Minimum Wages increased in U.K.

02 Saturday Apr 2016

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The U.K.Government has increased the hourly minimum wage to attract more workers to UK. The wage for one hour earlier was £ 6.70 ( Appx. Rs. 497), which has now been increased to £ 7.20 ( Rs. 680), an increase of about Rs. 180/-. The daily wage (for 8 hours) will come to about Rs. 5,440 in addition to other social security benefits.

In India, even the minimum wage decided by the government is not paid to the workers, including in BSNL, a Public Sector Unit. Only sustained struggle is the way to achieve the same.

Oppose privatisation of IDBI Bank

02 Saturday Apr 2016

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The fully unjustified move of the central government to privatise the IDBI Bank has to be opposed and defeated. The employees of the Bank had gone on 4 days full strike from 28th March protesting against the move of the government. The plea of the government that there is NPA (bad loan) of more than Rs.19,000 crore is no justification for the same. It is only due to the political intervention and policy of the government that such NPA is happening as in other banks.

Privatisation of IDBI will be the first step in privatising the other PSU Banks. Oppose and defeat this game of the BJP Government, which is intended to help the private banks and corporates.

We express support and solidarity with the Nation Wide Strike by French Workers against increase in working hours

01 Friday Apr 2016

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Nationwide strikes are being organised in France against the government’s move to increase the working hours from 35 hours upwards, and damaging the hard won worker protections. Flights, Railways, other transport services etc. are badly affected. The unions demanded that the bill moved in the Parliament in this connection should be withdrawn.

We express our solidarity and support to the strike and demand the French government to withdraw the bill which attacks the rights of the workers.

Protest Demonstration in BSNL Corporate Office demanding Bonus

01 Friday Apr 2016

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As per the call of BSNLEU CHQ, demonstration was organisd at Corporate Office BSNL New Delhi protesting against the meagre amount of Bonus offered and demanding that at least a minimum bonus of Rs. 7,000. Though organised at very short notice, many comrades participated. Coms.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Patron BSNLEU, Kuldeep Singh, Asst.Treasurer, CHQ, R.S.Chouhan, Circle Secretary, Gautam, Asst. General Secretary SNATTA, Bisht, Circle Secretary C.O.and others attended and addressed. The next phase of agitation is Dharna on 07-04-2016.

The new Finance Year started – BSNL Revival should be speeded up

01 Friday Apr 2016

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The New Financial Year 2016-17 has started from today, 1 April 2016. According to the CMD BSNL, there would be about Rs. 30,000 crore as Revenue and Rs. 672 crores as operational profit. This is good but not sufficient. In the new year we should get more revenue and profit. “Service With A Smile” programme should be effectively implemented. The Government should be pressurised to make payment to BSNL the Rs.6,000 crore for spectrum surrendered, Rs. 1,250 crore allotted by USOF and the Income Tax refund of around Rs. 8,000 crore so that BSNL can purchase equipment and expand services.
The government should support its own company instead of the private companies, which are only interested in garnering more and more profits.

VDA for Contract Workers revised w.e.f. 1 April 2016

01 Friday Apr 2016

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The Chief Labour Commissioner has issued orders revising the Variable Dearness Allowance for contract Labours w.e.f. 1 April 2016. Usually it is revised on 1st April and 1 October of every year. There is an increase of VDA for the increase in the Consumer Price Index of 10.83 points, which comes to an increase of daily wages of Rs.10/- for unskilled, Rs. 12 for semiskilled, Rs. 14 for skilled and Rs.17 for highly skilled workers. The order is published in BSNLCCWF Website: bsnlccwf.com

Bonus is Deferred Wage – It should be restored to BSNL Employees

01 Friday Apr 2016

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Bonus has been denied to the BSNL employees for the last 3-4 years on the plea that the company is in loss. Bonus is the right of workers. It is deferred wage and can not be denied on one plea or another. The Central Government employees, P and T employees etc. got Bonus after prolonged struggles starting from the Bonus Convention in 1972 organised by the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers led by Coms. K.G.Bose, A.S.Rajan, N.J.Iyer, K.Adinarayana and other leaders. The great Railway Strike of 1974 clinched the issue. Though the Congress government continued to deny Bonus despite strong struggles, the favourable decision came after the Janata Government came to power in 1977. Since then, the central government employees are getting Bonus, including telecom employees. After formation of BSNL, on the demand of the BSNL Employees Union for “Bonus for All”, executives also started getting bonus.

BSNL is getting revived after much effort on the part of the workers and the management. Workers have to be motivated for further progress.

BSNL Management should take the correct decision by granting at least the minimum Bonus of Rs. 7,000, which it paid earlier. Further revival, more bonus can be paid. Any decision to fool the workers by throwing down some crumbs will have only strong reaction. We demand the management to be wise and take the correct decision.

105 years – Loss Calcutta, win Delhi

01 Friday Apr 2016

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Calcutta lost to Delhi 105 years back! Calcutta was the capital of the British Empire in India since it took over from the East India Company. Simla was its summer capital.
In December 1911, with the big Durbar of King V of England and Emperor of India at Delhi, the capital of India was declared to be at Delhi. But it took about 20 years more for the actual shifting, during which period, Viceroy’s Bunglow (present Rashtrapathi Bhawan) and other buildings, Connaught Place etc. were constructed and the New Delhi became the capital of India.The actual shift took place in 1931.

It is interesting to note that every time the capital is shifted to other cities, after some time it is returned to Delhi again. Capital was shifted to south during Tuglak’s time, but it came back. Akbar shifted capital to Agra, it came back again to Delhi. British also shifted their capital to Delhi.

Delhi had got its own charms. It has got its aggressiveness also. Despite severe heat and cold during summer and winter respectively, those who come to Delhi mostly settle here.

Delhi is Delhi! No other city can beat it, despite its many short comings!

No Change in IDA w.e.f. 01-04-2016

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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Though the Price Index has come down in the last month, there will be no reduction in the IDA w.e.f. 01-04-2016. COL for the last three months are 269, 269 and 267 and hence there is no reduction in the average. As such no change in the IDA – neither increase nor decrease.It will remain as 112.4%.

‘Non-Executives’ – The Negative term has to be changed.

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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Non-Executive is a negative term, meaning that the person/s is/are not executive. It is given for the employees at the so called ‘lowest level’.

If this is extended to ‘higher levels’, the terms will be like this: ‘Non-ITS’, ‘Non-IAS’ etc. It can be extended to the Ministers also like ‘Non-CM’ (for Ministers in the State Government), ‘Non-PM’ (for the Central Ministers) etc. Will anybody agree to these terms? Certainly ‘No’, a big ‘NO’.

It is time that the term ‘Non-Executives’ is replaced by a positive and honourable term.