Clarion call of the Kolkata CEC meeting - Organise campaigns and agitational programmes to settle the burning issues..

The Two day CEC meeting of BSNLEU, held at Kolkata, took serious view of the denial of Wage Revision, the deliberate delay in the launching of BSNL’s 4G & 5G services, as well as the attempt of the Management and the DoT to implement 2^nd VRS in BSNL. In a recent letter issued by the Hon’ble Minister of Communications, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, it is stated that, the Pay Revision of the serving employees and the Pension Revision of the retired employees are not settled in view of the poor financial condition of BSNL. This decision of the Government is a very big injustice to the serving and retired employees of BSNL. In July, 2024, itself, 29 lakh customers have migrated to BSNL, from private companies. However, BSNL is still struggling to launch its 4G service. BSNLEU has repeatedly written letters to the Hon’ble Ministers, suggesting to allow BSNL to provide it’s 4G service, by utilising the 4G network of Vodafone Idea, of which Government of India is the biggest shareholder. However, the Government does not want BSNL to start its 4G service so quickly, by utilising Vodafone Idea’s 4G network. 80,000 employees have been retrenched through VRS in 2020. Thereafter, employees are facing heavy workload in many areas. Still, BSNL Management and the DoT have already completed the ground work to implement 2^nd VRS in BSNL. Thus, the policies and actions of the Management and the Government clearly indicate that, the Government wants to convert BSNL into a sick Company quickly and to hand it over to some corporate. Keeping all these in view, the CEC meeting has decided to organise campaigns and agitational programmes, seeking early settlement of Wage Revision, Pension Revision, immediate launching of BSNL’s 4G and it’s expeditious upgradation to 5G and also to stop 2^nd VRS. The CEC has also decided to organise the campaigns and agitational programmes under the banner of the Co-ordination Committee of BSNLEU, AIBDPA and BSNLCCWF.   CHQ calls upon to gear up to implement the call of the Kolkata CEC meeting.