Com.SK Vyas, Secretary General, BCPC & NCCPA is admitted in a hospital in Jaipur on 1February after a massive heart attack. He is now in ICU. Our best wishes for an early recovery.
Com. SK Vyas in Hospital
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
62,000 Constables to be recruited by Central Government
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in General, SAVE BSNL CAMPAIGN
New Delhi, Feb 2 : In one of its biggest recruitment drives, government has announced hiring of over 62,000 young men and women as constables in central paramilitary and police organisations this year.
The candidates will be hired by central forces like CRPF,BSF, ITBP, SSB, CISF, NIA and SSF as the Union Home Ministry launched the mega-drive of hiring workforce for these security organisations in the last about five years.
Apart from reservation for SC/ST and OBC candidates,relaxation of applicable age has been made for the children and dependents of the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots and 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
“This is one of the largest recruitment drives that is being held by the central government for hiring in paramilitary and other allied forces. The large-scale hiring is being conducted keeping in view an increasing role of these forces and growth in number of battalions sanctioned to these forces in the recent past,” a senior Home Ministry officer said.
The examination in this context is being done by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on the directions of the Union Home Ministry, the official said. (PTI)
Hold the SAVE BSNL Conventions urgently
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation
So far only three circle level conventions of SAVE BSNL CAMPAIGN have been conducted. They are in T.Nadu, Chennai and UP (East). A few others as in Punjab and Kerala are fixed. What about other circles? The General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries are requested to take the matter seriously and organise the same at the earliest, so that the message goes down effectively amongst the workers.
The collected signatures from the people should be arranged and sent to the Convener at the earliest so that the same can be presented to the Prime Minister on the day of the Parliament March on 25th February 2015.
Department of Posts will open Accounts for Girl Child
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in General
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As per the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme of the Government, the Department of Posts will open one crore Saving Accounts in the Post Offices with a minimum ammount of Rs. 1,000 and maximum of Rs. 1.5 lakh. ‘The Sukanya Samridhi Account’ can be opened for the girl child till the age of 10.
This is announced by Communications Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad yesterday.
Foxcom may shut down Chennai Unit, 1300 workers in streets
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in TU News, TU News - India
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Foxcom company is moving towards shutting its Chennai unit, which will result in more than its 1,300 workers unemployed. The unions have been negotiating with the management to continue its operations, but on the plea of loss, the company is closed for the last one month. The company is moving to close down the unit permanently. The intervention by the state government has not been successful.
During the last few months similar things are happening with job loss for thousands of workers. The Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) is on the process of retrenching about 70,000 of its high tech officials, though the company denies the same, stating that the number is much less and it is a regular feature. The retrenchment is done so that the employees with some years of service and who are getting higher pay can be retrenched and new employees recruited to whom low salary can be given, thus reducing the salary expenditure.
Against this new attack, the IT professionals demonstrated in Delhi two days back. They have also decided to form trade union to defend their rights and jobs.
How the regular works are being made temporary
03 Tuesday Feb 2015
According to a latest report on industry, it is stated that out of the total 39.74 crore workforce in the country, only 4.97 crores are in the formal sector leaving 34.77 crore in the informal sector.
Even in the formal sector, out of the 4.97 crores, 2.88 crore are temporary workers. In the informal sector most of the workers are temporary only. Thus the temporary workers/ contract workers form more than 90% of the workforce. Most of these workers are denied minimum wage, social security measures like EPF, ESI etc. and have no job security at all.
The ruling parties, mainly Congress and the BJP, never took care about these toiling workers. They are continuously exploited for the benefit of and for maximizing the profits of the rich and powerful.
The sustained struggles of the 11 Central Trade Unions have focused on the seriousness and urgency of the issues to be settled. The struggle of the casual and contract workers in BSNL is part of this great struggle for survival.
SAVE BSNL, SAVE INDIA – Workers in service of people in distress
02 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
The BSNL workers were in the forefront in restoring the services in J and K at the time floods, in Uttarakhand at the time of avalanches/landslides and also when Sunami in the Eastern Coast. Everywhere, when the people were in distress and communications services were down, it was the BSNL Management and workers who restored the services and came to the rescue of people. Not the private companies. They are interested in profit only.
The Chief Ministers and authorities of all these places commended the hard work of BSNL and its employees.
Now we have to ensure that not only at thr time of natural calamities, but also in day to day work, we have to engage ourselves as in emergecies and ensure that BSNL services are the BEST.
It can be done, it has to be accomplished.
We are workers, real workers and not shirkers.
The Victory of USSR in the Stalingrad Battle.
02 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in History
The battle for Stalingrad was one of the most fierce one in the World War II. The German Nazi military attacked Stalingrad in November 1942 with a huge force and captured much of the city. But the Soviet red Army fought inch by inch and street by street and defeated the Nazi Army. The Nazi forces were defeated and had to retreat. The battle was over by he first week of February 1943 and the last man of Nazi army routed.
This was a great victory for the Soviets – The Battle for Stalingrad!
Meeting of Forum on 5th February 2015
02 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News
A meeting of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations will be held on 5th February 2015 at 1500 hours at the BSNLMS office to finalise the preparations for the Parliament March on 25th February and connected matters.
The SAVE BSNL, SAVE INDIA Campaign has started in right earnest in some circles like Kerala, TNadu, Karnataka, A.P..,W.Bengal, Kolkata etc. The Conventions have been held in T.Nadu, Chennai and UP(E) so far. The Conventions for Punjab and Bihar are fixed. Other Circles are also requested to hold the conventions urgently.
The collected signatures be sent to the Convener, Forum at the earliest so as to prepare them for submitting to the Prime Minister on the day of the Parliament March.
NCCPA Supports formation of Pensioners’ Organisations Department wise
02 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
NCCPA SECRETARY GENERAL SUPPORTS FORMATION OF DEPARTMENTAL WISE PENSIONERS ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING AIPRPA
AIPRPA CHQ WROTE LETTER TO NCCPA SECRETARY GENERAL ON FORMATION OF AIPRPA AND THE STAND OF NCCPA OVER IT
COMRADE S.K.VYAS SECRETARY GENERAL NCCPA REPLIED ENCOURAGING FORMATION OF AIPRPA AS A RIGHT STEP IN MOBILIZING LARGE SECTIONS OF UNORGANISED PENSIONERS UNDER DEPARTMENT WISE PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS
The reply of Secretary General NCCPA is reproduced below in this connection.ON (NCCPA)
NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION
13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi -110001
Dear Com. K. Ragvendran,
Thanks for your letter dated 31.12.2014. As I was out of Delhi, there is a certain delay in reply for which I may kindly be excused.
NCCPA is not at all opposed to the idea of a monotithic Pensioners Organisation of Postal Pensioners. we have seen that formation of Central Government (Composite) Pensioners Associations have not been able to motivate all pensioners to join them. If postal pensioner has initiated to form CGPA, the majority of those who have joined it, are Postal Pensioners and only a few Pensioners from other Departments have joined it. If on the other hand an Audit & Accounts Pensioner has initiated to form Pensioners Association, the majority who have joined it are Audit & Accounts Pensioners with few from other Departments. Whereas Postal Pensioners Associations / Railway Pensioners Associations / Central Excise & Customs Pensioners Associations whereever formed have obtained membership from most of the pensioners from respective Departments. On the basis of these ground realities, NCCPA totally favours Pensioners Associations of respective Departments which can federate into a National level Pensioners Associations of respective Departments and these federations can affiliate with NCCPA while their Circle / State level bodies may affiliate with the State /Circle Committees of NCCPA. This is the pattern which is obtaining in Confederation of CGEs & Workers as well.
The CGP as already in existence would obviously be reluctant for such a reorganisation of Pensioners Associations as they would take this move as poaching away some of their members. If we explain that since these Departments wise Pensioners Associations will affiliate at the National level with NCCPA and at State / Circle level with state committees, the composite character would be restored with wider unity amongst the Pensioners, I hope this will satisfy them.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
Sd/-
(S.K.Vyas)
Secretary General
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