Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Wages and Hours of Labour in Canada: 1930, 1931 and 1932
In Report No. 15 (january, 1932) the number of cities for which data was given in Table I as to building trades and electric railways was increased to approximately forty, and in the case of printing trades to fifteen, and these cities are again covered in the present report. Previously this table covered only thirteen cities, except that data for building trades in Windsor, Ont, was included, beginning with the report for 1928. Sheet metal workers employed in building and con struction have been included with building trades since 1927, while. Sheet metal workers in factories have been included in the table on factory trades. The section Of the table on metal trades previously given has been omitted in this report as well as in the last, figures for these trades appearing in the tables of sample rates of wages and hours in the sections of Table X on foundries and machine shops and other metal manufacturing indus tries. As in previous reports figures on wages for the metal trades in mines and on railways appear in the tables on those industries. The main object of these reports is to Show the changes in wage rates and in hours of labour during the periods Covered. The figures given in each report afford a continuous record for the years included, the data being from the same sources as far as is possible. Whenever a new source of information becomes available, the figures for previous years are secured, if possible, and the record is revised accordingly. Information is compiled from reports of representative employers and Of trade unions secured annually, and also from union agree ments. These reports are supplemented by figures Obtained by Officers of the Department and by resident correspondents Of the labour gazette in the principal industrial centres. The statistics as to building trades Show the prevailing rates of wages and hours of labour for nine classes of labour for the years 1920, 1926, 1930, 1931, and 1932 for the building season beginning in the spring of each year. During the year 1931, however, changes occurred later in the season more extensivelythan is usual, and the rates in effect at the end of the year were therefore obtained and included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
