BSNL staff to strike work April 20 to protest divestment
March 16th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The services of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will be affected April 20 with 300,000 employees of the company, including executives, deciding to observe a day-long strike to protest any move to divest government stake.
The employee unions have taken exception to the BSNL management’s decision to accept the Sam Pitroda Committee Report which favours 30 percent divestment in the telecom company and voluntary retirement for 100,000 employees.
The strike call has been called by a joint forum of unions that has both executives and non-executives as members.
“We have not heard from the management. We will observe a full-day strike on April 20. The telecom services will definitely get affected,” the forum’s convenor V.A.N. Namboodiri told IANS.
Prior to strike, BSNL workers will also organise a massive protest at their office here March 26, he added.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had set up the Pitroda panel, with HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh and telecom secretary P.J. Thomas among its members, to review the functioning of the company and suggest ways for improving its financial health.
–Indo-Asian Nes Service
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