The entire fleet of 3,700 BEST buses will stay off the roads on Monday as BEST workers on Sunday evening declared a strike. As BEST Workers Union, BEST Kamgar Sena and other unions across political party lines go on strike, along with 36,000 employees, the administration of BEST Undertaking is considering enforcing Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act, 2011 on the workers. "We want the BMC to give us in writing that they will ensure that BEST employees will get their salaries on the 10th of every month and they take responsibility for the same," said Shashank Rao, president, BEST Workers Union. Civic chief Ajoy Mehta said, "I want a concrete plan from the BEST administration on how they will improve their revenue inflow." It is be a debatable issue if BMC should annually help BEST," Mehta added.

Source: dna August 07, 2017 01:07 UTC