The management of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has said that the unionised workmen were resorting to pressure tactics by going on strike to press for their unjust demands.
In a release, the management said that the union workers who had been drawing the highest salaries had been resorting to strike and agitations as a traditional weapon for wage revision in an attempt to evoke sympathy from various quarters.
The management said that the wage offer made to the striking workmen was the highest when compared with other Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in the country and giving anything beyond would not be sustainable for NLC in the long run.
The unions had been demanding 24 per cent fitment benefit on Basic and Dearness Allowance at the beginning of the wage period with percentage linked hike in benefits and allowances.
As against the above, the management has already offered 10 per cent fitment benefit on Basic and DA with other benefits drawn on percentage linkage system as on date besides two increments.
The workmen wage bill in NLC which is 48.2 per cent of the Public Sector Undertaking’s total expenditure and 36.4 per cent of its turnover will touch Rs.1456.47 crore per annum against Rs 1330.43 crore and giving anything beyond would not be sustainable for NLC in the long run.
The management says that the wage offer made to the striking workmen was the highest
