Abstract:
Includes the report of the general secretary from April 1938 to September 1940: AITUC strength; Affiliations; General council and working committee meetings; Ciculars; Change of office bearers; Labour policy under provincial autonomy; the European War and its effects on the conditions of Indian labour; repression under the Defence of India Act; AITUC attitude to war; Central legislation; Conference of labour ministers; Provincial legislation; International labour office; Textile labour conference; All-India Kisan Sibha and the AITUC; National planning committee; Biennial session of AITUC. RESOLUTIONS: Amendment to the Payment of Wages Act; Conscription of skilled labour; War allowance; Repression by government; Labour legislation; Settlement of trade disputes in Bihar; Amendment to Workmen’s Compensation Act; AITUC attitude to war; Unity of AITUC and NTUF. Resolutions of the working committee 1938. Appendices: Affiliated unions; Members of the general council; List of delegates.
