WE DEMAND - THEY FOLLOW - ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDARATION NOW DEMANDS SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION
‘Set up 7th Pay Commission’
The
central government should set up the seventh pay commission and pump in
Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years to revive the ailing railways.
This was among the 38 demands put forth by the All India Railwaymen’s
Federation (AIRF). AIRF also demanded that over 2.5 lakh posts under
various categories in Indian Railways be filled up.
Addressing
a conference at visakhapatnam on Tuesday 18-12-2012, ahead of the 88th annual general
conference of AIRF, general secretary Shiva Gopal Mishra said the basic
pay should be increased by at least 50% in the next pay commission. He
slammed the Union finance ministry for delaying the funds being granted
to the railways and said several demands were accepted by the railway
board, but have been kept pending by the finance ministry. Mishra warned
that if the government fails to adhere to the demands of the railway
men, then they would resort to a strike.
East
Coast Railway Shramik Union general secretary Ch Gandhi said AIRF
wanted sanction of additional posts commensurate with increase in number
of trains and workload, removal of anomalies of sixth central pay
commission, a stop to outsourcing of perennial nature jobs, limiting of
duty hours to a maximum of seven hours a day and increase in rate of
special duty allowance by 25 %. courtesy: Times of India.
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