The election for various office-bearers of the East Coast Railway Shramik Congress (ECoRSC) would be held on April 25, 26 and 27 in which about 40,000 Group C and D employees would participate. The poll results would be declared on May 2, said ECoRSC general secretary RC Sahoo to reporters here on Thursday.
Sahoo demanded that the Union Government take immediate initiatives to fulfil the “legitimate demands’ of the members of the ECoRSC.
The demands include career growth of Trackmen, scrapping of the new pension scheme, career growth of technicians and supervisors, special package to Safaiwalas, cooking facility in TTEs' rest rooms, ensuring implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations, upgradation of apex Group C staff to Group B Gazetted employees at least up to the extent of 15 per cent, abolition of 12-hour duty and introduction of eight hours of roaster duty for the running staff, special privileges and facilities for women employees, withdrawal of the ban on filling up of the vacancies of ministerial staff and
free medical treatment to the parents of railway employees.