Labour Gazette Vol VI, No. 6, February 1927

Abstract

February 1927. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1927; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices; European cost of living, Jan 1927. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Disputes, Presidency; Prosecutions under the Factories Act, Presidency, Jan 1927; Industrial disputes, Presidency; Workmen’s compensation; Wholesale prices, Bombay; Employment situation, Jan 1927; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Unemployment, UK; Coalmining dispute- Effect on employment in other industries; Membership, income, Expenditure and funds of registered trade unions, 1925; Advantages of shorter hours; Trade unions in Soviet Russia; British Labour’s African policy; Trade agreement in the USA, 1925; Prompt payment of wages; Trade Unions Act, 1926. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Principal trade disputes, Jan 1927; Cotton Spinning Returns (yarn, woven goods); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices and retail food numbers (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Dec 1926 and Jan 1927.