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Title: Before the United States Railroad Labor Board : argument for a wage increase
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Jewell, B. M American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees Dept United States Railroad Labor Board
Subjects: Wages Railroads Arbitration, Industrial
Publisher: (S.l. : Railway Employes' Dept., A.F. of L.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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ned on the basiaof the law of supply and demand in a labor market such as thatpictured in the chart under consideration can in no sense beconsidered as just and reasonable* The determination of juetand reasonable wage rates implies equality between employer andemployee. Ho such equality exists when employers are protectedby huge surpluses and wage earners are faced with such unem-ployment and diminished purchasing power as appears in tiiesetables. In December 19S0 tihe first decrease in wages and employ-ment among workers in the ear and Locomotive shops makes itsappearance. This appears in the table and chart covering thisindustry. Approximately 60fo of the weLge earners covered and-directly employed by railroads, the rest are employed by rail-road eq.uipment concerns. The chart shows -the decrease in thepurchasing power of railroad employees in N. Y- State to havebeen similar to chat of employees in other industries. BetweenNovember, 1920 and June, 1921,, the total payroll had fallen
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TOTAL PAYROLL AMD iroivIKER SMPL0Y:SDIN CiffiS. LOCOMOTIVES MW RAILWAY ESPAIR SHOPSAS H^TORTaP TO IV^W YORK STATB IKSUATRIAL CQMMSSIOB(IMLEX LUMBERS BASED OK JAl^i.1918 =100) TOTAL PAYROLL 1918 1919 1920 1921 Jan. 100 19 g 135 168 Feb. 107 142 137 142 Mar. 116 138 154 130 April 116 132 155 102 May 124 131 156 94 J ana 126 115 160 84 Jaly 142 115 160 84 Aag, 162 126 181 97 Sept, 180 114 189 96 Oct. 174 117 190 101 Nov. 170 130 193 106 Dec. 180 139 188 118 DUMBER EtJPLOYSD 1918 1919 1920 „ 1921 Jan. 100 112 96 ^ MOT Feb. 104 107 95 86 Mar. 84 110 • 101 79 April 105 100 101 65 May 106 97 100 58 J ana 105 91 101 50 July 106 91 102 59 Aag. 108 95 102 66 Sspt 112 89 107 66 Oct. 111 88 109 70 II017. 109 91 113 73 Dec. 114 96 108 81 22 \j off 57,0. This L-eant thac she -.-/orlcers in Glaes^ car andlocomotive shcpa, t;aken as a ^roup, had less chan one-half asmuch to spend for the necessities of life in the aid.dle of1921 as they had in the last months of 192iO. Throughout the^ears covered

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