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In many places, particularly in North America, elevator mechanics belong to a company called Elevator Constructors. L abor unions have a large impact on the industry, depending on the country. Mechanics make an average annual wage of US$70,910 (as of May 2010). [1] Elevator mechanic jobs are expected to grow of 13% from 2014 to 2024. [1]
[4] [5] The union limits entry of new workers into the field, and has constrained the ability of firms to use new technology to streamline elevator production in the United States. [5] Data indicates that elevator-related work is the highest paid trade in the United States, with a median wage $47.60 per hour in 2021. [5]
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles [7] Otis founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York, in 1853. When he died in 1861 his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business.
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In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate at Civic Center was installed in January 2023. [ 21 ] BART reopened a secondary station agent booth – which had been closed for over a decade – near the Civic Center entrance in February 2023. [ 22 ]
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In the twenty-first century Schindler became the largest maker of escalators and second largest maker of elevators in the world, though their first escalator installation did not occur until 1936. [11] In 1979, the company entered the United States market by purchasing the Haughton Elevator company. [12]
In order to do this job, female elevator operators, called elevator girls, had to attend "charm school." The elevator operators for Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago, were required to attend an 8-week long course, where they learned how to dress, do their makeup, lose weight, clearly announce key merchandise areas, and answer customer questions. [4]