Confederation Circular : Nationwide protest demonstrations against PFRDA Bill :

ORGANISE NATIONWIDE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE MOVE OF GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT PFRDA BILL

UPA GOVERNMENT GOES AHEAD WITH THE RETROGRADE PENSION REFORMS

UNDETERRED BY THE TEMPORARY DEFEAT ON ALLOWING FDI IN RETAIL TRADE, GOVERNMENT ENTERED INTO A PACT WITH MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY TO PUSH THROUGH PENSION PRIVATIZATION BILL

UPA GOVERNMENT LED BY CONGRESS AND MAIN OPPOSITION LED BY BJP JOIN HANDS TO PRIVATIZE PENSION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN THE NAME OF DECISIONS OF STANDING COMMITTEE OF FINANCE ACCEPTED FOR INCORPORATION IN THE PROPOSED PFRDA BILL BY GOVERNMENT

PFRDA BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN UP FOR ADOPTION ON 21^st DECEMBER IN PARLIAMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION PARTIES EXCLUGING LEFT PARTIES

LEFT PARTIES ALONE STAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

TO DEFEND OUR RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY

COMRADE BASUDEV ACHARYA M.P MOVES AN AMENDMENT FOR GUARENTEEING MINIMUM STATUTORY PENSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

STEERING COMMITTEE OF ORGANISATIONS AGAINST PFRDA CALLS UPON ALL CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO STAGE STRONG PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AT WORK SPOTS ON 22/12/2011

STEERING COMMITTEE DECIDEDS TO INTENSIFY THE STRUGGLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF PFRDA

  Dear Comrades,

                 The Steering Committee of Government Employees Organisations on PFRDA has given a clarion call to agitate nationwide by staging strong protest demonstrations at all work spots on 22^nd December, 2011 on the face of the decision of the Government to move the PFRDA Bill for adoption today in Parliament. The adoption of the bill is one of the most retrograde moves in the path of neo-liberalization surrender to international finance capital by the Government. The Social Security of all Government Employees is in peril. Let us agitatate strongly as per the call  of the Steering Committee communicated through the minutes of the meeting furnished below:

Minutes of the meeting of the Steering Committee of Government Employees Organisations on PFRDA Bill

held on 20^th December 2011 at AIRF Head Quarters

(4, State Entry Road, New Delhi)

                The steering Committee of Government Employees Organisations on PFRDA Bill met at AIRF Head Quarters ie 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi on 20^th December 2011. Following were present.

1.       Com Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary AIRF

2.       Com. Sukomal Sen, Sr Vice President, AISGEF

3.       Com C. Sreekumar, General Secretary, AIDEF

4.       Com. M. S. Raja, Secretary, Confederation of CG Employees & Workers

5.       Com. P. Abhimanyu, General Secretary, BSNLEU

6.       Com. OP Vasisht, AIDEF

7.       Com. Shyam Sundar, Secretary General, Bharat Central Pensioners' Confederation (BCPC)

Decisions:

1.       The PFRDA bill is expected to come up in the Lok Sabha on 21^st Dec.2011.  The Steering Committee calls upon to hold 2-hour demonstration in the work place on 22^nd December 2011 against passage of the bill and demanding its withdrawal.

2.       In case the bill does not come up in this session for some unforeseen circumstances (which has been extended upto 29^th December 2011), the Steering Committee shall write to all MPs on the need to withdraw the Bill. The field formations shall contact the MP of their station and submit the letter.

3.       Future agitational programmes shall be decided after the one day strike called by central trade unions on 28^th February 2012. The demand 'Assured Pension for all' formulated by Central TUs shall be modified by the constituents of Steering Committee to "Scrap PFRDA bill/NPS; ensure pension for all".

(SK Vyas)

Convener