Meeting between BSNLEU and the Director(HR)..

Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS and Com.Swapan Chakraborty, Dy.GS, had a meeting with Shri Arvind Vadnerkar, Director (HR) BSNL today. The following issues were discussed.

1. Payment of IDA arrears.

BSNLEU is continuously taking efforts that the IDA arrears should be paid to the Non-Executives, based on the order of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. This issue was once again discussed with the Director (HR) today. In reply, the Director (HR) told that, file is being put up to the CMD BSNL for the payment of IDA arrears. He also told that, the file is likely to be approved by the CMD BSNL.

2. ATT will continue as a Live Cadre.

The GS and Dy.GS handed over the resolution passed in the Hyderabad CEC meeting of BSNLEU, on the issue of Restructuring. During the discussion, the Director (HR) told that, the demand of BSNLEU that the ATT should be retained as the Live Cadre, has been accepted by the Management. Further, the Director (HR) also stated that, the other demand of BSNLEU has also been accepted that, the decisions taken by the Management on Restructuring, should be reviewed after one year.

3. 3^rd Wage Revision.

The GS and Dy.GS handed over the resolution passed in the Hyderabad CEC meeting on 3rd Wage Revision. The leaders stated that, the issue of 3rd Wage Revision to the Non-Executives of BSNL has been discussed with the erstwhile Minister of State for Communications, Shri Manoj Sinha, and also with the erstwhile Secretary, Telecom, Ms. Aruna Sundararajan. Both of them have directed the BSNL Management to expeditiously sign the Wage Revision agreement. As such, the Union demanded that the, Wage Settlement of the Non-Executives should be completed immediately.