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"To hand pressers 64.254 per cent. of the basis wage, and when the index figure is 107 or less, but not less than 100, the percentage war wages of timeworkers shall be equal to the index figures; for every 1 per cent. decrease in the index figure below 100 the war wages of timeworkers shall be decreased 3/4 of 1 per cent.
The following agreement made for the Yorkshire Dyeing and Finishing Industry in March, 1919, may be given as an example. " When the index figure as defined in classes 4 and 5 hereof exceeds 107 per cent. the War Wages shall be: "To male and female timeworkers 107.90 per cent. of the basis wage. "To male and female pressworkers 85.672 per cent. of the basis wage.
The ratio of percentage war wages of timeworkers, pieceworkers and pressers respectively, shall for all index figures, be the same as that shown for index figures, exceeding 107." "Cost of Living and Wages," F. W. Taussig, Collier's Weekly, Sept. 27, 1919. Section 1. Why there must be in industry an ordered scheme of wage relationship between each and every group of wage earners.
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