The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the AP State Road Transport Corporation’s Employees’ Unions will announce its stand on the proposed strike after meeting Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters after meeting the corporation’s Vice-Chairman and Managing Director N.V. Surendra Babu on Tuesday, JAC convener P. Damodar Rao said the management had agreed to fulfil many of the demands and they would take a final stand after the meeting with the Chief Minister. The JAC’s meeting with Mr. Jagan did not materialise on Tuesday. Mr. Damodar Rao said the unions wanted to meet the Chief Minister to thank him for starting the process of merger with the government immediately after assuming charge.
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Mr. Jagan, at the time of his padayatra, had promised that if his party was voted to power, he would merge the cash-strapped RTC with the government.
Terming the meeting ‘fruitful,’ Mr. Rao said the management had agreed not to lay off employees and also to take into confidence the union leaders in key decisions related to the employees’ issues.
The other demands agreed by the management included a rollback of the plan to increase the number of hired buses to 35 %, implementation of promotions for employees of all categories by July, issue of ID cards to allow free travel in RTC buses for the employees and their spouses and release of loans applied by the employees through the Credit Cooperative Society (CCS).
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The JAC convener said the management had given in writing that it would fulfil all the 26 demands raised by the unions in the strike notice.
JAC leaders Y.V. Rao, Ch. Sundaraiah, V. Varahala Naidu, M. Hanumantha Rao and V. Sivaprasad participated in the talks.