The East Coast Railway Employees’ Union held its annual conference here on Sunday. Attending the programme as chief guest, former MlA Radhakant Sethi highlighted about various problems of the trade unions.
Union general secretary Ramesh Chandra Swain demanded that privatisation of various services in the Railways be stopped and the proposal to implement 100 per cent FDI in the sector be scrapped. Their other demands include minimum monthly salary of Rs 30,000, withdrawal of ceiling from PlB bonus, lifting of contractual appointment system, provision of grade pay of Rs 4,200 for Track Maintainers, loco Pilots and Guards and job provision for Act Apprentice Pass Outs.