In order to help the private companies and to reduce the charges they have to pay, the DOT is proposing to make the licence period to be 10 years instead of 20 years. We have to make our opinion as to which is beneficial for BSNL.

In the meanwhile, the new TRAI Chairman Shri Rahul Khullar has supported the note submitted by the earlier Chairman increasing the spectrum charges. The private companies have been aggressively opposing it.

The call of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations for massive demonstrations with maximum participation at all SSAs and Circle Office premises to protest against the discrimination and injustice to the executives and the Non-Executives  and also demanding the settlement of the issues raised by the Forum has been much appreciated the workers. Workers at the field level are making necessary arrangement to make the same a big success. All the General Secretaries of the unions participating in the Forum have given calls to their field level leaders to make the programme a grand success.

At the Corporate Office, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, it will be dharna with massive mobilisation. The General secretaries and other leaders will address the same.

The Managment has called the Forum for discussion on 1st June.

The conciliation on the demands of the 15 December Strike continued today. The Chief Labour Commissioner and the Dy. CLCs were present the whole time. Official  and JAC side were present in full. The issue of ITS repatriation and the restoration of the medical allowance, LTC, Leave encashment , Bonus etc. were discussed. The official side could not counter the justifications raised by the JAC.The CLC adjourned the meeting and advised the official side to discuss these issues with JAC for settlement. Next date will be intimated by the CLC.

While largely participated demonstrations will be organised in the SSAs/Circles on 31st May in preparation for the indefinite strike from 13th June, it will be a massive dharna in the Corporate office, New Delhi. The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations have called upon all the participating unions to organise maximum number of workers to participate in the programme. We hope that it will be one of the biggest demonstrations that the corporate office have ever seen. Let us note that this struggle is not only for settlement of the demands but to give a befitting reply to the insult and discrimination of the BSNL management against the two lakh and seventy thousand executive and non-executive workers.

The Unions/Associations in BSNL has jointly served strike notice today to the CMD BSNL for indefinite strike from 13th June 2012. ( Copy of strike notice posted in the websites of  the unions including BSNLEU, SNEA, AIBSNLEA etc.)

The BSNL management by its actions has compelled the Unions/Associations to go on strike. It flatly denied the legitimate rights and demands of the executive and non-executive employees, but at the same time  is gifting all the benefits to the ITS Officers who are not absorbed but is on deputation.

The strike from 13th June is being organised on the demands raised in the 15th December Strike including the 78.2% IDA merger and restoration of the curtailed medical, LTC benefits etc.

The entire workers have to rally behind the agitational programmes including the strike to make the management understand that they will not tolerate insult and discrimination. How is that there are no funds for implementing cabinet decision for the executives and non-executives but there is sufficient money for implementing 15 allowances for the ITS officers incurring hundreds of crores of rupees. Whether the BSNL funds are only for granting benefits to DOT officers and not for BSNL employees?