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Pandhe, M. K., Majumdar, Chittabrata

In This Issue: • Com. M. Basavapunniah • National Trade Union Convention on 10th May at New Delhi • Trade Unions Condemn the Central Govt’s Move to Reintroduce ESMA and MISA • May Day Manifesto of the CITU, 1992 • Against the Economic Policy: CITU Calls for Launching Strike Preparations • Countrywide Demonstrations Against the Economic Policy of the Government • Bank Unions Joint Committee for Movement against Privatisation of Banks, Boat Club Rally—7th April, 1992 • Cement Workers on Agitation Path • CITU to Boycott Reconstituted Industrial Committee on Jute Industry • Trade Unions Congratulate Jute Workers • Convention of Unorganised Workers in Bihar • Homage to Satyajit Ray • New Exim Policy • Powermen’s Workshop Extends Support to Striking Rajasthan Power Engineers • NTC Workers’ Convention • Calcutta Rally Protests Economic Policies • Labour Ministers’ Meeting • Process of Dismantling of Public Sector in India - M. K. Pandhe • CITU Condemns EPI Management for Apathy to end the 27 Days old Strike • CITU Condemns Further Reduction in Custom Duty on Capital Goods Imports • CITU Denounces Rajasthan Government for imposing ESMA against Electricity Engineers Strike • Japanese Working Class Are on the Offensive • CITU Calls for Contribution to Cuba • Working Class in Building Socialism in China - Chittabrata Majumdar

1 May 1992

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

Pandhe, M. K., Kundapura, Vishwa, Kothari, Ashish

In This Issue: • Eighty Fifth Session Of The ILO– M. K. Pandhe • Com. Yamuna Prasad Shastri is No More • Countrywide Bank Employees' Strike On 4th July • BEFI Resolutions and COD • All Support To Bank Strike On 4th July • CITU Welcomes united resolve of the Five Federations to fight back the move to privatise the Coal Mines • 7th Bihar State Conference Of CITU • First J&K State CITU Conference • Delhi State CITU Conference • CITU Denounces The Ordinance On Out Of Turn Allotment Of Govt Quarters • Working Women’s Karnataka State Convention - Vishwa Kundapura • CITU Centre Observes Foundation Day • LIC Employees’ Contributions • CITU Delegations Visiting Abroad • International Labour Standards In Hong Kong To Be Continued • Three Years Of Mobilization Of Trade Unions • Declaration on the Occasion of the 6th Anniversary of Jan-17, 1991 Aggression Against lraq • International Struggle • Environment vs The Poor - Ashish Kothari

1 Jul 1997

Pandhe, M. K., Ganguly, P. K.

In This Issue: • Editorial: An Exercise In Self-Deception • Whither National Wage Policy? – M. K. Pandhe • Countrywide Strike by Workers in Banks • IBA’s Discriminatory Stance Forces Countrywide Bank Strike on 26th-27th September • Call of CITU’s Textile Workers’ Convention: Forward to Jail Bharo on 12th December – P. K. Ganguly • TU Convention Against sell out of Bailadila Mine Demands Scrapping of the Scandalous Deal • CITU Resents Unilateral Announcement of Revised DA Formula • Huge Rally of Plantation Workers at Guwahati • Assam State CITU Observes 25th Year of Foundation • CITU-ILO Workshops on Child Labour • Beedi Workers to Launch Countrywide Movement • Meeting of the MP State Coordination Committee of PSU Unions • CITU Supports United Six Day Strike of Coal Mines • Report of Standing Committee on Energy-II • New VDA Formula for Central Public Sector Employees • Around the States • The 1995 World Conference Against A and H Bombs • Japan's Unemployment is as High as in the United States?

1 Oct 1995

Pandhe, M. K., Raghunatha Reddy, A.

In This Issue: • Forward To A Countrywide Struggle Against BJP Govt's Economic Policies And Communalism – M. K. Pandhe • Insurance Sector: Implications Of Opening Up – A. Raghunatha Reddy • National Platform Of Mass Organisations: Call For All India General Strike On 11.12.98: Declaration • Abolish Bonus Act Ceilings: CITU • Call Of National Convention Of PSU Workers: All India Strike In PSUs On 10 & 11.12.1998: Declaration • TUI World Congress • 1998 World Conference Against A&H Bombs • Financial Assistance To Workers: West Bengal Scheme • WB: All TUs Demand Repeal Of Bonus Ceiling • Mumbai TU Convention Plans State Wide Action • Jabalpur Earthquake Victims: Insurance Employees Organise Relief • Bihar State CITU Meets • Tamil Nadu: Campaigns And Struggles • Karnataka CITU Steers NPMO Activities • West Bengal: PSU Workers’ Convention • Postal Workers’ Strike Gains • Unions Urge Revival Of CIWTC • Bank Strike: 18.9.1998 • Central TUs Oppose Tata Airlines Proposal • Govt. Notifications • Coordinated Struggle At Calcutta Airport • Himachal: Convention At Parwanoo • MP: CITU Opposes BALCO Privatisation • Workers Fight Sale Of CCI Units • All India Convention Of Anganwadi Workers • CITU Condemns Denial Of IR To Sick PSUs • Massive Strike By Industrial Workers At Delhi • South Korea: Workers’ Resistance • “Reverse” Migration In Asia • CITU Greets GFTUK • USA: 54 Days - Strike In General Motors • Tell Tale Figures On Labour Cost • Japan Women Workers’ Study Tour

1 Sept 1998

Ramamurti, P., Pandhe, M. K., Chakrabarty, Nrisingha

In This Issue: • Comrade Yuri Andropov • Com. D.D. Vashist • AUCCTU Secretary Visits CITU Day on December 4 • Programme of Opposition Parties: Countrywide Response to Demands Day • Jute Strike Enters Second Month • Stalemate in D.A. Committee: Struggle for Enhanced D.A. • Demands Day by Agricultural Workers • Central T.Us. Protest Against Verification Results • NCC Protests Against New CPI Series • Doctors’ Call Against Nuclear War • National Seminar on Safety in Industry • Port & Dock Workers to go on Indefinite Strike • CITU Appeals for Peace in Punjab and Haryana • NCC Appeals for Peace • Massive Demonstration by Coal Workers • The United Movements – P. Ramamurti • Rural Bank Employees Struggle • Around The States: West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh • Opposition Parties Appeal for Peace • TU Classes for Coal Miners • The Spectre of Unemployment • New Scheme of Workers’ Participation in Public Sector – M. K. Pandhe • Women’s Struggle: Convention of Kerala P&T Women • Meeting of AIDWA • Activities of the Public Financial Institutions – Nrisingha Chakrabarty • CITU Secretariat Meeting • Appeal by TUs of European Socialist Countries • International Struggles

1 Mar 1984

Pandhe, M. K., Varada Rajan, W. R., Bhawnani, Nirmala L. +1

In This Issue: • Editorial: 77th Anniversary of October Revolution • CITU’s Message to Zenroren • Russian Working Class Will Rise Again! – M. K. Pandhe • Coal Workers Prepare for Countrywide Agitation • Port and Dock workers for Nationwide Industrial Action • Trade Unions Protest at the Delay in Settlement of pending issues of workers • Joint Letter to Labour Minister • Bank Employees Sign Memorandum of Understanding • MNCs in Power Sector: N. K. P. Salve’s Baseless Tirade against BHEL • Cultural "Jatha" against New Economic – Industrial Policy and Malhotra Committee • 17th State Council meeting of West Bengal • Book Review: BATA : Multinational Myster(y) • Com. Satdev Sharma • BIFR: Sickness Eventually Catches Up • Regional Labour Ministers’ Conference • Challenges Ahead In Employee Relations And Human Resource Management – W. R. Varada Rajan, Secretary, CITU, Tamilnadu • Bonus: A Myth for Majority – Nirmala L. Bhawnani • The Productivity Movement: Union Perspective - S. Dev Roye

1 Nov 1994

Pandhe, M. K., Dakshi, Ardhendu, Roy, Jibon +1

In This Issue: • The Peoples Convention Against Communalism • Massacre Of Landless Poor Murder Of Democracy • Struggle For Rectification Of Fraudulent Price Index – M. K. Pandhe • 35th Meeting Of The Standing Labour Committee: More A Ritual Than Anything Substantial - Ardhendu Dakshi • Pension Case: Apex Court Hearing On 13.4.99 • Cabinet Decision On Coal Mining Flayed • Public Sector Wage Negotiations: CITU Opposes Govt. Guidelines - Jibon Roy • Diversion Of PF, Pension Funds Opposed • National Convention At Delhi: NPMO Demands Withdrawal Of IRA & Patent Bills • ESI Scheme: A Thorough Overhaul Needed – Kali Ghosh • Asian Financial Crisis: ILO Sounds Alarm • Cuba Marches Defying US Blockade • CITU Makes Rapid Strides In Ap • Central Trade Union Class • Convention On IISCO Modernisation • Haryana: Protest Against Victimisation • State Govt. Employees’ Struggle • Protest Day In Assam • CITU Delegation Visits Bangladesh • Bank Employees On Warpath • Working Women’s Front: Anganwadi Employees’ March Forward • Murderous Assault On CITU Leader’s Family • Maharashtra CITU Stages Protest • West Bengal: A Successful General Strike • High Court Infringes Employees Rights • Rubber Growers Facing Ruin: AIKS • Egyptian TU Movement Centennial Celebrations • Com. BTR Memorial Fund

1 Mar 1999

Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, M. K., Roy, Jibon

In This Issue: • Against Economic Policies Of The Government: Trade Unions Call for Countrywide Strike • Steel Workers Protest Govt Policy of Bailing out the Country • Fertilizer Workers to Launch Nationwide Agitation • Meeting with Trade Unions: Finance Minister on the Defensive – P. K. Ganguly • CITU Appeals for United Strike Action against the Economic Measures taken by the Government • W. Bengal Prepared for United Strike Action • Punjab CITU for Strike Action • Maharashtra Prepare for Strike • Assam CITU Gearing Up for Strike Action • CITU Led Successful Struggle in Vizag Steel Plant • Punjab Working Women’s Convention • Conference of NPCC Workers Union • September Programmes Against Economic Policies of the Government • The offensive of Privatisation – M. K. Pandhe • 6th September—Bank Employees’ Strike: Joint Declaration by Bank Unions against Privatisation of banks • 20 Years of ‘The Working Class’ • Special Seamen's Convention • CITU Condemns Strike Decision by Drug Cartels • CITU Demands Drastic Punishment to Murderers of Chundur Harijans • ACFTU Acknowledges CITU’s Sympathy for Disaster Hit People • 1st Aug. 1991 Observed as ‘Anti-Privatisation Day’ by Civil Aviation Employees in Bombay • Tamilnadu Moves for Strike Action • Small Scale industry under Big Business Stranglehold • 51st Conference of the Bengal Chetkal Mazdoor Union • Construction workers to go on All India Strike • Rail workers Convention Against ‘Human Rights’ Violation • Tasks Ahead of Trade Union Movement - Jibon Roy • Focus in Parliament: Government Grilled on Economic Policies • CITU Rejects Pension Scheme Proposed by the Central Board of Trustees (Provident Fund)

1 Sept 1991

Dhar, S. K., Sen, Tapan, Choudhary, Saroj +1

In This Issue: • Joint TU Convention And Rally Before Parliament Denounces Retrograde Pension Legislation: Calls For Preparing For Strike Action • Editorial: August 15, 1996 • Widespread Resentment Against the Passage of Black Pension Bill • Assam CITU State Committee Decides Movement Against Anti-Worker Pension Scheme • Trade Unions Protest Enactment Of Employees Provident Fund Amendment Bill • The Railwaymen Protest Against Unprecedented Delay In Publication Of 5th Pay Commission’s Report – S. K. Dhar • Pension Debate In Parliament • Pension Debate : Exposure Of Reality - Tapan Sen • CITU Denounces Govt’s Move To Disinvest PSU Shares • 50 years of independence and more than 50 scams and scandals • Privatisation of anganwadi projects stopped in andhra pradesh • Reserve bank employees to observe all india strike on 9th september ’96 • Silver Jubilee lectures organised by O.S.R.U. • Tamil nadu CITU Prepares For Organisational Conferences • Rally By Powerloom Workers • Trade Unions Demand Immediate Step For Revival Of Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Ranchi • Insurance Sector — For Whom The Bell Tolls - Saroj Chaudhuri • CITU Delegation In South Africa – M. K. Pandhe

1 Sept 1996

Ranadive, B. T., Mukherjee, Samar, Pandhe, M. K.

In This Issue: • Goodwill Delegation of CITU to China • Working Committee Meeting of CITU, Jamshedpur, November 30-December 2, 1983, Presidential Speech—B. T. Ranadive • Asian Metal Workers’ Seminar • Call Of CITU Working Committee: Step Up Peace Struggles, Fight Against Lockouts, Closures, Price-rise • General Secretary's Report (Abridged Form)—Samar Mukherjee • Resolutions: On Danger of War and Struggle for Peace, On Sri Lanka, On Movement for Restoration of Democracy in Pakistan, On Bangladesh, On Price Rise, On Growing Lockouts, On Closures, Industrial Sickness & Denotification, On Struggle Against Divisive Forces, On Struggles of the Peasants & Agricultural Workers, On Nationalisation of the Jute Industry, On Nationalisation of the Textile Industry, On Working Women, On the Struggle of Central Government Employees, On the Struggle of Railway Employees, On the Struggle of Coal Mine Workers, On the Bank Agreemont, On the Assam Industrial Relief Undertaking (Special Provisions) Bill, 1983, On the Trade Union (West Bengal) Amendment Bill, 1983, On Gangster Attacks on CITU Activists, On Hindusthan Pilkington Glass Factory, On Kalidaspur & Kankar Tala Coal Project, On the Struggle of the Metal Box Workers, On Supply of Coal to Small Scale Industries & for Domestic Use, On Closure of Bengal Paper Mill • Glorious Tripura Bundh • Medical Representatives to Strike • I.D.P.L. Federation Formed • Bank Employees’ Struggle • Com. Sadashiv Bagaitkar • Convention Against Lockouts, Closures • Observance of December 4 • Convention of Working Women • Social Welfare Women Workers on Struggle • Meeting of CITU Secretariat • Coal Workers to Intensify Struggle • Samar Mukherjee Addresses AITUC Conference • FDGB Delegation Meets CITU • WFTU General Secretary Visits CITU • Indefinite Strike in Jute Industry • Port & Dock Workers Prepare For Struggle • LIC Workers’ Strike • Tripartite Meeting in Brick Kiln • Around The States: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura • Conspiracy to Perpetuate Fraudulent Price Index – M. K. Pandhe • Railway News: Strike in Protest of R.P.F. Brutality • Appeal of the 30th Session of the WFTU Bureau: To Workers and TUs in all Countries; CITU’s Reply • Com. Durga Das Shirali • Comrade P. K. Kurane • International Struggles Against Euromissiles

1 Jan 1984

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

Dakshi, Ardhendu, Choudhary, Saroj, Sen, Tapan +1

In This Issue: • Subhuman Life Under “Inhuman Development” – Ardhendu Dakshi • End This Us Arrogance! - Saroj Chowdhury • Greetings To People’s Republic Of China • "Sell Out PSUs At Any Cost !" – Tapan Sen • Com Chadayan Govindan • Without-Comments: Cheap Import Virus Hit Desi Companies – BIFR • Dumping Puts Steel Industry In Crisis • Without-Comment: Fake Divestment • Steel Industry: Anti-Worker Measures Opposed – M. K. Pandhe • For Cuba: Medicines Against Blockade • "Payment Of Wages Must Get Priority" • Extract Of The Interim Order: Dunlop Factory Employees Union Chennai vs The Management of M/s Duntop India Ltd. Chennai • Pension Case In Supreme Court • Supreme Court Judgement On 1. What Is Sexual Harassment? 2. Who Do These Guidelines Apply To? 3. Preventive Steps; 4. Complaints Procedure; 5. Disciplinary Action; 6. Other Provisions Of Guidelines - These Supreme Court Guidelines Are Legally Binding And Must Be Enforced. • Road Transport Workers On United Struggle • Reign Of Terror In Dhaurabhata • Karnataka Convention Of NPMO • Jute Workers’ Strike On Bonus • IOC Contract Workers • Strike By Seamen Of Home Trade • Maharashtra: Workshop On Child Labour • CITU Wrests Fertiliser Union From BJP • Com. Pritish Chanda • Tamil Nadu: Construction Workers Welfare Scheme • J & K Co-Ordination Committee Of TUs • Who Will Help Jamuna Devi? • ESI: Standard Benefits Enhanced • Ousted Bank Staff Win Back Jobs • AICCTU Conference • Successful Strike Of College Teachers • Philippines: Workers Losing Jobs • Com. P. Ramachandra Rao • WFTU Plea To NAM Summit • BTR Memorial Fund • Fidel Castro On Globalisation And Third World Unity

1 Oct 1998

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

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

Ganguly, P. K., Majumdar, J. S., Pandhe, M. K. +2

In This Issue: • Mammoth Rally of Textile Workers – P. K. Ganguly • Trade Unions Demand Change In Fiscal Policies • CITU Denounces Police Firing at Kerala and Calls for Countrywide Protest Actions • Joint Convention on Scooter India • Bihar State CITU Conference – J. S. Majumdar • Jute Workers Prepare for Strike • Thirteenth Congress Of The WFTU – M. K. Pandhe • Joint Statement by Indian and Pakistani TU leaders • Com. BTR’s 90th Birthday: Seminar on formation of a Confederation of all Central Trade Unions • Women Hit Hardest in Russia • Conference of Tamilnadu Construction Workers • Contract Workers of Steel Industry Demanded Wage Revision and Interim Relief • TUs Demands Implementation of Prasar Bharati Act • Accident in Bokaro Steel Plant; 10 workers injured • World Meeting on Solidarity with Cuba – J. Ballabh • Regionwide TU Initiative for Workers’ Right Planned From the Third Indian Ocean Region Trade Union Conference - Chittabrata Majumdar • CITU representative at International Trade Union Seminar, Seoul – S. Dev Roye • BEFI Opens Punjab State Unit • Kathmandu: International Trade Union Conference Against IMF-World Bank Structural Adjustment Programme

1 Jan 1995

Sen, Tapan, Pandhe, M. K., Roy, Jibon +2

In This Issue: • Polls Are Over—What Next? - Tapan Sen • CITU General Council Meeting, Chennai (Madras), 22-25 April 1998: Notice • 11th International Conference Of Transport Workers – M. K. Pandhe • Coimbatore Blasts & Massacres - A Tragic Fall Out Of Communalisation Of Politics - Jibon Roy • R. Umanath’s Appeal • Fixation And Enforcement Of Minimum Wages - Shanti Ghatak • Murderous Onslaughts On Colombian Workers • National Policy On Civil Aviation: - A Death Knell For The National Carriers - Tapan Pathak • Delhi: Increasing Incidence Of Rape • Construction Of BTR Memorial Started: Speed Up The Drive For Funds • CITU Delegation Visits Vietnam • Asian Crisis: ILO Prescribes fake pain killers, not real cure • Tigers In Crisis! À La Globalisation! • Zero Duty On Capital Goods Import! • Haryana: Heroic Fight Against Police Brutality • Strike In BEL • TRAI Debars MTNL • IISCO: TUs Demand Action • INTUC Against Disinvestment • BPCL : Fight Against Bifurcation • PF Employees on Strike • State Bank Officers' Meet • KVB Employees’ Conference • Chennai Race Club Women Workers • Tuticorin Dock Strike • Times Of India Employees’ Struggle • Russia: Wage Payment Is Not The Priority • WFTU Against UN To Bomb Iraq • Japan: Workers Rally For Wage Rise • Unrest In Air Force Over Pay Disparity • Stop Unilateral Family Budget Survey By Labour Bureau!

1 Mar 1998

Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, M. K., Namboodiri, V. A. N. +1

In This Issue: • The Commission on Labour Standards must be wounded up – M. K. Pandhe • The Growing Phenomena of Child Labour – P. K. Ganguly • CITU’s Project on Elimination of Child Labour • Decisions of the National Committee • NEP: Design For Employment Regression - Swadesh Dev Roye • Multinationals Capture Indian Telecom – V. A. N. Namboodiri • Conference of Reserve Bank Employees • Bank Employees Sign Agreement • Kerala Newsletter • J & K Employees Achieve Major Success after strike • Steel Workers Staged Dharna On January 31 All Over The Country • CITU wins BEL Elections • CITU wins in VISL Election • BIFR Proceedings Indicate Revival Prospect Of Scooter India • Gratuity Recent Amendments X-Rayed - Nirmala L Bhawnani • Crisis Developing in the Beedi Industry – P. K. Ganguly • Seminar of SAARC Countries’ Trade Unions • Seminar on Legislation for Construction Workers • Assam CITU Leader Arrested under TADA • Successful Countrywide Strike by Insurance Employees Against Privatisation

1 Mar 1995

Sen, Tapan, Pandhe, Pramila, Pandhe, M. K. +3

In This Issue: • Editorial: Liberalised Recipe for Economic Offenders • Joint Appeal by Scope and National Trade Unions • Com. Sagarika • National Convention Against Economic Reforms On December 16 • Anniversary Celebration of Pension Scheme Condemned by Workers • Com. Amiya Das Killed by Miscreants • Govt. Pension Scheme: Illusory Defence And Hard Reality - Tapan Sen • Textile Workers’ Demonstration at Delhi on December 5 • Memorandum By Women’s Committee Of Insurance Employees On Reservation Of Woman • Women Demonstrate Before Parliament Demanding 33% Reservation in Assemblies and Parliament - Pramila Pandhe • The Glorious Seven Day Strike by Central Govt. Employees • MP CITU Assails Govt’s Move to Curb Right to Strike by Govt Employees • Indefinite Strike By Guwahati Municipal Corporation Employees • PWD Muster Roll Workers Meet • CITU Calls For Country Wide Movement For Removal Of Ceiling On Bonus • New Challenges Before Bank Employees Movements – M. K. Pandhe • NGOs in India (A report on activities of some NGOs in the country) • Successful Bonus Struggles in Tamilnadu – A. K. Padmanabhan • Workers Struck Work in Russia Over Non Payment or Wages • Mumbai Conference Of Central Govt. Employees & Workers – P. R. Krishnan • Japan… Facing Stagnation - Swadesh Dev Roye • Joint Trade Union Delegation Visit China • ILO Calls for Immediate Action Against Intolerable forms of Child Labour • Demonstration Against Anti-Labour Policies of BJP Govt

1 Dec 1996

Mukherjee, Dipankar, Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K. +3

In This Issue: • The Steal Deal - Dipankar Mukherjee • Advocacy Of Ordinance Raj Reprehensible! • NATO Offensive In Yugoslavia: A Threat To Sovereignty Of Nations – E. Balanandan • Economy In Decline, Workers In Misery – M. K. Pandhe • Elections And Tasks Of The Working Class • FDI Investment In Asia Decline • Labour Legislations: Alarming Picture Of Absolute Anarchy - Tapan Sen • Repulse Attack On Collective Bargaining - Swadesh Dev Roye • Globalisation Or Economic Subjugation? – W. R. Varada Rajan • Xv World Congress: On Occupational Safety And Health • T N: Welfare Scheme For Unorganised Workers • WB: Unique Scheme To Help Workers • CITU Leaders Murdered In Assam Teagarden • Kerala: Cashew Workers’ Struggle • Ap: Leaf-Plate Making Women Revolt • Rourkela: Workers’ Oppose Sale Of PSU Assets • Delhi: Rally By FCI Workers • GIC Move For Productivity Linked Wages • Bihar: Successful Strike By Govt Staff • Kanpur: Ramasrey Memorial Inaugurated • Regional Rural Bank Employees’ Conference • May Day Celebration In TN • CPSTU Meets • May Day In Maharashtra • Move To Privatise Indian Airlines Condemned • World Energy Meet In France • Globalisation And Migration • Vizag: CITU Workers Join Struggle For Land

1 Jun 1999