NFIR's Decision on Strike Notice - taken up by Honarable Minister of Railways in Lok Sabha.
Respected Railwaymen & Women,
Dt: 21.08.2013
NFIR, during its working committee meeting held at New Delhi on 30-31st May 2013 put forth
36 demands
to be redressed immediately failing which the Railwaymen shall be
constrained to go for a strike. On 24th June 2013 during the Steering
Committee Meeting held at Mumbai a threadbare review was again done on
the demands made during the Working Committee Meeting at New Delhi and
it was then and there decided to conduct a "
Strike Ballot" in the event of the demands not being met.
HONESTY LEADS TO HEIGHTS:
NFIR known for its legacy of putting relentless efforts when it comes
to the welfare of Railwaymen, did not stop with this but went one step
ahead than any other federation, when GS/NFIR addressed a letter to the
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India and Minister of
Railways on 28th June
2013 with the list of demands and cautioning them of repercussions in
the event of demands not being fulfilled. Once again the ethics of NFIR
were evident in these letters wherein it gave a considerable time (four
months i.e., upto October 2013) to the Government to resolve the
demands. NFIR does not believe in hoodwinking the railwaymen and women
neither by misleading nor by misinterpreting the facts but believes only
in protecting the interests and welfare of Railwaymen through honest
and dedicated working.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 897
ANSWERED ON 08.08.2013
STRIKE BY RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
897 . Shri GURUDAS DAS GUPTA
R. THAMARAISELVAN
P. LINGAM
S. RAMASUBBU
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-
(a)
whether the All India Railwaymen’s Federation and National Federation
of Indian Railwaymen have threatened to go on an indefinite strike in
case their demands are not met;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c)
the reaction of the Railways thereto and the manner in which the
Railways propose to address the situation so as to prevent such strike?
ANSWERMINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY)(a)
and (b): All India Railwaymen’s Federation (A.I.R.F.) and National
Federation of Indian Railwaymen (N.F.I.R.) have made numerous demands.
Some of the demands are setting up of VIIth Central Pay Commission,
abolition of New Pension Scheme, merger of
Dearness Allowance with Pay,
filling up of all vacant posts, implementation of the report of Joint
Committee for career growth of Track Maintainer, reduction in duty hours
of staff. While A.I.R.F. have indicated that if their grievances are
not resolved in a time bound programme, the Federation would be
compelled to conduct strike ballot as a first step. N.F.I.R. have
decided to give a time of four months to the Government for
satisfactorily settling their demands failing which the Federation will
be compelled to give call for ‘Indefinite Strike’ on Railways.
(c):
Some of the demands like setting up of
VIIth Central Pay Commission,
abolition of New Pension Scheme, Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay
which are not within the purview of Ministry of Railways are being
considered for referring to concerned Ministries/ Departments. In
accordance with Government’s policy, other demands of the Federations
are given due consideration within the framework of existing rules and
financial constraints, and action as considered necessary is taken.
Source: http://www.nfirindia.org/Index.aspx