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Ranadive, Vimal, Ganguly, P. K.

In This Issue: • Call Of The Mammoth Rally At Boat CLUB: Forward to Bharat Bandh • Unorganised Workers Decide for Countrywide Strike • Women’s March In Lucknow Against Communalism - Vimal Ranadive • Call of CITU Working Committee • Jute Workers of Andhra Pradesh on to A Historic United Struggle • Ch. Narasinga Rao • Massive Left Front Rally at Brigade Parade Ground • Widespread Struggle in Tamilnadu • Karnataka CITU 6th State Conference • UN Adopts Cuban Resolution Aganist Economic Blockade Imposed by USA • Declaration Adopted in the Rally at Boat Club, New Delhi on 25th November, 1992 • Resolution Against Communal and Divisive Forces Adopted at Boat Club Rally on 25th November 1992 • All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation Condemns Atrocities on DTC Employees • CITU Condemns the Genocide in South Africa • Assam CITU—Fifth Conference • Successful Students’ Strike on November 8 • Sponsoring Committee Representatives Meet the Prime Minister • Labour Ministers Demand Draft of New I.R. Bill • Security Scam: BEFI Deposes Before JPC • October Revolution Day Observed • T.U. Convention on Peace & Communal Harmony in Jammu • Construction Workers March to Prime Ministers’ House • CITU Condemns Proposed Closure of Construction Units in Public Sector • CITU Demands Another Tripartite Meeting to Consider IR Bill • October Revolution—A Pledge for End of Exploitation – P. K. Ganguly • Hundreds of Textile Workers Court Arrest • Maastricht: Statement by the CGT (France’s) Executive Commission

1 Dec 1992

Sen, Tapan, Ranadive, Vimal, Dev Roye, Swadesh

In This Issue: • Editorial: The Country’s Black Day • Appeal by the Secular Forces: Defeat the Communal Forces: Safeguard National Unity • Sponsoring Committee Calls for Sustained Struggle Against Communal Forces • Trade Unions Condemn Destruction of Babri Mosque at Ayodhya • Massive March for Communal Harmony at Calcutta • CITU Supports Tamilnadu Textile Strike Despite Ban • The Vandalism at Ayodhya: What the Press say • President Decries Vandalism • Listen to the Voice of India’s Future • The Count Down December 6, 1992 • Public Sector Workers to Strike for 72 Hours in April • Central Trade Unions Jointly Welcome Madam Kotnis • Special General Council Meeting—Bangalore 19-21 February, 1993 • Delhi Police Arrested Workers Participating in Peace March • CITU Wins HSCL Election • CITU Demands Dismissal of U.P. Government • Strenghthen Solidarity and Co-ordination—2nd Indian Ocean Region TU Conference - Tapan Sen • CITUC Urges upon INTUC For Joint Movement in Public Sector • Railwaymens Struggle: Why Not Fight the Menace of Privatisation Unitedly • Conference of Women Workers in Beedi Industry - Vimal Ranadive • Com. Biren Datta • Com. Ganesh Ghosh • International Struggles • Glorious Victory of Chittivalasa Jute Mill Workers • OECD Report: Feeble World Recovery to Swell Jobless Ranks in 1993 • Oil and Petroleum Industry: Worst Victim of New Economic Policy - Swadesh Dev Roy • Com BTR’s Birth Anniversary Observed • Delhi March For Communal Harmony

1 Jan 1993

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

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

In This Issue: • Editorial: The Telecom Strike • CITU Supports Telecom Strike • Call of CITU General Council: Prepare for Next Phase of Actions against NEP – P. K. Ganguly • Resolution on Struggle Against the New Economic Policies of the Government of India • General Council Meeting Howrah, 31st May- 2nd June, 1995: Presidential Address - E. Balanandan • Delhi And U.P. Prepare For 24th June Strike • Massive Rally By Rajasthan CITU Against Anti-Labour Policies Of BJP Government • Joint National Convention Of Textile Workers At Calcutta • Raw Deal For The Coal Miners—NCWA-V X Rayed – M. K. Pandhe • CITU Greets FMRAI For Strike Against Amendment Of Patent Act • The CITU Surging Ahead Through Struggles - E. Balanandan • CPSTU Holds All India Convention on Contract Workers • Anganwadi Women Protest Against Privatisation - Vimal Ranadive

1 Jul 1995

Balanandan, E., Ranadive, Vimal, Pandhe, M. K. +1

In This Issue: • Com. V. G. Bhaskaran Nair • Editorial: The Post Election Scenario and the Working Class • Victorious Leaders Of CITU In Elections • CITU Expresses Concern At The Installation Of Communal Party Govt At The Centre • Manifestos of Major Political Parties on Labour • May Day Rally at Jammu • The Basic Problems Of Trade Unions Today – E. Balanandan • State Conference of Tamilnadu Nutrition Meal Employees Association • Child Labour - Blot on Our Society - Vimai Ranadive • Fourteenth World Congress on Occupational Safety and Health – M. K. Pandhe • Summary of Discussions of the Round Table Meeting of TUS at Cairo • ILO Press Communique • Bihar Anganwadi Workers Demonstrate against Privatisation • 17th Congress of the Central Trade Union Organisation of Cuba • Structural Adjustment Policy and Unemployment • GFTU Greets CITU’s 26th Foundation • Autobiography Of Consumer Price Index – L. H. Bhawnani • Who Is Responsible For Increasing Tension In Korean Peninsula? • Seminar Of Wood & Wood Material Workers • Russian Trade Unions on Struggle Path • South African Trade Unions Fight for Social Equity and Against Market Economy

1 Jun 1996

Basu, Jyoti, Mukherjee, Samar, Ganguly, P. K. +2

DOCUMENTS: 1. Documents 1 • Presidential Address | Jyoti Basu, Vice President • Welcome Address | Monoranjan Roy (Secretary, Reception Committee) 2. Documents 2 • Report of Working Women’s Conference | Vimal Ranadive • Resolutions 3. CITU Mazdoor 7th Conference Special Issue • मज़दूर वर्ग की संयुक्त कार्रवाई का आह्वान | पी. के. गांगुली • अध्यक्षीय भाषण | ज्योति बासु, उपाध्यक्ष • महासचिव की रिपोर्ट | समर मुखर्जी • स्वागत भाषण | मनोरंजन राय, महासचिव, स्वागत समिति • प्रस्ताव • सीआईटीयू के पदाधिकारी • जनरल काउंसिल और कार्यकारिणी के सदस्य

1 Feb 1991

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

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

Mukherjee, 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

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

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

Dev Roye, Swadesh, Pandhe, M. K., Menon, N. C. +3

In This Issue: • Farewell Com. EMS! • Chennai Prepares For CITU General Council • “National Agenda” Of The BJP-Led Combine: Labour Totally Ignored - Swadesh Dev Roye • Historic Significance Of The Communist Manifesto – M. K. Pandhe • Vulture Capitalism – N. C. Menon • Domestic Workers or Slaves? - Ranjana Nirula • South Asian Workshop on Occupational and Environmental Health – P. K. Ganguly • Suspension Of Work In Dunlop Factories: A Conspiracy By Management • Protect Domestic Industry - Says ASSOCHAM • Coal Washery Workers Agitate Against Closure • Workers Demand Judicial Enquiry • Rajasthan: Workers Agitate At Atomic Energy Plant • INDAL Workers Oppose Take-Over Bid • Conference Of BHEL Mazdoor Union, Jhansi • BPCL Workers To Go For Countrywide Strike • J&K Govt. /PSU Employees’ Strike • Steel Workers Expresses Concern On VRS in SAIL • Bank Employees Opposed Privatisation And Merger • 5th Conference of Bangla Desh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation - Vimal Ranadive • Iraq: Facing The Brunt Of US Gangsterism • Srilankan Plantation Workers’ Strike • Draft Declaration On Social Standards – A Dubious Move In ILO To Help MNCs – M. K. Pandhe

1 Apr 1998

Esakkimuthu, P., Pandhe, M. K., Krishnan, P. R. +4

In This Issue: • Editorial: Raise High The Banner Of October Revolution! • Trade Unions and Mass Organisations to Demonstrate Before Parliament on 15th December Against NEP • Coal Workers Urged To Fight Privatisation • Worship God And Violate Safety Rules • Supreme Court Comes Down Heavily on Contract Labour System – P. Esakkimuthu • CITU Condemns Revival of Enron Deal by Maharashtra Government • For International Struggle Against Multinationals And Unequal Trade Relations – M. K. Pandhe • Private Corporate Sector Profitability • Co-Ordination Committee Of Public Sector Trade Unions Met At Delhi • Around The States • Tamil Nadu: CITU Calls For United Struggles • Massive Rally of Handloom Workers in Madras • Massive Gujarat State Rally • 7th Conference Of All Orissa Transport Workers Federation • Massive Rally In Bihar • Asia-Pacific Regional Conference For Solidarity With Cuba : Call To Observe 27th November 1995 As Cuba Solidarity Day – P. R. Krishnan • Penny Wise, Pound Foolish - Swadesh Dev Roye • “Yes, We are All Members of CITU” - Vimal Ranadive • Tripura State Workshop On Child Labour – P. K. Ganguly • National Seminar On Social Clause - Ashok Vasishth • Report Of Standing Committee On Energy- III

1 Nov 1995

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