
Station masters put off hunger stir
The Hindu
Association to wait for the outcome of talks with management
Railway station masters have postponed a hunger strike they planned to begin from December 10 midnight demanding easing of their work pressure.
All India Station Masters Association general secretary E.K. Babu said here on Thursday that the strike was put off in the wake of the talks being held between the association leaders and the Railway management in the presence of the Regional Labour Commissioner, Chennai.
Mr. Babu said that hundreds of station masters in the Southern Railway would go ahead with the agitation if the talks failed.

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