CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
MANISHINATH BHAWAN, A2/95 RAJOURIGARDEN
NEW DELHI-110027
PH:011 25105324
PRESS STATEMENT
About
8 lakhs Central Government employees took part in the 48 hour (two
day) general strike yesterday and today organised by the Indian working
class as per the call of the Joint platform of 11 Central Trade Unions
of the country. Besides 5 lakh Defence Civilian employees are also
reported to have participated in this historic action.
The
Strike was total and cent per cent in Income tax and Postal
departments. The participation ranged from 60 to 90% in other
Government of India organisations except in the Central Secretariat. As
per the report, the strike was total in Assam, Tripura, West Bengal,
Orissa, Bihar Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and 60 to
70% in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and partial
in other States.
In
Delhi, the Income tax and RMS offices of the Postal Department
virtually remained closed. Not a single employee reported for duty in
these offices. Many offices of the Civil Accounts and Post offices in
Delhi also did not function on these two days.
Many
establishments of Printing and Stationery, Indian Bureau of Mines,
Geological Survey of India, Medical Depots, Customs, Ground Water
Board, ISRO, Directorate of Marketing Inspection, Civil Accounts,
Central Public Works Department remained closed throughout the country
on both the days.
The
National Secretariat of the Confederation places on record its sincere
gratitude and appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the
State/Branch level leaders to make this historic action of the Indian
working class a resounding success by eliciting the total participation
of the Central Government employees. The success of the two days
strike action will no doubt embolden the employees and workers to chalk
out intensified action programme including indefinite strike action to
compel the Govt. to rescind the anti-people economic policies pursued
since 1991.
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General.