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Mangaluru : Indefinite strike by city bus workers from Dec 3


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Mangaluru, Nov 26,2014 : Motor Transport and Engineering Workers Union General Secretary Vasanth Achari has informed that Bus employees in the city have decided to go on an indefinite strike from December 3 in support of their various demands including the demand to  provide a fixed salary to them.


bus strike in mangaloreIn a statement, Achari said  the authorities have since long turned a deaf ear to the pleas of the bus employees to entitle them to fixed salary instead of the present  payment on the basis of commission.

 

He said bus employees are demanding a fixed salary of Rs 1,100 and Rs 1000 per day for drivers and conductors respectively.


The employees have also been demanding ESI facilities, Provident Fund and Bonus, he further stated.