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MAKING RUBBER KNEE BOOTS - ALL FEMALE WORKERS,
Classes of work.
Cutting of rubber to various shapes
Assembling dept.
Trinning and wrapping
Rates of pay.
Average daily output.
Daily wage.
$1.05 100 pairs
100 pairs
$1.05
10 cents a pair
30 cents 100 prs.
8-12 pairs
250 pairs
80-$1.20
.75 cents
Engineers
WAGES MALE WORKERS.
permanent staff, soales vary according to clase
of work, service, etc.
$30,45,80 up to $150 a month.
Daily workers. Willing rubber, stamping heels, eto.
45 cents to 80 cents a day.
Foreles.
HOURS OF BORK.
6 p.m.
10 hours a day 7 a.m. to 12 noon: 1 p.m.
Overtime if necessary 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Extra pay
given time and half.
Hales.
10 hours daily as above.
Overtime rates
7
-9 p.m. Time and half.
9-12 midnight Double.
There are no factories producing leather
shoes. These goods are however made by local shoemakers,
the industry being carried on in their own dwellings. None
of these shoemakers employ more than 20 operatives.
The following are the particulars of wages
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