In textile andjuteindustries, sardars were labour contractors and their status depended on how many labour hands they brought to the industry.From theCambridge English Corpus
Amongjuteworkers only weavers were not employed on every day basis, as their work required much more time to learn than other workers.From theCambridge English Corpus
By 1971 women, who had been almost a fourth of thejuteworkforce, were decimated to a bare 2 per cent of the workforce.From theCambridge English Corpus
The mechanism of strikes in thejutemills often appeared unconventional to managers and the colonial state.From theCambridge English Corpus
The wages ofjutemill workers provided them with bare subsistence.From theCambridge English Corpus
They therefore chose instead to remain in old and clearly stagnating businesses, such asjuteand coal, which required less capital.From theCambridge English Corpus
In manyjutemills, patterns of women's employment have held over a century.From theCambridge English Corpus
Her report was the first comprehensive statement, most oft-quoted, about the questionable and 'non-family' character ofjutemill women.From theCambridge English Corpus
It also favoured export-oriented industries likejuteand tea.From theCambridge English Corpus
Small seeds, such as amaranth andjute, were spread directly on the platform.From theCambridge English Corpus
The 1891 commission interviewed six women workers in thejutemills of whom five were widows.From theCambridge English Corpus
The rawjutepassed through six different departments of a factory called batching, softening, preparing, spinning, weaving and sewing.From theCambridge English Corpus
In thejuteindustry weavers constituted the main backbone of the strikes.From theCambridge English Corpus
The organisation of production in thejutefactories divided workers into various segments in terms of skill, nature of employment and gender.From theCambridge English Corpus
Both these tendencies were evident in thejuteindustry in different periods.From theCambridge English Corpus
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