7th CPC – NO COMPROMISE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE
GET READY FOR STRIKE IF GOVERNMENT REJECTS DA
MERGER,
GDS INCLUSION & INTERIM RELIEF
Even though Government has
announced constitution of 7th 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 7th CPC, which includes (i) 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
7th CPC (5)
statutory pension for those entered into service on or after 01.01.2004 (6)
settlement of anomalies of 6th CPC (7)
cashless/hassle-free medicare facilities etc.
Government while announcing
the 7th 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 and NFPE 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 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.
It is in this back the
National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees &
Workers met at New Delhi on 28.11.2013 has decided 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.
NFPE call upon all the Postal, RMS and GDS employees to
implement the call of the Confederation at all levels and be prepared to go for
strike at any time, if situation warrants. We further make it clear that NFPE
and Confederation will not go for any compromise on the demands raised in the
proposal submitted by the JCM Staff side on terms of reference of 7th CPC.
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