CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THREATEN TO GO ON
STRIKE
Central
government employees and workers today threatened to observe a daylong strike
on December 12 if their charter of demands such as setting up of the seventh
pay commission is not addressed "expeditiously".
The
employees, who participated in 'March to Parliament' programme here under the
banner of confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers hoped the
Prime Minister, to whom a memorandum containing their charter of demands has
been submitted, would "consider and settle the issues within a reasonable
time frame".
The
demands include withdrawal of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority Bill, merger of DA with pay, stopping of privatisation and
downsizing, regularisation of casual workers and grant of five promotions in
the career as is given to the officers.
A
statement issued by the confederation said over 20,000 central government
employees participated in today's programme, addressed by CPI-M leader Basudeb
Acharya, CITU leader and MP Tapan Sen and leaders of AITUC, BMS and INTUC among others.
Source : Business Standard, July 27, 2012
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