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Thursday, Jun 12, 2025
CITU secured 53.42 per cent of the votes in the referendum held on Thursday. Only those unions that secure at least 15 per cent of the votes polled get the recognition in the state power utility.
The new development came barely a day after Power Minister K Krishnankutty had initiated reconciliatory talks between the KSEB and Officers' Association.
Even though a meeting was earlier planned between the power minister and the officers' association leaders on Monday to sort their issues, it is unlikely to take place as the minister is in Palakkad for an all-party peace initiative in connection with the recent twin political murders there.
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is set to disburse pending salary to its employees from Monday.
The Kerala State Road Transport Employees' Union has threatened extreme steps including boycott of duties if salaries are not paid immediately.
Though Kerala govt sanctioned Rs 30 crore to KSRTC for dispersing salaries, the Corporation maintains that it has not received it.
Ministers in charge of Electricity, Water Resources and Transport, along with the heads of the government-controlled bodies managing these services in the state have drawn the CITU's ire.
The minister has convened a meeting on Monday with the Left-affiliated associations, even as the CMD took a swipe at the unions, saying their stir, braving the sun and heavy downpour, would not yield any result.
The Kerala State Electricity Board management has cracked a whip on the 'hitherto all powerful leaders' of the KSEB Officers' Association owing allegiance to the ruling dispensation.
The government's intervention came shortly after Kerala State Transport Employee's Union called for an indefinite strike citing non-payment of salaries.
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