Hyderabad: The Telangana govt has stepped up efforts to expediting recognition of union elections of TGSRTC. Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the govt has already appointed the labour joint commissioner as the nodal officer, issued the election schedule and begun voter verification. The polls will be held shortly, he added.The minister said recognised union leaders would represent employees in the merger committee to safeguard workers’ interests and ensure a smooth merger process without future complications.Recalling the negotiations during the strike, Prabhakar said that ministers, govt officials and nearly 30 union representatives had held a marathon 14-hour meeting before unanimously resolving the issues.He said the meeting examined 32 demands, of which 29 fell under the RTC management and were already being addressed through an executive directors’ committee. The remaining three, recognition of union elections, implementation of the 2021 Pay Revision Commission (PRC) and the RTC merger, required govt intervention, he informed.Prabhakar said the 11% PRC announced by the govt would be implemented from July. He added that employees had unanimously agreed that worker representatives in the merger committee should come from a recognised union, making the elections a prerequisite.
