Gurgaon Workers News #39

Below you can find an interview and translations relating to the history of workers’ struggles at the still existing Thomson Press in Faridabad, near Delhi.

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hmm I'm confused about this

hmm I'm confused about this one. Is this issue 9, or issue 39?

ciao, it is no.39 - we had

ciao,

it is no.39 - we had problems with wordpress putting pages in funny orders, therefore the confusing numbering system. thanks loads for putting up the old newsletters!

AngryWorkersWorld

AngryWorkersWorld

ciao,

it is no.39 - we had problems with wordpress putting pages in funny orders, therefore the confusing numbering system. thanks loads for putting up the old newsletters!

great, thanks for the clarification.

(I have renamed this so it matches the style of the others)

sorry, I am going to put them

sorry, I am going to put them all up eventually but I became confused as some newsletters have already been put up, whilst articles from other newsletters have already been put up as stand alone articles and i'm not sure whether to duplicate.
I have also put up your fantastic WWW newsletters, http://libcom.org/library/workers-wild-west

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