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CLC Conciliation on Ghaziabad issue on 18th November 2013.

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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The Chief Labour Commissioner has called the concerned Unions and the BSNL authorities for conciliation on the agitation declared by the unions demanding that the culprits in the murder of Sukhendra Pal Singh, DS, BSNLEU, be arrested and suspended etc. The next meeting is fixed on 18th November at 1100 in the office of the CLC.
In the last meeting of the Conciliation, it was stated by the Unions that the culprit, GM Ghaziabad, is not even attending the office and is sitting some where and doing a mockery of work. Evidence was also given for the same. Anyhow, the GM has now been transferred out of Ghaziabad.
The government / BSNL should take immediate further action against the GM and other culprits.

Union offices shifted from Writers Building, Kolkata

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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It is well-known that W.Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata banerjee, does not like strike, bandh and agitations against the government. The Left Unions were the target of her attacks.

Now, it is reported that the state government employees’ unions which had their union offices in the State Secretariat Building, Writers Building, have been asked to shift from there. Though the shift is demanded in the name of maintenance of the building, shifting may turn out to be permanent. The employees’ unions strongly protested against this arbitrary decision.

Only 8.5% interest for EPF in 2013-14?

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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I am giving a report from the PTI below:

Retirement fund body EPFO will pay at least 8.5 per cent rate of return on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for 2013-14 to its over 5 crore subscribers as provided in the previous fiscal and the decision in this regard could be taken as early as next month.

“The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will not pay less than 8.5 per cent interest rate on PF deposits for the current fiscal,” an EPFO official said.

“The decision in this regard could be taken in December as the body is planning to schedule a meeting of its apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) next month,” he added.

EPFO had provided 8.5 per cent interest rate for 2012-13, up from 8.25 per cent in 2011-12.

Trade unions have written to the Labour Ministry to urgently convene the meeting of EPFO’s apex decision making body CBT to decide on the interest rate.

Ever since the CBT was reconstituted in May, no meeting has been held so far. Since the new CBT has not met after its reconstitution in May, no sub-committees could be reconstituted. The term of the sub-committees is co-terminus with the CBT.

The EPFO official said that CBT would have to meet at least twice before deciding interest rate on PF deposits for the current fiscal.

In the first meeting, the trustee would constitute FIC and in the second meeting they would decide on interest rate based on the recommendations of the committee looking at the proposal.

The proposal for the interest rate is prepared by the EPFO which is vetted by the FIC and goes to CBT for final consideration. Once approved by the CBT, the decision on interest rate requires concurrence of Finance Ministry which has to notify it.

Only after notification, the interest is credited into the accounts of subscribers.

As per the norms, EPFO is expected to announce rate of interest on PF deposits before the beginning of a financial year. However, for the past few years the same has been delayed.

Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar. Congratulations!

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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Cricket maestro Shri Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao has been selected for grant of Bharat Ratna, the highest National Award for this year.
Sachin is the first sportsman to be bestowed with Bharat Ratna and is the youngest also.
We congratulate both! Special Congratulations to Sachin, who during the last 24 years, have served the Nation and the Cricket wholeheartedly.

More than 2275 people perished in Typhoon Hyianin Philippines

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

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It has been the worst natural calamity Philippines have ever seen. More than 2275 people are reported perished. Entire towns have been wiped out. The deadly storm has affected seven million people across 41 provinces, said sources in the disaster office. Nearly 1,50,000 houses were either damaged or affected while over 5.8 lakh people were displaced. Eighty people were reportedly missing. Infrastructure worth USD 4.6 million and agricultural crops worth USD 5.5 million have been damaged in the disaster.
The world nations should immediately come to he help of the suffering Philippines people.

Remember Chicago Martyrs – they were hanged on 11th November 1887

10 Sunday Nov 2013

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It is on 11th November 1887 that the four accused in the Chicago bomb blast, a conspiracy case initiated by the rulers on behalf of the capitalists, were hanged in the gallows. The Martyrs were George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Albert Parsons and August Spies. They were not afraid and courageously faced the gallows. They sang Marseillaise, the International Anthem of the workers, when they were taken to the gallows. Just before they were hanged, Spies shouted “The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today!”
Even the relatives and family members were not allowed to see the martyrs before they were hanged. So much barbaric were the treatment given to the workers by the capitalists.
On this Martyrs Day we remember the great sacrifice of thousands and thousands of workers who laid down their lives for a better world to live in for the workers and toiling masses all over the world.
Revolutionary Homage to the Chicago Martyrs!

‘NOTA’ in ballot papers – Major political parties worried

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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The decision of the Election Commission to implement the ‘NOTA’ opportunity to the voters in the oncoming assembly elections in the 5 states of Delhi, Rajasthan, M.P., Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, has seriously worried the major political parties. The ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) choice is given to the voters, who do not want to vote for any of the candidates in the list. The ‘NOTA” button in the Electronic Voting Machine(EVM)/ symbol in the Ballot Paper, will be pink in the assembly elections, but will be in white for the General Election.
Both the ruling and opposition parties, Congress and BJP, are much worried, since a lot of voters angry with the track-record of the present incumbents may vote ‘NOTA’.
It will be interesting to see much ‘NOTA’ votes pile up.

Parliament March by Gramin Dak Sewaks on 11th December 2013

04 Monday Nov 2013

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The Gramin Dak Sewaks (former Extra-Departmental employees)in the Department of Posts numbering about two lakhs and odd have been an exploited section of workers since the introduction of ED system. The British rulers utilised the system for cheap labour. Even after Independence, there was no much change. It was after formation of the National Federation of Posts and Telegraph Employees (NFPTE) in 1954, that the issues of the ED employees were taken seriously. Under the leadership of Com.K.Adinaryana, the veteran leader of the NFPTE, struggles after struggles were waged for improving the conditions of the ED employees. Much advancement could be made, but still the government was not prepared to accept them as regular employees.

Now, the ED employees are re-named as Gramin Dak Sewaks. Last time, the VI CPC was not given the terms of reference including the GDS. The government has announced the formation of VII CPC, but no mention is about the GDS. It is in this context that the All India Postal Employees Union GDS (NFPE) has given call to organise a Parliament March on 11th December 2013 by the Gramin Dak Sewaks. The demands include, Departmentalisation of Branch Offices, Civil Servant status to GDS and Inclusion of GDS wage structure etc. in the purview of the VII CPC.
These demands are fully justified. The Government should concede the just and long pending demands of the GDS who serve the Nation and its people living in the lakhs of villages and remote areas.
My complete support and solidarity with the struggle of the GDS!

AAI Employees on a 3 day strike against privatisation of Airports.

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Airport Authority of India employees have started a three days strike protesting against the government move to privatize 6 air-ports in the country. The call was given by the Joint Forum of AAI Employees which is forum of the unions of AAI.

The government move to privatize the airports at Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Lucknow will mean that most of the profit making airports will be with the private companies. The Airport authority has modernised all these airports recently with much expenditure. The modernisation of Chennai and Kolkata alone had cost the AAI Rs. 2015 crore and Rs. 2325 crore respectively.

It is to be noted in this connection that the AAI staff in the airports at New Delhi and Mumbai are yet to be re-deployed after the privatisation of these two airports years back.

Our complete support and solidarity to the AAI employees on their fully justified strike. We demand the government to drop the unjustified privatisation of the airports.

BSNL Employees Strike deferred

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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The one day strike on 25th October 2013 called for by the United Forum of BSNL Unions demanding settlement of the 30 demands included in the Charter of Demands, has now been deferred after detailed discussions with the Director (HR) BSNL and other officers.
The meeting with A.N.Rai, Director (HR) was held for about 4 hours from 1600 to 2000 hours yesterday, 18th October in which all the demands were discussed. V.A.N.Namboodiri, President, BSNLEU, P.Abhimanyu, GS BSNLEU, Suresh Kumar, GS BSNLMS and R.L.Moudgil AGS BSNLEU participated.
The meeting of United Forum held today, 19th October 2013 reviewed the entire situation and considering the advance we could make through the discussions unanimously decided to defer the strike.It thanked the workers for the best preparation for the strike which compelled the management to come for talks and settlement