Thousands of gazetted executives of state owned Mahangar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) struck work for the second day rejecting the management’s offer of a pay revision with 5% fitment benefit.
The Class I and Class II officials are demanding for a 30% fitment in the new pay scales with housing rent allowance (HRA) approved by the government recently.
However with more than 4,000 executives demanding the 30% fitment, the management agreed to implement only 5% fitment with HRA capping stating that the company will not be able to sustain the financial implication of the demand in the future.
The strike has disrupted services in many parts of Delhi and Mumbai. It is expected to continue tomorrow as a settlement has not been reached.
V K Tomar, MTNL Employees Union General Secretary, warned that the strike will go on till an agreement is reached.
Meanwhile the management has lodged an FIR as the non-cooperation has resulted in cutting of cables and pairs which has disrupted the services in various parts of these cities.