AITUC backs central govt employees’ call for strike
Says, minimum wage fixed by the Commission and accepted by the govt is too low for Class III employees
All India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC) has extended support to the central government employees who
will go on strike from July 11 to protest against a ‘meagre’ pay hike
approved by the Union Cabinet.
“AITUC Secretariat in its
emergent meeting has supported the call given by National Joint Council
of Action of Central Government Employees Unions including Railways,
P&T and Defence etc. To go for indefinite strike from July 11, 2016,
against the unilateral announcement of the Central government on
implementation of recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission,” AITUC
Secretary D L Sachdev said in a statement.
AITUC stated that the minimum
wage fixed by the Commission and accepted by the government is too low
for Class III employees of the government.
It further said that setting up of a committee by the government for streamlining the new pension scheme is also an eyewash.
The committee should actually
review NPS by replacing it with the old pension scheme. It is for the
first time that pay hike is the lowest in the last 70 years. It is
unfortunate that the government did not discuss these recommendations
with NJCA and announced its decision unilaterally, it said.
“It is learnt that Group of
Ministers led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh had a discussion with NJCA
on June 30, 2016 night and proposed setting up of a minimum wage and
fitment committee but no notification to this effect has been issued
till now and the Central government employees are fully justified in
implementing call for strike,” it said.
The Central Trade Unions will be
meeting on July 7 to chalk out an action plan to express their
solidarity with the agitating government employees. AITUC has also given
a call for its affiliates to fully support the strike from July 11,
2016, it added.
Source : http://www.business-standard.com/
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