Abstract:
The lectures are designed to impart the fundamentals of class-based theory to union activists. Chapter titles: “Organise the unorganised”: 21. The organised versus the Unorganised sector, 22. Child and women labour, 23. Role of organised workers. New technologies; what it means; Impact of new technology-in the context of different socio-economic systems; Indian trade unions and new technology; Struggle against ‘privatisation’: for defence and expansion of the public sector; Struggle for trade union unity; Role of the working class in the contemporary world.