East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. II, III, IV, 1929
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The collection contains five issues of the labour movement journal 'East Bengal Railway Labour Review' from 1929
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Item East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. IV, No VI, November 1929(East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association [AIRF], 1929-11)Contains articles on Housing problem in Vienna, Resolutions passed at the general council of the All India Railwaymen's Federation held on 29. 9.29, it mentions a meeting held between AITUC and labour delegate from Japan to organise an Asiatic Labour Congress,Item East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. III, No 5, September 1929(East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association [AIRF], 1929-09)Article on sickness insurance in Italy, report on 8th Annual convention of East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association held in August 1929; on the policy with regards to labour, of the Indian National Congress and the starting of the Labour College in Bombay.Item East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. II, No 3, May 1929(East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association [AIRF], 1929-05)An article mentions a decision by the Railway board to deny travel passes and leave to railway workers attending union meetings; it also makes mention of the absence of lady doctors or midwives to attend to needs of Indian Employees…; an incident of Railway officials dismantling gardens set up by railway workers next to their homes. January 1928 to March 1929 report of secretary Paksey Branch of the East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association.Item East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. II, No1, January 1929(East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association [AIRF])Among issues discussed in this issue of East Bengal Railway Labour Review are, grievances of workers in Saidpur regarding the absence of street lighting, adequate water supply and the demand for an overbridge; It also mentions schools set up in Asansol, Jamalpur for workers children and the insufficient funds. Thre is also an article on the annual convention of AIRF held in December 1928.Item East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. II, No 2, March 1929(East Bengal Railway Indian Employees Association [AIRF], 1929-03)The first article in this issue mentions issues of housing and residential quarters for workers. The disparity in housing quarters provided for European / Anglo-Indian Workers vis a Vis Indian Employees; A glance into the Archives of the Railway's secretariat giving expenditure by Railways on the education of employees and provide figures of the number of railway employees between 1925-26. An article deals with Railway's topics in Indian Legislatures