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The Working Class
1995Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Choudhary, Saroj +3
In This Issue: • May Day Manifesto of The CITU, 1995 • Fight The Policy Of Liberalisation - E. Balanandan • Recent Trends In TU Movement In India – M. K. Pandhe • May Day 1995 - Saroj Chowdhuri • Fight Unitedly For The Cause Of Working Women - Vimal Ranadive • May Day and the Struggle Against Fascism – P. K. Ganguly • Economic Policy, Development and Social Justice—Creeping Crisis of “Free Market" (A revised version of The Presentation made at the workshop organised by the AITUC.) - Kanai Banerjee • Notes And Comments – M. K. Pandhe • Special Tripartite Committee Ends Without Conclusion • National Workshop Demands: Central Legislation For Construction Workers – P. K. Ganguly • FMRAI Launches Agitation Against Amendment Of Patent Act • Public Sector Workers to Launch Countrywide Agitation: Declaration Adopted in the Extended Meeting at New Delhi on 28-29, March, 1995
1 May 1995
The Working Class
1994Ganguly, P. K., Choudhary, Saroj, Pandhe, M. K. +2
In This Issue: • On The Graveyard Of Apartheid Glorious Banner Of South Africa Unfurled – M. K. Pandhe • Biography Of Nelson Mandela • CITU Greets ANC on its Grand Victory • The Freedom Charter (Adopted at the Congress of the people, Capetown, South Africa, on 26th June 1955) • The People Shall Govern! – P. K. Ganguly • The Dawn That Killed The Night - Saroj Chaudhury • The Public Sector or Whatever Remain of it in 1992-93 • Govt concedes to consider IISCO modernisation by SAIL • Confederation and Organisational Unification of T.U. Movement - M.K. Pandhe • Pandhe Elected Vice President JCSSI • Birth Centenary Celebration Of R. S. Ruikar • Forward To Bigger, Stronger Decisive Battles - E. Balanandan • Meeting On V.D.A. For Central PSU Workers • Successful Beedi Workers Conference In Tamilnadu – A. K. Padmanabhan • Textile Workers For Countrywide Industrial Action – P. K. Ganguly • Joint Action Committee Of Textile Workers: National Convention Of Textile Mill Workers, New Delhi, 5th May, 1994: Resolution • Promotion of Women on the Union’s Committee • Railwaymen’s Struggle: Chittaranjan Locomotive Workers - Authorities forced to withdraw suspension order on TU workers • ILO move to reduce deaths in mining • Round Table meeting on Tripartism at ILO office • 8th Conference Resolutions: Resolution On US Offensives Against Cuba; Against Unilateral Change in Recognition Rule of Unions of Central Govt. Employees; Against Repealing Air Corporation Act • TUs Protest against stripping of Air Hostesses • SAARC Countries Transport Workers’ Unions / Federations Conference: A Promising beginning • Preliminary Observations of the Citu on the Proposed Trade Unions (amendment) Bill, 1994 Alongwith Relevant Recommendations of the Ramanujam Committee • Excerpts From The Ramanujam Committee Report On Trade Unions Act- (Chapter 5) • Vishakhapatnam District CITU calls For massive Struggles In Unorganised Sector • May Day message by the DPRK TUs to the Workers all over the World • On Kanoria Mills Problem
1 Jun 1994
The Working Class
1998Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Varada Rajan, W. R. +2
In This Issue: • CITU General Council Meets At Chennai • Com. Bimal Singha • Com P G K Krishnan • Capitalism : Enemy Of Open Society - E. Balanandan • Comrade K. L. Malabade • Interim Wage Increase For Coal Workers • The New Situation, Dangers And Tasks Ahead – M. K. Pandhe • Pseudo Swadeshi Stands Exposed – W. R. Varada Rajan • Capital Misery • CITU Highlights Pressing Issues Of Labour • Union Labour Minister called a meeting of Central Trade Unions and Employers organisations. The points made by M.K. Pandhe, General Secretary, CITU, at the meeting • Pre-budget consultation with Finance Minister: CITU Flays Fund-Bank Dictated Economic Policies • Towards A Two Days Nation Wide Strike. Public Sector Workers Plan Campaign & Agitations • Take Lead, For Successful Implementation: CITU Call • What Ails Employees' State Insurance Scheme? How To Remedy? - Kali Ghosh • WFTU Memorandum To WTO • Historic Struggle Of Delhi Nurses – A. R. Sindhu • Vajpayee Govt. On Contract Awarding Spree; CITU Expresses Serious Concern • ZENROREN’s May Day Message To CITU • 3 Days-Strike By FMRAI • Major Win For Maritime Union Of Australia
1 Jun 1998
The Working Class
1991Mukherjee, Samar, Pandhe, M. K., Ranadive, Vimal +3
In This Issue: • May Day Manifesto of the CITU 1991 • Com. Jamini Saha • Revive Revolutionary Traditions of May Day – Samar Mukherjee • Conditions of Working Class In U.S.A. – M. K. Pandhe • Comrade Satwant Singh • Appeal to Women For the Elections – Vimal Ranadive • Unity Week Observed in Tamilnadu • CITU Condemns Peerless Management’s Highhandedness and Injunjunction against Demonstration • Demand For Nationalisation Of Jute Industry • Meeting of Assam State Committee • Meeting of Orissa State Committee • Haryana Brick-Kiln Workers Carry Forward Struggle • Demand for Accountability by the Former IDPL Chairman • Conference of Karnataka Plantation Workers • NPCC Management Plays Fraud with CITU Union • Meeting of Coal Federation • On First Death Anniversary: Remembering Comrade B.T.R. – E. Balanandan • Death Anniversary of Com. BTR Observed All over India • Challenges before the Working Class – P. K. Ganguly • Stability and Social Justice – Jibon Roy • Seventh Conference of CITU, Calcutta, February 12-17, 1991: Resolutions - On Unorganised Workers, On Workers Participation in Management, On Right to Work, On Construction Workers, On Contract Workers, On Textile Industry, On Coal Industry, On Steel Industry, On Oi} & Petroleum Industry, On Fertilizer Industry, On Struggle Against Illiteracy, On Child Labour, Other Resolutions • Tamilnadu State CITU’s Call to Defeat Cong(l)—ADMK Alliance • Homage to Com. BTR • One Day Strike in Madras
1 May 1991
The Working Class
2000Pandhe, 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
The Working Class
1997Pandhe, M. K., Balanandan, E., Patnaik, Prabhat +4
In This Issue: • Clarion Call of the Ninth Conference of CITU: Towards Big Battles Against Globalisation And Liberalism – M. K. Pandhe • Welcome Speech Delivered by Com. M. M. Lawrence, Chairman, Reception Committee, 9th Conference of the CITU Kochi • Centre of Indian Trade Unions, 9th All india Conference, 20-26 April, 1997, V.G. Bhaskaran Nair Nagar, Cochin: Presidential Address - E. Balanandan • Report Of The General Secretary – M. K. Pandhe • Condolence Resolution • Resolutions: On Solidarity with International Working Class Struggle; Struggle Against • Communal And Divisive Forces; Workers-Peasant Alliance; On Working Women; Industrial Sickness; Recognition Of Trade Unions Through Secret Ballot; On Pension Scheme; Resolution On Contract Labour; Unemployment And Demand For Right To Work; On Price Rise; Bonus; Esi Scheme; In Support Of Strike Of State Govt. Employees At Bihar; On Headload Workers; On Fifth Central Pay Commission • 9th Conference Of CITU: Discussions In Commissions • Proceedings Of The 5th Conference Of Working Women • List Of Foreign Delegates Participating In The 9th CITU Conference • Message from World Federation of Trade Unions • National Canfederation of Trade Unions • Message from General Federation Trade Unions Iraq • National Federation of Postal Employees • Message for CITU’s 9th Conference from Com. KKN Kutty, Secretary General, Income tax • Employees’ Federation Message from the Cuban Trade Union (CTC) • United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America • National Union of Mineworkers, Barnsley • Ceylong Federation of Trade Unions • Message from KMU • Canadian Labour Congress • Message from Palestine Trade • Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia • National Association of Teachers in Further & Higher Education • All Poland Alliance of Trade Unions • Message from Congress of South African Trade Unions • Message from General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (DPRK) • Speech Of Com. E.K. Nayanar, Chief Minister Of Kerala At The All India CITU Conference • 9th All India Conference Of CITU Cochin, 21-27 April 1997: Report Of Credential Committee • Proposed Amendment To The CITU Constitution At The Ixth Conference • Seminar en Globalisation of Economy: On The Current State Of The World Capitalist Economy - Prabhat Patnaik • Globalisation, the International Economy and Policy Options - Jayati Ghosh • “Globalisation” And Its Impact (Speech at Seminar on “Trends in the World Economy” at Cochin on 21 April, 1997) - Prakash Karat • May Day Manifesto of the CITU, 1997 • Government Giving Second Thought Over the Move to Close down NTC Mills – P. K. Ganguly • Central Trade Unions Demand Early Action On IISCO Modernisation • CITU Denounces The Move For Retrograde Amendment Of SICA • Whither Revival Of Fertilizer PSUs - Tapan Sen • Revival Of Sick PSUs Demanded By MPs • Fate of IDPL Hangs in Balance – P. K. Ganguly
6 May 1997