Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. - Railways - continued

Collection:: Economics Books

RAILWAYS, 169 five persons from outside, unconnected with railway administration or railway workers or their associations. Of the latter, two should be nomi- nated by each side of the Central Board, and the fifth and last member should be selected by both sides of the Board to sot as an independent Chairman ; failing an agreed nomination, the Chairman should be appoint- »d by the Government of India. Railway Councils and Committees. We have dealt first with the constitution of the Central Board, partly because we are strongly of the opinion that such joint standing machinery is to be preferred to the existing method of negotiating be- tween the central controlling authorities and the representatives of railway workers, and partly because it is desirable to show clearly the natuce of the organisation we have in view for dealing with disputes of major questions that have proved Incapable of settlement on individual railways. At the same time we consider it an equally essential part of the scheme that provision should be made on each railway for the due consideration of differences of opinion arising there. We recommend that this should take the form of a Railway Council working in conjunction with divisional or district and local or works committees, in order to cover the whole field of industrial relations. Here, however, it is obvious that, i these bodies are to be fully representative, they must be elected by and from the whole of the workers concerned. The object of creating this portion of the scheme is to give all workers opportunities of ventilating grievances as they arise and to give them or their direct. representatives opportunities of discussing the conditions under which their work should be carried on. In our opinion it would be a mistake to limit these opportunities to minorities. For this reason we recommend that all workers should be eligible for election to the proposed Railway Council and committees. At the same time we suggest that, where there is a recognised trade union representing the interests of employees, the workers’ representatives on any divisional or district and local or works committee should, if they so desire, be entitled to have the assistance of an officer of the union in discussing questions on the agenda of any committee meeting. In the case of Railway Councils, we recommend that, where there is a recognised trade union, the Agent of a railway should consult the officers of the union as to the constitution of his Railway Council and as to the extent of the direct representation to which the union should be entitled on the: council. Failing agreement in this connection, the matter should be referred to the Joint Standing Central Board, from whom advice may also be taken in the event of morq than one union desiring recogni- sion and representation op any railway. It (18 unnecessary to indicate here divisions of functions by specifying different matters suitable for discussion by Railway Councils and committees, or the types of constitution to be adopted. The experience gained from the working of existing joint committees is available, and We recommend that the proposed Joint Standing Central Board should take into consideration the constitutions and functions of the different

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