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Dhanbad, Sept 12: The East Central Railway Mazdoor Union (ECRMU) has declared its support for the East Central Railway Karmchari Union (ECRKU) in the upcoming railway union recognition election.
The election, scheduled for December 4-5, will determine the recognised union in the East Central Railway (ECR) zone.
ECRMU, a prominent railway employees’ body in the zone, has announced that it will not participate in the election but will extend unconditional support to the ECRKU, as stated by ECRMU general secretary BK Singh.
ECRKU has previously won recognition in 2007 and 2013.
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During a Central Committee meeting of ECRKU on Wednesday evening, ECRMU General Secretary BK Singh reaffirmed his organisation’s support. Singh also endorsed ECRKU’s position on the Uniform Pension Scheme (UPS) and said that it is even better than OPS.
“If any deficiency is in UPS, that will be solved through negotiation with the government. The government has also assured to keep the door open for negotiation,” he said.
ECRKU media in-charge NK Khawas reported that the meeting was attended by a range of key figures, including Central Committee President DK Pandey, General Secretary SNP Srivastava, Executive President SD Mishra, Additional General Secretary Md Ziauddin, Treasurer Mithilesh Kumar, AIRFK Zonal Secretary OP Sharma, as well as Manoj Kumar Pandey, Kedar Prasad, BB Paswan, Sriram Singh Omprakash, Manish Kumar, KK Mishra, Babloo Kumar, Birendra Yadav, Somen Dutta, Netaji Subhash, Mridula Kumari, and Suryabhushan Singh.
