2ND SEPTEMBER 2016 — ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE:
The Joint platform of Central
Trade Unions (CTUs) of the Country along with Independent National
Federations of employees of different industries and services including
Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers, have decided to
organize All India General Strike on 2nd September 2016, against the
anti-people, anti-workers policies and authoritarian attitude of the NDA
Government. Intensive campaign and preparation to make the general
strike a resounding historical success is going on in full swing
throughout the country. The attitude of the NDA Government is profoundly
negative and hugely challenging to the working class including Central
Govt. employees. The issues in the Charter of demands submitted by the
Trade Unions to the Govt. relate to basic interest of the country’s
economy and also issues concerning the livelihood of the working people
of both organized and unorganized sectors.
Govt. has not taken any
meaningful step to curb price rise of essential commodities and to
generate employment except making tall baseless claims. Govt. is
mysteriously silent on the question of retrieving the black money
stashed abroad and recovering lakhs of crores of rupees of bad debts of
public sector banks. Whole range of social security measures are under
severe attacks including the pension of post — 2004 entrants in Central
Govt. Services. Govt. has launched atrocious attack of drastic cut in
interest on small savings deposits. Totally ignoring the united
opposition of the working class, the Govt. has been moving fast to
demolish existing labour laws thereby empowering the employers with
unfettered rights to “hire and fire” and stripping the workers and trade
union of all their rights and protection provided in laws. Along With
the peasantry and agri- labourers are also under severe attack. Attack
on public sector has been pushed to unprecedented height with Govt.
announcing mega strategic sale and also allowing unlimited FDI in
strategic sectors like Railways, Defence and financial Sector as
complimentary to the move of privatization and Public Private
partnership etc. The anti-worker and authoritarian attitude of the
Government is also nakedely reflected in their refusal to implement the
consensus recommendations of 43rd, 44th and 45th Indian Labour
Conference for formulations of minimum wages, equal wage and benefits of
regular workers to the Contract workers.
The neo-liberal economic
policies pursued by the Govt. has landed the entire national economy in
distress and decline affecting the working people the most.
Central Govt. Employees worst affected:
The policy offensives of the
Govt. like downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation, corporatization
and privatization has affected the Central Govt. departments and
employees in a worst manner. Ban on creation of new posts and
non-filling up of about six lakhs vacant posts had increased the work
load of the existing employees and adversely affected the efficiency of
the services. The New Pension Scheme (NPS) implemented with affect from
01.01.2004, is nothing but a “No Pension Scheme”, as it is fully
dependent on the vagaries of share market forces. The Govt. is not ready
to grant civil servant status to Gramin Dak Sevaks and to regularize
the services of causal, contingent and contract workers. The 5% ceiling
on compassionate appointment is not yet removed. The bonus ceiling
enhancement from Rs.3500/- to Rs. 7000/- is not made applicable to
Central Govt. Employees. Govt. is not ready to modify the 7th CPC
recommendations, which is worst ever made by any pay commissions. The
assurance given to the staff side regarding enhancement minimum pay and
fitment formula is yet to be implemented. All other retrograde
recommendations like reduction in the percentage of HRA, abolition of 52
allowances etc. are yet to be modified. Overall the attitude of the
Modi Govt. is totally negative towards the Central Govt. employees and
pensioners. The National Secretariat is of the firm opinion that unless
the policy of the Govt. is changed, more attacks are likely to come on
the Central Govt. employees and working class. To change the policy the
united struggle of entire working class is required. It is in this
background the Confederation of Central Govt. employees and workers has
decided to join the General Strike along with other sections of the
working class of our country.
Source : http://confederationhq.blogspot.in/
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