08 Saturday Mar 2014
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The Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines which started from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday with 239 passengers including staff are reported missing. There is no information about the plane so far. There are 5 Indians also in the plane. Anxious relatives and friends are at the airports to get information about their relatives /friends who travelled by the flight.
08 Saturday Mar 2014
Posted in General
Today is “International Women’s Day”. The slogan for today is “Equality for Women is Progress for All”.
Organise and Observe International Women’s Day in a befitting way.
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in General
New Delhi, March 7: The All India Coordination Committee of Mid Day Meal Workers (CITU) strongly condemns the injustice done by the UPA II government to the 26 lakh mid day meal workers of the Country. Despite the written assurance given to the 45th Indian Labour Conference in May 2013 and the assurance given in Parliament that that the remuneration of the Mid Day Meal workers will be increased in the financial year 2013-14, and getting the finance ministry’s approval for the same, by not giving the cabinet approval for it, the UPA government once again proved that the labour is not in their agenda.
The Minister for HRD, Shri Pallam Raju, on 12 February 2014, assured a delegation of the AICCMDMW (CITU) that the remuneration will be increased to Rs.2000 per month (from Rs.1000 per month) and only the approval of the cabinet is awaited.But even the last cabinet meeting of the UPA II government turned its back to 26 lakh women workers by not giving the approval for the increase.
We call upon the Mid Day Meal Workers of the country to protest against the UPA government’s attitude and expose them among the workers and the people by organising press conferences, meetings, rallies, dharnas etc. all over the country. We call upon the midday meal workers to carry forward the struggle for their just demands of regularisation and minimum wages and pension and to save the scheme which provides 15% of the family calorie intake of the poor of our country. Courtesy: Ganashkati)
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners, BSNLEU
THE MASSIVE CONVENTION OF BSNL DOT PENSIONERS HELD TODAY,
THE 6TH MARCH, 2014 AT BSNL BHAWAN, LUDHIANA HAS FORMED
THE PUNJAB CIRCLE UNIT OF ALL INDIA BSNL DOT PENSIONERS
ASSOCIATION.
COM.BALBIR SINGH, CIRCLE SECRETARY, BSNLEU, PRESIDED AND
MADE THE INTRODUCTORY SPEECH.COM.V.A.N.NAMBOODIRI,
ADVISOR, AIBDPA AND PRESIDENT, BSNLEU INAUGURATED THE
CONVENTION GIVING DETAILS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF AIBDPA,
THE ISSUES CONFRONTING THE PENSIONERS AND EFFORTS OF
AIBDPA IN SETTLING THE ISSUES INCLUDING 78.2% IDA MERGER.
THE GRAVE DANGER OF THE ENACTED PFRDA ACT WAS REMINDED.
COM.K.G.JAYARAJ,GENERAL SECRETARY,COM.R.L.MOUDGIL AGS &
CIRCLE PRESIDENT, BSNLEU ALSO ADDRESSED THE CONVENTION.
THE DOUBTS RAISED BY SOME OF THE COMRADES WERE REPLIED.
OFFICE BEARERS WERE ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COM.SATPAL
BADHAN (PRESIDENT) COM.TARSEM SINGH (CIRCLE SECRETARY)
AND COM.H.S.GILL (TREASURER )
THE CONVENTION CONCLUDED WITH VOTE OF THANKS BY COM.
BALVINDER SINGH, DS, BSNLEU, LUDHIANA.
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News
BSNL is a fully owned government company serving the people by connecting India through the communication services. For the last four years it is on loss, mainly due to the anti-PSU policy of the Government. While giving lip-service, the government took away all the surplus of the company and restricted its growth by cancelling the tender for mobile equipment etc.
At least now, in the present crisis, it is the duty of the government to take actions to strengthen BSNL and improve its finances.
We put the following demands for the immediate improvement of the BSNL:
1. Release the Rs. 1,250 crore allotted by USOF to BSNL.
2. Pension contribution being collected from BSNL should be on the basis of the actual basis pay of the employee and not the maxim of the pay scale, which is completely unjustified.
3. Reimburse the charge of the Spectrum which has been returned by BSNL to government.
4. Waive the Notional Loan of Rs. 7,500 to BSNL (not paid at all), and refund fully all the Rs. 12,000crore or so paid by BSNL to DOT towards interest for the Notional loan.
The Government has to assist in many other ways, but the above issues can be decided quickly and the amounts paid to BSNL.
We demand the government to act quickly to save BSNL.
07 Friday Mar 2014
The BSNL Non-Permanent Workers in Belgaum is on the struggle path. After sustained struggle earlier, they were given minimum wage as per orders. But later all of the 284 employees were victimised and sent out stating that there is no work. no new tenders were also not floated. The Management and contractor were taking revenge upon the poor workers whose only crime was that they demanded that their full wages be paid to them ending the exploitation.
The Union started agitation against retrenchment.They started indefinite dharna after giving due notice. The Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner intervened and in the meeting held on, 19-02-2014 the issue was discussed. On the advice of the Dy.CLC, the dharna was deferred. The next meeting of conciliation will be held on 25-03-2014. We demand the management to settle the issue amicably by reinstating all the retrenched workers, who have been serving BSNL for a long period.
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News
Forum representatives Coms. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener and K.sebastin, GS, met Ms.Geeta Rau, ED (Finance) and discussed about the financial position of the BSNL, the assistance to be received from DOT/Government and the proposals of the Forum for increasing of revenue and reducing the expenditure.
With regard to the superannuation benefits to the Direct Recruited employees of BSNL, the Forum leaders wanted a discussion with the High Level Committee appointed by the BSNL for the purpose. The ED(F) stated that the meeting can be fixed for the next week.
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in General
International Women’s Day will be observed all over the world with wide ranging programmes focussing on the role of women in the society, their rights, focus on the gender inequality, assaults on women and girl child etc.
This year the theme for the International Women’s Day is ‘Inspiring Change’.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) has given call for observing 8th May as International Women’s Day.
BSNLEU has also called upon all the units to observe the day befittingly.
07 Friday Mar 2014
Posted in General, Uncategorized
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It is very difficult to believe, but it is true. One Public speak by the former President, US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke got $ 2,50,000 for a 40 minutes speech in Abu Dhabi, while his salary for one year in his post was only $1,99,700.
It is not the first similar case. His predecessor in the same post, Greenspan also got more than his one year salary for his speech after retiring from the post.
While the poor put all efforts to get something to live somehow, the people at the top are paid huge sums, because they are at the top, This is what capitalism has brought to the common people.
06 Thursday Mar 2014
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The Central government has approved the decision of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to increase the interest of Provident Fund Accounts from 8.50% to 8.75% for this financial year, 2013-14. The Central Trade Unions have been demanding to increase the same to 9.5%.
