Today I met two employees who were forcibly retrenched from the Tata Communications Ltd.(former VSNL). The situation of the absorbed workers from DOT/VSNL is pitiable. They are being treated in an inhuman way by the Tata Management.

One of the employee is an Asst. General Manager. A few days back, while he was on field duty, he was called by his superior to immediately come to the office. He was called to the office of the superior, There were more than one senior officers. He was point blankly told to submit resignation from job forthwith, failing which he will be retrenched. He is having 10 more years of service and was worried about his future. He was threatened with immediate retrenchment without any benefit if he do not resign. He was compelled to resign and when he tried to phone to consult, the phone was snatched away. At last out of fear, he gave a resignation letter. The next moment he was given a letter accepting his resignation. This was typed and kept ready earlier. Another officer was also made to submit compulsory resignation in the same way.

Tata companies are stated to be one of the companies keeping good relations with the workers. If this is the situation in Tata Company, what will be happening in other private companies? All labour rules are violated and the workers are being treated as slaves. The central trade unions specially and all unions in the country have to ensure that such inhuman and anti-worker acts are resisted and defeated. Today it is in TCL, tomorrow it may be in BSNL. Can we tolerate such inhuman acts? No. No. We haveto put an end to such attacks.