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APPENDIX A
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A.-The following Wages Councils in the Retail Trades have submitted proposals
for the making of Wages Regulation Orders
(1) Retail Food Trades Wages Council (England and Wales)
22nd February, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
14th April, 1949: Proposals submitted for the making of wages
regulation orders.
24th June, 1949: Proposals referred back to the Council with
observations on, inter alia, general levels of rates.
14th July, 1949: Proposals re-submitted by Council with amend-
ments except in relation to rates.
The proposed rates for shop assistants and other workers
are higher for
men by 6s. to 9s. per week and for women by 4s. to 7s. per week than those in the J.I.C. agreement of October 1947.
(2) Retail Drapery Outfitting and Footwear Trades Wages Council (Great
Britain)
12th April, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
20th June, 1949: Proposals submitted for the making of wages
regulation orders.
7th July, 1949: Proposals referred back to Council with observa-
tions on, inter alia, general levels of rates.
3rd August, 1949: Council met to consider reference back but
adjourned until 24th August, 1949.
The proposed rates for shop assistants and "other workers" are higher for men by 5s. to 6s. 6d. per week and for women by 4s. to 5s. per week than those in the J.I.C. agreement of October 1947.
(3) Hairdressing Undertakings Wages Council (Great Britain)
13th October, 1948: Proposals advertised by Council.
14th December, 1948: Proposals submitted for the making of wages
regulation orders.
27th January, 1949: Proposals referred back to Council with observations relating to provisions for apprentices and suitability of rates in smaller towns and rural areas for "other workers." 23rd March, 1949: Proposals re-submitted by Council amended in
relation only to apprenticeship provisions.
17th June, 1949: Proposals again referred back to Council on ques- tion of rates in smaller towns and rural areas in relation in particular to female "other workers."
14th July, 1949: Proposals re-submitted by Council with amended
rates for male and female "other workers.'
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The rates now submitted by the Council are identical with those for similar workers referred back to the Drapery, &c., Council (see (2) above). For shop assistants at the age of 24 years and over they are, for males, 13s. to 14s. 6d. and, for females, 9s. 6d. and 10s. in excess of the weekly rates in the J.I.C. agreement of 16th February, 1948. The rates for the lowest paid workers (such as cleaners) are also in excess of the J.I.C. rates.
(4) Retail Bookselling und Stationery Trades Wages Council (Great Britain)
11th February, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
14th April, 1949: Proposals submitted for the making of wages
regulation orders.
24th June, 1949: Proposals referred back to the Council with observa-
tions on, inter alia, general levels of rates.
18th August, 1949: Council meets to consider the reference back of
the proposals.
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The rates proposed by the Council are higher than those of other Wages Councils for the retail trades but it is understood to be the Council's view that a better type of assistant is required for bookselling than for other retail trades.
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The J.I.Pagastofegotiated wage rates since the APage of the fonal Arbitration Tribunal in 1944, which fixed the following rates:-
Shop Assistants-
Men Women
London d.
Provincial A Provincial B
S.
:
s. d.
S. d.
76 0 51 0
73 0
71 0
48 0
46 0
(5) Retail Food Trades Wages Council (Scotland)
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10th May, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
30th June, 1949: Proposals submitted for the making of wages
regulation orders.
The proposed rates, which are the same for shop assistants and other workers, are higher for men by 5s. and 7s. per week and for women by 5s. and 3s. per week than those in the National Agreement for the Scottish Grocery and Provisions Trades of September 1947.
It is proposed to refer these proposals back to the Council for reconsideration of the proposed rates, which are higher at the age of 24 years than those proposed for similar workers by the Retail Food Trades Wages Council (England and Wales).
(6) Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Trades Wages Council
(Scotland)
10th May, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
30th June, 1949: Proposals submitted for the making of wages regu-
lation orders.
The proposed rates, which are the same for shop assistants and other workers, are at about the same level as the rates proposed for shop assistants by the Retail Food Trades Wages Council (England and Wales) but the latter Council proposes lower rates for "other workers.'
There is no information as to the rates actually being paid beyond the Award of the National Arbitration Tribunal in April 1948 of 66s. per week to certain female shop assistants in the Scottish Retail Confectionery Trade. The proposed rates for women in areas of (roughly) 10,000 population are 68s. per week and, in smaller areas, 64s. per week.
B.-The following Wages Councils in the Retail Distributive Trades have advertised proposals but have not yet submitted them for the making of wages regulation orders:-
(1) Retail Newsagency, Tobacco and Confectionery Wages Council (England
and Wales); and the
(2) Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades Wages Council (Great Britain).
C.-The following Wages Council, which operates in relation to certain shop assistants, has submitted proposals for the making of a wages regulation order :-
Milk Distributive Wages Council (England and Wales)
17th June, 1949: Proposals advertised by Council.
5th July, 1949: Proposals submitted for making of a wages regulation
order.
This Council is not one of those recently established in the retail trades. It was formerly a Trade Board and wages have consequently been regulated for many years. The Wages Council fixes rates for those shop assistants who fall within its scope and it has now submitted proposals for increases for all workers, amounting in the case of adult males to 4s. per week and in the case of adult females to 3s. per week. These increases if made effective would yield to shop assistants weekly rates as follows:
Area B.
Area C
Area A
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S. d.
S.
d.
92 0
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