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Union Wages and Hours:Local Transit Operating EmployeesOctober 1, 1952

Bulletin No. 1133 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Martin P. Durkin - Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague - Commissioner

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Union Wages and Hours:Local Transit Operating EmployeesOctober 1, 1952

Bulletin No. 1133UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Martin P. Durkin - Secretary BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clague - Commissioner

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Letter of Transmittal

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,Bureau of Labor Statistics,

Washington, D. C., February 3> 1953.The Secretary of Labor:

I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on the annual study of union scales of wages and hours in effect on October 1, 1952, for operating employees in the local transit industry in 76 cities.

This report was prepared in the Bureau's Di-vision of Wages and Industrial Relations by Alexander Moros.

Swan Clague, Conniesioner.Hon. Martin P. Durkin,

Secretary of Labor.

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Contents

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Summary...................... ...... .Scope and method of survey ............Trends In union wage scales ...........Wage scale variations .................City and regional rate differentials ...Standard workweek .....................Union scales of wages and hours, hy cityTables:

1. Indexes of hourly wage rates of local transit operating employees,1929-92 .... h

2. Average union hourly wage rates of local transit operating employees,Oct. 1, 1952, and increases in rates, Oct. 1, 1951 -Oct. 1, 1952 .............................................. ......

3. Percent Increases in union wage rates and percent of local transitoperating employees affected, Oct. 1, 1951 - Oct. 1, 1952 ......... h

Cents-per-hour Increases in union wage rates and percent of local transit operating employees affected, Oct. 1, 1951 **Oct. 1, 1952 ............................................. 5

5. Distribution of union operating employees in the local transitindustry, by hourly wage rates, Oct. 1, 1952 ...................... 5

6. Average union hourly wage rates of local transit operatingemployees, by city and population group, Oct. 1, 1952 ............. 6

7. Average union hourly wage rates of local transit operatingemployees, by region, Oct. 1, 1952 ............................... 7

8. Percentage distribution of local transit operating employees bystandard weekly hours, Oct. 1, 1952 .............................. 7

9. Union scales of wages and hours for local transit operatingemployees, Oct. 1, 1951> and Oct. 1, 1952, by city and classification ................................................... 8

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Union Wages and Hours of Local Transit Operating Employees,October I, 1952

SummaryHourly wage scales of unionized motormen,

conductors, and bus operators increased 7.5 percent, or 12 cents an hour, during the year ending October 1, 1952, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics1 annual study of local transit operating employees. The union scale for all local transit operating employees averaged $1.7^ an hour. Nearly all (97 percent) of the workers included in the study were affected by scale revisions in negotiated contracts which became effective between October 1, 1951, and October 1, 1952.

Standard workweeks were reported for about nine-tenths of the operating employees surveyed; these schedules averaged k 2 .k hours on October 1, 1952. Of those having standard schedules, three-fifths were covered by contracts providing for a ^O-hour straight-time workweek, a seventh were on a Mi--hour schedule, and an additional seventh had a l|-8-hour week.

Scope and Method of SurveyThe Bureau of Labor Statistics has con

ducted annual surveys in the local transit industry since 1921. This study is the thirty- second in the series.

The information presented in this report was based on union scales in effect on October 1, 1952, and covered approximately96,000 local city-transit operating employees in 76 cities ranging in population from about M),000 to more than a million. Trackmen and maintenance workers were not included.

Municipally owned intracity transit systems were included, if unions acted as bargaining agents for the employees. Of the total membership surveyed, 8l percent operated 1-man cars and busses; 7 percent, 2-naan cars; and 12 percent were on elevated and subway lines.

Data were obtained primarily from local union officials by mail questionnaire. In a few cities, information was obtained by personal visits by Bureau field representatives.

Union scales are defined as the minimum wage rates and maximum schedules of hours agreed upon through collective bargaining between employers and unions. Rates excluded are those in excess of the negotiated- minimum which may be paid for special qualifications or other reasons.

Average rates, designed to show current levels, are based on all rates, regardless of workers1 length of experience, reported for the current year in the cities covered. Individual rates are weighted by the number of union members reported as working at each rate. These averages are not designed for close year-to- year comparisons because of changes in union membership and classifications.studied.

In the index computations, year-to-year changes in union scales are obtained by weighting comparable quotations for two consecutive years by membership for the current year. In this manner, chain indexes suitable for measuring trends are constructed.

Trends in Union Wage ScalesOn October 1, 1952, the Bureaus index of

union hourly wage scales for local transit operating employees was 27 percent above the average for the 3 years 195-7-^ 9 (table 1). The increase of 7.5 percent between October 1, 1951, and October 1, 1952, was greater than in the preceding 12 months (6.5 percent).

Individual increases ranged from 2 to 23 cents an hour and averaged 12.1 cents for all local transit operating employees. Of those affected by scale adjustments, a third had hourly advances ranging from 5 to 10 cents; a slightly larger proportion from 15 to 20 cents; and a fifth from 10 to 15 cents. By type of conveyance, elevated and subway operators, with an average increase of 15.5 cents an hour, recorded the greatest gain; motormen and conductors on 2-man cars had an average advance of13 . k cents; and operators of 1-man cars and busses advanced 11. k cents. These gains represented upward adjustments of 9.3 > 8 . k > end 7.1 percent, respectively (table 2).

More than 95 percent of the 1-man car and bus operators received scale increases. These advances ranged between 17 and 18 cents an hour for one of every four operators, and between 5 and 10 cents an hour for one of every three. All motormen and conductors on 2-man cars had upward scale adjustments during the year; one of every four had hourly advances of from 6 to 7 cents; one of every two, from I k to 15 cents; and one of every five, 20 cents or more. Practically all of the operating workers on elevated and subway systems had their wage scales advanced during the 12 months ending October 1, 1952. Advances ranging from 15 to 20 cents an hour were most common and prevailed for three of every four operators (table k ).

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2Wage. Scale VariationsIn general, "union wage scales of local

transit operating employees are graduated on the basis of length of experience. Most union agreements provide for an entrance or starting rate, one or more intermediate rates, and a maximum or top rate, l/ The rates for new workers are generally increased after a period of either 3 or 6 months on the job. The maximum or top rates are usually reached after a year of service. The time interval between the entrance rate and the first rate change, however, varies from city to city. For example, agreements in a number of cities provided for the payment of the entrance or starting rate during the first year of employment; in several other cities, including Reading, Pa., and San Francisco, Calif., a single rate was in effect regardless of length of service.

Entrance rates for 1-man car and bus operators ranged from a low of $1.10 in Charlotte to a high of $1.81 in Chicago. For 2-man surface-car operators, the lowest starting rate ($l.hh) was reported for Boston and the highest ($1.76) for Chicago.

The maximum or top wage scales for busses and 1-man surface cars ranged from $1.27 in Savannah to $1.98 in Chicago. For 2-man surface cars, maximum scales ranged from $1.52 in Hew Orleans to $1.8l in Chicago.

On October 1, 1952> union scales, by type of vehicle, averaged $1.72 an hour for operators of 1-man cars and busses, $1.73 for motormen and conductors of 2*-man cars, and $1.83 for elevated and subway operators.

Slightly more than two-thirds of the local transit operating employees included in the study had union hourly rates ranging from $1.65 to $1.90. Less than 8 percent had scales below $1.50 and 10 percent had rates of at least $1.90 an hour. Half the operators on 1-raan cars and busses were covered by contracts providing scales ranging from $1.50 to $1.80 an hour, and a fourth had rates of from $1.85 to $1.90. For motormen and conductors of 2-man surface cars, rates ranged from $1.50 to $1.90 an hour. Nearly half these operators had hourly scales between $1.80 and $1.85, and a fourth between $1.55 and $1.60. Union scales of elevated and

l/ The so-called maximum or top rate is really a minimum scale after a specified period of employment with the company. It is not a maximum rate in the sense that the company may not pay more.

subway operators ranged from $1.M* to $2. Ok an hour. For three of every eight of these operators, the negotiated rates were between $1.70 and $1.80 an hour (table 5) .

City and Regional Rate DifferentialsAverage wage scales for local transit op

erators showed wide variations among the 76 cities studied - from $1,266 in Savannah, Ga., to $1,866 in Chicago, 111. The levels of union rates averaged between $lA0 and $1.50 an hour in 17 cities, between $1.50and $1.60 in 17 others, and at least $1.75 in 13 cities (table 6).

Eight of the cities studied showed no change in the wage rates for local transit operating employees in the 12 months ending October 1, 1952. In the other cities the hourly adjustments ranged from . 2 cents in Jackson, Miss., to 23 cent8 in Los Angeles, Calif. Advances of 5 to 10 cents an hour were recorded for about four of every nine cities and of 10 to 15 cents for two of every nine.

When the 76 cities are grouped according to population, scales averaged highest in the large metropolitan cities, and descended according to city-size grouping.

There was comparatively little variation in the averages for the three largest-size groups. An 18-cent differential, however, existed in the averages f o r the 250,000 to 500,000 population group and the next smaller group (table 6).

Within each population group, rate levels showed considerable variation among the cities comprising the group. The levels for individual cities did not necessarily vary according to city size. For example, levels for Newark, N. J., and Seattle, Wash., in the 250,000-500,000 size group, exceeded the average for cities having a million or more population. Pittsburgh ranked third and Boston seventh in city scale levels, but such large metropolitan centers as New York and Philadelphia placed eighth and twenty-sixth, respectively, among the cities surveyed.

Regionally, average hourly union rates for all local transit operating employees ranged from $1.79 in the Great Lakes to $l.Vf in the Southeast, The Middle Atlantic and Pacific regions also exceeded the national average of $1.7^ (table 7)- A somewhat similar pattern prevailed in the regional averages for operators of 1-man cars and busses, who comprised four-fifths of the workers included in the


3study. Among the k regions in which 2-man car operators vere reported, scales averaged highest in the Great Lakes ($1.82) and lowest in the Southwest ($1.52).Standard Workweek

About 9 of every 10 local transit operating employees were reported as having standard workweeks on October 1, 1952. No standard weekly schedules were indicated, however, for a fourth of the cities studied. In those cities where regular schedules were in effect, a kO- hour workweek was typical. This schedule applied to about half the 1-man and 2-man operators and nine-tenths of the elevated and subway operators. Workweeks of W and ^ 8 hours, respectively, prevailed for a fourth and a fifth

of the operators on 2-man cars and for an eighth and a seventh of the 1-man car and bus operators.

On October 1, 1952, standard weekly schedules averaged k 2 .b hours, a decrease of about 2 percent since the previous October (table 8).

Union Scales of Wages and Hours, by CityA listing of union wage scales in effect

October 1, 1951, and October 1, 1952, is presented in table 9 for each of the 76 cities included in the current survey. Weekly hours in effect on these dates are also shown for those cities that reported a regular workweek after which premium overtime was paid.

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uTABLE 1 .Indexes of hourly wage rates of loca l transit operating employees, 1929-52 1 /(Oct. 1, 191+7-W# 100)

1929: Uay 15 .1950: May 15 .1951: May 15 .1952: May 15 .1955: May 15 .1954: May 15 .1955: May 15 .1956: May 15 .1957: May 15 .1958: June 1 1959: June 1 1940: June 1

Index52.4 1941: June 1 .52.9 1942: July 1 52.9 1945: July 1 51.9 1944: July 1 .(2 /) 1945: July 1 .50.4 1946: July 1 .52.5 1947: Oct. 1 .52.7 1948: Oct. 1 .55.2 1949: Oct. 1 .56.8 1950: Oct. 1 .57.2 1951: Oct. 1 .57.9 1952: Oct. 1 .

Date Index60.064.468.669.169.981.992 .4

101.7105.9110.9 118.2127.0

1 / year-to-year changes in union sca les are based on comparable quotations for each c la s s if ic a t io n weighted by the respective membership for the current year.2 / Information not ava ilab le.

TABLE 2 .Average union hourly wage rates of lo ca l tr a n sit operating employees, Oct. 1, 1952, and increases in ra tes , Oct. 1, 1951 - Oct. 1, 1952

Occupation Oct. 1 , 1952 hourly rateIncrease over Oct. 1, 1951

Percent Cents-per-hour$1.74 7.5 12.1

Operators of 1-man cars and busses ..................... 1.72 7.1 11.4Motormen and conductors of 2-man c a r s ............... 1.75 8 .4 15.4Elevated and subway operators ............................... 1.85 9.5 15.5

TABLE 5 .Percent increases in union wage rates and percent of lo ca l tra n sit operating employees affected ,Oct. 1 , 1951 - Oct. 1 , 1952

Percent of -Change in hourly rates A llworkers

Operators of 1-man cars andbusses

Motormen and conductors of 2-man carsElevated

and subway operators

No change ............................................................................... 5 .0 5 .6 _ 0.5Increases ............................................................................... 97 .0 96.4 100.0 99.7Under 2 p e r c e n t ............. ............................................... .6 .7 _ _2 and under 5 percent ................................................ 2 .5 2.8 - -5 and under k percent ................................................ 4 .5 5 .6 .4 -4 and under 5 percent ................................................ 15.5 14.5 24.0 2 .65 and under 6 percent ................................................ 9 .1 10.6 - 5.16 and under 7 percent ................................................ 4 .8 5.9 - .17 and under 8 percent ................................................ 5 .7 4 .6 4 .7 15.18 and under 9 percent ................................................ 11.4 10.5 45.8 -9 and under 10 percent .............................................. 2 .5 2 .5 5 .4 -10 and under 11 percent ............................................ 54.6 50.7 2 .2 78.811 and under 12 percent ............................................ .6 .7 - -12 and under 15 percent ............................................ 5 .6 5.5 10.6 -13 and under l4 percent ............................................ 1 .9 2 .4 - -14 and under 15 percent ............................................ .5 .6 .7 -15 percent and over ................................................... 1 .6 1 .2 10.2


5TABUS 4*0entsperhour increases in union wage rates and percent of local transit operating employees affected,Oct. 1, 1951 - Oct. 1, 1952

Percent of -Change in hourly ra tes A llworkers

Operators of 1-man cars and bussesMotormen and conductors of 2-man cars

Elevated and subway operators

No change ................................................................................. 3 .0 3 .6 0.3Increase .................................................................................... 97.0 96.4 100.0 99.7Under 3 cents ................................................................... .6 .8 _3 and under 4 c e n t s ....................................................... .8 1 .0 - -4 and under 3 cents ............................................ .. 2 .5 3.1 4 .5 and under 6 cents ...................................................... 4 .1 5.0 - -6 and under 7 cents ...................................................... 11.8 12.0 24.0 2 .67 and under 8 c e n t s ................... .......................... .. 2 .7 3 .4 _ _8 and under 9 cents ...................................................... 8 .0 9 .0 _ 5.29 and under 10 c e n t s .................................................... 5 .4 6.3 4 .7 _10 and under 11 cents .................................................. .9 1.1 _ -11 and under 12 cents .................................................. 2 .6 1 .4 . 12.412 and under 13 cents ............................................ 3 .3 4.0 .713 and under 14 c e n t s ......................... ........................ 3 .0 3 .8 _14 and under 13 cents ................. .................. .............. 10.3 8 .4 47.1 1.113 and under 16 cents ............... .. 6 .6 5.5 2.2 16.616 and under 17 cents . ................... .................. 3 .1 1 .0 - 19.217 and under 18 cents ................................................. 20.1 23.2 10.318 and under 19 cents ................... ............................... 2 .1 1.9 4 .919 and under 20 cents ................. ................................ 4 .3 1.1 3 .0 26.720 cents and over .......................................................... 4 .8 4.4 18.6

TABLE 5. Distribution of union operating employees in the local transit industry, by hourly wage rates, Oct. 1, 1952

Percent of -Hourly wage ra tes A llworkers

Operators of 1-man cars and busses

Motormen and conductors of 2-mansurface ^carsElevated and subway operators

Under $ 1 .1 5 ......... .................................................................... ( I / ) Q /)$1*13 and under $1.20 ................... ..................................... 0.1 0.1 - -$1.20 and under $1.23 ......................................................... (1 /) (1/ ) - -$1.25 and under $1 . 3 0 ......... ............................................... 72 .3 - -$1.30 and under $1.35 ...................................................... .. .3 .3 - -$1.33 and under $1.40 ........................................................ .7 .9 - -$1.40 and under $1.43 *..................... *.......................... 2 .3 2.8 - O /)$1*45 end under $1.30 ......... ............................................... 4 .2 5.1 _$1.30 and under $ 1 .3 5 ........................................................ 4 .8 5.5 4 .9 0.3$1.35 end under $1.60 ........................................ ................ 5.3 4.1 24.0 2 .5$1.60 and under $1*63 ......................................................... 4 .5 3.5 1 .2 13.0$1.65 and under $1.70 .................................................... .... 11.4 13.2 2.1 4 .9$1.70 and under $1.75 ............................................ 15.6 14.0 9 .3 29.9$1.75 end under $1.80 ......................................................... 11.5 12.5 7 .7 7.1$1.80 and under $1.85 ........................................................ 8 .4 6.4 45.9 -$1.85 and under $1.90 ........................................ .............. 20.6 24.5 4 .9 4 .8$1.90 and under $ 1 .9 5 ......................................................... 4 .8 5.1 - 5.9$1.95 end under $ 2 .0 0 ............... ......................................... 2.0 1.7 - 4 .9$2.00 and over ....................................................................... 3.3 26.7

1/ Less than 0.05 percent.


6TABLE 6. Average union hourly wage rates of local transit operating employees, by city and population group, Oct. 1, 1952

City and population group

Group I (1,000,000 or more):Chicago, 111..........Detroit, Mich. ........New York, N. Y....... .Average for Group I ...Los Angeles, Calif.....Philadelphia, Pa. .....

Group II (500,000 to 1,000,000):Pittsburgh, Pa...........................San Francisco, Calif. .....................Boston, Mass. ...........................Cincinnati, Ohio ................... .....Milwaukee, Wis. .........................Cleveland, Ohio............ .............Washington, D. C.........................Average for Group II ......................Minneapolis, Minn, l / ............. ......Buffalo, N. Y. .................................Baltimore, Md. ............. .............St. Louis, Mo. ..........................New Orleans, La. .........................Houston, Tex.................................................................

Group III (250,000 to 500,000):Newark, N. J. ...........Seattle, Wash. ...........Portland, Oreg...........Average for Group IIIOakland, Calif. ...Kansas City, Mo....Indianapolis, Ind. .. Toledo, OhioColumbus, Ohio ....Memphis, Term......Birmingham, Ala....Rochester, N. Y. .... San Antonio, Tex* ... Louisville, Ky. .....Dallas, Tex.......Denver, Colo. .....Atlanta, Ga. ......

Averagehourlyrate

City and population group Averagehourlyrate

$1,866 Group IV (100,000 to 250,000):Springfield, Mass..................... . $1,7301.847 Phoenix, Ariz. ........................ 1.7051.809 New Haven, Conn........................ 1.694South Bend, Ind........................ 1.6741.797 Providence, R. I......... .............. 1.650Worcester, Mass. ....................... 1.6001.751 Youngstown, Ohio ....................... 1.6001.6J9 Peoria, 111. ........................... 1.595Spokane, Wash. ........................ 1.582Dayton, Ohio .......................... 1.569Des Moines, Iowa ........................ 1.5481.854 Grand Rapids, Mich. .................... 1.5401.835 Rock Island (ill.)1.815 District 2/ ......................... 1.5401.760 Syracuse, NT Y......................... 1.5211.746 Reading, Pa............................ 1.5201.7451.744 Average for Group I V ............. ...... 1.5171.744 Miami, Fla............................ 1.494Scranton, Pa. ......................... i.4eo1.738 Salt Lake City, Utah ...... .............. 1.4791.710 Omaha, Nebr............. .............. 1.4661.702 Chattanooga, Tenn....................... 1.4611.672 Duluth, Minn........................... 1.4561.567 Erie, Pa........... .................. 1.4371.446 Knoxville, Tenn........................ 1.419Mobile, Ala............... ............ 1.410Little Rock, Ark. .................. . 1.4051.860 Jacksonville, Fla. ...................... 1.3981.826 Norfolk, Va............................ 1.3901.776 Richmond, Va. ......... ............... . 1.388El Paso, Tex........................... 1.3731.699 Oklahoma City, Okla...... .............. 1.3*44Charlotte, N. C............. . 1.3361.673 Wichita, Kans. .............. ......... . 1.2931.660 Savannah, Ga.................... ...... 1.2661.6281.604 Group V (40,000 to 100,000):1.603 Manchester, N. H....................... 1.5201.581 Butte, Mont. ....................... . 1.5001.570 York, Pa.............................. 1.4671.504 Charleston, S. C....................... 1.4441.5001.495 Average for Group V ....... ........... . 1.4151.4921.461 Portland, Maine... ........ ............ 1.2991.454 Jackson, Miss.......................... 1.293

1/ Includes St. Paul, Minn.2/ Includes Rock Island and Moline, 111., and Davenport, Iowa.


7TABLE 7* Average union hourly wage rates of local transit operating employees, by region, 1/ Oct* 1, 1952

Region 1/

Average rate per hour -

Allworkers

Operators of 1-man cars and busses

Motormen and conductors of 2-man cars


United States....... ..................... *1.71* *1.72 *1.73 11.83New England ........*........... .......... 1.74 1.74 1.76Middle Atlantic ...... ..................... 1.78 1.77 1.57 1.84Border States ............................. 1.64 1.64 - -Southeast ..... .......................... 1.47 1.47 _ -Great Lakes.... .......................... 1.79 1.79 1.82 1.76Middle West ............................... 1.63 1.63 - -Southwest...... ......................... 1.49 1.49 1.52 -Mountain ................................. 1.49 1.49 - -Pacific ................................. 1.77 1.77 1.76

1/ The regions used in this study include:New England.....Connecticut,Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont;Middle Atlantic ... New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania;Border States ... Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia;Southeast ...... Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee;Great Lakes .... Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin;Middle West *.... Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota;Southwest *......Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas;Mountain ...... . Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;Pacific ......... California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

TABIE 8. Percentage distribution of local transit operating employees by standard weekly hours, Oct. 1, 1952

Weekly hours AllworkersOperators of 1-man cars and busses

Motormen and conductors of 2-mansurface cars


Average weekly hours...................... . 42 J+ 42.8 43.1 40.2Total reporting standard hours ......... ..... 88.9 86.3 100.0 100.0

40 hours................... .......... 55.5 48.1 50.7 91.9Over 40 and under 4U hours ................ 5.4 5.9 - 5.244 hours . . . . . .......................... 12.1 12.4 24.0 2.9Over 44 and under 46 hours ........... ..... .4 .4 - -46 hours........... .................. .2 .2 - -48 hours ............................... 13.1 14.5 20.6 -Over 48 hours.... ...................... 4.2 4.8 4.7 -Percent reporting no standard hours ......... ll.l 13.7


8Table 9 .Union scales of wages and hours for local transit operating employees, Oct. 1, I951,and Oct. 1, 1952/Hours are the same for both years unless otherwise indicate^

City and classificationOct. 1,1951 Oct. L, 1952

City and classificationOct. 1, 1951 Oct. 1, 1952Rateperhour

RateperhourHoursperweek 1/

RateperhourRateperhour

Hoursperweek l/ATLANTA, GA. CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Busses and trackless Busses:trolleys: First 3 months ................ $1,100 $1,100First 6 months ................. $1,330 $1,360 A 6 months . 1 1 CA7-12 months .................. 1.390 1.420 _ 7 12 months ...... 1*?00 115U i onnAfter 1 year........... ..... . 1.430 1.460 After 1 yenr 1)350 *^ JU1.350 Feeder busses:First 6 months ................. 1.280 1.310 _7-12 months ................... 1.340 1.370 - CHATTANOOGA, 1ENN.After 1 year ................... 1.330 1.410 - Busses:BALTIMORE, M3. First 3 months .......... . 1.260 1.3504 - 1 2 months ................ 1.300 1.390 _1-man cars and busses: 13 - 18 months ................ 1.320 1.410First 3 months .................. 1.430 1.520 42| 19 7/r months . - 1.4401 / r7A4 - 6 months ................... 1.530 1.620 After 7 years *.... 1.380

7 - 1 2 months .................. 1.580 1.670 42|After 1 year ................... 1.630 1.720 A ? i CHICAGO, ILL.2-man cars:First 3 months ................. 1.380 1.470 4 2-man cars:

4.-6 months ................... 1.430 1.570 42 f First 3 months .... I.620 1 7An7-12 months.................. 1.580 1.620 42f 4 12 months . T. . ltt. IItlI>1 , ( 1.650 X* fDU1*790 40After 1 year................... 1.580 1.670 42t After 1 yenr____T. TT. 1I1 1.670 1*810 4w toNight cars ................... l)720 1.860 4U401-man cars:BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Day........................ 1.770 1.910 40Night............ .......... 1.820 1.960 40

1-man cars, busses, and 1-man busses:trolley cars: Day........................ 1.770 1.910 40First 6 months ................. 1.470 1.520 48 Nipht ....................... 1.800 1.940 /n7-12 months .................. 1.490 1.540 48 Elevated and subwayAfter 1 year ........ ........... 1.520 1.570 48 railways:Motormen:BOSTON, MASS. First 3 months ........ . 1.627 1.737 404 - 1 2 months............... 1.636 1.746 40

1-man cars and busses: After 1 year ...... .......... 1.681 1.791 40First 3 months ...... ........... 1.475 1.560 4li Condnntors (regnlnrl _r. , 1.636 1.746 404.-6 months ................ . 1.590 1.675 4l| Conductors (extra):7-9 months... ............ 1.625 1.710 4li First, yenr t..Tt.TttI TI1 , , 1.608 1.728 to10 - 12 months ................. 1.670 1.755 41t After 1 year____T..TT..ttTTri, 1.636 1.746 J.OAfter 1 year ..... ......... . 1.765 1.850 4li Guards (regular) ....... rTT__T rtlT 1.618 1.728 40

2-man cars: Guards (extra):First 3 months ....................... 1.355 1.440 4l First 3 months ......._____....... I.59O 1.700 404- 6 months ......................... 1.475 1.560 4li 4 12 months .......___.......... 1.600 1.710 407 9 months ......................... 1.510 1.595 41? After 1 year _____ ____ ____..... 1.640 1.750 4010 - 12 months ................. 1.555 1.640 41 Motor coaches:After 1 year........... ........ 1.650 1.733 4li 1-man busses:Rapid transit lines: First 6 months .............. 1.670 1.810 40Guards: Second 6 months ............. . 1.720 1.860 40

First 3 months ..................... 1.355 1.440 4li After 1 year ..................... 1.840 1.980 404 - 6 months............. 1.475 1.560 4li7-9 months ................. 1.510 1.595 A l f CINCINNATI, OHIO10 - 12 months ............. 1.555 1.640 4lj1.650 1.735 41* 1-man cars and busses:Mo tonne n: After 1 year ................. 1.680 1.760 40Road............... ........ 1.710 1.795 41*Yard........................ 1.765 1.850 41* CLEVELAND, OHIO

BUFFALO, N. Y. 1-man cars and busses:First 3 months ................ 1.620 1.700 44Busses: 4 - 1 2 months ................ 1.650 1.730 44 ^rr|on+.h.ei ___ .... 1.500 1.660 _ After 1 year ....................... 1.670 1.750 444 - 1 2 months .............. .. 1.530 1.680 _After 1 year................ . 1.580 1.710 - COLUMBUS, OHIO

BUTTE, MONT. 1-man cars, busses,andcoaches:X nfln ... . 1.420 1.500 48 First 3 months ................ 1.520 1.560 48

4 - 1 2 months................ 1.550 1.590 48CHARLESTON, S. C. After 1 year ................. . 1.570 1.610 48

DALLAS, 1EX.Busses:First 3 months................. 1.350 1.410 (2/) 1-man cars and busses:_ 1P Trjonths

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City and classificationOct. 1, 1951 Oct. 1, 1952 Oct. 1, 1Q*>1 Oct. 1., 1952Rateperhour


City and classification RateperhourRateperhour

Hours per week 1/DAYTON, OHIO INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Busses: 1-man trackless trolleysFirst 6 months.... ............. $1,400 $1,490 51 and busses:1.450 1.54^ 51 First year ....__ t____....____ T . . $1,460 $1,590 401.500 1.590 51 1 2 years ........... ...... 1.480 1.610 40After 2 years ................. 1.530 1.666 40DENVER, COLO.

JACKSON, MISS.1-man cars, busses, andtrolley coaches: Busses:First 3 months ............... 1.380 1.430 48 First 12 months ................ 1.230 1.250 _1*390 1.440 48 After 12 months ......__ .T..._....T 1.280 1.300 _13 - 18 months ...... ............ 1.400 1.450 4819 - 24 months ................. 1.410 1.460 48 JACKSONVILIE, FLA.After 2 years .................. 1.420 1.470 48 Busses:DES MOINES, IOWA First 3 months.......... ...... 1.180 1.300 (y)

3 - 6 months .............. 1.230 1.350 (y)1-man cars and busses: After 6 months ........ ....... . 1.280 1.400 (y)First 3 months ................. 1.380 1.470 -

4 - 1 2 months ................... 1.430 1.500 - KANSAS CITY, MO.After 12 months ............... .. 1.470 1.550 -1-man cars and busses:

DETROIT, MICH. First 4 months .............. . 1.425 1.605 -5 - 8 months...... ............ 1.445 1.625 .

1-man cars and busses: 9 - 1 2 months ................. 1.465 1.645 -FITst fs months . T_--tt________t. 1.575 1.750 48 After 1 year 1.480 1.660 _7 - 1 2 months ................... 1.615 1.790 48After 1 year................... 1.675 1.850 48 KNOXVILLE, TENN.Night busses ................... 1.775 1.950 48 Busses:

DULUTH, MINN. First year...... .... ........ 1.250 1.320 48Second year ................... 1.300 1.370 48Busses: After 2 years ....... ........... 1.350 1.420 48First year ............. ........ 1.330 1.400 40Second year.................. 1.390 1.460 40 LITTIE ROCK, ARK.

EL PASO, TEX. 1-man cars and busses:First 6 months... ............. 1.220 1.260 511-man cars and busses: 7-12 months..... ............ 1.270 1.310 51

F I -pst 3 mont.hs rTtTTT.TT._____ --T-T 1.200 1.250 13 18 months ...................... 1.320 1.360 51/ | 0 months .,T-.TT_-T______..... 1.250 1.300 After 18 months ..................... 1.370 1.410 5110 - 12 months .................. 1.300 1.350 _After 1 year ................... 1.350 1.400 - LOS ANGELES, CALIF.ERIE, PA.

1-man cars and busses:Busses: Los Angeles Transit Lines:First fi months ....................... 1.350 1.350 40 First 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.460 1.660 407 1 2 months ___ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.420 1.420 40 After 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.550 1.750 40After 1 year ........... ............ ..... 1.450 1.450 40 Pacific Electric Railway Company:First 6 months ............... 1.540 1.770 48After 6 months .. ................................................................................................ 1.580 1.810 48GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 2-man cars:Los Angeles Transit Lines:Busses: First 6 months............................................................................................. ..... 1.340 1.540 40Agreement A: After 6 months ................ 1.420 1.620 40First 3 months ........................................................................................................ 1.325 1.450 48 Pacific Electric Railway Company:1.375 1.500 48 First 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.440 1.670 48

After 1 year 1.425 1.550 48 After 6 months .............. . 1.480 1.710 48Agreement B: Single track:F I p s t A months TriT__ ______ . . . . . . . . 1.250 1.325 First 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.490 1.720 487 12 njopths I t T I - T t - T - T r - - T T - T ___ __ 1.300 1.375 After 6 months 1.530 1.760 48After 1 year ................. 1.400 1.475 -

HOUSTON, TEX. LOUISVIUE, KY.

Busses: 1-man cars and busses:First "1 O T l t l , S T t t t t T - - | T - T T T - 1 - - - - 1.300 1.370 51 First 3 months ............ . 1.350 1.350 484 - 9 m o n t h s titiItlITtrT.It.TTTT.1... 1.330 1.400 51 4 - 6 months 1.430 1.430 4810 _ 15 m O n + - h S . i . t ( T i T t - t r i - T i f T T - r f r - 1.360 1.430 51 7 - 12 months ..................... 1.480 1.480 48A f + o . 1 months ___. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.390 1.460 51 After 1 year ........................ 1.500 1.500 48

1/ Hours per week are shown only for those c it ie s that reported a regular workweek after which premium overtime was paid.y 4 8 -hour workweek on Oct. 1, 1951, hours per week not available on Oct. 1, 1952.


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Table 9 .Union scales of wages and hours for local transit operating employees, Oct. 1, 1 9 5 1 , and Oct. 1, 1952 - Continued

City and classificationOct. 1,1951 Oct. 1 1952 Oct. 1, 1951 Oct. 1, 1952Rateperhour


City and classification RateperhourRateperhour

Hours per week 1/MANCHESTER, N. H. NEW YORK, N. Y.

Busses: Subway:First 3 months ................. #1.300 $1,370 40 Road motormen:4 - 1 2 months ................... 1.370 1.450 40 First yssn T T _ _ T _ T At ftnn f/znAfter 1 year ..... .............. 1.440 1.520 40 After 1 year _ . ...........1TTTt , , ipx ouu1.850 3>-L you2.040 2 / W 5/40Yard motormen:MEMPHIS, TENN. First year ................. 1.690 1.860 5/40After 1 year ................ 1.750 1.920 5/40

1-man cars and busses: Conductors:First year .................... 1.410 1.500 4/40 First position:Second year .................... 1.460 1.550 V40 Fi rst. year___r __ 1.530 1.680 C//AAfter 2 years ...... ............ 1.510 1.600 4/40 A ft.er 1 yes r 1.580 i run 2 /c//nSecond positions .......... . l.*470 X . (Q) 1.620 2/5/40MIAMI, FLA. Platform men:First year .... ........ . 1.420 1.560 5/40Busses: After 1 year .............. 1.450 1.600 5/40First 6 months ................. 1.210 1.350 44 1-man cars:7 - 1 2 months .................. 1.310 1.450 44 Brooklyn-Queens Transit Lines:After 1 year ................... 1.360 1.500 44 First ft months rtt 1.470 1.620 5/407-12 months ............... 1.580 1.740 5/40MILWAUKEE, WIS. After 1 year ................ 1.690 1.860 5/40Busses:

1-man cars and busses: Avenue B and East BroadwayFirst year................ . 1.590 1.710 40 Transit Company:After 1 year ............ ..... .. 1.630 1.750 40 First 6 months _r...tttTirt, 1.360 1.420 487-12 months ............... 1.440 1.500 48MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 13-24 months .............. 1.500 1.560 48After 2 years ............... 1.600 1.660 482-man cars: Brooklyn Bus Division, ComprehensiveFirst 9 months ..... ............ 1.540 1.580 40 and East Side Omnibus Corp., QueensSecond 9 months.......... . 1.570 1.610 40 Bus Division:After 18 months ................ 1.600 1.640 40 First 6 months ............. . T 1.470 1.620 5/401-man cars and busses: 7-12 months............... 1.580 1.740 5/40First 9 months ............ .... 1.630 1.670 40 After 1 year .............. . 1.690 1,860 5/40Second 9 months . ..... ......... 1.660 1.700 40 Fifth Avenue Coach:After 18 months ......... ....... 1.700 1.740 40 Drivers:First year...... ......... 1.615 1.675 44MOBILE, ALA. Second year ............... 1.625 1.685 44After 2 years ............. 1.675 1.735 44Busses: Double decker drivers:First year.................... 1.250 1.360 48 First year ................ 1.715 1.775 44Aften 1 ypfl-r ............ 1.300 1.410 48 Second year ............... 1.725 1.785 44After 2 years .... 1.775 1.835 44NEWARK, N. J. Green Lines:First 6 months .............. 1.484 1.630 5/401-man cars and busses: 7-12 months ............... 1.527 1.680 5/40First 3 months 1.660 1.770 5/40 13 - 18 months .............. 1.591 1.750 5/40

4 ~ 12 months ........................ 1.680 1.820 5/40 After 18 months 1.735 1.910 5/40After 1 year.................. . 1.700 1.870 5/40 Jamaica Busses, Inc.:First 6 months... ........... 1.370 1.430 48NEW HAVEN, CONN. 7 - 1 2 months............... 1.430 1.490 4813 - 18 months....... ...... . 1.490 1.550 48Connecticut Co.: After 18 months ........ . 1.600 1.660 481-man cars and busses: New York Omnibus Co.:FI f e+. 3 months T. T. . . T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.610 1.635 40 First 6 months 1.425 1.485 44

4 ~ 12 months 1.640 1.665 40 7-12 months ........... . 1.525 1.585 44A J yofl -p ,,,,,,, ,,--TT_-T-.T.r 1.680 1.705 40 13-24 months .............. . 1.575 1.635 44Orange St. Bus Co.: After 2 years ............... 1.675 1.735 44Busses ........................ 1.250 1.250 51 Queens-Nassau Transit Lines:First year................. 1.430 1.490 48NEW ORLEANS, LA. Second year ................. 1.600 1.660 48Schenck Transport Co,:

2-man cars: First 6 months ......... .... 1.230 1.350 4/44First 6 months ....................... 1.365 1.460 50 1/3 7 - 1 2 months......... ..... 1.300 1.420 4/447 12 months 1.395 1.490 50 1/3 13 - 24 months .............. . 1.360 1.480 4/44After 1 year ......................... 1.425 1.520 50 1/3 After 2 years .......... 1.530 1.670 4/44

1-man cars and busses: Steinway Omnibus and Queensboro1.435 1.530 50 1/3 Bridge Railway:7 _ "]9 njor)t.hp -,,TTTTTrt_...__..... 1.465 1.560 50 1/3 First year ............... . 1.430 1.490 48After 1 year ......................... 1.495 1.590 50 1/3 After 1 year ................ 1.600 1.660 48

1/ Hours per week are shown only for those c it ie s that reported a regular workweek after which premium overtime was paid.4/ 4.8-hour workweek on Oct. 1, 1951*5 / 44-hour workweek on Oct. 1, 1951.


nTable 9 .Union scales of wages and hours for local transit operating employees, Oct, 1, 1951, and Oct. 1, 1952 - ContinuedOct. 1, 1951 Oct. n, 1952 Oct. 1, 1951 Oct. 3 1952City and classification Rate Rate Hours City and classification Rate Rate Hoursper per per per per perhour hour week 1/ hour hour week 1/

NEW YORK, N. Y. - Continued PHILADELPHIA, PA. - ContinuedBusses: - Continued 2-man cars:First 3 months ......... ........Third Avenue Railway Transit System:First 6 months ...............7-12 months ................

13 -* IS months ................19 - 24 months...............After 2 years ................Tri-Boro Coach Corp.:First 12 months ...............

$1,410 $1,470 44$1,3501.4001.4501.5001.600

1.355

$1,4101.4601.5101.5601.6601.415

484848484848

4 - 6 months ...................7- 9 months ...................10-12 months.................After 1 year ...................1-man cars and busses:First 3 months............ ....4 - 6 months ...................7 Q flirtn+Vie

1.4351.4601.4851.5101.5101.5351.5601.5851.610

1.4951.5201.5451.5701.570 1.595 1.620 1.645 1.670

44444444444444After 1 year ................. 1.450 1.510 48 TO 17 iriAnfheAfter IS months .............. 1.600 1.660 48 After 1 year............. ..... 4444

NORFOLK, VA. 1-man cars and busses: PHOENIX, ARIZ.First 3 months ................ 1.170 1.300 - 1-man bus ses:4-12 months................. 1.220 1.350 - First 6 months ................. 1.450 1.590 48After 1 year ........... ........... 1.2 /0 1*400 7 TO M/>vm4U(S 1.5001.590 1.6601.730 4848OAKLAND, CALIF. After 1 year ...........................................

1-man busses: 1.4801.530 1.6301.680PITTSBURGH, PA.4040After 6 months ................ .................. .2-man cars: 1-man cars:Motormen: First 3 months ................. 1.675 1.745 40

FIrst. A months * . T _ . _______ 1.4801.530 1.6301.680 40404 12 months ............. .... . 1.7651.820 1.8351.890 4040Aft.pn A months - TT- . ______________ . . . After 1 year ......... ..........Busses:First 3 months...... ........... 1.475 1.670 40OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. 4-12 months........ .................. ..After 1 year . . . . . . . . . __ . . . . . ____ . . . . 1.5851.650

1.7801.820 40401-man cars and busses: Bamford busses:First 6 months 1.130 1.2401.2901.370545454

First 3 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.170 1.2701.4001.5301.650

464646467 1? months . T . . . ___ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.180 4 8 months ................ . 1.3001.4301.550Aft.pr 1 ye nr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.260 8 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .After 3 year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OMAHA, NEBR. Brentwood Motor Coach:1-man cars and busses:

F-j-pst A months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

First 6 months ........ .........7 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3201.4201.5501.4201.5201.650

4646461.2301.260 1.4101.4401.4806/546/546/54

After 1 year ........ ...........7 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Side Motor Coach:After 1 year .................. 1.300 First 3 months .................4-12 months ........................ 1.4501.5001.550

1.5201.5701.620404040PEORIA, ILL. After 1 year .........................

1-man busses: PORTLAND, MAINEFtrst Q months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4701.490 1.560 4810 - 18 months ................ 1.580 48 Busses:aftr 1^ monthp rTt*

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Table 9 .Union scales of wages and hours for local transit operating employees, Oct. 1 , 1 9 5 1 , and Oct. 1, 1952 - Continued

City and classificatipnOct. 1, 1951 Oct. 1, 1952

City and classificationOct. 1,iT 1 ft mnn+.hs TtttTTT______ _______T 1.400 1.500 _ 13 - 18 months ................ . 1.260 1.350After 18 months........ ........ 1.300 1.390

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. WORCESTER, MASS.Inman busses and trackless trolleys ... 1.635 1.835 482-man cars .................. .... 1.635 1.835 48 1-man cars and busses:

0 gripmn tiitr-ittt 1.635 1.835 48 First 3 months ................___.... 1.450 1.500 404-12 months .................. 1.500 1.550 40SAVANNAH, GA. After 1 year ................... 1.550 1.600 40

Busses: YORK, PA.First 6 months ................. 1.100 1.170 -7-12 months......... ........ 1.150 1.220 - Busses:A-P+ot* 1 vofl 7+ . . ____ ...... ........... 1.200 1.270 First 6 months .................... . 1.300 1.390 407-12 months ............ ............. 1.340 1.430 40

SCRANTON, PA. After 1 year .......... ................ 1.380 1.470 40Busses: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIOFirst 3 months ............. .. 1.290 1.400 -3-12 months 1.340 1.450 - Busses:After 1 year .......................... 1.370 1.480 - First year............................. 1.450 1.550 441.370 1.480 After 1 year ..................... . 1.500 1.600 44i(iiii ITI -------

\f Hours per week are shown only for those cities that reported a regular workweek after which premium overtime was paid. i j 48-hour workweek on Oct. 1, 1951.2/ Includes Rock Island and Moline, 111., and Davenport, owa. n g GQVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1953 O - 241959Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis