CANSSEA reiterates support to scrap NPS

Dimapur, November 6 (MExN): An executive team of Confederation of All Nagaland State Services Employees Association (CANSSEA) led by its President, Dr Ilang, on invitation of All India State Government Employees Federation (AISGEF), participated in the all State deliberation platform at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi on November 2 last. 

The CANSSEA Press and Information Secretary in a press release stated that during the platform, the participants resolved on 7 point charter of demands including to annul PFRDA Act and scrap NPS; Regularise all contractual/outsourced/daily waged employees including Health, Education & Postal GDS; Fill up all the vacancies in Central/State Government Departments and PSUs urgently; Stop privatisation/corporatisation of PSUs and downsizing of Government department.

It also demanded to ensure democratic trade union rights; Review the derecognition order of NFPE, AIPEU-Class III, ISROSA; Abandon National Education Programme; Constitute the VIII Central Pay Commission; Release the pending DA/DR and confiscated DA/DR arrears for eighteen months; and Remove all riders/restrictions on compassionate employment  Assistance scheme.

“In the meeting, it was decided to continue our struggle on a wider platform by way of building unity with other organisations,” the release stated. Further, it alleged that “in order to achieve its goal of dismantling of the organisations, the government is using all the weapons that are in its armoury,  it is pursuing the move to divide the working class in order to protect its anti worker and anti people policies.” 

In this regard, CANSSEA President reiterated its full support and cooperation to the following AISGEF, CCGEW, AISGPF, STFI and NCCPA in its movement and struggle to achieve the targeted goals, the release added.