Overview

• Employees of all 10 city corporations began an indefinite strike on July 8 to press for 7th Pay Commission benefits, comprehensive insurance coverage and promotion reforms.
• Garbage collection has stopped around key markets and municipal offices remain closed, halting e-Khata issuance, trade licences, birth and death certificates and water bill payments.
• The Urban Development Secretary summoned union representatives to Bengaluru on July 11 for negotiations, but talks have yet to produce a settlement.
• Veteran BJP leader B. S. Yediyurappa visited the Mysuru City Corporation picket to express solidarity as state BJP figures urged the government to meet employee demands.
• Strikers are demanding parity with state government staff through implementation of KGID, GIS, GPF and the Jyothi Sanjeevini health scheme alongside changes to cadre and recruitment rules.