FCI Employees Association (CITU) demands revision of Overtime Allowance(OTA) Policy

 

Request to Extend Revised Entitlement of Ward/Room for Indoor Treatment to IDA Pattern FCI Employees

 

 

Opinion Poll Says- Boycott of FCI golden jubilee celebrations was a historical blunder

Dear Comrades., Majority of the FCI Employees expressed their opinion that boycott of FCI golden jubilee celebrations was a historical blunder. Nothing have achieved as part of FCI golden jubilee boycott in 2014. Instead such boycott has collapsed our organisation. It has created a bad image in public about our organisation. In 2019 The same leadership again compelled many category III&IV Employees to boycott IR. Unfortunately some of them became part of their illogical campaign. At the same time many employees got wage revision interim relief (IR) with arrears because of our right direction. Senior employees got approx 50,000 as arrears and others got 25000 approx as arrears and 10 % of basic pay added to their current salary. It also came to notice that non unionised category II officers who are drawn their revised salary with arrears for the sake of their union politics threatened many category Iii & Iv Employees to boycott IR. The leadership of BKNK Sangh was compelled and written to the union Minister that the majority of their members are decided to boycott golden jubilee Celebrations of Food Corporation of India during 2014. Further it was proved that the decision of their leadership was illogical.  

These one trade one union leaders Un democratic approach towards trade unions and underground dealings with management collapsed our organisation as well as the future of FCI Employees.

Since these retired and non unionised leaders being in power we cannot achieve best benefits for category III &Iv Employees. Therefore we request the young employees utilize the upcoming trade union election to cast their vote for a change. Already management started issuing ID card if any body don't have FCI ID card apply for it at the earliest. Your vote is for your future. Remember it.

Since these retired and non unionised leaders being in power we cannot achieve best benefits for category III &Iv Employees. Therefore we request the young employees utilize the upcoming trade union election to cast their vote for a change. Already management started issuing ID card if any body don't have FCI ID card apply for it at the earliest. Your vote is for your future. Remember it.

Since these retired and non unionised leaders being in power we cannot achieve best benefits for category III &Iv Employees. Therefore we request the young employees utilize the upcoming trade union election to cast their vote for a change. Already management started issuing ID card if any body don't have FCI ID card apply for it at the earliest. Your vote is for your future. Remember it.

Since these retired and non unionized leaders being in power we cannot achieve best benefits for category III &Iv Employees. Therefore we request the young employees utilize the upcoming trade union election to cast their vote for a change. Already management started issuing ID card if any body don't have FCI ID card apply for it at the earliest. Your vote is for your future. Remember it.

STOCK TURN OVER INDEX PER EMPLOYEE IS 125 % -FCI EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A UNIQUE BEST WAGE REVISION

  Dear comrades...It is very painful to note that when FCI Employees are eligible for a unique best wage revision the current sole bargaining and responsible agents who negotiated on behalf of the category III & IV employees unilaterally betrayed all employees and surrendered all the unique benefits before the foot of the management through MOU dated 1-2-2019. We have attached the achievement of Food Corporation of India  in the matter of stock turn over index per employee for the past 7 financial year. The government of India assigned weightage is 45 and If we take average of last five years FCI achieved 56.30 Score which is more than 125 % . All financial year FCI was scored more than 45 mark because of immense effort and hardships of the low paid category III & IV Employees who are the pillar of this organisation. It is dishearten to note that the negotiators who lead wage negotiation has ran out of figures and ideas to address these kind of issues. These are just one among the many other factors for the eligibility of unique best wage revision from GoI. We will publish one by one comrades ... We are only concerned about the future of FCI Employees and not bothered about any trade union election and etc.

          We want to educate the employees to know thier eligible benefits and   how their hardships helped our organisations to achieve the heights assigned by GoI. Remember comrades..Why we are eligible for unique best wage revision as detailed in our Wage revision proposal. The Category III & IV Employees of Food Corporation of India have a future and don't allow the non unioniainised and retired negotiators to surrender our benefits before FCI Management comrades...

working class unity zindabad..

#FCI #Unique&BestWageRevision 

Yours fraternity

Sd/-

(Gibin Varghese) 

General Secretary 

FCI Employees Association (CITU)

Reg No:124/84

ATTENTION .. ALL CATEGORY III-IV FCI EMPLOYEES.DON'T BE PART OF ILLOGICAL BOYCOTT  CAMPAIGN

 CONTINUE OBSERVANCE OF WORK TO RULE AGITATION WITH HIGH SPIRIT

Comrades, FCI management has unilaterally announced IR, We have a strong protest on that and we will express it through our future struggles in FCI HQ. We assure that we will make it a grand success and we request your co-operation.

The details of the program will be intimated shortly.

Dear comrades, we cannot forget the recent past which still beats inside of us.

It was January, 2014 when the Golden Jubilee Celebration of FCI was proposed to be held by the Ministry. The announcement and thereby implementation of DCPS and PRMS as per the MOS dated 01.04.2018, other assured benefits along with a memento of Gold Coin to each and every workmen in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of FCI were in the programme schedule. But there was a boycott campaign against the said programme at the call of one so-called majority union, and that too at the behest of a section of vested interests amongst themselves.

The occasion was scheduled to be graced by the Hon’ble President of India, Shi Pranab Mukherjee, who happened to be the Finance Minister of India (2009-12) in 2010 when our wage proposal (MOU) with financial implications wad approved and the MOS was accordingly signed. But due to the thoughtlessness and lack of prudence of the so-called leadership of the said union who called for boycott of that Golden Jubilee programme, the entire programme was cancelled and we lost the opportune moment of seeking intervention of the President of India in the matter of implementation of the MOS in true letter and spirit.

Thereafter consequent upon our continuous efforts, struggles at the various level under the banner of Joint Action Council lead by Dr A Sampath MP, we could achieve to implement the Defined Contribution Pension and Post Retirement Medical Schemes w.e.f 1-12-2008 and w.e.f 1-4-2016 receptively  instead of 01.01.2007.

In the name of review/scrutiny by newly appointed COS, the award of the MOS date 01.04.2010, duly approved by the previous Government after necessary financial concurrence was mysteriously changed later while determining the date of giving effect of PRMS and DCPS which was categorically specified as 01.01.2007. As a result, we have lost the awarded benefits of 23 months’ FCI-Contribution on DCPS @10% and 111 months’ on PRMS @ 3.83% amounting to total loss of about Rs.1000 crores in both funds as on date.

At this predicament, we remind you that, these entire financial losses have never and ever taken up at appropriate levels by these so-called leadership who were the Signatories of MOS dated 1-4-2010 and had given the call for boycott the Golden Jubilee Celebration earlier.

In FCI, the young category III & IV Employees who are the pillar of the organisation has over-burdened with these financial losses and their career has decelerated by these vested elements.

Now, it may be understood that Management has released orders for PLI and Interim Relief (IR). But considering the deep frustration prevailing in FCI Employees, some vested interests on behalf of their union have given the call for boycott of PLI and Interim Relief (IR) without any Future remedy or vision.

The Central Committee of this Association vehemently condemns such infantile call and request all employees to defeat the hidden agenda of the Management and their puppets and their conspiracy against your wages and allowances, financial security and overall interest.

Boycotting/refusing PLI or IR will never bring any positive result as you are aware that the chairman of FCI is already relieved from this corporation and the Lok-Sabha may dissolve very soon.

The acceptance of IR/PLI will definitely and lawfully register our rights and claims for Wage Revision as well as PLI which are already due.

The new Ministry after election will legally have the obligation to implement our wage revision w.e.f 1-1-2017 since IR shall be effected from 01.01.2017.

As a responsible trade union, we cannot propagate lies or spread any Gimmick like these puppets of the Management.

We rather ask you to accept the IR/PLI ‘on protest’. We strongly believe in united movements and struggles.

You may be aware that the CWC employees have also accepted the IR and they are on rightful path of struggle for wage revision.

Comrades, we are confident that our highly qualified youth comrades will definitely understand the circumstances and continue observance of work to rule agitation called by us with full spirit.

We convey our strong message to comrades that don’t bother about IR, and only concentrate to strengthen our struggles and agitation demanding wage revision.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it 

Our future programme of agitation/movement will be intimated shortly.

Red Salute comrades...Working Class unity Zindabad....

Yours Fraternity   

                Sd/-

(Gibin Varghese)

     Dated 30-11-18                                       General Secretary                                                                                                                                                                                   

Press Release

FCI Employees are on Struggle path.

FCI Employees Association called Work to rule w.e.f 15-11-18. Agitation by FCI employees may affect PDS distribution and Food grain movement though out country.    

The FCI Employees Association (CITU) and other FCI staff unions called work-to-rule agitation due to non settlement of wage revision in respect of category III&IV employees and other pending demands. The work to rule agitation has already started in some northern states and from 15.11.18 the entire staffs throughout the country in FCI will observe work to rule demanding justice to their legitimate demands. The work-to-rule agitation of staff of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), could substantially impact inter-state and intra-state movement of foodgrain.  

Around 19,000 of FCI's 22,000 employees have been part of the stir, demanding to Save FCI by sanctioning adequate amount of subsidy for FCI’s operations and Wage revision for Category III&IV employees among other things. During the observance of Work to Rule, the FCI Employees will not attend Overtime posting/Holiday posting in all places of Food Corporation of India.

The Food Corporation of India operations is under serious threat. The Subsidy received every year by FCI was lower than claimed for from the GoI. On an average, only 67 percent of subsidy claimed was released by the GoI over the last five years because of which FCI had to borrow from other costlier means of finance. As on today FCI is working with below 45 % staff strength. We consider that this move is for dissolution of FCI offices and reducing the responsibilities of the FCI and it is a serious threat to the food security of the nation and PDS system. FCI meets its requirement of funds mainly through subsidy therefore we also demand timely release of subsidy to carry out its main activities of food grains procurement, storage, distribution and to meet other administrative costs.

The anti working class policy of Central Government and inhuman attitude of FCI management has resulted deep disrupt in the industrial harmony at Food Corporation of India. The wage revision of FCI Category III & IV employees is due w.e.f 1-1-2017. Revision of their wages happened 12 years before and at that time the current employees who joined after 1-1-2007 has got only 8% increment when DPE was allowed 30 % benefits. FCI management has categorically denied their legitimate demands one by one. The last was denial of their Productivity Linked incentive. The current productivity of FCI has increased by more than four times compare to 1-1-2007. The turnover per employee on 2006-7 FY was 1598.2 MT now it has been increased into 7000 MT in 17-18.

This year, the five-day festival Diwali is not celebrated by FCI employees as well as labours who are the symbols of Food Security of the nation, due to denial of Productivity Linked Incentive (PLI) by FCI Management. This year Management has not even released a single rupee as advance. In the history of FCI, it has not happened ever before. Therefore the FCI and its Employees Marked it us a black day and observed black Diwali. The employees will definitely harden their stand in the coming weeks by observing work to rule at first phase of agitation.

In November and December, evacuation of paddy is more as this is the peak procurement season. Therefore, If employees will not attend overtime / holiday posting management face big difficulties in managing food grain movements through railway rakes. Inter-state and intra-state movement of foodgrain is crucial for smooth operation of a nationwide PDS. The demands if not settled the Association is compelled to intensify the struggles in the second phase.

 FCI EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THE SYMBOLS OF FOOD SECURITY OF THE NATION OBSERVES BLACK DIWALI

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    FCI Employees who are the Symbols of Food Security of the nation observes black Diwali, over GOI and FCI Management decision on denial of  Wage Increase, Bonus and allowances. The General Secretary of FCI Employees Association informed situation to Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Honorable Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on his letter dated 07-11-18. We will continue with our stir till if the lackadaisical attitude of FCI Management and Anti Working class policies of GoI continues. Diwali festival is India's biggest and most significant celebration of every year. The five-day festival Diwali is not celebrated by FCI employees as well as labours who are the symbols of Food Security of the nation, due to denial of Productivity Linked Incentive (PLI) by FCI Management. In the history of FCI, it has not happened before. The productivity of Food Corporation of India has increased twofold compared to 1-1-2007. Even though, FCI management categorically denied the hard-working field employee’s PLI Payment w.e.f 2010-11 to till now. The GoI should take note that the current staff strength is below 45 % (approx) and due to the hardworking nature of current Category III employees and labours, the operations of FCI is not yet hindered. FCI management has not even released single rupee as an advance. Despite repeated representations and number of protests, the Management authorities have remained mute. This clearly shows the inhuman behaviour of FCI Management and GoI.

      Also, FCI Management unilaterally and illegitimately imposing financial restrictions on Category III & IV employee’s wages and allowances by fabricating their own bureaucratic vision as circulars. The Management unilaterally abolished advance pay on transfer, Natural Calamity advance and the advance of leave salary vide circular EP-24-2018-28 dated 05-11-2018. In a democratic country as a responsible union in FCI, we express a deep protest over this decision of FCI management.  

With regard to most waited wage revision, Even after 22 months from the due date and 3 months from GOI permission, the management of Food Corporation of India just for name sake conducted some negotiation meeting without recording any minutes. Management has not yet constituted a permanent committee for the negotiation process from Trade Unions side and Management side.  Also, Management’s silence on the important issue of employees i.e 5 Year Periodicity, Percentage based Fringe Benefit, Lease Accommodation, Removal of 50 per cent ceiling in the matter of PLI and implementation of minimum basic pay on par with Graduate post in the central government organization is a matter of serious concern to all of us.  

                

             Association noted that the wage revision of category I &II officers have already implemented on war foot basis and the discrimination in the matter has created deep frustration among the category III employees. During the last 11 years, they have not received any wage increase. During the last settlement the existing Cat III &IV employees who joined in the corporation after 01-01-2007 has got only 8% increase on their Basic Pay instead of 30% basic pay and the then 78.2% DA increase in their wages. Management also failed to incorporate 40% cafeteria allowance for Category III-IV employees even though GOI extended to all CPSEs employees including Food Corporation of India vide DPE OM dated 26-11-2008 and 01-04-2009. Hence the current employees are facing huge financial hardships now.

        

             The inordinate delay in the wage settlement will bring more hurdles in its implementation since the current period of Lok Sabha will end within 6 months. The issue will become more complicated if the Lok Sabha dissolves before its end of operation period. Uncertainty in the matter spoiled the career and life of FCI Category III employees who are the pillar of Food Corporation of India which provide food security to the nation. 

Published by FCI Employees Association (CITU)

Reg No:124/1984

FCI EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CITU)

CENTRAL COMMITTEE COMMUNIQUE

A meeting of the Central Committee of FCI Employees Association (CITU) was held on October 18, 2018, at Thiruvananthapuram. It has issued the following statement:

The central committee on 18-10-18 unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the demise of the people in the unprecedented floods in Kerala. And the members endorsed a condolence motion in remembrance of the deceased FCI employees and labours.

Comrade K R Pushpadharan Presided over the meeting.

1) Save FCI

The Central Committee of FCI Employees Association (CITU) expressed great concern about the insufficient capital fund of the organization. The subsidy received every year by FCI was lower than claimed for from the GoI. After analyzing the last five-year subsidy report from GOI it is found that on an average, only 67 per cent of subsidy claimed was released by the GoI over the last five years because of which FCI had to borrow from other costlier means of finance. As a responsible union FCI Employees Association (CITU) through Dr A Sampath MP, President FCI EA (CITU) had taken up the issue in last Parliament session was a great trade union movement to safeguard the organization. It is the obligatory and statutory commitment of GOI to issue timely subsidy to function FCI. The committee noted that the corporates are getting enough fund from the government but at the same time Public sector organizations like Food Corporation of India which providing food security to the nation is not getting the timely subsidy is the failure from the part of GOI which the accumulation of pending subsidy become huge crore amounts. This failure is the symbol of privatization and dismantling its operations of FCI. FCI Employees Association (CITU) decided to oppose all such move by hard struggles.

2) Wage Revision, PLI & Departmental Exam.

 The central committee of FCI Employees Association condemns the inordinate delay and lackadaisical attitude of FCI Management in the matter of Category III-IV Employees Wage Revision. The unilateral decision of the management in the matter of Wage Revision will destroy the industrial peace in Food Corporation of India. Management’s silence on the important issue like 5 Year Periodicity, Percentage based Fringe Benefit, Lease Accommodation, Removal of 50 per cent ceiling in the matter of PLI and implementation of minimum basic pay on par with Graduate post in the central government organization is a matter of serious concern to all of us.

The committee noted that the wage revision of category I &II officers have already implemented and the discrimination in the matter has created deep frustration among the category III employees who are facing huge financial hardships due to low income. The bureaucratic officials in FCI have creating unwanted queries in Employees welfare issues. For example, the true intention of the departmental exam has sabotaged these officials by reducing 10% promotional vacancies with the help of some silent so-called recognized spectators. Consequent on the implementation of this policy the existing promotion quota of General and Reservation category officials will trim down.     

         The management is following MOU based work and they have fixed time frame for everything, but in the case of Employees welfare issues especially in the case of most awaited Wage Revision and PLI the management is following purposefully delay tactics, as a responsible trade union in FCI we cannot entertain this at all. Therefore if the wage revision and PLI issues has not settled and implemented before 31-12-2018, the central committee decided to conduct hard struggle to safe guard the future of Category III-IV Employees, against the slavery of FCI management and anti government policies.

3) Compassionate Appointment

The central committee of the Association condemns the inordinate delay in farming our own compassionate appointment policy like in other public sector enterprises and banks. The Association was given a memorandum to union Shri Ramvilas Paswan during last parliament session demanding for one time settlement for appointment to all pending applicants. The purpose of providing appointment on compassionate ground is to mitigate the hardship due to death of the bread-earner in the family. Such appointments should, therefore, be provided immediately to redeem the family in distress. But in FCI due anti employee attitude of the bureaucrat officials in FCI HQrs the dependents of deceased employees are facing financial as well as mental hardships. Any threat to the life of such dependents is the sole responsibility of FCI Management.    Many applicants are still waiting for appointment. Association stand is clear that they can be adjusted against the current vacancy. The Current staff strength is below 47 %. If the pending applications has not considered within 31-12-18 the central committee of FCI Employees Association will take strong trade union action.

4) Pension and PRMS

The central committee of FCI Employees Association has appointed a committee headed by comrade K R Pushpadharan to seek legal information / clarification in the matter of implementation of Pension w.e.f 1-1-2007 and up gradation of PRMS to carry out further discussion with Our President.

3) Empanelment of Hospitals, Staff shortage and etc

The committee noted with great concern the decreasing number of empanelled hospitals in many regions, especially in Kerala Region. In some districts, FCI not even has a single empanelled hospital which is a serious threat to the life of FCI employees and their dependents. The committee also noted that the management is only concern about the MOU figures and reports. They are well aware of the welfare issues and acute shortage of officials. However, management is harassing the current low paid employees with heavy work allocation. When vacancies are available management has to consider the request transfer of officials, in such case, no officials should get posted far away from their native. The central committee noted all these issues and decided to conduct hard struggles. The style and sign of the struggle will be intimated shortly.

4) Discrimination to Release Interest free advance to the flood affected Employees, labours, canteen employees of the Kerala Flood devastation.

The Central committee of FCI Employees Association (CITU) decided to refer this matter to various levels about discrimination and lackadaisical attitude of some FCI officers to release of interest free advance to the flood affected Employees, labours, canteen employees of the Kerala Flood devastation as in the case of Chennai Flood Devastation.

5) Appointment from Waiting list

 The Central committee condemns the FCI management for not filling the vacancies from the current active waiting list. The attitude of management is highly malafide in nature. Committee of the Association decided to take up the issue with higher level.

Meeting was ended with vote of thanks.

Comradely yours 

(Gibin Varghese)

General Secretary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                              

Defeat Anti Employees polices of the Central Government.

APPEAL TO FCI EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED EMPLOYEES..

Defeat Anti Employees polices of the Central Government. Participate in All India Coordination Convention of FCI & WH Unions    

Dear Comrades,

The attack on the working class and Public Sector Employees, in particular, are mounting day by day. The entire working class and peasantry are on struggle path. The indefinite strike of GDS Employees is the latest mass struggle. The Long Pending Demands of FCI Employees are not settled yet. The assurance given by the Administrative Department and FCI Management to Staff unions regarding the commencement of wage revision process is in the paper even after a lapse of 18 months. 

Food Corporation of India operations are under serious threat of privatisation. Subsidy received every year by FCI was lower than claimed for from the GoI. On an average only 67 per cent of subsidy claimed was released by the GoI over the last five years because of which FCI had to borrow from other costlier means of finance .FCI Employees are delayed and denied their rightful wage revision w.e.f 1-1-2017 and pension w.e.f 1-1-2007 due to the stringent conditions imposed by the Finance Ministry & lackadaisical attitude of Government missionaries respectively. Compassionate appointments have become a mirage in FCI. Trade Union rights are denied. Punishment and victimization of employees become a hobby of the management. Periodical meetings of Current Recognised unions in FCI  has become mere talking shops without any positive results. Legitimate demands are inordinately delayed and denied.  In FCI some posts have died due to no recruitment.  

It is in this background the All India Coordination of FCI & WH Unions has decided to fight back these retrograde policies by mobilizing the entire FCI employees by unleashing intensive campaign throughout the country culminating in a strike. To declare the campaign programme and the strike, an “All India Coordination of FCI & WH Unions” under the leadership of Dr. A Sampath MP and Dr Asim Bala Ex- MP will be held at Lucknow on 26th June 2018 Tuesday from 10 AM to 5 PM.

Eminent trade Union leaders will attend the Convention. Venue of the National Convention is Ravindralaya, Motilal Nehru Marg, Charbagh Lucknow(Uttar Pradesh). About 1000 delegates from all states will attend the Convention.

Yours Comradely


General Secretary
FCI Employees Association(CITU)
Reg:124/84