JAC to take strike to Centre

The Telangana state road transport corporation (TSRTC) workers and employees union joint action committee (JAC) has decided to meet the President of India, Prime Minister, union home minister and transport minister and complain about the state government’s adamant attitude towards to the ongoing strike.

The RTC JAC leaders met here on Friday and decided to go to Delhi and bring to the notice of the centre the reasons for their strike and also the state government’s plan to privatise the RTC properties as well as the corporation.The state BJP leaders also said that if the state government does not settle the RTC employee’s issue, they will take it to the union government and request for its involvement.

Sources in the RTC JAC revealed that the JAC leaders are trying for appointments with the President, Prime Minister, union home minister and union transport minister, with help of the state BJP leaders. After the union’s internal meeting, RTC JAC convener, Ashvatthama Reddy, said that the strike is just to save and protect the RTC.

He pointed out that the strike should not be viewed from a political perspective but from a labour perspective.

Reddy said that the unions are fighting for employee rights, not for personal issues of the leaders and that the Chief Minister, K.C. Rao, is misleading the people of the state through false propaganda on the RTC employees’ strike.

He said that RTC workers will give memoranda to the district collectors across the state on Oct 28 seeking their support in resolving their problems.