'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [105r] (213/586)
The record is made up of 1 volume (293 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1938-4 May 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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demand on the part of employees for an increase in pay* He
said that the qaeation we were now discussing was not concern
ed with the grant of a living wage since it was admitted on
all sides that all classes of the Company^ employees were
in receipt of a living wage* What we were d iscassing, he
said, was the question whether, because living costs had in
creased, there should be a compensating rise in the pay of
employees, and he denied emphatically that the Company was
under any obligation to compensate its employees for the
reduction in their savings which was the result of the rise
in prices.
4« 1 said that the matter must be considered from a
psychological as well as from an economic view point. In
dian employees at Abadan and Kuwait had been given an increase
of pay, and Indian employees in Bahrain would want t^o know
why they were not being similarly treated. European and
American employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company had been
given a bonus to compensate them for the increased cost of
living and other employees might well ask what justification
existed for this d iscrimination. Further, I gave an indica
tion of what was proposed in regard to Industrial conscription
(although I asked persona present at the Conference to keep
this matter confidential) and I pointed out how much better
it would be for all concerned if this measure were preceded
by a sympathetic gesture on the part of the Company•
5* Mr .Ward Anderson admitted the relevance of these
observations but said that he was still opposed to anything
in the nature of a "dearness allowance^ which employees
would expect to be increased if living coats rose still fur
ther. kr.Ohliger was equally opposed to raising the basic
wage of employees since it would be impracticable to bring
wages on to a lower level when prices again became normal.
Several members of the Conference thought that| if any allow
ance were given to meet the increased cost of living^it
/ should
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- Content
The volume mainly contains correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bushire, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives and staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the conditions and benefits requested by BAPCO employees, and on a special 'War Allowance' agreed by BAPCO to meet the increased cost of living.
The volume includes correspondence on members of the Afghan royal family refuged in India and seeking for employment in Bahrain (folios 43-46); list of food prices 'prewar price' and 'present price' (folio 68); memorandum on 'The strike situation as on 28 December 1943' (folio 209).
There are some letters in Arabic in the volume. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 270-283).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (293 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 271-283). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 2, and runs through to 291, ending on the inside of the back cover. There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/408
- Title
- 'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 3r:10v, 14r:15v, 17r:19v, 20v, 22r:23v, 35r:46v, 48r:50v, 52r:53v, 57r:58v, 59v:60v, 61v:67v, 69r:69v, 82r:91v, 92v:94v, 100r:101v, 103r:107v, 109r:114v, 120r:124v, 125v:131v, 136r:138v, 144r:155v, 162r:163v, 169r:172v, 174r:174v, 179r:184v, 185v, 189r:189v, 195v:199v, 200v:211v, 213v:226v, 227v:228v, 234r:243v, 252r:252v, 253v:255v, 256v:262v, 263v, 265r:265v, 266v, 267v:290v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence