Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 4, December 1922

Abstract

December 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: Bonus to Bombay millworkers. COST OF LIVING: Nov 1922. PRICES: Nov 1922, Bombay; Retail food prices in principal countries; Comparative retail prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). WAGES: Reduction of wages, UK; Wages, Ahmedabad; Wages, Kenya. HOUSING AND WELFARE: Rents, UK; Housing of industrial classes; Welfare work in Tata mills. CONFERENCES: Intl. Labour Conference, 1922; India’s Industrial Importance; Railwaymen’s conference. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS: Industrial disputes, Bombay; Disputes in other provinces. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay, fourth quarter of 1922; Government Servants’ Associations; Questions in the legislatures. TRADE BOARD: Report of the Cave Committee. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, Japan, Russia. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Principal trade unions, Bombay, income and expenditure; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Oct and Nov 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Nov 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Monsoon 1922.