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Ranadive, B. T.

MINUTES 1. Adoption of the Draft Constitution 2. Report on CITU activities after the All-India Trade Union Conference 3. Reports of industry-wise meetings held during the All-India Trade Union Conference 4. Resolutions 5. Any other subject with the permission of the Chair. • Includes ◦ Report of the Credentials Committer ◦ Memorandum submitted by Andhra Pradesh Committee of CITU on the Industrial Relations Commission Bill to the Joint Select Committee of Andhra Pradesh Legislature ◦ Report on Durgapur Workers' Struggle (Prepared and Submitted By Shakti Sekhar Bose of West Bengal Committee) ◦ Report on Development in Durgapur Steel Plant Subsequent to Strike ◦ From 12th to 22nd August, 1970, Leading to Lock-out in Steel Melting Shop. ◦ A Note on Functioning in Industrial Federations ◦ A Report on the Formation of State Comnittees and Tentative Programme of State Conferences ◦ Accounts ◦ Draft Constitution of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions ◦ Speech of Com. B. T. Ranadive on the Draft Constitution of CITU ◦ Report of the Central Board for Electricity Undertakings - Main extracts and summary of recommendations FIGHT AGAINST REPRESSION AND DISRUPTION – RESOLUTIONS 1. On the Situation in West Bengal 2. On Durgapur Workers’ Struggle 3. Greetings to Gomrades Behind Bars 4. On Murders of T. U. Leaders in West Bengal 5. Murder of Com. Somenath Dube 6. On Death of Nasser 7. Greetings to People’s China 8. On Industrial Relations Commission 9. On Kerala Election 10. On Increasing Use of Anti-Working Class Measures 11. On Paltry Interim Relief to Central Government Employees 12. On the Struggles of Railwaymen Against Police Repression & Retrenchment 13. Resolution On the Repression on Rajasthan Workers 14. On the Demands of the Sugar Factory Workers 15. On U.P, Presidential Rule 16. On Kesoram Rayon Workers’ Struggle 17. On Scuttling of Jute Commission 18. On Taking Over Light Railways 19. On Bank Nationalisation 20. On Andhra Pradesh Industrial Relations Commission Bill 21. On Land Reforms 22. Greetings to Workers Engaged In Struggles

1 Oct 1970

Ranadive, B. T., Ramamurti, P., Balanandan, E. +1

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive 3. Report of Cmn. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 4. Information Documents: a) A short report on the activities of CITU Kerala State Committee by Coms. E. Balanandan b) Report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy c) Letter dated 13.9.73 from Calcutta State Transport Employees Union, to Com. B.T. Ranadive, President CITU d) National Seminar on Productivity and trade union movement e) Letter dated 20.9.73 from General Secretary CITU to chief Labour Commissioner regarding verification 5. Receipt and Payment account of CITU for the period from 1.1.73 to 30.9.73. 6. Resolutions a) on Martyrs b) on condolence c) on Fascist coup in Chile d) on Recognition of P.R.G. Govt. in South Vietnam and Sihanouk Govt. in Cambodia. e) on Third Pay Commission Recommendations f) on the Loco Running Staff Struggle g) on High prices and food scarcity h) on use of DIR, MISA and other repressive measures against Trade Union and democratie movement. i) On West Bengal Labour Advisory Board Decision j) on Strike of UP Electricity Workers 7. Minutes of the meeting. 8. Press hand out issued by Com. B.T. Ranadive, President, and Com. Jyoti Basu, Vice-President in the press conference on October, 5, 1973 9. Extracts from the speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive 10. Extracts from the report of Com. P. Ranamurti DEEPENING CRISIS! RISING STRUGGLE!! - Review and Documents of the CITU Working Committee Meeting, New Delhi, October 3-5, 1973 • A Resume • Speech of B. T. Ranadive, President CITU • Report of P. Ramamurti, General Secretary • RESOLUTIONS (Adopted in the Working Committee Meeting} a) on Martyrs b) on condolence c) on Chile d) On recognition of Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam and Sihanouk Government of Cambodia e) On Third Pay Commission Report f) On the Loco Running Staff Struggle g) On High prices and Food scarcity a) On use of DIR, MISA and other repressive measures against Trade Union and democratie movement. h) On West Bengal Labour Advisory Board Decision i) On Electricity Workers j) On Beedi Workers k) On Raw Jute Price l) On Repatriation of POWs And Civil Internees m) On Soviet Offer of 2 Million Tonnes of Foodgrains n) On Coal Mine Workers Demands o) On Greetings to Peoples China p) On Engineering Industry q) On Bank Account

1 Oct 1973

The purpose of the booklet is to give a brief background of B. T. Ranadive’s life and underline his teachings for the Indian working class. He devoted his entire life for the cause of the working class and the toiling masses of the country. He left behind a legacy that would continue to inspire new generations to carry forward the task he left unfinished during his lifetime. As a true revolutionary B. T. Ranadive always had in mind the objective of the abolition of capitalist society and establishment of a socialist society. One of his most outstanding contributions to the Indian working class movement was that he always stood for linking the day-to-day struggles of the working class and the toiling masses with the final objective of social transformation. During his concluding speech at the foundation conference of CITU, he categorically declared, “The trade union movement can never forget that socialism and freedom from exploitation will remain words if the working class does not consciously struggle to capture power; and that the first step towards it is to remove the present bourgeois-landlord government by a genuine peoples government.”

1 Jan 2004

Sen, Sukomal

Published in ‘The Working Class’, October 1997

1 Oct 1997

Sen, Sukomal

CONTENTS • Preface • International Background • Disintegration of Traditional Indian Economy ... • Development of Capitalist Economy in India and Emergence of the Working Class ... • Advance of Industrialization and Conditions of Working Class • Emigrant Indian Labour and Plantation Labour • Beginning of Working-Class Movement 1850-1900 • Preparatory Phase for Organized Trade Union Movement 1900-14 • Second Session of the AU India Trade Congress 1921 • Foundation of the All India Trade Union Con¬ gress 1920 • First World War—Political Awakening of Working Class and Development of Organized Trade Union Movement 1914-20 • First Appearance of Marxian Thought in India and Consolidation of the World Proletariat • Economic Recession: Defensive Struggle of the Working Class 1922-26 • Sharpening and Extension of Struggle 1926-29 • Organizational Split and Imperialist Onslaught 1929-31 • Struggles during World Economic Crisis 1931-36 • Sharp Struggles during Provincial Autonomy and on the Eve of War 1937-39 • Eventful Course of Working-Class Struggles during World War II 1939-45 • Last Phase of National Struggle and the Indian Working Class 1945-47 • Trade Unions of Government and other White Collar Employees • Working Class in the New Perpective 1947 Onwards • Index

1 Jan 1977

Basu, Jyoti

Published by the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal CONTENTS 1. Planning in India - Need for an Alternative Approach 2. The Socio-political Scene in 2001 3. Labour Management Relationship-1 4. Labour Management Relationship-2 5. Danger Confronting the Public Sector Industries 6. On Agricultural Development 7. On Industrial Development 8. On Industrial Policy of the West Bengal Government 9. The Industrial Problems of Eastern India 10. Application of Modern Technology 11. On Technology Upgradation 12. Development of Food Processing and Horticulture Industry in West Bengal 13. The Economic Crisis 14. The Centre-State Relations 15. Panchayati Raj: Two Alternative Approaches 16. Democracy, Federalism and Article 356 17. On the Ninth Finance Commission and the Emerging Trends in Centre-State Economic Relations 18. The Indian Television 19. Towards a new Economic Order 20. On the Rule of the Legislature 21. Dr. B. C. Roy

1 Dec 1991

Sen, Sukomal

(published in ‘Syllabus And Lecture Notes For T. U. Classes [Draft]’ prepared for the General Council Meeting, 22-25 April 1998, in Chennai)

1 Apr 1998

Balanandan, E.

Published in ‘The Working Class’, October 1997

1 Oct 1997

Ranadive, B. T., Pandhe, M. K., Sengupta, Arjun

विषय सूची I. प्राक्कथन: नई आर्थिक योजना व नीति - बी. टी. रणदिवे II. सार्वजनिक उद्योग के खिलाफ नापाक साजिश - एम. के. पंधे III. अर्जुन सेनगुप्ता समिति की रिपोर्ट 1. भूमिका 2. सार्वजनिक उद्यम और राष्ट्रीय योजना 3. सार्वजनिक उद्यमों का संगठनात्मक ढांचा 4. सार्वजनिक उद्यमों की स्वायत्तता 5. उद्यमों का उत्तरदायित्व 6. प्रौद्योगिकी का उच्च स्तर 7. घाटे वाली यूनिटों की वित्तीय लाभकारिता : पू'जी पुनर्रचना व बंद 8. सार्वजनिक उद्यमों में कीमत निर्धारण 9. अन्य मसले

1 Nov 1986

Basu, Jyoti, Ramamurti, P., Roy, Manoranjan

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Minutes of the Working Committee meeting held at Madras on 10-12 November, 1975 3. 3. Information Documents:- a) State-wide Number of strikes etc. b) Total Circulation of Working Class c) Victimised Railway Workers L/A Fund d) A short Report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy e) Report submitted by B.C.M.U. f) Memorundum submitted by CITU West Bengal Committee to the Committee on Jute Industry appt. by Govt. of India g) State of Indian Economy 4. Resolutions :- (a) Condolence Resolutions on (i) Com Chu Teh, (ii) Com Chou En Lai, (iii) Com. Gerald Pereira (iv) Com. S. Krishnamurthy (v) Com. Paul Robeson (vi) Com. Ramkrishna Bharolian (b) Resolution on Martyrs (c) On Wage revision in Vishakhapatnam Shipyard (d) On Victimisation in HMT, IWPL & ECIL (e) On Recent measures against closures (f) On Repression in Cannanore District (g) On Bonus (h) On Proposed Constitutional Ammendments (i) On Repression in South Africa (j) On Unification of Vietnam (k) On Fradulent Compilation of C.P Index No. (l) On Withdrawal of emergency and release of political prisoners (m) On Friendly relations with neighbours (n) On Arrest of Com. N. J. Iyer (o) On Compulsory sterilisation (p) On Attacks in CLW Railway Colony (q) On Continued victimisation of Railway Workers (r) On Arrest & Victimisation of State Govt. Emplys (s) On Arrest of Loco Running Staff leaders (t) On against retrenchment and reduction of wages of jute workers (u) On Resumption of Ambassadorial relations with China (v) On D.A. of State Govt. Employees (w) On Workers sector (x) On Compulsory Deposit Scheme (y) On Workers in coal industry 5. Minutes of the meeting

1 Jul 1976

Ranadive, B. T., Ramamurti, P., Roy, Manoranjan

MINUTES 1. Notice 2. Opening Speech of Com. B.T. Ranadive, President 3. Report by Com. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 4. Infomation decuments: a) A noteon the U.P. State Committee of CITU b) A report on the CITU Journal The Working Class c) Durgapur Workers urge (a booklet) d) Report on West Bengal Post election situation with five enclosures by Com. Manoranjan Roy 5. Explanatory note to the statement of Accounts for the year 1971 6. Resolutions:- a) On Martyrs b) On condolence c) On Vietnam d) on LIC employees struggle e) On Delay in publication of Third Pay Commission report f) On Recognition of Trade Unions g) On Jute workers strike h) On Building workers strike in Delhi i) On unity and united actions j) On introduction of automation and Electronic computer k) On Railways l) On Moratorium on Strikes m) On Release and repartriation of pålitical prisoners in West Bengal n) Greetings to Tamilnadu workers. o) On News print policy p) On Kerala Legislation banning strikes q) On Bangla Desh r) On Rape of democracy in West Bengal. 7. Minutes of the meeting and final resolutions 8. Press Release

1 Apr 1972

Chatterjee, A. P.

In This Issue: • The Rail Budget And The Railwaymen • For Unity And Struggle. Water Transport Workers’ Federation Formed • Heroic Jute Strike—A Balance Sheet • Power Workers Plan All India Movement • Forge Ahead For Struggles Call Given By All India Conference of Beedi & Cigar Workers • Third Conference of Rajasthan CITU • First Conference of Orissa CITU • Second ‘Conference Of Assam State CITU • The Right To Strike | Legal Notes • Railwaymen Force the Authorities To Negotiate • 8th General Conference of AIIEA Calls For Unity And United Struggles • Conference of Hindusthan Steel Employees Union, Durgapur • Conventions & Protest Actions Against Wage Freeze • Newsletters: Kerala, Tamil Nadu • W. Bengal T.U. Convention Calls For State-Wide Movement And General Strike • Other Regular Features

1 Mar 1975

Ranadive, B. T.

BUILD UP UNITED STRUGGLE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES AND DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY - Presidential Speech | B. T. Ranadive

1 Jun 1978

Basu, Jyoti, Ramamurti, P.

MINUTES 1. Minutes of the meeting 2. Opening Speech by Com. Jyoti Basu (Vice President) 3. Resolutions adopted in the meeting a) On Com. Bhairav Bharatiya b) Condolence resolution on Com. Shamsul Huda c) On Repression on Railway Workers d) On Arrests and victimisation of Central & State Govt. Employees e) On Execution of Spanish revolutionaries f) On Emergency and the Working class g) On the struggle of the IDPL employees, Hyderabad h) On Equal pay for equal work i) On Bonus Ordinance j) On Bonded Labour k) On India U.S.A. Joint Commission l) On Retrenchment, Lay-off and Closures m) On Govt's scheme of "Participative Management" 4. Report by Com. P. Ramamurti, General Secretary 5. Information Documents: (a) Report from Hooghly District, W.B. (b) Text on Ordinance on Equal Pay for women (c) Workers participation in management Scheme prepared by Union Labour Ministry (d) "Guidelines" for Seven-day working (e) A note on bonus struggle of the IDPL employees Hyderabad (f) Twelve point programme drawn by Ministry of energy (g) Ashort report on West Bengal by Com. Manoranjan Roy (h) Position of bonus (1975) in W. B. (i) Report of Western Madhya Pradesh by Com. Md. Ismail, M.P. Vice-President (j) Report of the activities of Koila Shramik Sangh, Bishrampur (k) Struggle of J. K. Jute Mill Workers for bonus (l) Report on Rajasthan Trade Union (m) Memorandum to State Labour Minister West Bengal by Jute workers (n) Memorandum to State Labour Minister West Bengal by Federation of Metal and Engineering Workers Unions

1 Nov 1975

Ranadive, B. T.

RESIST NEW CAPITALIST LANDLORD OFFENSIVE - Presidential Speech | B. T. Ranadive Documents published in The Working Class, January 1975: 1. The CITU Working Committee Reviews Struggles, pp. 3-5 2. FIGHT UNITEDLY. New Offensive Of Capitalists And Landlords | B. T. Ranadive Speaks At The Working Committee Meeting, pp. 9-16 3. CITU Working Committee Denounces The Bonus Review Committee Report, p. 20 4. CITU Opposes Arbitrary Introduction of New Index Series, p. 22 5. Comrade K. G. Bose, p. 24

1 Dec 1974

Minutes of the meeting of the Working Committee held on 11th September at Cannanore

1 Jul 1980

Pandhe, M. K.

Published on the occasion of CITU completing 40 years of its existence on 30th May, 2010

1 May 2010

Pandhe, M. K.

(Keynote Address delivered in the National Seminar organized by the University of Mumbai on 24-25 September, 2009)

1 Dec 2010

Pandhe, M. K.

30 मई, 2010 को CITU के अस्तित्व के 40 साल पूरे होने के अवसर पर प्रकाशित।

1 May 2010

Pandhe, M. K.

Published in ‘The Working Class’, September 1999

1 Sept 1999