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32Nd Session All-India Trade Union Congress, Bangalore December 15 I CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION | I The 32nd Session of the All-lndia Trade Union Congress held at Bangalore (Karnataka) on 15—20 December 1983, condoles the death of the following prominent personalities abroad, leaders of freedom struggles and fighters against fascist dictatorships: L. I. Brezhnev: Outstanding leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, of the Soviet state and the International Com­ t munist Movement. M. 4. Suslov: Veteran leader of the CPSU and of the International Communist Movement. Alexi Kosygin : Prime Minister of the USSR and CPSU leader. Dr. Yusuf Dadoo : Chairman of the Communist Party of South Africa and leader of the African National Congress. S. A. Vikramsinghe: Veteran Communist leader of Sri Lanka. Arvid Pelse: Veteran CPSU leader. Soong Ching-Ling (Madam Sun-yat Sen): Outstanding nationalist leader of China. Bobby Sands and 9 others: Irish freedom fighters, died in prison as a result of hunger strike. Abe Feinglass: Trade Union leader in the United States. Otto Kersten: Secretary General of the ICFTU. Simon Mogoerane. Jerry Semeno Mosololi, Marcus Thabo Motaung: Young South African freedom fighters hanged by the b racist regime. Wilfred Burchett: Progressive Journalist, famous for his anti-im­ perialist reporting. Killings in Iran Some of the leaders and activists of the Tudeh Party and of Trade Unions were tortured to death in prison. Maurice Bishop : Prime Minister of Grenada, killed in civil strife. Santiago Hernandez: General Secretary, El Salvador Trade Union Federation and member of WFTU General Council, brutally murdered by the US backed reactionary ruling junta of El Sal­ vador. II The 32nd session of the AITUC condoles the death of the fol­ lowing public personalities of India who passed away since the last session: Pundit Sundarlal: Prominent freedom fighter and a prominent figure in the peace movement in the early period. K. D. Malaviya: Played a prominent role as Union Minister in laying foimdation of self reliance in Oil industry with Soviet help. Mir Abdul Majid; One of the accused in Peshawar and Meerut conspiracy cases, he was associated with the AITUC in the early period. Shah Nawaz Khan: INA hero. (jonesh Datt Bajpai; Trade Union leader and former Labour- Minister of U.P. P. B. Gajendragadkar; Prominent jurist, former Chief Justice of India, Staunch advocate of social justice. Chairman of the vari­ ous commissions including the National Commission on Labour, Dr. Gangadhar Adhikari: Veteran Communist leader and art ac­ cused in Meerut Conspiracy case. Jyotirinoy Basu: Prominent Parliamentary leader of CPM. Major Jaipal Singh: Veteran freedom fighter and CPM leader. /. B. Kripalini: Prominent freedom fighter. Rajni Patel: Veteran freedom fighter and prominent anti-impe­ rialist. A Sohan Singh Josh: Veteran Communist leader and an accused in the Meerut Conspiracy case. Sheikh Abdullah: Veteran leader of Jammu and Kashmir. Vinoba Bhave: Prominent Gandhian leader. K. P. S. Menon: Veteran diplomat and ardent champion of Indo­ Soviet friendship Promode Das Gupta: Prominent leader of CPM. Chalapati Raw. Well-known journalist and founder President of Indian Federation of Working Journalists. P. C. Jo'ihi; Veteran Communist leader, an accused in the Meerut Conspiracy case. Bhupesh Gupta -. Veteran communist leader and outstanding Par­ liamentarian. in The 32nd Session of the AITUC condoles the death of the fol­ lowing Indian Trade Union leaders who passed away during the period: Arjun Arora: Veteran freedom fighter and Trade Union leader. 5. Venkataram; President of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha. Kedar Das: Veteran Trade Union leader of Jamshedpur, former Vice-President of the AITUC, devoted life to the cause of work­ ing class since nineteen thirties. Prasanta Datta: Port Workers’ leader in Calcutta and member of AITUC General Council. M. V. N. Kaparde: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State TUC, Member of AITUC Working Committee. Bal Dandavate: HMS leader in Bombay, President of HMS. K. Komaraiah: Prominent AITUC activist of Singareni Colliery workers in Andhra Pradesh, killed by naxalites. Sita Ram: AITUC leader in Ludhiana killed in accident. Bihari Thakur: AITUC leader of the Hindalco workers in Uttar Pradesh D. Raiagopal: HMS leader of Karnataka, one of the Convenors of the Joint Action Front in Bangalore which led the long-drawn strike of Public Sector workers in 1980-81. P. Purushothaman: Veteran Communist and T. U. leader of South Arcot district of Tamilnadu. Sibnath Banerjee : Prominent Trade Union leader, President of the AITUC for two terms. S. S. YiO'uf: Veteran AITUC leader and leader of the Kanpur Textile Workers, former Vice-President of the AITUC. L. Khandkar: Prominent Communist and Trade Union leader of Madhya Pradesh. N. S. Purav; Prominent leader of the All-India Bank Employees’ Association. C. S. Subramaniam; Leader of the Canara Bank employees and of AIBEA. Maulana Abdul Baq'r. Veteran freedom fighter and leader of the handloom weavers of Uttar Pradesh. B. S. Shivankar: Veteran Railway trade union leader of Bombay. Aj[thanari Vathiar: A veteran working class leader in Selam dis­ trict of Tamil Nadu, died in an accident. Dr. Charu Chandra Banerjee : Former President of the AITUC. Lakshman Mahapatra; 'Prominent TU and Communist leader of Orissa, brutally murdered by anti-social elements. K. R. Ramashamy: AiTUC and Cement workers’ leader in Tamil Nadu. Dinakar Desai: Prominent at one time in AITUC activities. 5, C. Dutta; AITUC leader in Dehradun. Ravindran: Secretary, Kerala State AITUC. Jai Prakash: HMS leader of Modinagar killed by anti-socials. Moses: Vice-President, Madhya Pradesh State AITUC. Shyam Behari Singh : Colliery Workers’ leader in Asansol. Prakash Roy: Prominent Communist and Trade Union leader of Madhya Pradesh, member of the AITUC General Council. Chanda Durgayy'a : Activist of Singareni Collieiy Workers’ Union (AITUC), killed by naxalitcs, S. B. Prasad: Communist and Trade Union leader of Gaya (Bihar). H. D. Mukherjee: INTUC leader. Abdul Mornin: Veteran freedom fighter. General Secretary of Bengal AITUC for many years, until independence. Hrishi Banerjee: Former General Council member of AITUC, CITU, leader in West Bengal. , Nirode Chakravarthy: Veteran Communist, for many years Trea­ surer of Bengal AITUC and then of West Bengal CITU. 5. S. Bagaitkar-. Trade Union leader of Maharashtra and mem- her of Rajya Sabha. P. Ramakotaiah: Trade Union leader at Nellore (A. P.). Sarjoo Pandey. President of Baidyanath Ayurved Workers’ Union, Patna. Jagadish Gour : Trade Union leader of Gorakhpur. IV The 32nd session of the AITUC mourns the death of workers, peasants, agricultural workers who were victims either of police firings, attacks of anti-social elements, landlord gangsters or as a result of mines disasters etc. ★ WELCOME ADDRESS By M. C. NARASIMHAN Chairman, Reception Committee Comrade President and members of the presidium. Fraternal delegates from other countries, my dear delegates from all over India, distinguished guest Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka and other Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen. 1. On this happy occasion of the 32nd Session of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), I extend a hearty welcome to you all. It is a great honour conferred on us and the Karnataka working class, that the AITUC, the premier organisation of the Indian working class has chosen to meet in a conference al Ban­ galore at a crucial moment in our history. 2. The venue of this conference, Lalbagh, has international con­ nections. I cannot help recalling that it was nearly 30 years ago that comrade Bulganin, the then Prime Minister of USSR and Comrade Khruschov, the Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, came here and planted two seedlings as a token of friend­ ship and goodwill between the peoples of India and Soviet Union. You will see just accross this hall that these two seedlings have grown into mighty trees; even so, the relationship between Soviet Union and India has grown into bulwark of International peace and struggle against imperialism. I welcome the leaders of the AUCCTU of the USSR. 3. To this conference have come delegates from the Socialist countries where the working class is in power, They have come from German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yemen, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Kampuchea & Cuba. To this conference have come delegates from the continents of America, Middle East, Europe, Asia & Africa. These delegates from the capitalist countries as we know have specific experiences in the struggle against the Re-armament, for peace and in defen- ce of Democracy. Their participation will be most welcome at this crucial moment in world history. We welcome them all. 4. The conference is meeting in the background of the heigh'' tened preparation by the Reagan Administration for a nuclear war and assault on freedom. Even more determined are the movements of the workers and peoples for peace on an extended scale throughout the world including United States. At home in India, the workers have had to face the severe impact of the ca­ pitalist crisis, unemployment is on the increase, inflation is ram­ pant. The life of unorganised workers is miserable. On the other hand divisive forces are threatening the very fabric of na­ tional unity built over the years. It is becoming clear that all this is the result of the capitalist path persued by the central Government. True to salt, the Central Government is turning its guns against the working class through wage freeze, rcstric- tions on Trade unions and trade union rights. 5. The working class of Bangalore has had to struggle hard in defence of their interest. The strike of public sector workers in­ volving 1,25,000 workmen between December 1980 to March, 1981 followed by further actions was against the wage freeze policy of the Government of India, and is a landmark in our his­ tory. This struggle led to struggles in other public undertakings in the country and the Government of India was compelled to thinking in terms of a change in its former rigid stand on wage freeze.
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