Panel set up for wage revision talks with transport unions

It follows an understanding between the unions and the Government on Wednesday to resolve the four-day-long strike by the employees.

January 02, 2015 03:03 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:21 pm IST - CHENNAI:

MTC bus employees staging a demonstration at the MTC Bus Depot in Ayanavaram, Chennai, on December 28, 2014, during their strike demanding better wages, among other things. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

MTC bus employees staging a demonstration at the MTC Bus Depot in Ayanavaram, Chennai, on December 28, 2014, during their strike demanding better wages, among other things. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

The Tamil Nadu Government has constituted a 11-member committee of officials to hold negotiations with all trade unions of transport corporations’ employees on wage revision.

It follows an understanding between the unions and the Government on Wednesday to resolve the four-day-long strike by the employees.

An official said the talks will be held in the presence of Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji. About 15 registered unions are expected to be invited for the negotiations.

The panel has P. Umanath, Additional Secretary in the State Finance Department, besides Managing Directors of all the eight State Transport Corporations. Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation’s Joint Managing Director and a senior deputy manager (administration) in the State Transport Department are also part of the committee.

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s Managing Director will be the convener of the panel.  

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