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BRUNSWICK.
Labour is well organised at Brunswick. The principal trade unions (most
of which are of the “ Free” or Social Democratic type) are those of the metal
workers, brewery workers, factory workers and labourers, and the workpeople
engaged in the building trades. These organisations carry on a vigorous
agitation and have secured an increase of wages in several industries. In
connection with the Social Democratic Trades’ Federation, a Workmen’s
Secretariate is carried on.
Wages and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905.
Weekly Hours of
Labour.
Weekly Wages.
Building* :—
Bricklayers and Masons
Stonemasons
Carpenters ...
Joiners
Plumbers ...
Painters
Stucco Workers
Glaziers
Roofers
Hodmen
Labourers ...
Engineering :—
Fitters
Turners
Smiths
Strikers
Moulders ...
Pattern-makers
Labourers ...
Printing :—
Compositors
Beet Sugar :—
Sugar Boilers
Labourers ...
Canned Goods :—
Boilers
Tinsmiths ...
Firemen
Labourers ...
Manufacture of Cans :—
Tinsmiths
Tin Cutters and Fasteners
Stampers
Labourers ...
Jute :—
Spinners
Weavers
Calender Workers
Labourers
Brewing :—
Brewers
Coopers
Engine-room Men
Stokers
Draymen ...
Labourers ...
Sawing :—
Sawyers, Planers and Groovers
Labourers ...
Carmen
32s. 5d.
34s. 2c?.
31s. 4c?.
25s. 8c?.
22s. 10c?. to 28s. 6c?.
34s. 2c?. to 37s. lc?.
35s. to 40s. 6c?.
19s. 10c?. to 27s.
25s. 8c?
25s. 8c?.
22s. 10c?.
31s. to 33s.
28s. 10c?. „ 29s. 5c?.
33s. to 35s. 5c?.
25s. 2c?. to 28s. 10c?.
3is. 4c?. to 33s.
26s. 6c?. to 28s. 10c?.
18s. „ 21s.
25 s. 11c?.
30s. to 36s.
14s. 6c?. to 15s.
(When paid by the
piece, 23s.)
27s. to 32s.
21s. „ 23s.
18s. „ 21s.
18s. „ 21s.
27s. to 30s.
24s. „ 30s.
27s. „ 30s.
18s. to 19s. 6c?.
22s. to 24s.
24s. „ 26s.
18s.
16s. to 17s.
25 s.
25s.
23s.
22s.
22s.
20s.
24s.
21s. 7c?.
21s. 7c?.
54
57
57
57
57
57
54
57
57
57
57
57 to 60
57 to 60
57 to 60
57 to 60
57 to 60
57 to 60
57 to 60
54
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
* The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full'week in
summer.