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
n non-exporting industries the earnings of engineering operatives
sompare verv favourably with the rates paid in these industries.
COMPARISON OF RATES AND EARNINGS OF
ENGINEERING FITTERS WITH RATES PAID
IN OTHER INDUSTRIES.
[ndustry.
Class of
Workpeople.
Weekly
Hours
Hourly
Tate
BNGINEERING
Time rate a
Fitters we ae
17
| 192.8
Earnings ver
Fitters :—
Timeworkers oe
Payment by Result
Workers waa
Jombined Time and
? bv B. Workers
192
£77
1R.4
1/42
107.6
1/68-1
BUILDING (Grade “ A™) ...
Craftsmen ... oe
Summer
461
Winter
44
£7
Summer 1/5
494 to
Winter 1/6
14%
1/7
1/7
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY
(London) so wae
CIVIL ENGINEERING
{Class 1.) ie To
Cabinet Makers ...
Fitters I.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS™
(Grade “B’") _... oo
HEATING AND DOMESTIC
(Grade “ B ») wv
PRINTING ... ir p
Wiremen ... wis
Pipe Fitters
Compositors e
{Jobbine) Province:
1/7%
117%
12:6
TRANSPORT :—
L.G.O.C on
Londc
Bus Drivers
Zunductors
Jrivers #
Conductors
* Rate to operate on Ist pay-day in January. 1931
LCC Trams ...
Weekly Rate
581% (average)
66/53
77 19%
7a 10
73 /7%
60/8
78 14
70/4} to 74/3
63/0% to 66/0
76 {4%
75 143
62/6 to 77 16
89/0
86/6
796
73 /~(Max.)
78 J— (Max.)
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.
