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

In This Issue: • Mount Resistance To The Policies Ruining The Country: CITU Working Committee Call • Forward To Intensification Of Struggles – M. K. Pandhe • World In Recession, Nation In Crisis Intensify Fight Against Anti People Policies – E. Balanandan • Strike: Nation-Wide General Strike, A Massive Success, Severest Indictment Of BJP Govt. • Condemn US Bombing On Iraq: CITU • Strike: West Bengal Report • Strike: Kerala Report • Strike: Karnataka Report • Strike: CGT Message To CITU • Value Of Rupee • Strike: Tamil Nadu Report • Strike: Delhi Report • Strike: Maharashtra Report • The World Of Hungry People • Strike: Bihar Report • 11 Dec. Strike And INTUC Leadership • Strike: Assam Report • Strike: Manipur Report • Strike: Tripura Report • Strike: Orissa Report • Strike: Gujrat Report • Strike: Andhra Pradesh Report • Strike: Madhya Pradesh Report • Strike: Haryana Report • Strike: In Different Sectors • Combat Liberalisation: Struggle For Social Change - Chittabrata Majumdar • Price Rise - Whom Does ‘Sultani’ Serve? - Dr. Vandana Shiva • West Bengal: Recognition Of Trade Unions By Secret Ballot - Kali Ghosh • Amending The Patent Act: Volte-Face By BJP – P. K. Ganguly • BTR Memorial Fund • Labour Issues In Parliament: PSUs: Revival And No Winding Up, Is The Need • 94th Birth Anniversary of B. T. Ranadive

1 Jan 1999

Padmanabhan, A. K., Pandhe, M. K., Rangarajan, T. K.

In This Issue: • Countrywide Strike On 23rd February Against Pension Scheme • Editorial: Reforms Must Stay • Public Sector Workers’ meet at Bhopal • Com. B T Ranadive’s 91st Birthday • State Reports • Haryana State Workshop on Child Labour • Calcutta High Court Stays Diversion of PF Money to Pension Fund • National Platform of Mass Organisations: Declaration of the Joint Mass Dharna at Jantar Mantar against Retrograde Economic & Industrial Policies of Government of India, Friday, the 15th December, 1995 • Child Labour Workshop in Agarbatti Industry • Beedi Workers’ Struggle • Karnataka State Convention Of Textile Workers • CITU’s Comments on Ordinance On Coal Miners’ Pension • AITUC’s Role During All India Coal Workers Strike on18th December, 1995 • EEFI Condemns Revival Of Enron Deal By Shiv Sena-BJP Govt. • CITU Plans Campaigns And Movements – A. K. Padmanabhan • NRF Misused For Retrenchment – M. K. Pandhe • CITU Opposes Equity of Private Sector in Coal Mines • France Rises Against Cuts: 45th CGT Conference Discuss New Approach – T. K. Rangarajan • Report of Standing Committee on Energy – IV • 40 Years of the Vietnamese Trade Union review: 40 Years Of Struggle And Development

1 Feb 1996

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

In This Issue: • Magnificient Response to Nationwide Industrial Strike on 29th November - M. K. Pandhe • CITU Congratulates Working Class for Magnificent Strike; Condemns Statement by Sangma and T.V. for Misleading Propaganda • CITU Condemns World Bank Grant to Facilitate Exit Policy • CITU Condemns Firing on Textile Workers at Abohar • CITU Condemns Police Firing on Workers at Sangrur • CITU Protests against Government Circular Obstructing Wage Negotiations in Public Sector • Comrade Abdulla Rasul • Com. Swaran Singh Cheema • Com. A. B. Sawant • Com. O. J. Joseph • The 29th November Strike - E. Balanandan • 29 November Strike: A Landmark in Working Class Struggle - P. K. Ganguly • 74th Anniversary of October Revolution—New Perspective of Trade Union Movement - Jibon Roy • Working Women's Convention of Thanjavur Division • Massive General Strike in South Africa • Book Review: ‘One Union in Railways’—a Compilation—Published by Guruswami-Alamelu Labour Research Centre, Madras • CITU Denounces U.S. Aggression in Irak • CITU Protests against Staff Reduction in Railways • Anganwadi Women Promised a “Token Benefit” • Workshop of Public Sector Unions: Common Approach on the New Charter of Demands, Expressed Firm Resolve to Defend Public Sector

1 Dec 1991

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

Balanandan, E., Umanath, R., Basu, Somesh +1

In This Issue: • CITU Secretariat’s Call: Intervene to Stop Communal Riots • CITU Condemns Murderous attack on NF Leaders • Movement Against the Communal Forces Continues • Forward to The Seventh Conference – E. Balanandan • 1990-—A year in Retrospect – R. Umanath • Public Sector Workers to Observe 15 March as Defend Public Sector and Self Reliance Day – Somesh Basu • Convention of Working Women in Public Sector • Tamilnadu Unorganised Workers Prepare for Strike • Convention of Road Transport Workers • State CITU Conferences: Top Priority to Fight Against Communal Forces • Seven Lakh Coal Miners to go on Strike on 7th January • CITU condemns Imposition of Additional Taxes • Deceptive Pension Scheme for Air-India Employees • Tripura Fund • Railwaymen’s Struggle: AIREC Plans Agitation • Fourth Calcutta District Conference of CITU • Chandra Shekhar Govt. and the INTUC – M. K. Pandhe • International Struggles: Woldwide Strike Actions by the Working Class • The Palestinian Struggle for Homeland • Job Cuts In USA • Unemployment In Yugoslavia

1 Jan 1991

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

Pandhe, M. K., Sen, Tapan, Varada Rajan, W. R.

In This Issue: • International TU Meeting Against Neo-liberalism and Globalisation – M. K. Pandhe • Message from the Embassy of the Democratic People’s of Korea on Golden Jublee of Indian Independence • Against Retrograde Govt, Pension Scheme: Workers' March To Parliament On 2nd September • Great Setback For The Govt. Of India: Supreme Court Upholds Stay On Govt. Pension Scheme • Japan: The Bubble Shock And The Aftermath - Tapan Sen • Trade Unions Demand Withdrawal Of Sicab'97 • Message from Council of Trade Union Federation of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, greeting CITU on the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independance • In Parliament: MPs Protest Non-Payment Of Workers’ Statutory Dues; Walk Out Over Finance Minister’s Evasive Reply • Kerala High Court Judgement On Bandh: Judicial Activism In Wrong Direction – W. R. Varada Rajan • Fifth Pay Commission. Report: Employees Firm On Strike Decision • Reports & Events: Massive Industrial Strike In Delhi And Adjoining Areas • Strike In Up • Phillipines Massive Strike In Transport Sector • BHEL Workers Stage Dharna • Brutal Atrocities On Textile Workers At Kathua (J&K) Police Rampage In Workers’ Colony • West Bengal: Strike In Howrah Engineering Units • Hotel Workers’ Procession Attacked By Employer • Government Forced To Withdraw Insurance Regulatory Authority Bill • Sick Fertilizer Units • Govt. Jettisons Revival Decision MPs Oppose Closure Move • Revival Of IDPL: Govt. Decision • Contract Workers At Airport Struggle For Regularisation • NPCC Workers Stage Dharna Before Parliament • HAL: Contract Workers Organise to fight • Himachal Pradesh: 50th Anniversary Of Independence Celebrated • Message From The World Federation Of Trade Unions, Prague, • Greeting CITU On Golden Jubilee Of Indian Independence • Situation In Korean Peninsula

1 Sept 1997

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

Pandhe, M. K., Sen, Tapan, Majumdar, Chittabrata +1

In This Issue: • Total Industrial Strike in West Bengal: Nation-wide Massive Protest Demonstration • CITU Seminar: On 150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto • Curtains Down: 50th Anniversary Of Independence – M. K. Pandhe • National Seminar On Steel Industry - Tapan Sen • Labour Issues In Parliament: Dunlop: Govt Cornered In Rajya Sabha • Lok Sabha: Revive Sick PSUs In National Interest • Public Sector Undertakings – Asset Or Burden Of The Country? - Chittabrata Majumdar • All Are Equal, But Are Some, More Equal? – K. P. Rao • Comrade Madhu Guha • Tamil Nadu Workers Face Serious Crisis • Tamilnadu: CITU Victories • Com. A Nallasivan Ninaivagam Declared Open • Martyr’s Widow Contributes Rs 5000 To BTR Memorial • National Safety Council • Several Thousands Demonstrate Against Anti-People Central Budget • Minimum Wages Act: Notification • Strike By Postal Employees • Textile Workers Demonstrate • Haryana Nurses On Strike • Maharashtra State CITU Meets • Workers Lay Siege On CM’s Residence • Cement Workers Stage Dharna In Front Of UP Assembly • Himachal Pradesh CITU Plans Campaign • The Striking Hospital Workers Lathicharged • Cuban Delegates Call On CITU • Vietnam Delegation Visits India • 1st International Conference of the Workers Against Globalisation and Neoliberalism, Brazil-August 1999 • Women and Neo-liberal Globalisation

1 Aug 1998

Pandhe, M. K., Das, P. K., Choudhary, Saroj +1

In This Issue: • Forward To Countrywide Preparation for Historic Bharat Bandh on September 9 – M. K. Pandhe • CITU President Opposes Privatisation of IISCO in Parliament • Trade-Unions decides to Launch Strike Jointly to Oppose Privatisation of IISCO • ACFTU Delegation Visits India • Loot of Public Wealth —Fact Behind IISCO Privatisation • International Congress of Miners – M. K. Pandhe • Foil Game to Legalise Arbitrary Closure of Factories. Mobilise in Thousands against the Anti-Workers Move to Change Labour Laws - Jibon Roy • Tamilnadu State Conference Of CITU Pledges To Intensify Fight Against Twin Danger of New Economic Policy and Communalism • 9th Punjab State Conference of CITU • Karnataka State Beedi Workers’ Conference • 13th World Congress on Occupational Safety & Health Exposed Problems of Developing Countries – P. K. Das • A Glimpse Of Public Sector Performance - Saroj Chaudhury • Struggle of Working Women: Tamilnadu Politics and Arbitrary Attitude of Ministers • Railwaymen’s Struggle: AIRF Strike Ballot by July end for Indefinite General Strike in September 1993 • Jute Workers of West Bengal are on the path of Struggle • CITU/CTUC Workshop On Trade Union Education • CITU Calls for United Trade Union Action against Conditionalities On Wage Negotiations Imposed by the Govt. • One Lakh Workers March in Bombay Against Economic Policies & Communalism - Ashok Dhawale • CITU Opposes DA And Wage Freeze • Working Class Struggle all over the World • Oliver Tambo Passed Away

1 Jun 1993

Balanandan, E., Pandhe, M. K., Roy, Jibon +2

In This Issue: • Call Of The Sponsoring Committee: Carry Forward Struggle against Economic Policies of Government • Forward to Struggle - E. Balanandan • Railwaymen’s struggle: XII LRSA Conference calls for preparedness for direct Action • PM’s Talk Of Moratorium On Strike Will Meet With Stiff Resistance – M. K. Pandhe • A Horrendous Crime At Bhilai By BJP Government - Jibon Roy • Disinvestment of PSU Shares: A fraud on the People • P.M.’s Assurance on Revival of Sick PSUs • International Solidarity Meet at Philippines: A Quest for New Orientation - Jibon Roy • CITU Protests Against The Postponement of Tripartite Committee on D.A. • US Juggling with Human Rights - Tapan Sen • All India Convention of Transport Workers • Cement Industry: Joint Statement by CITU, AITUC & HMS • Maharashtra Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Participate in 16th June 1992 Strike • Whither AIRF - Kanai Banerjee • Working Class Action all over the World

1 Aug 1992

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

Ganguly, P. K., Pandhe, M. K., Dev Roye, Swadesh +1

In This Issue: • Call of the National Convention All India General Strike and Hartal on September 29 – P. K. Ganguly • Public Sector Workers’ Rally Condemns Govt Policy on Public Sector • Declaration Adopted in Extended Meeting of CPSTU • National Consultation on IISCO Modernisation • National Convention On Power Sector • An Encouraging Form of Mass Education “Impact of New Policy In Power Sector" — Mobile Exhibition • More About The Debate On Confederation Of Trade Unions – M. K. Pandhe • All India Coal Workers Federation Call Protest Week (May 15th-20th Observed in Singareni Collieries • CITU Condemns Banning of Electricity Employees Strike By Up Government • Fertilizer Subsidy: Facts Yet To Come In Focus - Swadesh Dev Roye • The Looting • CITU Wins Elections In BEL • Transpert Workers on Move • Convention of Unorganised Sector Workers in Bihar • Adhoc Interim Relief to Steel Workers • Tamilnadu News Letter: CITU Calls for Solidarity actions • Now We Can Buy Bullshit - P. Sainath • Amended Gratuity Act • CITU Protests Blockading of Trade Union Office at Russia by The Govt.

1 Jul 1994

Dev Roye, Swadesh, Pandhe, M. K., Mukherjee, Binoy

In This Issue: • Editorial: Chidambaram’s Budget: What it means to Working Class and the Country • Working Committee meeting of Steel Workers Federation • Meeting of State Govt Employees Federation • Trade Union International Of Public & Allied Employees • National Wage Settlement in Cement Industry signed • Central Govt Employees And State Employees Held Rally To Pay Homage To Martyrs Of Chicago On ‘May Day’ • Meeting of Central Govt Employees Coordination Committee • CITU Expresses Strong Opposition To Hike In Petroleum Prices • CITU Reiterates Stand On Pension Scheme; Demands For Option • CITU denounces counter-guarantee to ENRON • CITU extends support to Central Govt. Employees Agitation • CITU Expresses Concern At Deviation From CMP With Regard To PSUs And Small Scale Sector • Railway Budget Spares Poor People from Further Imposts • Urea Scam: Tip Of Iceberg—Off-Shoot Of Policy Shift - Swadesh Dev Roye • International Congress Of Energy And Mining Workers – M. K. Pandhe • Massive Demonstration Of French Workers Before G7 Meeting • The Past, Present And Future Of The Construction Oriented Public Sector Units - Binoy Mukherjee • ILO Conference Adopts First-Ever International Convention on Home Work: Tripartite Delegations Endorse Full Employment, Battle Against Child Labour to Intensify • Central Trade Unions Oppose Disinvestment • Helms-Burton Poses Dilemma for Sugar Companies • Mad Cows, Floods, and Neo-Liberalism • Reprint: Toying With Trade-Wars • The Sponsoring Committee of Trade Unions: Condemns Bhojpur killings; Reviews situation to prepare for its future programmes • Central Trade Unions Protest Victimisation tn Air India • Sanyukta Sangharsh Samithi of Anganwadi met PM and the Minister of Human Resources to highlight their basic demands • CITU Condemns Negligent Management For Tragic Accident In Naptha-Jhakri Project At Himachal Pradesh; Demands Judicial Enquiry And Adequate Compensation For Those Killed

1 Aug 1996

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

Ghosh, Kali, Dakshi, Ardhendu, Varada Rajan, W. R. +1

In This Issue: • Com Sukhdev Singh • Yugoslavian Embassy Thanks CITU • To The People For A New Mandate! • CITU Manifesto For May Day 1999 • 35th Session Of ILC: Workers’ Side Protests ‘Tailking Shop’ Exercise • CITU Highlights Workers’ Resentment • Industrial Sickness And Employment Generation: Strident Criticism Of 35 Session Of ILC: Govt Indifference • Alternative Approach Outlined Before ILC: "Review Policy Of Mindless Privatisation And Liberalisation" • Crisis Of Indian Railways And The Status Paper • Employees State Insurance Scheme (ESI) - Need For Speedy Overhauling - Kali Ghosh & Ardhendu Dakshi • ‘Oasis’: Code Name For Milking Workers’ Funds To Quench The Greed Of Big Business – W. R. Varada Rajan • Diversion of PF/Pension Funds to Private Sector Mutual Fund flayed • Southern Initiative Against Globalisation • Nationwide Strike Of Coal Miners On 11-12 May – M. K. Pandhe • CITU Himachal Pradesh Decides Future Action • Steel Workers Federation Conference • Newspaper Employees Strike • All India Locomen Meet • Construction Workers’ Conference • Rajasthan: CITU Workshop On Organisation • HP: Anganwadi Workers • Committee Of Public Sector Trade Unions Notice • Tamilnadu: CITU - ILO Training Camp • Demands Of SAIL Contract Workers • High Court Reinstates Contract Workers • International Demand For Halt To Liberalisation, Review Of WTO Role • Supreme Court Upholds Contract Workers’ Right To Regular Job • Denial Of Subsistence Allowance, Inhuman: SC

1 May 1999

Balanandan, 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