One year is over after the All India Conference of the BSNL Employees Union held at Thiruvananthapuram from 12th to 15th May 2010. That AIC was historic in all respects, including the disciplined manner in which it was conducted.
The growth of BSNLEU since its inception on 22nd March 2001 was truly reflected. The union which started with about 60,000 members has grown to be the biggest union in Telecom and reached a membership of 1,40,000. The Union had won in three consecutive membership verifications with huge majority. It had settled a good wage revision and Promotion Policy for the workers. Hundreds of important issues were settled. Workers had got confidence in BSNLEU.
Another important issue was the change of office-bearers. Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, who is the founder General Secretary of the union and who continued till the Conference was elected as President and Com.P.Abhimanyu who was Asst. General Secretary and later Deputy General Secretary elected as General Secretary. Com.P.Asokababu who was Assistant General Secretary since inception was elected as Dy. General Secretary. Com. S.C.Bhattacharjee continued as Treasurer. It was a smooth change over. The decisions of the conference were also important.
After the Conference we have faced another Membership Verification in which also we won with good majority. The workers continue to support BSNLEU as they see in it their true friend and supporter.
This is the time to assess the situation and prepare for further advancement and strengthen the organisation.