National Federation of Indian Railways (NFIR) General Secretary M Raghavaiah on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the Government's attitude of procrastination on genuine issues which were accepted by Railway Ministry but yet to be cleared by the Central Government. To protest, NFIR has decided to conduct strike ballot on January 17-18, 2014 and depending upon the opinion of rail work force through secret ballot, the federation will launch an indefinite strike.
“NFIR is a premium Federation of Railwaymen having the membership of over one million railway employees. An affiliate of INTUC, their demands include merger of DA with Pay, grant of interim relief, revision of entry Grade Pay of Station Masters and redressal of pending issues raised by NFIR in the PNM and DCM/JCM,” said S N Malik, Press Secretary, NFIR.