Labour Movement in India : Documents 1937-1939 (Vol: 21 & 22-Set)
Contents: Vol. 21: III. Labour struggles in railways, docks, mines and the press: Railways: 1. Enforcement of the hours of employment rules on the Shahdara-Saharanpur light railway. 2. But the problem remains even in the class I railways a year later. Note the reply given by Gidney. 3. A barrage of questions in the assembly. 4. Hours of work for shunting masters at the Poona Railway Station. 5. Payment of extra duty allowance to the railway mail service staff...... Indian Coal Mines: 1. Due to inadequate safety measures. 2. N.M. Joshi asks, why the coal mining committee is appointed to examine the safety of mines. 3. Questions raised in the assembly. 4. Further questions regarding coal mining committee report were asked in the state. 5. Questions asked in the assembly regarding coal mining disaster in the last three years. 6. Remedy for accidents at collieries...... Labour in Government of India press: 1. Information on the problems that are faced by workers in the Government of India Press is available from the debates in the Legislative Assembly. 2. Further questions relate to hardship faced by the press employees. 3. Contributory provident fund enforced in the Government of India presses. 40. Information on Press Union....
Vol. 22: III. Labour in the Provinces and Migration of Indian Labour: Bengal: 1. Jute is the major industry in Bengal, the preserve of the British capitalist. 2. There is a spate of strikes in Bengal, but they are not necessarily confined to jute alone in. 3. Strikes spreading in Calcutta. 4. Section 144 promulgated. 5. Police precautions. 6. End to Calcutta strike...... Bihar: 1. Instance of weak condition of labour movement in the province. 2. Unemployment in Bihar: Government\'s desultory action..... Indore: 1. Questions raised in the legislative Assembly throw light on the condition of the handloom workers. 2. Labour is militant, and the Government hostile to labour. 3. Even when a provincial government comes to power, why are the internal standards not observed?..... Delhi: 1. Workers\' strike in Birla Mills, Delhi. 2. The home member is questioned about the recent spate of strikes and lock-outs in the Delhi mills. Madras: 1. The changing economic conditions lead to restoration of old wage rules. 2. The Congress M.L.A. gives a call for \'Enlightened Self interest\'. 3. British imperialists fear control of trade union by outsiders. 4. Composition of the Madras Government. 5. A note on labour policy, Madras Labour Commissioner\'s Office.....
"Original documents are of prime importance for understanding history, particularly of the trade union movement right from its incipient stages, when the British created a labour force long before it even thought of industrializing India. Realizing the importance of providing scattered documents for scholar, the ICHR published in 24 volumes in the series on Labour Movement in India--Documents with A.R. Desai as the General Editor.
The documents also indicate their significance in the Freedom Movement in India and bring forth how it became a part of the International Labour Movement." (jacket)
