§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list all wage or salary increases agreed between employers and employees and affecting more than 50,000 workers which came into effect, or are due to come into effect, between January, 1969, and May 1970, showing the industry or public body and trade union, the amount of the increase per week, the percentage increase and its effective date.
§ Mr. Harold Walker:The following list gives most of the information for which my hon. Friend asks. As there is a wide range of monetary amounts involved in most pay settlements, and many of them 131W involve a number of trade unions, comprehensive lists of these would be unduly lengthy for the OFFICIAL REPORT. The percentage figures given are not comparable because in some industries national increases can be added to
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INCREASES INVOLVING 50,000 OR MORE WORKERS TAKING EFFECT BETWEEN 1ST JANUARY, 1969 AND 31ST MAY, 1970 (BASED ON POSITION AT MID-APRIL, 1970) Industry or Firm Estimated Percentage increase in earnings Effective Date Rubber Manufacture (G.B.) … … … … … 7.6* 1st January, 1969 5.5 1st March, 1970 National Health Service— Nurses and Midwives … … … … … … 5.0 1st January, 1969 20.0 1st April, 1970 Ancillary Workers … … … … … … 8.5 1st November, 1969 Clerical and General Grades … … … … … 8.4 1st April, 1969 5.0 1st October, 1969 Civil Service Administrative, Executive and Clerical … … … 3.5 1st January, 1969 5.0 1st July, 1969 8.5 1st April, 1970 Professional and Technical … … … … … 5.2 1st January, 1969 6.0 1st January, 1970 Heavy Chemicals (G.B.) … … … … … … 4.8 6th January, 1969 Furniture Manufacture (G.B.) … … … … … 2.7 6th January, 1969 5.0 1st January, 1970 Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades (G.B.) (W.C.) … … 4.7* 13th January, 1969 Electricity Supply (Administrative and Clerical) … … 4.5 1st February, 1969 9.5 1st February, 1970 Agriculture (E. and W.") … … … … … … 7.4* 3rd February, 1969 8.5* 2nd February, 1970 Gas Supply (Manual) … … … … … … 4.5 6th March, 1969 14.0* 1st January, 1970 (Staff) … … … … … … 4.5 1st November, 1969 Teachers (E. and W.) … … … … … … 6.1 1st April, 1969 7.5 1st April, 1970 Paper and Board Making … … … … … 4.8 4th April, 1969 3.9 29th May, 1970 Engineering (Administrative and Clerical) … … … 4.7 14th April, 1969 Agriculture (Scotland) … … … … … … 6.5* 26th May, 1969 8.1* 16th February, 1970 British Steel Corporation … … … … … 7.5 1st June, 1969 4.5* 8th March, 1970 Retail Co-operatives … … … … … … 4.6* 2nd June, 1969 Municipal Buses … … … … … … … 5.3* 11th June, 1969 8.5* 1st February, 1970 Pottery Manufacture … … … … … … 4.7 1st July, 1969 2.5 1st November, 1969 Post Office Engineering Grades … … … … … … 7.0 1st July, 1969 3.0 1st January, 1970 Postmen … … … … … … … 3.5 1st July, 1969 11.7 1st January, 1970 Telephonists … … … … … … … 2.3 1st January, 1969 11.7 1st January, 1970 Government Industrial Workers … … … … 8.5 1st July, 1969 Licensed Residential Establishments (W.C.) … … … 6.2* 7th July, 1969 Food Manufacture … … … … … … 4.9 21st July, 1969 Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery … … … 4.7 21st July, 1969 Cotton Spinning and Weaving … … … … … 4.0 28th July, 1969 Local Authority (Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Grades) … … … … … … … 3.8 1st August, 1969 1.5 1st February, 1970 British Railways … … … … … … … 5.4 4th August, 1969 8.0 1st May, 1970 Baking (E. and W.) (W.C.) … … … … … 7.5* 6th August, 1969 Retail Multiple Grocery and Provisions (E. and W.) … 6.5 25th August, 1969 Electrical Contracting … … … … … … 4.3* 1st September, 1969 Motor Vehicle Retail and Repair … … … … 4.3 1st September, 1969 through arrangements covering pay in particular firms and factories whilst, in others the national settlements are rigorously observed in individual establishments.
Following is the list:
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INCREASES INVOLVING 50,000 OR MORE WORKERS TAKING EFFECT BETWEEN 1ST JANUARY, 1969 AND 31ST MAY, 1970 (BASED ON POSIRION AT MID-APRIL, 1970) Industry or Firm Estimated Percentage increase in earnings Effective Date Company Owned Buses … … … … … 3.8 12th September, 1969 10.0* 6th March, 1970 Electricity Supply … … … … … … 9.5 22nd September, 1969 Local Authority Manual Workers … … … … 7.9* 29th September, 1969 Laundries (G.B.) (W.C.) … … … … … 2.6* 20th October, 1969 Coalmining (Manual Workers) … … … … … 7.1 1st November, 1969 Local Authority Building and Civil … … … … 6.3* 1st November, 1969 Engineering Workers … … … … … … 4.7* 1st February, 1970 Milk Distribution (E. and W.) (W.C.) … … … … 8.7* 16th November, 1969 Retail Meat Trades … … … … … … 6.8 17th November, 1969 General Printing and Provincial Newspapers … … … 4.3–4.4 November and December, 1969 Engineering(U.K.) … … … … … … 3.3 1st December, 1969 Shipbuilding and Repairing … … … … … 3.3 1st December, 1969 Plastic Moulding and Fabrication … … … … 3.3 1st December, 1969 Light Castings … … … … … … … 3.3 1st December, 1969 Clothing Manufacture … … … … … … 5.2 1st January, 1970 6.0 1st April, 1970 Engineering Draughtsmen … … … … … 8.6 5th January, 1970 Police … … … … … … … … 3.0 1st September, 1969 8.5 1st January, 1970 Road Haulage (W.C.) … … … … … … 6.7* 23rd January, 1970 Building … … … … … … … … 11.0* 2nd February, 1970 Civil Engineering … … … … … … … 11.0* 2nd February, 1970 Footwear Manufacture … … … … … … 5.5* 1st March, 1970 Retail Drapery and Outfitting (W.C.) … … … … 6.8* 16th March, 1970 Imperial Chemicals Industries Ltd. (Process Workers) … approximately 15 23rd March, 1970 Heavy Chemicals (G.B.) … … … … … … 11.2 23rd March, 1970 Unlicensed Places of Refreshment (W.C.) … … … 8.3* 30th March, 1970 Distributive Coal Trade (Provincial) … … … … 9.2 13th April, 1970 Hairdressing (W.C.) … … … … … … 6.3* 20th April, 1970 Wool and Allied Textiles … … … … … 10.* 9th May, 1970 *Earnings figure not available—effect on representative rate of pay shown. (W.C.) = Wages Council. (G.B.) = Great Britain. (E. and W.) = England and Wales.