GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MAIN DEMANDS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES - CONFEDERATION
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
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Circular No. 13
Dated 2.3.2014
GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MAIN DEMANDS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
CONFEDERATION
NATIONAL SECRETARIAT CALLS UPON THE ENTIRE CG EMPLOYEES TO PROTEST
AGAINST THE ARBITRARY AND UNILATERAL DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
HOLD
NATION WIDE PROTEST DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF ALL OFFICES AND AT ALL
IMPORTANT CENTRES ON 7TH MARCH 2014 OR AT ANY IMMEDIATE CONVENIENT
DATE.
SEND PROTEST SAVINGRAM TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
PREPARE for AN INDEFINITE STRIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER GENERAL ELECTION DEMANDING ,
MERGER OF DA , INTERIM RELIEF , INCLUSION OF GDS UNDER 7TH CPC, PARITY
IN PENSION, DATE OF EFFECT 1/1/2014, SCRAP NEW PENSION SCHEME, SETTLE
ANOMOLIES,INCLUSION OF LABOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PAY COMMISSION AND OTHER DEMANDS IN THE 15 POINT CHARTER OF DEMANDs.
CONDUCT INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN AND MAKE THE 4TH APRIL NAGPUR NATIONAL CONVENTION A GRAND SUCCESS
Dear Comrades,
The
Union Cabinet approved the Finance Ministry’s proposal on terms of
reference of the 7th CPC. We have placed the full text of the same on
our website. None of the suggestions made by the Staff Side was
accepted by the Government.
However, our concern
over the date of effect seems to have been taken note of. The terms of
reference has left the effective date of its recommendations to be
decided by the Commission itself. A united stand backed up by struggles
will enable us to clinch this demand in our favour. Undoubtedly it has
been our endeavours and the two days strike action that has compelled
the Government to have a rethinking on their earlier stand of Decennial
(Ten years} wage revision for Central Government employees and the date
of effect as 1/1/2016
Unlike on the earlier
occasion, the Government has not decided to grant Interim Relief and
merger of Dearness allowance. Nor has it asked the Commission to
consider and make appropriate recommendation in this regard
specifically. As pointed out in our earlier communication, inclusion of
a labour representative in the Commission being not an idea the UPA
Government cherishes, for it is diametrically opposite to its economic
policies and ideology, they have stuck to the position of sandwiching
the Honourable Judge with bureaucrats. In the light of the agreement
penned by Com. Mahadeviah, the General Secretary of the recognised GDS
union with the Postal Board to the effect that a separate one man
committee will look into the service conditions of the Grameen Dak
Sewaks, it is not surprising that the Government chose to ignore our
demand to cover them within the ambit of the 7th CPC. Our demands for
parity between the past and present pensioners and scrapping of the new
pension scheme also stand rejected.
As you are
aware, the 6th CPC (and the earlier Commissions also) had refused to
entertain the demand for removal of anomalies despite Government
referring the same to the Commission specifically. Therefore, the
omnibus clause in the terms of reference requiring the Commission to
submit interim reports may not be of any help to us to raise the
anomalies before the 7th CPC.
At the conclusion of
the meeting held on 24/10/2013 by Secretary, DoPT, with the staff side
on terms of reference of the 7th CPC, it was agreed that the Government
will consider our suggestion in the matter and will convene another
meeting with the presence of Secretary (Expenditure) to iron out the
differences, if any, and explore the possibilities of an agreement in
the matter. But no such meeting was convened and no attempt was made by
the official side to arrive at an agreed Terms of Reference.
We
must now react to the arbitrary and unilateral decision of the
Government. We appeal all the State Secretaries, District Secretaries
and Branch Secretaries of the affiliated organisations and the
State/District COCs to immediately send the following Savingram to the
Prime Minister.
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
WORKING IN THE ..........................................(NAME OF THE
STATION)/ OFFICE OF...........................CONDEMN THE ATTITUDE OF
THE GOVERNMENT IN NOT HONOURING ITS COMMITMENT OF HOLDING DISUCSSION
WITH THE STAFF SIDE JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL BEFORE FINALISING THE TERMS OF
REFERENCE OF THE 7TH CPC AND DEMAND IMMEIDATE ACCEPTANCE OF :
(i) Interim Relief(ii) Merger of DA(iii) Bringing the Grameen Dak Sewaks within the ambit of the 7th CPC(iv) Date of effect from 1/1/2014(v) Parity in pension entitlement between the past and present pensioners(vi) Coverage of the existing defined benefit pension scheme to employees recruited on or after 1.1.2004.(vii) Include a representative of the Labour in the 7th Central Pay Commission.(viii) Settle the anomalies raised in the National Anomaly Committee
While
the National Convention scheduled to be held at Nagpur will chalk out
detailed and phased programmes of action, we call upon our State
Committees and Affiliated Unions to organise massive demonstration in
front of all offices and important centres on 7th March, 2014 (Friday)
or any other immediate convenient date. Kindly instruct all the Branches
to mobilise their members so that the demonstration has the
participation of cent per cent of the membership of the concerned
branch. The State Units and affiliated Unions may issue pamphlets and
posters and ensure its wide circulation throughout the country.
As
already declared by the National Secretariat of the Confederation, we
shall have to go for an indefinite strike action immediately after the
General Election if our demands are to be settled.
With Greetings,
Yours fraternally,
M. KRISHNAN.
Secretary General.
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