Labour Gazette Vol. LII, No. 11, July 1973

Abstract

July 1973. Month in brief. Current notes: Plastic industry donates Rd. 1.7 lakhs; Fixation of minimum wages in wooden furniture industry-Committee presents report to industries minister; Vocational courses for deaf and dumb; Over 9.02 lakh industrial workers benefitted; Over 49 lakh workers on scarcity workrs-Daily “Sukhadi” to over 37 lakh; New look for Britain’s employment service; New food industry panel set up to deal with wage settlement; Minimum wage rise needed to make economy function; Streamlining of arbitration-called key to expanded use; American labour’s gaols for 1973; Public utility service declared, May 1973; All India average CPI for Industrial workers (On base 1960=100), April 1973. Articles, Reports, Enquiries etc: Employment problem of India (V. R. Rao). Notifications under labour laws. Labour legislation: Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970; CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Naded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (Apr); Industrial disputes (Mar); Important industrial disputes (Mar); Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (Apr); Night shifts in Cotton mills (May) & Labour turnover (Apr); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (May); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, May; medical side, Jan); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (May); Employment situation, Maharashtra (Apr); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (May). Cases under labour law. Labour literature. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (Mar); CPI, Andhra & Madras (Apr); Dearness allowance; Agricultural wages (Apr).