Labour Gazette Vol VIII, No. 5, January 1929

Abstract

January 1929. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1929; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Accidents, Presidency; Employment situation, Dec 1928; Prosecutions under the Indian Factories Act; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Labour problem, Assam; Working Class cost of living, Bombay; Family allowances, Spain; Efficiency of Indian labour; Definition of Building-Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation; AITUC; Trade union reorganisation, Italy; Note on working of Factories Act, 1927; Japan and sickness insurance; Industrial census, Argentina; Maternity benefit for factory women; Amendment of Indian Trade Unions Act; Intl. Labour Office; Trade unions, Presidency; Mofussil Labour and Wages, 1927-28; Enquiry into unemployment, New Zealand; BOOK AND REPORT REVIEWS. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. Census of industry, Canada. STATISTICAL TABLES: Federation of trade unions, Presidency; Principal trade unions, Presidency; Principal trade unions, Income and expenditure, Presidency; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Factory accidents (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres); Industrial disputes, Dec 1928; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices and retail food numbers (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Nov and Dec 1928; Working class cost of living, Bombay.