Today two casual/contract workers from East UP came to union office and met me. They told me that they were working in DOT/BSNL for the last 14-15 years. Now they have been retrenched after demand of minimum wage etc. was raised by the union and struggles have taken place. Instead, new workers are engaged. Wages for the period the retrenched workers have worked have also not been given.

Is all these things happening in the BSNL, a PSU, even after 60 years of Independence. Is this the ethics of the management? It seems that they are fully a party to the exploitation of the casual workers.  This situation can not continue.

My earnest request to all the unions is that we have to look after these exploited casual/contract workers and assist and support them for getting their rights.