ऑल इंडिया सेन्टर द्वारा BSNLEU के RTI सेल का गठन.

विगत माह सम्पन्न BSNLEU की सेंट्रल एग्जीक्यूटिव कमिटी मीटिंग में ऑल इंडिया लेवल और साथ ही सर्किल लेवल पर BSNLEU के RTI सेल के गठन करने का निर्णय लिया गया था। इन RTI सेल्स का, BSNL मैनेजमेंट और सरकार से विभिन्न जानकारियां प्राप्त करने का कार्य रहेगा। इस तरह, मैनेजमेंट और सरकार से प्राप्त विभिन्न जानकारियों (inputs) के आधार पर, मैनेजमेंट और सरकार के समक्ष मुद्दों को प्रभावी रूप से प्रस्तुत करने में  BSNLEU लैस होगी। CEC के इस निर्णय के अनुरूप , कल ऑनलाइन सम्पन्न BSNLEU की ऑल इंडिया सेन्टर की मीटिंग द्वारा BSNLEU के ऑल इंडिया लेवल RTI सेल का गठन किया गया, जिसमें निम्न कॉमरेड्स सदस्य के रूप में शामिल किए गए।

(1)   Com.C.K. Gundanna, former Circle Secretary, Karnataka.
(2)   Com.Mihir Dasgupta, former AGS.
(3)   Com.M.K. Dave, former Vice President (CHQ).

कॉम सी के गुंडान्ना इस RTI सेल के संयोजक के रूप में कार्य करेंगे। सभी सर्किल यूनियन से अनुरोध है कि वें अपने RTI सेल का शीघ्र गठन करें।

अभियान और हड़ताल कार्यक्रम के लिए BSNLEU की मांगें.

BSNLEU की   10 और 11 सितंबर, 2020, को सम्पन्न सेंट्रल एग्जीक्यूटिव कमिटी मीटिंग में सितंबर और अक्टूबर माह में व्यापक अभियान चलाने का निर्णय लिया गया है, जिसका समापन नवम्बर 2020 की हड़ताल के साथ हो। कल ऑनलाइन सम्पन्न ऑल इंडिया सेन्टर की मीटिंग ने तय किया है कि निम्न मांगों के साथ अभियान और हड़ताल आयोजित की जाएगी।
 

1. BSNL की 4G सेवा तत्काल शुरू की जाए। उपकरण प्राप्ति में प्राइवेट ऑपरेटर की तुलना में कोई भेदभाव नही किया जाए। 
2. तृतीय वेज रिवीजन का निराकरण किया जाए।
3. कार्यों की आउटसोर्सिंग के जरिए कॉन्ट्रैक्ट वर्कर्स की छंटनी नही की जाए। छंटनी किए गए कॉन्ट्रैक्ट वर्कर्स को वापिस लिया जाए। उनके वेज एरियर्स का शीघ्र भुगतान किया जाए। 
4. 01.01.2017 से पेंशन रिवीजन का निराकरण किया जाए। 
5. नॉन एग्जीक्यूटिव्ज के लिए नई प्रमोशन पॉलिसी लागू की जाए। 
6. कोविड-19 की वजह से दिवंगत हुए कर्मचारियों को रु 10 लाख का कैश मुआवजा दिया जाए। अधिकृत हॉस्पिटल्स में कैशलेस उपचार सुविधा सुनिश्चित की जाए।
7. JTO LICE, JAO LICE, JE LICE और TT LICE त्वरित आयोजित की जाए।
8. नॉन एग्जीक्यूटिव्ज के लिए ग्रुप टर्म इश्युरंस (GTI) सुविधा शुरू की जाए।
9. सीधे भर्ती हुए कर्मचारियों के लिए 30% सुपरएन्युएशन लाभ लागू किए जाएं। 
10. कैज्युअल लेबर्स के वेजेस संशोधित किए जाएं। 

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is the international organisation of the working class. The WFTU spearheads the struggles at the international level, against the exploitations on the working class and to protect their rights. The militant trade unions throughout the world, which are fighting against the anti-worker and pro-rich policies of their respective governments, are affiliated to the WFTU. BSNLEU is affiliated to the WFTU, through the Trade Union International (TUI) Transports and Communications. BSNLEU is regularly participating in the programmes called on by the WFTU. 

Since the WFTU is presently facing an acute financial crisis, the Head Quarters of the WFTU has appealed to it’s affiliated trade unions to give donations. The WFTU has to remain strong and vibrant, to fight against the exploitations by the multinational corporates. Hence, the All India Centre meeting of BSNLEU held online yesterday, has decided to call on the circle unions to collect Rs.20/- per member in the September salary payment and to send it to the CHQ. This is a very important duty of BSNLEU and all circle and district unions of BSNLEU are requested to pay their full attention in collecting this donation and sending it to the CHQ. With the view to provide immediate financial help to the WFTU, the All India Centre has also decided to send Rs.30,000/- to the WFTU.

The Central Executive Committee meeting of BSNLEU held last month, has decided that RTI Cells of BSNLEU should be formed at the All India level, as well as at the circle level. Getting various inputs from the BSNL Management and the government, is the job of these RTI Cells. The inputs so obtained from the Management and the government, will equip BSNLEU to effectively take up the issues with the Management and the government. In line with this decision of the CEC, the All India Centre meeting of BSNLEU, held online yesterday, has constituted the All India level RTI Cell of BSNLEU, with the following comrades as members: -

(1)        Com.C.K. Gundanna, former Circle Secretary, Karnataka.

(2)        Com.Mihir Dasgupta, former AGS.

(3)        Com.M.K. Dave, former Vice President (CHQ).

Com.C.K. Gundanna will function as the Convenor of this RTI Cell. All the circle unions are requested to immediately form their RTI Cells.

The Central Executive Committee meeting of BSNLEU, held on 10^th & 11^th September, 2020, has decided to organise massive campaigns in the months of September and October, which should culminate into a strike in November, 2020. The All India Centre meeting held online yesterday, finalised that the campaign and strike would be organised on the following demands.

1. Immediately launch BSNL's 4G service. No discrimination vis-a-vis the private operators in procurement of equipments. 
2. Settle 3rd Wage Revision.
3. Stop retrenchment of contract workers through indiscriminate outsourcing of works. Take back the retrenched contract workers. Immediately pay their wage arrears.
4. Settle pension revision from 01.01.2017.
5. Implement a New Promotion Policy for the Non-Executives.
6. Immediately hold the JTO LICE, JAO LICE, JE LICE and TT LICE.
7. Provide Rs.10 lakh cash compensation to the employees who die due to COVID-19.  Ensure cashless treatment in the empanelled hospitals. 
8. Implement Group Term Insurance (GTI) for the Non-Executives.
9. Implement 30% superannuation benefits to the Directly Recruited employees.
10. Implement revision of casual labourers’ wages. 

The BSNL Working Women’s Coordination Committee (BSNL WWCC) organised lunch hour demonstrations throughout the country today and condemned the gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl in Hathras. The protesters also condemned the attempts being made by the Uttar Pradesh government, to destroy the evidences and thereby to rescue the murderers. The Uttar Pradesh police had hurriedly cremated the victim’s body in the dead of the night. It did not allow the media persons and opposition parties to contact the victim’s family.  Today's demonstrators demanded all actions to stop the brutalities being committed on women.

Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, one of the prominent Dalit leaders, and former Union minister, has passed away yesterday. He was 74 years old and had recently undergone a heart surgery. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan had been a minister in almost all the Central Governments formed since 1989 and had served under six Prime ministers, starting with the cabinet of Shri V.P. Singh. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan had played a prominent role in the implementation of the Mandal Commission's recommendations. He was the Minister of Communications, at the time of formation of BSNL. The death of Shri Ram Vilas Paswan has created a big void in Indian politics. BSNLEU pays it's respectful homage to the departed leader.

The wealth of the world billionaires has increased by 27.5% within 3 months and that too, during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, from April to July 2020. As per the report of The Guardian, the wealth of the billionaires reached a new high of $10.2 trillion within these three months period. It was during this period that millions of people around the world, lost their jobs and were pushed to extreme poverty. We have to understand that these are the results of policies being pursued by the capitalist’s governments, including India.

[Courtesy: The Guardian, dated 07.10.2020]

The BSNL Working Womens’ Coordination Committee (BSNL WWCC) has given call for holding lunch hour demonstrations tomorrow, protesting against the gang rape and brutal murder of a Dalit girl at Hathras. All circle and district unions of BSNLEU are requested to take all possible steps to organise the demonstration successfully, by involving maximum number of employees, both men and women.

हाथरस में एक दलित लड़की का सामूहिक बलात्कार और नृशंस हत्या - BSNLWWCC का 09.10.2020 को भोजन अवकाश में प्रदर्शन का आव्हान....

हाथरस में एक दलित लड़की के सामूहिक बलात्कार और नृशंस हत्या से पूरा देश स्तब्ध है। सामूहिक बलात्कार के पश्चात उसकी रीढ़ की हड्डी तोड़ कर, जुबान काट कर, हत्या कर दी गई। यह हूबहू, कुछ वर्ष पूर्व राष्ट्रीय राजधानी में हुए निर्भया के सामूहिक बलात्कार और नृशंस हत्याकांड की पुनरावृत्ति है। 

यह एक ऐसा बर्बर कृत्य है, जिसकी भर्त्सना हर शख्स द्वारा किए जाना जरूरी है। इस तरह की   बर्बरतापूर्ण घटनाएं अब और घटित नही होना चाहिए। गुनाहगारों को तत्परता के साथ दंडित किया जाना चाहिए। सारे सबूतों को नष्ट करने और गवाहों को चुप कराने हेतु किए जा रहे प्रयासों को रोका जाना चाहिए। इन मांगों को उठाते हुए BSNL वर्किंग वुमन्स कोआर्डिनेशन कमिटी  (BSNLWWCC) ने 09.10.2020 को भोजन अवकाश में विरोध प्रदर्शन आयोजित करने का आव्हान किया है। CHQ, BSNLEU की सभी सर्किल और डिस्ट्रिक्ट यूनियन्स से इस प्रदर्शन को प्रभावी तरीके से आयोजित करने का आव्हान करता है। BSNLWWCC जहां अस्तित्व में नही है, वहां भी BSNLEU की  सर्किल और डिस्ट्रिक्ट यूनियन्स द्वारा इस प्रदर्शन को जोरदार तरीके से आयोजित किया जाए। बड़ी संख्या में, अन्य यूनियन्स व एसोसिएशन्स की महिला कर्मियों को भी इस कार्यक्रम हेतु संगठित किया जाए। 

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has said that a safe and effective vaccine against the Novel Coronavirus disease may be ready by the year end. He has said that, nine experimental vaccines are in the pipeline of the WHO-led COVAX global vaccine facility. The WHO Director General also called for solidarity and political commitments by all leaders to ensure equal distribution of vaccines, when they become available.

The entire nation has been shocked at the gang rape and brutal murder of a Dalit girl in Hathras.  A gang has raped her, after which she had been killed by breaking her spine and cutting off her tongue. This is an exact repetition of the gang-rape and brutal murder of Nirbaya, which had taken place in the National Capital a few years ago.

 It is a barbarous act which needs to be condemned by one and all. Such barbarities should not happen hereafter. The culprits should be promptly punished. All attempts being made to destroy the evidences and to silence the witnesses, should stop. Raising these demands, the BSNL Working Womens' Coordination Committee (BSNLWWCC) has called upon to organise  lunch hour protest demonstrations on 09.10.2020. CHQ calls upon all the circle and district unions to effectively organise these demonstrations. Sizable number of the women employees should be mobilised in this programme. 

In tune with the steps being taken by the Modi government to demolish the public sector, the Uttar Pradesh government had also decided to privatise the distribution of electricity. However, the 15 lakh electricity workers of Uttar Pradesh state are determined to stop this privatisation. They started an indefinite strike against this privatisation. On the second day of the strike itself, the Yogi Adityanath government is forced to withdraw it’s plan to privatise the electricity service. The 15 lakh electricity workers of Uttar Pradesh have shown the way to fight against privatisation of the public sector. This is a historic victory. BSNLEU heartily congratulates the Uttar Pradesh electricity workers. 

All the 8 Staff Side members of BSNLEU have boycotted today’s National Council meeting, protesting against the “dirty game” being played by the BSNL Management in the matter of nominating Staff Side members. From the beginning of the formation of the National Council, non-members were permitted to be nominated to the Staff Side, by the Recognised Union. However, in between, the Management took a stand that the Recognised Unions can nominate only their paid members to the Staff Side of the National Council.

When BSNLEU nominated Com.Suresh Kumar, GS, BSNL MS, to the National Council, the Management rejected that nomination, stating that Com.Suresh Kumar was not a paid member of BSNLEU. However, a few days back, NFTE nominated a non-member to the National Council and this has been accepted by the Management. Com.P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary, spoke to the Sr.GM(SR) and demanded that, BSNLEU should also be allowed to nominate  non-members to the National Council. However, it was not accepted. The Management is telling blatant lies to justify it’s stand. As a result of this, BSNLEU has boycotted today’s National Council meeting.

BSNLEU wishes to make it’s stand very clear. BSNLEU does not oppose the nomination of any individual to the National Council. BSNLEU only demands that, it should also be permitted to nominate non-members to the National Council. 

मैनेजमेंट का गंदा खेल - BSNLEU ने नेशनल कौंसिल मीटिंग का बहिष्कार किया..

BSNLEU के सभी 8 स्टाफ साइड मेंबर्स ने, स्टाफ साइड मेंबर्स के नामांकन के संबंध में मैनेजमेंट द्वारा खेले जा रहे "गंदे खेल" का विरोध करते हुए, आज की नेशनल कौंसिल मीटिंग का बहिष्कार किया। नेशनल कौंसिल के गठन के समय से ही मान्यता प्राप्त यूनियन को, नॉन मेंबर्स को स्टाफ साइड हेतु नॉमिनेट करने की अनुमति प्राप्त थी। किन्तु, इसी बीच, मैनेजमेंट ने तय किया कि, मान्यता प्राप्त यूनियन, नेशनल कौंसिल में स्टाफ साइड के लिए केवल अपने पेड मेंबर्स को ही नॉमिनेट कर सकती है।

जब BSNLEU ने कॉम सुरेश कुमार ,GS, BSNL MS, को नेशनल कौंसिल हेतु नॉमिनेट किया, तब मैनेजमेंट ने उनके नामांकन को यह कहते हुए निरस्त कर दिया कि कॉम सुरेश कुमार BSNLEU के पेड मेंबर नही है। बहरहाल, अभी कुछ दिनों पूर्व, NFTE ने नेशनल कौंसिल हेतु नॉन मेंबर को नॉमिनेट किया और मैनेजमेंट द्वारा इसे स्वीकार कर लिया गया है। कॉम पी अभिमन्यु, महासचिव ने Sr.GM(SR) से बात कर मांग की, कि  BSNLEU को भी नेशनल कौंसिल में नॉन मेंबर को नॉमिनेट करने की अनुमति दी जाए। किन्तु, इसे मान्य नही किया गया। मैनेजमेंट द्वारा अपने दृष्टिकोण (stand) के औचित्य को साबित करने के लिए सफेद झूठ बोला जा रहा है। परिणामस्वरूप, BSNLEU ने आज की नेशनल कौंसिल मीटिंग का बहिष्कार कर दिया है। 

BSNLEU अपना स्पष्ट मत प्रस्तुत करना चाहेगी। BSNLEU, नेशनल कौंसिल में किसी भी व्यक्ति के नॉमिनेशन के विरोध में नही है।  BSNLEU केवल यह मांग करती है कि उसे भी नेशनल कौंसिल में नॉन मेंबर को नॉमिनेट करने की अनुमति दी जानी चाहिए।

CHQ is saddened to hear that Smt.Julapally Susheelamma, mother of Com.J.Sampath Rao, AGS and Circle Secretary, Telangana, has passed away yesterday. She was 90 years old. We share the grief of Com.J.Sampath Rao and convey our  heartfelt condolences to him and all his family members.

The 39th meeting of the National Council will be held online tomorrow the 07.10.2020. The meeting will start at 11:00 am. All the Staff Side members of BSNLEU are requested to take part in this meeting without fail. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, has discussed about the conducting of this meeting, with the Sr.GM(SR), yesterday. The General Secretary requested that a trial run should be conducted before the actual meeting, so as to enable the Staff Side members to get themselves acquainted with the system.

In response to this, the Sr.GM(SR) assured that, the digital platform for the National Council meeting would be opened tomorrow at 10:00 am itself.  Hence, the Staff Side members can login for the meeting, any time from 10:00 am onwards, to ensure that there is no problem in their participation in the National Council meeting.  All Staff Side members are requested to kindly note this.

The Delhi High Court has admitted an appeal made by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the 2G scam case. Justice Brijesh Sethi has said that, the hearing on this case will be held on a day to day basis, till further orders. It may be remembered that, former Telecom Minister, A. Raja and others had been acquitted by the CBI Special Court, in the 2G scam case. Now,  the CBI and the ED have appealed in the Delhi High Court, against this acquittal.

BSNLEU, UP(East) circle, organised it’s online Circle Executive Committee today the 05.10.2020. Com.D.N. Tripati, Circle Present, presided over the meeting. Com.R.K. Mishra, Circle Secretary, welcomed everyone and presented the report on activities. Com.John Verghese, AGS, greeted the meeting. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, addressed the meeting and explained about the decisions taken in the CEC meeting of BSNLEU. The General Secretary explained about the decision of the Central Trade Unions to organise a General Strike on 26.11.2020.

The Chennai Circle Union of BSNLEU, organised a special online meeting, yesterday the 04.10.2020, for reporting the decisions of the Central Executive Committee meeting, held online on 10^th & 11^th September, 2020. 59 comrades participated in this online meeting. Com.E. Natarajan, Circle President, presided over. M. Sridhara Subramanian, Circle Secretary, welcomed everyone. Com.S. Chellappa, AGS, greeted the meeting and briefly addressed. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, addressed the meeting and explained the decisions of the CEC meeting. He reported that the CEC meeting has decided to organise a massive campaign among the employees and the general public in the months of September and October and to organise a strike in the month of November. The General Secretary also elaborated the attacks being made by the Modi government on the public sector, labour rights and on democratic rights. He also explained in detail the decisions of the Central Trade Unions, to organise a General Strike on 26.11.2020, to protect the public sector and workers' rights. The meeting ended with Com.S.Hemavathy, Circle Treasurer, proposing the vote of thanks. CHQ heartily congratulates the Chennai Circle Union for this initiative.