"We decided that all 3000-odd employees will queue up and eat at the canteen itself on Saturday to make them understand the seriousness of the situation. It is the responsibility of the administration to provide good food plus they cannot blame us if it delays getting back to work. Even the medical unit is outside the access gate, added workers. In a letter written on May 20 by the Western Railway Bhartiya Kaamgar Sena stated that the recently implemented Gate Access Control has been done without taking workers and employees into confidence. "Instead of providing basic amenities like sufficient canteen facilities, purified drinking water, hygienic condition, in house health and medical facility etc, the railway management is more concerned about keeping tab on its employees," stated the letter.

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Work hours run in shifts and continue for 6-7 hours depending on the skill area of a workshop and work patterns. The lunchtime begins at 11.30 am and goes till 2 pm, depending on the shift timings of people. Employees said we just want the management to discuss before taking this step.

Western Railway officials had said that the decision has nothing to do with employee monitoring. "RFID had been installed on a trial basis to introduce paperless working and safety purposes. Some issue in this regard has been raised by employees. Now everything is normal. RFID issue is being looked into as it was on trial so has been temporarily suspended till concerns of employees are amicably resolved," Western Railway chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said.