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Govt. should implement Rs.10,000 as Minimum Wage

03 Thursday Jul 2014

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The BJP Government is committed to improve the condition of the contract workers as per the statements of the leaders of the ruling party. The Central trade Unions have been continuously demanding that the minimum wage of the contract workers should be increased to at least to Rs. 10,000 in order to maintain the family. The UPA government assured that it will consider the demand. Even the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had stated to the CTU leaders that their demands are unexceptionable. But no orders were issued.
Now it is for the NDA government to implement the assurances. While the corporates are being paid in crores, the contract workers should at least get Rs. 10,000 as demanded by the trade unions.

Why BSNL Management is reluctant to implement Government Orders on Minimum Wage, EPF, ESI etc. for contract labours?

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Almost every day, the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation as well as BSNLEU are getting complaints from their units that the contract workers are not being paid the Minimum Wage as per the government orders, EPF and ESI are not implemented, wages are not paid through cheques or to the SB accounts of the worker etc.

The BSNL C.O. has issued clear orders on 5th november 2008 itself regarding payment of minimum wages and on EPF, ESI etc.after the issue was taken up by BSNLEU. Even after five years of the issue of the order and regular reminders by the C.O., the field units are not implementing the same. It seems that the CMD and other Directors and top management have no control over their GMs.Otherwise why they are blatantly violating the orders of the C.O.?

Or is there a secret understanding between the top management and SSA heads that though orders are issued by C.O., the field level officers need not implement them? Or is it an understanding between the field level officers and the contractors ?

The brutal exploitation of the tens of thousands of contract workers by the BSNL Management-Contractor nexus has resulted in loss of more than Rs. 50 crores to the contract workers. The BSNL Management should be ashamed that such exploitation is continuing in BSNL, a Public Sector Unit, with out any change.

The only way seems to be to organise mighty struggles to put an end to this exploitation and get justice to the toiling contract workers. Their due wages can not be allowed to be cheated by the nexus of some corrupt officers and the contractors.

Let us prepare for a serious struggle for getting justice to the contract workers engaged in BSNL.

Contract Workers in Tarapur Atomic Power Station on Strike

27 Thursday Feb 2014

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4,000 Contract workers of Tarapur Atomic Power Station are on strike since 24th February demanding regularisation and for increasing pay scale. These workers are mostly from the families who have been displaced for the construction of the Atomic plant and have completed more than 7 years as contract workers.
Our full support and solidarity to the striking workers for a fully justified cause. The Government should take immediate action for the regularisation of these workers.

Planning Commission considering Regularisation of Contract Workers?

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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It is reported in the Economic Times dated 26 February that the Planning Commission is in discussion with companies to frame guidelines for regularisation of contract workers. It is stated that this move is being initiated due to the reduction in the number of regular workers and increase of the contract workers who are engaged to do the work of regular employees.
The Trade Unions in the country have been continuously demanding for the regularisation of the large number of contract workers. In BSNL, there are about 3350 casual and about one lakh contract workers. BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation is on agitation for the regularisation of these workers.

As the first phase of the action, massive demonstrations will be organised today, 26 February, in all SSAs as per the call of the federation.

CITU on agitation on Contract Workers issues

01 Saturday Feb 2014

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The CITU Secretariat held on 31 January-1 February has decided to organise ‘A Week Long Intensive Campaign’ from 15th to 21st February to converge in State-wide Demonstration/Mobilisation/Agitation on 20th or 21st February 2014.
The main demands are:
a) End to mass-scale contractorisation of permanent work and regularisation of contract workers
b) Same wage and service conditions for contract workers in all establishments.

BSNLCCWF expresses its full support to the struggle of the contract workers! BSNLCCWF is also organising Demonstration on 26th February on the issues of the Casual and Contract workers in all sSSAs(Districts).

President Obama to raise Minimum Wage of Contract Workers

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.

Meeting with GM(Admn and Restructuring)

06 Friday Dec 2013

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Today, Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, President, BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF met Smt. Madhu Arora, GM (Admn and Restructuring), C.O. and discussed the issues of contract workers as also on the Revival of BSNL.
Com.Namboodiri pointed out the non-implementation of the social security measures, non-payment of minimum wages etc. to the contract workers in most of the places and demanded that these should be got implemented strictly. He specifically mentioned about the struggles going on in Jamshedpur, Benares, Hisar, Bidr, Shimoga, UP(E), UP(W) and many other centres and the victimisation of the contract workers. He also mentioned that many district secretaries and some circle secretaries of the Federation have been retrenched for demanding implementation of govt. and CMD orders. Com. Namboodiri demanded reinstatement of these leaders and also urgent settlement of the issues.
GM(Admn) was very attentive to the issues and assured that immediate action will be taken in the above matters.
The question of circulating the latest orders of the Chief Labour Commissioner on the increased wages from 01-10-2013 was also pointed out.It will be circulated she assured.
The issue of of Revival of BSNL and certain points connected with the same were also discussed.

Contract Workers agitate in Maharashtra

29 Friday Nov 2013

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Contract Workers in Maharashtra Decide Long March

522 delegates, including large number of women, coming from deferent industries and centres in 11 districts of Maharashtra – Mumbai, Nashik, Aurangabad, Pune, Shindhu Durg, Nagpur, Satara, Thane, Sangali, Jalna and Raigad – attended a state level convention of contract workers under CITU banner on 26 October at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) township in Raigad district. The convention was presided over by CITU vice president K.L. Bajaj.

Inaugurating the convention, CITU general secretary Tapan Sen, MP explained various stages of struggles of the working class since early ‘90s against neoliberal policies especially referring to two nationwide workers agitation and strike in 2012 and in 2013, organized unitedly by all the central trade unions; and on the positive role of trade unions in Maharashtra in these. Tapan Sen demanded of UPA’s central and Congress-NCP’s Maharashtra state governments to settle the just demands of contract workers and effectively enforce law. CITU state general secretary Dr. D.L. Karad moved the convention resolution which recorded the acute and worsening problems of contract workers, appointed even in jobs in permanent and perennial nature of work; in violation of laws denying benefits like PF, ESIS, bonus, gratuity and minimum wages etc; denying the application of the principle of same wage for same work to the contract workers. The enforcement machineries of the state and central governments are helping the employers instead of taking actions against them for violation of labour laws.

All India Co-ordination Committee of PSU TUs

18 Sunday Aug 2013

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An All India Convention of the All India Co-Ordination Committee of PSU Trade Unions was held today, 18th August 2013, at Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. The convention was held at HRDC premises.

Com. Swadesh Dev Roy, Secretary CITU presided. Com. Tapan Sen, General secretary, CITU presented the Back Ground Note for discussion. He narrated the latest developments in the Trade Union Front, the decisions of the National Convention of Workers held at New Delhi on 6th August which decided for massive propaganda on the 10 points demands raised in the 48 hours strike on 20-21 February 2013, and state level conventions to be organised. Com. Tapan Sen focussed on the demands of the casual, contract workers and the need of the regular workers to give full support to their struggle. He also focussed on the attack on the PSUs by the government and its complete support to the private sector.
The delegates spoke based on the Back Ground Note. On behalf of BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF, Coms. P.Abhimanyu and V.A.N.Namboodiri spoke respectively. The issues of BSNL and the contract workers were focussed by the two speakers.

The Convention ended with a clarion call to effectively implement the decisions of National Convention and the present convention.

Circle Convention of Contract workers at Jind (Haryana)

05 Monday Aug 2013

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A Circle Convention of all the casual and contract workers engaged in Haryana Circle will be held at Jind on 1st September 2013. All the workers are requested to participate in the same.