SG FNPO appeal our General Secretaries/Circle Secretaries & Divisional Secretaries to send their views on Nationwide General Strike on 8 January 2020.
To,
General Secretaries/
Circle Secretaries &
Divisional Secretaries
of FNPO affiliated unions.
Dear Colleagues,
You are aware that the National Open Mass Convention of Workers organized by the ten Central Trade Unions namely INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, independent federations and associations of various sectors including some independent unions called for a nationwide General Strike on 8th January 2020 against the anti-worker anti-people anti-national policies of the Modi-2 Government.
The Convention expresses serious concern over the slowing down of National Economy
The gist of convention details furnished below for your information.
The Central Trade Unions are jointly demanding at the National level the minimum wage of Rs 21000/- pm, pension to all, scrapping of NPS and restoration of the old pension scheme. Further demanded to control on price rise in essential commodities and for effective implementation of the universal public distribution system, demanding generation of new jobs and filling up of sanctioned posts. It is also urged for regularization of Scheme Workers in Government posts, of contract workers working against regular posts, ensuring equal pay for equal work, strengthening of Welfare Boards for Unorganized Sector workers, increased budgetary provision for MNREGA and agriculture. Such Budget allocations will result in transferring money to the hands of the last man of the society which will give a boost to the economy by increasing buying power of a common man. The Central Government is pushing for codification of Labour Laws, allowing Fixed Term Employment, privatization of PSUs, allowing 100 per cent FDI in railways, defence, coal and other sectors, bank mergers and so on, that will lead to massive redundancies and extreme exploitation of workers. Now the Central Government has started reducing the contributions that the employers have to pay under the Provident Fund Act and the Employees State Insurance Act, Government justified this move advocating that this will increase the take-home pay of the workers. The Government openly states that these steps are being taken in the name of “ease of doing business”. The Government boasts that India’s ranking is going up in the World Bank Index of “Ease of doing business”. All this is being done at the expense of the working people. The government has done away with whatever the welfare measures were secured by the labours by way of continuous struggles through years.
I appeal our General Secretaries/Circle Secretaries & Divisional Secretaries go through the above details and send your views On Nationwide General Strike on 8 January 2020. Based on your view we will take an appropriate decision on the issue.
I am requesting you send your views before the end of this month.
Yours affectionately
T.N.Rahate,
SG FNPO.