General Strike by Central Trade Unions on 26.11.2020
SNEA extends solidarity and support to the Strike
View Corporate Office Orders:
Change of HQ from Jabalpur to Bangalore, structure and rationalization of staff of Inspection and QA Circle - reg.
Non submission of online self appraisal (eAPAR) through ESS portal from year 2016-17 to 2019-20-reg.
Transfer and Posting in the grade of SDE (Civil) - reg.
GS writes to Shri P K Purwar, CMD/BSNL.
1.
Promotion from DGM(Adhoc) to DGM(T/Fin) on Regular basis – All the DGM posts
(100%) are vacant today. All the VRs optees in DGM Grade were working on Adhoc
basis and hence the number of DGM posts will not change:
2. Onetime relaxation in the qualifying
service for Promotion from DE(T)/CAO to DGM(T/Fin) Grades to fill up all the
vacancies on regular basis. DE/CAO promotions delayed due to court cases and
all the DE/CAOs are having sufficient experience in the DE/CAO cadre on
Officiating/Adhoc/regular basis and satisfy the spirit of the RR provisions of
4 years of experience:
DGM promotion will result vacancy in DE/CAO
cadres and thereafter in SDE/AO cadres.
GS writes to Shri Arvind Vadnerkar, DIR(HR) regarding Promotion from SDE
to DE for the left out/missing cases who are seniors – the connected court
cases over on 25.02.2020 but the promotion orders not yet issued.
It is learned that today the Empowered Technology Group (ETG) meeting is scheduled for discussing the BSNL 4G tender issue.
GS writes to Shri P K Purwar, CMDBSNL
Allotment of more funds for labour payment to clear the outstanding
payments pending for months together in many Circles. The labours helped BSNL
to maintain our services and earn revenue are really starving – immediate
action for making the payments.
IDA freezing for
CPSUs from 01.10.2020 to 30.06.2021
NCOA and AUAB calls for observing 25.11.2020 as PROTEST DAY.
National
Confederation of Officers Associations (NCOA) calls for observing 25.11.2020 as
PROTEST DAY.
All Unions and Associations in
BSNL (AUAB) calls for Lunch Hour Protest Demonstrations on 25.11.2020.
All CSs and SSA Secs are requested to coordinate with other Assns and
Unions to make the programme a big success.
View Corporate Office Orders:
Transfer Order in the grade of SDE Electrical reg.
Tenure Transfer Order of SDEs reg.
UP (West)
Circle Conference held at Agra on 21.11.2020
The Circle Conference of UP(West) Circle was held at Agra on 21.11.2020
maintaining social distancing and taking Covid 19 precautions. GS, CHQ
President and AGS Com Sanjeev Sharma addressed the Conference. Delegates from
various SSAs attended the Conference. An open session was held on the subject, Challenges
before BSNL and Associations after the Revival package. Shri Sanjeev Aggarwal, CGMT/UP(W) was the Chief
Guest. Shri Surya Kant, PGMTD/Agra and Shri Rajesh Kumar, GMTD/Noida also
addressed the open session.
In the open session focus, was on BSNL revival and ways to increase the
revenue. CGMT focussed on utilization of available resources to increase the
business and revenue. 4G launching is getting delayed which is a real concern.
Employees demanding that Govt should allow BSNL to upgrade the existing 49300
BTSs and launch 4G services. Discussion on ICR pact with Vodafone is also going
on. Land monetization is a major proposal by which only BSNL can wipe out
thousands of Crores bank loans and really possible for getting BSNL revived. Cluster
for BSNL land line maintenance is having lot of issues and in many places, it
is not able to take off. Similarly, OF mtce also. FTTH model is very successful
and DIR(CFA) is fully focussing it. It is a very successful model and more than
80,000 FTTH connections are provided per month. It is to be increased to 1
lakh.
CHQ leaders congratulated the Circle Office bearers, all the SSA
Secretaries and activists under the dynamic leadership of CS and CP for the
very good performance in the last MV and securing number one position in UP(W)
Circle. SNEA is the largest Executives Association of BSNL Executives and
continue to take up all the issues concerning the BSNL and the Executives, CHQ
leaders assured.
In the delegate session, GS and President explained the status of
various HR issues. On promotion, delegates demanded the promotion of all the
eligible Executives. CHQ leaders assured that we are working for that and we
will overcome all the obstacles through our unity and united struggles.
Parallally we are working for the possibility of DPC as much possible and
complete it before December end. From January onwards, our entire focus will be
implementation of non-post based promotion as followed in all CPSUs (which is
approved by the Board) and we will be starting the agitation programs till we
achieve the goal. Preparation will start from 02.12.2020 onwards through
protest demonstrations.
Other HR issues like standard pay scales of E2/E3, Pay loss issue, SAB, E1+5
increment, first TBP, E1A/E2A for Civil/Elect etc have financial implications
and management is not positive in its attitude citing the poor financial
conditions. We are focussing on regular payment of salary, labour payment, temp
advance, electricity payment, rentals, medical treatment etc so that revenue
can be increased.
In the Circle Conference Com
V.K.Yadav/AGM, Com R.P.Sharma/AGM, Com Deepak Muchhal/JTO and Com Abhishek
Sharma/JTO are unanimously elected as Circle President, Circle Secretary,
Circle Treasurer and Asst Circle Secretary(HQ). Com Vivek Saxena/JTO and D.P.
Singh/JTO are elected as the CWC members. Majority of the OBs are JTO/JAOs.
CHQ extends best wishes to all the newly elected Circle Office bearers.
National Confederation of Officers Associations (NCOA) of CPSUs writes
to Shri Prakash Jadadekar, Hon Minister for Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises against freezing of IDA. SNEA is a major constituent of NCOA. NCOA Core
committee meeting held on 20.11.2020 also decided to observe 25.11.2020 as PROTEST DAY.
IDA freezing for
CPSUs from 01.10.2020 to 30.06.2021
NCOA and AUAB calls for observing 25.11.2020 as PROTEST DAY.
National
Confederation of Officers Associations (NCOA) calls for observing 25.11.2020 as
PROTEST DAY.
All Unions and Associations in
BSNL (AUAB) calls for Lunch Hour Protest Demonstrations on 25.11.2020.
On one side Govt not implemented 3rd Pay Revision for many
PSUs including BSNL. BSNL employees are working round the clock to maintain the
essential telecom services during the Covid 19 pandemic. Many CPSUs are playing
important role in maintaining the essential services during the Covid.
NCOA and AUAB deplore the Govt decision for Freezing of IDA in the name
of Covid 19.
All CSs and SSA Secs are requested to coordinate with other Assns and Unions
to make the programme a big success.
Twitter campaign on 17.12.2020 demanding Time Bound Functional Promotions
w.e.f. 01.07.2018.
Open Twitter accounts for all the members. CS and SSA Secretaries have
to open the Twitter account and instruct all the members to follow the Twitter
account of CHQ, GS, Circle and SSA.
SNEA/CHQ can be followed on @sneachq
General Secretary can be followed on @gssnea
CSs and SSA/Dist/Branch Secretaries to monitor the progress in Twitter
a/c opening.
All along, one Association was giving false
hope to the Executives and confusing them by announcing every month/festival date
as target date for promotion without understanding how promotions will take
place. This is happening because they are far away from the reality, sitting
far away from BSNLCO. Recently when SNEA reported again the factual position on
promotions, they were compelled to find out the facts. Atleast now they
understood that management linked all the promotions with Restg and in Restg
process, drastic post reduction will happen. Till now either they are not aware
of the facts or not telling the real facts to the Executives. Without hiding
anything, SNEA frankly conveyed to the Executives many times earlier, months
back, that management linked the promotions with the Restg and post reduction
and not in a mood for conduction of DPC as they want to complete the Restg
process first. Atleast now, they started understanding the issues which this
Association foreseen years back and explained to the Executives, ie.
Restructuring and resultant post reduction and its deadly consequences. They
showed blind eye towards this serious issue and propagated everything is fine
by giving false hope to the Executives. They never bothered to take up with the
management against the very stringent provisional norms circulated on 26.12.2014
or again on 27.12.2019 for all the cadres upto AGM/CAO which reduces the posts
by more than 60% or the Restg order dated 27.08.2020. At the same time SNEA
immediately taken up the matter (SNEA letter dated 19.01.2015, 19.02.2015,
17.04.2017, 13.01.2020 and 07.09.2020), demanding more liberal norms for all
the cadres with proper justification and relentlessly pursuing in meeting with
concerned officers.
Restg is inevitable due to: i) massive
surrender of landline connections based on which our maximum posts are
justified and ii) VRS. The sanctioned posts available today in various cadres
were created in 2004 as per the assets available at that time (mainly landline
connections) except mobile sector where it happened in 2008. After 2004, no
review taken place on the sanctioned posts. From 2014 onwards, management is
trying for Restg and posts reduction. The proposal gone upto the BSNL Board and
pending there, stopping all the HR initiatives. The need for delinking the
promotion from availability of posts was recognized by SNEA and started working
on it seriously since 2014. We stopped the Restg implementation for years
together, till the new promotion policy approved as it will erode even our
existing promotion avenues. Parallally, we worked out the new promotion policy,
delinking it from availability of vacancies/posts and got it approved from the
BSNL Board in May, 2018.
This Assn took stern action against those
gone to the court against the declared stand of the Association, i.e. not to
block any promotion. The committed activists of this Assn withdrawn from the
case on the direction of the Assn showing their commitment and dedication. Those advocating restrain
nowadays could take any such bold decision and implement it against their
Office bearers who stayed the JTO to SDE promotion for 8 years from 2010 to
2018 at Chennai and Kerala? Leave action, did they atleast condemn their action,
Never. They supported them even financially in Kerala case. Many young JTOs
lost the promotion for years and thousands of JTOs retired without promotion. All along SNEA advocated
not to challenge the settled principle followed in DoT & BSNL on JTO
seniority fixation for some temporary benefits but they opened a Pandora box by
demanding 1:1 promotion and Date of Joining Criteria for the promotion to SDE
cadre. Now the same demand which they raised earlier is raised by the
subsequent batches! SNEA always opposed the demand for 1:1 promotion
(irrespective of Rect year) and Date of Joining Criteria, so we could direct
our activists. But whether the other Assn is having the
moral right to tell the subsequent batches, they should not demand 1:1
promotion and Date of Joining Criteria for the promotion to SDE cadre as SNEA
done?
We advise them to work for the welfare of
all the Executives, not just for taking credits or giving false hopes. Instead
of temporary solution, long term solution is required, that is the lesson we
learned from the past. It is not our agenda just to promote a JTO/JAO to SDE/AO
and make them to retire thereon or maximum as a DE/CAO as happening today in
BSNL? They should get an opportunity to move forward to higher posts and lead
the company as GM, CGM etc. In other PSUs, its own officers are leading the
company by taking promotions. This is possible only if they get promotions on
Time Bound basis and reach AGM Grade atleast at the age of 40.
We sincerely hope that in the changed
scenario, when they understood the ground reality, the deadly consequences of
Restg and management intentions, they will also join hands for the smooth
career progression of all the Executives through the implementation of the new non-post
based Time Bound Functional Promotion policy (BEPPARR 2017 or CPSU CH) approved by the BSNL Board. Once it is implemented
the senior Executives can get promotion from 01.07.2018 itself (by this time
they will have 2 ½ years of service in the new Grade). Let them take the credit
for its implementation, we are happy with the promotion to the Executives.
Further we can work for non-post based promotion to DGM Grade also and for
further improvement in the policy. We should not fall into the trap laid by the
management in the name of Restg and DPC to derail the new promotion policy.
When we support the ongoing DPC process initiated by BSNL and work for that
till the end of December, 2020, our ultimate aim is the non-post based Time
Bound Functional Promotion from 01.07.2018 for which we decided to launch the
real agitations from 04th January, 2021 onwards.
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