Morning News
24th April 1965
Mujib Asks Govt. To Fulfil EPREL Demands
The General Secretary of East Pakistan Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, issued the following statement in Dacca yesterday.
“The railway employees of East Pakistan have been pressing their various legitimate demands for last few years. O late, the East Pakistan Railway Employees’ League has submitted to the PER authorities a 11-point charter of demands, and has been reasonably agitating for the fulfillment of these demands Labour Organisations and members of the public in various other walks of life have expressed their sympathy and support for the railway workers’ demands.’
“The EPREL has also stated that unless the demands of the railway employees are met by the authorities concerned in time, they will forced to go on strike from May 27. This is a serious situation. There is no reason that the Railway authorities would not accede the genuine demands of the employees. The workers must always have reasonable remunerations and human service conditions if they are to work efficiently. This is more true in these days of economic hardship and price spiral.
“Extending our full sympathy to the railway workers” cause, I would call upon the Government and the Railway authorities to adopt a sympathetic attitude in the matter, and fulfill the genuine demands of the employees through a negotiated settlement in time and forestall thereby the proposed railway strike otherwise, any railway strike will paralyse greatly the public life, and the Government will be responsible for that. I should believe the Government will resolve the dispute immediately.”
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