AMERICA’S WORKING DAY.
The United States Bureau of Labour Statistics undertook in 1019 a survey of certain selected industries, and a report now published embodies the provisional results of the investigation as regards wages and hours of labour. In the selection of industries, the chief point considered was the number of wageearners employed. Twenty-eight industries in all, carried on in 4.1 Slates, and comprising 780 occupations, xfktre investigated. Particulars of the hours worked and of earnings received were collected from 2,365 establishments giving employment to 404,758 workers (318,940 males and 85,812 females). The general averages for The United States as a whole were ascertained to be ;is follows: Hours ■worked per day—males 7.0, females 7.5; earnings per hour worked males 50 cents (2s 4d), females 30 cents (Is 3d). These figures represent the average number of hours worked per day by each employee; the hours most frequently worked were from 8 to 0 per day.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2271, 3 May 1921, Page 1
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155AMERICA’S WORKING DAY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2271, 3 May 1921, Page 1
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