Punjab Roadways/Punbus/ PRTC contract workers postpone strike
Ludhiana, August 14: The contractual staff of Punbus and PRTC across Punjab has called off their strike, which was earlier meant to go on for three days, beginning today.
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Earlier, Contractual employees, according to sources, have parked their buses in the workshops, and only buses with regular employees will operate.This comes after several unsuccessful meetings between unions of employees and the Transport Minister and the Transport Secretary.
The employees claim that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the Punjab elections 2022 made tall claims of fulfilling promises made to staffers if voted to power. However, the department is even having difficulty making payroll for the contractual employees, and nothing is being done to regularise them.
Meanwhile, officials have affixed a meeting between contractual staff and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on 18 August, 2022. This meeting will decide further course of Punjab roadways contractual workers.
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-PTC News
