Central Govt. Employees 2-day Strike on 12th & 13th February, 2014.
As per the call given by the Confederation of Central govt. Employees & Workers, Income-tax Employees will be on 2-day strike on 12th & 13th February, 2014. This is in pursuance of the 15-point charter of demands which include Merger of DA, Payment of Interim Relief, Scraping of the New Pension Scheme, Removal of Ceiling on compassionate appointment, Regularization of Daily Wage workers etc.We give below a Press Statement issued by the Confederation of Central govt. Employees & Workers.
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CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS.
North Avenue Post Office, First Floor,
New Delhi 110 001.
Website:www.confederationhq.blogspot.com.
Email:Confederation06@Yahoo.co.in
' 098 110 48303
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PRESS STATEMENT
About one million
Central Government Employees working in various departments of the Govt of
India except those in the Railway and Defence Organisations will embark upon a
48 hour Strike from Midnight of 11th February 2014. The major demands on which the two day strike
is organized by the Confederation of CGEs and Workers are ;
a)
Withdrawal
of the new Contributory Pension Scheme and re-introduction of the Statutory
defined Benefit Pension Scheme for all Got. Employees.
b)
Dispensing
with the Contract/Casual System of employment in Govt. Service.
c)
Merger
of DA with pay, Grant of Interim Relief and hold negotiations and settle the
terms of reference for the 7th CPC.
Over the 8 year
period, since the last wage revision, the prices of all essential commodities
have soared by almost three times.
Compared to the rate of inflation, the dearness compensation had been
meagre. The erosion of the value of
wages was phenomenal during this period.
Govt. refused to revise wages even though it permitted such wage
revision for PSU Workers every five years.
The 5th CPC was set up when the DA crossed over 50%. Presently, the rate of DA has almost reached
100%. The announcement of setting up of
the 7th CPC made in Sept. 2013 was not followed up by merger of DA
and Interim Relief which would have gone to ameliorate the suffering of the
employees especially at the lower level, for the existing wages are abysmally
insufficient to make the both ends meet.
The employees are also agitated over the decision of the Govt. not to
include a labour representative when the 7th CPC was set up
recently. The Govt. must come forward to include a labour
representative in the committee; to declare merger of DA for all purposes and
grant Interim Relief(I.R.) as has been done on earlier occasions.
This apart, the
employees are also agitated over the introduction of the New Contributory
Pension Scheme in replacement of the statutory defined Pension Benefit
Structure. They are angry over the provision in the PFRDA Bill which authorizes
Govt. to withdraw the Pension Benefit even to the existing employees and
pensioners who were recruited prior to
1.1.2004 and the refusal to prescribe a minimum return on the contribution made
by employees contrary to the suggestion to that effect made by the Standing
Committee of the Parliament. The
decision of the Govt. announced in the last session of the Parliament to allow
49% FDI in Pension Sector will
facilitate the outflow of Indian workers’ savings for investment in foreign
countries.
Presently almost
one third of the Central Govt Workforce is casual and contract workers. No model Govt. ought to have indulged in such
anti-labour and anti-poor policies. The
Casual and Contract Workers are paid pittance of wages. They are allowed to be exploited by the
unscrupulous contractors. Even after
serving the organization for years together on jobs which are permanent and
perennial in nature, no scheme is evolved for their regularization. The Govt. has shown scant regard to the
existing labour laws in contravention of which the workers are employed. It is in this background, the demand for
scrapping the Contract Labour System has been raised by the employees.
Besides, there had
been a concerted attempt on the part of
the Govt to demolish the negotiating machinery set up in 1966 to address the
issues and demands of the employees on a regular basis and thus avert a
confrontation. The council meetings were
not held even once in the last 3 to 4 years and the grievances of the employees
had been mounting.
The Confederation
and its affiliated Federations are
certain that the response to the strike will be overwhelming and the Govt. work
will come to a virtual halt on 12th and 13th February
2014.
If no settlement
is brought about on these vital demands immediately, the Confederation will be
constrained to intensify the agitation by calling upon the employees to
organize an indefinite strike action at the end of February 2014.
Sd/-
K.K.N.
KUTTY
President
Confederation of CGE &
Workers
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