GS IRTSA Visits RCF & Amritsar Workshop -
Calls on younger Engineers to lead the Struggle ahead

IRTSA will continue its "struggle for justice for Engineers on Railways."

GS calls on Engineers at RCF & Amritsar to strengthen the Association

Er. Harchandan Singh, General Secretary of IRTSA, visited RCF Kapurthala and Amritsar Workshop on June 10 & 11, 2009 and assured the Engineers that IRTSA will continue its "struggle for justice for Engineers on Railways."

Addressing General Body Meeting of IRTSA RCF UNIT at Supervisor Club on 10-06-2009, attended by more than 500 Engineers of RCF, Er. Harchandan Singh called upon the fraternity of technical Supervisors / Engineers to be united and fight for their very genuine demands like granting Ist Class Pass & Grade Pay of 4800 to Junior Engineers, Grade Pay of 5400 to SSEs & CMS/CMS and PCO Allowance to Engineers working in Design, Civil & Electrical Maintenance, Stores, MRS, IT & Mechanical Lab etc, because they are also part and parcel of productive process and played an important part in improving the productivity of Workshops & Production Units.

On this occasion Office Bearers & representatives of various unions & sister organisations of RCF also participated & addressed the gathering. Sh. Mukesh Sharma General Secretary RCF Engineers Association, Sh. P. K. Luthra, Sh. Daljit Singh Bajwa & Sh. Jagdish Singh of Engineers Association, Jt. Secretary of Staff Council S. Sarabjit Singh, S. Daljit Singh Thind & Mr Manjit Nanda, Member Staff Council, S. Rajinder Singh GS RCFMU, S. Barjinder Singh. President RCFMU & S. NIranjan Singh of RCF Men’s Union, Sh. Puran Singh of SC/ST Association, Sh. Samir Ranjan of OBC Association and Sh. P.K Kaushal, National President of TEAR, also addressed the gathering appreciating the positive role of IRTSA.

Sh Brij Mohan, Ex – Zonal Secretary (who had earlier left IRTSA in 2001-02 due to some individual differences) tried to disrupt the proceedings of the meeting along with his 15-20 followers, which was condemned by one and all.

Later the Election for Unit Executive Committee of IRTSA/RCF Unit was held. During election process Sh Darshan Lal was unanimously elected as Zonal President IRTSA RCF Unit, Sh Mayank Bhatnagar as Zonal Secy, S. Gurjit Singh & S. G.P.S Chouhan, Sr Vice President, Sh Surjit Singh, Treasurer and S.Harminder Singh, S. Darshan Singh, S. Tarlochan Singh, S. Jagtar Singh, Sh. Baldev Raj, S. Paramjit Singh, Sh. Ram Parkash, S. Jagtar Singh, S. Chamkaur Singh, S. Surjit Singh, Sh. Rajesh Jatana, Sh. Rajesh Taneja, Sh. Jatinder Kumar, S. Sukhdeep Singh, Sh. Khem Chand Meena, Sh. Mukesh Meena, Sh. Nand Lal, Sh. Parveen Kumar, Sh. Kamal Sharma, Sh. Gaurav Kanojia, Sh Jagmohan Singh, Sh Rajinder Kumar, Sh Baldev Singh, Sh Sukhwinder Bhatti, Sh Jaswinder Singh, S. Sarabjit Singh and Sh. S R Bharti all were also elected as office bearers of IRTSA RCF Unit unanimously.

Young Engineers called upon to lead

General Secretary IRTSA Er. Harchandan Singh while addressing a largely attended ‘Lunch Hour’ meeting at Amritsar Workshop, made a fervent appeal especially to the younger generation of Engineers to come forward & lead the struggle just as he did since 1965 when he was only a third year Apprentice and continues to do so even nearly 9 years after his retirement.

"The continuous struggle was necessary not only for getting due status & justice but even for the very survival of the category,” said Er Singh. “We must contribute our mite for this struggle for justice and survival.”

A cheque of Rs 5000 was presented to the General Secretary by the Technical Supervisors of Amritsar Workshop as a token of their contribution to the Struggle Fund.