Labour Gazette Vol. LVIII, No. 12, August 1979

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August 1979. MONTH IN BRIEF: CPI for working class, Maharashtra State; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra State. CURRENT NOTES: ILO estimates 270m. non-earners by 2020; New law to ensure workers’ safety; 28 lakh get jobs under central plan; Ordinance to stall CDS repayment; TU study group on NTC-Total nationalisation of textile industry; Most textile workers suffer lung disease; Food for work programme makes new strides; Bombay tops in air pollution. ARTICLES, REPORTS, ENQUIRIES ETC.: New standards for dock and transport workers. LABOUR LEGISLATION: A bill further to amend the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946; Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1979. GIST OF IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS. CPI NUMBERS FOR WORKING CLASS IN MAHARASTHRA STATE: Bombay, Sholapur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune. STATEMENT SHOWING CPI FOR WORKING CLASS FOR SEVEN CENTRES IN MAHARASHTRA STATE. ALL INDIA AVERAGE CPI FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ON BASE (1960=100). LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Industrial relations, Maharashtra; Industrial disputes, Maharashtra; Benefits under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme.