A platform of trade unions and associations working among 28 lakh employees of the Union government, including the Railways and Central Public Sector Undertakings, and more than three crore employees and teachers with the State governments have decided to go on an indefinite strike from May 1 demanding the restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) replacing the present National Pension Scheme (NPS).
The steering committee of the platform, the Joint Forum For Restoration of Old Pension Scheme (JFROPS) has unanimously decided to serve strike notices on March 19 to respective administrations.
Mr. Mishra is also the secretary (staff side) of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) chaired by the Cabinet Secretary. “We held several protests demanding restoration of OPS. We have also been raising this issue in the JCM meetings, but the government ignored our demands and we are now forced to go on an indefinite strike,” he said.
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