Working Committee Meetings

CITU Working Committee Meeting 2-4 Oct 1970 Jaipur

Ranadive, B. T.

MINUTES 1. Adoption of the Draft Constitution 2. Report on CITU activities after the All-India Trade Union Conference 3. Reports of industry-wise meetings held during the All-India Trade Union Conference 4. Resolutions 5. Any other subject with the permission of the Chair. • Includes ◦ Report of the Credentials Committer ◦ Memorandum submitted by Andhra Pradesh Committee of CITU on the Industrial Relations Commission Bill to the Joint Select Committee of Andhra Pradesh Legislature ◦ Report on Durgapur Workers' Struggle (Prepared and Submitted By Shakti Sekhar Bose of West Bengal Committee) ◦ Report on Development in Durgapur Steel Plant Subsequent to Strike ◦ From 12th to 22nd August, 1970, Leading to Lock-out in Steel Melting Shop. ◦ A Note on Functioning in Industrial Federations ◦ A Report on the Formation of State Comnittees and Tentative Programme of State Conferences ◦ Accounts ◦ Draft Constitution of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions ◦ Speech of Com. B. T. Ranadive on the Draft Constitution of CITU ◦ Report of the Central Board for Electricity Undertakings - Main extracts and summary of recommendations FIGHT AGAINST REPRESSION AND DISRUPTION – RESOLUTIONS 1. On the Situation in West Bengal 2. On Durgapur Workers’ Struggle 3. Greetings to Gomrades Behind Bars 4. On Murders of T. U. Leaders in West Bengal 5. Murder of Com. Somenath Dube 6. On Death of Nasser 7. Greetings to People’s China 8. On Industrial Relations Commission 9. On Kerala Election 10. On Increasing Use of Anti-Working Class Measures 11. On Paltry Interim Relief to Central Government Employees 12. On the Struggles of Railwaymen Against Police Repression & Retrenchment 13. Resolution On the Repression on Rajasthan Workers 14. On the Demands of the Sugar Factory Workers 15. On U.P, Presidential Rule 16. On Kesoram Rayon Workers’ Struggle 17. On Scuttling of Jute Commission 18. On Taking Over Light Railways 19. On Bank Nationalisation 20. On Andhra Pradesh Industrial Relations Commission Bill 21. On Land Reforms 22. Greetings to Workers Engaged In Struggles

1 Oct 1970

CITU Working Committee Meeting 3-5 Oct 1973 New Delhi

Ranadive, B. T., Ramamurti, P. +2

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive 3. Report of Cmn. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 4. Information Documents: a) A short report on the activities of CITU Kerala State Committee by Coms. E. Balanandan b) Report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy c) Letter dated 13.9.73 from Calcutta State Transport Employees Union, to Com. B.T. Ranadive, President CITU d) National Seminar on Productivity and trade union movement e) Letter dated 20.9.73 from General Secretary CITU to chief Labour Commissioner regarding verification 5. Receipt and Payment account of CITU for the period from 1.1.73 to 30.9.73. 6. Resolutions a) on Martyrs b) on condolence c) on Fascist coup in Chile d) on Recognition of P.R.G. Govt. in South Vietnam and Sihanouk Govt. in Cambodia. e) on Third Pay Commission Recommendations f) on the Loco Running Staff Struggle g) on High prices and food scarcity h) on use of DIR, MISA and other repressive measures against Trade Union and democratie movement. i) On West Bengal Labour Advisory Board Decision j) on Strike of UP Electricity Workers 7. Minutes of the meeting. 8. Press hand out issued by Com. B.T. Ranadive, President, and Com. Jyoti Basu, Vice-President in the press conference on October, 5, 1973 9. Extracts from the speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive 10. Extracts from the report of Com. P. Ranamurti DEEPENING CRISIS! RISING STRUGGLE!! - Review and Documents of the CITU Working Committee Meeting, New Delhi, October 3-5, 1973 • A Resume • Speech of B. T. Ranadive, President CITU • Report of P. Ramamurti, General Secretary • RESOLUTIONS (Adopted in the Working Committee Meeting} a) on Martyrs b) on condolence c) on Chile d) On recognition of Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam and Sihanouk Government of Cambodia e) On Third Pay Commission Report f) On the Loco Running Staff Struggle g) On High prices and Food scarcity a) On use of DIR, MISA and other repressive measures against Trade Union and democratie movement. h) On West Bengal Labour Advisory Board Decision i) On Electricity Workers j) On Beedi Workers k) On Raw Jute Price l) On Repatriation of POWs And Civil Internees m) On Soviet Offer of 2 Million Tonnes of Foodgrains n) On Coal Mine Workers Demands o) On Greetings to Peoples China p) On Engineering Industry q) On Bank Account

1 Oct 1973

CITU Working Committee Meeting 10-11 July 1976 New Delhi

Basu, Jyoti, Ramamurti, P. +1

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Minutes of the Working Committee meeting held at Madras on 10-12 November, 1975 3. 3. Information Documents:- a) State-wide Number of strikes etc. b) Total Circulation of Working Class c) Victimised Railway Workers L/A Fund d) A short Report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy e) Report submitted by B.C.M.U. f) Memorundum submitted by CITU West Bengal Committee to the Committee on Jute Industry appt. by Govt. of India g) State of Indian Economy 4. Resolutions :- (a) Condolence Resolutions on (i) Com Chu Teh, (ii) Com Chou En Lai, (iii) Com. Gerald Pereira (iv) Com. S. Krishnamurthy (v) Com. Paul Robeson (vi) Com. Ramkrishna Bharolian (b) Resolution on Martyrs (c) On Wage revision in Vishakhapatnam Shipyard (d) On Victimisation in HMT, IWPL & ECIL (e) On Recent measures against closures (f) On Repression in Cannanore District (g) On Bonus (h) On Proposed Constitutional Ammendments (i) On Repression in South Africa (j) On Unification of Vietnam (k) On Fradulent Compilation of C.P Index No. (l) On Withdrawal of emergency and release of political prisoners (m) On Friendly relations with neighbours (n) On Arrest of Com. N. J. Iyer (o) On Compulsory sterilisation (p) On Attacks in CLW Railway Colony (q) On Continued victimisation of Railway Workers (r) On Arrest & Victimisation of State Govt. Emplys (s) On Arrest of Loco Running Staff leaders (t) On against retrenchment and reduction of wages of jute workers (u) On Resumption of Ambassadorial relations with China (v) On D.A. of State Govt. Employees (w) On Workers sector (x) On Compulsory Deposit Scheme (y) On Workers in coal industry 5. Minutes of the meeting

1 Jul 1976

CITU Working Committee Meeting 24-26 Apr 1972 New Delhi

Ranadive, B. T., Ramamurti, P. +1

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Opening Speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive, President 3. Report by Com. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 4. Infomation decuments: a) A noteon the U.P. State Committee of CITU b) A report on the CITU Journal The Working Class c) Durgapur Workers urge (a booklet) d) Report on West Bengal Post election situation with five enclosures by Com. Manoranjan Roy 5. Explanatory note to the statement of Accounts for the year 1971 6. Resolutions:- a) On Martyrs b) On condolence c) On Vietnam d) on LIC employees struggle e) On Delay in publication of Third Pay Commission report f) On Recognition of Trade Unions g) On Jute workers strike h) On Building workers strike in Delhi i) On unity and united actions j) On introduction of automation and Electronic computer k) On Railways l) On Moratorium on Strikes m) On Release and repartriation of pålitical prisoners in West Bengal n) Greetings to Tamilnadu workers. o) On News print policy p) On Kerala Legislation banning strikes q) On Bangla Desh r) On Rape of democracy in West Bengal. 7. Minutes of the meeting and final resolutions 8. Press Release

1 Apr 1972

CITU Working Committee Meeting 6-8 June 1978 Kota

Ranadive, B. T.

BUILD UP UNITED STRUGGLE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES AND DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY - Presidential Speech | B. T. Ranadive

1 Jun 1978

CITU Working Committee Meeting 10-12 Nov 1975 Madras

Basu, Jyoti, Ramamurti, P.

MINUTES 1. Minutes of the meeting 2. Opening Speech by Com. Jyoti Basu (Vice President) 3. Resolutions adopted in the meeting a) On Com. Bhairav Bharatiya b) Condolence resolution on Com. Shamsul Huda c) On Repression on Railway Workers d) On Arrests and victimisation of Central & State Govt. Employees e) On Execution of Spanish revolutionaries f) On Emergency and the Working class g) On the struggle of the IDPL employees, Hyderabad h) On Equal pay for equal work i) On Bonus Ordinance j) On Bonded Labour k) On India U.S.A. Joint Commission l) On Retrenchment, Lay-off and Closures m) On Govt's scheme of "Participative Management" 4. Report by Com. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 5. Information Documents: (a) Report from Hooghly District, W.B. (b) Text on Ordinance on Equal Pay for women (c) Workers participation in management Scheme prepared by Union Labour Ministry (d) "Guidelines" for Seven-day working (e) A note on bonus struggle of the IDPL employees Hyderabad (f) Twelve point programme drawn by Ministry of energy (g) Ashort report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy (h) Position of bonus (1975) in W. B. (i) Report of Western Madhya Pradesh by Com. Md. Ismail, M.P. Vice-President (j) Report of the activities of Koila Shramik Sangh, Bishrampur (k) Struggle of J. K. Jute Mill Workers for bonus (l) Report on Rajasthan Trade Union (m) Memorandum to State Labour Minister West Bengal by Jute workers (n) Memorandum to State Labour Minister West Bengal by Federation of Metal and Engineering Workers Unions

1 Nov 1975

CITU Working Committee Meeting 11-13 Dec 1974 Howrah

Ranadive, B. T.

RESIST NEW CAPITALIST LANDLORD OFFENSIVE - Presidential Speech | B. T. Ranadive Documents published in The Working Class, January 1975: 1. The CITU Working Committee Reviews Struggles, pp. 3-5 2. FIGHT UNITEDLY. New Offensive Of Capitalists And Landlords | B. T. Ranadive Speaks At The Working Committee Meeting, pp. 9-16 3. CITU Working Committee Denounces The Bonus Review Committee Report, p. 20 4. CITU Opposes Arbitrary Introduction of New Index Series, p. 22 5. Comrade K. G. Bose, p. 24

1 Dec 1974

CITU Working Committee Meeting 11 Sept 1980 Cannanore

Minutes of the meeting of the Working Committee held on 11th September at Cannanore

1 Jul 1980

CITU Working Committee Meeting 21-23 March 1980 New Delhi

Ranadive, B. T.

Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, April 1980 • अधिनायकवादी शक्तियों के विरुद्ध संघर्ष करो : रणदिवे का आह्वान • सीटू की वर्किंग कमेटी द्वारा एकजुट संघर्षों का आह्वान

1 Mar 1980

CITU Working Committee Meeting 23-25 July 1982 Bangalore

Ranadive, B. T., Ramamurti, P.

• Presidential Address | B. T. Ranadive (From B. T. Ranadive on Trade Union Movement, Vol 2) • Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, Sept 1982 a) सीटू की वर्किंग कमेटी की बैठक b) बढ़ते खतरे के खिलाफ व्यापकतम एकता जरूरी - वी. टी. रणदिवे (कामरेड बी टी आार का अध्यक्षीय भाषण) c) अधिनायकवादी ताकतों के खिलाफ संघर्ष करो - पी. राममृति (महासचिव कामरेड पी आर की संक्षिप्त जनरल रिपोर्ट) d) वर्किंग कमेटी द्वारा अपनाए गए प्रस्ताव ▪ बढ़ते युद्ध के खतरे व शांति के लिए संघर्ष पर ▪ अफ्रीका व लैटिन अमेरिका में संघर्षों पर ▪ इस्राइली हमले पर ▪ विकसित पूंजीवादी देशों में संघर्षों के साथ एकजुटता पर ▪ 1982 के चुनावों पर ▪ दमन पर ▪ श्रमिक विरोधी काले विधेयकों पर ▪ औद्योगिक बीमारी पर ▪ महिलाओं पर अत्याचार ▪ फूटपरस्त शक्तियों के खिलाफ

1 Jul 1982

CITU Working Committee Meeting 24-26 Sept 1986 New Delhi

Ranadive, B. T.

• Presidential Address | B. T. Ranadive (From B. T. Ranadive on Trade Union Movement, Vol 3) • Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, Oct 1986 ◦ अध्यक्षीय भाषण - बी. टी. रणदिवे • Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, Nov 1986 ◦ सीटू वर्किंग कमेटी की बैठक का आह्‌वान: नयी आर्थिक नीति का प्रतिरोध करो!; सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की हिफाजत करो!; युद्ध की सामराजी मुहिम के खिलाफ संघर्ष तेज करो!; फूट परस्त ताकतों का मुकाबला करो! ◦ सीटू वर्किंग कमेटी द्वारा अपनाए गए प्रस्ताव ▪ शहीदों पर ▪ कामरेड ले दुआन ▪ श्रद्धांजलि पर ▪ शांति के लिए संघर्ष पर ▪ गुट निरपेक्ष सम्मेलन पर ▪ दक्षिण अफ्रीका पर ▪ निकारागुवा पर ▪ फूटपरस्त ताकतों पर ▪ गोर्खालैंड आंदोलन पर

1 Sept 1986

CITU Working Committee Meeting 31 May-2 June 1985 Trivandrum

Ranadive, B. T.

• Presidential Address | B. T. Ranadive (From B. T. Ranadive on Trade Union Movement, Vol 2) • Documents published in The Working Class, July 1985 1. Working Committee of CITU: Calls to Resist the New Attacks 2. Resolutions a) On Martyrs b) On Com. Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko c) On Com. P. Sundarayya d) On Com. Parimal Mitra e) On Com. N.V. Bhaskar Rao f) On Condolences g) On 40th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism h) On Closures Lockouts and Retrenchment i) Resolution on Joint Communique j) On New Economic Policy of the Government 3. Meeting of AICCWW • Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, July 1985 1. सीटू वर्किंग कमेटी की बैठक: नये हमलों के खिलाफ संघर्ष का आहवान 2. सीटू वर्किंग कमेटी द्वारा अपनाए गए प्रस्ताव a) शहीदों पर b) कामरेड कौस्तांतिन उस्तिनोविच चेरनॅको c) कामरेड पी. सुन्दरैया पर d) कामरेड परिमल मित्र पर e) कामरेड एन.वी. भास्करराव पर f) शोक प्रस्ताव g) फासीवाद पर विजय की 40 वीं वर्षगांठ पर h) क्लोजर, तालाबंदियों व छंटनी पर i) कपड़ा, जूट एवं चीनी उद्योग के राष्ट्रीयकरण पर 3. महिलाओं का संघर्ष: समन्वय समिति की बैठक

1 May 1985

CITU Working Committee Meeting 30 Nov-2 Dec 1983 Jamshedpur

Ranadive, B. T., Mukherjee, Samar

Documents published in The Working Class, Dec 1983 • Presidential Speech | B. T. Ranadive • CITU Working Committee Report • General Secretary's Report (Abridged Form) | Samar Mukherjee • Resolutions 1. On Danger of War and Struggle for Peace 2. On Sri Lanka 3. On Movement for Restoration of Democracy in Pakistan 4. On Bangladesh 5. On Price Rise 6. On Growing Lockouts 7. On Closures, Industrial Sickness & Denotification 8. On Struggle Against Divisive Forces 9. On Struggles of the Peasants & Agricultural Workers 10. On Tripartite D.A. Committee for Public Sector Undertakings 11. On Nationalisation of the Jute Industry 12. On Nationalisation of the Textile Industry 13. On Working Women 14. On the Struggle of Central Government Employees 15. On the Struggle of Railway Employees 16. On the Struggle of Coal Mine Workers 17. On the Bank Agreement 18. On the Assam Industrial Relief Undertaking (Special Provisions) BiHI, 1983 19. On the Trade Union (West Bengal) Amendment Bill, 1983 20. On Gangster Attacks on CITU Activists 21. On Hindustan Pilkington Glass Factory 22. On Kalidaspur & Kankar Tala Coal Project 23. On the Struggle of the Metal Box Workers 24. On Supply of Coal to Small Scale Industries & for Domestic Use 25. On Closure of Bengal Paper Mill, Raniganj Documents published in CITU Mazdoor, Dec 1983 • अध्यक्षीय भाषण - बी. टी. रणदिवे • सीटू कार्यकारिणी बैठक का आह्वान • महासचिव की रिपोर्ट (संक्षीप्त रूप) - समर मुखर्जी • सीटू वर्किंग कमेटी द्वारा अपनाये गये प्रस्ताव 1. श्रीलंका पर 2. पकिस्तान में जनतंत्र बहाली के आंदोलन पर 3. युद्ध के खतरे व शांति के लिए संघर्ष पर 4. महंगाई पर 5. तालाबंदियों पर 6. क्लोजर, औद्योगिक रूग्णता तथा डिनोटिफिकेशन पर 7. फूट परस्त ताकतों के खिलाफ संघर्ष पर 8. किसानों व खेत मजदूरों के संघर्ष पर 9. सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के त्रिपक्षीय महंगाई भत्ता कमेटी पर 10. जूट उद्योग के राष्ट्रोयकरण पर 11. कपड़ा उद्योग के राष्ट्रीयकरण पर 12. कामगार महिलाओं पर 13. केन्द्र सरकार कर्मचारियों के संघर्ष पर 14. रेलवे मजदूरों के संघष पर 15. कोयला खदान मजदूरों के संघर्ष पर 16. ट्रेड यूनियन (पश्चिम बंगाल) संशोधन बिल पर 17. सीटू सक्रिय सदस्यों पर गुन्डों के हमले पर 18. हिन्दुस्तान पिल्किगटन ग्लास फैक्ट्री पर 19. कालिदासपुर व कांकरतला कोयला योजना पर 20. मेटल बक्स मजदूरों के संघर्ष पर 21. बैंक समझौते पर 22. असम इंडस्ट्रियल रिलिफ अंडरटेकिंग (विशेष प्रावधान) बिल 1983 पर

1 Nov 1983