Women in the Printing Trades: A Sociological Study.

by Unknown

Time Rates.

This worker was paid 18s. per week steadily throughout the year 1899.

7. LEARNER. FOLDER IN BOOKBINDING HOUSE.

Up to week 8 receives Fixed Sum, afterwards Half Earnings at Piece Rates.

1899.			1899.			1899.			1899.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
1	2	0	14	3	1½	27	7	8	40	6	0½
2	2	0	15	6	1	28	5	2½	41	7	3½
3	2	0	16	5	8½	29	5	4½	42	6	0½
4	2	0	17	6	9½	30	4	11	43	6	9½
5	2	0	18	7	7	31	4	10	44	8	0½
6	2	0	19	7	2	32	3	10	45	6	4
7	2	0	20	6	4½	33	6	10½	46	6	4½
8	2	0	21	3	9½	34	2	2	47	6	2
9	6	6	22	6	9½	35	—		48	6	0½
10	7	7	23	6	11½	36	4	2	49	7	4
11	5	9½	24	6	5½	37	6	2½	50	6	3½
12	6	1½	25	5	9½	38	6	1½	51	7	1
13	4	9	26	6	2	39	5	8	52	1	10

8. FOLDER AND GATHERER IN BOOKBINDING HOUSE.

Piece Rates.

1899.			1899.			1899.			1899.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
1	7	5½	14	5	9	27	4	3	40	14	0
2	16	4	15	11	3½	28	9	1½	41	13	1
3	10	1	16	21	2	29	13	5	42	16	7
4	18	7	17	20	0	30	17	7	43	14	3
5	14	9	18	12	8½	31	7	0	44	13	5
6	11	8½	19	12	5	32	9	1	45	14	1
7	13	9	20	27	11	33	15	4	46	19	10
8	19	11½	21	15	7½	34	18	8	47	21	11
9	13	3	22	15	11	35	17	9	48	18	2½
10	4	3	23	9	5	36	6	11	49	11	1½
11	14	6	24	14	5	37[x]	—		50	14	7½
12	17	7	25	12	1	38	8	0	51	8	9½
13	19	7½	26	14	3½	39	19	3½	52	8	6

[x] Week missing from wage sheets.