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TWO DAYS STRIKE COMPLETE SUCCESS – HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS!

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

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BSNL employees have once again shown that they will do everything possible to save BSNL. The example is before us. The Two Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 has been a complete success with maximum participation by the employees, both executives and non-executives. Sufficient time was given to the BSNL Management and the government to discuss and sort out the matter. Though BSNL Management held discussion with the Forum, former could not assure  anything since almost all the issues are to be decided by the  DOT/Minister.

The SAVE BSNL Campaign has reached crore of people. About 35 lakhs signature have been collected for the Memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister. More are coming from the circles/SSAs/Branches. These are all being sent to Prime Minister. In places like Kerala our employees have organised hundreds of meetings in rural areas and reached the ordinary people in support of the BSNL. Many circles have taken their own method for reaching the people. The BSNL Casual and Contract Workers, who are also a party to the 2 Days Strike has campaigned well, despite threat from the contractors and management that they will be retrenched.

But there has been no discussion, no settlement. This is a strange situation. If issues are not discussed and settled, the Forum will be compelled to organise further struggles including strike. Let us be ready for the same.

I take this opportunity to thank all the employees for the excellent strike.

LET US MARCH AHEAD WITH DETERMINATION AND COURAGE TO SAVE BSNL.

MP raises BSNL Strike issue in Parliament

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Com.Sankar Prasad Datta, Member of Parliament (CPIM) from Tripura raised the issue of Two Days BSNL Strike in the Parliament today at zero hour.  He explained the demands of the BSNL Workers and pressed that the demands of the employees be accepted.

Forum expresses its thanks to Com. Sankar Datta for supporting and taking up our issues in the Parliament.

BSNL Strike started with Full Participation

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

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The 2 Days Strike of BSNL Employees on 21-22 April 2015 has started with full participation of the 2.25 lakh employees, including non-executives and executives.

The strike started from 00.00 hours. The telephone exchanges and telecom offices are completely closed in many places all over India.  Thousands of employees are demonstrating in front of major offices/exchanges raising the demands for revival of BSNL.

The BSNL Casual and Contract workers are also in strike for revival of BSNL and also their own demands like implementation of minimum wage etc.

AIBDPA, NFPE, Confederation of CG Employees and Workers, BEFI, AIIEA and many other sister organisations have participated in the demonstrations declaring support and solidarity to the striking BSNL Workers. We thank them all.

Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, National Convener and other leaders of the Forum attended and addressed the striking workers at Corporate Office and NTR Circle in Delhi.

Congratulations to the BSNL employees and Casual and Contract Workers, who have made the strike a complete success.

AIIEA supports 2 Days Strike of BSNL employees on 21-22 April 2015

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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Com. V.Ramesh, General Secretary, All India Insurance Employees Association, the mighty union of the LIC employees, have extended its support and solidarity to the two days strike of BSNL Employees on 21-22 April 2015 for the Revival of BSNL. We thank AIIEA for the support. The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations have sought their support in the struggle. The copy of the letter is given below: ALL INDIA INSURANCE EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION LIC BUILDING  SECRETARIAT ROADHYDERABAD  500063 Email: aiieahyd@gmail.com   PRESIDENT:                                                                                                                   Phone: 040-23244595 AMANULLA KHAN GENERAL SECRETARY:

  1. RAMESH

17th April, 2015. To All Zonal General Secretaries & Secretary, Standing Committee (GI)   Dear Comrades, Express Solidarity to BSNL Employees’ Strike BSNL Casual and Contract Workers’ Federation issued strike notice to the BSNL management and DoT for strike on 21 and 22nd April, 2015. The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has given call for two days strike during the same days. The strike call is given to “SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION” andto revive the public sector BSNL.  The employees while deploring the attitude of management/government are demandingto take necessary steps for procuring sufficient equipment to improve the service and paving way for expansion and development of this public sector. Apart from the above demand the employees are also demanding the regularization of left out casual labour and contract workers and implementation of social security measures like EPF, ESI, and Gratuityetc. to these workers. AIIEA while extending its solidarity to the two days strike of BSNL employees on 21st and 22nd April, 2015 urges the BSNL management to respond positively to the demands of the employees. We call upon all our units to extend support to theBSNL employees’ strike rally across the country in coordination with BSNL Unions/Associations. With greetings, Comradely yours, General Secretary.

Conciliation by the Chief Labour Commissioner on strike notice issued by Forum

09 Thursday Apr 2015

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Conciliation by the Chief Labour Commissioner on strike notice issued by Forum

The conciliation meeting called by the Chief Labour Commissioner was held today, 09th April 2015, at the Committee Room of the labour ministry in Shram Shakti Bhawan. Chief Labour Commissioner,  Shri P.P.Mitra  presided. Other senior labour officers were present. From the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations, almost all the unions/associations were represented.  Officers from the DOT and BSNL including Sr GM (SR), GM (Estt.), GM(Admn) and GM(Restructuring) were present.

After self introduction by all, the Forum leaders were asked to present the case. The 20 point demands of the strike notice were very effectively presented by the Forum leaders. Almost all the comrades participated in presenting the issues.

The issue of refund of Rs. 6,700 crore for surrendered spectrum, Rs.1,250 due  in lieu of ADC already allotted, the urgent need to procure equipments, making it mandatory for Central /State governments/PSUs to take BSNL connections, financial assistance to BSNL as assured at the time of corporatisation through ADC, refund of licence charges, compensation for loss making connections, liberal support from USO Fund, no to merger of BSNL and MTNL, no formation of tower company, need to merge BBNL with BSNL, Pension Revision, Pension contribution on the basis of actual pay instead of maximum of the pay scale, transfer of assets to BSNL, 78.2% IDA fixation for pensioners, 30% superannuation benefits to BSNL recruited employees etc.etc. were presented by the union leaders in a very effective way.

The Director who spoke on behalf of DOT only stated that efforts are being made to pay the refund of the spectrum charges of Rs.6,700 crore and the Rs. 1,250 crore in lieu of ADC. The Management representatives could not give any satisfactory reply on the demands.

The issues of the casual & contract workers were explained by the leaders of BSNLCCWF, who were also invited to the meeting on the strike notice issued for 21-22 April by the BSNLCCWF.

The CLC requested the Forum leaders to defer the two days strike in view of the conciliation and the information given by the DOT and BSNL management representatives.

Since there has been no progress on the issues, the question of deferment does not arise.

Full preparations are to be made for the complete success of the strike. The next meeting of the Forum will be held at 03.00 PM on 20th April 2015.

SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION!

 

 

 

 

Parliament March on 28th April 2015 by the Central Government Employees

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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A March to Parliament by the Central Government employees, including Railways, Defence and Postal will be held on 28th April 2015 on the demands raised by the Confederation and other Federations. The demands include VII CPC recommendations to be effected from 01-01-2014, Merger of DA with Pay, Interim Relief, Stop FDI in Railways and Defence, No corporatisation of Postal Services etc.

We fully support the struggle of the Central Government employees.

BSNLEU – All India Conferences and Central Executive Committee Meetings

06 Monday Apr 2015

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BSNL EMPLOYEES UNION – AICs & CECs (2001- 2014)

BSNL Employees Union has always been functioning democratically and has held its All India conferences and Central Executive Committees in time. A list of the AICs and CECs/Office bearers meeting /Central Secretariat Meetings are given till AIC Kolkata November 2014.

I . First All India Conference (Founding Conference) at Visakhapatnam 21-22 March 2001.

CEC Meetings: (1) New Delhi 26-05-2001  (2)  Kolkata 13-15 September 2001 (3) Delhi 28-02-2002 (4) Mandya  08-04-2002  (5) Aurangabad 3-5 August 2002 (6) Kolkata 26-27 October 2002

II. Second All India Conference at Lucknow 2-5 June 2003

CEC Meetings: (7) New Delhi 25-26 August 2003 (8) Hyderabad 20-21 January 2004 (9) Pondicherry  17-19 July 2004  (10) New Delhi 09-10 December 2004  (11) Ludhiana 07-09 March 2005 (12) Pune 15-17 June 2005  (13) Kanyakumari 21-22 October 2005

III. Third All India Conference at Guwahati  26-29 January 2006

CEC Meetings: (14)  Calicut  21-23 August 2006  (15) Bijapur 6-8 February 2007  (16) Bhubaneswar 21-23 August 2007

IV. Fourth All India Conference at Mumbai 13-16 February 2008

CEC Meetings: (17) New Delhi 21-22 July 2008  (18) Kolkata 3-5 November 2008  (19) New Delhi 05-06 March 2009  (20) Mysore  27-29 August 2009  (21)  Bhopal 14-16 February 2010

V. Fifth All India Conference at Thiruvananthapuram 12-15 May 2010

CEC Meetings : (22) Nagpur 27-29 September 2010  (23) Chennai 22-24 March 2011 (24) Jaipur 16-18 September 2011 (25) New Delhi 22-23 March 2012

VI. Sixth All India Conference at Ludhiana 25-28 September 2012

CEC Meetings: (26)Warangal 26-28 February 2013 (27) Kolkata 7-9 July 2013 (28) Rajkot 7-9 February 2014 (29) New Delhi (Central Secretariat) 26-08-2014.

VII. Seventh All India Conference Kolkata 6-9 November 2014

CEC Meetings: (30) New Delhi (Central Secretariat) 26-02-2015

In addition one CEC meeting each at the time of the All India Conference place also have been held.

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SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION – (2) – Compensation for loss making connections

26 Thursday Mar 2015

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At the time of the corporatisation of DOT services to BSNL in October 2000, the government gave three main assurances to ensure its financial viability. (1) Access Deficit Charges (ADC) will be collected from the private telecom companies and the same will be paid to BSNL (2) BSNL have to pay licence fee just like other telecom companies, but the same will be refunded to it and (3) There will be liberal support from the USO Fund for providing universal service (means providing telephone connections in the village and rural areas as part of the governments commitment to provide universal service).  It was also declared at the time of inauguration of BSNL by the then Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan that BSNL will be granted the status of Maharatna, which is above Mini Ratna and Navaratna status.

For a few years, ADC was collected and paid to BSNL. Later it was topped. In lieu of it an amount of Rs.1,500 crore was sanctioned and paid in 2011-12 and  an amount of Rs. 1,250 crore was allotted for 2012-13. But so far this latter amount is not paid to BSNL. ADC is completely stopped also.

In the same way, for a few years, the Licence Fee paid by BSNL was refunded. Now the refund is not given.

Though USO Fund was being paid to BSNL, it was far less than required. Approximately an amount of about Rs. 3,000 crore was being received by USOF from all the telecom companies together, but only about an amount of Rs. 200-300 was being paid to BSNL. The fund got accumulated to more than Rs.20,000 crore. Now all the companies are made eligible for USOF and BSNL is getting only a small portion.

With regard to grant of Maharatna, BSNL is granted only Mini Ratna, which in fact, is an insult to such a big company.

By going back from the assurances on financial viability and grant of Maharatna status, which gives more power to the PSU to take decisions etc., the government was making BSNL a loss making company. BSNL is in loss of about Rs. 10,000 crore for providing services in the interior and difficult areas. If the government fully compensate this loss, then the company will be in profit.

The Forum demands that the Government should honour its assurances and continue the support already assured at the time of the formation of BSNL. This is a major demand of the Forum included in the notice for Strike on 21-22 April 2015.

BSNL Casual and Contract Workers on strike on 21-22 April 2015.

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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BSNL Employees as per call of Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations are going on strike on 21-22 April demanding steps for the revival of BSNL.

On the same issue as also on the issue of casual and contract workers, BSNL CCWF has also given strike notice for the same days.

Leaders of Forum, Unions, Associations and Casual and Contract Workers Association should co-ordinate together and make the strike a big success.

This is a ‘Do or Die’ situation. Unity in struggle is most important.

Delhi observes BSNLEU Day

23 Monday Mar 2015

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A meeting of the NTR Comrades was held at New Delhi to celebrate BSNLEU Day at the Union office. Com. Malhotra, Vice-President, NTR Circle presided. Com.R.S.Chauhan, Circle Secretary, NTR Circle welcomed. The house stood in silence paying homage to the Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. Com.VAN Namboodiri, Patron, BSNLEU spoke in brief about the great traditiion of BSNLEU, the struggles and achievements etc. He also called upon the workers to ensure maximum participation in the strike. Many comrades raised questions which were answered by Com. Namboodiri.