Summary:
This is part of the dichotomy that exists between workers and management on wage settlement -- an issue that has led to more than 20,000 union employees of HAL boycotting work since Monday. Suryadev Chandrashekar, chief convenor of All India HAL Trade Unions Coordination Committee, told TNIE that were different slabs of wage increments for different levels of workmen. Employees lower down the pyramid are at the receiving end with lower perks.”Differences between the management and union also exits on the periodicity of the revised wages. Director of Finance Anantkrishna said officers are getting a 50 per cent hike since 2007 while for workers, it’s a cumulative hike of 59 per cent. However, union leader Suryadev told TNIE based on the year’s financial forecasting, HAL is looking at a loss of Rs 53 crore..