HC Deb 08 March 1922 vol 151 c1263
38. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Minister of Labour the wages paid to workmen by good employers in the brewing trade in March of 1919, 1920 and 1921, respectively; and the wages paid to similar classes of workmen during the present month?

The following Table gives particulars of the rates of wages agreed upon by the Employers Associations and the Trade Unions concerned for some of the principal classes of workpeople employed in the brewing industry in various districts.
Locality. Class of Worker. March, 1919. March, 1920. March, 1921. March, 1922.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
London Inside Workers—
Men 21 years and over —* 70 0† 76 0 70 0
Women 18 years and over —* 38 0† 41 0 38 0
Horse Draymen —* 77 0† 83 0 77 0
Mechanical Drivers —* 80 0† 86 0 80 0
Burton-on-Trent Inside Labourers 54 0 55 6 70 0 61 0
Girls in bottling stores—
18 years of age —* 26 0 31 6 28 6
21 years of age —* 33 0 41 0 36 6
Carters and Drivers—
1 Horse 54 0 56 6 70 0 61 0
2 Horse 56 0 58 6 72 0 63 0
Motor Lorry Drivers —* —* 80 0 71 0
Liverpool Men, 21 years and over (except bottling department). —* 66 0 74 0 66 0
Sheffield Inside men 58s. and 59s. 63s. and 64s. 71 0 64 0
Carters and Lorrymen 61 0 66 0 73 0 66 0
Women in bottling department 32 0 35 0 38 0 35 0
Bristol and West of England. Inside Workers—
Men 21 years and over —* —* 67 0 62 0
Women 18 years of age —* —* 31 6 30 0
Women 21 years of age —* —* 40 0 37 0
* Information not available.
† The figures relate to April, 1920, information for March not being available.
Note.—The rates given are the minimum rates agreed upon by the Employers' Associations and the Trade Unions. In some cases, higher rates may actually be paid to a proportion of the workpeople. For example, at Burton-on-Trent, inside men on shift work are paid 8d. a shift (at March, 1922) above the rate shown for inside labourers. No information is available, however, as to the proportions of workpeople paid at rates above the minima shown.