General insurance employees stage agitation for wage revision

 

 

THE Public Sector General Insurance (PSGI) employees staged lunch hour demonstration in front of the Regional Office of National Insurance Co Ltd, Mount Road, Sadar, Nagpur on Thursday. More than 300 aggrieved employees demanded immediate action by the Government on long pending issues like wage revision due from August 1, 2022, uniform 30% family pension, scrapping of National Pension System (NPS) and demanding 1995 Pension Scheme for all, till then an increase in employer’s contribution to 14% in NPS. A gate meeting was also organised after the demonstrations.

 

The call for the demonstration was given by Joint Forum of Trade Unions and Association (J FTU) at all Regional Centres in the country. More than 16,000 employees participated in the demonstrations across the country. In the city, Rajendra Saroj of National Insurance Company Officers Association (NICOA), Anil Sakharkar Organising Secretary of GIBSEWA, D Vijaykumar,Working President of General Insurance Employees’ All India Association and Pradeep Dharamthok, President of General Insurance Employees’ Union Western Zone (GIEUWZ) addressed the gathering. Rajendra Saroj condemned the dilly-dallying approach of General Insurers Public Sector Association of India (GIPSA) and Department of Financial Services (DFS). Pradeep Dharamthok said, “We had given a notice of the strike to the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) to intervene and resolve the issues. From June the proceedings are ongoing, but without any positive results. So, we have to struggle jointly and patiently to achieve our demands.” The meeting was conducted by Bhushan Deshmukh. Prashant Dixit, General Secretary, GIEU-WZ, Anant Borekar and Ashish Kutemate of NICOA, Chandrakant Deshpande, General Insurance Pensioners Association were also present. A large number of retired employees also participated in the agitation. Deepak Gotmare, Liladhar Nimje, Prakash Kanade, Himraj Adey, Ravi Bulbule, Sunil Tambe had taken efforts for the success of agitation.