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265. A registered trade union should not be precluded from
initiating and conducting co-operative credit or supply societies o.- 332
CHAPTER XVIII —INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES,
266. The Employers and Workmen (Disputes) Act of 1860 should
be repealed ‘e .. .. .- .
267. Works committees—

(a) Where there is a trade union, the employer should seek its
collaboration and co-operation in the establishment and
working of works committees which should not be regarded
or used as rivals to its influence .. »

{h) The workers’ representatives should have facilities for sepa-
rate as well as for joint meetings, and such meetings should
ordinarily count as working time .. 2% ‘a

{¢) The range of subjects should be as wide as possible .r

{d) The management must be in sympathy with the idea and
determined to make the committee a success. The services
of a labour officer, where one exists, should be utilised in
the working of the committee but he should not act as a
spokesman of employers ‘se .

268. In many centres the organisation of joint machinery would go
far to develop a sense of responsibility in trade unions. The organisa.
sion should include not only some joint committee or council within the
ndividual establishment, but also a larger body of representatives of
both sides of the industry in the centre concerned. . - vis

269. Some statutory machinery will be permanently required to
deal with trade disputes and it will be necessary to consider the form
which such machinery should take before the Trade Disputes Act expires
in 1934 ‘eo . . Cee

970, In the remaining period for which the present Act will be
in operation, Governments should lose no opportunity of utilising
their power to appoint Boards or Courts when they believe that this
action will serve some useful purpose. oe .

271. The question of providing means for the impartial examin-
ation of disputes in public utility services should be considered .

272. The possibility of establishing permanent courts in place of
ad hoc tribunals under the Act should be examined pp +3

273. Section 13 of the Trade Disputes Act should be amended so as
to provide that no prosecution or suit shall be maintainable on account
of any breach of the section or any damage caused thereby, except with
the previous sanction of the Government which appointed the tribun-
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274. Every provincial Government should have an officer or officers
whose duty it would be to undertake the work of conciliation and to
oring the parties privately to agreement  .. . ve ho

CuaprER XIX.—THE PLANTATIONS.

275. No further legislation making a breach of contract of service

2 criminal offence should be countenanced '3 . ..
CraprER XX.—RECRUITMENT FOR ASSAM.

276. The power conferred by Section 3 of the Assam Labour and
Emigration Act (Act VI of 1901) to prohibit recruitment for Assam in
particular localities should be withdrawn immediately, and no barrier
should be set up to prevent free movement of labour from one part of
India to another .

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