Left unions call off staff stir in Kerala

January 14, 2013 09:08

The six-day-old strike by pro-Left employees and teachers in Kerala against government's decision to introduce Contributory Pension Scheme has been called off with the unions accepting some proposals made by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

The Congress-led UDF government stood firm by its decision to introduce CPS for the employees joining the state service from April 1 this year but assured the unions of creating a mechanism to examine any difficulty for employees that could arise while implementing the new scheme.

With the government toughening its stand and the unions finding it difficult to carry on with the stir indefinitely, both the parties relented from their hard position and the first round of talks were held with Finance Minister K M Mani.

This was followed by a meeting of union leaders and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy past midnight and the union leaders announced the decision to end the strike in the wee hours of Monday.

The government agreed that the Centre would be asked to include the state treasury in the list of financial institutions for administering the pension fund.

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