Labour Gazette Vol. LIII, No. 8, April 1974

Abstract

April 1974. Month in brief: Federation of labour co-ops-Recommendation by advisory board; Removing poverty, minister stresses workers role; Sugar trade take over-Suggested by a panel; Bengal engineering units-Wage hike announced; An appeal to labour and management; Bonus move for labour equality with capital; Francis Blanchard of France appointed ILO director-general. Notification under labour laws: Public Utility Service declared in Feb 1974. Labour legislation: Factories Act 1948. CPI (Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Poona; for certain industrial centres; & on base of 1944). Labour Intelligence: Industrial relations, Maharashtra (Jan); Industrial disputes (Dec); Important industrial disputes (Dec); Absenteeism Statistics – Cotton trade (Feb); Trade Unions Act, Maharashtra (Feb); State Insurance Scheme (non-medical side, Feb); Fatal accidents and industrial diseases, Maharashtra (Feb); Employment situation, Maharashtra (Jan); Textile employment (decasualization) Scheme (Feb). Labour literature. Book reviews. Statistics: Employment through employment exchange & decasualization scheme; Industrial disputes (Dec); CPI, Andhra & Madras (Jan); Agricultural wages (Jan).