08 Monday Oct 2012
Posted in General
Dear Friends and well wishers,
I am glad to inform that my blog vannamboodiri.wordpress.com has been changed to vannamboodiri.com for the convenience and brevity. I hope you also like it. Thank You!
With Best Regards,
VAN Namboodiri
08 Monday Oct 2012
The All India Conference of BSNLEU has taken a very important and historic decision to organise “BSNL Casual/Contract/Unrecorded Workers Day” on 1st November 2012. There are 3348 casual labours, as per government, in BSNL who are yet to be regularised due to administrative delay. Now the BSNL management is denying regularisation on the plea of a judgement in the Supreme Court. But based on the same judgment casual workers have been regularised in Central Govt. and other PSUs. There are about one lakh contract and unrecorded workers. These casual and contract workers are denied Minimum Wage, social security measures like EPF, ESI and in many cases their names are not even recorded. BSNLEU and the newly formed organisation of BSNL Casual and Contract Workers have been organising sustained agitations for getting the demands settled.
Now the Ludhiana AIC of BSNLEU has taken decision to strengthen the struggle and called upon all its units to organise “BSNL Casual/Contract/Unrecorded Workers Day” on 1st November 2012 focussing the demands and organising demonstrations rallies etc. BSNLCCWF will be fully joining in the programme. BSNLEU deserves congratulations for organising a programme on the demands of the Casual/Contract/Unrecorded workers alone.
Let all make maximum efforts to make the programme a big success with massive participation. BSNL management can not avoid settlement of the justified right of the workers.
08 Monday Oct 2012
Posted in TU News - India
All India Railwaymens Federation (AIRF) has decided to organise One Day Hunger Strike on 9th October 2012 demanding settlement of urgent demands pertaining to the pay and allowances etc. More than one lakh Railway workers will participate in the dharna according to Com. Shiv Gopal Sharma, Secretary General AIRF. The Federation is also protesting against the FDI in Pension.
08 Monday Oct 2012
Posted in News
Hugo Chavez has been elected again as the President of Venezuela for the fourth time with majority. As per latest information with 90% votes counted he has got 54% which ensures his election. His rival, supported by US and all imperialist countries with money and propaganda got only 46% only.
Hugo Chavez, after becoming President for the first time 14 years back has implemented many schemes benefitting the common people and workers. He nationalised American oil companies to the anger of the imperialist countries. He organised the Caribbean countries against US imperialism and supported Cuba. He had become the thorn in the eyes of US. Theis election again is a big defeat for the US.
The Venezuelan people celebrated the victory of Huge Chavez in a big way by singing and dancing in the streets. Hearty Congratulations to Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan people!
07 Sunday Oct 2012
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation
ITS absorption /repatriation issue is pending without settlement for 12 years, especially for the last 7 years after the initial deputation period was over. It is a trauma affecting the good governance of BSNL. The tragedy is that those who have to settle are not interested in the future of BSNL. Despite Delhi High Court’s clear orders with a dead line of 30th September, the issue remains unsettled. It seems that the government and the BSNL management is more interested in safeguarding the interests of a few thousands of ITS officers more than the interests of BSNL, the Nation and that of lakhs of workers who depend upon this organisation.
As such, the agitational programmes decided by the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations are fully justified and necessary. The first programme is Lunch Hour Demonstration on 11th October and sending savingrams to Prime Minister with copy to Communications minister, Cabinet Secretary, Secretary DOT and CMD BSNL.
Make the action a big success with all the Branch Unions of all unions sending the savingrams and organising demonstrations at the SSA/Circle/C.O levels as called by the Forum.
07 Sunday Oct 2012
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners
The General Secretary of the All India BSNL – DOT Pensioners Association (AIBDPA), Com.K.G.Jayaraj has, in a statement, strongly protested against the Cabinet decision on bringing 49% FDI in the Pension Sector. There is no need at all to bring FDI in this sector. Already the pension corpus is having lakhs of crores of rupees. It is only to capture this corpus by the corporates and MNCs that the FDI in this sector is decided.
Entry of such MNCs and Corporates in the Euro countries and US had disastrous results. The Pension Funds were put in the market and during the recession, everything was lost. Millions of pensioners lost their entire life savings in the recession. This is what is going to happen if the FDI comes in pension sector. The pension is in danger. We have to oppose and fight against this anti-worker decision.
AIBDPA has called for organising protest demonstrations on 8th October 2012 as the immediate action. All pensioners should actively participate and make the demonstration a big success.
07 Sunday Oct 2012
Posted in General
Government of India has increased the FDI in multibrand retail to 49% by a cabinet decision, which it could not pass in the Parliament due to stiff opposition not only from the opposition parties but also from its own allies. The government wants MNCs like Walmart to come to India and invest in the retail market.
Who or what is this Wal-Mart, whose name always comes first when mentioning retail trade?
It is the biggest retail trader in the world. But it is much more than that. It is the company with largest revenue in US with $ 421 billion. Its nearest rivals are Exxon Mobile with $ 354.6 billion, Chevron with $ 196.3 billion and General Electrics with 151.6 billion. Compare this with India’s Reliance Industries with $ 76 billion. Wal-Mart’s grocery sales alone comes to $ 129 billion.
Its GDP is the 25th in the world more than the GDPs of 170 countries. It has got manpower of more than 21 lakhs, much more than Indian railways, which is around 13 lakhs. Indian Army is considered to be 13.25 lakhs.
Wal-Mart has destroyed the retail trades in many countries. Now it is going to enter on a large-scale to India, the second largest populated country in the world. What will happen to the 4 crore of small traders and their families coming to about 10 crore? Lakhs of farmers committed suicide after the MNCs came in the sector. Now what will the suicide numbers on the retail sector?
UPA II government is not worried. They are celebrating the success of the top reforms which will only benefit the corporates and the ruling class.
These anti-people policies and decisions have to be defeated by sustained joint struggles and massive agitations. (with input from ET)
07 Sunday Oct 2012
Posted in General, P&T TU History
The Oil Companies have once again raised the price of cooking gas. It is now rs. 11 or 12 for a cylinder depending upon the place. The subsidised cylinder will now cost Rs. 410 and non-subsidised Rs. 890 in Delhi. It is stated by the oil companies that this increase for increasing the commission to be paid to the agents. The government is simply looking and enjoying. Those wha are rich, they can pay. What about the lower middle class and the poor ? From where they will find out the money for every day increasing prices of all commodities.Increase of price in any petroleum product will increase the price of all other commodities.
The government continues its attacks on the people in order to bolster the so-called economy, the maximisation of profits of the corporates.
05 Friday Oct 2012
Posted in India Left
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The UPA government has decided to raise the cap for foreign direct investment in the insurance sector from the current 26 per cent to 49 per cent. The Cabinet has also decided to allow 49 per cent FDI in pension funds. These measures announced by the Union Cabinet will make India’s finance sector more vulnerable to speculative finance capital.
The decision to allow FDI in pension funds will jeopardize the savings of millions of employees in the country.
The Polit Bureau appeals to the people to oppose these anti-people measures. The PB also appeals to political parties to defeat these measures when they are brought before parliament.
05 Friday Oct 2012
Posted in TU News - India
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