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 VII. Earnings

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£4. the predominant groups, viz., single-side male workers on piece rates mn each occupation, and the earnings of Doffers on time rates in all age and sex groups. The figures for Roving Tenters in Ahmedabad are for double-side operatives on combined time and piece rates. It would be of interest, however, to show the extent of the complications regarding methods of work which prevail in the Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving Frame Department in Ahmedabad. Out of a total number of 1,374 Machine Tenters and Doflers returned, 969 were men, 259 were women and 146 were children. Among men, there were 84 Slubbing Tenters operating on single sides and 43 on double sides, both on piece rates ; one single-side [unter Tenter on a time rate and 112 single-side tenters and 117 double- side tenters on piece rates ; 429 Roving Tenters operating double-sides on a conjunction of time and piece rates; and 183 Doffers. Among 259 women, there were 5 single-side piece rate Slubbing Tenters, 18 single-side and 6 double-side piece rate Inter Tenters, 48 double-side combined time and piece rate Roving Tenters and 182 Doffers. All the 148 children were Doffers on time rates :— Earnings of Predominant Groups of Male Slubbing, Inter and Roving Tenters Occupation Slubbing Tenters, Single Side, Piece. {nter Tenters, Single Side, Piana Roving Ten- ters, Single’ Side, Piece. Roving Ten- ters, Double Side—-Time and Pieca Centre Bombay .. Ahmedabad . Sholapur i. "Bombay .. Ahmedabad . i Sholapur .. “Bombay .. Sholapur .. Ahmedabad. Total number returned 368 84 28 523 112 20 1.234 RO 9 £2 Average earnings Daily Monthly I Rs. a. p. 1 6 3,34 911 130 i 013 3119 8 8 1 4 6 1 011 0312 9 30 14 3 1911 7 29 911 6 6 0 "1 3 8 C011 4 0 Number working full time 153 7 149 12 319 i2 Average monthly narnings of full time wor kers® Rs . a. ry 3 ¢ 6 32 1 0 29 011 35 14 10 28 8 § 21 16 10 34 7 2 11912 2 a7 9 *For reasons already given, the Ahmedabad figure represents 27 times the daily sarnings. For Sholapur the month = 26-7 davs. 126. The earnings of Doffers in this Department, who work on time rates at all centres, are given in the following table, by centres, separately for men. women and children —

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