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27% IR for RTC staff
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27% IR for RTC staff. The APSRTC employees unions, which were all set to go for an indefinite strike over the interim relief issue from Sunday midnight, relented and withdrew the call for strike, following the success of talks with the management.
It will come into effect from Feb 1, 2014
Unions hail it and withdraw strike call
Huge IR hike after a period of 34 years
Hyderabad: The APSRTC employees unions, which were all set to go for an indefinite strike over the interim relief issue from Sunday midnight, relented and withdrew the call for strike, following the success of talks with the management. The government also softened and announced a fair deal for them.
The Minister for Transport, Botcha Satyanarayana, announced a 27 per cent interim relief (IR), yielding to the demands of the unions. An agreement was reached to this effect between the two sides late on Sunday night. As a result, the RTC unions to decided to withdraw the strike call. RTC Managing Director J Purnachandra Rao said that the corporation would have to face a burden of Rs 380 crore on account of the IR hike.
The unions welcomed the gesture as they happened to get such a huge IR for the first time after 34 years. A freshly recruited driver would get an additional Rs 1,770 and a conductor Rs 1,750 as per the new structure.
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