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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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    Report at Coimbatore : 26th Session: January 6-12, 1961 Coimbatore.
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1961) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    Report on the 26th Session of the All-India Trade Union Congress (1961) covering the national and international situation, conditions of the Indian working class, specially about wages in the context of increase in productivity and the fulfilment of the Five Year Plans, as well as tasks before the trade union in the coming period. It has the following chapter titles: Socialism advances: imperialism retreats: nations liberated; Plan production – growth and new dangers; Prices, wages – who is prosperous?; Struggles – unity of the class; Government labour policy: unity of the class and political consciousness; Appendices: Statement on the murder of Patrice Lumumba; Extracts from Lok Sabha debates; Ownership and control.
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    Defeat Government-Monopolist Offensive with United Struggles
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1972) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    A special meeting of the General Council has been called because of unprecedented rise in cost of all commodities, with the cost of foods, cloth, edible oils, vegetables, rising dramatically. Pamphlet then outlines and dismisses government arguments. It has the following subchapter titles: Pressure of the monopolies; Struggle for progressive policies; Step-by-step surrender to monopolies; Monopolies fight for reversal of policies; Tasks before Trade Unions. Appendices: Price-Rise Index; Money Expansion; Manufacturing and wage costs; and F looks at the growth of monopolies.
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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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    For defence of motherland, T.U. unity and socialism : Report to the General Council of the AITUC, New Delhi, 16-18 November 1962
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1962) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    In the context of the current national emergency, the AITUC must decide on its position toward the India-China ‘war’.
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    Government Document on Industrial Relations
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1973) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    The booklet outlines the Labour Ministry's Proposals for a comprehensive Industrial Relations Law, comprising the following parts: machinery and procedure for dispute settlement, procedure for strike/lock-out; recognition of trade unions; unfair practices; standing orders; and trade union law. Partially illegible due to scan quality.
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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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    Law & order : Whose and for whom?
    (People's Publishing Press, 1967) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    The booklet is the full text that AITUC general secretary Dange, Shripad Amrit, in his role as leader of the communist group, delivered in parliament on 4 July 1967. The speech deals with important questions facing the country on Peking radio broadcasts, the Naxalbari problem, privy purses of princes, anti-working-class and pro-monopoly attitude of the government, centre-state relations in the non-congress ministries, and ‘law and order’ as enforced by the Home Ministry. The speech recevied widespread media attention.
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    Recession and resistance
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1967) Dange, Shripad Amrit
    The booklet is the report made by the General Secretary to the General Council of the AITUC about the economic recession and trade union policy and strategy toward it. It includes the chapters: On the present situation and tasks of trade unions