Leaders of BSNLEU and NFTE met CMD BSNL on the issue of Wage Revision.

Since there was no outcome in today’s Wage Revision Committee meeting, leaders of both BSNLEU and NFTE met the CMD BSNL. Com.Animesh Mitra, President and Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS from BSNLEU and Islam Ahmed, President and Com.Chandeshwar Singh, GS from NFTE, participated. The leaders urged upon the CMD BSNL to ensure the implementation of the Non-Executive pay scales already agreed in the Wage Revision Committee meeting in 2018. In reply to this, the CMD BSNL told that the pay scales now being offered by the Management Side will ensure that 95% employees will not face any stagnation, after the Wage Revision. Further, he told that implementing the longer pay scales agreed to in 2018, will result in heavy expenditure to the Company on account of Pension Contribution. Detailed arguments placed by the union representatives could not convince the CMD BSNL. It was also indicated by the CMD BSNL that the dates for the General Election are going to be announced within a few days, after which Management will not be in a position to sign the Wage Revision agreement, till the General Election is over.