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REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS TO ALL.
WFTU on the plundering of the Employees Provident Fund in Sri Lanka
On 19th January, 2017 , the Inter Company Employees Union held a giant Protest in Colombo, the Capital city of Sri Lanka, against the Ranil- Mithree bourgeois government for putting the Employees Provident Fund, the largest Social Security Fund in Sri Lanka, to danger and allowing the culprits to loot the money from the Fund. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is the Trustee of this Fund but it has neglected its duty to protect the Money belong to People.
During last several months, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has directed to buy treasury bonds from third party and the lost made by this irrational investment was nearly Rs. 15 000 millions. The EPF money had used to buy Treasury Bonds from the secondary market even there are provisions to buy bonds directly from the Central Bank.
The Union urged the government to take immediate steps to recover the lost from the culprits.
The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 92 million workers, supports the struggles for the protection of the right of Social Security and the safeguarding of the Employees Provident Fund in order to be utilized in favor of the workers.
MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE CONFERENCE HELD BEFITTINGLY AND SUCCESSFULLY.
THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS WITH COMS.V.A.N.NAMBOODIRI, K.G.JAYARAJ AND N.K.NALAWADE.
The spacious Recreation Club hall at Mahadji Sindhey Telephone Exchange ,Pune was jam packed with pensioners from all the districts of Maharashtra on 15-01-2017. The occasion was the Circle Conference of AIBDPA, Maharashtra. Com.Nagesh Nalawade, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and the main architect of the organising committee welcomed all and controlled the proceedings. Com.Subhas Bartakke, Circle President presided over the conference.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor inaugurated the conference with an elaborate and inspiring speech, covering almost all the issues of the pensioners. Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, in his address dealt the organisational issues and exhorted to strengthen the AIBDPA at all levels to meet the challenges. Coms. Appa Saheb Ghagre, Circle President, BSNLEU, Gulab Kale, Assistant Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and S.S.Amre also addressed the conference. Com.B.P.Petkar presented the report and accounts and were adopted after active discussion.
Office bearers were elected unanimously and the following are the important functionaries.
Advisors : Coms. B.P.Petkar, S.N.Barkulabi
Patrons : Coms. S.S.Amre, B.R.Hiwarkar
Circle President : Com. P.G.Suryavanshi
Circle Secretary : Com.R.N.Patil
Treasurer. : Com. A.S.Ingale.
A SEMINAR ON ” SAVE PENSION AND PENSION FOR ALL ” HELD AT MIDNAPORE.
A good seminar, participated by hundreds of pensioners, was organised on 08-01-2017 by the Reception Committee of the ensuing West Bengal Circle Conference. It was held at the Karmachari Bhawan, Midnapore and Com. Anupam Saha, District Secretary and General Secretary, Reception Committee welcomed the gathering. Com.Susanta Ghosh, CHQ Vice President and Circle Secretary presented the subject, “Save Pension & Pension for All” effectively. The main speaker was Com.Pranab Chattopadhyay, Veteran leader of the State Goverenment employees in particular and the entire middle class employees and retirees in general.
