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(b) Is it not a fact that the break-down is viewed with grave concern by the Joint Representative Board of the Textile Labour Association of Ahmedabad ?
(c) Do not Government of India propose to restore arbitration system ? If not, why not ?
(d) Is it not a fact that there is a written agreement of 1937 signed by both the Textile Labour Association and the Millowners’ Association of Ahmedabad ?
(e) Is it not a fact that the above said agreement is still unregistered and not acted upon by the Millowners’ Association ? If so, do Government propose to use their influence and power necessary to end the dispute ?
(f) Does the Government of India propose to encourage and help the formation of a Labour Research Institute contemplated by the Textile Labour Association of Ahmedabad for the benefit of the working classes ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am aware of the existence of a trade dispute over bonus between the Textile Labour Association and the Millowners’ Association, Ahmedabad, which has been taken up by the Chief Conciliator under the Bombay Industrial Disputes Act, 1938. I have no information regarding any breakdown of the arbitration machinery and other matters referred to in the question all of which are the concern of the Provincial Government.
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*** Communal Composition of certain Staff under** Labour Department
- Sardar Sant Singh : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) the total number, and
(b) the number of Sikhs,
(c) Christians,
(d) Domiciled Europeans and Anglo-Indians, and
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 5th March 1945, p. 1039.