13 Friday Mar 2015
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The Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the Lok Sabha today that there is no proposal to close down the MTNL to the questions raised by the M.P.s. The MPs raised the questions after the the Minister for Heavy Industries Anant Geete has told the house that MTNL has been declared as sick.
The question is not about the closure. The question, Mr. Minister, is how you are going to revive MTNL; How you are going to revive BSNL?
12 Thursday Mar 2015
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Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that there is no move to close down MTNL. Yesterday the MOS Heavy Industry had stated that MTNL is declared sick.
12 Thursday Mar 2015
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What CAG stated in his report about the 2G scam is proving true. Spectrum is costly. By the 9th day of the bids, the amount has crossed Rs. 1.02 lakh crore.
The government getting this windfall charges should allot at least Rs.10,000 crore for the revival of BSNL.
07 Saturday Mar 2015
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Notice for strike on 21-22 April 2015 by the BSNL Non-Executives and Executives will be served on the BSNL Management on 12th March 2015. It has been decided by the Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations of Non-Executives and Executives to organise massive demonstrations on the day at the Corporate Office Delhi and also in the circles and SSAs. Participation of maximum number of workers should be ensured so as to warn the management about the participation in the strike. The report of the demonstrations should be sent to the All India Unions/ Forum.
TOWARDS THE STRIKE ON 21-22 APRIL TO DEFEND AND REVIVE BSNL
GOVERNMENT AND MANAGEMENT SHOULD ENSURE JUSTICE TO BSNL
SAVE BSNL – SAVE NATION
07 Saturday Mar 2015
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Provisional bids value at India’s telecom spectrum auction reached Rs 77,000 crore with seventeenth rounds on Friday.
On Friday, eight telecom operators — Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Tata Teleservices, Uninor, Idea Cellular and Aircel attended the six fresh rounds of bidding. (Press Reports)
05 Thursday Mar 2015
The BSNL has a debt of Rs. 4,459 crore and MTNL Rs. 14,120 crore as on 2013-14, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Parliament on 4th March 2013. The total debt of all the telecom operators including the private will come to 2.42 lakh crore.
At the same time, the FDI in telecom sector has increased from$ 177.69 million in 2000-01 to $ 2.66 billion in 2014 taking to a total of FDI $ 16.83 billion.
While the private operators through FDI has got $ 16.83 billion in about 14 years, BSNL has not got any tangible help from government, but even the Rs. 40,000 crore was taken away by it putting BSNL with no money to purchase equipment. The government action is not accidental, it is a well planned one.
While the government make funds available for private companies through FDI, it takes away all the funds from BSNL creating such a situation that it can not purchase equipment and expand.
This crony capitalism has to be defeated.
02 Monday Mar 2015
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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
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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
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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!
28 Saturday Feb 2015
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The postponement of the Strike from 17th March to Two Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 has given sufficient time for the BSNL Unions and their workers to continue the Save BSNL Campaign and propaganda amongst the people. The last date for the Signature Campaign on the Memorandum to the Prime Minister has been extended to 31st March.
This is an opportunity to fulfill the target of one crore signatures in the Memorandum. Those circles, who have not yet completed their target of signatures can immediately start and and ensure completion and forward it to National Convener, Forum at New Delhi so as to reach before 31st March 2015.
Hold Conventions at SSA level and joint General Body meetings at Branch level continued by meeting each and every worker and convincing the need for participation in the Two Days Strike. Make the strike 100% success. The strike is to ensure the future of BSNL and its workers as also to save the nation.
SAVE BSNL – SAVE NATION
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