MUMBAI: BMC mayor Ritu Tawde said the civic corporation was keen on making BEST financially capable and sensitive towards providing gratuity and other legal dues to retired workers and employees, with priority given to ensuring that BEST had its own fleet of buses.“In this regard, meetings will be held continuously and planned action will be taken. BEST administration should also formulate effective measures,” asserted Tawde, who met union leader Shashank Rao from BEST Workers’ Union and other union activists at the civic headquarters on Friday.
Discussions covered pending demands of working employees and retired employees of BEST Undertaking, gratuity, wage agreement, promotions, recruitment on compassionate grounds, availability of self-owned buses, and financial assistance. Tawde assured them of resolving the issues.
