19th December is the  death anniversary of veteran Communist and trade union leader, Com.Suseela Gopalan. As a Member of Parliament, she was most helpful in taking up the issues of BSNL employees as also that of casual and contract workers.Suseela Gopalan was a fierce fighter for the emancipation of women and toiling masses. 

My Red Salute to Com.Suseela Gopalan!

The Constitution of BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation is put in the website  of the Federation bsnlccwf.com for information and necessary action by the concerned comrades.

The Circle conference of Casual Contract Labour Union (CCLU) affiliated to BSNLCCWF and CITU will be held at Kannur on 18th and 19th December 2016. The conference is being held after a mighty struggle and favourable agreement increasing the wages and upgrading skills. Conference will be inaugurated by Com. Elamaram Karim, General Secretary, CITU, Kerala. Coms. V.A.N.Namboodiri President and Animesh Mitra, Secretary General will participate.

It is reported that the SBI Board has cleared Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for the employees of the affiliated banks which are going to be merged with it. The intention is to retrench 55,000 officers and staff, who are above 55 years of age.

The affiliated banks which are proposed to be merged are: State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Hyderabad.

In fact there is no need fr the merger except to reduce the PSU Banks, in order to help the private banks to increase their business. The bank workers are resisting the move. Our full support to them.

Bhopal, Dec 10 :  Terming demonetisation as the biggest attack on poor, Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan said it is “dangerous than emergency” and will increase the divide between rich and poor.

“I have never seen such a big attack on poor as the one which took place recently in the form of demonetisation.

“It is being termed as an attack on black money, but it is attack against the poor. It is dangerous than emergency,” Kerala CM said at 11th conference of All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA).

Vijayan said people should not suffer this silently.

“We have an opportunity to step up our struggle against capitalism,” he said. (Courtesy: Ganashakti).

The government has decided to amend the Payment of Wages Act so as to make  all payments to the workers  through bank accounts, instead of in cash. This is specially significant in view of the policy of the government to make a cashless society.

(Of course, they will never think about a casteless society!)

Greetings to all on Milad-Ul-Nabi, the Birthday of Prophet Mohammed!