Tag Archives: Protest

Private entry inside BSNL infrastructure – Oppose and defeat the sinister move

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by in BSNL, Telecom

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

The DOT and the central government have always been moving to share the infrastructure of BSNL for the benefit of the private telcos. Years back, DOT gave permission to private telecom companies to construct/install their towers on the BSNL buildings. It was defeated by the workers by blocking the private telecoms from entering the premises and strong protest from the unions.

Next, there was move to unbundle the valuable copper cable all over India and share it with the private operators. A complete strike was organised and the DOT was compelled to give a written assurance that there will be no unbundling and no disinvestment.

Now the government has decided to form the Tower company, which will cripple BSNL and its revenue. Further, once the company is formed, it will be independent and will take decisions which will be completely in the interest of the private companies. It will be just like the priority given to private airlines in the routes ignoring Air India, the PSU. BSNL will get the least benefit from the new Tower company, which will be at the behest of the private companies as per the direction of the government.

The story of the Arab and the Camel, where the former was completely kicked out of the tent by the latter, will be the result. The united force of the workers saved our copper cables and in the same way we should be able to save our towers.

The decision of all the unions/associations to meet on 15th and discuss the issue and plan the course of action is timely. The government move to form the Tower Company should defeated at the initial stage itself.

Protest Demonstration against US President Donald Trump

03 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by in WORLD NEWS

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

Los Angeles, Jul 3 : Demonstrators hoisting signs and chanting anti-Donald Trump slogans marched through downtown Los Angeles to urge Congress to impeach the president.
The Los Angeles march was one of several similar gatherings yesterday across California and the nation.
Organisers say they believe the president has violated the US Constitution and obstructed justice.
One banner called the president an “Illegitimate Corrupt Puppet.”
Marcher John Meranda tells the Los Angeles Times he has attended five recent anti-Trump marches. The 56-year-old says he’s most recently frightened by the Republican proposal to cut billions of dollars from the Medicaid program.
A smaller group of pro-Trump protesters gathered nearby outside Los Angeles police headquarters. The Trump supporters say they’re unconcerned about allegations that Trump tried to thwart an FBI investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Pensioners protested in Athens

06 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by in Pension, TUI of Pensioners and Retirees

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

The Pensioners’ Union in Athens, Greece, is on agitation on the pension issue. They conducted massive protest demonstration in Athens against pension cuts on 4th April 2017. A report from Athens is given below:

“Tuesday, April 4, Athens Unions pensioners staged a massive demonstration against the new pension cuts, SYRIZA provided by the Government and the EU-IMF-ECB Agreement.
Retired unions protested to the Ministry of Labor, where they met with the Deputy Minister. The unions denounced the planned cuts and demanded the restoration of all the losses they had in their income in recent years.
The unions called for all pensioners to continue the fight, with the following manifestations station PAME on April 7 ”

AIBDPA expresses its solidarity and support to the struggles of the Pensioners of Athens!

Protest Against the attack on the SBT employees

26 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by in General

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , ,

The employees of the State Bank of Travancore (SBT) are on agitation against the decision of the Government to merge it with SBI. The government has decided to merge all its affiliated 5 banks with SBI as also the Mahila Bank. This decision is against the best interests of the bank, bank employees and the customers. Instead of discussing with the workers and settling the issues, the bank authorities have issued order prohibiting demonstrations, rallies, meetings and agitational activities near the bank premises. There is no doubt that these restrictions are engineered by the NDA government at the centre.

The working class have to fully understand the present crisis and prepare for might struggles. The 2nd September 2016 Strike called by the central trade unions against such attacks and on major demands of the working class has to be made a great success.

100% FDI in Defence, FDI increase in all sectors – Protest by Opposition Parties

20 Monday Jun 2016

Posted by in Neo-liberal policy

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

,

It is a ‘monsoon’of FDI announced by the Government of India. Against all earlier guidelines, 100% FDI has been announced in the strategic defence sector.This will give free hand to the private defence companies to take over the Indian defence production.

The FDI in Civil Aviation, Single Brand Retail, Pharma and certain other sectors have been increased including up to 100%.

India has now become the playground for the MNCs, foreign banks and financial institutions. The national security concerns are ignored.

The opposition parties including Congress and Left parties have strongly opposed the new increase in FDI.

FM for early merger Associated Banks with SBI

06 Monday Jun 2016

Posted by in General

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , ,

The Finance Minster Arun Jaitely has stated that he is expecting early govt. decision on the merger of the Associated Banks with the State bank of India.The Associate banks are State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Hyderabad. Mahila Bank also will be merged.
SBI first merged State Bank of Saurashtra with itself in 2008. Two years later, State Bank of Indore was merged.
SBI has maintained since then that it would merge others as well but none of its moves fructified due to lack of capital (which was pegged at least Rs 2,000 crore each for per bank) and stiff opposition from employee unions.

The Bank Employees have strongly protested the merger move since it will neither improve the services nor improve the finance of the SBI.

No Proposal for VRS in BSNL – CMD BSNL

05 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by in BSNL, General

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , ,

Responding to the strong protest against move for VRS in BSNL from the Forum and the unions, the CMD BSNL Shri Anupam Shrivastava, in a statement from Pune has informed that there is no proposal at present to implement VRS in BSNL.

So far so good! The workers are being tested now and then to assess their reaction. Workers have understood the intentions of the management for VRS and they are not going to allow the same, which is against the interests of the workers and the company itself.

Protest this petrol, diesel hike.

01 Wednesday Jun 2016

Posted by in General

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

There is no justification for the present hike in the price of petrol and diesel, which is increased by Rs. 2.5 for petrol and Rs. 2.26 for diesel. This is the 19th hike for petrol and 16th hike for diesel within the last two years after the Modi Government took over.

The government had declared that after deregulation, the prices will come down, when the international prices come down. The international price at present for petrol is only Rs. 25.31 whereas the government has raised it to Rs.65.63 by increasing the customs/excise/taxes. This is nothing but looting the people.

Strong protest should come from the political parties, workers and the people to make the government to retract from the anti-people decision.

 

CPI(M) opposes US military bases in India

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by in General, WORLD NEWS

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

CPI(M) has issued statement strongly opposing US military bases in India, which is reproduced below:

“No Bases for US Armed Forces

 “The Modi government has taken the dangerous step of deepening military collaboration with the United States by agreeing to allow US armed forces to use base facilities in Indian naval and air force bases.

The US Defence Secretary and the Indian Defence Minister have announced an in principle agreement has been reached for a Logistics Exchange  Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA). This is just another name for the Logistic Support  Agreement (LSA) that the United States enters into with military allies like Philippines, South Korea and Japan. Unlike what the Defence Minister says, refueling, maintenance and repair facilities for American ships and airplanes will require the  stationing of US armed forces personnel on Indian soil on a regular basis.Along with this agreement, the Defence Minister has indicated that two other agreements are on the anvil, Communication and Information Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) and Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA).  These will make the Indian armed forces command and control structure integrated with the US armed forces. In doing so, the BJP government has crossed a line which no other government has done  since independence – converting India into a fullfledged military ally of the United States.

By this, the Modi government has compromised national sovereignty and the strategic autonomy of the country.  All political parties and patriotic citizens should oppose this surrender to the USA.   The Modi government must be told that these anti-national steps do not have the support of the people. It should immediately retract from signing the Logistics Agreement.”

 

EPF under attack by Government

07 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by in General, PSU

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

Employees Provident Fund is under attack.Government is trying to take away the  hard earned money of the employees put in the EPF. This year’s Budget has proposed  to tax 60% of the EPF at the time of withdrawal after retirement. The right to withdraw the EPF fully, if you leave the job at any time, is also taken away. The EPF can be fully withdrawn only after you reach 60 years. The government has also been compelling the EPFO to put the savings in private mutual funds etc. to help the corporate  on the plea of getting more dividend.

It seems that the government want to hand over the huge funds at the disposal of the EPF to the private corporates for their benefit. This will be disastrous. Strong protest should erupt from the workers and their organisations. Government should be compelled to withdraw the enethical move to tax the EPF money.

It is also necessary that similar tax imposed on the NPS should be withdrawn.