Holding of Wage Negotiating Committee meeting delayed.

As all comrades are aware, the CHQ of BSNLEU is taking serious efforts for the signing the Wage Revision agreement at the earliest. Everyone knows that, a dead-lock is prevailing in the Wage Negotiating Committee, regarding the new pay scales of the Non-Executives. BSNLEU is insisting that the new pay scales, already finalised in the meeting held on 27.07.2018, should be implemented. However, the Management Side in the Wage Negotiating Committee wants to implement shorter pay scales. To break this deadlock, BSNLEU has conducted discussions with the CMD BSNL on 05.09.2024 and with the Director (HR) on 06.09.2024. Again, BSNLEU has discussed this issue in detail with the CMD BSNL and the Director (HR) in the meeting held on 28.10.2024. Under these circumstances, the last meeting of the Wage Negotiating Committee could not be held due to the sudden death of Com.Sheshadri, Dy.GS, NFTE and also a member of the Wage Negotiating Committee. Thereafter, BSNLEU took serious efforts to conduct the next meeting in the first week of November. The date for conducting the meeting is repeatedly discussed by BSNLEU, with the PGM(SR). It was agreed to conduct the meeting in the first week of November, 2024. However, it is reported that, all of a sudden, the Chairman of the Wage Negotiating Committee has become ill (heart attack). Shri Saurabh Tyagi, CGM, J&K circle, is another member of the Wage Negotiating Committee. His father has passed away on 04.11.2024 and Shri Saurabh Tyagi went on leave. Due to the above mentioned developments, conducting of the Wage Negotiating Committee meeting has got delayed.  BSNLEU will take it’s best efforts to conduct the next meeting of the Wage Negotiating Committee as early as possible.