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1 Facts on Women Workers [i] (1946-1953)

handle is hein.peggy/factwowo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WOMEN'S BUREAU U..DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MAY 1946* EMP LOMENT OF WOMEN IN APRIL 1946 Employment of women increased in April for the second successive month. April 1946 Number of Change since Total persons women March 1946 Number Percent women Population (14 years and over) 53,690,000 + 30,000 106,140,000 50.6 Employed 16,130,000 * 350,000 54,550,000 29.6 Unemployed 460,000 - 50,000 2,350,000 19.6 Armed forces 80,000 - 20s000 3,840,000 2.1 Nonworkers 37,020,000 - 250,000 45,400,000 81.5 (U.S. Bureau of the Census) W1N' S EARNINGS AND HOURS Women' s average weekly earnings, as reported by the National Industrial Conference Board for 25 selected manufacturing industries, were $31.16 for October and November, and $31.49 for December. Women' s average hourly earnings for the same months were 77.8 cents, 78.7 cents, and 79.7 cents. Women's average weekly hours for the same periods were 40.1, 39.6, and 39.6. P-IRESSS IN LABOR STANDARDS Protection for women in the automobile industry received special attention at the UAW-CIO Convention in March. A resolution drawn up by women delegates and passed called for: (1) the incorporation of a Model Clause in union contracts which would prevent discrimination based on sex or marital status; (2) the disapproval of any local union contracts which discriminate against women members; (3) seniority protection for women equal with the seniority protection provided for other members; (4) reaffirming the union' s position for equal pay for equal work as provisions for union contracts which shall be rigidly conferred; (5) inclusion in union contracts of a Model Maternity Clause and provision for rest periods for men and women; (6) increased attention to the status of women workers by union officials. There were 57 women among the 2,000 delegates present. EQUAL PAY Rhode Island is the seventh State to adopt an equal pay law for women, effectivd April 25, 1946. It requires equal pay for women except where provided otherwise in union contracts. May 19 a Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor recommended favorable action by the full Committee on the Women's Equal Pay Act (S. 1178). !/This is the first in a monthly series. Future issues will be mailed out the last week of the month.

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