Tamil Nadu bus strike to continue
Sureshkumar | TNN | Updated: Jan 10, 2018, 19:11 IST
Trade unions like the CITU and the LPF have been on strike since Thursday evening.
CHENNAI: The standoff between the Tamil Nadu government and the workers of the state owned transport corporations continues, as the latter on Wednesday refused to withdraw the strike unless the settlement signed by the government with 'minority unions' accepting 2.44% wage hike is kept in abeyance.
Both the LPF and CITU have categorically informed a special bench of the Madras high court headed by Justice S Manikumar that there is no scope to withdraw the strike unless the government agrees to suspend the settlement signed and resumes the negotiation.
"If the government is not bothered about public interest, we too are not bothered about it," counsels representing the unions said to the court.
The court wanted the unions to temporarily withdraw the strike, by accepting the settlement already made and keep the dispute over 0.13% pending. "You must come forward to serve people during the Pongal season. How can you continue strike," the court asked.
However, refusing to accept, the unions asserted that the strike is not only legal but also justified.
Expressing displeasure over the continuing impasse, the bench adjourned the issue to Thursday, expecting the unions to come up with an unconditional solution.
Sureshkumar | TNN | Updated: Jan 10, 2018, 19:11 IST
Trade unions like the CITU and the LPF have been on strike since Thursday evening.
CHENNAI: The standoff between the Tamil Nadu government and the workers of the state owned transport corporations continues, as the latter on Wednesday refused to withdraw the strike unless the settlement signed by the government with 'minority unions' accepting 2.44% wage hike is kept in abeyance.
Both the LPF and CITU have categorically informed a special bench of the Madras high court headed by Justice S Manikumar that there is no scope to withdraw the strike unless the government agrees to suspend the settlement signed and resumes the negotiation.
"If the government is not bothered about public interest, we too are not bothered about it," counsels representing the unions said to the court.
The court wanted the unions to temporarily withdraw the strike, by accepting the settlement already made and keep the dispute over 0.13% pending. "You must come forward to serve people during the Pongal season. How can you continue strike," the court asked.
However, refusing to accept, the unions asserted that the strike is not only legal but also justified.
Expressing displeasure over the continuing impasse, the bench adjourned the issue to Thursday, expecting the unions to come up with an unconditional solution.
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