Friday 22 February 2013
SPECTACULAR SUCCESS OF TWO-DAYS STRIKE BY C.G.EMPLOYEES ALONGWITH WORKING CLASS OF INDIA
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
PRESS STATEMENT
About
8 lakhs Central Government employees took part in the 48 hour (two day)
general strike yesterday and today organised by the Indian working
class as per the call of the Joint platform of 11 Central Trade Unions
of the country. Besides 5 lakh Defence Civilian employees are also
reported to have participated in this historic action.
The
Strike was total and cent per cent in Income tax and Postal
departments. The participation ranged from 60 to 90% in other Government
of India organisations except in the Central Secretariat. As per the
report, the strike was total in Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Orissa,
Bihar Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and 60 to 70% in
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and partial in other
States.
In
Delhi, the Income tax and RMS offices of the Postal Department virtually
remained closed. Not a single employee reported for duty in these
offices. Many offices of the Civil Accounts and Post offices in Delhi
also did not function on these two days.
Many
establishments of Printing and Stationery, Indian Bureau of Mines,
Geological Survey of India, Medical Depots, Customs, Ground Water Board,
ISRO, Directorate of Marketing Inspection, Civil Accounts, Central
Public Works Department remained closed throughout the country on both
the days.
The
National Secretariat of the Confederation places on record its sincere
gratitude and appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the State/Branch
level leaders to make this historic action of the Indian working class a
resounding success by eliciting the total participation of the Central
Government employees. The success of the two days strike action will no
doubt embolden the employees and workers to chalk out intensified action
programme including indefinite strike action to compel the Govt. to
rescind the anti-people economic policies pursued since 1991.
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
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