MAY DAY MANIFESTO
The voice, which was strangulated and silenced long
long ago in the distant city of Chicago, is now echoing in the hearts and
throats of millions of workers and common people across the continents,
manifesting the burning desire to fight for the rights. The struggle for
‘working hours’, which shook the world, transcended and transformed into a
symbol of struggle for establishment of egalitarian society and fighting spirit
of working class across the nations. May Day beckons us to get inspired and
imbibe that spirit of struggle and sacrifice!
The natural resources, the collective property of
mankind, are being swallowed by the capitalists with the aid and abetment of
Ruling Class in the guise of Globalization and Economic development. They have
engulfed the permanent jobs and are extracting the work from the manual labour
in the name of Contractorisation and casualization at dead cheap rates. The
sweat of farmers and workers has no value in the eyes of these exploiters. The
Gobble’s campaign that there is no substitute for Capitalism has had its great
ill effect on the workers and employees! Parallel campaign that the
Socialism has failed and that it is not visible even in the distant vicinity is
being thrust into the psyche of the general public.
We have to recapitulate the famous verses of Sri
Sri, the great telgu poet of this century, which are to be engraved in ebony
permanently. “The Kingdoms built on earth, the artificial Statutes
enacted by the Monarchs and by the egoistic, have crumbled like a palace of
playing cards, with the tsunami of forces of working class, far and
near” This reminds every one that any system which is inimical and
exploitative is bound to crash and collapse.
The motive and end of Capital is to earn profit. The
capitalism will never hesitate to denude the Mother Earth and green nature for
the sake of profit. The un-quenching greed of capitalists for profit has become
hazardous to the environment resulting in the pollution of air and water
bodies. The global –warming is causing disorders in environment and, in
effect, posing danger to the very existence of mankind. The changes in the
environment due to pollution are pushing the agriculture and the farmers into
catastrophe.
The accumulation of wealth in a few hands, the
growth of corporate sector and the fall in the purchasing capacity of the
workers and employees are the indication of the growing unrest and degradation
of the society. Education and medical facilities are unreachable to the common
man. A place to dwell in is still a distant dream to so many employees and
workers.
At this juncture, the Central
Government employees should discharge their duty with full awareness and
understanding. To regain the lost pension right, to retain the health
facilities, to ensure the periodical wage revision for every five years, to get
the DA merger, to achieve status to the Grameen Dak Sevaks, etc., the Central
Government employees have no other alternative but to tread the path of
struggle in the coming days on the face of adversarial political and economic
policies.
Oppose the neo-liberal economic policies, which
intend to privatize every Sector and mortgage the future of employees and
common people to the Capitalists. As enlightened sections of the society we
have to pin down and expose the deceit perpetrated on the people and Working
Class in the name of Globalization and Development. With all the unity,
awareness and conscientiousness, we the Central Government employees, should
resist and stop these anti-employee and anti-people policies. Let’s take pledge
on this May Day to strive hard for Better life and brighter tomorrow for
all and to demand our rightful share as a stakeholder in the process of
development, defeating the nefarious designs of the protagonists of neo-liberal
economic policies.
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