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Mumbai: BEST staff at Magathane depot go on strike over Diwali bonus non-payment

Mumbai: BEST staff at Magathane depot go on strike over Diwali bonus non-payment

While BMC employees were announced timely bonuses, before the model code of conduct for elections was announced, BEST employees have failed to get any

03 November,2024 10:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai: Striking bus staff demand more amenities, BEST’s trade unions join stir

Mumbai: Striking bus staff demand more amenities, BEST’s trade unions join stir

Wet-lease employees seek disbursal of salaries as per staff standards, regularisation as BEST staff

05 August,2023 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
CNG too costly, want relief: Auto drivers

CNG too costly, want relief: Auto drivers

At protest outside Mahanagar Gas office, unions say the ‘unprecedented’ hike in gas prices has broken the backbone of the industry

18 May,2022 08:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
BEST workers plan mega protest at Wadala depot

BEST workers plan mega protest at Wadala depot

Accuse undertaking of trying to privatise depot; last week’s mass transfer of staff from Pratiksha Nagar depot triggers move

01 March,2022 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Auto, cab drivers in Mumbai want meter recalibration deadline extended

Auto, cab drivers in Mumbai want meter recalibration deadline extended

Meter repairers refusing to co-operate after RTO asked them to use an app to get process online

24 March,2021 07:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
BEST strike in Mumbai ends as it began, with vote

BEST strike in Mumbai ends as it began, with vote

All the drama from the last 24 hours of the protest that crippled one arm of Mumbai's fabled public transport system - BEST

17 January,2019 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai: BEST workers call for indefinite strike from October 9

Mumbai: BEST workers call for indefinite strike from October 9

Union leader Shashank Sharad Rao said, "The BEST had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with us in June wherein they had agreed that the wage issues, too, would be looked into

20 September,2019 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | A correspondent
BEST strike in Mumbai: High court issues ultimatum to striking workers

BEST strike in Mumbai: High court issues ultimatum to striking workers

HC asks striking BEST workers to decide by Wednesday morning, but protesters and government negotiators unable to find common ground

16 January,2019 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Automen demand to shut Ola-Uber, threaten strike from July 9

Automen demand to shut Ola-Uber, threaten strike from July 9

A meeting of all trade unions of autorickshaw drivers was held in the city drawing up a list of demands that they have asked the state government to fulfil

09 June,2019 08:31 PM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai: First protest called by new auto union leader is a damp squib

Mumbai: First protest called by new auto union leader is a damp squib

The first protest held by Shashank Rao, who has taken over the reins of several unions from his father veteran leader Sharad Rao proved to be a bit of a damp squib; autos were plying normally in the city

08 April,2015 07:12 AM IST | Shashank Rao

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