A meeting of the Standing Negotiation Committee of the East Central Railway was held at Hajipur headquarters, where the East Central Railway Employees Union raised the issue of allowing women loco pilots, guards, and trackmen to change departments. The union advocated for a one-time option for these women staff to change...
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their category as per the Railway Board's directives. The meeting discussed 67 issues in total, including providing financial assistance of ₹10,000 per month from the Staff Benefit Fund to employees who have been ill for a long time and haven't received their salaries. This announcement is expected to be made soon at the Senior DPO level. The meeting also addressed issues such as a shortage of supervisors and skilled laborers in the Carriage & Wagon department in the Dhanbad division, the need for improving and constructing new running rooms, limiting working hours for running staff to 9 hours, providing overtime payments to supervisors, and distributing safety equipment like helmets, safety shoes, raincoats, winter jackets, and water bottles to all safety category staff.