Tables showing the rules and expenditure of trade unions in respect of unemployed benefits, and also showing earnings in the insured trades.

Date:: 1911

Credit: Tables showing the rules and expenditure of trade unions in respect of unemployed benefits, and also showing earnings in the insured trades. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$St bo [N.B.—The payments quoted are after joining | iT UNEMPLOYED Weekly Amount and Duration of Ordinary Mieber CONTRIBUTIONS, Union of before Unemployed Benefit. Yame of Union. Members entitled to atendof | Unemployed 1908. and Ist Period. | 2nd Period. 3rd Period. Per |Additional Regular| Travelling Week, Contributions. Benefits, | | Rate. | Weeks.) Rate. | Weeks.) Rate. | Weeks. | | he | tea, &. d, cae | s. ad. | | 8. d. Engineering (General)—cont. Metal, Engineering and Leeds Grinders and Glaz- 40 0 _ 52 10; SOnisasl@ LON, uO 4 0 ers’ Society. { National Union of Oper- 800 OF ef — 52 A fter 1 year’s membership :— ative Heating and Do- LOO es 5 Om — a mestic Hngineers, After 2 years’ membership :— Whitesmiths and Gen- 10 O 10 a oe be eral Ironworkers, After 3 years’ membership :— 10 0.) 10 | 18) Ge ee ee After 4 years’ membership :— |_ 10.0} 10‘) 8 O70 = eee SMITHS, HAMMERMEN, &e. :— Loyal Society of Smiths 23 | 10 — Not stated. || 10 0 | Not — _ Ba hie (Hull). stated. | i Co-operative Smiths’ So- 1,056 | 1 O | 4d. per quarter | Half Benefit,|| 10 0; 16 7 OF 16 | — — ciety. to Contingent 26 Fund. Full Benefit. 8d. per quarter 52. to Bonus Funds. Associated Blacksmiths’ 2,882 1 0 | 4d. per quarter | Half Benefit, || 10 0 12 ie eG he, Du 28 Society. to Benevo- 26 lent and Con- | Full Benefit, tingent Fund. 52. 4d. per year for Trades Con- gress pur- poses. Liverpool Hammermen’s 130 0 4 -- a _— — — — an = Society. United Kingdom Society 3,170 0 10g aa. per fort- fh 89 8 — — ae —) of Amalgamated (11d. night to | Travelling Lock-out owing to dispute in kindred Smiths and Strikers. Members, Benevolent and trade :— F 1,331, Fund. Lock-out, 12 0] Not — —_ = = 8d. go A stated. Members, Un- Lock-out owing to dispute in kindred - Ufo ke) employed, trade :— 52 8 0 Not | =) lh ee ay Oe 9 | 0 8 i stated. Spring Smiths and 150 Pee —_ Half Benefit, || 10 0; 10. 5 O|} 10 27 54-10 Strikers’ Trade Union 26 | (Sheffield). Full Benefit, | 52. United Smiths’ Trade 74 1 0 | ls. per quarter 52 10.0} 13 6 Deas — — Union of Ireland (Dub- for doctor’s | lin). expenses, Smiths’ Hammermen’s 264 0 7 | 1s. per quarter 52 Gan) 8 — — == = Society (South Wales). to Benevo- If funds permit and at discretion of lent Fund. Executive Council. (optional ) for each branch.) National Society of 1,093 0 7 | 4d. per quarter 52 8 Of V13 4 O13 _ — Smiths and Hammer- Cinclu- to Benevo- Members contributing to Auxiliary Dona- men, ing 1d. lent Fund. tion Fund receive an additional 2s. per to cost 3d. per week week during first period and an addi- of ma- to Sick Fund tional 1s. during second period. nage- (310 Mem- ment.) bers). 1d. per week to Superannua- | tion Fund(176 2 Members). 1d. fi per week to Auxiliary Do- nation Fund (533 Mem- bers). 1d. per year to Legal Aid Society.$