HAL workers go on indefinite relay hunger strike over wages

About 500 employees of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited went on an indefinite relay hunger strike here from Tuesday, demanding settlement of wages and also salaries on par with other public sector undertakings.

"We have not got our wages settled since 2017. We are on a relay hunger strike for an indefinite period. Its throughout the nine units across seven states," chief convenor of all the unions Suryadevara Chandrasekhar told PTI.

The union leader said the management was not coming forward for wage settlement on par with what the executives got.

"Their (executives) settlement happened in November 2017. Our negotiations continued but it wasnt fruitful. Hence, the deadlock," he said.

However, the HAL said, Most of their (unions) contention were untenable. The claim of the unions that the HAL management is deliberately delaying wage settlement and that offers given to them are meagre, is not true, as nine rounds of discussions have already been held."