File contains a report from the Research Department of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), dated October 1977. Topics discussed include comparisions of caretakers' and labourers' rates in major school boards, municipalities, and collective agreements, average wage changes in collective agreements, B.C. wage settlements by quarter and industry, faculty compensation package increases, labour costs in education, reduction in hours of work, consumer price indexes, statistics, contract analysis, and selected articles on trends, economics, and understanding statistics. File also contains a statement issed by Evan Wolfe, Minister of Finance, dated June 10, 1977