BEST employees are on strike from today in Mumbai after 8 staffers die of COVID-19
BEST buses employees in Mumbai have called for a complete strike in the city today after at least 8 staff members have so far died due to coronavirus while serving the duty. The BEST union have over 28,000 staff who runs the biggest public road transport in the metropolitan, therefore, bus service is likely to be affected in Mumbai today.
There are approximately 36,000 employees enrolled in Mumbai BEST service, but the majority of them are expected to support the strike that will affect bus services in the city.
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) employees union, led by Shashank Rao's BEST Sanyukt Kamgaar Kruti Samiti (BSKKS) called for the strike from May 18 onwards due to the rising number of BEST staff members falling sick to COVID-19.
However, the management mentioned that they will run buses for the essential services and there won't be any trouble for those deployed for essential work.
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