17 Sunday Aug 2014
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As per the call of the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation, casual contract workers in BSNL will organise Dharna at SSAs on the demands submitted to CMD.
All BSNLEU District Secretaries are requested to provide full support and solidarity to the fully justified struggle.
17 Sunday Aug 2014
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The people of Palestine are being massacred by Israeli brutal bomb attack. Hundreds of innocent children and women are killed. Despite the huge majority of Nations condemned the attacks Israel continues bombing with support of US. Thousands of homes are destroyed, thousands are in relief camps.
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) has called for liberal donations to Palestine. Donate maximum fund to the Palestine people !
17 Sunday Aug 2014
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The NDA government is on the move to change labour laws to favour the corporates. United struggles become inevitable.
15 Friday Aug 2014
on the 68th Independence Day, My Warm Greetings and Best Wishes to all our Comrades, Friends and Well Wishers!
Let us move together to eradicate hunger and poverty from the country and create a Socialist Secular society for the benefit of all!
14 Thursday Aug 2014
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The BJP-led Government on Thursday sent the controversial Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha. This is seen as a setback of sorts for the reformist credentials of the Right of Centre BJP-led Government, which rode to power promising to “re-sow confidence in the India story, within the country and internationally.”
Buckling under Opposition pressure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved a motion in the Upper House to refer the Bill to the Select Committee.
Jaitley informed members that the Select Committee had been asked to submit its report by the last day of the first week of the Winter Session, slated around November. The 15-member panel comprises Chandan Mitra, Mukthar Abbas Naqvi and Jagat Prakash Nadda (BJP), Anand Sharma, BK Hariprasad and JD Seelam (Congress), Satish Chandra Misra (BSP), KC Tyagi (JD-U), Derek O’Brien (TMC), V Maitreyan (AIADMK), Naresh Gujral (SAD), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), Kalpataru Das (BJD), P Rajeev (CPI-M) and Rajiv Chandrasekhar (Independent) as its nominees.
Cutting across party lines, major Opposition parties joined hands and demanded that the Bill be sent to a Select Committee. (Courtesy: BL)
14 Thursday Aug 2014
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The BJP Government had no other go but to send the Insurance (Amendment) Bill to the Select Committee due to the strong opposition of Left and other parties. What stand the congress members in the committee will take? It was they who brought the bill earlier. Anyway, there is some time before any final decision is taken. A very strong movement has to be built up against the bill, which is intended to weaken the PSU LIC and favour the foreign private insurers.The time has to be effectively used.
14 Thursday Aug 2014
Posted in BSNLCCWF - Casual and Contract workers, BSNLEU
While I was attending the District Conference of BSNLEU Bangalore Circle Conference, BSNLCCWF Circle Secretary, Com. Mahantesh, Com.Cheluvaraj, All India Vice-President and a few other leaders of the BSNLCCWF came and met me. We discussed about the issues and the organisation.
Karnataka unit, through continuous struggles have advanced much and the management and the contractors have been compelled to concede the rights of the workers and implement minimum wage, EPF, ESI etc. The victimised workers have been taken back. There are still some more issues to be settled and those are being attended to by the union. Com.C.K.Gundanna, Circle Secretary BSNLEU is the Circle President of BSNLCCWF and all help is being given for the settlement of the issues. My Hearty Congratulations to the Karnataka Comrades!
Com.Mahantesh remitted Rs. 15,000/- towards the CHQ quota of membership. CHQ is financial difficulty and this remittance has come in time of need.
We hope other units also will remit their quota without delay.
13 Wednesday Aug 2014
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The District Conference of BSNLEU Bangalore started today, 13th August, with an inspiring Inaugural session participated by more than 600 workers. The Varadachariar Memorial Hall, where the conference is being held, was overflowing and many comrades had to stand crowding near the entrance.As usual for Bangalore, a large number of women comrades were also present.
Com.B.T.M.Giri,District President, presided. Com.H.V.Sudarshan, Dist. Secretary, welcomed all the participants.All the leaders in the dais were honoured by shawls, bouquet etc.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, All India President, BSNLEU, inaugurated the Conference.In his speech, he mentioned about issues of the workers and the Charter of Demands presented by the JAC and the negotiations,the agitations proposed etc. He also spoke on the urgency for the revival of BSNL, issues of pensioners and contract workers, the joint struggles initiated by the Central Trade Unions, VII Central Pay Commission etc.
Shri K.L.Jairam, PGM BSNL, Bangalore, who is also a BSNL absorbed ITS officer, explained the necessity of reviving the BSNL and suggested certain points. Dr.S.R.Keshav, Faculty,Bangalore University addressed and pointed out the need for motivation of the workers.
Coms. S.Prasannakumar, General Secretary, CITU, Karnataka, Prema Prakash, founder member of the union, B.P.Narayana, Circle President, C.K.Gundanna, Circle secretary, BSNLEU and other leaders were present in the dais.
The inaugural session was over by 14.00 hours.
The Annual Report and Accounts were presented and adopted after discussion.The Conference will continue tomorrow:
13 Wednesday Aug 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News, BSNLEU
BSNL workers have responded to the call of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations in a magnificent way. Reports have been received from many centres about the massive participation protesting against the retrograde and anti-BSNL recommendations of the m/s Deloittee committee. Tens of thousands of employees have participated all over India. The photos are published in the BSNLEU website and also website of other unions.
We are happy to note that the workers have understood the bitter attack that is going on against the BSNL and its employees. The recommendations of the committee should be thrown to the dustbin.Our hearty congratulations to the workers.
Next programme is the Lunch Hour demonstration in front of BSNL Corporate office on 21st August when the meeting of the Circle Heads is going to take place. We request all the unions to mobilise the maximum numbers in the demonstration.
11 Monday Aug 2014
Coms. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener, Forum, President BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF and Animesh Mitra Dy.GS BSNLEU and Vice-President, BSNLCCWF met Shri A.N.Rai, CMD BSNL on 11th August and discussed with him about the serious concern of the employees on the M/s Deloittee Committee recommendations on retrenchment of about 70,000 employees, engaging of executives on contract basis, centralising the SSA activities to circle, reducing 330 SSAs to a mere 167, discontinuing Sr.TOA cadre etc. A letter by Forum demanding a detailed discussion on the full report as also intimating the Forum decision to organise Lunch Hour Demonstration on 12th and 21st August was handed over to CMD. Another letter demanding immediate collection of Rs. 41 crore due from the private telecom companies for sharing of BSNL towers.
The issue of non-implementation of labour laws like minimum wage, EPF, ESI etc. to the contract labour engaged in various SSAs was also raised with the CMD.
CMD assured to look in to all the matters and take necessary action.
