25 Saturday Oct 2014
Posted in PSU, TU News, TU News - India
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The 52 days strike of the 10,000 contract workers in Neyveli Lignite Corporation was settled yesterday after discussion in the presence of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner.
According to the agreement the daily wages of workers will be increased from Rs. 370 per day to Rs. 480.
Congratulations to the workers for their victory!
17 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News, Forum, Telecom
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The Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations will be meeting at 1600 hours on 18th July 2014 at Local Council Room NTR, Eastern Court, Delhi to discuss certain important issues including the Agreement made by the BSNL Management with Reliance Jio on sharing of the towers.
All the Forum Constituents are requested to be present.
02 Friday May 2014
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The Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) has strongly protested the SBI-Reliance agreement, according to which most of the banking functions of the SBI is being handed over to the Reliance and also 50% or so of the profit also.
The agreement has been signed weeks back very secretly and has come out in the open two days back only. According to the agreement, the take over will be done with retrospective effect from last year.
If the agreement is implemented, many employees in SBI will become surplus. Retrenchment through VRS is sure to come. Reliance will not function the branches, where there is no profit. The UPA government has taken the decision and implemented the same in the last phase of the government even without taking the Parliament into confidence, only to hand over the PSU to the private company.
We fully support the struggle of the SBI employees against the anti-worker anti-people agreement. Not only the workers, but the common people should also protest and save the SBI, one of the best PSUs in the country.
30 Wednesday Apr 2014
Posted in General, Neo-liberal policy, PSU
The papers have reported a shocking news ! An agreement is made between the Public Sector State Bank of India and the big corporate Reliance Money Infra,an Anil Ambani Company, through which most of the works of SBI are being transferred / outsourced to the latter. Although the agreement is signed on 25th February 2014, it is with retrospective effect from 5th October 2013. It is unbelievable.
SBI is one of the best run Public Sector Bank with good profit and with a best customer service. Its service is appreciated much. I have my own experience to that. Then why the services of the SBI are being handed over to a private corporates whose credentials are doubtful.
Is it because that the reliance could not get the licence to start a bank, that the government is making this gift to Reliance? Is it because not to recruit more employees to SBI? Or is it to maximise profit for Reliance? And this agreement is reported to have been made more than one month earlier, but with out any publicity. No discussion in the Parliament, no debate in the country, every move was secret. Even otherwise is it ethical to take such a decision when a new government is going to come and the General elections are going on.
The ruling UPA government owes an explanation to the people of this country for such an unwanted and hasty decision. I am sure the Bank workers and for that matter the Central and other trade unions will strongly react to this anti-people decision.
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