12 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in BSNLCCWF - Casual and Contract workers, BSNLEU
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Against the non-implementation and violation of the Strike agreement made between the Circle management and BSNLCCWF, BSNLEU and SNEA, all the three unions have started Non-Cooperation from 12th August 2014.
The violation of the agreement seems to be a deliberate attempt to provoke the workers and make them go on further agitation, so that the charges against the management for its inefficiency can be shelved and also the private telecom companies can benefit.
12 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in General, Neo-liberal policy
People of Kerala who holds a glorious legacy of struggles, once again written a new history in the struggle against the pro rich and pro communal policies of the both state and central governments by making a thousand Kilometer long human chain in this evening. People from all walks of life have participated in the length and breadth of the state has flowed to the streets to protest against the policies which make the life miserable.
It is estimated that around 25 lakh people have participated in the struggle organized on the call of CPI (M) central committee. People joined hour long protest started at 4.p.m from Manjeswaram the northern most village of Kerala to Rajbhavan in Thriruvananthapuram in both National highway and state highways. While CPI (M) politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai participated in Manjeshwaram, General Secretary Sitaram yechuri participated at Rajbhavan. Apart from Yechuri, CPI (M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and PB member Pinarayi Vijayan addressed the gathering.
Participants raised the slogans against the policies which causes price rise and miseries in Agriculture and fisheries sectors. Apart from CPI (M) workers, freedom fighters, writers, actors, cultural activists, film activist and leaders from other political parties were also participated. 500 public meeting were also held simultaneously. While culminating the program, the participants took oath which underlines the persistence of struggles against the anti people policies.(Courtesy: Ganashakti)
12 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in WFTU, WORLD NEWS
Militant Organization response to the New Protocol
The working class must give a massive, militant, decisive response to the Greek
Government and monopolies which are pushing for the imposition of the 3rd protocol
measures that will demolish what remains of the workers’ rights.
Unions must strengthen their presence in the workplace. Organization
fight with faster pace in every workplace and neighborhood.
The day that the government will put the – Butcher – Protocol to the Agreement
Parliament there has to be a militant mobilizing thousands of workers in the initiatives of the union movement class. (Courtesy: TUI (P and R)
11 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in General
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Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government, the Supreme Court today said and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority.
A three-judge bench, which in the forenoon referred to a larger Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhar scheme and the issue whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, recorded the statement of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that “no personal information of Aadhar card shall be shared by any authority”.(Courtesy: PTI)
11 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
The moot question now is whether PM Narendra Modi will announce the ‘One Rank One Pension’ on the Independence Day?
The retired Defence personnel have been demanding this for the last many years. The Satyagraha by them at Delhi will complete 60 days by this Independence Day.
Govt. had given assurances many times, but not honoured so far. It is a great injustice to the sentinels of the nation.
Mr.PM, announce ‘OROP’ on ID! Do not continue the injustice!
11 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in General, Neo-liberal policy
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Com. Sitaram Yechury, M.P. and General Secretary CPI(M) addressing the dharna.
New Delhi, August 10 : Hundreds of Farmers and agricultural Workers converged in Delhi for a Two-Day Sit-In Dharna with the call for united struggles against Neo-Liberal Economic Policies. Over 100 Family members of Farmers who committed suicide and hundreds of others in solidarity with them began a Dharna at Jantar Mantar today. The Farmers came from the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Bengal.
11 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Forum
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The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has taken a very appropriate decision to send a post card by each and every employee addressed to Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Communications Minister, demanding immediate steps for the revival of BSNL. It was only due to the anti-BSNL decisions and policy of both the UPA and NDA Governments that BSNL has started posting loss for the last few years and the service has gone down. It is the responsibility of the government to restore it to its glorious past. The employees under the leadership of Forum are taking every step to ensure financial viability of BSNL and better service to the customers. Due to this, the service has improved and the losses are marginally coming down for the last two years. But it is only through support from the government the process could be expedited.
Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad continuously declares that he will not allow BSNL and MTNL to die and that the government will give all assistance to BSNL and MTNL. Words have to be followed by action, which is missing. Leave alone liberal assistance, even what is due to BSNL is not being paid. Rs. 1,250 crore which is due to BSNL in lieu of ADC for 2012-13, though approved, is yet to be paid. Rs. 4,460 crore, the balance of refund of the spectrum ( after adjusting Rs. 2,000 crore towards Licence Fee) is yet to be paid. Only Rs. 169.16 crore alone is approved by the Cabinet, recently. Great injustice is being done towards BSNL by the government.
The employees also are very much agitated that the Communications Minister, since he has taken over charge, has not met the Forum leaders even once, despite several requests, even after the strike Notice was served.
It is in this context that the Forum has decided to organise the Post Card Campaign from 10th to 22nd August 2015, by sending Post Cards to the Minister demanding immediate action for the revival of BSNL. Each and every employee, whether executive or non-executive, should write with his signature and address and post the same during this period of 13 days.
It may not be out of place to mention one thing. Unless the decision is completely implemented, the full power of the unions / associations can not be shown to the Government. The SSA/Branch Secretaries should ensure that the Post Card is sent by each and every employee. In the case of those on leave also, the same should be ensured. The CHQs of the unions/ associations need to be informed about the number of post cards dispatched, so that the exact number could be ascertained. This is part of the organisational activity, which every member has a responsibility to implement.
The Campaign is for the defence of the BSNL and its workers. It is for a better service to the customers. Each and every employee should be part of this campaign for the Revival of BSNL.
10 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in Telecom TU Movement 1991-2015
Bhopal AIC – OPG defeated, Moni Bose elected as GS, E.III Union
The polling continued for many hours. With more than thirty names in the ballot paper, it was not easy for the delegates to tick the names they supported and to vote. Smaller circles could complete the voting earlier, but it took much more time for the big circles. It took many hours to count the ballots which almost continued for a good portion of the night also.
When the results started coming from the circles one by one, delegates looked up unbelievingly. It became almost sure that OPG, General Secretary, was going to be defeated. Frantic efforts were made by the group to stop announcement of the results by raising untenable objections.
Homi Daji, President and Presiding Officer, was pressurized not to announce results. But he stood firm and did not want to be seen as taking a wrong position in front of thousands of delegates. There was pin drop silence, when the President announced that he was going to declare the results.
The results were announced for the posts one after another with the number of votes received. V.A.N.Namboodiri was declared elected as President and Moni Bose as General Secretary with good majority. Out of 15 posts of office-bearers, OPG group got only 4 posts, that too with very thin majority.
The following were declared elected from Moni Bose panel:
President : Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri
Vice-Presidents : Com.A.K.Saramma
:Com.Anima Banerjee
:Com.K.D.M.Tripathi
General Secretary :Com.Moni Bose
Asst. General Secretaries :Com.M.N.Reddy
:Com.S.R.Nayak
Treasurer :Com.Begraj Khari
Asst. Treasurer :Com.P.S.Sangwan
Coms. N.T.Sajwani, N.Y.Lokhande(Vice-Presidents), R.K.Kohli and S.Jagannathan(Asst. General Secretaries) got elected from OPG’s panel.
Federal Councilors
The election to the posts of Federal Councilors to NFTE was also conducted. Out of 35 posts, a good majority were elected from Moni Bose’s panel. The list of the elected Federal Councilors is given below:
Comrades Gunasekharan, S.B.Borkar, R.L.Mondal, Gour Saha, Swadesh Das, A.K.Bhattacharjee, Paritosh Bose, Shibdas Banerjee, J.Ranganathan, P.Abhimanyu, P.V.Chandrasekharan, S.N.Sarma, P.Ramaswami, P.Asokababu, N.T.Sajwani, S.B.Srinivasan, R.S.Yadav, M.Madhusudana Rao, R.K.Totre, M.P.Dalwadi, M.N.Khokhani, N.Chakravarthy, S.Siddiqui, B.B.Raut, L.N.Mishra, S.G.Pawar, B.P.Sharma, K.L.Sharma, D.V.Lavadia, M.B.Vichare, Triveni Rai, Sriram Swarankar, J.Sampath Rao and J.S.Pandey.
OPG accepts the results
Though shocked and reluctant at first, O.P.Gupta out-going General Secretary, accepted defeat and assured full co-operation to the new team. The AIC ended amidst slogans welcoming and congratulating the newly elected office-bearers.
Thus the Bhopal AIC ended with a change of team. The old reformist leadership was defeated and a new set of office-bearers with V.A.N.Namboodiri as President and Moni Bose as General Secretary were elected to the leadership of the biggest union in telecom. (to be continued).
10 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in General
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The Employees State Insurance Corporation ha decided to extend the health benefits to the lakhs of construction workers.
“The Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has approved extending benefits of the ESI scheme to workers deployed on construction sites from August 1, 2015,” said an official of the ESI.
This is certainly a welcome step. It is not understood why the benefit was not extended earlier?
09 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in BSNL News
The government has imposed total penalty of 10.80 crore on telecom operators for exceeding prescribed electronic frequency (EMF) limits, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
According to the statement, the maximum penalty of Rs 2.15 crore was imposed on Bharti Airtel, followed by Rs 1.80 crore on Vodafone, Rs 1.65 crore on Reliance and Rs 1.45 crore on Tata Teleservices. A penalty of Rs 95 lakh was imposed on Idea, Rs 90 lakh on Aircel, Rs 70 lakh on BSNL, Rs 55 lakh on Loop, Rs 15 lakh on MTNL, Rs 5 lakh on Sistema Shyam Teleservices, Rs 35 lakh on Uninor and Rs 10 lakh on Videocon.
He said that during 2015-16 (upto May 31), 6 base tower stations (BTSs) were found exceeding the prescribed radiation limit on actual testing. The number of towers exceeding the limit stood at 103 in 2012-13 and 77 in 2013-14, while none of the towers were found to exceed the limit in 2014-15. (Courtesy: Financial Express)
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