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The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Trade Unions of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has announced an indefinite statewide onslaught from May 20, intensifying unit connected the State Government implicit long-pending demands related to wages, arrears, worker payment measures, and administrative issues.
Addressing a property league successful Kalaburagi connected May 12, D.A. Vijayabhaskar, wide caput of the KSRTC Staff and Workers’ Federation, and B. Jayadevaraj Urs, wide caput of the Akhila Karnataka State Road Transport Employees’ Federation, accused the authorities of ignoring repeated appeals from transport employees contempt respective rounds of representations and negotiations.
Mr Vijayabhaskar said employees of the 4 State-run transport corporations had been demanding a 25% wage hike with retrospective effect from January 2024. However, the State Government had projected lone a 7% increase, to beryllium implemented from April 1, 2025.
Describing the connection arsenic insufficient, the JAC leaders said the revised wage connection neither addressed the rising outgo of surviving nor reflected the fiscal hardships faced by transport employees successful caller years.
He demanded that the State Government wage ₹1,272 crore successful pending wage arrears covering 26 months, successful a azygous instalment alternatively than successful phased payments.
Joint Action Committee leaders demanded the merchandise of compensation for the families of transport employees who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite assurances from the government, galore families are yet to person fiscal relief, they alleged
“The authorities has failed to respond positively contempt aggregate petitions and discussions. Employees who person continued to enactment nether hard conditions are being denied morganatic benefits,” the leaders claimed.
They maintained that employees had been facing procedural and service-related difficulties for respective years without immoderate factual involution from the authorities.
Stating that repeated representations and appeals to the authorities had failed to output immoderate affirmative response, the national leaders said employees had been near with nary enactment but to edifice to an indefinite onslaught from May 20.
They warned that the agitation could disrupt the functioning of each 4 State-run transport corporations crossed Karnataka if the authorities failed to initiate talks with the unions.
