New Delhi, August 18: Services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) across the country are likely to be impacted as major employee unions are calling for a 2-day strike on various demands including wage revision, implementation of promotion policy and absorption of officers on deputation. While the United Forum of BSNL Unions has called a 48-hour strike on August 19-20, the All India Graduate Telecom Officers Association (AIGETOA) with over 10,000 engineers as its members, has called for an indefinite strike.
The United Forum of BSNL Unions, which will see the participation of seven BSNL unions comprising 1.5 lakh non-executive employees, will begin at 0000 hrs on August 19. “The top executives like CMD and Directors have taken a pay hike of 50-70 per cent, while the BSNL management is offering only 30 per cent pay-hike to the non-executives which is unacceptable.
We are also demanding a five year periodicity for wage revision with full fitments benefit, while the management is insisting on a 10-year periodicity,” BSNL Employees Union General Secretary VAN Namboodiri told reporters here. BSNL management was not available for comments on the impact of the twin strikes.
BSNL management was not available for comments on the impact of the twin strikes. .
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