Report sent by Eastern Railway Men’s Union
Today on 04/05/2024, a Victory march was organized by Eastern Railway Men’s Union workshop Branch Jamalpur from 12:00 noon near the workshop Health Unit after the administration withdrew the order to increase the weekly working hours of the factory from 45 to 48 hours.
The Victory march was led by Branch President Deepak Kumar Sinha, Assistant General Secretary Kolkata Krishnadev Yadav, Central Vice President Kolkata Rajendra Prasad Yadav, Branch Secretary Anil Prasad Yadav, in which thousands of workers of the workshop participated.
After the Victory march, Branch Secretary Anil Prasad Yadav informed that an order was issued earlier by the Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Kolkata, to increase the weekly working hours from 45 hours to 48 hours in all the three workshop of Eastern Railway including Jamalpur workshop
After this, continuous demonstration was organized by Eastern Railway Men’s Union workshop Branch Jamalpur and Eastern Railway Men’s Union Kolkata demonstrated in front of PCME Eastern Railway under the leadership of General Secretary Eastern Railway Men’s Union. After this, the order issued by the Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer till April 2024 was stopped, but again a new order was issued from 02/05/2024, increasing the weekly working period from 45 hours to 48 hours.
After this, a memorandum was submitted by the General Secretary, Eastern Railway Men’s Union to the Chief Mechanical Engineer Kolkata in protest against the administrative order and the workshop Branch Jamalpur also submitted a memorandum to the CWM JMP, Eastern Railway Jamalpur on 03/05/2024. After this, the matter was raised in the permanent negotiation mechanism (PNM) meeting of the Railway Board on 03/05/2024 by Shiv Gopal Mishra ji, General Secretary of All India Railway Men’s Federation and Comrade Amit Kumar Ghosh General Secretary of Eastern Railway Men’s Union.
After this, on 04/05/2024, an order was issued to suspend the order issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer Kolkata, due to which there is an atmosphere of joy among the workshop workers.
