STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. of WORK in GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND, NUMBER of WORKING DAYS, CLASSIFIED by GROUPS of INDUSTRIES. 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. 2 and under 4 weeks. 10 and under 20 weeks. 20 weeks and upwards. YEARS. 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Under 1 week. 158,000 138,000 246,000 124,000 124,000 138,000 371,000 500,000 407,000 358,000 132,000 88,000 196,000 151,000 126,000 Under 100 203,000 195,000 391,000 274,000 165,000 126,000 178,000 245,000 466,000 589,000 245,000 213,000 141,000 179,000 179,000 1 and under 2 weeks. 4 and 6 and under 10 weeks. AGGREGATE DURATION IN WORKING DAYS BY NUMBERS INVOLVED. 100 and under 250 work 250 and under 500 work 500 and under 1,000 work people. people. people. 833,000 474,000 1,163,000 821,000 268,000 208,000 371,000 441,000 1,054,000 940,000 439,000 372,000 658,000 617,000 304,000 1,000 and under 2,500 people. 13,000 111,000 90,000 21,000 2,000 33,000 3,000 3,000 120,000 46,000 1,156,000 268,000 10,000 12,000 9,000 1,048,000 1,203,000 2,059,000 1,056,000 430,000 296,000 564,000 833,000 1,618,000 1,484,000 937,000 547,000 1,026,000 1,275.000 1,291,000 2,500 and under 5,000 work people. 6,000 952,000 5,000 1,462,000 9,000 664,000 21,000 447,000 2,000 448,000 1,000 276,000 1,000 872,000 2,000 1,116,000 5,000 2,591,000 28,000 1,932,000 5,000 1,801,000 3,000 552,000 73,000 405,000 6,000 613,000 18,000 442,000 Total. 5,000 and Total. 786,000 6,314,000 10,126,000 304,000 35,156,000 38,255,000 1,609,000 3,213,000 10,239,000 559,000 5,371,000 9,362,000 1,643,000 2,969,000 1,125,000 2,367,000 102,000 347,000 443,000 3,776,000 5,865,000 595,000 3,033,000 5,892,000 1,211,000 30,512,000 35,330,000 809,000 23,489,000 28,858,000 235,090 79,667,000 82,269,000 344,000 17,567,000 19,652,000 232,000 8,492,000 10,949,000 221,000 5,430,000 8,361,000 879,000 5,749,000 8,920,000 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 beginning in that or an earlier year. 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.) The figures below are representative of all items, viz., food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, &c. COST OF LIVING. VAGES. No. 79.-RELATIVE LEVEL of RATES of WAGES for ADULT WORKERS in certain 31 Dec. 1920. per week. 8. d. 46 101 31 Dec., 1921. per week. 8. d. 36 10 31 Dec., 1922. per week. 31 Dec., 1923. per week. 31 Dec., 1924. per week. 31 Dec., 1925. per week. s. d. 27 10 8. d. 8. d. 28 0 28 0 8. d. 31 5 (Percentage additions to standard per cent. rates and flat rate increases): Durham Northumberland Yorkshire and East Midlands Lancs., N. Staffs. and Cheshire S. Wales and Mon. Scotland Engineering (average of recognised rates in 16 principal centres): Fitters and Turners per cent.(b) per cent.(b) per cent. (b) per cent.(b) per cent.(b) per cent.(b) + 28'00 + 47'63 + 28 66 + 137'64 per week. per week. s. d. s. d. 8. d. 8. d. 38 11 89 7 76 9 56 1 55 0 Patternmakers Ironmoulders Labourers Shipbuilding (average of recognised 40 1 rates in 9 principal centres): Shipwrights Ship Joiners 55 7 Labourers Cotton (percentage added to list 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 workpeople, the effects of which are not included. An explanation of the data used, and of the qualifications attaching to he 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 n 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 rom 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. (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. (7) 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. (D) Predominant rates at the principal ports. (m) Agreed standard rates. |
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