50Th Anniversary Of 1968 September 19Th Strike

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50Th Anniversary Of 1968 September 19Th Strike

September 13, 2018   Comment  

The article published inwards Confederation website during final September 2017 is reproduced below.

50th ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 SEPTEMBER 19th STRIKE

M. KRISHNAN

Secretary General, 

Confederation of Central Govt. 

Employees & Workers

2018 September 19th is the 50th Anniversary of 1968 September 19th 1 solar daytime strike. All leaders in addition to workers who led in addition to participated inwards that historic strike induce got either retired from service or are no more.

The indefinite strike of Central Govt. Employees in1960 was the starting fourth dimension major strike of Central Govt. Employees after independence. The 5 days strike from 1960 July xi midnight was brutally suppressed past times the Central Government declaring it equally “Civil Rebellion”. The principal need of the strike was improvement in addition to modifications inwards the 2d CPC recommendations. The Need Based Minimum Wage, though adopted past times the 15th Indian Labour Conference inwards 1957 was rejected past times the 2d CPC.

The Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) was constituted inwards 1966 past times in addition to thence Home Minister Guljarilal Nanda, equally per the conclusion of the Government. The apprehension of the progressive leadership that this negotiating mechanism may non settle whatever major demands of the Central Govt. employees in addition to may learn simply a talking store or a fourth dimension killing business, ultimately resulting inwards abnormally delaying the genuine demands, came truthful inside a yr of its formation. In the real starting fourth dimension coming together of the National Council JCM, the next 3 demands were notified past times the staff side.

1.Grant of Need Based Minimum Wage equally approved past times the 1957 Tripartite Labour Conference.

2.Merger of DA amongst Pay.

3.Revision of DA formula

After prolonged give-and-take for close 1 in addition to a one-half year, disagreement was recorded. As per JCM Scheme 1 time disagreement is recorded, the item should live on referred to compulsory arbitration. But Govt. rejected the need for arbitration. Protesting against this arbitrary stand upward of the Govt. the staff side leadership walked out of the JCM in addition to decided to travel for 1 day’s strike. H5N1 Joint Action Committee was formed in addition to the appointment of the strike was decided equally 19th September 1968. Even though, the INTUC affiliated organizations were initially a business office of the strike decision, afterwards on they decided non to bring together the strike due to the intervention of the in addition to thence Congress Government headed past times Smt. Indira Gandhi. 

The next were the principal demands of the strike charter of demands.

1.Need Based Minimum Wage.

2.Full neutralization of ascension inwards prices.

3.Merger of DA amongst Basic Pay.

4.With drawl of proposal to retire employees amongst 50 years of historic catamenia or on completion of 25 years of service.

5.Vacate victimization in addition to reinstate victimized workers.

6.No retrenchment without equivalent choice jobs.

7.Abolition of Contract in addition to Casual Labour System.

Strike observe was served in addition to the Joint Action Council (JAC) decided to commence the strike at 0600 AM on 19th September 1968. Intensive drive was conducted throughout the country. AIRF, AIDEF in addition to Confederation was the major organizations inwards the JAC. Govt. invoked Essential Services Maintenance Ordinance (ESMO) to bargain amongst the strike. Govt. also issued detailed instructions to impose heavy penalization including suspension, dismissal, termination, Break-in-service etc. on the hitting employees. Para-military strength (CRPF) in addition to Police were deployed to bargain amongst the strike. Central Govt. gave orders to all province Governments to suppress the strike at whatever cost. It was a war-like situation. Arrest of Leaders started on 18th September itself. About 3000 employees in addition to leaders were arrested from Delhi alone. All over Republic of Republic of India close 12000 Central Government employees in addition to leaders were arrested in addition to jailed.

Inspite of all these savage repressive measures the strike commenced on 18th after noon itself at many places in addition to was a thundering success all over Republic of Republic of India in addition to inwards all departments including Railway, Defence, P&T etc. About 64000 employees were served amongst termination notices, thousands removed from service in addition to close 40000 employees suspended. Seventeen (17) hitting employees had been brutally killed at Pathankot, Bikaner, Delhi Indraprastha Bhawan in addition to at Upper Assam inwards lathi charge, firing past times police push clitoris in addition to military machine in addition to past times running the develop over the bodies of employees who picketed the trains.

Though the strike was only for 1 solar daytime on 19th September 1968, the victimization in addition to repression continued for days together. Struggle against victimization also continued including work-to-rule agitation, hunger fast of leaders from tenth Oct 1968. There was unprecedented back upward to the strike in addition to relief function in addition to also to agitation for reinstatement of the victimized workers, from National Trade Unions, province employees in addition to teachers Unions/Federations etc. H5N1 volume rally was organized earlier the residence of Prime Minister of Republic of Republic of India Smt. Indira Gandhi on 17th October, 1968. 

Kerala was ruled past times the Communist Govt. during the strike. Chief Minister Com. E. M. S. Namboodiripad declared Kerala Govt’s total back upward to the strike of Central Government employees. The Central Govt. threatened dismissal of the Kerala Govt. for defying the Centre’s directive to suppress the strike. There was heavy victimization inwards Kerala in addition to Com.N.P.Padmanabhan, State Convener of strike commission was dismissed from service in addition to taken dorsum into service only after 10 years inwards 1978 when the Janatha Govt came to ability at Centre.

1968 September 19th strike is written inwards crimson letters inwards the history of Indian Working Class. The need raised past times the Central Govt. employees - Need Based Minimum Wage - was the need of entire working people of India. Even today, the Central Govt. employees in addition to other subdivision of the working flat are on struggle path for realization of the Need Based Minimum Wage. The need of the Central Govt. employees to modify the recommendations of the seventh Central Pay Commission to ensure Need Based Minimum Wage is non however conceded past times the BJP-led NDA Government. Even the assurance given past times 3 Cabinet Ministers including Home Minister, Finance Minister in addition to Railway Minister regarding increase inwards Minimum Pay in addition to Fitment formula is non honoured past times the Govt. fifty-fifty after a lapse of 2 yr in addition to entire Central Government employees experience cheated. 

It is inwards this background, nosotros are commemorating the 1968 September 19th strike. Let us pledge that nosotros shall travel along our struggle for realization of the demands raised past times the martyrs of the 1968 strike. Let us pay respectful homage to those valiant fighters who sacrificed their life for the working flat of India. Let us salute in addition to accolade all those who participated inwards the historic strike, specially those who had been victimized severally for joining the strike. Let us organize diverse programmes throughout the solid soil at all levels, to commemorate the inspiring retention of 1968 September 19th strike.

Participate En Masse & Become Inward Successful - Fifth September, 2018 [March To Parliament]

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Participate En Masse & Become Inward Successful - Fifth September, 2018 [March To Parliament]

Agustus 12, 2018   Comment  

Participate En masse & Make it Successful - March to Parliament on fifth September 2018 (05/09/2018) to Scrap NPS, Increase Minimum Wages/Fitment formula together with to settle ten charter of Demands inside

ten Charter Demands are

Know important of the word:

En Masse : inwards a group; all together.
Synonyms: (all) together, every bit a group, inwards a body, every bit one, every bit a whole, inwards a mass, wholesale
e.g : Postal Employees participated en masse inwards All Bharat Strike

2018 November 15Th Boom - Memorandum To Survive Submitted To Governor, Main Minister, Mp, Leaders Of Political Parties, Merchandise Unions, Eminent Personalities Etc,.

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2018 November 15Th Boom - Memorandum To Survive Submitted To Governor, Main Minister, Mp, Leaders Of Political Parties, Merchandise Unions, Eminent Personalities Etc,.

Agustus 08, 2018   Comment  

Dear Comrades,

All the affiliated organizations in addition to C-o-Cs are requested to submit the next Memorandum to all concerned during the calendar month of August, 2018.

While taking the copy, inwards the starting fourth dimension para delete the designations shown inwards brackets which are non required.

M.Krishnan

Secretary General

Confederation

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CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS

MEMORANDUM

Memorandum submitted to ..................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... (Governor, Chief Minister, MP, Leaders of Political Parties, Trade Unions in addition to eminent personalities etc.) on the grievances of Central Government employees in addition to Pensioners.

No................................. Date.............................

Respected Sir/Madam,

We, on behalf of 32 lakhs Central Government employees in addition to 33 lakhs Pensioners, seek your benign intervention to settle the next genuine grievances pending redressal for the finally many years. We bring brought these issues to the uncovering of the Central Government several times in addition to also discussed inwards the negotiating forum which meets rarely. Inspite of our best efforts the issues could non live settled due to the unhelpful mental attitude of the Government. Having left alongside no other alternatives, nosotros bring been compelled to declare 1 twenty-four hr catamenia nationwide hit of Central Government employees on 15th Nov 2018. It is inwards this background, nosotros are approaching your goodself for your sort intervention, thus that the affair volition live brought to the uncovering of the Hon’ble Prime Minister for early on settlement.

1. Scrap Contributory Pension Scheme (Known equally New Pension Scheme - NPS) in addition to restore Defined Benefit Pension Scheme nether CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 to all Central Government Employees, joined inwards service on or after 01-01-2004.

Contributory Pension Scheme (called equally New Pension Scheme - NPS) was introduced through an executive social club alongside outcome from 01-01-2004 for all Central Government employees who joined service on or after 01-01-2004. Subsequently Pension Fund Regulatory in addition to Development Authority Act (PFRDA) was enacted to arrive statutory. As per the NPS 10% Pay addition DA volition live recovered from the employee each calendar month in addition to an equal total volition live contributed past times Government. The total goes to the Pension Fund in addition to from at that topographic point to percentage market. As per the PFRDA Act - “There shall non live whatsoever implicit or explicit assurance of produce goodness except marketplace based guarantee machinery to live purchased past times the subscribers”. Thus it tin live seen that the contribution inwards the Pension Fund is fully subject on the vagaries of percentage market. There is no guarantee whether pension volition live received at the historic catamenia of sixty years in addition to fifty-fifty if received what volition live the total of pension. Now, many employees who entered service on or after 01-01-2004 has started retiring from service after completing 12 to xiii years service. They have a megre total of 900 to 1700 equally monthly pension, whereas equally per the one-time pension system an employee alongside minimum 10 years service is eligible for 50% of finally pay drawn equally monthly pension, champaign of study to a minimum of Rs.9,000/- per month, that besides without giving whatsoever contribution to the pension fund. With meager total of Rs.900 to 1700 how a pensioner in addition to his menage unit of measurement tin survive?

It is this bitter reality that compels the employees to need scraping of NPS in addition to restoration of the one-time Pension Scheme for all those employees who entered service on or after 01-01-2004.

2. Honour assurance given past times Group of Ministers to the Leaders of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) of Central Government employees regarding increment inwards Minimum Pay in addition to Fitment formula for Pay revision from 01-01-2016.

Most of the recommendations of seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) are retrograde, peculiarly regarding Minimum Pay in addition to Fitment formula. The NJCA representing entire Central Govt. employees had given uncovering for indefinite hit from 11th July 2016 demanding modifications inwards the recommendations of seventh CPC.... To avert the inevitable hit action, a Group of Ministers consisting of Shri. Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Shri. Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister in addition to Shri. Suresh Prabhu, thus Railway Minister held intelligence alongside NJCA leaders on 30-06-2016 in addition to assured that the chief need of increment inwards Minimum Pay in addition to Fitment formula volition live considered favourably in addition to for that purpose a High Level Committee volition live constituted past times the Government which volition submit its study inside iv months time. This assurance was confirmed through a press disputation issued past times Finance Ministry on 06-07-2016. Even though 2 years are over since then, neither High Level Committee is constituted past times Government nor the assurance given past times Group of Ministers implemented. Entire employees in addition to pensioners experience allow downward in addition to betrayed. Now Government has made it clear inwards the Parliament that at present, no such proposal for increment inwards Minimum Pay in addition to Fitment formula is nether consideration of the Government.

3. Regularisation in addition to grant of Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Postal Department. Implement all positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee study without whatsoever modifications or dilution:

Consequent upon the engagement of seventh Central Pay Commission, the Government laid upward a split upward commission on 19-11-2015 for revision of payoff of 3 lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) of Postal Department. Even though the Committee submitted its study on 24-11-2016, the Government delayed its implementation for eighteen months. Aggrieved past times this, entire GDS employees went on xvi days indefinite hit in addition to finally Government approved the wage revision. Even though the revised pay scales recommended past times the Committee is approved alongside outcome from 01-07-2018, the formula for pay fixation in addition to calculation of arrears from 01-01-2016 to 30-06-2018, recommended past times the Committee is modified past times the Government to the detriment of the employees resulting inwards loss of huge total of arrears to each Gramin Dak Sevak. Further another recommendations of the Committee similar composite allowance, raising the maximum bound of ex-gratia gratuity to 5 lakhs, 3 fiscal upgradations, enhancement of paid move out from 20 to 30, Enhancement of monthly subscription in addition to insurance encompass of EDGIS, Enhancement of working hours equally per workload upto 8 hours, combined duty allowance, retirement on finally twenty-four hr catamenia of the calendar month on which GDS attains the retirement historic catamenia etc. are either modified/curtailed or rejected past times the Government. Recommendations similar grant of Children Education Allowance, Emergency leave, Accumulation of paid move out upto 180 days, Insurance Scheme, Limited transfer liability, Voluntary Discharge Scheme, lesser qualifying service for Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations (LDCE) etc. are nevertheless to live approved past times the Government. Our need for regularisation in addition to grant of pension equally per CCS (Pension) Rules 1972, Introduction of Medical Insurance Scheme, weightage increment for every 3 years service to seniors, etc. are non considered favourably past times the Government. In short, the mental attitude of the Government towards the genuine demands of the GDS employees is non at all positive in addition to Govt. desire to move along the inhuman exploitation of GDS.

(b) Regularisation of Casual, Part-time, Contingent in addition to Contract Workers who are engaged for years together to perform the piece of occupation which are permanent in addition to perennial inwards nature.

Thousands of Casual in addition to Contract workers are engaged inwards diverse Central Government departments against permanent Group-C vacant posts in addition to also to perform other piece of occupation which is permanent/perennial inwards nature similar sweeping etc. Consequent on introduction of ban on recruitment past times successive governments inwards power, their number increased phenomenally. Government is non ready to regularize them in addition to is non fifty-fifty ready to grant equal wage for equal piece of occupation reiterated inwards the latest Supreme Court Judgment.

4. Pension Parity recommended past times seventh Central Pay Commision (Option-I):

seventh Central Pay Commission, headed past times Justice (Rtd) Ashok Kumar Mathur in addition to consisting of experts from diverse fields, has recommended a novel formula called “Option-I” for fixation of pension of all pensioners retired prior to 01-01-2016 which ensure cent per centum parity inwards pension betwixt nowadays in addition to past times pensioners. But, the Government has unilaterally rejected the recommendation on the specious plea that it is non viable to implement. This has adversely affected the pensionary benefits of nearly 33 lakhs Central Govt. Civilian Pensioners. 

In improver to the inwards a higher house the next demands of the Central Govt. employees are also long pending.

5. Filling upward of all vacant posts. 

There are nearly half dozen lakhs vacant posts remaining unfilled inwards diverse Central Government departments.

6. Stop closure of Government establishments -

Government has issued orders for closure of 12 Govt. of Republic of Republic of India Printing Presses out of 17 Presses, inspite of the fact that the Parliamentary Standing Committee has opposed the proposal in addition to recommended twice for revival in addition to modernisation of all 17 printing presses.

7. Implement seventh CPC wage revision in addition to pension revision of all Autonomous trunk employees in addition to pensioners. 

There are nearly 600 Autonomous bodies nether the Central Government. seventh CPC wage revision in addition to pension revision is non nevertheless extended to 80% of the Autonomous trunk employees in addition to pensioners.

8. Remove 5% status imposed on compassionate appointments -

Govt. has restricted the compassionate appointments to 5% of the total Direct recruitment quota vacancies earmarked for each twelvemonth inwards each recruiting units of diverse departments. This has resulted inwards rejection of fifty-fifty genuine in addition to deserving cases of compassionate appointments. The dependents of thousands of employees who died spell inwards service are position to untold sufferings due to this inhuman conclusion of the Central Government

9. Stop laid on on merchandise matrimony rights in addition to ensure prompt performance of diverse negotiating forums nether the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) system at National in addition to Departmental flat -

Government has issued instructions banning all peaceful agitational programmes similar dharnas, demonstrations etc. Various negotiating forums nether the JCM Scheme are non convened regularly in addition to has move almost defunct or ineffective.

10. Grant of 5 promotions during the entire service career of each employee -

At nowadays almost all employees inwards the Group B in addition to Group-C cadres retire from service alongside maximum 3 promotions only. Our asking to ensure minimum 5 promotions inwards one’s career is non considered favourably past times Government.

The inwards a higher house are about of the chief issues agitating the minds of lakhs of key Govt. Employees in addition to pensioners for long. Once 1 time again asking your sort intervention.

With profound regards,

Yours faithfully,

Place: Name :

Date: Designation :

Union/Assn/Federation’s Name :

or advert of C-O-C :

To

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