CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.
Chq:Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95
Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.110 027
E mail: confederation06@yahoo.co.in,
Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com.
Conf/
21 /2013 Dated: 10th January,
2013.
Dear
Comrades,
On the two days General Strike of the working
class - 20th and 21st February, 2013.
The National Secretariat met on
2.1.2012. The meeting reviewed the extent of participation in the strike action
of 12th December, 201 as also the efforts undertaken by the
affiliates/State Committees/National Sectt. Members and others for making it a
grand success. The meeting approved the conclusions, contained in and
conveyed by our Circular letter No.20/2012
dated 14th December, 2012 and the Pres Statement issued on the day of strike. It was however, saddening to note that some
of the State Committees and affiliates had not sent in the report requisitioned
in the format to enable the Sectt. To take concrete steps to remove any
deficiency noted during the campaign.
The meeting decided to convey our sincere thanks and felicitation to all
the leaders, rank and file of the membership in making the strike action the
best participated and for the intensive campaign unleashed in the process.
The meeting then discussed at length
the steps to be taken to make the two day general strike slated for 20th
and 21st Feb, 2013 a resounding success amongst the Central
Government employees. Many comrades
opined that the two day strike being a bold attempt, will face certain
difficulties and steps must be taken to overcome those with systematic and
sustained campaign programme. Since the
AIDEF has decided to join the two days strike action, it must further enthuse
our rank and file. The meeting also
noted that unlike 12th December, 2012, there would be general mobilization of the
working class throughout the country which must help out immensely in our
campaign. The meeting, therefore, decided
that the affiliates and Stat e Committees must embark upon an extensive
campaign programme reiterating the 15 point charter of demands on which we
already had organized a day’s strike along with the national issues, which are
being focused by the entire working class in the country. The meeting also noted that since the INTUC
and BMS have decided to join the strike
action, their affiliates amongst the
Central Government employees might participate in the strike giving impetus to
the action. The criticism normally
erupts whenever we go for industrial action might not be emerging this time.
While these are positive factors to make the strike successful, the 48 hour duration of the strike might instill a certain amount of reluctance on the part of
our members. This must be taken as a
challenge and the campaign must specifically address to erase this
reluctance.
As in the past, it has been decided
that the National leaders of the Confederation will visit the State Capitals
and certain other centres along with the NFPE leaders and organize meetings of
activists and members during the months of January and February, 2013. The State Committees are requested to utilize
the presence of these leaders and organize atleast (minimum) two meetings to be
addressed by them. A chart depicting the
names of the leaders and the Stations assigned to them is enclosed. The
State committees will decide upon the date/dates of the meeting and will
convey the same to the visiting comrades immediately This campaign must be completed by 5th
Feb. 2013 at the latest leaving the rest of the days in the month of Feb. for
the State leaders and leaders of the affiliates to concentrate on campaign
programmes in the Districts. The State
Committees may also get in touch with the other middle class organizations and
ensure whether any State/District conventions could be organized jointly. We must ensure that the extent of
participation of our comrades in the ensuing general strike on 20rth and 21st
Feb. surpasses the number of comrades participated in the one day strike on
12.12.2012
We must convey to our comrades
effectively during the campaign that so long as the present economic policies
remain the governing principle of governance there may not be any justice imparted
to the employees and meaningful negotiation will come about on the basis of
strength, unity and struggle only. We
must also convey to them that our next step would be to organize an indefinite
strike in association with all sections of the Central Government
employees. We may in this connection
refer to our letter our President has written to Com. Shivgopal Misra, General
Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (which is already placed on our
website). We expect a positive response from the AIRF in the near future. We must articulate our demand for the
abolition of the present Pay Band and Grade Pay System and bring back the pay
scale structure in the next wage revision.
The 7th CPC must not be allowed to water down the computation
of minimum wage. The Commission should
also have the requisite authority to go into various anomalies created by the 6th
CPC and address those in consultation with the Staff Side. Above all, this strike is emphatically to
bring back the defined benefit pension scheme in replacement of the contributory scheme
introduced with effect from 1.1.2004
Do everything needed to make the two
days strike action a grand success by the largest participation of our members
and with greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. Kuttry.
Secretary General.
P.S.
The Charter of Demands for the Two Days Strike contains two Parts. The First
Part viz., the Part-I contains common issues of Indian Working Class and the
Part-II contains the specific issues of Central Government Employees on which
we have conducted the recent token strike on 12.12.12. Both Part-I and Part-II
are reproduced below:
CHARTER OF DEMANDS FOR TWO DAYS
STRIKE
PART – I
1.
Take concrete measures to contain
Price rise.
2.
Take concrete measures for linkage of
employment protection with the concession / incentive package offered to the
entrepreneurs.
3.
Ensure strict enforcement of all
basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures
for violation of labour laws.
4.
Universal social security cover for
the unorganised sector workers without any restriction and creation of a
National Social Security Fund with adequate resources in line with the
recommendation of NCEUS and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour.
5.
Stoppage of disinvestment in Central
and State PSUs.
6.
No Contractorisation of work
permanent/perennial nature and payment of wages and benefits to the contract
workers at the same rate as available to the regular workers of the industry /
establishment.
7.
Amendment of Minimum Wages Act to
ensure universal coverage irrespective of the schedules and fixation of
statutory minimum wage at not less than Rs.10,000/-.
8.
Remove all ceilings on payment and
eligibility of Bonus, Provident Fund; Increase the quantum of gratuity.
9.
Assured statutory Pension for all.
10.
Ensure Compulsory registration of
trade unions within a period of 45 days
and immediate ratification of the ILO Conventions Nos.87 and 98.
PART – II
11.
Revise the wages of the Central
Government employees including Gramin Dak Sewaks with effect from 1.1.2011 and
every five years thereafter by setting up the 7th CPC.
12.
Merge DA with Pay for all purposes
with effect from 1.1.2011 including for Gramin Dak Sweaks.
13.
Remove restriction imposed on
compassionate appointments and the discrimination on such appointments between
the Railway workers and other Central Government Employees.
14 [a]. Departmentalise all Gramin Dak Sweaks and
grant them all benefits of regular employees; End Bonus discrimination and
enhance bonus ceiling to 3500/-; Withdraw open market recruitment in Postman /
MTS cadre; Revise cash handling norms; Grant full protection of TRCA; Grant
Time Bound Promotion and Medical Reimbursement facility etc.
[b] Regularize the
daily rated, contingent, casual workers and introduce a permanent scheme for
periodical regularization. Pending regularization, provide them with pro-rata
salary at 6th CPC rates.
15. (a) Revive the functioning of the JCM. Convene
the meeting of the Departmental Councils in all Ministries/Departments. Settle
the anomalies raised in the National Anomaly Committee as also in the
Departmental Anomaly Committees. Hold National Council meetings as specified in
the JCM constitution.
(b) Remove the anomalies in the MACP Scheme.
(c) Grant recognition to all Associations/Federations, which
have complied with the formalities and conditions stipulated in the CCS(RSA)
Rules.
16. Fill
up all vacant posts and creates posts n functional requirements.
17. Stop
downsizing outsourcing, contractorization, corporatization and privatization of
Government functions.
18. Stop
Price rise; Strengthen the PDS.
19 (a) Stop the proposal to introduce the
productivity linked wage system;
(b) Discard the performance related pay
structure;
(c) Introduce PLB in all Departments;
(d) Remove the ceiling on emoluments for bonus
computation.
20 Revise
the OTA, Night duty allowance and clothing rates.
21. Implement
all arbitration awards.
22. Make the
right to strike a legal and fundamental right of the Government employees on
par with the other section of the working class.
23. Grant Five
promotions to all employees as is provided for in the case of Group-A services.
24. (a)
Withdraw the PFRDA Bill.
(b) Rescind the decision
to allow FDI in pension sector;
(c) Scrap the new contributory pension scheme
(d) Extend the existing statutory defined pension scheme to all
Central Govt. employees irrespective of their date of entry in Government
service.
25. Vacate all
Trade Union victimization, and more specifically in the Indian Audit and
Accounts Department.
Tour programme:
Sl. No
|
Station
|
Name (s) of visiting Comrades
|
NFPE
|
1.
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
KKN Kutty
|
M.Krishnan
|
2.
|
Chennai/Pondicherry
|
KKN Kutty
K.Ragavendran
M.Doraipandian.
|
S.Ragupathy
|
3.
|
Bangalore
|
SK Vyas
|
K.V.Sridharan
|
4.
|
Hyderabad
|
M. S. Raja
|
R.Sivannarayana
|
5.
|
Mumbai
|
SK Vyas
|
D.K.Rahate
|
6.
|
Nagpur
|
K.P.Rajgopal
|
P.Suresh
|
7.
|
Ahmedabad
|
SK Vyas
|
R.N.Parashar
|
8.
|
Bhopal
|
KKN Kutty
|
R.N.Parashar
|
9.
|
Raipur
|
M. S. Raja
|
P.Suresh
|
10.
|
Jaipur
|
KKN Kutty
|
R.N.Parashar
|
11.
|
Lucknow
|
SK Vyas
|
Giriraj Singh
|
12.
|
Bhubaneswar
|
KKN Kutty
|
Pranab Bhattacharjee
|
13.
|
Kolkata
|
KKN Kutty
|
S.P.Mukherjee
|
14.
|
Guwahati/NE
|
MS Raja
|
S.K.Burdhan
|
15.
|
Chandigarh
|
SK Vyas
|
I.S.Dabas
|
16.
|
Delhi
|
MS Raja
|
All G S +
R. N.Parashar
|
17.
|
Ranchi
|
KP Rajgopal
|
I.S.Dabas
|
18.
|
Patna
|
Pijush Roy
|
Giriraj Singh
|
19.
|
Jullunder,amritsar,ludhiana,
rohtak,ambala
|
V Bhatttacharya
|
Giriraj Singh & I.S.Dabas
|
20.
|
Shillong
|
MS Raja
|
Pranab Bhattacharjee
|
21
|
Dehardun
|
SK Vyas
|
I.S.Dabas
|
22
|
Shimla
|
K.K.N.Kutty
|
R.N.Parashar
|
23
|
Pune
|
Ashok Salunkhe,
RP. Singh.
|
D.K.Rahate
|
Attention: STRIKE NOTICE FOR FEBRUARY
20-21 TWO DAYS STRIKE SHALL BE SERVED BY ALL ORGANISATIONS AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL AND ALSO AT ALL LEVELS TO THE RESPECTIVE HEAD OF THE OFFICE ON
22.01.2013. THE EXACT FORMAT OF THE STRIKE NOTICE WILL BE SHORTLY EXHIBITED IN
THE WEBSITE.
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