The All India Co-ordination Committee of Public Sector Trade Unions in its meeting held at New Delhi on 13-14th November 2010 has decided to observe 1st December 2010, the first day of the 3 days strike of BSNL Employees as “Anti-Disinvestment Day”. All the PSU units connected with Co-ordination Committee will organise demonstrations on that day and send telegrams to Prime Minister as follows: “STOP DISINVESTMENT IN PSUs FORTHWITH”.  We are thankful to co-ordination committee for the support and solidarity.

Some management has become so arrogant and all-powerful so that they can even shoot at agitating workers. That is what happened in Allied Nippon company in Ghasiabad. The management officers came to the place where the workers were agitating against retrenchment of seven workers. There was some exchange of angry words and all of a sudden, one of the officers fired shots at the workers. The workers of course reacted and beat the officers in retaliation. The anti-labour and pro-employer policy of the government is such that the managements are taking law in to their hands and attacking workers.

 The famous pro-democracy leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed from house arrest on 13th November by the Military Junta, who made her a prisoner for the last more than 15 years. She won the elections with huge majority in 1990, but was arrested and kept prisoner. The entire world leaders have been demanding for her freedom, but the junta continued to imprison her. Her freedom is a big victory for all the democratic forces in the world. Let us greet her on her freedom.

BSNL management has denied bonus for 2009-10 to the employees on the plea that there is no profit for this year and instead there is loss of about Rs.1822 crore. Who is responsible for the loss? The major responsibilty lies with the government and the management only who through their anti-PSU policy and decisions have made BSNL loss making. Workers can not be punished for the same. Despite posting loss, crores of rupees are spent on purchasing luxury cars, foreign tours and unexplained expenditure by the top management. The productivity of the employees have increased even according to the CAG report. Workers will never allow to forego Bonus which they have achieved through sustained struggles.

The All India BSNL DOT Pensioners Association(AIBDPA) as also the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation (BSNLC&CWF) have also decided to participate in the Parliament March being organised by the JAC. Congratulations for the decision. The unity of BSNL workers is further strengthened by this decision.