Traffic brigade on strike to demand wage hike, incentives

  • | Thursday | 14th September, 2017

The strike, however, did not lead to traffic chaos at crossroads that were manned by cops, home guards and civil defence personnel. They have threatened that if those on strike are sacked, they will start another round of protests. Vadodara: Around 200 men and women of traffic brigade, who are responsible for manning signals and traffic on major roads, went on strike from Wednesday morning over wage hike, restarting Diwali bonus and special incentives Interestingly, the jawans have also demanded that the design of their uniform should be changed and new pairs be given to them. "We have asked them to re-join the work without any conditions but they did not resume today. We will continue to talk with them but if they don't agree, we cannot do much," said M A Chavda, joint commissioner of police.

Vadodara: Around 200 men and women of traffic brigade, who are responsible for manning signals and traffic on major roads, went on strike from Wednesday morning over wage hike, restarting Diwali bonus and special incentives Interestingly, the jawans have also demanded that the design of their uniform should be changed and new pairs be given to them. They have threatened that if those on strike are sacked, they will start another round of protests."We have asked them to re-join the work without any conditions but they did not resume today. We will continue to talk with them but if they don't agree, we cannot do much," said M A Chavda, joint commissioner of police. The strike, however, did not lead to traffic chaos at crossroads that were manned by cops, home guards and civil defence personnel.

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