NC/JCM has demanded to convene a meeting of the National Council (JCM)
National Council (Staff Side)
Joint Consultative Machinery
For Central Government Employees
13-c, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi – 110 001
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary
No.NC/JCM/2014
Dated: December 16, 2014
The Cabinet Secretary,
(Government of India),
Cabinet Secretariat,
Rashtrapati Bhawan,
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Sub:
Functioning of Joint Consultative Machinery
Since assuming charge of Secretary(Staff Side), National
Council(JCM), I have repeatedly demanded to convene a meeting of the
National Council(JCM). It is, however, regretful to point out that,
despite all out efforts made by me and requesting you in person to hold
the meeting, no meeting of the NC/JCM has been convened till date.
It may be appreciated the Joint Consultative Machinery(JCM) at the
National level, conceived as an effective Negotiating Forum, has
virtually become defunct as no meeting of this forum has been held
during the last four years, with the result that, a number of major
grievances of the Central Government employees continue to remain
unresolved, because of which they are badly agitated.
The procrastinated discussions in the National Anomaly Committee did
not proceed to settle any tangible anomaly item. Even after reaching
agreement, the government has refused to issue orders on some issues.
This apart, the demands raised by the Staff Side for grant of Interim
Relief and Merger of DA with Pay have been refused by the government.
One of the vital segments of the Central Government Employees, i.e.
Grameen Dak Sewaks of the Postal Department, are kept outside the ambit
of the 7th CPC. Unilateral decisions were taken to induct FDI in the
Railways, Privatize the Railway and Defence Production Units; closure of
the Printing Presses, Publication and Stationery Departments;
contractorise the medical store functions; corporatize the Postal
Organization and outsource various governmental functions.
Under these circumstances, all the constituents of the National
Council(JCM)(Staff Side) had to hold a “National Convention” on 11th
December, 2014 in New Delhi, wherein after detailed deliberations and
taking stock of the situation, a detailed programme of struggle has been
chalked-out. In case there is no positive response from the Official
Side, it will ultimately lead to indefinite strike.
A copy of the Declaration of the above-mentioned Convention is enclosed herewith, which is self-explanatory.
We do fervently hope that negotiation is possible even at this late
stage and would therefore urge upon you to take concrete steps in that
direction. We also hope that you will be able to appreciate that any
decision of the government which affects the job security of the
employees adversely need to be discussed and agreement reached at the
JCM Forum.
I would, therefore, request you to personally intervene in the
matter, being the Chairman of the National Council(JCM), so as to avoid
serious unrest and disturbance to industrial peace in the Central
Government Services and hold discussions with the Staff Side, NC/JCM on
these vital issues at your earliest.
Sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Source:
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