JCM (NC) Staff Side letter to Cabinet Secretary on the meagre
increase of 14% of the 7th CPC recommendation – Calls for negotiation
and if fails Indefinite Strike from March 2016
Confederation of Central Government Employees has represented that
7th CPC has recommended very less increase in pay compared to other CPCs
in the past. Confederation Looks for further negotiation during
February 2016 and if it fails it has planned for indefinite Strike from
March 2016.
NJCA
National Joint Council of Action
4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055
No.NJC/2015/7th CPC
December 10, 2015
To
Shri. Pradip Kumar Sinha
Cabinet Secretary
Government of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan Annexe
New Delhi-110001.
Sir,
Subject:- 7th CPC recommendations and Charter of Demands – Reg.
We send herewith our suggestions and demands on the recommendation
made by the 7th CPC. As indicated when the undersigned met you on 20th
November 2015 the central government employees are extremely agitated
over the totally retrograde recommendations of the Commission.
The meagre increase of 14% recommended by the 7th CPC is the lowest ever any pay Commission
has made. It was the similar recommendation, we would request you to
recall, made by the 2nd CPC that triggered a confrontation of an
unprecedented nature, leading to a strike action which lasted for five
days in the year 1960. In the background of the fact that the 5th and
6th CPC recommendations had resulted in the wage rise of 31% and 54%
respectively, the anger, anguish and frustration of the employees are
the natural outcome. Unless the minimum wage is re-determined with all
consequential benefits, the discontent will not be capable of being
addressed effectively.
It is, therefore, necessary that a meeting of the members of the
Standing Committee of JCM NC is convened under your chairmanship
immediately to discuss the issues we have incorporated in the enclosed charter. Settlement through bilateral negotiation has become the urgent need and requirement.
I have been directed by the meeting of the NJCA held on 8th December
2015 to convey to you the disappointment and resentment of the employees
over the recommendations of the 7th CPC. We expect a bilateral
negotiated settlement of the issues without delay from the Government.
We request you that a mutually agreeable settlement on the issues are
brought about latest by the first week of February 2016. I have been
asked by the meeting to inform you that the entire Central Govt
Employees under the auspices of
National JCA will be constrained to go indefinite strike in the first
week of March 2016 if the desired settlement through bilateral
discussions is not brought about by the first week of February 2016. To
facilitate an early resolution of the issues, we expect the government
to set up a Committee of Group of Ministers to negotiate with the NJCA
immediately.
We earnestly hope that the Government will effectively intervene and
bring about a satisfactory settlement much before the first week of
February 2016 and avoid an otherwise inevitable confrontation.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Convener