Irked MTNL staff to protest wage delay

The employees of State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), who are yet to be paid two months’ salary in a row, are planning a series of ‘Lunch Hour Demonstrations’, starting Thursday.

This follows a similar agitation by the trade unions of the other public sector unit Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

“So far, we haven’t got August and September salaries, while that of July was paid only on September 12. Our salaries have been delayed since November, 2018 and was never credited on the due date, which is the last working day of every month,” AK Kaushik, convener of United Forum of MTNL Union and Association (Delhi-Mumbai) told BusinessLine.