Sunday, June 20, 2010
[09.03.2010] AIBDPA Leaders Meet Member (Finance), DoT at Chennai
(1) 50% IDA merger to BSNL pre-2007 retirees
Member (F) stated that a note has been sent to DoP&T and the reply is awaited, after which the issue will be processed. She agreed that there is full justification for 50% IDA merger.
(2) Anomaly in fixation of pension to DoT employees absorbed in BSNL, who retired between 01.10.2000 and 31.07.2001 is also discussed.
Member told the issue has been sent to Department of Expenditure and reply is awaited.
Member (Finance) agreed to send a reminder to the Department of Expenditure.
(3) Delay in payment of IDA
A delay in payment of IDA is pointed out. Association suggested that IDA orders for pensioners may kindly be endorsed by DoT without delay as soon as the DPE issue orders on the subject. It can be placed on DoT website. If DoT authorizes the website orders as an authentic one, it is easy for the banks and post offices to draw the IDA. This suggestion has been agreed and Member (Finance) told that she will look into the case positively.
The meeting was cordial and very positive. Association expressed its thanks to Member (Finance) for the meeting.
Press statement by the Central Trade Unions for making Jail Bharo and Satyagraha on 5th March, 2010 a grant success throughout the country
Press statement by the Central Trade Unions for making Jail Bharo and Satyagraha on 5th March, 2010 a grant success throughout the country
PRESS STATEMENT 05...03...2010
All tithe Central Trade Unions off the country, IINTUC, BMS, AIITUC, HMS, CIITU,
AIICCTU, AIIUTUC, UTUC, TUCC, have collectively launched agitation
Throughout the country from September 2009 mainly against unprecedented
Price rise, violation off labour laws, disinvestment off profit making public sector,
Job loss and failure off the Government to set up a national welfare fund for the
Agricultural and unorganized workers...
Today lakhs off workers are participating in Jail Bharo and Satyagraha in all
State capitals, industrial towns and even in district headquarters... More than 10
Lakh workers, as the report has come, are participating in the programme...
In Delhi thousands off workers waiving banners, placards mainly against
Price rise are participating in law violation programme led by
Dr... Sanjeeva
Reddy, MP, President, IINTUC, Shri Gurudas Das Gupta, MP, General
Secretary, AIITUC, Sheri Umraomal Purohit, General Secretary, HMS, Drr... M...K...
Pandhe, President, CIITU, Shri Tapan Sen, MP, Secretary, CIITU, Shri R...V...
Subbarrao, Vice--President, BMS, Shri S...P... Tewari, General Secretary, TUCC,
Shri R...K... Sharma, Secretary, AIIUTUC, Shri Abani Roy, MP, General Secretary,
UTUC and Shri Swap an Mukherrjjee, General Secretary, AIICCTU... Over ten
Thousand workers including the
Central Trade Unions leaders courted arrest...
The Central Trade Unions express deep anguish at the steep rise in
Taxation leading to increase in prices off petroleum products and also reduction
In subsidy for urea and other fertiilizers...
The Central Trade Unions in their meeting yesterday decided to meet
Shortly and decide the next phase off action to expand and intensify the
Agitation...
All the trade unions send their warm greetings to the working class for
Making Jail Bharo and Satyagraha today a great success and call upon them to
Be ready for the next phase off action...
BMS
[05.03.2010]
Observe Centenary of International Women’s Day on 8th March, 2010 :- It was in 1910 that the decision to observe a day all over the World focusing on the demands of women was taken by the second international conference of socialist women held in Copenhagen. The origin of the International Women’s Day lies in the struggles of women workers against their exploitative working conditions and to assert their rights.
The Central Secretariat of BSNLEU met on 4th March, 2010 decided to observe the centenary year of International Women’s Day in a befitting manner together with fraternal organization. Massive campaign highlighting issues of working women of BSNL taken up and settled so far by the union and larger national issues viz. working women equal wage, 8 hrs work day, maternity benefits, control of prices and 33% reservation for women in legislatures etc. may be focused.
Tamil Nadu Circle Conference delegates donate Rs.75,000/- for CHQ building fund:- The Tamil Nadu Circle conference is being held at the port city of Tuticorin, from 27th February to 2nd March,2010. In his address to the conference, com.V.A.N.Namboodiri,GS, announced the decision of the Bhopal CEC meeting to purchase a new building for our union at New Delhi, as well as the decision to collect a building fund. Immediately after his speech, delegates attending the conference started voluntarily pouring donation for the building fund. An amount of Rs.75,080 was handed over to the General Secretary in the conference it self. CHQ salutes and congratulate the Tamil Nadu comrades for their spirit and good gesture.
West Bengal Circle union donate Rs.60,000/- for CHQ building fund:- Earlier West Bengal Circle Union in its conference held from 8th to 11th Jan’2010 had donated Rs.60,000/- only towards BSNLEU Building Fund as a first installment of the Circle Union.
RESOLUTION ON WAGE REVISION
above devellopmentt fforced BSNLEU and tthe UF tto reviive tthe callll ffor
ttwo days sttriike.. The sttriike tthatt ttook pllace on 19tth and 20tth Augustt’’2009 drew
ttremendous response ffrom tthe workers iinclludiing tthose bellongiing tto NFTE and
FNTO.. There iis no doubtt tthatt tthiis sttriike iis a miillesttone iin our ttrade uniion
movementt.. However,, NFTE and FNTO iinfformed tthe managementt iin wriittiing tthatt
tthey were nott parttiiciipattiing iin tthe sttriike.. Thus tthey have creatted an iindelliiblle sttaiin
on ttheiir uniions..
Even afftter tthe sttriike,, managementt conttiinued tto drag iitts ffeett,, wiitth tthe
hope tthatt BSNLEU woulld succumb tto tthe pressure and acceptt a tten years wage
settttllementt.. However,, BSNLEU was dettermiined nott tto acceptt tthatt condiittiion..
Meanwhiille NFTE and FNTO sttartted campaiigniing among tthe workers tto ffiillll up
decllarattiion fforms accepttiing tthe tterms and condiittiions off tthe managementt on
wage reviisiion.. However,, workers gave a ffiittttiing replly by iignoriing tthem..
The dettermiinattiion off BSNLEU and Uniitted Forum,, nott tto surrender tthe
iintterestt off tthe BSNL non-executtiives ffiinalllly compelllled tthe managementt tto come
around ffor a settttllementt.. Thus,, a broad understtandiing was reached iin tthe
meettiing off tthe Wage Negottiiattiion Commiittttee,, helld on 17-11-2009.. Managementt
gave up ttheiir iinsiisttence ffor a tten years wage settttllementt.. Botth siides agreed tthatt
tthe nextt wage reviisiion off tthe non-executtiives woulld be done ttogetther wiitth tthatt off
tthe executtiives..
IItt ttook ffew more weeks ffor ffiinalliizattiion off tthe new pay scalles,, siince tthe
scalles proposed by tthe managementt diid nott conttaiin suffffiiciienttlly llong spans tto
avoiid sttagnattiion.. Because off tthe ttough bargaiiniing made by BSNLEU and tthe
UF,, settttllementt on pay scalles was reached iin tthe meettiing helld on 15-01-2010..
Agreementt on recommendattiions off tthe Wage Negottiiattiion Commiittttee was siigned
botth by tthe managementt and tthe sttaffff siide on tthatt day iittsellff..
IItt iis perttiinentt tto menttiion here tthatt wage reviisiion iis sttiillll nott settttlled iin many
majjor PSUs.. Hence,, tthiis meettiing off tthe CEC congrattullattes tthe CHQ ffor ffiinalliiziing
tthe bestt possiiblle wage reviisiion under tthe giiven ciircumsttances.. Thiis CEC allso
pllaces on record iitt’’s ffullll appreciiattiion ffor tthe Ciirclle,, diisttriictt,, branch uniions as wellll
as ffor tthe enttiire membershiip off BSNLEU,, and allso ffor allll tthe consttiittuentts off tthe
Uniitted Forum ffor besttowiing ttheiir sttead ffastt ffaiitth on tthe organiizattiion and allso ffor
successffulllly iimpllementtiing allll tthe calllls ffor acttiion ffor settttllementt off tthiis llandmark
wage reviisiion..