2015
SEPTEMBER 2nd ONE DAY STRIKE
INDIA
WORKING CLASS UNITEDLY DEMANDS CHANGE OF POLICY
On 26th May, The day Modi Government at
the Centre completed one year in office, Workers National Assembly at the
Mavlankar Auditorium in the National Capital, New Delhi, in one voice condemned
BJP-led NDA Government’s anti worker, anti-peasants, anti-people and
pro-corporate, pro-MNC one year’s rule and declared country wide united
protests and resistance through General Strike on 2nd September
2015 against these policies and to pursue 12 points charter of demands.
The
unanimous declaration of the National Convention, organized by All the eleven
Central Trade Unions and National Federations of Employees of all sectors and
services condemned the Modi Government for bringing sweeping changes in the
Land Acquisition Act permitting forcible acquisition of land from the farmers
and drastically curbing farmer’s right to land and agricultural worker’s right
to livelihood, bringing sweeping changes in the labour laws in favour of the
employers, attack on the existing social securities like EPF, ESI benefits,
cutting budgetary allocations to scheme which benefit the poor like MNREGA,
dismantling of the Public Distribution System, disinvesting profit making
public sector undertakings, Not implementing tripartite decisions of the
successive Indian Labour Conferences (ILCs), Ignoring the 10 point demands
submitted earlier by the Central Trade Union pending since UPA Government etc.
The
Central Government Employees are the worst sufferers due to the policy
offensives of the Government. No DA Merger, No Interim Relief, No retrospective
date of effect to 7th CPC from 01.01.2014 as demanded by JCM
Staff Side, refusal to include Gramin Dak Sewaks under 7thCPC,
denial of revision of wages and regularization of casual labourers, non
implementation of Cadre Restructuring agreement signed by Postal department and
Postal federations, 5% condition on Compassionate appointment, non revision of
bonus ceiling, non implementation of arbitration awards, non convening of JCM
National Council are the one year balance sheet of the Modi Government in the
Central Government employees sector. Over and above this, policy offensives
like Task Force Committee Report on Postal Corporatisation, Bibek Debroy
Committee Report on Railway privatisation, corporatisation of the 41 Ordinance
factories in the defence sector, move to close down printing, stationery and
publication department and Medical store depots, non filling up of vacancies,
downsizing, outsourcing, contractrisation, privatisation, are also being
implemented in an aggressive manner.
The
atrocious attack on the working people of the country including Central
Government employees should be combated resolutely. The anti worker character
of the neo liberal policies and the capitalist class interest behind these
policies must be thoroughly exposed. It is to resist and repulse these attacks
on the working class that the united trade union movement gave a call for a
country wide general strike on 2nd September 2015.
From 1991 onwards, when the Congress
government started implementing these policies, Confederation of Central
Government Employees & Workers has been opposing it and had joined the main
stream of the working class in resisting the onslaught of imperialist
globalization policies. Confederation National Executive had decided to join
the one day strike on 2ndSeptember 2015.
This
strike must act as a strong warning to the BJP-led Government that the working
class of the country, which has a great history of struggles and sacrifices, is
not going to let these attacks pass. We call upon the entire Central Government
employees to join the strike en-masse and make it a grand success.
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