Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 6, February 1922

Abstract

February 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1922, abroad, Canada. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Jan 1922; Wholesale and retail prices, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). INDIA’S INDUSTRIAL IMPORTANCE: Literacy among mill-workers, Bombay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Bombay Municipal Sweepers’ Strike; Other provinces. IMMIGRANT LABOUR, ASSAM. COMMITTEES AND CONFERENCES: Committee for recruitment of Indien seamen; Industrial disputes committee; Associated chambers of commerce. LEGISLATION: Labour legislation; Workman’s Breach of Contract act; Workmen’s Compensation legislation; Trade Union Legislation. TRADE UNIONS: Executive of labour organizations; Ahmedabad unions; British trade unionism; Trade unionism in India (Deputation of British Trades Union Congress). CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Japan, Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, South Africa. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay) ; Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Retail food prices, Dec 1921 and Jan 1922 (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods); Principal trade disputes, Jan 1922. CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (India, UK, Canada, Belgium); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay 1921.