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    S. A. Dange on Mundhra Affair
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1958) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    AITUC general secretary’s speech to parliament on the Mundhra Affair, as well as resolutions on the Chagla report.
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    The Budget & the Plan : Capitalist offensive and the people (Speech in parliament)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1958) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    A speech by Dange, Shripad Amrit to parliament in reaction to the 1958 budget. Arguing that nothing had changed in the budget, and that the most needy were not getting the relief they needed, Dange's speech has the following subchapters: Everything is going up except wages; US aid - no philanthropy; Reason - recession at home; Gives 66 million, reaps 241 million; End of boom in India; Capitalist slogan - Denationalise, Ours - "More nationalisation"; Morality of our bourgeoisie; Dividend hunters, cheif ministers and steel workers; Mobilise LIC funds, company reserves; Stop monopoly growth; Reduce oil prices; Scandal in defence stores purchase; HAL strike - ensure trade union rights; produce more and save more.
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    Government labour policy and the bank case
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1954) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    Taken from a speech given by Dange, Shripad Amrit to trade union functionaries, it discusses the resignation of Minister for Labour Giri, which was significant because it brought the government’s labour policy and the bank award to public attention, and reveals the Nehru government’s pro-monopolist policy.
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    In the rear of the 14th army : Why India is not mobilised
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1944) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    British troops in India and holding the Burma front against the Japanese have been suffering badly from disease and poor organization, and have apparently been forgotten. The booklet is a summary of the speech Dange, Shripad Amrit gave to the Trade Union Group of Members of the House of Commons on 5 December 1944 about the situation in India. Under the title “Chaos in India”, it includes the following subchapters: Legacy of the past; Bureaucratic incompetence; Transport; Coal muddle; Famine; Failure to rely on Peoples’ organisations; Industrial workers; Trade Union organization and gains; Rise in cost of living. Depreciation of wages; Attempts at disrupting trade unions, the peasantry, and people’s unity.
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    Crisis and Workers : Report to AITUC General Council (Bangalore Session, 14-18 January 1959)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1959) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    The report includes: CRISIS AND WORKERS: Recession in Capitalist Countries; Imperialist Methods to Resolve their Crisis; Indian Economy in 1958; Some Peculiarities of our Recession; Foreign Aid—Whose and for What?; The Struggle of Trends and our Approach; The Problem of Closures, Rationalisation and Productivity—Last Year and Now; Recession, Prices and Wages; Some of the Notable Struggles; The Pace of T.U. Unity; Organisation and some other Points. APPENDICES: Report on the Work of the Central Office by K. G. Sriwastava; Coal Belt in 1958—A Review by Kalyan Roy; Struggle Diary—1958; The ‘Conspiracy’ Case in Jamshedpur; On Automatic Looms; ICFTU’S Advice to Isolate AITUC; Attitude of Hind Mazdoor Sabha on T.U. Unity; Grip of Foreign Controlled Companies on India's Import-Export Trade; Working Class Consumer Price Index Number; Strikes and Lockouts; Table Showing Loans Received from Various Sources. RESOLUTIONS on: Condolence Resolutions; Afro-Asian Solidarity; Firings on Workers; Rise in Food Prices; Employees’ State Insurance Scheme; Report of Study Group on Social Security; Subsidised Industrial Housing Scheme; Introduction of Automatic Looms in Textile Industry; Cooperatives; Supreme Court; Central Pay Commission; Wage Boards; Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill; Section 4A & 4B of Central Government Servants' Conduct Rules; Road Transport Labour Legislation; Verification of Union Membership; Jamshedpur defence & Relief Fund; Anti-AITUC Labour Policies of Bihar, Bombay & Madhya Pradesh Governments; Agricultural Labour Unions; AlTUC Building Fund.