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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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:PLOYED Jan. 100 97 111 65 Feb. 98 97 111 95 Mar. 88 99 112 69 April 98 96 110 58 May 100 99 101 69 Jane 101 83 106 67 Jaly 102 95 106 59 Aap. 104 103 103 58 Sept. 102 107 100 59 Oct. 97 109 96 61 Nov, 100 112 88 60 Dec. 102 112 80 62 209 Decreased Purchasing Bovver and. Brnployment in Brass Industry. Between September, 1920 and March, 1921, the pur-chasing power of the wage earners in the Brass, Copper andAluminum Industry had been cut by 54%, the payroll indexnumber falling from 189 to 87, according to N. Y. StateIndustrial Gommission figures. This could mean nothingless than a sharp contraction in their demand for theproducts of farms and factories* During the same period fee index mirnher of employmenthad dropped from 103 to 59. indicating the fact that offer40fo of the employees had been thrown out of work, thusincreasing the surplus of workers looking for jobs. The development of deflation in the payrolls ofthis industry appears in the following table with itsaccompanying chart.
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