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Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, M. K., Roy, Sunil Basu +1

In This Issue: • Against Govt’s Economic Policy: Forward To Bharat Bandh Preparation - P. K. Ganguly • All Mass Organisations to Prepare for Bharat Bandh; Join Communal Harmony Rally on April 14 • Verification of Membership • Railwaymen’s Movement • CITU Condemns Bombay Blast • Central Budget Sings IMF Tune - M.K. Pandhe • Kisan Sabha Opposes Union Budget • Coal Workers on the March, Big Rallies in Calcutta, Singareni - Sunil Basu Roy • The Trade Unions (West Bengal Amendment) Act 1983 • The INTUC Strike-That Was Destined to Be Withdrawn - M. K. Pandhe • Statement by Sponsoring Committee on 16-3-93 • CITU Condemns Labour Minister’s Announcement on Exit Policy • International Convention on People’s Approach to GATT Negotiations: People’s Resolution on Uruguay Round • CITU Condemns use of Uranium Shells in Gulf War • Water Transport Workers Observe Demands Day • Save IISCO Movement • New Victories for VSP Workers—Management Concedes Substantial Changes in Promotion Policy • ACFTU Delegation to Visit India • A.P. State Conventian of Working Women • Supreme Court Wants Railways to give Alternative Employment to Surplus Contractors Labour • Mass Convention by Railwaymen at Kanchrapara Branch • Gold Bonds : Boon for the Dishonest • Trade Union Convention At Jammu • Economic Survey 1992-93 : What it Reveals? • The Bombay Bomb Blast Outrage—Another Conspiracy of Destabilisation - Ashok Dhawale • DPRK Warns Against US-South Korean “Team Spirit”

1 Apr 1993

Ganguly, P. K., Umanath, R., Balanandan, E. +2

In This Issue: • Trade Union Convention Calls For Countrywide Industrial Strike on November 29 – P. K. Ganguly • All India Convention of Public Sector Workers, 16th September 1991: Declaration • All India T.U. Convention Against Economic Policies of the Government, 17th September 1991: Declaration • Forward to United Strike - R. Umanath • Clarion Call Of CITU Working Committee: Prepare For Countrywide Industrial Strike • Working Committee Meeting, 1 to 3 September ’91 New Delhi: Presidential Address - E. Balanandan • Urgency of Resisting the Present Economic and Industrial Policies - Sukomal Sen • Appeal from the WFTU • Massive Rally by Left-NF Parties • Railwaymen’s Struggle: AIREC Dharna at Boat Club • Cement Workers’ Convention Demands Bipartite Wage Settlement - Kanai Banerjee • Against Privatisation of Dalla Cement Factory Struggle Takes New Turn - P. K. Ganguly • CITU Condemns the Lackaidaisical Attitude of the Government towards Strike by ONGC Employees • Promotion of Collective Barganing for Working Women • Samyukta Sangharsh Samiti Delegation Meets the Finance Minister • Asian Trade Union Seminar - Jibon Roy • Anganwadi Women to Join mass Actions Against Economic Policies of the Government

1 Oct 1991

Pandhe, M. K., Padmanabhan, A. K., Ganguly, P. K. +1

In This Issue: • Editorial: The Union Budget • Central Budget Does Not Give Relief To Working Class And The Poor • CITU Condemns Anti-People Rail Budget • World Summit On Social Development: No Concrete Measures To End Poverty And Unemployment – M. K. Pandhe • CITU’S Unqualified Support to Central Employees’ Demand for Wage Parity With Public Sector • Kerala News Letter • Tamilnadu News Letter – A. K. Padmanabhan • Workers Fight Against Production Curtailment At Chittaranjan Locomotive Works • On Social Clause In Multilateral Trade Agreements - P. K. Ganguly • The Mexican Crisis • China’s Economy: Review And Prospects - By Wang Zhongyu, Beijing Review, Feb. 20-26, 1995 • Dharna by Insurance Employees

1 Apr 1995

Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Ganguly, P. K. +2

In This Issue: • Calls for All Round Mobilisation for 29th September Strike – P. K. Ganguly • Working Committee Meeting New Delhi, July 24-26,1994: Address By The President – E. Balanandan • State Convention of Mass Organisations at Bhubaneswar • Successful Strike of Public Sector Workers and Officers on July 14 – M. K. Pandhe • Fifth Conference Of Madhya Pradesh CITU • Workers of Unorganised Sector to Join 29th Sept. Strike • Workshop On Unorganised Sector Workers – P .K. Ganguly • Textile Workers Decide to March to Parliament • Contract Workers in Steel Industry to Strike on Sept. 12 in All Steel Centres - Manini Chatterjee • Approach To Fifth Central Pay Commission • Meeting Of Standing Labour Advisory Committee • Comrade Kim Il Sung • Struggle Against Privatisation Surges Ahead • CITU Celebrates 25th Anniversary • Com. Erich Honecker • Wagon Policy Of Indian Railways Designed To Doom Wagon Building Units - Dipankar Mukherji • Com S. K. Sanyal

1 Aug 1994

Umanath, R., Pandhe, M. K., Ranadive, Vimal +2

In This Issue: • Forward To Elections: Defeat Congress(I), Defeat BJP – R. Umanath • Contribute to BTR Memorial Trust • Interim Budget Dictated by IMF • Ninth Conference Of BMS Communal Policies Obstruct Trade Union Unity – M. K. Pandhe • BMS from Delhi, 1986 to ‘Kamavathi’, 1991 • Killing of Brick-Kiln Workers at Haryana • Death Anniversary of Com. B.T. Ranadive • Seventh Conference of CITU, Calcutta, February 12-17,1991: Resolutions – On Economic Situation, On Public Sector, On Left Front Government, On Industrial Sickness and Closures, On Centre State Relations, On Removal Of Ceilings On Bonus, On Reservation, On Industrial Relations Law, On Secret Ballot, On New Technology • Seventh Conference of CITU, Calcutta, February 12-17, 1991: Report of Working Women’s Conference – Vimal Ranadive • Demonstration before USIS, Calcutta • Anganwadi Workers Hold Rally: Delegation Meets Prime Minister • Unity Week Observed • The Gulf War and Its Aftermath – P. K. Ganguly • Focus On Parliament: Motion Of Thanks On President’s Address – E. Balanandan • On The Merger Talk Between AITUC and HMS • CITU Denounces Killing of Workers By Khalistanis • Railwaymen’s Struggle: Massive AIREC Demonstration at Boat Club • Trade Unions Urge for Direct Action Against Price Rise • Mass Rally before Parliament on April 23 called Off • CITU Condemns the Installation of Chautala as Chief Minister of Haryana • Defend Public Sector Day Observed on 15th March

1 Mar 1991

Ranadive, B. T., Umanath, R., Ganguly, P. K. +1

In This Issue: • The Ninth General Elections – B. T. Ranadive • List of Left Candidates Who Won the Ninth Lok Sabha Elections, 1989 • CITU Condemns Harassment of Woman Typist by HSCL Management • Higher Workload in the Name of Work Culture in Vizag Steel Piant • Tamilnadu State Conference of Working Women – R. Umanath • Victory of SWAPO • Railwaymen’s News • The Raniganj Colliery Accident—Facts & Facets – P. K. Ganguly • Address to the Federation of All India Transport Workers – B. T. Ranadive • Com. La Passionaria • Second International Miners Congress – M. K. Pandhe • United Strike of Airlines Engineers • CITU Welcomes COSATU Delegation • International Literacy Year (1990) • Penetration of Transnational Corporations into Indian Economy • Who is Investing in India? • Stop All Aparthied Executions • America’s Health Care Crisis • Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

1 Dec 1989

Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Ganguly, P. K. +1

In This Issue: • Uphold the Banner of October Revolution • Against The Economic Policies Of The Government: Make the 29th November Strike a Total Success - E. Balanandan • 29th November Industrial Strike: Appeal to All Trade Unions by Sponsoring Committee • Resolution of the 27th September Rally Left-NF Parties • CITU Denounces Finance Minister's Assurance to IMF-World Bank to Close Down Non-Viable PSUs • Steel Minister Assures Early IISCO Modernisation • CITU Denounces Government Ordinance to Amend MRTP Act • CITU Opposes the Move to Privatise Air Lines and ITDC • MRTP Ordinance: Vicious Attack on Public Sector - M. K. Pandhe • Glorious Victory Of Dalla Workers: Privatisation Deal of UP Cement Corporation Revoked - P. K. Ganguly • Women’s Organisations Demand Implementation of National Commission for Women’s Act • Coal workers compelled the unwilling bureaucrats to receive memorandum • Railwaymen and Central Govt Employees should Unitedly Join 29 Nov. Strike—AIREC • NPCC Workers to go on Countrywide Strike on Nov. 28 • Join 29th November Industrial Strike NPCC Workers Union of India • States, Unions Prepare for Industrial Strike on November 29 • CITU Congratulates Dalla Workers on their Victory • Railwaymen’s Struggle: Gomoh: Loco Running Staff Work, Win Demand • Com. Bishwanath Mukherjee • Workers Preparing for Resistance to Privatisation Move of UPTRON Units • CITU Condemns Aquisition of Disputed Land at Ayodhya by BJP Government • CITU Condemns Niyogi’s Murder • Settlement of Coal Miners’ Strike • Com. Anandan Nambiar • Construction Workers Dharna and Deputation • ANC to Intensify Mass Actions • Call for Anti-Recession Programmes in USA • International Productivity Congress held at Bangkok - S. Dev Roye

1 Nov 1991

Pandhe, M. K., Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, Pramila +2

In This Issue: • Successful Nationwide Strike By 25 Million Workers – M. K. Pandhe • Massive Dislocation of Rail Services in the Country • New Drug Policy: A Mortal Blow To The Indian Drugs And Pharmaceutical Industry – P. K. Ganguly • CITU Denounces the New Drug Policy • Textile Workers to rally before Parliament • Massive strike by Unorganised Sector Workers in Bihar • Port and Dock workers for Nationwide Industrial Action • National Railway Mazdoor Union(Central Railway) Annual Session at Pandharpur • What the Press Says about the Strike: Strike disrupts industrial activity; Bank employees stage rallies; Banks, industries hit by strike; Left-sponsored TU strike evokes good response; Strike hits banking operations; Nationwide strike paralyses industry; Strike paralyses banking services • National Convention Against Privatisation • Social Security of Women Workers in the Unorganised Sector - Pramila Pandhe • Trade Unions Demand Passing Of Participation of Workers in Management Bill, 1990 • Tamilnadu News Letter: Tamilnadu Workers prepare for Bonus Struggle – A. K. Padmanabhan • Minimum Wages with VDA announced by the Government • Joint Statement: By The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea and The Centre of Indian Trade Unions • French CGT hails Indian Working Class on the eve of 29th September Industrial Strike • Solidarity Message from ZENROREN To Nationwide General Strike in India on 29 September • Enough with the Storage of Dangers and of Playing-With its Risks (Following is an article published by Granma on 18th August under the title- Ed.) • "Privatisation? No." —David Cockroft, Actg.General Secretary, ITF • Italian Unions Set Stage for Pitched Battle

1 Oct 1994

Ganguly, P. K., Padmanabhan, A. K., Banerjee, Kanai +2

In This Issue: • Against The Economic And Industrial Policies: Sponsoring Committee calls for Countrywide Jathas to Culminate into March to Parliament • West Bengal: 14th State Council Meeting Calls For Intensified Movement Against Centre's Policies • Against the Economic Policy of the Government: CITU Endorses the Call for March to Parliament by the Sponsoring Committee • Government Makes Mockery of The Standing Labour Committee Meeting – P. K. Ganguly • CITU Condemns Move to throw away 86,000 Textile Workers • Tripartite DA Committee Accepts Multi-Slab System of DA for Public Sector Undertakings • Preparation for Massive Struggle in Tamilnadu – A. K. Padmanabhan • Bhilai Massacre Condemned in Bombay • Cement Wage Agreement Signed by CITU and other Central TUs - Kanai Banerjee • Massive Demonstration Against Staff Reduction Attempt and Import of Electric Loco • Facts And Figures on The US Led Aggression Against Iraq • Joint Trade Union Proposal on Modernisation and Joint Partnership in IISCO • 32nd Conference of Kerala Nurses - Vimal Ranadive • Anganwadi Women to Prepare for Strike • Meeting of the Tripartite Committee for Engineering Industry • Anganwadi Delegation Meets Prime Minister • Against The Threat To National Unity: Trade Union Convention Call for Observance of All India Communal Harmony Day on September 24 - P. K. Ganguly • Resolution Adopted in the Trade Union Convention against Communalism • CITU Opposes Proposed Rise in Prices of Oil and Petroleum Products • On The Proposed Industrial Relations Law • CITU Condemns PM's Statements • They Lie to People, yet They’re Hon’bles - Jibon Roy • Fund for Revamping Old Fertilizer Plants Agreed by Finance Minister • Struggle in South Africa—Workers on the Lead

1 Sept 1992

Ganguly, 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

Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, M. K., Sen, Tapan +3

In This Issue: • Com. Robin Sen • Editorial: The World Summit On Social Development • CITU Extends Solidarity to Khazaksthan TU • Indian Labour Conference Exposes Govt’s Policy to Scuttle Employments – P. K. Ganguly • "Liberalisation" Hits Indian Shipping Industry – M. K. Pandhe • Three Years’ NEP : A Sad Commentary - Tapan Sen • CITU Demands Urgent Steps To Revive Sick Units – A. K. Padmanabhan • Textile Workers To Intensify Struggle • Com. Joe Solvo • Com. B. K. Banerjee • Com. Gopilal Siwalia • Com BTR’s Birth Anniversary Observed • Coal Strike Deferred • Pakistan Trade Unions Form Confederation • Disinvestement Programme Of PSUs • Airlines Employees Demonstrate Against Privatisation • NAM Labour Ministers’ Conference - An Appeal From The Central Trade Union • Organisations Of India To The Fifth Conference Of Labour Ministers • Of Non-Aligned And Other Developing Countries, New Delhi, Vigyan Bhawan, 19-23, January 1995 • Enron Project: Unveiling The Truth • Enron: Environmental Sell-Out - By Sulabha Brahme • CITU Supports FMRAI’s Action Programme against Amendment of Patents Act • CITU Condemns Ordinance Amending The Patent Act • CITU Denounces MOU with MNC in Telecom • Railwaymen’s Struggle: AIREC demands Further Interim Relief, 100% merger of DA, early submission of Pay Commission Report • World Summit for Social Development - Hemant Kumar • WFTU Rejects inclusion Social Clause in International Trade • The Mexican Crisis : Warning Bells For Economic policy

1 Feb 1995

Ganguly, P. K., Krishnan, P. R., Ranadive, Vimal +3

In This Issue: • National Convention of Mass Organisations Calls for Countrywide Picketing and Rail Roko/Rasta Roko against NEP – P. K. Ganguly • Fifth Pay Commission • CPSTU Extended Session: Public Sector Workers Decide Strike Action • In The Parliament: Urgent Action for Revival of Sick PSUs Demanded by MPs; Policy on Disinvestment flayed • Amidst Protest Insurance Regulatory Authority Bill Introduced In Parliament • 2nd All India Conference Of Beedi Workers Call For March To Parliament – P. R. Krishnan • Anganwadi Women March To Parliament - Vimal Ranadive • Government Flouting the Agreement on Modernisation of NTC Mills: Workers to Launch Rail Roko, Rasta Roko on 30th December – P. K. Ganguly • CITU Demands for Revival of NTC Mills and IDPL • Massive Protest Rally Against Patent Amendment Bill • Bihar Bandh Total – J. S. Majumdar • AITUC Journal Carried Wrong Report • Against Govt Pension Scheme: Resented Workers’ Outburst In Bhilai Steel Plant • LIC - GIC Strike Total • 92nd Birth Anniversary of Com. BTR • G K Panickker • 7th Conference of Plantation Workers Gives Call Against Repression in Assam • CITU Welcomes Supreme Court Verdict on Child Labour • Consolidation Of The Russian Working Class - Chittabrata Majumdar • Conference of NPCC Workers Union • International Meeting Of Workers Against Neoliberalism And Globalization At Cuba - Sukomal Sen

1 Jan 1997

Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Mukherjee, Samar +7

In This Issue: • Let everyone help "The Working Class" • CITU surging ahead through struggles—E. Balanandan • Twenty five years of CITU— M.K. Pandhe • Working class unity and role of CITU— Samar Mukherjee • CITU-1995—Niren Ghosh • Women and political participation— Vimal Ranadive • FMRAI Decides Strike Action Against Amendment of Patent Act • CITU and policy of unity and struggle in international arena—Chittabrata Majumdar • Stop amendment of the Indian Patents Act— P. K. Ganguly • Issues before trade union unity —M. K. Pandhe • Prospect of industrialisation of Assam and new economic policy——Amal Ghosh Dastidar • ILO in retrospect —Swadesh Dev Roye • Telecom privatisation-A surrender to Multinationals—V. A. N. Namboodiri • A Time to respond—Cuba calling • Engineering and unorganised sector industries workers to go on strike in Delhi and UP on June 24 • All India convention against telecom privatisation • National platform to launch next phase of agitation against NEP • Decisions of Secretariat Meeting • Railwaymen’s News: Seminar on Train Safety through Signal and Telecommunication • CITU-ILO national workshop on child labour • Pioneers of India's working class movement • May Day celebrations • CITU refused to sign MOU in coal industry • On supreme court judgement regarding and re-location of industries outside Delhi • International struggles • Messages from international trade unions on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the CITU

1 Jun 1995

Dhawale, Ashok, Mukherjee, Samar, Basu, Jyoti +16

In This Issue: • Comrade B. T. Ranadive • Comrade B. T. Ranadive’s Last Journey: Touching Farewell to a Great Revolutionary – Ashok Dhawale • Condolence Meetings • Homage to Comrade B. T. Ranadive – Samar Mukherjee • His Memory Will Be Ever With Us – Jyoti Basu • The Void That Cannot Be Filled Up In The Near Future – E. Balanandan • A Titan - N. Prasada Rao • Comrade B. T. Ranadive – Manoranjan Roy • You Are A Communist. Continue To Work For The Party – Vimal Ranadive • B. T. Ranadive – An Outstanding Revolutionary – M. K. Pandhe • Comrade B. T. Ranadive – Some Reminiscences – Mohammed Amin • “Marxism-Leninism Will Never Die" – Ahilya Rangnekar • Comrade BTR – A Communist In The Truest Sense – Sukomal Sen • May Day Manifesto Of The CITU, 1990 • CITU Flag Goes to Cuba • Comrade Ranadive – We Badly Need You Even Now – Kamal Sarkar • In Memorium Of Comrade B. T. Ranadive – Niren Ghosh • Comrade BTR On Trade Unions – P. K. Ganguly • An Irreparable Loss – Suryanarayana Rao • Comrade BTR And Railway Workers’ Movement – Kanai Banerjee • A Tribute To A Great Teacher – Jibon Roy • Symbol Of Revolutionary Spirit – Ranjit Basu • 100 Years Of May Day As International Day – Samar Mukherjee • May Day This Year – Mohammed Amin • Hold Aloft The Revolutionary Tradition Of May Day— A Centenary Tribute – Sukomal Sen • Two Lines — Revolutionary And Reformist • Daughter-In-Law Pays Homage

1 May 1990