Editorial Board: M. K. Pandhe, W. R. Varada Rajan, P. K. Ganguly, Jibon Roy, Tapan Sen, S. Dev Roye

Balanandan, E., Dev Roye, Swadesh, Majumdar, Chittabrata

In This Issue: • Seattle Ministerial Meet: TUs Demand • Editorial: ‘Second Generation Reforms’ Shall Not Pass! • CITU Working Committee Call: Unleash Countrywide United Struggle • Resisit Imperialist Machinations – E. Balanandan • CITU On The Move • Diesel Price Hike: An Act Of Deception! • BJP’s ‘Second Generation Reform’: Financial Sector Top In The Hit List - Swadesh Dev Roye • 5th Conference of SIGTUR Call: Strengthen Struggles Against Globalisation - Chittabrata Majumdar • Economy: On Rails: Heading Where ? • Workers Got A Raw Deal! 57000 Jobs Lost In One Year In Textile Sector Alone: Closures Galore • Document: Second National Commission On Labour • Comrade Dhaniram Khosla • WFTU Memorandum To Seattle Ministerial Meet • Call For Countrywide United Action • Jyoti Basu Greets AIRF Jubilee • Orissa Relief Efforts By FMRAI • Maharashtra CITU On The March • CITU Condemns Privatisation Move In SAIL • PSU Workes, On To Nationwide Struggles • Assam: Tea Garden Struggle Fund • International Conferences • South Korea: Massive Workers' Rally Against Privatisation • Training Programme For Plantation Women • Iraqi TU Federation Congress

1 Dec 1999

Balanandan, E., Sen, Tapan, Maran, Murasoli

In This Issue: • Kerala High Court Assault: On Democratic Rights, Once Again • CITU Flays Cabinet Decision On Disinvestment • Editorial: External Vigilance, Ever Needed! • ILO In The Shadow Of Globalisation • Should Ministers Dole Out Freebies • Lessons Of May 11 Strike - E. Balanandan • Extending Favouritism To BMS • The PM And Trade Unions • Mass Signature Campaign By CITU: Text Of Petition To President Of India • CITU Contribution For Orissa Cyclone Relief • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Closure Of Six PSUs Condemned • Growing Concerns Over Agonising Globalisation • Freedom To Import: Road To Disaster - Tapan Sen • “We Knelt Down, Succumbed To Pressure, Signed On Dotted Lines?” - Murasoli Maran • Delhi: State Level Workshop On Organisation • Textile Minister On Satyam Committee Report • All India Convention Of Handloom Workers • Convention On Power Sector Reforms • Kerala Plantation Workers Conference • Mass Dharna At Kanpur • Rajasthan: Workshop On Unorganised Sector • CITU Campaign Materials Just Released • Some Important Decisions Of The ESI Corporation • Preparation For CITU All India Conference

1 Jul 2000

Varada Rajan, W. R., Arjun, N. S., Dakshi, Ardhendu +1

In This Issue: • UN Must Save World From Warfare And Under-Development (Speech by Fidel Castro Ruz, at the Millennium Summit, United Nations, on September 6, 2000) • Editorial: A Swadeshi’s Videsh Yatra • 6th All India Conference Of Working Women • Working Women: Organisational Issues & Tasks • Andhra Pradesh: Reforms By The Bullet – W. R. Varda Rajan & N. S. Arjun • Massive Delhi Rally On 27th September • Anti Union Repression Worldwide • Without Comments: Hypocrisy Thy Name Is World Bank! • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Public Sector Workers Decide On Future Actions • Attacking Poverty! World Bank Style – A. Dakshi • CITU Protests Coal Settlement • Country Wide Movement By Textile Workers • Kanpur: Textiles Convention • Tamilnadu CITU State Conference • Bank Employees Fight Privatisation/VRS • Privatisation Of Marine Engineering Institute Opposed • Massive Rally By FMRAI • “Revive Winter Sports Project” • Pension Case In Supreme Court • Wage-Agreement For BHEL Employees • NPCC Revival Urged • Ichalkaranji Powerloom Workers Repression • Telecom: Struggle Against Corporatisation • Verdict On Hartal - Ninan Koshy

1 Oct 2000

Pandhe, M. K., Balanandan, E., Majumdar, Chittabrata +3

In This Issue: • On Enforcement, amendment of Minimum wages Act, Enactment of Law on Agricultural Labourers: Parliament Committee Lashes Out At Govt • Editorial: As The Millennium Unfolds • NPMO Sounds The Bugle: Oppose Retrograde Govt. Policies! Prepare for nationwide struggle! • CPSTU Call: Nationwide Struggles By PSU Workers • Public Sector Employees’ National Referendum 11-1-2000 • Economy On Rails ! Heading Where? • Govt Capitulating To MNC’s Muscle Flexing • Human Rights And Working Women • Energy Is A Human Right - Ardhendu Dakshi • Labour Issues In Parliament: Second Labour Commission: Design To Impose Slavery On Labour • Labour Issues In Parliament: On Mines And Minerals Bill • Disinvestment: Get The Money At Any Cost! • Sale Of GAIL Shares Loot On Public Wealth • Assault On PF Interest Also? • “Gaida’s Mother!” – W. R. Varada Rajan • Seattle: WTO Meet Fails • International Conference Of Oil & Gas Workers • Protest Rally In Port Blair • NPCC Union Delegation Meets PM • Successful Strike By Merind Fieldworkers • FDC Field Workers On Indefinite Strike • T.N. CITU Plans Campaign And Struggles • Indefinite Strike By Port & Dock Workers • Construction Workers’ Federation Meeting • Prime Minister Urged To Revive IDPL • Trade Union Class For Anganwadi Employees • IT Employees’ Conference • Zonal Conference Of Peerless Employees • CITU-ILO All India Training Programme • Yet Another Strike By Insurance Employees • Campaign On Working Women’s Demands • Public Sector Workers Demonstration • Airport Workers Demonstration • State Level Convention Of Haryana CITU • Calcutta: Electricity Employees’ Rally • CII Recipe For Closure Of 3 Banks Condemned • Supreme Court Ruling: "EPF Scheme Member A Consumer" • 95th Birth Anniversary of B. T. Ranadive

1 Jan 2000

Sen, Tapan

In This Issue: • Save The PSU, Save The Country: PSU Workers’ Strike On 2nd February • Editorial: The People On The Move • NPMO Call: Carry Forward The Surging Tide Of Struggles! • National Platform Of Mass Organisations: All India Convention, 20th January, 2000, New Delhi: Declaration • Action Programme • Strike By Port And Dock Workers • International Support • Strike Steered To Success • HMS Golden Jubilee Conference • Govt Slashes Down Interest Rates • UP Power Workers Strike • All Round Support And Solidarity • Economy On Rails ! Heading Where? • Direct Tax Arrears Mounted To Rs 41230 Crore In 97-98 The Poor Are The Tax Payers, The Rich Are The Defaulters • Who Is Holding The Country To Ransom ? - Tapan Sen • Without Comments: Backlash Against Globalisation • Dave Committee Presents Final Report • State Govt. Employees’ Conference • Murderous Attack On Union Leaders • Electricity Employees Federation Meeting • BTR Birth Anniversary In Patna • Raipur: Strike By FMRAI Members • Delhi Demo Against WTO Chief • JK Tyre Union Contributes To Orissa Relief • Major Airports Leased Out • Rajasthan And J&K Govt. Employees On Strike • CITU Protests Mauritius Bill. • Pak TU Federation Extends Solidarity • Oil Sector Strike • Without Comments: Democracy And Globalisation • Bravado At Seattle! And, Yeilding To US! • Pre-Budget Discussion: TUs Criticise Government Economic Policies

1 Feb 2000

Balanandan, E., Varada Rajan, W. R., Dakshi, Ardhendu +1

In This Issue: • Centre Of Indian Trade Unons, General Council Meeting, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, • 20-22, April 2000: Notice • Editorial: No More It Is Hidden! • SLC Session Another Futile Exercise • The UP Electricity Employees Strike - E. Balanandan • Dave Committee Report: Investment Centric Prescriptions – W. R. Varada Rajan • CITU On First Report • The World Bank Inspiration • SAIL - Restructuring Or Demolition ? - Ardhendu Dakshi • Total Strike In Salem Steel • The President Speaks Out • NFL To Go To 'Strategic Buyer’ - Swadesh Dev Roye • Magnificent Public Sector Strike • Com. N. J. Iyer • Forward To 9th March • Pension Case • Campaigns And Struggles In Tamilnadu • Tripura Plantation Union Conference • Chevalla: CITU Fights Police Brutality • CITU Win In Chittivalasa Jute Mills • INTUC: Metal Workers’ Convention • Real Face Of PEPSICO • Insurance Employees Conference • SICA: Repeal Move Denounced • Dunlop: Chhabaria’s Game Exposed • UB Employees To Fight Job Losses • MP: Retrenchement Move Condemned • Employees’ Pension Scheme • A Different Hijacking • March 8 International Women's Day

1 Mar 2000

Pandhe, M. K., Varada Rajan, W. R., Ganguly, P. K.

In This Issue: • Centre Of Indian Trade Unions, Tenth All India Conference, 27-31 December 2000: Notice • Editorial: On To The Tenth Conference • The Magnificient Strike Of 6 Lakh Coal Miners – M. K. Pandhe • CITU Tenth Conference: Three Decades Long Journey – W. R.Varada Rajan • Without Comments: FDI Inward Stock • The New Textile Policy – P. K. Ganguly • Comrade Prasanta Dasgupta • Comrade Naresh Pal • Comrade Mangala Hotgi • Bank Privatisation Against People’s Interest • The Mill Lands Conundrum • 7th Conference of Madhya Pradesh CITU • Syndicate Bank Staff Union Conference • Conference Of Haryana State CITU • 10th Conference Of Rajasthan CITU • Private Telecom Companies • Thousands Court Arrest In Tamilnadu • Govt. Neglects Corporatised BSNL • Will Tamil Nadu Govt. Save Salem Steel? • Maharashtra CITU Conference • Bihar & Jharkhand State Committees Formed • Massive Rally Of Anganwadi Employees • ZENROREN-ACFTU Friendship Move

1 Dec 2000

Krishna Moorthy, S., Choudhury, Nishith, Majumdar, Chittabrata

In This Issue: • Govt Reduces Interest On PF • Com. P. R. Parameswaran • Editorial: Why Shy Away From Struggle ? • Boycott Of Ii National Commission On Labour • Petition To President Of India Mass Rally In Delhi : 26 Sep 2000 • The Dotted Lines For The Labour Commission • ESI Scheme: Deteriorating Medicare • All India Conference Of Working Women, 12th July, 2000: Notice • Against anti-PSU, anti-worker Govt policies: PSU Workers To Go For Three-Day Strike • Cochin Shipyard: Yet Another Legal Win – S. Krishna Moorthy • Gold Plating Of Fertiliser Companies - Nishith Choudhury • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Korea: Detention Centres Overflowing • Conference Of UCATT - Chittabrata Majumdar • CITU: Karnataka State Conference • Demonstration Against 2nd Labour Commission • All India Conference Of Beedi Workers • Solapur: 10,000 Houses For Beedi Workers • Madhya Pradesh: Beedi Workers Conference • Malwa Regional Conference Of CITU • Women Beedi Workers’ Convention • Bank Employees Against Privatisation • NPCC Workers Union Conference • Cement: CITU/AITUC Reservation On Mou • Training Programme For Working Women • Birla Textile Mill Workers On Strike • BHEL Workers Staged Massive Demonstration • Death Anniversery Of Com Saroj Vasisth • International Briefs • Centre Of Indian Trade Unions, Working Committee Meeting, Haldia (W.B.), September 18 to 20, 2000: Notice • Cuba: Meet On Women & Trade Unionism

1 Aug 2000

Pandhe, M. K., Varada Rajan, W. R., Ravindranath, K. N.

In This Issue: • Centre Of Indian Trade Unions Working Committee Meeting Jaipur, 13-16 November 1999: Notice • Editorial: 13th Lok Sabha And After • Liberalisation Boosts Billionaires In India – M. K. Pandhe • Billionaires Galore Despite Recession! • Challenges Emerging In Post-Polls Situation – W. R. Varada Rajan • Accidents Or Man Made Calamities? • Barbarians At The Gate! • Economy On Rails! Heading Where ? • Present Phase Of The Global Economy – K. N. Ravindranath • WTO Style Liberalisation, Leading Where? • Dear Power - Lyla Bavadam In Mumbai • Without Comments: Congress-BJP Convergence On Economic Reforms Manifestoes Ignore Labour Interests • Myth Of Falling Inflation Rate ! • West Bengal: Bonus Demand Day Observed • Tamil Nadu: Wage Settlement In Sugar Industry • Himachal Pradesh: Statewide Rallies • The Life Ambobai Leads… • HIV/AIDS And Workers • International Meet Demands Reconstruction Efforts In Yugoslavia • BJP Govt’s Anti-Employee Measures • Finance Ministry Calls For Austerity Drive • Seaport Infrastructure In India. Is Privatisation A Panacea? • Sangh Parivar On Indian Womanhood • Perpetuating Inequality Globally • Rio-De-Jeneiro Meet Against Globalisation • Pension Case In Supreme Court

1 Oct 1999

Pandhe, M. K., Ranadive, Vimal, Dev Roye, Swadesh

In This Issue: • Mumbai Farewell To Vimaldi • The Battle Ahead: Save The Country • Economy On Rails Heading Where ? • Hai Swadeshi ! • BJP/NDA Manifesto - Working Class Is Nowhere • Challenges Before The Trade Union Movement Today – M. K. Pandhe • Condolence Meeting Of Saroj Vasisth • Bail Out For Private Sector And Sell Out Of PSUs • Govt. Must Amend The Payment Of Bonus Act Right Now • The Great Fervour Of The 1930s - Vimal Ranadive • Com. Vimal Ranadive - A Life Sketch • Madhya Pradesh State Committee Meeting • State Convention Of Public Sector Unions • Oil Sector Worst Hit Under BJP Rule - Swadesh Dev Roye • Public Sector: Open Letter To All Political Parties • Unorganised Sector Workers Convention At Calcutta • Air India/Indian Airlines/Airport Authority: Contract Labour Board Recommendation • Conspiracy To Rob Workers' Savings • Tamil Nadu: Police Action On Tea Garden Workers • West Bengal: State Convention Of PSU Unions • Steel Workers Observe Protest Day • Mornoi Tea Garden Murders • Management-INTUC Nexus Exposed • Massive Rally Of Solapur Beedi Workers • Mumbai: Trade Union Seminar On Globalisation And Communal Danger • Tamil Nadu State CITU Meeting • Tributes To Vimaldi • ESI Benefits For Disabled/Retired Workers

1 Sept 1999

Pandhe, M. K., Mukherjee, Dipankar, Balanandan, E. +2

In This Issue: • Relevance Of The November Revolution For The Working Class – M. K. Pandhe • Editorial: One Year Of BJP Governance.... Down The Disaster Lane • Petroleum Price Hike - Height Of Deceit And Deception - Dipankar Mukherjee • CITU Denounces Oil Price Hike • 13 Oct 2000: Protest Day Observed • ‘Wishing Away’ The Trade Unions – E. Balanandan • Linking Of Labour Standards With International Trade • An open letter to Mr. Mark Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Ardhendu Dakshi • "Vimal Ranadive Reminiscences" • Egyptian TU Federation Condemns Israel • World Conference Against Nuclear Bombs – M. M. Varghese • CITU Appeals For Flood Relief For West Bengal • State CITU Conference Calls For Struggles • Wage Agreement In N.B.C.C. • Protest Day Against Globalisation • Defence Employees National Convention • BEFI Demands Fresh Option For Pension • Maruti Udyog Locked Out: Repression Let Loose • Bharat Gold Mines Winding Up Stayed • BEL Employees Dharna • Com. M. S. Krishnan • Against anti-people, anti-national economic policies; Against Communalism: Massive Workers’ Demonstration At Delhi; Mass Petition Carrying Crores of Signatures Submitted to President of India

1 Nov 2000

Pandhe, M. K., Latha, T. A., Banerjee, Kanai +3

In This Issue: • Prepare For A Nationwide Struggle To Resist Anti-People Policies Of Nda – M. K. Pandhe • South Asian Workshop On Health And Safety – T. A. Latha • Editorial: Struggle Is Ahead • The Two Revolutions - Kanai Banerjee • Offensive Ahead On Labour Rights - Tapan Sen • Election And The Working Class - Chittabrata Mazumdar • CITU Delegation To International Conferences • The Seattle Conference Of WTO – P. K. Ganguly • Economy On Rails Heading Where ? • Trade Liberalisation In India Who-Gains ? • The Supply Side Of Global Bribery • Rajasthan: Workers’ Dharna Before ESI Office • Punjab: Hossiarpur Workers Brave Brutal Attacks • Bank-Employees To Protest Verma-Panel Recommendations • Strike At BHEL Trichy Plant • Trade Unions Denounce Privatisation Move • Sponsoring Committee Of Trade Unions Meet • Workers Abroad: Massive Job Cuts In US Companies • Boeing Co. Workers Won The Struggle • Canadian Miners In Struggle • Nissan Motor To Slash Down 21000 Jobs • Anganwadi Federation Call For Countrywide Campaign • AIFAWH Workshop on Organisation • Naked Discrimination Against Public Sector • Pension Case: Latest Development • Elected Left MPs In 13th Lok Sabha

1 Nov 1999

Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K.

In This Issue: • Two Days Strike In Telecom Sector • CITU Working Committee Meeting Cancelled • Editorial: Will The Prime Minister Act? • 12 Dec: Electricity Employees Strike – E. Balanandan • President’s Address To The Nation • Labour Issues In Parliament: PSU Disinvestment: The Country On Auction! • Strikes And Lockouts Revealing Facts • Where Is The Country Heading Towards ? (Speech of Jibon Roy, MP in Rajya Sabha on 28-07-2000) • Comrade Naren Sen Is No More • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Rallyby Electricity Employees & Engineers • Bankmen On War-Path • Handloom Workers On To Struggle • Struggle By State Government Staff • NPCC Workers’ Union On Revival Plan • Wage Board For Newspaper Employees • Birla Textile Workers On Warpath • Bhopal: Industrial Workers’ Struggle • United Movement In Plantation Industry • Kanpur Textile Workers Demonstration • West Bengal CITU Calls For One Hour Strike • Parliament March By FCI Employees • Whither Port & Dock Settlement? – M. K. Pandhe • Nationwide PSU Strike Deferred • Massive Workers’ Rally At Delhi On 27th September

1 Sept 2000

Varada Rajan, W. R., Dev Roye, Swadesh

In This Issue: • Red Salute To Comrade Benoy Chowdhury • Editorial: Stop Not Till The Disastrous Policies Are Reversed • Massive Countrywide Strike On May 11th • NPMO Congratulates People • General Council Meeting at Kozhikode: CITU Charters Further Campaign • Intensive Campaign Programme • Pension Case In Supreme Court • Indian Labour Conference: A Sterile Debating Exercise On Labour Issues – W. R. Varada Rajan • CITU's Criticism Of Govt. Inaction • CITU Comments On Industrial Sickness • Industrial Sickness: The BIFR Views • Labour Issues In Parliament: Bharat Gold Mines: Govt. Ultimatum On VRS • “Unambiguous Policy” To Throw Away PSU Shares? • Minimum Age For Employment • On Sale Of PSU Assets • The Lot Of Pensioners/ Retirees • Sell-Out Of SAIL! • On Draft Electricity Bill, 2000: Shift To Anti-People Power Policy - Swadesh Dev Roye • Electricity Federation Conference • Voltas Employees Organise Conventions • May Day Celebrated In Tamilnadu • NPMO Rally In Port Blair • IDPL Workers Demonstrate • CITU Appeal For Drought Releif • Coal Workers Score A Major Win • Trike By Newspaper Employees • Passing Of Major Ports Bill Denounced • Affiliation Fees : Attention State Committees • Anganwadi Workers March To Parliament • CITU Greetings To DYFI 6th Conference

1 Jun 2000

Pandhe, M. K.

In This Issue: • Against anti-people Economic Policy and communalism: Rally Of Several Lakhs In The Capital. Countrywide General Strike On 11th May • Editorial: March On, To The Battle Ahead! • National Platform Of Mass Organisations: Declaration Of 9th March, 2000 Rally • 2.5 Lakh Jute Workers On Strike From 22nd March • Forward To General Strike On 11th May! – M. K. Pandhe • Com. Gita Mukherjee • ILO Director General Visits India • Com. N. Appa Rao • Atrocious Union Budget! • Steel Workers On Warpath • CITU Denounce Entry Of Foreign Lawyers, Condemns Assault On Legal Profession • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Volte Face — BJP Brand • Rail Budget: No Answer To The Crisis • 42 Days - Long Strike By J&K Employees • Construction Workers Hold Rally • Chandigarh: Dharna by U.T. Admn: Employees • 29th Conference of AIRBEA • FMRAI: Tamil Nadu State Conference • AP: United Struggle Forum • Postal Employees To Go For Indefinite Strike • Municipal Workers On Strike From 21st March • Meerut: TU Rights Trampled Upon • Struggle against Privatisation of Visakh Steel Plant • Clinton’s India Visit: Vajpayee Govt’s Surrender To Imperialist Machination • The Whole Country Protests Clinton’s Visit

1 Apr 2000

Pandhe, M. K., Ganguly, P. K., Dev Roye, Swadesh

In This Issue: • CITU General Council Call: Make 11th May General Strike A Historic Success! • Editorial: No Mr. Prime Minister! • CITU Manifesto For May Day, 2000! • All India Workshop On Organisation • Facilitating Loot By MNCs - Swadeshi Way • Forward To Long Drawn Struggles – M. K. Pandhe • 14th World Trade Union Congress – M. K. Pandhe • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Without Comments: Globalisation Could Mean Recolonisation; Prostrating At The FIT Altar… • A.P: Brutal Police Attack On Anganwadi Women • S. K. Nambiar • CITU Deplores AP CM’s Comments • Globalisation And The New Textile Policy – P. K. Ganguly • Port & Dock: PM’s Intervention Sought • Steel Workers Against Privatisation • PSU Wage Negotiation: Workers Protest • Brick Kiln Workers Militant Struggle • Human Chains In Mumbai • Pondicherry Govt Employees Rally • Massive CITU Rally In Chennai • CITU-ILO Training Programmes • BTR Fund (Receipts since Jaipur Working Committee Meeting) • New Exim Policy: Abject Surrender To Imperialism - Swadesh Dev Roye

1 May 2000