Labour Gazette Vol VIII, No. 8, April 1929

Abstract

April 1929. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: April 1929; Comparison with cost of living in other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial disputes, Presidency; Workmen’s Compensation Act; Employment situation in March; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Labour News, Ahmedabad; Prosecutions under the Indian Factories Act, March 1929; Working class housing, Calcutta; Asiatic Labour Congress; Labour problem, Lancashire; “Re-conditioning” British industry; Trade union reorganization, Italy; Recent changes in average level of “real” wages, U.K.; Workmen’s Compensation Bill, Japan; Japanese settlement, Colombia; Social conditions, Jamshedpur; Unemployment Insurance Acts: Extension of Transitional period. Trade Disputes Bill - Report of the select committee; Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929; Employment of married women, Germany; Trade Unions, Presidency. COST OF LIVING INDEX. BOOK AND REPORTS REVIEWS. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Federation of trade unions, Presidency; Principal trade unions, Presidency; Income and expenditure of principal trade unions, Presidency; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Industrial disputes, March 1929; 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, Feb and Mar 1929; Working class cost of living, Bombay.