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    Monetary crisis and the WFTU : (Document on the Monetary Crisis prepared by the WFTU's Working Group and STATEMENT on International Economic, Commercial, Financial and Monetary problems. Adopted by the 22nd Session of the WFTU General Council - Bucharest, 1st-3rd November 1972)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1972) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The booklet consists of two parts. 1. Document on the Monetary Crisis prepared by the WFTU's Working Group. Chapters: Domination of American capital; Great capitalist powers and capitalist exploitation; Causes of the monetary crisis; Developing countries and the crisis; Manifestation of the structural crisis; Acuteness of the crisis; Fight against monopolist domination. 2. Statement on International Economic, Commercial, Financial and Monetary problems adopted by the 22nd Session of the WFTU General Council - Bucharest, 1st-3rd November 1972.
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    Withdraw the Black Bills: Labour Relations Bill and Trade Union Bills analysed
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1950) All-India Trade Union Congress
    Pamphlet focuses on statements submitted by AITUC delegattion to the Triparties Labour Conference to discuss the Labour Relations Bill and Trade Unions Bill in a meeting on March 20 and 21 1950. The delegate considers these bills fascist measures.
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    Modern Imperialism : An economic and statistical survey
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1971) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The economic and statistical survey was conducted by staff researchers at the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and the Institute of the International Workers’ movement and was first published in the journal “Peace, Freedom and Socialism”. Chapters include: Concentration of production and capital; Banking capital; Finance capital and the financial oligarchy; Capital export; Uneven development of capitalism; Growing economic role of the state; Imperialism is militarism; The fall of the colonial empires; Imperialism and wage labour.
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    The Face of US Imperalism
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1971) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The booklet is an attempt to answer the question "What is America?", and is made up of articles as an aid to study. The articles are: The monopoly offensive; The problems of inflation in the United States; The scientific-technological revolution; Fear; Learning to leave with fear; Why they revolt; Fighting the monopolies; and Social sleight of hand.
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    Index Fraud in Ahmedabad: AITUC's Note sent to the Experts Committee on Ahmedabad Index
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1964) All-India Trade Union Congress
    Textile worker strikes in Ahmedabad were held on 8 August 1964 to protest against the compulsory deposit scheme. Prices have risen steadily, the official consumer price index in Ahmedabad was wrong, and workers have been missed out on their rightful income. Present wage scales mean workers are not earning enough.
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    24th Session of the All-India Trade Union Congress : Reports & resolutions. Calcutta, May 27-29, 1954
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1954) All-India Trade Union Congress
    See note on title. Includes: An appeal to all workers and trade unions for unity; Review of the 24th Session; Preparations and proceedings; AITUC presidential speech by V. Chakkarai Chettlar; Greetings to the session; Report of the general secretary; Report on the organisation of the AITUC; Resolutions (though these are not complete).
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    Social security & Effects of environment on the working and living conditions of workers (New Delhi: 30 November - 3 December 1977). Fifth Asian Trade Union Seminar
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1977) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The booklet has two distinct sections. Includes the following chapters: Welcome address (AITUC general secretary K. G. Sriwastava); Inaugural address (Minister for Labour Ravindra Varma); Messages received; List of participants. 1. SOCIAL SECURITY: Social security in India (AITUC’s G. V. Chitnis); Problems of social security in Asia (WFTU’s Mahendra Sen); Social security in Japan; Conclusions on social security. 2. THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF WORKERS: Papers by TUI of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers’ Paul Forgacs; AITUC’s Y. D. Sharma; AUCCTU’s Igor Klimov; General Council of Trade Unions of Japan’s (Sohyo) Hiroshi Kikuya. Speeches by Mongolian trade union delegate; Ceylon Federation of Trade Union’s P. Kumaraswamy; Some problems of working and living environment in Indian industry (AITUC’s Raj Bahadur Gour); Conclusions.
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    Growth of Indian Monopoly
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1971) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The trade union movement seeks to overthrow the 75 monopoly houses in Indian that are the main arm of capitalism. Chapters are entitled: Growth of industrial houses (B. Datta); 101 corporate giants in the private sector – Profitability in 1969-70; Capital formation in 1969-70; Monopoly and banks; Export of Indian capital: joint ventures abroad, in two voices, Birlas’ big textile unit in Penang, why to Penang?
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    Report of The All-Hyderabad Trade Union Congress : Presented by Dr. Raj Bahudur Gour, M.P. to the Second Session of the AITUC (April 11-13, 1954.). Trade Union Publication Series No. 11
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1954) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The Hyderabad report to the Second Session of the AITUC in 1954 deals with the years 1951-54. The period has been one of deepening economic crisis and growing unemployment, signifying the failure of government policies. It contains the following sections: Growing unemployment; Industrial collapse; Rationalisation and workload; Absenteeism – Workers’ device to snatch some leisure; Corruption and waste; More accidents – Result of increased workload and corruption; Victimisation and attack on trade-union rights; Repression on the working class; Low wages and high costs of living; Fiasco of government policies; Struggles and achievements of the working class; Cement; Gold workers’ struggles; Coalminers’ struggles; Cotton textiles; Road transport; Municipalities; Cigarette workers’ achievements; Bidi workers’ struggles; Civil supplies employees; PWD employees; Chemical group; Shops and establishments; The labour department and its activities; General struggles and observance of days; Main problems facing the workers; Problems of social security; Provident fund; Deteriorating health; Housing; Fight for linguistic states; The fight for peace and against the American threat of enslavement; and Broad lessons for unity, organization and struggle.
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    The two TU conferences : 18-19 May 1971, 20-21 May 1971: Documents-Speeches-Declarations
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1971) All-India Trade Union Congress
    The booklet looks at the conferences of trade unions: the first with all central trade union organisations except the INTUC, and the second with many of the same participants and with government representatives. The booklet has the following chapters: Documents relating to the conference called by Trade Union centres, New Delhi, 18-19 May 1971; Documents relating to conference called by Government of India, 20-21 May 1971; Document relating to conference of employers called by Government of India, 22 May 1971; Formation of Bangla Desh solidarity committee; and appendix.