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STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS.

of WORK in GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND, NUMBER of WORKING DAYS, CLASSIFIED by GROUPS of INDUSTRIES.

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STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS.

No. 77.-DURATION and MAGNITUDE (a) of STRIKES and LOCK-OUTS in GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND.

(Taken from the Eighteenth Abstract of Labour Statistics.)

TOTAL NUMBERS OF WORKPEOPLE INVOLVED BY DURATION IN WEEKS.

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NOTE.-See Note to Table No. 76, pp. 88-89.

(a) The figures in this table relate exclusively to strikes and lock-outs beginning in the years shown, and the figures as to aggregate duration relate to the total loss in working days of such disputes, including the days lost in subsequent years in cases where the strike or lock-out extended over more than one calendar year. The figures of aggregate duration shown differ, therefore, from those in Table No. 76, pp. 88-9, which gives the aggregate duration, within each year, of all strikes and lock-outs in progress in that year, whether beginni ng in that or an earlier year.

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COST OF LIVING.

No. 78.-INDEX NUMBERS of RETAIL PRICES of FOOD only and of ALL ITEMS (COST OF LIVING) in each MONTH from 1915 to 1925.

(July, 1914=100.)

(Taken from the Eighteenth Abstract of Labour Statistics.)

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The figures below are representative of all items, viz., food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, &c.

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WAGES.

No. 79.-RELATIVE LEVEL of RATES of WAGES for ADULT WORKERS in certain

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31 Dec. 1920. per week. s. d. 46 10

31 Dec., 1921. per week. &. d. 36 10

31 Dec., 1922. per week.

31 Dec., 1923. per week.

31 Dec., 1924. per week.

31 Dec., 1925.

per week.

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rates and flat rate increases):

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per week.
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Shipwrights

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NOTE. The particulars given relate in most cases to general or district rates of wages recognised by the employers' and workers' organisations; in some cases special advances in wage rates have been granted in addition to particular groups of work people, the effects of which are not included. An explanation of the data used, and of the qualifications attaching to the figures, will be found in an article in the Ministry of Labour Gazette for October, 1925, pages 342 to 344.

(a) The averages quoted are as computed by the Ministry of Agriculture; they include the value of certain allowances in kind. (b) In addition to the percentages quoted, piece rates of wages were enhanced in 1919 to compensate for a reduction in hours of labour.

(c) The percentages from 1920 onwards include an enhancement given in compensation for the reduction of hours from 55 to 48 per week in the cotton industry, and from varying hours to 48 in the hosiery industry. These percentages, therefore exceed the actual percentage increases over pre-war weekly wage rates. (d) These percentages include the effect of general advances granted on basic rates (amounting to 10 per cent. at the end of 1919, 15 per cent. at the end of 1920, and 10 per cent. at the end of 1921-5) in addition to the general cost-of-living_bonuses. They exclude, however, enhancements granted in 1919 in compensation for reduced hours of labour. In the case of certain higher-paid time workers the amount of the general advances was less than that quoted.

(e) In addition to the general advances, basic rates of wages were increased in 1919 by 5 and 8 per cent. in the case of time workers and piece workers respectively in Yorkshire, and by varying amounts in Lancashire and Scotland. The percentage increases shown for piece-workers in Yorkshire exclude enhancements given in 1919 in compensation for reduced hours of labour.

(f) The figures quoted for 1920 and later years are the national agreed minimum time rates.

(g) The rates quoted were adopted in 1914 to operate in 1915.

WAGES.

OCCUPATIONS and INDUSTRIES for which particulars are available, at JULY, 1914, the YEARS 1920 to 1925.

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(A) The weekly rates are computed by multiplying the hourly rates by the average number of hours in a full ordinary week, the summer and winter hours being taken into account for this purpose.

(1) For 1914 the rates shown are the estimated approximate average of the rates actually paid; for later dates they are the agreed standard rates.

(In addition to the rates quoted, extra payment was made to drivers performing over a certain mileage per day. (A) Free food was provided in addition to the rates quoted.

(1) Predominant rates at the principal ports.

() Agreed standard rates.

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