03 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in Neo-liberal policy, PSU
The proposal of the government to privatise profit making ports in the country has been strongly opposed by the All India Ports and Dock Workers Federation.
The government is proposing to privatise the profit making ports keeping the loss making only with the government. This is to favour the private companies who can maximise their profits as in the case of the privatised airports.
We strongly protest the privatisation proposal and demand the government to stop the process.
02 Monday Mar 2015
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The first 9 Polit Bureau Members (PBMs) elected in the 7th Party Congress (1st after the formation of CPI(M) held in Kolkata from 31 October to 7th November 1964 are honoured by the title “Navaratnas”. Who are they?
1. Com. P.Sundarayya (01-05-1913 to 19-05-1984)
2. Com. E.M.S.Namboodiripad ( 14-06-1909 to 19-03-1998)
3. Com. Harkishan Singh Surjeet ( 23-03-1916 to 01-08-2008)
4. Com. Promode Dasgupta (07-07-1910 to 28-11-1982)
5. Com. A.K.Gopalan ( 01-10-1904 to 21-03-1977)
6. Com. B.T.Ranadive ( 19-12-1904 to 06-04-1990)
7. Com. M. Basavapunnaiah ( 14-12-1914 to 12-04-1992)
8. Com. P. Ramamurti ( 20-09-1908 to 15-12-1987)
9. Com. Jyoti Basu (08-07-1914 to 17-01-2010)
None of them are alive now. All the comrades were part of the Independence struggle, have joined the Communist Party in their young age and have sacrificed their entire life for the service of the people. All of them have been jailed during the British rule as also under the Congress rule. Three of them worked as General secretary of CPI(M) viz. Coms. P.Sundarayya, EMS Namboodiripad and Harkishan Singh Surjeet. Two were Chief Ministers – Coms. EMS Namboodiripad and Jyoti Basu.
When the XXI Party Congress of CPI(M) is being held at Visakhapatnam from 14-19 April 2015, none of these stalwarts are alive. But there are lakhs of party comrades who carries the work of service to the people, following the footsteps of these great leaders.
Red Salute to these leading Comrades who fought against revisionism and Left Sectarianism and showed the correct path towards Socialism and Communism!
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in General, General Elections 2014
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It is reported that the six national political parties viz. BJP, Congress, BSP, NCP, CPI(M) and CPI together collected Rs. 2,237.28 crore within the 3 Parliament elections. The report continues:
“The report, which ADR said was based on poll expenditure statements submitted by the parties to the Election Commission, further said that total funds collected by the national parties in the last three Lok Sabha polls stood at Rs 2,237.28 crore.
This includes BJP’s Rs 1,171.38 crore, followed by Congress’ 778.49 crore, BSP’s Rs 110.45 crore, NCP’s Rs 90.95 crore, CPM’s rs 66.27 crore and CPI’s Rs 19.74 crore.
The report said that the total funds raised by these six parties grew to Rs 1,158.59 crore in 2014 Lok Sabha polls, from Rs 223.8 crore in the 2004 general elections.
“Over a period of 10 years, funds collected by national parties during Lok Sabha elections increased by 418 per cent,” ADR said, while adding that funds were collected over a 75-day period from the the date of announcement of elections and the date of completion of polls.”
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Forum
FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS / ASSOCIATIONS
D-7, Telegraph Place, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110 001.
Forum/Circular 02-03-2015
2 Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 by BSNL Employees
Serving of Strike Notice on 12th March 2015
Organise Massive Demonstrations – Hold Press Meeting
Dear Comrades,
The Forum of BSNL Unions & Associations heartily congratulates all the comrades who participated in the Parliament March on 25 February 2015 and made it a resounding success. About 5,000 employees from almost all the circles participated with the nearby circles bringing in large number of workers. Though the police authorities denied permission to organise the March, the thousands of employees led by the General Secretaries marched from the BSNL Corporate Office to the Parliament as decided earlier. The march was stopped near Jantar Mantar by the police where it was converted in to a rally. Com. C.Singh, Chairman Forum & General Secretary NFTE presided and Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener, Forum welcomed all and spoke on the demands of the workers for the Revival of BSNL. The following General Secretaries / Leaders of the unions addressed the rally: Coms. P.Abhimanyu (BSNLEU), K.Sebastin (SNEA), Prahlad Rai(AIBSNLEA), K.Jayaprakash(FNTO), Suresh Kumar (BSNLMS), R.C.Pande (BTEU), R.P.Sahu (AIGETOA), N.D.Ram(SEWA BSNL), Hari Singh (BTU BSNL) and Sunil Gautam(SNATTA).
Com.Tapan Sen, M.P., General Secretary CITU, Dr. Dharam Vir Gandhi, M.P., Shri Vrijesh Upadhyay, General Secretary, BMS, Smt. Amarjit Kaur, Secretary AITUC, Com. Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary General AIRF& Secretary JCM Staff Side addressed the rally and extended all support to the Save BSNL Campaign. They also assured that they will take up the matter with the Government.
The Memorandum to Prime Minister demanding immediate assistance and action for the Revival of BSNL signed by lakhs of people was presented to the Prime Minister’s office by the leaders of the Forum. The Forum congratulates and expresses its thanks to all the leaders and workers who made the Parliament March a Historical Success.
Two days Strike on 21- 22 April 2015
The meeting of the Forum held on 27th February 2015, reviewed the preparation for the strike, the Save BSNL Campaign and the Conventions held in the circles. The fight is against the anti-BSNL policies and decisions of the government and it requires streamlined preparations. In order to complete the Circle Conventions, and Signature Campaign, some more time is necessary, it was felt. Further, organizing the strike from 17th March as proposed will have serious complications being in the end of the financial year. As such, the meeting decided to organize a Two Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015, with further struggles if issues are not settled.
Strike Notice on 12th March 2015 – Lunch Hour Demonstrations
The Strike Notice will be served on 12th March 2015 signed by all General Secretaries after a massive demonstration at the BSNL Corporate Office. All General Secretaries are requested to be present on the day. On the same day, Lunch hour demonstrations will be organized in all SSAs/Circles. Press conferences should be held on the same day at circle levels to give wide publicity.
Signature campaign
Even after submission of the Memorandum to the Prime Minister on the day of Parliament March on 25th February, more bundles of signatures are being received. It has now been decided that the time for completing the Signature Campaign is extended up to 31st March. The SSA / Branch Secretaries are requested to ensure signatures from the people and send it to the Convener, Forum at Delhi, so as reach before 31st March 2015.
Circle /SSA Conventions
General Secretaries are entrusted with the task of holding the circle level conventions wherever the same has not been held so far. These include A.P., Maharashtra, A&N, ALTTC, Assam, BRBRAITT, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, H.P., Jharkhand, NTR, Odisha, Inspection Circle, TF Mumbai, TF-Kolkata, Uttarakhand, UP(West) and BSNL C.O. In addition, Joint District level Conventions and Branch General Bodies should he held to spread the message of the strike. General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries should take initiative for the same and ensure that these are conducted well before the strike. The intention is that each and every employee should be contacted and motivated for the strike.
Wall Posters will be printed by the National Forum as required by unions. The same will be placed in the websites of the unions & associations, so that the Circle Secretaries can take it and print locally in the regional language and supply.
Dear Comrades,
The Railway budget as well as the Central Budget has been presented in the Parliament. While the Railway budget proposes handing over of Railway Stations to private corporates for modernisation, the main budget has proposed to disnvest Public Sector Units and also strategic sale of certain loss making PSUs. BSNL has always been a target of the government for disinvestment. It is, therefore, of utmost importance that BSNL employees have to prepare themselves for a ‘Do or Die Battle’ to revive the BSNL, which is the bread winner of lakhs of workers.
United struggle is most important. The strike preparations – conventions, Lunch hour Demonstration, Signature Campaign etc. have to be jointly organised to bring confidence to the workers.
We are on a crusade to defend, revive and strengthen BSNL,the service provider to crores of people spread in all parts of the country. We cannot allow the government to disinvest or privatise this national assety to please the corporates, Indian and foreign. We have to be prepared to defend BSNL to the last drop of our blood.
Towards the 2 Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015!
SAVE BSNL –SAVE NATION!
With Warm Greetings,
[V.A.N.Namboodiri]
Convener, Forum
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News, BSNLEU
BSNL Employees Union has called upon BSNL workers to organise massive demonstrations on 3rd March 2015, protesting against the anti-worker, anti-people, pro-corporate budget presented y the Central Government. Subsidies to the coporates and super-rich are reduced from 30% to 25%, while the tax burden on the common people is increased. The government is proposing privatisation and disinvestment of PSUs in a very aggressive way. In the name of Make India and Industry, all the labour laws are being flouted. It is time that the entire workforce come together to fight these anti-people, anti-worker policies and defeat them
Make the Protest Demonstrations on 3rd March 2015 a great success.
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in CG Employees
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Confederation National Secretariat has called upon all its affiliates to hold Protest Demonstration at all important centers and in front of offices on 3rd March 2015 against the Pro-Corporate , Anti -Worker, Anti- People and Anti- Central Government Employees UNION BUDGET of Modi Government. (Confederation of CG Employees and Workers Website).
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Forum, PSU, SAVE BSNL CAMPAIGN
The NDA Government has started serious planning for selling of PSUs, both profitable and loss making. It is nothing new for the NDA, led by the pro-corporate BJP. It was during the earlier Vajpayee-led government that the profitable PSUs viz. VSNL, BALCO, Hindustan Zinc, Indian Petro-Chemical Corporation, Centaur Hotels etc. were handed over to the private corporates, that too for far less than actual value. It failed to sell NALCO due to the strong opposition of the workers and the people of Odisha. In the same way BSNL workers through mighty struggles defeated the decision of the government to disinvest shares of BSNL.
Those dark days of disinvestment and privatisation of PSUs are coming back with revengeful aggressiveness. Only the united struggle by the workers and the people can stop this selling of peoples’ assets to the corporates for maximising their profits. This crony capitalism has to be opposed and defeated.
BSNL workers are on the struggle path for revival of BSNL and to defeat the Disinvesment of BSNL. The Two Days Strike on 21-22 April will show the mighty protest of the workers.
SAVE BSNL – SAVE NATION!
DEFEAT THE ANTI-WORKER POLICY OF THE NDA GOVERNMENT!
FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS & ASSOCIATIONS ZINDABAD!
01 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in CG Employees, General
Validity of Self Attested Documents
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
26-February-2015 13:49 IST
| Validity of Self Attested Documents |
| It is a constant endeavour of the Government to simplify procedures by introduction of self certification. For this, all Central Ministries / Departments as well as State Government / UTs have been requested to review the existing requirement in this regard and make provision for self certification, wherever possible. Response from 25 States / UTs has been received indicating action taken by them.
Different organizations prescribe different criteria for attestation, subject to statutory and legal provisions. As per its mandate, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has been requesting them to adopt self-certification, wherever possible, as a measure of administrative reform. This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap in the Rajya Sabha today. |
01 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Obituary, Tributes
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01 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
A report from Greece paying homage to the Mitsos Paparigas, leader of the Metal Workers Union, who was murdered by the government is given below:
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On a day like today, February 22nd 1949, militant trade union leader Mitsos Paparigas, General Secretary of the General Confederation of Workers of Greece and cadre of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was assassinated in Athens, Greece. He was a metal worker and president of Metal Union of Volos. Mitsos Paparigas had been arrested in 1948 by the fascist government of Greece and suffered hard torture by the officers of the government. The period 1946-1949 was the time of civil war in Greece. Metal worker Mitsos Paparigas stood his ground, without giving in to the fascists, not even for a moment. He stood proud in front of his torturers. They assassinated him on February 22nd 1949, by throwing him off from the terrace of the building of the General Security of Athens, on Bouboulinas street. In his memory, the WFTU makes this small publication, honoring this way the heroic militants of the international working class. |
Bangladeshi social activists participate in a rally to protest against the killing of Avijit Roy, a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Roy, known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death Thursday night as he walked through Bangladesh’s capital with his wife, police said Friday. 
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