CONFEDERATION DECIDES TO
GO FOR NATIONWIDE INDEFINITE STRIKE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2014.
Two
days mass Dharna of confederation leaders
In
front of Parliament
On
24th and 25th February, 2014.
To protest against the
total neglect and negative attitude of Central Government in the Budget towards
Central Government employees.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ON 4th APRIL, 2014 AT NAGPUR. NATIONWIDE
CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH TO MAY, 2014.
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Dear Comrade,
The National Secretariat met today. It reviewed the strike participation on the
basis of the reports received from the States and the affiliates. The meeting noted with appreciation the
efforts undertaken by the affiliates and the State leaders in making the stake
a grand success. On the basis of the
deliberations, the meeting adopted the enclosed resolution and took the
following decisions.
1. To organise 48 hour Dharna on 24th
and 25th Feb. 2014 at Delhi against the attitude of the finance Minister in not
conceding the demand for Interim relief and merger of DA etc. , while
presenting the Vote on Account. The National leaders along with the active
workers of Delhi will participate in the programme.
2. To organise a National Convention at Nagpur
on 4th April, 2014 from 11 AM to 5 PM to mobilise the employees for the task for accomplishment
detailed in the enclosed resolution, especially in the coming general election.
3. The State Committees will organise such
conventions in all State Capitals for the same purpose.
4. Campaign meetings will be organised in
front of all Central Government offices, where the District level and State
level leaders will detail the decisions taken by the National Secretariat.
5. The Confederation National Secretariat will
meet in May 2014 and decide upon the indefinite strike action in pursuance of the 15 point charter of demands to be organised
in June, 2014.
6. The Tamilnadu State Committee will be
requested to explore the possibilities of organising campaign against Shri P. Chidambaram,
Finance Minister in the Constituency from where he would seek election to the
Lok Sabha.
7. The State Committees will make arrangements for
translating the resolution in vernacular and circulate amongst the mass of the
employees.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
M. KRISHNAN.
Secretary General.
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DRAFT RESOLUTION
The National
Secretariat of the Confederation places on record its appreciation and
gratitude over the massive and magnificent participation of the largest number
of our members in the 48 hour strike on 12thand 13th Feb.
2014. It was a great manifestation of the confidence, the members
had reposed in the organization and their determination to win the
demands through struggles. The reports, the Confederation CHQ
received both from the affiliates and
the State Committees indicate the massive participation of the employees in
the strike action throughout the county. In some of the affiliates, the
participation had been cent percent. This must embolden the
Confederation to pursue the issue with determination and organize further action
programmes to ensure that the demands are got settled.
The Secretariat has noted that the
Government had pretended to ignore the massive action of the
employees. There had been no response from them so
far. In the wake of the strike action, it announced the
composition of the 7th CPC disregarding the united demand
raised by the Staff side of the JCM National Council for the inclusion of a
labour representative. The Government also chose not to convene the
meeting the staff side to discuss the draft terms of reference
submitted,. It did not make any announcement on the question of
merger of DA, Interim Relief, inclusion of GDS within the ambit of the
Commission and rejected the demand for making the recommendation of the
Commission effective from 1.1.2014.
On every issue, which is included in
the 15 point Charter of demands, the Govt. continued with its nugatory
attitude. In the last session of the
Parliament, they ensured that the PFRDA bill becomes an Act despite the
strongest objection and resistance of the employees by eliciting and receiving
the support and patronage of the dominant opposition party, the BJP. Even on comparatively smaller issues like
compassionate appointments, no positive response emerged. The period witnessed increased outsourcing of governmental
functions. Almost a third of
the workforce is presently casual and contract workers with abysmally poor
wages taking advantage of the acute unemployment situation in the
country. There had been no
settlement of any issue raised by the Staff Side in the National Council JCM. In fact no meeting of the council was convened and no
issue discussed or settled during this period.
The plight of the three lakh Gramin
Dak Sewaks of the Postal Department is highly deplorable. They constitute almost half of the Postal
workforce. But for them, the functioning of the Postal system will come to a
grinding halt. Their service conditions
are presently worse off than even a causal/daily rated worker. Despite the
Supreme Court’s decisions that they are holders of Civil Posts and consequently
are entitled to the benefits and privileges of a civil servant, there had been
no improvement in their service conditions worth mentioning. In spite of repeated presentation of their
case both inside and outside the Parliament by people from all walks of life
irrespective of party affiliation, the Government had been silent to the
pleading for bringing them within the ambit of the Pay Commissions. Confederation is duty bound and determined to
change the situation and to bring them within the purview of the 7th
CPC.
During its five year tenure, the UPA
II was in power, it intensified the neo-liberal reforms, phased out all welfare
measures introduced to benefit the poor by the previous Governments; accentuated
the unemployment situation by various job killing devices; divested the PSUs;
allowed unbridled entry of Foreign capital to subjugate the Indian people; ruined
the indigenous industry, destroyed the livelihood of the farmers and agricultural
labourers, allowed the prices of all essential food items to soar, privatised
education and health care services, ensured that each of its decision was to
favour the rich, granted huge tax concessions to the corporate, indulged in
large scale corruption, squandered away the national wealth, siphoned off the
poor man’s earning into the hands of a few rich in the country, sided with the
entrepreneurs in all labour disputes,
took each and every political decision to sub-serve the interest of the
imperialist powers, especially the USA.
The pursuance of the neo liberal policies at the behest of the advanced
capitalist countries drove the majority of Indian population to be below the poverty
levels. In the comity of nations, our country became the poorest and the last
ranking in all fields. Our youth were driven to be beggars at the doors of
transnational corporations and developed countries.
Those who were responsible in
driving our country men to unprecedented deprivation has to now seek mandate,
for their tenure is to end shortly. No
different is the approach of the major opposition party, BJP. There is nothing to chose from these two
political dispensations. They were hand
in glove together to demolish the sovereignty of the country; pauperisation of
the people and supported every legislation to intensify the neo liberal
exploitation of the common people. They
supported to the hilt the corporate houses.
But for the support extended by the BJP, the PFRDA would never have been
made into a law. The Act now provides
for the extension of the new contributory pension scheme to those who were
recruited prior to 1.1.2004 and the existing pensioners. Despite the refusal of the Government to
accept their suggestion to guarantee minimum pension, the BJP unashamedly
supported the Bill, for they were the proponents of the neo liberal economic
policies. They supported this Government
to increase the FDI and FII in all sectors of economy and announced that they
would intensify the reform process if elected to power. The conglomeration of Corporate in the
country has now appointed the leader of that party to be the next CEO to run
the country. They have no use for the
discredited UPA howsoever subservient it could be. They know in a democratic system demagogy can
play a vital role. They are certain that
BJP and its allies if elected to power will be much more pliant and compliant.
It is in this background that the
workers must assess the political situation.
In the forthcoming electoral battle, every worker must discharge their salutary responsibility. Since the
present state of affairs is the product of the neo liberal policies and since
both the UPA and the NDA are the proponents of those policies, he/she must have
clear vision and exercise the franchise effectively to ensure that a pro
worker, pro people combination of parties is in governance. He/she must discharge that responsibility for his/her own sake and for the sake of this great nation.
The Secretariat came to the
inescapable conclusion that the settlement of the demands in the charter will
only be possible through intensification of the struggles. It recognised the need for larger unity. It
will strive for bringing about such a united platform for joint action. The inevitability of an indefinite strike
action has to be emphasised. The
Confederation and its affiliates must prepare its members for such an eventual
and unavoidable action, if the proposed 7th CPC is to really revise
the wages. It is needed to ensure the
withdrawal of the pernicious contributory pension scheme. It only will ensure that there are no casual
or contract system of employment in Government service. The Government employees must be bestowed
with democratic rights and above all must enjoy the facility for collective bargaining
and right to strike. The
Gramin Dak Sewak system is a colonial legacy and no civilised country must endure
such brutal exploitation. All is
possible through united and sustained action.
The Confederation has proved beyond any iota of doubt that it has built
up an organisation capable of carrying out such an action. Such action must be planned to take place
after the electoral battle is over.
Every active worker of the Confederation must fan out and reach out the
rank and file of the workers. Since the
task is stupendous, the endeavour and effort must also be equally persisting.
The meeting of the National Secretariat
of the Confederation has decided to call upon all its affiliates, the State
Committees, District Committees and units to work in consonance with the
understanding depicted in this resolution; mobilise the rank and file for the
eventual indefinite strike action in June, 2014 and strive to bring about a
revolutionary change in the governance of our polity.
