MOST IMPORTANT
URGENT
Circular Dated
16.02.2019
DECISIONS OF THE
NATIONAL SECRETARIAT MEETING OF CONFEDERATION
National Secretariat Meeting of
Confederation held at New Delhi on 15.02.2019, after detailed deliberations,
took the following important decisions. Com. K. K. N. Kutty, National
President, presided.
Confederation National Secretariat
Strongly Condemned the barbaric attack on Indian security forces by Pakistan
sponsored terrorists, killing 40 Jawans. Confederation conveys its deepest
Condolences to the bereaved family members of the Jawans who sacrificed their
life for the nation.
CONFEDERATION
DECLARES THREE PHASE CAMPAIGN AND STRUGGLE.
FOR WORKING CLASS,
ELECTIONS ARE ALSO PART OF STRUGGLE.
CHANGE IS
INEVITABLE.
The BJP-led NDA Government is going to
complete its five years tenure. General Elections to the Parliament is going to
be declared shortly. Based on our five years experience, Central Govt.
Employees and Pensioners and their families have to take a position and use our
right to vote to protect our interest and the interest of the Nation at large.
We should remember that “Ballots are more powerful than bullets” in a
democratic country.
As far as 32 lakhs Central Government
employees and 33 lakhs Central Govt. Civilian Pensioners are concerned this
five year period is the worst in the post-independence period. None of our demands
are favourably considered by the NDA Government, rather we have been betrayed
and our hopes ended is despair. The same is the case with three lakhs Gramin
Dak Sevaks of the Postal department and thousands of casual, contingent and
contract workers.
Even though the Group of Cabinet
Ministers headed by Shri Rajnath Singh, Home Minister and Shri Arun Jaitley,
Finance Minister had given categorical assurance on 30.06.2016 that Minimum Pay
and Fitment formula will be increased, in 2018 December, Govt. made it clear in
the Parliament that “no such proposal is under consideration of the Government,
at present”. Much publicity was given for the Constitution of “NPS Committee”,
but the demand to “Scrap NPS &; Restore OPS” is rejected and even the
demand for ensuring guaranteed Minimum Pension (i.e., 50% of the last pay drawn
or Rs.9000/- whichever is higher) was also turned down. Again, Govt. replied in
Parliament that the demand to scrap NPS & Restore OPS cannot be considered
favourably due to various reasons. NPS employees are retiring every month with
a megre amount of Rs.1000/- to 3000/- as annuity pension. Retirement of each
NPS employee is just like a death due to uncertainty about the future life of
NPS Pensioner and the family dependent on him/her.
HRA arrears from 01.01.2016 to
30.06.2017 was denied and each employee lost an average Rs. One Lakh. MACP
Bench mark, date of effect from 01.01.2006, promotional hierarchy, everything
fell on deaf ear. None of the anomalies of 7th CPC are settled.
Option-I parity recommended by 7th CPC to Pensioners is
mercilessly rejected. Revison of wages and pension of many Autonomous bodies
are still pending. Compassionate appointment has become a cruel joke, as
majority of the cases are rejected. Trade Union rights are under attack and
pro-BJP Unions are given undue favours. All negotiating forums including
National Council JCM are either defunct or ineffective.
More than six lakhs posts are lying
vacant due to undeclared ban on recruitment. Three lakhs low-paid Gramin Dak Sevaks
are cheated by denying arrears of pay for 30 months to be calculated
proportionately on the basis of pay scales recommended by the Kamalesh Chandra
Committee. Many positive recommendations are either rejected or diluted.
Thousands of Casual, part-time, contingent, daily rated mazdoors and contract
workers are denied equal wage for equal work. Regularisation of GDS and
Casual/Contract workers has become a mirage. None of the 10 points demands of
Confederation is settled including sectional demands of various cadres. None of
the demands raised by JCM National Council Staff Side and National Joint
Council of Action (NJCA) are also settled.
More and more attacks on existence of
Central Govt. departments and employees are made. Privatisation of various functions
of Railway department, outsourcing of more than 200 items in Defence sector,
fast move to corporatize Postal, Closure of 12 out of 17 Govt. of India
Printing Presses etc. are threatening the very existence of thousands of
employees.
In short, under the BJP led NDA
Government our wages and allowances are under attack, our job security and
existence is under attack, our social security and pension is under attack, and
our trade Union rights and facilities are under attack.Shall we vote for
continuation of aggressive implementation of this destructive policies. No, not
at all. It is in the above background Confederation National Secretariat has
decided to implement the following campaigns and agitational programmes.
I. I. CAMPAIGN FORTNIGHT FROM 2019 MARCH 15TH TO
30TH CULMINATING IN MASS RALLIES AT ALL STATE HEADQUARTERS AND
DISTRICT HEAD QUARTERS.
Intensive campaign among the employees,
pensioners and their families and also among the public should be conducted
during the fortnight. General body meetings, conventions, group meetings,
office to office campaign, seat to seat campaign etc. are to be organized by
each COC and each affiliated organization. As a culmination of the campaign
programmme mass rallies of employees and pensioners are to be organized in an
impressive manner at all state Head Quarters and District/Divisional Head
Quarters. Notices, leaflets, posters, boards etc. are to be printed and widely
circulated. Maximum publicity through print and electronic media and also
through websites and other social media is to be given. 10 point charter of
Confederation, of which the 1st and the most important demand
is “Scrap NPS & RESTORE OPS”, shall be the basis of the campaign and mass
rallies. Wherever Confederation units (COC) are not there, NFPE Divisional
Secretaries shall jointly take the responsibility to organize the above
programme and also below mentioned other programmes.
II. II. TWO PROGRAMMES EXCLUSIVELY ON NPS
(1)
Day Long Mass Dharna on 11th April
2019 (Thursday) at all Centres – state and District Head Quarters.
(2)
“Candle light protest” on 23rd April
2019 (Tuesday) at all Centres at state and District head Quarters.
In the Central
Government employees sector Confederation is the only organisation which has
been continuously organizing struggle programmes against NPS, including
strikes. It is decided to organize the above two programmes, exclusively on one
demand i.e., “Scrap NPS & Restore OPS”. These programme are to express our
protest and anger against the totally negative attitude of the NDA Government
and also to build pressure on other political parties to compel them give top
most priority to the above demand. In both the programmes, maximum
participation of employees and pensioners is to be ensured. Candle light
programme is to be arranged in such a manner, so that maximum public attention
and media attention will be received. In both the above programmes, like-minded
political Leaders, trade Union leaders, important personalities etc. may also
be invited to participate and address. Candle light
procession is not required. Maximum mobilization at a selected place is enough
on the evening of 23rd April 2019 (Tuesday).
III. III. NJCA PROGRAMMES
National Joint Council of Action (NJCA)
met after a long gap. Eventhough Confederation Leadership reiterated our
earlier stand i.e; revival of the deferred indefinite strike, the Railway
Leadership (AIRF & NFIR) are reluctant to give a call for strike, for their
own reasons. Finally it is decided to organize the following two programmes.
1. 13th March
2019 – NPS Dharna and Demonstration at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
A massive
demonstration – cum – dharna will be organized under the auspices of National
JCA to highlight and focus the demand for the withdrawal of New Pension Scheme
and restoration of old Pension Scheme for Central Govt. Employees. The National
JCA will simultaneously write to all Political parties to make their stand
clear on the issue of New Pension Scheme in their respective manifestos. The
National JCA will spearhead a campaign amongst the employees for acceptance of
the demand by the Political Parties. The dharna will be at Jantar Mantar, New
Delhi, and the same will be participated by the employees of Railways, Defence
and Confederation working in and around Delhi besides NJCA Leaders. On
the same day similar dharnas and demonstration will be held in front of the all
Central Govt. offices throughout the country. The employees will also be
requested to wear black badges projecting the demand for withdrawal of NPS.
Confederation
National Secretariat calls upon all COCs and affiliated organisations to mobilise
maximum number of Central Govt. employees from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,
Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar on
13.03.2019. Dharnas and demonstrations may be organized in all major
centres of other states, if possible jointly with Railways and Defence or
Confederation alone.
2. 28TH MARCH
2019 – FOR REVIVAL OF JCM FORUMS
A protest day long dharna will be
organised at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 28.03.2019, in which all National
Council Members will take part, to highlight the need to revive the JCM forums,
thus ensuring constant and continuous interaction between the Government and
the employees. It will also focus the intolerable attitude of the official side
even in issuing orders, where Supreme Court has given the verdict in favour of
the employees. The Cabinet Secretary will be informed of this decision well in
advance. A huge demonstration will also be organized on the same day in front
of dharna venue in which employees working in and around Delhi will participate.
National Secretariat of Confederation
calls upon the Delhi C-O-C and affiliated organisations to ensure maximum
participation of employees from Delhi in the above programme
on 28.03.2019.
IV.NCCPA PROGRAMME – PENSIONERS
DEMANDS – 15TH MARCH 2019 – NEW DELHI
National Coordination Committee of
Pensioners Associations (NCCPA) will be organizing a mass dharna at New Delhi
on 15.03.2019 demanding early settlement of Charter of demands submitted by
NCCPA to Govt. National Secretariat Members of Confederation, COC Delhi and all
affiliated organisations are requested to mobilise maximum employees from Delhi
to participate in the NCCPA dharna on 15.03.2019.
V. A resolution on
important demands of Central Govt. employees and Pensioners
is adopted in the National Secretariat
meeting which is to be circulated widely among the Central Govt. employees and
Pensioners during the campaign fortnight. Copy of the resolution will be
exhibited in the Confederation website shortly.
VI.INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY ON 8TH MARCH
2019
National Secretariat decided to
celebrate International Womens Day on 8th March 2019 in a
befitting manner alongwith likeminded organisations wherever possible or
separately by Confederation. Confederation Womens Sub Committee office bearers
Com. Usha Bonepalli (Chairperson) Com. R. Seethalakshmi (Convenor) Com. Gita
Bhattacharjee (Joint Convenor) had attended the National Secretariat meeting.
An article written by Com. Usha Bonepalli on the theme of the 2019 Women’s Day
and also about the importance of International Womens Day will be published
shortly in the Confederation website.
VII. NEXT NATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF CONFEDERATION
National Secretariat decided to conduct
the next National Conference of Confederation at Nagpur (Maharashtra). COC
Nagpur will convene their meeting immediately and fix the dates and venue of
the Conference. A preparatory committee will also be formed at Nagpur shortly
to commence the preliminary work in connection with the National Conference.
VIII. ALL INDIA TRADE UNION
CAMP
All India Trade Union Camp, as already
decided in the last National Secretariat meeting will be organized after
General Elections.
IX. FINANCIAL REVIEW
National Secretariat decided to request
all affiliated organisations and COCs to remit their quota arrears before
15.03.2019. Details of quota and arrears is already sent to all by Financial
Secretary Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee. As the Financial
position of Confederation CHQ is precarious, all affiliates and COCs are once
again requested to remit the quota and arrears before 15.03.2019.
Fraternally yours,
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob & WhatsApp: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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