ONE DAY STRIKE ON 15TH FEBRUARY 2017
· AGAINST THE BREACH OF ASSURANCE AND BETRAYAL BY GROUP OF MINISTERS OF NDA GOVERNMENT.
· TO UPHOLD THE SELF-RESPECT AND DIGNITY OF 33 LAKHS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND 34 LAKHS PENSIONERS.
ABOUT 15 LAKHS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND AUTONOMOUS BODY EMPLOYEES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STRIKE
v Central
Government employees and Pensioners betrayed by NDA Govt. by breach of
assurance given by Group of Cabinet Ministers including Shri Rajnath
Singh, Shiri Arun Jaitely and Shri Suresh Prabhu regarding increase in
Minimum Pay and Fitment formula. This is the worst pay revision after 2nd CPC
report in 1960. Government implemented the report without any
modification suggested by Staff side (JCM). In 1960 entire employees
went on five days strike.
v Central
Government Pensioners and Family Pensioners betrayed by NDA Government
by not implementing Option-I (parity) recommended by 7th CPC and accepted by Cabinet.
v Autonomous bodies employees betrayed by NDA Government by issuing instructions NOT TO IMPLEMENT 7th CPC benefits to Autonomous body employees and Pensioners UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS.
v Three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Postal Department betrayed by NDA Government by not extending the benefits of 7th CPC to them and also by not publishing the separate one-man committee report already submitted to the Government.
v Thousands
of Casual, Part-time, contingent employees, daily rated mazdoors and
contract workers are betrayed by the NDA Government by not regularizing
their services and by not revising their wages on the principle of “Equal Pay for Equal Work”.
v 7th CPC Submitted its report after 21 months on 19th November
2015. Even after 13 months the NDA Government has not implemented the
revised HRA, Transport Allowance and all other Allowances. Government is
deliberately delaying it further to deny implementation from 01.01.2016
and also to delay it to next Financial year 2017, thereby denying
arrears.
v Government
betrayed Central Government employees and Pensioners by denying
eligible 3% Dearness Allownace with effect from 01.07.2016. DA for
pre-revised Minimum pay of 7000 is 7% = 490 per month. Same pre-revised
pay of 7000 revised to 18000 after merger of 125% DA as on 01.01.2016.
New DA granted for revised minimum pay of 18000 is 2% = 360 per month.
Thus there is a recurring loss of Rs. 130/- per month in DA granted to
Minimum pay. For other higher pay scales the loss is still higher.
v In
the past, only one Committee before implementation of CPC report and
one Anomaly Committed after implementation was constituted. This time
Committee after Committees are constituted but no negotiated settlement
with the JCM (NC) staff side on any of the issue, but only one-way
hearing of the views of the staff side. Implementation Committee,
Empowered Committee, Allowances Committee, Pension (Option-1) Committee,
Anomaly Committee, New Pension System (NPS) Committee and Senior
officers Committee (?) to discuss the issues arising out of 7th CPC
recommendations. (no formal orders constituting the Group of Senior
Offices Committee and no terms of reference made public). Almost six
months are over after Cabinet approving pay scales and one year is over
after submission of 7th CPC report, but no outcome of any committee).
v No
negotiated settlement on Confederation’s 21 Point Charter of demands
which includes increase in minimum pay, Fitment formula, no reduction of
HRA rate, Revision of all allownaces, Restoration of abolished
Advances, Option-1 for pensioners, Scrap New Pension System, Autonomous
bodies wage revision, GDS Issues, Casual Labour issues, MACP promotional
hierarchy and “Very good” bench mark, filling up of vacancies, removal
of 5% compassionate appointment restriction, Five promotions, LDC/UDC
pay upgradation, Parity in pay scales with Central Secretariat Staff,
removal of CCL adverse condition, equal pay for equal work etc.
WHAT HAPPENED ON 30TH JUNE 2016 ?
AND WHO BETRAYED THE EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS ?
On the night of 30th June
2016, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways informed the
Secretary, JCM (NC) Staff side Shri Shiv Gopal Misra that the Prime Minister had empowered three
Cabinet Ministers, viz: Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister, Shri
Arun Jaitely, Hon’ble Fiance Minister and Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu,
Hon’ble Railways Minister, to negotiate with the staff side, JCM (NC),
and invited staff side (JCM) for a meeting at the Official residence of
Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister on the same night 21:30 hrs.
On persistent demand of the staff side (JCM), the Group of Ministers
assured that the issue of increase in the Minimum wage and Fitment
formula will be referred to a High Level Committee and the Committee
will submit its report to the Government within four months.
NOW SIX MONTH’S ARE ALMOST OVER.
WHERE IS THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE REPORT?