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Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical gear box B3

rce: Estimated by the staff of the .. International Trade Commission. 4-4 Employment The number of production workers employed in the .. gear industry fell from an estimated 8,8 in 1 to low of 8,2 in 1, decline of 6 percent (table 4-. However, between 1 and 1, employment increased by 3 percent, rising to 8,6. The increase was most likely in response to an upturn in the market in 1-8. Nominal wages and total compensation per hour for employees in this sector rose by 8 percent and 1 percent, respectively, during 1-8. However, hourly wages and total compensation, including fringe benefits, bonuses, and payments in kind, decreased by 4 and 2 percent, respectively, in real terms. 8 Although neither wages nor compensation in real terms increased, both nominal and real worker productivity figures rose. In real terms, annual productivity per production worker increased by 2 percent and worker productivity per hour, as measured by output per man-hour, climbed by 1 percent Unionization According to AGMA statistics, 5 percent of AGMA members have unions representing their hourly workforce, although the degree of unionization varies by sector. For example, workers Real wages calculated using wage deflator based on machinists' wages. AGMA, posthearing submission, Nov. 1, 1, . 3. in the auto industry are more heavily unionized than are workers in the industrial gearing sector. Data gathered in the Commission' questionnaire indicated that respondents' workers producing gearing were represented by number of different unions. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) was mentioned most frequently, followed closely by the United Auto Workers (UAW). Other labor organizations representing employees of gear manufacturers included the United Steelworkers of America and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE), as well as the International Brotherhood of Electri