Both these tendencies were evident in the jute industry in different periods.
The organisation of production in the jute factories divided workers into various segments in terms of skill, nature of employment and gender.
In the jute industry weavers constituted the main backbone of the strikes.
The raw jute passed through six different departments of a factory called batching, softening, preparing, spinning, weaving and sewing.
The 1891 commission interviewed six women workers in the jute mills of whom five were widows.
Small seeds, such as amaranth and jute, were spread directly on the platform.
It also favoured export-oriented industries like jute and tea.
Her report was the first comprehensive statement, most oft-quoted, about the questionable and 'non-family' character of jute mill women.
