Dear Comrades,
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.
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
Committee 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 man. 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 his 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 must have clear
vision and exercise the franchise effectively to ensure that a pro
worker, pro people combination of parties is in governance. He must
discharge that responsibility for his 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.