Labour Gazette Vol VI, No. 8, April 1927

Abstract

Apr 1927. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Apr 1927; Comparison with other countries; Wholesale and retail prices. LABOUR INTELLIGENCE: Disputes, Presidency; Agricultural outlook, Presidency; Employment situation, Mar 1927; Labour disputes, China; Labour news, Ahmedabad; Workmen’s compensation; Industrial disputes in India, 1926; Conditions of work, Italy; The “Labour Charter”, Italy; Forty-four hour week (Australia); Technical education, Germany; Hours of work, USA; Quebec Employers’ Insurance Organization (Canada); Wages and prices, Japan; Membership in German trade unions; Trade union membership, Switzerland; Apprenticeship in China; Cost of living, Italy; Elimination of unnecessary fatigue in industry; “Educated idlers” in Japan; Unemployment of teachers; Workmen’s compensation; Conditions of labour in the carpet industry, Punjab; Wholesale prices index, foreign countries; Cost of living index numbers in various countries; New Japanese act on the conciliation of labour disputes; Fines in industry; Holidays with pay for workers and collective agreements. CURRENT PERIODICALS. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. STATISTICAL TABLES: Principal trade disputes, Mar 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, Feb and Mar 1927.