21 Wednesday Jan 2015
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The AP BSNLEU Circle Conference is going on. Along with the circle report, a book on the Pioneers of the P and T Trade Union Movement has been released. The leaders include Henry Barton, Babu Tarapada Mukherjee, Dada Ghosh, KG Bose, NJ Iyer, Adinarayana and Moni Bose. Though the book is small, the important points and histotical facts are mentioned. Congratulations!
21 Wednesday Jan 2015
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The Circle Conference of BSNLEU of the biggest circle, AP Circle, started on 20 January 2015 at Rajahmundry under the Presidentship of Com.Mohan Reddy, Circle President. After paying floral tributes at the statue of Dr.BR Ambedkar and at the Martyrs column, the National Flag and union flags were hoisted by Coms.VAN Namboodiri Patron and P.Abhimanyu GS BSNLEU respectively.
The Inaugural Session was addressed by the M.P., MLAs and Mayor of Rajahmundry as also Patron of BSNLEU Com.VAN Namboodiri and Com.J. Sampath Rao, Circle Secret
aryThe subjects Committee started in the aftersoon session.
19 Monday Jan 2015
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Today, 19th January 2015, is the 6th death anniversary of Com. E.Balanandan, the veteran trader union leader, former President of CITU and PB Member of CPI(M).
His life has been full of struggles for the working class and he himself has to suffer victimisation. Three times Member of Parliament(both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), MLA as also the President of the militant trade union, CITU, he was active till his death.
As to other trade unions and their leaders, Com. Sami, as he was affectionately called by comrades and friends, was also the guide and advisor of the BSNL employees trade union movement also. The more than four decades of contact with him has been always been an inspiration to me and many others.
On his death anniversary, I pay my respectful homage to Com. E.Balanandan.
Red Salute to Com. Balanandan!
18 Sunday Jan 2015
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It was on 17th January 1961, 54 years back, that Patrice Lumumba, the legendary first Prime Minister of Congo who fought and won independence from Belgium in 1960, was murdered by the Dictator Mobutu, who through a coup with the connivance of imperialist countries, US, Belgium captured power. Unfortunately even the UN did not intervene, though requested by Lumumba.
He was a true patriot, democratically elected and fought against imperialism. We pay our respectful homage to Patrice Lumumba on his death anniversary.
17 Saturday Jan 2015
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With deep grief it is intimated that Shri KK Appu, father of Com.TA Biju, Office Secretary, BSNLEU, passed away today. He was admitted in hospital in Ermakulam some days back for treatment.
My heartfelt condolences to Com. Biju and family.
17 Saturday Jan 2015
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The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Sham of Lowering Petrol & Diesel Prices The Central Government has for the fourth time since November hiked the excise duties on petrol and diesel which will bring the Government revenue of 20,000 crores rupees. Thus instead of the people of India benefitting from the 55 per cent decrease in the global price of crude oil since June 2014, the Government is exploiting the situation to fill its own coffers. These steps of the Government also expose its totally hypocritical approach regarding deregulation. If the market is to determine prices as the Government holds then when the market price is down why should the people be deprived of its full benefit? Instead of this the Government has made just a token decrease keeping in mind the Delhi Assembly elections. If the Government is short of revenue it should end giving tax concessions worth lakhs of rupees to corporates.
The CPI(M) strongly condemns the excise duty hikes. It demands that the full benefit of the fall in global crude price be passed on to the people and that the retail prices of petrol and diesel be commensurately cut. It calls on its units to raise this demand through protest actions. |
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17 Saturday Jan 2015
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One of the most important agenda of the Modi Government, it seems, is disinvestment, privatisation and closure of the Public Sector Units in the country. One after another almost all the PSUs are being disinvested. And now the closure has started. 6 loss making PSUs are going to be closed. They are: HMT Watches, HMT Chinar Watch, HMT Bearings, Hindustan Cables and Tungabhadrea Steel Limited and Hindustan Photo Films.
The policy of both UPA and NDA governments are to privatise all the PSUs. The method is first to make them in loss through various methods and then close them. This is what is happening to these 6 companies. They were good, profit making PSUs which helped the nation’s growth. Now they will be sold as waste.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister, while inaugurating ITI declared that ‘the Public Sectors are the temples of Modern India’. Now the declaration of former Manmohan Singh Government was and present Modi Government, is one and the same:” WE WILL CONVERT ALL THESE MODERN TEMPLES IN TO CEMETERIES”.
Are the people of the country, the working class, going to accept this non-sense? No. The l fight for the correct policies and strengthening of PSUs will continue.
16 Friday Jan 2015
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FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
Decisions of the Forum Meeting held on 15th January 2015.
A meeting of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations was held on 15th January 2015 at BSNLMS Office, presided over by Com.C.Singh, Chairman Forum. Convener Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri reported about the developments after the last meeting of the Forum.
After discussion, the following decisions were taken:
V.A.N.Namboodiri New Delhi
Convener, Forum. 15-01-2015
15 Thursday Jan 2015
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A train powered by CNG was inaugurated by Railway Minister today between Rewari and Rohtak in Northern Railway. This may reduce pollution and also expenditure.
More trains should run with CNG.
13 Tuesday Jan 2015
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Though Mandya is a small SSA compared to Mysuru and Bengaluru, there were a large number of workers present in the meeting of the Forum held there in the evening of 12th January. The club hall was packed to the full with many members standing outside the hall.
The meeting was presided over by the Forum President Com. Ravi Gouda, DS AIBSNLEA. Com.M.C.Balakrishna, AGS, BSNLEU welcomed all. Coms. Puttaswamy, DS BSNLEU, Rangouda, President, NFTE, B.Krishna, DS SNEA, Chicke Gowda, President FNTO, B.Chinnaswamy, DS AIBDPA, Rengaswamy, DS NFPE were present on the dais.
Com.VAN Namboodiri, All India Convener Forum spoke in brief about the decisions of the Forum on the SAVE BSNL Campaign and called upon the workers to make all the programmes including the Parliament March and the Indefinite Strike with effect from 17th March a big success. He also asked the workers to give a better service to the customers.
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