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Mumbai: Meeting Between Chief Secretary And BEST Workers Union Fails; Strike Continues On Day Six
Fifth day of strike by BEST bus employees over demands of implementation of the merger of the BEST budget with principal budget of the BMC, employee service residences etc; Visuals from Dharavi BEST depot. Image courtesy of ANI.
The meeting between transport unions and the management of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) management didn’t meet any ends as the talks failed to form a resolution to the ongoing strike called by the employees. The meeting was chaired by Maharashtra’s chief secretary on Saturday, January 12.
The Bombay High Court had asked the union members to meet the committee headed by chief secretary D K Jain, BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, BEST general manager Surendrakumar Bagde, secretaries of the transport and urban development departments, to end the ongoing strike and come up with solutions to the crisis.
The Indian Express quoted BEST Workers’ Union president, Shankar Rao, as saying, “We put our stand before them and very clearly stated that we will not withdraw the strike until our demands are accepted.”
On Monday, a report will be submitted by the chief secretary to the Bombay High Court on the matter.
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