"c           VAR 0754      08002A TRAD U 3R 887-924               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0754         LOC 1347 WIDTH  9             DK  22 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TRADE UNION MEMBERS UNEMPLOYED, TOTAL                         "
"c              -------------------------------------                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08002A                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  UNITED KINGDOM                                 "
"c              UNITS:  PER CENT OF TOTAL                                     "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1887-05/1924                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BOARD OF TRADE, LABOUR DEPARTMENT (LATER CHANGED TO  "
"c              MINISTRY OF LABOUR), ABSTRACT OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE      "
"c              UNITED KINGDOM, ESPECIALLY 21ST ABSTRACT, 1919-1933.          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08002A IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1887-1924 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1920-1939.                                                    "
"c                   THESE DATA ARE BASED ON RETURNS COLLECTED BY THE BOARD   "
"c              OF TRADE AND THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR FROM VARIOUS TRADE        "
"c              UNIONS WHICH PAID UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.  PERSONS ON STRIKE,  "
"c              LOCKED OUT, SICK, OR SUPERANNUATED ARE EXCLUDED.  THE         "
"c              PERCENTAGES FOR SOME OF THE EARLIER YEARS ARE PARTLY          "
"c              COMPUTED FROM THE EXPENDITURES OF THE SEVERAL UNIONS ON       "
"c              UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT.                                         "
"c                   MARCH AND APRIL 1912 WERE AFFECTED BY THE NATIONAL COAL  "
"c              DISPUTE.                                                      "
"c                   IN 1919, SKILLED MEN PERMANENTLY ENGAGED IN THEIR        "
"c              TRADES FORMED A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THESE      "
"c              TRADE UNIONS.  UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EARLY PART OF 1919 WAS     "
"c              LARGELY OF SEMI-SKILLED MEN WHO WERE DISCHARGED FROM          "
"c              INDUSTRIES WHICH THEY HAD ONLY ENTERED FOR WAR PURPOSES.      "
"c              THE FIGURES GIVEN HERE THEREFORE MAY NOT FULLY INDICATE THE   "
"c              AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT (LABOR GAZETTE, JANUARY 20, P.3).      "
"c                   APRIL-JUNE, 1921 DATA EXCLUDE THE COAL MINERS' STOPPAGE  "
"c              IN INDUSTRY.                                                  "
"c                   1924 DATA INCLUDE POTTERY AND ARE A CONTINUATION OF      "
"c              EARLIER DATA.  LABOUR GAZETTE DISCONTINUED POTTERY TRADE      "
"c              OPERATIONS AT END OF MAY 1924 BUT NO CHANGE IS MADE IN DATA   "
"c              FOR MARCH-MAY 1924 FOR EXCLUSION IN BOTH THE ABSTRACT AND     "
"c              THE GAZETTE.  THE GAZETTE STATES THAT AT THE TIME THE         "
"c              FIGURES WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE.                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "