The Working Class

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In This Issue: • Tamil Nadu Prepares For 11th Conference • Editorial: Expose This Treacherous NDA Regime! • Indian Labour Conference: Trade Unions Rebuff Move To Change Labour Laws – M. K. Pandhe • CITU Refutes Labour Minister's Version • October Revolution: Resolutely Resisit Imperialist Globalisation – K. Hemalata • AICCWW 7th Conference Call: Intensify Struggles Against Exploitation – K. Hemalata • Com. Sunil Basu Roυ • Aftermath Of BALCO Privatisation • Economy Derailed • All Round Downturn • Downslide In Capital Goods And Capital Formation • Textile Machinery Sector-Victim Of Govt Policy • Downslide In Rural Economy • Core Sector Growth Dips To 4.2% In First Half Of 2003-04 • Without Comments: Panel tells Govt to plug holes to check vanishing cos • A Visit to Pakistan – Janaki Vallabh and Malathy Chittibabu • IOC Privatisation Move Opposed • Lavishing Platitudes For Unorganised Sector Workers • 11 Workers Killed In Coal Mine Disaster • Reports & Events • • Orissa Prepares To Defend Right To Strike • • AICCUFS To Defend Right To Strike • • CITU Palakkad Dist Conference • • Punjab: CITU Holds 11th State Conference • • CITU Denounces Kolkata High Court Order • • West Bengal: Mass Protest Against Kolkata HC Ruling • • CITU Condemns Killing Of Plantation Workers • Andhra Pradesh : Successful Fight By Chittivalasa Jute Workers – M. V. S. Sharma • Charter Of Demands Of Working Women • Yet Another Offensive Against Labour: CITU Opposes 'Fixed Term Employment' • AISGEF & CCGEW Appeal: Expedite Preparations For Nationwide Strike