Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Circular No. 23

Dear Comrade,
Placed hereunder is the Circular No.23 of the Confederation. with greetings, Yours fraternally, KKN. Kutty

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL

GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS.

A-2/95,Manishinath Bhawan,

Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi-110 027

                   Website:www.confederationhq.blogspot.com.

              Email:Confederation06@Yahoo.co.in

             Tel: 011-2510 5324:  Mobile: 98110 48303

 

 

Conf/232010

Dated: 14th December,2010

Dear Comrade,

                We write this in continuation of our circular letter No. 22 dated.6th December, 2010 wherein we had conveyed the decisions taken at the National Council meeting held at Mumbai on 1st December, 2010. The Central Trade Unions had convened a meeting of all federations on 8th December, 2010 at NRMU office at New Delhi.  Since the undersigned had been out of Delhi, we could not participate in the said meeting.  The meeting had discussed of the need to make the Workers march to Parliament programme slated for 23rd Feb. 2011 a grand success by eliciting the participation of large number of employees and workers.  As you are aware we had discussed the issue in our last National Council meeting and had taken the decision to mobilise large number of Government employees in the march. 

                In order to ensure that the CGEs from various states do participate in this important event, it would be better that the State Committees take steps immediately in the matter.  In the annexure to this letter we have indicated minimum number of comrades, each State Committee to deploy in this programme. While it should be the endeavour of the neighbouring States to mobilise larger number of employees, the far off State Committees are requested to meet and identify the comrades and book their to and fro passage and indicate to the CHQ as to whether any arrangements must be made for their stay etc. At Delhi.   Unless the number is indicated it would be difficult to book accommodation for stay at Delhi.  The comrades who are deployed to participate in the programme from far off States are requested to please reach Delhi latest by 22nd night as the trains are likely to be delayed on 23rd Feb. 2011.  The neighbouring States may kindly arrange buses to carry the comrades to Delhi and back.  They are also requested to make these arrangements as early as possible and intimate us so that we can make arrangements for  parking of these vehicles as large number of vehicles are likely to be reaching Delhi on that day carrying comrades to participate in the programme.  As and when we receive any other details from the sponsoring committee of this programme we shall intimate the same to you.

                With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

 

K.K.N.Kutty

Secretary General

(Minimum Number of comrades to be deployed by each State.  The number is determined taking into account the distance and the number of employees working in each State. All State committees are requested to kindly ensure that the minimum indicated is adhered to.)

 

 

Kerala -30, Karnatakla-30,T,Nadu-50, A.P-50. West Bengal -60, Assam (including all NE States) -40, Orissa-20, Jharkhand-20, Chattisgarh-20,. Maharashtra-Mumbai -50, Vidharba -30, Gujarath-40, Bihar -50, J & K, 10

 

Delhi – 2000, Rajasthan(Jodhpur, Jaipur, Udaipur-100. Haryana(Rohtak, Ambala, Panipet, Kurukshetra)-100, Western UP-300. (Lucknow, Baireilly, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Ghaziabad etc. Eastern U.P. (Allahabad, Varanasi, Gorakhpur etc-150, Punjab (Jullunder, Amritsar,Ludhiana, Patiala,Chandigarh) -150) Himachal Pradesh –Simla and Solan-50, Madhya Pradesh (indore, Jabalpur,Bhopal and Gwalior)-75


Thursday, December 9, 2010

Circular. No.22

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS.

A-2/95,Manishinath Bhawan,Rajouri Garden, New Delhi-110 027

Website:www.confederationhq.blogspot.com. Email:Confederation06@Yahoo.co.in

Tel: 011-2510 5324: Mobile: 98110 48303


Conf/22 /2010

Dated: 6th December, 2010

Dear Comrade,

The National Council meeting of the Confederation was held at DGFASLI Central Labour Institute Chunabatti Road, Sion, Mumbai 400 022 on Ist December, 2010 as per the notice issued on 11th November, 2010. Detailed minutes of the meeting indicating the names of participants and the submissions made by the comrades who participated in the discussions will be issued separately later. We convey the decision taken on each item of agenda subjected to deliberation at the meeting.

The meeting was presided over by Com.S.K.Vyas, President, Confederation.

Com.K.K.N. Kutty, Secretary General informed the house before the agenda was taken up for discussion that the BSNL employees are on strike and the strike is slated to continue for three days against the attitude of the Government and its concerted efforts to make BSNLt a sick unit to pave way for the private telecom providers to push BSNL out of business so that they can amass profit at the cost of Indian people. He explained various steps taken by the Government in this regard and how the BSNL was not permitted to even purchase technology and material so that they would be able to compete effectively with other private players in the field. He also informed the house that the Government has again taken up the issue of disinvestment of 30% of BSNL shares. The house adopted a resolution expressing its solidarity with the striking workers of BSNL and the Secretary General was asked to convey the same to the leaders of the BSNL.Employees Union and place the same on Confederation website. ( Kindly see the resolution placed on the website)

The meeting approved the agenda for discussion and accepted the proposal of Com. President to club item No.1 and 7 together as also Item No. 2 and 6.

Item No. 1 and 5

The review discussion on the extent of participation of CGEs in the general strike of Working class on 7th September, 2010 was extensive and the comrades who took part in the discussion did give wide ranging details of the efforts, undertaken, the success and failure, strength and weakness. The consensus was that the participation despite the positive feature of the INTUC unions joining the strike could have been better. It noted that some of the State Committees and affiliates had not c concentrated on the campaign, to elicit the conscious and active participation of the grass root level members. The feeling of the employees especially in the Northern States that the issues specific to central government employees had not been addressed could not be effectively eradicated. Besides, the importance of the struggle against the present economic policies, its cataclysmic effect on the conditions of living of the working people, the impetus it provides to the organizational efficacy and capacity could not be effectively brought home in these States. Wherever such efforts had been undertaken the response has been, the meeting noted, very good. The meeting noted the efforts of the Chennai COC in reaching out to the members by organizing campaign meetings and distribution of pamphlets etc. in residential colonies. The vehicle Jathas and district conventions organized by the Kerala State Committee and its efforts in reaching out to the grass root level workers came in for appreciation. The West Bengal Comrades explained in detail of the steps taken by the State COC in calling the meeting of all Secretaries of the units of the affiliates, distribution of centrally prepared pamphlets, organizing gate meetings prior to the strike and deploying active workers on the day of strike in front of all offices etc. to make the strike participation total in the State.

The meeting noted that the large scale victimization in the offices of the Accountant General and in certain offices of the Postal Department had an adverse impact in mobilizing the employees especially in these organizations. In the light of the deliberations, the meeting decided:

    1. to formulate a charter of demands on CGE specific issues
    2. To continue the campaign to stress the necessity of the participation in the general trade union action against the neo liberal economic policies, which are the root causes in non settlement of the demands
    3. To take steps to revamp the functioning of the State Committees and for that objective in view convene (a) meeting of all State Committees to ensure that the annual conference and election of the State Committees are held within the specified time (b)to chalk out ways and means to help the State Committees to bring about regular democratic functioning and interaction with the affiliated unions (c) to ensure that the communication between the CHQ and State Units is strengthened (d) the circulars are translated into vernacular and distributed. The said meeting will be convened on 24th Feb. 2011 at New Delhi in which the Chq. Sectt. Members will take part.
    4. To have larger participation of CGEs in the 23rd Feb. March to Parliament by
      1. Requesting all State Committees to immediately organize state convention of all affiliated units and enlisting the comrades who are to be deployed for participating in the march to parliament on 23rd Feb. 2011.
      2. The CHQ in consultation with the State Committees will determine the number of participants from each State
      3. Larger mobilization will be ensured from the States of Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, U.P. H.P. and Madhya Pradesh.
      4. The CHQ will discuss with the States Committee of the above States of the finances required for arranging buses etc.

Agenda Item No. 2 and 6.

    1. The meeting noted that the real wages of Central Government employees have eroded significantly in as much as the inflation had raised the prices of essential commodities especially of food items beyond 175% whereas the DA compensation had been only to the extent of 45%. The way in which the Govt. had been dilly dallying the anomaly issues of the 6th CPC has indicated unambiguously that it will have the same fate of the 5th CPC anomalies. By January, 1st, 2011. the DA component in the emoluments of CGEs will cross over 50%. The JCM functioning both at the National and Departmental level has deteriorated and meetings have become extremely irregular whereas at the Departmental level it has become almost defunct. Many affiliates of the Confederation have complained of the non- functioning of the JCM forum for one reason or the other. The meeting also noted that there had been no recommendation of the 6th CPC on the periodicity of wage revision and in the case of PSU the Government had to concede their demand for wage agreements in every five year. In view of these factors, the meeting adopted a resolution to demand wage revision on the expiry of the five year period i.e. with effect from 1.1.2011. The meeting decided to undertake intensive campaign on this issue throughout the country.
    1. This apart the meeting also discussed various pressing issues of the Central Govt. employees and decided to take the important issues in the charter of demand and organize trade union action in pursuance thereon. The charter of demands adopted after discussion and the phased programme of action decided upon is annexed to this circular letter. The CHQ Sectt. will circulate a brief explanatory Note on each demand to indicate the issues covered.
    1. The meeting also discussed over the confusion created by the DOPT order on the composition of the JCM whereby almost all the employees in most of the Departments would be out of the ambit of the JCM. The meeting after detailed discussions on the pros and cons of the issue adopted a resolution to demand:

        That the Councils of the JCM at all levels should have the cadres and categories of employees who were participants in the Negotiating body at its inception through the Joint Intent irrespective of the change of classification and pay scales or pay bands brought about later. It was also decided that it should be brought to the notice of the Government that no unilateral decision in the matter by the DOPT can be taken as it would amount to violation of an agreement reached between the employees and the Government.

    1. The meeting also adopted a resolution to the effect that the various entitlement like LTC facilities and air travel concession to NE regions, Daily allowance, entitled for the Governmental Accommodation etc. must be passed on Pay in the Pay Band plus the Grade Pay of an employee and not on any other criterion like Grade Pay or classification of Posts etc.
    2. The meeting noted with dissatisfaction that the recognition of hospital under the CGHS for inpatient treatment of late has become a nagging problem with the Health Ministry changing the procedure every now and then and put the beneficiaries to extreme hardship in many cities. The Government's approach in the matter has, the meeting noted, only helped the Private entrepreneurs in the Health industry to amass wealth and the recognition on the basis of the lowest tender had been at a perilous cost of the CGHS beneficiaries. The meeting decided to place before the Government the following suggestion for the recognition of hospitals in each city.
      1. Identify the reputed hospitals in each city by a committee with the members of beneficiaries in each town/city covered by the CGHS Scheme
      2. The Health Ministry must negotiate with these hospitals the rate at which they will provide the treatment to the Government officials taking into accounts various facilities extended to these institutions by the Govt.
      3. If the reputed hospitals are run by charitable trusts enjoying the tax benefits, they should be asked to treat the CGEs on normal market rate as reduced by atleast 30%.
    3. To raise before the Government the anomaly that has arisen especially in the Postal Department on the introduction of MACP in replacement of the time bound promotion scheme and seek amendment to the existing clarification whereby the three proimotion scheme would not be less beneficial than the existing scheme of time bound promotion in any department.
    4. To bring to the notice of the Government the injustice meted out to the cadres of LDC and UDCs by the 6th CPC whereby they become entitled to even lesser pay than the erstwhile Group D employees. While the Notice Servers in the Incometax Department and the Postmen in Postal Department are given higher Pay and Grade Pay the LDCs are assigned with lesser Grade Pay even though the minimum educational qualification for recruitment in their case has been stipulated to be 10+2 whereas those are assigned with higher grade Pay has to have only Matriculation for the initial recruitment. It was decided that the Government must be asked to upgrade all existing Lower Division and Upper Division or equivalent cadres in all Government Department either as Executive Assistants with Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 as recommended by the 6th CPC or assign them with the Grade pay of atleast Rs. 2800/- if such whole scale up-gradation in any department is considered infeasible.
    5. To demand the setting up of anomaly committees in all Departments/Ministries and immediate convening of the Departmental Councils as per the directive of the Department of Personnel and Training. If for any reason the Anomaly committees are unable to be set up in any department/Ministry, the concerned Ministry/Department should be asked to set up the Anomaly committees with the nominated members of the Standing Committee of the National Council as has been done in the case of many Ministries to resolve the anomalies arising from the 5th CPC recommendations.

Agenda Item No.3. National Anomaly Committee issues.

Com. S.K. Vyas, President explained in detail the deliberation at the National Anomaly Committee meeting and the sub committee meeting in which the MACP items were separately discussed. The clarification sought by various members on these issues were provided. It was decided that in the case of MACP some more issues must be raised by the Confederation before the next anomaly committee meeting as was pointed out by Com. K.V. Sridharan, General Secretary, All India Postal Employees Union, Class III and many other. The meeting asked the Secretary General to finalize the issue in discussion with the comrades of NFPE.

Agenda Item No.4. Issues raised before the National Council JCM.

The Secretary General was asked to place on the website the issues already taken up by the Staff Side with the Government in brief and seek further items from all affiliates and COCs . This was agreed to.

Agenda Item No.7 Organisational review:

The meeting decided that:

      (i)the CHQ Sectt. should meet on 24th Feb. 2011 along with the Secretaries of all State Committees with a view that concrete steps are taken to ensure that the State Committees are constituted with the representatives of the Districts; the new office bearers are elected if the two year term has been expired and to ensure that the communication between the State Committees and the CHQ on the one hand and the State Committees and the District Committees on the other is properly established and the State Committees are helped to function as vehicles for implementation of the programmes chalked out by the Confederation in future.

      (ii)The National Women Convention will be held at Kolkata on 7th and 8th February, 2011 and the Affiliates and State Committees will be entitled to depute the following number of delegates to participate in the said convention.

      1. All India Audit and Accounts Association. 15
      2. Income tax Employees Federation 20
      3. National Federation of Postal Employees 30

      (f) Federation of Atomic Energy Employees 10

      (g) All India Civial Accounts Employees Assn. 10

      (h) Confederation of Pondichery State Employees 05

      (i) ISRO Employees Association 03

      (j) Ground Water Board 02

      (k) All other affiliates 02 each

      (l) All State Committees will nominate two delegates (selected from their specific affiliates – i.e. Other than the All India organizations which are affiliated with the Confederation at the National Level)

      The affiliated will report to the CHQ the names of the delegates who will be attending the convention by 10th January, 2011 latest. The affiliated will take care that they do no nominate any lady comrade from the State of West Bengal as the State Committee of West Bengal who has taken the responsibility of making arrangements for the convention would be nominating large number of lady comrades from that state to participate.

      (iii)The meeting also discussed the remittances of the subscription due to the CHQ by the affiliates and the State Committee. The representatives of the affiliates and the State Committee who participated in the discussions on the subject agreed to clear the dues by 31st March, 2011 latest. The Secretary General was asked to intimate the dues to each affiliate separately by letters.

(iv) The house on the basis of the discussion earlier held decided that the Confederation should ensure participation of sizeable number of Central Government employees in the ensuing programme of "March to Parliament" on 23rd February, 2011 for which the call has been given by the Central Trade Unions. The CHQ sectt. was urged that a campaign programme is chalked out by which a member of the Sectt. attends the State Conventions/meetings convened for this purpose and the Delhi State Committee and the neighbouing State Committee are specially mobilized for this purpose.

Agenda Item No. 8.

Com. President permitted only a few comrades to raise certain important issues under the agenda for paucity of time. The Secretary General, All India Canteen Employees Association raised the issue of the order of the Government in not filling up the vacancies in the Canteen as a permanent measure. Many comrades raised the issue of non representation of many affiliates in the meetings as also of the State Committees. It was suggested that after the proposed meeting of the State Committees on 24th Feb. 2011, the Sectt. must convene a meeting of the Chief Executives of all affiliates separately to revamp the organizational functioning of the Confederation.

Com. President in his concluding remarks appreciated the lively discussion in the meeting and thanked the Mumbai State Committee for the excellent arrangements made by them for the conduct of the meeting, on behalf of the CHQ Sectt as also on behalf of the affiliates and State Committees. The meeting was concluded at 9.00 PM.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.

Charter of demands:

    1. Stop price rise; strengthen the PDS.
  1. Stop downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation, coporatorisation and privatization of Governmental functions
    1. Fill up all vacant posts and create posts on functional requirements
    2. Revise wages of CGEs with effect from 1.1.2011 and every five years thereafter.
  1. Scrap the New Pension Scheme and extend the statutory defined benefited pension to all Central Govt. employees irrespective of the date of recruitment.
  1. Regularize the GDS, daily rated workers, contingent and casual workers by brining about a definite scheme of regularization.
  2. Remove restriction imposed on compassionate appointment ( end the discrimination on compassionate appointment between the Railway workers and other CGEs)
  3. Stop the move to introduce the productivity linked wage system; Performance related pay; introduce PLB to in all Departments; remove the ceiling of emoluments for bonus computation.
  4. Settle all items of anomalies (including the MACP related anomalies) raised in the National and Departmental Anomaly committees within a fixed time frame of two months; set up the anomaly committees in those Departments where it has not been set up till date with the Standing Committee members of the National Council; convene the meeting of the Departmental Council in all Ministries/Department once in three month as envisaged in the JCM Scheme
  5. Make the right to strike a legal right and stop curtailment of T.U. rights
  6. Implement all arbitration awards
  7. Raise the interest rate for GPF. Revise the OTA and Night duty allowance and stitching and clothing rates of uniforms
  8. Merge DA with Pay for all purposes including pension as and when the DA rates croses the 50% mark.
  9. Vacate all Trade Union victimizations.


Programme of Action:

    1. Submission of memorandum on the charter of demands with brief note to explain each item in the charter.
    2. Two months long campaign to educate and mobilize the members by organizing (a) State level conventions (b) district level conventions (c) Department level conventions (d) gate meetings in front of all offices
    3. Day long Dharna at a specified Central Location at the State and District Capitals and other important places
    4. To organize a March to the office of the Chairman of the State Welfare Co-ordination Committees and submit a memorandum for onward transmission to the Cabinet Secretary.
    5. To organize a March to Parliament by Central Government employees at Delhi
    6. To culminate in a one day strike

    (The CHQ in the next communication will indicate the date for each of the programme of action taking into account all factors)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Resolution adopted at the National Council meeting.

Placed hereunder is the resolution adopted by the National Council of Confederation.

Resolutiuon adopted by the National Council of the Confederation of Central Govt. employees and workers in its meeting held at Mumbai on Ist December, 2010.

RESOLUTION

The National Council Meeting of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers held at Mumbai on 1st December 2010 congratulates the BSNL employees who are on strike for 3 days from 1st December to 3rd December 2010 to object to the attitude of the Government of India towards the BSNL and its concerted efforts to make it a sick unit to pave way for the private telecom providers to amass the spoils and maximize their profit.

The Government has not allowed to either make investment for expansion of the services of the BSNL or allowed it to purchase technology or materials  to compete with other service providers in the market, with the result the profit of the public sector undertaking has been dwindling over the years.  The Government's present move to disinvest 30% of its shares and reduce the workforce through a V R Scheme is with an ulterior motive of winding up the BSNL ultimately.  The employees are therefore on struggle to save this Public Sector Enterprise and the strike is organized with a patriotic fervour to ensure the assets created with the public money is not transferred to private hands.  The saddest part of the whole episode is that the Telecom Ministry has been handled  for many years by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, which has  resulted in the biggest scam in the post independent era emanating from the telecom sector.

The National Council has called upon the Central Govt. employees throughout the country  to extend their wholehearted co-operation and solidarity to the striking BSNL Employees and appeal them  to popularize the issues raised by the striking workers  amongst the rank and file of the membership  of Central Govt. employees organizations and demand  the Govt. to desist from the move to disinvest BSNL shares and allow the BSNL management to immediately undertake steps to purchase the requisite material and technology to enable BSNL to widen its business.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                S.K. Vyas.

President.

Monday, November 22, 2010

               CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL  GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS.

                                MUMBAI

C/o. Audit & Accounts Assocn., Prathishta Bhavan, M.K. Road, Marine Line, Mumbai – 400 020

 

Website:www.confederationhq.blogspot.com.

Email:confederation06@Yahoo.co.in

                                                                                                        Mobile: 9969080996

 Dear Comrade,

                As you are aware that the Mumbai State Committee of the Confederation has been entrusted with the responsibility of hosting the National Council Meeting by the Secretariat. Accordingly we have made the following arrangement :

           Date of Meeting                     :          1st December 2010

 Venue                                      :        DGFASLI,
                                                            Ministry of Labour,
                                                            Central Labour Institute,
                                                            Sion Chunabhatti Road,
                                                            Sion, Mumbai – 400 022
                                                            (Near Sion Railway Station), Mumbai
 
Accommodation                     :           DGFSALI (At above address)
                                                               & Income Tax Guest House
                                                                Dindoshi, Film City Road,
                                                                Opp. Dindoshi Bus Depot,
                                                                Goregaon (E), Mumbai 

Our comrade volunteers will be at the Railway Station (Mumbai Central, Dadar and CST) to receive the delegates.   Kindly intimate us your journey plan so as to enable our comrades to receive you.

 Please also inform us whether you require accommodation for stay,etc.  We are available on the following mobile numbers.

            Com. R.P. Singh                                 - 09969080996
            Com. Ravindran B. Nair                  - 09869365564
            Com. Anil Salvi                                  -09223440013
            Com. Santosh Nair                            -09820847042
            Com. Siddharth Jadhav                   -09833811275
            Com. Suresh kumar                          -09869530519
            Com.Sunil Bangera                                 -09869424179

            With Warm Greetings,

                                                                                                                     sd/-
                                                                                                              (R.P. SINGH)
                                                                                                           General Secretary
                                                                                                       Mumbai State Committee

 

 

Monday, November 15, 2010

Reminder letter to all National Councilmembers.

 CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.

Chq: Manishinath Bhawan
A2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 100 027.
Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com.
E mail. Confederation06@yahoo.co.in.

                                                                                                            Dated: 13.11.2010

Dear Comrade,

            We have been receiving querites regarding the composition of the National Counil. Kindly note that the National Council consist of (a) Elected members of the Secretariat (CHQ), (b) Chief Executives of all Affiliated Organisations (including the General Secretaries of all affiliated Associations of NFPE, (c) Secretaries of the State Committees (State CoCs).

            All National Council members are requested to reach Mumbai on 30th November, 2010. Agenda is placed on the website and have also been sent by post.

            With greetings,


                                                                                                            Yours fraternally,
Sd

                                                                                                            K.K.N. Kutty

                                                                                                            Secretary General.

 

To,

All National Council Members

 

Saturday, November 13, 2010

National Women Convention

Placed hereunder is the letter from the CHQ

 

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.

Manishinath Bhawan

A/2/95 Rajouri Garden

New Delhi. 110 027.

Websirte. Confederationhq.blogspot.com

E mail. Confederation06@yahoo.co.in

Dated; 13TH November, 2010

 

Dear Comrade,

                This is in continuation to the notice for the National Council meeting, which has been placed on the website and post copy having been sent to all concerned.  We request the National Council members to make it convenient to attend the meeting on Ist December, 2010 at Mumbai. 

                Under the item organisational review, we would like to discuss the modalities of holding the first National Women's convention at Kolkata. The West Bengal State Committee has informed us that it would be possible for them to hold the Convention at Kolkata on 29 and 30th  Jan. 2011.  The affiliates will take this into account and indicate the number of delegates they would be able to deploy for the convention.  We shall take a final decision of the composition of the convention at the National Council meeting.

                With greetings,

Yours fraternally

Sd/-

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General


Thursday, November 11, 2010

Notice

 
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.
Chq: Manishinath Bhawan
A2/95 Rajouri Garden
New Delhi. 100 027.

Website:confederationhq.blogspot.com.
E mail.
Confederation06@yahoo.co.in.
Dated: 11th November, 2010

N O T I C E


Notice is hereby given for a meeting of the National Council of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers, on 1st December, 2010 at DGFAFLI, Ministry of Labour, Central Labour Institute, Chunabhatti Road, Sion, Mumbai – 400 022.  The meeting will commence at 10.00 a.m. and will continue till the agenda items are discussed and concluded.  The following is the agenda for discussion at the meeting. 

1.          Review of the 7th September Strike (The State Committee will place written report).

2.         Finalisation of Charter of Demands. (Members may send in item for inclusion in the Charter well before the National Council Meeting).

3.         Reporting on issues pending at the National Anomaly and MACP Committee meetings.

4.         Issues taken up before the National Council (Members may send fresh item with explanatory memorandum, the problem faced by various states in respect of CGHS facilities may be submitted separately).

5.         Steps to be taken to improve the participation of Central Government Employees in the common struggles of the working class.

6.         Finalisation of programmes of action.

7.         Organisational review (State Committees and applications for affiliations).

8.         Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.




K.K.N.Kutty
Secretary General.

To,

All National Council Members

Circular No. 21

Placed hereunder is the Circular No.21 of 10th November, 2010.
Circular No.21/2010                                                                                            10th November, 2010

Dear Comrade,

 

Please refer to our Circular letter no. 20/2010 dated 30th October 2010 wherein we had conveyed the decisions of the last Secretariate Meeting held at New Delhi.  As per the said decision we are to meeting in the National Council at Mumbai.  The Mumbai State Committee has informed us that they have made arrangements for the National Council at the following venue :

D G F A F L I

Ministry of Labour

Central Labour Institute

Chunabhatti Road, Sion,

Mumbai – 400 022

Near Sion Railway Station at Central Line

 

The meeting will be held on 1st December 2010 from 10.00 am.  As per the provisions of the Constitution the members who are entitled to attend the National Council Meeting are as under :

 

 (a)    Office bearers and National Executive Committee members;

(b)   The Chief Executives (General Secretary or Secretary General as the case may be) of all affiliated Associations/Unions (in the case of NFPE, the Chief executives of all its affiliates Unions/Associations. Viz Postal 3, Postal 4, RMS 3, RMS 4 and Postal Administrative and Accounts Associations/Unions)

The agenda for discussion in the meeting will be sent separately alongwith the Notice.  All National Council members are requested to kindly make it convenient to reach Mumbai on 30/11/2010 and shall be able to leave on 02/12/2010.  The members who need accommodation at Mumbai are requested to contact Com. R.P. Singh, Secretary, Mumbai State Committee at the following telephone numbers :

 

Mobile No. 09969080996  Tel (Office) : 022-24370448

 

The Mumbai State Committee will issue very shortly a detailed letter indicating the arrangements for stay, etc and other details.  Kindly ensure that the passage for onward and return journey is reserved immediately. 

 

With Greetings,

                                                                                        Yours fraternally,

  

                                                                                          (K.K.N.KUTTY)                                                                                                                                                                             Secretary General

 

 


Circular No. 21

Placed hereunder is the Circular No.21 of 10th November, 2010.
Circular No.21/2010                                                                                            10th November, 2010

Dear Comrade,

 

Please refer to our Circular letter no. 20/2010 dated 30th October 2010 wherein we had conveyed the decisions of the last Secretariate Meeting held at New Delhi.  As per the said decision we are to meeting in the National Council at Mumbai.  The Mumbai State Committee has informed us that they have made arrangements for the National Council at the following venue :

D G F A F L I

Ministry of Labour

Central Labour Institute

Chunabhatti Road, Sion,

Mumbai – 400 022

Near Sion Railway Station at Central Line

 

The meeting will be held on 1st December 2010 from 10.00 am.  As per the provisions of the Constitution the members who are entitled to attend the National Council Meeting are as under :

 

 (a)    Office bearers and National Executive Committee members;

(b)   The Chief Executives (General Secretary or Secretary General as the case may be) of all affiliated Associations/Unions (in the case of NFPE, the Chief executives of all its affiliates Unions/Associations. Viz Postal 3, Postal 4, RMS 3, RMS 4 and Postal Administrative and Accounts Associations/Unions)

The agenda for discussion in the meeting will be sent separately alongwith the Notice.  All National Council members are requested to kindly make it convenient to reach Mumbai on 30/11/2010 and shall be able to leave on 02/12/2010.  The members who need accommodation at Mumbai are requested to contact Com. R.P. Singh, Secretary, Mumbai State Committee at the following telephone numbers :

 

Mobile No. 09969080996  Tel (Office) : 022-24370448

 

The Mumbai State Committee will issue very shortly a detailed letter indicating the arrangements for stay, etc and other details.  Kindly ensure that the passage for onward and return journey is reserved immediately. 

 

With Greetings,

                                                                                                            Yours fraternally,

 

 

                                                                                                             (K.K.N. KUTTY)                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                            Secretary General

 

 

Saturday, October 30, 2010

circular No. 20

Placed hereunder is the Circular No. 20 of 30th October, 2010

Circular No 20/2010                                                                            Dated: 30th Oct. 2010

 

Dear Comrade,

 

            The National Secretariat of the Confederation met today as per the notice issued.  The following agenda items were discussed.  The decisions taken on each item are as under

 

Item No.1. Review of participation of CGE in 7th September, Strike.  Detailed reports on the participation of employees in the strike action were presented to the house by the representatives of various affiliates and State Committees of the Confederation.  Reports received at the CHQ were also gone through.  It was apparent from the reports that the participation in the strike action could have been much better had certain steps been taken at the appropriate time by the affiliates and the State Committees.  It was also noted that wherever the State Committees of the Confederation were in existence and had taken initiative to mobilise the employees, the strike had been very successful.  It was also evident from the discussion that wherever the affiliates had taken serious steps ,the strike participation had been very good.  The best performance was reported by the Income tax Employees Federation, All India RMS and MMS employees Union and the All India Groundwater Board Employees Association.  It was therefore decided that the State Committees must convene a meeting in which the leaders of all affiliates unions of that State (up to the Branch/Unit level)  and the strike participation discussed in the presence of the National leadership.  The Sectt.(CHQ) will indicate the schedule for such meetings. 

 

Item No.2 Finalisation of the dharna programme at different  State Capitals to protest

against the victimisations of employees of the IA & AD. Wherever it was not implemented.

At the instance of the Secretary General All India Audit and Accounts Association, it was decided to defer the implementation of this programme for some time.

 

Item No.3. Finalisation of charter of demands (common to CGEs) and progamme of actions thereon.

Various issues were discussed which have arisen from the very retrograde recommendations and objectionable implementation of them by the Government.  Though the issues have been taken up in the National Anomaly committee and at the National Counil, the meeting felt that no positive outcome should be expected thereof.  The house also felt that the large number of anomalies created by the 6th CPC can only be rectified by a total wage revision. Taking this view into account, it was proposed that we should demand a fresh revision of wage structure with effect from 1.1.2011 for the 6th CPC tenure would complete the 5 year period on that date.  Since the Government has conceded to effect wage revision in the case of PSU employees after every five years, the meeting felt that this demand is appropriate.  The meeting also noted that by 1.1.2011, the D.A component in the wages would exceed 50% .  The meeting therefore decided that a comprehensive  charter should be adopted at the next meeting of the National Council of the Confederation.

 

Item No. 4 and 5 were deferred for discussion at the National Council.(Subscription from  affiliates and adhoc bonus)

 

6. Affiliation application:  In the case of Bureau of Mines Safety, Dhanbad, the meeting asked the Sectt. to depute a representative to go to Dharnbad and hold discussions with all concerned and submit a report to the Sectt. for taking further decision in the matter  In respect of Survey of India, Com. President informed the house that he along  with  the Secretary General had been to Dehradun sometime back and it was decided that all organisations in the Survey of India including the newly formed Topographical employees association will form a Co-ordination Committee and the same will seek affiliation with the confederation. The meeting decided to request all organisations in the Survey of India to constitute the Co-ordination Committee.  The meeting decided to grant affiliation to the Association of Lakshadweep employees.   The meeting also decided to depute one of the Sectt. members to go over to A&N Islands with a view to revive the functioning of the State Committee of the Confederation.

 

Item No. 7. Venue and date of next Council meeting. It was decided to hold the National Council at Mumbai on Ist December, 2010 for which a separate notice is being issued.

 

Item No.8. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair. At the request of Com. P.V. Ramachandran, the house decided that the Confederation should demand that those cadres which were included in the JCM scheme at the inception (Since they were Group C employees then)should continue to be  the categories eligible to participate in the JCM irrespective of the new classification ordered by the Department of Personnel from time to time.

The house also decided to take up the matter of inclusion of all Audit employees including Railway Audit employees to be covered by the CGHS scheme as before. 

 

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

 

 

K.K.N. Kutty

Secretary General.