RAILWAY TAKES CONTINGENCY MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF STRIKE BY MOTORMEN IN MUMBAI SUBURBAN AREA
RAILWAY TAKES CONTINGENCY MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF STRIKE BY MOTORMEN IN MUMBAI SUBURBAN AREA The Motormen of Central Railway and ...
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RAILWAY TAKES CONTINGENCY MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF STRIKE BY MOTORMEN IN MUMBAI SUBURBAN AREA
The Motormen of Central Railway and Western Railway through
their Joint Action Forum have been agitating for higher pay and allowances and
other benefits for sometime. They have given a notice for hunger strike from
06:00 hours of 3rd May 2010, i.e. they will operate the trains in empty stomach.
The Motormen are demanding higher pay than recommended by the 6th
Central Pay Commission and additional allowances which are not in the
recommendations of the Pay Commission. Some of their demands regarding National
Holiday and Night Duty Allowances have already been met. Railways have 14 lakh
employees on their roll and traditionally the grievances of all sections of
staff are resolved through consultation with their recognized Federations. The
agitation of the Motormen is not supported by any of the recognized Federations,
Unions and Associations of the Railways.
The Hon’ble Minister for Railways has also met the representatives
of agitating Motormen and it has been explained to them that their genuine
grievances are being looked into. The grievances of the Motormen are also before
the Regional Labour Commissioner, Mumbai in which a conciliation meeting between
the management and the employees was held on 29.04.2010. The Regional Labour
Commissioner has advised the concerned employees not to resort to protest w.e.f.
03.05.2010 and has fixed the next reconciliation meeting on 12.05.2010. Any
precipitative action taken during the conciliatory proceedings is unlawful under
the Industrial Disputes Act.
However, despite appropriate action by Railways as explained above,
motormen have resorted to unlawful action resulting in cancellation of many
suburban trains thus putting the commuters to lot of troubles. General Managers
of Central and Western Railways have been asked to take all necessary steps to
ensure that appropriate alternate arrangements are put in place in coordination
with the State Government to cause minimum inconvenience to the traveling
public. Central Government is also being kept fully informed in the matter.
courtesy;acgn
The Motormen of Central Railway and Western Railway through
their Joint Action Forum have been agitating for higher pay and allowances and
other benefits for sometime. They have given a notice for hunger strike from
06:00 hours of 3rd May 2010, i.e. they will operate the trains in empty stomach.
The Motormen are demanding higher pay than recommended by the 6th
Central Pay Commission and additional allowances which are not in the
recommendations of the Pay Commission. Some of their demands regarding National
Holiday and Night Duty Allowances have already been met. Railways have 14 lakh
employees on their roll and traditionally the grievances of all sections of
staff are resolved through consultation with their recognized Federations. The
agitation of the Motormen is not supported by any of the recognized Federations,
Unions and Associations of the Railways.
The Hon’ble Minister for Railways has also met the representatives
of agitating Motormen and it has been explained to them that their genuine
grievances are being looked into. The grievances of the Motormen are also before
the Regional Labour Commissioner, Mumbai in which a conciliation meeting between
the management and the employees was held on 29.04.2010. The Regional Labour
Commissioner has advised the concerned employees not to resort to protest w.e.f.
03.05.2010 and has fixed the next reconciliation meeting on 12.05.2010. Any
precipitative action taken during the conciliatory proceedings is unlawful under
the Industrial Disputes Act.
However, despite appropriate action by Railways as explained above,
motormen have resorted to unlawful action resulting in cancellation of many
suburban trains thus putting the commuters to lot of troubles. General Managers
of Central and Western Railways have been asked to take all necessary steps to
ensure that appropriate alternate arrangements are put in place in coordination
with the State Government to cause minimum inconvenience to the traveling
public. Central Government is also being kept fully informed in the matter.
courtesy;acgn
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