| |
PART
IV |
|
| |
RAILWAY DISPUTES |
681 - 714
|
| |
Introduction |
681
|
| 1. |
Railway Expenditure to be Brought Down not
by Retrenchment of Workers but by Reducing the Pay of Officials |
682
|
| 2. |
Retrenchment in Railway calls for a Strike |
682 |
| 3. |
Retrenchment Policy of MSM Railway is Unjust
and Mischievous |
683 |
| 4. |
Government Action will Create Unemployment |
683 |
| 5. |
Retrenchment as a Solution during Depression
is a Lopsided Policy of the Government |
684 |
| 6. |
Retrenchment Threatens to Create a General
Strike in the Railways |
685 |
| 7. |
Financial Situation of the Railways does not
Justify Retrenchment |
685 |
| 8. |
A General Strike will Reduce the Income of
the Railways and Inconvenience the Public |
686 |
| 9. |
Will the Related Arbitration Board do Justice? |
687 |
| 10. |
A General Strike in the Railways Forbodes
many Difficulties |
687 |
| 11. |
Why does the Railways Protect the High Salaried
Officials at the Expense of Thousands of Low Paid Workers |
688 |
| 12. |
Why is the Railway Board Reluctant to set
up Arbitration machinery |
688 |
| 13. |
The Workers Patience Stretched Beyond its
Limit |
689 |
| 14. |
Enquiry on the Question of Retrenchment of
Workers by the Railways |
689 |
| 15. |
Why is Bureaucracy Slow on the Uptake? |
689 |
| 16. |
Railway Enquiry on the Question of Retrenchment
should be Impartial |
690 |
| 17. |
It is only in India that Workers can be Retrenched
in Large Numbers |
690 |
| 18. |
The Power of the Workmen's Federation |
690 |
| 19. |
Working Class Moving Ahead |
690 |
| 20. |
The Terms of Reference of the Enquiry Committee
are Unfair |
691 |
| 21. |
The Enquiry Committee is not Competent to
Assess the Complex Situation |
692 |
| 22. |
Railwaymen are Indignant |
692 |
| 23. |
Reduce the Salary of the Higher Officials
and Effect a Saving of Rs. 2 Crores Annually to Prevent
Retrenchment of Workers |
693 |
| 24. |
General Strike the only Option? |
693 |
| 25. |
Governments Obstinacy will Results in Public
Sympathy for the Workmen |
694 |
| 26. |
Will the Peace Loving Viceroy find a Solution |
694 |
| 27. |
Is Retrenchment the Only Solution? |
695 |
| 28. |
Railway Board Suggests Retrenchment of 10,000
Workers |
695 |
| 29. |
The Dravidan Accuses the Board on Going Back
on its Word |
696 |
| 30. |
The Conduct of the Railway Board is an Insult
to the Court of Enquiry |
696 |
| 31. |
Was Establishing Railways an Act of Charity? |
697 |
| 32. |
Increase in Railway Fares Will Result in a
Fall of Passengers |
697 |
| 33. |
Grievances of Railway Workmen |
697 |
| 34. |
Wages of Railway Labour to be Cut - To an
even Lower Depth of Poverty |
698 |
| 35. |
Railway Board a White Elephant, it Recommends
Slashing of Wages of its Labour |
698 |
| 36. |
Railway Board has Failed to act by the Rules
of Trade Dispute Act |
698 |
| 37. |
Railway Agents Faulted for the Deteriorating
Situation which is Provoking a General Strike |
699 |
| 38. |
The Court Enquiry is not Carrying out its
Enquiry as it Should |
699 |
| 39. |
Report of the Court of Enquiry is both Callous
and Biased |
700 |
| 40. |
The Court of Enquiry does not Reveal the Whole
Truth |
701 |
| 41. |
Decision of the Court of Enquiry is Irrelevant |
702 |
| 42. |
Is it the duty of the Government to Protect
its Labour or to Sacrifice it? |
702 |
| 43. |
Does Retrenchment of 70,000 Workmen result
in Safeguarding the Economic Conditions of the Country? |
704 |
| 44. |
Obstinacy of the Railway Administration is
Responsible for the Strike |
705 |
| 45. |
Strike is the last Resort for Redressal of
Grievances |
705 |
| 46. |
40,000 Striking Workers are not on a Picnic |
705 |
| 47. |
If the Agents of the Railways do no yield,
Government should Intervene |
705 |
| 48. |
Government should Intervene it, the Railway
Authorities are Injust |
706 |
| 49. |
Strike is the last Desperate Resort of Exploited
workers, Government should Intervene |
706 |
| 50. |
Strike is a Consequence of Betrayal of the
Workers by the Capitalists |
706 |
| 51. |
Enquiry Committee is a Play to Cheat a Determined
Lobour Force |
706 |
| 52. |
Kharapur Workers Restive Again |
708 |
| 53. |
B.N.R. Strikes Set Free |
708 |
| 54. |
Is Promotion of Welfare of Comrades a Panel
Offence |
708 |
| 55. |
Press Congratulates Working Class Unity and
Condemns the Railway Agents Thoughless Action |
709 |
| 56. |
Railway Company's Obstinacy is the Cause of
the Strike |
709 |
| 57. |
V.V.Giri Commended as a Responsible Trade
Union Leader |
709 |
| 58. |
Thozhilali Finds the Capitalist are both Callous
and Dishonest |
710 |
| 59. |
Strike - The Death Knell of Poor Railway Administration |
710 |
| 60. |
The Demands of the Railway Labour is Just
- says Mathrubhumi |
710 |
| 61. |
Press Urges Vigorous Steps to End the Struggle |
710 |
| 62. |
An Act of Foolishness: A Smaller Wage Bill
Means a Big Loss to MSM Railway |
711 |
| 63. |
Why are the Police Ranged Against the Railway
Labour |
711 |
| 64. |
Tennindia Urges the Government to Setup a
Conciliation Board |
711 |
| 65. |
The Press Condemns Railways for Laying off
Workers During Depression |
712 |
| 66. |
The Press Sympathises with the Strikers |
714 |
| |
PART V |
|
| |
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: STATESWISE PROFILE |
715 - 896
|
| |
Introduction |
715
|
| 1. |
Quinquennial review of Industrial Disputes
in the Bombay Presidency |
717 |
| 2. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency:
A review for the years 1931 |
724 |
| 3. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
March 1931 |
731 |
| 4. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
April 1931 |
734 |
| 5. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
May 1931 |
736 |
| 6. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
June 1931 |
739 |
| 7. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
July 1931 |
741 |
| 8. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
August 1931 |
744 |
| 9. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
September 1931 |
747 |
| 10. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1931 |
749 |
| 11. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1931 |
752 |
| 12. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1931 |
754 |
| 13. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, January
1932 |
757 |
| 14. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, February
1932 |
759 |
| 15. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, March
1932 |
762 |
| 16. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1932 |
764 |
| 17. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1932 |
769 |
| 18. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, July
1932 |
771 |
| 19. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1932 |
774 |
| 20. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, September
1932 |
776 |
| 21. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1932 |
778 |
| 22. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1932 |
779 |
| 23. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1932 |
780 |
| 24. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, January
1933 |
781 |
| 25. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, February
1933 |
783 |
| 26. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1933 |
784 |
| 27. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, May
1933 |
785 |
| 28. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1933 |
786 |
| 29. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, July
1933 |
788 |
| 30. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1933 |
789 |
| 31. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
September 1933 |
790 |
| 32. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1933 |
791 |
| 33. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1933 |
792 |
| 34. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1933 |
794 |
| 35. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, January
1934 |
795 |
| 36. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
February 1934 |
796 |
| 37. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, March
1934 |
797 |
| 38. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1934 |
798 |
| 39. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, May
1933 |
800 |
| 40. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1933 |
801 |
| 41. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
July 1934 |
802 |
| 42. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1934 |
803 |
| 43. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, September
1934 |
804 |
| 44. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1934 |
806 |
| 45. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1934 |
806 |
| 46. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1934 |
808 |
| 47. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
January 1935 |
809 |
| 48. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, February
1935 |
810 |
| 49. |
Industrial Disputes in the Bombay Presidency,
March 1935 |
811 |
| 50. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1935 |
812 |
| 51. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, May
1935 |
814 |
| 52. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1935 |
815 |
| 53. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, July
1935 |
816 |
| 54. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1935 |
817 |
| 55. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, September
1935 |
818 |
| 56. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1935 |
819 |
| 57. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1935 |
820 |
| 58. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1935 |
821 |
| 59. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, January
1936 |
822 |
| 60. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, February
1936 |
824 |
| 61. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, March
1936 |
825 |
| 62. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1936 |
826 |
| 63. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, May
1936 |
827 |
| 64. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1936 |
828 |
| 65. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, July
1936 |
829 |
| 66. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1936 |
830 |
| 67. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, September
1936 |
831 |
| 68. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1936 |
832 |
| 69. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1936 |
834 |
| 70. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1936 |
835 |
| 71. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, January
1937 |
836 |
| 72. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, February
1937 |
837 |
| 73. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, March
1937 |
838 |
| 74. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, April
1937 |
839 |
| 75. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, May
1937 |
841 |
| 76. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, June
1937 |
842 |
| 77. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, July
1937 |
843 |
| 78. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, August
1937 |
844 |
| 79. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, September
1937 |
845 |
| 80. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, October
1937 |
846 |
| 81. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, November
1937 |
847 |
| 82. |
Industrial Disputes in the Presidency, December
1937 |
848 |
| 83. |
Industrial Safety Service (2) |
850 |
| 84. |
Abstract of the Act, 1934, and the Bombay
Rules, 1935 |
852 |
| 85. |
The Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 |
853 |
| 86. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
May 1932 |
858 |
| 87. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
the Period ending 30th September |
859 |
| 88. |
Bus Drivers, Railway Workshop Labour, Glass
Workers and Textile Labour Protest |
860 |
| 89. |
Workers of Seven Major Organization Register
Their Union |
861 |
| 90. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
the Month of November 1935 |
863 |
| 91. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
the Month of December |
864 |
| 92. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
the Month of January 1936 |
864 |
| 93. |
Labour News from the Madras Presidency for
the Month of May and June |
865 |
| 94. |
Workers in Nellore, Cochin and Conjeevaram
on Strike |
867 |
| 95. |
Labour - Strike Wimco - Papers Recorded |
868 |
| 96. |
Resolutions Passed by Workers in Madras |
869 |
| 97. |
Match Workers Seek Government Intervention |
869 |
| 98. |
Situation in the Match Factory - The President
Reports |
870 |
| 99. |
Government's Attitude Deplored |
871 |
| 100. |
Labour Western India match Factory - Grievances
of Workers - Papers Recorded |
871 |
| 101. |
Further Correspondence |
872 |
| 102. |
Conditions for Resumption of Workers after
the Strike in May |
873 |
| 103. |
Correspondence between Commissioner of Labour
and WIMCO Management and Union |
873 |
| 104. |
Match Factory's Response to Commissioner of
Labour |
873 |
| 105. |
Commissioner of Labour Writes to the President
of Match Factory Union |
874 |
| 106. |
Correspondence on the Course of Action |
874 |
| 107. |
Legislative Council Question - October 1932 |
875 |
| 108. |
Background Information and Discussion in the
PW & L Department |
876 |
| 109. |
The DSP'S Report |
877 |
| 110. |
Spencer and Co's Ice Salesmen Union |
879 |
| 111. |
More on Ice Salesmen Dispute |
879 |
| 112. |
President of the Union Explains |
880 |
| 113. |
On Spencer and Co's Catering Service on Trains
|
881 |
| 114. |
Muslim Workers Caught in the Binde |
882 |
| 115. |
Spencer and Co's Response |
883 |
| 116. |
V.V. Giri on the Ice Salesmen's Struggle |
884 |
| 117. |
Mr. Kotiswaran Writes to the First Member
of the Board |
885 |
| 118. |
Labour Commissioner Writes to Spencer and
Co. |
886 |
| 119. |
Spencer Co's Response to Commissioner of Labour |
886 |
| 120. |
Spencer and Co's Response to Ice Salesmen's
Union |
887 |
| 121. |
Ice Salesmen's Union Clarifies the Situation
to the Commissioner of Labour |
888 |
| 122. |
Gordon Woodroff Dubash Workers Union Protest
Against Bias |
890 |
| 123. |
Labour Gordon Woodroff Dubash continue to
be Exploited |
891 |
| 124. |
Bias Against Labour Ingrained in the Duties
of a Commissioner of Labour |
892 |
| 125. |
Debates Regarding the Bias |
893 |
| 126. |
Labour Situation in Match Factory |
894 |
| 127. |
Order for the Commissioner of Labour to Submit
Reports |
894 |
| 128. |
The Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 |
895 |
| |
PART VI |
|
| |
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN INDIA: ALL INDIA
LANDSCAPE |
897 - 964
|
| |
Introduction |
897
|
| 1. |
The Total Number of Industrial Disputes in
India in 1931 was 166 |
898 |
| 2. |
Total Number of Workers Involved in Jute Mill
Strikes is 69,013 in 1937 |
899 |
| 3. |
What are the General Effect of Disputes |
899 |
| 4. |
What is the Labour Situation in India, Industrial
Disputes in India |
902 |
| 5. |
Labour Situation in India in 1934 |
905 |
| 6. |
Labour Situation in India: Further Information
for September 1934 |
907 |
| 7. |
Bombay Employment Situation Improving |
908 |
| 8. |
Labour Situation in Bengal and Central Province,
January 1935 |
909 |
| 9. |
Labour Situation in Bengal and Central Provinces,
February 1935 |
910 |
| 10. |
Labour Situation in Madras and Bengal, March
1935 |
911 |
| 11. |
Labour Situation in India: Madras, Bengal
and U.P. - 1935, April 1935 |
912 |
| 12. |
Labour Situation in India in Madras, Bombay,
Calcutta and U.P. in March 1935 |
912 |
| 13. |
Labour Situation in Bengal, Madras and Bombay,
May 1935 |
913 |
| 14. |
Labour Situation in Bengal , Madras, C.P.,
Assam and Bombay, June 1935 |
914 |
| 15. |
Labour Situation in Bengal, Central Provinces,
Assam and Bombay, August 1935 |
914 |
| 16. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Assam,
Burma and Bombay, August 1935 |
915 |
| 17. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Punjab, Burma
and Bombay, October 1935 |
916 |
| 18. |
Industrial Disputes in Punjab, U.P., Burma,
Bombay, November 1935 |
916 |
| 19. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
Bombay and Delhi, December 1935 |
917 |
| 20. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,United
Provinces and Central Provinces, January 1936 |
917 |
| 21. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Central
Province and Burma, February 1936 |
919 |
| 22. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Central
Province and Assam, March 1936 |
920 |
| 23. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
Central Provinces, Punjab, Bihar and Orissa, April 1936 |
921 |
| 24. |
Industrial Disputes in Bengal, United Province
and Bihar, May 1936 |
921 |
| 25. |
Industrial Disputes in India, Statistics for
1935, May 1936 |
923 |
| 26. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, United
Provinces, Bihar, Assam, June 1936 |
929 |
| 27. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, United
Provinces, Central Provinces, Mysore, July 1936 |
931 |
| 28. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
United Provinces, Punjab, Bihar, Assam, Delhi, August 1936 |
932 |
| 29. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
United Provinces, Punjab and Mysore, September 1936 |
934 |
| 30. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
United Provinces, Central Provinces, Assam, October 1936 |
935 |
| 31. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
United Provinces, Central Provinces, Assam, November 1936 |
936 |
| 32. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Bengal, United
Provinces, Central Provinces, Bihar, Burma, December 1936 |
937 |
| 33. |
Industrial Disputes in Bengal and Bombay,
January 1937 |
939 |
| 34. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, United
Provinces and Central Provinces, February 1937 |
940 |
| 35. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
Bihar and Burma, March 1937 |
941 |
| 36. |
Industrial Disputes in India: Madras, Bengal,
United Provinces, Central Provinces and Burma, April 1937 |
943 |
| 37. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal and
Central Provinces, May 1937 |
946 |
| 38. |
The Workers Win |
948 |
| 39. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Punjab
and Baluchistan, June 1937 |
949 |
| 40. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Punjab,
Central Provinces, Assam and Bihar, July 1937 |
951 |
| 41. |
Industrial Disputes in India in Madras and
Bengal, August 1937 |
953 |
| 42. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Bihar
and United Provinces, September 1937 |
956 |
| 43. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, United
Provinces and Delhi, October 1937 |
958 |
| 44. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, United
Provinces, Assam and Delhi, November 1937 |
960 |
| 45. |
Industrial Disputes in Madras, Bengal, Bihar,
United Provinces, Punjab, Sind and Delhi, December 1937 |
962 |
