On burning staff issues, Com. Animesh Mitra, GS, discussed with Shri Rajeev Kaushik, PGM(SR), BSNL.

Due to the indifferent attitude of the Corporate Office Management, many genuine and long-pending staff issues remain unsettled, causing serious hardship to employees. In this connection, Com. Animesh Mitra, General Secretary, met Shri Rajeev Kaushik, PGM(SR), BSNL and discussed several important issues affecting the employees. The issues discussed included retrenchment of contract workers in West Bengal and Kolkata Telephones circles, extension of the time limit for Rule-9 deputation cases, payment of DA arrears to casual labourers, schedule for the next Membership Verification and promotion of left-out sports personnel. The PGM(SR) assured that necessary action would be taken on these issues.