LABRST 3E03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Keypunch, Deskilling, Salary
7 Feb 2017
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A clerk in the 1800s would carry out similar roles as management in today"s society (was an honoured employee) The clerk was considered a professional and a member of the middle class (had respect) Clerical workers can refer to bookkeepers, secretary, cashier, teller, file clerk, telephone operator, etc. Today clerks have grown in size and are commonly found. Clerks were disproportionately male in the past. This has changed dramatically over the years, with a disproportionate amount of women employed in clerk positions. Even though clerk work was well-established and earned large salaries in the. 1800s, by the 1970s average weekly clerk salaries were lower than the average incomes of blue-collar workers. It was lower than the median incomes of all urban occupational classifications except service employment. Clerical work in its earlier stages had been linked to a craft. It was a job that introduced a chance for building skills through apprenticeship and to move up a career ladder (experience promotions)
