The Relay Hunger Fast before the CCA office ,Chennai was jointly organised by Tamilnadu and Chennai Telephones Circle branches with huge participation of pensioners at 10 AM on 21-07-2015. Com.S.Chellappa, Assistant General Secretary, BSNLEU inaugurated the fast. Com.S.Mohandoss,CHQ Vice President and Circle President, Tamilnadu and Com.V.Subramoniam, Circle President, Chennai Telephones jointly presided. Com.C.K.Narasimhan welcoming the gathering explained the issues for which the struggle is conducted. Com.K.Govindraj, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Chennai Telephones, ComKanniappan, Circle President, BSNLEU, Chennai, Com.K.Arumugam, CHQ Organising Secretary and Circle office bearers and some of the district secretaries also addressed.
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RELAY HUNGER FAST AT CCA OFFICE, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA.
Karnataka Circle Branch has taken the initiative to conduct the Relay Hunger Fast with good participation of pensioners well in advance and this has paid dividends. About 200 pensioners participated on the first day fast before the CCA office Bangalore at 10AM on 21-07-2015. Com.M.C.Balakrishna, Assistant General Secretary, BSNLEU inaugurated. Com. M.Monappa Poojari, Circle President presided. Com.S.B. Bilagi, Circle Secretary welcomed the gathering. Com.C.K.Gundanna, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Com.G.G.Patil, CHQ Org Secretary, Com.S.Sudharsan, District Secretary, BSNLEU, Com. Muthaiya, ACS,BSNLEU, Com,G.B.Salakki etc addressed.
RELAY HUNGER FAST AT CCA OFFICE, AHEMEDABAD, GUJARAT
The Relay Hunger Fast was successfully organised before the CCA office, Khanpur, Ahemedabad which started at 10AM on 21-07-2015. Com. T.V. Ghelani, Acting Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and Circle President, AIBDPA inaugurated the fast. Com M. B. Chaniyara, Circle Secreatry spoke elaborately on the issues and the efforts taken by CHQ for the settlement. Pensioners from all the District Branches under the leadership of the respective District Secretaries participated
ROUSING START TO THE TWO DAYS RELAY HUNGER FAST BEFORE THE CCA OFFICES.
The two days relay hunger fast has started at almost all the CCA offices in the country with huge participation of pensioners on today ,the 21st July, 2015 demanding immediate issuance of orders on 78.2% IDA merger to BSNL pensioners and restoration of quarterly medical allowances. The massive participation of pensioners even beyond the expectations of the organisers reflected the anger and anguish of the pensioners against the unjustified, unwanted and undue delay in settling these genuine demands.
KERALA CIRCLE. The relay hunger fast has started at 10 AM on 21-07-2015 with massive participation in an enthusiastic atmosphere before the CCA office, Trivandrum. Com. R. Raghunathan Nair, General Secretary, Kerala State Service Pensioners Union inaugurated. Com. R. Aravindakshan Nair, Circle President presided. Com. R. R. Warier,Asst Circle Secretary welcomed. Com. K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, Com. P.V. Chandrasekharan, All India Patron and Circle Advisor, Com.Karayi Sreedharan, Circle Patron, Com.P.V.Rajendran, State General Secretary, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers, Com.C.P.Raveendran, State Org.Secretary, CGPA, C.Santhoshkumar, ACS,BSNLEU, N.Ramesan, Circle Org.Secretary, ComP.M..Gopalakrishnan, District Secretary, Thrissur and Com. Vamadevan, District Secretary, BSNL CCLU addressed. Com. N.Vikraman Nair, District Secretary, Trivandrum proposed vote of thanks.
WFTU TUI SOLIDARITY TO LONDON TUBE WORKERS UNDERGROUND AND RAILWAY WORKERS.
The TUI Transport of WFTU adresses it’s full support to the tubeworkers on strike on the London Underground, to the railwayworkers of First Great Western and Southern Rail.
The TUI Transport of WFTU particularly salutes all the members of the Rail Maritime Trade Union in their struggle to defend jobs, to keep the guard on the train, in their legitimate fight aimed at ensuring acceptable working and wage conditions for all workers who will deliver the 24H service on the London Underground.
Since the privatisation of British Rail, the railways have become a symbol of the disastrous consequences of privatising public services. The World Federation of Trade Unions has organised several exchanges and visits of British railwayworkers from the RMT to other countries in Europe (more recently so in France and Portugal) aimed at explaining and spreading the word to railwayworkers of as many countries as possible about the consequences of this privatisation and what awaits them if they don’t fight back !
It was said that private enterprise would somehow deliver greater efficiency, better services, lower fares, and on top of that, even the massive investment needed on the railway ! But with one disaster and catastrophy after another, continously rising fares, deteriorating services, that claim has been widely exposed for what it is : another shameless lie !
The recent strikes that have been held and organised by the RMT across different railway companies, the recent upturn in industrial action in the railway and London Underground, and also Network Rail, has proven our class ennemy wrong in many aspects. Many of them thought that the perspective of a rail strike was a thing of the past in Great Britain, even more so at a national scale.
The workers on strike deserve the overwhelming support of all workers, in Britain and abroad.
The TUI Transport of WFTU hopes that the industrial action undertaken recently in the british railway and London underground, amidst declared government attacks on the right to strike of british workers, will enbolden the rest of the working class that has had enough of the greediness and parasitism of the shareholders who will stop at nothing in their never-ending quest for more profits
CENTRAL TRADE UNION LEADERS INVITED FOR TEA BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
It is reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited trade union leaders for tea on 19th July at his residence. Well and good! The moot question is whether the invitation is to convince them about the justification of the anti-labour laws that is being brought to be enacted or to hear the justified demands of the workers and consider them favourably. The invitation has been made on the eve of the Indian Labour conference is to be noted.
MODI GOVERNMENT ALLOWS PRIVATE ENTRY IN NAVAL ARMAMENT.
More private entry in government. Now the government has allowed private entry in naval armament industry also as per the following report in the Economic Times. As every body knows, this is part of the privatisation of armament industry. The NDA government is busy with its privatisation agenda.
“NEW DELHI: Government has issued industrial licences for naval armament business to large public and private sector companies including Larsen & Tubro, Pipavav and BHELBSE 2.36 %. Industrial licences have also been awarded to ABG ShipyardBSE -0.11 % and Alpha Design Technologies.
These licences have been given for works relating to warships, sub-marines, weapon platforms, high-speed boats and patrol research vessels. ” (Economic Times)
HEARTY GREETINGS TO ALL ON THIS HAPPY OCCASION.
NET NEUTRALITY- DOT PANEL FOR REGULATION ON VOICE CHAT ON MESSAGING PLATFORMS.
MUMBAI, JULY 16:
Messaging application providers such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Blackberry will be subject to licence conditions applicable to traditional telecom companies if they want to continue offering voice calling facility on their platform.
A committee set up by the Department of Telecom has said that existing internet-based applications, called Over-The-Top (OTT), offering voice telephony have an advantage compared to traditional telecom companies as the latter are subject to a number of regulatory controls.
“Under existing telecom licensing conditions, Internet Telephony is permitted under restricted conditions. However, pricing arbitrage of OTT domestic voice communication services has the potential of significantly disrupting existing telecom revenue models. This may decelerate the pace of telecom infrastructure expansion, whereas the need is to boost investment in telecom infrastructure to increase broadband reach, speeds, bandwidth capacity and enhanced quality of service,’ the committee said in its report.
“In case of domestic calls (local and national), communication services by telecom service providers and OTT communication services may be treated similarly from a regulatory angle for the present,” the committee said.
The nature of regulatory similarity, the calibration of regulatory response and its phasing can be appropriately determined after public consultations and TRAI’s recommendations.
The committee’s stand is in line with the demands of telecom companies such as Airtel and Reliance Jio, which had written to the TRAI seeking a level playing field with OTT players. In a recent interview with Business Line, Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal had said that voice telephony is subject to regulatory rules like spectrum charges and USO fund contribution whereas players like WhatsApp are offering voice chat without any such rules governing them.
Overall, the DoT panel has recommended adherence to core principles of Net Neutrality.
“The primary goals of public policy in the context of Net Neutrality should be directed towards achievement of developmental aims of the country by facilitating “Affordable Broadband”, “Quality Broadband” and “Universal Broadband” for its citizens. Over-The-Top (OTT) application services should be actively encouraged and any impediments in expansion and growth of OTT application services should be removed,’ it said.
( COURTESY: THE BUSINESS LINE.)
FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS/ASSOCIATIONS LEADERS DISCUSS 78.2% ISSUE WITH SECRETARY, DOT.
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