50Th Anniversary Of 1968 September 19Th Strike

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The article published inwards Confederation website during concluding September 2017 is reproduced below.

50^th ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 SEPTEMBER 19th STRIKE

M. KRISHNAN

Secretary General, 

Confederation of Central Govt. 

Employees & Workers

                   2018 September 19th is the 50th Anniversary of 1968 September 19th i twenty-four hours strike. All leaders as well as workers who led as well as participated inwards that historic strike create got either retired from service or are no more.

                   The indefinite strike of Central Govt. Employees in1960 was the offset major strike of Central Govt. Employees after independence.  The 5 days strike from 1960 July eleven midnight was brutally suppressed yesteryear the Central Government declaring it equally “Civil Rebellion”.  The primary need of the strike was improvement as well as modifications inwards the 2d CPC recommendations.  The Need Based Minimum Wage, though adopted yesteryear the 15th Indian Labour Conference inwards 1957 was rejected yesteryear the 2d CPC.

                   The Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) was constituted inwards 1966 yesteryear as well as hence Home Minister Guljarilal Nanda, equally per the determination of the Government.  The apprehension of the progressive leadership that this negotiating mechanism may non settle whatever major demands of the Central Govt. employees as well as may larn merely a talking store or a fourth dimension killing business, ultimately resulting inwards abnormally delaying the genuine demands, came truthful inside a twelvemonth of its formation.  In the rattling offset coming together of the National Council JCM, the next 3 demands were notified yesteryear the staff side.
   1.Grant of Need Based Minimum Wage equally approved yesteryear the 1957 Tripartite Labour Conference.
    2.Merger of DA alongside Pay.
    3.Revision of DA formula

                   After prolonged give-and-take for most i as well as a one-half year, disagreement was recorded.  As per JCM Scheme i time disagreement is recorded, the item should move referred to compulsory arbitration.  But Govt. rejected the need for arbitration.  Protesting against this arbitrary stand upwards of the Govt. the staff side leadership walked out of the JCM as well as decided to move for i day’s strike.  A Joint Action Committee was formed as well as the appointment of the strike was decided equally 19th September 1968.  Even though, the INTUC affiliated organizations were initially a business office of the strike decision, subsequently on they decided non to bring together the strike due to the intervention of the as well as hence Congress Government headed yesteryear Smt. Indira Gandhi. 

The next were the primary demands of the strike charter of demands.
      1.Need Based Minimum Wage.
      2.Full neutralization of rising inwards prices.
      3.Merger of DA alongside Basic Pay.
     4.With drawl of proposal to retire employees alongside 50 years of historic catamenia or on completion of 25 years of service.
      5.Vacate victimization as well as reinstate victimized workers.
      6.No retrenchment without equivalent choice jobs.
      7.Abolition of Contract as well as Casual Labour System.

                   Strike observe was served as well as the Joint Action Council (JAC) decided to commence the strike at 0600 AM on 19th September 1968.  Intensive effort was conducted throughout the country.  AIRF, AIDEF as well as Confederation was the major organizations inwards the JAC.  Govt. invoked Essential Services Maintenance Ordinance (ESMO) to bargain alongside the strike.  Govt. too issued detailed instructions to impose heavy punishment including suspension, dismissal, termination, Break-in-service etc. on the striking employees.  Para-military strength (CRPF) as well as Police were deployed to bargain alongside the strike.  Central Govt. gave orders to all province Governments to suppress the strike at whatever cost.  It was a war-like situation.  Arrest of Leaders started on 18th September itself.  About 3000 employees as well as leaders were arrested from Delhi alone.  All over Republic of Republic of India most 12000 Central Government employees as well as leaders were arrested as well as jailed.

                   Inspite of all these savage repressive measures the strike commenced on 18th after noon itself at many places as well as was a thundering success all over Republic of Republic of India as well as inwards all departments including Railway, Defence, P&T etc.  About 64000 employees were served alongside termination notices, thousands removed from service as well as most 40000 employees suspended.  Seventeen (17) striking employees had been brutally killed at Pathankot, Bikaner, Delhi Indraprastha Bhawan  and at Upper Assam inwards lathi charge, firing yesteryear constabulary as well as armed forces as well as yesteryear running the prepare over the bodies of employees who picketed the trains.

                   Though the strike was only for i twenty-four hours on 19th September 1968, the victimization as well as repression continued for days together.  Struggle against victimization too continued including work-to-rule agitation, hunger fast of leaders from tenth Oct 1968.  There was unprecedented back upwards to the strike as well as relief operate as well as too to agitation for reinstatement of the victimized workers, from National Trade Unions, province employees as well as teachers Unions/Federations etc.  A majority rally was organized earlier the residence of Prime Minister of Republic of Republic of India Smt. Indira Gandhi on 17th October, 1968. 

                   Kerala was ruled yesteryear the Communist Govt. during the strike.  Chief Minister Com. E. M. S. Namboodiripad declared Kerala Govt’s total back upwards to the strike of Central Government employees.  The Central Govt. threatened dismissal of the Kerala Govt. for defying the Centre’s directive to suppress the strike. There was heavy victimization inwards Kerala as well as Com.N.P.Padmanabhan, State Convener of strike commission was dismissed from service as well as taken dorsum into service only after 10 years inwards 1978 when the Janatha Govt came to ability at Centre.

                   1968 September 19th strike is written inwards crimson letters inwards the history of Indian Working Class.  The need raised yesteryear the Central Govt. employees - Need Based Minimum Wage - was the need of entire working people of India.  Even today, the Central Govt. employees as well as other subdivision of the working flat are on struggle path for realization of the Need Based Minimum Wage.  The need of the Central Govt. employees to modify the recommendations of the seventh Central Pay Commission to ensure Need Based Minimum Wage is non all the same conceded yesteryear the BJP-led NDA Government.  Even the assurance given yesteryear 3 Cabinet Ministers including Home Minister, Finance Minister as well as Railway Minister regarding increase inwards Minimum Pay as well as Fitment formula is non honoured yesteryear the Govt. fifty-fifty after a lapse of 2 twelvemonth and  entire Central Government employees experience cheated. 

                   It is inwards this background, nosotros are commemorating the 1968 September 19th strike. Let us pledge that nosotros shall move along our struggle for realization of the demands raised yesteryear the martyrs of the 1968 strike.  Let us pay respectful homage to those valiant fighters who sacrificed their life for the working flat of India.  Let us salute as well as honor all those who participated inwards the historic strike, peculiarly those who had been victimized severally for joining the strike.  Let us organize diverse programmes throughout the terra firma at all levels, to commemorate the inspiring retentiveness of 1968 September 19th strike.

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