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Dt   29.06.2009 A Special Leave Petition has been filed by BSNL Officers Association against our Court Case filed in the Hon. High Court of Chandigarh & Haryana. Friends, it is very essential for us to defeat this SLP in Supreme Court as this would be the last frontier to be won to remove the entire barrier in our career path. Conducting of JTO LDCE exam also very much depends up on the outcome of this SLP. The truth is on our side and God willing we will surely be able to remove this hurdle in the apex court as sooner as possible. The affidavit against the SLP will be submitted at the earliest. All the DRTTA’S of 2002/2007/2008 batch are asked to rise to the situation and make our association too strong to be defeated.

All the Circle Secretaries are asked to deposit Rs.10000/- (Ten Thousand Only) at least as the contribution towards SNATTA fund (CHQ A/c no 204010100060738 in AXIS BANK LTD, Rohtak, Haryana in the name of Sanchar Nigam Association of Telecom Technical Assistants) for Annual Membership fee+ Court case Contribution within week without fail.

Dt   27.06.2009 Gist of the 21st National Council Meeting held on 23rd June 2009. Click Here

Dt   27.06.2009 In the informal meeting held with Shri Neeraj Verma, GM(Trg) Corporate Office, the training of TTAs in the Apex institutes such as ALTTC, Ghaziabad & NATFM, Hyderabad and inclusion of TTA in the BSNL Employees Distance Learning Scheme were discussed. He agreed to look into the demands of TTA Cadre once the Service Condition is reduced to 5 or 7 years in LDCE for JTO.

Dt   20.06.2009 Minutes of the Wage Committee meeting held on 05.06.2009. Click here

Dt   20.06.2009 National Council meeting is rescheduled at 1430Hrs on 23.06.2009. Shri Dhiraj Chaudhary, G.S. SNATTA & Shri Dharmendra Verma, Dy G.S. SNATTA will be attending the NCM meeting.

Dt   20.06.2009 The of Change of Designation Committee on 09.06.2009 was unable to reach to any conclusion. The management proposed some very weird designations for TTA and Sr.TOA cadre. Shri Hakam Singh SNATTA representative  strongly opposed the move by the management. Com. VAN Namboodiri, G.S. BSNLEU has been apprised that the JET is the only acceptable designation to TTA cadre. The next date for Change of Designation committee meeting has not been finalized.

Dt   15.06.2009 Transfer of EPF account from one place to another. Click here

Dt  15.06.2009 SNATTA representatives of Rajasthan Circle made the representation of our main demands to Hon. Minister of State for Telecommunications and IT, Shri Sachin Pilot. Click Here for the Letter given by Circle Secretary, Rajasthan, Shri Deshraj Gurjar

Dt 15.06.2009 Application for Inter Circle One Way or Mutual transfer under Rule-8. Click Here

Dt 14.06.2009 The next and probably last meeting on Change of Designation is scheduled for 16th June 2009. The management is expected to finalise the new designations for the Non Executive Cadres. The National Council Meeting will be held on 23rd June 2009 in the Conference Hall of Bharat Sanchar Bhavan at 1100 Hrs.

Dt 14.06.2009 An Appeal to all the Employees of BSNL by Joint Forum of BSNL Unions. Click Here

Dt 05.06.2009 1. Today in Wage Committee meeting Shri. Hakam Singh raised the issue of Pension Scheme for direct recruittees in BSNL. The clarifications given by Shri Hakam Singh was very well taken by the Chairman, Wage Committee and he has assured to look into the details of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) under EPF in BSNL and within a week or fortnight BSNL Management will prepare a report regarding the Pension Scheme options in EPF and the same would be submitted before the Wage Committee. Friends the pension schem under EPF is a very contentious issue and we are hopeful that the Management will prevail over EPF and would ask for the fresh options from employees available under EPS.

2. It is also very reliably learnt that BSNL Management has sent the proposal for 5 year periodicity along with 30% fitment at par with executives to the DOT for approval.

3. The demand of staff side to give 5% annual increment to the Non Executives in the New Scale have also been considered by the Wage Committee.

4. Staff side also demanded that 2 additional increments be given in the New Scale on Time Bound Promotions.

Dt 05.06.2009 Central Coordinators or Circle Secretaries are advised to call Shri Hakam Singh, Wage Committee and Change of Designation Committee member for any details on Mobile No. 09990456343 when ever Shri Hakam Singh is in Corporate Office , New Delhi for CHQ work. No individual member should make a call to any CHQ member as it is practically impossible to answer individual calls. Do have forbearance.

Dt 03.06.2009 Comrade VAN Namboodiri writes to Dir (HR) BSNL to implement the recommendations of VIth CPC regarding Maternity leave and implementation of Child care leave for women in BSNL. The same was represented by SNATTA CHQ to Comrade VAN Namboodiri through email on 07.05.2009. We wish the orders would be implemented soon which will give lot of respite to our young female colleagues to take leave for 2 years at a stretch to care her child. Click here

Dt 02.06.2009 The next Wage Revision Committee meeting is Scheduled for 05-Jun-2009.

Dt 01.06.2009 Relaxtion in Qualifying marks for the TTA-2008 exam. Click Here

Dt 01.06.2009  The meeting of the Change of Designation Committee was held today. The proposal to change the designation of TTA to Junior Engineer Telecom was submitted by Shri Hakam Singh. The proposal was very well defended by Comrade VAN Namboodiri and Comrade P. Abhimanyu in the meeting. There are round about 129 Cadres in BSNL and to change the designation of all of them would require a task. The meeting continues on 8th June 2009. SNATTA CHQ is firm on its commitment to change the Designation of TTA to a very respectable and a familiar one.

Dt 27.05.2009  Agenda for 21st National Council Meeting has been submitted to BSNL management by Comrade VAN Namboodiri. Our main demand for reduction in qualifying service to appear in LDCE for JTO has been included. 50% departmental quota for Executive HR & Executive (Sales & Marketing) and refund of retrospective recovery made for EPF have also been included. Click here

Dt 27.05.2009  Change of Designation committee for Non Executives formed. Shri Hakam Singh, Circle Secretary, Punjab has been nominated from SNATTA. Suggestions regarding change of designation of TTA to Junior Engineer Telecom (JET) with full justification may be send to circlesecretarypunjab@gmail.com. Click Here

Dt 20.05.2009  Orders for interest free salary advance and HRA at par with executives issued. Click here

Dt 18.05.2009                                     STRIKE DEFERRED

CONGRATULATIONS... UNITY AND RESOLUTE OF THE UNITED FORUM TRIUMPHED OVER BSNL MANAGEMENT. Strike has been deferred for the following agreement reached between BSNL Management and the United Forum of BSNL Unions.

1.  5 year wage agreement proposal sent to DOT for approval.

2. Additional 2*basic as interest free salary advance.

3. HRA as per the the recommendations of 2 PRC for Executives.

Our CHQ representatives Shri. Hakam Singh, Punjab and Shri. Pardeep Kumar, Haryana were present at the Corporate Office.

Click here for Minute

Dt 17.05.2009  Prepare towards the Full Strike on 19th & 20th May 2009 for Justice to the Non-Executives in Wage Revision.

Demands

1. Immediate settlement of Wage Revision of Non-Executives.

2. Fitment on par with top executives, on pay+78.2% of pay.

3. Five year periodicity.

4. HRA on Govt. Rates w.e.f 01.09.2008.

5. Annual Increment on 5% on basic pay.

6. Pension Scheme for BSNL recruittees.

7. Allowances & Perks on par with executives.

8. Issues of Casual and Contract Laborers and Other issues.

Dt 10.05.2009 Circle Secretaries have to compile all the Rule-8 cases of their Circles and mail the completed list of the applicants to SNATTA CHQ email-id on or before 18.05.2009. Please do not make individual representation to the CHQ. Very shortly we will be taking the cases for Rule-8 transfer with the Corporate Office, New Delhi. Download the proforma.

Dt 10.05.2009 BSNL management decides to implement ERP by Dec-2009. Click here for report

Dt 08.05.2009 JTO RR 2001 amended to include IT as one of the educational qualification. Click here for the order

Dt 07.05.2009 Beware Click Here

Dt 06.05.2009 Extension of benefits to the Internal officials selected in the DR-JTO quota. Click Here for order

Dt 06.05.2009 SNATTA CHQ appreciates the support given by almost every member on the issue of rejecting the meager adjustable Salary advance given by BSNL management. CHQ after much deliberations and discussions with Circle Secretaries/ Coordinators have decided to Accept the interest free Salary advance in the interest of overall unity among the United Forum Members. Struggle for better Wage agreement continues and CHQ expresses its strong desire to vigorously prepare for the complete strike on 19th and 20th May 2009.

Dt 05.05.2009 Congratulations...National Council approved by BSNL Management. Shri Dhiraj Chaudhary, General Secretary and Shri Dharmendra Kumar Verma, Dy. General Secretary has got seats as promised by Com. VAN Namboodiri. Click here for the List.

Dt 05.05.2009 Shri Hakam Singh, Circle Secretary, Punjab lead a delegation of several comrades from Punjab and Haryana and participated in the Hunger Strike at the Corporate Office, New Delhi. Shri. Hakam Singh on behalf of SNATTA addressed the gathering and represented views on the ongoing agitation by United Forum. The Hunger Strike was a big success. After the Strike SNATTA members met BSNLEU CHQ leaders and apprised them of our strong resent on the disapproval of Service condition from 10 years to 7 years in JTO RR 2001. BSNLEU CHQ once again assured to reduce the service conditions to 5 years.

SNATTA CHQ congratulates all the members who participated in the  Hunger Strike. Following members were present in the Hunger Strike. 1. Shri Hakam Singh, C.S. Punjab. 2. Sh. Jasvir Kumar Jassal, V.P. Punjab. 3. Sh. Jagjit Singh, D.S. Patiala. 4. Sh. Pritpal Singh, D.S. Hoshiarpur. 5. Sh. Karamjit Singh, D.S. Bhatinda. 6. Sh. R.K. Mandal, D.S. Chandigarh. 7. Sh. Hardeep Singh, Patiala. 8. Sh. Munish Kumar, Hoshiarpur. 9. Sh. Bokka Veeriah, LCM- Ludhiana. 10. Sh. Harpreet Singh, Ferozepur. 11. Sh. Navdeep Singh, Ferozepur. 12. Sh. Ravinder Singh, Ferozepur. All the Circles are advised to prepare themselves on the lines as our comrades in Punjab & Haryana and ready to show our unity at each and every opportunity.

Dt05.05.2009 SNATTA CHQ congratulates its members for actively participating in the One hour walk out agitation and making it a grand success. CHQ have received a few proposals from its Circle Secretaries whether to accept or reject the offer for Interest free Salary advance. CHQ respects the suggestions made by them and the decision of CHQ whether to accept or reject IR will be apprised soon.

Dt 03.05.2009  One Hour Walk out from duty/office on 04.05.2009.

We have been working tirelessly and diligently for BSNL and in the end we have been thrown a piece of cake and the chunk of it has been gulped by someone much unknown to us. It is very heartrending to see that our hard work and dedication towards BSNL has no meaning in the eyes of BSNL management. SNATTA CHQ urge upon each and every member to actively participate in the one hour walkout from duty/office on 4th May 2009.

United Forum of BSNL Unions has given call to BSNL employees to walk out from duty/office, for one hour from 1100 hrs to 1200hrs on Monday the 4^th May 2009. Mobilize each and every member to give a fitting reply to the BSNL Management's high handedness.

Note:- Further action on this issue will be communicated later.

Dt 30.04.2009 BSNL Management has once again overlooked the interests of Non Executives and unilaterally issued the orders on IR as Salary Advance equal to 4x basic pay as on 01.01.2009 . Click here for order. The meager  Salary advance given shows the apathy of BSNL management towards the Non Executive employees. See for your self what BSNL wants to give to the Non Executives. It is very clear to every Non Executive that a JTO have got at the least Rs.100,000. Management is trying to fool us by citing the 40% (Rs.40000) arrears given to the JTO(9850 scale) to justify the Salary advance given to the Non Executives. The letter written by Dir HRD to Com. VAN Namboodiri clearly mentions this as the 27 months Salary advance which comes very close to the eventual increase in the Salary of the Non Executives. Letter of Dir HRD

Dt 29.04.2009 Dear Colleagues

BSNL Management Committee's arbitrary and vengeful decision to disapprove the agreement reached in NCM for reduction in qualifying service condition for JTO LDCE has been strongly protested by SNATTA CHQ. CHQ representatives have been constantly pursuing the case with the BSNLEU CHQ. A very strong resent was registered with Com. VAN Namboodiri and Com P. Abhimanyu. SNATTA CHQ has made written representation to the Hon. CMD and Dir HRD on this issue and sited the rulings of DoP&T regarding the reduction in the service conditions. We have been assured by Com. VAN Namboodiri and Com P. Abhimanyu of very early settlement of the issue. They have promised to strongly debate this issue in the NCM and would now demand to reduce the service condition to 5 years.

SNATTA CHQ has been pondering on this issue and is preparing a very strong strategy for agitation and protest. If needed, we will demonstrate our unity and strength to all the Unions and to BSNL Management also. All the District Secretaries are asked to contact their Central Coordinator or Circle Secretaries for future course of action.

 SNATTA CHQ is collectively keeping the tab on the developments and it is made very clear to our colleagues that we will leave no stone unturned to achieve our rightful place.

Be united and ready to fight for your right.

Note: Central Coordinators and Circle Secretaries check your SNATTA mail-id for future course of action.

Dt 29.04.2009 BSNL Management's adamant attitude towards the Non-executive employees in BSNL has resulted in stalemate in the Wage Negotiation. Being the better qualified and larger reach among the every level of employees it is bind duty of every SNATTA member to explain each and every non executive employee about the negative attitude of the BSNL management and genuineness of our demands. Download the reply of Com. VAN Namboodiri to Dir. HRD for ready reference. Hindi English

Dt 27.04.2009 Project Shikhar News Letter. Click here for Letter

Dt 25.04.2009 A meeting of TTAs of Ahmedabad Telecom District took place on 23rd April 2009. The TTAs of ATD present in the meeting unanimously elected the following office bearers.

1. Shri Amit Parmar , President. 2. Shri K.V. Mesia, District Secretary. 3. Shri Ashish Kalani, Organising Secretary. 4. Shri Samir Dave, Treasurer. 5. Shri Yagnesh K. Patel, Auditor.

Dt 23.04.2009 Prepare for the Struggle to achieve the just rights of Non-Executives. Notice for the Strike served to the BSNL Management. Click here

Dt 22.04.2009 The talks on IR, Fitment formula and HRA failed in todays Wage Committee meeting. The staff side staged a walkout from the meeting and has declared Trade Union Action. The following Trade Union Action is decided by the United Forum.

24.04.2009 On Duty Fast and Two days Strike on19.05.2009 & 20.05.2009.

If no improvement is seen, it is decided to declare Indefinite Strike during the First Week of June 2009.

Dt 21.04.2009 A meeting of Bharatpur (Rajasthan) TTAs was held on dated 12.04.2009. In which the district body was formed for the year 2009-10. The Following members were elected unanimously.

1. Shri Manoj Kumar, President. 2. Shri Neeraj Saxena, Vice President. 3. Shri Jaiprakash Gupta, District Secretary. 4. Shri Banay Singh, Asst. District Secretary. 5. Shri Govind Singh, Asst. District Secretary. 6. Shri Lokesh Kumar, Treasurer. 7. Shri Hemant Srivastav, Asst. Treasurer. 8. Shri. Brijendra Singh, Member. 9. Shri Ramkesh Meena, Member.

Dt 15.04.2009 In the Wage Committee meeting held today Management Came prepared with the formula for less than 30% fitment for 5 years Wage agreement. The Union side categorically rejected the proposal & again reiterated its firm stand on 5years wage periodicity with fitment formula at par with top executives. On IR management proposed 3 times the current basic to which the Union side demanded that IR should be substantial amount. Management didn't seem to be at all serious on the proposals of the Union side. The callous attitude of the Management was strongly rebuked by the Union Side and the Management was clearly apprised that the Unions will resort to all the available Trade Union actions to achieve the just rights of the Non-executives. SNATTA members are asked to prepare for the sustained  struggle under the BSNLEU alliance to achieve the best wage agreement for the Non-executives.

Dt 12.04.2009 Sh. Vikas Kumar Gupta C.P. Jharkhand has resigned from the wage committee with immediate effect due to very compelling domestic situations. CHQ has accepted his resignation and thanks him on the behalf of SNATTA for devoting his valuable time for the Wage Committee. CHQ after much deliberations have now nominated SH. Hakam Singh Circle Secretary, Punjab as the Wage Committee member from SNATTA. We wish all the best to him.

Dt 12.04.2009 A welcome meet to new TTA s was organised by Karnal SSA organising committee on 05 APR 2009, in Hotel Dawat, near bus stand, KARNAL. The meeting started at sharp 1130 hrs. The stage secy Mr. Gaje Singh welcomed CHQ member Mr. Pardeep (Jind), Circle Secy. Mr Hardeep (Jind), Circle Co-ordinator Mr.Lalit Vashisht (Rtk), Circle Cashier Mr. Naresh Ahuja. Distt. Secy. Mr. Ritesh Malhotra, Distt. Secy BSNLEU Mr. I.S. Malik on the stage. The meeting went in a very congenial atmosphere. Around 35 TTAS from all over the KARNAL SSA were present to mark the occasion. The new as well as old members were told about the formation of SNATTA and its objectives .An open session took place and was answered by Mr. Pardeep.Hot issues like Wage Revision and perks along with JTO exams were also taken .One of the founders of a SNATTA Mr.Subhash Rohilla (Rtk) also participated and instructed to all the members to take active participation in the activities of SNATTA and visit the website regularly to update yourself.  A new distt body was formed after the tasty lunch. Click here for more details.

Dt 08.04.2009 The meeting of Gujarat Circle Executive Committee was held at 3^rd Floor Navrangpura Telephone Exchange Building on 05-Apr-09. The meeting was very well anchored by Shri Manish Solanki D.S. Valsad SSA. The agenda of the meeting was discussed with all the participants expressing their view with full conviction. The various issues related to the SNATTA achievements and the issues related to the court cases by SNATTA were elaborated by Shri. Sandip Solanki D.S. Rajkot SSA & Shri Dharmendra Verma & Shri Bhavin Chudasama. The Circle Financial position was also explained & the account statement of the year 2008-09 was approved by the CEC. The contribution towards the year 2009-10 was collected. Shri. Sandip Solanki was elected as the Central Coordinator. Click here for more details.

Dt 01.04.2009 GS SNATTA along with other Unions met BCG in respect of organizational restructuring and submitted all of the TTA related grievances. It was also pointed out that management must use motivational techniques in order to motivate the employees. They must differentiate between the employees those who are working and those who are sitting idle in BSNL. SNATTA emphasized the need to improve the quality of services of BSNL and suggested major changes in BSNL's organizational restructuring.

Dt 28.03.2009 The meeting of Wage Revision Committee starts from 30^th Mar 2009 and is expected to continue till final agreement is reached. The meeting is expected to take place on alternate days. The SNATTA CHQ nominated Representative Sh. Vikas Kumar Gupta (Circle President, Jharkhand) will attend to each of these meetings and put forth the arguments on behalf of TTAs. We wish him all the best in his endeavor. 

The meetings of wage negotiations usually take length of time to conclude. So all the members are advised to have forbearance and should resist calling the CHQ representatives directly. Contact your Circle Secretary or Central Coordinator for any kind of details and the visit our CHQ website regularly for updates on Wage revision Committee.

This is to notify you that the meeting District Secretaries and Central Executive Committee Members of Gujarat Circle is scheduled on 5^th Apr-2009 at the Navarangpura Telephone Exchange, Ahmedabad.

Click here for more details.

Dt 25.03.2009  A wonderful SSA conference  was conducted at hotel Nalanda, Calicut, Kerala. We congratulate Mr.Ulahannan.C.T, Mrs.Veneetha Anne George & Mr.Sarathlal.K for excellent coordination, well arrangements & delicious food. Circle Secretary Mr.Rajesh Sekhar, Coordinator Abhilash.V & Kannur SSA Secretary Mr. Manoj Kumar.K.V addressed the meeting. SNATTA was delayed two years for the formation of its Kerala chapter. But within four months we have shown that DRTTAs are the most united cadre in BSNL under the big umbrella named SNATTA. The meeting ended with vote of thanks by the newly elected President Mrs. Faimina.K. Click here for more details.

Dt 24.03.2009  A meeting of United Forum was held and decision was taken to demand for Interim Relief till the wage revision is finalized. Wage proposal on behalf of SNATTA has been submit to Sh. VAN Namboodiri  and Sh. R.K Batra (Chairman Wage revision committee). Download doc for wage revision.      Download doc for perks.

Dt 20.03.2009  SNATTA marches ahead in Kerala under the efficient leadership of the Circle President Mr. Nazar.S and Secretary Mr.Rajesh Sekhar. This time they addressed PATHANAMTHITTA SSA conference at Lal residency, Adoor. The meeting was very well organized by the district president Mr.Jayesh.K.A and Vice President Abhilash.B, Adoor. The meeting was presided over by Mr.Rajendran K., District Secretary Mr.Renny John welcomed the Snattians. Central Coordinator Mr.Abhilash.V explained the causes of formation of SNATTA. The meeting got a festive touch with songs by Mr. Sobin and the funny shows by master Adithyan. Click here for more details.

Dt 17.03.2009  The SNATTA CHQ representatives Sh. Dhiraj Chaudhary (G.S.), Sh. Manish Samadhia (V.P.), Sh. Dharmendra Verma (Dy.G.S.) along with several SNATTA-Chq leaders from Maharastra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab met BSNLEU-Chq leaders on dt 15.09.2009 and vehemently put following demands.

1) JTO RR with reduced Service conditions:  At the outset it was made very clear to the BSNLEU leaders that the orders must be issued without any further delay for JTO RR with reduced eligibility conditions from 10 years to 7 years under JTO LDCE as is already accepted by the BSNL Management in the last NCM. It was further clarified that the SNATTA is totally against the JTO LDCE exam being conducted with the 7 years of service conditions as this would disallow most of our TTAs to appear in the JTO LDCE. After much persuasion it was agreed by both the sides that the order for 7 years of service condition should first be cleared by BSNL Board and Shri VAN Namboodiri and Shri P. Abhimanyu agreed to personally look after the case and will try at their best to issue the orders at the earliest. Once the service conditions are permanently reduced to 7 years the United Forum will use every platform available to ensure that the service conditions are relaxed to 5 years as was done in the case of JAO Exams at the time of conducting JTO LDCE.  

The JTO RR with 7 years of service condition is already cleared by the BSNL Mgmt Committee and will be shortly cleared by the BSNL Board. 

2) Pay Revision Committee: The wage proposal prepared by SNATTA CHQ nominated member Sh. Vikas Kumar Gupta was submitted to Sh. VAN Namboodiri and the main agenda of it that TTAs should get the highest pay scale i.e. NE12 (9200) was put to him. Sh VAN Namboodiri replied that they are waiting for the BSNL Mgmt to propose the pay scales in the wage committee meeting and based on that the Staff side will prepare the reply to it. The SNATTA wage memorandum will be given its due and the demands of TTAs would be respected.

3) Departmental Quota in Executive HR/ Sales & Marketing RR: The recently declared Executive HR/ Sales & Marketing RR have 100% provision for outside recruitment. We registered our strong resentment against this Executives RR as this would neglect the DRTTAs possessing /acquiring Diploma / P.G. in Management would be deprived of another opportunity to break the Non –Executive barrier. The demand was accepted by VAN Namboodiri and he would soon write a letter to the Management regarding the same. If necessary proper platform of NCM would also be utilized to incorporate the changes in the Executive RR. 

4) Meeting with Boston Consultancy Group (BCG): A strong resentment was shown to Sh. VAN namboodiri regarding the absence of SNATTA representative in the meeting with BCG. Another meeting was demanded for with BCG wherein SNATTA will be given representation. The same was accepted by Sh. VAN Namboodiri and the meeting with BCG will asked for.

5) RJCM and LJCM seats sharing formula: Lot of complaints received by SNATTA CHQ regarding the RJCM and LJCM seat sharing was communicated to Sh. Van Namboodiri. After much discussion the details of the Circles and SSAs where the problems persist were given to Sh. P. Abhimanyu for his personal intervention. It is advisable to the SNATTA Circle and SSA representatives, it is better to solve these problems at their level only to avoid in heartburns among you and it is also difficult to formulate fix formulae at each level for seat sharing.

6) Pensions for Direct Recruits: Mr VAN Namboodiri assured that the pension policy for the direct recruits will shortly be place in BSNL and of course it would be better than the existing pension scheme in the EPF.

Following office bearers of SNATTA and BSNLEU attended the meeting.

BSNLEU Leaders: (1) Com. VAN Namboodiri. G.S. BSNLEU. (2) Com. P Abhimanyu, Dy. G.S. BSNLEU. (3)  Com. K.R. Yadav, V.P. BSNLEU. 

SNATTA Representatives: (1)  Sh. Dhiraj Chaudhary (2) Sh. Manish Samadhia  (3) Sh Dharmendra Verma (4) Sh. Pradeep Kumar. (5) Sh. Tejinder Pal Singh. (6) Sh. Hakam Singh. (7) Sh.Shailesh Dande  (8) Sh. Ullash Morankar.  (9) Sh. Nitin Pohare  (10) Sh. Lalit Vahisth. (11) Sh. Subhash Rohilla. (12) Sh. Hardeep Singh (13) Sh. Rajesh Kumar (14) Sh. Tilak Raj Chauhan (15) Sh. Amit Kulkarni (12) Sh. Pawan Meena.

Dt 13.03.2009 Wage proposal on behalf of SNATTA is being finalized to submit it in the Wage Revision Committee. Suggestions are invited from our members. Download the doc for wage proposal.

Dt 09.03.2009  A superb 'Get Together cum District Conference' was organized at YWCA hall, Kollam, Kerala. The meeting was conducted in a highly charged atmosphere. Brain storming discussions sparkled the air. The meeting was very well organized by Mrs. Jayasree suresh. Mr. Rajendran and Mr. Jeevan Babu lead the discussions. Central coordinator Mr. Abhilash addressed the meeting. The active participation of the newly joined TTAs was the highlight of the meeting. It ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Shine Kumar. Click here for more details.

Dt 05.03.2009 A 'Get Together' cum district conference of SNATTA was conducted on 22-02-2009 at Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. A large number of TTAs and their family members attended the meeting. The conference was addressed by Mr.Nazar (Circle President), Mrs.Jayasree Suresh (Circle Vice President), Mr.Rajesh Sekhar (Circle secretary), Mr.Shafi (Circle Joint Secretary), Mr.Abhilash (Central coordinator) and Mr.Nizamudden (SSA coordinator). So many matters related to the DR TTAs were discussed. Membership and Rs.100 as fund for the financial year had been collected. The meeting ended with vote of thanks by Mr.Kishore. Click here for more details.

Dt 04.03.2009 Wage Negotiation for Non-executive Employees of BSNL Started. The Wage Revision Committee  for discussion on wage negotiation for Non-executive Employees of BSNL met on 3^rd March, 2009 presided by Shri R.K. Batra, PGM (IR). SNATTA-chq nominated member Mr. Vikas Kumar Gupta was also present in the meeting as a member of Wage Revision Committee. After preliminary discussions, it was decided to constitute the following three sub-committees for examining and report to Chairman before 25^th March 2009:- 

1. Revision of Pay scales

2. Perks & Allowances

3. Pension

The Staff side demanded that the agreement should be for 5 years, which will be favorably considered by management.

The Staff side also demanded that the HRA should be immediately revised for non-executives as already decided in the case of executives.  The Chairman stated that it would be favorably considered. 

The next meeting will be held in the last week of March 2009. 

The revised IDA order issued by DPE w.e.f 1st Jan 2009.
 

Dt  01.03.2009  Latest developments in SNATTA are as follows-

• BSNL Management convened meeting on 3rd March 2009 at 14:30 Hrs at Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi for Wage negotiation with recognized union. Mr. Namboodiri agreed to give representation to  SNATTA in the wage revision committee. On its behalf SNATTA-chq nominated Mr. Vikas Kumar Gupta, (CP Jharkhand) as a member of Wage Revision Committee. Any suggestion regarding wage revision may be sent directly to him at email ID vikas8bsnl@yahoo. com.( Tel. No.-0651-2961102).

• Voice of SNATTA in 2nd All India Conference of TEPU at Jabalpur on 27/02/2009. Click here for the details.

• "A grand ‘Get Together cum SSA conference’ of SNATTA was organized at Kannur, Kerala. A large number of DRTTAs attended the meeting with great enthusiasm. The meeting was very well organized by the District Secretary Mr. Manoj kumar. SNATTA Central coordinator Mr.Abhilash. V attended the meeting. The causes for formation of SNATTA, enemy like attitude of other unions towards DRTTAs, 6th pay commission and the Govt.’s decision to include the diploma holders into Group B cadre and sanctioning executive pay scale, discrimination towards DRTTAs in time bound promotion, hurdles for JTO promotion, change in designation etc. were discussed and explained. The ground on which SNATTA supports BSNLEU was also explained". Click here for more details.

Dt  26.02.2009  SNATTA being the member of United Forum has decided to Observe the protest day on 27th February 2009 as per the call given by the United Forum of BSNL Unions and BSNLEU. Hold and Support massive Lunch hour Demonstrations at all the places with the alliance partners. Click here for the letter

Dt 19.02.2009  SNATTA-Chq leaders along with Mr. VAN Namboodiri met with GM (Estt.) in which it was made clear that as per Hon'ble High court orders, diversion is stopped and our internal quota is quite safe. Now there is no hurdle in conducting the departmental examination under 35% and 15% quota. It was indicated that syllabus for departmental exam is being prepared. As far as reduction in service condition is concerned, it is being reduced from 10 to 7 years as agreed in the National Council Meeting and will be forwarded shortly to Management Committee for final approval.

Mr. VAN Namboodiri submitted a letter for conducting departmental examination under 35% and 15% quota. Click here for the letter. 

SNATTA-Chq leaders insisted to reduce the service condition to 5 years at the time of departmental examination.

(Note: It is worth to note here that earlier management rejected the same demand in the NCM by stating "Since diversion is pending upto 2013 so there is no chance of conducting departmental exam in near future hence it is immature to consider the demand of reduction of service condition at this time."  After removing the hurdle of Diversion through the Court Case the same demand was agreed to reduce it from 10 to 7 years in the last National Council Meeting.)

We need to put the continuous pressure on BSNLEU & Management to get our service condition relaxed before conducting the departmental exam.

Our members are advised to keep patience for departmental exam until we get our service condition relaxed.

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