{
  "id": 1516409,
  "title": "Mumbai: BEST Workers To Begin Indefinite Strike From August 18 Over Unresolved Demands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mumbai-best-workers-to-begin-indefinite-strike-from-august-18-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:51:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-best-workers-to-begin-indefinite-strike-from-august-18-over-unresolved-demands"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking are expected to begin an indefinite strike from August 18, citing several unresolved issues related to salaries, pay scales, financial assistance and retirement dues. BEST Workers’ Union General Secretary Shashank Rao said the protest will commence at 11:30 am outside the union office at Opera House in Mumbai. The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}