( OUTLINE! SOFRI SPORTED DETAILS OF STRIKE ;S IN BFNGAL WHICH BEGAN IN THE Sl ECON1 D HALF OF 1920 Works affected Dept. in Full No. of No. affected Date on which Cause Course Results Remarks and locality which strength strikers dispute began originating and ended* 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 10 New Central Weaving 4000 650 4000 6 July to Proposed arrest 5 Julv 1920-Assault upon Partial THe assault case was brought jute Mills, 9 July 1920 of weavers con- assistant (evening). suc- under prosecution Choosupry corned in 6 Julv 1920-Weavers cess / serious assaults demonstrate against upon Euro- proposed arrest of pean assistant assailants of assistant, and ^ go on strike (morning). Rest 00 of mill locked out (after- 0c; noon). ^ & Julv 1920— Manager 2 promises deputation not g to proceed again anyone w beside the four accused 2 w (who had got awav), if the men return to work (evening). ^ 9 Julv 1920—All return Radha Kissan Carding 1000 1000 1000 7 Julv to Demand for an 7 Julv 1920-The carding Partial This made a total rise of Cotton Mills, 9 Julv 1920 increase of Department strike at suc- 3P/4 per cent, since Dec. 1919. Choosury wages, created 2. p.m. and are followed bv cess They had received an increase bv increases the rest of the mill. of 25 per cent in Jan. 1920 in granted in 9 July 1920—Employers response to a demand for an other mills. announce an increase of increase of 37^ per cent. Increase 6*4 per cent and all resume The Jute mills had recently demanded 12^ work (morning). granted increases, and the per cent wages in jute mills were 40 per cent higher than they 0000 were in 1917. * 2 separate columns shown in the Report, merged under column 6 here.