Labour Gazette Vol. LXIV, No. 11, July 1985

Abstract

July 1985. MONTH IN BRIEF. CURRENT NOTES: 71st session of ILC-P.M. to address on June 18; ILO chief for productive dialogue to tackle challenges to work; Child labour to be banned soon; Participative management still to take off; Journalists’ wage board finalised; New Textile Policy, worth giving a trial; Child labour; Situation of workers in occupied Arab territories ILO; ILO to intensify activities in new technologies. Switzerland: ILO workers’ education consultants meet; Text of textile policy statement; Child labour gets raw deal in U.P. carpet units; Socio-economic perspectives on filipino women; Tripartite Agreement freezes wages, prices and taxes. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: What ails our industrial relations; Occupational health and safety in power sector. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Industrial Dispute (Amendment) Act, 1948 (No. 49 of 1984). GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASHTRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. STATEMENT SHOWING CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS BY GROUPS FOR SEVEN CENTRES OF MAHARASHTRA. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.