Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPP. Population in 1899. Ascertained Trade Unionists in 1899. Number of Trade Unionists per 100 of Population. York United Kingdom 75,812 40,630,247 2,539 1,804,768 1 CO CO ^ This would appear to be due in part to the fact that a considerable proportion of the working classes in York are engaged in the manufacture of confectionery, a trade in which there is no combina- tion amongst the workers either in York or elsewhere. The following Unions have enrolled practically all the possible members in the city, viz.— Members. Remarks. Plasterers .... 57 Enrolled all but 1. Blue Tile Slaters 24 >5 >J 3. Boiler Makers 76 ,, all competent. Flint Glass Makers 86 • • • Typographical Association 141 ,, all but 20. Bricklayers .... 233 ,, all but about 6. Bricklayers’ Labourers 346 ... There have been no serious strikes in recent years. A serious one threatened amongst the North-Eastern Railway servants in 1897, but was averted, the matters in dispute between the Company and the men being settled by arbitration. A Trades Council was established in the city in 1890. It consisted in 1899 of 18 affiliated societies, representing nearly 2000 Trade Unionists. Its influence is mainly educative and stimulative. Since its inauguration it has been busy arranging labour demonstrations, running labour candidates at