Organizacion política y económica de la Confederacion Argentina, que contiene: 1. Bases y puntos de partida para la organización política de la República Argentina; 2. Elementos del derecho público provincial argentino; 3. Sistema económico y rentístico de la Confederacion Argentina; 4. De la Integridad nacional de la República Argentina, bajo todos sus gobiernos

Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 825824427

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-50636

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Alberdi, Juan Bautista http://d-nb.info/gnd/118644254

Title:: Organizacion política y económica de la Confederacion Argentina, que contiene: 1. Bases y puntos de partida para la organización política de la República Argentina; 2. Elementos del derecho público provincial argentino; 3. Sistema económico y rentístico de la Confederacion Argentina; 4. De la Integridad nacional de la República Argentina, bajo todos sus gobiernos

Edition:: Nueva edicion oficial, corregida y revisada por el autor

Place of publication:: Besanzon

Publisher:: Impr. de José Jacquin

Year of publication:: 1856

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 870 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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180 DORTMUND. commonly piece wages paid to a gang (“Kameradschaft”) of from 4 to 10 workmen ; the price of the particular piece of work is settled between the manager and the eldest workman in the gang on behalf of himself and his fellows. Wages are paid monthly, but an advance is generally made halfway through the month. The workmen’s unions in Dortmund are not very strong. The branch of the Socialist German Metal Workers’ Union has only some 1,800 members, and the “ Christian ” or Roman Catholic unions are much weaker. The miners’ unions are also very small, the strongholds of the miners being at Bochum (for the Socialists) and Essen (for the “ Christian ” movement). There are two Workmen’s Secretariates at Dortmund. One of these has been founded, and is maintained, by the various Socialist unions, which contribute according to their membership. In 1905 there were 8,186 clients who made personal visits, connected with 8,579 cases, in addition to 411 cases dealt with by letter. The great majority of the clients, 6,355, were miners, and 32 per cent, of the cases were concerned with compulsory insurance. There is also a Secretariate established by the Catholic organisations, which deals with some 3,000 cases a year. One result of the activity of these two agencies is that the municipal authorities have themselves recently established a bureau for free legal advice. In the coal-mining industry hewers earned in October, 1905, from 30s. to 36s. and trammers from 17s. 8d. to 19s. 10d. per week of six shifts, each of eight hours, excluding the time taken by the descent and ascent, which makes about half an hour a day extra. Surface labourers earned from 18s. Id. to 21s. 0d. for 60 hours’ work. The following Table gives the average number of shifts, the average wages per shift, and the average net earnings (after deduction of insurance contribu tions, &c.) of each workman in the entire Dortmund mining area for the years 1900-1905* :— Group. Underground Workers (Hewers and Trammers). Other Underground Workers ... ^ Above-ground Workers ... I Year. 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 Average Shifts per Workman. Average Wages per Shift. 309 291 288 304 296 283 327 306 297 311 301 291 339 325 322 332 333 334 s. d. 5 2 4 10 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 Average Annual Earnings per Workman. £ s. 79 12 72 7 65 14 70 11 70 15 68 10 54 16 51 4 47 15 50 17 50 49 56 54 52 54 14 55 16 57 3 * It must be remembered that the number of shifts and the total earnings in 1905 were affected by the great coal strike. In the engineering trades skilled men earn as a rule from 27s. to 32s. per week, moulders and smiths going up to 36s., while labourers earn from 20s. to 23s. In the iron and steel works first smelters earn from 33s. to 36s. and second smelters from 24s. to 27s., first and second puddlers from 33s. to 37s. 2d. and from 27s. to 30s. respectively, while leading rollers earn from 57s. to 63s., second men from 36s. to 39s., and other rollers 27s. to 29s. 5d. In these works the wages of unskilled labourers range from 18s. to 21s. It should be noted that wages agreements are usual in the building trades, these being concluded between the employers in the several trades and the two groups of trade unions (the Socialist and Christian) jointly ; the two societies of bricklayers have together some 2,400 members.

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