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RTC staff demands PRC
The meet also passed resolutions demanding takeover of APSRTC by the government and also set up PRC for wage revision on par with the State government employees.
Threatens to launch indefinite strike from December 31
Tirupati: APSRTC Employees Union (EU) affiliated to AITUC gave an ultimatum to the State government for conceding its long pending demands before December 31 or else, it threatened to launch an indefinite strike. A resolution to this effect was adopted unanimously at the district-level meeting of EU held here on Tuesday.
The meet also passed resolutions demanding takeover of APSRTC by the government and also set up PRC for wage revision on par with the State government employees.
EU state general secretary Padmakar criticised the management for its apathy on agreeing for the demands of the employees which has been pending for long.
Reiterating EU’s demand of taking over the RTC by the government, he however sought an assurance from the government on continuing the state-run transport after the takeover. He demanded increase in Interim Relief to 40 per cent instead of 27 as declared by the management on par with government employees.
On the proposed indefinite strike, Padmakar said despite several rounds of discussions and issuing of strike notices, the management failed to concede the demands including wage revision with 40 per cent hike in pay scale, forcing the union resorting to indefinite strike after December 31. He held the management solely responsible for the inconvenience to the public and loss to the corporation.
EU regional secretary Prakash wanted the employees to win over the general public support to build up pressure on the government to fulfill the pending demands. He said seventy five thousand employees in the state RTC are suffering with delay in revising their wages.
EU leaders Mani, Vijay, Raju and others also spoke. About 20,000 employees from the district participated in the meeting.
