Report on an enquiry into wages and hours of labour in the cotton mill industry, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1827868163

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221455

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on an enquiry into wages and hours of labour in the cotton mill industry, 1926

Place of publication:: Bombay

Publisher:: Government Central Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: III, 172 S.; zahlr. Tab

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter V. Rates of wages

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33 wage was universal in Ahmedabad and in Sholapur and was about equally listributed with piece rates for Front and Back Sizers in Bombay. Front Sizers generally receive about double the amount paid to Back Sizers. The unit for payment in the case of piece rates is X per 1,000 Ibs. of sized warp yarn wrapped onthe beams. Both Drawers and Reachers mn the Drawing-in Department at all centres are generally paid according to the number of ends drawn through the * eyes” of the string in the heald or heddle, the unit for purposes of wage calculations generally being 1,000 ends drawn. 82. Weavers were universally paid at piece rates at all centres. In Bombay and Sholapur the unit for payment is a pound of cloth produced. In Ahmedabad a piece is the unit. Different rates are laid down for different qualities. Jobbers inthe Weaving Department may be paid either at time rates or at piece rates. In the latter case the rates are determined either on total production, the unit being 1,000 Ibs. or as a percentage of the total wages earned by the weavers on the looms under each Jobber. Workers in the Yarn Bundling and Baling Department in Bombay are paid at time rates in some mills and at piece rates in others, the unit for payment in the latter case being the number of bundles handled. Piece rates in the Cloth Folding, Baling and Finishing Departments were only paid in one mill in Bombay. Work in the Yarn Bundling and Cloth Folding Departments in Ahmedabad and Sholapur was almost universally remunerated at time rates. All operatives in the remaining Depart- ments of a cotton mill which have not been specifically dealt with above are universally paid at time rates in all centres with the exception of some rope splicers in Ahmedabad who are paid per 1b. Children were universally paid at time rates both in Ahmedabad and in Sholapur. 83. The following three tables show, separately for adult males, adult females, and all operatives (including children) the numbers of workers on time rates, on piece rates, and on combined time and piece rates respectively at each centre. The percentage which each figure bears to the total number returned is given in italics below the figure to which it relates :— vw. Distribution of Adult Male Operatives according to Time and Piece Rates Centre Bombay Ahmedabad Sholapur Total Number Returned 38.349 12.719 3 76l Number on Time Rates 20,776 54°18 6,457 50-77 1,945 | 51°71 ’ Number on Mece Rates 17,566 4580 5,828 4578 1,816 48+ 2G Number on combined Time and diece Rates { 002 439 345 MO R 36-8

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