CONFEDERATION
WRITES TO ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN FEDERATION
CONFEDERATION
OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES
AND WORKERS.
Manishinath Bhawan
A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110 027
E mail: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
D/12/2012
Dated: 31.12.2012
Dear
Comrade,
I may invite your kind reference to the letter on the subject I had sent you
earlier, wherein I had requested you to take initiative in convening a meeting
of the leaders of all organisations participating in the JCM. JCM as a
negotiating forum, as you are aware, has virtually come to a halt. It was
in May, 2010 that the National Council met on the last occasion. Barring
Railways, Defence and to some extent the Postal, the Departmental Councils of
other Ministries/Departments have not been meeting since 1995. In some
departments, these councils have ceased to exist as the Government on one
pretext or the other has not been granting recognition to the Service
Associations, even though they had complied with all the conditions stipulated
in the CCS(RSA) Rules, 1993. Most of these organisations having
only a few thousand members are incapable of forcing upon a decision in the
matter through agitation.
Though we had been raising this issue on a number of occasions and despite
solemn assurances held out by the official side, nothing tangible has come
about. It is unlikely that the Government will consider revival of the
negotiating forum unless we jointly demand effective functioning of the JCM at
all levels and follow it up with joint agitational actions.
As you are aware, the 6th CPC made very retrograde recommendations
in respect of Group B,C and D employees. The Pay band prescribed for the
above category of employees was equal to the pay+DPA +DA i.e. 1.86 times of the
minimum of the basic pay of the lowest in the group, whereas the pay band for
Group A posts was fixed by multiplying their prescribed basic pay by a factor
ranging from. 2.2 to 2.63 (S.30, S.25). Similarly grade pay was to be 40%
of maximum of pre-revised pay scales whereas in the case of Group A officers it
was later revised to 44 to 49%.
Several anomalies were raised by us in the National Anomaly Committee.
After procrastinated discussions, except cosmetic changes, none was
settled. I have now been informed that even what was agreed to in the
last meeting of the National Anomaly Committee, has been turned down by the
Finance Ministry. In all through the discussions at the Anomaly committee
meetings, you must have noticed that reasoning has been the casualty.
The high ranging inflation in the economy especially in the last 3 years has
caused soaring rise in the prices of all essential commodities especially food
items. Major portion of the salary of the low paid workers is consumed
for accessing the food items. The prices adopted by the 6th
CPC in determination of the minimum wage have now registered an increase of
more than 162% and the DA compensation is just 72%. This apart, the
recommendation of the 6th CPC being effective from 1.1.2006 has been
in vogue for 5 years as on 1.1.2011. In the case of all Public Sector
undertakings, the Govt. has now agreed to effect wage revision after every five
years. We have, therefore, to demand the setting up the 7th
CPC without any further delay It has been our experience, as you will
agree with me, that the Government had agreed for setting up pay commission for
wage revision only when we unitedly placed the demand and backed up the same
with recourse to strike action.
There are other issues too which brooks no delay in bringing about settlement
viz. the implementation of arbitration awards, merger of DA with pay,
withdrawal of the PFRDA Bill, compassionate appointmentsetc.etc.
The AIRF is the biggest Federation representing the largest number of Railway
workers amongst the Central Government employees and naturally we expect you to
kindly take initiative in convening a meeting of the leaders of all
organisations participating in the JCM to form a JCA to pursue the long pending
issues demands of Central Government employees. I shall also be grateful
for favour of your considered view in the matter.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
S.K. Vyas
President
To
Com: Shiv Gopal Mishra
General Secretary,
All India Railwaymen Federation
4, State Entry Road,
New Delhi - 110001
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