The North Eastern Railway Workers Union, Carriage Depot, held a protest meeting at the New Washing Pit in Gorakhpur on Friday. The protest was against the arbitrary change in the pre-determined shift duty system for carriage depot workers, forcing them to work 10-12 hours. The union has requested the railway administration...
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to revert to the old shift system and stop using mobile messages to assign duties. A delegation had previously met with the CDO, but no change has been made to the duty roster. The meeting was addressed by several union members, including the regional advisor committee member and national office head of the Indian Railway Workers' Union, DK Chakravarty.