'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎64r] (131/586)

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Office of the Politicfc.! Resident
in the Pereian Gulf,
L.T. , L'earchue , ,
At aeik, 3rd Ilarch 1942,
Please refer to correspondence ending Bith my demi-official
express letter lio» 254-S, dated the 17th February 1942.
2. 1 f oward herevsritii copies of two papers v -'biich have been
handed to me by Dredge^
3• I discussed tlie case at Abadan on February 21st v/ith Kr»
Gobse/ in the absence of Mr» Pattinson the General Manager and.
ascertained thet tiie Company are proposing to give a rise in
pay oi: account of the dQarness of living to their Indian artisans
as follo^si^
On the first Es 60 30%
On the second 60 10%
On the third lis 60 . 10%
This rise is to be given quickly and with effect froi.. the 1st
December.
4. The rise in pay granted to thcjbompany r s Iranian employees
was as follows*
On the farst 10 rials (aroughly Re. 1)
a day
On the second 10 rials a day
30%
10%
On the third 10 rials a day 10%
The Iranian artisans receive a consicerably lower rate of pay
than the Indians and are paid on a daily basis#
5. Dredge is doubtful whether all the Indian artisans will
be satisfied, but the rise in pay granted to them compares fav
ourably with that granted to the Iranians and 1 do not think we
can press the Company to go further at present. The basic rate
of pay of these airtisans is from Bs 120 to Ss 200 per mensem, most
of them receiving about Bs 140. With the proposed increase a
man drawing Rs 120 will receive Bs 144, and a man drawing Rs 180,
Ks 210<> I should be glad to know how theee rates of pay compare
with those drawn by the ordinary artisan in industrial concerns
in India.
H, Weightman, Esq., C.I.E., I.C.S., ^ /
Joint Secy, to the Govt, of India, E.A.D., New Delhi * '