BSNL Management has today issued the ‘BSNL RECOGNITION OF NON-EXECUTIVES’ UNIONS AND REPRESENTATION IN THE COUNCIL RULES’. This is in continuation of the discussions held between the Management and the Unions. Till now only the union which got the maximum number of votes in the Membership Verification under Secret Ballot was granted recognition and allotted seats in the National/Circle/District Councils. In all the four membership verifications after the first, BSNLEU won continuously and was the only recognised union. In the last verification, it got more than 52% of the polled votes.
It is to the credit of BSNLEU that it on its own took up with the CLC and the BSNL Management for grant of recognition and representation on the basis of proportionate representation and the Management has issued the new orders. Of course, BSNLEU’s seats in the council will be reduced, but it is one union which wants that the principle of proportionate representation is implemented.
We are happy that though the Management has not accepted all our suggestions, this is better than the earlier rules which may bring more unity amongst the workers.
With about 1,20,000 paid members out of about 2,10,000 total employees, BSNLEU will again get more than 50% of the votes like last time and will be the number one union.