Women in the Printing Trades: A Sociological Study.

by Unknown

Piece Rates—Quick Hand.

1899.			1899.			1899.			1899.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
1	20	3	14	10	5	27	18	7	40	18	2
2	18	9	15	15	3½	28	18	3½	41	18	3½
3	18	9	16	18	2	29	15	4½	42	18	11
4	18	4½	17	20	8½	30	16	4	43	21	3
5	18	10	18	22	1	31	15	11	44	21	7½
6	20	1	19	19	10½	32	9	10	45	18	10
7	18	11	20	18	11	33	19	6	46	18	9
8	19	1½	21	12	9	34	17	7½	47	18	0½
9	21	6	22	20	0	35	16	0½	48	19	9½
10	20	4	23	18	9	36	17	6½	49	22	4
11	19	10½	24	17	5	37	18	0	50	19	5
12	19	1½	25	17	11	38	17	10	51	19	6
13	14	4	26	19	1½	39	17	4	52	6	3½

15. PLATE HAND IN BOOKBINDING HOUSE.

Time Rates, 13s. for 54 hours till October, then 14s. Overtime, 3d. an hour.

1899.			1899.			1899.			1899.
Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.	Week.	s.	d.
1	12	8	14	7	11	27	11	4	40	13	7½
2	12	5	15	13	9	28	12	8	41	12	8
3	12	8	16	14	4½	29	13	7½	42	14	10½
4	12	8	17	13	6	30	13	0	43	13	9
5	12	10½	18	13	0	31	13	0	44	13	10½
6	12	6½	19	13	0	32	8	2	45	13	7½
7	12	9	20	14	4½	33	12	9½	46	14	7½
8	12	10½	21	9	1½	34	13	0	47	18	6
9	12	10½	22	14	6	35	13	6	48	15	3
10	13	0	23	10	9	36	—		49	13	6
11	13	0	24	12	10½	37[x]	—		50	13	6
12	12	9	25	13	4½	38	13	0	51	13	10½
13	11	7	26	13	0	39	14	10	52	9	5½

[x] Missing from wage sheets.

16. PLATE HAND IN BOOKBINDING HOUSE.

Time Rates, 16s. for 54 hours. Overtime, 3½d. per hour for first 3 hours, 4d. per hour afterwards.

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

[x] Missing from wage sheets.