ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S FEDERATION-General Council Meeting unanimously
decided to hold Strike Ballot on 20-21st December, 2103.
A.I.R.F.
ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATION
(Estd 1924)
PRESS NOTE
New Delhi: 13th September,
2013 – Thousands of Railwaymen have
thronged to the Metropolis of Delhi from all corners of the country to
participate in the meeting of the General Council of the All India Railwaymen’s
Federation(AIRF) at Northern Railway Badminton Hall Ground(adjacent to
Karnail Singh Stadium), Basant Lane, Paharganj, New Delhi.
The General Council Meeting of
the AIRF is being held today to review the entire situation on the “Charter
of Demands” formulated in the 88th
Annual Conference of the AIRF, held in
Visakhapatnam from 18-20 December, 2012, and to decide course of action .
The General Council Meeting of
the AIRF is being held today to review the entire situation on the “Charter
of Demands” formulated in the 88th
Annual Conference of the AIRF, held in
Visakhapatnam from 18-20 December, 2012, and to decide course of action .
The General Council notes with dismay that, despite all out
efforts of the AIRF, to have negotiated settlement on the Charter of Demands,
it could not evoke proper response from the Ministry of Railways and Government
of India.
After the report of the V CPC, Dearness Allowance(DA)
was treated as “Dearness Pay” when it reached 50%. Due to steep rise in
the prices of essential commodities, it has become impossible for the
Railwaymen to contain their family budget. The percentage of Dearness Allowance
due, as on 01.07.2013, has already reached 80% w.e.f., but the same has not
been merged with the Pay. In the Public Sector Undertakings, revision of Wages
and Allowances takes place at an interval of every 05 years, but in the Central
Services, revision takes place after a long gap of 10 years. Every time, due to
delay in appointment and submission of report of the Central Pay Commission,
all the allowances, other than Dearness Allowance, are denied to the employees
for months and years together. The same has happened after the report of the VI
CPC as well, when the report of the VI CPC was implemented from 01.01.2006, all
the allowances other than Dearness Allowances, were paid after a period of long
two years and 8 months, i.e. w.e.f. 1st September, 2008.
This General Council of the
AIRF demands for merger of 80% Dearness Allowance with the Pay w.e.f. 1st July, 2013 with consequential benefits in other allowances and
appointment of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) has been passed by the
Parliament despite serious opposition of the AIRF. The AIRF is totally opposed
to the NPS, and this General Council demands for payment of Pension and
Family Pension to all the Railwaymen, irrespective of their date of
appointment.
The General Council of the AIRF warns the Railway
Board and the Ministry of Railways not to play with payment of Productivity
Linked Bonus and reduce the payment; otherwise, the Railwaymen shall be
compelled to act without any notice, the consequences of which shall squarely
rest with the Ministry of Railways and the Railway Board.
The General Council unanimously decides to conduct
Strike Ballot throughout the entire system of the Indian Railways on 20th and 21st December, 2013 and calls
upon the Railwaymen to participate in the Strike Ballot in a massive way.
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