BSNL Employees Union always was in the forefront of the strikes called by the Central trade unions. There were 18 general strikes including the 48 hours strike on 8-9 January 2019, against the anti-people anti- worker neo-liberal policy of the government since 1991.The dates of the strikes are given below:
- 29th November 1991
- 16th June 1992
- 9th September 1993
- 29th September 1994
- 11th December 1996
- 11th May 2000
- 12th March 2001
- 16th April 2002
- 24th February 2004.
- 29th September 2005
- 14th December 2006
- 20th August 2008
- 7th September 2010
- 28th February 2012
- 20-21 February 2013
- 2nd September 2015
- 2nd September 2016
- 8-9 January 2019
The strike was participated by the mainstream of the P and T workers since 1991, the first strike. After formation of BSNL, the workers participated as per the call of BSNL Employees Union. In the first strike, about 2 crore workers participated and in the last strike it was participated by more than 20 crores.
The struggle goes on!
STRUGGLE FOR UNITY,
UNITY FOR STRUGGLE and
UNITY AND STRUGGLE FOR PROGRESS!
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