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3 Days Dharna by BSNL Employees – Wake up Call to Government, BSNL Management

06 Tuesday Jan 2015

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The Wake Up Call to the BSNL Management and the Government has been given by the BSNL Employees, by starting the 3 days dharna  on 6th January 2015 in right earnest.

As per the call of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations of non-Executives and Executives, massive dharnas were held in all the SSAs and Circles as also Corporate Office, Delhi.  Hundreds of workers participated in important centres. The speakers focused on the demands raised by the Forum for the Revival of BSNL. ‘SAVE NATION – SAVE BSNL’  was the main focus, demanding the government and the BSNL Management to take immediate action to procure the necessary requirements for a better service to the customers.

The Dharna will continue for the next two days. Our Hearty Congratulations to all the participants in the dharna!

Support and solidarity to Coal Workers Strike.

05 Monday Jan 2015

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Five lakh coal workers are going on strike for 5 days from tomorrow, 6th January 2015, against the government decision to de-nationalisation of Coal sector and grant of coal block allotment to the private sector. The Coal sector unions have boycotted the talks called by the government, since the latter is going with the privatisation programme. An Ordinance which  inter alia moves for privatisation/disinvestment is already issued. This big rofit making sector is going to be gifted to the corporates. It can not be allowed.

This is not a fight of the coal workers and their unions alone. It is a fight of the entire working class in the country against the neo-liberalisation, which brings more and more misery to the workers and common people.

The Central Trade Unions have called upon all the unions/associations to extend support and solidarity to the striking workers by holding demonstrations and sending FAX messages to the Prime Minister and Coal Minister demanding immediate withdrawal of the Ordinance and supporting the Coal Workers Strike.

The BSNL workers fully support the coal workers struggle and extend solidarity and support!

Govt. approves Ordinance for 49% FDI in Insurance

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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As we stated earlier, the government is bent upon pushing the so called ‘reforms’ in the Insurance sector by increasing the FDI from 26% to 49%. This is being much pressed by the MNCs and corporates for a long time. Now they have got a government who are prepared to satisfy them. And lo! US President is also visiting India at the time of Republic Day.

Though the Insurance Amendment Bill could not be passed in the Rajya Sabha, the NDA government is not bothered. Now the cabinet has approved the ordinance to be issued in lieu of passing the Act. Corporates, MNCs and president Obama will be very happy.

Cabinet has also adopted ordinance on the Coal block allotment which was also pending.

We strongly oppose both the ordinances, which are only in the interests of the corporates and big business.

 

 

DOT fails to get stay on TDSAT decision on penalty issue to private telecom operators

22 Monday Dec 2014

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The Supreme court on 18th December denied stay on the decision of the TDSAT to cancel the penalty of Rs. 1,200 crore imposed on the private telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea for illegally providing 3G services in the circles, where they did not get the spectrum through auction. The service was provided by them through agreements with other private companies. This was opposed by DOT as illegal and imposed the penalty. But the TDSAT, on appeal gave the decision to allow the roaming. It was against this decision that DOT filed the appeal in the Supreme Court.

The present decision is subject to the final judgment of the Supreme Court which is yet to be delivered.

It is alleged that DOT /BSNL who have much to lose in the TDSAT decision, have not effectively dealt with the case.

Coal India Management ready for discussion with Unions

22 Monday Dec 2014

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The Coal India Limited management has stated that they are ready to talk with the unions on the issues of Strike given notice of by the unions. The Unions in CIL has jointly given notice for strike from 6th January 2015.

The charter of demands include stopping or withdrawing “process of denationalisation of coal sector” and stopping “disinvestment, restructuring of CIL” (Coal India), among others. The demands also include extending the National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA) wages and other benefits to existing and prospective captive coal workers and lifting the ban on general recruitment. Regularising contract workers engaged in mining jobs in underground as well as open cast mines is another demand.

Earlier, the proposed strike on November 24 by CIL employee unions was deferred after a meeting between the Coal Ministry officials and trade unions.

RINL chosen for Best PSU Award

22 Monday Dec 2014

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Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the steel plant at Visakhapatnam has been selected for the Best Public Sector Organisation Award – 2014 by the Quality Circle Forum of India. The RINL is getting this award for the seventh time.

Our Hearty Congratulations to the workers and management of RINL for their excellent performance and winning the award.

Selling of Family Silver – How much already sold.

22 Monday Dec 2014

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As per a report in the Business Line today, during the last 4 financial years the government has already sold shares of profitable PSUs worth Rs. 75,813 crores as shown below:

2010-11 : Rs. 22,144 crore

2011-12 : Rs. 13,894 crore

2012-13 : Rs. 23,956 crore

2013-14 : Rs. 15,819 crore

Total       : Rs. 75,813 crore

In this Financial year Rs. 1,700 crores worth share has already been sold and more are going to be sold.

Maximum profit and benefit are for the corporates and the rich who buy the shares and not the government or the people.

Another Disinvestment – 5% of SAIL for Disinvestment in January 2015

22 Monday Dec 2014

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Disinvestment process goes on. Within a few years all the assets of the people will be sold to the corporates and rich by the Government, who is only the manager. Now it is the turn of the SAIL, Steel Authority of India Limited, a good profit company.

5% of the shares, coming to  42.77 crores of shares  worth Rs.14,,900 crore will be disinvested. The present 68.94% shares of SAIL will come down to 63.94%.

SAVE BSNL – SAVE NATION – All unions approached

21 Sunday Dec 2014

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As per the decisions of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations, all the unions/associations of employees in BSNL has been addressed by the Convener to join the agitational programmes and campaign to SAVE BSNL – SAVE NATION. The letter addressed to the unions/associations are given below:

FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

D-7, Telegraph Place, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110 001.

Forum/GL                                                                                         20.12.2014

Sub:    SAVE BSNL Campaign and Programmes of Action including Indefinite Strike from 17th March, 2015 – reg.

Dear Comrade,

You may be aware that the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations of Non-Executives and Executives has decided to organise sustained campaign and action programmes to compel the Central Government and BSNL Management to take urgent measures for the Revival of BSNL and save the telecom PSU.

The meeting of the Forum held on 19th December 2014 has decided to contact all the unions/associations in BSNL which are not affiliates of Forum and request them to be a party in the SAVE BSNL CAMPAIGN and action programmes. The Forum felt that this is very much necessary to save and strengthen BSNL and restore it to its past glory and a Better Service to the customers.

The Programmes decided by the Forum are as follows:

  1. Three Days Dharna at SSA/Circle levels and Corporate Office
  2. Parliament March on 25th February 2015 – Submission of Memorandum to Prime Minister.
  3. Indefinite Strike from 17th march 2015.

A copy of the Memorandum proposed to be submitted to the Prime Minister is enclosed herewith. All efforts are to be made to collect maximum signatures sufficiently early so that the same can be submitted to the Prime Minister on the day of the Parliament March on 25th February 2015.

I hope you will consider and take a favourable decision in the matter and convey to us early.

With Warm greetings,

Yours Fraternally,

V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAP Demands dismissal of Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for favouring Reliance Jio

19 Friday Dec 2014

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The following report in the Financial Express indicates how even the Communication Minister himself is favouring the private telecom companies. Whether it was Dayanidhi Maran, A.Raja or now Ravi Shankar Prasad, all are there to support the private telecom companies. granting undue favours. BSNL is the orphan. Even the Minister of Communications does not take any action to revive it, except declaring that “I will not allow BSNL and MTNL to die”. See the fraction of the report in the Financial Express below:

“Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today demanded dismissal of Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleging a conflict of interest that has prevented him from issuing a notice to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio on 4G issue, a charge vehemently denied by Prasad saying he never gave advice or appeared for the company.

AAP leader and advocate Prashant Bhushan also alleged that Manish Tewari, who was a Union Minister in the previous UPA government, had a retainership contract with Reliance Industries.”  (Report from Financial Express)