New Delhi, April 15: Calls to and from BSNL network will be disrupted from April 20 with nearly three lakh BSNL employees planning to go on an indefinite strike against the management’s decision to divest 30 per cent stake.
“We have not heard as yet from the management. We are planning to go on an indefinite strike from April 20,” Joint Forum of Executives and Non-Executives’ Unions and Associations convener VAN Namboodiri said.
“About three lakh employees will be participating in the strike. Services of BSNL will be severely affected due to the strike,” he added.
BSNL, which has over three lakh employees, saw profits plummet to Rs 178 crore in 2009-2010 (up to December 2009)from over Rs 575 crore in 2008-09 as the PSU is rapidly losing market share to new entrants. The PSU has 91 million users.
–Agencies