CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
CCGEW
NEW DELHI
DATED – 22.01.2016
OBSERVE COM. S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY
ON 13th FEBRUARY 2016
One year has passed since the demise of Com.
S. K. Vyasji, the legendary leader of Central Government Employees and
Pensioners on 13th February 2015.
Com. Vyasji was the Secretary General of the
Confederation of Central Government 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 an Advisor of
the Confederation and also as the General Secretary of National Coordination
Committee of Pensioners (NCCP) and Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation
(BCPC) till death.
Com. Vyas Ji has lead various struggles and
strike actions of the Central Government Employees and was in the forefront of
the leadership which organised the first strike action of the Central
Government Employees after Independence, in the year 1960. Com. Vyas was jailed
and dismissed from service. He played an important role in rallying the Central
Government 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 Government employees. The cost
indexation of wages was earned by the Government employees through the
sustained struggles and efforts in 1960s under his leadership. The
Confederation of Central Government Employees & workers representing 1.5
million civil servants was in the forefront of the incessant struggles and
strike actions organised by the Indian working class against the neo-liberal
economic policies of the Government. Com. Vyasji’s vision and ideological
clarity has made the Confederation, part and parcel of the mainstream of the
working class movement of India.
Com. Vyasji was the friend, Philosopher, guide
and everything for the Central Government employees’ movement. In the more than
six decades long trade union life, Com. Vyasji endeared himself to every section
of the Central Government employees. His death has caused an 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 for the cause of the employees and
workers will inspire the generations to come.
The National Secretariat of the Confederation
calls upon all the affiliated organizations, State/District C-O-Cs to observe
13th February 2016 as S. K. VYAS JI REMEMBRANCE DAY by holding
meetings, Seminar etc. throughout the country.
COM. S. K. VYAS JI AMAR RAHE !
LONG LIVE COM. S. K. VAYASJI !!
LONG LIVE, LONG LIVE !!!
