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Two day strike in defence institutions from April 23
Civilian employees of various defence institutions in the country will go on a two day strike from April 23 in protest against the move of privatisation of defence institutions, including ordnance factories.
Civilian employees of various defence institutions in the country will go on a two day strike from April 23 in protest against the move of privatisation of defence institutions, including ordnance factories.
The Bharatiya Pratirakshya Mazdoor Sangh general secretary M P Singh and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) deputy general secretary Girish Awasthi told reporters in Kanpur on Monday that the Centre was implementing policies under the influence of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Under the influence of the international financial bodies, new economic and industrial policies of the country had been prepared to disinvest in various central undertakings and departments and to hand them to capitalists, they alleged.
They said that there is a plan to hand over 12 ordinance factories to private agencies and 20 other ordnance factories to public sector undertakings. ''this move is bound to affect adversely the secrecy of the vital defence institutions and security of the nation, which has forced us to protest against the move,'' they added.
Besides this, certain government action including declaring over 4000 defence employees as surplus and lowering down of the interest rate on GPF were also detrimental which would be opposed by the employees. The two leaders said that if the government did not reconsider the above moves in the larger interest of the nation and the employees, the Sangh would give a call for an indefinite strike in the next phase of agitation. Bureau Report
Under the influence of the international financial bodies, new economic and industrial policies of the country had been prepared to disinvest in various central undertakings and departments and to hand them to capitalists, they alleged.
They said that there is a plan to hand over 12 ordinance factories to private agencies and 20 other ordnance factories to public sector undertakings. ''this move is bound to affect adversely the secrecy of the vital defence institutions and security of the nation, which has forced us to protest against the move,'' they added.
Besides this, certain government action including declaring over 4000 defence employees as surplus and lowering down of the interest rate on GPF were also detrimental which would be opposed by the employees. The two leaders said that if the government did not reconsider the above moves in the larger interest of the nation and the employees, the Sangh would give a call for an indefinite strike in the next phase of agitation. Bureau Report