Tamil Nadu bus strike Exclusive report

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Tamil Nadu bus strike: Transport workers to continue strike despite Madras High Court warning

The strike, following the failure of talks on wage revision and clearance of pending dues with Transport Minister MR Vijayabhaskar, was declared on Thursday.

The workers of the transport department have been demanding for a pay scale revision to Rs 30,000.

However, the authorities agreed to pay only Rs 24,400.

Unions defend protest

Say commuters were already informed about the stir

The Federation of Tamil Nadu State Transport Employees Trade Union defended its ongoing strike saying the government had refused to consider its legitimate demands to revise wages.

At a press conference here on Friday, the trade union leaders said the State government, while doubling the salaries to elected representatives, government officials and judges, was not willing to accept their ‘demands’ of pay hike, repayment of Rs. 7,000 crore owed to the workers, including retired employees.

K. Natarajan, treasurer, Labour Progressive Federation, said only 10% of the fleet of 22,000 buses in the entire eight State transport corporations were operated on Friday.

CITU transport trade union leader A. Soundararajan said the federation members had distributed pamphlets to commuters about the proposal to go on strike if the wage settlement talks failed.

He contended that the Transport Minister was giving false information that the amount owed by the government was only Rs. 5,000 crore and not Rs. 7,000 crore.

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