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Balanandan, E., Sen, Tapan, Maran, Murasoli

In This Issue: • Kerala High Court Assault: On Democratic Rights, Once Again • CITU Flays Cabinet Decision On Disinvestment • Editorial: External Vigilance, Ever Needed! • ILO In The Shadow Of Globalisation • Should Ministers Dole Out Freebies • Lessons Of May 11 Strike - E. Balanandan • Extending Favouritism To BMS • The PM And Trade Unions • Mass Signature Campaign By CITU: Text Of Petition To President Of India • CITU Contribution For Orissa Cyclone Relief • Economy On Rails! Heading Where? • Closure Of Six PSUs Condemned • Growing Concerns Over Agonising Globalisation • Freedom To Import: Road To Disaster - Tapan Sen • “We Knelt Down, Succumbed To Pressure, Signed On Dotted Lines?” - Murasoli Maran • Delhi: State Level Workshop On Organisation • Textile Minister On Satyam Committee Report • All India Convention Of Handloom Workers • Convention On Power Sector Reforms • Kerala Plantation Workers Conference • Mass Dharna At Kanpur • Rajasthan: Workshop On Unorganised Sector • CITU Campaign Materials Just Released • Some Important Decisions Of The ESI Corporation • Preparation For CITU All India Conference

1 Jul 2000

Balanandan, E., Varada Rajan, W. R., Dakshi, Ardhendu +1

In This Issue: • Centre Of Indian Trade Unons, General Council Meeting, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, • 20-22, April 2000: Notice • Editorial: No More It Is Hidden! • SLC Session Another Futile Exercise • The UP Electricity Employees Strike - E. Balanandan • Dave Committee Report: Investment Centric Prescriptions – W. R. Varada Rajan • CITU On First Report • The World Bank Inspiration • SAIL - Restructuring Or Demolition ? - Ardhendu Dakshi • Total Strike In Salem Steel • The President Speaks Out • NFL To Go To 'Strategic Buyer’ - Swadesh Dev Roye • Magnificent Public Sector Strike • Com. N. J. Iyer • Forward To 9th March • Pension Case • Campaigns And Struggles In Tamilnadu • Tripura Plantation Union Conference • Chevalla: CITU Fights Police Brutality • CITU Win In Chittivalasa Jute Mills • INTUC: Metal Workers’ Convention • Real Face Of PEPSICO • Insurance Employees Conference • SICA: Repeal Move Denounced • Dunlop: Chhabaria’s Game Exposed • UB Employees To Fight Job Losses • MP: Retrenchement Move Condemned • Employees’ Pension Scheme • A Different Hijacking • March 8 International Women's Day

1 Mar 2000

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

In This Issue: • Red Salute To Comrade Benoy Chowdhury • Editorial: Stop Not Till The Disastrous Policies Are Reversed • Massive Countrywide Strike On May 11th • NPMO Congratulates People • General Council Meeting at Kozhikode: CITU Charters Further Campaign • Intensive Campaign Programme • Pension Case In Supreme Court • Indian Labour Conference: A Sterile Debating Exercise On Labour Issues – W. R. Varada Rajan • CITU's Criticism Of Govt. Inaction • CITU Comments On Industrial Sickness • Industrial Sickness: The BIFR Views • Labour Issues In Parliament: Bharat Gold Mines: Govt. Ultimatum On VRS • “Unambiguous Policy” To Throw Away PSU Shares? • Minimum Age For Employment • On Sale Of PSU Assets • The Lot Of Pensioners/ Retirees • Sell-Out Of SAIL! • On Draft Electricity Bill, 2000: Shift To Anti-People Power Policy - Swadesh Dev Roye • Electricity Federation Conference • Voltas Employees Organise Conventions • May Day Celebrated In Tamilnadu • NPMO Rally In Port Blair • IDPL Workers Demonstrate • CITU Appeal For Drought Releif • Coal Workers Score A Major Win • Trike By Newspaper Employees • Passing Of Major Ports Bill Denounced • Affiliation Fees : Attention State Committees • Anganwadi Workers March To Parliament • CITU Greetings To DYFI 6th Conference

1 Jun 2000

Sen, Tapan

In This Issue: • Save The PSU, Save The Country: PSU Workers’ Strike On 2nd February • Editorial: The People On The Move • NPMO Call: Carry Forward The Surging Tide Of Struggles! • National Platform Of Mass Organisations: All India Convention, 20th January, 2000, New Delhi: Declaration • Action Programme • Strike By Port And Dock Workers • International Support • Strike Steered To Success • HMS Golden Jubilee Conference • Govt Slashes Down Interest Rates • UP Power Workers Strike • All Round Support And Solidarity • Economy On Rails ! Heading Where? • Direct Tax Arrears Mounted To Rs 41230 Crore In 97-98 The Poor Are The Tax Payers, The Rich Are The Defaulters • Who Is Holding The Country To Ransom ? - Tapan Sen • Without Comments: Backlash Against Globalisation • Dave Committee Presents Final Report • State Govt. Employees’ Conference • Murderous Attack On Union Leaders • Electricity Employees Federation Meeting • BTR Birth Anniversary In Patna • Raipur: Strike By FMRAI Members • Delhi Demo Against WTO Chief • JK Tyre Union Contributes To Orissa Relief • Major Airports Leased Out • Rajasthan And J&K Govt. Employees On Strike • CITU Protests Mauritius Bill. • Pak TU Federation Extends Solidarity • Oil Sector Strike • Without Comments: Democracy And Globalisation • Bravado At Seattle! And, Yeilding To US! • Pre-Budget Discussion: TUs Criticise Government Economic Policies

1 Feb 2000

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., Balanandan, E., Majumdar, Chittabrata +3

In This Issue: • On Enforcement, amendment of Minimum wages Act, Enactment of Law on Agricultural Labourers: Parliament Committee Lashes Out At Govt • Editorial: As The Millennium Unfolds • NPMO Sounds The Bugle: Oppose Retrograde Govt. Policies! Prepare for nationwide struggle! • CPSTU Call: Nationwide Struggles By PSU Workers • Public Sector Employees’ National Referendum 11-1-2000 • Economy On Rails ! Heading Where? • Govt Capitulating To MNC’s Muscle Flexing • Human Rights And Working Women • Energy Is A Human Right - Ardhendu Dakshi • Labour Issues In Parliament: Second Labour Commission: Design To Impose Slavery On Labour • Labour Issues In Parliament: On Mines And Minerals Bill • Disinvestment: Get The Money At Any Cost! • Sale Of GAIL Shares Loot On Public Wealth • Assault On PF Interest Also? • “Gaida’s Mother!” – W. R. Varada Rajan • Seattle: WTO Meet Fails • International Conference Of Oil & Gas Workers • Protest Rally In Port Blair • NPCC Union Delegation Meets PM • Successful Strike By Merind Fieldworkers • FDC Field Workers On Indefinite Strike • T.N. CITU Plans Campaign And Struggles • Indefinite Strike By Port & Dock Workers • Construction Workers’ Federation Meeting • Prime Minister Urged To Revive IDPL • Trade Union Class For Anganwadi Employees • IT Employees’ Conference • Zonal Conference Of Peerless Employees • CITU-ILO All India Training Programme • Yet Another Strike By Insurance Employees • Campaign On Working Women’s Demands • Public Sector Workers Demonstration • Airport Workers Demonstration • State Level Convention Of Haryana CITU • Calcutta: Electricity Employees’ Rally • CII Recipe For Closure Of 3 Banks Condemned • Supreme Court Ruling: "EPF Scheme Member A Consumer" • 95th Birth Anniversary of B. T. Ranadive

1 Jan 2000