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The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of transport corp employees held a gathering with Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy connected Saturday to sermon long-pending demands, including the merchandise of arrears and a broad wage revision, pursuing instructions from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The gathering comes successful the backdrop of an earlier treatment held betwixt the unions, Chief Minister and the Transport Minister connected November 26, during which the national had reiterated their demands.
As directed by the Chief Minister, Mr. Reddy convened the latest circular of talks to reappraisal the issues raised by employees of the State-run roadworthy transport corporations.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Reddy said, “The unions person been raising respective demands implicit the past 2 years. Multiple meetings person already taken place, including astatine slightest 3 meetings with the Chief Minister. In the astir caller meeting, the Chief Minister instructed maine to convene different circular of talks, which has present been done.”
The Minister added that with the Assembly league presently nether way, helium would pass connected the discussions held with national leaders to the Chief Minister during the session, aft which a determination mightiness beryllium taken.
The JAC has demanded the contiguous merchandise of arrears and implementation of a long-pending wage revision. According to the unions, unpaid dues crossed the 4 Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) person accumulated to ₹8,010 crore.
Other cardinal demands see an summation successful unit allowances, improved aesculapian facilities for employees, and the regularisation of drivers and method unit presently employed connected a declaration basis. The unions person besides maintained that electrical buses should beryllium operated lone by imperishable drivers, citing information and operational ratio concerns if declaration unit are deployed.
Meanwhile, speaking to The Hindu, Anantha Subba Rao, president of the KSRTC Staff and Workers’ Federation, said that the contented of unpaid dues and arrears, on with assorted demands, was discussed successful item during the meeting. “The wage revision that should person been implemented from 2024 indispensable beryllium enforced immediately, and the pending arrears for 38 months should beryllium cleared. The authorities has agreed to merchandise lone 14 months of arrears truthful far. What astir the remaining months?” helium questioned.
