Published on : Saturday, May 19, 2018
The Bangalore Metro Rail Employees Union (BMREU) has been demanding recognition of the union, salary hike, redressal mechanism and abolishment of the contract labour system.
Earlier, BMREU deferred its proposed month-long strike from March 22 after both the staff and management agreed to hold discussions as per the high court’s direction.
Suryanarayana Murthy, vice-president, BMREU, said they conducted multiple rounds of talks with the BMRCL management between March 26 and April 20.
Meanwhile, BMRCL urged the central governmnet to notify Metro railway services as ‘essential’ under the Centre’s Essential Services Maintenance Act (Esma). However, BMREU insists the management cannot impose Esma as the issue is still pending before the HC.
BMRCL managing director Mahendra Jain said that the high court has clearly directed that this ‘so-called union’ should not go on strike without permission and prior intimation. They have complied with the HC’s directions on every single occasion and will shortly be submitting our report regarding the discussion on non-financial demands to the court.
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