Labour Gazette Vol. LIII, No. 2, October 1973

Abstract

October 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: Shri S.B. Patil distributes certificates to workers’ education students; CM appeals to industrialists to co-operate for relocation of industries; Minimum Wages committee appointed; Minimum wages committees member-secretaries appointed; Awards to best physically handicapped workers-State selection committee appointed; Progress at counter-inflation talks-British ministers-TUC leaders; Accident prevention in industry; New techniques explored for settlement of disputes; Over Rs. 3 crore aid schemes for educated unemployed; Roel of trade unions in propagation of family planning; Uniform staffing pattern and pay scales in the institutions for physically handicapped; Employment situation, 1971-72; Wage revision for electricity workers increased; Public utility service declared, Aug 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), July 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Labour turnover (Alphons Indana). Notifications under labour laws. Labour legislation: Industrial Disputes (Maharashtra Amendment) Act 1973. CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (July); Industrial disputes (June); Important industrial disputes (June); Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (July); Night shifts in Cotton mills (Aug) & Labour turnover (July); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (Aug); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, Aug; medical side, Apr); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (Aug); Employment situation, Maharashtra (July); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (Aug). Labour literature. Cases under labour laws. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (June); CPI, Andhra & Madras (July, Aug); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (July).