The Working Class

Abstract

In This Issue: • Editorial: Time to Call UPA Governance to Order • May Day Manifesto of CITU 2006 • Comrade Anil Biswas (1944-2006) • Comrade Mahabub Zahedi (1929-2006) • Comrade C Kannan (1910-2006) • March Ahead with Teachings of May Day – Chittabrata Majumdar • Labour Reforms, Courtesy Judiciary • Privatisation: Airport Employees Protest • State Bank Staff Win Pension Demands – W. R. Varada Rajan • Economy: Reality Check • • WTO Rules: USA to Flout and India to Abide By! • • End Product of Globalisation... • • Special Economic Zone Bonanza, Is It Worth? • • Development vis-a-vis People • • Dams, Development and Displacements... • • Share Market Buoyancy • Whither Labour Policy for Eleventh Plan? • Measuring Poverty: A Thin Indian Line – Dilip D'Souza • France: An Important Victory for the Struggle – Prasanta Banerjee • Delhi CITU Demands Stern Action Against Police Brutality • Anganwadi Employees Demand Institutionalisation of ICDS • Yet Another Attack on Labour • Reports & Events • • West Bengal Workers' Rally • • March 30: Country Wide Anti-Privatisation Day • • Successful Strike by Hero Honda Workers – Report by Raj Singh • • Chandigarh: March 29th Strike by Employees • • Chhatisgarh: CITU to Struggle Against Anti-Labour Policies – Report by B. Sanyal • Meeting of the CITU General Council: Notice • Privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai Airports: Breach of Trust by the UPA Govt. – Dipankar Mukherjee