CONFEDERATION
OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND
WORKERS
Manihsinath Bhawan
,A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
,New Delhi. 110 027. Website: confederationhq.
Blogspot.com.
No. Conf/20/2012
Dated: 14th December, 2012
GLORIOUS RESPONSE TO STRIKE CALL
Dear Comrades,
The one day strike on 12.12.12 in pursuance of the 15 point charter of demands
elicited magnificent response from the Central Government employees. As per the
reports received at the Confederation Headquarters from the State Committees
and Affiliates, near about 70% of the CGEs whom the Confederation represents is
reported to have participated in the strike action
On behalf of the Secretariat, we convey our sincere gratitude and thanks to all
our State/District/Branch level leaders and through them to all the members who
participated in the strike. We reproduce the Press statement issued by us
on 12th which is reflective of the extent of participation
state-wise and organisation-wise. During the three months long campaign
and mobilisation programmes undertaken by our leaders, we could convincingly
bring to the understanding of the rank and file of our membership the
pernicious impact of the neo-liberal economic policies pursued by the
Government since 1991. The employees could realise more than ever before
the need for united, organised and sustained struggles and responded admirably
to the call.
We were no doubt apprehensive of our decision to organise a day's strike sans
the major section of the CGEs i.e. Railways and Defence Federations. We were
also aware of the erosion of the efficacy of the Confederation came about in
the background of prolonged confabulations and negotiations in the JCM sans
struggles. It, therefore, goes to the credit of the leaders of the
affiliates and members of the State Committees that we could successfully
overcome our weakness and bring about vibrancy and cohesiveness and enthuse our
members for a decisive action. The crowning success in our endeavour
which was considered by many as adventurously risky in the beginning will
embolden us to go ahead and chalk out much more intensive struggles in the days
to come.
The issues which we have projected through this highly successful strike action
are of paramount importance and require to be settled without delay. We firmly
believe that in the action programmes that will unfold in the coming months,
those who did not have the courage to walk along with us on 12th
December, 2012 will join and this Government will be compelled to reverse its
policies or perish. We will ensure through sustained struggles and with
unwavering determination that the PFRDA bill is withdrawn, the outsourcing,
privatisation, contractorisation is ended; there are no informal, daily rated
workers, the Grameen Dak Sewaks enjoy the status, privileges , perks and
salary of a regular employee; discrimination on various matters like the
compassionate appointment, overtime allowance, Bonus entitlement etc., is
removed; that the Government employees enjoy the trade union rights, i.e. right
to collective bargaining and strike,; that posts are created as per the work
requirement; a decent career advancement scheme is evolved to all employees and
above all revision of wages is effected through the setting up of the 7th
CPC together with the merger of 50% DA with Basic Pay for all purposes.
We know there are innumerable problems,
hurdles and difficulties. We also know that nothing is
insurmountable. Let us with determination go ahead and intensify our
campaign to make the next struggle, the two days strike on 20th and
21st February a grand success.
We must record our appreciation over the efforts of the State Committees in
organising Press media meet and conferences, which immensely helped in getting
widest possible coverage for the strike. We thank those comrades
who could persuade the honourable Members of Parliament to take up our problems
with the Government. Our communication to the Political Parties, Central
Trade Unions, Federations and Associations has helped in bringing our demands
and problems within the knowledge of the cross section of our countrymen.
We shall intensify our efforts in this regard. The strike action was covered
extensively and widely by the Regional Electronic and Print Media and as usual
was spurned by the National Media owned by the rich corporate houses.
We express our gratitude to Com. Besides Acharya, Member of Parliament, Leader of
the CPI(M) in Lok Sabha and a very senior leader of the CITU for raising our
demands in the Parliament on 12th December, 2012. His
submissions as it appeared in the Lok Sabha records are reproduced.
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The National Secretariat of the Confederation will meet on 2nd
January, 2013 at New Delhi. Notice is issued separately and copy is
enclosed. We shall review the strike participation at the meeting
with a view to remove the weakness manifested in certain areas during this
struggle. To help us to evolve the appropriate strategy to make the
future struggles significantly of a higher dimension we request you to kindly
favour us with a report in the following format.
For
State Committees:
1. Name of the State.
2. Names of associations/Federations,
which participated in the strike with percentage of participation.
3. Name of the
Associations/Federations, which did not take part in the strike.
4. Names of those
organisations which participated in the strike whose CHQ had not taken part in
the action.
5. Name of the
Stations visited by the State leaders as part of the campaign.
For
Affiliates.
1. Name
of the Federation/All India association.
2. Number
of Unit/.branches,
3. Names
of the Units which participated in the strike with the percentage of
participation.
4. Names
of the Units which did not take part in the strike.
5. Specific
reasons advanced by the Units for non participation.
6. Names
of the Units visited by the Leaders.
With greetings,
Yours
fraternally,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary
General.
P R E S
S S T A T E M E N T
Dated: 12th
December, 2012
Nearly Ten lakhs Central Government employees
took part in the one day token strike today, the 12th December, 2012
on the call of the Confederation of Central Government employees and workers,
paralyzing the governmental functions in various departments throughout the
country. The strike was to protest against the continued efforts of the
Government to enact the PFRDA Bill, whereby the existing defined benefit
pension of Government employees is sought to be converted into a defined
contributory pension scheme. Every reason, the Government advanced at the
time of the introduction of the new scheme is found to be incorrect and
misleading by the Experts Committee set up by the Government itself.
Besides, the employees had been demanding wage
revision by setting up the 7th Central Pay Commission, filling up
large number of vacant posts, regularization of the service of Grameen Dak
Sewaks/Casual/daily-rated workers, revival of the negotiating machinery i.e.
JCM, removal of restrictions on compassionate appointments, introduction of
Public Distribution system to arrest the ever increasing prices of essential
commodities, stoppage of outsourcing, contractorisation, privatization
etc.
As per the report received the strike was
total in Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu,
Kerala, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and beyond 80% in Maharashtra, Karnataka, U.P.
Bihar, and about 60% in other States. The Postal, Income tax, Groundwater
Board departments came to a grinding halt in all States, as the offices
could not be opened at all. In Income tax Department, the promotee officers
also joined the strike paving way of a complete closure. Many
establishments of Atomic Energy, Printing and Stationery, Defence accounts,
Medical Depots, Audit and Accounts Departments, Civil Accounts, CGHS,
Indian Bureau of Mines, Directorate of Marketing Inspection, Geological Survey
of India, Archaeological and Botanical Survey of India etc. remained
closed.
The organizers of the Strike have asserted
that they will make the general strike of workers slated for 20th
and 21st February, 2013 a grand success by enlisting participation
of all sections of the Central Government employees.
The Confederation will strive to organize an
indefinite strike in pursuance of the 15 point charter of demands in 2013 if no
settlement is brought about by the Government by then.
SHRI BASU
DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Chairman, Sir today, about one million of Central
Government employees are on strike.....(interruptions) The employees'
organisations in Postal, Income tax, Audit, Accounts, Printing and Stationery,
Geological Survey of India, Customs, Central Excise, Indian Bureau of Mines,
CGHS, Ground Water Board, Central Water Commission, Central Public Works,
Census, Defence Accounts, Indian Space Research Organisation, Andaman Nicobar
and Pondicherry Administrations and Medical Stores Depot are on
strike..............(interruption)
Their demand
is the constitution of Seventh Pay Commission....(Interruptions) It is due from
Ist January, 2011 but the Government of India has not yet constituted the
Seventh Pay Commission to consider the revision of Pay and allowances to
the Central Government employees. They are
agitating....(Interruptions) After acceptance of the Sixth Pay Commission
recommendations, there are several anomalies in their pay scales. A
Committee was constituted but that committee has failed to address the problem
of anomalies in regard to their pay scales.........(interruptions)
Mr.
Chairman. Hon. Members, Please go back to your seats. Other Hon. Members
are raising their issues. ...(.Interruptions.)
Mr.Chairman:
Hon. Members, I will call your leader. Please take your
seats...........(Interruptions)
SHRI BASUDEB
ACHARIA (BANKURA). Sir, there is a joint consultative machinery to
address the problem of Central Government employees but this JCM has become non
functional...........(Interruptions) Their meetings are not being held.
As a result of that, the problems of Central Government employees are not being
resolved. .............(Interruptions)
Mr.
Chairman. Shri P.K. Biju is associating with the matter raised by Shri
Basu Deb Acharia.
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND
WORKERS
Manihsinath Bhawan A/2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 110 027 Website:
confederationhq. Blogspot.com. E mail:confederation06@yahoo.co.in.
Dated:
14th December, 2012
Notice
Notice is
hereby given for a meeting of the National Secretariat on 2nd
January, 2013 at Manishinath Bhawan, New Delhi. 110027. The meeting will
commence at 14.30 hours. The following shall be the agenda for
discussion.
1.
Review of the participation in the 12th December, 2012 strike
and steps to be taken to enlist the participation of certain organisation in the future
struggles.
2.
The campaign programme for the 20th and 21st two
days strike action.
3.
Finalisation of the venue for the national conference of the
Confederation.
4.
Any other matter with the permission of the chair.
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
To
All the Secretariat members.
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