IF YOU are a BSNL customer get ready
for disruption of services on April 21 and 22 as the forum of BSNL
unions/associations of non-executives and executives have given a
two-day strike call demanding that the union government and BSNL
management take immediate steps for revival of BSNL and ensuring
financial viability of the once crowning jewel of the country.
The unions have already served a strike
notice to the chairman and managing director of BSNL, secretary,
department of telecommunications and minister of communications and
IT on March 12.
Various unions of BSNL...
have been forced
to go on strike after massive lunch hour demonstrations held on March
12 did not elicit any response from the authorities concerned, said
an office bearer of the Union.
Employees also organized a 'Save BSNL
Campaign' holding circle level conventions and collecting signatures
from people in support of their demands, he said.
They have submitted a 21-points charter
of demands to the ministry and management seeking to revive the
company and give them an opportunity to serve the people better.
These include immediate procurement of
equipment, compensation to BSNL for loss making rural services,
financial assistance to BSNL to expand services, and no merger of
BSNL and MTNL in metros, payment of Rs 1250, crore in lieu of ADC,
merger of BBNL with BSNL, opposition to formation of any tower
company of BSNL, opposition to TRAI recommendation of surrender of
1.2 MHz spectrum, prompt filling up of vacant posts (director,
finance, HR and CM), immediate refund of BWA charges for the
surrendered spectrum, BSNL services be made mandatory to Central
govt, state govts and PSUs, beginning of 4G services by BSNL, Pension
revision of BSNL retirees, pension contribution on actual basic pay
instead of the maximum of the pay scale of the employees absorbed in
BSNL, implementation of the Cabinet decision on 30 percent
superannuation benefits to BSNL direct recruited employees and fresh
recruitment of staff.
On April 17, a meeting took place
between the forum and CMD BSNL but without any headway. The CMD
requested the leaders to defer the the strike, so that a meeting can
be held with the secreatry, DOT, who is on a foreign tour, said the
website of the forum. The CMD told that the meeting can take
place in 15 days to one month.
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