सोमवार, ८ फरवरी २०१०

आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध

मुंबई कालिंग

आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध 




यूएनआई के सभी साथिओं से आग्रह है क़ि वे अपनी संस्था और इसके  किसी भी सहयोगी के बारे में कहीं भी कोई टीका टिपण्णी करने के दौरान तथ्यपरकता और शालीनता का व्यवहार करें 1

हाल के दिनों में एक वेब पोर्टल पर यूएनआई और इसमें कार्यरत सहयोगिओं के बारे में कई तथ्यहीन और अनर्गल कमेन्ट नज़र आये हैं १इस तरह के कमेन्ट हमारी कमजोरी दर्शाती हैं और हमें यूएनआईको बचाने के हमारे आन्दोलन के मूल लक्ष्य से भटकाती हैं ये कमेन्ट पूरे माहौल को विषाक्त बना रहे है

संस्था व्यक्ति  से बड़ी  होती है १ हम यह मानते है क़ि यूएनआई का हर कर्मचारी वेतन मिलने में पांच पांच माह की देरी और अन्य सम्बंधित कारणों से तनाव में काम कर रहा है और इस कारण यह अस्वाभाविक नहीं क़ि
उनका व्यवहार दफ्तर ही नहीं घर में भी असामन्य नजर आये . इसलिए यूएनआई प्रबंधन को ही नहीं हमारी युनियन के भी नेतृत्व को संयम और धैर्य से कार्य करना होगा ताकि सभी कर्मचारी तनाव कम कर अपेक्षित कार्य और मार्यादित व्यवहार कर सकें

प्रधानमन्त्री   सरकार और नागरिक समाज के जिन लोगों से हम कर्मचारिओं ने अपने आन्दोलन में मदद मांगी है वो हमारी आपसी लड़ाई के बारे में पढ़ सुन कर हमसे किनारा कर लें तो उन्हें हम दोष नहीं दे पाएंगे 

हमारा आन्दोलन साकारात्मक है  हम नाकारात्मक नजर से आपस में ही लड़ने झगड़ने लगें तो फिर यूएनआई को बचाना मुश्किल ही नहीं असंभव हो जायेगा 1 यह वही वेब पोर्टल है जिसने हमारे संसद मार्च क़ी दी खबर को हमारे अनुरोध के बावजूद खबर नहीं माना १  उसने बिना किसी छानबीन के यूएनआई  के बारें में नकारात्मक खबरें और उन पर अनर्गल ही नहीं अश्लील टीका टिपण्णी प्रकाशित कर दी

उसकी नवीनतम खबर में मुंबई के जिस कर्मचारी के मुकदमें को फर्जी बताते हुए उसको मुख्य शीर्षक देकर छापा है वो किसी गलत इरादे से दी गयी उस गलत खबर को विश्वसनीय बनाने क़ी एक बचकानी कोशिश है १ वो मुकदमा प्रबंधन ने नहीं खुद उस कर्मचारी ने किया था १ उसके पक्ष में न्यायालय के अस्थगन आदेश आ जाने के बाद प्रबंधन पहले से बैकफुट पर है और उस कर्मचारी का उत्पीडन बंद करने के लिए यूएनआई बोर्ड क़ी इसी वर्ष पांच जनवरी को मुंबई में ही हुई बैठक के बाद पहल क़ी जा चुकी है.

यूएनआई के बारें में इस वेब पोर्टल क़ी जिन ख़बरों में अगर सच्चाई है भी तो वो हम पहले से जानते हैं १ हम कर्मचारिओं का खुद का उस वेब पोर्टल से काफी पहले से चल रहा यह मुख्य ब्लॉग हैं और मुंबई , दिल्ली  , चेन्नई  कोलकाता क़ी युनियन के भी अपने अपने ब्लॉग हैं जिन पर तथ्यपरक वक्तव्य देने और मर्यादित
टीका टिपण्णी करने क़ी सहज सुविधा प्राप्त है 1 फिर हमारी गेट मीटिंग  जीबीएम आदि भी होती रहती है 1 हम कमर के नीचे वार करने में यकीं नहीं रखते और जो भी कहना है पूरी जिम्मेवारी के साथ और सीना ठोंक कर कहते है.

हमें कानून पर भरोसा है और इसलिए कुछ भी गैरकानूनी काम करने से बचते हैं  1 हमारा कानून अश्लील
टीका टिपण्णी करने और किसी पर भी सार्वजनिक रूप से बेसिरपैर के आरोप लगाने क़ी इजाजत नहीं देता है.

मीडिया और उसकी ख़राब हालत के जिम्मेवार लोगों को गालिया देने से काम  नहीं चलने वाला है 1 देश में एक बेहतर और जनमुखी मीडिया विकसित करने के लिए ही करीब ५० वर्ष पहले  यूएनआई का गठन हुआ था जिसे आत्महत्या के मार्ग पर जाने से रोकने क़ी जिम्मेवारी हम यूएनआई कर्मिओं  क़ी सबसे ज्यादा है.

         यह यूँ ही नहीं है क़ि दिवंगत कवि रघुवीर सहाय ने अपनी एक कविता का शीर्षक रखा था आत्महत्या के विरुद्ध....

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नीचे जो अपील है, उसे भी कमेंट के रूप में प्रकाशित करा दिया है. दरअसल वेब ब्लाग पर कमेंट कर लोग अपनी बात कहते हैं. संभव है कुछ बातें गलत हों पर वेब ब्लाग एक ओपेन फोरम होते हैं जिस पर कमेंट का आप्शन होता है. हम लोग बहुत कम कमेंट माडरेट करते हैं. ज्यादातर कमेंट, अगर वो बहुत गलत नह हुए तो पब्लिश कराते हैं. आप बताइए, किस कमेंट में क्या चीज हटवाना चाहते हैं, उसको जरूर हटा देंगे.  लोगों के दिल में जो कचरा भरा होता है, उसे बाहर आने का मौका मिलना चाहिए, ये उनका लोकतांत्रिक हक है.
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बुधवार, ३ फरवरी २०१०

On PTI's Shasthipurti

We are posting a news report about completion of 60 years of our ' rival 'news agency PTI. The report , received from a very senior editor , is without any comment or corrections from our end.


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'Media need to to play key role in India's inclusive growth'

New Delhi, Feb 3, 2010.
The need for the media to play a key role in the country's inclusive growth and to project development news were stressed at a seminar here on the occasion of The Press Trust of India's Diamond Jubilee.

News institutions like the PTI should break from the current focus on politics to foray into new areas as a major content provider even on an international scale, speakers at the seminar on the role of media in connecting India in the era of information explosion said.

"News is not what is happening only in New Delhi. We are currently engaged in inclusive growth. It is very important to know what is happening everywhere," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.

He added that the PTI covers political news very effectively but "I think you should start covering non- political areas, like NREGA (The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) or JNNURM (Jawarharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission). These programmes get into news only when some scams or some negative is there."

Sharing his thoughts, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Indian media enjoys freedom and with freedom comes responsibility."Media should represent both rural and urban areas so that the socio-economic fabric emerges," he added.

Stating that in today's Indian media, "comments are free but facts are no longer true" and "it is dominated by sensationalism", Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said: "Institution of editorship has been cannibalised."
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"For some people PTI (news) is a boring news but sometimes boring news (is) more correct than bad and distorted mainstream news. I would call upon PTI to render a new dimension and look for sectors, which are uncovered," Reddy said.

Speaking on the occasion, Lok Janshakti Party President Ram Vilas Paswan, said that primacy of news reporting could not be compromised with.

The media, he said, must go beyond 'power to the people' and play its role in achieving 'power to the poor' and the PTI was capable of making a big contribution in this regard. He said journalists must ensure that money power does not lead to biased reporting and that national interest should prevail over institutional and personal interest.

Highlighting the importance of media in playing a constructive role in national integration, Anti-terrorist Front Convenor M S Bitta recalled PTI's activities in informing people about terrorism in Punjab and creating an awareness of the need to find ways of countering the menace. PTI TR NAM RKL SSA 02031913 NNN

शुक्रवार, १५ जनवरी २०१०

Now is the time for actions by "Citizens for UNI "

Citizens for UNI- Action Plan

An urgent meeting of the concerned citizens associated with the Citizens for UNI (CFU) was organised on January 11, 2010 in the UNI premises.

The meeting chalked out its immediate course of action in view of the critical UNI issues that are deeply linked to the freedom of the press and thereby future of the Indian democracy itself.

Anil Chamadia, Sunder Rajan, Rajesh Kumar, Kumar Amitabh, Ranjan Singh, Suresh Nautiyal and others attended the meeting. Several others extended their support to the cause.

The meeting took the following decisions:
1. CFU will meet Ms. Ambika Soni, minister for information & broadcasting, Government of India, after January 20, 2010 to give her a memorandum (already prepared). UNI union representatives will also accompany.

2. By January 20, 2010, signatures of prominent journalists and activists on the memorandum will be obtained on two separate memoranda – one for I&B minister and other for PM.

3. Memorandum to PM will be given to the PM’s Media Adviser, Mr. Harish Khare at some later stage.

4. CFU will hold a conference on the “Freedom of the Press: Need for Independent News Agencies” in February 2010 but before the Budget Session of Parliament begins.

5. The date and time of the proposed conference to be finalised after speaking to Ms. Soni. The tentative dates for the conference are February 6 or 13, 2010.

6. CFU will request Ms. Soni to deliver a keynote address at the conference or preside over it.

7. Other possible main speakers will include: Mr. Kuldeep Nayar (eminent journalist and CFU chairman), Mr. VG Verghese (eminent journalist), Mr. Praful Bidwai (eminent columnist), Mr. Sachidananda (Editors’ Guild of India), chairman of the Press Council of India, Justice (Retd) PB Sawant, etc.

8. A Steering Committee consisting of Suresh Nautiyal, Sunder Rajan, Rajalakshmi, Kumar Amitabh and Rajesh Kumar will coordinate the work of the CFU now onwards.

-- Suresh Nautiyal For CFU

रविवार, १० जनवरी २०१०

Thakur & CP team wins UNI Mumbai Union elections again


UNI Employees’ Union, Mumbai

REGD. No BY 11 8975 Mumbai

Registered Office: UNI, 5th Floor, New Administrative Building,

G .S. Colony Near Chetna College, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400051

Notice

Final Results of the UNI Employees Union, Mumbai Elections( 2010)


Mumbai January 9 , 2010
Following are declared elected for one post each of President, Vice President and General Secretary of the UNI Employees Union, Mumbai, in it's elections for the year 2010 after counting of the total votes polled in the polling held today.
President

S T Thakur

Vice President

Suresh Karkera

General Secretary

C P Jha

Following were declared elected unopposed for one post each of Joint Secretary and Treasurer and five posts of executive committee members at the close of scheduled time for withdrawal of nominations for the Union elections at 1700 hrs on January 6,2010.

Joint Secretary (one post)

Gautam Sathe

Treasurer (one post)

Sanjay W Pednekar

Executive Committee Members ( names in alphabetical order for five posts )

1)Ashok M Ahadgut

2)G B Apgunde

3)Mahesh Rajput

4)Nandu Patil

5) S K Mathur

Jatinder Singh

(Returning Officer)

C/C Through the Union General Secretary

1) All the Union Notice Boards

2) Labour Office , Mumbai

3) General Manager ,UNI , New Delhi

4) Bureau In Charge , UNI , Mumbai

5) Branch Manager , Syndicate Bank , Nariman Point

6) Joint National Council of UNI Employees ( UNI-EN-JAC) , New Delhi

रविवार, ३ जनवरी २०१०

UNI Mumbai Union to obseve BLACK DAY on Jan 4

UNI Employees’ Union, Mumbai
REGD. No BY 11 8975Mumbai
UNI, 231, Commissariat Building D.N. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Fax 022-22657661 Phones 22656381, 22654552

NOTICE

UNI MUMBAI EMPLOYYESS TO OBSERVE BLACK DAY ON MONDAY ,JANUARY 4 , 2010

To
Shree A K Bhandari, Chief Editor & General Manager, UNI

Through
Shree Ajay Rawal, Officiating In charge, UNI, Mumbai

Dear Sir,
We have been officially notified that you are camping in Mumbai and have asked the employees to attend a Staff Meeting with you at both the offices here tomorrow. We have no objection against your interaction with the UNI Mumbai staff as the Chief Executive of the Company.

The Union, however, has decided to observe BLACK DAY during the office hours tomorrow (from 9 am to 5 pm) to protest against the continuing gross apathy of the Company management towards the pressing issues faced by the staff, including undue delay in salary disbursement and non payment of our statutory dues like LTA and leave encashment for last about four years.

We have received our salary only up to August 2009 and payment of admissible reimbursements and other claims against our individual expenses to run the news operations is pending since July 2009.

Our colleagues at many UNI Centres still to get salary for August 09.

You have not responded at all to any of our numerous letters duly submitted to the office in this regard and even during this visit thought not fit to hold a meeting with the Union representatives as mandated by the Industrial Disputes Act. This is unfair labour practice of the worst kind.

We, therefore, have no option but to lodge our protest against the management through a peaceful and democratic way by observing BLACK DAY tomorrow and initiating legal and other process to recover our arrears with the Company that amounts to Rs one to two lakh per head.

The Union, appeals to all its members and other non-staff colleagues also to observe BLACK DAY tomorrow by putting up black badges to be made available by the Union functionaries at both the offices.

S T Thakur CPJha
President General Secretary

C/C
1) The Chairman, UNI Board
2)Labour Commissioner Office, Mumbai
3) All the Union notice boards
4) National Joint Action Council of UNI Employees, New Delhi

शुक्रवार, १ जनवरी २०१०

2009 Leaves One of Worst Records for Targeted Killings of Journalists, Says IFJ

December 31, 2009


The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for more action from governments and the United Nations to protect media as it announced a grim total of 137 journalists and media personnel killed during 2009. The number of targeted killings at 113 is one of the highest ever recorded says the IFJ, despite calls by the United Nations for governments to put an end to impunity.

In a year that ended with a rush of media killings, the Philippines, Mexico and Somalia are designated the most dangerous countries for journalists.

"Last year's drop in the murder rate of journalists has been short lived," said Jim Boumelha, IFJ President. "The devastating massacre of 31 journalists and media staff in the Philippines in November and fresh violence against colleagues in Mexico and Somalia have made this a year of terrible bloodshed for media."

The IFJ list of work related media killings is coordinated with the International News Safety Institute (INSI) and contains 137 journalists and media personnel who died during 2009 against 109 killings recorded in 2008. Of these, 24 were accidental deaths while journalists were at work.

In Iraq which has been for most of the decade the most dangerous country for journalists media deaths are down to five killings in 2009 against 16 last year as the country's political crisis has eased.

But the shocking statistics of the year are found in the Philippines where 38 journalists and media staff were killed in 2009 - most of them victims of a massacre in the Maguindano province on 23 November which claimed 31 media casualties.

The IFJ says this unprecedented attack and continued violence against media in other hot spots is a challenge to governments which in 2006 were told by the United Nations Security Council to take steps to protect journalists and media in conflict zones.

"The question is whether governments are listening or ready to take their responsibilities seriously," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. "There is no room for complacency and indifference. The crisis facing media threatens innocent lives and democracy itself."

As of 31 December, the IFJ recorded the following information on killings of journalists and media staff in 2009:

Targeted killings: 113

Accidental deaths: 24

Overall killed : 137

The deadliest region, for the second year running, was Asia Pacific with 52 journalists and media personnel killed. The Philippines have the region's highest death toll, following the 23 November Maguindano province which claimed 31 lives of media victims.

Other countries with high numbers of media fatalities are:

Mexico 13

Somalia 9

Pakistan 7

Russia 6

In 2008, Iraq, India and Mexico were the most dangerous countries in the world. Russia has this year broken into the top five most dangerous countries. The IFJ is supporting a campaign against impunity in the country and has launched an online database on cases of journalists' murders in collaboration with two leading Russian monitors of abuses against journalists; the Glasnost Defence Foundation and the Centre for Journalism in Extreme Conditions.



The list of journalists and media staff killed in 2009 is available here
The full IFJ report on journalists and media staff killed in 2009 will be published mid January 2010.

For more information, please contact IFJ:

Jim Boumelha, President : +44 1865723450

Aidan White, General Secretary : +32 478258669

Ernest Sagaga, Communications Officer : +32 2 235 22 07/+32 477 71 40 29

The IFJ represents over 600,000 journalists in 125 countries around the world

गुरुवार, ३१ दिसम्बर २००९

Empty mugs on the eve of new year 2010


Mugs of the UNI employees are empty with no salary disbursement to majority of them for about one-and-half month , still we wish all a happy new year with a hope that the year 2010 will bring a positive change in our organisation