
St. Louis, M o ___________
Residential
__________
_____
St. Paul, Minn.1
Salt Lake Citvr Utah
_______
San Antonio, Tex
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa ._ ________ _
Seattle, Wash
________
General sewer and tunnel
work_____ _________ _
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash
________
Springfield, Mass ___ __
Tampa, Fla
. ______ ___
Toledo, Ohio 1
- ______
Washington, D. C ________
Residential
________
Wichita, Kans __________
_______
Worcester, Mass
_______
York, Pa ____
Youngstown, Ohio. ______
CARPENTERS
Atlanta, Ga.......................... $1,000
Baltimore, M d.1__________ 1.250
Dock builders and pile
drivers___________ ____ 1.125
Binghamton, N. Y ________ 1.125
Birmingham, Ala_________ 1.125
Boston, M ass.____________ 1.440
Wharf and bridge_______ 1.400
Residential_____________ 1.065
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.425
Millwrights_____________ 1.525
Residential________ _____ 1.000
Butte, Mont_____________ 1.500
Charleston, S. C . . ________ 1.000
Charleston, W. Va------------ 1.250
.875
Charlotte, N. C .__________
Chicago, 111..------------------- 1.625
Cincinnati, Ohio 1_________ 1.450
Cleveland, Ohio---------------- 1.500
Columbus, Ohio 1_________ 1.250
Wharf and bridge 1______ 1.400
Dallas, Tex_______________ 1.125
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1.................... 1.375
Denver, Colo_____________ 1.430
Des Moines, Iowa_________ 1.250
Detroit, M ich..___________ 1.400
Floor layers------------------- 1.400
Duluth, M inn____________ 1.188
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1,000
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.125
1.125
1.375
1.275
40
40
40
40
1.300
1.400
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.125
.875
1.625
1.450
1.375
1.150
1.300
1.125
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 1.375
40 1.430
40: 1.250
401 1.250
40 1.275
40]I 1.125
40
35
40
40
40
40
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1940
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Duluth, Minn____________
El Paso, Tex___________ __
Erie, P a _________ ______
Grand Rapids, M i c h ...___
Houston, Tex. . ________
Indianapolis, Ind _ ..........
Jackson, Miss ....................
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, Mo ________
Little Rock, Ark__________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, K y _____ ____ _
Madison, Wis .. _________
Manchester, N. H ___ _____
Memphis, Tenn
___
Milwaukee, Wis__
General sewer and tunnel
work_____
__ _ __
Minneapolis, Minn_______
Mobile, Ala______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn________ Newark, N. J____________
New Haven, Conn _____r
New Orleans, La_________
New York, N. Y _ ._ _____
Norfolk, Va_____ ______
Oklahoma City, Okla
Omaha, Nebr____ _ __ _
Peoria, 111______ ______
Sewer work____________
June 1,
1940
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$1.825
1.400
1.500
1.900
1.400
1.500
1. 500
1.750
1.500
1. 500
1.588
1.600
1. 500
1.500
1.375
1. 375
1. 500
1.750
1. 500
1.650
35 $1,700
40 1. 250
40 1. 500
40 1. 750
40 1.250
40 1. 500
40 1.500
40 1.750
40 1.375
40 1. 500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1. 500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1. 375
40 1. 500
30 1.750
40 1. 500
40 1.600
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
1.775
1.625
1.500
1.625
1.250
1.625
31. 750
1.375
1.375
1.500
1.250
1.625
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.767
1.500
1. 500
1.625
1.250
1.625
1.750
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
1.375
40
1.000
1.500
40
40
$1.125
1.250
1.125
1.400
1.250
1.250
40 $1.125
40 1.150
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.250
44 1.000
40 1.000
40 .750
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.100
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 1.000
40 1.240
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.200
40; 1.000
40j 1.200
351 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
*
El Paso* Tex_______________
Erie, P a ___________________
Grand Rapids, M ich_______
Wharf and bridge________
Houston, T ex______________
Wharf and bridge________
Residential______________
Wood foors— residential1
Indianapolis, Ind---------------Jackson, M i s s _____________
Jacksonville, Fla----------------R esidential_____________
Kansas City, M o __________
Little Rock, A rk.1---- ---------Los Angeles, Calif_________
Millwrights______________
Parquetry-floor layers____
Wharf and bridge ----------Ship carpenters—small
yards---------------------------Louisville, K y .1____________
Madison, Wis______________
Manchester, N. H _________
Memphis, Tenn___________
Floor layers______________
Pile drivers______________
Milwaukee, W is.1__________
Residential1_____________
1.000
1.125
1.300
1.000
1.125
.875
1.375
1.000
1.175
1. 375
1.250
1.400
1.125
1.313
1.150
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.200
1.000
Wharf and bridge_______ 1.300
Minneapolis, Minn.............. 1.250
58
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June J, 1940 — Continued
C A R P E N T E R S— Continued
Mobile, Ala_______________ $1.125
.970
Ship carpenters 1______ _
Pile drivers and dock
builders______________ 1.250
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________ 1.150
Newark, N. J_____________ 1.750
Wharf and bridge_______ 1.850
1.150
New Haven, Conn.1_____
New Orleans. L a _________ 1. 250
Wharf and bridge______ 1.125
Ship carpenters:
Agreement A __________ .970
Agreement B _______ _ .850
New York. N. Y __________ 1.850
1.850
Wharf and bridge______
Norfolk, Va_______________ 1.000
Pile-driver operators_____ 1. 500
Winchmen, loftsmen, etc.:
_______
1.000
Rate A
Rate B _______________
.750
Oklahoma City, Okla_____ 1. 250
Omaha, Nebr___ __________ 1. 250
Millwrights____________
1.350
Floor layers__________
1.350
Peoria, 111. __ ____ _____ 1.375
Philadelphia, Pa__________ 1. 500
Residential.. __________ 1. 200
Phoenix, Ariz___________ _ 1. 250
Parquetry-floor layers____ 1.500
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1.500
Portland, Maine__________
.900
Portland, Oreg________ . . . 1.200
Wharf and dock__ ____ 1. 325
Boommen (pile drivers).__ 1.410
40
40
40 1.250
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
1.150
1.750
1. 750
1.150
1.250
1.125
40
35
40
40
40
40
40 .880
40
35 1. 850
40 1.750
44 .950
40 1.100
35
40
44
40
40
.750
1. 250
1.200
1.300
1.350
1.375
1.400
1.175
1.125
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
.800
1.125
1. 250
1. 333
40
40
40
40
40
Providence, R. I ....... .......... $1.175
Reading, Pa___________ __ 1.200
Richmond, V a____________ 1.125
Rochester, N. Y . 1_________ 1.335
Residential- . . .
_____ 1.000
Parquetry-floor layers____ .850
Rock Island (111.) district . . . 1. 300
St. Louis, Mo _ _______ _ 1.500
Residential__ ________ .. 1.000
St. Paul, Minn____________ 1.250
Salt Lake City, Utah______ 1. 250
San Antonio, Tex. _______ 1.125
San Francisco, Calif. 1____ 1. 250
Wharf and bridge_______ 1. 400
Shipwrights and caulkers . 1.125
Scranton, Pa_________ ____ 1.125
Seattle, Wash.. ._ .......... . 1. 350
Floor layers_____________ 1.450
Wharf and bridge_______ 1.400
Boommen____ ________ 1.450
Ship caulkers............. __ 1.400
Shipwrights.. ________ _ 1.150
South Bend, Ind_________ 1. 375
Spokane, Wash________ . 1. 250
Boommen (pile drivers)... 1.500
Springfield, Mass_________ 1. 250
Tampa, Fla_________ *____ 1. 000
Ship carpenters.__ ______ 1. 070
Toledo, Ohio 1____________ 1. 375
Washington, D. C___ . . .
1.625
Wichita, Kans. ______ _. 1. 063
Worcester, Mass_____ ___ 1.175
Millwrights. _______ _____
.900
York, Pa___ ____________ 1.000
Floor layers. . . . ______ 1.000
Youngstown, O h io ..______ 1.350
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
40 $1,000
40 .920
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
j Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1.175
40 1.200
40 1.000
40 1. 335
40 1.000
40 .850
40 1.200
40 1.500
40 1.000
35 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.125
40 1. 250
40 1. 400
40 1.125
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.350
40 1.333
40 1.417
40 1.200
40 1.150
40 1. 250
35 1.250
35 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40 .920
40 1.375
40 1.625
44 1.000
40 1.175
40 .900
40 .900
40 1.000
40 1. 250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40 $1. 250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
44 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.375
40
40
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.100
40 1. 500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.300
40 1.250
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
35
40
40
40
35
40
40
CEM EN T FINISHERS
Atlanta, Ga ______ ______ _ $1,500
Baltimore, M d ___________ 1. 375
Binghamton, N. Y ________ 1.500
Birmingham, Ala.:
Agreement A ___________ 1. 500
Agreement B __ ________ .750
High type finish___ ___ 1. 250
Boston, Mass___ _________ s1. 500
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1. 500
Charleston, S. C __________ 1. 250
Charleston, W. Va________ 1.100
Charlotte, N. C___________ 1. 250
Chicago, 111______ _ __
1. 625
Pavement, curb and gutter 1. 688
Cincinnati, Ohio... _____ 1. 375
Cleveland, Ohio___________ 1. 500
Columbus, Ohio___ ______
1. 250
Dallas, Tex_________ .
1. 250
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________ 1. 250
Denver, Colo_____________ 1. 430
D es M oin es, Iow a
1. 250
Detroit, M ich .1 _ ____ 1. 375
Duluth, Minn____________ 1.000
l. non
footnotes at end of table.
E l Paso. T ex
See
40 $1. 250
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
1.500
40
1.450
1.375
1.000
1.100
1.150
1.625
40
40
44
40
40
40
1.375
1. 375
1. 250
1. 250
40
40
40
48
1. 250
1.430
1. 250
1.250
1.000
1.000
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Erie, Pa
__ __________ $1.375
Grand Rapids, M ich _____ 1.250
Houston, Tex. __________ 1.250
Indianapolis. Ind_____ ____ 1.250
Jackson, Miss __________ 1.250
Jacksonville, F l a .________ 1.000
Kansas City, Mo
___ 1.375
__________ 1.000
Residential
Composition floors______ 1.500
Little Rock, Ark
____
1.250
Los Aneeles, Calif_________ 1.250
Louisville, Kv - ________ 1.313
Scaffold work
____ _ _ 1.500
Madison, W is____________ 1.150
Manchester, N. H ________ 1.500
Memphis, Tenn
______ 1.250
Machine operators_______ 1.375
Milwaukee, Wis
______ 1.300
Minneapolis, Minn________ 1.250
Mobile, Ala______________ 1. 250
M olin e, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_________ _ 1.250
Newark, N. J. . _________ 1.950
New Haven, Conn___........... 1.650
New Orleans, La__________ 1. 250
1.250
1.850
1.375
1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
59
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
C E M E N T F IN ISH E R S— Continued
New York, N. Y.:
Agreement A ........... .........
Agreement B ___________
Norfolk, Va
______
Oklahoma City, O k la _____
Residential........ ................
Omaha, Nebr_____________
Peoria, 111______ _____ ____
Philadelphia, Pa--------------Residential ---------------Phoenix, Ariz.1____________
Pittsburgh, Pa______ _____
Portland, Maine_________
Portland, Oreg____________
Providence, R. I __________
Reading, Pa______________
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y_ --------Rock Island (111.) district...
St. Louis, M o_____________
St. Paul, Minn___________
$1,860
2.000
1.100
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.180
1.250
1.500
1.400
1.200
1.150
1.250
1.250
1.588
1.275
1.575
1.250
35 $1.750
35 2.000
44
40 1.500
40 1.000
44 1.250
40 1. 375
40 1.375
40 1.050
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.150
35 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.200
40 1.575
40 1.250
35
35
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
June 1,
1941
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Antonio, Tex_________
San Francisco, Calif_._------Composition flooring____
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A____________
Agreement B___________
Seattle, Wash. -----------Paving finishers_________
South Bend, Ind.:
Agreement A._........ .........
Agreement B ______ _____
Spokane, Wash_________ .
Springfield, Mass.................
Tampa, Fla__________ --Toledo, Ohio 1____ ____ ___
Washington, D. C ________
Wichita, Kans._- ------------Worcester, Mass
______York, Pa
______________
Youngstown, Ohio-------------
j
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
| Hours per week j
City
Rates of wages
per hour
| Hours per week
j Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
$1.125
1.500
1.250
1.375
40 $1.125
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.375
40
48
40
40
1.200
1.250
1.350
1.500
40 1.200
40
40 1.250
40 1.300
40
1.375 40
1.250 40
1.675 30
1.625 40
1.000 40
1.625 40
1.500 40
1.250 648
1.500 40
1.250 40
1.350 40
30
30
1.250
40
1.675
1.625
1.000
1.625
1.500
1.250
30
40
40
40
40
48
1.200
40
40 $1.375
40 1.300
40
40
1.100
1.000
1.500
1.250
40
40
35
40
1.100
1.000
1.375
1.250
40
40
40
40
1.375
1.250
2.000
1.375
1.125
1.450
1.375
2.000
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
30
1.250
1.125
1.750
1.250
1.125
1.450
1.375
2.000
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
30
1.300
1, 250
1. 375
1.375
1.500
1.750
1.290
1.250
1.125
1.750
1.125
1.500
1.250
1.150
1.050
1.250
1.500
1. 375
1.675
1.350
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.125
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.300
1.000
1.250
1. 250
1.375
1.625
1.150
1.125
1.000
1.650
1.000
1. 375
1.250
1.000
.900
1.000
1.500
1. 325
1.650
1.350
1.150
1.250
1. 375
1.063
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
42
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
E L E C TR IC IA N S (Inside Wiremen and Fixture Hangers)
Atlanta, Ga______________
Residential_____________
Baltimore, Md,___________
Binghamton, N. Y__---------Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Butte, Mont______________
Charleston, S. C __________
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C.1_________
Chicago, 111_______________
Modernization__________
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio__________
Industrial wiring________
Columbus, Ohio____ ______
Dallas, Tex_______________
D aven port, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa 1________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Duluth, Minn____________
El Paso, Tex______________
Erie, Pa__________________
Grand Rapids, M ich ..........
Residential_____________
Houston, Tex_____________
Residential_____________
Indianapolis, Ind_________
Residential_____________
Jackson, Miss_____________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o_________
Little Rock, Ark__________
Los Angeles, Calif...______
Louisville, K y____________
Residential_____________
Madison, Wis____________
Manchester, N. H ______ . . .
$1,250
1.125
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.667
1.250
1.500
1.000
1.700
1.250
1.650
1.750
1.750
1.375
1.500
1.650
1.500
1.375
1.750
1.250
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.000
1.375
1.500
1.000
1.380
1.000
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1,250
40 1.125
40 1.375
40 1.100
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.375
30 1.667
40 1.000
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.700
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.650
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
30
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
1.650
1.500
1.375
1.650
1.125
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.000
1.250
1.313
1.000
1.380
1.000
Memphis, Tenn___________
Milwaukee, Wis.1_________
Residential:
Rate A 1.................... .
Rate B 1______________
Minneapolis, Minn_______
Mobile, Ala.1_____________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn _________
R esidential.------- --------Newark, N. J . _ _________
New Haven, Conn_______
Residential ....................
New Orleans, La_________
Residential. ___________
New York, N. Y__________
Alterations, maintenance,
or repairs____________
Norfolk, Va_______________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr........ ..............
Peoria, 111______ ____ _____
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Residential______ ____ _
Phoenix, A riz..___________
Residential_____________
Pittsburgh, Pa____________
Portland, Maine...............
Portland, Oreg_____ . .
Providence, R. I __________
Reading, Pa. ____________
Residential_____________
Richmond, Va__________ _
Rochester, N. Y .1_________
Rock Island (111.) district...
St. Louis, M o_____________
St. Paul, Minn___________
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Antonio, Tex.1________
San Francisco, Calif_______
Fixture hangers1....... „......
$1,500
1.300
60
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a ble 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
E L E C T R IC IA N S (Inside Wiremen and Fixture Hangers)— Continued
Scranton, P a ____________ $1. 250
Seattle, W a sh ____________ 1.550
Fixture hangers ______ 1.250
Oil-burner m echanics___ 1.250
South Bend, Ind ________ 1.500
Residential
________ 1.250
Spokane, Wash.1__________ 1.375
Springfield, Mass
______ 1.375
1. 375
Tampa, Fla______ _____ _
40 $1.250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
35 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.250
40
30
30
40
40
40
35
40
40
Toledo, O h io .-...... ......... .
Fixture hangers_______
Washington, D. C __ ______
Speculative.. __________
Residential
__________
Wichita, Kans.1 __________
Worcester, Mass.1
_ ..
York, Pa
....
Youngstown, Ohio 1_______
$1,650
1.500
1.800
1.000
.750
1.000
1.250
1.000
1. 500
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Hours per week
Juno 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
| Hours per week
City
| Rates of wages
1
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1.650
40 1.500
40 1.800
40 1.000
40 .750
48 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.500
35
35
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40 $1,200
40 1.080
40 1. 250
40 1.425
44 1.280
40 1.440
40 1.295
40 1.370
40 1.230
40 1.380
40 1.240
40 1.300
40 1.170
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
44
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
42
40
40
40
42
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
42
EL EV AT O R CON STRU CTO RS
Atlanta, Ga____________
Maintenance_________
Baltimore, M d— ..........
Maintenance_________
Birmingham, Ala_______
Maintenance_________
Boston, Mass__________
Maintenance_________
Buffalo, N. Y __________
Maintenance____ ____
Butte, Mont___________
Maintenance^-----------Charleston, W. Va.1____
Maintenance1________
Charlotte, N. C________
Maintenance_________
Chicago, 111____________
Maintenance_________
Cincinnati, Ohio 1______
Maintenance1________
Cleveland, Ohio________
Maintenance_________
Columbus, Ohio i — .......
Maintenance1________
Dallas, Tex____________
Maintenance_________
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____ ____
Maintenance 1_ _.........Denver, Colo---------------Maintenance____ ____
Des Moines, Iowa______
Maintenance_________
Detroit, Mich__________
Maintenance_________
Duluth, M inn........ ........
Maintenance_________
Erie, Pa.1______________
Maintenance 1________
Grand Rapids, Mich-----Maintenance_________
Houston, Tex__________
Maintenance_________
Indianapolis, Ind---------Maintenance_________
Jackson, Miss__________
Maintenance_________
Jacksonville, Fla.1______
Maintenance 1________
Kansas City, M o . . ........
Maintenance--------------
$1.345
1.211
1.510
1.350
1.500
1.350
1.525
1.375
1.525
1.450
1. 540
1. 350
1.360
1.224
1.140
1.030
1.700
1.530
1. 545
1.390
1.680
1.510
1.440
1. 300
1.500
1. 375
1. 545
1.390
1.500
1.350
1.400
1.260
1.680
1. 510
1.250
1.125
1.350
1.215
1.450
1.270
1.500
1.350
1. 545
1.390
1.200
1.080
1.325
1.193
1.540;
1.3901
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1.250
44 1.125
40 1.455
40 1.310
40 1.425
40 1.283
40 1.525
44 1.375
40 1.450
40 1.305
40 1. 540
40 1.254
40 1.360
40 1.224
40 1.140
40 1.030
40 1.700
40 1. 530
40 1.545
40 1.390
40 1.600
40 1.440
40 1.440
40 1.3C0
40 1.475
44 1.325
40
44
40
40
40
42
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
1.545
1.390
1. 500
1.350
1.400
1.260
1.600
1.440
1. 250
1.125
1.300
1.170
1.350
1.210
1.500
1.350
1.545
1.390
1.200
1.080
1.250
1.125
1.540
1. 390
Little Rock, A r k .......... . _ $1,300
Maintenance___________ 1.170
Los Angeles, Calif_________ 1.400
Louisville, K y _______: ____ 1.460
Maintenance____________ 1. 310
Memphis, Tenn___________ 1.510
Maintenance___________ 1.360
Milwaukee, W is................... 1.370
Maintenance- -...............
1.230
Minneapolis, Minn.1______ 1.380 .
Maintenance 1__________ 1.240
Mobile, Ala______________ 1.375
M a in te n a n c e ... . _ _ 1.238
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.1_________ 1.375
Maintenance 1__________ 1.240
Newark, N. J ...................
1.850
Maintenance.............
1.530
New Haven, Conn.1_______ 1.500
Maintenance 1___________ 1.350
New Orleans, La__________ 1.420
Maintenance________ _
1.280
New York, N. Y __________ 1.850
Maintenance_______ ____ 1.530
Norfolk, Va______________ 1.420
Maintenance____________ 1.280
Oklahoma City, Okla_____ 1.350
Maintenance____________ 1. 215
Omaha, Nebr.1____________ 1.310
Maintenance 1__________ 1.180
Peoria, 111_________ _______ 1.420
Maintenance___________ 1.280
Philadelphia, Pa._ _______ 1.780
Maintenance_______ ____ 1.600
Phoenix, Ariz__.......... ......... 1.400
Maintenance____________ 1.330
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1.690
Maintenance____________ 1.520
Portland, Maine___
1.200
Maintenance____________ 1.080
Portland, Oreg— ________
1.480
1.332
Maintenance_____ _____
Providence, R. I __________ 1.410
Maintenance___________ 1.269
Reading, P a .._ ............ ........ 1.300
Maintenance____________ 1.170
Richmond, V a____________ 1.320
Maintenance____________ 1.190
Rochester, N .Y ____ ______ 1.475
Maintenance...
_ __ __ 1.330
Rock Island (111.) district. __ 1.460
Maintenance..................... 1.310
1.300
1.170
1.850
1.530
1.500
1.350
1.420
1.280
1.850
1.530
1.200
1.080
1.350
1.215
1.250
1.130
1.420
1.280
1.625
1.463
1.250
1.250
1.665
1.500
1.200
1.080
1.450
1.305
1.410
1.269
1.300
1.170
1.320
1.190
1.475
1.330
1.400
1.260
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b l e 14 .— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities ,
June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
E L E V A T O R CO N ST R U CT O R S— Continued
St. Louis, M o_____________
Maintenance___________
St. Paul, Minn.1__________
Maintenance 1__________
San Antonio, Tex_________
Maintenance____________
San Francisco, Calif_______
Maintenance—. _________
Scranton, Pa______________
Seattle, W ash.-___________
Maintenance____________
South Bend, Ind________
Maintenance_____ ______
$1,660
1.490
1.380
1.240
1.460
1.306
1.610
1.450
1.400
1.590
1.430
1.380
1.200
40 $1.630
40 1.460
40 1.380
40 1.240
40 1.460
44 1.305
40 1.560
40 1.404
40 1.400
40 1.540
44 1.386
40 1.280
40 1.150
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
30
44
40
44
June 1,
1941
Spokane, Wash___________
Maintenance_________
Springfield, Mass.1------------Tampa, Fla_______________
Maintenance____________
Toledo, Ohio 1____________
Maintenance 1__________
Washington, D. C ________
Wichita, Kans.1___________
Maintenance1. ________
Worcester, Mass....... ...........
Youngstown, Ohio 1_______
Maintenance 1__________
$1.485
1.337
1.475
1.325
1.193
1.610
1.450
1.900
1.150
1.035
1.425
1.500
1.350
40 $1.485
40 1.337
40 1.475
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.600
40 1.440
40 1.900
40 1.150
44 1.035
40 1.425
40 1.500
40 1.350
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
44
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)
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Atlanta, Ga.:
Setting steel or stone (1-,
2-, or 3-drum)_________ $1,375 40 $1,375 40
Derrick cars, locomotive
cranes, shovels, clam
shells, orange peels, 2and 3-drum rigs_______ 1.250 40 1.250 40
1-drum rigs and all other
machines_____________ 1.000 40 1.000 40
Baltimore, Md.:
Master mechanics............. 1.875 40 1.875 40
Heavy equipment_______ 61.625 40 *1.625 40
Light equipment________ 71.375 40 71.375 40
Tractor-operated scoops. -_ »l. 125 40 81.125 40
Bulldozer and tractor
40 9.875 40
drivers.......... ..................
Binghamton, N. Y.:
Shovels, dragline ma
chines, cranes, cableways, headtowers, skim
mers, derricks, pile
driving machines, trench
machines (large type),
mucking machines, back
and pull-hoe machines. _ 1.750 40 1.500 40
1.500 40 1.375 40
Pavers............................
Cage hoists, carry-all
scrapers and push-but
ton hoists of all types. 1.500 40 1.250 40
Gravel plants, backfilling
machines, and Barber
Green trench machines.. 1.500 40 1.150 40
Air compressors, welding
machines,
pneumatic
placers, pumps (4 inches
and over and not more
than 3 in a battery),
pumperete machines----- 1.375 40 1.250 40
Repair mechanics_______ 1.300 40 1.250 40
Power graders, dinkey
locomotives, bulldozers,
boilers (25 lbs. pressure
and over), pumps (under
4 inches and not more
than three in a battery),
Barber Green loaders or
similar type loaders,
road rollers, and black
top pavers------------------- 1.250 40 1.150 40
See footnotes at end of table.
450497°— 42-------5
Binghamton, N. Y .—Con.
Concrete mixers_________ $1,250
Low-pressure boilers and
batching-plant operators. 1.000
Birmingham, Ala.:
Heavy-duty machines___ 1.500
Cranes, derricks, derrickcars, travelers on steel
construction. _______ 1.500
All other engineers______ 1.250
Boston, Mass.:
Shovels, draglines, cranes,
derricks, 3-drum pile
drivers_______________ 1.875
Portable and hoisting____ 101.500
Building-material tractormen
_____ ______ . . .
1.500
Portable and hoisting
assistants on steam____ 1.300
Assistants other than
steam________________ 1.000
Buffalo, N. Y.:
Shovels, draglines, cableways, headtowers, skim
mers, cranes, derricks,
pile-driving machines,
back and pull-hoe ma
chines_____ __________ 1.625
R ollers._______ . . . ____ 1.500
Hoists and locomotives__ 1.458
Le Tourneau and carryalls___________________ 1. 375
Backfilling machines.. ._ 1.375
Trenching machines, con
crete mixers (^ cu. yd.
or over), pumps (over 4
in. or 2 or 3 in a battery)
1. 375
Air compressors, welding
machines, pneumatic
mixers, power graders,
finishingmachines, heat
ing boilers (temporary).. 1. 250
Butte, Mont.:
Agreement A:
Turnapuls------- ---------- 1.750
Le Tourneaus (in tan
dem) ____________ .. 1. 750
Shovel operators (with
attachm ents), pile
drivers (steam or air).. 1.500
40 $0.875
40
.875
40
40 1.500
44
40 1.375
40 1.250
44
44
40 1.625
40 1.375
40
40
40
40 1.150
40
40 1 150
40
40 1.150
40
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1.333
40
40
40
40 1.500
40 1.333
40
40
40 1.250
40
40 1.250
40
30 1.750
30
30 1.500
30
30 1,500
30
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
Butte, Mont.—Continued.
Agreement A—Continued.
Hoists (2-drum or more). $1,500
Le Tourneaus (single),
trench machines, Bar
ber Green machines,
bulldozers, paver mix
ers (with boom), con
crete mixers (4-bag or
over)_________ ______ 1.500
Cranes and derricks___ 1.500 /
Bagley type draglines,
d i t c h e r s , 1-drum
hoists, roller operators,
crushers, elevators on
construction or dis
mantling work, Hoffe
loaders______________ 1.250
Patrol operators (proc
essing), concrete mix
ers (3-bag or under)___. 1.250
Air compressors..... ....... 1.000
Agreement B:
Hoists, compressors, con
crete mixers_________ ni.125
Highway maintenance:
Caterpillar operators,
rollers or patrols___ 1.125
Heating oil with retort.. 1.000
Charleston, S. C.:
Draglines, cranes, derricks,
shovels, truck cranes,
pile drivers, concreteplant operators________ 1.500
L o co m o tiv e s , 2-drum
hoists, blade graders,
crawler mixers, asphalt
mixers,
trench ma
chines_____ ____ ______ 1.250
Tractors, bulldozers, Le
T o u r n e a u s , 1-drum
hoists, motor graders,
rollers, mixers (over
10-S),
s t a t i o n a r y 1.000
pumps_______________
Charleston, W. Va.:
Steam shovels, cranes,
derricks, 2-drum hoists,
pile drivers___________ 1.500
Concrete mixers (over 1
bag), air compressors,
portable tractors______ 1.250
Charlotte, N. C.:
Cranes, derricks, pavers,
shovels, pile drivers,
trench machines, truck
1.500
cranes__________
Air compressors, sub
grader operators, hoists,
motor graders, mixers
(over H yd.), road roll
ers, tractors (40 hp. and
over), Le Tourneaus,
1.250
bulldozers___________
Tractors (under 40 hp.) __ _ 1.000
Chicago, 111.:
Building construction:
2.000
Double-drum mixers._
All other equipment. _ . 1.700
See footnotes at end of table.
June 1,
1941
Hours per week
| Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
30 $1.375
30
30 1.250
30 1.000
30
30
30 1.250
30
30 1.000
30 1.000
30
30
40 1.125
40
40 1.125
40 1.000
40
40
40
40
40
40 1.500
40
40 1. 250
40
40 1.500
40
40 1.250
40 1.000
40
40
40
40 1.700
40
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1940
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Paving and open con
struction:
Power shovels, Koehring
graders, Haiss or Bar
ber Green diggers, exc a v a t in g cra n e s,
double-drum mixers
or pavers (over 27-E),
draglines, trench and
mucking machines,
and similar excavating
equipment__________ $2.000
Pavers, mixers (large),
pavers and mixers
(27-E or less)________ 1.850
Rollers other than grade
rollers______________ 1.800
Clamshells, surfacing
and retreading ma
chines, asphalt plants. 1. 750
Grade rollers__________ 1.700
Elevator graders; sub
graders; boilers; curb,
sidewalk, and culvert
mixers; dinkey loco
motives; stone crush
ers; tamping and fin
ishing machines; form
graders; m a teria l
handling devices; pow
er blades; welders;
air compressors______ 1.625
Scoops, digging and car
rying machines______ 1.500
Tractors, bulldozers,
tractor shovels, patrol
graders..... ................... 1.400
All p u m p s.................... 1.250
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Class A operations:
Asphalt-plant engineers;
backfillers; batchplant mixers; boilers
(steam); compressors
(over 50 cu. ft. of free
air per minute except
on steel erection and
tank work); conveyors
(belt type, bucket
type); finishing ma
chines; firemen; gen
erators (gas driven);
graders (blade, eleva
tor, power); joint ma
chines (pavement);
concrete mixers (1bag capacity and un
der, with side-loading
device); oilers (appren
tices);
pulsometers;
pumps (over 2-in.
discharge capacity);
road rollers (except on
asphalt and brick
work); stone crushers;
syphons (over 2-in.
discharge capacity);
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1.800
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1.700
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1.625
48
1.500
48
1.400
1.250
48
48
40 1.000
40
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a ble 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941, and June I, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
June 1,
1941
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Class A -l operations:
Bulldozers, road maintainers (motor patrol) . $1.250 40 $ 1,000 40
Class B operations:
Cement guns; compress
ors (sand blasting);
cranes (overhead); der
ricks (sasgin, power
operated); elevators;
hoists (1 active drum);
loaders (Hough); con
crete mixers (station
ary over 1-bag capaci
ty); road rollers (as
phalt and brickwork);
scrapers (5-yd. capaci
ty and under); tractor
(end loader); tractor
shovel (Hy-loader);
tre n ch m a ch in e s ;
winches (over 3 hp.
capacity)___________ 1.400 40 1.375
Class C operations:
Cableways; compressors
(on steel and tank
erection); compressors
(tunnel—airpressure);
cranes, all types; pow
er d e r r ic k s ; power
derrick cars; dredges;
guylines, sauerman
machines; hoists—air,
2 - or - more active
drums; gin poles; key
stone hoes or skimmers;
locomotives (steam or
gas on construction
work); mixers (mo
bile, paving); scrapers
(over 5 - cu. - yd. ca
pacity); shovels (dip
per stick, hoe type,
power and attach
m en ts); skimmers;
1.525
whirleys____________ 1. 550
Road - construction en
1.525
gineers_______________
Cleveland, Ohio:
Cranes (over 1 yd.), cableways, hoes, draglines,
k e y ston es, pow er
1.500
shovels_______________ 1.875
Derricks, air compressors
on steel erection_______ 1. 750
1.500
Pile drivers, hoists on
tunnels, welding ma
c h in e s , h ig h -s p e e d
hoists, trench machines.. 1. 625 40 1.625
Mixers (paving), power
scoops________________ 1.625 40 1.500
Pumps (over 4-in.); boil
ers; house elevators;
hoists; mixers, o th e r
than paving; compres
sors (portable)_________ 1.500 40 1.375
Asphalt rollers, end load
ers, bulldozers, power
graders, asphalt spread
ers, connection ma
chines, gasoline locomo
tives.._.......... ............... 1.500 40 1.300 40
Cleveland, Ohio—Con.
Concrete spreading ma
chines, crushers, elevat
ing graders, backfillers,
rollers, blade graders,
clefplanes, finishing ma
chines, subgraders, plant
mixers, tractors________ $1,300
Signalmen______________ 1.125
Road building:
Cranes, hoes, draglines,
k e y s t o n e s , power
shovels______________ 1.875
Derricks______________ 1. 750
P ile d riv ers, pow er
scoops and scrapers,
m ixers ( p a v in g ) ,
trench machines_____ 1. 625
Connection machines,
power graders, asphalt
rollers, cranes (H yd.
and under), asphalt
spreaders, asphalt plant engineers, bull
dozers______________ 1.500
Crushers, elevating en
gineers, backfillers,
rollers, blade graders,
clefplanes, compress
ors, fimshing ma
chines, graders, trac
tors, concrete spread
ers_________________ 1.300
Columbus, Ohio:
S h o v e ls , d r a g lin e s ,
p u ll s h o v e ls , trench
m a c h in e s , derricks,
cableways, all cranes___ 1. 500
Hoists__________________ 1.300
Dallas, Tex.:
Master mechanics_______ 1. 500
Power shovels, dredges,
locomotive cranes, der
ricks, derrick cars, pile
drivers, clam shells,
orange peels, draglines,
d itc h in g m a ch in e s ,
double-drum hoists, Le
Tourneaus, bulldozers,
larger than 10-S mixers,
mechanics____________ 1. 375
Steam shovel cranemen,
single drum hoists, con
crete mixers (10-S and
under), elevating grad
ers, paving rollers, con
veyors, concrete pumps,
Barber Green, air com
pressors, trucks with
winches (for hoisting
building materials)____ 1. 250
Maintainers, rollers (fill
and grade), caterpillars
or tra ctors, graders,
sheep-foot rollers, sub
graders and planers____ 1.250
D in k e y lo c o m o t iv e s ,
power - driven water
pumps, syphons, pulsometers................. ....... . 1.000
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40 1.875
40 1. 625
40 1.500
40 1.300
40
40 1. 300
40 1. 400
40 1.300
40
40
40
40 1. 375
50
40
40
1.000
40 1.000
40
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June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
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Dayton, Ohio:
Shovels, derricks, draglines, cableways, pile
drivers, locomotive and
electric cranes, Peerless
cranes, sewer and trench
machines, road rollers
(asphalt and paving),
Le 'Toumeau and other
scoops, pavers (with
power moving device),
winches on trucks or
otherwise used on construction work 1_______ $1,500
Mixers (21 ft. and over)
without power moving
device _______ _______ 1.375
M ixin g plants, gravel
plants, electric welding
machines, air compress
ors, tractors, connect
ing machines, house
elevators, graders, con
veyors, pumps (2-in.
discharge), backfillers,
road rollers (brick and
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dirt), concrete mixers
(small), elevators, bull
dozers, concrete pumps,
road-finishing machines1. 1. 250
Denver, Colo.:
Shovels___________ _____ 1.500
D o u b le -d ru m h o is ts ,
steam rollers, paving
operators, ditching ma
chines..- _____________ 1.500
Single-drum hoists, bull
dozers, tractors (cats),
maintenance operators. _ 1.430
Des Moines, Iowa:
Shovels, derricks, and all
other 2-drum machines. _ 1.375
1-drum machines, mixers,
compressors, pumps, roll
ers, tractors, elevators._. 1.300
Detroit, Mich.:
Engineers on steel, com
1.750
pressors on steel_____
Portable engineers (build
ing) , road - construction
engineers______________ 1.625
Excavating (road)_______ 1.625
Compressors (concrete)__ 1.375
Duluth, Minn.:
Draglines, scoops, shovels. 1.500
Hoists, paving mixers,
backfillers, trench dig
gers, rollers (8-ton and
over), cranes
1.400
Caterpillars,
hydraulic
scrapers---------------------- 1.375
Pumps (3-in. and over),
concrete mixers, rollers
(under 8-ton), loaders,
caterpillars, compressors. 1.200
1
See footnotes at end Of table.
June 1,
1940
City
40
40 1.375
40
40 1. 250
40
40 1.500
35
40 1.430
35
40 1.430
35
40 1.375
40
40 1.300
40
40 1.625
40
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.250
40
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40
40 1.500
40
40 1.400
40
40 1.375
40
40 1.200
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El Paso, Tex.:
Draglines, shovels, 2-drum
machines, concrete mix
ers (10-S and over)_____
1-drum machines, concrete
mixers (under 10-S)____
Erie, Pa.:
Major hoisting and exca
vating shovels, derricks,
cranes _ .
_ __
Shovels (under % yd.)___
Roller operators on finish,
bulldozers .
___
1-drum hoists, pumps,
pulsometers, syphons,
roller operators on grade,
compressors (220 cu. ft.
or over), concrete mix
ers (2-bag and over)___
Tractors or graders ____
Compressors (under 220
cu. ft.), concrete mixers
(1-bag), boilers. ______
Grand Rapids, Mich.......... .
Houston, Tex.:
Large equipment________
Outside dirt movers and
pavers
____ _ _ _ _
Small equipment_______
Indianapolis, Ind.:
Building construction:
Mixers, hoist combina
tion, air compressors
and hoists, derricks
with in d e p e n d e n t
b o o m ._____ _ _____
Cranes, shovels, der
ricks, paving and
hoisting
machines,
draglines,
concrete
pumps, pile drivers,
trench machines, ele
vators_______ ______
Cement mixers, air com
pressors, pumps, weld
ing machines________
Road construction:
Pavers (21-ft. capacity),
power cranes, drag
lines, shovels, der
ricks, 2-drum ma
chines______ _____ _
Scoops, bulldozers, au
tomatic patrols, tumapulls________________
Elevating graders, pow
er blades____________
Traxcavators, bitumi
nous pavers and roll
ers, backfillers, trench
machines____________
Mixers (under 21-ft. ca
pacity) , tractors (over
50 hp.), finishing ma
chines, form graders,
1-drum machines, dis
tributors......................
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1.500
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1.375
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1.250
1.100
40
40
1.000
1.500
40
40 1.500
1.375
40 1.375
40
1.250
1.125
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40 1.125
48
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1.750
40 1.700
40
1.500
40 1.450
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40 1.300
40
1.500
40 1.400
40
40
1.350
40 1.250
40
1.125
40 1.125
40
1.250
40 1.250
40
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40 1.000
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
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14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
ENGINEERS (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
June 1,
1941
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1.125
40 1.000
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1.000
40 1.000
40
1.500
40 1.500
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1.500
1.000
1.000
1.250
40 1.250
40 .900
40 .800
40 1.125
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1.375
40 1.375
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1.000
40 1.250
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All floating rigs, and all
heavy construction____
Cranes, shovels, derricks,
hoists, Le Tourneaus,
backfillers, mixers (over
21-E), pile drivers_____
Tractors (50 hp. and over).
Air compressors, mixers
(10-S—21-E)__________
Tractors (under 50 hp.), 1and 2-bag mixers_______
Jacksonville, Fla.:
Power shovels___________
Cranes, 2-drum hoists,
pile drivers____________
Pump operators_________
Cement mixers__________
All other operations_____
Kansas City, Mo.:
Boilers (2), clamshells,
cableways, cranes, der
ricks, derrick cars, drag
lines, dredges, locomo
tives (regardless of pow
er), master mechanics,
orange peels, pile driv
ers, floating drivers,
power shovels, skim
mer scoops, trench hoes,
track cranes or derricks,
2-drum hoists_________
Boilers (1), boring or drill
ing machines, concrete
pumps, ready-mix con
crete plants on job, con
veyors,
compressors,
endless-chain hoists, gen
erators, scoops, loaders,
master mechanics’ help
ers, concrete mixers, 1drum hoists, pumps, sy
phons or jets, rock crush
ers, tow boats, traction
front end shovels, weld
ing machines, rollers___
Backfillers,
bulldozers,
ditch machines, elevat
ing graders, finishing
machines_____________
Tractors______ ____ _____
Los Angeles, Calif.:
Group A rates:
Scrapers or drag-type
shovels (tandem)........
Tractor high-lift shovels
(capacity 1 yd. and
over) universal equip
ment (capacity 1 yard
and over)________ . . .
Cranes (or equipment
with boom), derricks
or derrick barges, highline cableways, pile
drivers______________
June 1,
1940
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Group A rates—Con.
Concrete mixers (paving
type), drilling ma
chinery, elevating gra
ders, locomotive en
gineers, mixers (mo
bile) , motor patrol
(power graders or any
type power blade),
universal equipment
(capacity less than 1
yd.), road oil-mixing
machines, scraper or
d rag-tvpe sh ovels,
trenching machines
(size 224 Buckeye or
larger), tractor highlift shovels (capacity
less than 1 yd.), trac
tors with equipment
or with boom attach
ments________ ______
Asphalt-plant engineers,
cement finishing ma
chines, surface heaters
and planers, trenching
machines____ _______
Asphalt-spreading ma
chines, concrete mix
ers, concrete pumps or
pumperete guns, din
keys, material hoists,
pavement breakers,
rollers, skip loaders
(wheel type), towblade operators, trac
tors. _ _ _ _________
Boxmen or mixer-box
operators (concrete or
asphalt plant), mate
rial loaders and con
veyor operators, port
able com p ressors,
pump operators, weld
ing machines________
Group B rates:
T ra cto r -sc r a p e rs or
d ra g -ty p e sh ov els
(tandem)_______ ____
Shovels or draglines
(capacity 1 yd. or
more), tractor highlift shovels (capacity
1 yd. or more)_______
Pile drivers.............. ......
Cranes (includingequip
ment with boom),
derricks or barge der
ricks, high-line cableways, shovels or drag
lines (capacity less
than 1 yd.)__________
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1. 375
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•1. 250
40 1. 250
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1.125
40 1.125
40
1. 750
40 1.750
40
1.625
1.600
40 1.625
40 1.500
40
40
1.500
40 1.500
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June 1, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
June 1,
1941
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Los Angeles, Calif.—Con.
Group B rates—Con.
Concrete mixers (mo
bile), road oil-mixing
m achines, tractors
(with boom attach
ments), tractor scrap
ers or drag-type shov
els__________________
Asphalt-plant firemen,
drilling
machinery
(caisson), mechanical
tampers and finishers..
Air compressors_______
Louisville, Ky.:
Class A equipment:
Cranes, derricks, shov
els, mixers (21 cu. ft.
and over), hoisting
engines, pile drivers,
other heavy equip
ment_______________
Class B equipment:
Compressors (under 200
cu. ft. per minute),
bituminous m ix e rs,
bulldozers, concrete
mixers (under 21 cu.
ft.), welding machines,
graders, tractors (50
N hp. and over), rollers
(rock), angle dozers___
Class C equipment:
Cement guns, convey
ors, drill runners, fin
is h in g m a c h in e s ,
pumps, earth rollers,
“ trac-trucks,” dump
sters, tractors (under
50 hp.), paving joint
macr ines................ .
Madison, Wis.:
Derricks________________
Shovels, draglines, cranes,
trench machines, back
fillers, pavers..................
Concrete pumps, com
pressors, pumps, trac
tors, bulldozers, mixers,
1- and 2-drum hoists,
graders and blades_____
Manchester, N. H _________
Memphis, Tenn.:
F lo a t in g e q u ip m e n t ,
dredge boats, central
mixing plants, turnapull
operators, w e l d e r s ,
cranes, draglines, hoist
ing engineers, locomo
tive cranes, orange peels,
clamshells, pavers, pow
er excavators, power
shovels, road rollers, pile
drivers, master mechan
ics, tower machines,
multiple drum ma
chines, tower paver ma
chines, heavy-duty Die
sel mechanics, locomo
tive engineers, derrick
boats, derricks (swing
boom ).............................
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1.500
40 1.500
40
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1.000
40 1.000
40
1. 350
40 1. 350
40
1.250
40 1. 250
40
1.000
1. 375
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June 1,
1941
Memphis, Tenn.—Con.
Air-driven sheet piler;
deep-well pumps (2-in.
and over); asphalt mix
ers; bulldozers; cement
pumping machines; pole
machines; rock crushers;
stationary concrete mix
ers (gas or motor driv
en); derricks; elevating
graders; boilers (irre
spective of their use
and capacity); concrete
and asphalt spreaders;
house elevators (perma
nent and temporarily on
construction); backfill
ers (other than crane);
winches; stationary com
pressors; street and road
rollers; Le Tourneau
machines; dinkeys (elec
tric, gas, or steam driv
en); grade operators;
well drillers; power knife
operators; mechanics;
air operators; scarifiers;
scrapers (over 12 yd.)__.
Pumpmen on excavation
(gas or motor driven);
tractors; concrete mixers
(No. 14 and 28-E or
2-bag and better); scrap
ers (under 12-yd.); gaso
line mechanics________
Yard conductors, tractor
trucks (Lynn, Euclid,
and Kohering), trail
dumps_______________
Concrete mixers (10-S and
under), portable com
pressors, lo c o m o t i v e
hostlers, sw itchm en,
brakemen, flagmen, wa
ter pumps (under 3-in.
d isch arg e), concrete
placing machines, pit
men, pneumatic fine
graders or earth finisher
machines, firemen, well
drillers' helpers, boiler
water tenders, signal
m en............................
Milwaukee, Wis.:
Building construction:
Cranes, shovels, der
ricks _______________
Concrete pumps_______
Hoists________________
M ixers______________
Compressors__________
Pumps_______________
Road construction:
Rollers, plant men, mix
ers_________________
Sewer and tunnel, con
struction:
Pile drivers, backfillers,
cranes, draglines, con
crete pumps_________
Mixers_______________
$1.375
40
1. 250
40
1.125
40
40
1.650
1. 500
1.350
1.300
1.100
1.050 ■
40 $1.650
40 i 1.500
40 1.350
40! 1.300.
40; 1.100 :
40 1.050
1. 650
40 1.650
40
1.650
1. 500
40 1.650
40 1.350
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b le 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
City
June 1,
1941
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Power shovels, derricks. _. $1.500
2-or 3-drum hoists, asphalt
rollers (8 tons and over). 1.400
Scrapers and tractors____ 1.375
Steam pumps, stone
crushers, street rollers
(less than 8 tons)--------- 1.200
Mobile, Ala.:
Hoists (2-drum or more),
shovels, crane decks,
clam shells, draglines,
concrete mixers (21-E
and over), Le Tourneaus, derrick boats,
levermen, bulldozers,
ditch and tunnel ma
chines________________ 1.375
1-drum hoists, pumps,
concrete mixers, small
asphalt engines, com>ressors, tra cto rs,
a u n ch es, b a ck fill
graders, roller graders,
rollers (surface)----------- 1.125
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.:
2- or 3-drum hoists,
shovels, cranes, drag
lines, derricks_________ 1. 500
Rollers, stone crushers,
conveyors, graders,
ditching machines, dig
gers, pile drivers______ 1.250
Mixers, pumps, tractors,
air compressors, con
crete mixers, 1-drum
1.000
hoists________________
Newark, N. J.:
Derricks, cranes, hoists
on steel work_________ 2.250
Pile driving on foundation. 2.025
All other machines______ 2.000
New Haven, Conn.:
Cranes and pile drivers.... «1.700
Shovels and 2-drum hoists. 1. 700
Pumps, compressors, 1drum hoists, carry-all
operators_____________ 1.500
Paving rollers and bull
dozers________________ 71.375
New Orleans, La.:
Hoists (2-or-more-drum),
draglines, sh ovels,
cranes________________ 1.375
Hoists (1-drum), concrete
mixers, pumps, other
small equipment......... . 1.125
New York, N. Y.:
Plaster buckets-------------- 2. 500
Steel derricks and cranes,
back hoes, draglines,
graders, keystones,
tren ch
m a c h in e s ,
shovels, tunnel shovels.. 2.250i
Cranes and pile drivers L. 2. 025
Stone derricks and cranes. 2.000
June 1,
1940
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40
40
40 1.200
40
40 1.375
40
40 1.125
40
40 1.250
40
40 1. 250
40
40 1.000
40
40 2.250
40 2.025
40 2.000
40
40
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City
June 1,
1941
40 1.300
40
40 1.300
54
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40
40 1.125
40
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New York, N. Y .—Con.
Backfilling machines,
boilers, cableways, sta
tionary compressors,
concrete pumps, con
crete pavers, concrete
mixers, concrete plant
conveyor attachments,
d e r r ic k s , d ig g e r s,
dinkies, elevators, loadmaster machines, loco
motives, power hoists,
single- and double-drum
hoists, stone crushers,
Tilford well-point sys
tems__________ ___ $1.925 40 $1.925 40
Rollers ____
._ _
1.813 40 1. 750 40
Concrete breakers, small
mixers, portable com
pressors, pumps, road
finishing machines_____ 1. 750 40 1.750 40
Norfolk, Va.:
Cranes, derricks, pavers,
shovels, pile drivers,
trenching machines,
truck cranes___________ 1. 500 40
Air compressors, subgrade
operators, hoists, motor
graders, mixers (over
Yt yd.), road rollers,
tractors (40 hp. and
over), Le Toumeaus,
bulldozers___________
1.250 40
Tractors (under 40 hp.)___ 1.000 40
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Clamshells, shovels, hod
hoists, concrete mixers,
derricks, pile drivers___ 1.250 44 1.250 44
Air compressors_________ 1.000 44 1.000 44
Omaha, Nebr.:
Cranes and shovels (1^yd. and over)__ _____ 1.500 40
Derricks, cranes, power
shovels, draglines, clam
shells,
pile drivers,
other equipment of less
than l>i-yd. capacity. __ 1.375 40 1.375 40
Dredges, cableways, com
pressors, hoists________ 1. 250 40 1.250 40
Peoria, 111.:
Building construction:
Power cranes, derricks,
shovels, heavy exca
vating and paving
equipment, air com
pressors, all 2-or-moredrum machines______ 1.500 40 1.500 40
Light equipment........... 1. 375 40 1.375 40
Road construction:
Paving mixers (21-E
and larger), power
cranes, draglines, der
ricks, shovels, 2-drum
machines, rollers,
trench machines, pile
drivers, backfillers,
scoop tractors, bull
dozers, elevator grad
ers, subgraders, pa
trols, power blades,
asphalt mixers, sur
faces, crushers............ 1.500 40 l. 500 40
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T ab le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities9
June 1, 1941 , and June 1 , 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)—Continued
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages 1
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
j
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
Peoria, 111.—Continued.
Road construction—Con.
Dinkeys; air compres
sors for riveting steel,
tunnel, or caisson
work; power batching
m a c h in e s ; w a te r
pumps (2); concrete
finishing
machines;
mixers (over 2-bag)___ $1.375
1- drum machines,mixers
(1- or 2-bag), poweroperated bull floats,
tractors, small rollers,
water pumps (1), form
graders, conveyors, air
compressors_________ 1.250
Dredging:
Hydraulic, dipper, or
clamshell dredges____ 1.500
Cranemen on dipper
dredges, power-boat
operators____________ 1.250
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Machines used for han
dling steel or stone, ex
clusive of compressors:
Daily unit__________ 2.250
Weekly unit________ 2.000
Shovels with shovel front:
Daily unit____________ 2.050
W eekly unit__________ 1.925
Machines used for pile
driving:
Daily unit__________ 1.975
Weekly unit________ 1. 850
Power cranes, draglines,
clamshells, excavating
derricks:
Daily unit__________ 1.925
Weekly unit________ 1.800
Compressors, hoists, con
crete mixers ( H yd. or
over):
Daily unit---------------- 1.900
Weekly unit________ 1.650
Concrete finishing ma
chines, elevating grad
ers, tractors with scrap
ers or carry-alls, pumps
(2-or-more or 1 over
2- inch discharge):
Daily unit__________ 1.780
Weekly unit_________ 1.650
Tractors with bulldozers,
rollers (on earth):
Daily unit__________ 1.500
Weekly unit___ _____ 1. 375
Concrete mixers (under
H yd.):
Daily unit______ ____ 1.100
Weekly unit_________ 1.000
All other equipment:
Daily unit____________ 1.780
Weekly unit_____ _____ 1.650
Phoenix, Ariz.:
Building construction:
S h o v e ls, d ra g lin e s,
trench hoes, cableways. 1.500
40 $1.375
40
40 1.250
40
48 1.500
48
48 1.250
48
40 2.000
40 1.750
40
40
40 1.850
40 1.725
40
40
40 1. 725
40 1.500
40
40
40 1.725
40 1.600
40
40
40 1.725
40 1.500
40
40
40 1. 625
40 1.500
40
40
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40
40
40 1.050
40 0.900
40
40
40 1.725
40 1.500
40
40
40 1.500
40
Phoenix, Ariz.—Continued.
Building ConstructionContinued.
Cranes, derricks, pile
drivers,
bulldozers,
carry-alls, tractors (50
hp. or over), concrete
mixers
(5-bag and
over), pumpcrete op
erators______________
Batch plants, hoists,
ditching m a c h in e s ,
rollers_____ _____ ___
Crushers______________
Pumps, compressors___
Concrete mixers (under
5-bag)---------------------Highway construction:
Trench hoes, shovels,
draglines, tumapulls..
Motor graders_________
Cranes, derricks, pile
drivers,
carry-alls,
bulldozers,
tractors
(over 50 hp.), concrete
mixers (5-bag and
over) _____ _____
Asphalt-plant engineers
or head firemen, as
phalt mixers ______
Ditching machines, roll
ers. _______________
Crushers________ _____
Pumps, compressors___
Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Major hoisting and exca
vation______ ________
Minor hoisting__________
Bulldozers, tractors, grad
ers... _______________
Portland, Oreg.:
Building construction:
Combination concrete
mixer and hoist ma
chine_______________
Engineers working with
boilermakers.. . . . .. .
Engineers setting steel,
working with pile driv
ers, power shovels,
and draglines________
Hoists, double drum___
Hoists, single drum____
Cranes, derricks, booms.
Rollers (hot material),
compressors, concrete
pumps, concrete mix
ers___ ______________
Caterpillars (all attach
ments)----------- ------Rollers (grade), pumps,
elevators. . ________
Heavy construction:
Cableways (25 tons and
over), power shovels,
cranes, draglines (over
1 yd. with attach
ments) —
$1.375
40 $1,250
40
1.250
1.250
1.000
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.000
40
40
40
1.000
40
.750
40
1. 500
1.375
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40
40
1.375
40 1.250
40
1.375
40 1.125
40
1.250
1.250
1.000
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.000
40
40
40
1.625
1.563
40 1.625
40 1.563
40
40
1.375
40 1.375
40
1. 650
40 1.125
40
1.500
40 1.500
40
1.450
1. 400
1.400
1.325
40
40
40
40
1.375
1.125
1.000
1.250
40
40
40
40
1.250
40 1.125
40
1.200
40 1.125
40
1.125
40 1.000
40
1.500
40 1.500
48
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UNION SCALES BY TRADES AIND CITIES
T a b le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
June 1,
1941
Portland, Oreg.—Continued.
Heavy construction—Con.
Pile drivers, hoisting
steel________________ $1.450 40 $1.375
Locomotive c ra n e s,
w h ir le y s , g a n tr y
cra n e s, cla m sh e ll
dredges, derricks_____ 1.375 40 1.375
Shovels (up to 1 yd.
w ith attachments),
truck
shovels
or
cranes, d ra glin es,
1.250
cranes______________
2-drum hoists, trench
ing machines (over 161.200
inches wide)_________ 1.250
1.125
Blades________________ 1.250
Concrete mixers (5-bag
and over), concrete
1.200
road pavers_________ 1.200
Road rollers (finishing
1.125
pavement)__________ 1.200
Stationary drag scrapers
1.125
(over 1 yd.)_________ 1.125
Trenching
machines
(under 16-in. wide),
road rollers (grade and
s u r fa c e ), r e to r ts ,
pumps (6-inch and
over), stationary com
p r e s s o r s , 1 -d ru m
hoists, concrete mix
ers (1- to 5-bag), finish
ing machines, tractors
1.000
(under 50 hp.)_______ 1.000
.850
Tractors (35 hp.)_______ 1.000
Stationary drag scrapers
.800
(1 yd. and under)____ 1.000
Burnermen on drier,
pugmixers, or box op
.900
erators______________ .900
Providence, R. I.:
Hoists (2-or-more drum),
1.500
digging machines______ 121.750
Rollers, pumps, pile driv
ers, air compressors,
hoists (1-drum), main
1.250
tenance men__________ 131.500
.900
Tractor and motor graders. 1.250
.900
Assistant engineers______ 1.100
Reading, Pa.:
Machines handling steel
or stone:
2.000
Daily unit____________ 2. 250
1.750
Weekly unit__________ 2.000
Shovels with shovel-front
attachment:
1.850
Daily unit____________ 2.050
1.725
Weekly unit__________ 1.925
Power cranes, draglines,
clamshells, excavating
derricks:
1.725
Daily unit_____ _____ 1.925
Weekly unit________ 1.800
Compressors, hoists, con
crete mixers (H yd. or
over) :
Daily unit__________ 1.900 40 1.725
See footnotes at end o f table.
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Reading, Pa.—Continued.
Pile-driving equipment:
Weekly unit__________ $1,850
Concrete finishing ma
chines, elevating grad
ers, tractors with scrap
ers or carry-alls, pumps
(2-or-more, or 1 over
2-in. discharge), all other
equipment not listed:
Daily unit__________ 1.780
Weekly unit________ 1.650
Tractors with bulldozers,
rollers (on earth):
Daily unit__________ 1.500
Weekly unit________ 1.375
Concrete mixers (under
H yd.):
Daily unit__________ 1.100
Richmond, Va.:
Cranes, derricks, pavers,
shovels, pile drivers,
trenching machines,
truck cranes___________ 1.500
Air compressors, subgrade
operators, hoists, motor
graders, mixers (over H
yd.), road rollers, trac
tors (40 hp. and over),
Le Tourneaus, bulldoz
ers___________________ 1.250
Tractors (under 40 hp.)__ 1.000
Rochester, N. Y.:
Derricks, concrete pile
drivers, cranes (except
excavating buckets)____ 1.750
Pumps (2 or 3 in battery),
back hoes, keystones,
concrete mixers (14-S or
over), trench machines,
draglines,
cableways,
elevators, boilers, pav
ers, clamshells, orange
peels, tunnel shovels,
m u ck in g m ach in es,
dredges, power shovels,
1- and 2-drum hoists,
telphers, stone crushers,
concrete pumps, wellpoint pumps, tandem
rollers________________ 1.625
Le Tourneaus or conti
nental scrapers________ 1.375
Rollers (except tandem),
skull crackers, dinkey
locomotives, road-finish
ing machines, Barber
Green loaders, load mas
ters, air compressors
(over 160 cu. ft.)_______ 1.250
Bulldozers______________ 1.150
Rock Island (111.) district:
Building construction:
Power shovels, derricks,
grading equipment___ 1.500
Machines not listed____ 1.275
Air compressors, weld
ing machines..... ......... | 1.250'
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
j
City
Hours per week
City
June 1,
1940
|
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40
40 $1.625
40 1.500
40
40
40 1.375
40 1.250
40
40
40 1.050
40
40
40
40
40 1.750
40
40 1.500
40
40 1.250
40
40 1.000
40 1.000
40
40
40 1.375i 40
40 1.200i 40
40 1.125
40
70
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T ab le 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941, and June J, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
Rock Island (111.) district—
Continued.
Road and heavy construc
tion:
Heavy machines and
excavating equip
ment_____________ $1.375 40 $1,250
Finishing machines... 1.250 40 1.150
Stone crushers, rollers
on asphalt or brick,
tractors p u l l i n g
tumblebugs,
con
crete pumps, form
graders with rollers,
mixers (3-bag 21-E),
water pumps (2),
1-drum machines__ 1.250 40 1.125
Straight tractors, mix
ers (1- and 2-bag),
conveyors,
power
batching machines.. 1.125 40 1.000
Water pumps (water
.900 40 .850
to mixers)_________
St. Louis, Mo.:
2-drum engines, orange
peels, clamshells, pile
drivers,
locomotive
cranes,
other
large
equipment____________ 2.000 40 2.000
Asphalt rollers, mixing
plants________________ 1.750 40 1. 750
1drum
hoists,
small
concrete mixers, other
small equipment______ 1.500 40 1.500
St. Paul, Minn.:
Power shovels, derricks___ 1.500 40 1.500
2- or 3-drum hoists, as
phalt rollers (8 tons
and over)_____________ 1.400 40 1.400
Scrapers and tractors____ 1.375 40 1.375
Elevating graders_______ 1.250 40 1.250
Steam
pumps,
stone
crushers, rollers (un
der 8 tons)...................... 1.200 40 1.200
Salt Lake City, Utah:
Shovels, draglines_______ 1.500 40 1.250
Le Tourneaus___________ 1.500 40 1.000
Hoisting
equipm ent,
paving machines______ 1.250 40 1.250
Bulldozers, blades and
rollers, cement mixers
(1 yd. and over)_______ 1.250 40 1.000
Cement mixers (under 1
yd)------------ ---------------- 1.000 40 1.000
San Antonio, Tex.:
Derricks,
clamshells,
)ower shovels, dragines,
pile
drivers,
foundation operators,
2- or 3-drum hoist
operators, truck cranes. __ 1.375 40 1. 250
1-drum hoists, bulldoz
ers, rollers, tractors,
maintainers, air com
pressors, concrete mix
ers, pump operators___ 1.125 40 1.000
Grader operators............... 1.125 40 .750
Hours per week
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
42
42
42
42
42
f
June 1,
1941
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40
40
40
City
8 'a
June 1,
1940
n
<~£l
San Francisco, Calif.:
Power shovels and other
machines with “ shoveltype” controls_________ $2,000
Pile drivers, derricks,
locomotive cranes hand
ling steel______________ 1.750
Road machinery—rollers,
clamshells,
a sp h a lt
burners, tractors______ 1.500
Building hoists.................. 1. 375
Compressors, pumps____ 1.250
Scranton, Pa.:
Machines used for handl
ing steel or stone (except
ing compressors):
Daily unit__________ 2.250
Weekly unit............... 2.000
Derricks:
Daily unit..................... 2.250
Weekly unit____ ______ 2.000
Shovels with shovel front
attachment:
Daily unit__________ 2.050
Weekly unit________ 1.925
Power cranes, draglines,
clamshells, machinery
for excavation:
Daily unit__________ 1.925
Weekly unit________ 1.800
Compressors, hoists, con
crete mixers CH yd. or
over):
1.900
Daily unit............. .
Weekly unit________ 1. 650
Finishing machines on
concrete, elevated grad
ers, tractors with scrap
ers or carry-alls, pumps
(over 2-in. discharge, or
2 or more of any size),
other equipment not
listed:
Daily unit................... 1.780
Weekly unit________ 1.650
Tractors with bulldozers,
rollers (on earth):
Weekly unit________ 1.375
Concrete mixers (under
H yd.):
1.100
Daily unit.............. .
Seattle, Wash.:
Power shovels___________ 1.850
Locomotives cranes, clam
shells, paving mixers___ 1. 750
Rollers on plant-mixed
material______________ 1.650
Hoisting engines (on steel
erection)______________ 1.625
Other hoisting equipment,
motor patrols, power
graders, bulldozers (60
hp. and over)_________ 1.500
$2,000
40
1.600
40
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.500
40
1.850
30
1.750
30
1.650
30
1. 625
30
40 1.500
30
71
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
June 1,
1941
South Bend, Ind.:
Building construction:
2-or-more-drum hoists,
cranes, derricks, shovvels, concrete mixers
(2-bag and over)... __ $1,500 40 $1,500
Concrete mixers (1-bag),
single-drum hoists___ 1.250 40 1.250
Road construction:
Cranes, draglines, hoists
(2 or more drums),
pavers____ _________ 1.500 48 1.400
Motor graders, tractors
on scoops, bulldozers,
1. 350 48
turnapulls
Asphalt rollers________ 1.250 48 1. 250
1-drum machines, finishing machines, caterpillars (50 hp. and
1.000 48
over)
Air compressors, cater
pillars (under 50hp.)_ .850 48 .850
Spokane, Wash.:
Trenching machines, shov
els, clamshells, locomo
tives, hoists (3-drum). 1.625 40 1.625
Concrete mixers, black
top and grade rollers,
motor patrols, hoists
(under 3 drums), buck
ets, paving mixers . _ _ 1.500 40 1.500
Caterpillars, bulldozers,
all road machinery ex
cept shovels, excavation
compressors__________ 1.250 40 1.250
Springfield. Mass.:
Hoists (3 or more drums),
excavating shovels_____ 1. 650 40 1.500
Road mixers, hoists (1
1. 350 40 1. 250
and 2 drums)___ ___
Pumps and boilers
1. 350 40 1.313
Bulldozers, scrapers_____ 1. 250 40 1.000
Rollers, assistants on
1.100 40 1.000
steam machines
Compressor (225 ft. and
under)________________ .975 40 .875
Small mixers, assistants on
other than steam ma
.850 40 .750
chines- _____________
Tampa, Fla.:
Back hoes, Le Tourneaus,
trenching machines, pile
drivers, any machines
for setting steel, stone, or
1.250 40 1. 250
precast masonry1___ _
Hoists (2 or more drums)1. 1.125 40 1.125
Tractors, concrete mixers
(%-yd. or over), air com
pressors, hoists (single
drum), draglines, shov
els, orange peels, clam
1.000 40 1.000
shells1__________
Concrete mixers (under
%-yd.)------------------------ .750 40 .750
See footnotes at end of table.
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
j
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
1
Hours per week j
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
j
j
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40
40
48
48
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Toledo, Ohio:1
Building and excavating:
Derricks,
excavating
shovels, pile drivers $1,625
Mixers (over 1-bag),
hoists, conveyors, gas
locomotives, pumps
(over 4-in.), tractors
(over 30 hp.), elevators. 1.375
Mixers (1-bag), grade
rollers, pumps (4-in.
and under), air com
pressors, tractors (up
to 30 hp.)___________ 1.125
Road construction:
Cranes (over H yd.),
hoes, draglines, key
stones, power shovels,
pile drivers-..^______ 1.625
Trench machines, der
ricks, paving mixers
(27-E
and
over),
power scoops and
scrapers, asphalt roll
ers_________________ 1.500
Cranes (H yd. and un
der), bulldozers, pow
er graders, asphalt
spreaders, connection
machines____________ 1.375
Asphalt-plant engineers . 1.250
Concrete
spreaders,
crushers,
elevating
graders,
backfillers,
rollers, blade graders,
clefplanes,
portable
compressors, finishing
machines,
tractors,
s u b g r a d e r s , form
trenchers, bull floats,
slope graders________ 1.150
Washington, D. C.:
Heavy construction:
Master mechanics_____ 2. 250
Boring machines, cranes,
cableways, derricks,
derrick cars, dredges,
engines (2 or more
drums), pile drivers,
shovels, slaire muck
ers_________________ 2.000
Backfillers, steam boiler
(1), concrete pavers,
concrete and grout
pumps, elevators, en
gines (1-drum), gen
erators, locomotives,
rollers, trenching ma
chines, well drills,
wheel scoops, convey
ors, excavators, form
graders (power-belt),
finishing machines,
graders, loaders ____ 1. 750
40 $1.625
40
40 1.375
40
40 1.125
40
40 1.500
40
40 1.375
40
40 1.250
40 1.000
40
40
40 1.125
40
40 2.250
40
40 2.000
40
40 1.750
40
72
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
E N G IN E E R S (Portable and Hoisting)— Continued
Washington, D. C —Con.
Heavy construction—Con.
Tractors, welding ma
chines, blacksmiths,
air compressors, con
crete mixers (with
loading ship), pumps,
syphons, jets________ $1,600
Building construction:
Shovels, cranes, derricks,
pile drivers______ _ _ 2.000
Hoists, pavers, wheeltype scrapers________ 1.750
Pumps, compressors___ 1.600
1.250
Bulldozers________
York, Pa.:
Machines handling steel or
stone:
Daily u n it ...____ _____ 2. 250
Weekly unit__________ 2.000
Shovels with shovel-front
attachment:
Daily u n it .................. . 2.050
Weekly unit__________ 1. 925
Power cranes, draglines,
clamshells, excavating
derricks:
Daily u nit.____ _______ 1. 925
Weekly unit__________ 1.800
Compressors, hoists, con
crete mixers (H yd.
and over):
Daily unit...................... 1.900
Weekly unit_____ ____ _ 1.650
June 1,
1940
40 $1.600
40
40 2.000
40
40 1. 750
40 1.600
40 1.150
40
40
40
40 2.000
40 1.750
40
40
40 1.850
40 1. 725
40
40
40 1.725
40 1.600
40
40
40 1.725
40 1.500
40
40
York, Pa.—Continued.
Concrete finishing ma
chines, elevating grad
ers, tractors (with
scapers or carry-alls),
pumps (2-in. or more):
Daily unit____________
Weekly unit__________
Tractors, bulldozers, roll
ers (on earth):
Daily unit____________
Weekly unit_________
Concrete mixers (under
yd.):
Weekly unit__________
Equipment not listed:
Daily unit____________
Weekly unit__________
Youngstown, Ohio:
Shovels, boom derricks,
derrick cars, hoists (2drum), pile drivers, road
pavers, dredges, high
lifts, cranes, combination
tractors and scrapers___
1-drum hoists (360 ft. or
over)_________________
Graders, 1-drum hoists,
concrete mixers, bull
dozers, trench machines,
combination Le Tourneaus and tractors, roll
ers, road finishers, back
fillers, tractors with
scrapers, compressors,
paver or batcher-plant
operators, subgraders___
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$1. 780
1.650
40 $1. 625
40 1.500
40
40
1.500
1. 375
40 1.375
40 1. 250
40
40
1.000
40
40
1.780
1.650
40 1. 725
40 1.500
40
40
1.625
40 1. 563
40
1. 625
40 1.500
40
1.250
40
G LAZIERS
Atlanta, Ga------------ --------Baltimore, M d____________
Binghamton, N. Y ________
Birmingham, Ala._.........
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Butte, Mont______________
Charleston, S. C.:
Agreement A____________
Agreement B____________
Charleston, W. Ya________
Charlotte, N. C___________
Chicago, 111_______________
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio:
Steel sash_______________
W ood________ _______
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex_______________
Davenport, Iowa. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
40 $1,000
40 1.175
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.350
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
35
40
1.000
.550
1.000
40
44
40
1.943
1.550
35
40
1.625
1.500
1.150
1.000
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.375
1.000
1.000
40
40
40
40
1.200
40
40
40
40
1. 375
1.200
1.125
1.250
40
35
40
40
$1.125
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.350
1.375
.550
1.000
.800
2.000
1.125
1.250
See footnotes at end of table.
Duluth, Minn____________ $0.850
El Paso, Tex______________ 1.125
Erie, Pa.:
Inside______________ _
.700
Outside... . . . . _____ _ 1.100
Grand Rapids, Mich___ .. 1.125
Houston, Tex_____________ 1.125
Indianapolis, Ind______ . . .
1.375
Jackson, Miss.1___________
.900
.800
Jacksonville, Fla.1_________
Kansas City, M o__________ 1.500
Little Rock, Ark_______ _ 1.000
Los Angeles, Calif_________ 1.200
Louisville, K y____ ________ 1.200
Madison, Wis_______ ____
1.150
Memphis, Tenn.i_________
.900
Milwaukee, Wis__________ 1.300
Minneapolis, Minn_______
1.050
Mobile, Ala_______________ 1.000
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__....... ........ 1.000
Newark, N. J_____________ 1.438
New Haven, Conn_______
1.375
New Orleans, La............... — 1.125
40 $0,850
40 1.000
40
44
44
44
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.700
1.100
1.000
1.125
1.250
.900
.800
1.500
.875
1.100
1.050
1.050
.900
1.200
1.050
.900
44
44
40
40
40
44
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 .875
40 1.438
40 1.250
40 1.000
40
40
40
40
73
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities ,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
G LA ZIER S— Continued
New York, N. Y __________ $1. 886
Norfolk, Va_______________ 1.000
.900
Oklahoma Citv, Okla
Omaha, Nebr.i____________ 1.100
Peoria, 111________ ______ __ 1.300
1.375
Philadelphia, Pa_____
Phoenix, Ariz. ______ _____ 1.000
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1.400
Portland, Oreg____________ 1. 250
Providence, R. I __________ 1.000
Reading, Pa______________ 1.150
Richmond, Va___ _______ .810
Rochester, N. Y.:
Steel sash. __ _________ 1.200
Structural and plate glass. 1.000
Rock Island (111.) district.__ 1.300
St. Louis, M o____ __ . . . _ 1. 625
St. Paul, Minn___________ 1.050
Salt Lake City, Utah______ 1.000
San Antonio, Tex_______ _ 1.000
35 $1,886
40 .825
40
40 1.100
40 1.300
40 1.300
40 1.000
40 1.400
40 1.100
40 1.000
40 1.150
40 .810
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.200
1.000
1.150
1. 625
1.050
1.000
1.000
35
40
San Francisco, Calif_______ $1,250
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A____________ 1.000
.900
Agreement B__ ______
Seattle, Wash.:
Inside__________________ 1.200
Outside_______________
1.300
South Bend, Ind__________ 1.000
Spokane, Wash.:
Inside__________________ 1.100
Outside________________ 1.100
Springfield, Mass.............. . 1.375
Tampa, Fla____ ____ _____
.880
Toledo, Ohio 1____________ 1.125
Washington, D. C_________ 1.500
Wichita, Kans__________ _ 1.000
Worcester, Mass.. _______ 1.125
York, P a ___ ____ ________ 1.100
1.400
Youngstown, Ohio. ____
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
j Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
| Hours per week
1
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1.210
40
40
40
.800
40
40 1.200
40 1.200
40 1.000
40
30
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
1.100
1.100
1.250
.800
1.125
1.500
.875
1.000
40
35
40
40
40
40
44
40
1.400
40
G R A N IT E C UTTE RS
$1. 750
1.125
1.250
1.375
1.125
1.225
1.187
1.750
40 $1. 750
40 1.063
40 1.250
40 1. 375
40 1.125
40 1. 225
40 1.187
40 1.750
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1. 375
35 1.250
35 1.375
35
35
1.125
40 1.125
40
1.429
1.125
35 1.357
40 1.063
35
40
New York, N. Y.:
Outside. _______________ $2,000 35 $2,000 35
Inside_____ _____ ____
1.428 35 1.357 35
Surface machines and
sandblasters___ _______ 1.500 35 1.429 35
Philadelphia, Pa.:
Outside
1. 250 40 1.250
Inside 1
1.094 40 L063
Portland, Oreg.. . . __ __ _. 1.125 14 40 1.125 14
Providence, R. I __________ 1.125 40 1.125
St. Louis, M o_____________ 1.125 40 1.125
Surface-machine operators. 1.188 40 1.188
San Francisco, Calif_______ 1.125 40 1.125
Seattle, Wash______ ____
1.125 40 1.000
Springfield, M a s s _______ 1.125 40 1.063
Washington, D. C _________ 1.500 40 1.500
I oofeo S S S o S o
Boston, Mass.:
On buildings.__________
In yards
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Chicago, 111_______________
Cincinnati, O h io _________
Machine men. ________ _
Cleveland, Ohio___________
Supplying own tools_____
Denver, Colo.:
Inside workers__
...
Surface machine operators.
Los Angeles,Calif.:
__
Shop
Newark, N. J.:
Shop
___
New Haven, Conn________
40 $1. 250
40 1.000
40 1.375
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
1.250
40 1. 250
40
1. 000
1.667
1. 500
1. 625
40
30 1.66Z
40 1.500
30 1.625
30
40
30
1. 250
1.000
1. 375
1.375
1. 700
1.400
1. 625
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.250
1. 700
1. 400
1.625
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
See footnotes at end of table.
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex_________ _____
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
RockIsland(Ill.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Residential____________
Duluth, Minn____ ________
El Paso, T e x . . . __________
Erie, Pa______________ _.
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
Wire and metal_________
Wood__________________
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind_________
Jackson, Miss.. __________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o__________
$1.550
1.500
40 $1. 550
40 1.500
1.500
1.500
1.430
1.675
1. 425
1.350
1.375
1. 750
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.430
1.550
1.125
1.350
1.375
1.750
SSoSSoSo
$1,500
1. 125
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.450
1.250
1.500
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
.750
1.500
1.450
1.250
1.250
1.500
SScSS
Atlanta, Ga.:
Metal____________
Wood____________
Baltimore, M d_____
Binghamton, N. Y._.
Birmingham, Ala.:
Agreement A _____
Agreement B:
Metal__________
Boston, Mass______
Buffalo, N. Y ______
Butte, Mont_______
Charleston, S. C.:
Channel and metal.
Rock____________
Charleston, W. Va._.
Charlotte, N. C____
Chicago, 111________
Cincinnati, Ohio____
Cleveland, Ohio 1___
SS I
LA TH E RS
74
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able
14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
L A T H E R S— Continued
Los Angles, Calif.:
Metal__________________
Nail-on_________________
Louisville, K y ........_ __
Madison, W is... _________
Manchester, N. H _________
Memphis, Tenn.:
Metal 1____ ______ ______
W ood 1_________________
Milwaukee, Wis____ ___ _
Minneapolis, Minn________
Mobile, Ala.:
Metal 1_______________ .
Wood i_________________
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_____ _____
Newark, N. J___ __________
New Haven, Conn________
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y.:
Class A:
Metal....... ......................
Wire..............................
W ood............................
Class B :
Small house and altera
tions___________ _ __
Kings, Queens, Nassau,
and Suffolk Counties:
Class A
______ _ _ .
Class B: 1- and 2farnily projects._______
Norfolk, Va.1_____________
Oklahoma City, Okla
Omaha, Nebr _ ___________
Peoria, 111
_________ ___
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Residential ___________
$1.667
1. 250
1.375
1.300
1.375
30 $1. 500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.300
40 1.375
1.500 40
1.000 40
1. 375 40
1.500 is 35
40
40
40
30
1.250
1.000
40 1.250
40 1.000
40
40
1.500
1.900
1.650
1. 500
40
35
40
40
1.250
1.900
1.500
1.500
40
35
40
40
1.850
2.167
(18)
40 1.750
30 2.000
30 (17)
40
30
30
1. 367
35 1.125
40
2.167
30 2.167
30
1.143
1.500
1.500
1.375
1. 500
1.688
1.250
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
Phoenix, Ariz.:
Tie-on, wire and metal___
Wood_________________
Pittsburgh, P a __________
Portland, Oreg
_ ____
Channel construction__
Providence, R. I __________
Reading, Pa_ ____________
Richmond, Va.1___________
Rochester, N. Y__ _______
Small houses,__ ___ __ __
Rock Island (111.) district__
St. Louis, Mo.:
Commercial:
Metal____________ ____
W ood-............................
Residential:
W o o d -______________
St. Paul, Minn___________
Salt Lake City, Utah:
Metal__________________
Wood_________ _________
San Antonio, Tex*...............
San Francisco, Calif.:
Metal and class A wood—
Class B wood___________
Scranton, Pa______ _____
Seattle, Wash_____________
Residential: W ood....... .
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash _________
Springfield, M ass.............
Tampa, Fla.
.................
Residential: W ood______
Toledo, O h io______ ______
Washington, D . C _______
Wichita, Kans
_____ ___
Worcester, Mass__ ________
Youngstown, Ohio1_______
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week j
30
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.000
1. 375
1.500
1.143
1.375
1.500
1.313
1.500
1.625
1.200
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$1,250
1.125
1.750
1.500
' 1. 500
1.500
1.375
1.375
1.500
1.000
1.500
40 $1,250
40 1.125
40 1. 750
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40 1.000
40 1. 500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.750
(18)
40 1.750
40 (18)
40
40
i«1.125
1.500
40 191.125
30 1.500
40
30
1.500
1.250
1.500
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40
40
40
1.600
1. 350
1. 375
1. 550
1.550
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.600
1. 350
1. 375
1.500
1.350
1.500
1.500
1.500
1. 250
30
30
40
30
30
40
30
40
40
1. 650
211.750
1. 500
1.500
1.500
30
30
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
1.650
1.625
1.250
35
40
40
$1.250
1.250
1.750
1.500
1.250
1.750
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1. 250
1.500
1.250
1.125
1.500
1. 250
1.250
1.375
1.800
40 $1. 250
40 1.250
40 1.650
40 1.500
40 1.250
35 1.750
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.500
40
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.650
(2°)
(2°)
I. 500 "40
M A C H IN IST S
Atlanta, Q a ______________
Baltimore, M d ____ _______
Boston, Mass ___________
Chicago, 111 _____________
Cincinnati, O h io __ _______
Cleveland, Ohio
Des Moines, Iowa ____ ___
Detroit, Mich_____________
El Paso, Tex
_________
Houston, T e x _________
Indianapolis, Ind ____ ___
Jacksonville, Fla
Kansas City, Mo _______
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, Ky
__ __
Memphis, Tenn
Erecting, constructing,
and welding
Milwaukee, Wis__________
$1.250
1.375
1.375
1.625
1. 500
1. 500
1.375
1.625
1. 250
1. 375
1. 500
1. 250
1.375
1.375
1.313
1. 250
40 $1,000
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.625
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.375
1. 375
40
40 1.250
40
See footnotes at end of table.
Minneapolis, M inn________
Nashville, Tenn___________
Newark, N .J-_ __________
New Haven, Conn_______
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y _________
Peoria, 111________________
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Pittsburgh, Pa_______ ___
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y ___________
St. Louis, M o_____________
St. Paul, M inn.___ _____ _
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Antonio, Tex_________
Scranton, P a _____________
Spokane, Wash....................
Toledo, Ohio 1____________
Washington, D. C _________
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
75
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June 1, 1940 — Continued
MARBLE SETTERS
Atlanta Ga.1_ __________
Baltimore, M d_____ ______
Binghamton, N. Y _ ____
Birmingham, Ala
. ___
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Charleston, S. C __
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C___________
Chicago, 111................. . . . .
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio__________
Columbus, Ohio________ Dallas, Tex_______________
Davenport, I o w a . (S e e
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________
Denver, Colo_ ___ _______
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Duluth, M inn____________
El Paso, Tex....................... .
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind__________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o__________
Residential __________
Little Rock, Ark__....... ........
Los Angeles, Calif.1__ _____
Louisville, K y .... .........
Memphis, Tenn____ ____
Milwaukee, Wis ________
Minneapolis, M inn________
Mobile, Ala_______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
0'S
ft
5
W
$1.375
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.250
1.625
1.625
1.625
1.375
1.375
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.438
1.000
1.500
1. 250
1.500
1.625
1.375
1.325
1.500
C
aO
n
a>
*
City
|
1 “
S
&
40 $1,250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
44 1.250
40 1.625
40 1.625
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.438
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.625
1.375
1.325
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Nashville, Tenn__________
Newark, N. J.__...................
Carvers________________
Cutters........................... .
New Haven, Conn...............
New Orleans, La_____ ____
New York, N. Y ..................
Carvers------------- ----------Cutters_________________
Norfolk, Va_______________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr______ _____ _
Peoria, 111______ _____ _
Philadelphia, Pa_............
Phoenix, Ariz___............ ......
Pittsburgh, Pa.__.................
Portland, M aine............
Portland, O reg..._________
Providence, R. I __________
Richmond, Va.1. ............ ......
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, W ash......................
Spokane, W ash .................
Springfield, Mass_________
Tampa, Fla_______________
Toledo, Ohio 1 __________
Washington, D. C ________
Worcester, Mass. ________
Youngstown, Ohio________
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
> o
8
£
Hours per week
M
City
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$1.375
1.750
2.071
1.750
1.650
1.500
1.750
2.071
1.750
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.650
1.500
1.500
1.400
1.375
1.500
1.375
1.375
1.375
1.375
1.325
1.125
1.500
1.313
1.500
1.550
1.500
1.625
1.250
1.500
1.750
1.500
1.250
40 $1.375
35 1.750
35 2.071
35 1.750
40 1.375
40 1.500
35 1.750
35 2.071
35 1.750
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.650
40 1.600
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.325
40 1.125
40 1.500
40 1.313
40 1.500
40 1.500
35 1.500
40 1.625
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.750
40
40 1.250
40
35
35
35
40
40
35
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
35
40
40
40
40
$1,250
1.375
1.000
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.300
1.300
40 $1,250
40 1.250
40
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.300
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO WORKERS
Atlanta, Ga.1, ............... . $1.375
Baltimore, Md _ ________ 1.375
Binghamton, N. Y ________ 1.250
Birmingham, Ala_________ 1.500
Boston, M ass.. __________ 1.500
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.250
Charleston, S. C __________ 1.250
Charleston, W. V a _______ 1.375
Charlotte, N. C___________ 1.250
Chicago, 111. __ ___________ 1.625
Cincinnati, Ohio.................. 1.250
Cleveland, Ohio........... ........ 1.500
Columbus, Ohio__________ 1.000
Dallas, Tex_______________ 1.500
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio___________ _ 1.500
Denver, Colo ___________ 1.500
Des Moines, Iowa_________ 1.250
Detroit, M ich.____________ 1.438
El Paso, Tex________ _
__ 1.500
Erie, Pa____ _____
. . . . 1.375
1.250
Grand Rapids, Mich_____
Houston, T e x ... _________ 1.375
Indianapolis, Tnd _ _____ 1.375
Jackson. Miss
i. 250
See footnotes at end o f table.
40 $1. 250
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
44 1.250
40 1.625
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.430
1.250
1.438
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.250
Jacksonville, Fla __ ___
Kansas City, Mo _ __
Residential . . . __ _
Little Rock, Ark _ ____
Los Angeles, Calif.1 _____
Louisville, K y . ________
Madison, Wis _________
Memphis, Tenn__________
Milwaukee, W is__________
Minneapolis, M inn_____ _
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, T e n n __ ____ _
Newark, N. J ___________
New Haven, C o n n ..______
New Orleans, La______ ..
New York, N. Y . _____
Norfolk, V a______________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr_____________
Peoria, 111 _______________
Philadelphia, Pa .
____
Phoenix, Ariz ___________
Pittsburgh, P a ___________
Portland, Maine_______ Portland, Oreg____________
1.250
1,750
1.650
1.500
1.756
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.500
1. 500
1.400
1.350
1.250
1.750
1.375
1.500
1.750
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.350
76
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T ab le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June 1, 1940 — Continued
M O SAIC A N D T E R R A ZZO W O R K E R S — Continued
Providence, R. I ________ $1. 500
Richmond, Va,1 __________ 1.250
Rochester, N. Y _____ __ _ 1.375
Rock Island (111.) district... 1.250
St. Louis, Mo
_ _______ 1.500
St. Paul, Minn _________ 1.300
Salt Tiftkp City, TTtah
1.125
San Antonio, Tex
___ 1. 500
San Francisco, Calif_______ 1.250
40 $1,500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.500
40 1. 250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
$1. 425
Scranton, Pa__________
Seattle, Wash_____________ 1.400
South Bend, I n d _________ 1.500
Spokane, Wash_________ . 1.500
Springfield, Mass_________ 1. 625
Tampa, Fla_____________ _ 1. 250
Toledo, Ohio1 _ __ __
1. 250
Washington, D. C
1. 500
Youngstown, Ohio______
1. 250
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
| Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1.425
40 1.350
40 1.500
35 1.500
40 1.625
40 1.250
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
$1.150
1.500
40 $1,050
40
40
1. 250
1.000
.750
1.125
40 1.150
40 1.000
40 .750
40 1.125
40
40
40
40
1.250
1. 375
1.300
1.300
1.300
.900
1.250
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.125
1. 375
1.000
.875
1.500
1.250
1.000
1. 250
1.125
1.100
.900
1.250
1.250
1.125
1.225
1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1.375
1.250
1. 375
1. 500
.900
1. 250
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.000
1.375
.875
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
1.500
1.000
1.000
1. 250
1.125
1.050
.900
1.125
1.250
1.125
1. 225
1.250
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 375
1. 250
1. 500
1.000
40 1.375
35 1.250
35
40 .900
40
35
1.250
2.000
40 1.150
40
40
1.125
1.500
1. 571
1.571
1.857
1.250
1.000
1. 750
40
40
35
35
35
40
40
40
m
PA IN T ER S
Atlanta, Ga._-____________ $1.125 40 $1,000
Baltimore, M d____________ 1.125 40 1.125
Structural-steel painting. _ 1.250 40 1. 250
Binghamton, N.' Y ____ _ 1.000 40 1.000
Birmingham, Ala.:
Agreement A .................... 1.250 40 1.250
Agreement B ___________
.850 40
Color men _____________ 1.075 40.
Boston, Mass................. ...... 1.375 40 1. 250
Buffalo, N. Y_____________ 1.250 40 1. 250
Spray p ainting..______ 1. 530 40 1. 530
Structural-steel painting. _ 1.350 40 1. 350
Residential
__
1. 000 40
Butte, Mont______________ 1.375 40 1.375
Charleston, S. C.:
Agreement A ___________ 1.000 40 1.000
Spray painting,
. . . .. 1. 500 40 1.500
Structural-steel painting. 1. 250 40
Agreement B .._ _ _ _ _ _ _
. 550 44 .550
Charleston, W. Va________ 1.125 40 1.000
Charlotte, N. C_____
.900 40 .750
Spray painting_______ _ 1. 250 40 1.000
Stage p ainting____ _____ 1.000 40 1.000
Chicago, 111_______________ 1.833 30 1. 667
Cincinnati, Ohio__________ 1.350 40 1.350
Cleveland, Ohio___________ 1.400 40 1. 350
Fresco painting_________ 1. 450 40 1. 400
Structural-steel painting __ 1.750 40 1.625
Columbus, Ohio__________ 1.250 40 1. 150
Structural-steel painting. _ 1.400 40 1.350
Residential____________ 1.000 40 .800
Dallas, T ex.i-.l___________ 1. 000 40 1.000
Spray painting__________ 1.500 40
Stage painting
__ _____ 1. 250 40
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________ 1. 375 40 1. 250
Swing or scaffold paint 1.475 40 1.350
ing-------------- --------------Spray painting__________ 1.850 30 1.650
Denver, Colo ___________ 1.430 35 1. 250
Swing, stage, or steeple
jack______________
1. 430 35 1.430
Des Moines, Iowa........... .
1.200 40 1.200
Spray painting. _______ 1.450 40
Detroit, Mich. __________ 1.375 40 1.250
Spray painting__________ 1.750 40 1.500
Duluth, Minn____________ 1.063 40 1.000
Bridge and structuralsteel painting__________ 1.250 40 1.150
El Paso, Tex______________ 1.125 40 1. 000
Spray painting................. 1.375 40 1.250
Stage painting ________ 1. 250 40 1.125
See footnotes at end of table.
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
44
44
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
44
Erie, Pa__________________
Spray painting... ______
Swing or structural-iron
painting. ___________
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Residential.
_. ______
Houston, Tex_____________
Stage and structural-iron
or steel painting______
Spray-gun painting. ____
Indianapolis, Ind _______
Scaffold work___________
Iron painting. ________
Jackson, Miss.1_____ ______
Stage painting_____ ____
Spray painting__________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Spray painting.. . . _
Structural-iron painting...
Kansas City, M o______ . . .
Little Rock, Ark__________
Residential.. _________
Spray painting__________
Swing and stage painting..
Los Angeles, Calif.1____ . . .
Spray painting__________
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis.. _______ _
Manchester, N. H _________
Memphis, Tenn___________
Spray painting__________
Milwaukee, W is__________
Swing and stage painting..
Spray painting_______ __
Structural-iron or bridge
painting. _____ ____
Minneapolis, M inn. . . ____
Swing stage painting_____
Mobile, Ala. . . . ________
Swing stage, bosun chair,
or structural-steel paint
ing------------------ ----------Spray-gun painting___
Moline, 111. (See Ro£k
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__________
Spray painting__________
Newark, N . J . . __________
Hardwood finishers______
Structural-steel painting. _
New Haven, Conn________
Residential_____________
Decorators______________
1.000
1.500
1.250
1.125
1.600
1.100
.900
1.600
40
so
40
10
40
40
40
40
77
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T ab le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
P A IN T E R S— Continued
New Orleans, La__________ $1,000
Residential.------------------- 1.000
Fresco painting_________ 1.000
Spray and structural-steel
painting______________ 1. 250
New York, N. Y --------------- 1.600
Brooklyn--------- ------------- 1.600
Queens and Nassau coun
ties___________________ 1.600
Bridge and steel paint 1. 750
ing—
Norfolk, Va_______________ 1.000
Structural-steel painting.. 1. 250
Spray painting__________ 1. 250
Oklahoma City, Okla_____ 1.125
Omaha, Nebr.1____________ 1. 075
Peoria, 111________________ 1.250
Swing stage painting------- 1.560
Philadelphia, Pa__________ 1.375
Steel painting----------------- 1.500
Phoenix, Ariz.1—.................. 1.063
Spray painting__________ 1.500
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1. 500
.800
Portland, Maine__________
Portland, Oreg------------------ 1.175
Structural-steel painting. _ 1.200
Providence, R. I ---------------- 1.000
Reading, Pa______________ 1.250
Structural-steel or spray
painting---------------------- 1.500
Residential— .......... ......... 1.000
.900
Richmond, Va-----------------Structural-steel painting __ 1.150
Rochester, N. Y ___________ 1.250
Rock Island (111.) district-. . 1.250
St. Louis, M o-------------------- 1.500
Residential_____________ 1.125
June 1,
1940
40 $. 875
40 .800
40 1.000
40
40
40
40 __
35 1.500
35 1.600
__
35 1.600
35 1.600
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
44
40
40
40
40
.825
1.250
40
40
1.125
1.000
1.250
1. 560
1.250
1. 250
1.000
1.250
1.500
.700
1.100
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
1.000
1.250
40
40
1.750
1.000
.800
40
40
40
1.200
1.150
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
St. Paul, Minn____________
Swing stage painting_____
Salt Lake City, Utah______
Swing stage painting_____
Spray-gun painting______
San Antonio, Tex_________
Spray-gun painting___ _
San Francisco, Calif.1______
Structural-steel painting...
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A ___________
Agreement B_..................
Seattle, Wash ____________
Bridge and structuralsteel painting__________
South Bend, Ind.:
Agreement A____________
Spray painting________
Stage painting_________
Structural-steel painting.
Agreement B ____________
Spokane, Wash _________
Spray painting__________
Springfield, Mass_________
Fresco painting___ ______
Tampa, Fla_.
Toledo, Ohio 1____________
Spray painting 1_________
Washington, D. C ... _____
Bridge and structuralsteel painting____ _____
Wichita, Kans____________
Spray painting. ______
Worcester, M ass.. ________
York, Pa_________________
Youngstown, Ohio1___ _
Structural-steel painting..
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
! Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
| Hours per week
City
Rates of waees
per hour
June 1,
1941
° H
$1,250
1.350
1.000
1.250
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.500
35 $1,200
35
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.000
40 1.250
35 1.250
35
1.125
1.000
1.350
40 1.125
40
40 I ’ 250
1.475
40 1.375
1.150
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.100
1.250
1.600
1.250
1.375
1.000
1.300
1.400
1.714
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
35
35
35
1.000
1.125
1.250
2.000
.875
1.125
1.125
.850
1.300
1.500
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.571
.750
1.250
1.600
1.125
1.375
.925
1.300
1.400
1.571
1.000
.700
1.250
1. 375
PA PE R H A NG ER S
Atlanta, Ga— .......
Baltimore, Md.:
Agreement A ----Agreement B ----Binghamton, N. Y.
Birmingham, Ala.:
Agreement A ----Agreement B___
Residential......
Buffalo, N. Y _____
Butte, Mont_____
Charleston, S. C.:
Agreement A ___
Agreement B___
Charleston, W. Va.
Charlotte, N. C___
Chicago, 111______
Cincinnati, Ohio...
Cleveland, Ohio__
Columbus, O hio-..
Residential_____
Dallas, Tex.1______
$1.125
40 $1,000
40
1.125
1.000
1.000
40 1.125
40
40 1.000
40
1.250
1.250
.850
1.250
1.375
40 1.250
40
40
40 1.250
40 1.375
40
40
1.250
.550
1.250
1.000
1.833
1.350
1.400
1.250
1.000
1.000
40
44
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
30
40
40
40
40
40
See footnotes at end of table.
450497°— 42 ----- 6
.550
1.250
1.000
1.667
1.375
1.350
1.150
.800
1.000
40
40
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio _ _ __ _
Denver, Colo___ _ _____
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Duluth, Minn____________
El Paso, T e x ..............
Erie, Pa.
__
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Residential___ ________
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind.:
Agreement A ___________
Agreement B _ ............. .
Jackson, Miss.1. ........ ...........
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o__________
Little Rock, Ark. ______
Los Angeles, Calif.1. _____
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis................ ......
$1. 375
1.430
1.200
1.375
1.063
1.125
1.150
1.000
.750
1.125
1.300
1.300
.900
1.000
1.375
1.000
1.125
1.000
1.100
40 $1,250
35 1.250
40 1.200
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 1.050
40 1.000
40 .750
40 1.125
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
1.250
1.250
.900
1.000
1.375
.875
1.125
.900
1.050
35
40
40
78
T able
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
14.—
Union Scales o f W ages and H ou rs in the B uild ing Trades in Selected Cities ,
J u n e 2, 1 9 4 1 , and J u n e 2, 1 9 4 0 — Continued
PA PER H ANG ER S— Continued
Memphis, Tenn___________
Minneapolis, Minn________
Mobile, Ala_______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________
Newark, N. J_____________
New Haven, Conn________
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y __________
Queens and Nassau coun
ties___________________
Norfolk, Va_______________
Oklahoma City, Okla...... .
Peoria, 111________________
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Phoenix, Ariz___:_________
Pittsburgh, Pa___________
Portland, Oreg____________
Providence, R. I ____ ______
Reading, Pa ____________
$1,250
1.250
1.100
40 $1.125
35 1.250
40 1.000
40
35
40
1.125
1.714
1.250
1.000
(22)
40
35
40
40
35
1.000
1.500
1.100
.875
(23)
40
40
40
40
35
1.600
1.000
1.125
1.250
1.250
1.063
1.500
1.175
1.000
1.350
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.600
.825
1.125
1.250
1.125
1.000
1.500
1.100
1.000
1.350
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y __________
Rock Island (111.) district. ..
St. Louis, M o_____________
St. Paul, Minn____________
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Antonio, T e x .......... .
San Francisco, C alif.L........
Scranton, Pa______________
Seattle, Wash_____ ____ ___
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash....... ........... .
Springfield, Mass__________
Tampa, Fla_________ ____ _
Toledo, Ohio 1................. .
Washington, D. C _________
Wichita, Kans.__............ .
Worcester, Mass____ ______
York, Pa_________________
Youngstown, Ohio________
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
| Hours per week j
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
1
1
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$0,900
1.250
1.250
1.500
1. 250
1.000
1.000
1.250
1.125
1.350
1.150
1.250
1. 250
1.000
1.300
1.000
.875
.950
.850
1.300
40 $0,800
40 1.200
40 1.150
40 1.500
35 1.200
40 1.000
40 1.000
35 1.250
40 1.125
40 1. 250
40 1.000
35 1.250
40 1.125
40 .925
40 1.300
40 1.000
40
40 .950
40 .700
40 1.250
40
40
40
$1.950
1.650
1.375
35 $1,850
40 1.375
40 1.375
35
40
40
2.000
2.000
30 2.000
35 2.000
30
35
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
35
40
30
40
35
40
40
35
40
PLASTERERS
Atlanta, Qa
Baltimore, Md_ _ ________
Binghamton, N. Y
Birmingham, A la _ _ ______
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y .1 __________
Butte, M o n t _____________
Charleston, S. C_ ________
Charleston, W. V a -_ _ _____
Charlotte, N. C
Chicago, Ill_
___________
Cincinnati, O h io ______
Cleveland, Ohio 1_________
Columbus, Ohio _________
Dallas, Tex_________
___
D av en port, Iow a. (See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________
Denver, Colo__
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, M ich.____________
Residential_____________
Duluth, Minn_____ _______
El Paso, Tex_________ ___
Erie, Pa__________________
Grand Rapids, M ich______
Houston, T e x ..___________
Indianapolis, Ind...... ...........
Residential________ _____
Jackson, Miss_____ _____
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, Mo _______
Residential . . . ____
Little Rock, Ark_________
Los Angeles, Calif____ _
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis_____________
Manchester, N. H _______ ^
Memphis, Tenn______
Milwaukee, Wis_____ ____ _
Minneapolis, Minn________
Mobile, Ala_______ . . . .
M o lin e , 111. (See R o ck
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________
$1. 500
1. 500
1. 500
1.500
1. 667
1.500
2.000
1. 250
1. 375
1.250
1.700
1.625
1. 625
1.550
1.500
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.375 40
1. 675 40
1.500 40
1.350 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.575 40
1.000 40
1.250 44
1.500 40
1. 575 40
1. 250 40
1.500 40
1. 667 30
1.500 40
1.375 40
1.500 40
1.563 40
1.375 40
1.500 2<30
1.250 40
1.500
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1.250
40 1.375
40 1. 500
40 1.500
30 1.667
40 1.500
30 2.000
40 1.000
40 1.375
40 1.150
40 1. 700
40 1.625
40 1. 625
40 1. 550
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.375
1. 550
1.375
1.350
1.500
1.500
1.500
1. 500
1. 575
1.000
1. 250
1.250
1.575
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.563
1.375
1.500
1.250
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40 1.500
40
Newark, N. J. ___________
New Haven, Conn........ ......
New Orleans, La________ _
New York, N. Y.:
Commercial:
Agreement A „ ...............
Agreement B.................
R e sid e n tia l (Q ueens
and N assau C ou n
ties only)____________
Norfolk, Va_____ _______
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr_____________
Peoria, 111________________
Philadelphia, Pa....... ...........
Residential.___ _________
Phoenix, Ariz................. ......
Pittsburgh, Pa..... ..............
Portland, Maine _________
Portland, Oreg_______ ____
Providence, R. I __________
Reading, Pa _____________
Richmond, Va___ _________
Rochester, N. Y __ ______
Rock Island (111.) district-__
St. Louis, M o________ ____
Residential__ __________
St. Paul, Minn___ ______
Salt Lake City, Utah...........
San Antonio, Tex - ______
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A . ________
Agreement B ___________
Seattle, Wash_____________
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash___________
Springfield, Mass_________
Tampa, Fla_______________
Toledo, Ohio 1.... .............—
Washington, D. C ________
Wichita, Kans.. _________
Worcester, Mass. ________
York, Pa_________________
Youngstown, Ohio________
1.300 35
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.375 40
1.625 40
1.875 32
1.460 40
1.500 35
1.750 40
1.125 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.429 35
1.375 40
1.588 40
1.500 40
1. 750 40
1.250 40
1.500 2* 35
1.500 35
1.500 40
1. 667 30
1.500
1. 250
1.650
1.500
1. 675
1.625
1.250
1. 650
2.000
1.375
1.500
1. 250
1. 625
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
35
30
40
40
40
40
1.375 40
1.500 40
1.375 40
1.625 40
1.750 32
1.300 40
1.500 35
1.750 40
1.125 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.250 40
1.250 44
1.500 40
1.500 40
1. 750 40
1.250 40
1.500 24 35
1.500 35
1.500 40
1.667 30
1.500
40
1.600
1.500
1. 675
1. 625
1.250
1.650
2.000
1.375
30
40
30
40
40
35
30
40
1. 250
1.500
40
40
79
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able
14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
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1.500
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1.500
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1.500
1.250
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1.500
1.375
1. 250
1. 500
1.500
1.500
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1.250
1.250
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1.500
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.350
1.375
1.250
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
1.500
1.750
1.250
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40
40
40
New Orleans, La_____ ____
Residential...... ........... ......
New York, N. Y.:
Manhattan and Bronx:
New construction_____
Maintenance and alter
ations_________ ____ _
Brooklyn_______________
Residential____________
Staten Island........... ........
Norfolk, Va______ . _______
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr______ - .........
Peoria, 111________________
Philadelphia, Pa.1_________
Residential_____________
Phoenix, A riz..___________
Pittsburgh, Pa.1___________
Residential______ ______ _
Portland, Maine._________
Portland, Oreg....................
Providence, R. I ............ ......
Reading, P a .......................
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y __________
Rock Island (111.) district:
Agreement A ___ ________
Agreement B .................. .
St. Louis, M o________ ____
Residential........................
St. Paul, Minn______ _____
Salt Lake City, Utah......... .
San Antonio, Tex............... .
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa______________
Seattle, Wash______ _____ _
South Bend, Ind.:
Class A—$10,000 and over.
Class B—under $10,000___
Spokane, Wash___________
Springfield, Mass.1________
Tampa, Fla_______________
Toledo, Ohio 1______ ____ _
Washington, D. C.1. . ....... .
Wichita, Kans____________
Worcester, Mass....... ...........
York, Pa_____ ______ _____
Youngstown, Ohio..... .........
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40
40
2.000
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1.571
2.000
1.429
1.750
1.375
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.500
1.340
1.375
1.700
1.360
1.250
1.500
1.350
1.300
1.250
1.500
35
30
35
35
40
40
40
40
35
40
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40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
35
40
44
40
40
1.500
1.375
1.625
1.125
1.250
1.250
1.500
1. 525
1.250
1.550
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.375
1.375
1.625
1.125
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.550
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.650
1.250
1.375
1.000
1.500
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
1.250
1.250
1.400
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.650
1.000
1.200
1.500
1.400
1.200
1.500
1.200
.950
1.500
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30 2.000
40 1.438
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.700
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.500
$1. 500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.000
2.000
1.438
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.700
1.500
1.625
1.500
1.500
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1941
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Atlanta, Ga_______ _______
Baltimore, M d____________
Binghamton, N. Y ________
Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Residential...... .................
Butte, Mont________ _____
Gas fitters______________
Charleston, S. C __________
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C___________
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 1_______
Detroit, Mich..... ..............
Duluth, Minn....................
El Paso, Tex__....... .............
Erie, Pa__________ _______
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Residential1_________
Houston, Tex.1____________
Indianapolis, Ind_________
Jackson, Miss_____________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o_________
Little Rock, Ark__________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis____________
Manchester, N. H ________
Memphis, Tenn__________
Milwaukee, Wis__________
Minneapolis, Minn.............
Mobile, Ala______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__________
Newark, N. J____________
New Haven, Conn.1_______
June 1,
1940
RODMEN
|
$1.125
1.500
1.375
1. 250
1.575
1. 625
1.500
1.125
1.375
1.000
1. 700
1.425
1.750
1.500
1.125
See footnotes at end o f table.
40 $1.125
40 1.375
40 1.375
‘tO 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.125
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.700
40 1. 375
40 1. 625
40 1.250
401 1.000
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
D a v e n p o r t , Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, O h io.....................
Denver, C o l o .....................
Des Moines, Iowa............___
Detroit, Mich.................. .
Duluth, Minn......................
El Paso, T e x .......................
Erie, Pa.1___________ _____
Grand Rapids, M ich ......... .
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind.1...............
Jackson, Miss_____________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o__________
$1.500
1.430
1.450
1.375
1.250
1.125
1.250
1.375
1.250
1. 550
1.125
1. 250
1.375
40 $1.350
40 1.430
40 1. 375
40 1. 250
40 1. 250
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.550
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.375
®£®®®®®®®®®®
Atlanta, Ga.1______
Baltimore, M d____
Binghamton, N. Y .1
Birmingham, A la.. _
Boston, Mass.1_____
Buffalo, N. Y ______
Butte, Mont______
Charleston, S. C.1. . .
Charleston, W. Va._
Charlotte, N. C____
Chicago, 111_______
Cincinnati, Ohio L—
Cleveland, Ohio___
Columbus, Ohio___
Dallas, Tex________
80
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
RODMEN—Continued
Little Rock, Ark
__ ___ $1. 250
Los Angeles, Calif.1________ 1.250
Louisville, K y ____________ 1.320
Madison, Wis.1 _____ _ __ 1. 250
Manchester, N. H _________ 1.500
Memphis, T e n n ..... ............. 1.250
1.375
Milwaukee, Wis _ _____
Minneapolis, Minn.............. 1.500
1.125
Mobile, Ala
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__ _______ 1.125
Newark, N. J___ ____ _____ 2.000
New Haven, Conn________ 1.800
New Orleans, L a ............ ..... 1. 250
1.850
New York, N. Y . . . ..........
Norfolk, Va
______ 1. 250
Oklahoma Citv, Okla_____ 1.250
1.375
Omaha, Nebr
__ _____
Peoria, 111 ______________ 1.500
Philadelphia, Pa__________ 1.500
Phoenix, Ariz___________ _ 1.250
Pittsburgh, Pa __ _______ 1.750
40 $1,000
40 1.250
40 1.320
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.000
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.125
2.000
1. 650
1. 250
1.750
1.000
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.400
1.250
1.500
Portland, Oreg____________ $1.200
Providence, R. I __________ 1.500
Reading, Pa______________ 1.400
Richmond, Va____________ 1.250
Rochester, N. Y ___________ 1.500
1.375
Rock Island (111.) districtSt. Louis, M o_____________ 1.750
1.500
St. Paul, Minn__________
Salt Lake City, Utah____ _ 1.250
San Antonio, Tex_________ 1.250
San Francisco, Calif_______ 1.313
Scranton, Pa______________ 1.500
Seattle, Wash___________ _ 1.350
South Bend, Ind_________
1. 625
Spokane, Wash______ _
1.300
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.500
Tampa, Fla_______________ 1.375
Toledo, Ohio 1____________ 1.250
Washington, D. C _________ 1.625
Wichita, Kans____________ 1.250
Worcester, Mass.1- ....... ........ 1.500
Youngstown, Ohio............... 1.750
| Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
, Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
1
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1.125
40 1.500
40 1. 250
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.300
40 1.750
40 1.500
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.313
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.500
35 1.300
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 i. 250
40 1.625
40 1.000
40 1.500
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
$1.000
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.125
1.250
.800
.900
1.125
1.100
1.200
1.300
1.250
40 $0.875
40 1.000
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 .650
40 .900
40 1.125
40 1.000
40 1.200
40
40 1.250
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.000
1.600
1.743
1.250
1.000
1.600
.850
1.000
.700
.950
1.100
1.250
1.375
1.200
.1.350
.875
1.125
1.500
1.625
1.250
1.375
1.250
.900
.900
40
35
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.750
1.600
1.743
1.125
1.000
1.600
.850
1.000
.700
.900
1.000
1.250
1.375
1.200
1.350
.875
1.125
1.500
1.625
1.125
1.250
1.250
1.050
1.000
40
35
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
42
42
40
40
40
40
42
42
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION
Atlanta, Ga_______________
Baltimore, M d____ -_ ----Second hands___________
Third hands (kettlemen)-.
Birmingham, Ala____ _____
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y .1____________
Kettlemen 1_______ ____ _
Butte, Mont._ ___________
Charleston, S. C __________
Charleston, W. Va.__.........Charlotte, N. C.:
Agreement A ........... .........
Agreement B _________
Chicago, 111_______________
Foremen. ______________ _
Cincinnati, Ohio........... ......
Cleveland, Ohio...................
Foremen________________
Columbus, Ohio__________
Foremen________________
Dallas, Tex__ ____ _______ _
Kettlemen ________ __
D a v e n p o r t , Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1____________
Foremen 1______________
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Foremen_______________
Duluth, Minn__________ .
Foremen________________
Kettlemen______________
El Paso, Tex_______ ____
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Houston, Tex.1____________
Indianapolis, Ind.............. .
Foremen______ _______
$1,250
1.250
.950
.800
1.125
1. 375
1.200
.950
1.250
1.000
.875
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
.875
.800
1.750
2.000
1. 300
1.550
1.675
1.200
1.300
.875
.625
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.875
40
1.750
2.000
1.250
1. 425
1.550
1.000
1.100
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.200
1.300
1.430
.875
1.420
1.700
.900
1.100
.750
1.000
.800
1.000
1.100
1.200
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
1.200
1.300
1. 430
.850
1.250
1.500
.800
1.000
.650
1.000
.800
1.000
1.000
1.100
tO
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1.125
40 1.250
40 .950
40 .800
40 1.125
40 1.375
40 1.150
40 .900
48 1.200
40 1.000
40 .875
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
Jackson, Miss - _ _ ______
Jacksonville, Fla __________
Kansas City, M o_________
Foremen--- _ _________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Foremen. _ ___________
Louisville, Ky.1___________
Madison, Wis.1__________
Memphis, Tenn___________
Milwaukee, Wis.1. . ....... .
Minneapolis, M inn______ _
Foremen _ .......... ...........
Mobile, Ala_______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__ ________
Newark, N. J._____ _______
Foremen, _____ ________
New Haven, Conn________
New Orleans. La. _______
New York, N. Y .1 ________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Foremen_______________
Kettlem en____ ______
Omaha, Nebr______ _____ _
Foremen. ______ ______ _
Peoria, 111________________
Foremen____ ___________
Philadelphia, Pa_________
Foremen______________ _
Phoenix, Ariz____________
Foremen.______________
Pittsburgh, Pa___________
Foremen_______,_____ _
Portland, Oreg________
Foremen_______________
Providence, R. I.1________
Reading, Pa___ __________
Speculative........... ..........
40
81
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b le 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941 , and June I, 1940 — Continued
ROOFERS, C OM P OSITION — Continued
Rochester, N. Y __________
Rock Island (111.) district—
Foremen__________ ___
Kettlemen _______
St. Louis, M o____________
Foremen_______________
St. Paul, Minn___________
Foremen
___
______
Salt Lake City, Utah_____
Foremen_______________
Kettlemen ___________
San Antonio, Tex __
San Francisco, Calif______
Foremen_____________
Scranton, Pa____________
Seattle, Wash____________
Foremen_______________
South Bend, In d .................
Foremen_______________
$1 , 2 0 0
1.325
1.450
1 .1 0 0
1.500
1.625
1 .2 0 0
1.300
.900
1 .0 0 0
.800
1 .0 0 0
1.250
1.375
1.125
1.350
1.475
1.350
1.500
40 $1 , 2 0 0
40 1.250
40 1 .375
40
40 1.375
4o 1. 500
40 1 . 2 0 0
40
48 .800
48 .900
48 .700
44
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.125
40 1.250
40 1.417
40 1.250
40 1.350
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
48
48
40
40
40
30
30
40
40
Spokane, Wash_____ _____
Foremen_______________
Kettlemen. ___________
Springfield, Mass____ ____
Toledo, Ohio:
Foremen L _______ ____
Rollers 1 ________________
Kettlemen 1 ____________
Residential:
Agreement A 1 ________
Agrerment B
Washington, D. C________
forem en_______________
E.ettlemen_____________
Wichita, Kans. 1 ___ _______
Foremen i______________
Kettlemen »____________
York, Pa_________________
Youngstown, Ohio »______
Foremen L_ ___________
Kettlemen i____________
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$1 , 0 0 0
1.250
.825
1.375
40 $1 , 0 0 0
40 1.250
40 .825
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
1.350
40 1.250
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 .900
40
40
40
40 1 . 1 0 0
40
40 1.150
40 1. 450
40 .950
40 .875
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 .750
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 2 0 0
40 1.350
40 .900
40
1 .1 0 0
1 .0 0 0
1 .2 0 0
1.250
1.150
1.450
1.150
.875
1 .0 0 0
.875
1 .0 0 0
1 .2 0 0
1.350
.900
40
40
40
37
37
40
40
40
40
40
ROOFERS, SLATE A N D T IL E
Atlanta, Ga
__________ $1.250
Baltimore, M d ___ _ ____ 1.375
Concrete precast slate___ 1.625
Birmingham, Ala
__ 1.400
Boston, Mass_ __________ 1. 500
Precast tile ............ ......... 1.625
Buffalo, N. Y .i___________ 1.350
Butte, M ont___ ________ 1. 250
Charleston, S. C
_______ 1 . 0 0 0
Charleston, W. Va________ 1.250
Charlotte, N. C __________ 1 . 0 0 0
Chicago, 111
__ _________ 1 . 750
Cincinnati, Ohio__________ 1.400
Cleveland, Ohio ............... 1. 750
Columbus, Ohio
1 .2 0 0
Davenport, Iowa. (See
Rocklsland (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio i___________ 1.375
Denver, Colo
_ _
1.430
Des Moines, Iowa________ 1.150
Detroit, Mich.:
Slate __________________ 1.750
Tile___________ ________ 1.350
El Paso, Tex _ ________ 1.250
Grand Rapids, M ich______ 1 . 0 0 0
Houston, Tex
________ _ 1.500
1.250
Indianapolis, Ind
Jackson, Miss
_________ 1 . 0 0 0
Jacksonville, Fla
_ _ _ 1 .0 0 0
Kansas City, Mo ______ 1.250
1.125
Los Angeles, Calif
Louisville, Ky
__
. __ 1.250
Memphis, Tenn__________ 1.125
Milwaukee, Wis
1.350
1 .2 0 0
Minneapolis, Minn
1.250
Mobile, Ala
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (1 1 1 .) district.)
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1.125
40 1.375
40 1.625
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.625
40 1.300
48
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.125
40
40 1 . 750
40 1.400
40 1.625
40 1 . 0 0 0
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 1.375
40 1.430
40 1.150
40
35
40
40
40;
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
4o:
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.600! 40
1.250 ' 40
1.250 44
40
1 .0 0 0
1.500 40
1.150 40
44
1 .0 0 0
40
1 .0 0 0
1.250 40
40
1 .0 0 0
1.250 40
1.125 40
1.350 40
1.200 40
1.250 40
Nashville, Tenn __________ $1 . 0 0 0 40 $1 , 0 0 0
Newark, N. J . _________ 1.850 40 1.650
New Eaven, Conn. ______ 1.580 40 1.580
New Orleans, La. ________ 1 . 0 0 0 40 1 . 0 0 0
New York, N. Y _________ 1.860 35 1.860
K in g s an d Q u een s
Counties:
Residential work under
$800________________ 1.600 35 1.600
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
.850 40 .850
Omaha, Nebr _____ ______ 1 . 1 0 0 40 1 . 1 0 0
Peoria, 111 ________ ______ 1.250 40 1.250
Philadelphia, Pa_________ 1.500 40 1.500
Speculative _________ _ 1.500 40 1.375
Phoenix, A r iz ___________
.875 40 .875
Pittsburgh, Pa___________ 1.500 40 1.500
Portland, Oreg___________ 1.250 40 1.125
Providence, R. I . 1 ................ 1.250 40 1.250
Reading, Pa
________ 1 . 0 0 0 40 1 . 2 0 0
Rochester, N. Y _____ ____ 1 . 2 0 0 40 1 . 2 0 0
Rock Island (111.) district— 1.325 40 1.250
St. Louis, Mo.
________ 1.750 40 1. 750
Precast slab work_______ 1.875 40 1.875
________ 1 . 2 0 0 40 1 . 2 0 0
St. Paul, Minn
Salt Lake City, Utah____ _ 1 . 0 0 0 48 .900
San Antonio, T e x ..... ......... 1.250 44
San Francisco, Calif ____ 1.250 40 1.250
Scranton, P a ___________ _ 1.125 40 1.125
Seattle, Wash ____
__ 1.350 40 1.250
South Bend, Ind__________ 1.350 40 1.250
Spokane, Wash
______ 1.250 40 1.250
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.375 40 1.375
Toledo, Ohio:
Agreement A 1__________ 1.350 40 1.250
Agreement B___ ______ 1.250 40
Washington, D. C ________ 1.750 40 1.750
York, Pa_________________ 1 . 0 0 0 40 1 . 0 0 0
Youngstown, Ohio 1 _______ 1 . 2 0 0 40 1 . 2 0 0
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
42
40
40
40
42
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
82
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June J, 1940 — Continued
SHEET-METAL WORKERS
Atlanta, Ga---- ----------------- $1,250
Baltimore, M d ........... ......... 1,375
Birmingham, Ala____ ____ - 1.400
Boston, Mass_________ ___ 1.500
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.425
Butte, Mont---- ------ --------- 1.500
Charleston, S. C __________ 1 . 0 0 0
Charleston, W. Va________ 1.250
Chariot,tp, N. C
1 .0 0 0
Chicago, 111__________ ____ 1.700
Cincinnati, O hio.............. . 1.500
Cleveland, Ohio___________ 1.500
Columbus, Ohio__________ 1.250
Dallas, Tex------ ---------------- 1.500
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio 1 ______ ____ _ 1.375
Denver, C olo............. ......... 1.430
Des Moines, Iowa_________ 1.375
Detroit, Mich..... .............. . 1.500
Duluth, Minn....... .............. 1 . 2 0 0
El Paso, Tex . 1 ______ ______ 1.250
Grand Rapids, Mich______ 1 . 0 0 0
Houston, Tex___________ _ 1.500
Indianapolis, Ind__________ 1.390
Jackson, M iss____________ 1 . 0 0 0
Jacksonville, Fla. 1 _________ 1.125
1.500
Kansas City, M o--------- . . .
Residential
__________ 1.125
Little Rock, Ark__________ 1 . 0 0 0
Los Angeles, Calif_________ 1.250
Architectural shops......... 1.250
1.250
Louisville, K y . 1 __________
1.250
Madison, Wis_____ ____
Memphis, Tenn.........._........ 1.250
Milwaukee, Wis____ ____ _ 1.300
1.375
Minneapolis, Minn......... .
Mobile, Ala______________ 1.150
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.375
1.430
1.375
1.375
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
1 .1 0 0
1.250
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.360
1 .0 0 0
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.250
1.125
1 .0 0 0
1 .2 0 0
1.125
1 .2 0 0
1.250
1 .0 0 0
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (1 1 1 .) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________ $1.125
Newark, N. J_____________ 1.850
New Haven, Conn________ 1.375
New Orleans, La__________ 1.250
New York, N. Y __________ 1.850
Norfolk, Va_______________ 1 . 0 0 0
Oklahoma City, Okla_____ 1.2.50
Omaha, Nebr_______ ___ 1.250
Peoria, 111____ __________ 1.375
Philadelphia, Pa__________ 1.625
Residential_____________ 1.500
Phoenix, Ariz. 1 ____________ 1.125
Pittsburgh, Pa.1. . ................ 1.500
Portland, Orog__________ _ 1.250
Providence, R. I . 1 _________ 1.250
Reading, Pa . 1 ______ ______ 1.050
Richmond, Va . 1 ______ ____ 1 . 0 0 0
Rochester, N. Y __________ 1.300
Rock Island (111.) district 1__ 1.250
St. Louis, M o______ ______ 1.500
St. Paul, Minn____ _______ 1.250
Salt Lake City, Utah U....... 1.1.50
San Antonio, Tex_________ 1.500
San Francisco, Calif. 1 ....... ... 1.250
Scranton, Pa______________ 1.250
Seattle, Wash.__ _________ 1.500
South Bend, I n d ______ _ 1.375
Spokane, Wash______ _____ 1.250
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.500
Tampa, Fla_______________ 1.150
Toledo, Ohio 1 ____________ 1.350
Washington, D. C . 1 _______ 1.625
Wichita, Kans____________ 1.125
York, Pa. 1 ________________ 1.050
Youngstown, Ohio________ 1.450
June 1 ,
1940
Hours per week
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
40 $1.125
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.300
40 1.500
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.125
40
40 i.700
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
June 1 ,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
j Rates of wages
per hour
June 1 ,
1941
40 $1 , 0 0 0
40 1.650
40 1.250
40 1.050
35 1.850
40 .850
40 1.250
40 1.125
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.375
40
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.300
40 1.175
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1 . 1 0 0
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.050
40 1.000
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1 .1 0 0
40'$1,250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.125
40 .900
40 1.375
40 1.400
40 1.500
40 1 . 0 0 0
40
40
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1.250
1.750
1.375
1.729
2. 310
1.000
1.000
1.125
1.250
1.375
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
44
40
40
40
40
40
SIGN PAINTERS
Atlanta, Ga_________
Baltimore, M d______
Binghamton, N. Y —
Birmingham, Ala____
Boston, Mass________
Outdoor advertising.
$1,250
1.250
1.000
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.350
1.375
1.000
1.250
1.875
1.250
1.575
1.250
1.250
Buffalo, N. Y ...................... .
Butte, Mont..... .............—
Charleston, S. C............ ......
Charleston, W. Va...............
Chicago, 111_______________
Cincinnati, Ohio......... .......
Cleveland, Ohio__________
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex.___ __________
D avenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, O h io...............
1.500
Denver, Colo____ : ...... ....... 1.500
Des Moines, Iowa____ ____ 1.125
Detroit, Mich..... ................. 1.500
Duluth, Minn...................... 1.375
El Paso, Tex......................... 1.250
See footnotes at end of table.
44 $1 , 0 0 0
40 1.250
40 1.000
40 1.375
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 1.875
40 1.250
40 1.575
40 1.250
44 1.250
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
42
40
40
44
40
35
40
40
40
44
40
35
40
40
40
44
1.500
1.430
1.125
1.350
1.250
1.250
Grand Rapids, Mich_____
Houston, Texl__...............
Indianapolis, Ind__...............
Jacksonville, Fla__...............
Kansas City, M o__________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, K y__ ____ _____
Manchester, N. H ................
Memphis, Tenn.................
Milwaukee, Wis. 1 _________
Minneapolis, Minn________
Mobile, Ala_______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn_____ _____
Newark, N. J_ ....................
New Haven, Conn........ ......
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y __________
Outdoor advertising____
Norfolk, Va_______________
Oklahoma City, Okla______
Omaha, Nebr_____________
Pictorial..... ......................
Peoria, 1 1 1 ..............................
$1,250
1.500
1.250
1.125
1.500
1.500
1.250
.900
1.375
1.400
1.500
1.125
1.250
1.500
1.250
1. 729
2. 310
1.000
1 .0 0 0
1.000
1.250
1.300
83
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b le 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941, and June I, 1940 — Continued
SIG N P A IN T E R S— Continued
June 1,
1941
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Outside advertising_____
Phoenix, Ariz
_______
Outside advertising______
Pittsburgh, P a . __________
Portland, Oreg..._________
Providence, R. I.:
Letterers
__________
Combination letterers and
pictorial-______________
Reading, Pa________ _____ _
Richmond, Va____________
Rochester, N. Y
... ___
Rock Island (111.) district__
St. Louis, M o_____________
St. Paul, Minn______ _____
June 1,
1940
$1,375
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.650
1.500
1 .0 0 0
1.250
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1.300
1.375
1.250
1.650
1.500
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40 1.450
44 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.650
40 1.375
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1 .0 0 0
1.250
1 .0 0 0
1.260
1.375
1.250
1.650
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
June 1,
1941
June 1,
1940
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Agreement A ____________
Agreement B ..................
San Antonio, T e x ________
San Francisco, Calif _____
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A .....................
Agreement B
_______
Seattle, Wash_____________
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash___________
Tampa, Fla _____________
Toledo, Ohio 1
. ______
Washington, D. C ________
Worcester, Mass _________
Youngstown, Ohio________
$1 , 0 0 0
1.125
1.063
1.714
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40 1 . 0 0 0
44 1.063
35 1.714
40
40
44
35
40
40
35
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
1.125
40
1.600
1.250
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
$1,500
1.375
40 $1.375
40 1.375
40
40
1.375
40 1.250
40
1.125
1.250
1.6.50
1.250
1.250
1 .0 0 0
1.425
1.500
1.125
1.250
1 .1 0 0
1.250
.850
1.375
1.500
1 .0 0 0
ST E A M A N D SP R IN K LER FIT TE R S
Atlanta, Ga.................... ......
Baltimore, M d____________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Binghamton, N. Y ________
Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass_____________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Butte, Mont______________
Charleston, S. C __________
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C ___________
Chicago, 111_____ ____ _____
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio___________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Refrigerator installation. __
Refrigeration service_____
Household____________
Columbus, Ohio...................
Dallas, Tex_______________
D aven port, Iow a. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio....... ...............
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa 1 ________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Sprinkler fitters. ...............
Duluth, Minn.............. ........
El Paso, Tex__________ ___
Erie, Pa__ _____ __________
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Residential1 ....... ..............
Houston, Tex . 1 ..... ................
Indianapolis, Ind........... ......
Jackson, M iss................___
Jacksonville, Fla................. _
Kansas City, M o.___ _____
Sprinkler fitters_________
Refrigeration service fitters.
Little Rock, Ark__________
$1,500
1.500
1.375
1.375
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.375
2 .0 0 0
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.700
1.500
1.625
1.375
1.625
1 .1 0 0
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.500
1.400
1.500
1.375
1.625
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.125
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.250
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $1.375
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1 . 2 0 0
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1.375
30 2 . 0 0 0
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.250
40 1.700
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1 . 1 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.375
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.400
1.430
1.375
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.125
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1 .0 0 0
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Refrigerator fitters:
Large commercial, in
dustrial, and air-con
ditioning. _______
Small commercial, serv
ice__________________
Louisville, K y____ ________
Madison, Wis_____________
Manchester, N. H _________
Memphis, Tenn___________
Milwaukee, Wis__________
Sprinkler fitters_______
Minneapolis, Minn_______
Sprinkler fitters_________
Mobile, Ala______ ____ _.
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (1 1 1 .) district.)
Nashville, Tenn___________
Newark, N. J_____________
Sprinkler fitters. _______
New Haven, Conn. 1 _______
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y __________
Residential__ _________
Sprinkler fitters________
Norfolk, Va___ ._ ______
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr____ _________
Peoria, 111..............................
Philadelphia, Pa__________
Residential_________ ____
Oil-burner mechanics____
Sprinkler fitters. _ _____
Phoenix, Ariz_____________
Pittsburgh, Pa____________
Sprinkler fitters_________
Portland, Maine..... ............
Portland, Oreg_______ ____
Refrigeration fitters______
Oil fitters_________ _____
Providence, R. I ................. .
1.125 40
1.500 40
1.375 40
1.250 40
1.500 40
1.450 40
1.375 40
1.500 26 35
1.375 40
1.500 40
1.125
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.350
1.375
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.750
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.650
1.375
1.250
1.375
2 .0 0 0
1. 429
1. 429
1.375
1.500
1.375
1.500
1.500
1. 340
1.340
1.375
1. 375
1. 750
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.375
40
40
40
40
40
30
35
35
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
2 .0 0 0
1.125
1.250
1.250
1. 375
1.440
1. 250
1.150
1.375
1. 250
1.700
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.375
40
84
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a ble 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June I, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
ST E A M A N D S P R IN K L E R F IT T E R S — Continued
Reading, P a ._____ ________
Richmond, Va
_ ______
Rochester, N . Y __________
Rock Island (111.) district.._
Moline, 111 _ ______ _
St. Louis, Mo ___________
Sprinkler Attars 1
Refrigerator fitters 1 _____
St. Paul, Minn __ ______
Sprinkler fitters
_____
Salt Lake City, Utah______
_____
San Antonio, Tex
San Francisco, Calif_______
Sprinkler fitters. _________
Refrigerator fitters:
High pressure
_____
Low pressure:
Installation ________
Service . ________
Oil burner fitters_____
$1,300
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.375
1. 625
1.500
Baltimore, M d____________
Birmingham, Ala ____
Boston, Mass___________ .
Inside work ______ ______
C arvers.----- -------------Inside work. ______ ____
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Scaffold cutters, carvers. _.
Chicago, 111------ -- ---------Carvers. . . . ______ ____
Planermen____________ _
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Inside work:
Cutters.
__________
C arv ers..___ _______
Planermen- __________
Cleveland, Ohio___ _______
Inside work_____ ______
Flagstone cutters________
Columbus, Ohio:
Inside w o r k __________ _
Denver, Colo_________ . . .
Detroit, Mich________ _ .
Inside work____. . . ____
Carvers—inside work____
Planermen_______ ______
Houston, Tex.:
Inside work_____________
Lathemen, milling ma
chine men------------------Planermen______________
Indianapolis, Ind___ ____
Inside work.. _____ . . .
Carvers______________ .
Inside work___________
Planermen______________
Kansas City, Mo.:
Inside work ____________
Machine men. _________
Louisville, K y ------------------Planermen______________
Memphis, Tenn___________
Milwaukee, Wis__________
Inside work_____________
Machine hands_________
$1 , 0 0 0
1. 250
1.350
1.175
1.610
1. 440
1. 375
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
40 1.375
40
1.125
1.125
1.150
40
40
40
40
44
40
1 .1 0 0
.900
1 .0 0 0
Scranton, Pa. 1 ______ ____
Seattle, Wash_____________
Refrigerator fitters:
Installation___________
Service. _____________
South Bend, Ind__________
Jobs under $1 0 , 0 0 0 _____
Spokane, Wash___________
Springfield, Mass. 1 ________
Tampa, Fla______________
Toledo, Ohio 1 _____ _______
Washington, D. C _________
Sprinkler fitters .. ______
Refrigerator
and oilburner fitters__________
Wichita, Kans____________
Worcester, Mass__________
York, Pa____________ ____
Youngstown, Ohio________
$1 , 2 0 0
1.550
Hours per week
Hours per week
June 1 ,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.500
1. 375
40 $1 , 2 0 0
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.375
40 1.375
40 1. 375
40 1. 625
40 1.500
48 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.250
40 1. 375
40 1 . 2 0 0
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1.375
1 .0 0 0
June 1 ,
1941
June 1 ,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
| Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1 . 2 0 0
40 1.500
40
30
40
44
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1. 250
1.400
1. 375
1. 250
1.500
1.750
1.375
30
44
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40 1 . 0 0 0
44 1 . 0 0 0
40 1 . 2 0 0
40 .950
40 1.500
40
44
40
40
40
2 .0 0 0
40 $1.375
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 .800
40 1 . 6 8 8
40 1 . 626
40 1.375
35 1.929
40 1 . 6 8 8
40 1.626
35 1.650
40 1.250
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 .800
35 1.500
40 1.625
40 2 . 0 0 0
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
1.175
1.125
1.375
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
.800
1.250
1.250
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.175
1.125
1.375
1. 375
1.250
1.500
1.375
.800
1.250
1.250
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1.750
40 1.250
40 1.750
40
40
1.050
1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.550
1.150
1.500
1. 375
1. 550
1. 375
1.250
1.500
1.750
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.250
1. 375
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.500
1 .0 0 0
STONECUTTERS
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 500
1.375
1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.375
1.250
1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 250
1. 375
1. 525
1. 275
1.525
1.025
40
35
40
40
40
40
1.250
1. 375
1. 525
1. 275
1. 525
1.025
40
35
40
40
40
40
1 .2 0 0
1. 400
.940
1.250
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.250
1.375
1 .0 0 0
1.125
44 1.125
44
.950
.900
1.250
1.060
1.375
1.170
.850
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
.950
.900
1.250
1.060
1. 375
1.170
.850
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
1.125
.800
1.125
.900
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.125
.800
1.125
.900
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1 .0 0 0
1.450
1.250
1 .0 0 0
See footnotes at end of table.
40
40 $1 , 0 0 0
40
40 1. 350
40 1.175
40 1 . 610
40 1.440
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1 . 2 0 0
40 1.400
40 .940
1 .0 0 0
1. 450
1.250
1 .0 0 0
Milwaukee, Wis.—Con.
Carvers._ . . . _______ _
Minneapolis, Minn__ _____
Inside work ___________
Carvers ________ __ _.
Inside work.
___ . . .
.
Machine men____
Newark, N. J ..
______
Machine men___________
New Haven, Conn. 1 ___ ___
New York, N. Y __________
Inside work.. _ ________
Planermen______________
Bluestone cutters________
Philadelphia, Pa. _______
Inside work.. _____ _____
Planermen. _ _______ .
Carvers____ . . . _____ _
Pittsburgh, Pa____________
Carvers____ __________
Providence, R. I.:
Inside work. ............ ........
St. Louis, M o_____________
Carvers______ ________
St. Paul, Minn____________
Inside work_____________
Carvers________ ____ ___
Inside work___________
Machine m en... _______
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa______________
Inside work and planer
men__________________
Carvers________________
Springfield, Mass.:
Inside work i____________
Toledo, Ohio U ..__________
Planermen______ ____
Washington, D. C _________
Inside work. ___________
Carvers________________
Inside w ork...................
Planermen.......... ..............
Youngstown, Ohio. .......... .
$1.375
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.375
.800
1 .6 8 8
1 .6 8 8
1. 375
1.929
1 .6 8 8
1 .6 8 8
1.714
1. 250
1 .0 0 0
.800
1.500
1.625
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.125
1. 750
1. 375
.975
1 .2 0 0
1.050
1.250
1 .0 0 0
1.500
1.125
1. 750
1.375
.975
1 .2 0 0
85
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
STONE MASONS
Atlanta, Ga. 1 _______ _____ $1.375
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
Boston, Mass_____________ 1.625
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.625
Butte, M ont__ _____ _ __ 1. 625
Charleston, S. C ________ 1.250
Charleston, W. V a ___ _ -- 1.650
Charlotte, N. C __________ 1 . 1 0 0
Chicago, 111 ____________ 1.700
Cincinnat i, Ohio ________ 1.625
Rubble work
_ _ _ __ 1.500
Cleveland, Ohio___________ 1.750
Columbus, Ohio
1.563
Rubble w o r k __________ 1.500
Dallas, Tex
______ ___ 1.500
Dayton, Ohio 1
________ 1.650
Denver, Colo ________ __ 1.650
Des Moines, I o w a ._______ 1.600
Detroit, Mich
_________ 1.600
Duluth, Minn
________ 1.250
El Paso, Tex ____________ 1.500
Erie, Pa
__ _____ ____ 1. 625
Grand Rapids, M ic h .____ 1.500
Houston, Tex.
_________ 1. 500
1.600
___ Indianapolis, Ind
Jacksonville, Fla
1. 250
Kansas City, Mo
_______ 1. 375
Little Rock, Ark ________ 1.500
Los Angeles, Calif_________ 1.500
1. 500
_______
Louisville, Ky
1.375
Madison, Wis _ _______
Manchester, N. H _________ 1. 500
Memphis, Tenn _________ 1. 625
Milwaukee, Wis
________ 1.450
Minneapolis, Minn.............. 1. 500
Binghamton, N. Y _______
Birmingham, Ala
______
40 $1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40
40 1.500
40 1.500
30 1.625
40 1 . 0 0 0
40 1.500
44 1 . 1 0 0
40 1.700
40 1.625
40 1.500
40 1.625
40 1. 563
40 1.450
40 1.500
40 1.650
40 1.650
40 1.600
40 1. 500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.600
40 1.250
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1. 500
40 1. 625
40 1.450
40 1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Nashville, Tenn____ _____ $1,500 40 $1.500
Newark, N. J __________ 1.950 35 1.850
New Haven, Conn________ 1.650 40 1. 375
New Orleans, La ________ 1.500 40 1.500
New York, N. Y.:
Stonesetting:
Agreement A __________ 2 . 0 0 0 35 2 . 0 0 0
Agreement B __________ 2 . 0 0 0 35 1.957
Regular masonry________ 1.900 35 1.900
Rough masonry___ ___ 1.500 35 1.500
Norfolk, Va - __ _______ 1. 375 40 1.375
Oklahoma City, Okla_____ 1.500 40 1.500
Peoria, 111 _ __ ______ 1.625 40 1.625
Philadelphia, Pa__________ 1.500 40 1.500
Rubble work:
Commercial1________ _ 1.375 40 1.250
Residential___________ 1 . 1 2 0 40 1 . 0 0 0
Phoenix, A r iz ____________ 1.250 40 1.250
Pittsburgh, Pa_________ __ 1.625 40 1.625
Portland, Maine_______ _ 1.400 40 1.250
1.500 40 1.500
Providence, R. I _________
1.375 40 1.375
Reading, Pa
_________
Richmond, Va____________ 1. 500 40 1.500
Rochester, N. Y __________ 1. 588 40 1.500
St. Louis, Mo - ________ 1.250 40 1.250
San Antonio, T ex.____ ____ 1.500 40 1.500
San Francisco, Calif_______ 1.750 30 1.750
Scranton, Pa _____ _____ 1.500 40 1.500
Seattle, W a sh __ ______
1.650 40 1.600
South Bend, I n d _________ 1.625 40 1.500
Spokane, Wash___ _____ 1.500 35 1.500
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.625 40 1.625
Toledo, Ohio 1 ____________ 1.625 40 1.625
Residential
_ _ ______
1. 250 40
Washington, D. C___ ____
1.750 40 1.750
York, P a ________________ 1.250 40 1 . 0 0 0
Youngstown, Ohio__ ____ 1. 625 40 1.500
Hours per week
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
City
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
40
35
40
40
35
35
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
STRUCTURAL-IRON WORKERS »
Atlanta, Ga. 1 -------------------Baltimore, Md.:
Agreement A____________
Agreement B____________
Binghamton, N . Y . 1 ----------Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass. 1 ____________
Buffalo, N . Y -------------------Sheet bucker-up_________
Sheeters—iron workers___
Butte, Mont______________
Charleston, S. C . 1 _________
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N . C --------------- Chicago, 111_______________
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio___________
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex_______________
D avenport, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio....... ......... ......
Denver, Colo-------------------Des Moines, Iowa_________
$1. 375
40
1.650
40
1.650
1. 500
1.375
1.500
1.575
1. 625
1. 750
1.875
1. 500
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.700
1.625
1.750
1.500
1. 375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 650
1.430
1.450
40 1.500
40 1.430
40 1. 375
See footnotes at end of table.
1
40 $1. 375
1. 375 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.500 40
1.625 40
1. 750 40
1.500 40
1.250 40
1. 500 40
1.250 40
1.700 40
1.550 40
1.625 40
1.500 40
1. 250 40
40
35
40
Detroit, M ich_____ _______ $1. 750
Duluth, Minn— __ ------- 1.500
El Paso, Tex— ______ _
1.250
Erie, Pa. 1
1.500
Grand Rapids, M ich______ 1.625
Houston, Tex___- _ 1.500
Indianapolis, Ind . 1 ________ 1.550
Jackson, M is s .-__________ 1.375
Jacksonville, Fla__________ 1.500
Kansas City, M o _________ 1.500
Little Rock, Ark_____ . . . 1.500
Los Angeles, Calif_________ 1.500
Finishers______________
1.375
Louisville, K y ____________ 1.500
Madison, Wis . 1 _____ _____ 1.375
Manchester, N. H _______ _ 1.500
Memphis, Tenn___________ 1.375
Milwaukee, W is_______ _ 1.500
Minneapolis, Minn________ 1. 500
Mobile, Ala______________ 1. 375
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__________ 1. 250
Newark, N. J—
____ 2 . 0 0 0
New Haven, Conn________ 1.800
40^$1.625
40 1. 500
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.550
40 1.375
40 1. 250
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1. 375
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1. 375
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 1. 250
40 2 . 0 0 0
40 1.650
40
40
40
86
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales o f W ages and H ou rs in the B u ild in g Trades in Selected C ities ,
June
1,
1 9 4 1 , and J u n e 1 , 1 9 4 0 — Continued
ST R U C T U R A L -IR O N W O R K E R S-C ontinued
New Orleans, La__________
New York, N. Y __________
Finishers 1______________
Norfolk, Va_______________
Oklahoma City, Okla_____
Omaha, Nebr_____________
Peoria, 111_______________
Philadelphia, P a _________
Phoenix, Ariz_____________
Pittsburgh, Pa._............... .
Portland, Oreg____________
Providence, R. I __________
Reading, Pa______________
Richmond, V a____________
Rochester, N. Y ___________
Rock Island (111.) district.
St. Louis, M o------------------St. Paul, Minn____________
$1.500
2.000
1.750
1.500
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.800
1.375
1.750
1.450
1. 500
1.650
1.500
1.500
1.375
1.750
1.500
40 $1.375 40
40 1.925 40
35 1.750 35
40 1.250 •40
40 1.250 40
40 1.250 40
40 1.500 40
40 1.650 40
40 1.375 40
40 1.500 40
40 1.375 40
40 1. 500 40
40 1. 500 40
40 1.500 40
40 1.500 40
40 1.300 40
40 1.750 40
40 1.500 40
Salt Lake City, Utah___ _
San Antonio, Tex_______..
San Francisco, Calif______
Finishers:
Agreement A 1_________
Agreement B 1_________
Scranton, Pa______________
Seattle, Wash....... ......... ......
South Bend, Ind__________
Spokane, Wash..___ ______
Springfield, Mass__________
Tampa, Fla_______________
Toledo, Ohio 1____________
Washington, D. C _________
Wichita, Kans__________ _
Worcester, Mass.1_________
Youngstown, O h io _____ _
$1.375
1.500
1.600
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
j Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40 $1,250
40 1.500
40 1.600
40
40
40
1.313
1.250
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.625
2.000
1.250
1.500
1.500
40
40
40
30
40
35
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40 $1,500
40
1.250
1.688
1.650
1.250
1.688
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.500
1. 500
1.310
1.500
1.500
1.400
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.450
1.375
1.500
1.325
1.125
1.250
1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.250
1.688
1.375
1.250
1.688
1.250
1. 250
1. 375
1. 500
1.400
1.170
1. 500
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.250
1.500
1.325
1.125
1.250
1.375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.425
1.375
1.400
1.500
1. 500
1. 625
1. 250
1. 500
1. 500
1. 500
1. 250
1. 250
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.425
40
1.350
1. 500
1. 500
1. 625
1. 250
1. 500
1.500
30
40
35
40
40
40
40
1. 250
1.250
40
40
1.313
1. 250
1. 650
1.550
1.625
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.625
2.000
1.250
1.500
1. 750
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
TILE LAYERS
Atlanta, Ga.1 _______ _
Baltimore, M d____________
Binghamton, N. Y ...............
Birmingham, Ala _______
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y_—__________
Butte, Mont __________ .
Charleston, S. C
______
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C ______ _
Chicago, 111 . . _____ ___
Cincinnati, O h io ________
Cleveland, Ohio 1 _______
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex
______ ____
Residential
________
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio_____________
Denver, Colo
________
Des Moines, Iowa ______
Detroit, M i c h ..._________
Small house______ _____
Duluth, M inn._____ ______
El Paso, T e x _____________
Erie, Pa__________ _______
Grand Rapids, M ich ..........
Houston, Tex. ___________
Indianapolis, Ind......... ........
Jackson, Miss.____________
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o____ _____
Residential_____________
Little Rock, A r k _________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis______ _____ _
Memphis, Tenn........ ..........
Milwaukee, W is__________
Minneapolis, Minn.1 : ___ _
$1.375
1.375
1.500
1.250
1. 500
1.250
1.625
1.250
1.375
1.250
1.700
1.375
1.500
1.250
1.500
1.250
1.500
1. 500
1.250
1.625
1. 500
1.250
1.500
1.375
1.250
1.375
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.000
1.500
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.325
See footnotes at end o f table.
40 $1,250
40 1.375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40 1.250
30 1.625
40 1.000
40 1.250
44 1.250
40 1.625
40 1. 375
40 1.500
40 1.250
40 1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.500
1.250
1.500
1. 500
1.250
1. 500
1.375
1,250
1,375
1.500
1.250
1,250
1. 250
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.250
1.250
1. 250
1.250
1. 375
1. 325
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Mobile, A la ____ .. _____
Moline, 111. (See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn__________
Newark, N. J __ ________
New Haven, C on n _______
New Orleans, La ________
New York, N. Y ________
Norfolk, Va __ _..........
Oklahoma City, O k la _____
Omaha, Nebr .
_____
Peoria, 111. .. _ ________
Philadelphia, Pa. ________
Residential______ _ _ ____
Phoenix, Ariz ___________
Pittsburgh, Pa _________
Portland, Maine__________
Portland, O reg___________
Providence, R. I ____ ______
Reading, Pa
_________
Richmond, Va.1
Rochester, N. Y
Rock Island, (111.) district.-.
St. Louis, M o __ _
St. Paul, Minn.1 ________
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Antonio, Tex 1______
San Franeisen, C alif
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A __________
Agreement B ___________
Seattle, Wash____________
South Bend, Ind .......... ......
Spokane, Wash
_______
Springfield. Mass
Tampa, Fla _______ _____ _
Toledo, Ohio 1
___
Washington, D. C
Worcester, Mass ______
York, Pa
Youngstown, Ohio______ .
$1,500
87
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T a b l e 14.— Union Scales o f W ages and H ovrs in the B u ild in g Trades in Selected Cities,
I,
June
1 9 4 1 , and J u n e 1, 1 9 4 0 — Continued
BUILDING LABORERS
June 1,
1941
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1940
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
F©
1
City
Rates of wages
per hour
j
June 1,
1941
44 $0. 563
40 .625
40 .450
40 .8.50
40 .650
48 .800
30 1.059
30 1.333
.400
. 700
.600
.300
1.025
.800
1.000
.600
.500
.625
40
40
44 .500
40
40 1.025
40 .750
40 .900
40 .600
44 .400
44 .500
.600
.714
.750
.800
.700
.700
.750
.400
.500
.700
.500
.500
.750
.500
.850
.675
.750
.600
.750
.750
.400
.500
.850
.900
.500
.400
44
40
40
48
44
44
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
48
30
30
44
40
40
40
40
44
44
.600
.714
. 750
.775
.600
.625
.750
.400
.500
.575
.500
.500
.700
.400
.850
44
35
40
48
44
44
44
48
48
40
44
40
40
44
40
.625
.550
.700
.625
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
44
.850
.850
.400
40
40
44
40
.400| 40
44
Newark, N. J____________ _ $1.125 28 401
New Haven, Conn___........... .850 40 .750
.550 40 .550
New Orleans, La__________
.500 40
Common laborers_______
New York, N. Y ____ ____ _ 1.214 35 1.143
Excavating labor:
Building construction
laborers_____________ 1.030 40 1.0
40
Heavy c o n stru ction
laborers__
_____ .950 40 .875 40
.500 44 .500 44
Oklahoma City, Okla.1 .
.600 40 .550 40
Omaha, Nebr____________
.875 40 .875 40
Peoria, 111
__ .
_ _ _
.700 44 .700 44
Philadelphia, Pa.1_________
.675 44 .600 44
Residential_____________
• Phoenix, Ariz___................. .750 40 .625 48
.800 40 .800 40
Pittsburgh, Pa._._________
Excavation work:
New construction______ .700 40 .700 40
.800 40 .800 40
Old construction______
.600 40 .500 40
Portland, Maine__________
.600 44 .600
Skilled laborers _______
.600 44 .500
Common laborers______
Portland, Oreg....... .............. .825 40 .750
.750 40 .650
Providence, R. I ............ ......
.600 40 .600
Reading, Pa_ _________ _
Richmond, Va..... ................ .400 44 .400
Rochester, N. Y ___ ___ .760 40 .725
.800 40 .700
Rock Island (111.) district,
Common laborers_______ .750 40 .700
.950 40 .875
St. Louis, M o______ ____
.675 40 .675
Residential. __________
.850 44 .750
St. Paul, M inn._ ............ .
.750 48 .650
Salt Lake City, Utah______
San Antonio, Tex_________
.500 40 .500
Common laborers............ .400 40 .400
San Francisco, Calif_______
.850 40 .813
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement
.700 40 .700
Agreement B___________
.500 40
Seattle, Wash___ _______ .950 40 .900
South Bend, Ind__________
.850 40 .750
Spokane, Wash___________
.800 35 .800
.650 44 .625
Springfield, Mass_________
Tampa, Fla. ____________
.400 40 .400
Toledo, Ohio 1 __________
.750 40 .750
Washington,
C ________
.850 40 .800
Wichita, Kans.1--- ______
.500 44 .450
Worcester, Mass__________
.700 40 .700
York. Pa_________ ______ .600 40 .600
Youngstown, Ohio__ ______
.750 44 .650
35
£ ££££££S£S£&SSSSS
$0. 625
.700
.500
.850
.750
.900
1.200
1. 333
A _ _ _ _ _ _
D .
I
Baltimore, M d____________
Binghamton, N. Y ________
Birmingham, Ala_________
Boston, Mass_____________
Buffalo, N. Y ..... ..............
Butte, Mont_______ ____
Mechanics’ helpers______
Concrete work__________
Charleston, S. C.:
Unskilled laborers_______
Semiskilled laborers_____
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C___________
Chicago, 111_______________
Cincinnati, Ohio__________
Cleveland, Ohio__________
Columbus, Ohio 1_________
Dallas, Tex_______________
Mechanics’ tenders______
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio1.......... ...........
Denver, Colo_____________
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Duluth, Minn____________
Public buildings________
Semiskilled laborers_____
El Paso, Tex______________
Service laborers_________
Erie, Pa__________________
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind___ , _____
Jacksonville, Fla__________
Kansas City, M o_________
Residential_____________
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Louisville, K y ____________
Madison, Wis____________
Manchester, N. H ________
Memphis, Tenn.:
Rate A ______ _____ _____
Rate B _________________
Milwaukee, Wis__________
Minneapolis, Minn_______
Mobile, Ala______________
Moline, 111.
(See Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.1_________
Baltimore, M d____________ $0. 625
.900
Boston, Mass....... ................
Charleston, S. C __________
.625
.900
Cleveland, Ohio__________
.600
Columbus, Ohio__________
Dallas, Tex_______________
D av en p ort, Iowa. (See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
.850
Denver, Colo......... ..............
Detroit, Mich....................... .950
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $0. 625
40 .900
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.850 35
.850, 40
Indianapolis, Ind__________ $0.950
Minneapolis, Minn_______
.825
Kettlem en_.___ ________ .900
Mobile, Ala__________
.750
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
New Haven, Conn.:
First 6 months................... .625
.825
Second 6 months...............
Second year_____________
.875
New Orleans, La..... ............. .650
40 $0,850
40 .825
40 .900
40 .750
40
40
40
40
.625
.825
.650
§£££
I
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’ HELPERS
88
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14. — U nion Scales o f W ages and H ours in the B u ild in g Trades in Selected C ities,
June
I,
1 9 4 1 , and J u n e 1 9 4 0 — Continued
C O M P O SIT IO N ROOFERS’ H ELPE RS— Continued
Philadelphia, Pa-_-....... ...... $0. 750
Phoenix, Ariz. _________ - .750
.750
Kettlemen______________
Reading, Pa ..... .............— .750
.700
Rochester, N. Y _________
.800
Kettlemen______________
Rock Island (111.) district... .800
St. Louis, M o_____________ 1.000
St. Paul, Minn____________ .825
.900
Kettlemen______________
40 $0.750
40 .625
40 .750
40 .600
40 .700
40 .800
40 .750
40 .875
40 .825
40 .900
40
42
42
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
$0,800
.750
.950
.850
.750
.500
.700
.800
.600
48 $0,650
40 .750
40 .900
40 .750
40 .750
40 .500
40 .600
40 .800
40 .650
48
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
Newark, N. J ___________ $1,350
M aintenance.-_________ 1.090
New Haven, Conn.1_______ 1.050
New Orleans, La__________
.990
Maintenance____________ .890
New York, N. Y __________ 1.350
Maintenance____________ 1.090
Norfolk, Va______ _______ 1.000
.900
Maintenance________
Oklahoma City, Okla.:
Maintenance___________
.845
Omaha, Nebr.1—________ —
.920
Maintenance 1__ . ______ .830
Peoria, 111__________ _ __ . 1.150
Philadelphia, Pa _______ _ 1.250
Maintenance___ _
___ 1.120
Phoenix, Ariz_________ ___ .980
Maintenance____________ .930
Pittsburgh, Pa___ _______ 1.185
Maintenance- _ _____
1.067
Portland, Maine 1 ________
.840
Portland, Oreg_______ _
1.035
Maintenance_________ _ .932
Service and repair____ _ 1.035
Providence, R. I _______ _ .990
Reading, Pa_________
__ .910
Richmond, Va. _ ______
.920
Rochester, N. Y_ ________ 1.030
Maintenance____________ .930
Rock Island (111.) district___ 1.020
St. Louis, M o_____ ______ 1.160
Maintenance.. _ __ ____ 1.130
St. Paul, Minn.1__________
.970
Maintenance 1__ _ ____ .870
San Antonio, Tex. _______ 1.010
Maintenance____________ .914
San Francisco, Calif_______ 1.130
Maintenance__________ . 1.010
Scranton, Pa______________ .980
Seattle, Wash___________ _ 1.113
Maintenance___________
1.000
South Bend, Ind__________
.940
Spokane, Wash___________ 1.040
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.030
Tampa, Fla____________ . .930
Maintenance.
_______
.837
Toldeo, Ohio 1 ___________ 1.130
Washington, D. C _________ 1. 330
Wichita, Kans.1___________ .810
Worcester, Mass.1_______ _ 1.000
Youngstown, Ohio 1_______ 1.050
35 $1,350
40 1.090
40 1.050
40 .990
40 .890
35 1.350
40 1.090
40 .840
40 .760
35
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
30
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Salt Lake City, Utah
Scranton, Pa_______
Seattle, Wash_______
South Bend, Ind____
Springfield, Mass___
Tampa, Fla________
Toledo, Ohio 1______
Washington, D. C___
York, Pa___________
EL EVATOR CON STRU CTO RS’ H ELPERS
Atlanta, Qa______________ $0.942
.847
Maintenance..... ...............
1.050
Baltimore, M d..... ......... —
.950
Maintenance___________
Birmingham, Ala_________ 1.050
.945
Maintenance___________
1.068
Boston, Mass____________
.963
Maintenance___________
Buffalo, N. Y _____________ 1.070
Maintenance___________ 1.015
.950
Charleston, W. Va.1—..........
1.190
Chicago, 111______________
1.071
Maintenance___________
Cincinnati, Ohio 1------------- 1.080
Cleveland, Ohio---------------- 1.180
Columbus, Ohio 1-------------- 1.010
Dallas, Tex_______________ 1.050
.975
Maintenance___________
D avenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio L................... 1.080
1.050
Denver, Colo................... .
.980
Des Moines, Iowa........ .......
.882
Maintenance___________
Detroit, Mich____________ 1.180
1.060
Maintenance___________
.875
Duluth, Minn____________
.945
Erie, Pa.1________________
Grand Rapids, Mich______ 1.020
Houston, Tex----------- ------ - 1.050
.950
Maintenance—_____ _____
Indianapolis, Ind_________ 1.080
Jacksonville, Fla.1_________
.928
Maintenance L ......... .......
.835
Kansas City, M o_________ 1.080
Little Rock, Ark__________
.910
.820
Maintenance____________
.980
Los Angeles, Calif_________
Service_________________
. 930
Louisville, K y ____________ 1.020
Memphis, Tenn__________ 1.060
. 960
Milwaukee, Wis__________
Minneapolis, Minn.1....... .
. 970
Maintenance 1_____ _____
. 870
Mobile, Ala________ ____
. 963
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.1_________
.960
.870
Maintenance 1__________
See footnotes at end of table.
40 $0.875
44 .788
40 1.020
40 .920
40 1.000
40 .900
40 1.068
44 .963
40 1.020
40 .914
40 .950
40 1.190
40 1.071
40 1.080
40 1.120
40 1.010
40 1.030
44 .930
40
44
40
40
40
42
40
44
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.080
1.050
.980
.882
1.120
1.010
.875
.910
.950
1.050
. 950
1.080
.875
. 788
1.080
.840
. 780
. 875
’ 875
l! 000
1.010
. 960
. 970
. 870
. 910
40
35
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.910
.819
40
40
.845
.880
.790
1.029
1.140
1.026
.875
.875
1.170
1.053
.840
1.015
.913
1.015
.990
.910
.920
1.030
.930
.980
X. 140
1.110
.970
.870
1.010
.914
1.092
.983
.980
1.078
.970
.900
1.040
1.030
.875
.788
1.120
1.330
.810
1.000
1.050
89
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T
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14.—
U nion Scales o f W ages and H o u rs in the B u ild in g Trades in Selected Cities ,
J u n e I, 1941, and J u n e 1 9 4 0 — Continued
HOD CARRIERS (MASONS’ TENDERS)
June 1,
1941
June 1,
1940
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Binghamton, N. Y _______
Birmingham, Ala . _
__
Bricklayers’ tenders_____
Boston, Mass______
__
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Mortar mixers _______
____
Butte, M ont____. . .
Charleston, S. C
Mortar m ixers____
Charleston, W. Va________
Charlotte, N. C ___
Mortar m ix e rs.__
_ _
Chicago, 111
Cincinnati, O hio... _ ___
Cleveland, Ohio......... .........
Columbus, Ohio 1_________
Dallas, Tex_______________
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio 1___ ________
Denver, Colo ________ . . .
Des Moines, Iowa_____ . . .
Mortar mixers _________
Detroit, Mich___ _______
Mortar mixers _______
El Paso, Tex_____
_____
Erie, P a ._ . . . ________ _
Using wheelbarrow. ___
Grand Rapids, M ic h _____
Houston, Tex_____________
Indianapolis, Ind.1________
Jacksonville, Fla.:
Rate A _________________
Rate B ____________________________
Kansas City, M o . . ....... ..........
Stonemasons’ helpers____
Residential_________ _______
Los Angelesj Calif____
Mortar m ix e r s.___ ___ __
Louisville, Ky.1___________ ___
Madison, W is__________ __
Mortar mixers _________
Manchester, N. H ____ . . .
Memphis, T e n n ______ . . .
Milwaukee, W is.. _________
Mobile, Ala ______________ . .
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn.i............ ................
Mortar mixers 1_______________
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$0.875 40 $0.813
.825 40 .625
.600 40 .500
.600 40 .450
.850 40 .850
.750 40 .650
.850 40 .750
1. 333 30 1. 333
.500 40
.600 40
.750 42^ .625
.400 40
.600 40
1.025 40 1.025
1.000 40 1.000
1.000 40 .900
.800 40 .800
.625 44 .625
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
1.000
1.000
.750
.775
.850
.850
.600
.900
.800
.600
.625
.950
40 1.000
40 1.000
40 .750
40 .775
48 . 775
48 .850
40 .600
40 .775
40 .675
44 .600
40 .625
40 .950
40
35
40
40
48
48
48
40
40
44
40
40
. 650
.600
1.000
.900
. 750
. 750
1.000
.950
. 750
.850
.900
. 750
. 950
. 650
40 . 500
40 . 500
40 1.000
40 .900
40
40 . 750
40 . 750
40 .900
40 .700
40 .700
40 .800
40 . 650
40 .950
44 .600
44
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
.500
.600
.500
.600
City
44
40
40
40
40
44
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June 1,
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Newark, N. J , ______ __ $1.125
New Haven, Conn_____ __ .850
.750
New Orleans, La
__
New York, N. Y
____ 1. 214
Stonemasons’ tenders _ _ 1.200
.700
Oklahoma City, Okla.1____
.800
Omaha, Nebr_,
________
Mortar mixers
__ , _ .700
.700
Bricklayers’ tenders
.875
Peoria, 111
.700
Philadelphia, Pa.1 ______
.800
Residential
_________
Phoenix, Ariz __ _ ________ .875
Mortar mixers _ ______ 1.000
Pittsburgh, Pa _ _______ 1.125
.750
Portland, Maine__________
Portland, Oreg ________ __ 1.125
Providence, R. I __________
.750
Reading, Pa ____________ 1.000
.650
Richmond, Va,_ _________
Rochester, N. Y
.760
Rock Island (111.) district, __ .800
St. Louis, Mo.:
Commercial:
__ _________ 1.250
Rate A
Rate B _______ .
1.000
Residential:
Rate A ______________ 1.000
Rate B
______ _____
.750
St. Paul, Minn _________
.850
Mortar mixers . _______ .950
Salt Lake City, Utah_____ 1.000
San Antonio, Tex ________
.500
Mortar mixers
______
.650
San Francisco, Calif ___
1. 250
Scranton, Pa _______ ______ .700
Seattle, Wash _ __________ 1.200
South Bend, Ind ________
.850
Mortar mixers ______ __ _ 1.000
Spokane, Wash
____________
1.100
Springfield, Mass
_________
1.000
Tampa, Fla ___________
.500
Toledo, Ohio 1 ______ .
.800
Mortar mixers 1 _ _ ______
.850
Washington, D. C
. . .
.850
___
Wichita, Kans.1 _ _
.625
Bricklayers’ tenders 1
.500
Worcester, Mass ___________
.900
York, P a ___________________ _______ _ .750
Youngstown, Ohio______________ .800
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40 .750
40 .750
35 1. 214
35 1.200
44 .700
40 .650
40 .650
40 .550
40 .875
44 .700
44 .750
40 .750
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 .700
40 1.125
40 .750
40 .850
40 .650
40 .725
40 .700
40
40
40
35
35
44
40
40
40
40
44
44
48
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40 1. 250
40 1.000
40
40
40
40
35
44
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
40
40
44
1.000
40
.750
.850
.900
.500
.600
1. 250
.700
1.150
.750
.900
1.100
1.000
.500
.800
.850
.800
.625
.450
.900
.850
.700
35
44
40
40
40
30
40
30
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
48
48
40
40
45
44 $0. 750
40 .900
40 .750
40 1.000
40 .700
40 .750
40 .900
40 .750
40 .910
40 .750
40 .600
44
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
Baltimore, Md__.
Boston, Mass___
Buffalo, N. Y ___
Butte, Mont___
Chicago, 111_____
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio:
Agreement A ..
Agreement B_.
Columbus, Ohio.
Dallas, Tex_____
$0.825
1.000
.800
1.333
1.125
.900
40 $0. 750
40 1.000
40 .750
30 1.333
40 1.125
40 .800
40
40
40
30
40
40
1.000
.900
.700
.600
40 1.000
40
40 .650
40 .550
40
40
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Dayton, Ohio 1____________ $0.750
Denver, Colo ___________ 1.000
Des Moines, Iowa___............ .750
Detroit, Mich_____________ 1.000
Duluth, M inn____________
.700
Erie, Pa__________________
.750
Grand Rapids, Mich______
.900
Indianapolis, Ind, _______
.750
Kansas City, Mo
_____
.910
Los Angeles, Calif.1..............
.781
Louisville, K y ......................
.600
90
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able 14.— Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1 , 1941, and June 1, 1940 — Continued
M A R B L E SE TT E R S’ HELPERS— Continued
June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
June 1,
1940
Milwaukee, Wis
_______ $0.950
Minneapolis, Minn________ .850
.650
Mobile, A la __________ ___
N ashville, Ten n
.600
Newark, N. J ____________ 1.366
New Haven, C o n n _______ 1.000
.750
New Orleans, La ________
New York, N. Y ............ . 1.366
Oklahoma City, O k la_____ .700
.700
Omaha, Nebr.1 __________
Peoria, 111 .. _____________ .850
Philadelphia, P a _________ 1.000
.875
Phoenix, A r iz __________ _
Pittsburgh, Pa __________ 1.000
.825
Portland, Oreg - ________
.925
Providence, R. I ________
Reading, Pa____ _________ 1.000
40 $0.950
40 .850
44 .600
40
35 1.366
40 .875
40 .600
35 1.366
44
40 .700
40 .850
40 1.000
40 .875
40 1.000
40 .750
40 .925
40 .850
40
40
44
35
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Richmond, Va.1, — _______ $0. 650
Rochester, N. Y __________
.750
St. Louis, M o ____________ .825
St. Paul, Minn______ __ __ .850
Salt Lake City, U tah... ___ .750
San Francisco, Calif.1______ .813
Scranton, Pa.:
Agreement A ____________ .925
Agreement B ________ -- .700
Seattle, Wash_____________
.950
Spokane, Wash___________
.900
Springfield, Mass_____ ___ 1.000
Tampa, Fla ___________
.650
.800
Toledo, Ohio 1 _. _______
Washington, D. C ____ ____ 1.000
Youngstown, Ohio________
.900
40 $0.650
40 .750
40 .825
40 .850
40 .750
40 .813
40 .925
40
40 .900
35 .900
40 1.000
40
40 .800
40 .938
40 .900
j 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
j
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1941
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
35
40
40
40
40
P L ASTE R E R S’ LABO R ER S
Baltimore, Md
Binghamton, N. Y _______
Birmingham. Ala____ __ __
Boston, Mass ____________
Buffalo, N .Y ....___________
_______
Butte, Mont _
Charleston, W. V a _______
Charlotte, N. C___________
Chicago, 111 ___________
Cincinnati, Ohio _____ ____
______
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio 1 ___
Dallas, Tex___ __ .. - _ ..
Davenport, Iowa. (St?. Rock
Island (111.) district.)
Dayton, Ohio L ..
___ ___
Denver, Colo.. - ________
Des Moines, Iowa_________
Detroit, Mich_____________
Duluth, Minn____________
El Paso, Tex______________
Erie, Pa__________________
Grand Rapids, Mich______
Indianapolis, Ind.
....... .
Jacksonville, Fla ________
Kansas City, M o_________
Los Angeles, Calif. 1 _______
Louisville, Ky.1 _ ________
Madison, Wis____________
Manchester. N. H ________
Memphis, Tenn__________
Milwaukee, W is_________
Minneapolis, Minn. 1_____
Mobile, Ala_______________
Moline, 111. ( See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
Nashville, Tenn. 1_________
Newark, N. J____ _____ ______
$0.875 40 $0.813
.825 40 .625
.600 40 .500
1.100 30 1.100
.750 40 .700
1.333 30 1.333
.750 H42 .625
.400 40
1.100 40 1. 100
1.000 40 1.000
1.000 40 .900
.800 40 .800
.625 44 .500
1.000 40
1.000 40
.900 40
1.125 40
1.000 40
.600 40
.900 40
.600 44
.950 40
.650 40
1.000 40
1. 250 30
.950 40
1.000 40
.900 40
.750 40
1.000 40
1.150 e 30
.650 44
.500
1.125
See footnotes at end of table.
40
40
40
30
40
30
44
40
40
40
40
44
1.000
1.000
.900
1.000
1.000
.600
. 775
.600
.950
.500
1.000
1.250
.900
1.000
.800
.6,50
1.000
1.150
.600
40
35
40
40
40
48
40
44
40
44
40
30
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40 .500
40 1.125
40
40
New Haven, C on n ______ $0.850
New Orleans, La__________ . 750
New York, N. Y __________ 1. 420
B rooklyn____ _ ___ __ 1.517
Oklahoma City, Okla.1____
.700
Omaha, Nebr. ___________
. 700
Peoria, 111.
__ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.000
Philadelphia, Pa________
1. 280
Residential____________ 1.125
Phoenix, Ariz_______ ____
1. 125
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1. 125
Portland, Maine_____ __
.850
Portland, Oreg_______ ____ 1.125
Providence, R. I . ............... 1.100
Reading, Pa______________ 1.000
Richmond, Va _________
.650
Rochester, N. Y . ._ ______
. 760
Rock Island (111.) district__ 1.000
Mortar mixers___ _______ 1. 100
St. Louis, M o_____________ 1. 250
Residential__ __________ 1.000
St. Paul, Minn_______ ____ 1.150
Salt Lake City, Utah______ 1. 250
San Antonio, Tex_________
.650
San Francisco, Calif______
1.400
Scranton, P a... _ ________
. 700
Seattle, W ash... _________ 1.200
South Bend, Ind_____
1.000
Spokane, Wash_________
1.167
Springfield, M ass................ 1.000
Tampa, Fla___________ ___ .500
Toledo, Ohio 1. _ ____
.960
Washington, D. C________ 1.050
Wichita, Kans.1___________
.625
Worcester, M a s s .._______ 1.000
York, Pa_________________
.850
Youngstown, O h io ______
.900
40W 7.50
40 . 750
30 1.420
30 1. 517
44 . 700
40 . 650
40 1.000
44 1. 200
44 1.050
40 1.000
40 1.125
40 .800
40 1.125
40 .900
40 .850
40 .650
40 . 725
40 .900
40
40 1. 250
40 1.000
35 1.150
35 1. 250
40 .600
30 1.400
40 .700
40 1.150
40 .900
30 1.167
40 1.000
40 .500
40 .960
40 1.050
44 .625
40 1.000
40 .850
44 .800
40
40
30
34
40
40
44
44
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
35
40
30
40
30
40
30
40
40
35
40
48
40
40
45
91
UNION SCALES BY TRADES AND CITIES
T able 14.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in the Building Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1 , 1941, and June 1 ,1 9 4 0 — Continued
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS
Birmingham, Ala ________
Charleston, W. Va________
Cleveland, Ohio___________
Dallas, Tex_______________
Dayton, Ohio 1____________
Des Moines, Io w a ________
Duluth, Minn ___________
Erie, Pa__________________
Indianapolis, Ind _______
Jacksonville, F l a _________
Kansas City, M o ......... ......
Madison, W is ______ _____
Milwaukee, Wis.:
First men 1 .......... ........
Second men 1 ___________
Minneapolis, Minn.:
Class A ............... ...........
Class B ______________ . . .
Newark, N. J ____________
New Haven, Conn________
New York, N. Y _________
Maintenance and altera
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.600
1.100
.625
.600
.750
.700
.800
.750
.600
.900
.750
40 $0. 500
44 .500
40 1.000
44 .500
44 .600
40 .750
44 .700
40 .675
40 .700
40 .500
40 .900
40 .700
40
44
40
44
44
40
44
40
40
44
40
40
1.000
.900
40 1.000
40 .900
40
40
1.100 37H 1.000
1.000 37H .900
.875 40 .675
.650 40 .650
1.167 30 1.167
40
40
40
40
30
1.000
35
35
.857
City
a
New York, N. Y .—Con.
Brooklyn and Queens:
Commercial:
Agreement A1_______
Agreement B___ ____
Residential:
Agreement A1.............
Agreement B ________
Staten Island___________
Residential..................
Norfolk, Va . ___________
Oklahoma City, Okla.1____
Pittsburgh, Pa____________
Portland, Oreg____________
Rochester, N. Y __________
St. Louis, M o . ____ _____
Residential_____________
San Antonio, Tex. _______
Scranton, Pa.. ___________
Seattle, Wash_____________
South Bend, Ind__________
Tampa, Fla______________
Washington, D. C ________
York, Pa_________________
Youngstown, O h io _______
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June 1,
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Rates of wages
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June 1,
1940
June 1,
1941
$1,333
1.179
30 $1,333
35 1.179
30
35
.857
.875
1.000
.857
.550
.500
1.000
.825
.750
1.000
.750
.500
.700
.950
.900
.500
.875
.650
.850
35 .750
40 .875
35 1.000
35 .857
40
44 .500
40 1.000
40 .750
40 .700
40 1.000
40 .750
40 .500
40 .700
40 .900
40 .750
40 .500
40 .800
40 .650
44 .750
40
40
35
35
Oklahoma City, Okla______ $0,700
Philadelphia, Pa.— ............ .800
Residential:
Class A _______________ .650
Class B ___ ___________ .650
Oil burner fitters
. _ .650
Sprinkler fitters_____ . . .
.770
Phoenix, Ariz________ _ . .750
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1.000
.770
Sprinkler fitters- _______
Portland, M a i n e _______
.800
Providence, R. I -_ ........ ...... .875
.770
Sprinkler fitters_________
Reading, Pa.:
Agreement A _____ ______ .750
Agreement B........ ............. .750
Rochester, N. Y _ ................. .750
St. Louis, M o_________ ___ 1.000
.875
Sprinkler fitters1 _______
Refrigerator service fit
ters 1.......... ..................... .600
St. Paul, Minn........ ............. .750
.770
Sprinkler fitters_________
.750
San Francisco, Calif.........
.770
Sprinkler fitters_________
.750
Oil burner fitters______ .625
Scranton, Pa.1____________
.900
South Bend, Ind__________
Springfield, Mass................. .850
Tampa, Fla_____ : ________ .500
Washington, D. C ________
.960
York, Pa__________ _____ .650
40 $0. 700
35 .800
40
35
40 .650
40 .600
40 .600
40 .770
40 .625
40 1.000
40 .770
40 .800
40 .875
40 .770
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40 .650
40 .750
40 .700
40 1.000
40 .875
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
48
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
40
40
45
STEAM AND SPRINKLER FITTERS’ HELPERS
Baltimore, M d____
Sprinkler fitters...
Boston, Mass.:
Sprinkler fitters.._
Buffalo, N. Y ______
Sprinkler fitters...
Charleston, S. C ___
Chicago, 111.:
Sprinkler fitters.. _
Cleveland, Ohio:
Sprinkler fitters...
Danas, Tex________
El Paso, Tex............
Erie, Pa___________
Houston, Tex_____
Kansas City, Mo.:
Sprinkler fitters...
Los Angeles, Calif...
Sprinkler fitters...
Refrigerator fitters
Manchester, N. H__
Milwaukee, W is___
Sprinkler fitters.._
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sprinkler fitters...
Nashville, Tenn___
Newark, N. J__.......
Sprinkler fitters.._
New Haven, Conn..
New York, N. Y____
Residential______
Sprinkler fitters...
Norfolk, Va..............
$0.963
.770
.770
.750
.770
.750
1.063
.770
.750
.750
.750
.750
.788
1.000
.770
.750
.800
.860
.770
.750
.770
.600
1.125
.770
.650
1.500
1.000
1.000
.550
See footnotes at end o f table.
40 $0. 963
40 .770
40
40
40
40
40
40
.770
.750
.770
.500
40
40
40
40
40 1.063
40
40
40
40
40
40
.770
.750
.750
.650
.750
40
40
40
40
40
40 .788
40 .750
40 .770
40
40 .800
40 .800
40 .770
35 .750
40 .770
40 .600
40 1.125
40 .770
40 .650
30 1.500
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
40
40
30
.600
.700
.770
.750
.770
.750
.625
.750
.850
.500
.960
.650
92
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T a b l e 14. — Union Scales o f Wages and Hours in the Buildidg Trades in Selected Cities,
June 1, 1941 , and June I, 1940— Continued
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS
Birmingham, Ala
______
Boston, Mass
Buffalo, N. Y _____________
Butte, Mont
Chicago, 111______________
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio:
Agreement A ___ _____
Agreement B
_______
Columbus, Ohio
_______
Dallas, Tex
__________ _
Davenport, Iowa.
(See
Rock Island (111.) dis
trict.)
Dayton, Ohio 1 __________
Denver, Colo ____________
Detroit, Mich.1 __________
Duluth, Minn___ _________
Erie, Pa
______________
Grand Rapids, M ic h ______
Indianapolis, Ind__________
Kansas City, Mo _______
Los Angeles, Calif ______
Louisville, Ky
Milwaukee, Wis
_______
Minneapolis, Minn
_____
Mobile, A l a ______________
Moline, 111. (See Rock Is
land (111.) district.)
$0.825
.600
1.000
.800
1.333
1.175
.850
40 $0.750
40 .500
40 1.000
40 .750
30 1.333
40 1.125
40 .750
40
40
40
40
30
40
40
1.000
.900
.700
.600
40 1.000
40
40 .650
40 .500
40
.750
1.000
1.000
.700
.750
.900
.750
.910
.781
.600
.900
.850
.650
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
44
35
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
.750
.900
.950
.700
.750
.900
.750
.910
.781
.600
.900
.850
.600
40
48
Nashville, Tenn
___ _ $0,600
Newark, N. J.
________ 1.250
New Haven, Conn ______ 1.000
New York, N. Y __________ 1.250
Oklahoma City, O k la ___ _ .700
Omaha, Nebr.:
Agreement A ___________ .800
.700
Agreement B 1__________
.850
Peoria, 111_______________
Philadelphia, Pa.1. . . ______ .900
.750
Residential1 . _________
Phoenix, Ariz_____________ .875
Pittsburgh, Pa____________ 1.000
.750
Portland, Maine__________
Portland, Oreg____________ .825
.925
Providence, R. I _________
.500
Richmond, V a______ _____
Rochester, N. Y .1_________
.750
Rock Island (111.) district. .. .800
St. Louis, M o_____________ .850
St. Paul, Minn _________
.850
Salt Lake City, Utah______ .750
.938
San Francisco, Calif_______
Scranton, Pa______________ .925
.950
Seattle, W a sh ____________
.900
Spokane, Wash___________
Springfield, Mass_________ 1.000
.900
Toledo, Ohio 1____________
Washington, D. C _________ 1.000
Youngstown, Ohio------------- .900
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
City
Hours per week
June 1,
1941
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
June 1,
1940
Rates of wages
per hour
Hours per week
City
Rates of wages
per hour
June 1,
1941
40
40 $1,250
40 .875
40 1.250
44
40
40
40
40 .700
40 .700
40 .850
40 .900
40 .750
40 .875
40 1.000
40 .750
40 .750
40 .925
40 .500
40 .750
40 .800
40 .850
40 .850
40 .750
40 .875
40 .925
40 .900
35 .900
40 1.000
40 .800
40 1.000
40 .900
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
30
35
40
40
40
40
1 See appendix A, p. 93, for a listing of new scales, effective after June 1, 1941, which have come to the
attention of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2 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.
3 $1,850 per hour if working 30-hour week.
* In cities where different kinds of carpentering are not listed separately, it can generally be assumed that
the general carpenter rate prevails also for millwrights, parquetry-floor layers, ship carpenters, and wharf
and bridge carpenters.
5 $1,625 per hour when accelerating material is used.
« Straight time rate given. Broken time, $1,800 per hour.
' ’ ‘ time
‘
'
Broken time, $1,500 per hour.
i Straight
rate given.
8 Straight time rate given. Broken time, $1,250 per hour.
9 Straight time rate given. Broken time, $1,000 per hour.
0 Straight time rate given. Broken time, $1,700 per hour.
11$1,500 per hour when working a 6-hour day.
Broken time, $2,000 per hour.
12 Straight time rate given.
13 Straight time rate given. Broken time, $1,750 per hour,
u 44-hour week during March, April, and May.
I®30-hour week Nov. 1 to May 1.
i®Piece work; $1.45 per bundle (limit 900 lath per day).
17 Piece work; $1.40 per bundle (limit 8 V1 bundles per 6-hour day),
is $9 per 1,000 lath.
19 Or piece rate of $6.50 per 1,000 lath.
20 $ 5 per 1,000 lath.
21 $2 per hour, if 6-hour day is in effect.
22 Piece rate—10-percent increase over June 1,1940.
23 Piece rate.
24 30-hour week from Nov. 1 to Apr. 30.
28$1,500 per hour when working on swings.
2640-hour week, Sept. 1 to Dec. 31.
27 In cities where finishers are not listed separately, it may be assumed that the rate shown prevails for
both erecting and finishing.
28 Agreement permits 35-hour week for those helping journeymen working on that schedule.
APPENDIX A
Changes in Rates After June
I, 1941
In a number of instances changes in wage or hour scales had been
agreed upon which were to take effect after the date of this survey.
All such new scales which were reported to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics are listed below, with the dates effective.
JOURNEYMEN
Asbestos workers
Louisville, Ky.: $1,500, June 11,1941.
Baltimore, M d.: $1,563, July 1,1941.
Charleston, S. C.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Milwaukee, Wis.: $1,450, September 1,1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $1,375, July 1,1941.
Charlotte, N. C.: $1,250, August 1,1941.
New Haven, Conn.: $1,500, August 15,1941.
Grand Rapids, Mich.: $1,400, July 1,1941.
Kansas City, Mo.: Home insulators, $1,100, July 1, Philadelphia, Pa.: $1,625, July 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,525, July 1,1941.
1941.
Boilermakers
Pittsburgh, Pa.: $1,625, July 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,725, July 1, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,625, July 1,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,650, July 1,1941.
Erie, Pa.: $1,625, July 1,1941.
Mobile, Ala.: $1,500, September 1,1941.
New Orleans, La.: $1,375, October 1,1941.
Bricklayers
St. Paul, Minn.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,725, July 1,1941.
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,750, October 1,1941.
Carpenters
Baltimore, Md.: $1,375, August 1,1941.
Cincinnati, Ohio: $1,500, September 1,1941.
Columbus, Ohio: $1,300, September 1,1941.
Wharf and bridge, $1,450, September 1,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,500, October 1,1941.
Houston, Tex.: Wood floors—residential, $1,250,
July 1,1941.
Little Rock, Ark.: $1,250, September 1,1941.
Louisville, Ky.: $1,375, August 1,1941.
Milwaukee, Wis.: $1,300, July 1,1941.
.Residential, $1,100, July 1,1941.
Mobile, Ala.: Ship carpenters, $1,070, August 1,1941.
New Haven, Conn.: $1,375, July 1,1941.
Rochester, N. Y.: $1,400, July 1,1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: $1,375, September 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,475, July 1,1941.
Cement finishers
Dayton, Ohio: $1,350, October 1, 1941.
Detroit, Mich.: $1,400, November 1,1941.
Phoenix, Ariz.: $1,375, July 15, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,725, July 1,1941.
Wichita, Kans.: 40-hour week, July 1,1941.
Electricians (inside wiremen and fixture hangers)
Charlotte, N. C.: $1,250, August 1, 1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: Fixture hangers, $1,250, July
Dayton, Ohio: $1,750, October 1, 1941.
1, 1941.
Des Moines, Iowa: $1,500, July 1, 1941.
Spokane, Wash.: $1,550, August 1, 1941.
Milwaukee, Wis.: $1,500, September 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,750 July 1, 1941.
Residential: Rate A, $1,200, September 1, 1941; Wdchita, Kans.: Conracts under $3,500, $1,250; conRate B, $1,200, September 1, 1941.
tracts over $3,500, $1,500; 40-hour week, July 1,1941.
Mobile, Ala.: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
Worcester, Mass.: $1,375, July 9, 1941.
Rochester, N. Y.: $1,600, October 1, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,650, June 15, 1941.
San Antonio, Tex.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Elevator constructors
Charleston, W. Va.: $1,500, August 15,1941.
Maintenance, $1,350, August 15,1941.
Cincinnati, Ohio: $1,610, July 28,1941.
Maintenance, $1,450, July 28, 1941.
Columbus, Ohio: $1,500, June 15, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,350, June 15,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,610, July 28,1941.
Maintenance, $1,450, July 28,1941.
Erie, Pa.: $1,450, July 1, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,305, July 1,1941.
Jacksonville, Fla.: $1,425, June 3, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,283, June 3,1941.
Minneapolis, Minn.: $1,500, July 25, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,350, July 25, 1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $1,425, June 28, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,283, June 28, 1941.
450497°— 42------- 7
New Haven, Conn.: $1,650, August 1, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,495, August 1,1941.
Omaha, Nebr.: $1,390, July 21, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,250, July 21,1941
St. Paul, Minn.: $1,500, July 25, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,350, July 25, 1941.
Springfield, Mass.: $1,550, August 4,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,710, July 1,1941.
Maintenance, $1,550, July 1,1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $1,300, June 23, 1941.
Maintenance, $1,170, June 23, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,600, June 19,1941.
Maintenance, $1,440, June 19,1941.
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94
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
jo urne ymen —cont inued
Engineers (portable and hoisting)
Dayton, Ohio: Shovels, derricks, etc., $1,650, Octo- Hoists (2 or more drums), $1,250, July 1, 1941.
her 1, 1941.
1-drum hoists, $1,125, July 1,1941.
Mixers (21 feet and over), $1,500, October 1, 1941. Draglines, shovels, orange peels, clam shells, $1,250,
Mixing plants, gravel plants, etc., $1,350, October
July 1,1941.
1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: 10-cent increase for all classifications,
New York, N. Y.: Pile drivers, $2,125, July 1.1941.
July 1,1941.
Tampa, Fla.: Backhoes, Le Tourneaus, etc., $1,500,
July 1,1941.
Glaziers
Jackson, Miss.: $1,000, July 1, 1941.
Memphis, Tenn.: $1,020, July 1,1941.
Jacksonville, Fla.: $1,000 and 40-hour week, June 16, Omaha, Nebr.: $1,150, June 7,1941.
1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,250, July 1,1941.
Granite cutters
Philadelphia, Pa.: Inside work, $1,125, November 1, 1941.
Lathers
Cleveland, Ohio: $1,750, June 27, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,600, October 1,1941.
Memphis. Tenn.: Metal, $1,625, July 19,1941.
Wood, $1,125, July 19, 1941.
Mobile, Ala.: Metal, $1,500, July 15,1941.
Wood, $1,250, July 15, 1941.
Norfolk, Va.: $1,750, September 1,1941.
Richmond, Va.: $1,500, October 15,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,750, July 1,1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,625, July 15,1941.
Machinists
Toledo, Ohio: $1,475, July 1,1941.
M arble setters
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Richmond, Va.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Boston, Mass.: $1,625, August 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,600, July 1,1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,313, July 1,1941: $1,375, Octo
ber 1,1941.
M osa ic and terrazzo workers
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, July 1,1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,375, August 1,1941.
Richmond, Va.: $1,375, July 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,350, July 1,1941.
Painters
Dallas, Tex.: $1,125, June 22,1941.
Jackson, Miss.: $1,000, July 1,1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,100, July 1,1941.
Omaha, Nebr.: $1,125, September 1,1941.
Phoenix, Ariz.: $1,125, November 1,1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: $1,375, June 16,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,400, July 1,1941.
Spray painting, $1,500, July 1,1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,350, October 1,1941.
Paperhangers
Toledo, Ohio: $1,400, July 1,1941.
Worcester, Mass.: $1,125, July 1,1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,350, October 1,1941.
Dallas, Tex.: $1,125, June 22,1941.
Jackson, Miss.: $1,000, July 1,1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,225, July 1, 1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: $1,375, June 16,1941.
Plasterers
Minneapolis, Minn.: 35-hour week, June 27,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,750, July 1,1941.
Buffalo, N. Y .: $1,625, July 6,1941.
Cleveland, Ohio: $1,750, June 26,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,600, October 1,1941.
Plum bers and gas fitters
Des Moines, Iowa: $1,500, September 1,1941.
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Residential, $1,250,
July 1,1941.
Houston, Tex.: $1,625, November 1,1941.
New Haven, Conn.: $1,375, August 1,1941.
Philadelphia, Pa.: $1,700, August 1,1941.
Pittsburgh, Pa.: $1,750, July 1,1941.
Springfield, Mass.: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,600, July 1,1941.
Washington, D. C.: $1,750, September 15,1941.
Rodmen
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,250, September 1, 1941.
Binghamton, N. Y.: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
Boston, Mass.: $1,650, June 5, 1941.
Charleston, S. C.: $1,250, November 1, 1941.
Cincinnati, Ohio: $1,475, September 1, 1941.
Erie, Pa.: $1,375, August 1, 1941.
Indianapolis, Ind.: $1,650, September 1, 1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,375, September 1, 1941.
Madison, Wis.: $1,375, August 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,475, July 1, 1941.
Worcester, Mass.: $1,650, September 1, 1941.
Roofers, composition
Buffalo, N. Y .: Flat roofers and waterproofers, $1,250, Toledo, Ohio: Foremen, $1,450, July 1, 1941.
October 1, 1941.
Residential: Union A, $1,300, July 1, 1941.
Kettlemen, $1,000, October 1, 1941.
Rollers, $1,200, July 1, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,320, October 1, 1941.
Kettlemen, $1,100, July 1, 1941.
Foremen, $1,420, October 1, 1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $1,000, June 21, 1941.
Foremen, $1,125, June 21, 1941.
Houston, Tex.: $1,125, July 1, 1941.
Kettlemen, $0,950, June 21, 1941.
Louisville, Ky.: $1,000, August 11, 1941.
Madison, Wis.: $1,000, July 15, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Milwaukee, Wis.: $1,200, September 1, 1941,
Foremen, $1,375, July 1, 1941.
New York, N. Y.: $1,700, July 10, 1941.
Kettlemen, $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Providence, R. I.: $1,300, June 16, 1941.
APPENDIX A
95
j o u r n e y m e n — c o n t in u e d
Roofers, slate and tile
Toledo, Ohio: Union A, $1,450, July 1, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Buffalo, N . Y .: $1,400, October 1, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,500, October 1, 1941.
Providence, R . I.: $1,300, June 16, 1941.
Sheet-metal workers
Dayton, Ohio: $1,500, October 1, 1941.
E l Paso, Tex.: $1,500, June 9, 1941.
Jacksonville, Fla.: $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Louisville, K y .: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
Phoenix, Ariz.: $1,250, June 16, 1941.
Pittsburgh, Pa.: $1,563, July 1, 1941; $1,625, September 15, 1941.
Providence, R . I.: $1,300, June 16, 1941.
Reading, Pa.: $1,100, November 1, 1941.
Richmond, Va.: $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Rock Island (111.) district: $1,300, October 1,1941.
Salt Lake City, Utah: $1,250, June 30, 1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: $1,375, July 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,450, July 1, 1941.
Washington, D . C.: $1,750, July 1, 1941.
York, Pa.: $1,100, Novem ber 1, 1941.
Sign painter s*
Milwaukee, W is.: $1,500, July 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,525, July 1, 1941.
Steam and sprinkler fitters
Des Moines, Iowa: $1,500, September 1, 1941.
Refrigerator fitters, $1,250 and 40-hour week, June 15,
Grand Rapids, M ich.: Residential, $1,250, July 1,
1941.
1941.
Scranton, Pa.: $1,250, July 1, 1941.
Houston Tex.: $1,625, November 1, 1941.
Springfield, Mass.: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
New Haven, Conn.: $1,375, August 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,600, July 1, 1941.
St. Louis, M o.: Sprinkler fitters, $1,625, June 4,1941.
Stone cutters
New Haven, Conn.: $1,650, August 1, 1941.
Springfield, Mass.: Inside work, $1,250, June 15,
1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,350, July 1, 1941.
Stone masons
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, July 1, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,750, October 1,1941.
Philadelphia, Pa.: Rubble work: Commercial, $1,500,
September 1-, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,725, July 1, 1941.
Structural-iron workers
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, September 1, 1941.
Binghamton, N. Y .: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
Boston, Mass.: $1,650, June 5, 1941.
Charleston, S. C.: $1,500, Novem ber 1, 1941.
Erie, Pa.: $1,625, August 1, 1941.
Indianapolis, Ind.: $1,650, September 1, 1941.
Madison, W is.: $1,500, August 1, 1941.
New York, N. Y .: Finishers, $1,850, September 1,
1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: Finishers: Rate A, $1,600,
September 1, 1941; Rate B, $1,375, July 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,725, July 1, 1941.
Worcester, Mass.: $1,650, September 1, 1941.
Tile layers
Atlanta, Ga.: $1,500, July 1, 1941.
Cleveland, Ohio: $1,560, July 1, 1941; $1,625, N ovem
ber 6, 1941.
Minneapolis, M inn.: $1,375, June 16, 1941.
Richmond, Va.: $1,375, July 1, 1941.
St. Paul, M inn.: $1,375, June 16, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,600, July 1, 19H.
HELPERS AND LABORERS
Building laborers
Columbus, Ohio: $0,625, June 19, 1941; $0,650, September 1, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $0,650, July 1, 1941; $0,700, October 1,
1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $0,450, June 15, 1941.
Oklahoma City, Okla.: $0,550, July 1, 1941.
Philadelphia, Pa.: $0,775, July 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $0,850, July 1, 1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $0,550, July 7,1941.'
Composition roojers’ helpers
Toledo, Ohio: $0,800, July 1, 1941.
Elevator constructors' helpers
Charleston, W . Va.: $1,050, August 15, 1941.
Cincinnati, Ohio: $1,130, July 28, 1941.
Columbus, Ohio: $1,050, June 15, 1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,130, July 28, 1941.
Erie, Pa.: $1,015, July 1, 1941.
Jacksonville, Fla.: $1,000, June 3, 1941.
Maintenance, $0,900, June 3, 1941.
Minneapolis, M inn.: $1,050, July 25, 1941.
Maintenance, $0,945, July 25, 1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $0,998, June 28, 1941.
Maintenance, $0,898, June 28, 1941.
New Haven, Conn.: $1,150, August 1,1941.
Omaha, Nebr.: $0,970, July 21, 1941.
Maintenance, $0,870, July 21, 1941.
Portland, Maine: $0,970, July 1, 1941.
St. Paul, M inn.: $1,050, July 25, 1941.
Maintenance, $0,945, July 25, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,230, July 1, 1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $0,910, June 23, 1941.
Worcester, Mass.: $1,040, July 21, 1941.
Youngstown, Ohio: $1,120, June 19, 1941.
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
helpers and laborers—
c o n t in u e d
H od carriers ( masons* tenders)
Columbus, Ohio: $0,825, June 19, 1941; $0,875, Sep Oklahoma City, Okla.: $0,750, July 1,1941.
Philadelphia, Pa.: $0,775, July 1, 1941.
tember 1, 1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $0,900, July 1,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,100, October 1,1941.
Mortar mixers, $0,950, July 1, 1941.
Indianapolis, Ind.: $1,000, June 12, 1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $0,675, July 7, 1941.
Louisville, K y .: $1,000, August 1, 1941.
Bricklayers’ tenders, $0,550, July 7,1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $0,550, June 15, 1941.
Mortar mixers, $0,550, June 15, 1941.
Marble setters’ helpers
Dayton, Ohio: $0,800, July 1,1941; $0,900, October 1,
1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $0,823, July 1, 1941; $0,859,
October 1,1941.
Omaha, Nebr.: $0,750, August 1,1941.
Richmond, Va.: $0,750, September 7,1941.
San Francisco, Calif.: $0,910, July 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $0,900, July 1,1941.
Plasterers’ laborers
Columbus, Ohio: $0,825, June 19, 1941; $0,875, Sepber 1,1941.
Dayton, Ohio: $1,100, October 1,1941.
Indianapolis, Ind.: $1,000, June 12,1941.
Los Angeles, Calif.: $1,375, August 1, 1941.
Louisville, K y .: $1,000, August 1,1941.
Minneapolis, M inn.: 35-hour week, June 27,1941.
Nashville, Tenn.: $0,550, June 15,1941.
Oklahoma City, Okla.: $0,750, July 1,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,060, July 1,1941.
Wichita, Kans.: $0,675, July 7,1941.
Plum bers’ laborers
Dayton, Ohio: $0,650, July 1,1941; $0,700, October 1,
1941.
Milwaukee, W is.: First men, $1,100, July 7, 1941.
Second men, $1,000, July 7,1941.
New York, N. Y ., Brooklyn and Queens: Commercial; Rate A, $1,500, October 1,1941.
Residential: Rate A, $1,000, October 1,1941.
Oklahoma City, Okla.: $0,550, July 1, 1941.
Steam and sprinkler fitters’ helpers
St. Louis, M o.: Sprinkler fitters, $1,000, June 4,1941.
Refrigerator service fitters, 40-hour week, June 15,
1941.
Scranton, Pa.: $0,700, July 1,1941.
Tile layers’ helpers
Dayton, Ohio: $0,800, July 1,1941; $0,900, October 1,
1941.
Detroit, M ich.: $1,050, October 1 ,19<1.
Omaha, Nebr.: Rate B, $0,750, August 1,1941.
Philadelphia, Pa.: $1,000, October 1,1941.
Residential, $0,825, July 1,1941.
Richmond, Va.: $0,650, September 7,1941.
Rochester, N. Y .: $0,850, July 15,1941.
Toledo, Ohio: $1,000, July 1,1941
APPENDIX B
Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Trades
In a number of cities the building-trades unions which were visited
reported agreements covering subsidiary occupations which do not
come within the general classifications included in the survey. No
particular effort was made to obtain a complete listing of the scales
for these unclassified occupations. Such of them as were reported,
however, are listed in the following table.
T
a b l e 15.—
Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Trades , by
Cities, June I, 1941
City and occupation
Hourly Hours
per
wage
rate week
A tla n ta , Ga.
40
40
44
B a ltim o re, M d .
Asbestos-workers’ helpers:
First year_____________ ____ _
.675
Thereafter____________________ 1. 000
Boilermakers’ helpers______ ______ 1. 375
.750
Jackhammermen_________ ______
Scaffold builders................................ .875
Sheet-metal laborers........................... .625
.813
Sign-painters’ helpers_____________
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
B in g h a m to n , N . Y .
Electricians’ helpers:
First class. _________________
.950
Second class_____________ _____ .800
Third class_______________ ____
.650
Fourth class....... ........... ............. .550
.825
Pneumatic-tool operators..................
Rockmen, drillers or blasters______ 1.100
Sewer-pipe laborers.......................... . .800
W elders.................... ...................... . 1. 375
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
B irm in g h a m , A l a .
Hourly Hours
per
wage
rate
week
B o sto n , M a s s .
Electricians’ helpers:
Class A jobs....... ......... ............... $0. 600
Class B jobs....... ......................... .500
Sign-painters’ helpers........ ................ .600
Air tool operators.
_________
Asphalt rakers, tampers, or smooth
ers
_ . __
Cleaners, caulkers, or pointers_____
Concrete rubbers.________________
Glaziers’ helpers.......................... ......
Labor foremen ............................ .
Powdermen................................... .
Powdermen’s helpers....... ......... ......
Sign builders..... ......... ......................
Sign-builders’ helpers:
First year _________ __________
Thereafter.......................... .........
Sign-painters’ helpers:
First year___ _____ ___________
Second year. ....... .....................
Thereafter___________ _________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers_________
Welders....... ................... ..................
City and occupation
.600
40
. 600
1.500
.600
. 500
1. 250
1. 250
.600
.800
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.450
.650
40
40
.550
.650
.875
.500
1. 500
40
40
40
40
40
Boilermakers’ helpers..... .......... .
..
Carpenters’ helpers_____ ____ ______
Electric welders____________________
Machinists’ helpers.............. ................
Roofers’ helpers:
Precast tile____ ____ _____ ______
Slate and tile____ _______ _____
Waterproofing.._ . . . ..................
Sign-painters’ helpers______________
Outdoor advertising.................
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers___________
W aterproofers__________ _____ _____
$1. 375
.850
1. 575
.900
40
40
40
40
1.100
.950
1.000
.750
1. 000
1.000
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 250
1.000
1. 300
1.155
40
40
40
40
.700
.750
.850
.850
.850
. 700
. 750
.900
.800
1. 625
1.000
.850
.850
40
40
40
40
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 500
1.000
1.000
1. 250
1.000
.900
1.000
1.500
.900
1.000
36
30
48
48
30
30
48
36
48
48
B u ffa lo , N . Y
Boilermakers’ helpers........................ .
C aisson laborers. . . ______ ________
Composition-tile layers. ............. ........
Drillers and blasters________________
Electricians’ helpers:
First y e a r.................. ........ .......... .
Second year_________ __________
Thereafter. ................................... .
Jackh ammermen............... ..................
Pipe layers, tile....................................
Riggers’ helpers.................. .................
Scaffold builders___________________
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers................
Welders. ........ ........ ........................
Working foremen—laborers............ .
Subforemen.................................. .
Wreckers_________ _________________
B u tte, M o n t .
Asphalt mixers and layers, concrete
pourers______________ _________ _
Firemen. _______________ __________
Jackhammermen...................................
Powdermen........ ............................. .
Oilers (crushers)....................................
Oilers (shovels)..................... ........ .......
R ip rap p in g_______________________
Sewer-tile and pipe layers .............
W atchm en._ . . . ........... .....................
Laborers (in water)....... .......................
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UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able 15.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Tradt
Cities, June 1, 1941 — Continued
Hourly Hours
per
wage
week
rate
City and occupation
C h a rleston ,
5.
-
C.
Blasters__________________
Cement finishers’ helpers..
Concrete workers...............
D um pm en........ ............ ......
Firemen and oilers_______
Jackhammermen_________
Riprap setters____________
C h arleston ,
B.
C ity and occupation
$1,000
1. 000
. 500
.500
.750
.625
500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.100
1. 250
.800
.850
1.500
44
40
44
44
40
Va.
Blasters______________
Boilermakers’ helpers..
Jackhammermen_____
Labor foremen________
Welders, p i p e . . . ..........
by
Hourly Hours
per
wage
rate week
D a y to n , Ohio
Boilermakers’ helpers______________ $1.375
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________ 1.100
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers___________ .750
Terrazzo grinders________ ____ _____
.950
40
40
44
44
D en v er , C olo.
Drain layers:
First 6 m onths____ ______ _____
Thereafter......................... ............
Jackhammermen___________________
Sign hangers_______________________
Sign-painters’ helpers______________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Terrazzo base-machine operators___
Terrazzo floor-machine operators___
1.000
1.000
40
40
40
40
35
40
40
40
.600
.850
40
40
.900
.900
.600
40
40
40
1. 500
40
40
.925
.800
.850
.900
1.250
.935
.935
1.250
1.000
1.250
1.050
1.000
1.250
C h arlotte, N . C .
D e s M o in e s , Io w a
.600
1.C00
.600
40
40
40
1.600
1.350
1.250
1.075
1.150
1.050
1.200
. .725
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
. 1.075
. 1.300
. 1.000
. .750
. .925
40
40
40
40
40
.
.
.
.
.
.
1.500
1.400
1.100
1.975
1.075
1.100
40
40
40
40
40
40
. 1.000
. 1.675
. .900
. .800
40
40
40
40
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Laborers on grading, paving, and
sewer work______________________
Machine movers___________________
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers..........
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.................
W elders.._____ ____________ ______ _
. 1.300
. 1.563
. .800
. 1.000
. .900
40
40
40
40
40
Jackhammermen------------------Jackhammer operating drills..
Caulkers---------------------------------------- . 1.500
Jackhammermen or vibrator oper
.625
ators.____ ________________ _____
Oilers______________________ _______
.750
Sign-painters’ helpers:
.400
Junior_____________ ______ ____
Senior____________ ____________ . .750
Waterproofers----- ------- ------------------- . .875
Welders___________________________ . 1.500
40
Drill operators-------------------Firemen, oilers, or greasers .
J ackhammermen---------------C hicago, III.
Boilermakers’ helpers____________
Caisson diggers---------------------------Sign-painters’ helpers____________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers________
Terrazzo base-machine operators_
Torchmen or burners____________
Windlass or niggerhead w orkers..
Wreckers (buildings)------------------C in c in n a ti, Ohio
Base grinders, terrazzo work..
Boilermakers’ helpers_______
Sewer-pipe layers___________
Sign-painters’ helpers-----------Terrazzo-workers’ helpers___
C lev ela n d , Ohio
Boilermakers’ helpers-----------Linoleum layers-------------------Marble p olishers..____ _____
Sheeters_____________________
Sign-painters’ helpers________
Slate and tile roofers’ helpers .
Terrazzo-workers’
helpers
polishers....................... ..........
Waterproofers...........................
Wreckers (barmen)— ..............
Wreckers (helpers)..................
and
C o lu m b u s, Ohio
Boilermakers’ helpers_____
Cement blockm en------------Terrazzo-workers’ helpers..
Terrazzo grinders------ ------- Sign-painters’ helpers--------
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Boilermaker repairmen____________
Jackhammermen or vibrator oper
ators—
Sewer-pipe layers--------------------------Sign-painters’ helpers____________ _
D etr o it, M ic h .
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Firemen and oilers___ ____________
Road construction and sewer work
ers:
Semiskilled labor______________
Common labor________________
Dock labor...... .......... ..................
Puddlers____________________
Sign hangers______________________
Helpers_______________________
Sign-painters’ helpers______________
Terrazzo-workers’ h elp ers_________
Terrazzo base-machine operators___
Tunnel work:
Miners________________________
Muckers______________________
1.000
1. 250
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.350
1.150
40
40
1. 375
40
.700
1.500
.600
.800
1.500
44
40
40
40
40
.750
40
40
1.000
D u lu th , M i n n .
E l P a s o , T ex.
1.000
E r ie , P a .
D a lla s , T ex .
44
40
44
44
40
40
Boilermakers’ helpers_______
Firemen and oilers....... .......... .
Jackhammermen __..................
Sewer laborers:
Bottom men------------------T op m en.......................... .
Sheeters____________________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers___
1.375
.800
40
40
40
.800
.700
1. 750
.750
40
40
40
40
.600
44
1.000
G ra n d R a p id s , M ic h .
D a v e n p o r t,
Io w a (S e e R o ck
(III.) d istrict.)
Isla n d
Carpenters’ helpers............... .
99
APPENDIX A
T a b l e 15.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Trades , by
Cities, June 1, 1941 — Continued
City and occupation
Hourly Hours
per
wage
week
rate
C ity and occupation
L o s A n g e le s , C a lif .—Continued
H o u sto n , T ex.
$1.125
1.250
1.000
1. 500
.900
1.000
.750
1.000
1.500
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Iron work:
Panmen, setters, nailers________
Wire-fence erectors___ ________
Foremen, fence- . . ...... ............ .
Jackhammer operators (drillers)____
Primers, enamelers’ or pipe wrap
pers___________ _______
. ______
Sign-painters’ or sign-writers’ helpers
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers ___ _-.
Terrazzo hand grinding and base-ma
chine operators..................................
Boilermakers’ helpers________ _____ 1. 300
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________ .850
Terrazzo base-machine operators----- 1.000
40
40
40
L o u isv ille , K y .
Boilermakers’ helpers___
Composition-floor layers. _
Decorators---------------------Electricians (sign m e n )...
Machinists’ helpers______
Sign-hangers____________
Helpers_____________
Sign-painters' helpers___
Welders________ ________
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jackson, M is s .
Electricians’ helpers...........................
Sign-painters’ helpers........................
Hourly Hours
wage
per
rate week
Blasters____ ____________ _________ _
Boilermakers’ helpers......... ............ .
Caulkers, pointers, or cleaners...........
Jackhammermen___________________
Machinists’ helpers...............................
Road laborers .................................. .
Sign-painters’ helpers......... ..................
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers ________
Terrazzo base-machine operators____
Terrazzo flat-machine operators_____
W a terproofers ......... ............ .................
$0,900
.750
1.000
1.100
40
40
40
40
1. 250
1.000
.800
40
40
40
1.000
40
1.100
1.300
1.500
.800
1.000
.600
.800
.600
.900
.800
1.250
44
40
40
44
40
44
40
40
40
40
40
40
.600
.400
40
44
.600
.750
40
40
40
.650
.600
40
40
Riggers.................. ................. ................ 1.500
.600
40
1.125
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.400
.900
.925
1.250
1.000
.925
1.100
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Asphalt-tile layers. ...............................
Boilermakers' helpers. ........................
Linoleum layers.......................... ........
Machinists’ helpers..............................
Sign-writers’ helpers________________
1.100
1.350
1.000
1.150
.900
.850
40
40
40
40
40
40
.850
.750
40
40
Composition-floor layers.................. . 1. 250
Riggers__________________________ 1.500
40
40
Jacksonville, Fla.
Caulker fitters__________ __________
Form removers. --------- ------------ -----Labor foremen........................ ...........
Lathers’ helpers............... .................
Scaffold builders...... ......................
Sewer-pipe layers_________________
Form setters (sidewalks, curbs, gut
ters, etc.)_______________________
ACi
K an sas C ity, M o .
Asphalt rakers....................................
Asphalt workers..................... ...........
Boilermakers’ helpers_________ ____
Burners__________________________
Compressed-air workers....................
Concrete vibrator operators________
Jackhammermen________ _________
Mastic, hot ketilemen________ ____
Other mastic workers__________
Pier-hole diggers............... ...............
Powdermeu______________________
Sandblasting:
Gunmen-------------------------------Nozzelmen....... ............... ...........
Ordinary sandblasting workers. _
Scaffoldmen________ _____ ____
Signalmen_________ _______ _______
Unloaders, reinforcing........................
Wreckers:
Alterations....... ................ ...........
Entire building._________ _____
M a n c h e s te r , N . H .
M e m p h is, T en n .
1.250
1.125
1. 250
.650
.875
40
40
40
40
40
1.375
40
1.100
1. 200
.850
1.150
1.500
.985
1.500
1.050
.950
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.750
1.350
1.000
40
40
40
40
1. 375
1.500
40
40
1.000
1.100
40
40
. 975
.850
40
40
44
40
44
M ilw a u k e e , W i s .
Boilermakers’ helpers ......................
Bridge, road, and railroad construc
tion:
Cement dumper________________
Form setter __________________
General laborers____ ____ ______
Labor foremen...............................
Machinery movers_________ : ______
Sign-painters’ helpers..........................
Stone derrickmen ........................ .
Terrazzo base-machine operators____
Terrazzo helpers....................................
Tunnel or open-cut work: i
Cement finishers_______ _______
Foremen
...... .......... ..................
Form strippers................................
General laborers....................... .
Little Rock, A r k .
M in n ea p o lis, M in n .
L o s A n g e le s , C a lif.
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Carpet, linoleum, and soft-tile layers.
Concrete busters______________ ____
Drillers, diamond or core______ ____ _
Gunite work:
Foremen_______________ _______
Ground wiremen, rodmen, or
nozzelmen_____ _____ ______
Gunmen............ ............ .................
Mixermen______________________
Nozzlemen’s helpers or reboundmen__________________________
Housemovers____________ _____ ____
1 30-hour week for tunnel work.
Boilermakers’ helpers......................... .
Dynamite m e n _______________ ____
Jackhammermen or vibrator op
erators_______ ___________ ______
Sign-painters’ helpers. ______
_
Terrazzo floor- and base-machine
operators__________________ _____ _
Terrazzo h elp ers___________________
1.250
1.250
.875
1.250
40
40
40
40
1. 375
40
1.250
1.000
.900
40
40
40
Air-tool operators. ................................. .750
Boilermakers’ helpers............ .............. 1.000
Labor foremen_________________ ___ 1.000
.750
.875
40
40
M o l i n e , III.
M o b ile , A l a .
( S ee R o c k Isla n d (III.)
district)
10 0
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
T able 15.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Trades, by
fcities, June I, 1941 — Continued
City and occupation
Hourly Hours
per
wage
week
rate
City and occupation
N ew Y ork, N .
N a sh ville, T e n n .
40
40
40
40
40
40
Asbestos-workers’ helpers__________ $0. 850
Boilermakers’ helpers______________ 1.100
.720
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________
.600
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Terrazzo base-machine operators____ .800
.700
Terrazzo floor-machine operators----N ew a rk , N . J .
Asbestos workers’ helpers............... . 1.125
Boilermakers’ helpers..................... . . 1.513
Machinists’ helpers . . . _ . ----------- 1.250
Sheet-metal workers (on signs)_____ 1.300
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers........... 1.125
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________ 1.300
40
40
40
40
40
35
Hourly Hours
wage per
rate week
P.—Continued
Stone workers:
Cast stone:
Bed rubbers______________
M olders-.-............................
Helpers______________ ____
Natural stone and marble:
Bed rubbers, sawyers, tool
grinders, cranemen, chainers, rip sawyers, or helpers.
Stone derrickmen and riggers _____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers___ ______
Timbermen. _ _
.................... .
Wreckers (barmen)................ ..........
Wreckers (helpers)___________ ____
$1. 256
1.181
1.000
40
40
40
1.250
1.650
1.300
1. 375
1. 250
1.150
40
35
35
40
40
40
Asbestos-workers’ helpers__________ 1.000
Firemen and oilers________________ 1.000
Sign-painters’ helpers_____________
.500
40
40
40
N o rfo lk , V a .
N e w H aven , C on n.
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
1.000
40
1.050
.700
1.000
.650
40
40
40
40
1. 500
.750
1. 000
.650
.825
40
40
40
40
40
.650
1.000
.800
.700
40
40
40
40
N e w O rlea n s, L a .
O klahom a C ity, O kla.
Boilermakers’ helpers.................... .
Clean-up forem en.. . _. . _________
Dampproofers or waterproofers_____
Helpers_______ _ . . . _______
Electric-sign mechanics and tube
_ _______________ _
men ____
Machinists’ helpers_______ ______ _
Marble polishers or waxers............
Mechanical-tool operators__________
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________
Stonemasons’ helpers, sewer men,
rodmen’s laborers____ _______ _ _
Terrazzo base-machine operators____
Terrazzo floor-machine operators___
Terrazzo-workers’ h e lp e rs _______ _
N e w York, N . Y .
Asbestos-workers’ helpers___________
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Carpenters (hod hoist).........................
Carpenters’ helpers:
On buildings..
_ . __________
On heavy construction.________
Core drillers_______ _______ ______ _
Helpers___________ ____________
Curb setters. ______________________
Highway construction:
Concrete curb-form setters_____
Concrete curb or flag finishers.._
Concrete highway finishers_____
Puddlers___ _________________
Concrete rakers________________
Laborers . . __________________
Marble polishers.
. . ____________
Marble-setters’ helpers or crane
men (shop)_______________________
Ornamental-iron workers’ helpers_.
Riggers and derrickmen for marble
__ . . . _________
setters.._ . . .
Riggers, machinery movers. ........... .
Foremen________ ____ ________ _
R ock drillers:
Open-cut work........................ .......
Subsurface work_______________
Drill-runners’ helpers___________
Blasters_______ ________________
Powder m onkey. ______ ____
Magazine w atchm en....................
Sign-painters’ helpers..... ............ ........
Outdoor advertising _ ________
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers............
Nassau and Suffolk Counties___
Residential work (King and
Queens counties)............. ..........
2 N ot specified.
1.500
1.600
1.500
30
35
(2)
1.000
1.000
1. 250
.875
1.650
35
40
40
40
40
1. 650
1.550
1.250
1.050
.880
.875
1. 571
40
40
40
40
40
40
35
1. 320
1.300
40
35
1. 509
1. 750
2.125
35
40
40
1. 250
1.375
1.000
1.875
1.000
.750
1. 383
1. 650
.960
1.000
40
40
40
40
40
56
35
35
35
35
.800
35
Boilermakers’ helpers........................ 1.000
Sign-painters’ helpers:
First year___________ _________ .500
Therafter. _ . . . _____________ .650
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers_____ ____
.700
40
40
40
44
O m aha, N eb r.
Roofers (asbestos).............................. 1.000
Roofers (asphalt)............. .................. .950
Sign-painters’ helpers...... .................. .750
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.................. .750
40
40
40
40
P e o r ia , III.
Boilermakers’ helpers:
Construction work...... ......... ......
Repair work__________________
Stack work............................ ......
Linoleum layers-------------- --------Road construction (heavy):
Sewer men, caisson workers,
dynamiters______
. . .
Spotters, muckers, or topmen
(sewers). ..... .......................
Common laborers_____________
Sewer work:
Tile layers, drill operators, blast
ing powdermen..____________
Tile-layers’ helpers. ............ ........
Sign-painters’ helpers_______ ______
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers_______ __
Terrazzo base-machine operators___
Welders (boilermakers):
New construction........... .............
Repair work.................................
1.375
1.000
1.500
1.000
40
40
40
40
1.250
40
1.000
.875
40
40
1.250
1.100
.875
.875
.925
40
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.250
40
40
1.375
40
1.000
1.150
1.250
1.375
.700
.800
44
40
40
40
44
44
1.000
.963
.800
40
40
.700
1.100
40
Philadelphia, P a .
Boilermakers’ helpers____ _______
Caisson excavators or compressedair workers. ________ ____ ____
Machinists’ helpers___
___ _ . . .
Marble polishers, rubbers, sawyers.
Riggers..
_ ________ ___________
Scaffold builders_____________ ____
Residential. ................................
Sign-painters’ helpers:
Outside......................................
Inside. _____________________
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers____
Stripping concrete and handling re
inforced steel____
. __________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers..................
40
44
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APPENDIX A
T a ble 15.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Trades , by
Cities, June I, 1941 — Continued
Hourly Hours
per
wage
week
rate
Phoenix, A r iz .
Bock Island (III.) district
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
44
1.500
.875
.875
40
40
40
1.300
1.375
40
40
1.250
1.000
1.043
.800
1.000
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
.800
.700
40
40
.700
.750
40
40
1.250
.950
.900
40
40
40
1.063
.825
40
40
1.100
1.100
Portland, M a in e
.925
.600
.925
40
40
40
.750
.850
1.000
.650
.850
40
40
40
40
40
Reading, P a .
Electricians’ helpers.........
Jackhammermen________
Neon-sign workers_______
Helpers_____________
Slate-roofers’ helpers.........
1.000
1.000
.660
.650
40
40
40
40
Rochester, N . I .
Boilermakers’ helpers.........
Firemen or oilers................
Glaziers’ helpers................ .
Machinists’ helpers_______
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers..
1.100
1.100
1.000
.925
1.025
.875
St. P aul, M i n n .
Air hammermen____________ ______
Boilermakers’ helpers....... ................. .
Cement-block makers______________
Sign-painters’ helpers______________
Terrazzo floor- and base-machine
operators______________ ________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers...................
.950
1.375
.800
1.100
.975
.850
1.250
1.000
.750
.900
.750
40
40
40
40
40
1.000
.850
.850
.800
.750
gssfes
Boilermakers’ helpers____
Jackhammermen________
Machinists’ helpers______
Sign-painters’ helpers____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.
San A n ton io, Tex.
Machinists’ helpers....
Oilers________________
Sign-painters’ helpers:
Junior___________
Senior____________
.750
.750
.400
.633
San Francisco, Calif.
Boilermakers’ helpers...........
Drillers____________________
Jackhammermen___________
Linoleum or soft-tile layers. .
Marble polishers___________
Welders (iron w ork)..........
1.250
1.150
1.000
1.250
.875
1.600
Scranton, P a.
Jackhammermen________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.
Richmond, \ a .
Asbestos-workers’ helpers..
Firemen, oilers or greasers.
Sign-painters’ helpers_____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers..
1.350
1.000
1.000
.800
1.225
1.250
St ss
Providence, R . I .
Marble polishers...... .........
Sign-painters’ helpers____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.
St. L ou is, M o .
Boilermakers’ helpers______________
Drillers or deep-excavation laborers. .
Granite polishers and sawyers______
Heavy construction laborers._______
Helpers on pre-cast cement slabs___
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers. .........
Stone derrickmen__________________
Stone masons’ laborers........................
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Terrazzo-machine operators_________
Wreckers________________ __________
Salt Lake City, Utah
Portland, Oreg.
Boilermakers’ helpers_______ ____
Firemen...................... ...........................
Oilers_____________________________
Sign-hangers’ or s i g n - p a i n t e r s ’
helpers_______________ _________
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers.................
.920
.800
.850
40
40
40
40
40
sssses
Jackhammermen_______
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers..
$0.800
1.100
.900
1.000
.900
sfes
1.000
1.250
1.500
.875
1.250
1.000
1.125
1.000
.625
Center steel setters........ .
Head form setters________
Jackhammermen ...............
Linoleum layers................
Puddlers________________
Terrazzo base grinders:
On step s.....................
On floors.................. .
Vibrator operators............
gggggggggggg
40
40
40
40
ss s s s t
$1.000
1.250
1.125
1.000
Pittsburgh , P a .
Blasters.____ ________ _____________
Boilermakers’ helpers......................
Cleaners, caulkers, and pointers (old
buildings)-------------! ______________
Caisson work, pier-hole laborers____
Firemen or oilers.................................
Marble polishers____________ _____ _
Sign-painters’ helpers_______________
Slate- and tile-roofers’ helpers_____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Wreckers:
Alterations and repairs............... .
Complete building.......................
Hourly Hours
wage
per
rate week
.850
.925
gg
Asphalt rakers........... ................... .. .
Boilermakers’ helpers____ _____ ___
Drillers, diamond______________ ...
Drillers, wagon....... ..........................
Gunite work:
Gunmen......................................
Nozzlemen_______________ ____
Heavy duty power sawmen________
Jackhammermen-------------------------Linoleum and carpet layers________
Mixer operators (1-, 2-bag)................
Powdermen______________________
Sewer-pipe layers (cement)...............
Sign-painters’ helpers_____________
Soft-tile layers (cork, rubber, and
asphalt)------------------------ --------Terrazzo-workers’ helpers_________
Vibrator operators..... .......................
City and occupation
1.375
gg§
City and occupation
Seattle, Wash.
Boilermakers’ helpers............
Linoleum layers____________
Sheet-metal workers’ helpers.
Shinglers___________________
Sign-painters’ helpers............
1.200
.950
1. 350
1. 250
40
35
South Bend, Ind.
Asbestos-workers’ helpers___
Sign-painters’ helpers.............
.875
.900
40
40
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T able
UNION SCALES IN BUILDING TRADES
15.— Union Scales of Wages and Hours in Supplementary Building Tradt f, b y
Cities, June 1 , 1941 — Continued
City and occupation
Hourly Hours
per
wage
rate week
$1.125
1.100
1.000
.900
35
40
35
35
1.100
.900
1.250
35
40
40
1.000
1.000
40
40
.640
.750
.750
.550
40
40
40
40
1.500
1.200
.850
40
40
40
1. 250
1.000
1.000
1.100
.750
1.200
.850
.950
.750
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1. 625
1. 500
40
40
S p rin g field , M a s s
Scaffold builders________ _____ ___
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers_________
T a m p a , F la .
Buffers or polishers_______________
Dynamitemen____________________
Firemen or oilers_________________
Jackhammermen........................... .
T oled o, Ohio
Boilermakers’ helpers_____________
Floor layers, linoleum_____________
Machinists’ helpers_______________
Sewer work:
Miners ____________________
Muckers_____________ ____ ___
Pipe layers, hand_____________
Pipe layers, machine____ ______
Sheet-metal workers’ helpers______
Siding men____ ._ _____________
Sign erectors_______________ _____ _
Sign-painters’ helpers___ ____ _____
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Welders:
Boilermakers._ _ _______ __ .
Plumbers and steamfitters___ .
Hourly Hours
wage per
rate week
W a s h in g to n , D . C.
S p o k a n e, W a sh .
Asbestos-workers’ helpers___ ______
Boilermakers’ helpers___ ____ _____
Cement mixers (hand)......... ............
Electricians’ helpers. _________ . . .
Jackhammermen or vibrator operators .
__ _______ ____ . . .
Machinists’ helpers_______________
Welders (machinists)______________
City and occupation
O
Boilermakers’ helpers.................... . $1. 375
Machinists’ helpers_______________ 1. 000
Marble polishers___ ______________ 1.000
Road, highway, and heavy con
struction:
Jackhammermen (outside)_____
Jackhammermen (inside) or timbermen_____________________ 1.250
Laborers___ __________________ .800
Muckers or car pushers..______
Semiskilled—blasters, dynamit
ers, wet drifters_____________ 1. 250
Sign-painters’ helpers._____________ 1.000
.800
Slate- and tile roofers’ helpers______
Terrazzo grinders_________________ 1.100
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
W o rcester, M a s s
Asphalt, rubber, linoleum floor
layers__________________________
Jackhammermen_________________
Sand-pit men____________________
Scaffold builders...... ........................ .
1.175
.750
.625
1.100
40
40
40
40
1.100
1.250
.850
40
40
40
1.375
1.000
. .900
40
40
40
1. 750
1.500
40
40
Y ork, P a .
Blasters and powdermen.
Pipe welders__________
Pneumatic-tool handlers.
Y o u n g s to w n , Ohio
Boilermakers’ helpers__ __________
Firemen, oilers (assistant engineers).
Terrazzo-workers’ helpers__________
Welders:
Iron__________________________
Pipe...... ................... i __________
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