There are six levels of drivers in MTC on being promoted to level six, drivers become driving instructors. While the basic pay of MTC drivers starts from Rs 17,700, it can go up to a maximum of Rs 1,00,200, as per the current pay scale. So, how much are drivers in various transport corporations getting paid? As we constantly harp on the urgency of decongesting our city roads through increased use of public transport, it makes sense to explore what is making one of the key facilitators of an improved urban public transport system - the bus drivers - such a disgruntled lot. Karnataka and Bengaluru transport corporation drivers also went on strike in July 2016, and the list could go on if we go further back in time. Examples from the recent past would be Maharashtra and Gujarat State Road Transport Corporations that struck work last November and March respectively. However, not just Chennai, several cities in the country have, from time to time, been paralysed by strikes of workers in the respective transport corporation unions, more often than not over the issue of wages. The issue currently lies with the Madras High Court, which has ordered the state government to appoint a judge as the arbitrator to resolve the issue. Vehicle drivers under other transport corporations are going to get basic pay starting from Rs 19,500, while MTC bus drivers will get Rs 17,700 only.” “As per the 7th CPC recommendations, existing salaries had to be multiplied by a factor of 2.57, but for MTC employees the factor used was 2.44. LPF Secretary M Shanmugam says that the strike was mainly over compensation. However, major trade unions including the DMK-backed Labour Progressive Federation (LPF) protested this, saying they had not been included in the settlement process at all. This is according to a settlement that the MTC reached with some trade unions on January 4th. The bus drivers in the state have been demanding pay scales in compliance with the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations, approved by the central government in June 2016.Ĭurrently, in Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), the basic salary of permanent drivers starts from Rs 17,700. The issue: long-standing demands over a wage hike. Last month, government bus drivers in Tamil Nadu struck work for over a week, throwing the cities’ commute scenario into chaos.
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