FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS / ASSOCIATIONS
ORGANISE PROTEST DEMONSTRATION ON 12TH / 21ST AUGUST
The meeting of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations held on 4th August 2012 has called upon the BSNL employees to organise massive lunch hour demonstrations at Circle and SSA levels on 12th August 2014 to express their mighty protest against the recommendations of M/s Deloittee Consultants, which includes retrenchment of about 70,000 non-executives, recruitment of executives on contract basis, reducing the 330 SSAs to 167 without any scientific basis, concentrating the powers on services, maintenance etc. at Circle from the SSAs etc. which are neither in the interests of the BSNL, its employees nor the customers.
It is to be noted that neither the BSNL Management who appointed the Consultant, nor the consultant itself, has taken the employees and their organisations, who are also important stake-holders, in to confidence before finalising the report. The Forum, the Unions and Associations, who are making all out efforts to improve the services and co-operating with the BSNL Management for improving the financial viability of the PSU have been completely sidelined, unlike in the past. Despite seeking for a copy of the report of the consultant and also a meeting with the CMD to discuss the matter, no response has been received from the management. Sorry to state, this is unbecoming of a management which wants the co-operation of the employees in running the company successfully.
Under the circumstances, the Forum has called upon the employees to organise protest demonstration on 12th August in SSAs and also Circles. The Protest Demonstration at BSNL C.O. will be held on 21st August, on which date the meeting of the Circle Heads will be held at Corporate Office to take decisions on the recommendations of the Consultant.
In the past, the united actions of the unions/associations had compelled the Government and the BSNL Management to scrap their proposals for disinvestment and also retrenchment through VRS, thus saving from deterioration as happened in some other PSUs. If the recommendations of the present consultant are accepted and implemented, BSNL and its employees will be in peril. Hence it is necessary that all the employees and their organisations should stand and protest as one, making the government and BSNL Management to understand that the employees are not to prepared to accept any anti-BSNL decisions.
• Organise Massive Demonstration on 12th August at Circle / SSA with massive participation.
• Organise Massive Demonstration at Corporate Office on 21st August.
• Let each and every employee participate in the Protest demonstrations to ensure success.
To General Secretaries of unions / Associations of BSNL. They are requested to direct their Circle/District Secretaries to jointly organise the programme successfully.
V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener, Forum.