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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.