2015 SEPTEMBER 2nd ALL INDIA STRIKE – CHARTER OF DEMANDS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

CHARTER OF DEMANDS.

Item No. 10 Remove arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointment.

On the plea of a Supreme Court directive, Govt. introduced a 5% ceiling on the
compassionate appointments. When the matter was taken up by the Staff Side in
the National Council the Government was unable to produce any such direction of
the Supreme Court. Despite that, the official side refused to withdraw the said
instructions limiting the appointments to 5% of the available vacancies. In one
of the National Council meetings, presided over by the Cabinet Secretary solemn
assurance was given to the Staff Side that the issue will be revisited in the
light of the discussion, but nothing happened thereafter. It is pertinent to
mention in this connection that the compassionate appointments in the Railways
continue to be operated without any such ceiling. In the Department of Posts
hundreds of candidates selected by Selection Committee were denied jobs. The
list of selected candidates was scrapped. These candidates approached the Court
and obtained a favourable order. But the Court directive was made applicable to
only those who approached the Court. The standing Committee on Department of
Personnel in one of their report has termed the scheme of Compassionate ground
appointments as a sacred assurance to a fresh entrant that if he dies in
harness, his family shall not be left in lurch. Such an assurance is being
breached by the provisions of limiting such appointments to 5% of vacancies.
This condition, therefore, must be done away with.

ALL ITEMS OF CHARTER OF DEMANDS.

1. Urgent measures for containing price-rise through universalisation of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market [view].

2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation. (iii) No ban on creation of new posts. Fill up all vacant posts [view]

3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measure for violation for labour laws. Against Labour Law Amendments [click to view]

(viii) No labour reforms which are inimical to the interest of the workers.

4. Universal social security cover for all workers

(v) Scrap PFRDA Act an re-introduce the defined benefit statutory pension scheme. (6)Assured enhanced pension not less than Rs. 3000/- P.M. for the entire working population.

5. Fix minium wage with provisions of indexation.

(i) Effect wage revision of the Central Government Employees from 01.01.2014 accepting memorandum of the staff side JCM; ensure 5-year wage revision in future; grant interim relief and merger of 100% of DA; Include Gramin Dak Sevaks within the ambit of 7th CPC. Settle all anomalies of 6th CPC.

6. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/State PSUs. . Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as regular workers for same and similar work.

(v) No outsourcing, contractorisation, privatization of governmental functions; withdraw the proposed move to close down the printing presses, the publications, form stores and stationery departments and medical stores Depots; regularize the existing daily-rated/casual and contract workers and absorption of trained apprentices.

7. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund; increase the quantum of gratuity.

(ix) Remove the ceiling on payment on bonus

8. Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting applications; and immediate ratification of ILO Convention C 87 and C 98.

(vi) Revive the JCM functioning at all level as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of the demands of the Central Government Employees.

9. Against FDI in Railways, Insurance and Defence.

(ii) No Privatisation, PPP or FDI in Railways, Defence Establishment and no corporatization of Postal services.

10 Remove arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointment.

11. Ensure five promotions in the serve career.

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