MTNL employees stage protest for non-payment of salary, pension

New Delhi: Thousands of employees of debt-ridden telecom firm MTNL staged a protest outside the telecommunications ministry on Monday demanding the immediate release of salary and pensions pending for the last two months, a union leader said.

The employees are demanding release of salary and pay revision before the government brings in the proposal of a voluntary retirement scheme, MTNL executives’ association general secretary V K Tomar, who is also the chairman of forum of MTNL Unions and Associations, told PTI.