"About 40,000 Indian telecom workers called off their work-to- rule yesterday after reaching an agreement with the government," officials and union leaders said. The employees of the Department:of Telecommunication Services launched their action on Friday in protest against plans to convert the department into a company and the recent appointment of a non-technical official as the department head. Banks, major complies, and long-distance customers were hit by the work-to-rule, which involves obeying minor regulation, only so as to slow down the work-flow.
