29 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners
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A meeting of the State Pensioners and Retirees (P and R) will be held at Barcelona, Spain on 5th and 6th February 2014 to form of Trade Union International(TUI) of P and R. The meeting is called by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and certain Pensioners’ Organisations. So far, there seems to be no international organisation of Pensioners. This is a welcome move.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor, AIBDPA and Patron, NCCPA will be attending the International Conference.
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in General
The Income Tax Department has decided make stricter verification and increase in the charge for issue of PAN Card in future. All the relevant records will be verified and also an amount of Rs. 105 will be charge instead of the earlier Rs.3/-
The new procedure is being adopted to avoid multi-PAN cards and misuse.
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
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President Barak Obama is expected to announce an increase in the minimum wage of the contract workers in US to $ 10.10( appx. Rs. 650) an hour. He will issue an executive order since the lawmakers are not prepared to increase the wages. Last year President Obama has pleaded in the Congress for wage increase, but it was not accepted by the latter. Hence the present executive order.
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in TU News - India
They are marching to Delhi. The families of those workers who are in jail for the last more than one year in connection with the strike and certain incidents in the Maruti Suzuki plant at Gurgaon-Manasar
plants are marching to Delhi to conduct dharna at Jantar Mantar demanding release of the workers and end to victimisation. The Haryana Government has been taking anti-worker stance at each and every stage.The Maruti-Suzuki Workers Union was not granted recognition, workers were victimised and assaulted and also jailed.
The jatha of the family members were given warm reception at Rohtak, Jind etc. on its way to Delhi by many workers’ unions.
There has been several protests against the anti-worker actions and decisions of the Haryana Congress Government in the past also.
29 Wednesday Jan 2014
The contract workers in the Delhi Transport is on strike demanding regularisation. The workers include drivers, conductors and other workers on contract.
They are demanding that the promise given by the AAP be implemented without any further delay. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s discussion with them did not reach any agreement and the strike is continuing.
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
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The TRAI has issued the guidelines on 28th January for trading of spectrum, which the private companies have been demanding for a long time. According to these guidelines the telecom companies can buy and sell spectrum which they have bought from the government through auction or by paying market prize. It is feared that this decision may adversely affect BSNL and MTNL, the telecom PSUs.
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in Price Rise
“Global investors may well be putting their faith in postmen like Phanin Deka when they decide to buy or sell Indian assets in the future.
He is one of about a thousand post workers collecting data that determines the level of India’s consumer price index, which is likely to become the central bank’s most important tool for setting monetary policy.
Deka, a postmaster in Sarpara in Assam, spends six days every month visiting two villages by bicycle to collect prices from 15 shops.
“At times, some shopkeepers refuse to co-operate. I think they consider me as an irritant, particularly when customers are around,” said Deka.” (Courtesy: Hindustan Times)
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in WORLD NEWS
Cuba is a small island in the Latin American / Caribbean Islands. Its population is 1.1 crore, much less than the population of Kerala.But Cuba is well known over the world. Why?
Not only because it is a Socialist Republic.This small country won freedom from its oppressors and invaders through guerilla warfare; the Cuban Revolution became successful and Republic of Cuba came in to being on 1st January 1959.
Cuba had to face attack from all sides, including from the United States, its big neighbour and the leader of imperialism. The economic Blockade against Cuba continues for decades headed by US, despite the opposition of the vast majority of the world nations.
During the last 55 years, despite all these adversities, Cuban Revolution has given its people one of the best governance, including housing, food, education etc. Cuba is world number one in health care and most of the countries in Caribbean gets free medical training in Cuba.
Cuba celebrated its 55th Anniversary of the Victory of Revolution on the 1st January 2014. It is still headed by the leaders of the 1959 revolution. Of course, Fidel Castro, the legend in his own time, has handed over the Presidentship to Raul Castro, who is also one of the revolutionaries who stormed in to Santiago along with Fidel in 1959. Che Guevara,the Eternal Revolutionary, who left his Cuban Ministership and moved to Bolivia to free the country was killed in the deep forests of Bolivia.
Cuba was alone in its fight against US imperialism at first. Now after 55 years of the Revolution, most of the Latin American / Caribbean countries are against US. This is a great achievement.The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is fighting against imperialist policies. A meeting of the CELAC has started on 27th January at Cuba which mourned the death of one of its great leaders, Hugo Chavez.The CELAC meeting is continuing.
The Cuban Revolution survives and advances inspiring the entire world. My Revolutionary Greetings to Cuba and its people!
” Revolution is challenging powerful dominant forces within and beyond the social and national environment…It is defending the values which are believed at the cost of any sacrifice….It is the profound conviction that there is no force on earth capable of crushing the power of the truth or ideas..” – Fidel Castro
“The Revolution continues to be the same, without commitments to absolutely anyone, only to the people.
“The Revolution has triumphed without any commitments to absolutely anyone, beyond the people, who are solely responsible for all of its victories”. – Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba.
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in General
The Iconic Folk-Singer and Balladeer of the World Working Class, Pete Seeger, passed away on 27th January 2014 at a New York hospital. He was 94.
Comrade Pete Seeger was a singer, environmentalist, anti-imperialist. He was a Communist; joined the party in 1942. He fought for civil liberties and was a hard critic of capitalism and imperialism.
His songs like “If I Had a Hammer,” ”Turn, Turn, Turn,” ”Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” etc. are sung over the whole world. He sang against Nazism and Hitler and also against nuclear power.
During the “Occupy Wall Street ” movement he sung powerfully, though he had to lean on two canes at his ripe age of 90. Pete Seeger popularised the International Song of Working Class “We Shall Overcome” through out the world.
Though he was victimised for his revolutionary songs, he continued his with his folk songs. He was awarded Grammy and US Rock and Roll of Fame Awards.
The Revolutionary Folk Singer has passed away. Our Revolutionary greetings to him! His songs will be making waves for many more years.
28 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in BSNL News
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is likely to complete its Rs 1,500-crore 2G and 3G network expansion programme in the eastern and north-eastern states by mid-2014.
The development will boost the service quality of the state-owned telecom major in the region.”BSNL is investing around Rs 1,500 crore in expanding and improving the existing 2G and 3G network. We expect the expansion to get completed in the next few months,” BSNL CGM(Calcutta Telephones) Gautam Chakraborty told PTI.
“Work has already begun and we have received adequate equipment for the setup in our circle,” he said. He said once the project was implemented, service quality and capacity would get a boost in the eastern region of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and the north eastern states.
BSNL was planning to expand GSM lines by over 4 million
lines for the region, the contract for which was bagged by
Chinese vendor ZTE Telecom India.BSNL is expanding its capacity by 10 million GSM lines (2G and 3G) to help increase its subscriber base countrywide.
“In Calcutta Telephones network we will install new 300 BTS for 2G and 3G,” Chakraborty said.
