Summary:
BEST workers on Tuesday deferred their strike until August 20 after the bus undertaking assured them that it could receive a Rs 1,200-crore grant from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation soon. The employees had threatened to strike work from August 7 over pay and a host of other demands. Following a 3-hour meeting with the management, the BEST Workers' Union decided to wait for two more weeks. It has been a month since the BEST reduced its minimum fare to Rs 5. An indefinite strike would have brought back the nightmare that went on for 9 days in January when the staff sat on an agitation..