A largely attended meeting of AIBDPA was held at Ludhiana on 04 -08- 2016 at conference Hall.Com.Satpal Baddhan Circle President presided. Coms.Balbir Singh, Circle President BSNLEU, Tarsem Singh, Circle Secretary , AIBDPA, S.K.Thamman, Dist. President, Jaswant Singh Dist Secretary AIBDPA, Avtar Singh Jhandey, Dist. Secretary BSNLEU, P.Chand, Acting Secretary , S.P.Singh, Secretary Co-OP.Society and other leaders addressed. Dy..GM Sukhvinder Singh greeted the delegates. Com.Gurcharan Singh, senior leader and former Vice President of E.III Union was also present.

Com.VANNamboodiri, Advisor AIBDPA, Patron BSNLEU and President BSNLCCWF addressed the meeting and spoke on all issues of Pensioners, workers and contract workers. He narrated the sustained struggles organised for settlement.

Com.Namboodiri was honoured by draping shawl and presents.

The meeting decided to conduct Circle Conference on December 18th tentatatively.

Punjab Comrades under the leadership of Com. Balbir Singh is strengthening all the three unions, BSNLEU, AIBDPA and BSNLCCWF. Congratulations to Punjab Comrades!

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The NDA govt. is proposing to reduce the contributions from the employers to 3% from the present 4.75% of the workers wages. The employees’ contribution will also be reduced from 1.75 to 1%. This will reduce the benefit to the workers. This is to be oppose and status quo maintained.

As per CVC annual report for 2015 presented to the Parliament, there are 3, 379 vigilance case against Telecom officials. The Railways  top the list with about 12,000 cases. Next is Bank officials with 5,363 cases.

This is only a fraction of the actual. A thorough overhaul  and drastic action is required to weed out this epidemic.

Anil Madhav Dave, Environment Minister told the Parliament that it will take more than 30 years to  remove poverty in the country. India is far behind the   Sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs) prescibed by the  U.N.

If the New Economic Policy continues, it will take much more years to reach the goal or never reach it. Even after seven decades of freedom, India is lgagging  behind even though the National wealth has increased.

The wealth has been usurped by the rich and the poor became poorer.

Just like in 2007-08, there was a serious economic crisis during 1930-31. British were ruling India. They wanted to impose retrenchment and salary cut in government services including Posts and Telegraphs. Orders were issued by Government in December 1931, despite protest from unions, cutting 10% from gross salary. Retrenchment also took place.

In fact, the unions were prepared for small sacrifice, but this was too much to accept. Continued agitations took place. But it was only in the 1940s that  some setlement could be made.

Whenever there is any economic crisis, it is the down trodden and the working class who suffer. And it is only through struggles that any relief could come.

We learn from the past to March ahead!

A mighty demonstration took place today, 3rd August 2016, by the workers of BSNL and MTNL at the Eastern Court Delhi protesting against the proposal of the NITI Ayog and Central government for strategic sale both BSNL and MTNL. Hundreds of workers participated shouting slogans against the government and the NITI Ayog for their anti-people, anti-PSU, anti-worker move. Coms. V.A.N.Namboodiri, former Convener, United Forum of BSNL-MTNL Unions/Associations, Swapan Chakraborty (BSNLEU), A.K.Koushik (MTNL), G.L.Jogi(SNEA), Prahlad Rai(AIBSNLEA), Suresh Kumar (BSNLMS), V.K.Tomar(MTNL), Rana Pratap(BSNL), Hari Singh (BTU) and other leaders addressed. The government was condemned by the speakers for moving in the wrong direction with the intent of killing these two precious PSUs. They exposed the anti-PSU, anti-worker policy of the government and called upon the workers to be prepared for serious struggle to save BSNL and MTNL and defeat the evil intentions of the government.