Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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BRESLAU. ni were in operation in October, 1905. In regard to these trades the information was obtained by the courtesy of a number of the principal employers of labour who furnished returns extracted from their paysheets. In those trades the majority of the men worked as a rule on the piece-wage system, and the employer was asked to state the amount most frequently earned in a full week without working overtime. Wages and Hours of Labour in the principal occupations, October, 1905. Weekly Wages. Weekly Hours of Labour. Building Trades* :— Bricklayers and Masons 30s. 60 Stonemasons : On Buildings... In Workshops Carpenters Joiners ... 26s. 5d. 24s. 30s. 22s. lid. 48 48 60 54 Plastic moulding makers : On Buildings In Workshops Plumbers and Fitters ... Painters Labourers 36s. 27s. 27s. 24s. 19s. 2d. to 21s. 48 48 60 60 60-64 Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding :— Fitters : In Shipyards In Railway, &c., van construction In Iron structural work Turners : In Shipyards... In Railway, &c., van construction Smiths : In Shipyards... In Railway, «fee., van construction Patternmakers ... Angle-iron smiths : In Shipyards In Iron structural work Platers (in Shipyards) Rivetters : In Shipyards... In Iron structural work Caulkers (in Shipyards) Holders-up ( „ ) Shipwrights (iron and wood) Labourers : Shipyards ... ... ••• Railway and van construction Iron structural work 31s. 3d. 28s. 21s. 6d. 34s. 27s. 33s. 32s. 30s. 20s. 24s. 29s. 24a 24s. 25s. 19s. Gd. 30s. 18s. to 20s. 6d. 17s. Its. Textile Trades :— Worsted Spinners Dyers Labourers Printing and Allied Trades :— Hand Compositors, Machine-minders, and Pressmen. Machine Compositors : News ... Jobbing Process Printers Copperplate Printers ... Bookbinders 20s. to 25s. 21s. „ 22s. 18s. 25s. lid. 32s. 4d. 33s. 8d. 24s. 30s. 14s. to 17s. 594 57 60 594 57 594 57 594 59& 60 59& 594 594 594 60 57 60 624 624 624 54 48 54 5L 51 59 Wood-working Trades :— Wood Carvers ... Joiners (furniture) Upholsterers 17s. lOd. 16s. 2d. 18s. 51 54 51 * The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in summer.

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