Mumbai: Contract staffers of BEST go on flash strike, demand better working conditions

A visual of empty Wadala depot | Pic/Suresh Karkera

Bus services in central Mumbai were affected on Friday morning as Wadala depot contract staffers went on flash strike in demand of better working conditions and regularisation of salaries.

Officials said no bus could leave the depot early in the day and there were queues and crowds at bus stops along the stretch in Wadala, Dadar and central parts of Mumbai.

Trade union activists confirmed the development and extended their support to the cause, saying that injustice was being meted out to the contract staffers.

In April too, there were two such strikes, one at Magathane and other at Mumbai Central.

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