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NATIONAL WOMEN CONVENTION conducted by CONFEDERATION on 25th & 26th November in New Delhi

2nd  NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONVENTION

OF CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

2^nd National Women’s Convention of Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers was held from 25^th November, 2013 to 26^th November, 2013 at Multi purpose hall, Civic Centre, New Delhi.

Prof. Usta Patnaik 

Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated the Convention.

Com. Amarajit Kaur 

Secretary, AITUC delivered the key-note address.

The inaugural Session is presided by 

Com. Gita Ghosal, Chairperson of the Women’s Committee.  

Com. C. P. Shobhana, Convenor of Women’s Committee,

Com.S.K. Vyasji, Advisor, Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers,

Com. KKN Kutty, President of CCGEW 

Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, CCGEW were on the Dias.

The Convention commenced with progressive songs by West Bengal delegates.

Chairperson announced the constitution of the Credential Committee consisting of

Com. Seetha Lakshmi (NFPE),

Com. Manisha Mazumdar (Printing & Stationery)

Com. Jyothi Samal (Atomic Energy)

Com. Jaitha (Audit & Accounts), Com. Nirmala (ITEF)

and also the Minutes Committee consisting of

Com. Mausumi Majumdar (NFPE) and

Com. Laxmi Swaminathan (Civil Accounts).

Prof. Usta Patnaik, in her inaugural address provided a bird’s eye view of the economic model designed by the neo-liberal policies and the resultant misery heaped on the mass of Indian population. In her classic presentation she demolished the arguments of some economists, who glorified the benefits of neo-liberal policies, by quoting the statistics from the database of the National Sample Survey.  Undoubtedly top 25% of Indian population enjoyed the goodies as enjoyed by their counterparts in USA and Europe due to the EMI (equated monthly instalments). This is one of the rosy pictures the hegemonists of neo-economic policy present in support of this economic model. If income distribution is analyzed, it will be clear, that majority of the population is exploited for the benefit of the miniscule. The mass of the rural and urban population is pushed to malnutrition. The required calories per day in the rural areas and urban areas are 2200 and 2100 respectively. But the 90% of people living in urban areas are sustaining with below 1800 calories. Compared to the year 1983 the mass of the population is cutting down their food intake of their families and diverting their incomes to meet the raising cost of health, education and transport. This reflects the disgraceful state of affairs even after more than 60 years of Independence. The women employees working in garment factories in the Export Zones are being exploited to the hilt. The daily targets of work are high and hence, the women employees are forced to work for more than 10 hours per day to complete the targets. The toilet break is only for 10 minutes. Frequently drinking of water is not allowed so that no more toilet breaks.  No identity cards are given, so that no one establishes the permanency of the job. All these woes came out in a public hearing of women employees who work in garment export zones of Tamilnadu. Agrarian crisis is compounded since the implementation of these neo-liberal economic policies. Compared to the years 2004-05 the economic growth by the year 2009-10 collapsed. Unemployment is in raise. The FRBM Act (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act) introduced in the year 2003 at the behest of World Bank led to the cut in Governmental expenditure. It is estimated that every Rs.100 less spent by Government will result in Rs.500 less in the income of the people. That means the budgetary support will spurt the economic growth. This was killed by FRBM. Agrarian crisis worsened due to non-availability of easy credit for agriculture. Even the nationalized banks replicated the US model of easy credit to buy the consumer goods. Thus the consumer credit is pushed. It aggravated the crisis. All these policies directly or indirectly affected the common people of rural and urban areas including the women. Prof. Usta Patnaik called upon all the women employees to realize these aspects and fight to stop these policies.

With her fiery and powerful keynote address Com. Amarjit Kaur, Secretary, AITUC made a strong case for more and more participation of women employees in Trade Union activities. Taking the cue from Prof. Usta Patnaik speech, she reminded the participants of the Convention of their role as a privileged class in emancipation of the drudgery of large mass of women employees working in unorganized sectors. The women and children working in the slate-manufacturing units of Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are deprived of their basic necessities of life. The children are driven out of schools in search of daily lively hood for the family. The silicosis disease engulfed the prime age of the people of these regions. No health-care for them. No permanent employment for them. The plight of women workers in the Export Zones of Fisheries is horrible. Continuous and untimely work in the saline and cold seawaters has even disturbed the biological order. These contract workers have no rights and even attempt to unionize will not be spared. The women employees working in many such sectors have no maternity leave, not to think of Child Care leave. The crisis in agrarian sector pushed the life of rural population below animal state of living. The “gobar anaj” the grain collected from the dung of the animals for human consumption in areas like Bundhelkhand is the reflection of the shattered Indian economy under the neo-liberal policies of the Rulers. The entire Working Class, keeping the banner inhibitions aside, came together and is waging a battle to defeat these policies. The Women has inherited a rich tradition of fighting spirit from the First Independent battle fought by Rani Jhansi and from the Indian freedom movement. They should assert their role and fight not only for their rights but also fight for the under privileged.  Com. Amarjit Kaur exhorted the women employees to take this challenge. She advised the women employees to strengthen the unions and work in the unions. She suggested to organize the women employees by conducting exclusive trade union classes to equip them with  the knowledge of the various legislations enacted to safe guard the women employees.

Com. S.K. Vyasji, the Advisor of the CCGEW also opined that the women employees should have the knowledge of all the Acts to defend them selves against the harassment in work places. The grievance cell formation for  women in each establishment should be insisted. The unity among the employees is important to fight out the harassment of women employees. He wished the Convention a great success.

Com. KKN Kutty, President, CCGEW has extensively spoken on the charter of demands including the wage revision and merger of D.A. He delved on the situation after the announcement of constitution of 7^thCentral Pay Commission.  Com. KKN gave a Clarion call to all women employees to unite and participate in the future struggles under the banner of CCGEW to realize the Charter of Demands.

Com. Shobana, Convenor, Women’s Committee submitted her report. She told that the Confederation is a strong organization representing the 13 lakh Central Government employees. The restrictions imposed on the grant of CCL are removed to some extent because of the efforts CCGEW. Whatever achievement so far made is possible because of the united struggles waged under the banner of CCGEW. She narrated how the GDS, Casual and Contract workers in the Postal Department are discriminated. The decisions taken in the first Women’s Convention held at Kolkata have been implemented. She requested all the women employees to participate in large number in the ensuing March to Parliament at Delhi on 12-12-2013 and also in all the campaign and struggle programmes of  Confederation.

Com. K. P. Rajagopal, Secretary General, Income Tax Employees Federation,

Com. M.S.Raja, Secretary General, All India Audit & Accounts Association ,

Com. I.S.Dabas, Deputy Secretary General, NFPE,

Com. Brigu, Secretary General, Civil Accounts Employees Association,

greeted the Convention.

About 117 women delegates representing various Organisations from the nook and corner of the country participated in the Convention.

The remarkable feature of this 2^nd Convention as observed by Com. S.K.Vyasji, is that the women representatives have become more vocal and assertive. In the discussions more than 20 delegated participated and given their suggestions and brought the problems to the notice of the leadership. Removal of age restriction of the children under CCL, extension of CCL on remarriage, grant of CCL to look after the grand children, providing basic amenities at the work place, problems of casual, contract and out-sourced women employees, attacks on women employees in West Bengal, enhancement of minimum age of employment, inclusion of two women representatives from casual and contract workers in the mahila committee, posting women in day shifts, apart from the policy demands of reservation for women in all All India Committees, holding of periodical meetings of the Mahila Sub-Committee are some of the issues raised by the women delegates. Many Women delegates emphasized the need for strengthening the unions and need for inculcation of union spirit among the women employees.

Karnataka Women delegates led by Com. Chandramma Linga Raju, AIPAEA, honoured Com. S.K. Vyasji over a standing ovation given by the entire delegates and guests present in the Convention.

Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, CCGEW, summed up the entire proceedings and told that the aim of formation of Mahila sub committee is to encourage the more and more women employees to participate in the decision making process. The Chairperson and the Convener of the Mahila Sub-Committee are members of the National Executive of the Confederation and they are part of decision-making body. He assured that in the coming days more and more women members will be included in the Executive Committees of All India Organisations. He touched all the issues raised in the discussion by the delegates and assured that each and every problem and demand raised by the delegates will be discussed in the Confederation and a separate Women Charter of Demands will be prepared along with the Memorandum to be submitted to the Government and 7^th CPC. This Charter and Memorandum will be circulated and published on all the web sites of all organisations and will be given wide publicity and a feedback will be obtained before finalization. He thanked the Delhi CoC for the excellent arrangements made to conduct the Convention in a very good environment.

The new panel for the Mahila sub-Committee has been elected unanimously.

Com. Usha Bonepalli, ITEF, Andhra Pradesh has been elected Chairperson and

Com. Seetha Laksmi, NFPE, Karnataka, has been elected Convener.

The 2^nd National Convention of Women ended successfully with a resolve to work for the strengthening of the Confederation and mobilize the entirety of women employees in the future activities of the Confederation. The confidence and strong determination generated among the women comrades will go a long way for the success of all the future struggles.

  

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chairperson     :    Com. Usha Boneppalli (ITEF) Andhra Pradesh

Vice Chairperson :   Com. Manisha Mazumder (Printing & Stationery) West Bengal

Convenor                :  Com. R. Seethalakshmy (P4-NFPE) Karnataka

Asst. Convenors   :   Com. Jyoti Girish Samel (NFAEE Atomic Energy) Mumbai

                                       Com. Gita Bhattacharjee (P-3 NFPE) Delhi

Executive Committee: -

1.             Com. Rina Saha, P-3 NFPE (West Bengal)

2.             Com. Mausumi Mazumder, P-3 NFPE (Assam)

3.             Com. Anitha Thakur, P-4 NFPE (West Bengal)

4.             Com. Usha, P-4 NFPE (Kerala)

5.             Com. Swathi Roy Bera, R-3 NFPE (West Bengal)

6.             Com. Anu Dadiyal, R3 NFPE (Delhi)

7.             Com. Meera Vithal Kamble, R4 NFPE (Maharashtra)

8.             Com. D. K. Bharathi, Admn Union NFPE (Karnataka)

9.             Com. Chandramma Linga Raju, Postal Accts, AIPAE, NFPE (Karnataka)

10.           Com. Asha Ben Joshi, AIPEU GDS Union, NFPE (Gujarat)

11.           Com. Janaki, AIPEU GDS Union, NFPE (Kerala)

12.           Com. Reba Gupta, ITEF (West Bengal)

13.           Com. Beena Sharma, ITEF (Delhi)

14.           Com. Mandira Ganguly, ITEF (Karnataka)

15.           Com. Anju P. Nair, ITEF (Kerala)

16.           Com. Neelu Gautham, ITEF (Uttar Pradesh)

17.           Com. Jaitha, Audit & Accts Association (Kerala)

18.           Com. Vidya Sinha, Audit & Accts. Association (Karnataka)

19.           Com. Somas Das, Audit & Accts. Association (West Bengal)

20.           Com. Romila Xess, Audit & Accts. Association (Delhi)

21.           Com. Nina Kumari Kujur, Audit & Accts. Association (Odisha)

22.           Com. Kamalesh Kumari, Civil Accts Emplyoees Assn (Delhi)

23.           Com. Aparajitha Roy Choudhari, Civil Accts Emplyiees Assn (West Bengal)

24.           Com. Swathi Mangrulkar, Civil Accts Emplyiees Assn (Nagpur, Maharashtra)

25.           Com. N. Durga, Civil Accts Emplyiees Assn (Tamilnadu)

26.           Com. Beena Ravishankar Nair, NFAEE Atomic Energy (BARC, Mumbai)

27.           Com. Nilakshi Y. Gaikward, Civil Accts Emplyiees Assn (BARC, Mumbai)

28.       Com. T.Bhakiavady, Health Department (Confdn of Pondicherry State Govt Emp. Assn)

29.           Com. A. S. Baby, Sreechitra Medical Centre Staff Union, Trivandum, Kerala

30.           Com. Ambika Devadas, Employees Provident Fund Employees Union, (Kerala)

31.           Com. Subhadra V. K, Central Industrial Machinery Employees Assn. (Kerala)

32.           Com. Jyothi Naidu, IBM Employees Association (Nagpur, Maharashtra)

33.           Com. Pushpeshwari Devi, C-O-C, Andhra Pradesh

34.           Com. C. Lilly, C-O-C, Kerala

35.           Com. Rosamma Thomas, C-O-C, Kerala

36.           Com. Angle Satyanathan, C-O-C, Tamilnadu

37.           Com. Chanchal Kumar, C-O-C, Jammu & Kashmir

38.           Com. Manju Srivastava, C-O-C, Madhya Pradesh

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The AIPEU GDS (NFPE) CHQ conveys its hearty congratulations & greetings to all the Office bearers of Mahila SubCommittee & Members elected on behalf of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers.

Confederation Circular No.10 dated 29-11-2013

Dear Comrades,

The National Secretariat of CCGEW met on 28-11-2013 has taken some important decisions after reviewing the situation on 7th CPC, Terms of Reference proposed by the Staffside (JCM), political situation in the country and decided to prepare for strike after conducting a phased manner agitation programs.

Now the Confederation has taken a stand to include GDS in the purview of 7th CPC and to pressurize the Govt. to accept the Terms of Reference already proposed with the inclusion of GDS demand.

Our CHQ is requesting all GDS members, CHQ office bearers, Circle Secretaries, Divisional Secretaries to participate in all the programs, meetings, conventions, agitations to be conducted by the organizations of Confederation and ensure all the programs a very success.

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

      1^st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001

      Website: www.confederationhq.blogspot.com

CIRCULAR NO. 10                                                                                          DATED – 29.11.2013

GET READY FOR STRIKE

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT DECIDES TO ORGANIZE PHASED AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES CULMINATING IN STRIKE

NO COMPROMISE ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF 7^th CPC SUBMITTED BY THE STAFF SIDE

         The National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers met at New Delhi on 28.11.2013 and reviewed the situation arising out of the Government’s announcement of Seventh Central Pay Commission and the subsequent developments thereon.

    Even though Government has announced constitution of 7^th Central Pay Commission; the appointment is yet to take place. In the meanwhile one round of discussion was held with Secretary, DOP&T on terms of reference. Subsequently, the staff side, JCM National Council has submitted a unanimous proposal on the items to be included in the terms of reference of the 7^th CPC, which includes:

(1) date of effect as 01.01.2014

(2) merger of DA with pay

(3) grant of interim relief

(4) inclusion of GDS under the ambit of 7^th CPC

(5) statutory pension for those entered into service on or after 01.01.2004

(6) settlement of anomalies of 6^th CPC

(7) cashless/hassle-free medicare facilities etc.

           Government while announcing the 7^th CPC has made it clear that the date of effect will be 01.01.2016. Further nothing has been mentioned about DA merger and interim relief.

              Regarding GDS the declared stand of the Government is that GDS are not civil servants and in the past also every time when CPC is appointed, the Government refused to include them in the Pay commission. Last time also inspite of the strong protest and agitational programmes conducted by NFPE and Postal JCA, the Government has appointed a bureaucratic committee.

        Regarding statutory pension to those who entered into service on or after 01.01.2004, the Government’s stand is well known and it may refuse to include this item also in the terms of reference.

          This being the position, our past experience shows that unless and until the demands raised in the staff side proposal submitted to Government on terms of reference of the CPC is backed by serious agitational programmes, rallying the entire Central Government Employees and create compulsion on the Government to accept our justified stand, there is every possibility of Government rejecting the above proposal.

               Further all of us are aware that the political situation in the country is gradually getting in election mode. This is bringing forth before the working class movement a crucial task of front-loading our class issues in the ensuring political battle. We have to keep in mind that the corporate class and corporate controlled media has started making effort for relegating the working class issues and the economic policy related issues in particular to the background. It is our duty to bring the demands of the working class to the fore-front and conduct intensive campaign against those policies and also against those who are supporting the neo-liberal globalization policies.

             Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers being the part and parcel of the mainstream of the working class of our country has got an added responsibility to rally the entire Central Government Employees in the joint struggle against the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Government which shall ultimately lead to a change in the political equation ensuring implementation of pro-people, pro-worker alternative policy.

           Taking into consideration all the above facts and circumstances, the National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers met at New Delhi on 28.11.2013 took a unanimous decision to go for strike if the Government refuse to accept the staff side proposal on terms of reference. 

           Confederation further decided to organize series of phased programme of action and campaign from now onwards so that the employees will be ready to go for strike on short notice.

                 It is further decided that Confederation shall not go for any compromise on the demands raised in the proposal submitted by the JCM Staff side on terms of reference of 7^th CPC.

3.      The following are the important decision of the National Secretariat.

1.   The earlier decision to defer the strike ballot after the announcement of the 7^th CPC by the Government is ratified. Under the given circumstances the decision taken to defer the ballot was perfectly right.

2.    The modification made in the Confederation Charter of Demands regarding date of effect of the 7^th CPC (i.e. from 01.01.2011 to 01.01.2014) is approved as it was necessitated for arriving at unanimity among the staff side on term of reference which will strengthen further the unity of all Central Government organizations including Railways and Defense.

3.   Approved the modified Charter of Demands of the Confederation which includes the terms of reference submitted by the Staff side to the Government (copy enclosed Annexure – I)

4.   Decided to conduct the following phased programme of campaign and agitational programmes.

(a)   Convening the Managing bodies/Executive Committees of all affiliated organizations to discuss and ratify the Confederation decision to go for agitational programmes culminating in strike.

(b)   Sector-wise / organisation-wise intensive campaign among the employees by conducting squad work, General body meetings, conventions, postering and issuing printed pamphlets, lunch hour meetings etc, explaining the demands raised in the charter of demands and also the necessity to go for strike if our demands on terms of reference are not accepted. All India/State Leaders of the affiliated organizations shall under-take extensive tour as part of campaign programme.

(c)    The campaign tour programme finalized by the Secretariat meeting earlier is to be implemented. Where ever State level and C-O-C level conventions are yet to be held, it should be held before 20.12.2013. All State Committees and C-O-Cs are requested to organize conventions immediately. The name of the Confederation National leaders who are attending the conventions is given in the enclosed circular. Date of the Conventions may be fixed in consultation with the concerned comrade.

(d)   Decided to conduct nationwide day-long dharna programme at maximum centres, particularly at the state capitals on 2013 December 19^th (19.12.2013) with massive participation of employees. Effort is to be made for maximum media coverage of the programmes.

(e)   Decided to organize mass rallies at all State capitals (and if possible at District Capitals also) before 31.12.2013. National leaders of the Confederation and other trade Union leaders may be invited to address the rallies. All effort should be made to make the rally a grand success ensuring maximum participation of employees.

(f)     Decided to conduct press conferences at all State capitals (other centres also if possible) by the State committees/C-O-Cs to explain the justification of demands and also the proposed strike action.

(g)   Decided to organsie nationwide five days relay dharna at various centres of each city during the period from 30^th December 2013 to 3^rd January 2014 (30.12.2013 to 03.01.2014)

(h)   Mass dharna at New Delhi on 9^th January 2014 by All India Leaders of Confederation and leaders of all affiliated organizations and C-O-Cs and also maximum number of employees from Delhi and nearby states.

(i)     Extended National Executive meeting of Confederation will be held at New Delhi on 10.01.2014 (10^th January 2014) for declaration of the strike date and also the duration of the strike. All the National Secretariat members of the Confederation, All the C-O-C Representatives and all the Chief Executives of the affiliated organizations of Confederation shall attend the mass dharna on 9^th January and the Extended National Executive meeting on 10^th January 2014 WITHOUT FAIL. (Please book the up and down ticket immediately to ensure the participation on both days i.e. on 9^th & 10^th January 2014) If any organisation or C-O-C wants participation of more comrades in the extended National Executive as observers it will be allowed subject to a maximum of five) Participation in the Dharna is allowed without any limit.

5.           Decided to extend full support and solidarity to the proposed strike action of NFPE & FNPO on demands of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) and Casual, Part-time, Contingent employees. It is decided to request the Postal JCA to adjust the date of the strike so that it will be a strike of all Central Government Employees.

6.           Decided to file a case in the Kolkata High Court challenging the PFRDA Bill passed by the Parliament jointly with the All India State Government Employees Federation (AISGEF). The methodology for raising funds for meeting the expenses for the conducting of the case up to Supreme Court will be decided in the next meeting. C-O-C West Bengal is authorized to assist the National Secretariat in completing the formalities for filling the case in the Kolkata High Court in consultation with AISGEF.

7.               Decided to mobilize maximum employees for participating in the 12^th December Parliament March organized by the Central Trade Unions against the anti-people, anti-worker policies of the Central Government. C-O-C Delhi and C-O-Cs of nearby states and also all affiliated organizations are requested to ensure large scale participation of the employees in the 12^th December Parliament March. It is decided that each organisation shall conduct workers meeting at all important centres in Delhi and nearby states for mobilizing maximum employees to participate in the march.

8.   Decided to extend maximum support and solidarity to the 11^th December 2013 Parliament March organized by the AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) demanding settlement of GDS demands. Delhi C-O-C is requested to extent maximum support for the successful conduct of the GDS Parliament March.

9.   The National Secretariat placed on record its sincere thanks to all the state committees/C-O-Cs and also all the affiliated organisations for making the All India Trade Union Education Camp conducted at Mumbai on 14^th & 15^th November 2013 and also the All India Women’s Convention held at Delhi on 25^th & 26^th November 2013 a grand success, especially to the C-O-C Mumbai and C-O-C Delhi for providing all the infra-structural facilities in an excellent manner.

10.  Decided to appeal to all affiliated organisations to clear the quota dues towards Confederation CHQ before 31.12.2013.  Financial Secretary shall issue separate notices to each organisation indicating the total dues to be remitted.

11.  It is decided that Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General shall represent the Confederation as an official delegate in the International Congress of Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR) to be held at Perth, Australia from 2^nd to 6^th December 2013.

The National Secretariat meeting was presided over by Com. K. K. N. Kutty, the National President. Com. S. K. Vyasji, Advisor, was present and gave his valuable guidance for arriving at correct conclusion and decisions on each agenda items. Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, presented the organizational report.

Yours Comradely,

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

ANNEXURE – I

MODIFIED CHARTER OF DEMANDS OF CONFEDERATION

1.      Accept the terms of reference of 7^th CPC, submitted by the staff side, National Council JCM.

                    (a)      To examine the existing structure of pay, allowances and other benefits/facilities, retirement benefits like Pension, Gratuity, other terminal benefits of various categories of Central Government Employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) of Postal Department.

(b)      To work out the comprehensive revised pay packet for the categories of Central Government employees including GDS as on 1.1.2014.

(c)       The Commission shall determine the pay structure, benefits, facilities, retirement benefits etc. taking into account the need to provide minimum wage with reference to the recommendation of the 15th Indian Labour Conference (1957) and the subsequent judicial pronouncement of the honorable Supreme Court there-on, as on 1.1.2014.

(d)      To determine the Interim Relief needed to be sanctioned immediately to the Central Government employees including GDS.

(e)       To determine the percentage of Dearness allowance/Dearness Relief immediately to be merged with Pay and pension including GDS.

(f)        To settle the anomalies raised in various fora of JCM.                                                     

(g)      To work out the improvements needed to the existing  retirement benefits, like pension, death cum retirement gratuity, family  pension and other terminal or recurring  benefits maintaining parity amongst past, present and future pensioners and family pensioners including those who entered service on or after 1.1.2004.

(h)      To recommend methods for providing cashless/hassle-free Medicare facilities to the employees and Pensioners including Postal pensioners.

2.      Ensure every five year revision of wages of Central Government Employees in future.

3.      (a) Regularisation of Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Postal Department and grant of Civil     Servant status, statutory pension and all other benefits at par with regular employees.

(b) Regularisation and revision of wages of casual and contract workers.

4.      Compassionate appointment – removal of restrictions imposed by Government.

5.      JCM and Anomaly Committee Functioning.

6.      Fill up all vacant posts and creation of new posts wherever justified.

7.      Stop downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation and privatization of Government    functions.

8.      Stop the move to introduce performance related Pay (PRP) system, Extend PLB Bonus for all, removing bonus ceiling.

9.      Revise OTA and Night Duty Allowance rates and clothing rates.

10.    Implement arbitration awards.

11.    Five promotions to all.

12.    Rescind the PFRDA Act. Ensure statutory Pension for all.

13.    Stop price rise. Revive and extend public distribution system for all.

14.    Stop trade Union victimization.

15.    Ensure Right to strike.

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