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KERALA CCLU STRIKE AND HUNGER FAST BY BSNLEU AND SNEA- SOLIDARITY MASS DHARNA BY AIBDPA.

The indefinite strike by the Kerala BSNL casual /contract workers and the indefinite hunger fast by BSNLEU and SNEA for settlement of their legitimate demands and withdrawal of victimization by CGMT ,Kerala has completed four days and is continuing with more vigour and determination. Today,the 6th August,2015 the fasting leaders ,Com.K.Mohanan, Circle Secretary,BSNLEU and Com.K.Sudheer, Circle President, SNEA were arrested and removed to hospital by the police as their health condition worsened. Therefore Com.Prathap Kumar, AGS,BSNLEU and Com.G.Premkumar, Circle Treasurer,SNEA have started the hunger fast.

AIBDPA, Kerala Circle organized a Solidarity Mass Dharna in support of both the strike and hunger fast before CGMT office, Thiruvananthapuram on 6th August,2015. Com.M.V.Govindan Master, State General Secretary, Karshaka Sangam inaugurated the Dharna. Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan, All India Patron, Com.R.Aravindakshan Nair, Circle President and other leaders addressed the dharna.

 

BETRAYAL TO BSNL BY MODI GOVERNMENT DISHONOURING ITS OWN ASSURANCES.

It is reported that the Cabinet yesterday has decided to grant Rs. 169.16 crores to BSNL, as part of the refund for the BMW Spectrum surrendered by BSNL. BSNL surrendered the spectrum years back and the more than Rs. 4,700 are to be paid to BSNL for the same after the DOT has arbitrarily adjusted about Rs. 2,000 crore towards licence Fee to be paid by BSNL. The Communications Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad has been continuously declaring that financial assistance will be given to BSNL for revival, but what happens is that even the legitimate refund is not being paid. Is it that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not hearing Communication Minister or the the latter himself is against assisting the BSNL? Any way, the losers are BSNL, the employees and the public. The double face of the Modi Government is exposed fully, which only wants the MNCs and Corporates to grab maximum profits.

Rs. 1,250 crores already allotted for the financial year 2012-13 in lieu of ADC for BSNL is yet to be paid despite assurance from the DOT after the two days April Strike.

PROTEST DEMONSTRATION BY FORUM AGAINST FORMATION OF TOWER COMPANY- AIBDPA TO JOIN.

Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has called upon the BSNL employees to organise massive protest demonstrations on 12th August 2015 opposing the approval of the union cabinet to separate the BSNL towers, numbering about 65,000 in to a separate company bifurcating BSNL. The decision of the Cabinet stating that this will improve financial viability is nothing but a clever move to weaken the BSNL by reducing its revenue from the existing towers. The decision of the Forum to express its protest is in time and appropriate.

AIBDPA calls upon its units to join the demonstrations on 12th August along with BSNL employees.

‘HIROSHIMA DAY’ OBSERVED IN JAPAN.

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Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima – Doves being released on 6th August 2015

Tens of thousands of people observed  a minute  silence at 8-30 a.m. on 6th August 2015 at the ceremony in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicentre of the 1945 dropping of the atom bomb by USA, marking the moment of the atomic blast. Then dozens of doves were released as a symbol of peace.

The U.S. bomb, “Little Boy,” the first one dropped in Hiroshima  killed 140,000 people, and a second bomb “Fat Man,” dropped over Nagasaki three days later, killed another 70,000, first of such attacks in any war.

WFTU SUPPORT TO THE NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE IN INDIA ON 2ND SEPTEMBER,2015.

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The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) that represents more than 92 million workers all over the world expresses its strong solidarity with our class brothers and sisters of India, who prepare a National General Strike for September 2nd.

During the last years India has met great financial rise. It is member of BRICS, has nuclear arsenal and space program. But this financial boom is not a benefit for most of the one billion people of India. Skyscrapers are built next to the slums. Extreme wealth is gathered next to starving people. While the rich become richer, the wretched are once more the victims. The growth of the capitalist economy is always based on the escalation of the exploitation of the working class. Today that India and its bourgeois political forces take pride on the economic and military strength of the Indian Nation; the vast majority of the people live the contradiction of pauperization.

In these conditions the struggle and the demands of the Trade Union movement of India is just. The WFTU affiliates in India have been preparing this strike for months, showing the determination and the will of the class forces to mobilize the great force of the working people. The success of the National General Strike in India, on September 2nd will be a success for the working class of the world.

Especially this year, when the WFTU celebrates its 70th Year Anniversary, we would like to highlight the historic contribution of the class trade union movement of India to the World Federation since its foundation. It is a fact that without the struggles and the contribution of the trade union movement of India, the international class trade union movement would not be the same.

The WFTU expresses its internationalist support and solidarity to the struggle of its Indian brothers and calls all trade union organizations of WFTU to stand in solidarity with the National Strike of the Indian working class.

Long Live International Solidarity! Long Live the class trade union movement of India! All success to the National General Strike of September 2nd!

LAND ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT) BILL- NDA GOVERNMENT COMPELLED TO BACK TRACK.

In a major development, the NDA Government has stepped down from its arrogant position of passing the Land(Amendment) Bill moved by it in the Parliament  which was strongly opposed by Congress, Left and other opposition parties.. The government issued ordinance three times unable to get it passed in the parliament.

Now in the Joint Parliament Committee examining the bill, the ruling members have agreed to remove many of the clauses in the bill, which are anti-people and anti-farmer therefore opposed by the opposition parties.

It is reported that in this scenario, the Land (Amendment) Bill may get passed. This development is a big embarrassment for the government and a victory for the united opposition.

78.2%- DELAY TACTICS OF THE BUROCRACY CONTINUES.

TODAY COM.K,G,JAYARAJ,GENERAL SECRETARY CONTACTED THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE CABINET NOTE ON 78.2% HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOM WITH THEIR COMMENTS. SURPRISINGLY, THE UNDER SECRETARY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE HAS STATED THAT SOME CLARIFICATIONS ARE BEING SOUGHT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOM FOR WHICH THE FILE MAY BE SENT WITHIN TWO DAYS.

EARLIER, THE INTERNAL FINANCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOM HAD DELAYED THE MAXIMUM FOR REVISING THE DRAFT CABINET NOTE PREPARED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT SECTION,STATING THAT SOME MORE DETAILS REGARDING THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE  AND ALSO THE 60:40 ISSUE ARE NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE DOE TO AVOID RETURN OF FILE. AND IT WAS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR, ESTABLISHMENT, DOT THAT 90% OF THE CABINET NOTE CONTAINS SUCH DETAILS. STILL, IT IS REALLY AN IRONY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE IS NOT SATISFIED.

SO THE NET RESULT IS FURTHER DELAY OF ANOTHER FEW MONTHS

INDEFINITE STRIKE BY BSNL CCLU AND FAST BY BSNLEU & SNEA IN KERALA.

Com.K.Mohanan, Circle Secretary, BSNLU addressing before the start of the fast.

The  high handed anti-worker and the most provocative buerocratic attitude of the CGMT, Kerala is spoiling the industrial reletions in Kerala Circle. No doubt, this will certainly affect the services adversely. Kerala is the only Circle which has achieved a profit of Rs.400 crore and CGMT shamelessly is not prepared to give credit to anybody else for the same . It is a well known fact that the profit could be earned due to the collective hard work of the entire staff including the casual/contract workers.

The casual/contract workers were compelled to resort to agitational programmes as the Circle Administration did not care to discuss their  genuine demands including wage hike and implementation of the agreement by the circle administration consequent on a glorious strike of 16 days in August,2013. BSNL CCLU leaders had started an indefinite fast from 9th July,2015 as the CGMT continued his negative attitude. Meanwhile a number of BSNLEU leaders including the Circle Secretary have been victimized with dies-non, show cause notice etc alleging that they have helped the CCLU agitation. Of late, one of the SNEA leader is transferred when most of the earlier cases of victimization during the SNEA agitation have not been settled despite specific directive from the BSNL corporate office.

All these compelling circumstances have contributed to launch an indefinite strike by the BSNL CCLU in Kerala Circle and BSNLEU and SNEA an indefinite fast before the CGMT office Thiruvananthapuram from 3rd August, 2015. The Strike of the casual contract workers is full in all over the Circle.

Com.K.Mohanan, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and Com.K.Sudher, Circle President, SNEA have started the indefinite fast at 10AM on 3rd August. Com.M.Chandran M L A inaugurated the fast. Com.P.V.Chandrasekharan, All India Patron,AIBDPA presided. Com.K.Mohanan spoke initially detailing the developments which made the agitation imperative.Com.G.Premkumar, Circle Treasurer, Com.T.Santhosh Kumar, District Secretary, SNEA, Com.R.Muraleedharan Nair, Former AGS,BSNLEU, Com.N.R.Somasekharan Nair, State Secretary, BSNLCCLU and Com.S.Ashok Kumar, District Secretary, Confederation addressed.There was an unprecedented gathering of workers with large number of lady comrades reflecting the anguish and anger against the negative approach of the CGMT.