Railways Strike 2024: Railway unions threaten to stop train services from THIS date
The indefinite Strike for OPS would begin on May 1, 2024.
Railways Strike 2024 Date News: Several unions of railway employees and workers have threatened to stop the train services across India if their demand — implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) — is not met. These unions have come together under the banner of the Joint Forum For Restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (JFROPS).
As per the decision by the unions, the indefinite Strike for OPS would begin on May 1, 2024, which also happens to be International Labour Day. The decision was taken during the JFROPS core committee meeting, said Shiva Gopal Mishra, the convener of JFROPS and general secretary of All India Railwaymen's Federation.
In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, Shiva Gopal Mishra shared the notice regarding the indefinite strike by railway unions in 2024. The notice stated that it was unanimously decided to serve upon "Indefinite Strike Notice as per relevant Rules on 19th March 2024, and the Indefinite Strike to comment on 1st May 2024 i.e on International Labour Day".
The press note further stated that after "considering the prevalent situation thoroughly and keeping in view the Non-Response of the Government on Restoration of Defined Guaranteed Old Pension Scheme in place of NPS", the committee decided "that there is no alternative left but to resort to direct action by all constituent trade unions collectively".
Mishra was later quoted by PTI as saying, “The government is completely non-committal to our demand for the restoration of ‘Defined Guaranteed Old Pension Scheme' in place of ‘New Pension Scheme’. Now, there is no alternative left but to resort to direct action."
According to Mishra, several unions of other government employees will also go on strike along with railway workers. He said that the OPS was in the interest of workers, however, the New Pension Scheme doesn’t take care of their employees' welfare.
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