Temporary railway staffers on strike, stage sit-in at Kamalapur
Contractual employees and workers of Bangladesh Railway are observing a work abstention to realise their six-point demand including payment of arrears and regularisation of their jobs.
They took position in front of the Divisional Railway Administration Office in Kamalapur around 10am today (October 16, 2022).
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According to sources, there are 6,500 temporary employees in Bangladesh Railways across the country. In June last year, the Ministry of Railways in a notification said that no temporary employees will be in job after December 31 this year. The necessary manpower will be recruited through outsourcing.
The employees said that they did not get their salaries for the last four months. They will not return home until their demands are met, the staffers added.
A section of regular workers also joined the demonstration enforced by the railway temporary workers' council.
The four other points are -- the recruitment act 2020 should be amended to confirm that fourth-class employees must be class 8 pass as before; the outsourcing sector should be abolished and the temporary sector should continue; temporary employees cannot be dismissed unfairly; and according to the existing law of the railways, eight hours of duty per day should be fixed and a safe workplace should be ensured.
Ferdous Ahmed Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhaka Railway Police Station (Kamalapur), told The Daily Star that the temporary staffers have been observing their programme peacefully since 9am today. They are now taking position in front of the railway administration office to submit a memorandum.
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