APSRTC lays off over 6,200 contract employees
4 years, 7 months ago

APSRTC lays off over 6,200 contract employees

India TV News  

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has laid off 6,270 contract employees citing financial crisis due to Covid-19 lockdown, APSRTC Employees' Union claimed on Friday. As many as 6,270 contract workers are rendering their services in APSRTC head office in Vijayawada, offices of the regional managers, bus depots, workshops and hospitals. The management took this drastic decision to axe the contract workers," said employees' union general secretary P Damodara Rao. The employees' union said the contract workers were not even paid salaries for the month of April.

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Outsourced RTC Staff Want 3rd Party Contract System Abolished
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Outsourced RTC Staff Want 3rd Party Contract System Abolished

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP Public Transport Department Outsourcing Employees Association, affiliated to JAC Amaravati, has asked AP government to abolish the third-party contract system within the AP State Road Transport Corporation. At the first annual meeting of the association at Vijayawada on Sunday, JAC Amaravati chairman Bopparaju Venkateswarlu and state secretary general Palishetti Damodar Rao wanted the government to safeguard the …

Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister launches 26 APSRTC buses in Eluru
5 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister launches 26 APSRTC buses in Eluru

The Hindu  

Transport Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy flagged off 26 starliners, super-luxury and ultra-deluxe buses at the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus depot in Eluru on August 8. The Minister said that the APSRTC had purchased 1,400 new buses. Alleging that the previous YSR Congress Party government had not bought a single new APSRRTC bus during its five-year tenure, Mr. …

Transport Dept. union seeks restoration of 4,000 bus services ‘cancelled in last five years’ in Andhra Pradesh
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Transport Dept. union seeks restoration of 4,000 bus services ‘cancelled in last five years’ in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department Employees Union have urged Transport Minister M. Ramprasad Reddy to address the issues faced by the public transport sector employees. Pointing out that 4,000 bus services in various routes across the State had been cancelled in the last five years, they demanded their restoration and adequate financial assistance to buy new buses …

Andhra Pradesh govt. urged to address longstanding issues of Transport Dept. employees
6 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh govt. urged to address longstanding issues of Transport Dept. employees

The Hindu  

The Public Transport Department Employees Union’s State president P. Damodara Rao on July 7 drew the State government’s attention to the employees’ issues. Speaking at the union’s State executive meeting, Mr. Damodara Rao said that medical services to the employees through referral hospitals had been withdrawn after the merger of the A.P. Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee Amaravati State Chairman …

Andhra Pradesh transport wing employees plan protest on December 20 seeking payment of pending allowances
2 years ago

Andhra Pradesh transport wing employees plan protest on December 20 seeking payment of pending allowances

The Hindu  

Demanding immediate payment of pending amounts towards overtime and night shift allowances, leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department Employees’ Union plan to organise gate meetings in the 129 depots and four zonal workshops across the State on December 20. They said the new pay scales based on the recommendations of the 11th PRC were implemented for the employees …

APSRTC joins strike with government employees
2 years, 11 months ago

APSRTC joins strike with government employees

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In a blow to the Andhra Pradesh government, APSRTC employees were drawn into the indefinite strike of government employees from February 7 in support of the demand for more salary and benefits, over and above the 11th PRC. State public transport department unions’ united forum decided to hold black badge protests on Saturday and Sunday at all RTC depots …

Andhra Assembly passes bill to merge APSTRC with state govt
5 years ago

Andhra Assembly passes bill to merge APSTRC with state govt

India TV News  

Despite protesting for two months, Telangana Road Transport Corporation employees may not have got their demands met, but the dream of Andhra RTC employees' dream will soon come true. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed a bill pertaining to the merger of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation with the government. About the passage of this bill, Andhra …

Telangana: Congress writes to PM Narendra Modi
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana: Congress writes to PM Narendra Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Four Congress MPs from the state have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to “save” the TSRTC and its 49,000 employees and their families from the “inhuman attitude” of the TRS government. The MPs said that about 49,000 TSRTC employees had been on strike for over 50 days, and 30 of them had either committed suicide …

APSRTC unions extend support to striking Telangana staff
5 years, 2 months ago

APSRTC unions extend support to striking Telangana staff

The Hindu  

Members of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions and a few other unions in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation on Thursday staged a demonstration at the exit gate of the Pandit Nehru Bus Station here to express solidarity with the striking employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. Holding their union flags and raising slogans, they condemned what …

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