Central
government employees and workers today threatened to observe a daylong strike on
December 12 if their charter of demands such as setting up of the seventh pay
commission is not addressed "expeditiously".
The
employees, who participated in 'March to Parliament' programme here under the
banner of confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers hoped the
Prime Minister, to whom a memorandum containing their charter of demands has
been submitted, would "consider and settle the issues within a reasonable time
frame".
The
demands include withdrawal of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority Bill, merger of DA with pay, stopping of privatisation and downsizing,
regularisation of casual workers and grant of five promotions in the career as
is given to the officers.
A
statement issued by the confederation said over 20,000 central government
employees participated in today's programme, addressed by CPI-M leader Basudeb
Acharya, CITU leader and MP Tapan Sen and leaders of AITUC, BMS and
INTUC
among
others.
Source : Business
Standard, July 27, 2012
