In the Engineering Industry over 50 per cent. of the employees 
generally are in a position to earn 33} per cent. or more on their 
base rates by working on payment by results, and it can be shown 
that whereas base rates may not compare favourably with the rates 
in non-exporting industries the earnings of engineering operatives 
compare very favourably with the rates paid in these industries. 
COMPARISON OF RATES AND EARNINGS OF 
ENGINEERING FITTERS WITH RATES PAID 
IN OTHER INDUSTRIES. 
Industry. 
ENGINEERING 
Time rate vor i 
Earnings ix for 
BUiLpine (tirade “A ™) ... 
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY 
(London) wa — 
C1v1L, ENGINEERING 
{Class 1.) rs ee 
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS* 
(Grade “B™) ... I 
HEATING AND DOMESTIC 
(Grade “ 1B 7) e. 
PRINTING ... - - 
TRANSPORT :— 
L.G.0.C. ws a 
L.C.C. Trams ... 5a 
Class of | Weekly 
Workpeople. Hours. 
Fitters wn oR 
Fitters :— 
Timeworkers wp 
Payment by Result 
Workers vas 
Nombined Time and 
P bv R. Workers 
4% 
49-2 
47:7 
4AR.4 
Craftsmen ... ee 
summer 
464 
Winter 
14 
Cabinet Makers ... 
47 
Surminer 
494 
Winter |! 
141 
47 
Fitters ae 
Wiremen ... wee 
Pipe Fitters pr 
Compositors vs 
(Jobbing) Provinces 
Fy 
London | 
Bus Drivers oie 4 
Conductors we “3 
Drivers yoy . 2 
Conductors ee g" 
Hourly 
Rate. 
1/28 
1/42 
1/76 
1/61 
1/7 
1 
1/8 
1/5 
to 
11/6 
1/7% 
1/7% 
1/36 
to 
1/7-4 
+/10% 
1/9-8 
3 
Tile 
Weekly Rate. 
58/11 (average) 
66 /5% 
T7/9% 
72 110 
73/73 
BO IR 
78 /4 
70/4} to 74/3 
63/04 to 66/9 
76/41 
75 j43 
6216 to 77 /6 
89/0 
86/6 
79/6 
78 [-(Max.) 
73 ]-(Max.) 
* Rate to operate on 1st pay-dav in January, 1931 
But there is another consideration when referring to wages. 
Earnings based on results bear a direct relation to output and 
consequently to the cost of production. 
A comparison with’ the rates paid to the principal classes of 
engineering operatives in this country with those paid to the same 
classes in other countries helps to emphasise the disabilities under 
which the British Engineering Industry is labouring. This is shown 
in Appendix “D”, a table submitted by the Minister of Labour 
in reply to a question in the House on 16th May, 1930.