CONFEDERATION CALL - NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN AND AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES CULMINATING IN STRIKE

REF: CIRCULAR NO. 2/2016-19                                                                               DATED – 01.10.2016

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT DECIDED TO ORGANISE

NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN AND AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES CULMINATING IN STRIKE

·        AGAINST THE TOTALLY  NEGATIVE AND INDIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF THE NDA GOVT.

·        AGAINST NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASSURANCE GIVEN BY GROUP OF MINISTERS TO NJCA

·         DEMANDING IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF THE CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1^ST PHASE – 20^TH OCTOBER 2016 – THURSDAY

Demonstration at all centres/all office gates and forwarding of resolutions adopted on charter of demands to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India (2) Hon’ble Home Minister (3) Hon’ble Finance Minister and all Departmental heads.

2^ND PHASE – 7^TH NOVEMBER 2016 – MONDAY

Mass dharna at all state capitals/important centres.

3^RD PHASE – 15^TH DECEMBER 2016 – THURSDAY

Massive Parliament March of not less than 20000 Central Government employees.

4^TH PHASE – STRIKE JOINTLY WITH ALL LIKE MINDED ORGANISATIONS

Date will be decided in consultation with other organisations.

Dear Comrades,

The National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers met on 30.09.2016 at New Delhi, reviewed the progress made in settlement of the charter of demands submitted by the JCM (NC) staff side to the Central Government, with particular reference to the assurance given by the Group of Ministers regarding constitution of a High Level Committee for increasing the minimum wage and fitment formula. The National Secretariat viewed with grave concern the totally negative and indifferent attitude of the NDA Government towards the genuine demands of the Central Government employees and expressed its strong protest against non-implementation of the assurance given by the Cabinet Ministers to the NJCA till this date. As already resolved by the 25^th National Conference of the Confederation held at Chennai from 16^th to 18^th August 2016, the National Secretariat decided to organize independent campaign and agitational programmes culminating in strike action. The National Secretariat, at the same time, resolved to maintain unity under the banner of NJCA intact and also resolved that confederation while conducting its own independent campaign and agitational programmes, shall fully implement all the programmes of NJCA also at all levels.

Accordingly, the National Secretariat decided to organize the above mentioned phased programme of action during the months of October, November and December 2016. The National Secretariat further deiced that before finalizing the date of the strike action, the Confederation leadership shall contact all likeminded organisations and effort should be made to bring maximum unity of Central Government employees for the proposed strike action.

For the December 15^th Parliament March, National Secretariat fixed the following quota for ensuring participation of about not less than 20000 employees in the March.

1.    National Federation of Postal Employees (all affiliates)     -        10000

2.    Income Tax Employees Federation                                          -          2500

3.    Audit & Accounts Association                                                    -          1000

4.    Civil Accounts Employees Association                                     -            800

5.    National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees                -            300

6.    Ground Water Board Employees Association                         -            300

7.    Other Affiliates (Each)                                                                -             100

8.    COC West Bengal                                                                          -          1000

9.    COC Tamilnadu                                                                              -          1000

10. COC Kerala                                                                                     -            500

11. COC Uttar Pradesh                                                                       -          1000

12. COC Mumbai                                                                                  -            500

13. COC Nagpur                                                                                   -            300

14. COC Andhra/Telangana                                                             -          1000

15. COC Karnataka                                                                             -            500

16. All other COCs (Each)                                                                 -            300

17. COC Delhi                                                                                      -          3000                    

Major organisations shall arrange Accommodation for the participants from their organization. Regarding small organisations and COCs they should contact in advance the Confederation CHQ, in case accommodation is to be arranged.

Affiliated organisations and COCs should fix state-wise quota and affiliated organization-wise quota immediately and inform all affiliates/State units immediately to enable them to decide the participants

Travel tickets for the participants in the Parliament March should be booked immediately, as otherwise it will be difficult to get reservation.

Other details will be given in the next circular. Charter of demands approved by the National Secretariat is enclosed herewith.

MAKE THE PROGRAMMES GRAND SUCCESS

All affiliated organisations and COCs are requested to start preperations immediately for making the above mentioned three-phases of programmes a grand success.

Yours faithfully,

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.      Settle the demands raised by NJCA regarding modifications of 7^th CPC recommendations as submitted in the memorandum to Cabinet Secretary on 10^th December 2015. (See Annexure-I). Honour the assurance given by the Group of Ministers to NJCA on 30^th June 2016 and 6^th July 2016, especially increase in minimum wage and fitment factor. Grant revised HRA at the existing percentage itself i.e. 30%, 20% and 10%. Accept the proposal of the staff side regarding Transport Allowance. Settle all anomalies arising out of implementation of 7^th CPC recommendations, in a time bound manner.

2.      Implement option-I recommended by 7^th CPC and accepted by the Government regarding parity in pension of pre-2016 pensioners, without any further delay. Settle the pension related issues raised by NJCA against item 13 of its memorandum submitted to Cabinet Secretary on 10^th December 2015. (See Annexure-I).

3.      Scrap PFRDA Act and New Pension System (NPS) and grant pension and Family Pension to all Central Government employees recruited after 01.01.2004, under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.

4.      Treat Gramin Dak Sewaks of Postal department as Civil Servants, and extend all benefits like pay, pension, allowances etc. of departmental employees to GDS. Enhance bonus calculation ceiling of GDS also to 7000 from 01.04.2014.

5.      Regularise all casual, contract, part-time, contingent and Daily rated mazdoors and grant equal pay and other benefits. Revise the wages as per 7^th CPC minimum pay.

6.      No Downsizing, Privatisation, outsourcing and contractorisation of Government functions.

7.      Withdraw the arbitrary decision of the Government to enhance the bench mark for performance appraisal for promotion and financial upgradations under MACP from “GOOD” to VERY GOOD” and also decision to withhold annual increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the bench march either for MACP or for regular promotion within the first 20 years of service. Grant MACP pay fixation benefits on promotional hierarchy and not on pay-matrix hierarchy. Personnel promoted on the basis of examination should be treated as fresh entrants to the cadre for grant of MACP.

8.      Withdraw the draconian FR 56 (J) and Rule 48 of CCs (Pension) Rules 1972 which is being misused as a short cut as purity measure to punish and victimize the employees.

9.      Fill up all vacant posts including promotional posts in a time bound manner. Lift ban on creation of posts. Undertake cadre Review to access the requirement of employees and their cadre prospects. Modify recruitment rules of Group-‘C’ cadre and make recruitment on Reginal basis.

10.  Remove 5% ceiling on compassionate appointments and grant appointment in all deserving cases.

11.  Grant five promotions in the service carreer to all Central Govt. employees.

12.  Abolish and upgrade all Lower Division Clerks to Upper Division Clerks.

13.  Ensure parity in pay for all stenographers, Assistants, Ministerial Staff in subordinate offices and in all organized Accounts cadres with Central Secretariat staff by upgrading their pay scales. Grant pay scale of Drivers in Loksabha Secretariat to Drivers working in all other Central Government Departments.

14.  Reject the stipulation of 7^th CPC to reduce the salary to 80% for the second year of Child Care leave and retain the existing provision.

15.  Introduce Productivity Linked bonus in all department and continue the existing bi-lateral agreement on PLB wherever it exists.

16.  Ensure cashless medical treatment to all Central Government employees & Pensioners in all recognized Government and Private hospitals.

17.  Revision of Overtime Allowance (OTA) and Night Duty Allowance (NDA) w.e.f 01.01.2016 based on 7^th CPC pay scale.

18.  Revision of wages of Central Government employees in every five years.

19.  Revive JCM functioning at all levels. Grant recognition to the unions/Associations under CCS (RSA) Rules 1993 within a time frame to facilitate effective JCM functioning.