Masonry Magazine February 1970 Page. 25
Committee Reports
(Continued from page 19)
Studies by the Department of Labor indicate that an additional 7,000 apprentices are needed in each of the next five years to meet demands for bricklayers.
Pre-job training is critical to the success of an apprentice program, the committee said. It eliminates the traditional pattern of having the apprentice start to work and attend school at night or on Saturday. This is replaced with full-time instruction where the apprentice spreads mortar and lays brick in the classroom. The approach has been implemented with great success in a number of areas.
To cover expenses during this period, each apprentice is paid an hourly wage by the local apprenticeship committee. The program is usually financed through hourly contributions from all employers in the area. Also, apprentices are indentured to the local committee rather than individual contractors.
With this set up, individual contractors will be more eager to accept apprentices because the cost of their training will be spread among all contractors, said William Conners, committee chairman and secretary of the Bricklayers Union. Under the old procedure, he noted, a contractor was sometimes reluctant to hire apprentices because he usually had to individually underwrite the entire cost of their training.
Contractor members of the committee said they favor the pre-job training because it makes the apprentice productive from the day he goes on the job.
In urging all-weather construction, the committee said that studies show that use of proven all-weather construction techniques can increase average bricklayer earnings significantly, making the trade more attractive to young men. It also can significantly reduce the pressure of a manpower shortage by making better use of the existing skilled labor force.
GPC Sets Sales Record
General Portland Cement Company in 1969 set a record level for sales, and earnings were higher than each of the past five years, L. James Wade, Jr., board chairman and chief executive officer, has announced.
"Net sales increased six percent for the year reaching $87,100,000, compared to $82,500,000 in 1968. Net income increased to $7,139,000, or $1.36 per share, compared to $7,011,000, or $1.34 per share, in 1968," Wade said.
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February, 1970
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