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The
General Strike of Indian working class for which the call was given by
the Central Trade Unions and endorsed by all the Federations and the
Central and State Govt. Employees elicited the largest participation
today. The increased participation of workers in the industrial action
was indicative of the growing realization of the need to struggle
against the present economic policies of the Govt. of India.
The
Central Govt. employees throughout the country responded to the call
admirably in as much as the strike was almost total in Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,
Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur and about 80% in Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and partial in Delhi, Punjab,
Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa and
Gujarat.
The
strike was no doubt an impressive reflection of the total discontent of
the employees over the various policy decisions like scrapping of the
existing pension scheme, outsourcing, contractorisation and
privatisation which have threatened the job security. The increasing
prices of essential commodities had added to the agony and despite
periodical wage increase through the system of Dearness Compensation,
the employees found it difficult to make the both ends meet with the
existing emoluments.
The
Confederation National Secretariat while congratulating the Central
Govt. Employees in general for the total co-operation in making the
strike action a grand success, particularly place on record the
exemplary and magnificent achievement of Income Tax Employees Federation
and All India Central Ground Water Board Employees Association, who
could make cent percent of their members to participate in the strike.
We
once again call upon the affiliates to go ahead with the preparation of
the next strike action in pursuance of the 14-point Charter of Demands
which are of exclusive concern to Central Government Employees.
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
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