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Madras Labour Union (Buckingham and Carnatic Mills)

Madras Labour Union (Buckingham and Carnatic Mills)

 

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  • The Madras Labour Union (of the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills) 
    Unknown author (1918)
    A brief history of the union and the efforts are taken by Ramanjalu Naidu and Selvapathy Chettiar to organize workers of the B&C Mills in 1918, and the formation of the union on 27 April 1918. Initial struggles included ...
  • Correspondence - Madras Labour Union and the Madras Government, 1937-1938 
    Unknown author (1937)
    Issues addressed include long working hours (beyond 9 hours), use of the 'temporary system' by management to avoid paying workers full wages and deny them benefits, health condition of workers impacted by long working ...
  • The Madras Labour Union Messages and Opinions on the Silver Jubilee Celebrations 
    Unknown author (1943)
    Congratulatory messages to the Madras Labour Union on its Silver Jubilee Celebration from the Dewan of Travancore, Venkata Rao (President of the Nellimarla Jute Mill Workers' Union), Gen Secy of the CP, and Berar Provincial ...
  • Standing Orders for Employees of the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills 
    Unknown author (The South India Textile Research Association, 1956)
    Includes rules on classification of employees, manner of intimating to employees periods and hours of work, holidays, paydays and wage rates, shift working, the procedure for applying for leave and holidays, festival ...
  • Buckinghum and Carnatic Mills - Report of the Tripartite Committee 
    Unknown author (1992)
    Includes report of the Tripartite Committee on the restructuring and modernisation of the B&C mills, individual reports by Varadarajan, Venkataraman, and Athimoolam (members of the committee), government orders 27 and 28 ...
  • Correspondence regarding Reopening of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills 
    Unknown author (The South India Textile Research Association, 1992)
    Correspondence between Adhimoolam, Commissioner of Labour (Govt of TN), Varadarajan (member of the committee), and Venkataraman (member of the committee) on issues including the cost of purchases of new machines for B&C ...
  • Buckingham and Carnatic Mills - Correspondence and Court Papers 
    Unknown author (1992)
    Includes letters to the CM of Madras on the issues faced by workers in the B&C mills including settling wage, DA dues, revision of annual increment, medical reimbursement for workmen not covered by ESI act, restoring night ...
  • Life sketch of Com G. Chelvapathi Chettiar 
    Chelvapathi, G (Guruswami Alamelu Labour Research Centre, 1992)
    Chelvapathi Chettiar - one of the co-founders of the MLU along with Ramanjulu Naidu and with the support of BP Wadia. Participation in struggles against victimisation of workers at B&C mills, combined effort at struggle ...
  • Report on Techno-Economic viability of Binny Textile Division 
    Unknown author (The South India Textile Research Association, 1993)
    The report focuses on the proposed modernisation scheme in the B&C mills and discusses the cost of production and profitability of the mill. Includes a study of the performance of the various departments of the mill in ...
  • Report of Expert Committee on Work Assignment for Operatives and Staff 
    Unknown author (The South India Textile Research Association, 1993)
    The report includes work assignment recommendations for various categories of workmen in various departments including spinning, weaving preparatory and waving, grey warehouse, dye house, finished warehouse, non-production ...
  • Madras Labour Union - Response to Rehabilitation Scheme 
    Unknown author (1993)
    Objections filed by the Madras Labour Union to the recommendations of the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction on the draft rehabilitation scheme of the B&C mills.
  • Buckingham & Carnatic Mills - Rehabilitation and Restructuring 
    Unknown author (1994)
    Summary record of proceedings of the hearing held on 30-3-1994 by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction on the draft rehabilitation scheme and restructuring of the B&C mills with support from financial ...