Word: wages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...uniform increase of 10% in all wage rates...
...wage increase, according to the best figures available to me, will add 60¢ a ton to the cost of domestic sizes of anthracite at the mine. Of this amount not less than 10¢ can be and ought to be absorbed by the operators without any increase of price...
...Significance. Propositions 1 and 4 of the Governor's compromise plan were theoretical sops to the union and in effect had already been granted. At the first conference of the miners and operators, the operators " agreed in principle" to the eight hour day; the existence for several years of wage contracts between the operators and the United Mine Workers has been in fact recognition of the principle of collective bargaining...
...Speaking of Mr. Pinchot's proposed 10% increase in miners' wages, the operators asserted: 1) that the increase would add $30,000,000 a year to the wage bill; 2) that no increase in wages is justified because according to the Coal Commission the miners already enjoy a reasonable standard of living; 3) that present wages are 150% above the pre-War rates, whereas living costs are only 62% above pre-War costs; 4) that if the operators accept the 10% increase in wages an agreement must be made for several years; 5) that the increased wages will increase...
...Miners' Reply. "A step in the right direction," was the miners' comment on the suggestion of a 10% wage increase. But they urged that it not be given a percentage basis because that would give the smallest actual increase in wages to the men who are already making the least money. They asked that men employed by the day be given a definite increase in dollars and cents...