According to a latest report on industry, it is stated that out of the total 39.74 crore workforce in the country, only 4.97 crores are in the formal sector leaving 34.77 crore in the informal sector.

Even in the formal sector, out of the 4.97 crores, 2.88 crore are temporary workers. In the informal sector most of the workers are temporary only. Thus the temporary workers/ contract workers form more than 90% of the workforce. Most of these workers are denied minimum wage, social security measures like EPF, ESI etc. and have no job security at all.

The ruling parties, mainly Congress and the BJP, never took care about these toiling workers. They are continuously exploited for the benefit of and for maximizing the profits of the rich and powerful.

The sustained struggles of the 11 Central Trade Unions have focused on the seriousness and urgency of the issues to be settled. The struggle of the casual and contract workers in BSNL is part of this great struggle for survival.