Self Explanatory Notes on Charter of Demands submitted to Cabinet Secretary by Confederation
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
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Dated 11th September, 2014
The Cabinet Secretary,
Government of India,
Rashtrapati Bhawan Annexe
New Delhi. 110 001.
Government of India,
Rashtrapati Bhawan Annexe
New Delhi. 110 001.
Through the Heads of Departments/Head of offices.
Dear Sir,
The Confederation of Central Government
employees and workers is the apex level organisation of all
Federation/Association/Unions of CGEs other than in the Railways and
Defence Departments. It was in the wake of a strike action in 1960s by
the Central Govt. Employees, the Govt. of India set up permanent
negotiating machinery called JCM so that the employees will be able to
raise their demands and grievances and seek settlement thereof through
dialogue. This machinery has now come to a standstill as the Govt.does
not convene the meetings of the councils at the National and
Departmental levels on one pretext or the other. A new set of rules for
grant of recognition of service associations were promulgated in 1993.
Many Ministries, despite the employees organizations abiding by the
stipulated conditions, have not afforded recognition to the
Associations/Federations, thereby closing all channels of communication.
The JCM had the facility of referring the issues on which the
Government could not agree upon to the Board of Arbitration. The decision/award of the Board was binding on all parties.
Still the Government had been rejecting the awards in favour of the
employees on the specious plea of adverse impact on national economy by
presenting resolutions in the Parliament. We need not emphasise the
unethical character of this approach which undermines the confidence of
the employees in the fairness of the system.
The 6th CPC recommendations and its
implementation had given rise to various anomalies. The employees
genuinely felt that the said anomalies would be removed through
discussions for which the Government had set up a committee. The
Committee despite meeting on four occasions had not been able to settle
the issues; nor could it be referred to the Arbitrator. No decision has
been taken by the Government so far as to the fate of these anomalies.
The Government set up the 7th CPC in
September last. Its notification was issued early this year. Despite
assurance being held out, the terms of reference was not subjected to
discussion with the staff side with the result the demand of the
employees to include the Gramin Dak Sewaks within the ambit of the
Commission was not acceded to. The 6th CPC recommendations were
implemented with effect from 1.1.2006. The revision of wages was due on
1.1.2011 having completed five years. Wage revision is permitted in the
Public Sector undertaking every five years. The value of wages fixed in
2006 has been eroded significantly during the period due to the high
rate of inflation and price rise.
The new contributory pension scheme was
introduced by the Government on the plea that the pension liability has
become unbearable and is a drag on the exchequer. In our Memorandum to
the then Prime Minister, we had raised several issues and had pointed
out that the financial outflow on account of the new scheme will be much
more than the existing defined benefit scheme. We had indicated in our
memorandum quite a number of aspects which would be detrimental to the
interest of workers. The Government has decide allow FDI in pension fund
operations. This will only result in the flow of Indian Savings for
investment outside the country.
We submit herewith the charter of
demands which requires settlement urgently. We have also appended a Note
on each of the issues included in the charter of demands, which is self
explanatory. We shall be grateful if these issues are caused to be
considered by the concerned departments of the Government of India and
brought before the negotiating forum for settlement.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
(Name of the Secretary……………………..)
(Name of the Secretary……………………..)
Name of the unit of the Federation/Association/Union.
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