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.
