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Employees announce new action programme

Resource constraints toughen Govt stance on demands

Star Economic Report
The government to going to maintain a tough stance on the new national pay scales and will not accommodate any further hikes in salary and other allowances than what has already been announced, a reliable source told The Daily Star
The budgetary resources will not permit giving any more benefits to the employees ai this stage. The bulk of the contingency provision of Taka 600 Crore, shown as unexpected expenditures in the revenue budget for 1901-92, will be used for meeting the
salary hikes There will be no budgetary cushion to meet any unforeseen expenditures. In the event of natural calamities or other extraordinary cir-cumstanccs after iniplemenla tion of the new pay scales, the source added.
Explaining the tight resources position, the source said, even a live per cent hike in the house rent allowance for the government employees would mean an additional financial involvement of Taka 100 crore a year. 'A 50- taka hike in the pay scale for Class
IV employees may appear to be a marginal amount but its total impact on recurring expenditures will be quite substantial because of the number of employees involved", he added.
Any new upward adjust ments tn salary structure and allowances will have only two options, either investment cutback in public sector development expenditures of fresh taxes, for the government to foot the bill for the same, the source said while noting that both options would have undesirable economic consequences.
Employees'programme
Meanwhile, with the end of the 48-hour work stoppage Thursday, the organisations of government employees announced fresh programmes tn their move to realise demands for an enhanced pay scale and the refixalion of office timings.
The programmes that begin Saturday, include three-hour work stoppages from 9 am to 12 Noon every day till August 28.
_A full-day work stoppage will be observed on August 29 when rallies and processions will be held all over the country. Future programmes will be announced on that day.
Employees In ’ different government offices and establishments abstained from work Thursday to press home their demands. Rallies were also or-gainsed by the employees at different places in the city.
Leaders of the employees continued negotiations with the government Thursday for enhancing the lowest basic salary provided in the new pay scale. But, after several meetings between two sides, there was no understanding till last night.
According to concerned sources, government remained adamant on its decision regarding the pay scale and the new office limings.
Health Minister Kamal Ibnc Yusuf and other officials represented the government during the discussion with the leaders of the employees.
Pay Commission Report Implementation and Office Time Changing Action Copimittee staged a rally Thursday morning in front of the National Press Club where fresh programmes of movement were announced by Asaduzzaman Murad.
The leaders of the action committee Mir Humayun. Kabir, Tofazzal Hussain. Mosharrafuddln Ahmed, Saleuddin Selim. Md. Shahabuddin and others addressed the rally.
A big procession was also brought out. It paraded different roads in the city.
Government Employees Solidarity Council also held a rally in the secretariat premises which was addressed by Syed Mohiuddin, Rafiqullah, Mujlbul Haque and others.
Future programmes of movement were finalised at another meeting of the council held in the afternoon. /
An Employees rally was alqo held at the Relief Directorsfle office al Purana Pallan. Council's central leader Azizur Rahim addressed the rally.
The leaders of Sramik Karamacharl Oikka Parlshad (SKOP) demanded refixation of minimum salary in the newly announced pay scale for the government employees.
In a statement SKOP leaders said that the minimum pay provided In the new pay scale is Inconsistent with cost of liv-
The SKOP ‘also demanded formation of a wage commission for the workers and fixa tion of wage at Taka 1400.