MUMBAI: BEST Workers’ Union has decided to intensify its agitation to protest against the administration’s move to rent out its drivers at Rs 900 a day as buses hired on wet-lease come with their own crew.
BEST Workers’ Union held demonstrations at depots across the city to express their disapproval of the management’s decision.
Union leader Shashank Rao said, “The BEST administration should not hire drivers when they take buses under the wet-lease arrangement. We will intensify our agitation in the coming days.”
The union has demanded that the BEST’s budget be merged with the BMC’s budget. Besides, it should maintain the fleet size of 3,337 buses as was agreed in the MoU signed with the BMC, it said.
