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61 years after Bank Nationalisation

20 Saturday Jun 2020

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14 Private banks were nationalised on 19th July 1969 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. All the banks grew in size and provided the back bone for the banking sector. More banks were nationalised later. It was these banks which helped  the country to tide over the 2007 world recession.

Modi government has merged many of these nationalised banks reducing them from 26 to 12. This is a step towards reprivatisation of the banks as in the case of many PSUs.

A mighty struggle of the workers and the political parties is required to stop the bank privatisation.

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Defence Employees towards strike against proposal to corporatise Ordnance factories. Press release by AIDEF, INDWF, BPMS.

03 Wednesday Jun 2020

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Defence Federation conducts Strike Ballot and 82,000 Defence Civilian Employees of 41 Ordnance Factories Will Go For an Indefinite Strike against the Decision of the Government to Convert 219 years old Indian Ordnance Factories into a Corporation / PSU

ALL INDIA DEFENCE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
INDIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE WORKERS FEDERATION
BHARTIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH
(RECOGNIZED FEDERATIONS OF DEFENCE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES)

JOINT PRESS RELEASE FOR FAVOUR OF PUBLICATION

82,000 Defence Civilian Employees of 41 Ordnance Factories Will Go For an Indefinite Strike against the Decision of the Government to Convert 219 years old Indian Ordnance Factories into a Corporation / PSU

The Federations oppose the decision of the government to convert Army base workshops in to GOCO model and abolition of vacancies in MES and Army Units !

Strike Ballot to be taken all over the country between 08.06.2020 to 17.06.2020

The 3 Recognised Federations (AIDEF, INDWF & BPMS) of the Trade Unions of the 82,000 Defence Civilian Employees working in the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories have taken a decision to go ahead with the preparations for an indefinite strike against the arbitrary, illegal and unjustified decision taken by the Government to corporatise the most strategic Ordnance Factories. This decision of the Government announced by the Finance Minister during the 4th Tranche of the Rs.20 lakh crore financial relief to meet the COVID-19 economic crisis under “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abiyan” is against the agreement between the recognised Federations and the Ministry of Defence in the past. Former Defence Minister late. George Fernandez, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee, Shri. A.K.Antony and late Manohar Parrikar have given written commitments that the Ordnance Factories would not be corporatised. The present decision of the Government is against all these assurances and agreements.

Apart from the above when the present Government included the subject of Corporatization of Ordnance Factories in its 100 days agenda, the Federations opposed the move of the Government and called for a one month strike which commenced on 20-8-2019. During the 5th day of the strike based on the direction given by the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) a settlement was reached with the then Secretary (DP) and present Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar wherein he has assured that no final decision has been taken by the Government with regard to Corporatization of OFB. Based on his assurance that a High Level Official Committee (HLOC) will be constituted to study the possibility of the OFB achieving Rs. 30,000 crores production target in the present setup, the Strike was deferred.

Since, there was a dispute between the Federations and the Government with regard to the terms of reference the Federations represented to the Honourable Defence Minister during October 2019 to intervene and change the terms of reference of the HLOC. However without considering the pending representation of the Federations, taking advantage of the COVID-19 lock down the Government have arbitrarily made the announcement that OFB will be Corporatised and will be listed in the Share Market

Government Decision to convert Ordnance Factories into Corporation hurts 82000 Employees
The above decision of the Government has hurt the 82,000 employees, since all these employees were engaged in manufacturing of all types of PPE’s required for the Doctors, Nurses and Para medical staff for fighting against the COVID-19 spread. They have taken risk of their life and were working throughout the COVID-19 lockdown. The Government instead of recognising their service to the Country have taken a major decision to convert this War industry as a PSU and thereafter to privatise the same.

This decision of the Government is against the Defence preparedness and National security of our country. Moreover it will overnight change the service conditions of the 82,000 employees and their status as Central Government employees which will be snatched away. In spite of our repeated representation to the Defence Minister and the Defence Production Secretary there is no positive response and hence the Federations are left with no other option than to go for an Indefinite Strike demanding the Government to withdraw its decision to Corporatize the Ordnance Factories. The date of the Commencement of the Indefinite Strike will be decided after the completion of the Strike Ballot which is scheduled between 8-6-2020 to 17-6-2020 throughout the country.

The Federations also are opposing the decision taken by the Government against other Defence Industries like MES, and EME. While 9304 vacancies in MES the Army Base Workshops under EME are being handed over to Private Sector in the name of GOCO Model. The Federations have already opposed the move and we will be separately deciding for serious Trade Union Action programme in these Defence Units also. The Federations also oppose the decision of the Government for allowing 74% FD] in Defence production.

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Centre misuse Covid situation to privatise maximum PSUs

17 Sunday May 2020

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The Central govt is misusing the Covid situation to implement its corporate agenda of privatisation of the strategic and non-strategic PSUs in wholesale. FDI is increased in many sectors. More than four PSUs will not be allowed in the same sector. What will happen to the oil PSUs, PSU Banks etc. This is completely against the interest of the nation and its people.

The Central Trade Unions have expressed strong protest and is moving for action.

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Covid 19 package of Centre – Privatisation of all assets.

16 Saturday May 2020

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Covid 19 used to sell PSUs and govt assets.

Airports, Mines, Electricity, ISRO, Defence production, other public services proposed to be privatised. FDI increased.

National assets being handed over to private to amass wealth for super rich and corporates.
‘ Public sector, temples of modern India’ – Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister.
‘ PSUs are born to die’ Mody government.

Resist and defeat the ill move of the Mody Government.

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Dept of Posts outsource Postal functions – Strong protest by NFPE

08 Friday May 2020

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The Department of Posts has issued orders for outsourcing of important customer care services like Booking of Registered and Speed post articles, eMO, acceptance of deposits in Post office Savings Bank accounts and Acceptance of PLI and RPLI proposals and premiums to a private company. The company will function in the Post Office itself. This is as per the privatization, liberalisation policy of the government. A major portion  of the Post office work will be privatised this way.

NFPE has strongly protested and demanded that the outsourcing should be withdrawn.

 

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Organise Dharna/Demonstrations on 7th January in support of 8th January Strike – AIBDPA

06 Monday Jan 2020

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AIBDPA has called upon its units to organise dharna / demonstrations on 7th January in support of the One day General Strike on 8th January called by the Central trade Unions, except BMS, against the anti-worker, anti-people policies of the govt. including denial of minimum wage, privatisation of central PSUs, taking away of hard won gains through sustained struggles etc.

Implement the programme successfully.

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Save the Public Sector

29 Friday Mar 2019

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Public Sector units, whether under the control of Central or State governments, are started with important aims and objectives like providing satisfactory essential services to the people at low cost, providing infrastructure in the various core sectors, catering to the national important sectors like defence, telecom, airways, railways et. etc.  as also providing jobs to the youth. About 270 PSUs were there in the central government and probably more under the  various state governments. These PSUs served the cause of the nation. They were the backbone of the government.

But unfortunately, after 1980s, and especially from 1990 onwards, the central government, based on the liberalisation, globalisation, privatisation policy (LPG), started discriminating the public sector for the private sector. Through various ways, the PSUs were made weak, loss making and then  started closing, selling  or privatising them. The government lost valuable PSUs and sold them at throw away prices. The corruption involved in these transactions are well known. Both the UPA and NDA governments continued with the same anti-PSU policy. The were selling the valuable assets of the country and the people to the corporates.

The main job of the NITI Ayog, the institution formed in place of the Planning Commission demolished by the Modi Government, is to select the PSUs for closure or privatisation. Already many PSUs like HMT, ITI, Air India, BSNL, MTNL, BEL are in the list for closure or privatisation citing loss. But many profitable PSUs are also in the list.

If the BJP led NDA comes in to power for the next term also, it is certain that most of the PSUs, whether Navaratna, Mini Ratna or otherwise will be sold or privatised. The undue favour being shown to the Ambanis, Adanis etc.  clearly shows this trend.

It is time that all the managements of the PSUs, the unions/associations of these PSUs should come together, discuss the future of the PSUs and how to defend the Public Sector. Already the Central trade Unions and the Central Public Sector Trade Unions (CPSTU) are on the job. But this work has to be accelerated, strengthened and a strong and sustained struggles organised, if the PSUs are to be saved.

In contrast to the policies of the central government, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala led by Com. Pinarayi Vijayan as the Chief Minister, is making all out efforts to strengthen the Public Sector and provide more jobs to the jobless youth. Out of the 44 PSUs, all of which were loss making during the UDF government, 15 are already made to profit making, and maximum efforts are put to bring the other PSUs also profit making. New workers are recruited.

The CPI(M) in its election manifesto has focussed the necessity of strengthening the PSUs, which are the valuable assets of the nation and which can provide many jobs.

One is a policy against the interests of the common people and the workers, and the other is a people-worker oriented policy. The election gives a chance for each and every individual to cast his vote without fear or favour.

 

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Kerala Chief Minister against privatisation of Airports

09 Friday Nov 2018

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Com.Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister Kerala expressed his strong protest against the privatisation of six airports, including Thiruvananthapuram and demanded that the proposal be dropped. he supported the Airport Employees Union in their struggle against privatisation.

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Privatisation of 6 more Airports

09 Friday Nov 2018

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AAI, Airport privatisation, PPA

 

All the airports in the country were under the government managed by the Airport Authority of India. As part of the new economic policy and so called liberalisation, the biggest and most revenue earning airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hydeabad and Kochi were handed over to private companies. The proposal to privatise Kolkatta and Chennai could not be implemented due to strong protests by the people and employees.

The privatisation under PPP ( Public Private Participation) is justified, that it will improve operation, management and development and the AAI / Government has not sufficient funds. This is only a lame excuse. The real intention is to hand over these airports to privatise to accumulate their wealth and make huge profits. Though some improvements are made, which AAI can also do efficiently, the charges for all services in the privatised airports have gone sky high with prices of coffee, tea, tiffins, meals as also prices of other commodities. While coffee/tea are available at nominal prices in the AAI controlled Kolkatta and Chennai airports, the passenger has to pay more than double of that amount in Mumbai and Delhi. Further, the corporates are getting huge rents for the buildings in and around the airports, which naturally would have been that of AAI.

Now, the Central Cabinet has decided to privatise six more profit earning Airports viz. Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru. The profit of AAI will further be reduced due to this decision. After some time, it will be only loss making airports under the operation of the AAI.

This privatisation of airports has to be resisted and defeated in the interests of the people, the passengers and the employees.

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