Title - Railway employees stage protest against station master - The Times of India

CHENNAI: More than 100 railway employees attached to a union staged a protest at Pallavaram railway station alleging that station manager of the station harassed employees, on Monday. Pallavaram is a suburban railway station in Beach-Tambaram suburban route.

Protesters shouted slogans and demanded railway higher ups to take action against the station manager and later lodged a complaint with railway police. They did not block trains.

Around 12 women employees who work as ticket examiners and ticketing staff have alleged that the station manager often refused leave and used expletives while talking to them.

"He keeps attendance register inside his room and wants us to go inside and sign it. Those who do not sign are marked absent," said a staff K K Lakshmi. Irate staff complained to the union last.

A few union members had allegedly ransacked the station manager's room on Saturday when their attempts to mediate on behalf of employees failed.

The protest was held today after the station manager harassed employees further on Sunday for taking the issue to the union, alleged an employee.