Online meeting of all unions and associations strongly opposes 2nd VRS..

A meeting of all unions and associations was held online on 14-09-2024. All the major unions and associations, including BSNLEU, NFTE, SNEA, AIGETOA and SEWA BSNL, participated. The meeting expressed it's strong opposition to one more VRS, which the BSNL Management and the DoT are trying to implement. The meeting took note that, 80,000 employees have taken VRS in 2019 and thereafter, BSNL Management has abolished two lakh ninety three thousand Non-Executive and Executive posts (2,93,524 posts to be exact ) in the name of "Restructuring of Manpower". This has imposed immense work load on the existing employees. Further, BSNL's Landline and Broadband connections are wiped out due to poor and inadequate maintenance. FTTH service, which was BSNL's pride till a few years back, is facing massive surrendering of connections. Under these circumstances, the meeting decided that, one more VRS will be disastrous for BSNL. The meeting decided to strongly oppose the proposed 2nd VRS. The meeting also decided to submit a memorandum to the CMD BSNL on this issue and to seek a meeting with him, to discuss the issue. Secondly, the meeting also decided to firmly oppose the decision of the Management to implement an App based "Diary Writing" for the Executives, about their daily performance. If an Executive fails to "write diary for a day, he will become ineligible to mark attendance for the following day, which will result in pay cut. It is decided to discuss this issue also with the CMD BSNL.