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British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Supplement - Page 102 |
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WAGE RATES IN BUILDING TRADES AND CONSTRUCTION,
SEPTEMBER/0CTOBER, 1946. .
A. TIME RATES.
Scale of wage rates
Occupation I (in mils per day)
Arab labour I Jewish labour
Stone masons 1st class 2000-2500 2150a-3250
2nd " 1760-2000 1900a
ard " 1700a
Bricklayers 1st " 2000-2500 2150a-SOOO
2nd " 1500-2000 1900a
3rd " 1700a
Shutterers 1st " 2000-2250 2150a-SOOO
sod n 1000-2000 1900a
3rd " 1700a
Steel benders 1st " 1500-2000 2150a-3250
2nd " 1000-1760 1900a
3rd " 1700a
Concretors (roof) 800-1000 1700 -2000
Asphalters (roof) 1250-1750 1700 -2000
Asphalters (road) 1000-1500
Plasterers 1st class 2000-2500 2150a-3500
2nd " 1500--1800 1900a
ard " l 700a
Painters 1st " 2000-2500 2000 -2800
2nd " 1000-2000 1700 -1900
3rd " 1500 -1700
Whitewashers 1000-2000
Floortilers ... 1st class 2000-2500 2150a-2750
2nd " 1100-2000 1900a
ard " 1700a
Plumbers 1250-2000 2000 •-3000
Electricians 1500-2000 1700 -2500
Roller drivers 1000-1500 2000
Foremen 1000-1750 LP. 45-75 {p.m.)
Building carpenters tsb class 1500-2500 2000 -2500
2nd " 1700 -1900
Blusterers and drillers 1000-1500 1500 -2000
Stone dressers 1000-2000 1800 -2000
Semi-skilled labourers f building ... 1600 --1700
Unskilled " 450- 750 1400 -1500
road 450- 750 1400 -1500
(a) Union wage rates; the number of workers available at_ these rates was small.
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