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RTC JAC dangles stir threat
The RTC Employees’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) threatened to serve a strike notice to the management on May 16 if their demands including payment of arrears, encashment and other perks were not met before May 9.
Hyderabad: The RTC Employees’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) threatened to serve a strike notice to the management on May 16 if their demands including payment of arrears, encashment and other perks were not met before May 9.
The Unions in the JAC comprising EU, NMU, SWF, SWU, KS, BMU and KP met here on Friday to chalk out their future plan of action.
The JAC leaders decided to hold up a dharna at all depots/units on May 5 apart from convening a round table meeting in the city on May 9.
JAC convener K Raji Reddy demanded of the government to form Telangana State Road Transport Corporation at the earliest.
The demands of the JAC also included cancelling all forms of taxes on the rural bus services, decreasing VAT on diesel and other vehicle parts, absorbing of RTC loans by the government, leave encashment of the employees pending with the corporation, DA and payment of pay scale arrears immediately.
The JAC convener demanded that the government curb the illicit operations by the private bus operators and increase the number of buses in proportion to the passengers as this would increase the revenues for the corporation leading to profits. He also called for the purchase of new buses as well as cancelling permission for hiring buses.
JAC joint convener V S Rao asked the government to permit cargo services apart from asking it to consider the strike days during ‘Sakalajanula Samme’ as working days and withdrawal of cases on the workers imposed during the agitation.
JAC Co-Convener G Abraham said that the government should immediately release Rs 75 crore to the corporation as promised by the chief minister of Telangana.
He also asked the government to allow free travel for the spouses of the retired employees up to the deluxe category and fifty percent concession in super luxury, Indra and Garuda buses.
The JAC leaders also wanted the management to settle the accounts of the retired employees. They called for an inter-state agreement between both the Telugu speaking states based on which the bus operations should be based.
Asking the management not to burden the staff in the name of losses, the JAC leaders said that the management would be solely responsible for any administrative disturbances accruing as a result of their demands not being met.
