MAHARASHTRA- JALGAON DISTRICT CONFERENCE HELD SUCCESSFULLY.

The District Conference of Jalgaon, Maharashtra has been held with massive participation of pensioners at the Conference Hall in GMT office, Jalgaon on 26-05-2016. Com.A.S.Choudhary, District President controlled the proceedings. Com. R.N.Patil, District Secretary welcomed and presented the report.  In the report it was highlighted the steady growth of AIBDPA in the district; starting with a few members and the present membership rising up to 305. More than 100 members with good number of lady comrades participated in the conference.  Office bearers were elected unanimously with the following important functionaries.

President ; Com. A. S. Choudhary (Rtd SDE),  District Secretary : Com. R. N. Patil (Rtd SSS) Treasurer : Com. A. S. Ingle (Rtd Sr TOA)

 

Greece: WFTU-PAME-MAS Action of Solidarity with the French Workers

 

26 May 2016

On Thursday, May 26, a delegation of WFTU (World Federation of Trade Unions), PAME (All Workers Militant Front) and MAS (Militant Students Front) held a protest at the Embassy of France in Athens. WFTU was represented by Valentin Pacho deputy WFTU General Secretary.

The action aims to express the Solidarity of the workers and the youth of Greece, and of the WFTU, with the Struggle of the workers of France. In a provocative response, the French Embassy refused to meet with the representatives of the Trade Unions, who were “welcomed” by the Embassy’s Head of Security.

The delegation condemned this behavior of the Embassy, which is in accordance with the intimidation tactics and threats of the French Government, aiming to break the militant spirit of the strikers.

Turkey: WFTU International Antiimperialist Conference

27 May 2016

 

The WFTU International Antiimperialist Conference in Istanbul kicked off on May 27th with a great mifestation in Centre of the city. In the manifestation took part the WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos, and more than 30 trade-unionists from 17 countries of all the continents.

The conference continued with the interventions of the delegates and greeting speech of the WFTU General Secretary.

Telephone subscriber user base grows to 105.88 crore in March: Trai

 

The total telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally in March to 105.88 crore on the back of growth in wireless as well as wireline users.PTI  |  25 May 2016, 11:31 PM IST

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NEW DELHI: The total telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally in March to 105.88 crore on the back of growth in wireless as well as wireline users.
The overall user base stood at 105.18 crore at the end of February, sectoral regulator Trai said today.
The wireless subscriber base increased by 0.68% to 103.36 crore at the end of March, from 102.66 crore last month.
As for the wireline, the subscriber base arrested its decline and rose marginally to 2.522 crore at the end of March, from 2.521 crore in February.
The overall tele-density in the country went up to 83.36% at the end of March, from 82.89% last month.
The urban tele-density grew to 154.01% and rural tele-density to 51.37%.
In the wireless space, private access service providers held 91.30% market share whereas BSNL and MTNL accounted for only 8.70%.
In wireline though, the two state-run companies enjoy a market share of 72.42% while private operators’ stood at 27.58%.
The country’s top operator Bharti Airtel added 25.47 lakh wireless subscribers to take its base to 25.12 crore whereas BSNL continued with its solid pace of addition with 15.19 lakh subscribers joining its network. The user base of BSNL stood at 8.63 crore at March-end. 
While Vodafone added 12 lakh subscibers to take its base to 19.79 crore, Idea Cellular got 4.46 lakh users more to increase its base to 17.50 crore.
Reliance Communications added 5.02 lakh subscribers with its base at 10.24 crore whereas Aircel brought in 4.08 lakh additional users to grow its base to 8.70 crore at the end of March.
For Telenor, an additional 7.77 lakh subscribers came on board with its base rising to 5.24 crore while Tata Teleservices lost 1.80 lakh subscribers with the base dropping to 6 crore.
The state-run MTNL also lost 73,499 subscribers as its base stood at 35.60 lakh in the said period.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices and Videocon Telecom also lost 53,386 subscribers and 1.64 lakh subscribers, respectively.
The number of broadband subscribers increased to 14.97 crore at the end of March from 14.48 crore at the end of February, with a monthly growth rate of 3.37%.
“In March 2016, a total of 44 lakh requests were received for mobile number portability,” Trai added.
(Courtesy : The Economic Times)

WFTU SUPPORTS THE STRUGGLE OF THE FRENCH WORKING CLASS.

23 May 2016

The WFTU expresses its indignation against the forced evacuation of oil storage facilities and its full solidarity with all workers in France, who are fighting against the law “travail” of the Social-Democratic government of François Hollande.

The WFTU expresses its full and fraternal support to its affiliate, the FNIC- CGT, which strengthens the struggle of workers until the withdrawal of this unacceptable draft law.

The government’s decision is to pass the law at all costs, serving the interests of the capital, shows that the working class, workers must have no illusions about the role of government, if it is a social-democratic government or a liberal government.

The only way for the working class is to strengthen the class-oriented trade unions, to be organized against the attacks of the capitalists.

The WFTU and its affiliated trade-unions in France will give all their strength to organise the working class of France against the “travail” law and any other attack against the workers.

The Secretariat

GREECE- WFTU DEMANDS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE DEMANDA OF 11 SEAFARERS IN “OCEAN GLORY”.

 

24 May 2016

The WFTU issued on May 24th, 2016,  the following statement in solidarity with the struggle of the seafarers of the ship “Ocean Glory” which is located in Drapetsona, Greece.

To:

  • Department of Maritime Labour of Ministry of Maritime of Greece
  • Ministry of Labour of Greece
  • Nicolakis Shipping S.A
  • Mass Media
  • Maritime Unions

 

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) representing 92 million workers in 120 countries, according to the information received by the Greek Maritime Unions PEMEN, STEFENSON, PEEMAGEN and based on the information received by the total crew of the M/V “Ocean Glory” of the shipping company NICOLAKIS SHIPPING S.A we declare our official protestation and we ask from the direct intervention of the immediate of the authorities for the solution of the issues mentioned below:

The WFTU denounces that in the ship, which is located in the repair pier of Drapetsona, Greece due to engine damage, the seafarers are facing serious problems.

Particularly:

  1. The Company has repeatedly with promises delayed to pay the salaries of the 11 crew members (3 Ukranians, 2 Russians, 6 from Ghana). Now they must receive their salaries of 5 months of work.
  2. 2 members of the crew of the engine are working 12 hours every day for 5 months in violation of international regulations for the “hours of rest” while the company is paying no overtime.
  3. Four members of the crew have asked for months their repatriation and their request has not been attained until today.

We demand the immediate intervention of the relevant authorities of the Ministry of Maritime for the solution of the problems faced by the seafarers of M/V “Ocean Glory”.

THE SECRETARIAT

CABINET NOTE ON 7TH PAY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS BEING PREPARED.

Shri. Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Staff side of JCM has stated in a circular that according to reliable sources, the cabinet note on the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission is being prepared and may be submitted to the cabinet shortly. It is not known as to what extent the demands of NJCA is incorporated in the cabinet note. In these circumstances a meeting of the NJCA is decided to be held on 4th June, 2016 to review the preparations for the indefinite strike of central government employees from 11th July, 2016. 

Ghassan Ghosn, CGT-Lebanon elected General Secretary of ICATU

20 May 2016
The 13th Congress of the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions took place on 17-19 May 2016, in Sharm-El-Sheikh of Egypt.
Alexandra Liberi, WFTU Head of Mass Media and Communications Department represented WFTU in this Congress and addressed a greeting message expressing the WFTU solidarity with the Arab people.
Following a succesful Congress, with democratic process and wide participation from the Arab Trade Unions a new Executive Council was elected as well as a new General Secretary of ICATU.
Brother Ghassan Ghosn, from CGT-Lebanon was elected in the post of General Secretary of this historic and important regional Organization for the next 5 years.
The Secretariat of the WFTU in its congratulatory letter to the new General Secretary said: “We wish you all strength, courage and determination in the difficult task you have taken upon your shoulders in the leadership of this historic and important regional Organization. From our side we will continue to build the fraternal relations between WFTU and ICATU, to support and defend ICATU and the Arab trade union movement for the benefit of all Arab people. We hope that our cooperation and brotherhood can continue to mature day after day.”
A letter was send to Rajab Maatouk, the outgoing General Secretary of ICATU appreciating his hard work for the benefit of the Arab people all the previous years as well as his role to maintain and strengthen the fraternal cooperation of ICATU and WFTU.