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Speakers complained about the railway’s unilateral decision of employing retired staff to fill 583 vacant posts in Madurai Division. more-inMADURAIOver 150 employees observed a fast here on Tuesday protesting the Indian Railway’s move to redeploy retired employees to fill vacant posts. While lakhs of educated youth were waiting for jobs, the speakers said, redeploying retired staff in existing vacancies would only continue to render the youth jobless. The protest was organised by Loco-Running Staff Association affiliated to Southern Railway Mazdoor Union. Around 60 retired employees had already been appointed, Mr.
Ramkumar said..