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NIGHT WORK OPERATION 
REecruiTiNG oF LaBor For NicutT Work 
ENERALLY, the recruiting of labor for night work is 
G more difficult than for day work, although in many 
cases similar problems arise. The night-work period 
itself or the longer number of hours are unattractive to many 
employees. As in the case of day work the problem is affected 
by the type of work, by the wages offered, by local conditions, 
by social and home-life factors, by the presence or lack of 
adequate transportation facilities and by the proximity of the 
employee’s residence to the plant. As a general rule, young 
and skilled workers are not attracted to night work even 
with the offer of extra financial incentives. The comment 
generally received is that the competent skilled worker can 
always find day work and therefore does not seek night work. 
Even the supply of untrained, unskilled and middle-aged 
applicants for night work is not always plentiful. 
The recruiting of labor for night work is in some instances 
affected by the season of the year. The supply of night 
workers is particularly scarce in the warm summer months, 
because of the difficulty of procuring adequate sleep and rest 
in hot weather, as well as because of the inclination of shift- 
less employees to lead an idle life during this period. For 
the “floater,” the wage and warmth offered in the factory by 
the possibility of night work cease to be attractive with the 
accumulation of money and the arrival of warm weather. 
Even the better class of employees in many cases do not take 
a job with the intention of remaining permanently on the 
night force but, as a rule, only until a satisfactory day job 
can be found. 
The supply of labor for night forces, in general, consists of 
less skilled men than are available for day work. It should be 
borne in mind also that in many instances when night work 
is in effect in plants, it is the response to greater production 
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