Labour Gazette Vol XXIX, No. 2, October 1949

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October 1949. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: Closure of textile mills; Staggered hours in factories; Free medical service for industrial workers-Pilot scheme to start in January 1950; Health insurance for Delhi workers; Employment exchanges; Standing plantation committee; ILO conference on professional workers; Permanent agricultural committee of the ILO. COST OF LIVING: Bombay working class, Aug 1949; Ahmedabad working class cost of living, Aug 1949; Sholapur working class cost of living, Aug 1949; Jalgaon working class cost of living, Aug 1949; Numbers for Industrial workers, India. LABOUR COURTS. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Disputes, Province; Employment situation, Aug 1949. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923. Trade Commissions, Ahmedabad; Night shifts in cotton mills, Province; Indian Trade Acts, 1926; Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; Jalgaon Girni Kamgar Union, Jalgaon; Foreign-Work stoppages in other countries; Cost of living in UK, 1938-1948; Report of cotton manufacturing commission on wages and methods of work. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION: Arbitration under section 73-A of Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946; Reference under section 86-C of Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946. ARBITRATION AWARDS: Certain cotton textile mills, Bombay; Millowners’ Association, Ahmedabad. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947. ADJUDICATION AWARDS: Brandon & Co. Ltd., Bombay; Bombay Metal and Alloys Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Bombay. BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS. REPORTS. CHARTS: Working class cost of living (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur, Jalgaon); Retail food prices (Jul and Aug 1949); Industrial disputes, August 1949.