Over 12,000 govt. employees go on strike in Erode
As government employees went on strike, Erode Taluk Office remained deserted on Tuesday.PHOTO: M. GOVARTHANM.GOVARTHAN ;M.GOVARTHAN - M_GOVARTHAN
Demands include scrapping of new pension scheme and implementing old one
Over 12,000 government employees, including teachers, went on strike affecting the functioning of government departments and schools across the district on Tuesday.
Under the banner, Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organisations and Government Employees Organisations (JACTTO-GEO), government employees staged protests in taluk offices in Erode, Perundurai, Modakurchi, Kodumudi, Gobichettipalayam, Bhavani, Anthiyur and Talavadi. Their demands include scrapping of new pension scheme and implementing old pension scheme, implementation of seventh pay commission and forming committee for eighth pay commission, providing 20% interim compensation until implementation of seventh pay commission recommendations and providing special increments for the employees.
While members of various teachers associations said that 90% of the primary and 70% of the high school and higher secondary teachers participated in the strike, government officials said that classes were conducted with the help of available teachers and temporary teachers.
Most of the employees did not turn up for work in government offices affecting the regular services to the public.
Our Special Correspondent from Salem adds:
Hundreds of teachers and government servants staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate in the city and raised slogans in support of their demands. As more than 85 % of the teachers did not turn up for work, the functioning of schools was affected to a big extent. The temporary staff took classes in some schools.
The striking members of the JACTTO-GEO staged demonstrations in Attur, Vazhappadi, Mettur, Yercaud, Omalur, Theevattipatti, Yetthapur, Sankagiri, Edappadi and Gangavalli in the district.
The leaders said that they would launch indefinite strike from September 7 if their just demands were not conceded by then.
The members of the Tamil Nadu Government College Teachers Association staged a demonstration in front of the Government Arts College in support of the demands of the JACTTO-GEO.
The members of the Tamil Nadu Judiciary Employees Association too staged a demonstration in front of the district court to express their solidarity with the striking teachers and government servants.
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Hundreds of members of the JACTTO-GEO participated in the demonstration held on Park road in the town and it was led by K. Rajendraprasad, its convener. S. Malarkanna, also convener, P. Ilangovan, district convener and leaders of various trade unions spoke on the occasion highlighting the demands.
The JACTTO-GEO members staged similar agitations in Tiruchengode, Rasipuram, Komarapalayam, Paramathivelur, Kolli hills, and Senthamangalam.
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