7th CPC – NO COMPROMISE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE
GET READY FOR STRIKE IF GOVERNMENT REJECTS DA MERGER,
GDS INCLUSION & INTERIM RELIEF
Eventhough 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.