Labour Gazette Vol. LIII, No. 1, September 1973

Abstract

September 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: Wages committee for rubber industry; Over 37 lakh on scarcity works; Board for Khoka making establishment; Increased D.A. for municipal employees; ITI institute at Wangaon; Wooden furniture making industry-Minimum wage fixed; Progress at counter-inflation talks-British ministers meet TUC leaders; Resumption of staggering of weekly holidays; C.M. lauds M.S.T.C.’s working in running “Sick mills”; Public utility service declared, July 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), June 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Finding jobs for the professionals (Ruth Elliot). Notifications under labour laws. Labour legislation: Industrial Disputes (Maharashtra Amendment) Act 1973; Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers 1973; Employees’ family pension (Maharashtra Amendment Act) Act 1973 (Second amendment) Scheme 1973. CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (June); Industrial disputes (May); Important industrial disputes (May); Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (June); Night shifts in Cotton mills (July) & Labour turnover (June); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (July); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, July; medical side, Mar); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (July); Employment situation, Maharashtra (June); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (July). Labour literature. Cases under labour laws. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (May); CPI, Andhra & Madras (June); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (June).