Madras Labour Union (Buckingham and Carnatic Mills)
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Item Report on Techno-Economic viability of Binny Textile Division(The South India Textile Research Association, 1993)The report focuses on the proposed modernisation scheme in the B&C mills and discusses the cost of production and profitability of the mill. Includes a study of the performance of the various departments of the mill in Madras and Bangalore, and detailed costs of modernisation of each department.Item Buckingham & Carnatic Mills - Rehabilitation and Restructuring(1994)Summary record of proceedings of the hearing held on 30-3-1994 by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction on the draft rehabilitation scheme and restructuring of the B&C mills with support from financial institutions and state governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka also mentioned.Item Correspondence regarding Reopening of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills(The South India Textile Research Association, 1992)Correspondence between Adhimoolam, Commissioner of Labour (Govt of TN), Varadarajan (member of the committee), and Venkataraman (member of the committee) on issues including the cost of purchases of new machines for B&C mills, building costs at Bhuvanagiri, manpower deployment, the charter of demands for the MLU and Staff Union, concessions sought from the TN government, etc.Item Buckinghum and Carnatic Mills - Report of the Tripartite Committee(1992)Includes report of the Tripartite Committee on the restructuring and modernisation of the B&C mills, individual reports by Varadarajan, Venkataraman, and Athimoolam (members of the committee), government orders 27 and 28 dated 12-03-92, and settlement dated 26-03-92 with enclosures.Item Report of Expert Committee on Work Assignment for Operatives and Staff(The South India Textile Research Association, 1993)The report includes work assignment recommendations for various categories of workmen in various departments including spinning, weaving preparatory and waving, grey warehouse, dye house, finished warehouse, non-production operatives, and for various staff categories.Item Life sketch of Com G. Chelvapathi Chettiar(Guruswami Alamelu Labour Research Centre, 1992) Chelvapathi, GChelvapathi Chettiar - one of the co-founders of the MLU along with Ramanjulu Naidu and with the support of BP Wadia. Participation in struggles against victimisation of workers at B&C mills, combined effort at struggle in support of the workers of the Carnatic Mill in 1921. Chelvapathi Chettiar was the General Secretary of the MLY for 25 continuous years till 1943 and was crucial in enabling the union to gain recognition, reducing working hours from 12 to 10 and then from 10 to 9, increasing wages from Rs. 100 to Rs. 150, 13 holidays for workers, 15 paid leave days, quarters to workers, establishing a free medical dispensary, etc., Also crucial in establishing the M&SM Railway Employees' Union along with S Guruswami.Item Madras Labour Union - Response to Rehabilitation Scheme(1993)Objections filed by the Madras Labour Union to the recommendations of the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction on the draft rehabilitation scheme of the B&C mills.Item Buckingham and Carnatic Mills - Correspondence and Court Papers(1992)Includes letters to the CM of Madras on the issues faced by workers in the B&C mills including settling wage, DA dues, revision of annual increment, medical reimbursement for workmen not covered by ESI act, restoring night shift and sick leave allowance, supply of uniform to all workmen, provision of full meals, morning tiffin and tea supply in the 'B' shift in the canteen, etc. Also includes extracts from the orders of the Division Bench of the Madras High Court, correspondence between the President of the MLU (Varada Rajan) and the Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu (Venkataraman), etc.