Loads of strikes in India. Power workers plunge the state of Uttar
Pradesh into darkness. The government's response is to sack workers,
arrest union leaders and send in troops.

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   Today's labour news from India
Wednesday, 09 February 2000 00:33:16


India Organised labour and economic liberalisation. India: Past, Present and Future [ ILO International Institute for Labour Studies] 07-Feb-2000

India Uni grads who ply rickshaws to avoid unemployment [Times of India] 06-Feb-2000

India Unions, Gv't dispute effect of public sector strike [Hindustan Times] 03-Feb-2000

India 14,000 insurance staff to strike on March 3 [LNN] 03-Feb-2000

India Leftist trade unions go ahead with national strike [ Times of India] 02-Feb-2000

India Trade Unions refuse to call off national strike [Hindustan Times] 02-Feb-2000

India Nationwide strike on February 2 to protest privatization [LNN] 31-Jan-2000

India Power strikers brought to their knees; Gvt wins privatisation battle [ Times of India] 27-Jan-2000

India Privatisation now on debate agenda: Strike Leader [ Hindustan Times] 27-Jan-2000

India Power strikers defeated as unions split over strategy [ The Hindu] 27-Jan-2000

India The bizarre politics behind the power strike [Times of India] 26-Jan-2000

India Gvt shows authoritarian streak as it reacts to strikes : Left parties [ The Hindustan Times] 26-Jan-2000

India Power strike may end today [ The Hindu] 26-Jan-2000

India Release arrested power workers, says international union [ICEM] 26-Jan-2000

India Port strike ends; gov't assures unions that no one will be victimized [ITF] 26-Jan-2000

India Power workers strike called off [LNN] 26-Jan-2000

India Unions have called off an electricity strike that blacked out parts of the country's most populous state for 11 days [Reuters] 26-Jan-2000

India A 10-day power strike in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has ended [BBC] 26-Jan-2000

India Power strike over [BBC] 25-Jan-2000

India Power strike talks deadlock: gov't refuses to release detained union leaders, strikers being replaced with scabs [Times of India] 25-Jan-2000

India Ninety thousand power workers now in ten day strike, as first 50 replacement engineers appointed [ Hindustan Times] 25-Jan-2000

India Replacement workers appointed as power strike continues [ The Hindu] 25-Jan-2000

India One-day solidarity strike in seven states with striking Uttar Pradesh power workers [LNN] 25-Jan-2000

India Hope for Indian Power Strike [BBC] 25-Jan-2000

India Powerstrikers fail to move ahead in talks with Gvt [ Times of India] 24-Jan-2000

India Powerworkers across India prepare for solidarity action in support of UP power strikers [ Times of India] 24-Jan-2000

India Powermen talk with Gvt to end nine-day stalemate [ Hindustan Times] 24-Jan-2000

India CPI (M) affiliated union centre not happy with port strike resolution [ The Hindu] 24-Jan-2000

India State Gvt starts advertising for strike-breakers to take power workers jobs [ The Hindu] 24-Jan-2000

India Unions call off crippling strike by more than 100,000 dockers after the government promised to study their demands for a wage rise [BBC] 24-Jan-2000

India India gripped by strikes [BBC] 24-Jan-2000

India Indian power strike intensifies [BBC] 24-Jan-2000

India Strike cripples life in western Nepal [Reuters] 24-Jan-2000

India Port workers call off strike [Times of India] 23-Jan-2000

India Power strikers refuse to buckle - unions leaders under arrest [Times of India] 23-Jan-2000

India Two top union leaders held in Lucknow jail [Hindustan Times] 23-Jan-2000

India End to port strike soon : Gvt [Hindustan Times] 23-Jan-2000

India Port strike ends; power workers' strike continues [BBC] 23-Jan-2000

India Open letter to Defence Minister George Fernandes: End strike-breaking in India's ports now! [Eric Lee/Labourstart] 22-Jan-2000

India Talks on Indian Dock Strike contine on Saturday[BBC] 22-Jan-2000

India Mafia behind three week power strike : Minister [Hindustan Times] 22-Jan-2000

India Scabs being recruited to replace power workers on strike [Hindustan Times] 22-Jan-2000

India Power talks fail - State beings to recruit replacement workers [Times of India] 22-Jan-2000

India Backlash against Government policies, says Left [The Hindu] 22-Jan-2000

India Port strike hits exports [ Times of India] 22-Jan-2000

India High Court restrains police raids on homes of striking power workers [ Times of India] 22-Jan-2000

India India Power strike "broken"; port strike talks today [Times of India] 21-Jan-2000

India Power strike negotiations make no headway [ Hindustan Times] 21-Jan-2000

India Talks today on national port strike [ The Hindu] 21-Jan-2000

India Talks, tough line to tackle UP power strike [ The Hindu] 21-Jan-2000


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