2nd SEPTEMBER 2016 -ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE
MAKE IT A GRAND SUCCESS
The Joint
platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) of the Country along with
Independent National Federations of employees of different industries
and services including Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and
Workers, have decided to organize All India General Strike on 2nd September
2016, against the anti-people, anti-workers policies and authoritarian
attitude of the NDA Government. Intensive campaign and preparation to
make the general strike a resounding historical success is going on in
full swing throughout the country. The attitude of the NDA Government is
profoundly negative and hugely challenging to the working class
including Central Govt. employees. The issues in the Charter of demands
submitted by the Trade Unions to the Govt. relate to basic interest of
the country’s economy and also issues concerning the livelihood of the
working people of both organized and unorganized sectors.
Govt. has
not taken any meaningful step to curb price rise of essential
commodities and to generate employment except making tall baseless
claims. Govt. is mysteriously silent on the question of retrieving the
black money stashed abroad and recovering lakhs of crores of rupees of
bad debts of public sector banks. Whole range of social security
measures are under severe attacks including the pension of post – 2004
entrants in Central Govt. Services. Govt. has launched atrocious attack
of drastic cut in interest on small savings deposits. Totally ignoring
the united opposition of the working class, the Govt. has been moving
fast to demolish existing labour laws thereby empowering the employers
with unfettered rights to “hire and fire” and stripping the workers and
trade union of all their rights and protection provided in laws.
Alongwith the peasantry and agri- labourers are also under severe
attack. Attack on public sector has been pushed to unprecedented height
with Govt. announcing mega strategic sale and also allowing unlimited
FDI in strategic sectors like Railways, Defence and financial Sector as
complimentary to the move of privatization and Public Private
partnership etc. The anti-worker and authoritarian attitude of the
Government is also nakedely reflected in their refusal to implement the
consensus recommendations of 43rd, 44th and 45th Indian Labour Conference for formulations of minimum wages, equal wage and benefits of regular workers to the Contract workers.
The
neo-liberal economic policies pursued by the Govt. has landed the entire
national economy in distress and decline affecting the working people
the most.
Central Govt. Employees worst affected:
The
policy offensives of the Govt. like downsizing, outsourcing,
contractorisation, corporatization and privatization has affected the
Central Govt. departments and employees in a worst manner. Ban on
creation of new posts and non-filling up of about six lakhs vacant posts
had increased the work load of the existing employees and adversely
affected the efficiency of the services. The New Pension Scheme (NPS)
implemented with affect from 01.01.2004, is nothing but a “No
Pension Scheme”, as it is fully dependent on the vagaries of share
market forces. The Govt. is not ready to grant civil servant status to
Gramin Dak Sevaks and to regularize the services of causal, contingent
and contract workers. The 5% ceiling on compassionate appointment is not
yet removed. The bonus ceiling enhancement from Rs.3500/- to Rs. 7000/-
is not made applicable to Central Govt. Employees. Govt. is not ready
to modify the 7th CPC
recommendations, which is worst ever made by any pay commissions. The
assurance given to the staff side regarding enhancement minimum pay and
fitment formula is yet to be implemented. All other retrograde
recommendations like reduction in the percentage of HRA, abolition of 52
allowances etc. are yet to be modified. Overall the attitude of the
Modi Govt. is totally negative towards the Central Govt. employees and
pensioners.
The
National Secretariat is of the firm opinion that unless the policy of
the Govt. is changed, more attacks are likely to come on the Central
Govt. employees and working class. To change the policy the united
struggle of entire working class is required. It is in this background
the Confederation of Central Govt. employees and workers has decided to
join the General Strike along with other sections of the working class
of our country.
The
Confederation National Secretariat calls upon the entirety of Central
Govt. employees to make intensive campaign and preparation for making
the 2nd September
2016 strike a grand success. Along with the 12 Point charter of demands
of the working class, the Confederation has decided to submit the
demands pertaining to the Central Govt. employees also as Part-B of the
Charter of demands to the Govt. The Chater of demands (Part A and B) is
furnished below:
2016 September 2nd General Strike 12 Point Charter of Demands of Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions submitted to government:
PART – A
1. Urgent
measures for containing price rise through universalization of public
distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market.
2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation.
3. Strict
enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption
and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Universal social security cover for all workers.
5. Minimum wage of not less than 18000/- per month with provisions of indexation (for unskilled worker).
6. Assured enhanced pension not less than 3000 p.m for the entire working population (including unorganized sector workers).
7. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/state public sector undertakings.
8. Stoppage
of contractorisation in permanent/perennial work and payment of same
wage and benefits for contract workers as that of regular workers for
the same and similar work.
9. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund and increase in quantum of gratuity.
10.Compulsory
registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date
of submitting application and immediate ratification of ILO conventions
C-87 and C-98.
11.No FDI in Railways, Defence and other strategic sectors.
12.No unilateral amendment to labour laws.
PART – B
Demand of the Central Govt. Employees
1. Avoid delay in implementing the assurances given by Group of Ministers to NJCA on 30thJune 2016, especially increase in minimum pay a fitment formula. Implement the assurance in a time bound manner.
2. Settle issues raised by the NJCA, regarding modifications of the 7th CPC recommendations, submitted to Cabinet Secretary on 10th December 2015.
3. Scrap
PFRDA Act and New Pension System (NPS) and grant Pension/Family Pension
to all Central Government employees under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.
4. No privatization, outsourcing, contractorisation of Government functions.
5. (i) Treat Gramin Dak Sevaks as Civil Servants and extend all benefits on pay, pension and allownaces of departmental employees.
(ii) Regularise casual, contract, contingent and daily rated workers and grant equal pay and other benefits.
6. Fill up all vacant posts by special recruitment. Lift ban on creation of new posts.
7. Remove ceiling on compassionate appointments.
8. Extend
benefit of Bonus Act amendment 2015 on enhancement of payment ceiling
to the Adhoc bonus/PLB of Central Govt. employees with effect from the
financial years 2014-15. Ensure payment of revised bonus before Pooja
holidays.
9. Revive JCM functioning at all levels.
All
affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs are requested to plan phased
campaign programme during the month of August 2016 by conducting squad
work, general body meetings, conventions, and printing and circulating
notices, pamphlets and posters. Each affiliated organization should
issue their own separate circulars and instructions to all their units
endorsing the decision of the Confederation National Secretariat.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Confederation
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