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negotiating and settlement mechanisms  \nthrough labour courts and departments,the industrial  \naction almost entirely consisted of“lightning”or“wildcat”  \nstrikes,breaking out without any prior notice to factory  \nmanagements.They were also indefinite,with workers  \nstaying on strike until their demands were met.With  \nmanagements refusing to negotiate or implement the wage  \nincreases announced by state governments,some factories  \nstruck multiple times.Contract workers have shown that  \nthey can strike in large numbers-and win.  \n# 66 Folly upon Folly\n\n80 From Paris  \nwith Shame  \nThe dying cats and dubious  \nThe spiritual cronyism ofNarendra Modi and the BAPSSUSHANT SINGH  \nTHE INTERVIEW  \n# 8 Swami Prasad Maurya:“HardHindus and soft Hindus areboth enemies of the Bahujancommunity”\n\nA stalwart of UP politics reflects on hisjourney and future prospects  \nSUNIL KASHYAP  \n96  \nTHE BOOKSHELF  \nEDITOR's PICK  \n98  \nMEDIA  \n# 14 Darkness Spreads\n\nHow Trump is 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