It is very welcome that almost all the unions /associations of non-executives have come together to make the 28th February strike successful. In a meeting called by me at the D-7 Telegraph Place, the available General Secretaries attended and took important decisions for the success of the strike. The decisions of the meetings are given as circulated by the Convener of the meeting, myself. This unity has to be strengthened so that the issues of the workers can be settled with more strength.

Minutes of the meeting

A meeting of the Non- Executive Unions / Associations available at New Delhi was held at 1100 hours on 3rd February 2012 at D-7, Telegraph Place to discuss about the proposed nationwide strike on 28th February 2012 called by the 11 Central Trade Unions on the important demands of the workers. Com. C.Singh, General Secretary, NFTE, presided. Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, President, BSNLEU, who convened the meeting, briefed about the decision of the strike by the Central Trade Unions and the necessity of making it a grand success in BSNL. All the General Secretaries / representatives present expressed their views about making the strike a success. After discussion, the following decisions were taken: 1. All the unions present decided to make all out efforts to make the 28th February strike a complete success in BSNL. All other unions, who were not present in the meeting, will be contacted for this effort. 2. One Joint Circular to be issued by all the non-executive unions together after consulting all other unions not present in the meeting. 3. The following demands will also be added in the strike notice in addition to the demands raised by the Central trade Unions: a) Government should provide financial support to BSNL b) No disinvestment / privatisation of BSNL c) No retrenchment 4. Joint massive meetings to be arranged at the following places participated by the leaders of the non-executive unions: a) Chennai b) Pune c) Patna d) Hyderabad. Com. P.Abhimanyu, GS, BSNLEU is authorised to contact the General Secretaries and fix the dates of the meetings etc. 5. The next meeting of the committee will be held on 13th February 2012 on which date the notice may be served. The possibility of serving a Joint Notice also will be explored. After vote of thanks the meeting came to an end at 1200 hours. V.A.N.Namboodiri New Delhi Convener of the meeting 03-02-2012