U.S. STEEL TRUST.
TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES. WORSE THAN GALLEY SLAVES. 12 HOURS A DAY IN BLAST .FURNACES FOR 7s A DAY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEWTORK, J.iunary 29. The report of the Department of Commerce accuses the steel corporations of maintaining a system of labor which is as enslaving as in the old-time galleys. Only 14 per cent, of 173,000 employees in the blast furnaces at the steel works and rolling mills worked less than 60 hours weekly, 43 per cent, working 72 hours or over. " Of the 173,C00 workers, 13,860 earned below 14 cents (7d) per hour, 20,527 below 16 cents (8d! per hour, and 51,417 below 13 cents (9di per hour. The companies were gradually eliminating skilled artisans, and replacing them by unskilled labcr at 7,1 per hour, recruited from recent i;i.'iin'"i'atiis. Their we>k co;v:-=ts of seven working days. The general work-is were moved each week from day shift, to night shift, '.bus compelling them !o re main on duty for from )8 to 24 hours. Eighteen-hour shifts were the rule in some plants.
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Evening Star, Issue 14786, 30 January 1912, Page 6
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175U.S. STEEL TRUST. Evening Star, Issue 14786, 30 January 1912, Page 6
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