Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages


A two week long strike and protest movement by telecom workers in Pakistan was called off yesterday, Wednesday 30 July, when management accepted the strikes’ main demands. Management signed an agreement with the United Workers Alliance and started to implement it immediately. According to the agreement, workers will get a 35% immediate increase in the wages, as provisional hardship relief. A committee will be formed to review pay scales and to prepare new pay scales. 8,000 contract (NPCG) workers have been confirmed (‘regularized’) and will also get a 35% pay increase. These workers will also get all the concessions and benefits given to other telecom workers. In total, the workers won 13 concessions and benefits.
Significant victory
This is a significant victory for telecom workers. This struggle, once again, proved that workers can win and defend concessions and benefits through mass struggles. Telecom workers fought this battle in a very difficult conditions and circumstances.