L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 555
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai: May I know from the Honourable Member if any went on terms given by Government, and what were those terms ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : No. I am not aware of any case where Government had to give any terms to ask labourers to resume work.
Mr. N. M. Joshi: May I ask, on the statement made by the Honourable Member whether the demands made by the workers of Bombay were placed before the Government ? Whether he is aware that the Bombay Gimi Kamgar Union had sent to the Bombay Government more than a month ago, a statement regarding their demands about pay and other matters ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am aware that some demands were made, but the point that I wish to emphasize is this : that in no case in Bombay so far as I am aware, the making of grievances was the cause for the stoppage of work.
Mr. N. M. Joshi: May I ask if the Girni Kamgar Union sent their demands to the Bombay Government, and if, after that, there were strikes, what is the point in the Honourable Member stating that no economic demands were made, or no economic demands were the cause of the strike ? How did he come by that ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have no report from the Government of Bombay, but the information to which my Honourable Member has referred, is the information which I have got from the papers.
Mr. N. M. Joshi : May I ask the Honourable Member to enquire from the Bombay Government whether they have taken any steps to remove grievances of the Bombay textile workers and consider the demands made by the Bombay Girni Kamgar Union ?
Sir Cowasji Jehangir : May I ask ihe Honourable Member how many strikes there were in the textile mills of Bombay after the 8th/9th August ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : There were very few.
Mr. Muhammad Nauman : Can the Honourable Member give any indication of the pay of the Tata Iron and Steel Company workers ? Were their specific demands sent lo Government ?