APPENDIX C. FORMS USED IN 1905 FOR THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS. (1). EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS. (2). MONTHLY REPORT ON UNEMPLOYMENT. (3). WAGES OF WORKERS IN BRICKYARDS. Employment and Earnings in the Third Quarter, 1905. TO UNION SECRETARIES: NEW YORK STATE-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. ALBANY, September 10, 1905. The Bureau of Labor Statistics requests your assistance in obtaining for public information statistics of the wages of organized working people, on the line of the quarterly reports in use since 1896. If you are unable to state the earnings of the members of your union, the Bureau will furnish you with typewritten slips, like the enclosed,† for distribution among the individual members; upon the return of those forms to you, you will be able to fill out this schedule and mail same to the Bureau in the stamped envelope herewith enclosed. The Bureau desires to have all schedules returned within a week or ten days after the end of September. * SPACES LEFT BLANK ARE TO be Filled in BY SECRETARY, WHO IS ALSO REQUESTED TO CORRECT Do you wish the Bureau to send you in future blank forms for the use of individual members? [Signature of the person furnishing the information.] [Form B, 1905-5M. Aug.] Please fill this blank for the State Bureau of Labor Statistics and return it to the Secretary of your Union on or before Oct.4, 1905. 1. How many days were you idle in July, Aug. and Sept., 1905?.. 2. Rate of wages (per day or week)?... 3. Overtime in above three months? Days?.. 4. Total earnings in above three months?. 5. Were you idle on the last working day in September?... .Earnings?. 6. If so, mark the cause: Lack of work? The weather? Strike or lockout? Lack of material? Sickness? Old age? Other causes? [Page 2] REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST ANd septembeR, 1905. Have working hours been reduced or increased since October 1, 1904?.. If so, state change.. Date of change. Women. How many members were affected? Men. If working by the SCALE OF WAGES: Give union rates for each trade or occupation pursued by members of your organization; also note any change in the scale since October 1, 1904. piece, enclose union schedule of piece rates. How were these changes brought about (by direct negotiation with employers, intervention of international officers of the union, arbitration or conciliation, joint conference boards or under sliding scales, without strike or after strike)?... If your organization has been affected by a strike or lockout between April 1 and September 30, give date, and name of employer... |