Bengaluru, October 15: The indefinite strike by 19,000 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) workers continued on the second day. The public sector unit (PSU) employees went on the strike on Monday over a wage revision dispute with the management. The protest is spread over seven states. The protesting employees were demanding the implementation of wage revision settlement. HAL Workers to Go on Indefinite Strike From Monday After Talks of Wage Revision Fail.

The workers are demanding that the settlement should have come into effect from January 1, 2017. According to reports, 11 rounds of negotiations have taken place till now. On Sunday, the workers decided to go ahead with the "indefinite strike". Among the nine units which will be affected by the strike include Ozar unit near Nashik city, the second large unit of HAL in the country which has the manpower of 3,500 employees. Rafale Deal Controversy: HAL Capable of Manufacturing Fighter Jets, Says Chairman R Madhavan.

The workers were demanding a fair hike in salaries as the executives got up to 35 percent rise in their gross salary. The HAL workers were reportedly offered only eight percent hike which they had rejected. According to reports, the HAL management hiked cafeteria allowance for the executive by 35 percent, but gave only 22 percent hike in the allowance to rest of the employees.

Similarly, fitment allowance for top officials was hiked by 15 percent, while workers get only 11 percent hike. The HAL in a press release said its management's offer is reasonable, fair and in conformity with the wage agreements finalised by other defence PSUs but the unions have come up with the demands that are unviable in the current and futuristic business scenario.

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