Dressmaking and millinery by Bryner Edna & Cleveland Foundation. Survey Committee

Author:Bryner, Edna & Cleveland Foundation. Survey Committee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dressmaking, Millinery, Public schools -- Ohio Cleveland, Technical education -- Ohio Cleveland
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation
Published: 1916-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

who worked in wholesale houses during the day were occasionally taken on as extra workers to help out at night during busy times.

The 54-hour legal working week for women has made overtime work during the rush season legally impossible for employees, not for employers. Many employers visited spoke of the terrible strain lasting for two months twice a year when they sat up practically every night until very late working alone. It is a well known fact, however, that violations of the 10-hour daily limit and 54-hour weekly limit for employees are extremely common.

Summary Available data indicate that the wages of workers in retail shops are lower in general than the wages of workers in millinery departments in stores and in wholesale houses. Makers in retail shops earn from $3 to $16 a week, the average being about $8. Trimmers earn from $10 to $40, with an average of about $18. Out of 45 retail shops, only 22 paid as high as $10 to any maker; 15 paid as high as $12; six paid as high as $15; and only one paid over $15.

In millinery departments in stores, trimmers, who are largely designers, earn from $15 to $50 a week or more. The rate most commonly received is $25. Makers are started at from $4 to $6 and may advance to $15, with an average of about $10.

In wholesale houses designers earn from $25 to or more. Makers start at about $5 and range 75

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