Employment and Wages in the Canadian Furniture Industry

Content

• 1 Employment
• 2 Wages, Salaries and Working Conditions
  • 2.1 All Furniture Workers
  • 2.2 Furniture Production Workers
  • 2.3 Furniture Salaried Employees
• 3 Unions
  • 3.1 Degree of Unionization and Trends
  • 3.2 Unions in the Furniture Industry
  • 3.3 Strikes, Lockouts and the Bargaining Process
  • 3.4 The Impact of Unions on Wages and Productivity
• Index
• Table of Exhibits
  • 1. Furniture Employment as a % Share of Manufacturing Employment
  • 2. Furniture Employment as a % Share of Total Employment
  • 3. Furniture Employment by Worker Type
  • 4. Furniture Productive Employment by Occupation
  • 5. Furniture Employment by Industry Segment
  • 6. Furniture Employment by Industry Segment,
  • 7. Furniture Employment shares by Province, 2005
  • 8. Furniture Employment shares of total Provincial Manufacturing Employment Employment Shares by Province, by Segment, 2005
  • 9. Average Number of Employees per Firm, by Segment, 2005
  • 10. Furniture Firms by Employment Size, 2005, in %
  • 11. Average Weekly Earnings for Total Manufacturing and Furniture Manufacturing (in current and constant $).
  • 12. Average Weekly Earnings for Furniture Manufacturing by Segment,
  • 13. Average Weekly Earnings for Furniture Manufacturing by Major Segments
  • 14. Average Hourly Earnings of Manufacturing and Furniture Manufacturing Production Workers, 1995 -
  • 15. Average Hourly Earnings of Furniture Production Workers by Segment, 1995 - 2005
  • 16. Average Hourly Earnings of Furniture Production Workers,
  • 17. Selected Furniture Occupation Wages
  • 18. Average Weekly Earnings in Furniture Manufacturing by Province, 2005
  • 19. Average Weekly Hours in Manufacturing and Furniture Manufacturing 1995 - 2005
  • 20. Average Weekly Hours in the Furniture Industry, 1995 - 2005
  • 21. Average Weekly Salaries in Furniture, by Segment, 2005
  • 22. Time Lost due to Industrial Disputes in % of the Total Amount of Time Actually Worked in the Furniture and Total Manufacturing, 1995 -
  • 23. Furniture Work Stoppage Incidents, 1995 - 2005