Scores of contract workers of the BEST undertaking on Friday protested at Wadala bus depot demanding permanent employment. The contract employees had earlier demonstrated over non-payment of salaries following which BEST trade unions took up their cause last week and sought their regularisation.

We demand regular wages and that the step-motherly treatment towards us by officers stop. We are also penalised and fined which affect our records. We have been staging protests and stopped bus operations for a few hours. However, we are thankful to BEST trade unions for taking up our cause,” a contract bus driver said.