The BSNLCCWF Karnataka Circle under the leader ship of President Com. C.K.Gundanna and Circle secretary Com. Mahantesh has been organising sustained struggles to improve the lot of the workers. Recently when Com.VAN Namboodiri, All India President visited Bangalore he along with Coms. Gundanna and mahantesh met the CGMT and Dy. Regional Commissioner in this connection who assured settlement of the issues.
Yesterday Com. Mahantesh Circle Secretary along with DS BSNLEU Com. Mahadevappa and Com. Balaji Rao, CITU and others met GM Mysore and discussed the issues. GM assured early settlement of the issues.

In Mandya SSA agitation is going on on the issue of contract workers.

The Circle Conference of BSNL Non Permanent Workers Union, affiliated to both CITU and BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation held at Belgaum on 21st October 2012 has shown that the union has passed its childhood and is advancing towards youth and vigour.

The Conference was held in the Telephone Bhawan premises in a pandal erected for the purpose. More than 500 delegates came from all the 13 districts where the union has been formed ( In the other 7 districts, it will be formed before December 2012). The host district, Belgaum, has already won many of their demands after a strike of 23 days was organised with the capable support of the BSNLEU led by Com. H.L.Berse, District Secretary. The young comrades were making all arrangements for the successful conduct of the Conference.

After the flag-hoisting, the National flag by me and the Union flag by the General Secretary of the union, Com. Mahantesh (CITU), the conference started at about 1100 hours presided by Com.B.P.Narayana, Circle President, BSNLEU Karnataka Circle. I was given the honour to inaugurate the conference. In my brief speech, I congratulated the Karnataka workers for their sincere efforts to form and strengthen the organisation. The formation of the Federation, the efforts already made to settle the issues of casual and contract workers and our future tasks were mentioned by me. Coms. Prasannakumar, General Secretary CITU Karnataka, C.K.Gundanna, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, M.C.Balakrishna, Org. Secretary, BSNLEU CHQ, Mahantesh ,CITU, Meenakshi Sundaram CITU, C.A.Karade, CITU, Girish Shetty, H.L.Birse, District Secretary BSNLEU, Hijanamani, Dist. president, BSNLEU, Keshav, Circle treasurer, Vijay Belgaonkar, Dist. Secretary Goa, Patil, CHQ Org. secretary, AIBSNLEA and other leaders were in the dais and addressed. The opening session gave the message to the casual and contract workers that the CITU and BSNLEU is in complete support to the union and will fight for their cause unitedly.

The delegates session is going on while this report is being published.