Monthly Report on Current Wage Developments, Issues 85-96

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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wage Analysis Branch, 1955 - Wages
 

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Page iii - May 11 on a series of increases to be added to the basic rate of pay for road freight conductors and brakemen depending upon the maximum number of cars in the train. This agreement was revised later in the month when a similar type of agreement was reached with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Page i - package" was valued at about 14 cents a man-hour by a spokesman for one of the companies. The agreements, effective May 15, cover approximately 22,000 workers in major flat glass plants in 7 States.
Page 6 - Workers Union, Pan American World Airways raised wages of mechanics and ground service employees by 11 cents an hour retroactive to September 1 and instituted a new pay formula that increased take-home pay for flight service personnel.
Page 16 - unpaid" holidays, on which workers are not paid if they do not work but receive time and a half if they work, was reduced from 4 to 1 but the provision for 6 paid holidays remained unchanged.
Page 16 - ... from 4 to 1 but the provision for 6 paid holidays remained unchanged. The clause that previously required mutual advance consent to introduction of new methods was...
Page iii - June 16: Less than 81 cars, 20 cents; 81 to 105 cars, 55 cents; 106 to 125 cars, 95 cents; 126 to 145 cars, $1.20; 146 to 165 cars, $1.30; and 20 cents for each additional block of 20 cars or less.
Page iii - The basic daily rates of passenger conductors and trainmen were increased 20 cents a day. The agreement with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen also provided for a $5 a month increase for dining car stewards.
Page i - A general wage increase of 8 cents an hour for all workers, additional increases of 8 cents for maintenance...
Page 2 - Unlike the foregoing summary of other industries, which is limited to situations in which contracts were reopened or renegotiated, the...
Page 5 - The contract provided for a company contribution of 3.cents an hour toward a fund for supplemental unemployment compensation beginning in October 1956 with...

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