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FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS // ASSOCIATIONS

D--7,, Tellegraph Pllace,, Golle Market,, New Dellhii – 110 001..

Forum/Circular 02-03-2015

2 Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 by BSNL Employees

Serving of Strike Notice on 12th March 2015

Organise Massive Demonstrations - Hold Press Meetings

Dear Comrades,,

The Forum off BSNL Uniions & Associiattiions hearttiilly congrattullattes allll tthe comrades who

parttiiciipatted iin tthe Parlliiamentt March on 25 February 2015 and made iitt a resoundiing success..

Aboutt 5,,000 emplloyees ffrom allmostt allll tthe ciirclles parttiiciipatted wiitth tthe nearby ciirclles briingiing

iin llarge number off workers.. Though tthe polliice autthoriittiies deniied permiissiion tto organiise tthe

March,, tthe tthousands off emplloyees lled by tthe Generall Secrettariies marched ffrom tthe BSNL

Corporatte Offffiice tto tthe Parlliiamentt as deciided earlliier.. The march was sttopped near Janttar

Manttar by tthe polliice where iitt was convertted iin tto a ralllly.. Com.. C..Siingh,, Chaiirman Forum &

Generall Secrettary NFTE presiided and Com.. V..A..N..Namboodiirii,, Convener,, Forum wellcomed allll

and spoke on tthe demands off tthe workers ffor tthe Reviivall off BSNL.. The ffollllowiing Generall

Secrettariies / Leaders off tthe uniions addressed tthe ralllly: Coms.. P..Abhiimanyu (BSNLEU),,

K..Sebasttiin (SNEA),, Prahllad Raii(AIBSNLEA),, K..Jayaprakash(FNTO),, Suresh Kumar (BSNLMS),,

R..C..Pande (BTEU),, R..P..Sahu (AIGETOA),, N..D..Ram(SEWA BSNL),, Harii Siingh (BTU BSNL) and

Suniill Gauttam(SNATTA)..

Com..Tapan Sen,, M..P..,, Generall Secrettary CITU,, Dr.. Dharam Viir Gandhii,, M..P..,, Shrii Vriijjesh

Upadhyay,, Generall Secrettary,, BMS,, Smtt.. Amarjjiitt Kaur,, Secrettary AITUC,, Com.. Shiiv Gopall

Miishra,, Secrettary Generall AIRF& Secrettary JCM Sttaffff Siide addressed tthe ralllly and exttended allll

supportt tto tthe Save BSNL Campaiign.. They allso assured tthatt tthey wiillll ttake up tthe matttter wiitth

tthe Governmentt..

The Memorandum tto Priime Miiniistter demandiing iimmediiatte assiisttance and acttiion ffor tthe

Reviivall off BSNL siigned by llakhs off peoplle was presentted tto tthe Priime Miiniistter’’s offffiice by tthe

lleaders off tthe Forum.. The Forum congrattullattes and expresses iitts tthanks tto allll tthe lleaders and

workers who made tthe Parlliiamentt March a Hiisttoriicall Success..

Two days Strike on 21- 22 April 2015

The meettiing off tthe Forum helld on 27tth February 2015,, reviiewed tthe preparattiion ffor tthe sttriike,,

tthe Save BSNL Campaiign and tthe Conventtiions helld iin tthe ciirclles.. The ffiightt iis agaiinstt tthe anttii-

BSNL polliiciies and deciisiions off tthe governmentt and iitt requiires sttreamlliined preparattiions.. In

order tto compllette tthe Ciirclle Conventtiions,, and Siignatture Campaiign,, some more ttiime iis

necessary,, iitt was ffelltt.. Furtther,, organiiziing tthe sttriike ffrom 17tth March as proposed wiillll have

seriious complliicattiions beiing iin tthe end off tthe ffiinanciiall year.. As such,, tthe meettiing deciided tto

organiize a Two Days Sttriike on 21-22 Apriill 2015,, wiitth ffurtther sttrugglles iiff iissues are nott settttlled..

Strike Notice on 12th March 2015 – Lunch Hour Demonstrations

The Sttriike Nottiice wiillll be served on 12tth March 2015 siigned by allll Generall Secrettariies afftter a

massiive demonsttrattiion att tthe BSNL Corporatte Offffiice.. Allll Generall Secrettariies are requestted tto

be presentt on tthe day.. On tthe same day,, Lunch hour demonsttrattiions wiillll be organiized iin allll

SSAs/Ciirclles.. Press confferences shoulld be helld on tthe same day att ciirclle llevells tto giive wiide

publliiciitty..

Signature Campaign

Even afftter submiissiion off tthe Memorandum tto tthe Priime Miiniistter on tthe day off Parlliiamentt

March on 25tth February,, more bundlles off siignattures are beiing receiived.. Itt has now been

deciided tthatt tthe ttiime ffor compllettiing tthe Siignatture Campaiign iis exttended up tto 31stt March..

The SSA / Branch Secrettariies are requestted tto ensure siignattures ffrom tthe peoplle and send iitt

tto tthe Convener,, Forum att Dellhii,, so as reach beffore 31stt March 2015..

Circle /SSA Conventions

Generall Secrettariies are enttrustted wiitth tthe ttask off holldiing tthe ciirclle llevell conventtiions wherever

tthe same has nott been helld so ffar.. These iincllude A..P..,, Maharashttra,, A&N,, ALTTC,, Assam,,

BRBRAITT,, Chhattttiisgarh,, Gujjaratt,, Haryana,, H..P..,, Jharkhand,, NTR,, Odiisha,, Inspecttiion Ciirclle,,

TF Mumbaii,, TF-Kollkatta,, Uttttarakhand,, UP(Westt) and BSNL C..O.. In addiittiion,, Joiintt Diisttriictt llevell

Conventtiions and Branch Generall Bodiies shoulld he helld tto spread tthe message off tthe sttriike..

Generall Secrettariies and Ciirclle Secrettariies shoulld ttake iiniittiiattiive ffor tthe same and ensure tthatt

tthese are conductted wellll beffore tthe sttriike.. The iinttenttiion iis tthatt each and every emplloyee

shoulld be conttactted and mottiivatted ffor tthe sttriike..

Wallll Postters wiillll be priintted by tthe Nattiionall Forum as requiired by uniions.. The same wiillll be

pllaced iin tthe websiittes off tthe uniions & associiattiions,, so tthatt tthe Ciirclle Secrettariies can ttake iitt

and priintt llocalllly iin tthe regiionall llanguage and supplly..

Dear Comrades,

The Raiillway budgett as wellll as tthe Centtrall Budgett has been presentted iin tthe Parlliiamentt.. Whiille

tthe Raiillway budgett proposes handiing over off Raiillway Sttattiions tto priivatte corporattes ffor

moderniisattiion,, tthe maiin budgett has proposed tto diisnvestt Publliic Secttor Uniitts and allso sttrattegiic

salle off certtaiin lloss makiing PSUs.. BSNL has allways been a ttargett off tthe governmentt ffor

diisiinvesttmentt.. Itt iis,, tthereffore,, off uttmostt iimporttance tthatt BSNL emplloyees have tto prepare

tthemsellves ffor a ‘‘Do or Diie Battttlle’’ tto reviive tthe BSNL,, whiich iis tthe bread wiinner off llakhs off

workers..

Uniitted sttrugglle iis mostt iimporttantt.. The sttriike preparattiions – conventtiions,, Lunch hour

Demonsttrattiion,, Siignatture Campaiign ettc.. have tto be jjoiinttlly organiised tto briing conffiidence tto tthe

workers..

We are on a crusade tto deffend,, reviive and sttrengtthen BSNL,,tthe serviice proviider tto crores off

peoplle spread iin allll partts off tthe counttry.. We cannott allllow tthe governmentt tto diisiinvestt or

priivattiise tthiis nattiionall assetty tto pllease tthe corporattes,, Indiian and fforeiign.. We have tto be

prepared tto deffend BSNL tto tthe llastt drop off our bllood..

Towards the 2 Days Striike on 21-22 Apriill 2015!

SAVE BSNL –SAVE NATION!

Wiitth Warm Greettiings,,

[V..A..N..Namboodiirii]

Convener,, Forum
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