Have you given the CHQ Building Fund? This is a question I want to ask the members of the BSNLEU throughout the country.THe All India Conference of BSNLEU held at Thiruvananthapuram unanimously decided to purchase a Union Office Building for CHQ at Delhi and it was also decided that donations be collected from all the members for the same. The target was Rs. three crore so that a suitable building can be purchased for accommodating the office as also stay for some comrades who are on deputation to CHQ. There should be some space for comrades who are coming to Delhi for various reasons. The amount to be collected from each member was only Rs.300/-
Though it is more than one year after the AIC and the workers have got a very good wage revision and Promotion Policy resulting in about 4 to 5 thousand ruppees monthly, it is unfortunate that only Rs. 1.5 crore only has been received so far. If every BSNLEU member had donated it would have easily be more than Rs. four crore. This indicates that even half of the members have not donated or all the donations collected by the Branches/Districts have not reached the headquarters. The chanes are that the donations have not been collected in many centres. While the worker has benefitted much due to the initiative of the union, why the worker is reluctant to donate a meagre amount? It seems that many leaders at the local/district level have not taken the initiative to collect the donation.
Whatever be the reason, it has become a very difficult situation for the CHQ. Unless sufficient donation is received,either we will have to take loan from bank or take the meagre fixed deposits of the union. Both will entail much difficulty. If all the remaining members also donate immediately that will be quite sufficient for purchasing the building.
I would request each and every worker who has not donated so far to rise to the occasion and remit the donation immediately and help the CHQ to purchase the building thus implementing the All India Conference decision.