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 they called ‘anti-worker’ policies of the Telangana government, and said Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao should initiate steps to address the issues of the corporation staff. Arrears sought Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Employees Union meanwhile, met their Vice-Chairman and Managing Director M.T. In a memorandum submitted to Mr. Krishna Babu, the union leaders demanded payment of the 40 % arrears pertaining to 2013 wage revision, pending salaries of the retired employees for 15 months they had stayed off duties during the ‘Samakhyandhra’ agitation and the cash the employees were to receive towards uniform allowances pending for last four years.

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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 …

Free RTC bus ride for women will be implemented at the earliest, says A.P. Transport Minister Ramprasad Reddy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Free RTC bus ride for women will be implemented at the earliest, says A.P. Transport Minister Ramprasad Reddy

The Hindu  

Transport Minister M. Ramprasad Reddy on June 20 said a special team would be constituted to study the modalities for implementation of the proposed free bus ride for women in the AP State Road Transport Corporation buses in Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a press conference after visiting the Pandit Nehru Bus Station for the first time after taking charge as Minister, …

Telangana RTC employees plan massive strike over unpaid dues
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana RTC employees plan massive strike over unpaid dues

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are set to lock horns with the government over unpaid dues, on the lines of the 2019 agitation when a 55-day strike prompted the state government to resolve their issues and announce a special revenue package to revive the corporation. Kamalakar Goud, state president of the RTC Telangana Mazdoor Union, said: …

Telangana: With Polls Near, Unions List Out Their Demands
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana: With Polls Near, Unions List Out Their Demands

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS is facing mounting pressure from government employee unions, teachers’ unions and pensioners to constitute a pay revision committee, after the last body finished its tenure on June 30, to fulfil promises made to them ahead of the Assembly elections. Major employee unions, including those of TNGOs, TGOs and teachers unions, mainly PRTU and UTF, have stepped up …

Another union called for electricity strike from April 25
1 year, 8 months ago

Another union called for electricity strike from April 25

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a surprise move, the Telangana Vidyut Employees Union a faction of the state electricity employees union, called for a strike from April 25 in support of six demands for artisans in power utilities. The Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee and Telangana State Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee had agreed to a memorandum of settlement on April …

Electricity employees divided over protests from April 17
1 year, 9 months ago

Electricity employees divided over protests from April 17

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Electricity employees are a divided lot over the proposed strike from April 17 demanding a hike in salaries and implementation of other demands. The Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee, which comprises 24 unions, served a strike notice, which is being opposed by the Telangana Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee. The TSPEJAC has conducted preparatory meetings in undivided …

Trade Unions condemn circular banning protests by government servants
1 year, 9 months ago

Trade Unions condemn circular banning protests by government servants

The Hindu  

Left wing trade unions, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Union Congress, condemned a recent circular of the Department of Personnel and Training to the secretaries of all Union government departments directing them to take disciplinary actions, besides deduction of wages, against employees going on strike in any form, including protests. He said the Narendra …

Telangana employee unions welcome KCR\'s assurance on OPS
2 years ago

Telangana employee unions welcome KCR\'s assurance on OPS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Government employees unions welcomed Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's assurance of considering restoration of the old pension scheme in place of the existing contributory pension scheme. The 1.7 lakh employees and teachers covered under CPS came together to form TSCPS Employees Union and have been agitating against it CPS since 2018. TSCPS employees union president G. Sthitaprajna, is leading …

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 …

TS employees unions oppose TS-AP interstate transfers
2 years, 3 months ago

TS employees unions oppose TS-AP interstate transfers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The inter-state transfer of employees between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is facing opposition from Telangana employees unions. TS employees unions urged Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to allow only TS natives working in AP to return. In the meantime, Telangana Udyogula Sangham and other unions wrote to CM K. Chandrashekar Rao urging him not to approve the applications of …

Andhra Pradesh: Public Transport Department employees seek implementation of 11th PRC
2 years, 4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Public Transport Department employees seek implementation of 11th PRC

The Hindu  

Leaders of the Public Transport Department Employees’ Joint Action Committee have urged the management to implement the 11th Pay Revision Commission recommendations with immediate effect. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao on Friday, JAC conveners Y. Srinivasa Rao and P. Damodar Rao said the inordinate delay in the implementation of the PRC was giving rise to doubts in the minds of the employees, …

Nationwide strike: Trade unions in Telangana raise unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies
2 years, 9 months ago

Nationwide strike: Trade unions in Telangana raise unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies

The Hindu  

Raising a unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies, members of various trade unions staged sit-in demonstrations at multiple locations in the State’s coal belt region as the 48-hour nationwide strike called by the joint forum of central trade unions began this morning. Members of the Singareni Collieries Workers’ Union, affiliated to the AITUC, staged a demonstration in front of …

Telangana RTC workers seek reintroduction of unions
2 years, 11 months ago

Telangana RTC workers seek reintroduction of unions

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are demanding the reintroduction of workers’ unions which were banned in 2019. RTC employees alleged that the EWB was not able to solve the issues faced by the workers for the past two years of its existence. Presently, the employees were forced to work for extra hours, they said, adding that …

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 …

AP employees threaten strike, notice to be given to CS on Jan. 21
2 years, 11 months ago

AP employees threaten strike, notice to be given to CS on Jan. 21

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: State government employees dissatisfied with the PRC order and other decisions of the AP government would serve a strike notice on the chief secretary on January 21. The AP government employees association that covers 40 departments held a meeting chaired by its president Suryanarayana and general secretary Askara Rao and rejected the GO on PRC released by the government …

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 …

RTC staff union opposes dropping of schemes
5 years ago

RTC staff union opposes dropping of schemes

The Hindu  

The decision of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation management to scrap the Staff Retirement Benefit Scheme and the Staff Benevolent Trust has upset the Employees Union leaders. Minister assures help Transport Minister Perni Venkataramaiah, meanwhile, on Friday assured all support and help to the retired employees of the APSRTC. Addressing a meeting organised in connection with release of …

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 …

About 48,000 Telangana RTC employees resume duties after 52-days strike
5 years, 1 month ago

About 48,000 Telangana RTC employees resume duties after 52-days strike

India TV News  

Around 48,000 workers of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation resume their duties on Friday after calling off 52 days strike. Telangana Chief Minister welcomed back TSRTC employees who have joined their duties on Friday. Member of Legislative Council Ramchander Rao said that that the RTC employees have joined their duties but the state government was not prepared in any way …

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 …

Opposition parties in Telangana seek Governor's intervention in RTC strike
5 years, 1 month ago

Opposition parties in Telangana seek Governor's intervention in RTC strike

India TV News  

The Congress, TDP and BJP besides other opposition parties on Wednesday sought Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan's intervention to resolve the stir by employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation which began on October 5, to press their various demands. Despite the best efforts of the employee's unions, political parties and even the High Court, the state government is turning a …

RTC unions ready to end strike, join work
5 years, 1 month ago

RTC unions ready to end strike, join work

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The only solace the striking Telangana State Road Transport Corporations workers found in the Telangana High Court on Monday was the refusal of the court to declare the RTC strike as illegal. While disposing the five PILs seeking to declare the strike as illegal and to direct the state government to negotiate with trade unions, the division bench comprising …

Centre: Andhra Pradesh’s RTC split incomplete
5 years, 2 months ago

Centre: Andhra Pradesh’s RTC split incomplete

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Central government on Thursday gave striking Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees a huge relief, by categorically submitting before the High Court that the TSRTC was not a statutory entity. He further submitted that the Telangana government has never sought to establish a legal entity called TSRTC, under Section 47 of Transport Act, as was mandatory, nor has …

TSRTC strike enters 25th day: Protesters rub their nose on ground to mark 'mistake' in voting for K Chandrasekhar Rao govt
5 years, 2 months ago

TSRTC strike enters 25th day: Protesters rub their nose on ground to mark 'mistake' in voting for K Chandrasekhar Rao govt

Firstpost  

Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation on Wednesday intensified their indefinite protest against the sacking of over 40,000-odd employees by the state government. Hyderabad: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation on Wednesday intensified their indefinite protest against the sacking of over 40,000-odd employees by the state government. The agitated workers rubbed their nose on the ground …

Three weeks since beginning of Telangana bus strike, deadlock between TRSTC management, workers continue as unions claim officials are ‘restricting agenda’
5 years, 2 months ago

Three weeks since beginning of Telangana bus strike, deadlock between TRSTC management, workers continue as unions claim officials are ‘restricting agenda’

Firstpost  

Talks between the TSRTC management and unions, held for the first time since the workers went on strike on 5 October 5over various demands, failed to achieve a breakthrough. Hyderabad: Talks between the TSRTC management and unions, held for the first time since the workers went on strike on 5 October 5over various demands, failed to achieve a breakthrough as …

Telangana bus strike: TSRTC unions deny KCR's claim that they have withdrawn demand to merge corporation with state govt
5 years, 2 months ago

Telangana bus strike: TSRTC unions deny KCR's claim that they have withdrawn demand to merge corporation with state govt

Firstpost  

Protesting workers’ termed the K Chandrasekhar Rao government’s claim that they have withdrawn their demand for a merger of the TSRTC with the Telangana government as incorrect and ‘misleading’. As the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation strike demanding a merger of the corporation with the state government entered its 19th day on Wednesday, protesting workers’ termed the K Chandrasekhar Rao …

No solution in sight as TSRTC employees' strike enters 18th day
5 years, 2 months ago

No solution in sight as TSRTC employees' strike enters 18th day

India TV News  

The striking employees of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation adopted a novel way to protest on Tuesday as their indefinite strike entered the 18th day. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao not only ruled out talks, but also declared that except 1,200 all others who failed to join duty before the expiry of deadline cease to be TSRTC employees. A …

RTC strike: No money to pay September salaries, corporation tells HC
5 years, 2 months ago

RTC strike: No money to pay September salaries, corporation tells HC

India TV News  

The management of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation told the Telangana High Court on Monday that it has no money to pay salaries for September to the striking employees. The TSRTC informed Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili that the public utility requires Rs 224 crore to pay the salaries to over 48,000 employees while it currently has only Rs 7.5 …

RTC employees' bandh passes off peacefully in Telangana
5 years, 2 months ago

RTC employees' bandh passes off peacefully in Telangana

India TV News  

The state-wide bandh called by striking Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees in support of their demands,passed off peacefully on Saturday, barring stray incidentsof pelting of stones at buses. Demanding that the government invite protesting employees for talks, Telangana Jana Samiti president M Kodandaram demanded to know what else was a constitutional crisis if the government did not respect even …

Telangana HC orders RTC bosses to begin talks with staff
5 years, 2 months ago

Telangana HC orders RTC bosses to begin talks with staff

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the management of the TSRTC to invite RTC employees and workers’ unions and the RTC Telangana Mazdoor Union for negotiations as the RTC workers unions were not stressing on the merger of RTC into the government as a pre-requisite to enter into dialogue. A High Court bench asked the RTC management to …

Telangana High Court notice to RTC, govt over workers’ pay
5 years, 2 months ago

Telangana High Court notice to RTC, govt over workers’ pay

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the state government and the RTC management to respond to a petition filed by the Telangana Jathiya Mazdoor Union seeking directions to the corporation to pay September salaries to around 49,190 workers who were on strike. Responding to the RTC counsel’s submissions, Mr Prabhakar said that if the corporation was ready to …

Telangana High Court isn’t satisfied with RTC report
5 years, 3 months ago

Telangana High Court isn’t satisfied with RTC report

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Not satisfied with the report filed by the state government and TSRTC management on the measures taken to mitigate people’s sufferings due to the ongoing RTC strike, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government and RTC management and also RTC unions to file detailed counter affidavits in the PIL filed against the strike. The Vacation Bench …

Telangana transport strike: Govt refuses to take back protesting TSRTC staff, says firm end to 'blackmail tactics' necessary
5 years, 3 months ago

Telangana transport strike: Govt refuses to take back protesting TSRTC staff, says firm end to 'blackmail tactics' necessary

Firstpost  

Rao also categorically said there is no question of taking back the employees who did not join their duties before the deadline stipulated by the government Declaring the indefinite strike by Telangana State Road Transport Corporation unions illegal, the state government on Sunday rejected their demand for a merger with the government. Different employees’ and workers’ unions of the TSRTC …

Buses go off in Telangana as TSRTC strike begins
5 years, 3 months ago

Buses go off in Telangana as TSRTC strike begins

India TV News  

Buses of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation went off the roads across the state as employees began an indefinite strike from Friday midnight to press for their demands. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at bus stations across the state and people travelling to their destinations for Dasara and Bathukamma festivals faced severe inconvenience as over 10,000 buses remained confined …

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