Deadlock in the Wage Negotiations - BSNLEU and NFTE BSNL write joint letter to the CMD BSNL, demanding his intervention..

Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, BSNLEU and Com.Chandeswar Singh, GS, NFTE BSNL have written a joint letter to the CMD BSNL regarding Wage Negotiation. The following points are mentioned in the letter.

The Wage Negotiations of the Non-Executives is in a deadlock, due to the following reasons:-

1. The new Pay Scales of the Non-Executives are already finalised in the Wage Negotiating Committee meeting held on 27-07-2018. But, now, the Management wants to cut down the minimum and maximum of those Pay Scales, in the name of reducing the company’s expenditure on pension contribution. The 3rd PRC has already given the Pay Scales of the Executives. BSNL Management has no power to cut down those Pay Scales. Then, why the Management wants to cut down the Pay Scales of the Non-Executives alone?

2. The Management says that, they do not want to sign the Wage Agreement now, but only want to finalise the pay scales of the Non-Executives and send them to the DoT. This is not acceptable to us. 

3. The Management says that, the Allowances cannot be revised now. Allowances of the employees are not revised since the formation of BSNL. Hence revision of Allowances must be done.

Both the General Secretaries of BSNLEU and NFTE BSNL have demanded the intervention of the CMD BSNL.