GLORIOUS STRIKE BY CG EMPLOYEES - PRESS RELEASE
BY CONFEDERATION HQ.
P R
E S S S T A T E M E N T
Dated: 12th December, 2012
Nearly Ten lakhs Central
Government employees took part in the one day token strike today, the 12th
December, 2012 on the call of the Confederation of Central Government employees
and workers, paralyzing the governmental functions in various departments
throughout the country. The strike was
to protest against the continued efforts of the Government to enact the PFRDA
Bill, whereby the existing defined benefit pension of Government employees is
sought to be converted into a defined contributory pension scheme. Every reason, the Government advanced at the
time of the introduction of the new scheme is found to be incorrect and
misleading by the Experts Committee set up by the Government itself.
Besides, the employees
had been demanding wage revision by setting up the 7th Central Pay Commission,
filling up large number of vacant posts, regularization of the service of
Gramin Dak Sewaks/Casual/daily-rated workers, revival of the negotiating machinery
i.e. JCM, removal of restrictions on compassionate appointments, introduction
of Public Distribution system to arrest the ever increasing prices of essential
commodities, stoppage of outsourcing, contractorisation, privatization etc.
As per the report
received the strike was total in Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra
Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and beyond 80% in
Maharashtra, Karnataka, U.P. Bihar, and about 60% in other States. The Postal, Income tax, Groundwater Board
departments came to a grinding halt in all States, as the offices could not be
opened at all. In Income tax Department, the promotee officers also joined the
strike paving way of a complete closure.
Many establishments of Atomic Energy, Printing and Stationery, Defence
accounts, Medical Depots, Audit and Accounts Departments, Civil Accounts, CGHS,
Indian Bureau of Mines, Directorate of Marketing Inspection, Geological Survey
of India, Archaeological and Botanical Survey of India etc. remained closed.
The organizers of the
Strike have asserted that they will make the general strike of workers slated
for 20th and 21st February, 2013 a grand success by enlisting participation of
all sections of the Central Government employees.
The Confederation will
strive to organize an indefinite strike in pursuance of the 15 point charter of
demands in 2013 if no settlement is brought about by the Government by
then.
Sd/-
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
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