17 - Sep - 2020

Will the SR Branch of the Corporate Office try to do something productive?

The All India Conference of BSNLEU demanded that the Recognition Rules of the Non-Executives should be amended, so that the 2nd Union would also get recognition, even after the 1st Union getting 50% or more votes. BSNLEU wrote to the Management on 10.01.2019, demanding to make amendment as per the decision of the All India Conference. However, the SR Branch of the Corporate Office, which is to take action to make amendment to the Recognition Rules, kept dilly dallying. BSNLEU wrote reminders and repeatedly met the GM(SR), Director(HR) and the CMD BSNL and demanded to implement amendment to the Recognition Rule. However, till the last, the SR Branch of the Corporate Office, successfully kept this demand in the cold storage. As a result, BSNLEU’s demand is not implemented and the forthcoming Membership Verification is going to take place as per the old Recognition Rules. This is the efficiency / productivity of the SR Branch. However, the SR Branch becomes ultra-active, when it comes to banning even peaceful demonstration or dharna in BSNL. Everyone knows how many negative letters were issued by the SR Branch, to disrupt the peaceful “March to Sanchar Bhawan”, held on 05.04.2019, as per the call of the AUAB. Again, the SR Branch became ultra-active when BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF gave call to organise dharnas on 16.07.2019, demanding payment of 6 months’ wage arrears to the contract workers. The SR Branch issued threatening letter on 02.07.2019, saying that unions which organise demonstrations / dharnas would be debarred from participation in the 8th Membership Verification. Again, on 12.07.2019, the SR Branch issued letter, directing the CGMs to collect evidence of those who organise / participate in the peaceful demonstration / dharna. Inspite of all these threatenings, successful dharnas have taken place. The SR Branch should understand that it cannot take away the constitutional rights of the trade unions. Our humble request is that, the SR Branch should give up it’s interferences in the democratic rights of the trade unions and should try to do some productive works for the Company. Will it do?