Monthly wages in spinning and weaving in Catalonia according to the type of spinning, in 1841 (reals of fleece)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000

Until the 1970s, the eighteenth-century Indian factories had constituted the continuity of Catalan industry during the nineteenth century. In this sense, Catalan industrialisation did not respond to an exclusive Barcelona model, but rather emerged as a response to the diverse productive structures of the territory, combining the new fibre with new technologies. Nevertheless, cotton reinforced Barcelona in the industry by being the point of entry and distribution. Although there are certain inconsistencies in the different areas, the data are fairly homogeneous. In the area of spinning with mules, wages were much higher. Men earned 272-298 reais as opposed to women, who earned 116-146 while a child earned between 50-59 reais; in the berdagana zones men earned between 146-164, women 59.2-76.8 and children between 33.4-33.6.something similar happened with weaving, since based on the average of the prices of the different parties, men in the mule area charged 62% more than those in the berdeganas area, women 70% more and children 47% more. In weaving, men were paid 28.9% more, women 100% more and children 26.5% more. In Manresa, all salaries were in an intermediate position, while in Reus, weavers were close to Barcelona salaries. Therefore, there were significant wage differences from one area to another.

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Daily wages in reals of skilled and unskilled workers, Montevideo (Uruguay), 1760-1810, ten-year averages

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:52 +0000

Montevideo was founded by the Spanish Crown in 1726 on the banks of the Río de la Plata, sharing economic space with Buenos Aires. The Uruguayan region experienced a process of economic and demographic growth whose population grew from 3,000 inhabitants in 1760 to 30,000 in 1810. The most important characteristic of the labour market in colonial Montevideo was the lack of labour, where the small size of the population and its jurisdiction were the determining factors for its scarcity. Nevertheless, there are numerous indications that urban and rural labour markets were intertwined. On the supply side, agricultural activity always competed for labour with other sectors. In order to retain workers, it was common for employers to offer, in addition to a monetary wage, additional benefits such as a food ration, accommodation or yerba mate. However, wage labour was characterised by instability of job tenure due to the seasonality of demand, typically marked in the construction sector and in rural activities. As far as is known, some workers were hired on a monthly or weekly basis and even by the day, depending on the activity; there were no written contracts and the conditions of employment were agreed verbally between the worker and the employer. In this sense, and in order to adapt the information to the requirements of the welfare ratio, the monthly wages were converted to daily wages with the assumption of a month of 21 working days. In the case of labourers, in a record from 1796-1802, they obtain a range of 2 to 5 reals per day, although the great majority obtain between 3 and 4 reals per day. Among the skilled trades, there is a general upward trend in almost all cases from 1780 onwards.

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Monthly wages in spinning and weaving in Catalonia according to the type of spinning, in 1841 (reals of fleece)

Daily wages in reals of skilled and unskilled workers, Montevideo (Uruguay), 1760-1810, ten-year averages