(a) the details of the various facilities available to the
staff unions under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;
(b) the proportion in which the working office bearers of the
Union are provided facilities;
(c) whether the working office bearers of the unions of the
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. in Delhi and Mumbai are being
provided facilities in violation of the rule; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ( SHRI MUNI LALL )
(a): Under Section 33(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,
no employer shall during the pendency of any proceedings in
respect of an industrial dispute, take any action against any
protected workman concerned in the dispute-
(i) by altering, to the prejudice of such protected
workmen, the conditions of service applicable to him immediately
before the commencement of such proceedings; or
(ii) by discharging or punishing, whether by dismissal
or otherwise, such protected workman,
save with the express permission in writing of the
authority before which the proceeding is pending.
For the purpose of this sub-section, a `protected workman` in
relation to an establishment, means a workman who, being (a
member of the executive or other office-bearer) of a registered
trade union connected with the establishment is recognised as
such, in accordance with rules made in this behalf.
(b) to (d): Information is being collected and will be placed
on the table of the House.