Labour GazetteVol XXIX No 7 March 1950

Abstract

March 1950. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: ILO chemical industries committee; Employer-Employee relations, Canada; Report of the president’s steel industry board, USA. COST OF LIVING: Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur, Jalgaon, Industrial workers, Jan 1950. SPECIAL ARTICLES: Trade unions, Presidency. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Disputes, Presidency; Employment situation, Jan 1950. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923. INDIAN TRADE UNIONS ACT, 1926. BOMBAY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1946: Trade conditions, Ahmedabad; Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946; Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. FOREIGN: Settlement of wages and working conditions, UK; Report of the Dept. of Labour, Canada, year ending March 1949. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947. ARBITRATION AWARDS: 1. Tata Oil Mills Co. Ltd., Bombay; 2. Bombay Gas Company Limited, Bombay; 3. Firestone tyre and rubber co. of India Ltd., Bombay; 4. Rubber ex-industries Ltd., Bombay; 5. Western India Vegetable Products Ltd., Amalner, and others. LABOUR LEGISLATION. BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS. CHARTS: Working class cost of living (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Sholapur, and Jalgaon); Retail food prices (Dec 1949, Jan 1950); Industrial disputes, Jan 1950.