PART VI WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS IN MASSACHUSETTS (ISSUED AS LABOR BULLETIN No. 109) [VI. 1] CONTENTS. I. Introduction and General Summary, II. Nature of Data and Method of Presentation, 1. Location of Establishments, 2. General Organization of the Labor Force, III. Earnings of Employees as shown by the Pay-rolls, 1. Introductory, 2. Weekly Earnings, A. Comparative Earnings, Classified by Sex and Age of Em- B. Earnings of Employees with Reference to Time Worked, 3. Hourly Earnings, IV. Hours of Labor, 1. Introductory, 2. Customary Weekly Working Hours, 3. Actual Hours Worked in a Representative Week, V. The Manufacture of Paper Products, 1. Paper Box Making, 2. Envelope Making, VI. Detailed Statistical Tables, . Customary and Actual Working Time, with Reference to Table B. Customary and Actual Working Time, with Reference to Table C. Earnings and Working Time, with Reference to Full Time, 67 Table D. Earnings and Working Time, with Reference to Time and Customary and Actual Weekly Working Time: By Occu- 126 VII. Specimen Form of Schedule used in this Inquiry, . 146 [VI. 3] WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL SUMMARY. This inquiry into the earnings and hours of labor of wage-earners in establishments engaged in the manufacture of paper products in Massachusetts has been made by the Bureau under the law governing its general duties and pursuant to a policy adopted several years ago of making an annual study of wages paid and hours worked by different groups of wage-earners in this Commonwealth. The report here presented supplements in a measure the investigation made at the same time and along similar lines in the paper and wood pulp industry in Massachusetts, the results of which have already been published in Labor Bulletin No. 103. The information sought for the basis of this report was secured directly by our Special Agents who visited each establishment in the industries studied and in most cases personally copied the desired data from the pay-rolls. The employers were asked to submit a complete pay-roll of amounts paid to their employees together with their hours of labor in a representative week.1 The week for which the pay-rolls were taken was in all cases intended to be normal, with the mills running full time and employing their usual number of workers. It should be understood, therefore, that the general conditions shown may be regarded as those existing in the establishments in this industry during periods of full activity. Where employees worked considerably more or less than a full week, it is because it is the usual condition for employees to work frequently other than the regular schedule of hours in the establishments. The term "representative week" as used in this report means the week covered by this inquiry, i.e., the week for which the data were taken from the pay-rolls of the establishments by the agents of this Bureau. [VI. 5] |