Interview of Laro Jonko, General Secretary, United Mineral Workers Union, Tribal Leader and Leader of Mines. She is the only tribal woman currently working at the senior level leadership of AITUC Jharkhand. Originally ...
Interview and profile of M Deepak, President, Bangalore, AITUC. Joined BEL in 1958 as mechanic trainee and retired in 1993. Remained associated with the union throughout life.
Interview and profile of M Muniandy, AITUC leader, Madurai. He began his career as an electrician and his father was a timekeeper in Harvey Mills. In the Spinning Mills, he came into contact with TU leaders. He was a ...
Interview and profile of M Radhamohan Rao, President, Lorry Owners’ Association, Andhra Pradesh. Born in a farmers family, he bought a lorry to supply materials. He joined the Lorry Owners’ Association 35 years back. ...
Interview and profile of M. Raghvaiyya, National Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (INTUC). Joined the Railways as a clerk. He was an INTUC leader at Railways during the 1974 strike and refused to join ...
Interview of M.C. Narsimhan, a veteran freedom fighter. Organised workers in the Kolar Gold Miners. Also involved in the KG Workers. Later elected as MLA as well. Organised hotel, textile and many other workers in the ...
Interview of Parasa Satayanarayana, leader, CITU, Hyderabad. Born in 1924 in a poor peasant family, he joined as a clerk at the Singareni Collieries. Worked underground for a period, under the Nizam rule. After the split ...
Interview and profile of M.D. Harigovind, BEL. Born in a businessmen family, studied ITI and joined as electrician in 1968 the Mysore Electrical Industries. After studies he was unemployed for some time and came in contact ...
Interview of M.M. Gope, veteran union leader. Belonged to a family of agricultural worker. Ran away to Delhi and started working in cafes, and later military officers mess in 1947. In 1951, he created the Hotel Workers ...
Interview of M.M. Katre, associated with the Lal Nishan Party-Leninist, Maharashtra. Participated in 1942 struggle, when still 15 year old. Came under the influence of Jayprakash and others. Organised strike of sugar mill ...
Interview of M.P. Dutta, freedom fighter and trade unionist associated with the All India Ralwaymens Federation. Born in a Arya Samaji family in Gurdaspur, his father was tortured by the British. Participated in the Quit ...
Interview of Madan Phadnis, veteran union leader. Belongs to CITU but works jointly with AITUC leaders in the Crompton Greaves Employees Union. Began from student activism and came into contact with Girni Kamgar Union. ...
Interview of Madanlal Didi, veteran union leader of AITUC. Born in Punjab, he was initially attracted to RSS politics, but later joined the communists. Began union work by organising safai karamcharis in Ludhiana, and went ...
Interview of Malini Tulpule, veteran trade union leader. Born in Gujarat, and influenced by Gandhi and the national movement. Began working with the All India Women's Congress, and later organised sugar and bidi workers ...
Interview and profile of Mallapudi Suryanarayana. Born in a poor high caste family, he joined the Communist Party during the world war two. He worked with the Jute Mill Union at Chitti Valsa. In the mid 1940s, he was ...
Interview of Man Singh Walia, railway union leader. Born in Pakistan, his family came to India after partition. Joined railways in 1950 and became a union member in 1955. At that time, INTUC, AITUC and HMS used to work ...
Interview of Manhar Shukla, veteran freedom fighter and trade union leader. Began working with textile workers of Ahmedabad from 1930s, through the Textile Labour Association. TLA also assisted Sardar Patel in social work, ...
Interview of Manohar Gopinath Kotwal, leader, HMS. Currently looks after the Docks and Ports Workers Union, which he had joined on 21 January 1949. He was born in Maharashtra, did masters in Economics and organised a strike ...
Interview and profile of Maseela Satyanarayana. Born in 1948, he began working in the Student Federation and then joined trade union movement. He is also currently the district secretary of the party. Maseela is active in ...
Interview and profile of Meenal Sethuraman, worker and Vice President of AITUC, Tamilnadu. She was born in Burma where her father worked as a mistry. Later the family came back to Madurai. She began at Madurai Glass factory ...