BHARATIYA POSTAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (TELANGANA CIRCLE)

17 August, 2016

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Talks with Group of Ministers held on 16.08.2016

BHARATIYA MAZDOOR SANGH
Central Office
Dattopant Thengadi Bhavan, #27, DDU Marg ; New Delhi
Central Government agrees to implement our demands –BMS
The Group of Minister headed by Shri Arun Jaitely appointed by the Prime Minister held talks with BMS leaders at the Office of the Finance Minister on 16th August 2016. The talks concluded to implement most of the promises. Shri Arun Jaitely, Chairman of GoM requested BMS leadership to give at least 5 days time to assess the financial implications. Hence the meeting will continue preferably on 22nd August 2016. In view of the positive results BMS decided to defer the decision of strike till that day.
The decisions included implementing minimum wages based on formula adopted in 15th ILC and Supreme Court decision. All contract labourers will be provided minimum wages. Govt. also will clear all barriers on implementing bonus to Government and PSU Employees. ESI benefits will be extended to Aanganwadi and other scheme workers, construction, Auto and Taxi workers. BMS requested to enhance minimum pension in PF which GoM agreed to consider.
Labour Ministry had already sent directions to allow registration to trade unions within 45 days, which is already implemented in 19 states.
Advisory will be sent to all states to strictly implement labour laws. Government will pursue labour law reforms only after proper consultations with trade unions.

GoM also explained the measures taken to curtail price rise and unemployment. Inflation rate is now almost half that of during the previous Government.
BMS requested to reduce pictorial warning of 85% in Beedi packages which was accepted by the GoM.
Further Finance Minister also agreed to consider providing salary relief to workers of Sick PSU’s and its revival which will be discussed with concerned Minister in detail tomorrow.
If all these are implemented it will be historic as it is for the first time that such a package of benefits to workers might be provided given by any Government during the last few decades.
The Group of Ministers which held talks with BMS apart from Shri Arun Jaitely included Shri Bandaru Dattatreye, Shri Piyush Goyal and Shri Dharmendra Pradhan.
Shri Baij Nath Rai, Shri Virjesh Upadhayay, Shri C.K. Saji Narayanan, Shri B. Surendran, Shri Pawan Kumar and Shri S.K. Rathore were present in the talks representing BMS.

Virjesh Upadhyay
General Secretary

Central govt positive with Trade Union demands next meeting going on 22nd

Flash.....flash..........today BMS central committee discussed With Arun jaitly committee some demands agreed next meeting going on 22nd with Arunjaitly committee with only BMS central leader's.

కేంద్ర ఆర్థిక మంత్రి శ్రీ అరుణ్ జెట్లి గారితో నిన్న జరిగిన చర్చలు సానుకూలంగా సమస్యల పరిష్కారం దిశగా జరిగినవి. కేంద్ర ఆర్ధిక మంత్రి గారు సమ్మే విషయమై ఈ నెల 22 వరకూ మీ సమస్యలను పరిష్కారం చేస్తాను అని చెప్పారు కావున సమ్మే నోటీసును ఇవ్వవలసిన అవసరం లేదు. రవిశంకర్ తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర ప్రదాన కార్యదర్శి.

Nationwide strike: Panel to meet Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Tuesday

New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley-led ministerial panel will meet the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Tuesday to discuss their demands as a proposed nationwide strike by central trade unions on 2 September looms.

Jaitley has called for a meeting with leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated BMS, in which four ministers who are part of the ministerial group to consider the demands of the trade unions are likely to participate.

It will be the first meeting of the group with a central trade union over the 12-point charter of demands in almost a year. Previously, it had met trade unions on 26-27 August 2015. 10 central trade unions had gone on a nation-wide strike on 2 September last year over the set of demands.

Earlier this year, they decided to go on strike on the same date again in view of the government’s “indifference” to their requirements. Asked about the meeting, BMS zonal organizing secretary Pawan Kumar told PTI: “We will meet the finance minister and ask him about progress on the 12-point charter of demands. The government has assured us they will act on it, but so far nothing as happened.”

He further said: “If we do not get answers on the status and what they (government) have done on these demands, we will go ahead with the country-wide strike next month.” The demands include minimum monthly wage of Rs.18,000, minimum assured pension of Rs.3,000 and no foreign direct investment (FDI) in sectors like the Railways, defence and insurance, among others.

Meanwhile, BMS in a statement “strongly condemned the callous delay and neglecting attitude” of the government in not fulfilling the promises on demands raised by the joint forum of central trade unions. The promises were made by both labour minister and labour secretary in August last year as a follow-up to the decisions taken by the ministerial group headed by Jaitley, which was formed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it said.

After a meeting on its central working committee in Bhopal last week, BMS said it has decided to take “strongest action including strike”. “It is most unfortunate that in spite of passing of over 11 months, the government has not cared to make any attempt to implement them (demands) whereas every time anti-worker decisions are coming up so fast...,” it said.

“Therefore, the 136th Kendriya Karya Samiti (KKS) resolves to declare one day national strike on 2 September.” The finance minister has invited BMS for a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the labour issues, it added. “Although the Samiti is apprehensive of the outcome of such a meeting considering the past experiences, KKS authorises the president and general secretary of BMS to declare the strike after the result of 16 August meeting is known,” the union said.