Following the protest by BEST contract employees over non-payment of salaries, BEST trade unions on Tuesday said that they have demanded for their regularisation. “We have charted a seven-point agenda for contract bus drivers and workers. They should be absorbed in regular service, and till the time that is done they should be given similar wages as that of permanent employees,” said Shashank Sharad Rao, convener, BEST Workers Joint Action Committee.

He added, “They should be given timely wages and the BEST undertaking should stop penalising workers for the smallest of errors. We will gather and protest over this on May 6 at Wadala bus depot.”