OUT OF WORK PAY
HEAVY RECONSTRUCTION BILLS (fkoh our. ovru correspondent.) I . ■' LONDON, 14th March. The number of men and women, who were out of work and drawing pensions on 24th February was 948,620. This figure, of course) 'cannot be interpreted as a measure of unemployment. It is really the measure of the dislocation caused by tho change over from war work to peace industries. • In .most cases the out-of-work payments have fallen to the lower scale, as the policies have been lodged for more than thirteen weeks. But it is estimated on a conservative basis that . the Treasury is paying but at least £1,250,000 per week in this way. The distribution of. out-of-work donations amongst different industries is as follows: — ' ■ Engineering and ironfounding 200,000 General labourers .i 130,000 Domestic service 75,000 Transport service ...._ 65,000 Building 55,000 Ammunition ......_ 37,000 Shipbuilding 16,000
Judging by the number of "persons who drew policies indicating that they had lost their employment and the number who are .now signing policies- to show 'that they are still out of work, there has been a considerable reabsorption in industry. Up to 28th February-, tho reabsorptio-n included 188,000 civilian .men, 616,000 service men, and 217,000 women. -
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 110, 12 May 1919, Page 7
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OUT OF WORK PAY
Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 110, 12 May 1919, Page 7
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