The Working Class

Abstract

In This Issue: • "United States of Shame" • Editorial: Hail The People's Verdict! Safeguard Class Interests! • Priority Tasks Of UPA Government On Labour • The Stock Market "Blood Bath" – M. K. Pandhe • Comrade E K Nayanar • Development, Market Driven Competition And Class Struggle – Chittabrata Majumdar • BMS: Running With The Hare And Hunting With The Hound – M. K. Pandhe • Economy Derailed, Down The Disaster Lane ! • • Big Business Profit Soars While Workers Lose Wages • • Corporate Gains… • • Imports Make Farmers, SSIS Feel bad • • Pre-reform vs post-reform! Darkness beneath the shine... • • Sell-off call: BSNL Starts Asset Valuation… • • Per Capita Water Withdrawals For Personal Use • 28 April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Two million work deaths a year - Luc Demaret and Ahmed Khalef (ILO) • US Conspiracy: Cuban Trade Union Appeal • Reports & Events • • Gwalior: Campaign Against "Feel Good Lies': District Collector's Threats • • Women's Convention of AIRRBEA • • ICDS employees Workshop in Jodhpur • • Around The World: Down With World Bank-IMF! • • Ireland: Against The Move To Ban Strike • • Cyprus: Move To Ban Strike Foiled • • Germany: Gender Discrimination In Wages And Employment • • Italy: Automobile Workers In Strike • • Iraqi Wokers: Reprehensible Stand Of AFL-CIO • • Use Of Synthetic Bags For Foodgrains Packaging: CITU Condemns Govt. Order • Fair Globalisation? • B T Ranadive on Govt. Employees and Their Tasks