HC Deb 26 April 1911 vol 24 cc1935-7W
Mr. TYSON WILSON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War, if he will state the individual earnings of the four highest and the four lowest machinists in the G and I divisions of the Army Clothing Factory since the reduction in the price of machining service dress trousers came into

G DIVISION
Date. Time. Lost Days. Number of Trousers Stitched. Wages Received. Wages which would have been paid under former rate. Workers loss under new rate. Work done separately.
Cloth, Tweed, etc. Service Dress. Sewing. Machining.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Week ending—
March 22nd, 1911 Four highest 99 62 28/8 32/6½ 3/10½
84 53 27/3½ 30/7¼ 3/3¾ 1/8 /4½
1 89 54 26/9 30/1½ 3/4½ 1/8 /4½
83 58 25/4 28/11½ 3/3¾
March 22nd, 1911 Four lowest 86 53 24/11½ 28/3½ 3/3¾
½ 93 58 24/11 28/6½ 3/7½
68 48 24/3 27/3 3/- 3/4 /9
65 41 21/6½ 24/1¼ 2/6¾ 2/11
March 29th, 1911 Four highest 98 46 28/10 31/8½ 2/10½ 3/4 /9
103 44 25/11 28/8 2/9
85 44 25/5½ 28/2½ 2/9 5/10 1/4
95 44 24/7 27/4 2/9
March 29th, 1911 Four lowest 90 42 23/5 26/0½ 2/7½
56 35 23/2 25/4¼ 2/2¼ 5/- 1/1½
85 43 23/- 25/8¼ 2/8¼
83 33 22/3 24/3¾ 2/0¾ 1/8
April 5th, 1911 Four highest 102 21 28/10½ 30/2¾ 1/3¾ 8/5 1/½9
112 30 28/1 29/11½ 1/10½ 3/5 /9
121 24 25/2 26/8 1/6 /10 /2
100 15 24/- 24/11¼ /11¼ 2/0½ 3/-
April 5th, 1911 Four lowest 99 23 22/9 24/2¼ 1/5¾ 2/5½ /6½
112 9 22/4½ 22/11¼ /6¾ 1/10½ /5
½ 100 24 21/9 23/3 1/6 2/7 /6½
104 22 21/5½ 22/10 1/4½
April 10th, 1911 (4 days).* Four highest ½ 43 105 25/1½ 31/8¼ 6/6¾
23 115 24/10 32/0¼ 7/2¼
28 109 24/9 31/6¾ 6/9¾
33 102 24/4 30/8½ 6/4½
April 10th, 1911 (4 days).* Four lowest 25 86 22/6 27/10½ 5/4½ 1/8 /4½
23 76 21/5½ 26/2½ 4/9 3/4 /9
18 89 19/11½ 25/6¼ 5/6¾
29 80 19/8 24/8 5/-
April 19th, 1911 (5 days).† Four highest ½ 51 57 22/4 25/10¾ 3/6¾ 1/8 /4½
1 30 57 18/11 22/5¾ 3/6¾ 1/8 /4½
29 49 18/6 21/6¾ 3/0¾ 2/6 /7
½ 37 42 17/4 19/11½ 2/7½ 1/8 /4½
April 19th, 1911 (5 days).† Four lowest 1 30 45 16/8 19/5¾ 2/9¾ 1/8 /4½
1 41 45 16/7 19/4¾ 2/9¾
1 41 37 15/1 17/4¾ 2/3¾
20 49 14/4 17/4¾ 3/0¾

operation; the number of trousers stitched by each machinist; and the loss of wage sustained by each owing to the reduction?

Colonel SEELY

submitted the following particulars of (1) Individual earnings of the four highest and four lowest machinists in G and I Divisions since the reduction in price for machining service dress trousers commenced; (1) The number of trousers stitched by each machinist, and the loss of wages sustained by each owing to the reduction.

J DIVISION.
Date. Time. Lost Days. Number of I Trousers Stitched. Wages Received. Wages which would have been paid under former rate. Workers loss under new rate. Work done separately.
Cloth, Tweed, etc. Service Dress. Sewing Machining.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Week ending—
March 22nd, 1911 Four highest ¼ 95 43 29/7½ 32/3¾ 2/8¼ 4/10½
95 50 28/3 31/4½ 3/1½ 1/8 /4½
90 45 27/2 29/11½ 2/9¾ 3/2
85 50 26/2 29/3½ 3/1½ 1/8 /4½
March 22nd, 1911 Four lowest ½ 88 48 23/10 26/10 3/-
83 37 21/3 23/6¾ 2/3¾
87 33 21/3 23/3¾ 2/0¾
75 36 19/8 21/11 2/3
March 29th, 1911 Four highest 112 19 30/7 31/9¼ 1/2¼ 7/7½
115 26 27/8 29/3½ 1/7½ 3/10
120 30 27/6½ 29/5 1/10½ 1/8 /4½
106 29 24/- 25/9¾ 1/9¾ 1/8 /4½
March 29th, 1911 Four lowest 103 21 21/11 23/2¾ 1/3¾
¼ 98 21 21/5½ 22/9¼ 1/3¾ 1/8 /4½
¾ 91 26 12/3 20/10½ 1/7¾ 1/8 /4½
85 27 18/5 20/3¼ 1/8¼
April 5th, 1911 Four highest 92 45 28/6 31/3¾ 2/9¾ 4/8 1/1
70 54 27/1 30/5½ 3/4½ 4/2 /10½
71 58 26/5 30/0½ 3/7½ 3/4 /7½
83 48 24/4½ 27/4½ 3/- /10 /2
April 5th, 1911 Four lowest ½ 57 76 23/4 28/1 4/9 2/7 /6½
55 71 22/9½ 27/2¾ 4/5¼
62 47 20/4 23/3¼ 2/11¼ /10 /2
43 67 19/9 23/11¼ 4/2¼
April 10th, 1911 (4 days).* Four highest 22 103 23/5 29/10¼ 6/5¼
3 111 21/4 28/3¼ 6/11¼
10 104 21/3 27/9 6/6
9 104 21/2 27/8 6/6
April 10th, 1911 (4 days).* Four lowest 4 102 19/½9 26/2 6/4½
13 79 17/4 22/3¼ 4/11¼
92 17/3 23/- 5/9
9 82 16/8½ 21/10 5/1½
April 19th, 1911 (5 days).† Four highest 1 28 65 20/6 24/6¾ 4/0¾ 2/6 /7
1 25 63 19/8½ 23/7¾ 3/11¼ 2/4
1 55 24 19/7 21/1 1/6 5/1
1 29 61 18/5 22/2¾ 3/9¼ /10 /2
April 19th, 1911 (5 days).† Four lowest 45 31 14/5 16/4¼ 1/11¼
1 55 22 13/11 15/3½ 1/4½
½ 39 28 12/10 14/7 1/9
1 48 15 11/7 12/6¼ /11¼
*The Easter Holidays necessitated closing the books two days earlier this week.
†Broken week caused by Easter Holidays.
Figures in column 8 show earnings on work additional to that done for sewers for whom the machinists stitch, and are included in the figures in columns 5 and 6.