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INDUSTRIES
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LABOUR ORGANISAATION
LABOUR ORGANISATION.
AS the district is industrially backward the growth of trade
unionism is also very slow and of recent origin.
The origin of the trade union movement can be traced to the year 1957 when registration first started in the district. The chief industries in the district are cotton spinning and weaving, ginning and pressing, oil-crushing etc. Most of the unions in the district were organised by workers engaged in motor transport and municipal services.
In 1963, there were 25 trade unions in Amravati district registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926. Table No. 3 shows the date of registration and membership, income and expenditure of these trade unions in the year 1963.
TABLE No. 3
NUMBER OF TRADE UNIONS IN AMRAVATI DISTRICT, 1963
Serial No. |
Name of the Union |
Date of Registration |
Membership |
Income |
Expenditure |
Assets |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
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Rs. |
Rs. |
Rs. | |
1 |
Rashtriya Girni Mazdoor Sangh, Amravati |
29-8-57 |
560 |
-- |
765.00 |
1,441.00 |
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2 |
Vidarbha Mill Clerks and Other Staff Association, Achalpur |
29-3-57 |
64 |
145.00 |
89.00 |
373.00 |
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3 |
The Amravati District Gumasta Union, Amravati |
29-3-57 |
323 |
1,063.00 |
409.00 |
3,710.00 |
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4 |
The Achalpur Gumasta Mandal, Achalpur, District Amravati |
29-9-62 |
Information not available. |
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5 |
Bharatiya Gumasta Sangh, Amravati |
22-1-63 |
Registration cancelled on 9th December 1963. |
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6 |
The Central Bank of India Employees Union, Amravati |
23-3-61 |
101 |
1.482.00 |
864.00 |
1,664.00 |
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7 |
Lipton Karmachari Union, Nagpur Branch, District Amravati |
29-3-63 |
Information not available. |
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8 |
Motor Kamgar Panchayat, Amravati |
29-3-57 |
375 |
1 784.00 |
1 781.00 |
-- |
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9 |
The Berar Regular Motor Service Union, Achalpur, District Amravati |
29-3-57 |
10 |
-- |
11,93 7.00 |
2,060.00 |
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10 |
Vidarbha P. W. D. Kamgar Sangh, Badnera |
21-2-62 |
493 |
1,487.00 |
1,473.00 |
48.00 |
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11 |
Badnera Town Municipal Teachers Union |
29-3-57 |
50 |
152.00 |
58.00 |
115.00 |
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12 |
Municipal Kamgarn Union. |
10-8-61 |
110 |
330.00 |
360.00 |
21.00 |
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13 |
Amravati Nagarpalika Karmachari Sangh |
29-3-62 |
415 |
1.245.0 0 |
1,298.00 |
33.00 |
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14 |
Bharatiya Safai Kamgar Sangh, Amravati |
29-3-62 |
Registration cancelled on 9th December 1963. |
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15 |
The Amravati Town Municipal Employees Union, Amravati |
25-7-62 |
Information not available. |
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16 |
Nagarpalika Karmachari Sangh, Anjangaon, District Amravati |
28-1-63 |
33 |
139.05 |
90.39 |
48.66 |
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17 |
Nagarpalika Karmachari Sangh, Dhamangaon, District Amravati |
30-1-63 |
30 |
9000 |
80.00 |
19.15 |
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18 |
Amravati District Hospital Employees Union, Badnera, District Amravati |
25-10-62 |
227 |
794.00 |
694.00 |
100.00 |
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19 |
The Ginning Pressing Workers' Union, Amravati |
29-3-57 |
932 |
3.062.00 |
2.400.00 |
658.00 |
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20 |
The Press Workers' Union, Amravati |
29-3-57 |
Information not available. |
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21 |
Bharatiya Dal, Oil Mill Kamgar Sangh, Amravati |
30-11-62 |
Registration cancelled on 9th December 1963. |
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22 |
Bharatiya Oil Mills Mazdoor Sangh, Dhamangaon, District Amravati |
8-7-60 |
30 |
90.00 |
84.00 |
15.00 |
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23 |
Girni Mazdoor Sangh, Achalpur, District Amravati |
29-3-57 |
524 |
1,992.00 |
1,802.00 |
5,460.00 |
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24 |
Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh, District Amravati |
29-3-57 |
537 |
3,121.71 |
3,723.11 |
8,500.65 |
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25 |
Siddharth Cotton Mills Kamgar Sangh, Badnera, District Amravati |
29-3-57 |
Information not available. |
Of the 25 unions in the district, eight were from manufactur-
ing industries, two of the motor kamgars, nine from the services
of the State and local bodies, one of the bank employees; three of the gumasta workers and workers in ginning and pressing factories. Registration of three unions (as shown in the accompanying table) was cancelled in December 1963.
The unions derived their income by way of contributions from members, donations, interest on investments or funds etc.
Strikes.
Information about strikes organised in the district during the
years from 1958 to 1963 and the number of workers involved, man-days lost and demands of the strikes etc. is given in table No. 4.
TABLE No. 4
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN AMRAVATI DISTRICT, 1958-63
Year |
Industries |
Number of Strikes |
Number of workers involved |
Number of Man-days lost |
Demands |
Results |
Wages |
Person nel |
Success ful |
Compro mise |
Unsuccess
ful | |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
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1958 |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
58 |
116 |
1 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
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-- |
-- |
-- |
Not available. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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1960 |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
57 |
114 |
1 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
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1961 |
Textile |
2 |
1,100 |
1,712 |
2 |
-- |
-- |
2 |
-- |
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1962 |
Miscellaneous |
2 |
94 |
364 |
2 |
-- |
1 |
1 |
-- |
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1963 |
Engineering |
1 |
18 |
54 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
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1963 |
Miscellaneous |
4 |
2,567 |
4,816 |
4 |
-- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Of the 11 strikes organised during the period from 1958-63,
four were successful in securing the interests of the workers,
three were unsuccessful and three were settled by compromise.
Labour Welfare.
Labour welfare is promoted through the Maharashtra Labour welfare Board constituted under the Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953. The Board took over the management of labour welfare centres in Amravati district in January 1962 along with other centres in Maharashtra and Vidarbha. The activities conducted by such centres are community and social education, health, games and sports, entertainment etc.
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