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.
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