13TH FEBRUARY 2017
Com.
S. K. Vyasji, the legendary leader of the Central Govt. Employees and
Pensioners passed away on 13th February, 2015.
Com. Vyasji was the Secretary General and President of the Confederation of
Central Govt. Employees & Workers for forty years from 1967 to 2006.
He was the President and Secretary General of All India Audit & Accounts
Association for a long time. He continued as the Advisor of the
Confederation and also as the Secretary General of National Co-ordination
Committee of Pensioners Association (NCCPA) and Bharat Central Pensioners
Confederation (BCPC) till death.
Com. Vyasji has led various struggles and strike actions of the Central Govt.
Employees and was in the forefront of the leadership which organised the first
indefinite strike action of the Central Govt. employees after independence, in
the year 1960. Com. Vyas was jailed and dismissed from service. He
played an important role in rallying the Central Govt. employees along with the
striking Railway employees in the year 1974. He was an able and
uncompromising negotiator with the Government in the JCM National Council and
Standing Committee. He was responsible for many of the benefits and
allowances enjoyed by the Central Govt. employees. The cost indexation of
wages was earned by the Govt. employees through the sustained struggles and
efforts in 1960s under his leadership. Confederation of Central Govt.
employees and workers representing about 15 lakhs Central Govt. employees is in
the forefront of the incessant struggle and strike actions organised by Indian
Working Class against the neo-liberal economic policies of the
Government. Com. S. K. Vyasji’s vision and ideological clarity has made
the Confederation, part and parcel of the mainstream of the working class
movement in India.
Com. Vyasji was a friend, philosopher, guide and everything for the Central
Govt. Employees movement. In the more than six decades long trade union
life, Com. Vyasji endeared himself to every section of the Central Govt.
Employees. His death has caused irreparable and irreplaceable loss to all
of us. He was a great leader, symbol of simplicity, a gem of a person and
a leader who is down to earth, extremely polite, kind hearted and
compassionate; one of the finest human being, tallest leader, a gentle mentor
and a legend.
He is in our hearts! His memories will be forever with us! His long
saga of struggle and sacrifice for the Central Govt. employees and pensioners
will inspire the generations to come.
The National Secretariat of Confederation of Central Govt. Employees
& Workers calls upon all affiliated organisations and C-O-Cs to observe the
2nd Death anniversary of Com. S. K. Vyas Ji as “S.
K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY”.
Com. S. K. Vyasji Amar Rahe!
Long
live, Long live !!!
M.
Krishnan
Secretary
General
Confederation
Mob:
09447068125
Email:
mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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