Labour Gazette Vol VII, No. 5, January 1928

Abstract

January 1928. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1928; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Accidents, Presidency; Disputes, Presidency; Prosecutions under the Factory Act; Employment situation, Dec 1927; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Working Class cost of living; Indian Emigration Act, 1922; Women in industry; Intl. Labour Conference Conventions; India and Ninth Intl. Labour Conference; Unemployment Insurance Bill, England; Married women in industry; Wage movements, USA; Wages and hours of labour in the cotton industry, USA; Eight-hour day; A proposal for old-age pensions in South Africa; Conditions of women workers, Japan; Labour statistics, Japan; Trade unions, Presidency; Old-age pensions, Canada; Industrial disputes, Presidency, 1927; Industrial safety, Japan; Mofussil labour and wages, 1926-27; India and sickness insurance. BOOKS AND REPORTS REVIEWS. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Federation of trade unions, Presidency; Principal trade unions, Presidency; Principal trade unions, Income and expenditure, Presidency; Factory accidents (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres), Dec 1925; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Cost of living index numbers, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices and retail food numbers (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Nov and Dec 1926.