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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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on iv tlie lojt and Shoe InduRtry» Beginning with May, 1920, Department of laborfigures show the development of unemployment and de-creased payrolls in the Boot and Shoe industry^ Thisis shown in the following table of index numbers. Itappears graphically in the chart wliieli faces the table*The tendencies appear similar to those already remarkedin connection with other industries, a drop in thetotal purchasing power of the group from and indexnumber of 258 to a low point of 153 in January, 1921.This means that the purchasing power of these wageearners was diminished by over 4:0%, The effect of sucha decrease in intensifying the industrial depressionwill be apparent. During the same period the ind«^showing number employed fell from 101 to 67, or bysomething over 20fo, Here again v/e find recruits addedto the ranks of surplus workers, potential competitorsfor every job. Until they accept a Job on the employersconditions they will receive no income with which tosupport their families.
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TOS.^ j^AYROlL ATTB HOlffiEB EMPLOYE® AS REPC III BOOTS Mm SHOES « mT¥^ TO ^ L S. EEFT. O:^ MBOH- lUDEX mjMBiJHS BAS13D ON JAU. 19lfc>- 100. DOTH , PAYHOiL. aeae. 1920, 1921. January Ell 258 153 Febraajy EOl 241 189 Mac oh 200 257 189 Apj?il 185 258 186 May 194 255 188 Jtme 197 E56 £01 July EOl 229 200 August 215 223 £15 September 220 189 213 Ootober £25 165 200 Uovembei; 228 150 194 Deoembex 251 162 — J.919. .NDMBES EMPLtO/TEB. January 1920^ 1921. janHa.cy 95 102 67 Febxuaxy 95 100 73 March 95 101 74 Apxil 91 99 75 M^y 92 97 78 June 91 96 62 July 91 38 85 August 94 87 89 Septembe-c 96 74 89 Ootobej 97 71 88 UovembeJ 99 67 87 December 101, 68 ,« Depression in the Sheet Metal ard Hardware Industry. Although not so abrupt, the decrease in thepurchasing power of workers employed in sheet metal workand in the hardv;are industry was not less drastic. Thisis shown in the following table vjxth its accompanyingchart*, The total payroll begins to decrease in August.1920. By the fol

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