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We are fighting for justice for ST employees and this will continue. SURAT: Employees of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation’s (GSRTC) Surat division removed clothes and tonsured their heads on the second day of the statewide strike here on Friday.More than 2,700 state transport employees in Surat division are on an indefinite strike to press for acceptance of their long-pending demands, including implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations by the state government. The rush of passengers is heavy on the station as people have no other option. Over 3,500 trips from Surat to various destinations in the state and Maharashtra have been suspended, sources said.The atmosphere at the ST’s central bus depot was charged in the afternoon after the fixed wage employees were given termination letters by GSRTC management on Friday. The management wants to break our union..