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DTC employees plan strike from Nov 13

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November 12, 2024

To press for regularisation of contractual staff, timely salary and specified duty hours, among others

- ASHISH SRIVASTAVA

DTC employees plan strike from Nov 13

PUBLIC bus service in the capital is expected to be hit severely from November 13 as workers of Delhi Transport Commission (DTC) will begin an indefinite strike to press their demands, including regularisation of contractual staff, timely salary and specified duty hours among others.

The members of DTC Employees Unity Union are reaching out to everyone appealing for cooperation. They are contacting all the bus drivers and conductors of Delhi to join the protest at the DTC headquarters this week.

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