AHMEDABAD CCA OFFICE, GUJARAT
TAMIL NADU CCA OFFICE, CHENNAI
THIRUVANANTHPURAM CCA OFFICE, KERALA.
BHUBANESWAR CCA OFFICE, ODISHA
GMT OFFICE, HUBLI, KARNATAKA
SURENDRANAGAR, GUJARAT
JAMNAGAR, GUJARAT
KARWAR, KARNATAKA
CUDDALORE, TAMIL NADU
NAMAKKAL, TAMIL NADU
CCA OFFICE, KARNATAKA
HASAN, KARNATAKA
MYSORE, KARNATAKA
AIBDPA COMRADES AT SAHRANPUR, UP(W)
The first biennial District Conference of Circle Office, Ahmedabad was held on 04-07-2018. Com. J.G.Naik, Circle Patron inaugurated the conference explaining the recent developments in respect of pension revision and wage revision and the ongoing struggle by AUAB. The biennial report and accounts presented by Coms.H.C.Parmar, District Secretary and B.R.Mistri, Treasurer were approved after discussion.
Coms. J.G.Naik, H.C.Parmar and B.R.Mistri were elected President, District Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.
A meeting of the All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) was held on 04-07-2018, under the chairmanship of Com.Prahlad Rai, GS, AIBSNLEA. The meeting seriously discussed about the steep fall in the revenue collection of the Company, due to the predatory pricing of Reliance Jio. It is felt that this is an undesirable situation, especially when the employees are awaiting the 3rd wage revision. Hence, the meeting seriously felt the need to take urgent steps, to immediately boost the sales and revenue collection of the Company. The meeting decided to take the following steps, to implement the call.
All circle and district secretaries of BSNLEU are requested to take immediate steps, in coordination with the other constituents of the AUAB, for the immediate implementation of the above stated decisions. Meeting of the AUAB must be convened immediately at all circle and district levels, and the decisions should be implemented vigorously.
(BSNLEU Website)
Pensioners can contribute more in this regard and as such AIBDPA units may take earnest efforts to involve pensioners to make this campaign/ marketing successful.
Yesterday, July 4, 2018, the negotiations for the resolution of conflicts in southern Syria ceased. The negotiations were a COMPLETE FAILURE. Today, July 5, the Security Council of the UN holds its extraordinary session. The hypocrisy triumphs again! All claim that they are interested in the establishment of “peace”, “democracy”, “freedoms” etc. For 8 years, intra-imperialist antagonisms have been increasing in the South-East Mediterranean, the Gulf region and the Middle East. Strong actors claim to get their own part in Syria, Iraq and North Africa, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and everywhere.
The World Federation of Trade Unions denounces the projects of manipulation, enslavement and separation of employees and peoples according to religious, sectarian, racial, and national differences. The division and segmentation of workers aims to hide the real causes of poverty, exploitation and wars. These real causes are the dispute over the control of natural resources and the transport routes for energy, the acquisition of new markets, the demarcation of new frontiers. The millions of refugees, migrants and innocent victims are the result of imperialist antagonisms.
In parallel with our struggle against imperialist interventions, against the policies of NATO, the United States, the EU and their allies, the WFTU firmly expresses its solidarity with the progressive and anti-imperialist forces in Turkey, Lebanon , Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Jordan in their struggle for popular, labor, trade union and democratic rights.
The firm position and principles of the WFTU have always been and will be that it is the peoples themselves – and not the imperialists – who have the right to decide on their present and future freely and democratically.
At the same time, we take advantage of our presence within the International Organizations to support human rights in the Gulf monarchies, both for the citizens of these countries and for the migrants from Asian countries. There are many cases that migrant workers in the Gulf countries are treated as animals and not as human beings.
We call on all the militant unions all over the world to inform their members about the reality of the situation, the real responsible persons, by revealing the hypocrisy of the International Organizations which regularly follow the same lines as those of NATO and the imperialists.
The Secretariat
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A largely attended special generalbody meeting of Jalgaon District was held on 04-07-2018. Com. A.R.Patil, District President presided over the meeting. Com. B.P.Petkar, Circle Advisor was the Chief Guest and spoke on the importance of holding the Central Executive Committee meeting at Jalgaon on 30-31, July, 2018. Com. R.N.Patil, Circle Secretary explained the current position in respect of pension revision and the arrangements being made for the successful conduct of the Central Executive Committee meeting and appealed all to co-operate fully with the Reception Committee..Coms. A. S Chaoudhary, ACS, Ingale, Circle Treasurer and H>K.Patil, District Secretary also addressed the meeting.
Shri. Sourab Dhupad, Tax Consultant delivered a lecture on filing the income tax return and other connected issues.
Consequent to the decision of the Corporate Management, to increase the number of Staff Side representatives in the Joint Committee for negotiating wage revision, the All India Centre of BSNLEU, has decided to nominate the President, General Secretary, Deputy General Secretary, Com.P.Asokababu, Vice-president (CHQ) and Com.Animesh Mitra, Vice-president (CHQ), as BSNLEU’s representatives in the Joint Committee.
( BSNLEU Website)
On the issue of wage revision, the DoT had raised queries as to how the BSNL Management intends to manage the additional expenditure that will arise, due to the implementation of Wage Revision. It is understood that the total expenditure that will arise due to the implementation of Wage Revision from 01.01.2017 upto 31.03.2019 would come to around Rs.1,400 crores. It is understood that the Corporate Office has given a very detailed and convincing reply to the query raised by the DoT, with regards to managing the expenditure.
(BSNLEU Website)
It is a landslide victory for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the presidency of Mexico. In the elections held on 01-07-2018, the Mexican People gave the left candidate, Lopez Obrador , a record 53.8% votes. Corruption and increased violence, especially in the recent past, infuriated the anti-incumbency that the ruling party candidate, Jose Antonio Meade of the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI) was decimated to the 3rd position with only 16.3% votes. The centre-right National Action Party (PAN) secured 2nd position with 22.8% votes. Lopez Obrador’s victory puts a leftist at the helm of Mexico for the first time.
Lopez Obrador will assume office in December, 2018 and he has already stated that he will stay at his own middle-class home and turn official residence into an arts centre, sell the presidential plane and slash his salary.
But challenges are many before the new regime; eradicate corruption, subdue the drug mafias, reduce inequality are the main internal issues. Mexico already has a strained relationship with its immediate neighbor USA since Donald Trump’s elevation as the President. Trump is insisting for regeneration of North American Free Trade Agreement, which involves 80% of Mexico’s exports to USA. Trump also has taken a tough stand on the issue Mexican immigrants and even children are being separated from their Mexican parents.
Above all, USA is known for its animosity to the left regimes, particularly in Latin America. We have before us the examples of Chile, Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela. So it is certain that the US imperialists will try their level best to utilize the first opportunity to topple the left government in Mexico. Such evil designs of imperialists have to be resisted by the people of Mexico with support from all progressive forces the world over.