Great victory – 78.2% IDA merger- DOT issues order

THE INDEFINITE STRIKE PROPSED FROM 12-06-2013 BY FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS/ASSOCIATIOS HAS BEEN AVERTED FOLLOWING ISSUING OF PRESIDENTIAL ORDER BY DOT FOR 78.2 % IDA MERGER ON TODAY,THE 10-06-2013.
THE FORUM LEADERS INCLUDING COM.VAN.NAMBOODIRI ANDCOM.P.ABHIMANYU,GENERAL SECRETARY,BSNL EU HAVE MET THE CMD,BSNL AND DEMANDED THAT IT SHOULD HAVE FINANCIAL EFFECT FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE PROPOSAL WAS APPROVED BY THE BSNL BOARD.BUT CMD HAS STATED THAT THE DATE OFEFFECT WILL BE FROM THE DATE OF PRESEDENTIAL ORDER, IE FROM 10-06-2013 AND BSNL WILL ISSUE THE ORDER ON TOMARROW PENSIONERS WILL ALSO GET THE BENEFIT AND SEPERATE ORDER WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE SAME CHQ CONGRATULATES ALL THE FORUM LEADERS AND THE WORKERS FOR THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.CHQ ALSO CONGRATULATES ALL THE AIBDPA UNITS WHO SUPPORTED THE STRIKE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE DEMONSTRATION AND DHARNA ENMASSE THERE IN NO DOUBT THAT THE GREAT UNITY OF ALL THE UNIONS IN BSNL AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE WORKERS HAS BROUGHT THIS ACHIEVEMENT.