§ 53. Sir C. Osborneasked the Postmaster-General if he will give in column form the average weekly earnings, including overtime, of three representative grades of Post Office workers for each year since and including 1951; what effect his recent offer of wage 47W increase would have upon the latest earnings; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BevinsBelow is a table of estimated average weekly earnings, including overtime, of three of the largest grades: postmen, telephonists and technicians IIA. These are monetary earnings: they do not include fringe benefits.
My recent offer affects only postmen and the smaller grade of postmen higher grade. It would have the effect of increasing the average earnings of those grades in 1964 by 4 per cent. immediately, to which would be added any further increase shown to be justified by the special pay research survey I have proposed.
ESTIMATED AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS INCLUDING OVERTIME — Postman Telephonist Technician IIA £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1951 6 15 2 5 6 9 6 17 8 1952 7 15 6 5 19 6 8 4 2 1953 8 1 8 6 6 9 8 13 3 1954 8 7 3 6 13 6 8 15 0 1955 9 6 5 7 5 2 9 14 10 1956 10 14 8 8 0 5 11 3 7 1957 11 14 6 8 2 1 11 5 7 1958 11 12 8 9 0 5 11 18 4 1959 12 0 10 9 7 10 12 9 6 1960 12 1 8 9 8 5 12 14 1 1961 12 15 5 10 2 6 13 16 10 1962 13 19 6 10 12 1 14 2 5 1963 14 13 7 11 11 4 15 7 2 1964 (to date) 14 14 10 11 12 11 15 18 7