EDITORIAL POSTAL CRUSADER –MARCH: 2016
GET READY FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM
11th APRIL-2016
The 7th Central
Pay Commission has submitted its report to Government of India. The
recommendations given by the Pay Commission are most retrograde. The Chairman,
Pay Commission did not consider even a single demand of unions. The demand of
minimum wage as per Dr. Aykhroyid formula has been negated totally. The
National Council JCM demanded minimum
wage as Rs. 26000/- but the Pay Commission has recommended only Rs. 18000/-. Other demands like rate of increment as 5% , upgraded pay
scales to the various cadres of Postal Department , 5 promotions ,
Deletion of Bench Mark in MACP, Revision
of wages and other service
conditions of GDS ,wage revision of
Casual part time and contingent
employees, cashless hassle free
Medical facility , One time LTC to
visit abroad, Removal of ceiling of 5% on compassionate appointments, Scrapping of New Pension Scheme
, 67% of pay as pension on
superannuation along with other demands have not been considered .Beside this
the Pay Commission has recommended to
abolish 52 existing allowances and advances like HBA, Festival
Advance , TA Advance and Medical Advance. The percentage of HRA has been
reduced as 24%, 16%, 8% instead of 30%, 20% & 10%.
This Pay Commission is one of the worst Pay Commission
ever seen. It has recommended only 14.29% increase like 2nd Pay Commission.
The NJCA after
detailed discussions in several Meetings with all constituents
organizations of National Council JCM
has submitted memorandum and
Charter of demands to the Government of
India with the warning that if the
same is not settled , NJCA (Railway,
Defence, Confederation) will be forced
to go on indefinite strike from
11th April -2016 for which the notice will be served to Cabinet
Secretary along with all heads of
departments and at all levels on 11th March,
2016.
The Government has set up implementation Cell in Finance
Ministry which will work as Secretariat to Empowered Committee headed by
Cabinet Secretary for processing and implementation of recommendations of 7th
Pay Commission. First meeting has been taken by the Chairman implementation
Cell with NJCA leaders on 19th February, 2016. NJCA leaders have very clearly told that Employees will go on
indefinite strike from 11th Apeil, 2016.
The Confederation of Central Government Employees and
Workers and national Federation of Postal Employees along with Postal JCA have
endorsed the decision of NJCA.
All Central leaders will address rallies in the Capital
Cities to popularize the strike demands and to mobilize the employees for which
campaign programme has been chalked out and circulated among all.
29th
March -2016 will be observed as Solidarity day throughout the country by all
constituents of NJCA.
We as NFPE being on the forefront of all struggles have
more responsibility to carry on all agitational programmes more successfully.
Keeping in view all the above mentioned facts NFPE appeals to the entirety of Postal, RMS
and GDS employees to make all the agitational programmes cent per cent success and make all efforts to
make the indefinite strike from 11th
April-2016 a historic success to achieve the genuine and justified demands.
We have won on so many occasions and this time also we
will win.
Unity for struggle and struggle for unity.
Inquilab Zindabad
Workers unity Zindabad.
