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massive lunch-hour demonstration before the Rail Nilayam here on Friday
saw over 2,000 employees of the South Central Railway and other Central
Government organisations coming together to showcase their demands that
include among others, opposition to privatisation moves, better pay and
working conditions. Following a call from the National Joint Council of
Action (NJCA), similar demonstrations were organised across the country
before Zonal offices to show their strength, said NJCA chairman and
general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, M.
Raghavaiah, while addressing the gathering. He said an estimated 42 lakh
Central Government employees would go on an indefinite strike from July
11, notice for which...