Railways Motormen hunger strike
Motormen of both Central and Western Railway are on a hunger strike today to press for their demands for rise in pay scales and allowances, railway officials said.
“Their demands mainly relate to higher pay and allowances. The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations have been fully implemented. Now, they are demanding higher pay and some additional allowances which are not in the recommendation of Sixth Pay Commission,” Central Railway Public Relations Officer V. Chandrashekar said.
The motormen have vowed to run the local train services on empty stomach.
“We will go on an indefinite hunger strike from May 3 [Monday] because the Fast Track Committee has not given any assurance yet,” S.V. Hardikar, a core member of Joint Action Forum comprising motormen of both Central and Western Railway, said.
The motormen union has a long-standing set of demands:
Increase in wages
Lesser hours of overtime
Better working conditions
Security for motormen on local trains
They have protested many times in the past from flash strikes to refusing to work overtime. But each time they have returned to work after assurances from the Railways.
Keeping the protest in view, the Railway authorities have put in place contingency measures, including the deployment of extra security at railway stations.
Railway versions
"Their demands mainly relate to higher pay and allowances," a CR official said.
"The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations have been fully implemented. Now, they are demanding higher pay and some additional allowances, which are not in the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission."
"With the strike, suburban train services on WR are likely to be severely affected and there will be a major reduction in the number of services particularly during noon/evening hours," said Public Relations Officer of WR, C David.
Extra bus services
Railways have sought help from the state to deploy BEST and MSRTC buses from various stations and for increasing frequency of buses on normal routes.
The CR and WR have appealed to commuters to cooperate.
"Announcements will be made at stations and vital information given to the public through the electronic media. A special helpline number 10721 has also been provided to give out information," David said.
“Their demands mainly relate to higher pay and allowances. The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations have been fully implemented. Now, they are demanding higher pay and some additional allowances which are not in the recommendation of Sixth Pay Commission,” Central Railway Public Relations Officer V. Chandrashekar said.
The motormen have vowed to run the local train services on empty stomach.
“We will go on an indefinite hunger strike from May 3 [Monday] because the Fast Track Committee has not given any assurance yet,” S.V. Hardikar, a core member of Joint Action Forum comprising motormen of both Central and Western Railway, said.
The motormen union has a long-standing set of demands:
Increase in wages
Lesser hours of overtime
Better working conditions
Security for motormen on local trains
They have protested many times in the past from flash strikes to refusing to work overtime. But each time they have returned to work after assurances from the Railways.
Keeping the protest in view, the Railway authorities have put in place contingency measures, including the deployment of extra security at railway stations.
Railway versions
"Their demands mainly relate to higher pay and allowances," a CR official said.
"The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations have been fully implemented. Now, they are demanding higher pay and some additional allowances, which are not in the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission."
"With the strike, suburban train services on WR are likely to be severely affected and there will be a major reduction in the number of services particularly during noon/evening hours," said Public Relations Officer of WR, C David.
Extra bus services
Railways have sought help from the state to deploy BEST and MSRTC buses from various stations and for increasing frequency of buses on normal routes.
The CR and WR have appealed to commuters to cooperate.
"Announcements will be made at stations and vital information given to the public through the electronic media. A special helpline number 10721 has also been provided to give out information," David said.
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