The Working Class

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In This Issue: • Clarion Call of the Ninth Conference of CITU: Towards Big Battles Against Globalisation And Liberalism – M. K. Pandhe • Welcome Speech Delivered by Com. M. M. Lawrence, Chairman, Reception Committee, 9th Conference of the CITU Kochi • Centre of Indian Trade Unions, 9th All india Conference, 20-26 April, 1997, V.G. Bhaskaran Nair Nagar, Cochin: Presidential Address - E. Balanandan • Report Of The General Secretary – M. K. Pandhe • Condolence Resolution • Resolutions: On Solidarity with International Working Class Struggle; Struggle Against • Communal And Divisive Forces; Workers-Peasant Alliance; On Working Women; Industrial Sickness; Recognition Of Trade Unions Through Secret Ballot; On Pension Scheme; Resolution On Contract Labour; Unemployment And Demand For Right To Work; On Price Rise; Bonus; Esi Scheme; In Support Of Strike Of State Govt. Employees At Bihar; On Headload Workers; On Fifth Central Pay Commission • 9th Conference Of CITU: Discussions In Commissions • Proceedings Of The 5th Conference Of Working Women • List Of Foreign Delegates Participating In The 9th CITU Conference • Message from World Federation of Trade Unions • National Canfederation of Trade Unions • Message from General Federation Trade Unions Iraq • National Federation of Postal Employees • Message for CITU’s 9th Conference from Com. KKN Kutty, Secretary General, Income tax • Employees’ Federation Message from the Cuban Trade Union (CTC) • United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America • National Union of Mineworkers, Barnsley • Ceylong Federation of Trade Unions • Message from KMU • Canadian Labour Congress • Message from Palestine Trade • Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia • National Association of Teachers in Further & Higher Education • All Poland Alliance of Trade Unions • Message from Congress of South African Trade Unions • Message from General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (DPRK) • Speech Of Com. E.K. Nayanar, Chief Minister Of Kerala At The All India CITU Conference • 9th All India Conference Of CITU Cochin, 21-27 April 1997: Report Of Credential Committee • Proposed Amendment To The CITU Constitution At The Ixth Conference • Seminar en Globalisation of Economy: On The Current State Of The World Capitalist Economy - Prabhat Patnaik • Globalisation, the International Economy and Policy Options - Jayati Ghosh • “Globalisation” And Its Impact (Speech at Seminar on “Trends in the World Economy” at Cochin on 21 April, 1997) - Prakash Karat • May Day Manifesto of the CITU, 1997 • Government Giving Second Thought Over the Move to Close down NTC Mills – P. K. Ganguly • Central Trade Unions Demand Early Action On IISCO Modernisation • CITU Denounces The Move For Retrograde Amendment Of SICA • Whither Revival Of Fertilizer PSUs - Tapan Sen • Revival Of Sick PSUs Demanded By MPs • Fate of IDPL Hangs in Balance – P. K. Ganguly