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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

Ranadive, B. T., Ganguly, P. K.

In This Issue: • Right to Work And Unemployment Problem – B. T. Ranadive • National Seminar on Agricultural Workers – P. K. Ganguly • CITU Calls for Observance of May Day Centenary • CITU Delegation meets Labour Minister in respect of restarting Raja Mills, Bangalore • International Women's Day Celebrations at Delhi • Railwaymen’s Struggle: Railway Canteen Employees are Railway Employees—Supreme Court • Steel Plant Unions Review Safety Activities • Demands Day by Assam Plantation Workers • Mass Dharna by Bank Employees • 29th I.L.C: CITU Delegation Meets Labour Minister • Conference of Tripura Rickshaw Shramik Union • Against Unemployment: Statewide Campaign in Tamilnadu • Massive Raily at Palwal against Police Firing and Closure • Central Budget • CITU Criticises Railway Budget • Civil Aviation Minister Assures to End All Discrimination Against Air Hostesses • Public Sector Unions To Launch Movement on Pending Issues • Bharat Electronics Workers to Protest Against Arbitrary Bifurcation and Victimisation • CITU Union Accorded Recognition in Salem Steel Plant • Sugar Workers to Stage Dharna before Labour Ministry • International Struggles • Namibia is Free

1 Apr 1990

Ganguly, P. K.

Transport, Steel, Public Sector, Coal, Cement, Beedi, Railways, Women, Aviation In This Issue: • Massive Trade Union Convention Against Communalism – P. K. Ganguly • Declaration adopted at the National Convention Against Communalism • Com. E. Padmanabhan • Road Transport Workers’ Federation Pays Homage • Steel Minister Assures Early Clearance of ISCO (Burnpur) Modernisation Programme • Public Sector Workers’ Strike on October 12 • Secretariat Communique: CITU Demands Deletion of Articles 310, 311 (2) (A) (B) of Constitution and Abolition of Ceilings from Bonus Act • National Seminar on Wage Policy and Deletion of Article 311 • National Integration Council Meeting Call to Accept Court Verdict on Ram Janam Bhoomi • Anti-Price Rise Day Observed • Colliery Accident Kills Three Workers • Tripura Day Observed • Victory of CITU in B.I. Provident Fund Election • General Council Resolutions • Cement Workers to Observe Campaign Week • Workers’ Struggles in Punjab • Beedi Workers Submit Memorandum of Demands to Government • Railwaymen’s Struggle: Dharna by Ticket Checking Staff • CITU Condemns Lockout in Patriot • Women’s Struggle: Conference on Participation of Trade Unions in Promoting Collective Bargaining for Women • Joint Statement of ACEU & AIHA on The Death of Lina Thakker, Air Hostess • The ‘Pretoria Minute’

1 Oct 1990

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

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

Sharma, Santosh., Ghosh, Kali, Banerjee, Kanai +2

In This Issue: • CITU Holds Child Labour Rally • Com. Godavari Parulekar • Com. Satyabrata Sen • CITU Condemns Burning Of CITU Office By RSS Hoodlums At Gwalior • Trade Unions And Mass Organisations To Relaunch United Movement • PLB for all on Railways An Achievement for Rail Trade Union Movement • Trade Unions Contradict Labour Ministry’s Statement on Minimum Wage in ILC • Workers’ Rally Denounce Economic Policy Of The Govt.: Demand Reversal Of Decisions On Disinvestment • CITU Strongly Opposes Off-loading shares of VSNL & IOC • CITU Gains In Secret Ballot In BHEL • CITU Demands Inclusion Of Trade Union Representatives In The Official Delegation Of WTO Meeting • FMRAI Holds Protest Rallies • FMRAI To Observe A.I. Protest Day Against Amendment Of Patent Act • Resolution adopted in the Convention: Federation Of Medical & Sales Representatives’ Association Of India • Anganwadi workers staged dharna in front of Secretariat - Santosh Sharma • Madhya Pradesh State Conference Anganwadi Workers • Joint Convention of Unorganised Sector and Agricultural Workers • No Unanimity on Raising the Income Ceiling for ESI Benefits - Kali Ghosh • Workers, Peasants Rally Against Drought And Privatisation And For Minimum Wage In Orissa • Employment Generation: The Real Challenge - Kanai Banerjee • Massive Rally Of Beedi Workers • Memorandum Of Understanding In Coal • Will The Consumer Court Consume Workers’ Right To Strike? - Saroj Choudhuri • Indefinite Countrywide Strike By Central Government Employees • National Convention Of Textile Workers • Thirty-Third Session Of The ILC: Only Debate - No Conclusions! – M. K. Pandhe

1 Nov 1996

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., Dev Roye, Swadesh, Varada Rajan, W. R. +2

In This Issue: • Pro-Capital, anti-People, MNC--Friendly Budget – M. K. Pandhe • CPSTU Call • Bengal Strike • Coal Workers To Strike • Central TUs Call For Intense Struggle • Com. Ajit Sarkar • NPMO Calls • Electricity Tariff Regulatory Commission: Whom It Serves? - Swadesh Dev Roye • Hidden Agenda Explodes At Pokhran – W. R. Varada Rajan • Reopening Of Dunlop India Ltd • Save Hindustan Fertiliser • Payment Of Gratuities (Amendment) Bill • On Amendments To P.F. Act • Overdue Wages For HSCL Workers • West Bengal: Industrial Relations—Recent Trends & Issues - Santhi Ghatak • Resist Globalisation Of Capital. Move Against Capitalist System Itself - Chittabrata Majumdar • May Day’98 In The Philippines: Workers Celebrate Militant Struggle • Anganwadi Women Plan For Struggle • MP Mine Worker Killed In Police Firing • ASSAM: CITU On The Move • Coalmine Disaster: Enquiry Abandoned • IDPL Workers Court Arrests • Textile Rally On 15.7.98 • Maruti Sell Out Condemned • Kanpur: Struggle Against Closures • NBCC Workers Denied Wages • May Day In Tamil Nadu • Working Women • Kailash Prasad Felicitated • Visaka Steel Plant • Water Transport Federation • Bank Employees On Struggle • Transport Federation • Retirement Age Move Opposed • Insurance Privatisation Opposed • CITU Foundation day • Endangering Lives At Sea • Implement Dprk-Us Accord: CITU • End Inhuman Sanctions Against Iraq: CITU

1 Jul 1998

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