BEST strike continues on third day after talks fail

A strike by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport employees to demand better pay and benefits among other things entered the third day on Thursday as talks between staff and the management failed to break the impasse. A strike by BEST employees to demand better pay and benefits among other things entered the third day on ThursdayHT Photo by Prasad Gori BEST Sanyukta Kamgar Kruti Samiti, a joint action committee of labour unions leading the strike, was due to meet the administration again on Thursday as thousands of commuters were affected with buses off the road. The management also served eviction notices to 2, 000 other employees residing in BEST’s Bhoiwada and Parel quarters, which saw families stopping officials from entering the premises. BSKKS is demanding higher grade pay for employees recruited from 2007, a bonus equivalent to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation staff, a merger of BEST budget with the that of BMC’s.