The Working Class

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In This Issue: • CITU Secretariat Call: Prepare For Countrywide Strike Action • Editorial: Problems Of Plenty, And The Anti-People Mind Set • ILO Conference: 89th Session – M. K. Pandhe • Mexico: Workshop On Labour Rights In EPZs - K. Hemalata • Accident Compensation Not Taxable • Comrade S. Ziauddin Ahmed • Comrade M Hanumantha Rao • Without Comments: A Recipe For Growth Or Increasing Poverty? - Joseph Stiglitz • Airports On Sale! To Whom And How? • 'Liberalisation Has Achieved Little' • The Role Of Chinese Trade Unions And Campaign In India – A. K. Padmanabhan • Industrial Committee On Engineering Industry Meets – A. K. Padmanabhan • Reports & Events: • • July 25: All India Strike By Govt. Employees • • 2 Days Strike By Defence Employees • • Orissa: Seminar On Development Issues • • Tamilnadu: Strike In Neyveli Lignite Corporation • • Tiruppur Observes Complete Bandh • • Kolkata: Coal Workers Demonstrate • • Strike In Singareni Colliery • • Coal Trade Unions Meet The Union Minister • • Anti-Liberalisation Front In Up • • Airports/Air India Privatisation Opposed • • Raipur: Massive Workers Rally • • 4th July: Strike By Bank Officers & Employees • • After Privatisation: Modern Food Workers Feel Cheated • • Haryana: Massive Demonstartion At Dharuhera • • Asbestos Related Hazards And Problems - (Report By A. K. Padmanabhan) • • South Korea: Massive Strikes In Airlines • • 35th FNIC-CGT Conference In Paris • Dr. Arun Ghosh • The VRS Game • Economy On Rail! Heading Where ? • PF Interest: CTUs To Petition Parliament Committee • Gothenburg: Massive Demonstrations Greet US President