By the Associated Press
Raleigh, Aug. 20—A shortage of unskilled labor prevails throughout the state, with the exception of Winston-Salem and Greensboro, where labor is in the surplus, according to the compiled reports of the various branch offices of the state-federal employment service made to the director, M.L. Shipman, for the week ending Saturday, August 16th.
All points, however, report that domestic help is in demand and Asheville adds a needed supply of hotel waiters.
Greensboro reports that the operation of the mills on half time has seriously affected its labor situation, making the skilled workers of the mills in the surplus class and increasing the unskilled labor class as the mill workers seek work in the unskilled field when there are no openings in their lines.
Winston-Salem makes the most pessimistic report of all. The state-federal employment office of that city reports that the outlook is not good and that registrations are numerous with very few placements.
According to the statement issued from the director’s office, there were 644 placements, 450 men and 149 women, and 821 registrations, 600 men and 212 women. The department, it was said, had 686 requests for help, 520 men and 168 women, and referred 721 applicants, 544 men and 187 women.
Placements were classified as follows:
Skilled, 89
Unskilled, 381
Clerical and professional, 52
Industrial, 8
Domestic, 114
City placements were given as follows:
Asheville, 127
Charlotte, 96
Greensboro, 99
Raleigh, 60
Wilmington, 186
Winston-Salem, 76.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Aug. 20, 1924
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