The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Staff and Workers’ Federation has demanded that their minimum wages be increased by 35 per cent to bring parity between the pay scales of State and Central employees.
Protesting against the reported unilateral decision of the KSRTC management to seek a uniform wage increase of 8 per cent as against the demand for 35 per cent increase, State vice-president Siddappa Palki and State secretary of the federation B. Narayanareddy, addressing presspersons here on Monday, said that the federation has set July 15 as the deadline for all the four State road corporationsto initiate talks with the federation and find an amicable solution.
The federation had submitted 41 demands, such as wage revision, health benefit scheme, pension scheme, among others .
Mr. Palki said that a delegation of KSTRC workers met Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on June 8 and the Minister had assured them that he would look into the matter at the earliest.
They want 35 p.c. increase in minimum wages to bring them on par with Central employees
